Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Truth Thursday:
I almost did not make it to church last night because I was hungry and lazy. I made it a mile past the church when I made a U-turn and went back and it turned out to be a great decision. I need that time with my Lord. He set me back on track and I feel renewed for my weight loss challenges. I will not let my hunger and my laziness rule over me.

Today has been much better. I increased the amount of protein that I am consuming and that seems to have helped. I have drank almost 80oz of water and looks like I will be under my calories. Work was a little busier which is good for me but not for my patients :brokenheart: .

@RobinsEgg: You can do it. Just jump back on the wagon and keep going. You can do this and if you need support we are always here. We go through successes and our failures together!

@Tanya949: I know what you mean about the pictures. You should put one up anyway to remind you of your goal. I have pictures on here from when I started till about 4 months ago and when I look through them I find motivation because I see results. They have been slow but gaining the weight was a slow process also. Over the past year I have gotten much better about pictures being taken of me, and when I think about what I will look like in December-ish when I reach my goal I get so excited!!! Find the excitement and be proud of yourself. Loving yourself is where it has to start. Good luck!!

@rainandwood93: Keep up the hard work and remember it was just one day. Make the next day that much better!

@jnettie: Yay!! For pants being too big!! Good job

Keep up all the good work ladies!!


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Tom- Anyplace you suggest sounds good. Thursday night is fine with me. If we go out on Friday then I will be getting some type of seafood. It is lent and I do not eat meat on Friday. I am looking forward to meeting you and Amy in person. Susan is available on Friday night 3/28, so I hope Amy can escape the Girl Scout meeting and join us. You are the expert so I will leave the place up to you. I may bring a co-worker with me as well.

Karen-liked your post and it is so true about the word "JUST". Let's turn it into the positive. Sub plans are the worst and it just feels like everything is happening at one time right now. I just need to get something written over the weekend so I can put everything together on Monday and Tuesday. I know I will be freaking out on Wednesday before I leave because I will have forgotten to do something. The one good thing is that the Literacy coach will teach my classes on the Monday and maybe come back on Tuesday to finish up the lesson. That is one less day I need to deal with, yeah.

Susan- I hope you get out of your funk soon. We can talk this weekend.

Jelkins- Welcome to the thread. You will find great support and advice here so stop by often.

Tanya- Nice picture. I always had a hard time with being in pictures because of my size. Now, I use the school ID pictures and a measurement of progress. I love seeing the differences in my body type.

Thursday Truth-As I mentioned to Karen- I am dealing with a lot of stress right now. Between work, friends, family and travel it is all adding up. I will be working on sub plans this weekend in my spare time. This stress is taking away my desire for food. I know once I am pass this trip life will be better.

Friday- Funeral for my friends mom. doctor's appoint if I don't feel better tomorrow. Then rock climbing that night.
Saturday- Water aerobics then hair appointment
Sunday- Workout and lesson plans
Monday- Copies for the week, finalized sub plans and workout with trainer
Tuesday- Put all plans together and set up the materials, Give MSA science, Need to workout but may not happen
Wednesday- Science MSA, triple check sub plans leave for Vegas
Thursday- Conference
Friday- Conference
Saturday- Conference
Sunday-Return home
Monday- Recovery day plus a workout.

I am very tired just looking at the next few days.

@laurie--Yes, your week looks very busy! I have a two-day regional assembly coming up a couple of weeks after our break. I haven;t even looked at my plan book to see what I will have the students do while I'm gone. My juniors aren't so tough, but the AP seniors are so pressed for time already b/c of the 4 days we lost. I will have to plan carefully to work out their lessons for those two days. I hope you're feeling better soon, too. :flowerforyou:

@tanya--love the picture!

@jeannie--glad you had a better day today. :flowerforyou:

@robin--Yay for spring! I feel the same way--even though I woke up to snow flurries, it is nice that winter is officially over.

@rain--great idea to stock up on healthy stuff so you can avoid the restaurant food while your cafeteria is closed.

@holly--it always makes me nervous when kids are too friendly to strangers. I think the same thing as you--what if someone takes advantage of them? It must be tough to raise kids to be polite and friendly, but also wary. Then if you throw in parents who aren't attentive enough or who don't actively teach their kids those lessons--recipe for disaster. It's really sad.

@jelkins--welcome to the thread! :flowerforyou: Don't despair--many of us have stalled out for long periods of time, but sticking with it does eventually pay off.

@kaye--sorry to hear about your father--sending warm thoughts your way.

Happy that so many of you enjoyed the post I shared. :happy:

@nettie--I never keep negative friends on here. One thing I learned right away from MFP is that many of us are overweight or unhealthy b/c we tend to put everyone else's needs before our own. I've learned that even though I have obligations to others--my family, my students, my colleagues--my first obligation has to be to myself. Does that mean I always make myself the top priority? No, of course there are still times that I forgo a workout b/c I need to grade or take care of home responsibilities. However, I've learned that part of this journey is about learning to be selfish sometimes--to say "I'm going to do this for me b/c it's what I need and it's what I deserve." As much as I feel badly for some of the MFP "friends" who are in obviously in need of guidance, I've learned to accept that they are not my responsibility. I don't mind supporting others who return the support, but I have no time for the needy, attention seekers who always complain and never take anyone's advice or contribute positively to my journey. Don't feel bad or judgmental--you are right to delete those folks. :flowerforyou:

@L2T--yay for being so close to 100lbs lost!! :drinker: Glad your weather is improving--we are supposed to get near 60 degrees tomorrow--then back down to 30 on Sunday. :grumble: I guess we have to take what we can get.

Thursday Truth:
I am really struggling to stay productive at work--tomorrow will be the worst day of all, but I will keep fighting the fight! :laugh: At least my exercise has been good, but I'll save that for Friday Fitness.

March Challenge:
1. 2/4 weeks--Share a new recipe
2. 17/31--Eat a veggie/ salad every day.
3. 120/31--Water goal 12 cups/day

Grading Goals:
1. x/50 motif charts
2. 1/70 AP essays
3. x/50 Gatsby tests

Exercise goals:
Mon--walk gunner DONE
Tues--walk gunner DONE + gym (cardio) DONE
Wed--walk gunner DONE
Thurs--run outside w/ gunner DONE
Fri--walk gunner
Sat--run outside w/ gunner
Sun--walk gunner + gym

Wohoooo It's Friday! Yes, I am one of those who lives for Friday. Then I think Why???? I do more work on the weekends than I do during the week. It's suppose to be raining this weekend so i'm going to look for some HIIT exercises to fit in while I'm doing things around the house....... Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Friday is here. No weekend plans but homework. I may try to see a movie alone......not sure I can handle that but none of my friends currently want to do anything (it's not the cost). 2 friends say they will go but then day of never return my call to know what time. My other friend not only lost her job and had no savings her house is leaking from ice dams so I may rent a redbox and hang out with her.
I weighted myself this morning no change. Honestly not really surprised haven't been eating the best and due to weather only been getting the small amount of fitness at work. I was within my calories but my sodium was over by a lot each day which doesn't help me lose. I am just being accountable to me.

@karen- it is hard to teach being nice and polite and stranger danger. Now that my son is almost 18 (June) I notice these type of kids more. I always taught my son to be polite say Hi to neighbors when walking our area but don't stop to chat with them unless we know them very well like hanging out with them. In public I taught my son it's okay to say Hi if your with an adult otherwise just keep walking.
@Tanya- I have mirror issues too. I think everything looks good on me then I leave the house or dressing room and people tell me the real deal.
@Laurie- Hope your trip helps with your stress
@L2T- Great advice for the newbies and oldies we all need that reminder at times.

Friday fitness – I started back working out my upper body at the gym this week and I am happy to say, NO DOMS!! :drinker: Although on the days that I did not lift, I did not do much of anything else either. Even my walks at work were far and few between because I was so busy.

@Tanya – Thanks for detailing more of the EM2WL plan. I went to the website and had already joined the group here on MFP. I am just really scared of eating more. I guess that is typical of most people. But at the same time, I know I need to do SOMETHING to change things up as I know I am not eating right/enough. Maybe because I have been done this road before, eating around 1200 calories and losing 2 pounds a week that I think I should be able to do it again. Even if I am 7 yrs older! I have been struggling to eat the 1240 (MFP recommendation) everyday, yet most nights go to bed with a growling tummy. I eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus sometimes a few snacks every day. I never get hungry throughout the day until about an hour after dinner. My stomach starts growling like I haven’t eaten in days! Since I typically eat dinner in the late evening, I don’t want to eat again so close to bedtime. I should have prefaced with the fact that my old, bad eating habits were only eating once a day. That once a day was dinner that pretty much lasted from the time I got home from work until I went to bed. :blushing: At this point, I am thinking that even though it’s been over two months of eating better, my body still thinks it needs food and lots of it, at night. Like teaching a baby a sleep schedule and the difference between night and day, sounds like I need to teach my body the same thing, doesn’t it!! :laugh: Oh and I can relate to the whole camera thing! It’s a shame to be like that, I know, but still can’t get past it either. Years ago, I had cancer and thru chemo lost all my hair. I RAN from every camera for MONTHS until my hair grew back at least some. Now, I regret not having any pictures to see what I lived through, what I conquered!

@Skinny – the 2300 calories does include my exercise. Last Sunday, which was a very lazy day, my Fitbit recorded only 191 steps walked and 1824 calories burned. (On the plus side, I cleared a LOT of space on my DVR!) I “JUST” love your post from Wednesday! :flowerforyou:

@Kaye – Praying for your dad!

@Robin – Sorry to hear about your continuing issues. I hope Spring brings you more than warm weather and a bird’s nest near your deck! :flowerforyou:

@Nettie – good for you for dropping your dead weight. Sometimes our friends can end up being detrimental to our health!

@L2T – You said a mouthful! I am a believer in everything you’ve said. I will try what others have succeeded on if it looks like it could work for me. As soon as I know it won’t, I dismiss it and move on! Great advice for the newbies and NOT so newbies!

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

Good Friday!!
I had a pretty decent week. There were some ups and downs but overall a successful week. I hope everyone's week was great and that even with tough days overall we pushed forward.


Friday - To get fit I am logging everything I eat and drink and walking as much as I can. I park farther from the store or if the store is close to my house I may walk. If I have a bad day I don't get down, instead I just start up again. This weekend will be tough but I am going to stay within my calories and try to hike a run this weekend. There are many going away parties for me this weekend so I will need lots of will power! Send good waves my way. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

@grandmakaye44 - Praying for your Dad

@JNettie73: Congrats for almost being in the teens!! I know the feeling. Last Saturday I was at 200sih. I got on the scale this morning and I was 198.ish!!! So exciting. Keep up the great work!

@Laurie: I hope that you come back from your trip energized and full of life. Stress can take so much out of us

Happy Weekend and keep up the great work everyone!!


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Still not doing so hot with the motivation thing. Even though my brother and his girlfriend told me they are proud of me for the weight loss thus far, I can't seem to get motivated to keep it going. I'm frustrated about it all. I'm glad I'm losing, but I just feel alone in the whole thing, I don't have anyone to exercise with during the day. I do walk my dogs about 3 or 4 times a day. I suppose that is helping. It definitely isn't as much walking as I'm use to though. I suppose it's better than nothing. I know that any kind of movement is better than none.

Tonight, I'm having ham steak, rice and a nice salad for dinner. I'm sure my guys will be happy with anything I feed them. I need to stay on track and keep losing. I need to move more. Maybe, I should climb my stairs a few times in a row.

Hope everyone has a great Thursday. See ya on the flipside.
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i totally get this. It is hard to exercise by yourself. You are doing well to get out with your dogs a few times a day. I am trying to get myself to go back to the gym. Just need to make it like an appointment i guess

jelkins- welcome!! come back as often as you can to help get motivated and stay on track. Try making one or two small postivie changes in your lifestyle. Trying to change too much will add to your stress and get you derailed

susan- so jealous you are meeting other MFPers!!! yup, it will certainly help your motivation

sitting around all day doing nothing. gotta pick up a package for my sone at the bus depot then go to my neice's for dinner where she will be revealing the gender of their expected baby. They have two girls and i am pretty sure this is a girl as well. Hope she remember that this is not an exact science!!
did not sleep well last night....probably cause i had too many snacks in the evening

Friday Fitness: Nothing to report. It’s not been good and time to start back. I head to Dallas tomorrow on business through next Wednesday. I already called the hotel and told them I want a room near the fitness center. I only did that because my time will be limited and the sooner I can get there, put in a good work out and get ready for the day will be better. I’m committed to get myself back on track and very, very fast. It’s not been pretty lately.

