Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Hi everyone! Welcome to the newlings! :flowerforyou:

@liz--great job with the workouts! :drinker:

@lin--have a great trip--I hope it's a stress relieving trip!

@rachael--love the new profile pic--you and your sister are both gorgeous!!

@laurie--great breakthrough at the gym--I know you've been struggling with those lunges for a long time, so I'm glad you found a method that will help you master them! Also, the sit-ups you mentioned sound kind of like Roman sit-ups. My college gym had a Roman sit-up bench designed specifically for those. I used to love doing them, but my current gym doesn't have the same bench--good to hear a way to improvise.

@jumpy--great job sticking with Insanity--I've heard it's, well, insane! :laugh: Also, love the meme--I've seen it before on FB and it cracks me up every time!

@helen--First, you are not a failure! Second, I know how you feel--I never move my ticker back up for the little gains, not sure if I could do it for a bigger gain. I guess you have to decide which is worse--moving your ticker down now, or waiting until you lose over 20 lbs to move it back up. If you need the reinforcement of logging the losses, then I say move it to your current weight. However, if it's more motivating for you to look at the ticker and say "I was there not so long ago; I'll get there again" then leave it. As you said in your post, it's all about what YOU NEED to make it work for you! :flowerforyou:

@kris--All cooking, but like any chore, it's definitely worse when it takes longer. Anything I do cook usually has limited ingredients and takes about 15 minutes--I think that's why I love the quinoa salad and the fish I make for lunch--both are quick and easy. Great idea to invite your new work friend to walk with you!

@barquilt--we had a thread member who had pins in her ankle and was awaiting multiple surgeries to repair it--she would burn mad calories doing those chair aerobics. She lost a lot of weight even though she needed crutches to walk.

@buterfly--Welcome back!!

@kvandeest--I could NEVER keep peanut m&m's in the house! They are the devil! :devil: When I first started here, I would save a few hundred calories for an evening snack of peanut butter mixed with Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa powder--it's delicious and a lot better for you than the candy. It also takes a bit of effort to get it mixed smoothly, so it's a snack that takes some time to eat.

More Thursday Truth:
Well, I made better food choices today, but I'm going to be a few hundred over (though still under maintenance). I had to do some planning with a colleague, so we went to a pub after school. I didn't eat terribly there--had the grilled chicken and roasted veg panini and sweet potato tots--and only ate half the sandwich. Had a couple of drinks too, thinking I would come home and run on my treadmill again to make up for it. However, my stomach started bothering me a bit, so I'm going to keep the overage and make up for it this weekend.

I got through one class of essays (the smaller class), so I have 27 left. I have 3 and a half hours of grading time tomorrow. I will need about half of that to prep for next week, so will try to get through 6-8 more tomorrow and finish the rest over the 3-day weekend.

Grading goals:
1. 21/48 AP essays
2. 22/22 Advanced Grammar Final Exam essays DONE
3. enter participation for juniors DONE
4. finish posting all grades DONE with all accept one AP class

The 30 Day Power Purge https://www.facebook.com/hannahkeeleyfriends is taking a lot of my time because I haven't done anything like this since 2009. Our home is small so we have to stay organized, but it is still amazing how many things I have found that reorganizing and purging the accumulated "stuff" has improved. I am hoping that this reorganizing will help me improve the way I feel about my home. So far I am liking my kitchen more :happy: I am burning a few calories and found a few muscles I forgot I had too.

Thursday Truth- My ticker is wrong. I put on twenty pounds during my haitus, and I can't bring myself to change the starting weight. Facing failure is so hard!
Another truth- I've learned from the last few months that I must put my NEEDS ahead of PLEASING anyone else. I NEED to not have sweets and fattening foods in the house. I NEED to be judicious in the carbs I choose to eat. I NEED to make time to exercise, and to rest when I hurt (at least long enough to figure out whether I pulled something or not). I knew many of these things in my head, but not in my heart. Right now (for the time being at least), it is in my heart!

it is so hard to put our needs ahead of others when that is what we are used to doing

Late with my Thursday truth, but here it is. I was envious of my 14year old des last night, who walked 62 minutes on the treadmill. I'm proud of him as we'll, of course, but I know I'd never make it 60 minutes - yet!!!

Friday fitness - I will be running for the 3rd time tonight after work. Again, not so much running as walking with a few bursts of speed. However, everyday my insurance builds and I will be able to run 10k again one day. Other days this week I either walked on the treadmill and I'm starting a weight routine 2days a week next week.

Good Morning & Happy Friday!

Friday Fitness~Good week this week, I need to step it up though and find a way to get some exercise in on Tues/Thurs – I get home too late, so may have to find a way to go to the gym at 4:30 those mornings as much as I don’t want to. The 4# I was up yesterday were gone this morning, whew! Visiting with friends tomorrow, imagine we’ll go out for lunch but should be able to make healthy choices so as to not veer too far off plan.

