Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Hi Kim, this is my first post to this thread also, i'm right with you !!! ive been doing this yoyo weight to lose also, im with you we can support each other !!!!
My name is Lana - Hi everyone !!! :flowerforyou:

Good Monday morning my friends. It is a yucky mucky washington day here. Do not attempt to live in Western Washington if constant rain and drizzle all winter will depress you or bring you down I am feeling pretty upbeat this morning. My right shoulder blade is giving me fits. I must have slept wrong on it Saturday night as it has been bothering me since yesterday morning. I am not going to let it affect how I spend my day though. I have to run to the store later this morning. I had three lightbulbs burn out last night and seem to be out of replacements. As mentioned it is mucky outside so lighting is a must My food consumption for the weekend was just horrendous. I wish I could say i had a reason but there wasn't one really. I just kind of subconsciously decided to take the weekend off and indulge in all the things I normally restrict or limit myself on. Needless to say Monday moning weigh in was a bust but I dont think there is any lasting damage. Mostly water weight at the moment I think since my feet are a little swollen. I am not going to fret or stress about it. I cleared out the last vestages of my little food orgie this morning and put a roast in the crockpot for dinner and then jumped on here to see how everyone else was doing. I am having my parents for dinner so it is a nice midwest meat and potatoes meal with a couple of healthier twists that the menfolk in the family dont even notice but makes it better overall for all of us. I plan on keeping on with the wii and crazy loon dancing for exercise this week. I think I have finally made myself realize that exercise isnt taking time away from my not so busy life but really adding time to it considering the length it could add to the end. I hope everyone is off to a great start and we can have a wonderful week:bigsmile: Now lets get this week started right I have had two glasses of water so far so TAG:drinker: :drinker:

I walked in the Chinatown Firecracker 5K yesterday for the 4the year now. Felt great... they changed the course a little bit. In the past the course was very challenging had a large hill you had to climb, I had a hard time in the past getting up that hill. this year the new hill was a little easier, but I didn't have to stop at all and I was able to talk through the whole walk with friends... don't get me wrong i was winded, but I thought I did a great job. we walked it in 1:09 minutes. Next year want to get it at 1:00 or under. :happy:

@Karen -- well, an Oscar party that everyone dresses up for just sounds like a brilliant idea! Viewing the Oscars live is hard here though because they happen in the middle of the night as we're eight hours ahead of LA.
@Laurie -- Morris dancing is a form of English traditional folk dancing. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_dance .
@Jana -- Welcome back! Now I'm doing parkrun that gives me a 5k every week if I want it; I can't believe how quickly I've gone from 'ooh, maybe I could run a 5k' to it being a regular training run.
@Des -- oh, what great ideas those are. I like the idea of sharing healthy restaurant choices. I know what you mean about there being so far to go. I was looking at myself in the full length mirror at my mum's and just thinking 'oh, gosh, I look dreadful'. But I don't really, or at least, I must have looked a lot worse before.
@Kelley -- I always enjoy the articles you post.
@Snapdragon -- well done on the 5k!

Well, after three days away from my scales I checked my weight this morning and have lost two pounds. I'm very excited to hit 50 pounds lost! That's taken me eight fantastic, brilliant months. Thank you to all you wonderful people who have supported me all through that. My next big target is 55 pounds which will be halfway to goal (goal being the very tippy top of the healthy weight range for my height). Also, the shabby old jeans I got from my friend now all fit comfortably, and the largest of them is even perhaps a bit loose. As for my own favourite jeans I was hoping to slim into when I started -- next time I wear them, I think I may need a belt.

-- Alison

Hi Guys!! Just caught up on all of the posts, and now DH is ringing the dinner bell. I will come back later to do personals and Monday Check-in.

We still have a couple of days to decide on the March challenge but I also like individualized choices. I'll admit I'm probably too shy to say something here in public that's positive each day. I might write it down in my own word document or something.

I do wish all of my friends the best possible for this week.

