Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Kah…so sorry to hear about your grandmother. :flowerforyou: It’s so hard to lose someone you love. Hold those memories close to your heart and she will never truly leave you.

Holly…your weekend was so darn productive..and pretty much all of them pretty great calorie burners! :happy:

Laurie…great idea about the school pictures to keep as a reminder and motivator. I’ve lost 27 pounds and some inches, but I still can’t see it in my face (even when I look at pictures). :huh: I keep thinking about the paper towel roll analogy…eventually right?! :

Meister…that is some bad news, but at least you know it and can do something about it. When I was pregnant with my son (I was 28), my blood pressure went up to borderline. We figured it would go back down when I wasn’t pregnant, but it never did – just stuck at borderline. Then when I was 35, my doctor said, enough is enough, you are going on blood pressure medicine. I sat and cried right there. When he asked why I was crying I told him that I know that once you start blood pressure medicine, you’re always on it. After talking pros and cons, he said I’ll give you 6 months…if it’s not down, you are going on it. Six months later, I had fixed it through diet and exercise. He was proud of me, but not more than I was proud of myself. I did it and you can do it too…we are all here to support you.

Kaye…I think maintaining on a trip is fantastic. Now you are home again and you can get back in your groove.

Susan…great job on the squats!! Planks…man I hate them and I’m horrible at them.

Destiny…everyone has to start somewhere and you are right…it’s better than sitting on the couch all day. :blushing:

AFM. Yesterday, my calories were spot on, but I didn’t get my water in. I still HATE Bismarck water, so I do spend 39 cents per gallon and buy spring water at my grocery store – I was out and didn’t make it to the store until 7:30 last night. (I’ve tried Brita, but don’t like the after taste of it.) But I have my bottle filled and ready to go today. :drinker: Emma had swimming lessons last night at 5:10 which gave me just enough time to get her dried off, dressed and to the daycare before the 6:00 Aqua Power class. It was a good burn, we did quite a bit of resistance band work in the deep end. Oy!

Today will be lifting with my sister and friend.

Monday…Water Aerobics (DONE)
Tuesday…Weights
Wednesday…rest
Thursday…Weights
Friday…Zumba
Saturday…Weights
Sunday…rest

I woke up this morning to my kitchen/dining room all clean. Love it when my husband is motivated when he gets off work in the wee hours of the morning!!! So now I'm going to get motivated and get all my laundry put away today, my desk cleaned off, the living room vacuumed and garbage taken out. Tonight we have saxophone lessons and lifting weights. If I'm super motivated, I will try to clean my bathroom (I liked it better in my old place when I didn't share the bathroom with the kids and see their mess every day!! :laugh: )

Have a great Tuesday!!!

tlh0407: Thank you so much. It means a lot to me to know that everyone believes in me. I'm glad you were able to fix your blood pressure too. My dad has high blood pressure but he has a bad habit of procrastination so he hasn't really taken steps to fix it (although he is trying to quit smoking and I'm proud of him for that).

Tuesday goals: Yesterday really lit a fire under me. I was a little bummed to hear my doctor tell me all of the things she had to say, but she's put me on meds to help me and made it abundantly clear that she believes fully in me, and I know with the support here and by my family, I can do this. It's really daunting looking at my ultimate goal though... so I'm going to start with short term goals.

Goal one: No artificial sweeteners, no junk food, no sodas
Goal two: exercise every day (even if it's just a little bit- anything to get me to move)
Goal three: Take in as much water as possible.
Goal four: Increase protein and fiber- decrease carbs
Goal five: lose 2-3 pounds a week
Goal six: keep accurate track of my measurements.

And last but not least-

Current objective: Lose 25 pounds by February. (Which reminds me I'm gonna go update my ticker now lol... I'm not gonna show the ultimate anymore. I'm just gonna do increments at a time )

greetings and salutations.

the scale is stagnant, that's ok, it's not up. i'm still getting rid of some fluid from the weekend. tomorrow i will weigh in. thursday is measurements.

tuesday goals... 248 by december 2. its a huge goal but one that i want in the worst way!!!! i will do what i need to and if that means not licking the spoon, doing an extra 5 minutes of cardio, an extra set of reps, throwing away the reduced fat potato chips that i buy for my daughter, not eating the wintergreen mints, and drinking water and more water then i will do it. i will be under 250 by december.

i've gotten away from 30 ds for the past 4 days, feeling a little under the weather. but that didn't / doesnt' stop me from the gym at night. 30ds is an added bonus i give to myself to speed my process. i can't get sick though so my goal is to incorporate it back in sometime this week.

have a blessed day everyone, stay focused, think positive and finish strong!