Fitness this week:

Monday~Cross Trainer DONE!
Tuesday~Off Day
Wednesday~Training Session DONE!
Thursday~Off Day
Friday~Zumba or none (have clothes shopping to do)
Saturday~Long run
Sunday~Training Session

@Jumpy~Love the pic, thanks for sharing!
@Rachael~Cute pic! I’m not one for showing my pic either, although I did for a while. Awesome weight loss this week!!!

Have a great day!
~Kelley

Happy Friday....

Friday Fitness- not sure what I will do this weekend temps are suppose to be in the negative numbers may just lay around the house....okay may just clean the house.

Welcome new people!

Friday Fitness- I've started walking 3 miles a day. I'm building to jog so I can at least jog the color vibe run in April! It suddenly became very cold down here (I live in southeastern Georgia), I'm talking a drop of 20+ degrees in one day, so I'm trying to adjust to that while maintaining exercise. It's tricky, but I think I can do it.

On a side note, I've never been one to eat a lot...I don't eat very often, but I'm trying to boost up my metabolism so I've been eating more, and I actually woke up hungry this morning! This never happens, breakfast was one meal I would miss just because I'd forget to get food because I just wasn't hungry. But I'm actually hungry, and it's really strange. :laugh:

@mowmow I saw the same salad container at Target too, so you might check there! See if it's available online too! I'm sure Amazon would have a good price.

@sarabeth congrats on the deans list! that's awesome! (and welcome!)

@helen you can do it! we have three rules at my house: 1. Be kind 2. Be honest 3. Always do the right thing.
If something doesn't pass those tests then we need to change it. And I was right where you were. I had a gain and I sure didn't want to change my ticker (at ALL!!) but then I remembered that it's not Honest (and it helps to remember that we're only human and not all super heros at weightloss every day) and it's not the right thing to do...so I had to change mine. I'm rooting for ya honey! You CAN do this.

Whenever I'm having a rough day, I end up remembering this picture

Thursday truth: I did my Insanity Day 4(?) workout today and my mother came for a visit for the weekend because my DH just had dental surgery and isn't fit to watch the kids right now (amazing how much a tooth can take ya down!) and she totally kicked my butt at the workout. But I did all 40 minutes again, and gave it my all and it was worth every minute!!

I love this picture.

friday fitness- went to a cardio boot camp with my much younger and stronger neice this morning. They did a lot of running so i just walked on the spot like i do for my walking dvds. A zillion squats and arm lifts with weights as well as some mat work. I won't be able to move later :laugh: But it was fun to do something different.

yup, it was not pretty but i survived. Was not as bad for me as i was totally unaware of how sick i was while in hospital in 2010. Very scary for my family tho. Took me nearly a year to 'get over' it....still have a few residual effects but learning to live with them

yikes. that terrifies me, truly. i don't know why but i just have this profound fear of meningitis. thank goodness you recovered. so many people don't.

4 1/2 years ago I went on a fantastic rafting trip in colorado. Many of us climbed a huge rock and jumped into a deep pool that had eroded next to it. Unfortunately, i missed with one foot and took impact damage to my ankle. Luckily the river was really cold and I iced it for 30 minutes. Another thursday truth, i never went to the doctor to check it out. Actually i haven't been to the doctor in 11 years.

wow, that sounds horribly painful. I was on a rafting trip (in colorado) once and i had a sprained ankle that i'd been slowly healing for about two months. it was really bad. the doctor had told me prior to that point that if it didn't heal soon we might be talking surgery. but it was finally finally doing better. i got thrown from the raft and i don't know if that happened to you on your trip, but there's a vicious undertow. very strong. wrenched my ankle again. sprained. again. i ended up spending six months in physical therapy haha. but that was still an awesome trip. river rafting seems to kind of have that effect. :laugh:

I have always wanted to go on a white water rafting trip. Maybe I will tell hubby that I would like that for a reward this summer for all my hard work.:happy:

Friday Fitness. So here was last week's plan:

Saturday -- 5k parkrun, possibly with my friend, my son and her daughter as well. Might sqeeze in some badminton later. 5k DONE and my son & friends did it too! So that's good.
Sunday -- Might be walking around the village with wassailers. Not quite sure. And a little run. Er no, a crisp cold sunny day that was perfect for the long run, so I did that. 7+ miles of running, 10.5 miles total. Longest run yet and I feel great.
Monday -- Hoping to get badminton coaching but that might not happen. If not I'll do the long run today. Did Morris practice instead.
Tuesday -- long run unless the weather's awful. Nope -- did dance mat in the end.
Wednesday -- whatever I do must be early because my mum's coming to stay. Badminton club? Nothing! Sat on my tush all day watching the thermometer drop.
Thursday -- rest day (dinner & a show with Mum) -- did get a little bit of walking going to and from tubes/theatre and so on.
Friday -- badminton - DONE
And three strength workouts -- I've done two (Mon & Weds) and might squeeze the third in this evening.

