Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Bumping - I've had my water.

Tag to the next 3 people........:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

I have to balance my water with not having to get up in the middle of the night to run to the bathroom.... :drinker:

Oh yes Vicki - I understand....:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

@lin--thanks! drank my water!! :drinker: Hope your "stuff" works itself out. :flowerforyou:

@laurie--congrats on the mortgage pre-approval!! Yeah, the irony of our progress reports is that they are also sent via internet through the same system parents use to access grades the rest of the quarter. It's not helpful to the few families who may not have internet access.

@jen--sending strength to you and yours for the memorial this weekend.:flowerforyou: As far as whether to transition to the 5k or stick with the mile, I don't have any sage advice. I CAN tell you that when I searched the threads and internet for advice on whether to work on endurance or speed, most of the advice I got was to work on endurance first. The consensus seemed to be that it's better to work on running for longer periods of time and THEN bump up the pace. Don't know if this helps with your decision.

@ushkii--that's great that your wife is showing an interest! I always do better when my DH is more focused on healthier habits (he has his "phases").

@helena--I think most people would argue that sugar from fruits is better than other types, but in all honesty, everything I've read says the body really doesn't differentiate between fructose, lactose, sucrose--it all turns into glucose in your blood. So the real question is WHY you want to avoid sugars. If you are concerned with glucose levels and how they affect your energy, food cravings, etc. then you probably want to limit any type of sugar. However, if you are just concerned with overall health, you are certainly better off eating fruit than, say, cookies--the fruit has additional vitamins and tends to keep people full for longer.

@kaye--sounds like the parties were fun, but happy you will have some "normalcy" for a couple of weeks before vacation. I'm sure you will meet your 50# goal before the trip!

@holly--I think the haircut looks nice even if it's not what you'd planned. I have the same attitude as you about my hair--no worries if it's not exactly what I want b/c my hair grows so fast. Having said that, I just realized that I (once again) neglected to call the salon for an appt. My hair is a hot mess--I'm in desperate need of a haircut and highlights!

@kelley--sorry your kitty kept you awake--gunner is 7 and he still has an occasional "bad" night where he keeps us awake. Glad your workout regiment is working for you. However, given how much you are doing, I'd be shocked if it wasn't working--keep going! You are a machine!

@gorilla--congrats to your boys! Sorry you have a cold--I choose stairmaster if I have a cold b/c I can get a good burn at a slower pace, and I can blow my nose without stopping. :laugh:

@alison--thanks--she has her surgery next week. It should be pretty routine, but the recovery time is a b*tch--4-6 weeks! :noway: This doubly sucks for her b/c she has no sick/vacation time (she's an independent contractor), and will have massive medical bills since she has no insurance. :ohwell:

Tuesday Goals:
I really just need to keep up with grading right now b/c I'm collecting 57 junior research papers on Friday.

I'm having a dilemma--even with a double session of core work tonight I will be over calories IF I eat more to meet my protein goal. :grumble: Not sure what to do--I guess I will l let my hunger decide. If I'm hungry after the core session, I'll eat more and meet the protein goal. If I'm not hungry, I'll miss my protein goal, but stay under calories. :ohwell:

Grading Goals:
1. 10/10 BNW journals DONE (I have more at school, but couldn't carry them all home)
2. x/16 Good Deeds essays
3. x/16 Vocab quizzes

Exercise goals week of 2/18:
Mon--walk gunner DONE + long run DONE + 6 miles on stationary bike DONE
Tues--walk gunner NOT DONE + core (double session)
Wed--walk gunner + gym
Thurs--walk gunner + core
Fri--rest day
Sat--walk gunner + long run
Sun--walk gunner + gym

GHD= 17/28 days minimum 80 grams of protein

Goal is to just keep at it and trust the process. @Karen - the hospital might have a forgiveness program for low-income people with no insurance. I think they often do. Worth checkng into.

Bump!

Just popping in! Really trying to find time to keep up with everyone!

Still trying to work on myself as well as everything else. It's been rough.

@Robin I hope you enjoy your vacation, btw you know it's been forever since I've been active in thread. What is the challenge for March.

Hello,

Should be asleep but am not. My knees are killing me. I have that one bad knee but both are hurting. So up for a bit. Under the need to be careful about how late I keep drinking the water and being up all night.

@Lin hang in there.

Food is going ok. Cravings of sweets especially around 600pm time when I am getting off work I am hungry. Facing that commute. Home fight the temptation to stop and pick something up for the trip home. I haven't but I dream of it.

