Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

kah: thank you so much for the info... I use a foam roller at physio for my back, hamstrings, and IT bands. And I'm pretty sure that the IT bands are indeed the culprit. A bit better today, and I foam rolled at physio expecting to hit the roof when I went over that area, but surprisingly it was quite bearable. I will probably buy myself a foam roller for home, as well as some running shoes.

MAY Challenge: I am going to push myself for 155km... which is 5km per day. Walking, running and stationary bike. That is 96 miles for the U.S. folks

Thursday Truth: I've been lagging in the home cooked meals department the last 2 weeks or so. I've slipped back into the habit of grabbing dinner on the way home. At least I make sure it fits in my calories and am concious (sp?) of making some better choices, so it does not seem to be detrimental at this time. But I could be ( and was) eating healthier than I am currently. My snacks are all from home and healthy so that's still OK.

FItbit goals:

1. 12,000 steps
2. 8km distance (this total will not be used for the May challenge as it includes daily activity, not just exercise- and it doesn't measure bike riding anyway)

Monday: 18,006/12.1km
Tuesday: 13,174/8.85km
Wednesday: 15,846/11.13km
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:

May Challenge: (155 km) (96 miles)

May 1: 11.2 km (6.7 miles)

It has been a busy day for a day off. At least I worked out with my trainer this morning so I did get some running and biking in today about 9 miles. I keep learning more about running and trying to reduce wasted energy (ie arm moving to high and to much). After the workout, I spent the day taking my dad to a doctors appointment, went to the grocery store then to class and finally home. It was a non-stop day.

Little shadow- You can record miles based on what you want so feel free to use your fitbit totals.

Robin- Hope you don't have many more of those fainting spells.

Susan- Happy Birthday to Cyrus and congrats on your loss.
Thanks to everyone who are posted their goals. This is what I have so far along with any distances recorded for today.

ushkil- 40 miles -2.41
Lauriek- 140 miles- 9 miles
Hansea47- 66.5 miles
Kaye - 100 miles
Robin Egg- 30 miles
jtconst- 95 miles
littleshadow- 25 miles
tlh0407- 60 miles
tanya- 155km (96mi)-thanks for the milage conversion

The rain and flooding has stopped for now and today was beautiful. The weekend is suppose to be nice as well so I hope to get outside. I will be running a 5k on Sunday and swimming on Sunday.

Truth- I have been not paying careful attention to my food intake and eating out or not as healthy as I should. So I need to focus on the healthy foods once again- namely veggies.

Bumpity Bump Bump! Only 3 pages to go until I'm completely caught up! YAY! :drinker:

Well, today's thursday, so I have to tell the truth about something... Well on Tuesday I stopped by my parents house, and because I was below my calories for the day, I was feeling hungry, so I had a cup of kraft mac & cheese, and about 2 cups of cheesy potatoes! I can't believe I did that, but back to the diet!

1.32 miles today

Well I have caught up on all your news of the last few days. So much happens doesn't it! We are just living our lives but its so hard to keep up.

I tried to look back for my April challenge goals and can't find them anywhere! So disorganised!

Not sure that I will be contributing much to the May challenge. Have any of you heard of fibromyalgia? If not, think chronic fatigue and arthritus mixed up together and you'll have a rough idea. The weather has turned cold here, and winter is trying to set in and its hard to get moving when your body is against you.

I have got my food under better control. The kicker was when I gained one week in April, I wasn't having that, so have got myself a lot more organised around the kitchen.

Love to you all from down under, have a lovely weekend, Nxx

Hello all! First-timer here. I have been looking for a way to get my motivation and stumbled upon this thread. I love the way you guys support one another. I also like the idea of a monthly challenge. If you don't mind an intruder to the group, I would love to tag along.

A little about me: I will turn 55 this summer and have +/- 100 pounds to lose. At one much younger time in my life I was an exercise junky and I desperately want to find that girl again. I am a severe sugar addict. Despite the truth of my physical state, I am a fit and healthy 30yo in my mind. Occasionally I will catch a sideways glance at the mirror, exclaim "Who is that? What happened to Vicki?" and get my reality check. Last month I got a Fitbit thinking that alone would give me the inspiration. Apparently I am too far gone for that alone to be the Golden Ticket.