Walking from Hobbiton to Rivendell -- now on day 2 at 43 miles; the Elves have disturbed the Black Rider and the hobbits are walking along with the elves.

OK. So here's a plan for next week:

Saturday -- 5k parkrun but it might be too snowy to run, in which case a 5k walk unless it's cancelled.
Sunday -- maybe badminton
Monday -- Morris practice but this is also the most likely day for running based on the weather.
Tuesday -- Zumba if the weather is still bad
Wednesday -- badminton club
Thursday -- a run if possible
Friday -- badminton

@Kris -- oh, don't worry about one difficult day. It's so dangerous going to the grocery store when you're hungry!
@Yummyjewels -- welcome!
@Kristen -- that's a super cute salad container! We have lots of plastic boxes, but we do struggle when, say, part of a lunch needs to be heated through but sides need to be kept cool. And I totally love that photo of the runner. I need a shirt like that.
@Kelley -- I don't know if it would help you but whenever I do strength training I sleep like a log. The actual workout doesn't really feel very hard at all, but then by 10pm I can't keep my eyes open.
@Drojen -- 'walking with quick bursts of speed' leads very quickly to 'running with some walking breaks' and then to 'running with only the odd spell of walking'. And yay for looking forward to running!
@Lin -- but no running, running, running right now because it's snowing, snowing, snowing... I'm really missing it.
@Sherrie -- it's lucky that we get as many do-overs as we need, isn't it? Well done for getting back on the wagon!
@Tom -- those graphs are good, aren't they? You can really see what's going on.
@Karen -- I try to run continuously for the first part of my 'long' runs, and then mostly run for the rest of the running part, and then I always put a mile of mostly-walking at the end. And then the next time I do a long run I'm just extending the part that's all running and the part that's mostly-running. 5k feels pretty short now, and I'm sure I can run them a bit faster.
@Nicole -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Hope you have a brilliant surprise party! You have definitely earned your 40 years!
@Charlotte -- on exercise, start gradually. Wear a pedometer and try to up your steps a little each week till you get to 10k a day, or get in the habit of taking a 10 minute brisk walk in your lunch break. That sort of thing. Do you work as a nurse? You might be getting 'enough' exercise for your general health just from that. If you're tired and achy from the amount of exercise you get at work that might be enough, and you'd just need to add in some complementary workouts like swimming or weights.
@Kaye -- gosh, you're doing so brilliantly at the moment! Hope it all goes well for you at your sister's.
@Kvandeest -- Try not to feel guilty! I do think this notion that some foods are sinful has a lot to answer for. Much better to say 'well, I really enjoyed those peanut M&Ms, and it looks like two handfuls are xxx calories, so that's what I'll log'. And then move on. I made a New York Baked Cheesecake because my mum was coming down. It's *amazingly good*, but the only way I fitted it into my cals was to give in and go over one day, and then have the cheesecake *as my lunch* on another day. And those are small slices! But I'm much happier that I made the cheesecake, which my mum loves and all my family love, and went a few calories over. Over a month, it's not really much.
@ButterflyWolf -- I don't think I could manage Paleo really given the quantity of dairy in my life. But I'm interested to hear how you get on.
@ThinkThin -- welcome!
@Sarabeth -- Welcome back! Dean's List, so awesome! I'm not job hunting, but I was determined to focus on my health while I'm not working, because I think it's very easy to slip into a mode of living where you gradually become one with the couch.
@PurplePenguin -- Welcome! One big change I've made is to have *smaller* portions of high calorie food, and you know, they're just as good. I'm only short so a lot of regular 'human-sized' portions are really too big for me. I don't tend to throw stuff away; I'm more likely to just ask for a bite from my husband's portion, or cut something in half and wrap it up for another day.
@Helen -- good luck focusing on your needs, and 32 pounds lost is still fantastic!
@Rachael -- Love the new photo! I'm not *quite* ready to put a photo on here yet, but soon. Perhaps at 50 pounds? What do you think, chaps? There's a lad at the folk club who takes photos of the floor singers nearly every week, so he's got photos of me all the way through. I could do a progress photo.
@KarenLeona -- OMG meningitis! (which I guess is what everyone is saying...) I'm glad you came through it ok.
@Robin -- I went to varifocals last year but I'm not sure the magnifying part of them is quite strong enough.

I'm starting late with the decluttering purge (my excuse is that my mother's been here and then hubby pointed out that my blog's not working properly and when I went to see what was wrong I have opened a giant can of worms...) but I am going to sort out the fridge TONIGHT.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

-- Alison

Sorry - I said ruth - I meant Sara