Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !
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Thursday truth: It's not that I don't like logging because I do. I just have been lazy about it but I am getting back into it. I think today will be the first day this week I get near or reach my calorie goal. I'm typically quite a bit under. I also need to go get some milk for my protein shake.
Have a great day.
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Hi everybody! Life is hectic and things are moving at lightning speed (school, home, ball games/practice), but I am hanging in there. One more week of classes and then I will have final exams to take the following week. I will be so glad to put the books away for the summer! Looking forward to the pursuit of healthy activities and lighter grilled fare as the weather warms and time allows. Swimming and bike riding are two of my favorites, so I see some great calorie burns in my fairly near future.
Thursday truth: I have been sorely tempted to forego exercise and just say, "to heck with all of this healthy food!" So far, I have given myself a good talking to, and forced myself to behave. I can not let my guard down for even a second. My inner sloth had a mighty strong hold on me and ruled my actions (or lack thereof) from the couch. I will beat her into action! I will beat her into action! I will beat her into action!
Please don't take my rants about my sloth too seriously. I love myself and I am proud of the woman I am becoming. It isn't an easy road. Your motivation and support do help lighten the load, so thanks for being there. :flowerforyou:
I hope everyone is having a marvelously healthy, active day! Until next time...0 -
Well, the meeting I had was good and I reviewed many action research projects for student teaching interns. The only downside was that we thought they were serving dinner (pizza) and they didn't. There was no warning so we did not stop to pick up food. Needless to say that I had to pick up something to eat and I still needed to stop at the store. I managed to talk myself out of all the fast food stops (Boston Market, Chee Burger, Chee Burger etc) and ended up at Giant. There I decided to pick up a rotisserie chicken for dinner and a salad for lunch tomorrow. I had a good day but I did end up eating half a candy bar on the way home because I was so hungry and needed food. Overall, a very good day that was high in protein and low in carbs.0
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Thursday truth ! I have been on the 3 day diet on monday- wednesday and i have done pretty good today !
I wish i was skinny also !
Going back on the 3 day diet on Monday !0 -
@alison - you are doing brilliantly! a half marathon, morris dancing, badmitton, etc, etc... plus 20 pounds off in just a few (winter) months?! i'd say that's a victory any way you look at it!
@laurie - great job avoiding the fast food! that must have been very tempting, given the circumstances!
@kelley - hope your back heals quickly! how's the achilles?
@tlh (funny, that's the name of one of the group homes i work at) - did you get those leg lifts in?
@susanWILLbethin - i think we all wrestle with our inner sloths from time to time.
Well, I managed to kayak and hike yesterday and today, which always makes me feel better. I wonder why I have so much trouble, at times, motivating myself to do things that always make me feel better? Hmm... will have to think on that. Tomorrow, I work both jobs, so no time for working out, sigh... also hope I don't overeat from exhaustion. I'll try to keep that in check.
My dad officially hit the trail today... mom and his hiking partner's wife dropped them off very near the Mexican border at Campo, and they hiked off into the sunrise. If all goes well, he will celebrate his 74th birthday in June at Kennedy Meadows in the Sierra and reach Manning Park, British Columbia sometime in September. Wow! What a trip! I've done three section-hikes with him during the past five years and helped him dream, plan, and prepare, so I'm almost as excited as he is!!! You'll probably have to hear me brag about him more in the coming months. For anyone who's interested in following their trail journal (blog), you can do so here: http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=14408 They haven't posted from the trail yet (some prep stuff is on there), but hopefully they will quite soon... you can also find many other journals there, if you dream of the trail but don't want to follow two old men. :laugh:0 -
Hello Everyone,,
Sorry I have been once again missing. I really enjoy being here and find it helpful and inspiring in this journey towards improved good health. Yet there are many nights I just don't know what to say or add. But I want to start fresh.0 -
Hey Everyone!
I am behind so many pages I will try and read all them but probably will not respond.
Today my job moves been a stressful week at work, finals for school are through 5/4/13 little stress there, I got three new projects at work and all of them need training documentation created by me for users that have no idea what I do very stressful one training guide had over 50 steps in it.
I am going to a Pure Romance party tonight they are so fun. It finally stopped snowing so hoping to get out and walk outside this weekend.
Have a great weekend everyone.0 -
Friday Fitness:
Last week's plan:
Saturday: parkrun DONE
Sunday: morris dancing DONE
Monday: morris dancing DONE
Tuesday: morris dancing (it's St George's Day) DONE
Wednesday: badminton nope but dumbbell workout DONE
Thursday: running DONE -- and a swim too!
