Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

@Lin -- I'm wondering if I missed the post where you reached goal! Fantastic congratulations! I am SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!
@Kelley -- I think I've finally got back into the swing of exercise. It's so much better when it's a daily habit -- you know, only on the days you eat.
@trhjrh06 -- the good news is that when you gain a lot very quickly, some of that is water and it will come right off when you get back on track.
@Marca -- thinking of you; these times are very difficult and I think the best we can hope for mfp-wise is to make the best choices we can while remembering to look after yourself. And have friends who will help if you think you might try to use food to bust the stress.
@tlh0407 -- sorry to hear about your shin splints; have you had proper shoes fitted? Sometimes it's caused by an overlong stride so it might be worth talking to your running store. But otherwise what a great exercise week!
@Tammy -- you are such a workout star these days!
@Rachael -- moderate walking is a brilliant thing to do on rest days; it just loosens you up and lets your muscles rest.

Saturday success -- well, after managing a night out more or less within my target yesterday, I was a bit worse for wear this morning, ducked the parkrun and chilled most of the day. And then I dragged out the dance mats and did an hour of Dance Dance Revolution. I feel so much better now! And my inner sloth is well and truly spanked. I'd sort of stopped dance mats in favour of actual outdoor things, but it makes a nice change and it's good on a rainy day when there's no way I'm going running.

Fitbit, which can be rotten sometimes, has given me a startling 88 calories for that. Hmm. I think 400 would be about right. I need to work out with my HRM again to get calibrations for running, badminton, cycling and all the sorts of dance I do. And I'm super proud of my son; they did an inter school math challenge last week and he thinks he got every question right. I checked the solutions online and he's missed a couple; but still, I think he's probably done well enough to get through to the next stage of the competition.

OK. Family movie night tonight and we are watching The Hobbit. Hope you're all having a great weekend!

-- Alison

Hi everyone!

I took gunner on a long walk--the weather is just gorgeous! So much so, that I was tempted to skip the gym and just run outside; however, I needed to do some sort of strength work, so I went. Did about 20 minutes of weights, 2.5 miles on the treadmill, and 6.5 miles on the bike. It was a good decision b/c tomorrow I'm going to brunch with garetie and her friends so there's no way I'll make it back in time for the gym (mine closes at 3 on Sundays). It's supposed to be even nicer out tomorrow, so maybe I'll go for a run outside. Next weekend is the 8k, so I'm excited about that.

Now I'm at Starbucks grading--only one goal; I need to finish them by Thursday, so I hope to get through about 12 more today.

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I'll start out with my success. I had someone take a picture of my daughter and I while she was reading to me at her school's open house. When I compare that picture to the one from Christmas, even I can tell the difference. Plus someone noticed on facebook and said I was "looking good." April hasn't been good for me (only 2 pounds this month so far) so I've been a little down about it, but I know its my fault as I haven't been as dedicated as in the past. However, this week I've been back on track but I can't see it on the scale because I've had my monthly visitor. Which leads me to my second success -- I craved sunflower seeds (as I always do) and held out...:smokin:

Yesterday, my goal was to do the 30 DS-- the day got away from me and by the time I got home, it was after midnight. I still did it!! Not as aggressive as I've done in the past, but still did it.

@ jt -- Wow's that's a heavy exercise day -- good for you!
@kah - sorry to hear about the car. It's so expensive, but it'll be good as new now that its all taken care of.
@rachael -- fun day at work, dinner enjoyable and fun with the kids -- SUCCESS!!
@karenleona -- surgery (and recovery) is no fun, but it'll be nice to have the knee done.
@lauriek -- thanks for the hints and vote of confidence. 100 down, 50 to go!
@skinneyjeans -- 6 am would not be sleeping in for me :yawn: Yes Bountiful Baskets is a co-op. I get it every 2 weeks so most of it lasts. I decide what to eat based on the basket and the "fresh" timeframe. This time for fruit we got strawberries, small watermelon, bananas, a pineapple and mangos. My vegetables were two heads of romaine lettuce, lots of red potatoes, celery, several tomatoes, broccoli and green onions. I use some of the greens in smoothies. You get about $50 worth of produce for $15. If you are worried about using it all before it spoils, you could see if a friend would want to share until you get in the rhythm. My sister and I do that with the "big" orders. For example, last time, I bought 8 lbs of strawberries for $13 and she bought 21 lbs of pineapple (7 in case you are wondering ) and we split them 50/50. I also buy the homemade bread. I get 5 loaves for $10. It changes. This time, I got 2 loaves of 9-grain/oat bread, 2 loaves of English Muffin bread and a french baguette. I've been very happy with it.
@BohemianCoast -- happens every time I change shoes, I just forget about it and then it catches me by surprise. LaurieK gave me some suggestions about how to break them in. It's getting better.
@Tina - fun day!!
@Suzee - Nice - 6 pounds!!!

Today my plan was to go to the gym and do cardio and weights. It was 80 degrees here (although we do still have some piles of snow) and just couldn't force myself inside. So, after I did my shopping (2 hours of walking the mall), I took the kids to the park and played basketball with them and just hung out. Burned about 260 calories at the park, so I'm calling that good for the day!

Have a great night!!

I really have to say,after reading 100's of posts,and quite fitting that relm....hello...My name is Debora....friends call me Deb. I love your open realistic approach to our quandary of weight loss. Thank you soooooooooooooooooo much for spelling it out. Its steps every day..every minute that emulate our behavior to reach that ever loving successful end! Your new are my new person to follow...please friend me for inspiration and encouragement.

OK, Sunday share...this is a little daunting...so...me and relationships?....hm

.tick tock.

.tick tock.

.tick tock.

*sighs* I got nothing... generally relationships are tough for me cause without being comfortable in my skin, I'm not comfortable when I get compliments.

I did it!! I made my 7 days of eating well and exercising consistently. Now to do it again

@Susan -- good luck with housing and it sounds like you have a game plan for this week. Way to go!
@RobinsEgg -- If I was so strong willed, I wouldn't be here looking to lose 100 pounds. :sad: :laugh: No, some things in my life I've been very strong willed about but not my health, weight and diet. But you gotta start somewhere right?
@Bohemian Coast -- Sounds like good motivation to clean your house. I should invite someone over soon so I get that same motivation. :blushing:

Sunday Share: My name is Tracy. I am a recent replant to Bismarck, ND and for the first time in my adult life, live near my mom and two of my sisters. They were the ones that got me motivated to do this journey and turned me on to MFP. I grew up on a farm and was VERY active year-round with sports and farm work. Went to college and that all changed and the "growing" began. My goals are to be able to enjoy the same activities my kids do and be involved and not just a sideline cheerer. I played my first half court game of basketball in years with my son yesterday. I was panting and had to take some time outs, but we had fun! I'm learning to be patient as that has never been a strong suit of mine. I have to remember that I've taken this off fast in the past and it came back. I'm doing it the right way this time.

My plan today is to plan next week's meals, figure out my workout schedule and just enjoy the family. We have the Lion King on TV right now and supper on the stove. Today is my rest day, so no gym for me. Have a great end to your weekend!

This was a very busy weekend with special olympics so I did lots of walking and standing. It is about a mile walk from the academy to my house so I did get my exercise. Food choices were not great today but not awful since I walked most of them off. Today, I opted to use my HRM to determine the number of calories I burned in one day. I am trying to get a better sense of how many calories I burned in one day. I will most likely repeat this experiment a couple of times this week. In 13 hours and 49 minutes, I have burned 1987 calories. This includes the time I spent walking and resting after special olympics so I think is close to a normal day's activity level for me. I will use this information to change my calorie settings to help with the weight loss.

Have a great week everyone. May everyone make good choices in both food and exercises.

drive by today... love ya all!

I lost 2 more pounds this week ! 32 to go by the end of September for my short term goal to loose 40 by the time i turn 40 !
Starting back on the 3 day diet again today it worked pretty good for me last week !
Happy Monday to everyone !

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.

you're awesome because i would have been like, are you nuts? i'm not going to that :laugh: good work!

Well I finally replaced the battery in my scale and I am down 6 pounds!

that's an amazing loss!

Found out i am going to have my second knee replacement done on June 10....Yikes!!

wow, good luck and fingers crossed for you for a quick recovery.

Toots - unpacking is a real calorie burner - and I imagine with that big house you are losing a lot of things after you put them away!

yeah, especially in the kitchen. but if i ever run out of things to put away the garage is still full of crap too so no worries :laugh:

I really have to say,after reading 100's of posts,and quite fitting that relm....hello...My name is Debora....friends call me Deb. I love your open realistic approach to our quandary of weight loss. Thank you soooooooooooooooooo much for spelling it out. Its steps every day..every minute that emulate our behavior to reach that ever loving successful end! Your new are my new person to follow...please friend me for inspiration and encouragement.

welcome deb!

Sunday share -- for the new peeps. I'm Alison, and I live in London, England, in a ramshackle late-Victorian terrace in which everything is falling down. Ha! We were in IKEA today and they said 'let us come round and look at your house for our research and see how you use IKEA products and we'll give you a £50 IKEA gift card.' So I signed up and am awaiting their call. The poor girl whose job it was to get people to sign up said 'I've been told to get 100 people and I only got 7 all day yesterday and you're the first today.' So I think the £50 bounty is not quite enough. Though £50 for an hour of my time tax-free is good enough for me really. Anyway, we will obviously have to TIDY THE ENTIRE HOUSE before they come. Which would in fact be good. Ahem. Anyway. My partners in shabby squalor are my husband and my two kids, daughter aged 16 (permanently attached to phone) and son aged 12 (permanently attached to Minecraft).

well, that sounds like it could be cool. you'll have to keep us updated as to what they do. my 12 year old is attached to minecraft too. i don't get it. looks stupid to me.

I lost 2 more pounds this week ! 32 to go by the end of September for my short term goal to loose 40 by the time i turn 40 !
Starting back on the 3 day diet again today it worked pretty good for me last week !
Happy Monday to everyone !

i love this idea and you can totally do this. and i'm inspired to change my long term goal too based on what you've just said. i have a couple of years before i turn 40. approximately 2.5 years. so my goal is to weigh my goal weight, which happens to BE 140, by the time i'm 40. i really like it. thanks for the idea.

Thank you everyone

@suzee71 - thank you, the hard part for me is appreciating myself and trying to share me intimately when I feel icky looking in the mirror. :embarassed: I'm working on overcoming my self image. It's funny and sad everyone around me seems to think I'm this amazingly confident and happy person. Most of the time I can't figure out what reality they must be living in becuase I don't feel that way and don't know why they think I do. Then I realize that I must be an amazing actress, covering up my discomfort.

@skinnyjeanzbo - "Why, Thank you!" :happy: That is a really good thought, and your right. I can't accept compliments because I don't think I deserve them and then the hard part is believing the person trying to tell me that I'm ______ ! So in my head I have that battle of how can I trust them if I think their crazy/lying/being kind?

@BohemianCoast - I know in my head it's true, it's just hard to feel it sometimes. Winter is the worst for the duldrums. and "can you try to spot all the things that make you a *wonderful* person *right now*, just the way you are?" yeah I fall into this trap of something else will make me happy all the time, now my focus is less about thin and more about pain free! I started this journey 2-3 years ago and was 314 pounds at my heaviest. Last summer I was so happy with myself becuase I got down to 240, and then over the winter slumped and got back up to 274, sighs. so I count every week this spring where I am rededicting myself to being healthy and active as a win.

Monday checkin: whooo hoooo lost another pound this weekend and kept under my calorie count.

JTConst - You're doing so great! Really kicking some butt!
Allison - For what it's worth, I think you're doing amazing on this journey! You've come SO far and to be at 180 is AWESOME!
Mo11y - I can relate to how hard it is and the frustration with yourself for KNOWING what you have to do and wondering why you just don't *%&#Q(*&%(#*$()@$*)#$*@)$) do it! :laugh:
Mr. M. - What an awesome way to spend a work day! Those are some great little cars!
Susancanbethin - I can relate to that inner sloth. Mine seems to be taking over my life these days. I've been excited as heck and waiting for the sun and it finally appeared this weekend. It was GORGEOUS... and I spent the entire weekend playing video games. Yup, rainy and icky today but I'm resolved to walk to and from work for the rest of this week. THat will force at least 2.5 miles per day out of me!
Macbeth - I've bookmarked that page, I sure hope they post along the way because I'm fascinated and jealous! It's a great idea!
Tina - I can relate. I've calcuated that it will take me about 4 months to take off what I've put on in 1 month. That ticks me off, BIG TIME!
Marca - I'm so sorry you're having to go through that. Good thoughts headed your way and hoping you can find time for YOU!
TH0407 - I've looked into Bountiful baskets and MAN I wish that had tha where I am. The closes is a 45 minute drive north. :grumble:
Deb - Welcome! This is an amazing group of people. This process would be impossible if it weren't for these people!
Susan - I think that's quite realistic. Maintenance until you feel able to commit to weight loss. You're making healthier choices and getting in exercise, I think that's great with all that you've got going on!
Stapia - Welcome! I used to love the fried stuff too, but I've found my tastes have changed. Now things seem TOO sweet or TOO salty or TOO heavy. I prefer the cleaner foods.... now if I can just remember to STOP eating them when I've hit my calorie goals, I'll be happy.

Monday - Bad. It was a BAD weekend. Sunny and gorgeous and I spent it inside playing video games and eating too much. I guess I had SO much fun the previous weekend I wanted a redo? I don't know. At least I managed to get my apartment cleaned and some decent cooking done for this week (including a very fail chicken and rice casserole that fed my garbage disposal).

Have good food packed for work today and ZERO money to cheat with so, I know the rest of this week will be decent eating. TOnight I'm resolved to do my old yoga CD that I always loved so much but felt that I had grown out of (I've pretty much 'grown' back into it now). It will be a good way to get my body moving and all of my VERY tight muscles stretched out a bit.

Ahh Monday! Here's to a new week! I have been holding pretty steady on the weight for April (2 pounds) and I've only been over my calories 5 days total in April (and only 2 of them were beyond 100 calories), so something has to change. When I've calculated my calories in the past, it told me I should be eating more, but that seemed so counter productive :noway: However, after a full month of doing pretty darn good on my diet and not really losing, I'm going to give it a shot. And I'm doing a zig zag -- we'll see -- Luckily my highest calorie day falls on Tuesday which coincides with my sister's birthday dinner. :bigsmile:

Today is Day 1 of my next 7 days and I am focussed on it again. My plan for today -- eat below my calories (so far so good) and I'm going to Water In Motion Aerobics class and then going to do some weights after that. My kids and husband know the plan and he's going to feed them supper!! YAY!!!:flowerforyou:

@ Stapia -- my aunt had issues with her knee replacements from several years back. My mom had hers redone in 2006/2007 and they were a big success. My aunt had her's redone this past winter - much better the second time.
@MyMOwMOw -- wish I had given up some of my weekend for cleaning. My house is a distaster, and apparently it's going to stay that way until at least Friday as this is a VERY busy week for us. My goal until Friday is to keep ahead of my dishes and the floors cleared. :grumble: But I know a good dusting and floor washing is on the horizon!!
Also, the no money is a good deterrant -- when I worked in the office, I tried to only have $10 bills or higher. Our machines wouldnt' take them them :devil:
@LaurieK -- finally got the 150 leg raises in -- boy they were hard!!

Hope your Monday is going well.