Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

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

Good morning everyone. It is a beautiful day hre today. In just a little bit I am going to go out and take my first long walk with my new shoes. Hopefully it goes better with these :happy: I just had to get on here and share yesterdays NSV with you all. I woke up really hungry yesterday and by 11 in the morning I had already eaten all but about 500 of my calories for the day. Well I knew what we were having for dinner and it would come in around 600 calories so I was sitting there thinking great I am screwed. I had to go into town to exchange some shoes for my husband and as I was getting ready to go my brain started thinking that since I had already killed the day I might as well take this oppurtunity to get some fast food and some sweet treats. The whole way into town I was debating where I should stop and what I should get. I went into the mall and exchanged the shoes still thinking about this and then got back in the car to head somewhere and just kept driving till I got home. I nevr really made the conscious decision not to splurge out of control I just didnt do it. When I got home without stopping anywhere I was so proud of myself. I ended up only being over 198 calories for the day instead of the thousands I was setting myself up for. Needless to say yesterday turned out to be a pretty good day:bigsmile:
Lin I am sorry to hear of the struggles you are having. It is one of the worst feelings when a family member hurts and we cant figure out how to help them. I hope it gets better soon.
Robin I am happy to hear your oral surgery went well. I hope it all feels better soon. Stomachaches and tooth pain are myy personal definitions of Hell on earth.
Tom glad to see you back and happy to hear your back is feeling better
Wendy I totally feel your plateau pain. I have been hovering around the same number for three weeks now. It is a great motivator though for kicking the workout up a notch
As for everyone else I hope you all have a great day and accomplish everything you want. Grab a glass of water and lets get started:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Woo Hoo! finally broke that plateau. I lost 1.2 pounds this morning. Since January, that is 33.2 pounds off.

Glad it's Friday. It's been an up and down week. I keep thinking if part of me wants to lose the weight so badly what part of me is holding me back. Carbs make my weight loss much harder. I have tried to limit my carbs but that wasn't so successful yestereday. Does anyone have any good information or know of medicine for fibromylagia. I am going to a specialist but not for a couple of weeks. My family physician is pretty sure that's what I have. Pretty sore or in my pain, but trying to keep going. Everyone have a great weekend.

@wendy--congrats on the loss! :drinker:

@kvan--I'm also terrible at limiting my carbs--so much so, that I've actually given up and instead focus on increasing my protein. It helps a bit.

Friday Fitness:
Well I made it to the gym and did about 20 minutes of lifting and then 30 minutes on the stationary bike. I usually only do 20, so that was new for me. Haven't done so great with the core work at home for my March challenge. However, I was able to increase my standard plank to 1 minute and switched form straight-arm to forearm side planks. Also increased my push ups from 12 to 15. I have added the shoulder press and upright row when I do the core at home (up to 3 sets of 20 reps)--I will continue this into April.

Right now I need to finish 8 AP essays and enter some participation grades. Then I'll just have 24 JRPs to finish over the weekend.

Grading Goals:
1. 33/57 JRPs
2. 39/47 AP essays