Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Friday Fitness: Friday afternoons, after I'm done with volunteering in the city, I get my 30 minutes of cardio in, then meet with my trainer for weight training and core strengthening exercises. She has lots of experience with "geriatric" types like me and people with injuries (my knees, feet...heck, all of me!). I've worked with her 2 or 3 times a week for about 3 years. You'd think I'd look like a muscle bound weight lifter by now! But all this training helps me lift hubby's wheelchair in and out of the car, and believe me, it's super-heavy. By dinner time, I'm ready for my jammies and teddy bear.

Friday Bon Mots: Never, ever go to Costco on a Friday at dinner time. Besides the samples traps, my budget is blown! At least nearly everything that wasn't made from wood pulp was healthy! One plus, I've nearly made my 10,000 steps today. My feet feel like they walked every inch of that warehouse.

Susan: Did you get your books transferred from your Nook to the Kindle? Geez, hope so. My Nook periodically skips pages. I have to trick it into letting me read them! One of these days I'll switch to something else.

Skinny/Karen: Sorry about Gunner's frightening encounter. My in-law's dog had something similar happen, went to the vet, seemed okay, and died the next day. A small neck wound hidden in all that fur was overlooked and he died from an overwhelming infection. Glad Gunner is doing well.

15/15 under goal

Stay hydrated! Forecast is 100+ here in NE TX.

GW>Marsha

hello ladies :flowerforyou: hope all of you are smiling and happy as we go into the weekend the days kinda blend together for me since my hubby works 6 days a week and I'm a housewife. Nothing much changes day to day except for the odd doctor or dentist appt here and there. But each day is still a perfect and beautiful day of course!!!

Hubby thought he'd fixed my treadmill that messed up on me lastnight...but after 30mins of walking tonight IT WENT DOWN AGAIN! He's gonna look at it one more time...after that, if it goes down again then it's time for a new one! I was terribly disappointed both lastnight and tonight because I have been trying to build up my time walking...even though I am still just walking at the 2mph pace due to my horrible knees after all these years of weighing over 300lbs. I'm really motivated right now and it kinda feels like a huge obstacle is being thrown in my way by taking down my treadmill. Working hard not to let myself give in to those "wasn't meant to be" words that keep floating around inside my head. Hubby is certainly fired up to help me out! He's my biggest cheerleader and supporter! I love that man so much!!! Next month will be 30 years that I've had the pleasure of being his wife. I'm looking forward to our anniversary very much. We're talking about renting a cabin for a week up in Smoky Mountains and getting all romantic and stuff :blushing: :flowerforyou: Nothing like romance to be a big motivator to lose as much as you can before that date gets here :laugh:

@hasjejc--Hi :flowerforyou: and welcome You're definitely not alone in your struggle to lose 100+ pounds. I have 200 to lose myself and each day is a renewed commitment that you make only to yourself to do the very best you can today. I want to support you in your journey and would appreciate your support in mine. I am almost as new here as you are, so we can be newbies together :flowerforyou:

@Susan 2396--Thank you very much for welcoming me

@skinnyjeanzbo and Lives2Travel--thank you for the good wishes on my pending lapband removal. as of yet, no date has been set. my doctor is waiting to do another endoscopy on the 28th to check on my Barrett's Esophagus since my last ablation procedure. If all the cancer cells were indeed lasered off and no more are found, then we will schedule my lapband removal. However, if more cancer cells are found in my esophagus, then I will have a second ablation which will put me down 6 more weeks before yet another followup endoscopy to verify cancer cell eradication. So everything depends on clearing my Barrett's Esophagus condition.

Have a blessed and beautiful weekend, ladies! Enjoy yourselves :drinker: , enjoy your lives :flowerforyou: , enjoy your loves

@ Skinny/Karen - Have fun tomorrow! The RHCP's are one of my favorite rock out bands. Flea's a scrawny little thing, but the man can rock. Also, enjoy the event in Chicago at your parents. It's always so fun to reconnect with childhood friends. I'm really missing my BF who lives in Columbus, OH. We've been friends since the 2nd grade. Miss her dearly.

