Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Finished the grading I brought home. Yay! I may just meet my goal of finishing the rest before the end of the school day tomorrow.

Thursday Truth:
Gunner better not get up barking at 4 am like he did last night, or he will be in BIG trouble!! The only truth here is that I talk a tough game, but he's so darn cute I can never stay angry at him. :blushing:

Grading Goals:
1. 14/14 F451 stories DONE
2. 50/73 AP journals

Exercise Goals:
Sat--walk gunner DONE + gym DONE
Sun--walk gunner DONE + run outside DONE
Mon--walk gunner DONE + gym NOT DONE
Tues--walk gunner DONE + gym DONE
Wed--walk gunner DONE
Thurs--walk gunner DONE + gym DONE
Fri--walk gunner

Good morning all. As of this morning, I am down 6 pounds since my "restart" two weeks ago. I got a final push from being sick yesterday -- I had to stay very close to a bathroom all day and pretty much all night last night. Not a great way to lose weight, but it is what it is. My stomach is still a bit woosy, so we'll see what today holds.

Jacob was diagnosed with Sever's Disease...sounds way worse than it actually is. At this age, the growth plate and the heel bone are separate and he's injured the growth plate. Apparently this is fairly common in active kids this age -- some are more prone than others and since his favorite sport is basketball, that means a lot of jumping and slamming on that plate. He gave him some orthodics (only $20 -- yay!!) that have allowed him to put pressure on his heel again. The bad news is it could last up to a year. Basketball might be iffy this year.:brokenheart:

And to finish off the week, Emma got stung by a bee at school yesterday. She walked in the door and announced "worse day ever." After taking a bath and soaking it, she announced she was healed. :flowerforyou: Here's hopin' that's the end of it all for us.

@Robin -- hope your date goes well and if he likes exotic trips (and can afford them), see if he has a brother :laugh:

@kinnurse -- 4 days, no plans? heaven!!

@Karen - congrats on getting through your grading

@laurie -- treadmills get me off balance...I'm that person in the gym that has to hold on to stay upright

@jtconst -- Happy 21st Anniversary (plus 1 day)! And I think there is nothing better than a great thunderstorm (that's one thing I miss about living in a bedroom on the second floor of an old farmhouse -- I could just watch those thunderstorms roll in and enjoy the light show!).

I've decided that for now, I am going to focus on just the eating. While I'm not going to just sit on my butt all day/night, I'm going to see what the day brings. I feel that my evenings change so much that by planning a week out, I'm just setting myself up for failure. I definitely want to get back to a routine, but for now I'm going to really focus on what goes in my mouth.

Lastly, I want to share with you my sister's success story. She has been going so strong lately and I'm so proud of her. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080990-progress-lifting-pics-lots-of-them here's my lifting story

Hope you all have a great day!

Great day yesterday...hoping I can keep up the trend...you guys are amazing! Love this thread - thanks for your stories, your words of encouragement...EVERYTHING! Have a great weekend all

Hi guys and gals. Good news and bad news today. My hubby will be home in about a week. Yep thats the good and bad, lol. I cant wait to see him but the house is nowhere near ready. I am so tired today but drug myself to the grocery store to do the he hates to see money spent on it shopping.. He is a wonderful man but spending money on what I call the behind the scenes food like spices, oils, etc just really irks him. He doesnt cook so doesnt realize how much they are needed. I got some coconut oil for the first time. I have read good things about it and there were two ladies discussing it at the store so I decided it was time to give it a try. I also bought myself of the dear foam soft slippers. I have wanted them for a long time but just never wanted to spend the money and costco had them on sale for a great price. I figure I haven't rewarded myself for quite a while on how well I hav edone so slippers it is:happy: Now comes the fun part. I did good and got the fridge cleaned out really good last big grocery trip so today is the 3 freezers. Yes I have three (dont even get my husband started on that:bigsmile: ).My dad had us living in a lot of out of the way places when we were growing up so I was raised with major stock up mentallity. The thought of extended power outages gives my nightmares at the loss I would have:noway: Not much planned in the fitness department. Just the shopping and cleaning for me today. I dont like going to the gym during tom so generally take that six days and do at home stuff.

