Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Sorry about being MIA. I got sick on the 15th while preparing for my family Xmas party and have been in bed since the 16th with the exception of a trip to the Dr. Sat up yesterday because my hips were hurting from lying around so much. Still not well, but have to do a little shopping today.

We had a wonderful family Xmas party and am looking forward to Xmas.

Worried about my hubby. His doctor told him his lung might collapse but he feels he has to take an assignment in Colorado, where there is a blizzard starting either late Xmas day thru the 1st of the year. We could really use the bonus money to pay our property taxes, but I told him to turn the assignment down. I really worry about the weather and him. Luckily this is an inside job and except for getting to work and back and eating out (which he might be able to do in the hotel) he should be inside.

I could to but just can't bring myself to voluntarily go to such a cold climate. I am daydreaming about Key West in February

My thoughts have been with the parents of the children in Ct. I wish I could do something to assuage their pain.

Wishing everyone a Happy and well holiday.

Looking forward to New Year and love Robin's comment about approaching it with a new attitude. You go girl!!!

Katrena

Hi Everyone,
I'm new to your community, but not new to weight loss struggles. In 2008, my health had deteriorated to the point that my doctor recommended lapband surgery. To avoid all that, I got serious once again about losing weight. I joined Weight Watchers, joined Gold's Gym, and hired 2-3 sessions a week with a personal trainer. The weight started coming off and I lost a total of 176 lbs. in 18 months. I kept the weight off for awhile, but got lazy, reverted to my old habits, and soon put back 140 lbs. (I am a prime example of Yo-Yo Dieting!)

Again, this past Summer, my doctor told me I would get the weight off or it was going to kill me. He insisted this time on the surgery, but I promised I would recommit and do what it takes to get off the Yo-Yo train. I started July 11, 2012, and last night at my hospital-sponsored weight-loss support group I weighed in having lost 99.8 lbs. to date (about 23 weeks!) I feel great and am ready to commit to lose the remaining 125 lbs my doctor requires.

Thanks for letting me share a bit of my journey with you. I saw this thread and thought, Yes! I can join that club today. Have a Merry Christmas. Enjoy your families and traditions, but don't splurge too much. You can lose weight using MFP. Regularly logging your calories is the only way to be honest with yourself.

All the best in the New Year,
Kirk Anderson (andek095)

P.S. I welcome friend requests...

@KarenLeona -- oh, I think everyone finds this time of the year hard. Just try to take it one day at a time, log stuff and spot where you can save the odd thing, and do a little bit of exercise. And be calm and strong; the holidays will soon be over and the whole world will be focused on weight loss and exercise! At which point those of us here will have a smashing head start


Bohemiancoast- thanks so much. Very good point about after the holidays being focused on weight loss and exercise. Never thought of it that way. thanks for posting this....a big help for me

@Susan - Glad you made it back safe and sound ....and without committing homicide. This must be so confusing and awful for your son, I'm sorry you all have to deal with that deadbeat.

@Boho - It sounds like you are working your butt off!

@Kaye - What a wonderful idea on how to get the kids to do the dishes. 5 minutes is such a short time even they can't complain too much.

@Mara Diaz - Well done on the run!

@Linder - Great walking!

@Robin - Love love LOVE the new goals for January.

@Katrena - Hope the hubby feels better soon and glad you are on the mend.

@Kirk - Welcome! You've found a wonderful, supportive, and loving group of people!

Friday Fitness : There is none..... I'm still struggling with various medical issues.. The massive doses of antibiotics they gave me for the infection had hurt me....hurt me bad. Been sick and miserable and just eating whatever since it doesn't stay down long.

@Robin - Thanks Today is my last dose (thank GOODNESS). The DR warned me that I'd likely be sick as a dog and he was right. I had an appointment last night and he says the incisions look good and are healing fine now. Thinks SHOULD improve after today.

Ahhh Friday! Went to my holday party and behaved quite well. Only one glass of wine then carried water for the rest of the night. Took strawberries and cool whip for my dish. Ate very lightly and did well, but did NOT refuse the plate of cookies the hostess offered at the end of the night and ate too many when I got home so epic FAIL! :grumble:

Have been thinking of our January Goals and want to approach the New Year with a whole new attitude! How about this for our goals::: SWEAT and HUNGER!!! Did I sweat today? Did I let myself get hungry today?
I don't think we have been focusing on the hunger part of our diets enough. We need to feel the hunger to know our diets are working! I'm not sayng we need to starve, but that little bit of hunger is the sensation that tells us that our metabolism is burning our stored reserves and I know I have not felt hunger in a long time.

