Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Good Morning everyone!

I missed a few days and have a lot of reading to do. Sorry about that. I have been getting up early and heading straight outside to work in the gardens before work. I have been spending 3-4 hours in the gardens each day. Tonight I am going to overnight my veggie plants for the very first time tonight. I am hoping to get them in the ground by Friday. I was going to try it last night but when we got home from the class (class info below) it felt a bit too cool for them so I ended up bringing them back in the house. I was nervous they wouldn't take to the cooler temperatures. I did plant a few flowers which I grew from seed yesterday. I checked them this morning and they took. I am hoping my other plants are ready for it. My asparagus is already popping up and I can harvest some. I am so excited.

Brian and I went to a Vegetarian Spring Cooking class last night at SurLaTable. I had so much fun cooking 4 different recipes. I learned to make a cauliflower souffle! I have never tried one before and loved it. I ended up buying a few ramekins and will definitely try to make it at home. We also made zucchini fritters which were similar to my zucchini tots that I make. I liked mine better, I found the instructors recipe to be a bit on the moist side because we didn't drain off the zucchini after grating it. Another recipe was quinoa pilaf with asparagus and peas. It was my favorite until I tried the souffle. I think I am going to make that one tonight for dinner with the asparagus from the garden. I already have all the ingredients except for the peas in the house. :happy: The last was a spicy Thai noodle salad. Rice noodles mixed with red bell pepper, cucumber, mango, spinach, cilantro and mint. Topped with a dressing made of soy sauce and Thai pepper. The dressing was a bit too salty for my taste. I think I would have liked it better with a different dressing.

Since I have a lot of reading to do I am going to skip personals today. 216.4 has been sticking on the scale so I logged the loss yesterday. I was a few ounces down this morning which made me happy. I hope it keeps going on a downward spiral!

Here are my miles so far:
5/1 - 3.41 miles
5/2 - 3.74 miles
5/3 - 6.92 miles
5/4 - 2.13 miles
5/5 - 4.73 miles
5/6 - 5.64 miles

Hope everyone has a great day! :flowerforyou:

Echoing Naomi's Wednesday wish.
Have a great day.
Onward and downward. Kaye

It is raining here today, wish I could have put in my vegatables but went to movie night instead.
Got my two walks in both just over 15 min so will update my miles from my dashboard on mapmywalk, getting to love that app.
It uploads to MFP so tha is one less thing to do. You can review your workouts by the day, week, month, or year. Anyway at the bottom I will post a correct mileage and days.

Naomi - Love Geocaching! Remember to think like the hider, where would you put it.
rain - Keep at it, you are doing great.

Kind of lost keeping my goals but they are still in my minda and I am still trying to keep up. Yesterday I met all three, under cal, drank 8 cups of water, and walked over 30 min.



May Mileage Goal: 40 miles

corrected and true results from app! lol
5/1 = 1.98
5/2 = 0.86
5/5 = 0.86
5/6 = 1.67

May total : 5.36 miles (when I add it up it is 5.37 I guess MapMyWalk rounds up or down)

A fellow zombie fan!!!

HOKay! Since I haven't done personals in a long time I'm only scrolling back 4 pages. :blushing: I *DO* read them all, i just don't respond.

Welcome to all the newlings!

Jenn - Our Saturday Morning market is always like a wonderland to me. I'm so ridiculously excited to stare at all the produce, baked goods (with some minor drooling and feeling of deprivation), and the crafts. Ouch on your injury! I sure hope you heal quick! I grew up in NJ but in a farming area so sidewalks were absolutely unseen by me until I moved here. I love that I can walk where I want...and there's always a sidewalk (since I live in town) for me to walk on!

Laurie - I think having your first swim meet this year would be AMAZING! I love how adventurous you are (especially compared to me!).

Kaye - Don't lose heart. Do the steps and trust in the process. It may take a while, but those last lbs will come off. You are absolutely doing it all right!! 6+ miles in one day... you are a superhero!

