Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

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I am also a bit down been having a short break from mfp. I thought I had gotten down to 150lbs but when my husband weighed he also came at 150 so we thought that was odd and put a 5 lb weight on it came up 150 yet again. Well it dawned on us how old it was and got a new one. Sad to say i am back up to 160. Guess i do need mfp.

Hope the surgery went well, Robin!

Heidi- Great job with the walking prep this weekend. I am very impressed by your dedication to doing the ½ marathon. Hope your ankle gets better soon. Happy birthday, best wishes for the year ahead.

Doug- L2T and Kelley- gave you some very good advice and I would suggest the same thing. Have you tried swimming? I am thinking it might help to relieve the pain in your back since the water helps to reduce the strain on your joints. You start one day at a time and cook your own food. Eat fewer calories to lose weight. Keep walking and doing it in intervals is fine and will make a difference as you will burn calories and build endurance. Like Kelley said- pick one thing and stick with it for 3-4 weeks, it will become a habit. Welcome to the group, we hope you post often.

Tlh-Happy that you did not have snow again. Hopefully, Spring will stay around for a while and you can enjoy the weather. Sounds like a great program.

Aimee- Congrats on no longer being in the obese category. That is awesome and great job on the hike.

Susan- Great job on 1 week without diet coke, that is fantastic. I remember giving up soda and it was hard but you can do it.

Kelley- Sorry to hear that your trainer has left your gym. I know how difficult it is when trainers leave for whatever reason. At least, he is doing his best to continue working out without you outside of the gym. Sending you positive thoughts that you can work out a training schedule together.

Meeper-Welcome to the group.

Hansea- Here is your Kick in the Pants!!! It is time to change a habit like eating in front of the TV. I had to stop myself from eating in front of the TV and only in the kitchen. Now at night, when I watch TV and check in on MFP, then I can read and post while watching TV. This keeps my hands busy and me from eating at night.

Nettie- Great job on your walk and the faster pace. Yeah, to the interview going well and the fact that it was conducted by the higher ups is even better.

Today, was a great day and had a good session with my trainer by working on lower and upper arms today. I actually managed to do man style push ups correctly. I surprised myself with doing the 3 sets with the numbers increasing each time (8,10,15). The focus today was on forearm strength so that should help with the rock climbing and swimming. This was going to be a quiet week but it has turned busy all of sudden. So my goal is to still exercise this week.

Sunday- rest
Monday- Trainer DONE
Tuesday- Meeting after work (gym?)
Wednesday- Evening meeting (Swim Team practice?)
Thursday- Trainer morning (day off)
Friday- Climbing
Saturday- Swimming and water aerobics
Sunday- 5K run and maybe a bike ride

For all our friends in the path of severe weather please stay safe.

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GOALS and IDEAS for daily posts (Not mandatory)


Monday - Check In (how are you doing? Had any successes or struggles this week-end?)

Tuesday - Goals (do you have any Goals you want to update us?)

Wednesday - Wishes (what do you wish? It can be weight related or not, can be realistic or not)

Thursday - Truth (got anything you need to fess up to or get off your chest?)

Friday - Fitness (what are you doing to get fit? How are you preparing for weekend eating?

Saturday - Success (what have you accomplished; focus on the positive of the week, NSV=non scale victories)

Sunday - Sharing (tell us a little about yourself....update your personal life)
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May Challenge- Will be an exercise based challenge. Details to be posted soon.

Bumping to stay on the thread....! I hope everyone is safe.

Lin in Central Iowa

Thanks for rolling us over Laurie. I'm open to either google docs or posting here. I don't have a lot of experience with google docs, but I have an account where students share assignments with me, so I'm sure I could figure it out.

Hi Everyone! :flowerforyou: Sorry I have been sort of MIA the past few days. I've been reading, or at least skimming through everyone's posts, but I apologize if I missed anything.

I would love to go back and reply to everyone, but I'm still swamped with grading, so I will just start fresh from here.:flowerforyou:

Monday Check-in:
Well after a really great start to April and our re-commitment challenge, I kind of fell apart over the past few days. Easter holiday put me over for the month, and though I started to cut back on that overage early in the week, by Friday I was 1200 calories over for the month. I then neglected to even log this past weekend b/c I was away from my computer and food scale with my friend in Lake Geneva. We didn't eat or drink a lot, but then I also had a party yesterday evening. Logging as best guesses and from memory, I am currently at 1360 calories over for the month. I will do my best over the next two days to bring that down, but I think I will end up over for the month. I figure even if I'm 1000 calories over, that's still only the equivalent of eating 2 days at maintenance for the entire month of April since I'm at a 500 calorie/day deficit right now.

I plan to start fresh on Thursday. Will clean the slate and start at zero again with the goal of doing better next month.

I mentioned work has been drama-laden, I won't go into the boring details, but one of our building reps (union) has been a real pain in the butt. Just doing/saying stupid stuff and rubbing all of the rest of us the wrong way. Elections for next year's reps are this Wed, so I'm hopeful she won't get re-elected--or if she does, that I don't get re-elected.

Grading Goals:
1. 67/70 AP essays
2. 18/52 satirical cartoons
3. x/52 Hemingway short story annotations/questions

(I have a lot more grading, but this is my goal by friday)

Exercise goals:
Mon--walk gunner DONE
Tues--walk gunner + gym
Wed--walk gunner
Thurs--walk gunner + gym
Fri--rest day
Sat--walk gunner + Glo Run 5k
Sun--walk gunner + gym

Sitting in the doctor's office waiting on DH. Finally got him to have a long overdue screening colonoscopy. He was bragging this morning that he lost 6.5 pounds overnight due to the cleansing process you go through prior to the procedure. I had to laugh at that since I'm sure most, if not all, of it will be back tomorrow. At least I could also report a loss. Down to 190.8 this morning!!!

April Renaissance/Fighting Complacency

At or under Calorie goal: 28/30

Exercise Goals:

Saturday - 3 hours yard work DONE
Sunday - 3 miles walking DONE
Monday- Cardio/Weights/Stretch DONE
Tuesday - Rest Day
Wednesday - Cardio/Weights/Stretch
Thursday - Pilates
Friday - Cardio/Weights/Stretch

Bump I have heard of the geocaching. Ill haveto see if he is into that or not.