Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

No personals tonight... I am wiped. But I need to unload a bit here...

Good news and bad news, first the good. My neck feels better every day and the headaches are decreasing in frequency. More good news, my car should be fixed by middle of next week. I am enjoying driving the rental, but I find it hard to see out the back etc.. just used to my car is all.

And the bad... I broke up with my BF on Thursday. I can't give all the details but as a result, he works every weekend, we live an hour apart and we basically never see each other any more. He is very unhappy with his life right now, but says it is not me. We've been together for over 4 years... I don't know how I am going to get over this. And today I went kayaking and geocaching with a bunch of friends who all asked me why he wasn't there. The only thing I could say is that he was working (which was true, and is usually the case when he can't go with me) but I couldn't tell them the real reason. I am still too emotional. We talked every single day, and told each other everything. I am lost.

Saturday Success: Not sure if I'm having any...scale went up 3 days in a row and I'm on target for my goals. This happened 3 weeks ago too, so I'm trying to ignore the number, but GOLLY. :huh:

26/27 days under 1400 k, 23/27 days cardio, slight increase in fruits and veggies.

With the frustration I'm feeling, I'm considering lowering my calories to 1350/day for the October challenge. I can't increase the intensity of my workouts, though I might try adding another minute or two each week for a total increase of 4-8 minutes per workout by the end of the month. (Don't want to make my cardio workouts too long, because I get bored and burned out if I have to be at the gym so much.) Not sure what to do. Trainer doesn't like the idea of me lowering calorie goal. There must be something I can do to move things along. Ideas???

hansea: Woohoo! A 2 pound loss is FANTASTIC!

T2T racers: Hope the weather and your feet cooperate! Can't wait to hear about your adventure!

Tanya: So sorry for your pain.

Toots: If you're checking in while in China, I'm thinking about you and your family. Hope all is going smoothly.

Had a run-in with a BEE today! Holy smokes, it hurts! I yelled so loud, my hubby crutched out to see what was wrong! What a wimp I am.:sad:

Guess I should turn in and mind my "buzz-ness."

'Night all.

GW>Marsha

Food day: Another horrible awful no good very bad day. Granddaughters live to far away for Halloween doughnuts so they wanted me to make them this evening. They were delicious but not calorie friendly.
Spiritual and family day: Couldn't have been better.
Tanya, I'm sorry for your sadness.
I'm in for a similar challenge again. I haven't seen any movement on the scale so I may figure out some way to modify it again. Still trying to figure out how to break this plateau.
Onward and downward. Kaye

Count me in. I an not "new" to MFP but I am getting re-acquainted with it for sure. My goal is 198 because that is where I was when I was 19 when I was athletic. I have been as high as 315 (or more, not sure) and never really below 250 throughout my adult life. I "think" I have my mind set and am really wanting to make this happen. 198. I want to know what it feels like again. Who told me I couldn't? I have no idea why I think I can't and I have no idea why I have been so complacent my whole adult life but why not now? I don't know any one here on MFP so maybe I will meet some like minded folks who have similar goals. I wish you all success! Please wish the same on me.

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I am not a big exerciser, but get in a small walk most every day. It is hard to stay under my calorie limit but I am usually within 100-300 and yet the scale never moves. My clothes are a little loose, I don't usually eat anything unhealthy, except once a month I allow myself a treat like ice cream. I have lost 25 lbs but I have so many more to go, it seems slow to drop a half or one each one to two weeks. I am getting used to using fruit for replacement of other sweets and have been really enjoying salads and lean meats and beans. It takes so long. I guess too waiting to move from here is seeming to be so long away, even though it is only a month away. The closer it is, the longer away it seems. It is so boring where I am, and my concentration is poor, so it is hard to occupy my mind. At least my anxiety is not too overwhelming. It is a comfort to see I am not alone in my struggles. Robin I hope your back gets better, I have had back problems for years, being a nurse has had its tole. I find that some of the stretches recommended in the YMCA class for healthy backs are very good. You do have to be careful about disc problems. I know I have started to have some. All of you take care and next time I will try not to whine so much. I am lucky in some ways, and I try to remind myself of that too. I had fifteen years of friendship with my brother and forty plus years with my dear friend Karin, and that is special to me. Got to go and walk the girls.

Katrena- Glad you're having good control days! Keep it up!

KateIrving- Slow and steady wins the race. Don't lose hope!

Verucalane- Welcome to the thread! Plantar fasciitis is a pain I've been dealing with, too. Mine hasn't been too bad. I stretch whenever I am sitting around the house, and of course, after exercise always. I've iced it when it's been bad, which helped. I also use some ibuprofen. Mine also gets worse when I wear unsupportive shoes, so I've been trying to wear my fitted running shoes whenever I can.

Ladybuglucy- Welcome! Just keep checking in on the thread. You will get to know everyone. Keep posting and we will get to know you, too. Robin has suggestions for what to post about each day, but you don't have to stick to that structure if it doesn't work for you. We're all here to offer positive support.

Herbmfp- Welcome! Who told you you couldn't? If you're like me, it was probably just yourself. Now, I tell myself I can, so tell yourself you can, too! You've got this!

Soosun- Celebrate the good and learn from the ugly and move forward. You're on the right path!

