Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Had a nice Superbowl party with family and made a chili. I did get a scale so it is off to work I go. Last couple weeks I guess was just to get back in the grove.
Wish me luck as I dive back in to logging and starting a walking program.

Was sorry to see the Broncos lose yesterday, but the Seahawks defense outplayed the Broncos offense – I knew it was a bad sign when there was a safety in the first 12 seconds. :frown: Peyton is one of my favorite players, so sorry to see him have the game he had – was hoping it would have been his swan song, it may have been his last season.

@Laurie~I’m sorry your loss didn’t stick. I’m having equal problems with that evil scale, even though I eat right and get my exercise in on the weekend I’m always up on Monday and have to fight all week to lose it – hence I stay the same every week. It’s really starting to tick me off. :explode:

@Tom~I’m not 100% Paleo, I do tend to sway that way in my eating but have found there are some foods I need to feel my best. There are foods that are restricted on Paleo that I do eat – I have a couple of servings a day of whole grains, usually in the form of Triscuits and flourless bread (Ezekiel). I also eat a little dairy (usually yogurt and aged cheese) and legumes (it’s what Ezekiel bread is made from), but I restrict sugar and consume higher proteins and fats. I am most sensitive to foods containing sugar, because I’m hypothyroid high levels of sugar cause too much of a fluctuation in my glucose levels resulting in hypoglycemia. I’m not diabetic but hypothyroidism can increase a person’s potential for diabetes and with my family history, I feel sugar is best left out of the equation. Paleo is really supposed to help these conditions, but for me it has the opposite effect – so I’m probably about 75% Paleo.

@Kaye~Hooray for your first “official” 5K, with all of your walking I’m sure you’ve got it in the bag. Have a great time!

@Alupinsk~Sounds like you had a terrific weekend! You’re right that 300# mentality is really hard to overcome, I struggle with that as well.

AFM~Had good session with trainer yesterday, he worked on my calf some – lots of knots which in turn were causing the knee pain on Saturday. I can still feel inflammation in my knee, but it feels better after he used the tiger tail on my calf (I hate that thing). I may run tonight on the treadmill, we’ll see. Not quite sure what my fitness goals are this week – I have training session scheduled for Wed but he said yesterday he may want to train me Tues so we can play racquetball on Thursday. I’ll know more tonight. I was short yesterday on both of my Groundhog Day goals. :frown:

Fitness Goals:

Monday~Gym, elliptical or running on TM
Tuesday~Gym, arc trainer or training session
Wednesday~Gym, training session or arc trainer
Thursday~Gym, treadmill/stairmill or racquetball
Friday~Gym, elliptical
Saturday~None, shopping
Sunday~Gym, training session

Monday Check In - My weight has been fluctuating all week. I did see some new lows but this morning I weighed in at the same weight as last week. I had two really nice losses over the past two weeks. So I am not upset over this morning's results. I know another loss is headed my way and I am ok with that.

This morning I was startled awake at 5:30 am by the ringing phone. I jumped out of bed, thinking the worst, and answered it. It was district calling to tell me that due to the weather they would be closed. I looked out the window and thought "WTH? It doesn't look bad out. Why close?" Yesterday was in the 50's and I had the windows opened airing out the house, today snow. I climbed back into bed and attempted to go back to sleep but was too stirred up by being startled. 15 min later my cell phone began ringing with the same call. I decided to just get out of bed and start my day. I lounged on the couch, snuggling under a blanket, cuddling with kitty while watching the sun rise. The snow quickly changed from rain/snow to pure snow and it looks like we have had a few inches so far. I cannot believe how quickly the storm changed. It is supposed to last all day. I definitely will be burning some extra calories today outside!