One more day and I should finally have everything signed and mailed for my dad's taxes. Then time to start on my own........well, I will start in the next week sometime.

GHD challenge: 25/25

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Lin

Monday Check In:

Good evening MFP family. I trust that you all had wonderful days and have all successfully met your goals for the day. If you haven't, keep trying!

Today was Day 1 of Insanity and let me just say that I am seriously DYING! I'm not made for jumping up and down and doing jumping jacks, but that is precisely what I did. My movements were slow, my reps were low, but the point is that I did it! It isn't everyday that I can say that I have done a "real" workout that made me hurt. Well I can as of today. I'm going to post more about it in my blog, so feel free to add me and check it out. You can get me at janak2004.

Other than that, my day was pretty good. I taught function tables and took the kids to computer lab to reinforce what we have been doing in class. Then I had a parent meeting after school. It was brief, so I had just enough time to come home and eat a quick snack before heading to go tutor for an hour and then home to cook and workout. I'm whopped, and I think after a shower I will head on to bed. Double workouts are exhausting.

I hope everyone has a great evening and I will check in soon. Also, I am excited to see what the March goals will be. I've given up soft drinks as a part of Lent, but I'd be happy to take something else on.

@Alison - weighing the same time, wearing roughly the same thing ... I think my scale is possessed.
Thinking of switching to the scale at the gym..

On a lighter note, two words DIET PIZZA. Seriously... if you have the opportunity to try Papa Murphy's Veggie DeLite - do it. 160 calories a slice of awesomeness. (And not too much of a carb hit -- very very thin crust).

March challenges- Spring into spring
1. Try something new or add an activity to your routine. (exercises-cardio or strength training, healthy recipes, etc.)
2. Change a habit from a negative into a positive.
3. Turn the negative thoughts into a positive and take pride in our accomplishments.

Please comment on this challenge and make suggestions to add or remove something.
This should allow all of us to pick something(s) that we need to work on or provide the motivation to do something new.

Do we need a water challenge this month?

@katrena--hope you can keep the pain at bay until your appt. on Wed.

@lin--that must be a huge weight off your shoulders that you've finished your father's taxes. I admit, I'm not looking forward to doing mine. All of the tax preparation commercials are annoying me :grumble: --I don't want to even think about them until I'm on Spring Break.

@beth--I agree that the challenges are basically the same idea, but I think "in like a lamb, out like a lion" is a better name for what we are proposing.

@alison--I guess the time difference would make it kind of difficult to throw an Oscar party in London! I hadn't thought of that. :laugh: Congrats on reaching that 50 lbs lost goal!! :drinker:

@des--I agree about the positive language. I started calling myself a "runner" the minute I started c25k, and I think it really helped my mindset. I also don't like the word "jog"--there's no physiological difference between running and jogging, so I think people who downgrade labeling their "runs" to "jogs" are selling themselves short. I sometimes run very fast (for me) and sometimes more slowly (again, for me), but if I'm not walking, I'm RUNNING!!

@snapdragon--great job on the 5k!

@helena--sorry you are struggling to get enough sleep. If it makes you feel any better, I just read an article in Fitness magazine that said one side effect of weight loss is typically better sleep.

@tammy--I could never live in the Pacific NW b/c of the rain and gloomy weather. I love sunshine! I would really like to visit there someday though. I have a friend who moved from Colorado (300+ days of sunshine/yr) to Seattle--talk about climate shock!

@lana--welcome to our group! :flowerforyou:

@doug-- hope you get that run in during your son's practice.

@kelley--great article! I'm fortunate that I rarely eat due to emotions. My biggest demon was eating out of boredom, but I've found ways to avoid that pattern--most of the time...

@kaye--we are getting a big snowstorm tomorrow--I'm crossing my fingers that it's also our last. I miss running outside. :sad:

@rachael--Yay for clothes fitting!! :drinker:

@holly--mmm--red velvet cake *drool* Great job limiting the treats at the party!

@gorilla--sounds like a fun weekend! Hope the scale continues to cooperate for your weigh-in next week!