Hansea - that bird festival is right up my alley. Keep the budgies, parrots, and macaws. I'm all for Hawks, Owls, and falcons! I can also relate to the grocery shopping. It's probably anxiety from all the people but an hour grocery shopping wears me out (and makes me sweat) WAY more than solid walking for an hour does. It's a shame about the new hire. IMO, some people just don't mesh with some jobs. That very short stint I had with Georgia Pacific was a living hell for me. The job wasn't very different than what I do @ HP but I just hated it. I hated the people, the commute, the atmosphere there was awful (for me). Others were perfectly happy working there and it definitely showed in my work and dedication.

Cherry - Congrats on the loss!

Tom - When I moved here (8 years ago) I had to get a copy of my birth certificate. It was such a pain. I had my birth RECORD but I couldn't get DMV to accept that for my Oregon license.

SkinnyJeanz - (And all our other teachers) - This is something so important that I learned on this forum... how hard you teachers actually work and how much of your PERSONAL time you have to put in to it.

Robin - Applesauce, omelettes, and lozenges. When this is all said and done, you might be able to market that as a weight loss plan. :laugh: You could be RICH! I sure hope you're starting to feel better. YOu got hit with such a carp tornado this year.

Susan - I *LOVE* the evening out with your handsome young group! It sounds like so much fun and Cryus will always remember it! Best mom award!

Robin B - I can sure relate to the 'funk' and not wanting to do anything.

JT - Yes to TOM. She kicks my butt every single month and for two weeks Im either so stressed and angry I can't stand t or so exhausted I'm asleep on my feet all day and up because of discomfort all night.

JNettie - I LOVE the idea of that class. I wish I could find something like that here! I was just thinking about those zucchini tots last night and need to put them on my menu for next week! Although, zucchini season is right around the corner and maybe i should wait...pace myself. That's the real blessing about this job, I can't have a garden and can't grow anything inside (the one cat is a plant eater) but everyone at work brings their garden extras and drops them on the pantry room table. The guys I work with are always out there getting coffee or water multiple times a day so they grab the stuff and bring it in for me. This summer I'll get tons of tomatoes, zucchini, yellow squash, persimmons, and even lots of fresh figs for free from work.

Ushkii - So glad to see you back and posting regularly! You've got this thing! (hope you heal up fast from your injury).

I 3rd Kaye and Naomi's sentiment. You all do mean so much to me. Every day (multiple times) I have to 'hop on' and see what and how everyone is doing.

AFM: For the first time in what feels like months I'm not too tired to cook (and clean) when I get home from work (if i even made it to work). I made lunches for the next 5 or 6 days last night (Vegetarian Cornish Pasties) and the filling was so awesome I wound up chomping on the leftover(just the filling) for dinner.

Everything has been on hold. Church, bible studies, exercise, food, and even the poor cats. I'm finally beginning to feel like I didn't just walk off the set of The Walking Dead.

Our work is doing a summer walking challenge as well. I can't officially participate since I'm contract but I did clip on my pedometer today to see where I compare with the guys. They are having a blast all trying to out do each other. They make me laugh, they each come out of the lab and walk laps around my work area (so the others can't see them) and think that everyone else is NOT doing the same. They are such goofs. I have some calibrations to do on the other side of the complex today and on my way back and forth I keep seeing groups of employees with their walking shoes on doing around the buildings. I think their destination is Sidney.... or maybe Tokyo.. I can't remember.

Would have loved to be in this month's challenge but I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to contribute much or consistently. :ohwell:

Revisiting the dog thing. I petsat my pastor's dog Cuppers and Book handled it pretty well. I had to keep them separated for the first afternoon and when Cuppers and I went on walks I made sure to keep Book locked up the bedroom so he wouldn't attack as soon as we walked in the door. By the end of the long weekend they were able to share bedspace at night without Book going into full attack mode. Just some grumbling and hissing when Cuppers got to close for comfort. MowMow fell in love with cuppers. Possibly because he was a Book repellent and that appealed to MowMow. At night MowMow likes to knead himself to sleep on his 'soft' (blanket) but for those 3 nights he kneaded on Cuppers soft golden retriever/cocker spaniel fur.