My goals for the month of May are to hit my 10,000 steps every day. (Once I accomplish this feat I will convert to miles) Drink 8 glasses of water each day. Reduce my sugar intake by not drinking soda.

Now to start Day One

The scale has not moved in 4 weeks! I have been busting my *kitten* working out 3-4 times a week and eating better plus court calories and NOTHiNG! I am getting so discouraged! HELP!

Good Morning.

Hope everyone is doing well.

My goal for walking in May is 85 miles.



“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” ~Larry Elder

Tom

Just checking in. Lost 5 lbs this past two weeks. Appetite coming back so I think I will start posting my food. Divorce has been filed and just waiting for final decree. My husband has been financially generous which is the least he could do after 3 years of living a double life and all the lies. Appears his girlfriend isn't going to take him back, but who knows. She gave him $30K which is he spent on rental cars, trips and covering up for not having a job the past three years. He is in treatment for his Bi-Polar andf PTSD but who can cure someone without a soul or conscience.

I just want to get past this pain, pick up my life and move forward. Already my health is getting better without all the rage and stress.

Don't want to lose the small advances I've made with my weight.

My sister was given a 40% chance of surviving the operation for the kidney cancer. They have a new procedure they can do in 90 days and Dr said chances were 40% either way. Great danger of hemoragging with current procedure. Less chances with new procedure but it is new and who knows how the tumor will grow in 90 days.

Havent really taken time to read posts, but my thoughts have been with "Robin" and RobinB, I liked your comments about the back. That is very encouraging

Welcome to the newcomers. There are no intruders here. Just come often and participate.
I love how the new month is helping everyone reevaluate their goals. It is a great place to start.
Katrina - my heart is hurting for you and what you are going through. Please take care of yourself. You are worth it.
Robin - glad your friends are taking care of you.
Have a good day. Onward and downward. Kaye

I need a vacation, BAD!! Some of my co-workers are working on my last nerve! I am so glad it’s Friday, hopefully a weekend will suffice.

I haven’t taken a real vacation in 5 years even though I get 6 weeks PTO every year. I usually take long weekends, especially during football season when I travel to Nashville to attend my son’s games. This July I will be traveling to the Richmond area with my mom to my brother’s house. My sister will be flying to Pittsburgh then driving down with my dad. She will then be driving back home with my mom and me after our week vacation. It’s going to be a real dysfunctional family vacation that I am kind of dreading, but on the plus side I can’t wait to see my brother and my nephews and their families!! I have never met my great-nephew & –nieces. I am predicting a LOT of liquid calorie consumption. :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: My brother is quite the mixologist!

@Susan – When you said you lost 10 pounds the first week, I thought I was reading it wrong. What are you doing? PLEASE SHARE THAT INFO!! Happy Belated Birthday to Cyrus! Both my kids are miracle babies too! Nothing is more special than the joy of a child when (for me) you’d been told you could never have kids (image my surprise not once, but TWICE!). Congrats on quitting the Diet Coke. I’ve never had a soda addiction but I sure was a smoker until a year and a half ago. It’s not easy quitting ANYTHING! I believe that!

@Vicki – Welcome to the thread! Come on in and join us! I can relate to your inner self-image. I suffer from the same thing a lot of the time. In my mind, I am younger and more agile. Several of us have a Fitbit. Feel free to add me as a friend: //www.fitbit.com/user/2C5K4B

@Monette – Welcome to the thread I concur with everything Hansea said. Are you properly accounting for everything? Every BLT (Bite, Lick and Taste)?? Don’t assume or guesstimate on anything you put in your mouth. Invest in a digital food scale (you can usually find them for under $20 – I paid about $15 for mine). Be very careful about eating back exercise calories, it can be a slippery slope. Like Hansea, MFP tends to overestimate calorie burns. As long as you are burning more calories than you are consuming, the scale should move down.

@KJeffries – My condolences on your marriage. And wow, between that and your sister’s illness, YOWZA you sure have a lot on your emotional plate!! Keep strong and remember we are all here for you! Congrats on the 5 pound loss!

@Hansea – I am curious about your running shoes also.

May challenge – I am always overzealous when it comes to setting goals on monthly challenges so this time I am going to be conservative. My challenge is 60 miles.

5/1 – 60 miles - 1.64 miles completed

Until next time; wishing everyone peace, love and weight loss! :flowerforyou: :bigsmile:
And…
Don’t sweat the small stuff, just SWEAT!!

