Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Happy Friday! Friday fitness... well, I called the Yoga place, so that's a good start. I'll be a little more pleased with myself, when I've actually attended BUT it's a start.

After three days of gluttony I am on track so far today. DD's friend had surgery on Thursday to try to remove her brain tumor. It went really well. I am very spiritual although not overly religious (former Catholic) anyway.... The girl (Ill call her C.) C's grandfather has been on hospice care the last month. The day before C's surgery her mom flew to see him. She told him it was OK to go and to take C's tumor with him. Well darn if that neurosurgeon didn't remove most if not ALL of it! She will definitely still need Chemo and Radiation but this is GREAT news! A miracle really. The power of prayer is REAl.
Anyway, all of this has me thinking...I have so much to be grateful for and so much to live for. WHY do I continue to treat myself so poorly! UGH. It ends today. I am 100% in.
Thanks for listening.
Onward.
Allie

One of these days I'll stick with my intent to check in here daily again. Really.

Nicole, I was so excited to see your posts in my news feed again! (I do check it, but don't often post myself much these days.) Glad to hear things are getting back to "normal" for you.

Karen, sounds like a wonderful vacation, and SO cool that you got to watch the Tour ride through Albertville! Going to France for the Tour is on my hubby's bucket list. He was very disappointed that the campground we were at last week didn't have fast enough wi-fi to stream the last several stages.

To those suffering losses (Robin, CathEsh, etc.) -- I'm so sorry to hear it! Hope the passage of not TOO much time does its work to help you feel better.

Allie, let's hope your daughter's friend recovers quickly and fully. So glad to hear that the surgery went well.

jtconst, kah, Laurie -- MASSAGE is a great thing to look into, too. jtconst, your hip pain is almost certainly deep muscle strain, if moving your opposite leg causes it. I'm now getting a 2-hour massage every other week (with Massage Envy membership, it's the same price I used to pay for 1-hour). My new massage therapist is working with me on the deep gluteal muscles on my R side that have caused what I thought was "hip" pain for over 20 years -- since high school. For once, the pain is gone more often than it's not.

Kita, sounds like you're excited for the new job! Have a great time!

To the teachers: I can't believe it's already getting that close! Yikes! :noway:

Vicki and Doingthisforme: sorry to hear about the boss troubles. Truth is, most people who aren't great bosses don't know it. Like you, they're doing the best they can. It just happens not to be very good. (Though if Vicki's boss is messing with federal regs, there's more going on.) Hope things work out for the best, in both cases. @Doingit4me: is there a person above your own boss that you could go to? Might be necessary, if lots of folks are moving elsewhere because of the work environment.

CelticHippo, sorry to hear about the diagnosis. Never fun to adjust to living with a chronic illness (and MowMow, you are my hero when it comes to that particular issue). Hopefully the meds will work and you will be able to keep the flares to a minimum, down the road.

Robin, can we see a pic with the new 'do? I don't think I've ever seen your hair short!

As for me, my Saturday Success is that I did RING PUSHUPS for the first time in months! Also a series of exercises for my back muscles (mostly lats) with kettlebells, resistance bands, and bodyweight. ALL of which require the use of my arms, albeit with my wrist straight. I have my last appointment with the orthopod on Tuesday, and with the hand OT on Wednesday.... at least, I hope it's the last. I still can't do anything that requires me to apply weight when my hand is flexed, and my range of motion isn't back to full normal. But my pecs and biceps are screaming at me from this week's workouts and I am DAMN happy about it. Feels good to start approaching normalcy again. (For those new or recently back, I broke my left forearm doing jump-spins on roller skates back in May. :embarassed: Got out of the cast almost 5 weeks ago.)

We also had a good time camping last weekend, even though it was quite cool (low 60s and overcast on the Oregon coast) the entire time. Hubby brought our smallest screen and the projector, so we watched outdoor movies at our campsite every night, usually with cousins in tow. Lots of fun. Here in the valley, it's been in the low 90's, with about 25% humidity, most of the week. And people joke about how much rain Oregon gets. They just don't come visit in the summer. :glasses:

@Cath - oh my gosh, you're so good at personals!
@Shrinkwrapd - you're right about the boss & federal regs... she's teetering really close, but hasn't crossed the line yet.

*hugs* to everyone!

