Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

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Bump and good morning :flowerforyou:

Thanks for the roll over Laurie!

Wednesday wish... I never got tired....

Hi guys!

Great morning in that the scale finally dropped to 187.2! First time I've been there in quite awhile--at least since before the holidays. Now just 2 lbs away from where I was last summer.


Tuesday Goals:
To get started on the AP presentations--I would like to have those graded by the weekend. I know it only says 18, but I still have to give all 71 students individual grades, so it's more than it seems. My goal for today is to just finish 2--that's about 8 students.

Also, want to go to the gym after school--not sure about walking gunner as the weather was crappy this morning (more snow :grumble: ). If it brightens up, I'll take him before I head to the gym.

It's a colleague's b-day so there are yummies in the office. Fortunately, she's very health conscious so she brought a big veggie tray and hummus. I'm eating some raw cauliflower and tortilla chips with the hummus right now. Will try to avoid the "bad" stuff until 9th period. If I still want it then, I will make it fit my calorie allowance.

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. 71/71 AP journals DONE
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

Morning, Sunshines!

Weighed in today. I did NOT lose 2000 lbs as my ticker has said but.... I was just getting a new baseline post sodium dump. I will probably lose another 4 or 5 sodium lbs but I wanted to test the scale and see if it remembered me or would give me an electrical shock or something.
My info is all correct now and I set up a spread sheet showing how much I want to lose each month and how many calories I have to eat to do it. It's a VERY slooowwwwww progression with my weight complete in about 2.5 years.

No more eating 1200 calories for me, I was just to damn hungry all the time.

I DID take MowMow for a nice walk yesterday in his stroller after work. There was a break in the rain and the sun peeped out so we hit the sidewalks. He hasn't been out since last September and was SO excited. He was meowing and trilling at everyone and everything we passed.

Glad we heard from Robin. Now if we would just hear from Toots and Monachris I'd be a happy woman!

Morning, Sunshines!

Weighed in today. I did NOT lose 2000 lbs as my ticker has said but.... I was just getting a new baseline post sodium dump. I will probably lose another 4 or 5 sodium lbs but I wanted to test the scale and see if it remembered me or would give me an electrical shock or something.
My info is all correct now and I set up a spread sheet showing how much I want to lose each month and how many calories I have to eat to do it. It's a VERY slooowwwwww progression with my weight complete in about 2.5 years.

No more eating 1200 calories for me, I was just to damn hungry all the time.

I DID take MowMow for a nice walk yesterday in his stroller after work. There was a break in the rain and the sun peeped out so we hit the sidewalks. He hasn't been out since last September and was SO excited. He was meowing and trilling at everyone and everything we passed.

Glad we heard from Robin. Now if we would just hear from Toots and Monachris I'd be a happy woman!

i feel like i need to lose 2000 pounds!!

Karen- Yeah for the scale moving again.

Littleshadow- I know you will be able to get threw this month with as little alcohol as possible. It will be a challenge but you can meet it head on and remember we are here if you need to vent.

Kaye your granddaughter is beautiful and I love the name the parents choose. I am dealing with another polar vortex and hence the extremely cold temperatures.

alupinsk- I believe you will complete your 5K in under 45 minutes. Once you start the run, you will find the added motivation to meet your goal. When is the 5K?

I had a wonderful snow day today, the best part was the roads were cleared so I could get some errands done today. New battery for cell phone is done, new battery for laptop is ordered and workout is done for the day. Simple workout today just a 6 minute bike ride then a 7 min run up to a 5.1 mph speed then walking laps.

Tonight I am heading out for a little while with friends.

Goal for this week is to complete the indoor triathlon with higher totals than last time. Personal goals 12.5 lengths=13, bike 9 miles (last was 8.5 miles), run 1.55 miles (1.5 miles). This is a timed event so the swim is 10 minutes, bike 30 minutes and the run is 20 minutes.

Tomorrow is back to work on time as the announcement has already been made. I like the bonus days off but I don't like the make up days that will be happening later this year.

Hi everyone! :flowerforyou:

@alupinsk--good luck on your 5k--I agree with laurie, being in a race boosts your adrenaline and you tend to go faster. In fact, I find I really need to focus on not going too fast from the start or I burn out halfway through. As far as sizes, I found that I went down in sizes pretty quickly form 18 to 16 to 14, but now I've been kind of stuck between smaller 14's and larger 12's. My ultimate size goal is to get into a size 8 pants b/c I've never been in single digits as an adult.

@laurie--I know you'll do great at your tri! Did you register for T2T yet?

@shadow--awesome that you are in the smaller 18's--isn't it amazing how much of a range there can be in ONE size of women's clothing?!?! Sending you good vibes to get through the next couple of weeks--maybe exercise can take the place of those drinks to make you feel better.

@kris--I wish I were more adept at using spreadsheets--that's awesome that you set that up. I agree that 1200 is not enough for me either. I would rather lose more slowly and not be starving all the time.

Oh, someone mentioned gorilla--he's still on MFP--I see him post quite often; he just hasn't been on our thread lately.

AFM--I exceeded my grading goal--got through 3 presentations = 10 students done. :happy: On the flip side, being in the grading groove caused me to stay at work later than I'd intended. By the time I got home and walked gunner, I didn't really feel like going to the gym. I don't know why I'm not feeling the workout bug this week, but I'm just not. :ohwell:

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:
1.3/18 AP presentations

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

I have a few more running questions. What do you do to warm up first? Walking or other exercises? Can anyone recommend stretches to do prior and after running? I am sure I will have a lot more questions when I begin it. Thanks in advance.


Tracy - Glad to see you are back. That is great that you only gained .2 lb while you were gone. I am glad to hear you had a good vacation.

Robin - Sorry to hear your computer is not working. Well wishes as always.