Hello Everyone!
Whew! I FINALLY got caught up on my board reading!!! Sorry that this will be a HUGE post! I've been terribly remiss in keeping up with the board lately and I think I've definitely suffered for it. I had no idea how much just reading all of your inspiring posts lifted my spirits, kept me motivated and got me Moving! I've missed y’all!

Personals…

First and Foremost… WELCOME to the New Folks! There are so many of you! If you haven’t already realized it, you have stumbled upon what I think is The Best thread in all the MFP Forums! And WOW are the Southerners coming out of the wood works! Hey Y’all! Pull up a rocker and sit a spell! I’ll go get the Splenda Tea! :drinker:

@ Kah – sorry to hear the problems with your gym. Sounds like your trainer is pretty awesome! I hope things work out for you both!

@ skinnyjeans – My best friend did a Glow Run last week in our home town. She is not one to exercise at all, but she walked it with her coworkers, and had a Blast! Have fun with yours this weekend!

@ JNettie – Thanks for the encouragement on Fitbit! I “lost” my stinking charger for several days and, of course, found the original the day before the new one came in. Just my luck…. And of course it was RIGHT where I had put it, and looked over it several times before ordering a new one. LOL! Congratulations on the new floors! I bet they are Beautiful! OH, and here’s hoping you get the summer position you want. It sounds like you’re a shoe in!

** FIY: If anyone wants to be my FitBit Friend here’s my link! www.fitbit.com/user/2F8VWH

@ KJeffries – I’m so sorry for your troubles lately! Definitely keeping you and yours in my prayers! Where is your sister having surgery? Atlanta?

@ Kaye – Well, darling haven’t you been through the ringer this month! I’m glad that your DH and grandbaby are better! You are walking it out like a champ! Next thing you know you’ll be doing the long distance walks like LittleShadow!

@ Riiseli – I had a bout with plantar fasciitis and now have issues with bursitis in my left heel. That stuff Hurts! Here’s hoping that yours is under better control! A great recipe for a shapeable ice pack is 3 parts water to 1 part 90% rubbing alcohol. Make sure that you put it into two bags if you don’t use freezer bags. The alcohol can eat through thin plastic. I keep a couple of these in the freezer at all times!

@ Rain – Awesome job on the 5k! Bless your heart with all the studying you’ve been doing! I know you will be happy when the 14th is over and you can breathe easier! I hope you got things worked out with the summer position.

@ Robin – Bless your heart, you’ve had quite the rollercoaster month! Like you, it blows my fuse for someone to refuse to call a doctor when a pt. really needs to have a change in orders. They get paid just like I do to be there over night and be working. Anyway, it wasn’t like she was waking him up for a Tylenol. I’m so sorry that you spent your night awake and helping your roommate while you were, I’m sure, in pain and needing your rest! I’m so glad that you are home and healing! Please be careful with getting up too fast! Pain meds, on top of the ones you already take certainly can make you dizzy. I don’t want you to injure something else from falling!

@ LittleShadow – Love the new pic! You’re looking Great! Happy Belated Birthday! Bless your heart and your painful ankle! I’m sorry that things have been stressful for you lately! I hope that things start falling in place for you and the family so y’all can get back to life as usual.

@ M0wM0w – I LOVE LOVE LOVED your cat bed and candlestick “apothecary jars!” Seeing that makes me want to clean out the craft room and get to it again! I honestly haven’t done anything other than some crochet in the last 1.5 – 2 years and can’t tell you the last time I’ve been in a craft store. Sad, I know. :sad: Also, I’m happy that you are feeling better! High dose antibiotics certainly do tend to wreak havoc on your system. Sounds like you’re turning it around now though… YAY!

@ Tanya – I know Exactly how it feels to be woken up at all hours by the kitties! I have three of them and my whiny boy Arnie will stand on my pillow and meow loudly at me, if that doesn’t work, he likes to stand directly on my head. LOL! Congratulations on starting C25K and being successful so far!

@ Susan – Congrats on being Cola Free for so many days! You Can Do It!

@ Robin B – Hubby did a Color Me Rad run a couple of weeks ago (He even wore a tutu over his sweats LOL!) and Loved It! I was a wimp and didn’t do it with him, but after hearing how much fun he had I’ll be signing up with him for the next one!