@ Laurie - Thank you again for sharing your journey and I'm so glad I found Robin's Thread plus all of you too.

@ BettJo64 - Congrats on 30 years!!! My parents have been married for 46 years. I'm so proud of them. When you mentioned the Smokey Mountains, where do you live? I use to live in Atlanta and would go up into Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge. They have a TON of cute, little romantic cabin getaways. It sounds lovely for you and your hubby. I'm a bit jaded by the whole romantic bug. I've been divorced 10 years and totally focused on being a single parent and my career. It keeps me super busy. Right now, I would be happy just finding a nice guy friend to do things with and that's about it. LOL!!!

Wow I've missed a lot in the past few days! I've slacked off again the last few days with calorie tracking, and gained (temporarily) back the loss again. Back to where I was on the 1st... Ugh. My foot is bothering me again so I haven't increased my steps back up to where I want them to be. I don't have much planned for today so I'm going to make some food for meals and try to get back on track yet again.

Yesterday I went tubing and geocaching down a local river with friends and had a blast. Fist time ever tubing for me, at 41... LOL. We were on the water for over 4 hours and a good amount of time we walked down the river as it was too shallow, so I got an amazing workout. I was exhausted last night and went to bed at 8:30! I am all kinds of sore today from it. Tomorrow I'm going kayaking for the first time ever on another river. It will be a crash course on steering/paddling/balancing and then a 20km paddle... (13 miles) Probably 8 hours total with more geocaching along the way. I hope I make it. :huh:

Success Saturday
Last night I babysat for my three grandchildren overnight. I still knew what to do although it has been a lot of years doing general baby care. I think we all had a good time Right now we are watching pippa pig on tv. I was able to write down all I ate and kept within my calorie level within 100 calories over. A success because I recorded all my foods and looked at my total and stopped when I got to my calorie limit. I ate food that isn't necessarity considered low calorie but I did avoid sugar so I will call that a success for Saturday. Have a lovely weekend all.

hello everyone, I am new to this site. if you don't mind I would like to join you in your discussions. I have no "friends" yet, but would love to get to know ya'll . hope you all have a fantastic day!

Rounding out week 2 on 5:2 and looking for buddies!! I've got a lot of weight to lose, 100 pounds plus. Would love to meet others with similar goals, for inspiration and support. I log in every day and my diary is public, and up for critique as well, I can take it

Talk about being a newbie! I am not sure how or what I am doing on the forum. How to make friends or any of the other support helps But I do need friends and help. I have t2d and really need to shed this weight ASAP. I am not expecting it to go immediately but need to see regular improvement. If I make some silly error here it is because I am totally out of element. Would love have some friends to help and share the journey.

The first leg of our return home is done. We will stay here tonight and drive home tomorrow. Still don't know when the car will be ready.
I'm sorry that I have so much company on the derailed August goal train. Mine will be upright and on track Monday morning. I refused my sister's offer to bring M&Ms with me. Thank goodness they are behind me!
Oystereyes, and other newbie, you have found the perfect place to share your stories and get support for the hard times.
Thanks for the links for figuring body fat and body type. I am definitely 'large' frame. The various charts have either on the bottom edge of obese or the top end of overweight.
I can do this! Onward and downward, Kaye

Ladies, another perfectly beautiful day has come and gone. Makes me pause to be thankful for those I love dearly and all that I am able to claim as my own in this life. For every ache and pain, every moment of irritation, all my weaknesses and failures, and all my tears...the joy of a new day to do better, to be a better me, and love my life more than ever before is awaiting me in each new dawn. Ladies, smile in the morning sunshine and love yourself completely as you are today on your journey.

@jillygreenbean74 - hello and welcome :-)
@angelamb1970 and @oystereyes - ladies, I share in your big weight loss goals...so please reach out whenever you want. Welcome to the group and know that you are in a safe and happy place here.
@Lauriek70 - thank you so much for thinking of me and for the good wishes for my lapband removal.
@Susan2396 - I live in Columbus, Georgia. My hubby and I have gone up to the Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge area many times over the years to rent a cabin for our anniversary date. We love it up there in the Smoky Mountains.

