Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Susan, all I can say is, "wow"! That's a big temptation. The picture says a lot! .good for you for sticking to your guns!

Mon Success: I've been on track for the last 2 weeks and am losing slowly. I'm weighing myself every day and must stop it as my weight fluctuates, and kind of freaks me out. I seem to have found my 'rhythm' for losing weight without feeling constantly deprived.

Another freezing, cold, blustery, snowy day, but after helping out my daughter with her babies, I went to the gym...I was surprised at the number of people there during the early afternoon. I guess no-one wanted to go outside today. Since when did Canadians become such wimps? lol! I used to love winter and -40 was manageable while I was skiing. I guess I'll have to take up skiing again. One of my daughters wants me to come with them as her 2 yr. old is taking lessons at a nearby ski hill. I started skiing when I was 2 years old as well, so I was very good at it, but I don't trust my knees anymore. ( a lot of bouncing up and down on them) Not sure that I want to ski anymore even if I could manage it.

I've had a really good week with both food and workouts. But the scale didn't budge. Patience, right? :ohwell: I'm hoping Karen and I have bodies that function the same...3 week delay???

@Laurie...all these tragedies keep adding up and makes the world a scary place.

@Hayley...I think that's wonderful that you get a knowledgable workout buddy. Good luck with the detox...nothing I'm interested, but good for you (and remember, you've been warned about the bathroom. :laugh: )

@Naomi...my sisters and mom are the benefits of moving. It has been great being by family for the first time in over 20 years.

@Mel...it seems weird not to have required sprinkler systems in a place where there are so many that depend on outside help to be able to get moved. Hopefully not too many other tragedies have to happen before it becomes something every place has to do.

@Karen...I am just at the edge of that storm. The roads were closed north and east of us, but we were okay here in town. No school missed and the temps are cold, but not the coldest we've seen. Although the wind is basicaly blowing right at me right now as it comes in through the patio door and the "covered" air conditioner. My toes and fingers are so cold that if I could type with mittens, I would. Glad you had fun in Milwaukee and then your niece's birthday party.

@Claudia...I'm in the same boat this week. Hang in there! I've actually got it a bit better than you. If my work closes or has a late start, I get to as well. I'm aligned with the Sioux Falls office.

@Jeanette...Congrats on the loss!!

@Susan...Cyrus had a curveball thrown at him while in Atlanta. I'm sure it caused some confusion for him. Now that you are home and back on your regular schedule, it'll help. I'm glad your trainer is so supportive and that you find this thread helpful. We're here for each other.

Friday - C25K and Aqua Aerobics (NOT DONE - DONE)
Saturday - Lift DONE
Sunday - rest DONE
Monday - Lift
Tuesday - C25K
Wednesday - Lift
Thursday - C25K
Friday - Lift

Just started 7 days. weighed myself 5.5 lbs ! Have over 100 lbs but I will succeed !

@robin--our winds were at blizzard levels overnight here as well--it wasn't even snowing but visibility was still at zero b/c of blowing snow. Our house felt like it was going to blow over, and poor gunner woke up several times during the night barking at the strange noises made by the strong gusts. Your toilet bowl story made me laugh--and I thought it was captivating. :laugh:

@helena--welcome back!! :flowerforyou: Glad to hear going paleo is pworking for you. How is your mom doing?

AFM--my school called off for tomorrow as well, but I had to go there today to pick up some journals I need to grade before Wed. :ohwell: At starbucks now--just finished the rec letter, and now I'm off to grocery story before heading home. DH is making corned beef and cabbage--yum!

Grading goals:
1. x/16 AP analysis activities
2. rec letter for my student teacher DONE
3. post participation grades
4. x/51 JRP journals

Exercise goals:
Mon--gym (lift + HIIT)
Tues--gym (cardio)
Wed--walk gunner
Thurs--walk gunner + (lift + HIIT)
Fri--rest day
Sat--walk gunner + gym (cardio)
Sun--walk gunner + (lift + HIIT)

Exercise & Weight:
Bench press = 85
Dead lift = 90
Squat = 90
Overhead press = 55
Upright row = 60

Overhead tricep extension = 25 (dumbbell)
Bicep curl = 15 (dumbbell)
Lat pull down = 100
Tricep pull down = 90

Well, I just signed up for two new classes at the YMCA. The first Friday in Feb., I'm going to Swim 101, which is a very basic swim class, where the lifeguard meets you at the front desk, then takes you into the community room to talk about things like: How do you prevent the chlorine from ruining your hair/swimsuit and what are the best type of goggles to use? Really simple stuff that I never thought about asking, ya know?