Good goals for 2013. Holiday cookies are my down fall too because I am a good cookie maker

Hello everyone, hope your day is going well. I have had a pretty good day. Got the house on the road to being clean and lots of cooking done. I made four different kinds of candies and three kinds of breads. I am feeling pretty good about having everything ready on time I did a short workout today only ten minutes but I have been moving most of the day. I have had my kids taste testing for me so I just logged a couple of hundred calories for licked fingers and such. I know what a bad mom fattening up the poor kids with all the testing:laugh: Well I hope you all have a great weekend and while looking for those oppurtunities to cut some calories dont stress it to much. This is for a lifetime not the short term so dont stress a couple of days.:bigsmile:

Fitness this week was interesting. Spent 3 weeks with out my car (due to repairs of Sandy and poseidon as well as my accident). I decided Tuesday night I had enough with being stuck in the house laying on the couch picking food off of my shirt and doing the whole "woe is me" thing. I went out for a 3/4 mile Walk/jog that evening. Came back winded but feeling better.

My usual saturday fitness is curling (on ice, for the state of NJ). I curl in the morning with the teenagers (10AM-1PM) and then again with the adult at night, (7-9PM). Since I'm not in school until January i'm pondering the idea of just walking the block (which is about a grand total of a mile) daily and eventually start using the university's equipment.

Until then, I'll be curling on saturday's as usual, because nothing says awesome like slapping teflon to your foot and sliding 42lbs of granite 140 while screaming "HARD! HURRY! HARD!" and not getting dirty looks.

So I have nothing to share about Friday Fitness, but what a meal today. It was darn good, but I'll be paying for it later I'm sure. I just added 2,000 quick calories to be safe and not even going to try to figure it out. We're getting ready to open Gordon Ramsay Burgr at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas. Between parm onion rings, salt & vinegar hummus w/garlic pita, Hell's Kitchen Burger (avocado, jalapeno, cheese and some kind of dressing) then a chocolate hazelnut shake for dessert (which I didn't finish) . . . oh my!!! All of the food had such amazing flavors - salty versus sweet or sweet vs spicy. It was so good! Like I said I'll be paying for it later and probably gained 5 lbs in that meal alone. Tomorrow is a new day - thank goodness!!!!!

@Susan~Food sounds fantastic, glad you had a good time. Sometimes its hard to avoid certain foods, sounds like you had a fab time and like you said today is a new day!

Hope everyone gearing up for the holiday's. My Saturday Success is that there is a bowl full of peppermint bark in my fridge that I made the other night and I haven't had any of it! Just cookies left to make tomorrow. My calf cramped up on me yesterday (I imagine from Thursday's run) but am going to try and get out for a run after it warms up.

I do have a question. I'm putting together a gift for my personal trainer, but have really been struggling with what to give him but here's what I've come up with - a pound of coffee, some tea, some almonds, an AMC gift card, and a tiny bit of the peppermint bark. Does this sound okay? I'm not really sure what to give him, he's done so much for me this year so I want to do something.

Kelley

I have started loggng my food and really committed to doing that no matter what, starting today. I am feeling better and only have a few errands to run and then I am thru with all shopping.

Will be watching my precious great granddaughter tonight and I always (well most of the time) enjoy that. She has been so sweet lately and not showing her terrible two's. I delight at seeing how quickly she is learning. I bought her a dvd player and elmo dvd;s and she occupies herself with those and seems mesmerized by them. We are also moving her table and chairs to the sunroom so we can help her with her puzzles.

KAH, That sounds like a very nice gift, better than junk food and something I am sure the trainer can use.
Kirk: Congratulations on this step of the journey. I know you can suceed at keeping the weight off
Mn Walking Queen - I don't consider your evening a failure. You had a little burp, that's all. Had you not planned ahead, I'm sure you could have done a lot of damage
Mymow - Thanks for the encouragement

Hi everyone! Sorry I didn't check in yesterday--it was the last day of school before winter break, so my teacher friends and I went out for an Irish Pub crawl. Had a so-so day with food--snacked all day, so when we got to the first pub, I asked a friend if she wanted to split a sandwich rather than eating the whole thing myself. I didn't drink too much, but we were in my parents' neighborhood, so I decided to sleep at their place. Had to get up early and drive home in time to get Gunner to the salon, so a bit on the tired side today.

Friday fitness:
I got to the gym twice during the work week, which is pretty good for me. I was planning to go today, but have been cleaning all morning (de-furring while Gunner was away), and now think I will probably just take him for a long walk. It's very chilly out, but it's beautifully sunny with very little wind. I will go to the gym tomorrow for sure though.

Will check back to do personals and Saturday Success later.