Friday: badminton DONE
There, that's more like it! Now, what's on this week:
Saturday: parkrun
Sunday: badminton
Monday: morris dancing
Tuesday: running
Wednesday: morris dancing (it's May Day)
Thursday: running
Friday: badminton
Plus 3 strength workouts, even if they're only press ups and plank.
@Robin: thank you for liking my post so. i just write what comes into my head!
@Rachael: 'I JUST WANT TO BE SKINNY!!!!' Ain't that the truth girl! But honestly I'd settle for 'skinnier than average'.
@Mo11yT: Welcome! The great news is that there's a really good chance that if you get the diet and exercise right, you soon won't have to take the insulin at all.
@Beth: It was all fine until the week before the half-marathon, and then it's been stable, lots of holidays and visitors and so on. This week is hopefully properly back to normal though. I agree with you about exercising always making me feel better, especially if I do it in the open air.
Nearly the weekend! Make excellent choices, everyone!
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Hello friends
- once again it's been a crazy emotional week with dad issues pretty much overwhelming me again.:huh: I've been reading through all the posts and once again---so much positive energy here.:glasses: Yeah!! :glasses: And April is almost over and I'm happy to say I've had no situations where I needed to employ a non-eating diversion so I don't know if I call that a success for this month's challenge. :noway: Nothing to report on that front I guess.
Otherwise, I'm still concentrating on more strength-related activities. Still at 8 lbs. on the weight vest. Doing the upper body workout 3 times this week but I've moved up a bit on the lbs. used in some exercises. Doing the Leslie Sansone 5 mile DVD that incorporates gentle jogging--so 10 minutes of jogging. And I have been doing some heavy work--moving some things upstairs (I have the bruises to prove it), working at my dad's house, and today I'm going to be working outdoors on my house and deck.
I'm looking forward to my one year anniversary with MFP on May 5th......not far down the road.:bigsmile:
Wishing everyone a happy and healthy week-end. :drinker:
Lin
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So QOD is do birds sleep?! I woke up to birds chirping at 3am, never did really fall back asleep & my bed was super comfy too! :grumble:
@Morgori~Love the cars, great job! You made some kids very happy.
@Laurie~Good decision on the stop for food on the way home, in the grand scheme of things the candy bar wasn’t horrendous. Good job!
@Kris1085~What is the 3-day diet?
@lmackbeth~Back is better, my bed was set right last night so very comfy! Achilles still has not healed, I return to the doc in 2 weeks to see what the next step is.
@Alison~Awesome activity this week!
@Susan~I think we all secretly want to channel our inner sloth instead of our inner athlete. Truthfully, exercise does so much for me that I really miss it when I have to miss a workout – I miss that endorphin high.
@Lin~Great job with your activity this week too, hope things settle with dad issues soon. :flowerforyou:
Friday Fitness~No activity for me today, I procrastinated and need to get my car inspected after work. But I do have my long workout planned for tomorrow, followed by lunch/movie with friends. I’ve been so busy the last few months that I’m planning on overhaul on my house this weekend too, time to get rid of paperwork that has been accumulating and actually get clothes put in drawers instead of them being folded and stacked on the washer!
Activity this week:
Monday~HIIT on elliptical DONE!
Tuesday~Rest Day
Wednesday~Training DONE!
Thursday~Rest Day
Friday~None, getting car inspected
Saturday~Bike/ellip/row or maybe swim
Sunday~Training
Do we have a May challenge?
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Friday Fitness: going to the gym to do the elliptical. Weekend goal: buy groceries and plan healthy meals, I will not buy junk food and ask hubby not to buy any.0
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I did my first exercise last nite and tracked my food for two days. Need to keep it up.:yawn:0
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Ugh I had a horrible week. And I don't know why. The scale says I am up 3 of the 5lbs I lost...How is it you can gain wait so fast and it takes so long to lose it. I know I ate a lot of calories these past few days. I don't know why either.
But today is a new day.0 -
Tom - the cars are sooo cute! Isn't it great to learn a new craft?
jack_yve - congrats for staying under your calorie goals!
kvan - although your struggling - keep up the fight - I am a bad backslider myself, but have still lost weight overall. I think its worth all the effort. YOUR WORTH THE EFFORT!
Laurie - I have you to thank for getting me started on the step! Now, its a matter of CONSISTENCY. I have to stay with it. You made great decisions with the chicken and half candy bar and salad since you didn't have pizza for dinner. Kudos.
SusanThin - I love your post about your conquering your inner sloth! Its great your doing your exercises, and I'm happy your out of school for the summer!
Kris - tell us more about what your 3 day diet consisted of?
lizmil - we always like hearing from you!
queen - I've created training manuals before - I hear your pain!!!!! Have fun at the Romance party (don't spend too much!) and glad the snow has stopped!
