Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

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@KarenLeona -- sorry about the job, and I hope they find something else good for you. A hiring freeze shouldn't matter as you're already an employee -- and in fact it might help because what happens in hiring freezes is that people get absolutely desperate for staff and can't recruit any, so if there are staff available they get snapped up.


-- Alison

ok, that makes sense.....and makes me feel a bit better.....THANK YOU

heading out for a walk in the rain...

Welcome back luckycharm196! I left for a while, too. I slipped from my goals and was too ashamed.. But this group is very welcoming and encouraging. I wish you lots of success!

Thankyou so very much!...looking forward to staying connected!....thanks to all for the welcoming wishes!

Welcome to the newlings!!!:flowerforyou:

@butterfly--ugh! That's my worst nightmare! I still always say I;m 5'7", but the truth is I haven't been measured in so long, it's likely I'm a bit shorter than that. My doctor never takes my height--I wonder why not.

@tom--sorry you're sick, but WHOOT on pushing dow nto the 270's!! :drinker:

@alison--I got the scale through Groupon. It's regularly $80--I got it for $30 including free shipping. It took several weeks to get here, but well worth the weight. You should check on Groupon to see if they are still offering the deal.

I'm at work in my Study Hall and need to get some grading done. Will check back with Wed. Wish and more personals later.

I find the sweetness of vegetables very odd indeed , and Desdemina, your "who am I?" comment made me laugh! I now love the sweet taste of sugar snap peas, carrots and cranberrys mixed together. Its like a bowl of candy to me :laugh:

Wow, that sounds yummy! I might have to try that. any special recipe or just mix those three things together?

Wednesday wish - that all of our wishes come true! So we can wish for anything no matter how improbable so my wish this week is to continue to lose weight consistently until I reach my goal. HEY---I can hear you laughing!!! :laugh: :laugh:

Lin

So I bought a HRM/pedometer today. Sounds great right? Well the problem is I think it is smarter then me. The two things I wanted was to be see how many calories I was burning when I worked out since everyone says MFP's settings are off and to start tracking my steps every day. My problem with this is the stupid thing records constant just being alive calories when you are in pedometer mode which I dont need as they are figured into my plan so I could just reset it for my workouts but then it resets the pedometer and I lose track of the steps I have taken for the day. There is probably another way to do this but I havent been able to figure it out and am getting frustrated. Oh well gonna reset and go play wii so we will see what it has to say after that. Have a great night everyone.

Just wanted to share that I have FINALLY COMPLETED an entire Leslie sansone DVD- the one with boosted walking. I did 5 miles, yes that's right folks of MFP, 5 aerobic miles!!!!


I am so sore, but extremely proud of myself. My sister, the one in the picture with me, has never been able to do all 5 of those miles and she's around 150#!!! Suuuuuucka!!!!! Lol

I adore you all and keep up all of that fantastic weight loss and remember, "we aren't losing weight, we are getting RID of it because we do NOT intend on gaining it back!"

WATER TAG!!!!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Hi everyone! :flowerforyou:

@rachael--great job completing your 5 miles!!! :drinker: Make sure you stretch really well afterwards so you can do it again tomorrow (or maybe the next day ).

@karenleona--I feel the same way about it only being Wed. which is really sad since my work week only started yesterday. :ohwell:

@tammy--really like the darker hair! I wish I could go darker, but I've grown a few grays over the past couple of years and it's just so much easier to camouflage them with my hair lighter. Sorry about your HRM troubles--I can sympathize. Mine tells me I only burn about 60 calories for every mile I run, which is just ridonculous! Even a healthy weight person burns about 100 calories per mile. With my extra weight, I should be burning more. My only consolation is that at least I won it in a raffle, so didn't shell out any cash for something that doesn't work well. I suspect it is also "smarter" than me and I just don't have it programmed correctly, but I've been too lazy to investigate further...