In the meantime, as I lounged, I began thinking about food. We ran some errands yesterday and picked up a ton of veggies as well as my protein powder. I couldn't help from thinking about what I should make for dinner. That quickly turned into what can I make for breakfast. Today's breakfast was homemade waffles with a scoop of protein powder, I was experimenting. It wasn't that bad! I made Brian some bacon, a waffle (no powder) and an omelette. For his omelette I diced up scallion, spinach, and a few roasted red peppers. I mixed it with the egg, added a bit of salt, pepper. chipolte flakes and a garlic herb cheese wedge. I hate the taste of eggs so naturally I don't cook them. I was completely experimenting and making stuff up as I went along. I have to say the omelette looked and smelled really good. Brian said it was excellent, so I suppose I did something right! :laugh:

Kah - I am glad to hear Zoe has a clean bill of health. WOW, she is a big cat! My kitties are only 7 and 8 lbs. Misti looks significantly bigger though due to all her fluff but she is actually very tiny. Wahoo for being able to take advantage of the sale!

Skinny - LOL to the goat statue. That made me laugh.
I am not sure what to pick as my protein goal. The powder I picked up has 30 g protein in it. We stopped for lunch yesterday and I ordered a smoothie and had them add protein powder. When I got home I didn't want to spend more calories on powder so I didn't try it out last night. I am going to see what my protein is like today and make a decision. The powder in the waffles wasn't that bad. It did change the flavor of the waffles, gave a hint of vanilla to it, which wasn't bad. I was happy it didn't change the texture of the waffle at all.
Glad to hear your chili came out good and you made your protein goal!

Tom - the "Dreadmill" LOL I love it. :laugh: It is definitely difficult to eat healthy at Serendipity but that tomato soup is outstanding!!!

Laurie - Sorry about the TOM gain. That always is frustrating. Your pasta salad sounds delish. I will have to try making it. Thanks for sharing.

Susan - Same with me when shopping. But being veggie it is really easy to stick to the outside. Yesterday we stopped at my favorite store for produce - Meat Farms. They have a huge produce section with some pretty good prices. I found huge bags of tomatoes on the clearance rack for $1.49. The tomatoes were starting to get a bit softer so not ideal for slicing but perfect for making sauce. I made a huge pot yesterday and froze batches of it. I also picked up cauliflower, cabbage, spinach, kale, scallions, peppers (they were HUGE), oranges, grapes, eggplants, carrots, arugula, broccoli and fennel. My fridge is packed solid. I plan on doing lots of cooking this week. I am thinking some nice soups, chili, stuffed cabbage, stuffed peppers, quinoa spinach mac and cheese, stir fried broccoli and eggplant steaks with roasted onion mashed potato and arugula salad. I am pretty excited about the upcoming menu.

Kaye - I love the story about the little girl in your daughter's class. That's great!
That is a wonderful compliment that you got from the woman, even though you don't know her. But all the same, I would be a little creeped out knowing strangers are watching me and commenting on my progress. I guess that is what happens when you live in a small town. Congrats to your first 5K. It will be here before you know it!!!

SraCr8on - I make soups fairly regularly. For some reason I don't like peppers in my soup but I love eating peppers. I toss in whatever veggies I have in the fridge. I prefer using fresh rather than frozen. I am not a fan of canned veggies.
Veggies I have used in soups/stews before are onions, garlic, scallion, celery, carrots, asparagus, fennel, string beans, tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, squash (butternut, acorn), turnips and various greens such as spinach, kale, escarole. Swiss chard is also yummy in soups or stews. I have never tried mustard greens but I am sure they would add a nice flavor too.
I am not a huge fan of mushrooms (its a texture thing) so I usually don't add them, but I have seen a lot of soups made with them as well. You can try dicing up a nice handful of fresh herbs and toss in for additional flavor. Or you can tie up an herb bundle, submerge and simmer. Just remove before you serve the soup. I prefer to dice and toss rather than the bundle. Fresh herbs really do not add many calories. I do recommend using dried beans rather than canned. It cuts down on the sodium a bit. Plus you can get a nice big bag of beans for a decent price and it will last you much longer than a can. I also enjoy adding barley, a small cut pasta or rice to soup.

Monday Check-In: Weekend was good and very productive. House is ready for the week. Food is prepped and no excuses for poor choices. Work doesn’t have many meetings (thank goodness). I’m really going to focus on getting some filling done that I’ve been putting off. Tomorrow night a good friend is in town for a convention so we’re going out to dinner. She was one of my suppliers at Arby’s so we’ve been friends for quite some time. I can’t wait to see her!!