The other class is the swim stroke clinic. We work one-on-one with a lifeguard to improve our front crawl strokes to burn maximum calories and get a good workout without wasted motion. It's for people who know how to swim, but want to do it better/more efficiently.

I'm sill going to water aerobics and on Thursday of this week, I have my first meeting with Kelsey in the weight room. I'm nervous and excited. I hate that there are mirrors all over the room. I know why they are there, but I feel like everyone is focused on ME! (How self-centered can I be, right?! haha)

I didn't do too great on my eating today. But had a low-cal supper, so I was over about 600 cals, which is a lot, but not as bad as this weekend was for me. I didn't filter myself at all this weekend and just ate everything set in front of me. On Sunday, I was over 1,100 calories OVER my goal. Wow! That was quite an eye-opener! I did learn something though. I learned that I have to log after everything I eat, no matter what, because when I wait till the end of the day, it's too late and I'm way over all my goals.

That being said, I am going to try really hard to lose 1 lb this week. My goal is 1.5, but since I'm off to a bad start...well, I'm realistic! haha!

For those interested in the detox water I'm drinking today and tomorrow, only use 1/2 a cucumber or the water will only taste of cucumber and not the fruit or mint. Other than that, it's really good!

Hope all is well with you. I've only got a few personals, so don't take it too hard if I don't mention you. I have to read and catch up, so I'll write more tomorrow...

@missmandamoni = Happy Birthday to YOU!!!! Enjoy the dirty 30! I sure am!!!! hehe

@Naomi = Happy Australia Day! I'm not sure what that involves...is it kinda like our Fourth of July? (A nationwide celebration?) Anyway, you didn't have to work, and it sounds like a lot of fun!!!!

@skinnyjeanz = it was on the news tonight that our hometown in Iowa was one of only two schools that didn't cancel in the entire viewing area! We had a high of -5, with windchills of 30 below. I felt so bad for my doggies, Brandy and Sophie. They went out to go potty and then when they came in, they just shivered and stared at me like, "Why would you do that to us?!"

loves!

Hi everyone I am late getting on here today. I am feeling a little wonky this evening. I think I overdid it on our hike this afternoon but I am still glad I did it. I live in beautiful western washington on the kitsap penninsula so am surrounded by hills/mountains and water. WE took the kiddos down to one of the state parks and hiked down the wooded hills to the puget sound. The downhill was fine but coming back up was a little more then I thought it would be and has left me feeling a little weak and shaky but very proud of myself. We took our puppy Zeus who had a wonderful time with all the new smells and we were the only ones there so he even got to get off his leash:happy: I was happy to wake up to almost a pound loss so things are going in the right direction:bigsmile:
I was going to try and do some personals but am pretty tired so take care everyone and have a great night.:flowerforyou: :drinker:

Todays walk per HRM:
45 min
900 cals of which I claimed 500
2.05 miles
5641 steps

Forgot the HRM for the hike so went with the database for a 35 min hike cross country for 400 calories

@susan--yes, another day off of school tomorrow! I didn't get any grading done today, but I did go to school and get some other work done. I also picked up the journals I need to grade for Wed. I finished the letter of recommendation I needed to write for my student teacher as well, so tomorrow will be devoted to finishing up the grading and re-figuring my lesson plans to account for these 2 emergency days. I am also looking forward to T2T!

@tammy--your hike sounds wonderful! Like susan, I've always wanted to visit your part of the country, but haven't gotten there yet.

@laurie--I hope your plans work out for tomorrow! There's nothing worse than trying to write last-minute sub plans. :grumble:

@hayley--yeah, gunner is also unhappy with the extreme cold. It was beautifully (and deceptively) sunny today, so he kept looking out the window and excitedly running to the door only to find it was NOT very nice outside. He also doesn't like to wear his coat in the yard, so he kept running to his bed every time we tried to put it on him. Then he would realize he still needed to go out, and would run back to the door, only to be confronted with the coat again. It was a vicious cycle. :laugh: Your classes sound great--I really like the water, but I have a strange fear of putting my face in and out of the water to breathe properly for the crawl. I have no problem fully submerging to swim underwater, but the whole face in and out of the water freaks me out. Weird huh? Sounds like I could use that class you are taking. :laugh:

@donna--I would much rather lose inches than pounds--I always say, everyone can see when you are getting smaller, but very few people will pick you up to see if you are any lighter.

