Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !
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Thanks Lin - I do need the encouragement. I felt guilty as sin not getting it done over the w/e at my bf's place. My goal is to increase from once a day to 3 times a day (one mile each time) and then to increase to 2 miles at a time 3 times a day.
You are an inspiration to me with your exercise commitment and your weight loss and you've done so good whereas I've done so poorly yet we have so many similarities in life. THANKS! :flowerforyou:
Yep, we have many similarities but I DON'T HAVE A BOYFRIEND!!!! :sad: :brokenheart: :sad:
GO ROBIN GO ROBIN GO ROBIN!!!!!!!!!!:glasses: :glasses: :glasses: :glasses: (sunglasses time is coming soon--AKA vacation)
Lin
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@tammy - sounds like you have found an exercise groove -- good for you!! and do i see your ticker moving?
@kelley - half of your body weight in ounces of water? really? i might drown, lol. but i will give it a try - i always drink more than 8 glasses... now i know why.
@robin - good job fessing up (i know that can be difficult)... can you go for a walk outside with the bf if you can't bring yourself to do the dvd while you're there?
Monday Check-In: no loss this week -- actually gained 0.6 pounds instead -- which is a bit frustrating, because according to calories in/out, i should have lost. Oh well, it happens. Hopefully the scale will cooperate next week. I'm 4/28 on working out and hot tubbing. 0 -
Weeee!0
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Good evening everyone! Had a fun day really enjoy my time at the Y. My daughter came it was fun. Notice as the day went. My app on my phone for mfp was acting up. I would ente or check a number it show sometime else be way wrong.
Didn't notice it till almost through the day when I went to check something. But it works on.my kindle ok.
Tomorrow is back to work for me. So going to try to go to bed soon.
Just wanted to drop in to save my spot.
Wishing everyone a good night.
Liz0 -
Monday Checkin- The seven pounds that appeared out of no where last week went back from whence they came! I guess it was water weight from TOM? I still have the twenty I put on while I was away, but I KNOW where that came from! The seven pounds on top of everything really freaked me out. My head is in a "better place" now. It is aMAZing how those twenty pounds depressed me for so long, then the seven pounds out of nowhere coming and going making it seem doable again.
I'm still not consistent with the fiber. I did well today and Friday, but not so much Saturday and Sunday. I may get some benefiber to put closer to goal on the bad days. I bought Vitamin C today to take with the iron. I read on line that taking Vitamin C with iron increases the likelihood of absorption.
Good news! I've been booked for subbing at least one day each week in February! It helps!0 -
Hello. I am new to the post - hope you have room for one more. I look forward to learning and losing with all of you! My challenge for February is to stay away from chips - one of my weaknesses.
Welcome Shaqwann - Good for you for picking up a tough February challenge. You'll like it here. Recommend you visit daily and post often.
Helen - congrats on your temp. teaching job keeping your busy thru February. I'm sure you're excited. I hope it gets extended into March and then some. (I believe if you say it , it helps make it so
) and I'm so super happy you lost those pesky 7 lbs! Tom is such a non-friend isn't he and he tends to linger. Glad he's gone! 0 -
GHD challenge: 4/4 Good night.0
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Monday Check in\Tuesday Goals: Thanks to everyone for the encouraging words when I came back last week. That really means a lot to me. Skinnyjeans, I haven't signed up for a 5k but I do plan on doing either the Susan Komen or the March of Dimes 5k. If that doesn't pan out I'll be running the March of Dimes last mile with my kids.
I wanted to let you guys know something that happened last night. As you already know I made yesterday my first day of weight loss(again). Last year I concentrated on running with no lifting. Last night I lifted with the help of a biggest loser workout book. About 3 after I went down, my 8 year old son comes down and wants to help. All I was thinking was, "So much for this freakin' workout" but he was actually really helpful. He manned the stop watch and wanted to try some of the exercises that I did. He even offered to get me some water because he knew I would need it. I don't think he realized how much I was actually working until he did the planks and the hip abductors though. I let him try a few and he felt his muscles strained and stopped after only a few. I'm actually considering allowing him to help me workout as a reward for getting his homework done early.
