Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

@helina- welcome, welcome!!!! This is a great thread to be on! I just joined this thread last week and it's helped me get through those days where I just don't want to work out. P90x is intense, or so I've heard. Good luck with it! 4 pounds is a start to the new you, think of it that way. Take one day at a time, that's all we can do. let us know how it goes!!!

Welcome to the newlings! :flowerforyou:

I took gunner for his walk when we got home despite the icy cold temps, but I'm going to skip my formal core work. I spent a lot of time carrying, lifting, bouncing, and tossing my 20+ lb niece--my back and oblique muscles are feeling it tonight, so I'm counting that as today's core work (though I won't log it as exercise).

I logged my food as "best guesses" from the party and seem to be under for the weekend. :happy:

Exercise Goals:
Mon--core work DONE
Tues--walk gunner + gym (treadmill and elliptical) DONE
Wed--core work DONE thursday
Thurs--walk gunner (Not DONE) + gym (yesterday's core work, treadmill, and stationary bike) DONE
Fri--rest day (did yesterday's walk with gunner + went dancing)
Sat--walk gunner + gym (long run) DONE
Sun--walk gunner DONE + core DONE (kind of)

Grading goals:
1. 7/22 diction analyses
2. x/48 AP essays
3. 11/11 AP analysis activities DONE
4. Get final exams done and copied for Adv. G&S (DONE), AP Lit, and H Am Lit (DONE)
5. 59/59 Journals DONE
6. AP test corrections (not sure how many did these)

Christine - SO glad to see you back. Your wonderful posts were missed, a lot. Glad to hear you are feeling a bit better and that you had a nice Christmas.

Hi..hoping I can join you all. I am new to this and have about 140 pounds to lose. I really need all the motivation I can get. Its good to see a group of people that ate in the same situation as me and understand where I am starting at..

I love being able to say 'I won't ever see *that* number on the scale again'. In the UK we have stones (a stone is 14 pounds), so whenever I get down below a stone boundary (like the scale currently says 13st 13.2 pounds), I like to think, ok, I'm never going to see 14 stone again.

@Robin -- oh, I hope you don't have the flu and are feeling way better soon. Look after yourself.
@Melancholy2 -- welcome! I hope you're not melancholy for long...
@Kris -- I'm also on really good terms with my ex (and his wife). But we always were much better mates than we were a couple.
@Ang -- I hadn't really thought about getting into shape as an NSV. But you know, it never occurred to me that I'd run for many miles and enjoy it. It's just not the sort of person I've ever been. I read an article recently that said 'and the best thing about getting into shape is that you suddenly realise that the entire world is a giant adventure playground for adults', and I think that's true. Keeping warm -- our house is Edwardian and full of draughts. So we shut the internal doors and use draught excluders and I am currently wearing thermals and multiple layers of clothes. It's snowing outside. At least I don't have to go out today!
@Liz -- hope you're keeping warm and looking after yourself.
@Tammy -- what a lovely thing for your husband to say! It must be super for him getting home each time and seeing how much better you're looking and feeling.
@LMackbethl -- I started running at the end of September at about 218 pounds, but remember I'm really short (5ft 1) so you could start bigger if you're taller I'm sure. I used a couch to 5k type app called Ease into 5k, and they're great because they make you build up slowly. You won't do yourself any harm if you start with week1 day 1 of one of those programs, and stop if it starts to hurt. Some people have to build up slowly to the first day. But I think if you can do half an hour of non-stop brisk walking then most people are ok to add a little jogging into the mix. I'd done some running three years ago, so I already had running shoes from a proper running shop. I run mostly on roads and some tracks, and I'm very slow. But the great thing about running when you still have a lot of weight to lose is that I know that as I lose more weight, I'm going to gain speed and endurance without really having to work for it; I'm doing that work already, just not getting as much benefit for it as a thinner person would.
@Karen -- Parkrun allows jogging strollers (and dogs too), but they do say that kids can't register and get times until they can run the parkrun themselves!
@Helinacoustic -- welcome! I think P90X would be a bit intense for me. But doing some exercise every day; that's key.
@Darmanin -- I don't use kilos because weight loss is *so slow* in kilos! I know it's the same really... When I gave myself a goal to always use stairs, I used to let myself off if it was more than four flights.
@Christine -- I am SO GLAD to see you back! Don't worry about a little backtracking, it's nothing compared to how much you lost last year, is it?
@Suzyq -- Welcome! This is a great thread precisely because everyone understands what it's like to have a lot of weight to shift; I do think the journey is different for folks like us to those who start a bit lighter.

Monday check-in -- so THANK YOU to everyone who said that my plateau would go away if I just kept steady, because I have lost three pounds! I'm really pleased.

Today I hope my new computer will be delivered; I'm checking its tracking status obsessively on the UPS site. I can't quite set it up yet (I have some sorting out to do in this room first), but I'll be very happy just to have it in the house.

And it is my little baby girl's 16th birthday! That's sort of a thing. Wow.

Looking forward to another brilliant week.

-- Alison

Yay for vickimieth!

“Well... as long as my numbers don't do TOO much of their usual yo-yo cr*p... I've done it... Onederland!!!! ”

I'm new and I just started this journey on this site last week. So far, so good. I can't say exactly how much I have to lose, because I haven't stepped on the scale. I just know from past history and my measurements what weight I am likely at now AGAIN. And I know what I'd like to be at, and that's at least 100 lbs away. I can tell you from my first hip measurement December 12 to my measurement this weekend that 2 inches are gone. Other areas had a 1 inch loss. So, I know I'm making progress. It may seem silly or strange to some that I'm not weighing myself. I will eventually, but I've been here before and the scale became my enemy. It became too much about the number and not enough about good health. So, I'm relying on measurements for now - and I'm only taking them once/month.

My success last week was that I exercised most days, ate well, kept my sodium under 1500mg (I have high blood pressure, so I'm watching my sodium specifically). Didn't eat out or have any junk food.

Good day my friends -

Just checking in. Greetings to all our *newlings* and a super special welcome back to Christine. Congrats to all who are succeeding with their goals. I continue to live in awe of the exercise and activity that many of you do on a consistent basis. That seems to be the rock I keep pushing up the hill. I want to improve my heart health and I need to keep working on this.

Meanwhile my body does let me walk. Yesterday was my all time high to date at 10 miles. A big victory for me personally.

Everyone who's under the weather---feel better soon.

Those in school---all success to you. Study, study, study.

All with money problems----may good fortune rain down.

Virtual hugs.

Lin

10 miles that is awesome. May I ask are you training for an event or is walking your choice of execerise?

Hello again!

HOLLY - walking is my exercise. I try to stay at 5 miles or more each day. Some days I just walk around, other days I use the walking DVDs to get part of my miles. Both using the Fitbit and the Virtual Walk Across America are boosting my motivation for mileage this year.

RACHAEL - I also weigh first thing in the morning in my altogether. I weigh multiple times in the week BUT I only record here on MFP once a week. Congrats to you on TWOderville!!!

Good day to all (glad to hear you are feeling better Robin).

Lin