Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Happy Monday everybody! Welcome to all the newbies! Come on in, pull up a chair and join the fun!

@Karen – I was eating back exercise calories, just not all of them. I had been following your advice from about 6 weeks ago or so. I was looking to net around 1200 per day. This actually makes a lot of sense to me. I’ve had weeks were I have averaged a net 1100-1200 per day and lost only 0.4 pounds and other weeks with the same net average where I have lost 2.6 pounds. I no longer have a TOM so that is a non-factor. It’s weird, but I have been doing better these last few weeks with nearly no exercise so I am going to hold my status quo for now on the fitness front. I am going to move forward with my mileage goal for June and not worry about anything else unless the mood strikes me. I am not much of a hockey fan, but my Pennies lost a few weeks ago so you can join me on the couch while the Stanley Cup gets ramped up. Though, I AM a Miami Heat fan by proxy (no basketball team in Pittsburgh and my kids are HUGE Heat fans, so…) and I will be getting ready for the Finals to get started this Thursday.

@Jenn – I may be in your neck of the woods (or at least your state) for a weekend in September. I haven’t solidified my plans yet, but my son has a football game in Montgomery and I haven’t decided if it is one that I will attend. Finances are always tight and I surely can’t afford to go to them all, so I have to do some picking and choosing of which games I will travel to and which ones I’ll have to watch from home. Sorry to hear about your mom’s home, that just really stinks!

@Amanda – CONGRATS on being down 7 inches! That is awesome! I really should start measuring so I can see progress in something other than the scale.

@Laurie – Woohoo! Thanks for the good news on my mileage! I knew I was so very close by just eye balling a quick total of last week’s miles added to the last posted total.

@Pixy – um, your mileage?? AWWEESSOOMMEE!!!

@L2T – Sorry to hear you are suffering with a head cold. There is nothing worse than a summer cold.

@Tom – It’s the end of my work day and I am sitting at my desk salivating over your pictures! YUM-O!!

@Tracy – Welcome BACK! I didn’t get to say it before, so CONGRATS on your new house!

@Evangeline – Your profile pic is the most adorable Puggy! It he (or she) yours? I also have a pug. I have always had dogs throughout my life and have NEVER had a dog with as much personality as my Puggy!

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

Monday (June) check in... The downward trend is continuing. I think I said that last month, even with all the mileage I put in that I was stalling. I checked my numbers and I've lost 4 lbs and 2" ( probably more inches since I don't measure my shoulders, knees, ankles etc and I am seeing some more slimming in odd areas). The scale has just been fooling me fluctuating the same few lbs over and over. Though like RobinB, I find that I do better with less exercise, however weird that sounds. So my focus is strength training and running this month and a lot less other cardio.

Today I've had dessert on my mind. Since tomorrow is my birthday (the big 4-1 LOL) I have been deciding what I am going to eat as my treat in lieu of birthday cake ( our family doesn't really get together for cake and candles any more, my sisters and I are busy and don't all live close together.). I hadn't made a decision yet but then my parents came by tonight with a small birthday cake and candles, and sang to me. :flowerforyou: :bigsmile: My mom had brought a cake just big enough for the 3 of us as she figured that I would not want to be left with a big cake. So that was perfect! It also fit into my calorie goal... Tomorrow I was planning the dessert as an extra. I may stop and grab some Thai food for dinner tomorrow though... 900 calories for beef fried rice and a spring roll. Worth.Every.Calorie.

just a test

Kjeffries- you can use the miles for water aerobics if you want. 20 or 30 minutes =1 mile. Many of us have used this formula for the exercise classes that we take. Hope you foot gets better soon. I love water aerobic especially the deep water class.

Tanya- Happy Birthday. Best wishes to the year ahead. May birthday is on Friday.

Please post your mileage goals and any miles you have for June. I am putting together the new spread sheet.

This is what I have so far: The number are the goal miles
Lauriek 150
Skinnyjeanz 80
Hansea 130
FeraFillia 75
Hansea 130
Kaye ?
Lives2travel 80
Tom 90
Kah (Kelley) 110
MpwMow 45
paintedcavair 50
Robin B ?

Sorry if I am missing your information I just back up to my last post on page 8. I was busy over the weekend and ran out of time.

Tom- I received your email and I will play with it tomorrow. Thank you.

Today was a good day but I have been off all week with my eating. I am very much into sweets and ice cream right now. Goal this week is to stop eating so many sweets.

I will post May final status reports tomorrow. Still waiting for a few more people to fill in their numbers.

Happy birthday, Tanya.
Laurie, my mileage so far, 6/1-3.5, 6/2-5.6
Another good, but lower calorie treat is to mix an angel food cake mix with a 20 oz can of crushed pineapple. I hadn't heard of using the pie filling.
Thankfully the pie is nearly gone, and I won't make any more for a long time. Thursday is Cathy's birthday so I will have to make her favorite carrot cake.
It is looking like a good week. I confess that I really liked not having my little ones here today. I was able to get some little chores done, and I didn't have to clean up after typhoon Anya.
Onward and downward. Kaye

3.4 miles for today.

Just a quick mileage check-in:

My goal for June 75 miles (while I didn't meet my May goal, I still want to add some distance)

June 1 - 2.00
June 2 - 2.06

@tammy--awww--poor zeus in his "cone of shame"! :laugh: Gunner had to wear a cone for 10 days after our neighbor's dog attacked him--he was so clumsy and awkward in it. He was ecstatic when we took it off! We still have it in the spare room, and if he goes in there and sees it, he runs to his bed to "hide" from it.

@robin--glad to hear you are cleared for full activity--woohoo! :flowerforyou:

@tanya--Happy Birthday!!! :drinker: :flowerforyou:

Happy Tuesday, all!
I've set my goal for June as walking 5 miles each week. So far, so good. Did 1.3 miles today. Past 2 days were my rest days, as I don't seem to get much done on Sundays or Mondays anyways.