Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Good Morning. Today is a bit warmer, thank goodness. This morning they said 70 by Sunday, I can’t wait!!!

@Charlotte~Congrats! Boys are so much fun!

@Laurie~Great advice about motivation.

@Lauren~Spin AND a circuit class? That would wipe me out, mostly because spin keeps my heart rate at AT the entire time. I’ve belonged to my gym for three years and haven’t tried any classes, I always say I'm going to but never get around to it.

@Karen~I prefer to work out on my own too, I just like to listen my music and get into a zone doing my own thing – at least for cardio. Its nice to talk to someone while lifting weight though.

@Nettie~I commented on your blog, but thought your progress pics look great! :flowerforyou: I think my progress pics are going to be cruise pics from Alaska cruise to my upcoming cruise since I haven’t done any in between – then I need to make a more conscious effort about doing pics periodically.

AFM~Work is just crazy right now. First year-end, then our tax attorney stopped by for meeting yesterday (so got out of work late), today our tax consultant comes by for another meeting and we have to get ready for auditors that arrive Monday. Oh the joy of being an accountant in January! When I got home last night I just worked on projects around the house for some added activity. I need to text my trainer later to see if he’s feeling better so we can meet up this afternoon – if not, I’ll do cardio and some weights on my own.

Exercise Goals:

Monday~Gym, arc trainer DONE!
Tueday~Gym, training session (canceled – and worked too late for cardio)
Wednesday~Gym, training session
Thursday~Gym, training session (maybe—if not, I’ll do cardio)
Friday~Rest day (probably go to gym to make up for Tuesday)
Saturday~Gym, running drills
Sunday~Gym, training session

Wednesday Wish - I wish I wasn't so tired this morning. :yawn: I woke up around 5:30 then again at 8:30 and finally 9:30. I woke up to two kitties sleeping on the bed with me and my bird singing from the other room underneath his covered cage. I felt really bad he was still covered. I never ever sleep that late. Thank goodness I don't have to go into work until the afternoon. I think today is going to be my workout after work day. I just don't have the energy to do it this morning.

I am happy to report my class was absolutely wonderful yesterday. The first day back from vacation is always the hardest. One boy came into my classroom crying and after 3 minutes he was smiling and hugging me. My bossed popped into the gym when we were in there and was thrilled to see how happy my students were running around chasing each other. (We work a lot on strengthening their social skills and interactions.) I am hoping for another great day today. I missed those little buggers a lot!

Yesterday I received a quite few random friend requests and private messages telling me how inspiring I was. I couldn't figure out why. When I came home from work I came onto the site while I waited for dinner to cook and Brian to get home. I noticed I had quite a few responses and likes on my blog. I felt a bit like a celebrity. The comments I received from friends and complete strangers were so kind it was very touching.

Thanks everyone for the compliments on my progress pictures. I still have a long way to go but I am happy with my journey so far! :happy:

Kah- Sorry your trainer was sick. I hope he is better soon so you can get back to working out with him.

Robin - So sorry to hear about your tooth. Wahoo for making progress with eating and drinking also for a decreased appetite!
Here is the link to that website http://www.fotor.com/ It is super easy to use and is completely free! You can change the format and add more pictures too by using the options on the site. Have fun with it!

bltyrone - Welcome!

Susan - I went through yesterday and deleted some people who have not been active in a month or longer. There were 1-2 that have not been active in a few days who I also never hear from so I cut them as well. I figured if I never hear from them at all they probably wouldn't miss me. :laugh: I try my best to leave personal comments on my friends activities however do to a lack of time I sometimes just use that "like" button. I find I spend too much time trying to cheer people on that I am spending less time with my husband. :noway: I feel bad but yesterday I didn't cheer anyone on at all. My husband and I decided to watch a movie and snuggle on the couch. It was a great night!
I have no clue about the fitbit. Maybe you could try contacting them via the fitbit site and they can help you out.

traciwaugh - Welcome. I clicked your profile to check out your diary to I can see if I had any advice to offer regarding sugar and sodium. Your diary is private which makes it a bit difficult to advise. Could you give us an idea of things you typically eat or make your diary public?