@ Karen – I think September is a great goal for me too. I’ll have so much to celebrate and with my friends who helped cheer me along. Can’t wait! You’re having a great start to the February Challenge. Keep it up!! I’ve not done a Glow Run yet, but the Bachelor took one of his dates on one a few weeks ago. It looked like a lot of energy, loud music and fun – my kind of race!!

@ Kaye – I’m so proud of you. There is so much energy at races, which is why I’ve participated in the past plus there normally benefiting a good cause. I will walk/run, but mainly walk. My goal is to run the majority of the T2T that Karen, Laurie, myself and whoever else wants to join us in NYC in September. I can’t wait and this is going to be a great challenge for me to strive for.

@ Ushkii – Yes, baby steps. I was in a funk myself, but pulled out of it (thank goodness). You feel so much better about yourself and the journey ahead. Just try to check in with us as much as you can. You know you’ve got our support!!!

@ Alupinsk – It sounds like a fun weekend. Good for you!! I think one of the hottest football coaches is the Pittsburgh coach. He’s a hottie in my book. What is cubical tunnel syndrome? Is it similar to carpal? Hope you get some answers soon.

@ Kelly – It was a sad game that’s for sure. Peyton had one of the best years of his career and the win would have been the icing on the cake, but Denver was never in the game. Knots in the calf are no fun. My trainer will stretch me at the end with that stupid foam roller and those knots I just want to scream. So painful to get out, but does feel a lot better when they come out.

@ SraCr8on - Way to bounce back! So you enjoyed Friday night and went a bit over, but you rallied for a great weekend – good for you!! I do great during the week because I’m at work, meals all planned out and I’m good to go. Weekends give me a little too much free time, access to the fridge, and I just have a tendency to snack ALL day. I was really good this weekend too and it felt great!

@ Nettie – School closed again? You guys will be going until the middle of July at this rate. LOL!! I know it’s better to be safe than sorry. Hopefully, Atlanta finally learned their lesson. It’s always so funny to hear everyone’s different qualms about food. For many, it is a texture thing. Where I love eggs and can’t imagine NOT eating them, you don’t like them. I love mushrooms, but its texture for you. One of my little quirks are raisins and strawberries. I love them both fresh, but not cooked in things, i.e. raisin bread, strawberry ice cream, etc. . . yuck for me!!! Crazy people we are that’s for sure. LOL!!

@ L2T – Hugs to you. I think there’s quite a few of us in the same boat. We’re making good food choices, exercising regularly, but the scale just kind of sits there. I definitely do not have any words of advice because I can’t get past it myself. I’m thinking I need to lower my calories, but my trainer tells me NO and I need those calories. I’ve changed my eating pattern and leaning more towards high protein/fat with low carb. It’s still early, but I’m hoping the scale will cooperate with this new eating. I guess I just have to wait and see. Sigh.

@Susan--Jim Tressel in his younger years always did it for me. Dat sweater vest. nom nom nom.

Cubital tunnel syndrome is where the nerve that runs from the shoulder to hand gets "caught" in the elbow or irritated. It causes the pinky and ring fingers to go numb.

Hi everybody.

Helenavee42- Welcome to Twoderville!


I ate too many cals for the super bowl:sad:

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
― Albert Einstein

Tom

@tammy--two reasons to celebrate in one weekend can be very tough, but at least you exercised.

@helena--congrats on reaching twoderville!!! :drinker:

@ushkii--I hope you get the scale issue worked out. Wouldn't it be fabulous if that new scale were correct?!?!

@L2T--I have done the calorie cycling, and it did help get the scale moving. I actually prefer it to the same daily allowance, but it's just too hard for me to track. I hate math which is why I love just letting MFP add up my calories. I wish this website had a function that allowed you to program different allowances for different days throughout the week. :ohwell:

@nettie--how many days have you guys been out? We've missed 4 and we only have 5 emergency days in our calendar, so if we miss more than one additional day, we will lose state funding.

@stephanie--I really like zucchini in my veggie soup.