Hey 3M glad to hear your still kicking it.

I did get my birth certificate in last nights mail!



Now I need to turn it into a passport!

Howdy everyone... Just thought I would peek in and say "hi"... So... hi :flowerforyou:

Naceto- Hi! Hope all is well.

RobinB- Good job making it to the gym. Sorry you're having trouble getting back into your walking groove. Take your time and enjoy yourself at the Color Run this weekend!

Tom- YAY!!! Finally. PROOF that you were born and you do exist! :laugh: Hope the passport process is smooth from here on out.

Mowmow- Glad to hear you're feeling more alive! :happy: I worked with that problem employee today, and I think she's fine, as far as ability to perform the job. Her personality is maybe not what we're used to...she comes off kind of grumpy, but I think she's just not a bubbly person. The real problem is that she is dishonest. She lied to one of the coordinators about her training....so, that's not going to fly. :frown:

ushkii- Good job on yesterday's goals! Keep it up!

Nettie- What a cool cooking class!

L2T- So nice of your dog to not talk finances during exercise! :laugh:

Naomi- So, you've jumped on the geocaching bandwagon as well! I may have to check this stuff out some day. Everyone keeps talking about it.

Kaye- Hang in there. I hope you can push through this plateau soon.

Rain- I will be seriously surprised if your extra pounds don't drop back off once your finals are over and you get back to a normal schedule. The fact that you only slept two hours the other night stands out to me. With such little sleep, no wonder your body is wigging out! Finish your papers and exams, then get back to taking good care of yourself with plenty of sleep and water. :drinker:

AFM- Not much to report. It was a nice, normal day. Now, I need to get caught up on laundry tonight and tomorrow. I've also got to cut up 2-3 cups of tomatoes for the teachers' taco luncheon tomorrow. Going to my daughter's spring concert tomorrow night. Her class is singing Everything is Awesome from the LEGO Movie so that should be pretty......awesome.

May Mileage:
Goal: 66.5 miles
5/1: 2.83 miles completed!
5/2: Rest Day
5/3: 4.52 miles completed!
5/4: 2.64 miles completed!
5/5: 1.5 miles completed!
5/6: 4.39 miles completed!
5/7: 2.5 miles completed!

Under calories: 4/31
7-8 hrs of sleep: 4/31

Aimeemarie- What is your mileage goal?

just passing through tonight. Will catch up for tomorrow.

Wish- That things start looking up- getting a former student back this week- not looking forward to it.

Mileage updated.

Hello! My name is Heather and I'm new to this thread. I need all the motivation and support I can get!

One of my wishes is to be healthier for my family. I don't want to end up like my daddy. We lost him at the young age of 54 five years ago this past Sunday. He had many health problems: diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, depression, more than one heart attack and more than one stroke. I don't want to end up like that and leave my family alone. Everyday I look at myself in the mirror and count how many years I have until I reach the same age that my father was when we lost him. I'm 34 right now so you can do the math.

I know this is not a good mentality to have. I try not to think about it but something brings it up every day. I know in my head that I need to eat better and exercise more. I will do good for a few days and then something stressful will happen and I go on a binge. Once that happens I have a hard time getting back on track. In other words, food controls me and I don't know how to change that and fix my way of thinking. I know everyone keeps telling me to take it one day at a time but I'm very hard on myself. I am currently weighing in at 295 at 5'3". My heaviest was 315 lbs a few months ago so I have lost some but this is the heaviest I have been in my life.

I have always had a problem with my weight but not this much. I don't know if it was because I had a child in 2012 that is making it harder for me to lose weight. I just don't know and I'm so frustrated. I have had numerous times where I just want to give up. I really need all the help and support I can get. Please feel free to give me suggestions and request me as a friend. Thanks!