Exercise Goals:
Mon--gym (did weights and stationary bike) DONE
Tues--walk gunner DONE
Wed--walk gunner + gym DONE
Thurs--rest day (holiday party)
Fri--rest day (holiday pub crawl)
Sat--walk gunner + core

Grading goals:
1. x/22 diction analyses
2. x/22 Failure essays
3. x/48 AP tests
4. x/48 AP essays
5. 59/59 Scarlet Letter annotations DONE
6. x/30 Scarlet Letter Papers

Wahooo--- over 2 1/2 hours shoveling and hacking at heavy snow and ice and finally I can get my vehicles in and out of the driveway. I am so incredibly thankful that since the snow removal guys did *NOT* show up and didn't answer the phone that I had indeed lost enough weight to be able to do this work.

Now that indeed is a NSV!! Woot!

Drink your water.....:drinker: :drinker: (I'm celebrating with some hot tea! I know, I'm kinda walking on the wild side today. )

Lin

@janet--welcome! that is indeed a great success! :flowerforyou:

@lin--great NSV and you probably burned massive calories! Be careful with that tea--don't overdo it! :laugh:

@robin--yay for youtube!! I envy your ability to take good photos. It is a skill I sorely lack, and not for a want of training. I went to numerous photography workshops when I was the yearbook adviser, so I know what to do in theory. In practice, however, it never seems to work for me--even with professional grade equipment. :ohwell:

@kris & liz--fun workout! I wish I had a large enough space in my home to do some of those video workouts.

@tom--robin's right--you shouldn't belittle your strength training efforts--you'll be surprised at how quickly you will build strength and increase the weights and reps. If you had told me when I started that I would ever be able to do 150lbs on the torso rotation machine, I would have laughed in your face, but that's where I'm at after 2 years! :noway:

@kelley--I think the gift sounds wonderful!

@susan--that meal sounds amazing!! I would have done the same for logging. I've learned that if it's something I can't find/re-create easily in the database, sometimes it's easier just to quick add. I figure that leaves me more time to walk the dog or do some core work.

@hyzaarc--curling sounds like a fun way to burn calories!

@kaye--Even if you went over, I bet you still did a lot better than if you hadn't tried to plan for the pizza party. And you're right, at least we don't have these temptations every day.

@tammy--great advice about not stressing over the holiday meals--you're so right! :flowerforyou:

@mymowmow--hope you're feeling better soon--glad you are done with those meds!

Saturday Success:
Well I went shopping for presents for my sister's pets and my niece. These are the only presents I need to get before christmas. The pets were easy, but I had no idea what to get Violet. Walked into TJ Maxx and immediately found this toy that's perfect! She can stand a push it while she's learning to walk (she's right on the verge of walking right now--just wants to hold onto something). Then, when that's no longer fun for her, it converts into a little ride she can scoot around on.

I also wanted to share something I had my students in my grammar class do yesterday. Some of you have probably heard about it--it's called Snowflakes for Sandy Hook. Basically people are making and sending snowflakes that will be used to decorate the new building the Sandy Hook kids will attend after winter break. The goal is to create a "blizzard of caring." Here is the link if anyone wants to send any:

http://www.momendeavors.com/2012/12/snowflakes-for-sandy-hook.html

Normally, I don't have time to do this type of thing in my classes, but my Advanced Grammar class is ahead of schedule, so I let them make paper snowflakes. It was really nice--some of them decorated theirs with messages of love for the kids. Very sweet.

Exercise Goals:
Mon--gym (did weights and stationary bike) DONE
Tues--walk gunner DONE
Wed--walk gunner + gym (did treadmill and elliptical) DONE
Thurs--rest day (holiday party)
Fri--rest day (holiday pub crawl)
Sat--walk gunner DONE + core

Grading goals:
1. x/22 diction analyses
2. x/22 Failure essays
3. x/48 AP tests
4. x/48 AP essays
5. 59/59 Scarlet Letter annotations DONE
6. x/30 Scarlet Letter Papers
7. x/28 Tone Test revisions

I am back after an undesired absence. Annapolis had a very unusual power outage on Thursday night. The city lost 2 major transmission line and darken the entire city about 50,000 people. It occurred about 9 pm. Needless to say it was very quiet. The problem occurred on Friday when the Cable would not work so my brother spent time trying to repair it. He brought a new batter for the box and that worked for a little while, then about 6pm the whole system (phone, TV and internet) went out again. I was on the phone with Verizon last night and luckily I was able to get them to come out today to fix it. The only reason I got this appointment was due the medical reasons for my Dad. They took pity on my family. It was a 5 minute fix but they replaced the entire battery box. Needless to say, I finished all my wrapping for Christmas since there was no TV last night. The storm that the mid west was getting affected my area as well- rain and wind= power outage for about hours.

I like curling and looking forward to trying it again this winter.

Kris- Welcome to the group.

Exercise goals for the week were hit and miss for the week.

Plan for this week
Saturday- gym- walk, bike
Sunday- trainer workout
Monday-workout- walk bike row
Tuesday- Rest or walk around the neighborhood depending on weather
Wednesday gym-rock wall
Thursday-gym
Friday- rock wall???