On to the Tuesday Goals: To run\walk tonight then do the biggest loser workout that I did last night tomorrow and continue alternating lifting and running every day. I also want to up my water intake.
I hope everyone has a great day today and talk to you all later.
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Happy Tuesday!!!
Weekly goals: Monday and Today no gym workout a lunch do to running errands. I have done 3/4 days of 20 situps. Plan for rest of the week is as follows:
Wed- treadmill 23 minutes on level 3 for hills- 7 mins on elliptical- 20 sit ups
Thurs- treadmill 53 minutes on level 3 for hills- 7 mins on elliptical- 20 sit ups
Fri- treadmill 23 minutes on level 3 for hills- 7 mins on elliptical- 20 sit ups
Sat- treadmill 53 minutes on level 3 for hills- 7 mins on elliptical- 20 sit ups
My glasses came in today...I haven't wore glasses in years but I keep sleeping in my contacts so glasses are becoming a must.
@Helen- Congrats on subbing assignment
@Jtconst- Sounds like a wonderful weekend
@Robin- I agree with Laurie you can walk the mile....even if it is in little amounts throughout the day
@Newbies- Welcome to the group
@Dobarber- I would have thought the same thing if my kid wanted to help but what a wonderful outcome0 -
Tuesday Goals: I need to weigh under 130 before the weather gets too warm and destroys my workouts. Even though I will try to work out when it gets hot but it didn't happen last spring/summer so I don't assume it will happen this spring/summer, either.0
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i have been feeling so overwhelmed lately. Yesterday, I had a sort of meltdown (internally -- I stay calm, cool, and professional at work) and I went home and just curled up in my favorite chair, like I was hiding. I live alone, so I'm not sure who I was hiding from! I later decided I was hiding from responsibility. I watched TV and played WoW all evening, then went to bed early. I didn't exercise, I didn't do homework, I didn't work on my freelance project, nothing. But I feel better today and back on top of things. I think I just needed to play hooky for an evening!
Tuesday goals? Hmmm...to exercise at least 3 times this week. And get the next phase of my freelance assignment finished.0 -
Good Morning.
@Doug~ I think it’s great that your son wanted to work out with you, it teaches him some great habits at a young age. I’m glad it worked out and that he was so helpful.
@Robin~You can do it, even if you need to break up that walk into 4-5 sessions throughout the day.
@Lin~LOL, yep. I receive a thyroid health newsletter every week and read this morning that some experts recommend one ounce for every pound – a trainer at my gym told me about half our body weight in ounces (which I get most days).
@Susan~How did your meeting go yesterday afternoon? Inquiring minds want to know!
@Rachael~Glad you got back to the gym, just start back slowly and if your legs start to hurt back off on the intensity a bit.
Well, I didn’t make it to the gym yesterday. I had to work late and by the time I left, I was too exhausted to even think about working out – so I became a slug instead. I was going to go this morning, but for once I actually didn’t wake up before my phone went off. Guess I needed the extra rest.
Based on the topic at hand lately regarding calories, I ran across these two article so thought I would share for anyone interested.
http://www.everydayhealth.com/weight/fewer-calories-stalls-metabolism.aspx
http://www.livestrong.com/article/494946-is-eating-too-few-calories-dangerous/
Tuesday Goals~No new goals this week, but somehow need to find a way to make up for my missed workout yesterday. :grumble:
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i have been feeling so overwhelmed lately. Yesterday, I had a sort of meltdown (internally -- I stay calm, cool, and professional at work) and I went home and just curled up in my favorite chair, like I was hiding. I live alone, so I'm not sure who I was hiding from! I later decided I was hiding from responsibility. I watched TV and played WoW all evening, then went to bed early. I didn't exercise, I didn't do homework, I didn't work on my freelance project, nothing. But I feel better today and back on top of things. I think I just needed to play hooky for an evening!
Tuesday goals? Hmmm...to exercise at least 3 times this week. And get the next phase of my freelance assignment finished.
