Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

MowMow, the story about your coworkers made me chuckle. Guys are so competitive. I'm laughing at my son-in-law. I'm sure he will surpass my 100 miles. He's really going all out to stay ahead of me.
I'm glad you are feeling better. Thanks for the words of encouragement.
Onward and downward. Kaye

Well, Chelsea and I made it to the gym last night. As I had planned all along for this week, I set the treadmill for the 5K Loop to test my time to complete. I made it for 30 minutes and decided to stop. Apparently, taking all the time off indeed set me back. I really didn’t think it would that much, but it did. My bump leg was like lifting dead weight. Several times I almost tripped over myself because of it. I also had a little bit of discomfort happening behind my knee and the last thing I wanted to do was push through it when I am just 4 days away from the Color Run. No sense in wasting the money and time to not be able to walk.

My work day is winding down so I will try to stop back this evening for personals.

May Goal = 60 miles

5/5 – 3.27 = 9.1 completed
5/6 – 3.41 = 12.51 completed

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

I only have time to update mileage:

5/7: 5 km (3.1 miles)

Good Evening! I hope that everyone’s week is going swimmingly!
I’ve had a busy three nights at work and had to do most of it on this stinking sore knee. Came home each morning, medicated up, and went to bed with an ice pack strapped to it so hopefully it wouldn’t be too swollen or sore to work on the next shift. It's going to look terrible for a while, but it does feel much better today! I guess for my Wednesday Wish I need to wish to be less clumsy! LOL! I did have a small NSV in the wee hours this morning though. It’s Nurses Week, and they were handing out those little rubber bracelets like the Livestrong ones. I have never been able to wear those, either they wouldn’t fit over my hand, or felt too tight if I did get them on. I took one, thinking “what the heck, I can give it to my niece if it doesn’t fit me”. Well, it went on easily and fits like it’s supposed to! Woot! It’s a small battle, but that’s what it takes to win this war on fat!

@ Ushkii – Wow! How lucky you are to have your Mom to celebrate with at 90! Happy Birthday Mama! Last year I found the need to grow stuff and started a little tire garden. I planted a few weeks ago and I’ve got nearly all my onions up and blooms starting on my cherry tomato plants already. I can’t wait to pick that first one of the year! There simply is nothing better than a fresh tomato straight off the vine! I hope your weather holds so you can get your garden planted this weekend!

@ L2T – You Are lucky and it’s Awesome that you have a nice variety of places to walk and they sound lovely! I don’t live in a formal neighborhood, so I have to drive to walking trails to get the outside walks in. Oh! And Congratulations on passing the 100# mark! What an inspiration!

@ RobinB – I Love walking with Leslie! I can do the “1 mile” pretty well, but have to take a rest before the second mile kicks in and it kicks my booty! I’m working on it though! Good Luck with the Color Run!

@ SkinnyJ – I tried the quinoa tonight… It was really good! I think I've found a way to eat it more now! Thank You!:flowerforyou:

@ MowMow – Animals are so stinking funny! My Teensy and Arnie don’t get along very well either (Arnie is very needy and when he doesn't get his attention he tends to swat the kitty that’s not paying attention.). The other day the two of them shared a window seat on top of the printer to watch the goings on in the yard for nearly an hour. Crazy cats! OH, and country or not, I Want Sidewalks! :laugh:

I head up for my visit with Mama in the morning so may not be around much till after the weekend. Y’all have a good time without me!
Jenn
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Sun 5/4 – 2.83 miles (7007 Steps)
Mon 5/5 – 4.14 miles (10250 steps and 95% of those were at work!)
Tues 5/6 – 4.02 miles (9945 steps – JUST missed my 10,000! Time got away from me at work last night!)
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May Mileage Goals:
5 / 31 - 6,000 Steps / Day = 2.5 Miles / Day
4 / 20 - 5 Extra Miles / Week (LS - Walk at Home)
1 / 12 - Days with 10,000 steps or more (Work Days)
17.77 / At least 75 miles total for the Month (FitBit / Extra)

Good evening everyone. I just wanted to pop in and say hi. I am pretty tired tonight and got a niggling headache but I had a good day. My mom and I got the rest of the garden put in and then after I picked the kiddos up form school we came back to my house and they helped Aunt Tammy repot all of her herbs. It was a lot of fun "playing" in the dirt with them and now I have mint, parsley, chives, basil, and cilantro right out on my back deck to cook with:bigsmile: I made taco quesadillas for dinner and was feeling a little experimental. I took half sour cream and half greek yogurt and blended it with some lime juice and cilantro to make a sauce for the quesadillas and it was super yummy. I had my brother try it when he came to pick up the kids and he kept telling me he needed one more chip with it to make sure of the flavor:laugh: Well I am going to go veg on the couch and watch some tv and give these excedrin a chance to kick in. Have a great night everyone.
Oh Wednesday wish is that you all get everything you wished for:drinker: :drinker: :flowerforyou:

May Challenge:
5/1: 3 miles
5/2: 2.5 miles
5/3: 0 miles
5/4: 2.4 miles
5/5: 2.93 miles
5/6: 5.43 miles
5/7: 3.07 miles

May 7 mileage 5.6
Onward and downward. Kaye

To report my mileage. I couldn't find my Fitbit yesterday (it had gotten knocked off my nightstand and rolled under the bed -- couldn't dig too much for it as my husband was sleeping during the day), so I'm going to go with 1 miles. Lots of sitting activities yesterday after work, so I'm going to go with just what I did during my working hours.

