Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Hi. Newbie here. I have lost a lot but have really fallen off the wagon so to speak. I don't go to the gym as much as I should and are having a hard time keeping my food under control. I went from a job to where I was on my feet and walking all the time to where I set behind a desk for 12 a shift on an overnight position. I have the bike that I fit under my desk and try and use that as much as I can. I am finding myself grazing a lot and even though I pack "good" snacks, I don't need to eat. Of course this weather is not helping. I can't get outside because it is freezing and the sleet and snow does not help. Since going overnight 6 months ago, I have gained 20lbs. I don't eat sugar. haven't touched a soda in 1.5 years. I drink water and tea. I have contacted a nut but still have hit a brick wall. Was supposed to meet up with a personal trainer but the weather prevented that.(I switched gyms for classes I could attend). I am shy working out and pretty shy in general with people in person.:blushing: Does anyone else have that issue. I choose to workout by myself because of my shyness. Does anyone else have issues like this?

Kelley-Thunder sleet- Wow, we had that in our area about a week or so ago along with thunder snow. It is amazing how quickly the frozen stuff comes down during one of those events.

Alupinsk- Congrats on the weight loss and reaching the teens.

KarenL- I hope the snow ends for you soon and you can get back to your regular walks.

Tanya- A 1.6 lb gain overnight happens due to water retention mostly unless you agte a huge amount calories yesterday. Don’t let it get you down, I am sure the scale will go back down tomorrow.

MyMowmow-I hope you get some sleep tonight. You have dealt with many things the past few months, so yes, you can let him know about the stressful events that you are handling. Try not to stress to much so you can lower the BP before you go. TOM also impacts my mood and weight so don’t fret to much right now. Good luck tomorrow.

Karen-We have gone through 8 snow days this year, yes another one tomorrow. We had 4 emergency days so we are 4 over at this point. At this point our last day is June 19 but that is subject to change. We are waiting to hear if the state department of education will waive the extra days. We have a chance since we were under a state of emergency for some of those days. If not we will be going until the end of June at this point. This storm has messed up our testing schedule as we well, the kids will now test on Thursday and Friday instead of Tuesday and Wednesday.
The cutting and pasting sound so familiar with the kids. The last project they did for me was mostly cutting and pasting when they should have put things into their own words. That is one of the reasons I stopped giving regular homework.

Nettie- Taking a day off in between runs is a good thing like Kelley and Karen have said. I usually run in doors so I take a water bottle with me but I will drink before and then I try to wait until after before I take another drink.

Pwinche1-Welcome. I am also shy around people instead I enjoy people watching. One of the goes I have is to participate in events that force me to social. I usualI work with a personal trainer and it really does help. Does your office have stairs or room to walk around? If yes, then you can use your breaks to get up and take a walk around the office or walk the stairs a couple of times. Do something that can get you up and moving throughout the day.

JT- Congrats on the loss and hitting 3 pounds this week, you are doing great.

Well, as I told Karen, I have another snow day tomorrow. After today’s shoveling, I will be able to get out tomorrow and get some errands done provided it is not freezing. Yes, we are expecting another Polar Vortex with a low temp of 5 degrees not including the wind chill. Hope everyone has a great day tomorrow.


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@laurie--thanks for handling the roll over! :flowerforyou: Sorry you are going so late into the school year. We put all 5 of our emergency days on the end of our calendar year, so if we don't use any we can end earlier. This year we would have been done June 6th if not for the 4 days off. My understanding is that if we go beyond those 5, we can then request the state waive any additional. I hope your DOE allows you to end earlier as well.

@kris--I noticed that on your ticker earlier as well! :laugh:

@tammy--congrats on the loss! :drinker:

AFM--I ate my yummy salad, so met that part of the goal. I also got a few more journals done and made some fish for lunch the next few days. Now I'm too tired to do any core work. I think it is bedtime for me. :yawn:

March Challenge:
1. x/4 weeks--Share a new recipe
2. 2/31--Eat a veggie/ salad every day.
3. 2/31--Water goal 12 cups/day

Grading goals:
1. 66/71 AP journals
2. x/18 AP presentations

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

Thanks, Laurie, for taking care of the roll over.
The last couple of days have been okay foodwise, but skimpy on exercise. It was raining yesterday and I hadn't taken a rest day for a month, so I didn't do anything last night. I got a short walk this morning when taking g's to school, but it was raining and I had to drive to pick him up. If its raining tomorrow, I'll have to pull out YouTube or my DVD.
So glad to know that Robin is okay.

**bump** to the new thread

Goals:

I'm still hoping to complete my 5k in under 45 minutes.

I am also sticking with that I want to hit 100 pounds lost by 9 months. As of today I'm 13 pounds away from that. WOO!

I also have been in a size 16 since about 230, so I'm wondering when I'll finally drop into the size 14. My stomach still has quite a pouch on it because of where I carried most of my weight, so I'm a bit worried I won't drop much size wise because of that.