Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

lauriel- i giggled when i read your goals cause i could not make head nor tales of what you were doing....with or without shopping!

my goal is to just keep logging and keep moving

ok, this week is just plain fired.

Husband's uncle passed away yesterday... one of my employees at work lost her nephew today... today at work was a Complete B***h(tm) - as in today was the 4th monday this week (or at least that's what it seemed, and not in a good way).

Yikes.

Hugs to all those folk who are struggling with stuff... I really understand.

My goodness! Where is everyone today? I hope that the absence of posts means that everyone is busy and happy.
I'll report more later. Kaye

Thanks for your prayers -- they worked!! My nephew is fine and it is just a soothing mechanism. EEG is okay! Whew!

Thursday Truth: I'm having a tough second half of March. I've been over on calories just as many days as under and just can't seem to get back in the groove. I'm not getting my exercise in like I should be. Each day, I say this is the day and then each night I'm so unmotivated. I've tried morning exercise but I have to be working by 7:30 AM and to get up early enough just doesn't work for me. I normally go to the gym right after work, but Holy Week is kicking my tush. Two services on Sunday and then choir practice last night, we sing tonight at Maunday Thursday service. Good Friday service will warm my heart and then two services on Sunday again. Hopefully when I don't have very many activities next week, I can get back in the groove.

Better get back to work. Have a great day everyone!

Hello. Busy morning, boss is off today/tomorrow.

@Karen~I think I’ve determined working out in the early morning doesn’t work for me either. :laugh: One deprived night of sleep has really wreaked havoc on my week – I’m just going to have to do longer cardio sessions from here on out.
@tlh~Terrific news!

Thursday Truth~I’m in such a funk over this injury and not being able to do what I want to do – it’s been a couple of weeks, enough already! That combined with some serious stress right now isn’t helping matters – I hope my cardio tomorrow/Sat will do me some good. I’m fine on calories, but the choices making up those calories could be better – eating above my 98g of carbs allotment.

On another note been looking at cruises to see if there is one I can fit into my schedule this summer, so far nothing works.

Hi! Drive-by post to let you know I'm still alive, just super crazy busy! Will try to stop back later...

@Karen~I’m addicted to cruising! :laugh: I just like the fact that I don’t have to worry about anything while on a cruise and I love the different destinations I get to cover in one vacation. I did Alaska last year and was supposed to do a Canada/New England cruise in October but it isn’t going to work out schedule wise – so we’ve postponed it a year and are tacking on a Caribbean cruise on the back-end (same ship). I have Panama Canal booked for a year from now, was just looking for a 7-day Eastern Caribbean but I can only work it into my schedule a particular week in August and the price just isn’t right. It is amazing though the cruise destinations available now.

I go along with your thoughts on 2nd weddings and beyond, I wonder if she’s making excuses for all the extravagance because it’s his first marriage. The same holds true for baby showers, not sure why they are held when they are on their 3rd to 4th baby, figure they would have everything they need.

My thursday truth: In the almost 3 months that I have been working at losing weight. I have never plateaued--until now. I have stuck at 32 pounds off for two weeks (on Monday). I am thrilled that after my birthday bash weekend, I did not gain so that was a victory. But two weeks without losing even an ounce has me bugged. It is a positive though. It is causing me to work harder. I am doing more working out. I plan to weigh in tomorrow, and am hoping for some success.

I don't think it will ever recover. I will need to buy a new one. But hopefully I can get all my work off there. My husband thinks he can do that by slaving the hard drive to another computer. Hopefully it works because my writing is on there and since i get paid to write that's an issue.

We are making an exercise room in our new house. I'm very excited. Can't wait to break it in.

Hello friends - back from my visit with my dad and I am so incredibly tired! I need sleep!!!!!