Karen - That curried sweet potato lentil soup sounds delicious.

Laurie - That like button is one of the best things that happened for me. I often just click away when I am too busy to post and in a few min I am done. :blushing: Sorry to hear about your tire issues and broke pipes at work. Hope they get both of those issues fixed soon!

SeeLShrink - Congrats on the spin class! Sorry to hear about the cramping in the following class. Hope you are feeling better soon.

Kaye - That blanket program sounds like such a nice thing to be involved in. I love how you always spend time with your grandchildren. You are such a wonderful woman!

tlh - Thanks. I am excited for the new do too. Yesterday I ended putting my hair up in a clip because I just couldn't get it to do anything. I think I may cut my hair to shoulder length and have it colored with highlights. Last month I colored it myself, which came out good, but there is nothing like having someone else do it for you. Less mess too!

Skinny - Congrats on finishing your goal list! I see you finished the SL papers, that must be a huge relief!
Thanks for the link to the race. I will let everyone know as it gets closer if I think I am physically ready to participate or not. I was speaking to my best friend (also on MFP) about it. She lives in CT and was interested in doing races too.

Charlotte - Congrats on the new addition to your family. How exciting! Hope you are able to get some rest today.

jackijb2 - Welcome.

kah - I saw your comment. Thanks so much. I also literally LOLed at the cannoli comment! That was great. :laugh: I love cannolis. This dip has been in our fridge since our post Christmas party at my place. It is a miracle that I have not demolished it by now. I was amazed that I was able to have the tiny bites and walk away. I still have a small plateful of my mom's peanut butter fudge in the fridge too. (I put it in there so it wasn't calling my name every time I walked past it) Who is this person I have become?

mnwalking- I think we have all felt that way at one point in time or another. I am so sorry to hear you are feeling that way. It is difficult to get ourselves out of that rut. I promise you once you find that inner strength to over come it, you will feel so much better about yourself! Keep at it. You can do this, I have faith in you! :flowerforyou:

Laurie: your progressive pics are great! Nice work! I hope you can work something out with your mom to give her a hand. Very scary.
Alupinsk: Sorry about the guy. :frown: That's a tough break, at least it hadn't gone any further, like after you met his folks and stuff. Sounds like you found a great way to deal with it.
Susan: I love Garth Brooks... hope it was awesome! I went to Reba last year loved it... Garth Brooks would be amazing.
MyMowmow: Hope your foot is getting better. What happened or did I miss it in the posts?
SLS: Wow, you do a great workout at the gym. I'm hoping to start my membership back up but will probably wait till next month. I hate the January rush and it calms down a bit in February. Great NSV! Kickboxing sounds great... let me know how it is!
Kah: sorry to hear about your trainer.... hopefully you can find someone closer to home.
Nettie: I agree... it's sad that some of the new ones come and go so fast. Not sure if they even gave it a chance or bad timing. My friends list is like 60% vacated.
Charlotte: Welcome back!
Karenleona: congrats on the loss!!!!
wwmorrow: It's often hard to find the motivation. You have to concentrate on what you want to accomplish and what you don't want in your life anymore. You have to remember you are NOT depriving yourself but are working toward the spectacular new you! Healthy and Active! You have to learn moderation in all things and to LOG your food. It keeps you accountable. This choice cannot be made by others but only by yourself. However we're definitely here to cheer you on!
Robin: hope your tooth is better now!

Welcome to all the newbies!
Wow is the thread moving fast! lol!

AFM: We've made it to Day 6 of the Shred... and he can walk again. lol! I told him to just wait till level 2. :bigsmile: I'm trying to do Zumba during the day and then the Shred with him in either the morning or after my shift. My eating is way better, but have been doing a bit of snacking. The garbage has to get out of the house. My husband is killing me with his sweet tooth. The kids are back in school, the schools got closed on Monday due to power failures in the area. We're lucky there was no burst pipes! We got to a low of -31 on Sunday, but now we're sitting at a nice warm of -12. lol! Where I live in the spring when we get to 0 and the snow melts... out come the shorts. Only 4 months to go!!!!
I'm really mad right now.:grumble: We moved into one of those new areas w/ a brand new school. The planners messed up and underestimated the amount of kids that would move into the new area (they've known for 2 years and did nothing) . The new school that opened last year (K-9) is at a max capacity. It has 5 -1/2 day kindergarten classes this year and 7 registered for next year. Now they telling us that they have to close boundaries and ship the 8-9 to other schools. Because they were too cheap to just build a jr. high in the first place. They're telling us that these are the only options available... but not quite what the developers were saying when we bought into the area. :explode:
Sorry... I needed to grump.