@ Meeper – Zombie Run! Do Tell! Hubby wants to do one of those, but the nearest to us is 3hr away in Atlanta. Was it as cool as it sounds???

@ tlh – Good luck with the house buying!

@ Brandy12291 – I hope y’all didn’t get flooded last week! I heard from friends along the coast that it got pretty sloppy down there!

AFM: I’m afraid that I didn’t do very good at my April Renaissance goals this past month. I’ve had my first official weight Gain this month. I had lost 3.9 lb. and since, have gained 2.8 of it back which leaves me at a 1.1lb loss over all. I’ve gone over my calories far too many times this month, most of it from eating out and not cooking like I Should be. It’s been a bit of a roller coaster month for me. I’ve been trying to get used to DH’s new hours at work and forgot how much alone time I have when he’s in management. Too much time to think about what I can eat, not wanting to cook and just eating junk instead. I try to stay up until he gets home when I’m off, so my sleep has gotten all kinds of wonky (which is saying A Lot for me!). DH keeps complaining about his new job which is stressing me out too because we really need the extra money that it brings in. I’m hoping that it’s just the “more responsibility jitters” and that he can overcome them before he talks himself into going back into the kitchen. “Baby Season” is building up and we are getting busier at work gearing up for summer, and now for all the Holiday babies we will be seeing since Snowmageddon 2014 back at the end of January. I do believe that there will be a baby boom starting about October this year.

This week we had storms and tornados. The three year anniversary of the F5 tornado that leveled part of Tuscaloosa and killed over 200 people across MS, AL and GA happened to be the day before these storms started brewing. Talk about Storm Stress! :noway: We faired pretty well all in all even though now there is a hole in my roof and we are rocking the “Tarp Look” until we can get it fixed. I’m just praying that the insurance adjuster comes in a timely manner on Sunday and we get enough to put on a new roof instead of just getting it patched. I guess we will see. We did fare SO much better than many and I’m certainly not complaining! I love spring time, but So Don’t love Tornado Season. At least we have James Spann to tell us to “Respect the Polygon” and when to get into our safe places. When James puts on the red suspenders and rolls up his sleeves, we Know it’s going to be Serious!

Pepper Place, our “fancy farmer’s market” started last week and I’m hoping that Hub and I can go tomorrow morning while he’s off work. I’m nearly out of Local Honey and love using it in my tea this time of year.

Here’s hoping that this next week brings less stress and better habits!
:flowerforyou: Jenn :flowerforyou:
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May Mileage Goals:
X / 31 - 6,000 Steps / Day = 2.5 Miles / Day
X / 20 - 5 Extra Miles / Week
X / 12 - Days with 10,000 steps or more (Work Days)
X / At least 75 miles total for the Month (FitBit + Extra)

Well gotta say ty to my puppies and sad doggy eyes for getting back out of the house and getting a wlk in. Have a great night everyone.

May Challenge 95 miles
5/1: 3 miles
5/2: 2.5 miles

jtconst- Ha ha! Nice job, doggies!

Tanya- What's the difference between trail running shoes and pavement running shoes? I always run on pavement or treadmills....just curious.

Jenn- That WAS a long post! :laugh: Good job getting back on here after a rough month. Two steps forward, one step back. The weight loss dance! You've got this!

Robin and RobinB- I went to a specialty running store and got fitted for the first time ever. They are Brooks Running shoes (Ravenna)....but, I guess it depends on your foot which shoes work best for you. I wish I would've known about getting fitted for running shoes 3 years ago when I first started. It's made a huge difference in my running and endurance! (Who wants to keep going when their feet are starting to ache?)

Kjeffries- My heart breaks for you. Take care! :flowerforyou:


Rest Day for me today. Had a strange day at work, filling in at a building I only go to a few times per year....went to the fridge where we store our glucola to make sure I had some chilled for a patient coming in for a tolerance test today. Went back an hour later to grab the bottle of glucola for the patient......and the FRIDGE was GONE! :noway: The xray tech laughed at my double take and told me they moved the fridge to another room. They're moving stuff around to make space for a new department moving into the building. :laugh:

May Mileage:
Goal: 66.5 miles
5/1: 2.83 miles completed!
5/2: Rest Day

Under calories: 1/31
7-8 hrs of sleep: 1/31