Thursday truth: I am virtually incapable of making a rational decision when it comes to my father. I went with him to a doctor's appointment where he received cortisone injections in his knees. He is to the point however that he cannot express what hurts or how severe the pain is. I don't know what he's trying to say most of the time and the doctors/nurses/professionals still expect that he can tell them what's wrong or what he needs. Indeed HE CANNOT. I can tell he is very frustrated and is somewhat angry with me because I'm not finding him the help he needs but I have no idea of what is the specific problem. I just can tell he's uncomfortable. And the whole issue of selling his acreage is tearing me into shreds. The person who wants to buy the acreage cannot finance it and wants me to hold a contract. I have to look into this more. While I have the highest regard for this man and his family, I don't think we can afford to hold a contract given the level of my dad's expenses. This may not end well and if it does then I likely will not have the great help I've received from this gentleman for the past 5 years.:sad:

Short version: my life seems to be a mess!!

I'm sorry for everyone else's suffering and problems. We need some more happiness!!!

Hugs to all.

I'm going to bed now...............

Lin

Thursday truth...I don't take any time for myself and it's showing. I am trying to change this but it's a work in progress. I haven't even weighed myself or thought about it much as I've been so busy. Tonight is a tough one, babysitting 2 sweeties who just won't go to sleep and it's late. I may take them to bed with me.

Sorry for the double post. I decided it was time to update my measurements. I needed a boost. Last measurements on Jan. 25. Since then I have lost 9.5".:happy:

I'm back. I didn't do anything for fitness yesterday since I was away for the funeral, but today is a new day. I packed a lunch, I'm bringing breakfast, and I am RUNNING today.

Wednesday Wish: I wish that the speaker we had last night for our meeting wasn't so terrible.
Thursday Truth: I had never actually seen them put someone in the ground until yesterday.
Friday Fitness: Today I will RUN. I will, I will, I will.

Good Morning!

Just when I’m feeling all defeated someone lifts me back up. I received the greatest compliment from someone that works in one of the offices upstairs – came up to me this morning said I looked amazing and asked me what I was doing. She said she’s been trying to catch me in the hall for a couple of weeks but that I move to fast. :laugh: It just made me feel really good – also made me feel guilty for treating myself to a skinny macchiato at Starbucks this morning. :embarassed: But I haven’t been to Starbucks in two months, felt like I deserved the treat. I did; however, avoid the chocolate cinnamon cake they were featuring – it looked amazing!

@Robin~Glad your oral surgery went well and that you recover quickly! It’s hard to downsize but something I’ve done every time I moved to a new place – I’ve gotten to where I don’t like clutter. If I have to dust it I don’t want it around! Now that I’m settled in my house, I don’t have much sitting around – except for a few things that I inherited from grandparents (my granny’s coo coo clock that she bought in Germany over 70 years ago being one of my faves).
@Toots~So sorry about the computer issues. But your DH should be able to get the info off of the hard drive – I had a hard drive crash a few years ago so I took it to a PC store, they were able to get my files off of the hard drive and then installed a new one in my laptop.
@Lin~I’m so sorry for the struggles with your dad, it so hard when the roles are reversed and we become the caretakers – I see it with my mom as she deals with her mom. I hope things work out with your dad’s acreage. Sending you virtual hugs that everything works out soon!
@Laurie~Excellent job challenging yourself with the run! Are you still condo hunting or have you put that on the back burner for a while?
@Kaye~Put the thin mints in the freezer, out of sight out of mind. Try not to beat yourself up about those extra calories, today is a new day just try to do better today. Awesome on the inches lost!!! :flowerforyou:
@Wendy~Any time we start doing something different it takes our bodies a little while to wake up and realize what we are doing is actually a good thing! I would give it a couple of more weeks, if you still aren’t seeing the scale move downward take a look and see if there is something else you can change (i.e. more water, more veggies, less carbs, etc). Sometimes it can just take a while for our bodies to catch up.

Friday Fitness~I have kept up with my fitness goals all week. I discovered working out before work isn’t going to work for me since I have to be here so early, so I’ll put in extra long workouts twice a week to make up for that. I do have a stressful weekend ahead preparing for a certification exam next week, but don’t foresee any real food challenges – I just need to stay focused.

