Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

sorry for being MIA... I'm still here, plugging away. A few hard days (anniversary of my dad's death is Wed but these days leading up to it hold so many memories) and then I'm off to the beach for a week. Got an early bday present- Fitbit One - so that will be a nice distraction over the next few days. It's been helpful to have MFP to focus on in the past couple of weeks, and the half-marathon training is also good right now, I think.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Nothing exciting to report here. I am having pain in my right leg. It feels like something is pinching in my right hip and the pain runs down my thigh and stops mid calf. The brunt of it is in my hip and upper thigh. It is enough pain to be very uncomfortable but not enough for me to be in agony. I tried stretching after my little walk yesterday but that didn't help. Then I used my foam roller which made it feel better for an hour or so. This morning Brian massaged my leg for me and I tried the heating pad. It mostly bothers me when I am sitting down for long periods of time. So I've been sitting for a bit then get up and walk around for a bit then sit and repeat. :grumble: Any suggestions?

Emotional - Welcome!

Pashun - That is cute about Jacob's first word!

Tracy - Who are you calling obsessed?!!!! Certainly not me? :laugh: Sadly, it wasn't wrong. I weighed in this morning at 221. :brokenheart: It's all good though. I know it is coming. I am guessing within the next few weeks I will see the teens. Unless of course TOM shows up before then. Then I won't even want to go there. :grumble:

Skinny - That is a good way of looking at it rather than a false read. Honestly seeing that number makes me want to work even harder. :happy:
That would be good if I could wait a little bit to decide if I feel I could actually do the 5K. I will let you know in April how my progress is going and if I am going to do it or not. In all probability I will.
Yum to the asparagus recipe. I never thought to put other veggies with it. I make something similar with garlic but sprinkle some bread crumbs on top with some balsamic and olive oil then bake.

MyMOwMOw - Thanks for sharing the recipe. I copied it so I can try it next time I have zucchini in the house.

Tayna - That is really funny. If you don't mind me asking how tall are you? What is your weight goal? I am 5'2" and my final goal is somewhere in the 120s. I put down 125 but honestly it will be more about how I look and feel rather than the number.
I really like Five Guys fries. When my dad was in rehab this past summer Brian and I frequently stopped to pick us all some lunch and bring it to eat with him. (Prior to my MFP days) I cannot believe at one point I used to eat all those fries in one sitting. They do give you a lot! That was smart to take 1/4 of them out and just eat that. I wonder how many calories are in 1 serving of their fries. I cannot even fathom what the salt content must be in their serving either. :noway:
I do something similar when I do personals. I open the thread in two tabs then switch back and forth between the two while I respond. There is no way I would be able to remember everything if I didn't do it that way. :laugh:

apeydawn - Sorry to hear about your dad and not being there. As hard as it may be I think maybe in a way it was for the best that you didn't see your dad in that condition. I am sure he knows how much you loved and cared about him. He is looking down over you every day and smiling at you. :flowerforyou:

Laurie - Thanks so much for believing in me. I think I will probably be ready as well. I just have a fear of failing that makes me a bit non-committal.
Sorry to hear you are in the heavy zone of the storm. I hope that changes and it isn't too bad. We ended up not getting any snow they predicted after all. But temps are only in the high 20's low 30's today. :ohwell:

aoertner - Welcome and congrats on your upcoming wedding! I think the best thing to do is working on making one change at a time. Find an activity that you enjoy and make a date with yourself a few times a week to do that activity. Also be honest with yourself when logging and log everything no matter how good or bad it is. I found I made my most progress when I invested in a kitchen scale and began to weigh my portions rather than estimating what I thought they were. Best of luck to you. I am sure if you stick with it you will fit into your dress in June!

Robin - I hope the physical therapy goes well for you. How many times a week will you be going and for how long?
Interesting about the article saying Friday was the best day to weight yourself. I am curious what was their reasoning behind Friday being best?
I dyed my hair yesterday and thought of you as I was cleaning up the mess. :laugh:

Littleshadow - Sorry about the anniversary. I am sure it was an emotional day for you. Congrats on the Fitbit. Feel free to add me. https://www.fitbit.com/user/28KV99

