Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

mnwalkingquee: I hear you on that!!! I live in upstate NY and ALL of my friends are back home in Iowa.

Wednesday wish - I don't have one for myself so I am going to dedicate my wish this week to Robin. I wish Robin gets some relief from her pain and gets some answers. :flowerforyou:

Brian finally decided on a car yesterday, he came home with the 2014 Pathfinder. It is gorgeous!

Last night I was sitting on the couch and came to the realization that I had a NSV. Usually every night between 9:30-10 I start to get really tired and cranky. Around 10:15 Brian announced he was going to bed. I was surprised when I looked at the clock and saw the time. I still had a lot of energy and was wide awake. I ended up going to bed with him but stayed awake and watched some tv for a bit while he snored away. I have also noticed when I wake up in the morning I feel refreshed and ready to conquer the world. It is such a nice feeling. I no longer want to camp out on the couch and veg!

MN- I love kickboxing. The 12 week program I am doing now incorporates a lot of kickboxing moves. Years ago I used to take a cardio kickboxing class at a local karate studio. It was so much fun! Congrats on the trip! How exciting about the puppy. I hope he/she is a good fit for you!

ushkii - Isn't that a great thing? Since starting MFP and watching how much I am eating, I find that I have a lot of left overs in the fridge. Imagine this will cause a reduction in my food bill. :laugh: My vote depends on a few factors. If you don't have a whole lot to lose to get back to that original weight then just wait. Why spend extra money if you don' t have to. Though if you are like me and need that instant gratification, go out and get yourself a scale that works for you. You don't need to invest a lot of money into it if you don't want to. I found measuring once a week to be discouraging for me. Even though I was doing everything right and my clothes were looser, the measurements were not changing quick enough to see a noticeable change in a week. If you go that route, I suggest spreading out your measurements.

Gev - Welcome. Just jump in and join us!

jessie - That NYC walking kills me. My husband insists on walking every where even if it means several blocks in the rain to get to the next subway. I ending up begging for a taxi by the end of the day. He laughs at me and tells me to suck it up. I guess his tough love will get me to burn extra calories.

naceto - That is great that it went well. And an extra bonus of meeting new people! Double win! :happy:

Laurie - Congrats on the arrival of Julia. I love the new profile picture!

Wednesday wish: That the laying of the carpet will go quickly. I'm hanging out at DD house with baby so she can nap without all the noise of the carpet layers. I can't get anything done here, though, so I'm anxious to get home. I did bring some hot pads that I need to get crocheted for a friend so I will work on them.
I talked to my daughter that lives in Vancouver, WA yesterday. She said that when they were here in Aug. they were so inspired by my success that they joined MFP, too. They are having good success. I'm anxious to see them next week.
Laurie congratulations on the new niece.
Well, I guess I will crochet for a little while. Baby is asleep right now.
Have a great day. Kaye

Well, my Wednesday wish didn't come true. There are a number of glitches that have slowed things down along the way. The baseboards were all on top of the tack strips from the old carpet so they had to come out. Then there was a small area by the front door where the floor had rotted, so DH is fixing that while the installer is working in other areas. Since the larger pieces of living room furniture are in the kitchen, we may be eating out tonight. I'm sure glad that I have a place to be with the baby. Its a mess over there!
Oh, well. Onward and downward. Kaye

Karen-- Julia is my first niece. Good luck with the grading. We all have days were we want to workout but our bodies just say no. My rule is if I am feeling like that, I will give it 30 minutes of some type of exercise (walking or spin bike) to see if mind changes. No change then I give up and head home or do something else. If it changes then I go with it and get a workout in. Either way I won't feel guilty about not exercising because I will have tried to do something active.

Gorilla- Great job on the NROL workouts. Apple cider vinegar in a bath of hot water instead of Epsom salts works well to relieve sore muscles. Snap out of the foul-mouth Gorilla. Do you have any runs coming up? Did you do a run with your boys or is that coming up?

Kaye- I hope the flooring is finished at this time and that you get your house back.

Today, I spent most of my time in meetings when I was not teaching. It was crazy today. Both of my planning periods I had meetings with students for conferences about behavior/ grades so no planning was accomplished. The after school I had 2 more meetings, a team meeting and a department meeting. The department meeting we had to work on our 2nd SLO, so I keep plugging away until it is almost finished just need to complete the data tables. Left work at 5:10 (day ends at 3:45-SLO's:grumble: ) to get my hair appointment at 5:30. Afterwards went to dinner, and did a little shoe shopping- no purchases but I am looking at a couple of different pairs of tennis shoes. Finally got home about 9:15.

Wish- I still want to get my grading done since nothing was accomplished on that front today. Now to head to bed and get rid o this headache.

Good morning friends! Well yesterday ended up being a pretty good day... I had a big meeting for my project at work go even better then I could have wished it would. Was a real boost I needed here in the office to get myself going. I did get to spin last night as the boys were at wrestling practice had a great workout. Legs nice and sore this morning.

I have a busy couple of days coming up. Tonight is not too bad, boys have wrestling.

Tomorrow I plan an early morning lifting session... the time will be tight but I can pull it off I think if I do my warm up at home... then work... and hopefully after some surf fishing for strippers with my buddy for the night...

Saturday morning I am running a 5k with the kids, but I already told them they better keep up or I am just meeting them at the finish line. AND if all works out I will be going to pick up my new car after the race... but it is a good two hour drive to get the car so it will be interesting. By time I get home...

Sunday I need a lifting session and to watch my Giants beat down the Cowboys...

Thursday Truth - I was absolutely ravenous yesterday. After I closed out of my diary last night I had a few pieces of Halloween candy. I really didn't enjoy them but I was having cravings to eat more. The worst part - I didn't log them. I knew they were sending me over my calories but I didn't care. My husband said "Aren't you going to log those" while handing me my phone. I gave him a dirty look and went to bed. :noway: I guess I should go back in and log those pieces now. :grumble:

JessieJ - What time of the year did you go? If you have not been for the Xmas season I highly recommend you go. The city will be more crowded than usual. But the tree in Rockafeller Center is just magical. You must see the Rockettes too. One of my pictures on here is of my husband and I in front of the tree. My sisters-in-law came here for the first time a few years ago for Christmas and we took them into the city. They loved it!

Kaye- That is wonderful that you are inspiring family members to become healthier too! Keep up the fantastic work!

SAH - I don't like the word diet either. To me it implies certain foods are off limit. I don't like to restrict myself in any way. I eat what I want. Just a lot less of it. LOL I prefer to look at it as a journey. My journey to getting healthy and fit while relearning how to eat normal portion sizes. (Sorry to whoever it was that doesn't like the word. I love it!)

GorillaNJ - That is great that you are doing a 5K with your kids. I saw last week on the morning show that a 5 year old completed his first 5K with his mom. I was amazed! If I am not mistaken it may have been on the East Coast, Jersey or PA. Congrats on the new car.

Thurs Truth: Finding it hard to keep my momentum up and continue logging....want to lose some weight this week..

Everyone - thanks for the wishes.
Still no better yet but hanging in there.

Oh no, I missed it. Are you sick?

@toots--what an odd side effect! :huh:

tootsanderson - keeping low carb is a good thing... but not sweating? That seems really odd

Yes, it does. All I can think is that it relates to my PCOS somehow.

@Toots- Sounds like the carb thing is working for you hope it helps get rid of the meds too

Me too. It's my goal to be off all of my meds eventually.