Lin - ZERO pounds to go - OH HAPPY DANCE!!!! First thing I noticed! You rock lady! So sorry to hear you've had a rough week with your father. Glad to hear your burning up your stress with the weight vest and Leslie Sansone. You must be very well adjusted mentally
balancing your life so fully. And happy one year anniversary a bit in advance.
Kah - that chirping sound could be raccoons - they sound amazingly like birds. Have a great weekend - really tear into those chores you outlined - you'll feel so proud of yourself!
Mel - having healthy food in the house is essential. Having hubby's cooperation is awfully nice too. If he buys treats you can't eat, designate one place to keep all the bad food and you NEVER look in there ever!
M011yT - Congratulations!!!!!! What a good beginning. Glad you made it back to the thread to post your progress.
Tearjar - are you logging your food? You must feel so frustrated!!!
I am still logging my food and staying at 1450 cal a day, sometimes going over by 100 or so calories a day. I am using the Wii Step up board every other day for 5 minutes at a time for 15 min. a day.
For the April Challenge I have finally found something to do in the evenings - I found some felt bird ornament patterns and will be making them for my nephews and nieces for Christmas presents. Its hand sewing and decorating and scissor work, a little easier on my arthritis that chrocheting or knitting I HOPE. I'm really looking forward to making them. They are so cute!0 -
Another quick check in because I NEED it... the roller coaster that is end of life (my Mother-In-Law) is getting bumpy again with another serious health decline,this possibly being the last one. While this has been expected, it is always hard. It is also when I tend to lose all sense of healthy eating, and that is where I REALLY need the prayers and support of others who have and are walking this road. So please remember me this weekend. I will try to check in at some point and I am determined to log my food even if it is bad.0
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I just wanted to mark where I've caught up to in the thread, but I can't help commenting on how I love that we all just ignore the blatant sales pitch for beachbody. :laugh: That woman has been cutting and pasting that post in to every thread on the boards today.0
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@Karen~LOL, yep I noticed that too! :bigsmile:
@Robin~I hadn't thought of raccoons, wonder if they can cohabitate with armadillo's - which we have a lot of. :laugh:0 -
UGH...Friday - Fitness (what are you doing to get fit? How are you preparing for weekend eating?
EXERCISE IS MY BAIN!
So, I walk 1 mile daily, and just started the squat challenge this week, doing it very very gently.
day1 6 squats
day2 6 squats
day 3 12 squats and 12 lunges
day4 rest
day5 12 squats/12 lunges/12 sidesteps TODAY! :-)
I feel pretty good!
prep for the weekend just requires hitting the store and buying lots of veggies for juicing!
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my fitness lately is all just unpacking. it's amazing how much stuff i have. it just seems to keep coming no matter how much i unpack0
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Quote of the day: - "You have failed only when you quit trying. Until then, you're still in the act of progression. So, never quit trying and you'll never be a failure.---Tommy Kelley0
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@ Susancanbethin -- kick that inner sloth's butt!!!
@LaurieK -- its hard enough to wait to eat until late when its self induced (those are my Wednesdays generally) but ughh...great job on making a health choice when you were so hungry.
@kris -- what is the 3 day diet?
@kah -- I love waking up to the birds chirping, but NOT at 3 am
@trhyrh - you didn't gain it back, probably just water retention
The leg lifts didn't go very well. I only got 40 done. They were way harder than I thought they would be. However, because I could feel them, I think I'm going to try to get all 150 done by Sunday night.
Friday Fitness:
Monday - Water Aerobics DONE
Tuesday - C25K -- KINDA DONE -- SHIN SPLINTS HAPPENED BUT AT LEAST I DID SOMETHING
Wednesday - Zumba - DONE
Thursday - Rest - DONE
Friday -- 30DS
Saturday -- Cardio and Weights
Sunday - Rest
Tomorrow, I pick up my next order of Bountiful Baskets. Can't wait to see what will be in my basket!!! Once I see what I get, I'll plan my next two weeks of meals. That has been a life saver -- I used to do a great job of menu planning and then it fell to the wayside. Getting back on track and it has really helped with my meal planning and keeping me on track for my calories.