Fitness this week:
Sunday~Training DONE!
Monday~Arc Trainer DONE!
Tuesday~Elliptical at home DONE!
Wednesday~Training DONE!
Thursday~Rest Day
Friday~Elliptical at Gym
Saturday~Bike/Elliptical at Gym

We’re at the end of March, how did everyone do with their challenges? I did increase my water intake and did my planks 3x a week, so maintained those goals. Did we make a decision on April challenges?

Have a super day!

Hi everyone! I'm back and my back is much better today!

I am finally caught up reading posts! Since I hurt my back I have been pretty bad at eating and no movement. I am at work but walking slow and trying to do stuff at my desk instead of in the lab. I have come to the conclusion that I would be a bad drug addict. Taking muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatory, and pain killers is taking its toll. The pain killers really do not kill the pain, but they do kill my good attitude. When I take them I do not care if I’m getting healthy or not.
Here are some things I remember from a lot of posts I just read:
I use a night guard every night and would hate to be without it

I do think most food is good, but there is some that is not healthy On April 13th 2012 Guinness World Records presented the Heart Attack Grill with an official certificate proclaiming... "Most calorific burger Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas includes in its menu the 1.444kg (3lb 2.94oz) Quadruple Bypass Burger packing 9,982 calories. It's 6.91 calories per gram (195.95 calories per ounce) makes it the world's most calorific burger as verified by Guinness World Records"

I like the “April Fools” challenge but I am struggling with some good substitions. I was going to try and snack with health in mind and I did very badly. So I’m going to start again and do it this time.

I was taken to see Skyfall when it was out in the theaters by my work group for a quick team building thingy, I loved it and must go buy the DVD.

“Susan and Robin, I can relate. I just don't know what happened to my motivation but.... it's poofed into thin air somehow. First things first. No more ice cream (ate the last of the butter pecan last night) and no more eating out (Arbies yesterday was my fond farewell). If I want something extra and just can't control myself, its fruit or NOTHING. If I go over on calories so be it, but it's going to be with HEALTHY food and NOT junk. That's where I'll start.” I am going to try that also 3M.

@Alison way to finish the ½ marathon!

@Shrinkrapt- The green beard is an annual tradition.

@Desemina-13!

@Lauriek70- way to pass the SWAT guy! I use the bench at my work for pushups (which I need to do more often) so if you have a sturdy counter top somewhere try doing the pushups there. The higher the bench top the easier they are to do. I do just 5 ladders and it works me pretty good. Ladders which you probably know are 1, then 1, then 2, then 2, then 3, then 3, then 4, then 4, then 5, then 5. When I do the 1 I rest for 1 second, the 2 I rest for 2 seconds, the 3 rest for 3 seconds, 4 rest for four seconds. I read this in the book You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises. As soon as my back is all the way better I’ll be starting these again.

@Robin “@ Robin, sounds like a very satisfying day! Hope the gum heals fast. Salt water gargles taste terrible but really do help speed the healing.” I do the salt water when I have dental problems which seems like all the time. I think it also helps with the pain.

@Lin- Best wishes for you and your Dad.

@SkrinkRapt451- “Thursday Truth: I love Heath bars. Love toffee and caramel flavors with chocolate. And I just had one (willpower failure in the checkout line). And it was too sweet. Huh.” I debated whether I should post this or not but I decided to. My brother lives in VT and I visited him and we went to the Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream factory in Waterbury. They had vanilla Hearth bar crunch which had not been frozen yet that we got to try. It was amazing. They also make a coffee Heath Bar Crunch. I know this is not the best thing to eat but sometimes I need something bad. Now they have low fat fro yo Phish food and Greek yogurt Blueberry Vanilla Graham. I am going to start trying some of these but only one scoop at a time and hopefully only once or twice a week.

@ebailey710- Sorry for your loss.

Happy Friday hope you all have a healthy weekend!

Tom