Good morning and thank you to everyone who congratulated me on my engagement. To answer some questions: I knew the proposal was coming but I thought it would be on our trip to San Antonio next month. So it was surprising that he did it sooner. The proposal was really cute. We were sitting on the couch at his place after a nice dinner at Outback and he told me to wait there he had to go get something. When he came back he told me he had to tell me something. He pulled a card out of his pocket and concealed the front of it but read what he had wrote to me on the inside. To summarize what he wrote; he pretty much gave me this long speech about how much he loves me, how much I mean to him, how he is just so excited and happy to spend the rest of his life with me, and that he knows that I am the one, that he believes God brought us together because loving me has taught him how to love God again. Once he finished his lovely speech he handed me the card and the cover said "Asking you to marry me was the smartest thing I have ever done" I thought it was sweet as he's asked me before but never officially and when I looked up to thank him and tell him how much I loved him he was down on one knee and had the ring out and then asked me to marry him. It was really sweet and exciting. There was no hesitation from me. I cried it was just wonderful. I am very excited. Originally we were think of October this year but we just can't afford it right now. I was looking at venues but all the ones I liked needed booking 6 months in advance and paid upfront. Unfortunately, there is no way we would have the money required to do that next month. I have about half of it in my personal savings but that would mean putting off paying my bills off once and for all. Our new date is April 18th, 2015.





Sunday Share: I'm Helena! I am 23 and newly engaged! I live just south of Houston, TX. I currently live with my mom to help her out because she has stage 4 breast cancer. I will be moving in with my fiance this year sometime. I have 2, well now 3, wonderful fur babies. My first is Chinchii, she is a beautiful gray chinchilla. My second is Deputy, my mommas boy lab/pit/boxer/dane mix. Third is my fiance's kitty Toby who has definitely taken to me.

Monday check-in: Ok I had a really long off week. I barely worked out and I definitely did not eat 100% paleo and I am totally paying for it now. Back on track it is. Thankfully I only gained .4lbs but that could be attributed to the higher than normal sodium intake. I am making paleo lasagna tonight which I know will last me a few days of lunches It's super super yummy! Even my baby sister (ok she's 16) loves it. Ever since I made it for my family she has been requesting it.

@Laurie-An outdoor triathlon sounds exciting! I wish you the best of luck on that! You can do it! Always awesome to be noticed and shock people in a good way!

@JNettie- Awesome NSV! All of my jeans are like that these days, I never have to unbutton or unzip them. I just don't want to go buy anymore yet, Mostly because when I hit size 20 I can steal my younger sister's old pants. Also, awesome job on almost getting into the teens!!

@Robin- I hope your Dr's can get your health issues under control. I hope you don't get any numbness in your toes.

@Skinny- Sometimes it's ok to be a bum. I spent most of the evenings last week being a bum. I know I shouldn't have but my grandma went home for a week and it was nice not to be cooped up in my room and be able to spend some time with my mom. It is the first time in months that we've had the tv on.

Have a great day! I need to finish catching up.
Helena

So last night I was leaving my apartments gym and walking back home and it was freezing, I decided to run home to get there sooner, I broke my ankle in 2008 and have been real restrictive with it over the years afraid I would hurt it again. I was so happy I tried it and had no problems, It did feel strange but not painful!!

Good morning everyone. Sorry I haven't been to chatty lately but rest assured I have been lurking in the background and trying to keep up with you all. We are in the final push to get my hubby ready to go back to work later this week. As always I will really miss him while he is gone but I swear I am not moving from this house to do anything except some walking with the dogs all weekend:laugh: As usual he has worn me out. We got some new harnesses for the dogs and I finally got my new walking shoes and todays walk was wonderful. My feet didint hurt and i was able to keep much better control of Zeus. Not a whole lot planned for today other then getting his stuff organized. I might run to the nursery down the road to see if they have any strawberry plants since I would like to get those put in soon. Well have a great day everyone and dont forget your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Todays workout per HRM:
55 min
1062 cals/claimed 720
2.49 miles
6743 steps

Hope to shoot hoops this evening with the boys so will get a bit more of a burn yet:happy:

Monday Check In---Had a case of the downs this weekend, I weighed myself Friday and am now at my highest weight (that I know of) 306!!! :brokenheart: :sad: So discouraged and disappointed, but today is a new day and I ain't quittin!!!! Glad to see so many of you killing it, my back is hurting so I'm doing my best to move around to get "un-stiff" so I can do my workout when I get home and then tomorrow morning some yoga to stretch this mess out! Anyhoo, have a happy Monday and a great week!!!!:bigsmile:

Jt- Is that a new picture? I really like the look and the picture.

Well another snow today, we had 7 inches of the white stuff. Good thing we should have school tomorrow as most of the roads have been plowed. If we don't get the waiver from the state department, we will be in school until June 25- no joke. Teachers will then have a few more days after that. It is so frustrating. I wish they would take the time away from spring break but that is not a topic of discussion at this point. :grumble:
Due to the snow my gym was closed today so no trainer workout and rescheduling is not looking good at this point :explode: I did get some exercise by shoveling snow so that helped some but now I am bored and really not in the mood to go shopping but I could.