Well going to try to get some more sleep.

Liz

Hello, everyone!

Things are going really well for me right now. I've lost 30 pounds, I finished a huge project I was working on. I bought some new clothes in smaller sizes.

Yet, I'm really struggling with depression this week. You know it's a sign of clinical depression when there is nothing to be depressed about, and yet you can't stop crying or get out of bed. I had been thinking about asking the doc to lower my dose on the meds since I'd been doing so well, then I have days like the last few where I think we should leave it at the higher dose! The good news is that because of the meds, I was still able to function, no matter how fragile I was feeling inside. In the past, I would have just called in sick for a week. And I even managed to get in a little exercise and I stayed on plan. I refuse to let a depressive episode sabotage all the work I've done! I know it will pass, I just have to suffer through it.

I'm actually feeling much better today. Not strong yet, but less fragile. I'm not saying all this for sympathy or anything, just that most people in my real life, except my boyfriend, don't know about the depression and I hate to dump on him all the time. I know it will be better in a few days.

Here's my PSA -- if you suffer from depression, see a doctor! I fought it for a long time, thinking I should be strong enough to handle it on my own. But it's a physical disease. Would you refuse to go to a doctor if you had diabetes, or a broken leg? The meds aren't a miracle cure. As you see, I still have bad days. But I have a whole lot more good ones. And the bad ones are tolerable.

Whew, finally, I'm catching up on personal posts. Weather is horrid here today. I was kinda hoping for school buses to be cancelled so I could have 1/2 day off, but no such luck..... And it means we won't get to the gym tonight. Will have to find something to do at home instead.

@vicki – I completely understand the water thing. I try to stop drinking it by 8:00 and then I can hopefully make it until 5:30 or so the next morning.
@skinny – what you say makes sense. I think I will increase my time/endurance and not worry about speed. So, I will move onto the next plan next week. For me, running isn’t about the pace I do it, it’s the fact that I’m doing it at all! I have no plans to train for races yet – I found the last time that it was difficult for me to concentrate on both training for a race AND trying to lose weight. I want to be in ONEderland before I do a race again.
@helena – I watch my sugar due to the diabetes factor. It is difficult to keep under that pre-determined number set by MFP. In order to do that, I do limit my fruit. I did a search to find which fruits were lowest in sugar. Thankfully, one of my favourites – raspberries – is on there. I still have a handful of fruit in my smoothie in the morning – but it’s blueberries and strawberries – I no longer use bananas (often – once in a blue moon). I find it’s keeping me away from my nemesis – chocolate. I do go over on occasion, but not like I used to before I started paying attention. I still eat a variety of fruit each day – blueberries, strawberries, apples, raspberries.
@kaye – parties are always nice, but getting back to the regular schedule is always a welcome relief as well. I will have my ds’ 15th birthday in a couple of weeks. I’m thinking of taking him to a cupcake place and letting him pick out a fancy cupcake for his “birthday cake”. We never have big parties – never did as a kid and I don’t tend to now for ds either. He goes to a school that is 45 minutes from home and none of his classmates live anywhere near us so he’s never had a “friend” party. He’ll be excited to pick out his very own fancy cupcake and I won’t have to contend with leftover cake…..
@Gorilla – congrats to your boys at their wrestling tournament. I’ve been fighting something off too – tis the season, I guess.
@queen – I never get too uptight about my hair either. It always grows and I find I quite often have to take a couple of days to get used to it and do my own thing with it and then, even a bad cut will start to grow on me… Oh, did you see what I did there? “grow on me” LOL
@Lin – hope your “stuff” gets worked out soon.
@Doug – I quit caffeine over a year ago. It wasn’t as hard to adjust as I thought it would be. But I only had 1 cup a day, so perhaps that made it easier. I still have to odd coffee, but not often. And I find on those days, it does affect my water intake in a negative way. Much better off having water as my main source of liquid.
@kah – your Grandmother will be in my thoughts today. And your cousin’s 5 yr old son – a devastating loss. I can’t even imagine. Your cruise to Canada/New England sounds great. I’d like to do that one sometime too – I live in Canada, but have never been down East and I really want to get there someday.
@Robin – have a great time in Jamaica. That is one place I really want to go some day.

I’ve most definitely had enough winter. It can warm up and melt the snow anytime now. I think that may be my wish today. I wish for it to be spring!