Good morning, I haven't been on my computer recently because I took the work iPad home and I've been playing with that. I can't download any other apps because I don't have the Apple store password, but I like to Pinterest on there.

Yesterday I broke in my new runners. My feet feel so great in them and I have little to no pain in my knees. Although I should probably add more strength back in to support them. I have a friend who lives nearby and we met up at the HS track and walked around for a bit. Her idea of fitness and mine is a lot different, but we enjoy each other's company. She is all about cardio and I keep wanting to incorporate more strength (clearly, I'm good on cardio since I'm running so often). Yesterday I told her my back is sore and she wanted me to bring a jump rope with me to the HS. Sometimes she tells me I am making excuses when I tell her something hurts. Today I cancelled our workout because my shoulder has kept me up all night. So many things need attention on my body that I feel like a hypochondriac. I would feel like I'm whining if I go in about my back, my shoulder, and my foot.

DH keeps buying ice cream and pop...I guess I don't have to eat or drink it, but I love ice cream and DH bought a pop that I like as well as one for him...I keep telling him no pop no ice cream but I always give in.

Good morning all. Yet again, I've let the thread get away from me and haven't checked in in awhile. I was getting overwhelmed with trying to change so many things - types of food I eat, amount I eat, more exercise, tracking - and so I decided to just focus on tracking every single day. I'm now on a 13 day streak, which is the best I've ever done. I have yet to land at my calorie goal, which still feels so low! I looked at a current picture of myself today and feel renewed motivation again. I like the idea of putting two food choices side-by-side and just making the choice --- it makes me remember that food intake is always about the choices I make.

So, now that I'm almost up to 2 weeks of tracking regularly, I think it's time to make a new goal: 7 fruits/vegetables every day. That means 2 every meal, plus a snack. I'm hoping that focusing on eating more good food, rather than less "bad" food, will help me to get closer to the calorie goal. I need to start seeing some weight loss results to stay motivated!

Top of the morning to everybody.

oystereyes- I’m type 2 diabetic also and that is what got me to finally lose weight. I was told I have t2d in October 2011 when I was 400lbs. A1C was 9.1% but now it is under 6%. I sent you a friend request if you would like to see my food diary I think it is open to the public. Friends can diffidently see it. I understand you may not want to friend males so if not that is alright with me.

Nettie- Here is a link I saw and thought of you. Not that I’m OCD but I started googling what to eat when pregnant and well here are some links. I’m not saying these are all correct but they may be worth a read.

http://www.babycenter.com/0_diet-for-a-healthy-vegetarian-pregnancy_1313874.bc

http://www.pcrm.org/health/diets/vegdiets/vegetarian-diets-for-pregnancy

http://www.webmd.com/baby/features/menu-help-for-vegetarian-moms-to-be

http://www.babycenter.com/pregnancy-eating-well

http://www.webmd.com/baby/ss/slideshow-what-not-to-eat-when-pregnant

http://www.parents.com/pregnancy/my-body/nutrition/15-pregnancy-power-foods1/#page=11

August 17, 2014 is
Happy National Vanilla Custard Day
Today is National Vanilla Custard Day! Vanilla custard is a sweet pudding-like dish made with vanilla, eggs, sugar, and milk. It can be enjoyed on its own or as a topping for other desserts.
Vanilla custard has been around since the Middle Ages, and was traditionally used as a pie filling. (A very simple custard tart was a popular dessert during that time period.) Today, custard is an important component in many dessert recipes including éclairs, trifle, and Boston cream pie.
To celebrate National Vanilla Custard Day, whip up your favorite homemade custard dessert to share with friends and family. Enjoy!

“Choice, not chance, determines destiny.” ~E.C. McKenzie

Tom

Bump!
I'm still hanging in there....
Thank you all for continuing to be here! :flowerforyou: