Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

I'm exhausted today. I slept like a rock until 3 am until I woke up for some reason. I just could not fall back asleep, so I lost almost and hour and a half and couldn't even fall asleep after hitting the snooze button at 4:30 (that snooze button puts me to sleep every time LOL). A very busy day at work, with Canada Post not operating delivery yesterday, so I had 2 days mail to do. That got me 12,000 steps by 2pm. Physio was great, it was good to be back, and I felt like I had extra energy and got my leg lifts really high today, as well as the kettlebell. Maybe it was the extra calories I'm eating. The real test of that will be heavy cardio day on Friday.

@skinny... I am taking advantage of more peanut butter, almonds and cheese, and am slipping in a few Ritz crackers... I love them. I have room now for those with cream cheese. What a treat.

I've set some new Fitbit goals for this week: Wed and Sat are going to be tough.

1. 12,000 steps
2. 45 active minutes
3. 2500 cals burned
4. 8km total distance

Tues: (currently) 14,303 steps, 68 AM, 3,369 cals, 9.61km

Just popping in quickly tonight. This has been a crazy week and it is not letting up any time soon.

Tom- The deviled eggs are very cute. It would have been hard to eat them.

Monday- Ran 1.5 miles in about 19 minutes- which is good but oh was it difficult. I hope this improves soon. Tonight, I did get a swim in for about 45 minutes. It was a good swim where I just swam what I wanted to swim so I went over a .5 mile maybe close to a mile. Tomorrow, I will meet with my trainer before I head out to a meeting in the evening. Thursday-I have 2 meetings after work. Friday, I will most likely work late then go climbing.

Robin- I will handle the May challenge.

Tuesday- Truth- I have been eating to much candy this week. I have a feeling that TOM will be making an appearance in the next few days. Not that it is an excuse but I tend to crave candy when it is close.

Sunday- REST Day DONE
Monday- Trainer- run 1.5 miles DONE
Tuesday-Swim DONE about 1 mile
Wednesday-Trainer
Thursday- Rest
Friday- Climbing
Saturday- rest helping at Special Olympics lots of walking
Sunday- Special olympics- walking

Had a good day. Got my butt kicked by a trainer (thought I was going to vomit for a minute there but got 19 flights of steps in and two laps plus all the resistance training). Met calories. Met water goal. Now just going to try to get to sleep but wanted to pop in and say hello.

@Robin...less than a week to go...keeping you in my prayers.
@Laurie...sounds like you are kicking some butt
@Robin...look at that speed...improving all the time!

I know there was so much more to say, but I'm on my iPad tonight and not very used to it. Good job to those that are getting it done... You can do it to those that are struggling.

Goodnight!

Had a good day. It was raining earlier in the day, but the sun came out in time for me to get good walk, 4.6 miles. RobinB, congratulations on the increased speed. Robin, at least all this pre-op stuff is using up some of the time. Maybe it will make the time go faster.
Have a good evening. Onward and downward. Kaye

Still around...getting caught up! Be back later!

@robinB--congrats on the progress you are making on your walking pace--you are going to ROCK that Color Run!! :drinker:

@nettie--I can see how that would be discouraging, but I agree with robinB--do some follow up. Also, don't second guess your own abilities based on this. It may be they really like you in your current role and assume you will stick around for the part-time gig. If that's not acceptable to you, all you can do is show them their mistake by looking elsewhere. Sadly, I was in a similar situation years ago. I was running the Writing Center at a HS in an ESP position. Everyone there really liked me, but there were no openings after my 1st year. The new dept chair strung me along implying if I stuck it out for another year I would get a teaching position. Then after my 2nd year, he hired 4 outside people to fill openings and expected me to stay where I was. I told him if he wasn't going to hire me, he needed to write me a rec letter and help me find a position in another district. He passed my resume to the dept chair who hired me in my current district (after basically admitting that he didn't realize I wouldn't stay as an ESP). He only lasted as dept chair for a couple of years b/c he was made bad choices on some of those newhires. Bottom line is, getting passed over isn't necessarily a reflection of your skills in the position; it may just be bad judgment on the part of those doing the hiring.

@robin--you certainly are busy! I hope kaye is right and that it's making time pass quickly for you. :flowerforyou:

@laurie--I went on a candy binge today after a carb binge yesterday. :ohwell: Great job rocking that 12 min/mile pace!

@tanya--Mmm, ritz crackers are so good! I fear I wouldn't be able to stop at just a few. :blushing:

@tammy--sorry zeus woke you so early. :yawn:

@kelley--July is why they invented treadmills and air conditioning! :laugh:

@kaye--I hope the meds work for your knees. Mine have been a bit ache-y lately as well--I think it might be do to the weather paired with more outside runs on concrete. My body got really used to the cushion of a treadmill during our deep-freeze of a winter.

Tuesday Goals(since I missed yesterday):
I would like to get caught up with my calories and back in "the black" by this weekend. Not easy after my super carb binge yesterday, paired with today's chocolate binge. If I make it to the gym tomorrow, I should be good though. I also want to finish my AP essays over the next couple of days. I'm almost halfway through, and with several hours of grading time tomorrow, I should be able to make quite a dent. I may lock myself in my empty classroom so I don't get distracted by my colleagues in the office.

Wednesday Wish:
My wish is that robin has as easy and stress-free a week as possible leading up to her surgery.

Grading Goals:
1. 18/50 satirical cartoon analyses
2. 32/70 AP essays
3. 70/70 AP journals DONE

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

Wall sit = 55 sec
Forearm plank = 60 sec

Nettie- Eek! I would be freaking out, too! I hope you get a phone call soon and some reassurance about your career.

Kaye- Rain or shine...getting your miles in! Good job on meeting your mileage goal this week. I hope the anti-inflammatory works well.

Robin- Sounds like the time should be going by faster now with all your preop and prep work going on before surgery. Hope everything goes smoothly!

Laurie- I've eaten a lot of candy over the weekend, too. Easter and TOM and the stars aligned to make the cravings double up! Nice run!

RobinB- Great job with the increased speed! Congrats on your brief shining moment at the top of the Fitbit heap! Darn kids.
Too bad you forgot it for the gym tonight. At least your body registered the full impact of your exercise, even if you didn't get it recorded on your Fitbit.

JT and Tanya- Sorry about your early morning sleeplessness...I went to bed about 830 last night and slept in until 600 this morning! Maybe I stole some of your zzzzz's!

Reba- Welcome!! :flowerforyou: Many of us still have a long way to go, too. We all started where you are. Keep checking in here. I have found the accountability of this group has really kept me on track!

Kah- Does Bob's meatless day include fish? I usually do one meatless day per week, but without fish it tends to be protein-poor. I've done Mexican beans as a main dish instead of meat for dinner, too.


Skinny- Loved your Sunday Share!

Mowmow and Tom- What beautiful holiday foods. Your pics make me hungry.

AFM- I can't believe it's Wednesday night already. My week is flying by...though I haven't been all that busy. I didn't log all my food Sunday or Monday. I was off from work on Monday and the kids and I lazed about all day, watching tv and eating like crap. I started logging everything again on Tuesday, so hopefully I won't be too far off track by weigh-in on Saturday.

April Renaissance:

1. Under calories: 12/30
2. Wall sit: 15/30, 80 sec.
3. Forearm Plank: 15/30, 45 sec.

If I had posted this morning, my wish would have been to get my 4 coconut cream pies done on time for the hospital auxiliary pie sale. I'm happy to report that my wish came true with very few set backs. Now I wish that all will go well in the preparations for the luncheon I am in charge of on Saturday, serving about 100 people.
I echo Karen in wishing Robin well with her upcoming surgery.
Welcome to the new ones. There are plenty of encouragement and accountability here.
Nettie, I would be crazy. I don't have a lot of confidence in myself and would be easily derailed by your situation.
I got sprinkled on a bit this evening, but got 4 miles. Rain is predicted into next week. I hope we keep getting breaks.
Onward and downward, Kaye

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@Nettie~I agree with what others have said. Maybe they misplaced your paperwork? Or it could be that they love what you are doing already and want to keep you in that position (unfair, I know), similar to Karen that’s happened to me before. Never question your abilities, you’re excellent with those children and they recognize that. I know its frustrating and disappointing, I'm sorry its affecting you so much right now. I hope a follow-up phone call with them will put your mind at ease.

@Hansea~Bob really pushes fish in general and legumes on the meatless day, but I may find that fish is allowed on that day as I work thru his recipes. I think he’s kind of crazy with some of his “rules,” but I already do most of them.

@Susan~Welcome back!

@RobinB~You’re making great progress, you’re going to do awesome at the Color Run!

@Karen~LOL True!

AFM~Not much to report really. Missed my workout yesterday because of work but with my boss off today I should be able to get out of here early to meet my trainer. Last night I did finally start going thru clothes - amazing how much room my dressers have now. I made two huge piles, one to donate and the other to toss. I still have 3 drawers to go through and 2 closets, hope to have that completed this weekend - I think I'm going to find that I need clothes. :laugh:

Exercise Goals:

Sunday~Trainer DONE!
Monday~Cardio/Agility DONE! (3 mile run/agility drills)
Tuesday~Cardio DONE! (4.4 mile walk)
Wednesday~Cardio or Trainer NOT DONE! :frown:
Thursday~Cardio or Trainer
Friday~Rest Day
Saturday~Cardio