@bailey--great goals for the week!

Monday check-in:
I don't know why, but I was super hungry all day today. Our school food service providers brought in sushi chefs for a special event today. I LOVE sushi, so that's what I had for lunch. Normally, I find it really filling, but today I was still hungry after eating it all. I ended up eating all of my snacks that I brought with earlier in the day than I normally would. When I got home, I walked gunner (a longer walk b/c the weather is pretty nice today) and my stomach started growling for dinner. I had a huge helping of roast beef and garlic mashed potatoes, and now I'm finally feeling full (a little too full :blushing: ). I did a double session of core work to make up for the extra-large dinner, so I should pretty much break even on calories today. Hope tomorrow I'm less hungry.

I got those AP presentation graded, but they took a lot more time than I thought they would. I need to grade the Good Deeds essays to hand back on Wed., so that's my priority for tomorrow.

Grading Goals:
1. x/16 Good Deeds essays
2. 27/57 Gatsby Journals
3. 14.14 AP research presentations DONE
4. 16/16 comma practice worksheets
5. x/16 vocab quizzes

Exercise Goals 2/23:
Sat--walk gunner DONE + long run DONE
Sun--core
Mon--walk gunner DONE + gym NOT DONE but did 30 minutes of core/strength work
Tues--gym or treadmill if weather is too bad to drive
Wed--walk gunner + core
Thurs--rest day or maybe core (I have a baby shower after work)
Fri--walk gunner

GHD= 24/28 days minimum 80 grams of protein

@laurie--challenges look good. Water is never a challenge for me, but I will join in to support others if people want to do one.

@heidi--I agree with laurie about the big drop being why you are feeling hungry. I can do 1200 calories/day in the summer when I'm on break (teacher) and have plenty of time to earn lots of exercise calories. However, during the school year I've always stayed between 14-1600 calories/day. Less just isn't realistic for me and seeing those red numbers at the end of the day (even if it's only a little over) is de-motivating for me. As far as protein--I eat eat a lot of nuts, peanut butter, hummus, and cheese (in addition to the obvious meat) for protein.

@jana--I've heard insanity is, well, insane! :laugh: Is it like 30 day shred in that you should do it every day? Or do you take rest days (or do alternate exercise) some days?

Some days your just not meant to workout I guess! that was me last night at least! I planned a run while the kids were at wrestling practice and everything was looking good... weather was cool but no rain or not really cold. Then my train broke down on the way home. So I raced to get the kids from afterschool (just made it and saved myself $100 by doing so) quick home to grab their bag of gear, no time to change into my running clothes, but i was determined so I threw them in with the wrestling stuff and off I went. Got to practice late... and found out I needed to hand in some papers in. Well those papers were in the bag until my youngest son... TOOK THEM OUT because he did not know whey they were in his wrestling bag. At that point I said *kitten* it, drove home, had some dinner walked the dog for a bit and then went to the end of practice.

TONIGHT however I am hitting the gym right after work, no matter what! Tonight is the last night for this particular workout before the new phase starts, so I have a night of big squats ahead of me!

Good Morning.

@lmackbethl~Excellent scale victory!
@Alison~Great victories – both scale and NSV!! Yay, for the 50# milestone! :flowerforyou:
@Laurie~I’m so glad the scale is cooperating again, I’m sure it’s the change in training. I’m having the same kind of results from lifting heavier weights during my training sessions as well.
@Heidi~Welcome, glad you found us. I can say from experience that 1,200 calories is too low – that is actually the minimum amount of calories a person should eat daily and really you need to eat more to lose weight. It sounds weird, but its true – you especially need more if you exercise. I’m not sure how the lapband works or what type of diet you are supposed to follow, but as Laurie suggested I would up your calories to 1,400 and see how you do. I had a resting metabolic rate assessment done a few weeks ago and actually found that I need to eat from 1700-1900 a day to lose 1-2# on average a week. I know after a lapband your stomach can only hold so much at once – as a result do you eat more often? You could try breaking up your meals, personally I eat 6 times a day – mealtimes and then 3 snacks. You could try that and just have a couple of ounces of protein at a time maybe every couple of hours? The protein snacks I eat include things like yogurt, string cheese, nuts, turkey pepperoni, peanut butter, and protein shakes.