Kallista - Welcome. No need to apologize, you posted correctly. Be sure to check back in with us often!

Conscott - Congrats on your weight loss so far. Happy Early Birthday. Do you have any special plans for your big day?

Tigredia - Glad to hear things are going fine!

Karen - They predicted snow to hit us but the reports kept changing. We ended up getting an inch the most. I am glad I didn't lose any more time from work due to the weather. Sorry to hear you had snow and couldn't get out for your walk.

Alupinsk - Congrats on the teens!!! That is great that you really like your therapists. I just noticed you changed your MFP name.

Kah - Thanks for the advice. I appreciate it. How are you feeling? Hope much better.

Humbleheart - Snow cream sounds yummy. I have a friend that makes it for her kids. I have never tried it though.

Tanya - I step on the scale daily too. You have a good attitude about the fluctuation. Sometimes it is difficult not to let these things get us down. But like you said, it's not a true gain. Congrats on exceeding your protein goal, that is fantastic.

MyMOwMOw - Sorry about TOM. Lately when it hits me it really knocks me out. I have not been overly crampy, which is a good thing, but I get extremely exhausted to the point that all I want to do is sleep. I can completely relate.
Your Dr. McHotty Pants story made me chuckle. I love that you call him that! Hope your appointment went well.
:laugh: To the weight set incorrectly. Good thing you figured out what was wrong and corrected it.

I love that you take MowMow for a walk in a stroller. While we were out and about this weekend we stopped in a pet store and saw one. I have to say I was intrigued. The Fosters and Smith catalog came yesterday (cat and bird editions). They had strollers in there as well. Do you get funny looks from people when you take him out for a stroll? I have also been considering getting my girls harnesses and leash training them. But I am so afraid that once they get a feel for the outdoors they will want to go out all the time and try to sneak out.

Skinny - Thanks for the advice. I appreciate it! Sorry to hear your students are being lazy and copying from the internet. I would be irritated too with them. I don't blame you for not wanting to waste your time grading it.
Congrats on the loss.

Pwinche - Welcome. I can relate to the shyness. I do much better in small groups of people that I know really well rather than a large crowd. I prefer to workout alone but that is because it's my "me" time. Ironically, Though I will allow my husband to join me on workouts on rare occasions. Ironically though I have no problem taking a group exercise class. I used to take kickboxing and yoga classes years ago and loved it.

Laurie - Thanks for the advice. I am with you on people watching. It is very entertaining.

paola - Welcome. Feel free to add me if you like.

Hansea - Cute names for the turtles. You are lucky that you don't have to clean the tank. I only have 1 (semi-aquatic) and it takes me 2 hours to clean her tank. But I only do that big cleaning once a month when I completely empty the tank, boil all the rocks and scrub them then set it back up. I do partial water changes in between which helps to keep the gunk down.

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Still trying to catch up

Today we got a good walk in the sunshine. I'm glad I made it happen because there is rain in the forecast for tomorrow. For dinner I made garlic roasted asparagus, really yummy.
Have a good night. Kaye

Bump to catch up later.

I just got through all the weekend posts. So many great victories!!!!

Robin - Hope you feel better soon!

Yesterday, I posted a wish thought it was Wed already. What a week so today I will post a goal drink 8 glasses of water this whole week.

Quick pop in to say hello.

Wednesday wish: For the kiddies (and staff) to be well behaved today. All my students except for one were off yesterday and wore me out. All day I was fighting off aggressive behavior/ inappropriate attention seeking behavior, self-stimulatory behaviors, PICA (eating inedible items - crayons, books, puzzle pieces, blocks), a child yelling at me and refusing to follow directions during structured work. My patience was really low between my students and staff. As the children engaged in inappropriate behavior, my aides just stood there and watched them rather than redirect them. I was being pulled in 5 different directions at the same time doing it all while my aides didn't do anything. I felt like a broken record yesterday telling my staff to redirect them and stop the inappropriate behavior.:noway: Really, it's not rocket science. If you see a child flip over my area rug and is pulling strings from the bottom of it destroying my carpet, you really should stop him and redirect him to the activity he is supposed to be engaged in. <smacks self in head> Sadly, I have been fighting this issue with them from day one. I even pushed and got 2 trainings for them. An informal one by me and a formal paid one given by my boss. They are nice ladies but really are clueless. It makes my job 100x more difficult. Yesterday it just wore me down and I felt like I hit rock bottom. Needless to say it was a glass of wine with dinner kind of night last night.

I was chatting with my boss last night about the day and told her about the one incredible moment that happened. My one student, who was being so good, has significant speech delays. His language is emerging but has a long way to go before he is able to hold a conversation. If he happens to fall while playing in gym he will run up to me and say "Are you ok?" I have been working really hard with him to give him more appropriate phrases to say. Recently he began showing interest in the other children and wants to play with them but has no clue how to. Yesterday while all 3 classes were in the gym he began playing with one of the boys from the older class. The older boy was dragging him and spinning him all around the gym with a hula hoop. That was great within itself because neither boy socializes with other children. The older boy pulled a bit too hard (My boy is tough and used to rough housing with his older sibling) and my boy fell. My boy ran over to me and said "I fell" rather than his "Are you ok?". I was so excited and surprised when he did this. This was huge for him! I was so excited it brought tears to my eyes. That moment certainly made up for the crazy rough day that I had with everyone else. It was my proud teacher moment for the day.

I hope everyone has a successful and wonderful day.

Nettie- I am sorry your staff is so clueless. Your job is hard enough at times without clueless staff. I use to work with mentally challenged adults with behavior problems, so I know your stress. The reason I stopped is one of clients almost killed me by swinging a shovel at my head while we were shoveling snow together. I got a huge smile on my face while reading your win for the day how wonderful.