Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

I think it is easier for new folks to find us in this format. I get a lot of inspiration from the new people who stop by and share their stories and become part of the group. I am up for repeating the August challenge, as well. I wasn't as successful as I would like to be. We can tweak it and personalize it as we wish.
Today was a success, but every time I decide to make cookies, I feel like I am teetering awfully close to the edge of the wagon.
Keith is very excited about having his first day of first grade tomorrow. Today he went to meet his teacher and put his school supplies away. It will be interesting to keep Anya busy and out of trouble with no one to play with.
Nicole had a rewarding day today. Many of the past middle school students were excited to have her in the high school library. She is very pleased with both of the paras who have been hired for the libraries.
Karen, I can't even imagine having to grade papers for 130+ English students. Laurie, I hope you have good classes this year.
Onward and downward. Kaye

Monday checkin -- early days but apparently stable at the moment.
Tuesday goals -- well, just want to keep logging and checking in for the moment. Gradually trying to sort out my house after the chaos of the last few weeks as well.

It's been raining all weekend, it really feels like summer is properly over here now. Yesterday was a public holiday here, that sort of marks the last full weekend of summer; after that everyone starts to get ready for school. My son's school shoes have great big holes in them! So we need to get that sorted, and I bet my daughter needs stuff too. It's her very last 'first day of school' next week -- this time next year she'll be getting ready to go away to college. A weird weird thought.

@Kp203N, Eomuno -- a thread's been working pretty well for us for a long time now. It makes it easier for new people to find us. Oh, and how sad to say "I won't be happy until.." I think we should all try to find something to make us happy every single day.
@Zaxie -- welcome! I find the 1200 cal target is impossible; as long as I do some exercise to get it up a bit it works a lot better for me. I'd love to visit NZ one day.
@Robin -- your to-do list is inspiring! I'm currently at the 'get up by lunchtime' state of existence but things are gradually returning to normal.
@Marsha -- renting's a good way to go when you start out with instruments, especially expensive ones, because you can't really know what you'll like until you've been playing for a while.
@Tanya -- sounds like you overdid it a bit in that kayak! But the pain is your muscles learning and growing, not so bad.
@Lori -- 34 years is a long time! There must be something there that makes it worth working on, right? But really, you can't help another person to find a fitness path -- though I find that when I set a good example, it rubs off on the rest of my family. I'm sure that mean trainers are the best kind. I have a friend who nags me when I don't log; it's really good for the soul.
@softblondechi -- welcome! Plenty of non-negativity round here. Though I would say that there's a trick to this, which is that it's incredibly easy to blame everything that's wrong with your life on your weight. But if you look around, you'll see plenty of thin people who are just as grumpy and miserable! So it's worth getting on and sorting out the other things that are wrong in your life, and trying not to think that weight loss is a magic cure for everything.

Anyway, I hope you're all having a fantastic week, starting school, getting ready for school, cleaning the barbecue, whatever...

Alison

Good morning all! Well, I had an interesting weekend. Barre class Saturday morning was great. And then Sunday morning I broke my toe. Legitimately fractured it. So... no barre for me this week, no running for at least another 6-8 weeks.

My goal for today is to get a little activity in tonight at home. I can't go to barre class tonight but there's plenty that we do in class that I can make modifications to and do at home- upper and lower body work. That's the plan!

The other goal is to keep this little pinkie toe as protected as possible to help it heal up ASAP!

Good morning all.

I am having a bad day. My wife is going crazy on me. I know it takes two to fight, but I am having a really tough time with this. I wish it would stop. I guess I better be the one to try and make it better.:brokenheart:

Happy NATIONAL WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY
On August 26, 1920, women in the United States were granted the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified. (The amendment had actually been introduced many years earlier in 1878)
WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY is a day proclaimed annually by the President of the United States to commemorated the granting of the vote to women throughout the country on an equal basis with men. Since 1971, when legislation was first introduced in Congress by Bella Abzug, every president has published a proclamation for Women’s Equality Day. This resolution was passed, designating each August 26 as Women’s Equality Day.

