Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!!

Last week's fitness: not sure I had a plan. Anyway:

Friday/Saturday/Sunday -- at Center Parcs so lots of walking, cycling and swimming. And went to the nearby parkrun on Saturday morning to do a parkrun in a lovely lovely forest.
Monday -- 'plastic Mayday' -- the early May bank holiday, so we were dancing at the Bocking May Fayre. Lots of dancing and also walking around carrying my instrument (which is tiring).
Tuesday -- walked to the park for circuits class, and home again! Also did some strength on the new outdoor gym. Yay for outside!
Wednesday -- walked up to the hospital for a blood test.
Thursday -- ran to the Lido (5 miles) and then swam for an hour. And then took the train home because that was plenty.
Friday -- badminton (twice). And a bit of cycling.

Next week:

Saturday: parkrun
Sunday: badminton
Monday: morris dancing plus I want to run
Tuesday: circuits again maybe?
Wednesday: badminton (I haven't done Wednesday morning badminton for weeks)
Thursday: run
Friday: badminton.
And three lots of strength... (did two this week so that's not so bad)

@Helena -- thinking of you and your mum. It sounds like she's getting excellent, urgent care. Do look after yourself.
@Kris -- I reckon 500 cals of exercise per day is doable, but quite hard. I've done nearly 5000 this week, but it's been a particularly busy week with a holiday in it. More importantly, I find that when I'm exercising at that level I can't keep my calories down *as well*; I have to eat back at least half of them and often more. Is there some reason why you can't just stick to the 500/day overall deficit, lose a pound a week, and carry on from there? it will be more sustainable in the long run.
@MommaRobs -- I find logging really helps me even if I'm eating loads -- because it reminds me that even if it's the difference between 2500 calories and 3000 calories, it still matters in the long run! It's also good when I'm having a difficult day, because often when I look at the log it turns out not to have been that bad.
@Tammy -- you're really rocking it with the exercise at the moment! I have a long list of things for the house too.
@Karen -- my boy's a complete slacker (we had parents' night last night and it was one teacher after another saying 'he's so clever and capable, but he just messes about in class...'). But his English teacher has given him a reading list and he's currently devouring Ender's Game at high speed.
@Marsha -- so glad the op was a success and you're on the mend! Do the walking and pilates, and look after yourself till you get the all clear to do proper exercise again.
@Caramel -- yay for the cute linen pants and the new Someone! If your bra back size has gone down then the same cup size will be smaller cos that's how they work. But I have gone from a 40G to a 34J over the last year and I'm now seriously worried that I'm going to end up needing something like a 26TripleQ which does not actually exist.
@Toots -- I think what often happens with people who lose a lot is that they gain *some* of it back. I have a friend who had WLS about five years ago and he's gained perhaps 20% of the weight back -- but that's still a ton better than where he was at before. And another good friend did sensible diet and exercise about three years ago -- she's gained about half of that back and is now getting back on track again. Gaining some of the weight back is still a ton better than where people are when they start. That 98% figure includes a lot of people who are dieting to lose ten pounds -- and obviously a lot of those people lose the ten pounds, gain twelve, and so on. There are *lots* of people here on MFP who've lost a lot and maintained. I mean, there are definitely ways to do this that don't work. And I think there's an issue where people lose a certain amount and then obesity stops being such a driving force in their life, other priorities take over, and it's hard to maintain the focus that caused the weight loss in the first place. The National Weight Control Registry looks like a good resource -- because it makes clear what successful control appears to take (continuing careful attention to what people eat, and regular exercise).
@MaryPoppins -- I love baking too!
@Marca -- ooh, not logging odd things is a bad habit. I do that occasionally and I always try to check myself and get back in order as quickly as possible. But well done on hitting that ten pound goal!
@Robin -- fingers crossed for a good weigh in and breaking your long long plateau!

All you horse riders -- I have a good friend who bought a horse last year, and has dropped three dress sizes! From a UK 16 to a UK 10. She's not been dieting *at all*, but she rides most days, and then there's a measure of mucking out and so on as well. Funnily, the doctor doesn't count riding as exercise, so the NHS system shows her as doing one hour of pilates a week and that's all. She also said I'm light enough now to ride her horse (benefit of being short) so I've got that to look forward to. TRY ALL THE EXERCISE, that's me...

I hope you all have a Brilliant Weekend!

Cheers

Alison

I took a health screening today and my Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, Cholesterol are all at normal levels. My Cholesterol use to be in heart attack range. I was told that I should lose about 14 inch from my waist.
I am sharing this because I guess eventhough the scale never moves and I am not getting thinner what I am doing is improving my health. I guess on funny note I can honestly say "I am a healthy fat chic" hope I didn't offend I was just trying to be funny.

UGH!!! After a great week... I hit my exercise goals quite nicely... I am having a REALLY dizzy/sick day. But then that is how my life goes, you pay for the good days with some bad days. But my fitness goals remain the same: 5 days of SOME sort of movement!!! Hoping to start out (if the drugs kick in well enough) to get some gardening done today! Fingers crossed!!!