Welcome to the new people I saw popping in. You have foun a great group.
Robin cant wait to hear how your breakfast goes. I hope he is as nice in person as he must have seemed online.
Kaye we all have cookie meal days. I dont bake a lot anymore because I have self control issues so when I do I am immediatly
disperrsing the majority out to other households. My dad loves it. Sorry to hear about your friends loss.:flowerforyou:
Karen you are off to a great start. Every time I type a post and get all the red squiggly lines I think of you and wonder if the English teacher in you kicks in at all when you read these posts:laugh:
Kah your scale sounds cool but way to complicated for me. It would be like the cell phone I own. A ton of different features but I only use a couple cause it is just to much hassle to learn the rest
For everyone I missed I am happy to see you all doing so well.

Have a great day everyone.:flowerforyou: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Hello,

I'm new and need something or someone to keep me accountable on MFP. I've been on and off this site for a while, but really need to stick to it. I am 3 pounds under 250, a number I never even imagined I would get close to , and I absolutely can't keep gaining weight any more. I want to lose 100 pounds over the next 2 years.

In the short term, I am scheduling a breast reduction this winter, and want to lose as much as possible before that so that my big stomach doesn't look out of proportion to my smaller chest. So that, and wanting to ride my horses, are my major motivations.

Holy cow!! I can't check in 2 days and you guys are just going strong, which is AWESOME!! For a short week, it has felt sooo long. Week has been good for the most part. I met with the trainer twice since I'm out of town ALL next week. Yes, next week is my business trip to Poultry 101 at the University of Arkansas - Yee Haw! I then have a Butterball plant tour. I leave Monday at 6:00 a.m. and return Friday at 6:30 p.m. It's going to be long. I'm not too worried because I plan to use the hotel gym in the AM, but dinners every night out with my new classmates will be the challenge. I know I can make good choices. I say that after I just ate a STUPID freaking donut. It was really not worth it at all. So mad. Now I'm determined to go home and walk it off.

Have a great weekend ahead!!!

Susan

Welcome to all of the newlings!! :flowerforyou: You've found a wonderfully supportive group!

@susan--good for you for getting in 2 trainer workouts before your trip! I know what you mean about "knowing" what to choose and actually choosing it--I had a day of bad food choices. :ohwell:

@nueva--my heaviest weight was also 247 and I am currently around 185. I'm not finished--would like to at least lose 20 more lbs and then see how I feel.

@robin--glad to hear the date went well! He sounds like a real gentleman buying you that clock.

@tammy--I actually don't really notice the errors on the forums--or if I do notice, I don't let it bother me. I figure it's like having a conversation, and we rarely use perfect grammar when speaking in person. The one exception is my own posts--when I go back and re-read and see an error in my own posts, it makes me cringe. :grumble: Oh, and I could NEVER keep that much frozen food as our power goes out quite a bit. I can think of at least 3 times we've had no power long enough to lose everything in our fridge/freezer, so we rarely pack either. Good luck with all of the cleaning--tomorrow will be a cleaning day for me as well.

@bj--congrats on getting below your driver's license weight--that's a huge accomplishment. Mine says 160, so I still have about 25 lbs before I'm no longer a big, fat liar. :laugh:

@kelley--glad your scale came. Mine doesn't measure bone weight, but it does all of the others. I've been tracking weight, water, and bf% for the past few days. I would like to do it for a couple of months so I can see the trends. I'm sure it's annoying when zoe wakes you up too, but I've lived with cats and would much prefer making biscuits and purring to what gunner does. He abruptly starts barking as if the house is under attack. Then, when that doesn't induce DH or I to let him outside, he runs around the house squealing and crying like a *kitten*. When he does it while we're awake, it's actually quite amusing. He sounds like he's talking or whining--at times we could swear he's saying "mama!" and once we both distinctly made out "I wanna go out!" :laugh:

@tlh--the food matters so much more than the exercise--I think it's smart to worry about that first.