Hi everyone! Thanks for all of the love and support as I struggle with the grading--you guys are awesome! :flowerforyou:

Just a few personals:

@jenn--glad you liked the quinoa. My Dominick's (Safeway) closed a while back and I bought up a bunch of goat cheese. I have used it all up and discovered the Target where I now do my grocery shopping doesn't carry it. Even in the deli--all they have is funky flavored varieties. :ohwell:

@laurie & naomi--you asked when my school year ends. Our official last day is June 12th, but my seniors are done in just a few weeks. Their last day in class is May 23 with finals the next week and graduation on June 1st. If we hadn't had the snow days, that would've only been a week earlier than the underclassmen. However, the rest of us will need to make up for the 4 days off due to the cold weather.

@naomi--a zombie run is an obstacle 5k that is zombie themed. So at various points in the race there are hoards of zombies who try to steal your life (represented by flags on a belt--think flag football). The goal is to make it through the race with at least one flag or you're "infected." Silly, but a lot of fun.

@nicole--HI!!! :flowerforyou:

Welcome to the newlings! :flowerforyou:

I also wanted to add--Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!!--to all of the other teachers on this thread.

Tuesday Goal:
To just keep this grading momentum going. I got through the last set of AP in-class essays yesterday. Now I just have the Junior Research papers (52) and the AP Lit Theory papers (70). Taking a few days off of essay grading to finish up the smaller assignments--70 essays in 4 days totally burnt me out! But will probably start on the AP Lit papers this weekend.

Wed Wish:
That this beautiful weather is here to stay! It was so nice to have sunny skies and 80 degrees today.

Goal Mileage: 80 Miles
5/1= 3.5 miles
5/2= 0 miles
5/3= 5 miles
5/4= 1.5 miles
5/5= 1.5 miles
5/6= 1.5 miles
5/7 = 3.5 miles

Grading Goals:
1. x/16 AP analysis activities
2. 13/52 Hemingway short story annotations/questions
3. 70/70 AP essays DONE!!!! :bigsmile:

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

just a quick update. will try to catch up in a bit on personals.

(These are only counting exercise miles, not everyday walking miles)
Here are my miles so far:

walking/running:
5/4:2.5
5/5:1.15
5/6:2.4
5/7: 2.32 (running on crushed limestone sand stuff...ermagerd)

biking:
5/5:10.5
5/6:11

Total:
On foot: 8.37
On bike: 21.5

Good morning all you mileage experts!:drinker:



I am on pace to make 85 miles! I need 2.75 a day to get it.

“I hated every minute of the training, but I said, “Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” ~Muhammad Ali

Tom

Updating my mileage:

May Mileage Goal: 100 miles

5/1 - 2 miles (class)
5/2 - 5 miles (walk)
5/3 - 3 miles (walk)
5/4 - 3 miles (walk)
5/5 - 4.25 miles (class plus 2.25 mile walk)
5/6 - 3.75 miles (walk)
5/7 - 2.00 miles (walk)
5/8 - 3.5 miles (class plus 1.5 mile walk)

Total Miles - 26.5 (Marathon!!)

The walking drama continues at work. They can also 'challenge' each other via the web page they use to track. They are torturing one another. One co worker is having friends over to watch the Football draft and someone challenged him to NO beer for a week. In return he challenged back no donuts for the entire 6 weeks (that guy is a serious donut FIEND and can sniff out a donut from miles away). Another one asked if I'd take his pedometer on my cross campus trek yesterday (I said no). They did agree that they would take MY steps each week and divide them by 5 and log them as their own. They are determined that our team will win this challenge.

Hansea - I cannot abide dishonesty.

Jenn - Enjoy your time with your moms!

JT- What a sense of accomplishment to get all the gardening done!

Welcome Heather!

TLH - I'm so sorry about your loss. I hope the house works out the way you want it!!

AFM: Nothing new since yesterday. Ate a few extra brownies at bible study last night and did NOT log any of them.... then grabbed fast food on the way home. I was just too tired to cook. Today I'm feeling bloated, gassy, and tired after that meal and only 3 hours of sleep. I slept really great for 3 hours and then woke up at 4 am for some reason...... yakked with my mom for an hour before I got up and went to work early..really early.