“You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.” ~Les Brown

Tom

@L2T~Would you let Texas know that Autumn is on its way because it’s still summer here —100s, mid 80s driving into work this morning.

@Holly~You have little feet (I’m jealous—I wear a 10)! Awesome that your son surprised you with new shoes.

@enzosmama~Ouch, I’m so sorry to hear about your toe.

@Tom~I’m sorry you and Amy are at odds, you two are usually in sync—hope you day and things improve soon.

@Nettie~Yes, I painted the picture of Zoe. I went to a “paint your pet” class at a painting studio—tons of fun and it turned out better than I thought it would! :happy:

AFM~I’m frustrated, scale up again. I know we go through these patterns sometimes but I’m never going to reach my pre-cruise goal if it doesn’t turn around soon. Sent my trainer a text, he’s puzzled too but we’ll talk later. I think repeating the August challenge in September is a good idea—I’m trying to keep a running tally of calories eaten/not eaten, I NEED to be closer to BMR (I know this is probably what is really holding me back). Oy! Had the turkey burger when I went out to dinner last night, in hindsight I could have had their regular burger—I had the calories left over from Sunday plus still had other wiggle room yesterday. :grumble:

Sunday~Trainer DONE!
Monday~Rest Day DONE!
Tuesday~Trainer
Wednesday~Cardio
Thursday~None or Elliptical at home (dentist appt)
Friday~Trainer
Saturday~Cardio

Hi all!

Its wednesday here for me... soooo wishes! Not quite sure how to do this so please bear with me!

I wish I had started a year ago? I wish I was thin and healthy RIGHT NOW?

No?

Okayyyyyyyyy... I wish I have the courage to go running today. I hope I manage to stick to my healthy eating plan given I have some travel to do today. I hope I have the strength of mind to keep telling myself that the losses will come toward the end of the week - and dont give up in the meantime (Im super good at giving up... it's become quite the talent).

Mainly I wish I had the strength to change that of myself which wants instant gratification for everything, all the time. I hope this is the time for that to be proved weaker than my will to succeed with my physical health.

@Zaxie - One day at a time is all we can do. Eventually, those days add up and we find ourselves closer to or farther from where we wanna be.

How true! Thank you for your words of encouragement.

Zakie-you did just fine with your wishes. I think many of us wish we had started earlier than we actually did. However, in retrospect, I know I would not have been successful as I am now. The reason is I wanted this for myself and I was ready for a change. The changes will come and so will the weight loss, just take it one day at a time and one habit at a time and the changes will stick.

Fera- Congrats on your loss. Wishing you the best as you move. Congrats to hubby on his ordination.

Ms.Frizz- Hurrah that you can get back on the exercise bike. Enjoy your rides.

Tom- I hope you straighten out the situation with the Mrs. Tell her that you love her and that you are sorry. You are opening the door for conversation to find out what has her so upset. Say hi to Amy for me.

Kp- I hope you have a better day tomorrow. We all have times when we don't want to talk due to the "bad days", so no worries. When you are comfortable with us, you will know that we are a safe place to vent and get your feelings out. Depending on what I am dealing with, I will often check in here and head my post with the word " Warning VENTING" then I can share my feelings and people can choose to read or ignore depending on their mood. It works really well just to get everything off my chest and out of my head.

cblue/Lori- Hard trainers are great especially when they know when to push you on exercise and the types of food intake. Rest days are tough so swimming sounds like a great plan.

Robin- I am excited that Gorilla will also be doing the T2T with us.

Kah/Kelley- I hope you get the weight thing figured out. It is so tricky at this point in the journey. I know I have not figured out what cause my weight to go up and down so quickly or slowly as the case may be.

Goal-A successful first day of school but it was tiring. The kids were good today, I hope that will translate into a good year. Surprisingly, we had about 99% compliance with the new uniform policy and the students looked great in them. Even better, I did not hear anyone complaining about them. To make sure I am exercising on a regular basis during the school year. It will be so easy to work late then head to a meeting, instead of leaving early and going for a walk. Tomorrow I have another evening meeting so plan is to leave work in time to go for walk then pick up dinner before my meeting. I need to do this for me since I will end up spending to much time at work and sitting throughout the day.