@lin--we aren't laughing AT you; we're laughing WITH you! Can you believe you are only ONE lb away from hitting a really big milestone!?! My wish is that I see your ticker move to 100 this week! :flowerforyou:

Wed. Wish:
Well, technically I just used it on lin. However, I also wish to stay as motivated as I've been the past couple of weeks. Today I had a meeting after work, and by the time I got home it was almost dark and snowing--not a good combo for walking gunner. Instead, I brushed him really well, which he LOVES!! I usually do it outside, but with this cold weather it's been awhile. My kitchen floor already had tumbleweeds of fur, so I just brushed him indoors and then swept. After that, we played a bit and then I changed and did 2 miles on my evil, inclined treadmill. Not as fun as running flat, but better than no exercise.

Exercise Goals:
Mon--gym (weights + bike) DONE
Tues--walk gunner NOT DONE (too cold/windy) + core DONE
Wed--walk gunner NOT DONE + gym RAN AT HOME INSTEAD
Thurs--walk gunner
Fri--rest day
Sat--walk gunner + gym (long run)
Sun--walk gunner + core

Figured I better jump in with a quick comment so I don't lose my place again. I continue to read and log every day, even if I'm only posting once or twice a week - still very inspired by everyone's success and with you in your struggles! I lost 3.4 pounds this week and am pretty proud of myself! Never thought I would be able to lose in winter! I was very active last weekend, with long walks each day, and had decided to start c25k this week on a trail near my house (I really loathe the gym), but then the bitter cold descended and I've put that on hold for now. Probably best for my knee, which is still a bit tweaked, to rest a bit longer anyway. One of my friends spent the weekend and I really enjoyed the company, plus she cooks really healthy and tasty vegetarian meals, so that's a great bonus. Better get off to bed -- still adjusting to my new work schedule.

I get that too, I found what works best for me is if I roll the muscles out on the foam tube thing (i know technical term lol) a trainer taught me if I roll my legs out before and after hard work out, it makes the world of difference. litterally its like giving yourself a massage. I wish someone would have taught me that trick 10 years ago

toots - congrats on the exercise while waiting for the tub to fill - that's really all it takes, squeezing in a few minutes here and there!

TOOTS I THINK THAT IS PRETTY AMAZING. AT LEAST YOU DID SOMETHING

thanks. i can't believe how much i've let myself slide in the last six or more months. it's crazy. i have to get back on track.

Last night while I was out with a meet up group one of the guys Andrew gave me the greatest compliament. We were discussing weight loss and how much we each wanted to lose. He said that I looked great and he didn't think I needed to lose any weight. I was shocked but pleasantly surprised. He has also joined MFP and maybe he will find his way to this group. The two of us had a wonderful conservation over dinner talking about diets and weight loss. He was inspiring me to keep going and I was inspiring him by being an example. Go figure. It was very nice to hear that I looked good. He did not know me when I was heavier.

that is a great NSV! so good to hear even if you feel it isn't true.

So I bought a HRM/pedometer today. Sounds great right? Well the problem is I think it is smarter then me. The two things I wanted was to be see how many calories I was burning when I worked out since everyone says MFP's settings are off and to start tracking my steps every day. My problem with this is the stupid thing records constant just being alive calories when you are in pedometer mode which I dont need as they are figured into my plan so I could just reset it for my workouts but then it resets the pedometer and I lose track of the steps I have taken for the day. There is probably another way to do this but I havent been able to figure it out and am getting frustrated.

this happened to me when i got a heart monitor for christmas the year before last and i couldn't get it to do anything i wanted. i finally gave it to my husband in frustration to try to get him to fix it. he proclaimed he could not get it to do what i wanted and then he stole it :laugh:

I am so sore, but extremely proud of myself. My sister, the one in the picture with me, has never been able to do all 5 of those miles and she's around 150#!!! Suuuuuucka!!!!! Lol

that literally made me LOL

Yesterday when I read that the chore was to clean out our books I almost passed out and wound up not doing anything. DH and I were both raised by school teachers and have advanced degrees, to say that we are book lovers is an understatement. The best thing that has happened for our sanity is the Kindle.

ebooks just aren't the same to me. i still do read ebooks, but i couldn't replace my real books with kindle stuff. we are like you guys, hard core bibliophiles and there is literally not a space around me that doesn't have at least one book in view. but even with the mess i couldn't part with them.

Wednesday Wish... well. I wish it ti be warmer than -20 degrees from now on(not realisitc for this location) and realistic, hopeing to finish writing a book, no matter if it gets published or not, just to have written something start to finish, I suppose that goes more under goal.

ohh another writer. i'm also a writer and i know there are a few others that you will see now and then popping up around Nano especially :laugh: what sorts of books do you write? you can PM me if you'd rather.

Good news is I was 268.2 lbs. today! Maybe I should complain about not losing more often :laugh: I finally broke the 270 lbs. barrier!

On March 2nd I am going to the pub for St. Baldrick's fund raiser. This involves shaving heads for kids with cancer. They raise money for research. So make sure you look on March 2nd for picture of me with no hair :blushing:

that's GREAT news and so awesome of you to do that to help out kids.

Thursday Truth-

I am so sick of the below zero temps here. I know this is a typical winter temp but we haven't had a typical winter in over 4 yrs. I am digging working out at lunch but I think that I have become addicted to the hill program on the treadmill. I love my kindle but I also miss traditional books at times. I guess school books can solve that ache.

@jtconst- I am so technology challenged when I can't figure something out I hand it to my teenager tell him what I need it to do. He figures it out than laughs and asks if he should show me how he did it. Its funny cuz my parents call him all the time for help with their WII.
@Laurie- Sounds like you have a good time at your meet up group. It is always nice to meet someone that you have something in common with. Soak up the compliment that just means your hard work has paid off.
@Karen- Congrats on the new scale it sounds so cool.
@Naceto- Congrats on the math test. Eventhough you may not think it is a good score remember you worked your tail off for that grade. For me I hadn't done math in 20yrs that wasn't in an excel spreadsheet so every passing grade felt like an accomplishment.

Thursday Truth: yesterday my fifth grandchild was born...of course it was the coldest day of year so far. Beautiful, baby girl to my daughter. We didn't know the sex so it was a wonderful surprise to my daughter and her husband as they wanted a girl. I've witnessed 3 births recently, but I saw everything for the first time. What can I say? It's hard to believe women can do that! I'm exhausted today. It was a long birth. Didn't eat all day and then late at night completely overdid it as I hauled myself into the house. Mad at myself. I went over my limit. I'll try to get back on track today. The next few days I'll be helping out and staying at daughters, so not sure how my logging in will go.

@Toots~Good job getting some exercise in while waiting for the tub to fill, way to multi-task! It’s all about getting in some movement, no matter how we do it. I don’t read eBooks either, there is just something about the smell and feel of a paperback. :laugh:

@Laurie~What a great NSV, I bet that felt amazing!

@Tom~Fantastic scale victory! I’m sorry you’re sick and hope you don’t have the flu that is going around, whatever your illness I hope its short-lived.

@Rachael~I think someone mentioned it above, but do you have access to one of those foam rollers? Most gyms have them and you can find them at any sporting goods store for around $25 – if you roll out your legs (quads, hammies, IT bands, hip flexor, etc.) lightly before a workout and then a little more intensely/longer after a workout it will greatly reduce pain/inflammation from the workout. They are not my favorite thing and can be painful at first, but you get used it and then come to rely on them. They really do help a lot. I cannot remember the last time I even thought of a Bic Mac – I haven’t had one in over 5-years – so stay away from Micky D’s! Actually the only fast food I eat is Chick-fil-A occasionally or Subway, I do treat myself to In ‘n Out Burger a couple of times a year but that is it – I just love those burgers!