I think sometimes we just need to take a day and escape from life, responsibilities.0 -
This week's goals - finish W5 and start W6 of my running program. Last day of W5 scheduled for tonight. Alternate days, I will strength train with free weights, but I'm considering a tour of a gym close to my house so I can get more in terms of strength training. i have a treadmill in my house, but there is no room for any kind of strength training machine besides free weights and I'm not sure just how much I can do with those. I did strength training years ago at a gym and I LOVED it. so I'm feeling the need for more. I'll tour with my son to see if there is anything for him to do there while I strength train but it's close to home so I can likely leave him at home safely for an hour while I go to the gym, if I need to. It's not much further away from my house than my work is and he's home on Friday afternoon for 3 hrs by himself so???? I want him to keep his athletic frame though so if he can come with me, that will be great too. He's special needs so it just depends what will work and if he'll cope with a gym environment. It's an extra expense, but they have monthly memberships so we might start with that to see how it goes - do we get there enough to make it worth our while or not? Anyway, part of my goal this week is to get to this gym and check it out. Here I am, rambling again.
@Doug - it is great that your son wants to join you. My son aways wants to do the yoga stretches I do after my runs. He doesn't have the best of co-ordination, but he tries.
@Robin - just do what you can, when you can. I don't tend to exercise when I visit people - my parents, for instance - it just feels weird to do it in their house (even though it's the house I grew up in). I'm glad we don't have any overnight visits scheduled until the end of March. Gives me 2 more months to build my daily exercise habit. Maybe by then I'll have no problem taking a DVD or something to use there.
@ Kelley/Lin - yikes- that's a lot of water. I drink a lot - it's the one thing I don't track because it's my beverage of choice, it's pretty much all I drink - but I'm not sure I drink that much! Will have to do the math on that one.
@Rachel - glad you got to the gym. I agree - start slow and ease up if it hurts too much0 -
spent all day at the hospital with my husband yesterday. i'm still completely exhausted. after he went to the doctor last tuesday and they discovered all his issues with heart rate, bp, and the like, he was told he probably had something called viral syndrome which is just when someone is sick with a virus they can't identify for an extended period of time. so the following day, last wednesday, he started having trouble breathing, which he did not share with me. so yesterday, many days later, he called me early on in the day and said he'd been having trouble breathing and had made an appointment at four in the afternoon and would be coming home at around one. then he called me shortly thereafter and said he was coming home right away and had rescheduled his appointment for eleven instead.
i took him to the doctor at eleven and he was only there for about ten minutes. they took his o2 sat which means they monitored how much oxygen he was getting. and he was about 80 which is ridiculously and dangerously low. so they just packed him up and sent him to the hospital. turns out his weird unshakable virus had resulted in fluid on the lungs and that resulted in steroids, antibiotics, breathing treatments, an inhaler, etc. so maybe the saga of my husband's weird health in the last month or so is finally on the way to over.0 -
My Tuesday goal: this week I am trying to stay positive after my weight gain last week. I was doing so good and had good weight loss, but then got off track and didn't check in. I am such an emotional eater and not losing plays a mind game. I will track and plan my food this week.
My February goal is to eat, chew and swallow before taking another bite. I am a fast, impulsive eater so I am trying to slow down and enjoy my food.0 -
Toots, I hope your husband is getting all of the help that he needs and will recover quickly.
Yesterday was a good day. When we got our power bill on Saturday, it was over $600! That is very out of line. I went into the office yesterday, and they changed it to the right number, $250. Phew! We got in a good walk, too. I'm so glad that it is getting nice enough to walk outside. I think that the worst of the winter is over for our area.
If the MFP predictions are right, I should be down 60# in about 6 more weeks. That would put me very close to ONEderland, maybe before my birthday in May. That would be a great birthday present. My new goal is to keep on keepin' on so I can make ONEderland for my birthday.