Good Morning everyone.
Kah68 - So sorry to hear about your loss.

Meisterkidd - Sorry to hear of your results and meeting with the doctor. I am in a similar boat. My doctor did a full blood panel on me for my annual physical. He was concerned about me possibly being diabetic considering there is a history of it in the family. Luckily everything came back normal. One count was slightly elevated (I can't remember which one) but he believes I can get it under control with diet and exercise. He wants me to drop some weight and go back to see him in December. He also asked me to just take measurements rather than weigh myself. He explained that a lot of his patients give up when they hit that plateau or do not see drastic losses. I know from past experience for me, I tend to see multiple results rather than just focus on the number. (Physically being able to do more, clothes fitting differently, number on the scale going down, measurements decreasing, having more energy) So, I will be doing measurements as well as weighing weekly.

I agree with Meisterkidd's method of short term goals rather than focusing on the big picture all at once. Personally, trying to fix everything all at once is too overwhelming, not enjoyable for me and can lead to unnecessary frustration. For that reason, I am trying to ease myself back into MFP and gave my self simple but attainable goals.

My goals are:
1. Drink 3 - 4 glasses of water a day
2. Watch my portion sizes
3. Get in at least 3 days of physical activity
4. Take all my measurements
5. Take a starting picture then a progress picture once a month - Last time I was on here I didn't take pictures and I regret not documenting my journey
6. Go shopping and buy some healthier foods

I hope everyone has a terrific Tuesday!

Bump! Be back later.

Karen love the dress and you look wonderful.

Meisterkidd- You are in control and you can lose the weight. Small steps and take it one step at a time.

I will check back later tonight after I go out for the evening. I am feeling so good and a new outfit looks great so I want to show off for a little while. Time to be social.

According to my fitbit, I burned 3928 cals yesterday (Without exercising) Work must've kicked my *kitten*.

Bumping the new thread Tuesday goals -- short term goal is...1 week ON PLAN. Some type of movement every day. Next Tuesday is my 6 month check up at the doctor and I want her to be proud of me! This means getting this fluff (water weight) off and being the best ME I can be this week

Hi guys!

Welcome to the newlings!! :flowerforyou:

Thanks for the compliments on my dress and new profile pic. :blushing:

Tuesday Goals:
Well our grades are due next Monday, so my main goal is to catch up with that. My student teacher finally started grading the Junior essays, then he asked me today if I was going to do half of them. :huh: Um, that would be a big, fat no. I've helped him so much b/c of all of the grading he has to do for my department chair's classes (we share him), but I've reached the point where if he can't manage it all, he's going to have to talk to her about helping him with the grading for her writing classes. I think he was a bit surprised when I said "no, I have 50 AP papers to grade." I don't mind continuing to help him with some of the smaller day to day stuff, but he is doing all 50 of those Junior essays.

I got to the gym for the first time since last Wed. :noway: Managed to get in some lifting along with intervals on the treadmill. Need to go shower before trying to finish those AP analysis activities.

Grading goals:
1. 27/73 AP essays
2. 6/16 AP analysis activities
3. x/55 Junior in-class essays (student teacher will do these)

Exercise goals:
Mon-walk gunner DONE
Tues--walk gunner DONE + gym (lift and HIIT) DONE
Wed--walk gunner + gym (lift and HIIT)
Thurs--walk gunner
Fri--walk gunner
Sat--walk gunner + gym (lift and HIIT)
Sun--walk gunner + gym (5k)

Exercise & Weight:
Bench press = 65
Dead lift = 65
Squat = 70
Overhead press = 50

Upright row = 40 (kettle bell)
Overhead tricep extension = 25 (dumbbell)
Bicep curl = 15 (dumbbell)
Lat pull down = 100
Tricep pull down = 80