@kelley--hope your knee feels better soon. :flowerforyou:

@alupinsk--glad you had a fun weekend with your friend. I love that you learned proper squat form in the bar--that must have been a sight! I had a similar experience as you in Milwaukee last weekend. My friends and I were dancing, and some young guys came onto the dance floor to join us. One of the guys started dancing with me, and I really thought he was interested in my younger, single friend. I was talking her up, and then he started overtly hitting on me. It took me a few minutes to figure out what was happening--partially b/c I still view myself as much heavier, but also b/c I was wearing my wedding ring. Silly boy! :laugh:

Monday Check-in:
Well, my weight was at 188.8 this morning--it's the first time I've seen a number below 189 since before the holidays, so that leads me to believe this focus on protein is already working. :happy: I'm currently just under today's goal and have been playing with my food diary to see what kind of evening snack will put me over the protein goal while keeping me under calories. I really want a pomegranate, but it only has 1 g of protein--not enough. :grumble: I figured out if I want the pom and something else to reach my goal, I will need to do some exercise. I already logged some core work, so I should bite the bullet and do it. I haven't done core work at home in months and have been wanting to get back into the routine, so this is a good excuse to start tonight.

Groundhog Day Challenge:
2/28 days at 100g or more of protein

Grading goals:
1. x/52 poetry annotations

Exercise goals:
Mon--rest day CORE WORK INSTEAD
Tues--walk gunner + gym (circuit training + HIIT)
Wed--walk gunner
Thurs--walk gunner + (circuit training + HIIT)
Fri--rest day
Sat--walk gunner + gym (cardio)
Sun--walk gunner + (circuit training + 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

Hello guys and gals!

@Robin - I'm sorry I'm late on your good news! When I read your post, all I could hear was Arnold Schwarzenegger in Kindergarten Cop saying, "It's not a TOO-MA"! :laugh: I can also relate to the downside of the Prednisone. I battled Hodgkin's Disease twice when I was in my twenties. Prednisone was a small part of the treatment and I HATED it!! It made me mean and nasty. If that wasn't bad enough, I ate, and ate, and ATE!! I give you tons of credit for holding on to eating right while on the medicine. :drinker: :flowerforyou: I'm with the others (unless we're reading it wrong), your friend seemed a little harsh and insensitive.

@jtconst - that's exactly why I decided to make Fridays my weigh in day, gives me 4 good days to counteract a bad weekend. At the same time tho, you have to NOT allow yourself to make a habit of abandoning your efforts over the weekend knowing you won't weigh in until Friday! BTW, SO jealous of your weather!!

My tablet went wonkers before I was done. :grumble:

@alupinsk - so jealous of your weekend in Pittsburgh! :drinker: That's my hometown, but haven't been back since 2009. Are you from the area?

@Helena - congrats on your accomplishment! :flowerforyou:

@morgori - they said yesterday that the Superbowl is the second biggest "eating" day after Thanksgiving. Don't beat yourself up, just brush off and get back on the horse!

Until next time; wishing everyone peace, love and weight loss!!

@laurie--glad the snow didn't affect your commute home, We are due for more snow tomorrow, but as of right now it is trending south of the city. It's also not supposed to get heavy until later in the evening, so even if it's heavier than expected, I should beat it home.

AFM--made my protein goal again, though I ended up going back for a second serving of doritos. :blushing: I will make it up at the gym tomorrow (or shoveling).

Groundhog Day Challenge:
3/28 days at 100g or more of protein

Grading goals:
1. x/52 poetry annotations

Exercise goals:
Mon--rest day CORE WORK INSTEAD
Tues--walk gunner + gym (circuit training + HIIT)
Wed--walk gunner
Thurs--walk gunner + (circuit training + HIIT)
Fri--rest day
Sat--walk gunner + gym (cardio)
Sun--walk gunner + (circuit training + 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

Tuesday goals: Keep moving along and giving it my all.

I decided my February protein goal is going to be to reach at least 80 every day. Yesterday I managed to reach 104. My MFP goal set me to 119 so according to them I had more to go. But from my perspective reaching 100 was a huge accomplishment for me. :happy: I did have a lot of beans yesterday. I cannot eat like that every day because the beans would take their tole on me after a few days. :sick: That is why I picked 80 as my goal. Of course I am going to shoot for higher numbers whenever I can but I would be extremely pleased for just reaching 80 for a month straight.