5/1 1.32
5/2 2.35
5/3 3.64
5/4 0.92
5/5 2.21
5/6 1.51
5/7 1.00

@Robin B...I love that view! And it looks like Chelsea was enjoying herself. Although I can't imagine the water is very warm yet And don't worry about not making the 5K on the treadmill...you'll do great at the actual Color Run. Just getting back to the gym is the first step. You can do this! :flowerforyou:

@Jenn...hopefully you heal fast and you are enjoying your time with your Mom.

@Tammy...that stage of life is so hard I think (luckily it's still a ways off for me). I'm one of 4 girls and when we would bring home a boy (I lived 6 hours away when I was dating my husband), it was a rule that one of us slept upstairs and one slept downstairs. That rule even applied to my two sisters who (at the time) were living with their boyfriends. Dad and Mom also never stayed with a child that was "living in sin" either. :laugh: My brother lived with his fiance for a year before the wedding and they would always stay with Dad's sister in Mpls when visiting. The moment they got married, it changed.

@Tanya...I've had that "I'm going to puke" feeling at two different workouts. Luckily never did. Sounds like that was a tough one with your trainer!

@Laurie...I'm so jealous of your field trips. When I was growing up, we would get to go to the Sweetheart bread, the newspaper and the zoo. Every so often we got to see the capital as well. Although the smell of freshly baked bread still gives me a happy memory.

@hansea...dishonesty is a tough one. Legally, you need to "catch them" to fire them, but it eventually catches up with them.

@Naomi...sounds like a wonderful Mother's Day. My husband is actually off that day so we will get to spend it together. He's offered to make breakfast for my Mom (and me ) after church. And the miracle of all miracles...he's going to join us for church!! It helps that Emma is going to be singing, but I'll take it. And I'm sorry, I have never seen a Zombie run either, but from what I understand it is a 5K that for part of the course there are people dressed up as Zombies chasing you.

@kris...glad you are starting to feel better.

AFM: I've just been really busy this week, but I couldn't tell you with what. Lots of little things that end up taking up your whole day. Still searching for a house. Track for Jacob. Appointments. etc. Just trying to keep up with all the end of school activities -- three track meets this week alone! That's the downfall of being in the North. Spring weather is so unpredictable so we do a lot of make ups at the end.

We are going to take a second look at a house today -- I liked it but now it has to pass the "Michael inspection." I sometimes get caught up in the look and he's good about checking out the mechanics...water in teh basement, chimney venting correctly, foundation cracks etc.

Found out that a good friend of my Dad's passed away...he was only 60 years old! His son is actually the guy that bought our farm after my dad passed away. Just reading the obituary makes me cry -- okay, if I'm honest, I'm crying just by typing this. I just know how hard it is to lose someone so early and unexpectantly (he was having a stint put in and they knicked an artery -- never woke up). He had a daughter pass away two years ago, so they are holding each other now and I know my dad met with him with a solid handshake and a pat on the back, so I know he's in a better place. But I know the pain of those left behind. The funeral is on Saturday so I'll take my Mom down for that -- it's about an hour away.

So I don't end on a sad note, I have my workout tonight. i hope the rain holds off so I can do it outside like we did on Monday. If not, still doable inside, but it's not the same. Have a great Thursday everyone!!

BTW....you are all rocking this walking challenge!!!

Just popping in to update my goals....and to confess a Thursday Truth. Twice this week I closed out my diary for the day, under goal and then ended up snacking and going over! I just need to go to bed instead of staying up and eating junk!

Today is a new day! Got my run done, now off to shower and then to school to set up the taco bar!

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!
5/8: 3.47 miles completed!

Under calories: 3/31
7-8 hrs of sleep: 5/31

Thursday truth: I went to the gym twice this week. It's been a long time since I've been to gym and it it was hard. The first time, I had to stop as I felt sick. Going up north tomorrow. We drove up on Tuesday and there was still a little bit of snow laying around. I hope it's gone as we're spending next week there. I plan on keeping up with the exercise while there.

Hello all. Still buried under this software conversion & will be without a PC at work tomorrow/Monday – hope I can catch up some at home this weekend.

Wanted to update Laurie on my mileage:

5/6—3.74mi
5/7—3.15mi