Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Hello Everyone, :happy:

All who are in the path of Sandy keep safe -- you are in my prayers.
@Laurie keep safe
@MyMOwMOw hope your Kitty gets better soon,
@Robin-- Sorry about your car they can be expensive things.
@Morgori-- Hope you feel better soon.
@Skinny--sorry you are feeling overwelm by work. Hope you get caught up soon.
@Christine-- I have been guilty as charge of self destructing I think this 3 weeks i have only lost 1.5 lbs grateful for it but its like I am pushing the limits I know I want to be thinner and Healthier yet as I do the things for me I get scared , (at least I do) or something anyway at least we have each other and can support one another. Its never too late to get back on track.

@alision Congrats on the 20 min race you are doing great!
@Lin -- I have had that ring flying off finger too. I need to get my ring resize but waiting a bit.

I didn't really try the carb thing in October. But I think I will throw my hat in and give it a try in November.
fitness goal is too keep walking.
tomorrow is Volunteer day at work which means lots of walking so its helpful.

Well sure I am missing some others sorry about that. Wishing everyone well. Hope you have a good evening.:flowerforyou:

Liz
:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

I totally love the idea of continuing the CARB challenge, I would need to also keep track of the sugars for myself. What with all the goodies that are going to be hanging out nearly everywhere we turn. First week sounds like a good time to measure as well.

Monday check in, its late and I'm tired but the bag fo Halloween candy I bought Friday is still in the sunroom and unopened! This is a huge big deal for me, especially since I bought the good stuff.

Way past my bedtime and i have had to retype this a couple times sinc eI am nodding off on the keyboard. Hope everyone had a good weekend and those along the eastern coast stay well, healthy, safe and dry!

Thanks for all the congrats on the 20 mins! I was really sore last night but I feel fine today.

@Kris -- aren't moms wonderful? Hope you manage to make ends meet with the vets' bills, and keep eating healthily; and all the best to your kitty.
@Tina -- actually, great times are worth having, even if we have to find a way to make up for them later. Running's amazing; even after these few weeks, I sort of miss it on non-running days. I don't always like it *when I'm doing it* though.
@Tom -- we're all rooting for you on the smoking. You can do this thing. Red lentils are a staple of my diet because they're the quickest dried pulse to cook. Apart from tinned beans that is; I use those too.
@Lmackbethi -- congrats on the SV -- I hate it when our scales start to get unreliable. They're best when they stay in exactly the same place.
@Mrsbonnie -- congrats on the SV; but get that tape measure! You'll be needing it to work out what size skinny clothes you need.
@Robin -- sorry about the car bills. They just get so expensive when they get older, don't they? But buying a new one is even harder.
@Tammy -- if you need to stop after ten minutes that's completely fine! You can do one of two things to build on that -- either try to do ten minutes, have a break, and then do a bit more, or do eleven minutes next time. The important thing is that you just stretch yourself a little each time you exercise. Although I'm doing a couch to 5k plan, I didn't start quite from the couch because I'd been doing 30 minutes a day exercise since the summer. And before that I was working so had a tube commute with walking and lots of steps in it. My personal view is that if you're vomitting it's probably time to stop for a rest; I'm not a big fan of 'no pain no gain'.

Monthly goals -- I'm happy to keep measuring monthly -- it reminds me to do it. I'm not much of an expert on the carbs really. Love 'less than 5000 cals on Thanksgiving Day'!

I hope you are all ok in the aftermath of the storm. I went out last night and went straight to bed when I got home, meaning that when I discovered that a friend was crew on HMS Bounty when it sank, I also thankfully learnt that he is safe and well. Not all of his shipmates have survived though.

Tuesday goals -- still heading towards 100 days of daily logging. And I opened the Halloween candy this morning! Not for me, but so I could put a little bag of chocs into my son's packed lunch as a treat. So I have a Tuesday Goal to keep away from it till tomorrow night. Also, pumpkin carving time.

I am keeping everyone in my prayers in the path of the hurricane . In West Virginia we do have some snow though .
My goals for this week
Exercise at least 5 days this week
Drink lots of water !

My relief was only 10 minutes late - yay! Was a long, exhausting night, starting with going in early, then it got quite interesting trying to help a drunken college student who was wandering barefoot and hopelessly lost through the hurricane (good grief) - I think she had no clue how much danger she was in (on multiple fronts). Got home and discovered that I have power, internet, and cable (CL&P's outage map showed 80-90% of my town without power)! Some sticks and small branches fell on the patio, but no trees down and no damage to the roof!! I attribute my good fortune to all of your thoughts and prayers - thank you!!!!

Tuesday goal -- clean up the yard, reach out to friends with no power/water, stay on track calorie-wise, and get a little exercise of some sort in.

Things have been so hectic lately with work and my classes that I haven't been able to stop by.

Thinking of you all, especially our friends on the East Coast, and missing posting. Hopefully things will settle soon.

I think to keep the carb goal for November is great idea!

Have a great day!