Spent 3 days this week at a statewide Infectious Disease Conference... the place served amazing food (run by Sodexo), so we were trying very hard to be good... sitting with the others at the lunch table, we got to talking about calories, fitness, etc... and discovered that three of us were on MyFitnessPal! talk about a small world...

Other than that, it's been a crazy, up & down week... and that's not counting that I work for the state mental hospital....

Hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend!


Oh... almost forgot my Saturday Success.... only 1 more lb to triple digits!

I don't have 100 lbs to lose but close enough! i like your monthly challenge and your daily suggestions. how does one join a thread?

@kaye--glad you enjoyed the wedding and the reactions to all of your success. I can't believe you are already less than 20 lbs away from that 100 lb mark!! :flowerforyou:

@iwanttobe--you join the thread by simply posting--welcome!

@vickie--only 1 more lb to that huge milestone!! So exciting!! Isn't it amazing how many people are on MFP?

@cath--I can't believe you go back to school in 2 weeks!! :noway: I have almost 4 weeks until I start back, and my students start 4 weeks from tomorrow. It's still too soon. :ohwell: Good for you for getting those classes done for the pay lane bump. I'm maxed out in the Masters +60 lane, so this is my 2nd summer with no grad school courses. Not only is it great to have more time, but I never realized how financially taxing it was to pay for all of those classes. I got some reimbursement, but it was a small percentage b/c I wanted to get the classes done as quickly as possible. Oh, and I agree about the watermelon!! I absolutely it! I keep it cut up in the fridge and it makes a great low cal snack.

@sara--yes, as awesome as it was to see the Tour up close and personal, it was difficult to be unable to watch every minute of every stage. My friends in Zurich have something called Roku which is American TV and they had no sports channels, so I couldn't watch it at their house. I watched some of it at the hotels in France and Locarno, but of course the commentators were French so I couldn't understand them. I just had to watch and listen for names. Anyways, I sympathize with your husband. Glad your arm is healing and you are getting back to normal.

@robin--I missed it in your post, but apparently you've gotten a new hairdo? I agree with others--pics please!!

Exercise Goals:
Sat--walk gunner DONE
Sun--run outside (w/ gunner) + 30DS
Mon--walk gunner + 30 DS
Tues--walk gunner + gym
Wed--walk gunner + 30 DS
Thurs--run outside (w/ gunner) + gym
Fri--rest day
Sat--Rugged Maniac!!!

Back again after a month plus of grandkids, travel and work...and wearing a boot up to my knee. Something called acute tibial posterior tendonitis and degenerative joint disease. Bleh! These things are HOT, and not in a sexy way either.

This means no lower body workout, I guess. Found a DVD, Zookinesis for Weightloss for seniors and wheelchair bound, and ordered it after trying. So I may get some cardio, and with my handweights might burn a few cals, but am feeling very sad I can't go to the gym. Hopefully, after a few weeks of the boot, I'll be my version of normal though soccer and line dancing are out. :laugh:

Trying to catch up on all your news, especially now that I'm semi-mobile. Have a beautiful Sunday and remember to stay hydrated.:drinker:

Marsha

Good morning everyone. Happy to hear that everyone seems to be doing really well. Welcome back home Skinny sounds like you had a wonderful time:happy: I had a pretty great day yesterday. Myself, my kids, and my brothers family went to a state park about an hour from home. It is called fort warden and is on the beach with a lighthouse, but the real fun part is that in ww2it had bunkers built on the hill overlooking the water to help defend the sound in case of any kind of invasion. Well these are no longer in use and have been stripped clean but the public is now allowed to play around in them. We went to this park about seven years ago and I wanst able to get to the upper bunkers at the top of the hill because the hike up was to intense. Well yesterday I hiked up there with the rest of the family, though it was still pretty hard and had to take a couple of breaks, and had a great time exploring and playing in the bunkers. While we were at the very top, there are several large meadows where they set the really big guns back in the day, we saw 3 six point bucks. They werent at all scared of us and just slowly grazed their way away from us though one of them was kinda watching us like he might get a little aggressive. My brother went there last spring with his kids and I guess one of the deers did get very territorial and chased them off. Never heard of that before but we got some great shots of them so it was cool. On the whole I had a great great time and had another awesome fitness milestone. Have a great day guys and go out and do something fun but dont forget your water.:drinker: :drinker:

Could I join your group? I haven't read every post, yet, but this seems like a very nice, supportive group! I have a lot of weight to lose and will need support along the way.

Cheryl