Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Hey guys. I've been so busy lately at work. It's been hectic lol.

Tuesday goals: I want to get in the habit of logging everything again (it's still been difficult- especially yesterday). I've been trying to utilize the mobile app but I can only use my phone on break at work so I can't log everything the way I'd like to (aka immediately). On the upside at work all I drink is water so that's a major plus. I also want to make grievous use of my days off to exercise as much as possible too so hopefully I can run and/or walk today.

Monday – heavy lifting / Water Aerobics HALF DONE
Tuesday – rest
Wednesday – heavy lifting
Thursday – walk while my daughter has skating lessons (1 hour)
Friday – heavy lifting
Saturday – rest
Sunday – Halloween night at church (I’m serving so I’ll be on my feet for 3 hours)

Lifting:
Squats – 80
Overhead – yup, I got stuck at 65
Deadlift – 105

@Susan – sorry I missed it…Happy Belated Birthday!! :flowerforyou:

@kah – I’m sorry to hear about your grandmother. I too hope that her passing will go as peaceful as possible for her and your entire family. It’s never easy to lose a loved one. :brokenheart:

@p1xy – I believe Zumba is best for a cardio workout. I’m tired during it, but afterwards I don’t have any fatigue or burn, but I’ve worn my heart monitor and gotten some great calorie burns from Zumba. But I agree with you, mixing your exercises up will let you get in strength and cardio.

@Queen – teen driver? My 12 year old cannot wait for the day. Me? Not so much!

@Laurie – I’m glad you talked to your trainer instead of letting it continue to bum you out.

@Gorilla – hope you enjoyed your Giant’s win last night. Pathetic game by the Vikings :noway: (everyone here is so quick to blame the QB, but I think the blame can be a wide web – offensive line, QB, etc). Although I did enjoy the one arm sack that Jared Allen got.

@Kaye – enjoy your mini vacation! And they say that once you learn to ride a bike, you never forget…I’m banking on that because I’m hoping to get my bike out and go for some rides with Jacob once his cast is off (and it has been MANY years for me).

AFM: Yesterday all my eating plans went to he11 in a handbasket. I planned out the meals and then when I went to prepare the meals, an ingredient or two was missing. Went shopping after the gym so I could pick up those ingredients and I decided to treat the kids to some chips and dip and apparently lost all self control. So my salt intake yesterday was way out of control…but I have 2 glasses of water down already this morning to help with that. :drinker: :drinker:

I did get stuck at the overhead press like I thought I would. :grumble: My sister was doing better than I was but at the end, she just couldn’t muster all the reps either so we’re stuck at the same place. We kind of felt bad – we thought our “farm girl” muscles from our youth would remember better, but then our youngest sister made us feel better by telling us that she got stuck at the same weight when she started too.

My plan was to do the water aerobics after lifting. Two things prohibited that from happening – 1. Now that the weights are higher, we have to take more time between sets – missed the start time. 2. Now that the weights are higher, I’m more exhausted so I can’t imagine doing that on top of it at this point. :laugh: Because they only offer night classes on Monday and Wednesday, I’m going to ask that maybe every other week, we do our lifting T, TH, Sat so I can do the Monday night Aqua Power class. I get a pretty good cardio out of that class, plus she does some great resistance training with bands and stuff.

Hope you all have a great Tuesday. I'm taking Emma to the orthodontist this morning. I can't believe at 7, I'm going to have spend this type of money on her mouth. She can't seem to break the thumb sucking habit on her own and it's affecting her teeth terribly -- she gets fitted for some spacers and a "habit" breaker today. Then we just have Saxophone lessons tonight -- that means I can get caught up on laundry (again).

So remember like three weeks ago when I reappeared after like three weeks or so and said I was finally feeling better. By that I meant feeling like I wasn't on the verge of cough induced coma. But it still hasn't gone away! I am still coughing every day and frequently have no voice! A friend gave me a mustard plaster yesterday. Has anyone else ever tried that? It actually seems to be working. I woke up this morning and haven't had a coughing fit once. Maybe the old ways really are the best in some cases!