@ Tanya – A picture of you – yeah!! I can totally relate. I truly HATE getting my picture taken too. What’s really sad thought I’ve realized I have hardly any pictures with my Cyrus. Shame on me for being so selfish. I’ve started to take pictures with him. While I may not like the me at this time, I need to do it for him. Hopefully, as time progresses, I will see me shrinking. Regarding exercising, I’m the same way and sweat like a pig. I know that’s supposed to be good, but I had dripping all over the place. Yuck!! At least I wipe up after myself not like SOME people of the gym. Sooo gross!!

@ Laurie – You better not get sick. You’ve got too much ahead of you including your trip to Vegas. I can’t wait!!!

@ Tom/Laurie – Cyrus has a 6:30 game on Thursday so Friday is the best for me. Seafood on Friday or Southwest sounds good to me. Where do you want to meet Tom and what time? I’m pretty flexible. I know you said Amy has Girl Scouts, but we can always go a little later too. It’s Vegas right? 24/7!!! LOL!!!

@ Kaye – Very nice. Always a time of remembrance around the Sabbath really for many religions. Also, I’m so sorry to hear about your Dad. 95? What a full he has led. Thoughts and prayers to him for healing.

@ Karen – Whew. . . I know how diehard you Chicago fans are between the north and south. I’ll keep you posted. Normally, game time is around 1. The rooftops are pretty cool plus all the free food and BEER!!! Plus, the event down at Navy Pier is pretty cool too with some nicer food and better adult beverages. As soon as I get some final details, I’ll let you know. Also, you’re right. The funk needs to go away. It’s not worth it that’s for sure.

@ L2T – You’re exactly right. I can support and give all this great pep talks, but I don’t listen to myself. I think that’s been a big challenge of mine for a long time. I’ve got so much support from you guys and it means so much to me. Hugs all around!! Thanks for the book recommendation. I’m going to check it out.

@ Nettie – Awesome Thursday Truth post and I really need to listen to your wise words. Yes, I can’t wait for T2T and I’m going to set a goal to try and run the whole thing too. I’ve got no excuse and plenty of time to train. We CAN do it and WILL do it!!!

@ Ushkii – Chuckling at the extra jalapenos and cherry tomatoes. You have some interesting co-workers it sounds like. LOL!!

@ KarenL – Thanks for the book name. I’ll look it up. I normally don’t read too many self-help type of books, but decided to give one a try. I just started it, but it’s called The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do You Can Do to Get More of It by Kelly McGonigal, PH.D. We’ll see.

@ Pash – All those things will add up. Walking the dogs 3-4 times per day is GREAT!!! Just keep doing what you’re doing and keep your chin up. You’ve got this!!

@ Jelkins – Welcome!!! You said the “d” word. Shame on you!! LOL!! I try to not look at this journey as a diet. I know this has to be my life going forward. I’m changing these bad habits into good habits for life. I don’t want to continue on this yo-yo journey. Congrats on the 70 lbs – awesome loss!! Now tackle the rest with us!!

@ Queen – I can totally relate. I’m use work, stress, etc. . . for my excuse to not get moving again. We need to just get up and go!! As far as your rant, you have ever reason. Unfortunately, it’s these same parents when God forbid something does happen they’ll blame everyone else except take the responsibility. It’s everywhere in this country I’m afraid.

@ Robin – HUGS!!! This has been quite a year for you. Your health has been such a battle and I know gaining was never your intention, but you had so much on your plate. Here’s to a better 2014 and we will continue to push forward.

@ Jeannie – Good for you!!! I’ve not been in a while and I know my spirit has been down. I need to get my butt back immediately.

@ Apey – Girl, I’m right there with you. Bring on Friday’s!!!!!