Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

@Tina~I think you are doing great. Remember that you’ve been through a major life change, deciding to return to school – it’s hard to juggle everything. So if you maintained through this, I think that’s amazing! I’m sorry you feel down lately, but you should be so proud of yourself with how hard you’ve been working. Now that you have a break for a few weeks, it’s a great tome to re-commit and find that motivation again. You can do this!

@Mel~I’m not very inventive with user names, mine is just my initials. LOL Definitely try roasting the beets, the flavor is completely different – you can find all kinds of recipes on line – I frequent www.allrecipes.com for ideas…

Welcome, Sasha!

Friday Fitness~Well, we all know I’ve been benched all week. I can attest to the fact that it has definitely affected my frame of mind, I’m just a person that needs that outlet and it’s been hard. I’ll be glad to return to the gym tomorrow – albeit, I need to slow down and not push myself so hard. Lots on tap for the weekend – running around today after work, then shopping for vacation tomorrow, Sunday I will probably get started on packing (wonder how Zoe is going to feel about that).

melancholy you could just change it to Mel since that's what everyone calls you :laugh:

Toots - great excerpt - she had a smile like a coat hanger shoved in her mouth upside down - I LOLLED!

thanks

Thanks to everyone for the great ideas on a new username. I will see what mfp will allow me to use and Robin, for sure I'll let you know who I am. I'm probably going to try and keep Mel if I can.
Sat Success: well, I don't feel all that successful after my binge last night. I don't know what happened after a day of really healthy eating, I felt starved! I ate crackers, and toast with almond butter. It was too late to log calories, so I just hope it wasn't a terrible amount. Well, even if it was, I'm back on track this morning. AND going grocery shopping again to make sure I have healthy food on hand. I guess my success is that I'm in a better mindset as before I would have given up. Nope, not gonna happen this time
ps this morning I looked at the calorie count on the almond butter...it's ridiculously high! Now, not sure why I bought it. I thought it was healthy eating.

Good Morning.

@Tom~Yes, you can get the Kindle reader app for the iPad - its free. :bigsmile: I like real books too, I have a Kindle e-reader but find myself buying the real thing, somehow the Kindle doesn't have that "new book smell." :laugh:

@Mel~Did you eat enough protein yesterday? I have found when I don't have enough protein or ate too many carbs throughout the day it leaves me starved and craving carbs. The almond butter and toast was a good choice tho.

Thought I better check in early, its going to be a crazy day. Need to get to the gym first thing to workout for the first time in a week - yay!!! Then I'm off to look for some capris and a few shirts for vacation - plus other vacation items and a trip to PetSmart so my pet sitter has everything she needs while I'm gone.

We hit 90 yesterday, the same is expected all weekend - summer has finally arrived!!! Of course, I'll be complaining in a month when its in the 100s...

Enjoy your Saturday!

I went to Amazon to buy Into Darkness Peering (Soulguard Series) but could only find the kindle edition, is there a hard cover or paperback? Amy likes real books but she does have an ipad which I think you can get a kindle app for the ipad but I'm not sure

at the moment it isn't out in paper yet. eventually it will be, but yeah, there's an app for that i've always wanted to say that haha.

@Tom~Yes, you can get the Kindle reader app for the iPad - its free. :bigsmile: I like real books too, I have a Kindle e-reader but find myself buying the real thing, somehow the Kindle doesn't have that "new book smell." :laugh:

i'll tell you, i got a kindle for something, christmas maybe, and i wasn't sure what i would do with it. i didn't think i would like it. i'm VERY much the bibliophile. we literally have a library in our house. the room was built to be an office but we use it as a genuine article library. i was pretty sure kindle would do nothing for me. but i have to say, i love it. i do a lot of my reading that way now. i think it's the fact i've got over a thousand books on there and it takes up the space of one paperback.

Kah, I don't think I did eat enough protein in the day and am going to make sure I have more protein in the fridge from now on.
Kaye. I allow myself around 1500 cals a day without doing any exercise. I've found I can't manage on 1200 cals. as I'm way too hungry. I've lost 5 lbs. in the last month....slow weight loss, but I'm finally starting to lose. When I start adding more aggressive exercise, then I'll probably up my calories. I know that I won't be successful at this if I feel hungry or deprived.