Tuesday Goals~I met with the weight loss coach at my gym last night, she’s happy with my progress so we’re keeping things as they are. She did say if that stubborn plateau returns we might try carb cycling, I did some research and I actually think I may do something similar – just have one really high carb day (probably Saturday’s when I do my long run) and then my normal macros the rest of the week. She wants me to do a lighter workout once/week – I tried last night, just don’t think it’s in me. :laugh: So, onward and upward we go…

Fitness this week:

Monday~Cross Trainer DONE!
Tuesday~Rest Day
Wednesday~Training
Thursday~Off Day
Friday~Arc Trainer
Saturday~Long Run
Sunday~Training

I like the challenges for March, I’ll probably add an activity and maybe since I love cooking try to share a recipe every week – I’ll also keep an eye out for articles I think we can all benefit from to help us along the way.

Happy Tuesday!!

Okay I had all intentions of getting caught up on posts here lastnight but homework called my name for 2 hrs and then I fell asleep. Tuesday's goals are to add lifting to routine at lunch .....actually weekly goals are:

Monday - 30 mins Hill program on treadmill level 4 at 3.2mph- done
Tues- weight lifting and (if time) possible walk
Wed- 23 mins hill program (same as above) and 5 mins of elliptical(if one is open)
Thurs- weight lifting and walk 30 mins hill program(same as above)
Friday- 23 mins hill program (same as above) and 5 mins of elliptical(if one is open)
Sat- weight lifting and walk
Sun- walk and elliptical

GHD 13/26

Hello guys! I am new to this board. I signed up about a year ago, however I just started journaling my food about two months ago. I was eating 1600 calories on average a week and I have been losing .8 ounces to a pound. However, I have decided to go with what they said I should be eating and eat 1200. Which I think is really low. I was full and satisfied with 1600 but today with only eating 1232 calories I feel like I am hungry. What do you guys think I should do? Also, I have the lap band and I am actually supposed to feel full after a cup of food full of protein. I don't feel that either. UGH so frustrated! I am happy that I am no longer gaining, but I want to lose at least 2 pounds a week. Which is really good because before I was unhappy because I was ONLY losing 2 pounds but now I just want to lose the two pounds..

Please give me some encouragement here....let me know how all you losers ( pardon the pun) have done it. I feel like I have 100 to lose I should be losing faster? What do you think? Also, can you guys give me more protein ideas, remember it has to be protein that I have to choose because I am banded and need to fill my small stomach so the liquid doesn't go straight through two my bigger stomach. PLEASE HELP!

I actually have to struggle to get to 1200 calories most days, which is not a brag, just saying once you get used to less, it's not as hard as you think. I eat high protein, low carb and don't eat any sugar except natural sugar in fruit and such. For breakfast, I usually have a protein shake soon after I get up (my new favorite is Premier Protein Vanilla -- 30 g protein, 4 carbs, 160 calories and YUMMY!), then a little later, I'll have a couple of eggs (scrambled if I'm home, hard boiled if I'm at work). Lunch is often left overs from the night before, or a sandwich (I use thin sandwich rounds for bread) with turkey or chicken or ham and usually a piece of cheese, or homemade veggie soup. I'll often have some yogurt (Dannon Light & Fit Greek is the best!) or a piece of fruit for dessert. Dinner is usually chicken, low fat hamburger, or turkey burger with veggies. If I have calories left, I'll have a protein bar as a treat. It's like having a candy bar!

I'm losing an average of 2.7 pounds a week (I have an app that tells me, not that I sit down with a calculator and figure it out!).

It's really hard to cut out all the bread and pasta and candy, etc. at first, but after about 2 weeks of cold turkey, I don't even miss them anymore.