Wednesday Wish: Patience. The scale just doesn’t want to budge. I’m eating clean. Staying at or under my calories. Exercise on a regular basis. I just feel like I need to change things up a bit. My trainer wants me to start taking some natural supplements that are supposed to support weight loss. I’m awful at taking pills, but willing to try as long as their natural.

@KarenL – Do you have a date set for your surgery? Been thinking about you a lot lately. Glad your day is better. It’s great knowing a day is only 24 hours and we can start over. Thank goodness!

@Vicki/Tom/Kelly/Nettie – On the Fit Bit, I was just being plain lazy. Kelly copied the instructions to me this AM. I could have gone to the website too. Bad Susan!!

@Jnncsu – Welcome! You’ve found an amazing group. It’s not a sprint that’s for sure. It’s going to take awhile with many ups and downs along the way. If it wasn’t for this group, I would have quit a while ago. I’m well over 1 ½ years on MFP and this group have become friends along this journey. Try to log in daily if you can. It makes a huge difference.

@ Vicki – I’m right there with you. I seem to be on this plateau for the past 4 months. I lose 5 then gain 5 and just go up and down. I know it will move for both of us, but it had better be sooner rather than later.

@ PainIsWeak – Water is a goal for me right now too. I was so bad about it before and really trying to improve. My goal is to have at least 64 oz by Noon then enjoy a Diet Coke. I try to drink another 30-60 oz throughout the rest of the day. They say you’re supposed to drink half your body weight, but that would be 135 oz for me. I’ll be peeing ALL day. LOL!!!

@ Laurie – Great advice on motivation. I’ve kept my friends list short like 36. All of them log every day. I don’t respond to each, but some do use this as their forum. I chime in when I can, but like you I really try to follow our group on a daily basis. Also, glad to hear the car wasn’t anything major. We know folks like Kelly, Karen and Robin have had their share of car expenses lately.

@ Lauren – Nice job!! I’ve never tried spin. I want to, but seem too intimidated. I work with a trainer once a week then work out at least 4 other times by myself. I like classes in general, but not sure if I’m ready for it. How much did you weigh and how was your fitness level when you started taking the classes?

@ Kaye – We’re your friends list. I would miss your post and living vicariously through your big family stories. Love them!!

@ Karen – You are such a list taker and I love it! It feels like such an accomplished to cross something off. Good for you!

@ Charlotte – Congrats on the new baby boy and being a Grandma again!

@ Kelly – Do you have a final date yet from your trainer?

@ Nettie – There’s a balance we all have to find between work/personal. The personal is also a balance between our family time and me time too. When married, the time with your spouse is crucial. As a single parent, my time is with Cyrus. But, when we do find those me times, we have to balance too. For me, I’ve cut way back on my FB use. I will post on occasion, but find I’m on here a lot more and happier.

@ Bity – Well, thank goodness, all 5 don’t live at home right now. They would eat you out of the house. LOL!! My son is 11 and was diagnosed with ADD. It’s been a challenge, but as he’s gotten older it has gotten better (thank goodness).

@ Queen – You know what you need to do. We’ve all been there at some point and it’s so hard to get out of a funk. I think dropping the fast food is a big start. You can do it!

@p1xyn1xy – I really hate that for you guys. Where we live, they are so bad about rezoning ALL the time and the schools out here are not good. I had a house in Atlanta, but decided to rent in Vegas just in case they try to change the zoning. We’re in one of the better clusters now, but I didn’t want to take any chances especially since my son just started junior high. Of course, I miss it on my taxes too. Oh well. There’s always a catch-22 no matter which way we go.