Marca:bigsmile:

Robin--We all need a plumber like that!
Walking Queen--Good job on such good health readings.
Friday Fitness--Still have to be satisfied with a little light housework and walking the baby. My knee was feeling a lot better until I accidentally caught my foot in the vacuum cord when I stepped back. UGH!
I had a fun NSV today. I was picking up a few groceries before dinner. The lady in front me commented, "It looks like you are eating a lot healthier than we are." When 39 cents a pound sounds high for watermelon, I remind myself that chocolate costs a lot more than that, $5 or more per pound.
Have a great night. Kaye

Hi everyone. Hope ya'll had a great Friday and are enjoying your Saturday so far:bigsmile: . I have been doing just fine. Just a lot more of the same going on in Tammyland right now. This is a good thing since I dont really care for a lot of excitement or change. I spent the morning get the yard work done for the week. I am pretty sure my weedeater is secretly laughing at me. I couldnt get it to work right and then my neighbor gave a quick tutorial on it so I went to work and the string broke. Well today after getting done mowing I got it out put on a new string and hacked my way through the backyard ( slightly better job then before the tutorial) and then went to the front yard which is really the more important one since people can see it and the @#@# string broke again:grumble: Oh well I guess I will just go out with a pair of snips and clean up the front yard. Thats the way I had to do it as a kid. My dad didnt see any need for something like a weedeater when he had three able bodied children:laugh: I have been having fun shopping in my closet for this last week. Alot of shirts I had stuffed in there are starting to fit me. Its nice to finally be able to wear them:happy:
Well ya'll have a great day. I am going to go soak up as much sunshine as I can since the rain is moving back in tomorrow.

I am back from New York. It was a great two days but very busy. Thursday, we spent walking all around the Time Square and the Broadway area. We finally stopped walking after seeing Wicked. We had been going from 6 am that morning to 11;45pm. We were then up at 6:15am on Friday to take a tour of the New York Harbor- saw Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty plus the Brooklyn Bridge. It was a an hour long cruise. Then we spent the rest of the day on the bus taking a tour of different movie locations. It was interesting but I really wanted to spend more time walking around the city. We started heading about 3.10 it took about 40 min to get out of the Lincoln tunnel. Finally, made it back home at 10pm. It was two very long days with little sleep.

:happy: :happy: The best of the trip was getting to meet up with GorillaNJ. :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :drinker: He works in Battery Park near the cruise area so he was able to come down and meet me. He was a very nice guy and has been working very hard to lose weight. He is doing great and is getting ready for a 5K run in June. It was great to put the name with a face and actually meet one of my friends from here. Maybe some day I will have the opportunity to meet more of you.

Today, I forced myself to go to to the gym for some exercise. I have been dragging all day so I needed to do something active otherwise, it would have been nap time. I just walked and did the Elliptical. I did nap a little once I got home but at least I did something today. Tomorrow will be a better workout.


Shrink- I know those "Come to Jesus" talks by trainers. I am sure mine wants to have the same conversation with me right now however, I am not willing to listen to him right now. Last week he had me hopping up, skipping a step on the stairs, needless to say I was not happy since it combine two activities that I don't like- jumping and stairs. Anyway, we all need those reminders in our life and good for you making your goals positive and I hope your trainers has more luck than mine will.

Holly- Glad your health is improving and that is whole point of changing our lifestyles. Weight loss is a bonus.:flowerforyou:
Tammy- Have fun shopping in your closet!!!
MaryP- Hope you sell all your baked goods at the event.
Kaye- Hope your knee feels better soon. Good luck with the doctors appointment.
Suzze- Skinny Girls do eat cheeseburgers. I still enjoy a good cheeseburger-if I am eating out I order it without the bun, if at home then the skinny buns work well otherwise I go bun less.

Goals for the week
Sunday- exercise of some kind (gym, pool or bike-depends on my friend)
Monday-Trainer workout
Tuesday- rest
Wednesday- gym
Thursday-gym
Friday- rock wall
Saturday-rest

@robin - hope you get the loss you're expecting this week!
@holly - glad your health report was so good!!!! that's probably just the motivation you needed to keep going!!
@tammy - you always make me smile!
@marypop - hope your event went well and you sold, sold, sold!!!
@kaye - sorry you're still limited in your activities, but great job continuing to eat healthy enough for others to notice it in your cart!
@helena - sending positive thoughts for you and your family...
@marca - congrats on the loss and the movement!
@tom - you can do it!!

Well, I've been sick for the past few days -- managed to catch both of the ailments going around school - a sinus thing plus a digestive thing. lovely. spent pretty much all of yesterday in bed, after two days of already limited activity, but i'm hoping to get out on the water today, since I'm feeling a bit better and need some movement. hope to have enough energy to take the dogs for a nice walk too. i'm happy that after a month-long plateau in april, the scale has started moving again. i should hit the 4-pounds for may this week and have updated my look with some bright capris... also planning a new hairstyle, since i am overdue for a cut... think i'll go short and sporty for all my summer activities. Hope everyone has a lovely Mother's Day. :flowerforyou:
Keep on keepin' on.