Kelley

Tuesday goals. Stay under calorie this week. I'm stressed and hungry and if I hang on by my nails I'll be happy. Fitness... I have the Turkey Trot in 3 weeks. I need to get walking AT LEAST 3 days a week so I can walk over the finish line in under an hour. Was going to walk to work today but I want to pop home at lunch time and check on Mow so I'll need to drive. I only get half an hour for lunch, plus I'll need to go in early/stay late to make up for yesterday.

A bit worried about my family. Called mom to check on her this morning (Central New Jersey) and no answer. The power must be out so I tried her cell. No answer for over an hour so I called my brother since he lives next door. Tried my OTHER brother who lives on the OTHER side of her and no answer.

I wonder if cell service is out up there. They are all on the same plan (Sprint). Someone on my FB said that her AT&T work phone wasn't working but her Verizon personal phone was.

MowMow seems almost back to his old self today, A little run down and tired but at least he's using the litter box on his own. He still seems feverish but not as bad as he was before. Hopefully the antibiotic will fix his problems and we won't see anything terrible on the blood test on Thursday.

ETA: Mileage challenge does sound good. I have 3 weeks to my own Turkey Trot and I'm determined to walk it in under an hour. To do that I need to get my *kitten* in gear! I've got some short stumpy little legs It's gonna take some speed walking for me to make it in an hour. :blushing:

Best Wishes for the people in the path of Sandy!

0 smokes today! :smokin: :noway:

Welp, saw my knee doc today. Diagnosis: fractured patella (knee cap). I will be in a knee brace for 2 months. No bike riding, but I can walk the Turttle pool as long as I don't do lunges or squats and providing it doesn't hurt. Crossing my fingers that I will be able to do that. Just waiting for the pool to be fixed and up and running again. My knee doc asked if I had lost weight. I told him I had, and he told me he could tell. Then he said, "Good job, but lay off of the exercise for awhile!" :noway: Little Luna hasn't had to have cough med since Sunday night, and she is quite feisty...shredding newspapers and running circles around us! :bigsmile:

@MowMow ~ Glad your kitty is feeling better. Hope the blood tests come back OK.

@Morgori ~ Congrats on no smokes. My daughter quit smoking 6 weeks ago, and she tells me practically every day how much healthier she feels.

@Laurie ~ Glad you fared well through Sandy.

@Christine ~ I think it's great you figured out what makes you binge. Darn those skeletons in the closet, anyway!

Well, I guess I didn't do too badly on the Carb challenge - 4 days out of the past 30 I was over. And I LOVE carbs....

Quick update--will catch up on posts later!

Grading Goals:
1. 59/59 Thoreau essays DONE!!
2. 59/59 Montana 1948 vocab DONE!!
3. 59/59 M1948 character journals Done!!!
4. 11/11 AP analysis activities DONE!!
5. prep poetry prompts for Monday DONE!!!

This is not to suggest that I don't have more to do--but I've finished all of my 1st quarter grading--YAY!! :bigsmile:

Hello Everyone,

Trick or Treat!! Today there will be a Halloween party at work. It should be fun but I am looking forward to the holiday being over soon.

Woke up at 3:30am still away I normally wake up at 5:30 yuk. All well.

I have one of my hardest clients today maybe that is why I am stressing a bit. I just need to turn it over. For I know it will be ok.

@JTconst I hope your headache goes away soon and you feel better.
@Laurie-- I hope you find the time that you are looking for to workout.
I know its hard to workout at home. We have a small house with only a living room (no bonus room, or family room ) bedrooms, kitchen etc a small ranch. Its hard finding that private place or a place to focus on my workout.
@skinny-- sounds like you are on your way with getting caught up.

It is 4:55 so going to start getting things ready for work.

Wishing everyone a good day
Liz

Oh, just wanted to say I skimmed through the posts, so hope I didn't miss anything vital.

@cath--glad to hear Luna will be ok

@mymowmow--hope your kitty is better soon

@robin--glad you can start exercising again

@holly--sorry you are having conflicts with your partner about the kids and your studies. He needs to step up and tell his kids to show you some respect, but first he needs to set the example himself. Does he resent you going back to school? Is he worried that you bettering yourself will somehow threaten your relationship with him. Sometimes people fear change in their loved ones b/c they are afraid they will get left behind. maybe you can sit down and have a talk with him about how important school is to you. Let him know that you want him to continue to be a part of your life, but that you are doing this for you whether he supports you or not.

@laurie--sounds like a rough day--glad you got through it

I haven't heard from charlotte either

Thanks for the advice and when I went back to school we celebrated which he was happy for me. I did let him know I would not stop going to school because that is my goal. I also put an hour time frame in place for every night of the week where everyone reads a book so I can work on home work. It's been going okay so far.

Hi Yaw....Happy Halloween:devil: Prayers to everyone in the path of Sandy....Just a quick check-in...I haven't fallen off the wagon, finally got computer Fixed!!!:flowerforyou: :drinker: :flowerforyou:
Wednesday Wish: To have more money, less weight, & less stress:laugh:
Bee Healthy, Bee Happy, Bee Blessed
patty