Hello everyone. I have the biggest issue with keeping the weight I lose off. I think it's tied into emotional episodes in my life. I don't know how to get passed the emotional stuff quick enough to keep my weight loss going so I end up back where I started :frown:

Emotional and stress eating have always been my problem too. It's very difficult to separate food and emotions once you've gotten in the habit.

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!! Feeling good for the weekend!!! Went for a walk at lunchtime; and took my first side-by-side photo and actually NOTICED a difference in more than just my face!!!

You are all inspirational to me - know that reading this thread helps me stay the course!!!!

wow, you can really see it in the face! You look great.

BUMP!

Prodigal returns with head hanging in SHAME!

:embarassed:

grammy! Hey, welcome back!

Hey all!

Goals: I have a lot of fitness goals. I recently started on the treadmill, and it's a lot tougher to run on that than the arc trainer or elliptical. I'm surprised that even though I've been working out for a few months, I can still only run/jog for about a minute before I feel like I'm dying. I make it look like I'm doing intervals when I'm at the gym because it's really embarrassing. Working toward being able to run a mile on the treadmill, but eventually I'll get there. It'll just take time.

I'm so confused when it comes to my clothing sizes. I have jeans in size 20 that fit. The 24s I used to wear are saggy and won't stay up, but the 22s feel like they fit the same as the 20s. I hate women's sizes. They're never all the same! *grumbles*

Happy Tuesday all!

Yeah, how come men's sizes are standardized, but women's are a downright mess? I too am struggling with what sizes to buy. For example, I ordered jeans from Land's End and from Talbot's. Both were a 20. The Land's End ones went back for an 18 and the Talbot's ones required another 10 pound loss before they fit at all. It'd be better if there was some sort of standardization in women's sizing instead of the guess and return situation we have going now.

Okay finally read through all the posts and I will try and do some personals.

Kah68- think you told me about macros so I lowered the carbs a little bit baby steps for me.

Frau- What an amazing difference

Alupinsk- I understand I am built like a ruler with a huge beer belly. I can feel my ribs but look like I having a baby

Tlh0407- Thanks for the mall idea....teen driver is not bad we own a stick shift so there have been a few challenges but he is a good driver so far. He will be this summer which is when in our state apply for DL (you must have 6 months of driving and 6 weeks of behind the wheel). He is not happy that he waited so long.

Jtconst- Happy b-lated and 81lbs that is awesome

LaurieK- congrats on the Tri

Hi! I am brand new and struggling most with the setting started stage. I know what I need/want I swell on it daily. I NEED to lose 150 pounds, I want to know I can do it! I have been through the usual gambit and just want to get down to business. I need nice bit of accountability so I hope this is an active thread, it looks wonderful!. My biggest goal for the week is to remind myself, I have to WANT to lose this weight MORE than I want to east convenient Junk food. I will drink more water than diet soda and I will exercise at least one time without it being a production.

Welcome to the new ones. This is a great thread for friendship and support!
Tuesday goals: My goal for this week is just to keep my head above water on our mini vacation. My sisters are not known for having diet-friendly kitchens. There tend to be lots of the things on the counters to snack on, and I can quickly slip into old habits when I am there. I am determined to have a good time, not cause them to stress over that I can and cannot eat, and come back without having done any permanent damage to my weight.
Today I was in DD middle school library. Across the wall above the bookshelves it says, "Make the most the of yourself, because that's all there is of you." Thought it was worth repeating.
Have a great evening. Onward and downward. Kaye

Gorilla--Good suggestion, but I like the warm. Maybe I'll try and get a jog in at the park this week and see how it goes.

Also, does anyone use a fitbit? I'm contemplating getting one.

Hello All, New to this group. Just looking for some motivation and support and community. Looks like a nice, supportive group here.

Today is Tuesday so I'll post my Goal:

To follow my eating plan as closely as possible for the next three months, with NO binges. I don't have to be perfect (trying to eliminate All or Nothing thinking), but really trying to stop binge eating - whether from boredom, habit, or anxiety. For each month I stay on track, I have a planned incentive/reward for myself (massage, pedicure, etc).