Yesterday was a busy day for me. A Fitbit notification popped up when I synced and told me I was an overachiever. :laugh: I spent a lot of the day in the kitchen cooking, I got my Gilad routine in and went out to clear the driveway and street. We ended up getting 8 inches of snow yesterday and it really does look beautiful. Last time I checked they were predicting more storms coming our way. One is supposed to hit tonight into tomorrow and another one is scheduled for this weekend. I am not sure of the exact totals they are expecting but yesterday's storm is supposed to be the small one. They say the storm for this weekend can give us 3-30 inches depending on which way it turns. So as of right now my weekend plans are up in the air. We did have plans to head upstate this weekend to spend with my friend and her family for my birthday. However if we are getting 30 inches there is no way we can make the 4 hour trip. I guess time will tell. Last year for my 40th a blizzard hit as well. We were stranded for 3 days. I am used to having blizzards on or around my birthday. That is what happens when you are born in February and live in the north east. Good think I like the snow!

Susan - I know. They will have to take away our Spring vacation at this rate. School into July interferes with my plans of teaching summer school so I really hope it doesn't come down to that. We have February break coming up. I was just saying to my husband over the weekend that I hope we don't get enough snow to close school from now until vacation. It would have been ideal if it snowed away during vacation then I wouldn't mind as much. I get paid hourly for both jobs rather than salary. If the schools are closed I don't work. If I don't work I don't get paid. I hate losing a days pay due to the weather. :grumble:

Helena - Congrats for being under 300. That is fantastic!

Skinny - I am not sure how many days school has been officially closed all day. I want to say only twice so far. However we did have quite a few early dismissals and after school programming cancellations that cancelled my class and cases. Since the children were in school for part of the day I do not think that counts towards our emergency days. But I could be wrong.
Congrats to the new low!!!

Laurie - The snow stopped by 7 last night which gave us plenty of time to clear everything out for today. I was so surprised when I heard a lot of schools were running on a 2 hour delay this morning. I think the supers were also afraid of icy roads. Do you have any storms coming your way this week? Or are they hitting too far north to reach you?

Good morning everyone.

I am doing badly with snacks; I must put an end to that!

JNettie- I was born in February in the north east.:laugh:

Groundhog Day challenge 2.69 miles 1/27

“The best revenge is massive success.” –Frank Sinatra

Tom

Tues. Goal:
1. get over this darn cold, now I've completely lost my voice
2. get right back on track eating...last night was a bit of a disaster....however, I stopped myself. I've been eating right for almost a month and I was feeling so lousy last night I ate a lot of carbs!
3. drive to my son's house tomorrow and make it there safely (last 2 invites I didn't go due to snow and ice).We're supposed to have another storm tomorrow, but I want to go anyway. I hate disappointing my sweet, little grandson.
4. get to the gym more often...I'm using illness as an excuse, but I want to lose 10 lbs. this month and won't if I don't make it to the gym.

Hey guys! Just a quick check-in to post goals--I will do personals later tonight.

Tuesday Goals:
My main goal is to get to the gym and burn some calories b/c I need them if I want to make my protein goal. I also just miss the gym as I haven't been there in several days. I have ZERO grading--and this time I'm not lying --so no excuse not to go work out. I dropped to 188 this morning, so I was able to log a loss on my ticker--yay! I don't post partial pounds, so the .2 yesterday was just a tease.

Tuesday Goals:

Eat within my range and add resitance training to my workouts! :-)

Mel, sorry you are not able visit your grandson, but congratulations on getting off of those meds.
Karen, way to go on the loss. Enjoy the gym with no papers to grade.
Susan, its good to have you back in an upbeat mode. You are right. We can do this.
Today is the second day of sunshine and I haven't been able to get outside either day. ???? I couldn't get my schedule and dh's schedule work so that the kids were covered long enough for me to leave. I have a haircut appointment in the morning. I'm going to walk to and from. DH already knows the plan. Tonight the pedaler will have to do. I will make my water goal again today.
Have great evening. Onward and downward. Kaye