Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Hi everyone! I caught up on posts but will do personals tomorrow as it's getting late. :yawn:

Friday Fitness:
I have not worked out all week. :blushing: In addition, I've been going over my calorie allowance most days this week. I made a conscious decision to forgo the gym to get through some grading, but I could have been much better with my food choices. I'm not worried b/c now I'm on spring break, so I will be able to get right back to it with extra time for the gym, grocery shopping, and preparing healthy food. I'm off for the next 9 days, so here are my goals:

Exercise Goals--get to the gym 5-6 days, do my core work at home 3-4 times, walk gunner every day (weather permitting).

Grading Goals:
1. 17/57 JRPs
2. x/47 AP essays
3. 30/47 AP journals (Yeats)
4. x/47 AP test corrections

Tomorrow I'm going to sleep as late as I want b/c I can. This almost surely guarantees I will wake up before 8 am, Then I will walk gunner and go to the gym for a good, long work out. After that, I will hit starbucks to grade JRPs for a couple of hours. I would like to finish all 40 of those by Monday--it's an ambitious goal, but I think it's doable. If I manage to do that, I will take that load of papers back to work, finish the journals, and print the rubrics for my AP essays.

Today was a bad for me to report fitness. It was so cold and windy that I just couldn't talk myself into going for a walk. It was a good day, though, and I came in right on target for my calories.
This evening we attended the high school musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie." The kids have so much talent! And the choir teacher is an amazing director. Every other year our high school (about 500 students) produces a musical. The whole community pitches in on the set, costumes, etc., etc. It is really fun because we are on the 2nd generation. The young star is only 15 years old, and has amazing maturity. I remember when her father was in the musicals. We get to see young people that participated years ago because they come back to see the musical every year. Its a really fun tradition. It is financially self-supporting, so even though there have been some pretty severe cuts to the education budget, it is not in danger of being cancelled.
"Just keep walking." Kaye

Good morning and Happy Saturday to everyone !
Everyone is doing a great job and i am going to commit myself to get on the board every day this next week you guys encourage me so much !
I am excited about today i am going to 2 hour hip hop fund raiser so thats going to be alot of fun !

Hi everyone - at the BFs this weekend and just heard they are predicting 4-6 inches of snow here. We are going to see 'THE CROODS" this afternoon - we are big fans of cartoons and it does look good, but I'm not thrilled with the idea of coming out of the theater and seeing a pile of snow on the car. .... ugh. Not much opportunity for exercise this w/e.

Boo to the snow, yay to the Croods. I love cartoons too. Let us know how it is, it looks quite funny.

taking a day off exercise to rest my leg which seems to have an inflamed tendon in the front lower leg.....not happy about it

Weekly Fitness Goals:
Monday- c25k DONE
Tuesday- strength and planks DONE
Wednesday- c25k DONE
Thursday- strength and planks DONE
Friday- c25k DONE
Saturday- free DONE
Sunday- rest/weigh in

I DID IT!!!!

@erienne--great job getting those work outs done! :drinker:

@laurie--I'm also happy that I can get to gym "whenever" throughout the week. It will be nice to go earlier in the day during the week.

@karenleona--Ouch! Take care of that leg. :flowerforyou:

@mel--Yeah--it was relatively nice today--sunny and high 30's, but still not "spring-like" at all. :ohwell:

@robin--yeah, I was watching CLTV while running at the gym and I saw all of those winter storm watches/warnings for Kansas, Nebraska, etc. and I thought of you. Your storm is headed our way tomorrow, but it's supposed to track a bit south of Chicago, so just a bit of snow here.

@kelley--Thanks! Gunner woke me about 7:15, but he just wanted to go outside. After that, he was happy to climb back in bed with me. I managed to fall back asleep around 8:30 and didn't get out of bed until 11-ish. It was very nice.

@kris--a hip-hop fundraiser--that sounds like a fun way to burn calories--can't wait to hear about it!

@tlh--Yay for your "pants on the ground"! :laugh: I use an HRM. My first was a wristwatch style w/ finger-pads and the calorie counts tended to be a lot higher than MFPs. Now I have one with a chest strap, and it is either defective or I have it programmed wrong b/c the calorie counts are ridiculously low--I'm talking only 150 calories for a 4 mile run which is just crazy. I wear the chest strap to monitor my HR while on cardio machines, but I don't even wear the wristband with it while at the gym. I check the machine's count, MFPs count, and this online site:

http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc

If they are far apart, I take the average.It seems to work for me. I won the HRM in a raffle, so I will just deal with it a bit longer and probably buy a new one this summer.

@kaye--our HS puts on a Spring Musical every year and did "Millie" a few years ago. It always amazes me how talented the students are. I was in "Sweet Charity" when I was in HS, and I don't recall it being nearly as good as the plays our students perform.

@sara & tammy--I'm the same way--need to see the big number. In fact, I'm tempted to adjust my goal weight down b/c maybe seeing that I truly have more than 10 lbs to go will light a fire under my butt. :laugh:

@holly--when I was in HS I worked at a Burger King. If I'm tempted by fast food and I know I shouldn't have it, all I have to do is think about how unsanitary my friends and I were as we prepared food. Even if we were doing our jobs well, some of the procedures were just plain scary. I know it's kind of gross but thinking about all of those people handling my food usually works to keep me out of the drive-thru.