I have picked three months as my timeline, because my birthday is early February, and what I want most for my birthday is be on a downward trend. I'm at 176. Hoping to be 150 by Feb 8!

Tuesday...well big goals for this week, I am going to purchase the 30 DS and add that to my healthy eating on Friday. I am hoping to loose 4 pounds by friday morning that would take me from 224 to 220, and I would like to find a new easy large filling low calorie recipe that my husband would like as well as my toddler for football sunday...

Welcome to the newlings!

@laurie--great advice on the running--I also only saw success with endurance by slowing down at first. For awhile, I was running slower than my fastest walking pace. I've gradually built up "speed" over time--I use quotes b/c I'm not at all speedy. :laugh:

@gorilla--sorry about your tough day yesterday. Today was pretty crappy for me as I will recount below. :grumble:

@robin & toots--I'm wishing you both a speedy and FULL recovery very soon. I hate those illnesses that linger.

Tuesday Goals:
Well, I got through my formal observation without any issues, but I won't get the official feedback until tomorrow. Then one of my Juniors decided to argue with me about an assignment that got a late deduction. It turned out he was completely wrong about when he was absent and did deserve the deduction, but he was being pretty ballsy about the whole thing, I tend to not get riled easily, and kept my cool while he made an *kitten* out of himself. He apologized when he realized he was wrong, and I received a follow-up email apology from him as well.

Got home from school and took gunner for a long walk. Afterwards, I was getting my things together to go the gym when my DH walked in. He had gone to the grocery store, and when he got in his car to drive home it wouldn't start. He tried to call the house but I was out with gunner, and he didn't think to try my cell. Fortunately, it's only a couple of blocks away; however, I then had to drive him back to try to jump start his car. It didn't work and we ended up waiting for a tow truck. Once it arrived the driver was able to jump his battery, so we didn't have to tow it to a service station. As we sat for an hour in the grocery parking lot waiting for the tow, we decided to just get Wendy's for dinner (it's right in the same shopping center), and I gave up on any hope of getting to the gym tonight.

More bad news is that DH doesn't think it's just the battery b/c it was "acting funny" while he drove it home--idiot lights flashing and such. He's scheduled to work for the next 3 days, so no time for him to tinker with it either. :grumble: Once in the driveway it refused to restart which means I will have to drive him back and forth to work. He's going to see if he can switch with someone to get Friday off, so he can replace the battery and see how it's running after that. I hope he's wrong and that's all it is, but the computer was making some really funny clicking and whirring noises--like a noisy hard drive on a laptop. Crossing my fingers that it's not too expensive.

Long day and now I need to get up even earlier than usual, so I'm off to bed. :yawn:

what does bump mean?

@holly--glad your son came to his senses and listened to you--could this mean he's maturing?

@erica--BUMP mean Bring Up My Post and people use it when they have no time to respond or nothing to add to a thread, but they want it to show up in their "my topics" list. As Hooly said, I think a lot of us in this thread use it as a sort of "place holder" so we will know where we left off reading posts, but want to "pass" on actually responding right now.

@gorilla--glad you got those deadlifts in--I'm super-ticked I missed my only opporunity to lift until Saturday. :mad: I am going to at least do some push ups, planks, and dumbbell work at home tonight. The stairmaster is sooo hard--I was into it for awhile, but haven't done it in a few months. I've been eyeing it the past few times I was on the stationary bike--a sure sign I'm getting bored of the bike. :laugh:

Wednesday Wish:
That the car just needs a new battery, or at worst an alternator b/c both are jobs my husband can complete at home. If it's the computer, it's beyond his scope.

I ended up getting up this morning to drive him to work, but he called his boss and was able to finagle the day off so he can attend to the car. If he can get it fixed today, then no taxi duty for me.

My day has gotten a bit better. Several people canceled for my friend's dinner tonight, so she and I decided to skip it. This means I can probably get to the gym to lift! Yay!!