I'm headed to a fun evening of scrapbooking. Never done it here with this group before so I'm hoping to make some new friends. I have my 2012 pictures ready and my supplies all in order. Water bottles are packed. Have a great Friday everyone.0 -
Hi everyone. Sorry I didnt check n yesterday. I was POOPED. I went and started my strength training and then did 25 min of cardio after that. From there I went to the store and pushed a huge bag of potting soil around the store for 30 min while I did the rest of the shopping. Then it was home and back out into the back yard to get some more work done. Then One of my team members from the gym called and reminded me it was the night for the kickboxing takeover. I went and lasted 30 of the 60 min and that was it my body said nope I am done. I was pretty sore by the time I got home but I cuddled up with my heating pad and by this morning I was still feeling lots of new muscles but more an ache than actual pain. Went to a plant sale sponsered by the grange this morning with my mom. Got a whole bunch of fun stuff to put in the planters and beds when I finish getting them ready:laugh: Well have a great Friday everyone.:bigsmile:0
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Well, I guess I should have made a wish on Wednesday. I took my car to be inspected, it passed - but needs front brakes, struts, and something else. Its in the shop to the tune of $1500! Ack!!! Its 7 years old so I know this day was coming. :sad: The nice thing is that the service manager gave me a ride home so they could get started on my car tonight - such sweet guys at my Firestone (not bad eye candy either). :laugh:
@Tammy~You are doing great with your commitment to the gym, excellent workout even if you didn't last the full 60 min!0 -
hi all- Friday fitness...I ended up taking our clients for a walk in lovely Atlantic City today on the boardwalk. I ended up walking 3.11 miles in 67 min. It was great, today was supposed to be an off day. Good thing I did, because my friend and I went to dinner...oh wait till you see my diary for tonight LOL----NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT good, but it was really worth every calorie.
Tomorrow I have to cut my grass (its unbelievable) and take my daughter to her soccer game. Somewhere in there, get my car inspected..should be fun.
Have a great night everyone! Its pj movie night for the kiddies and I. We are watching wreck it ralph and eating popcorn. Yes, I was a fat girl today
weigh in is tomorrow AM.
Rachael0 -
tom- I love those wooden cars and i know they are a huge hit with children. What a great service your group provides!
tired and sore after 2 hours outside cutiing lawns and trimming back the ivy on my fence. Got about half of it done. Gonna rain for 3 days so the rest will have to wait.
Found out i am going to have my second knee replacement done on June 10....Yikes!!0 -
The diet that i am doing is the Birmingham diet . You don't get much to eat for 3 days and then for the next 4 days you eat sensibly ! It is working for me . My dad got the diet along time ago and i am trying it to see how it goes! You can do more research online if you would like too it might be like a cleveland clinic diet too ! Hope this helps you !0
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Kah, cars are great and a necessity but they can be expensive when it comes to repairs. At least you had a hot guy driving you home.:bigsmile:
Jt- You made me tired just by reading what you did for exercise yesterday.
KarenL- Glad you have a date for that knee surgery.
tlh- You can also do the leg lifts one leg at a time. It makes them a little easier just make sure you keep your back against the floor. I prefer both legs at a time and you really do feel the benefits of leg lifts. Good luck reaching 150 leg lifts, I know you can do it.
Survived a very busy week. Did okay with food this week and exercise was good since I had a couple of strong exercise days. This weekend I will be helping with special olympics so that will keep me on my feet but not sure how much walking I will do both days. Depending on the weather I may walk over to the games or at least walk home. Annapolis has a boat show in town so traffic will be crazy and walking will be easier.
Goals for the week-
Saturday-Rock Wall/ walking and stretching DONE
Sunday- Swim DONE
Monday- Trainer DONE
Tuesday-Not sure--might need to attend a training session for work not looking forward to it. Workout DONE with a different trainer and a friend.
Wednesday- I might walk at Kinder Park or take a rest day REST DAY DONE
Thursday- Gym REST- another meeting after work DONE
Friday- Rock wall DONE
Goals for next week-
Saturday/ Sunday- Walk around Academy at special olympics
Monday- Trainer
Tuesday- Rest??? depends on m y schedule.
Wednesday- Gym
Thursday- Rest
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Hey everyone! Super tired tonight so just catching up on reading your posts. I will post and do personals tomorrow. My plan is to sleep in, but we'll see what gunner has in mind. 0
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Good Morning.
My car is ready, thought they would have it most of the day - my friends will be picking me up later for lunch, so we'll swing by there afterwards to get my car out of hawk. Then, we rented Life of Pi to watch later - after their playtime with Zoe, of course.
Saturday Success~This is a non-scale week, so my success today is that I have managed to clean the bathroom downstairs (floors included), dust living room, clean paperwork off of dining room table and get downstairs floors dusted. I see all kinds of kitty paw prints, so do need to wash the wood floors but that may not happen until later or tomorrow.
Time to finish up my coffee and then get started upstairs.
Everyone have a super Saturday!0 -
MORNING, ITS A BEAUTIFUL DAY!
"Saturday - Success (what have you accomplished; focus on the positive of the week, NSV=non scale victories)"
I feel really blessed this week my juicing is really adding energy and vibrance to my life. Plus I've rededicated myself to being happy, to not focusing on my lacks and instead being thrilled with all the small changes I have made that are impacting my state of mind and the health of my body. :happy:0
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