The dr. thinks that my daughters baby could come any time now. We are so excited!0 -
spent all day at the hospital with my husband yesterday. i'm still completely exhausted. after he went to the doctor last tuesday and they discovered all his issues with heart rate, bp, and the like, he was told he probably had something called viral syndrome which is just when someone is sick with a virus they can't identify for an extended period of time. so the following day, last wednesday, he started having trouble breathing, which he did not share with me. so yesterday, many days later, he called me early on in the day and said he'd been having trouble breathing and had made an appointment at four in the afternoon and would be coming home at around one. then he called me shortly thereafter and said he was coming home right away and had rescheduled his appointment for eleven instead.
i took him to the doctor at eleven and he was only there for about ten minutes. they took his o2 sat which means they monitored how much oxygen he was getting. and he was about 80 which is ridiculously and dangerously low. so they just packed him up and sent him to the hospital. turns out his weird unshakable virus had resulted in fluid on the lungs and that resulted in steroids, antibiotics, breathing treatments, an inhaler, etc. so maybe the saga of my husband's weird health in the last month or so is finally on the way to over.
Sorry to hear about this. I hope your husband is getting all the help and treatments he needs to get 100% better.0 -
@toots- Best wishes for your husbands illness recovery!Toots, I hope your husband is getting all of the help that he needs and will recover quickly.Sorry to hear about this. I hope your husband is getting all the help and treatments he needs to get 100% better.
thanks everyone. he is feeling better with his super antibiotics.@toots How scary! I tell ya, I don't know what it is with guys and health. They're either the biggest babies, or so stoic you don't know they're sick until is really serious. Glad he's finally getting help!
yeah, they're kind of funny like that and i find it's proportionate. like if he's really unwell he acts like he's fine and if he has a cold that wouldn't even stop me from doing anything he acts like he's dying. go figure :laugh:0 -
Perfect time that I joined with you yesterday:
FEBRUARY CHALLENGE:
Pick one behavioral change and repeat for 28 days.
My February goal is to log my food/drink everyday. It will totally help with keeping me accountable.0 -
Jamie - Welcome and good pick for your Feb. challenge.
Toots - I'm so glad your hubby is on antibiotics and is getting the care he needs. I don't suppose he is off work due to this?
Doug - that's great you're alternating lifting with running. You're going to have a great physique soon. Impressive you're son wants to help. Good for him.
I have days where I fold up into a ball in my recliner and am a recluse from the world too. I consider it my luxury times. But my catholic guilt always comes through as if I'm wasting time if I do it too many nites in a row....hee,hee,hee...winter TV time is when it happens the most....
Happy to say I am down 2.6 lbs in first weigh-in after 3 weeks of no movement. Happy Dance!
Thanks for all the encouragement about the exercise. There is no worse disappointment than making a commitment to yourself to do something everyday and then failing, so I WILL KEEP TRYING!0 -
I wanted to let you guys know something that happened last night. As you already know I made yesterday my first day of weight loss(again). Last year I concentrated on running with no lifting. Last night I lifted with the help of a biggest loser workout book. About 3 after I went down, my 8 year old son comes down and wants to help. All I was thinking was, "So much for this freakin' workout" but he was actually really helpful. He manned the stop watch and wanted to try some of the exercises that I did. He even offered to get me some water because he knew I would need it. I don't think he realized how much I was actually working until he did the planks and the hip abductors though. I let him try a few and he felt his muscles strained and stopped after only a few. I'm actually considering allowing him to help me workout as a reward for getting his homework done early.
On to the Tuesday Goals: To run\walk tonight then do the biggest loser workout that I did last night tomorrow and continue alternating lifting and running every day. I also want to up my water intake.
I hope everyone has a great day today and talk to you all later.
Doug
Robin asked me to come and comment on your plan and tell you a bit about myself... and I can never say no to her after how much this group helped me accomplish my first goal of losing over 80lbs... (some of which is back though)
I did something very similar as I was first losing weight. I have no idea what the biggest loser workouts are like, but I followed the New Rules of Lifting for my workout. It is an amazing workout that actually just put a new book out (which I am not following) called New Rules of Lifting Supercharged.
The original focuses on the 6 basic movements. Squat, dead-lift, lunge, push, pull and twist.... this new one adds in walking/running and tweaks the orginal 6... but same basic idea. Focusing your workouts on the major muscles and the natural motions they take will lead you to fantastic gains in muscle and accelerated fat loss! That workout was vital to my success...