Hi everyone! Just caught up on the thread, and I'm going to skip personals for now, as I've had a crappy day. I haven't been sleeping well the past few nights and today was just frantic trying to get all caught up with rescheduling my students' AP conferences.

Anyways, I finally got a chance to sit down for a few minutes and eat my lunch. I hadn't had a chance to catch up with any of my colleagues, so I went to join them in the office where we all usually eat together. It was crowded around the table, but my friend Kim was trying to skootch down to make room for me. Another friend literally refused to move down. :noway: Because of the way the office is configured, it was impossible for me to get the only available desk chair over to the only spot at the table, but Carolyn just said she didn't have any room, even though it was clear she did. :grumble: Everyone just stared at her in shock b/c even though she can have a cranky personality, she and I really ARE friends. Finally, I just pushed the chair back and said "Fine--I'll just eat alone since Carolyn's being a snot" and walked out. Once I was alone in my office, I was SOOOO angry that I actually cried. Then, since I'm not a crier, I was even more angry that she made me cry. :explode: Carolyn came into the office later and apologized--basically complaining that Kim just started shoving her chair and she had no clue what was going on and didn't mean for it to affect me--blah, blah, blah. It was a lame, half-hearted apology, but I will forgive her b/c we are friends and maybe she was also having a bad day.

Ok--thanks for listening to my crazy rant. I have some journals to grade, but I'll try to get back on for personals later. If I don't, I hope everyone has a nice evening.

Nice job! Keep it up.

Karen-Sorry you had such a bad day at school and that you were treated this way. I know from experience that tears come more easy when I am tired and running on lack of sleep. Then I get frustrated because I am crying over the least little thing. I had a kid tell me today that she "f********! did not like me and "F******* something else today. All because I was going to take her cell phone away today-she was playing with it during class. This was after I was nice enough to let them listen to music provided they had earbuds with them. Needless to say, she will be out of my class for 2 days and in Saturday School. Hope you have a better day tomorrow and that you get some sleep tonight.

Charlotte- Congrats on the birth of your grandson. I believe you got your wish for a grandson.

Wish-That the warmer temps keep coming this way. The Polar Vortex is finally leaving my area tomorrow.

Need to run now, I need to figure out new lab groups for my first period class tomorrow morning.

We woke up to mild temps and about 3" of new snow. GS had a lot of fun walking to and from school today. It wasn't a fast walk, but was the only exercise I got today. My log for today looks pretty good on paper, but I think that I probably forgot something. I'm not sure what I accomplished, but I was sure busy all day.
Karen, so sorry about the drama at school.
Charlotte, congratulations on the new baby. I am expecting a new grandchild on January 21. We think this one will be a girl.
Wishing for all of us that we can feel good about ourselves and what we have accomplished. I agree with KarenL. I didn't set out to lose 100#. I started with 25#. I have succeeded 3 times and am working on the next one. Looking at the whole picture can be really daunting. Lets all hang on. Don't want to lose any more of my friends.
Onward and downward. Kaye

@Karen- Sorry you had a crappy day. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day!

@Charlotte- Congrats on your new little addition to the family!

AFM- Didn't have such a good day myself. Since we've had such cold weather our new which is a older home had frozen pipes. We thawed them out the other night. I went over there after taking fiance to work and the stupid dishwasher blew a pipe so we had water going into the basement. Lucky me I got my workout cleaning up all the water. I'm just hoping and praying that we don't have too much damage.

Good Morning all you wonderful ladies and gents!

Today's rambings:
I woke up at 5:30 am this morning with a ton of energy. As soon as I finish here I am going to change and get my workout in extra early.