FYI--I changed my profile pic b/c I love what this one says. I wanted to post it in the thread, but I don't have a photo-sharing account and don't really want to set one up just for this.

If you click on it and go to my home page, I think it's clear enough to read.

Here is the caption from Karen's current profile pic:

Here’s to us.
Here’s to ordering a salad when you really want a burger.
To making an *kitten* out of ourselves in combat cardio class.
To drinking more water than seems possible.
To going five more minutes on the elliptical.
To working out twice as much as your skinny roommate.
To saying “screw you” to the old you.
To falling in love with the you that you really are, the you that you want to become.
To looking in the mirror and not seeing any change, throwing on your running shoes and hitting the gym anyway.
Here’s to carrots, and shin splints, and sweat shirts, and perseverance, and sore muscles, and stinky socks, and 7am conditioning class, and falling down, and getting back up tomorrow and doing it all again.

@kelley--thanks for posting the text from my pic. I thought about doing it, but was too lazy to do so. :laugh: Good job slowing it down at the gym--sometimes that's hard to do. Also glad you found some capris--on sale AND in a smaller size! That's a double bonus! :drinker:

@tracy--have fun on your double date! :flowerforyou:

AFM--I spent most of the day doing laundry and about a half hour ago, my husband said "You didn't wash the shirt I had hanging on that chair, did you?" When I responded that, yes I had, he said,"Oh, all of the Powerball tickets were in the pocket." :noway: The shirt hadn't gone in the dryer yet, but husband claims they are ruined. I still managed to separate them and have them laid out drying. You can still read the numbers, but he said if the bar code isn't readable, they are no good. The bar codes are still intact on all of them, so maybe... I'm not going to worry about it too much until they draw the numbers later and we see if they even hit any of the numbers.

Also, kelley's discussion of trying to hold herself back at the gym reminded me of something that happened this week--kind of an NSV. I was on the stationary bike at the gym and a man came and got on the one 2 over from me. He made some sort of friendly comment, and I reciprocated but went right back to cycling. Then a young girl got on the bike in between us. He made small talk with her for a few minutes (she was cooling down after her run, so going slow enough to talk). About 10 minutes later she finished and he said something like "Aw, are you done already--I was racing you." She said yes, and he made some comment about how impossible it would be to keep up with me b/c I was going so fast. She said "Yeah, I wouldn't want to race her!"--she was a 20 year old very fit girl, so that was a great compliment. I just smiled and kept going, but it made me feel good that they had noticed how hard I was working. :happy:

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I saw this thread, and decided to start checking in!

Saturday - Success (what have you accomplished; focus on the positive of the week, NSV=non scale victories)

I found two new workouts this week that I enjoy doing with two different friends. One was Just Dance on the Wii. Whew! 700 calories in one session! The other workout was playing on the playground near a friend's house. 1 hour of swinging is 200 easy calories burned.

Another positive: I have a sundress that looked terrible on me last year. I put it on yesterday and felt so incredibly confident and pretty. Whoot!

I survived the day and only went over by 66 calories, so not bad. It was fun to see old friends. I got a lot of fresh fruit at Costco.
It sounds like everyone is doing great.
Karen--Thanks for the info on maintenance. I think that I have gotten by with 1200 calories because I am really short. I don't know whether or not age is a factor, but I am a lot older than most of you. For a long time, I wasn't even eating all of my calories every day, but I find that the more weight I lose the less I am able to short myself on calories. My body seems to demand that I eat at least the 1200.
Have a great evening. Kaye

@robin--yes, I just loved the caption to the picture b/c I think at least something in probably resonates with each of us. My May challenge is to change the look with some new, colorful capri pants, but I haven't gone shopping yet. Probably won't have time until next weekend, but I haven't forgotten.

@kaye--I agree with you that your height probably has something to do with needing less calories. And, of course, everyone is different. I remember angelika (who hasn't posted in quite a while--anyone heard from her?) used to be able to lose on just 1000 calories/day, so for some people the lower calorie intake can work. I can't recall how tall she is, but I do remember that it took a really long time for her to hit a point where her body needed more calories.