I am so ready for spring to arrive-4 days and counting.


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I lost 2lbs since last weigh in. Very happy about that. Happy St. Paddy's day everyone. Making my own little version of dirty red rice for dinner. I never make it the same or I would post the recipe. I promised hubby we'd do cornbeef another night.

Haven't really been feeling up to par today. My allergies are getting the best of me today. My brother walked my dogs for me so I didn't have to go out into the rain and possibly feel worse. He's a good brother. I guess our rainy weather, though, is better than the snow most of ya are getting.

Going to be taking my brother to an interview for a program he is trying to get into for veterans. I really hope everything goes well. He really needs to be a part of this program because it benefit him greatly.

Pashunrose39

HI Everyone
I have been using MFP for the past month and just getting into the community section.
I am getting married in June so this past January (Jan 18th to be exact) I cut out all refined sugar and have been working out 4-6 days a week. Its been a great two months and I have never felt better. I have lost 20 pounds so far and am ready for the next 20. This past weekend was tough...family and friends in town for my Bridal Shower. So I am back on track today and thought I could use a little support from the community.
Its been inspiring to read all the posts so thank you!

I had a very busy day at work today. I usually finish by 2pm, but didn't finish until almost 4. Our computer system went down, preventing us from being able to scan parcels and registered letters. We had to do it all manually. I had over 70 items, so it sure did take a while, I also kept dipping my hand into my coat pocket where my scanner usually resides during my route. To top it all off, it took me an extra hour to get home due to a road closure through a small town, which meant a very big, slow detour. I popped in my exercise video as soon as I got home to make sure I got it done. If I had sat down first I may have just skipped it.

@skinnyeanz: I am enjoying 30 day shred. I find the cardio the hardest, but I'm able to get through those sections without stopping now. I just finished day 3 of level 1. I see an improvement every time I do it.

@Robin: I have also heard that the Friday is the best weigh in day. I used to weigh Monday and was always disappointed. Then I heard that people relax their eating on weekends and results are not good on Monday morning. Friday gives you the best picture since most people are good throughout the week.

@L2T: I dread making that lists like that. I usually make a big spring cleaning/repair/de-clutter list... I really need to get my house in order, I've been neglecting it over the winter. A good cleaning always makes me feel so much better and accomplished.

@JNettie: I am just under 5'4" tall. My goal weight right now is 170. I say that because the last time I was that weight after I had my daughter I thought I was slim (but I think I have a distorted view of my body), BMR says I should be about 125 ish but I honestly can't see myself at that weight, I think I would look much too skinny. I think I will just stop when I look a healthy weight, not get to a certain number. I would be able to eat a large serving of those Five Guys fries no problem. I used to pack away a lot of food. Surprisingly, I did not exceed my sodium intake after eating there yet I will go over just eating a large veggie sub from Subway. Ready for the calorie info on the fries?
Little Fry 526 cal
Regular Fry 953 cal --- that's more than the regular hamburger with 2 patties!!! (which is 700 cal)
Large Fry 1314 cal
I did notice they cook their fries in peanut oil... surely that has something do with the outrageous amount of calories.

@Jeannie: congrats on 200!!! That's a fantastic number!

@Helena: What a beautiful ring, congrats!! I love your nail polish too.

@RobinB: I did a lot of reading and heads cratching and asked a lot of questions before figuring the TDEE out. I'm only eating at a 15% calorie deficit and losing easily. I love that I don't really feel like I'm dieting too much. I find it much easier to maintain than a smaller calorie goal. Keeping accurate track of my exercise calories is the key to making the EM2WL program work for me.

@Laurie: I couldn't agree with you more about wanting spring to arrive.

@Pashun: congrats on the weight loss, that's a good number!

@ushkii: I love reading your posts, you always make me chuckle ... twoderland LOL

@nyc, and congrats on the great start. I'm newer to this thread too and find a lot of motivation and support here, I'm sure you will too.


Exercise scheduled for this week:

Sunday: REST --DONE--
Monday: 30 Day Shred level 1(day 3) --DONE--
Tuesday: Physio- bike and (full or lower body)
Wednesday: HIIT (abs), Power Yoga level 1(day 2)
Thursday: 30 Day Shred level 1(day 4)
Friday: Physio-bike and (full or upper body)
Saturday: rest or (hiking?)