Yesterday was another good day at work. I found out that one of the teachers for my program (there are 3 of us) called out sick and they could not find a sub for her. There are only 2 board approved daytime teachers to sub in our program when we need help. Needless to say, both teachers had other plans and couldn't cover. My colleague and I ended up having to divide the 3rd class in half and have them join our classes. It was a bit difficult because I don't really know the other kids but thankfully the aide that came with them filled me in. I had to quickly change my class plans as I didn't have enough materials for the extra 4 children. I decided to make yesterday a fun day and we focused all on social interactions. But just to add a wrench into yesterday the school nurse came into my room to give me the heads up that one of the admins decided to do observations today. She was in the room next to mine and coming to my room next. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH! My staff started to freak out and I had to calm them down. I told them that I will explain the situation to her and told her due to the sudden change we have to just "wing" it today due to the lack of supplies and let her know my new plan. Of course she popped her head in while I was on the other side of my classroom dealing with a behavior from my eloper and I didn't get a chance to speak to her. She literally stuck her head in, looked around, thanked me for jumping in to help with the extra students and left. WTH?!!!!! One of my aides informed me that when she stuck her head in she said "This is Jeanette's class, I know I don't have to worry about this room at all." :bigsmile: I took that as a HUGE compliment and was so grateful my aide made sure I knew she said that. Of course I immediately thought to myself "If she likes me so much can she please give me a full-time position?!!!!" :laugh:

p1xyn1xy- Wahoo to your workouts and eating better! Sorry to hear about the problem with schools. I hope they get it straightened out. Grrrrrr to the developers.

Karen - Thanks for the compliment. I think it is wise to focus on the weight in small increments rather than the big picture. Great advice.

Susan - LOL to Fitbit.
Ugh to the scale. I have been doing really good. My lowest was 234.6. Yesterday I saw 233.9. I was super excited even though I don't weigh in until Monday. This morning I stepped on and saw 235. :grumble: I am not sure if it is from the surplus of sodium from yesterday (oops), TOM symptoms or a combination of both. I in a bit of a shock this morning even though it wasn't much.

It's funny you said that about FB. I am on there a lot less too. I hardly ever post on there anymore. But I am on here all the time. Most of my time here though is to log my food aside from my mornings I spend posting and commenting.

Skinnyjeanz - Sorry to hear that your friend did that to you and that you were brought to tears. I am glad she did apologize even though it was a half hearted one. Hopefully today is a better day for you! :flowerforyou:

MyMOwMOw - Best of luck to you on your job interview! I hope it goes extremely well.

Mel- I have never heard of frost quakes before. They sound scary.

Laurie - UGH to that disrespectful child in your class. I don't know how you and Karen do it with the older children. I would never be able to do what you do. I like them so much better when they are younger. I will take my students with disabilities any day over having to be with a room full of teens! :noway:

Lauren - I love that you call your friend the "mean trainer"! Congrats on getting in your Fitbit goals and yoga.

Charlotte - I am sure they will come up with a name soon!

I don't post much but I do read all the posts. It's moving much faster than it did when I first joined and is hard to keep up with sometimes! lol You all inspire me a lot. I feel like I'm doing well right now and I've set high goals for myself, but I honestly believe that I can reach them. Just want to say thanks to everyone for your words of wisdom and for sharing your lives so openly because it does make a difference and it lets me know that I'm not alone when I have a bad day.

One of the things that surprises me the most is I've gone from a size 34 jeans to a size 22 jeans and I still have sooo far to go. This is the smallest I've been since I was 18 years old (I am currently 35) and my desire is to keep going. I'm not satisfied where I am. Maybe that's crazy, but to me, it's awesome. I've never been this motivated to lose weight and I guess that's because I've never done it for the right reasons. Anytime I tried before it was to make someone else happy - this time it's for me!

We can do this yall...don't give up!

Wish bitter cold helped people lose weight, instead of gain it lol

Wish bitter cold helped people lose weight, instead of gain it lol

Good Morning !!

Yes indeed!! If it cold weather could help me lose instead of gain , I would already be at my goal (LOL) It's been really cold here in Illinois . It warmed up a little today. I really don't complain about it because Illinois is usually cold this time of year. But it does make you want to just crawl in bed and nibble on things you shouldn't! I haven't gained any weight and haven't lost any. I been slacking a little on exercise. I am getting back on track now ! Good luck everyone

Thursday Truth: went to the gym today , (no water as pipes burst), did a good workout on the elliptical. It just seems like the carorie burn is never enough.
STarting something new....lower carb eating...we'll see how it goes. It's harder than I thought to keep the carbs low, but it's a learning process I'm sure.