AFM--well I never made it to the gym today. I drove over to the school to pick up the journals I need to grade and got sidetracked cleaning up all of the books my students turned in over the past couple of weeks. I had to check them all in and then return them to the book room. Then I decided to pull the next set of novels, so I don't have to worry about it during the school day. I suppose I did get in some lifting with lugging all of the books back and forth.

Grading goals:
1. x/16 AP analysis activities
2. post participation grades
3. x/51 JRP journals

Exercise goals:
Mon--gym (lift + HIIT) NOT DONE
Tues--gym (cardio)
Wed--walk gunner
Thurs--walk gunner + (lift + HIIT)
Fri--rest day
Sat--walk gunner + gym (cardio)
Sun--walk gunner + (lift + HIIT)

Exercise & Weight:
Bench press = 85
Dead lift = 90
Squat = 90
Overhead press = 55
Upright row = 60

Overhead tricep extension = 25 (dumbbell)
Bicep curl = 15 (dumbbell)
Lat pull down = 100
Tricep pull down = 90

@skinnyjeans - I sure hope you're right about the 3 week thing. Up to now, I've been steadily losing each and every week so this change has thrown me for a loop. Thanks for the support.

Tuesday Goal Update: My current goal is to get to 199 by the end of February. I set that goal based on my average weight loss for the last couple months less about 5 pounds just to be sure of reaching the goal. It seemed reasonable on Jan 1st., but now I've been at 207.8 for the last 10 days. No idea as to why, but clearly the rules have changed without me getting the memo. I still hope I can get there. I need to get there so I have clothes to take on vacation at the beginning of March. I refuse to buy new things just for a quick vacation that will then (hopefully) be too big for the summer when I have things I am oh so close to wearing.

We're expecting snow here today. Only 2-3 inches, but since I'm in the South, we'll all scramble to get milk and bread just in case. It won't last long since our weekend temps will be in the 50s, but I'm looking forward to watching it fall while I sit in front of the fire with the dog in my lap.

No new goal this week. I have 2 more weeks of my routine to get through before it changes again. I ended up taking yesterday as my rest day. I started to work out in the morning but wasn't into it. I turned it off and told myself I would workout when I got home. However when I walked in the door last night I had a slight headache, my stomach ached and I was feeling slightly dizzy/nauseous. I decided it wasn't worth trying to push through my workout as I knew I wouldn't give it my all. I grabbed a pillow and laid down on the couch instead. I am feeling much better this morning. I will definitely get my workout in today. :happy:

I had a great session yesterday with my student who I see in his home. He is 7 years old, uses an augmentative device to communicate as speech is just not there, can be unresponsive at times and has low academic and self-help skills for a child of his age. But over all he is a great kid, just a little love bug. Anyhow, he completely surprised me and started doing things I never imagined he was capable of. We were working on functional play skills in the home and using his augmentative device he requested the iPad. The app he turned on was one we had not played in over a month. Last time we played he was completely prompt reliant. (I show him how to play and respond to the app.) It is a game that requires him to find the word that matches the picture. Each time the picture was displayed on the screen I verbally identified it for him and spelled the word. ("Apple. A. P. P. L. E.") Then I waited him out as his response time is very slow. Sure enough he selected the correct word. We played the game for about 5 minutes and I was completely blown away at how he was responding. I wanted to grab my phone and video the session so I could send to his parents and school however my phone was on the other side of the room and I was afraid my walking away would destroy his concentration. So I just went with it and kept going as long as we could. I was completely blown away. This IS A HUGE breakthrough!!!! As we progressed through the game the words became more difficult. I eventually decided to wrap it up because I could tell he was starting to lose focus as difficulty increased and I didn't want to push too hard. I didn't see his parents yesterday so I left them a 2 page note about all the great things he was doing and asked them to follow up during the week and continue to practice. I also showed his older brother (early 20's) what we were doing so he could help explain to his parents if they had any questions. I have not heard from them yet and I am quite curious if they were able to elicit the same behaviors out of him. I am going to call them later to follow up with them. His success really made my day yesterday!