It is a very difficult balance however to work in a running regiment, especially at the start. Personally I focused on the lifting and losing weight for the first 6 months and only adding in some elliptical machine or bike based cardio. But then I was bitten by the running bug and wanted to run the "Tunnel to Towers 5K" here in NYC.
It is a memorial run for a firefighter who died on 9/11 after running the same route the race follows. The money goes to great charities helping first responders families and wounded soldiers returning from war... That is when I started my running. Even then I was lifting 3-4 days a week and running 1 or maybe 2. Minimum of 1 rest day a week is a must! 2 might even be better at the start. If you are pushing yourself too hard on both lifting and running and not resting neither will improve quickly and you run the risk of injury.
The T2T run is held at the end of September, middle of August I all but abandoned my lifting and was running 3 days a week to be able to improve my time... I had an amazing run that day, and since went back this year and did it again!
It is cool your son was there for your workout, my boys (9 & just about 8) do not get to come into the gym with me but I have them work on a lot of the basics that NROL lays out... they are both football players and now wrestlers too. So I have them do things like body weight squats, lots of pushups, burpees or situps. that is actually how I make them "pay to play" video games.
Where I am now... I have signed up to do the Spartan Sprint in Tuxedo NY this June, it has me really refocusing my workouts again. It is an obstacle course spread over 4 miles of a ski center! 3 Days a week I am lifting following NROL Supercharged. 2-3 days a week i am doing cardio, at least one of them is a day running 4 miles (flat surface for now), normally a spin class(or another run including stairs) and a 3rd which is a free cardio day at the gym stairmaster, elliptical, rower or some combo of them.
Still have a beer gut which seems determined to never leave (maybe if I stop drinking beer for a while again it might also help doh!) But am stronger then I have ever been and I am working my speed back up on the 5k distance and working to stretch that out to 5 mile runs. I really hope to have 30lbs (of fat) off before race day June 1st.
Feel free to ask me any questions or send me a FR... be warned most of my friends are pretty.... fun :smokin:0 -
Hello and good morning all. It is a dreary tuesday morning in yucky mucky washington. I am 3/4 on my feb challenge. I just kinda melted in front of the tv yesterday afternoon and accomplished nothing more for the day. I WILL do better today. I weighed in a day late for the week since I reused to accept yesterdays weight:noway: and am happy to say I am down 2 pounds. I am willing to accept gains when I can think of a reason for it but I just wasnt beleiving I had gained 5 pounds when I had been fairly good and consistent all week. I got up at a decent time today after a fairly good nights sleep and have my little list of things I want to get done today. Nothing to arduaous so should manage to finish it all. My goals this week are to make sure I get in some form of workout every day and to keep working on my job search activities.
Robin: I totally understand how awkward it can be to try and workout at someones house but I know you can do this
Kah68: I enjoyed reading the articles that you posted thank you
Susan: I hope the job meeting yesterday went well
GrandmaKaye: I love your new profile pic it looks just great
Tootsanderson: I am happy to hear hubby is doing better and finally got some awnsers to what was wrong
Well everyone have a great day and to the nest three people on water tag your it:drinker: :drinker:0 -
I am going to do the same. If I can at least get used to logging my food daily that'll definitely help. Lord I didn't realize how much I was taking in and when. I notice a pattern and it's not cute, but any pattern can be broken and a new one started. Thanks to all for motivating me to keep going.0
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GorillaNJ - thanks for stopping by - its always nice to see a "graduate" come back and visit - your path is very inspirational! Its great to hear how weight training as well as running has made such a difference in your overall health as well as your physique.
What encouragement to all of us!
I've just gotten my Leslie Sansone done for the day - woot!
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hitting up the gym tonight after work...so tired and dont really want to go. BLAH!! I am forcing myself to go. I always feel better after a workout.
Have a great day/night everyone!
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Hi Everyone! I'm new! Need to lose 100 lbs and just be healthy.... Advice please!!!!0
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Welcome, Ongelle, to the friendliest place on MFP! That's a pretty vague request you made -- tell us something about yourself, and what you struggle with. To start, log your food (every bite!) so you can see what you eat and where improvements can be made.It really helps!Hi Everyone! I'm new! Need to lose 100 lbs and just be healthy.... Advice please!!!!0
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