@tammy--the dinner and dessert sound delicious! Good job fitting it into your day. :drinker:

@mockingbird--welcome! :flowerforyou:

If anyone's interested there's a Google offer for 30 days free at Snap Fitness. My park district gym membership expires mid-June, so I'm going to wait until then to redeem it and use it until my trip in mid-July. When I return, I can decide if I want to go back to the park district or stay at Snap. I also have NO idea how much Snap costs which will be a major factor in my decision.

Good Morning.

I think I am on point for the May challenge, I'm updating my look some - I hope to make the 4# loss goal and did buy some capris yesterday that I wouldn't have normally bought. One pair is my usual dark denim and the other is a white-washed, worn denim - I like things very clean-cut, so it was a step out of the box for me. :laugh: I still should go shopping for a couple of shirts, I may look this afternoon. We have a block party in my neighborhood this evening, so not sure I'll have time - I don't visit with my neighbors near enough so feel like I should go. Its catered so not sure what food will be there.

@Karen~There is a snap fitness near me (could walk there actually) and its next store to Starbucks. :happy: I think their prices are really reasonable - not sure if you have a Planet Fitness near you but you might check it out after you return from your trip., their memberships starts at $10/mo. I think. I have a snipping tool on my computer so was able to extract that caption without much effort. :laugh:

@Tammy~That dessert sounds divine!

Sunday Share~I'm Kelley, mid-40s & loving life in north-central Texas. I'm not married, no kiddos (except a 4-legged tabby named Zoe). Currently counting down the days to vacation to Colorado (leave Wednesday), to see my sister and celebrate my nephew's 6th birthday. I can't wait, really need some time in the dry mountain air away from the stresses of work and life - my parents will be there too, so it will be a nice family visit.

Watched The Hobbit last night and loved it - one of my favorite books as a kid, of course its leaves you hanging for the next installment!

Everyone have a super day!

@mel--proud of you going to the gym! just keep going and pretty soon you'll feel like a "regular" b/c you'll recognize all of the staff and a lot of other "regulars." One reason I really like my little park district gym is that I feel like I "belong" there, even if I'm not the most fit attendee. I've been going for a couple of years and kind of know all of the folks who work there. There are also several regulars who nod and say "hello" b/c we see each other there all the time.

@robin--what a great idea to get names and numbers at a block party! For some reason, my neighborhood doesn't have them (we did where I grew up in the city), but if we ever do I'm going to remember that trick. We have new-ish next door neighbors--they moved in during the winter, but we're just now getting to know them b/c we are all finally all outside quite a bit. I really do need to get their last name a phone number though.

@kris--ugh--sorry about the gout! how painful! The story about your ex made me chuckle b/c it sounds like something my hubs might do. :laugh:

@kelley--our Snap Fitness is kiddie-corner from my Starbucks! Maybe they're in cahoots! :laugh: It's really the only other option in the area besides my current park district membership which is $300 for the year. If Snap is anywhere close to that cost, I will probably switch b/c I like the 24/7 availability. Not that I ever plan to work out at 3 am, but my gym closes at 3PM on Sunday--I find that ridiculously early. Also, only open until 4 pm on Saturdays.:grumble: Since I'm not an early morning kind of person, it really puts a kink in my exercise routine if I have plans somewhat early in the day. For example, today I needed to leave for my mom's by 11 am which means I would've had to get to the gym by about 8 am to work out and still have time to shower and get ready in time. That's just too early for my taste. However, I was home by 5 pm and would've happily gone to work out then if my gym were still open. :ohwell:

Sunday Share:
I'm Karen, 43 y/o married with one fur-baby. I teach HS English, so I'm eagerly anticipating the end of the school year in a couple of weeks now. I have a gorgeous 16 month old niece who I got to see today. The Budweiser Clydesdales came to my parents' neighborhood in Chicago, so we took her to see them. She was more enthralled with watching all of the people and activity than seeing the horses. At one point, I was holding her literally a few feet from these one ton, humongous animals, and she was looking in the opposite direction, pointing at the streetlamp, saying "light!" :laugh:

For the next 3 days I will have some extra grading time during senior finals. I have to help supervise, but I'll still get more done than if I were teaching my senior classes. :happy:

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