Lives - Thanks. I am doing a happy dance as well!
Brian is a systems admin at a local university. Luckily for him he also can remote in and work from home if the weather is bad. I've never thought of it before that it isn't fair that other employees are not held to the same standards. I just asked him and he said his 2 colleagues who have the same position as him do not do as much work from home as he does. But he also explained that even though the 3 of them have the same job, my husband is considered the main person and the other two are technically his "assistants". It is the same with him though that if the systems crash he is expected to go into work and fix them. The entire university relies
on those systems being fully functional so I can understand in his situation why he would have to go in.

Susan - So glad you are back. I like your new profile picture!
Sorry to hear that Cyrus had a meltdown and you were having such a rough time. How did Cyrus take it when you had the conversation about what sole custody meant?

Oh my goodenss, I don't know how you do it when facing stuff like those baked goods every day. I was looking at the boxes and was trying to figure out which one I would eat if I were you. LOL

I don't know if I could make it an entire month without stepping on the scale once. I am in the habit of stepping on each morning and watching those fluctuations. It would be interesting though to see the progress I have made during the month all in one shot. (Measurements, scale and progress pictures) Maybe one day I will become adventurous and give it a try.

Tracy - I would be irritated too. So sorry.

Kah - Wahoo for friends calling you skinny! That must have been a really nice feeling to receive that compliment. Glad to hear you have a Keurig as a back up. We ran out of coffee and were waiting for our next Gevalia delivery to come. :noway: Most of last week I drank my peppermint tea in the morning. I am surprised I didn't have headaches from not having the caffeine.

Skinny - I know exactly what you mean about the clothes. So far I have been wearing the same old stuff as always. Some things are fitting a bit differently on me. I especially noticed with my workout clothes. The tee shirts I have been wearing seem really large now in the neck area. They are starting to fit me like a scoop neck tee rather than a regular one. Old Navy had a sale on tees so I bought a few more recently. What a difference between how the new ones and old ones fit. I hope you enjoy your day off!

Helena - Welcome back! Congrats on your loss, feeling better and the new exercise routine.

coffencr - Welcome and congrats on the loss.

Robin - That is crazy that the water was sloshing around from the wind. Could you feel it in your condo too?

Hayley - Those classes you are taking sound interesting.

Laurie - That workout sounds intense. Glad you were able to get it done even through it wasn't with your trainer.

Jtconst - That hike sounds amazing. Glad to hear you enjoyed it.

I know I can’t even compare the temps to those some of you are facing, but my drive to work in 25 degrees this morning was not pleasant! :grumble: I know it’s just for a day or two here - we’re back in the 70s on Thursday – but I sure hope this cold snap is over soon for all of us.

@Nettie~OMG, if I went a day without coffee I think I would spontaneously combust! :laugh: Gevalia has some good blends, my boss uses the pods for the Tassimo machine we have in the office. I’m a diehard Starbucks lover though – and drink it black. What a fantastic day with your student!

@Tammy~Hooray for the loss and another great active day!

@Haley~Sounds like you signed up for some great swim classes. My gym has swim coaching classes, for a fee. I used to love swimming (was a lifeguard when I was in my 20s) but now I hate what the chlorine does to my hair and I feel like it’s just more trouble than it’s worth.

@Laurie~Sorry the session with your trainer didn’t pan out yesterday, sounds like you got a great workout in despite that.

AFM~Not much to report and no new goals (except to add spin once/week starting this week or next). Tried out a different elliptical yesterday, only lasted 5 minutes though – it really bothered my calves and knee, I think the stride is for shorter people. I typically use an elliptical that allows me to set my stride, nice when your tall. So, back to the arc trainer I went and did the intervals program – decent workout though.

Exercise Goals:

Monday~Gym, elliptical (or spin) DONE (arc trainer)
Tuesday~Gym, treadmill (spin instructor on this day is pure evil!)
Wedneday~Gym, training session
Thursday~Gym, arc trainer (or racquetball with trainer – or spin)
Friday~Rest Day
Saturday~Gym, running (or spin in afternoon)
Sunday~Gym, training session

Every once in a while we talk about what’s going through our heads as we lose weight and the challenges we still face mentally and with body dysmorphophobia. I ran across this thread today and thought it was worth a read (the first post at least), so thought I would share.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1186356-what-they-don-t-tell-you-about-losing-weight

Have a great day and stay warm!