@toots--hope the move is going well! :flowerforyou:

@tina--hope today was a better day.

@helena--glad you found some flattering frames!

@gorilla--I'm not much of a beer drinker, but I'll have a Stella or Harp now and then. The micro-brewery had a really tasty Belgian Triple called Hat Trick--it was yummy. Hope you get through your busy weekend okay.

@kris--sorry the home visit didn't work out. I'm no expert, but my sister did a lot or research when she and her husband wanted to introduce a dog into their cat's home. What she found was that you're supposed to bring the new animal into the home, but keep the animals separated for 2 weeks. I guess the idea is they can hear and smell each other and get used to the idea that the other animal is there before any face to face meeting. They would put the cat in a bedroom and have the dog out in the living room. Then they would put the dog in another bedroom and allow the cat back into the living room. It took a bit of maneuvering, but it worked for them. Their very territorial male cat accepted his new "brother" dog and they are good friends.

Saturday Success:
Well, I had a really great workout at the gym after a long walk with gunner. I did about 20 minutes of lifting and some hanging leg raises. I was a bit nervous b/c I hadn't done those in a few weeks, but the core work at home must be paying off b/c I managed to do 16 reps/set whereas in the past I was doing 12 reps/set. I then ran 2 miles (11 min/mile pace) and rode 7 miles on the stationary bike.

I was less successful with the grading goals. I only had about an hour and half, so only got through 6 research papers. Tomorrow, I will have more time b/c I'm not going to the gym. My goal is to get through 20 tomorrow and the rest on Monday.

Grading Goals:
1. 23/57 JRPs
2. x/47 AP essays
3. 30/47 AP journals (Yeats)
4. x/47 AP test corrections

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Karen--I've been hearing about all of the schools that are closing in Chicago. Will any of that effect your school?

No, it won't affect us directly, as I'm in a suburban district. However, if the CPS closings result in higher class sizes, it sets a bad example for all schools. I'm not sure if the closing will increase their class sizes--the main reason they've cited for the closings is low enrollment. I also haven't heard any complaints about that as a consequence either--the backlash is mostly related to concerns about students traveling through rival gang territories to get to their new schools or how consolidating schools will bring rivals into the same environment. Sadly, that's a big concern in some areas of Chicago.

Hello,

Today has been a good day. Went to the Y early today really enjoy the river class. Than went to get my hair done at ten didn't get done till 1. I went for a basic haircut and style. Today was a very good friends birthday party. Stay under but haven't had
drinks in a long time. Planning on keeping my diet simple. Back to the basics.

Liz

Good morning!

Welcome to the newlings! :flowerforyou: Anyone is welcome--just post and you are a member of our thread. There are some suggestions for daily posts on page 1, but we aren't strict; post whatever, whenever.

@kaye--congrats on that scale movement!

@liz--sounds like a great day!

Sunday Share:
Today is going to be completely dedicated to grading! I will walk gunner and then head to starbucks--plan to stay there until I get through 20 JRPs. It's a lot, but I know it's doable from past experience. That will leave just 14 for Monday, then I can drop them off at school and finish grading the journals while I'm there. On Wed. I'm babysitting my niece all day, so I will get started on the AP essays while she naps. If I play my cards right, I should be able to enjoy next weekend with no grading before heading back to work on Monday.

Grading Goals:
1. 23/57 JRPs
2. x/47 AP essays
3. 30/47 AP journals (Yeats)
4. x/47 AP test corrections

Happy weekend, everyone.

Saturday success - went through a tub of too small clothes and found a couple of tops to put back into my wardrobe. Most of the pants are 18s and I know I'm not there yet, but there may be some capris that will fit - if only it would warm up enough to wear them. Won't try them until its warm enough.

Sunday share -my name is Jennifer and I live in southern Ontario, Canada. Waiting impatiently for spring to come. I've been quite productive today - meals done for the week (until Friday when we had tony parents for Easter). Plus almost 2 hours at the gym this morning - weights and elliptical. Supper is leftovers from yesterday. Now to relax the rest of the day.

Robin and Karen- the storm that is or will be hitting you is making it's way to me as well. They are saying we will get 1-3 inches of snow tomorrow. I am not holding my breathe since they have been wrong with every prediction they have made this winter.

I really want Spring to be here and the weather to be nicer.

Karen I hope you get the grading done on Monday. The longer the papers the harder they are to grade. Hopefully, they are one topic and well written.

Hey all! Welcome to the new folks! I'll throw out a Sunday Share: I'm Sara, and I also live in Oregon with my husband and two daughters. I work as a psychiatrist in a hospital, so you may see me talk about being "on call", which means I'm working in-hospital for 24 hours (more if the following day is M-F). I get sleep on those nights when I can, but they pay me to be available for over 500 patients, so I'm grateful for sleep. My husband is quitting his job to be a stay-at-home dad, last day this Friday. So tonight will be our last night eating out for a while. Between a family agreement to focus more on eating healthy meals together and the cost involved, we'll be eating in until our planned vacations in April and May.

Karen, good luck with the grading! Kris, I'm sorry to hear about the injury. Don't overdo it at work, and I hope it heals up soon!