@charlotte--About the weight on the license--I've often wondered what a Dept. of Motor Vehicles worker would do if someone who was clearly 300 lbs walked in and said "125 lbs" when asked for weight. Would the worker say "Um, no" or make the person get on a scale? As I mentioned to BJ, my license says 160 lbs. This is b/c when I got my learners permit at age 15, that's what I put for my weight (sadly, that means I likely weighed at least 170). I've never changed it. Even when I went in to renew and weighed close to 250 lbs, no one ever made me correct it. The workers ask if you want to change any of the data, but they never told me I had to fix it even though I'm sure they knew I wasn't 160. Kind of makes you wonder what the point is if it isn't even accurate.

Friday Fitness:
Well I'm pretty happy with my exercise for this past week. I made it to the gym 3 times and also ran outside once. I also continued to focus on arms and core at the gym--my sides have been sore all week from doing Roman sit-ups and hanging crunches. I've also felt it in my triceps, so I know I'm not just phoning it in. :happy: Next week will be more of a challenge b/c I have a meeting, Open House, and a visit to a friend's scheduled. Will try to get 3 gym days in early in the week and may also be able to hit the gym after visiting my friend on Thursday, but we'll see.

Although I've done well with exercise, I had a terrible food day today. It was our all school bbq during lunch periods, which meant a burger for lunch. Not so terrible except it was also our faculty bbq after dinner where I had another burger and indulged in too many sweet treats. Didn't go over terribly--but my macros were pretty crappy. Tomorrow is a new, protein-filled day!

Grading Goals:
1. 14/14 F451 stories DONE
2. 73/73 AP journals DONE
3. x/23 Motif analyses

Exercise Goals:
Sat--walk gunner + gym
Sun--walk gunner + gym
Mon--walk gunner + gym
Tues--walk gunner
Wed--walk gunner
Thurs--walk gunner + gym
Fri--walk gunner

Playing Catch up - "Cheating on my part"
But trying to be honest

Thursday - Truth - I ate out with my daughter after her eye exam and shopping for new frames - at CICI's Pizza - BUFFET!!
Should have stayed away from that!! :sad:

Friday Fitness- (hope I am getting these right--haha) Felt guilty about the pizza and worked my butt off and watched everything that went anywhere near my mouth all day!!

Trying to walk more now that I am tracking with the fitbit and can see how little I really walk compared to the 10,000 steps "they" say we should take a day - but today I made it to 4437 steps!! Whoo Hoo!! New high for me!!

Robin - thank you for your thoughts - I greatly appreciate them. I am so happy for you about your dates and the possiblity of a wonderful "budding" romance - definetly sounds like he is on the right track with the purchase of the clock - HMMMM- "CLOCK" - could that mean he wants to spend more "TIME" WITH YOU??

Oh, almost forgot - I actually lost a little over 4 lbs to add to my now total of 15 lb lost - got to get me a tracker I guess.

What nice group. I'm glad to have found you all. I like the idea of making a week's worth of goals and ticking them off as you go. I joined MFP at the end of July and it has been such a great tool. I haven't explored all of the possibilities yet. I am hopeful that I can stop this cycle of losing and regaining large amounts of weights. In the last three years I've lost and regained upwards of 30 lbs TWICE each year - crazy and unhealthy. I'm inspired when I see you all doing exercise and posting successes. I will start with small, consistent goals for September:

Monday 10 minutes of stretching (possibly salsa)
Tuesday 1/2 hour of biking
Wednesday 10 minutes of stretching; Salsa
Thursday 1/2 hour biking
Friday Salsa

Small change goal: no work/email after 10:00pm