Hi all. Just wanted to pop in and wish everyone a happy mothers day. I am going to a brunch at my sister-in-laws with my mom and then spending the afternoon doing whatever I feel like:laugh: Have a great day everyone.

@mary--thanks! I know I can get back to it, it's just a really stressful time of year for me which makes it that much harder. :ohwell: Love that your clothes are too big--there are a lot of really great "firsts" that happen with this process! :flowerforyou:

@robin--Ouch! Really--a broken rib? Get thee to a doctor!

@kaye--is your knee appt. tomorrow? I hope so--I know you want to get it taken care of sooner rather than later.

AFM--I didn't eat the best foods (again :blushing: ) but I did stay under calories with the help of 2 walks with gunner. My focus today was grading, so just ate leftovers as well as some Popeye's DH brought home from work. I didn't even make it to the grocery store to update the fridge with healthy fare. On the good side, I made some fish and quinoa salad for lunch for the week, so I feel a bit more comfortable going forward with my food for the week.

I'm not out of the woods yet--I still have 20 essays to grade, so I probably won't make it to the gym or grocery store tomorrow either. However, I'm in the home stretch now--the end is in sight.

Grading Goals:
1. 27/47 AP Essays

Monday check-in -- well, my weight is a little bit up, at least in part because I moved my scales, triggering an immediate gain. I've also done lots of strength work this week so I'm probably holding a bit of water. Anyway, hoping next week is a bit more orderly.

Expecting a big NSV this morning -- I have my annual checkup with the rheumatology nurse this morning. This is the woman who said, last year, 'you know, I really think you need to lose some weight; it's taking a terrible toll on your health. I bet you'll find you can if you try.' So I think she will be *quite pleased*.

@Holly -- so good to hear that your health is improving! But I'm with you there on the waist; my waist remains stubbornly thick.
@MaryPoppins -- I had a spell of doing squats every day, and it did wonders for my backside! Now they turn up periodically in the dumbbell routine I'm doing. I think they're really good. I agree wtih you on not feeling deprived; I'm now back to the weight I was in my early 20s and I'm still eating pizza and drinking beer.
@Laurie -- sounds like you had a really fantastic time in New York! City breaks always have lots of walking, don't they?
@Robin -- ooh, I hope your rib is ok. That's scary.

Good luck to everyone who's trying to get back on track. This spring weather should make it easier to get out and get moving, and eat lots of salad. I went to the market on Saturday and it was really the first time this year it's felt like our market 'should' -- huge bowls of beautiful produce for very little money. We bought oranges, bananas, grapes, apples, avocados, bok choi, peppers and cherry tomatoes.

It's the start of another fantastic week, everyone!

Alison

Monday check in. I've been gone since Thursday at 3:30 and had quite the weekend. 61/2 hour drive on Thursday

Friday: Started with helping my best friend get her house ready for a graduation open house. That got stopped within an hour because my son was driving the four wheeler and had a semi-rollover. Going too fast and tried to take a corner. Luckily, he was thrown clear of the ATV but after being checked thoroughly by the ER, walked away with four major road rashes. I grew up on a farm and we all had some type of incident on a three/four-wheeler. I know some people disagree with kids riding them, but my husband and I both enjoy driving them and letting Jacob drive it. He's been doing it for two years so it wasn't even his first time. Again, thanking God it wasn't worse and he did find a new respect for the vehicle.

After the hospital, we kicked inot high gear and got everything ready for graduation. It was a wonderful part and my eyes saw 3 AM.

Saturday: Graduation ceremony and a friend's graduation party. Not quite as late, but still saw 2 AM

Sunday: Slept in a bit and then headed home. Long 6 1/2 hour drive with a six year that was over tired and an 11 year old that was overtired and aching from his road rash. Not my ideal way to spend Mother's Day, but we made it. Then stayed up until 2 AM with my husband since we hadn't seen each other since Wednesday.

Today: Mother's Day supper with my mom and two sisters. My plan is to go to bed when my daughter does -- 7:30 :yawn:

I have to get back to work so I don't have time now to read everyone's entry, but got as far as Helena. I'm so sorry to hear about your mother and will be sending prayers/good thoughts your way.

I drank too little water, ate too much food and drank too much alcohol this weekend. My hands and ankles are swollen so my plan today is to drink lots of water and get back on track. Hope you all have a great Monday!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

I'm not a mom, but I got wished Happy M-D twice already today - and I'll take it because I've done a lot of mothering in my life. So I salute all the women who are not natural mother's too but do a lot of parenting along the way in their life!

I sincerely believe that anyone who mother's deserves plenty of praise. Giving birth most certainly isn't the only path to being a "mother"

I was the orthopedic surgeon this morning. I have significant arthritis in my left knee, particularly behind the knee cap. I have scheduled a total knee replacement for July 2. I was hoping to get it done in June. They are going to look at the dr.'s schedule and see if they can tweek it to get me in on June 13 or 20. I will just count on July unless I hear from them.
More later, Kaye