Thanks for the warm welcome back.!

Tuesday goal:Just to keep up with my exercise. I start the basic program in you are your own gym tonight. Also to hopefully be out of the 300's this weekend! I know my weight loss is slowing down which is to be expected and that doesn't bother me because I didn't think I'd lose so fast in the first place. I think I'm losing between 2-3 lbs a week right now and I am happy with that.

@Skinny-My mom, unfortunately, is not doing great. She is still fighting though. Her Dr. says the cancer has spread since they started doing treatment. My mom is almost always tired and not feeling well. She says if it weren't for all the drugs they pump into her she would feel fine. She said before all of this she didn't feel like she had cancer and now she says she's feeling like she's near the end. She doesn't want to give up the fight though. She may be starting some clinical trials at MD Anderson soon. Hopefully they are better at treating her in a timely matter.

@Susan- I eat a lot of meat these days. I usually start my day off with 3 scrambled eggs and a piece of fruit. Followed by some veggie as a snack, lunch is either left overs from the day before or a chicken salad with either 6 or 8 oz of chicken, then probably baby carrots and guacamole, and for dinner more meat of some kind with veggies, and dessert is usually another piece of fruit and if I worked out I add in a banana. One of my do to easy meals is chicken avacado salad in cabbage wraps (so delicious and easy). I also rarely cook any of my produce so that takes out the added calories of any cooking oil leaving more cals for meat. I still use olive oil, which has always been my favorite, for my chicken. I only use coconut oil for my skin, I know it's healthy but I really just can not stand the taste of coconut. They also have paleo friendly protein powders. They are a little more expensive but worth it. Just look for plant based protein powders. If you ever go 100% paleo beware of the detox you may go through. Mine was pretty miserable. Most people think detoxing you are just in the bathroom all the time but that's not true for everyone. I though I had the flu. I was taking medicine but kept getting worse so I did some research and realized I was detoxing and stopped taking the medicine, soon after that I started to feel better. It took me 3 weeks to fully detox. but I'm glad it's all out of the way because I feel so good. Also, could you send me the recipe for the chicken and artichoke in garlic sauce please? It sounds great!

@Kah- I don't even remember the last time it was this cold in Houston, and now they are saying expect sleet and snow. It's 34 degrees here and thankfully I only live 3 miles from work otherwise my non heated car ride to work would have been much worse. They closed the schools today because we were supposed to wake up to sleet and snow but so far it's just cold. Being from the north I think it is really funny how early they closed schools yesterday for today.

@Robin- Too funny about your toilet water.

@Laurie- Awesome job on following the workout your trainer sent you without her being there! I don't know if I would have been that motivated or focused. If it weren't for Deputy I do not know if I'd even being doing C25K.

I hope everyone has a great day!
Helena

Reading post and logging have been doing well so far. I need to get a scale and check the damage (have been on hiatus for a couple months).
Robin I will try the list but right not I don’t write each day. I think it will work anyway. I did go walking last night 46 min, which was good.
Tonight is going to be a challenge we are going to a really nice restaurant and it is buffet style. I will have to fill up on water and salad, but who knows when I will ever be back at this ritzy place. I am most likely going to overdo my calories but having a lite breakfast and dinner.

So you remember yesterday's picture well here is today's. Brownies and cookies. The tray is a Salted Caramel Brownie tray. I didn't eat any pastries yesterday and I'm not eating any sweets today. I can do this!!! Unfortunately, sweets are a major trigger food for me and this is hard, but being this weight is even harder. Sigh.

I've been off this thread for several days, but I've been logging on my phone. I weighed in on Saturday, and I was down another half pound. (Every little bit down is so much better than a little bit up, right?)

I've been feeling under the weather (respiratory bug), and it's sooooo cold that I've been skipping the gym and comforting myself with food. My goal for the rest of this week is to curb my late night snacking. I'm not a bear, so I shouldn't be storing up and hibernating!

Now, who else needs a nap? *YAWN*

@ Helena, Kelly or others following Paleo here's a really yummy recipe my trainer shared. Hopefully it shows up. It's a "little" hard to read the copy, but I think you get the idea. If not, I can send a personal e-mail too. I know Helena you're not a fan of the coconut oil just use your own EVOO or whatever you prefer. It was pretty yummy. Enjoy!!!