Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Hey Robin are you taking new people on this thread? I used to do this a Loooong time ago and it was so helpful.

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Ugh, my fitbit is not working properly and I am falling down the leaderboard. :sad: The device is still counting steps, but it is not syncing with the site. Today it says I took 0 steps so far, and yesterday, only 969, instead of 5000 or so. This is not good for my competitive self. :grumble:

@Karen - watching the Tour now and it just occurred to me, if you don't have your outfit yet, perhaps a giant chicken costume, so we can spot you? :happy: Well, maybe not a chicken, since I just saw one of those (you wouldn't want to be wearing the exact same costume), but something along those lines?

Truth:

I don't count all of the calories I intake... I feel like it becomes too much of a hassle to track down every condiment and if I have a 20 to 30 calorie snack I don't worry about it...

How on earth can it be Thursday already? The week has flown by, but its so nice to have our internet back. Very frustrating trying to check email and such on the tiny little screen on my phone.

So a recap-
Monday check in was good, survived all the birthdays and cakes and restaurants, did indulge at Red Robin with their guacamole burger but only ate half and had the rest the next day. Much easier to manage that 1089 calorie monster.
Scale stayed the same

Tuesday- Goal that I can stay at my new calorie level. After talking with a nutritionist it was decided part of the reason the scale isn't moving is I'm not eating enough calories and need to bump my intake about 300 more per day. Honestly the first couple days it was fun but having battled my weight for more than 1/2 my life I am struggling with the whole concept of eat more to lose weight. So this is taking some getting used to, I still half expect the scale to be up 3-5 pounds everytime I get on it. Its much harder for me to eat enough than not.

Wednesday- Wish that my children would go to sleep earlier at night! They all- even the 3 year old have become complete night owls. I am not one by nature and its hard still getting up early to exercise. I have to exercise early in the morning or the day takes on a life of its own and it just doesn't happen. 5-6 hours just isn't cutting it.

Thursday- So happy the internet got fixed, it was a combination of a few things, first the cable into the basement that sort of controlled it all had a short and was fried and fried so that was dead. Then on top of it, when my husband tried to fix it over the weekend sords were plugged in where they shouldn't have been.

Looking forward to catching up on all I have missed. Have a good day and drink your water! Its going to be a hot one! Our weather man said expect heat index in the triple digits- definitely a day for the pool

Thursday Truth~I've had a relapse with my back, starting bothering me last night and I woke up to muscle spasms about 2am. Stayed home from work today to alternate ice/heat and load up on Flexeril. I can't think of anything I've done the last few days to aggravate it.

@Beth~Oh, no! :noway: Try resetting your Fitbit. Plug it into your computer as if to charge it and hold down on power button, that should reset it. I think there have been intermittent issues with it syncing to their site lately, too. In the meantime, I will enjoy the advantage. :laugh:

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Good morning all. I am just coming alive and hoping today will be better then yesterday. I cant say it was really a bad day I just felt somewhat off all day so didnt really get anything accomplished or feel at all sociable. I am going to go take a shower in a little bit and head to the gym and then when I get home I am going to work on making my resume and cover letter look a little more attractive for want of a better word. Other then that not much planned for the day. I am hoping to take the dogs for a walk with my son again when he gets home from work. Anywho have a great day everyone and I will check in again later

Beth- My wife's fitbit is not syncing either, so I think their site is having issues. Mine seems to be doing alright though.

Thursday Truth is I used to be two steps forward one step back, but lately it seems like one step forward two steps back. I am hoping that when my hubby gets back from his job interview our lives will have direction and I won't slide towards the ":indifferent: " so often.. I don't get depressed, I just don't care. And for working on health improvement that is not a good attitude.

Hello everyone. Going to go ahead and hop in if thats ok.

Thursday Truth - I used to love MFP and felt very motivated here back in 2010-2011...after taking a year off and coming back I don't feel that way anymore. It seems like a lot more "troll" type people have come into the boards and people can't get feedback like they could without people being judgmental or mean or just give smart-*kitten* (sorry) answers. Also many of my friends have hit goal and stopped logging onto MFP. I'm happy they hit goal, I just miss the daily motivation/encouragement from seeing people doing well. Just kinda feel in limbo at the moment.

Neuroticvirgo--You won't find any of the negativity here that bothers you. This is the only thread I read now. You'll soon make new friends here, too. Lots of us still have a long way to go.
Thursday truth: Today I was released from physical therapy. There is still a lot of healing to do, but it is just a matter of my being diligent with my exercises and walking. She said that my strategy of doing the exercises once a day and walking for 1.5 miles in the evening is just fine. She also gave me some core exercises. She said she wanted me to be strong for my "new life" now that I have lost so much weight. The exercises she gave me will help strengthen my core and avoid back injury while I'm chasing toddlers. I got a really good calorie burn on the stationary bike while I was there, too. I'm free to go in and ride it any time. I guess the truth in the whole thing is that it makes me nervous to be completely responsible for my own success, but I guess we all are in the long run.
Have a great day. Kaye