GrammyWhammy- Maybe add a few minutes of a new activity to your workouts? Something you've never done before. Learning something new will be challenging and keep you from getting bored. Your trainer must have some ideas of activities you haven't tried yet.
Also, bees!!!!! Eeek! I have a big fear of bees. It's pretty ridiculous, and I'm passing it on to my kids. It's just that in the past, when I've been stung, I swelled a lot and either have a bad allergy to them or was having a paranoid reaction and thought I was having trouble breathing. Whatever it was, taking a Benadryl and drinking a coke with caffeine helped. Result though is me shutting down and whimpering whenever a bee is in the vicinity. Very adult. Blah!

Lori- Good job with the meal planning/portioning!

Tanya- So sorry to hear about your breakup.

Robin- I think I do owe my 2 lb loss to the September challenge. It forced me to get real about my calories. Honesty is the best policy! I am totally up for an October repeat. Maybe we can add a share your favorite fall recipe to it? I need some inspiration in the kitchen!

Tom- Hope you get to relax soon!

OutofShape28- Welcome!

Kaye- I was kind of hoping the secret to weight loss would be found in Halloween doughnuts. No? Sigh. That would've been a sweet solution. I hope October brings you a loss, even if it's only a couple ounces!

AFM- I was asked to join our parish council, and I did. The pastoral leader is encouraging everyone to read Living our Strengths and take a Strength Finder quiz online. I just did it today and here are my top five strengths: 1. Adaptability 2. Positivity 3. Responsibility 4. Intellection and 5. Developer.
I'm looking forward to reading the book and seeing how I can use my strengths to add to our parish community; improve at work; and maybe even apply it to my weight loss and fitness!

September logging and thread-counting is 21/28 and I am just sneaking in under the wire because it's well after midnight here. But another good day where I went over by only a couple of calories due to a sneaky square of chocolate.

The road closures are settling down now and our street is much quieter but also -- much, much easier to park in. It looks rather as if people were driving to our street from half a mile away to park nearer the station. So if that stops it will make up for everything else.

Sunday share -- I took my new Poppy3D 3D camera/viewer attachment for the iPhone with me to the event we went to today, and got some nice snaps. I've put them on Flickr at None of us dancing though cos obviously I was busy at the time. Not dancing today because I was needed for the music -- the Guildhall square was enormous and full and it was hard to hear us.

@Robin -- sorry to hear you're not still not very well; rest up, won't you?
@Tanya -- so sorry to hear about your boyfriend. Make sure you take care of yourself and find ways to feel better that don't involve eating mega-tubs of ice cream. Maybe try to spend some time hanging out with your girlfriends?
@Marsha -- have you got weights in your exercise mix? They won't help the pounds come off but they will definitely help with shape which I think it the more important thing anyway.
@veruclane -- Sundays are definitely for sharing, so that was great! And setting mini-goals is absolutely the way forward when the whole target is so big.
@Katrena -- keep having those days on target!

And welcome to everyone new! This is such a nice thread to hang out in. You just need to come along when you want to, read what you want to, post what you want to -- and take care of yourselves! We're very easy going here.

Right -- we're all ready to start another week, right? Right? Roll on Monday!

-- Alison

I heard from Laurie and she asked me to share with all of you that they did great at T2T today! I cannot wait to hear all about it.

Welcome newbies! :flowerforyou:

KJefferies (Katrena) - I wear multiple hats for work. I teach for a local school district in a program designed for children with autism. We work on social skills as well as self-help skills rather than academics. For district I also provide home aide supervision. For that I go into the homes and supervise the aides working with the students. I give them suggestions on what to try with the students. I also work for an agency. For my agency I do work in my student's houses providing home based services for them. I also provide parent training sessions for the families as well. LOL aren't you sorry you asked? It's confusing, I know. But I love every minute of it, even during those not so good moments. Unlike Laurie and Karen I don't have to grade papers/tests. :bigsmile: But I do have to take data on my students progress and behaviors then write quarterly reports on their progress.
Fantastic job on being within your calorie limits 2 days in a row. Brag away and be proud! Keep up the great job.

Skinny (Karen) - That is great that the student apologized for cheating. Hopefully the natural consequences helped him learn his lesson and he never does that again.

Soosun - RLP is round ligament pain. What happens during pregnancy as everything grows your round ligaments (in your groin) stretch and can tear. Yes this is my first pregnancy.

Hansea - Yes, she did answer all my questions. We spoke more about RLP. I may look into a belly support band if it doesn't begin to get better soon. We also discussed my near fainting spell. She said that is due to a drop in blood pressure and is common in pregnancy. It is hard to pinpoint what called the BP drop since she wasn't there. Could be a number of things. I told her I had gotten light headed a few other times when standing still (in line at a store, waiting for the buses to depart from school). She wants me to constantly move. Even if it is just rocking from side to side while standing. This will prevent my BP from dropping like that. The appointment went very well. She said I am doing fantastic with my weight gain, the baby looks good and I was able to hear the heart beat again!

Bohemian (Alison) - That's funny! I have insomnia just about every night. I was able to sleep fairly well the other night aside from my multiple bathroom trips during the night but always fell right back to sleep. But around 5 am some critters began to fight in the woods and were making a horrible ghastly sound. It went on for 40 minutes. By then I just could not fall back asleep due to the sounds. I was so annoyed. I almost made it an entire night of decent sleep!

Lives - Thanks for the advice. I have had the same discussion with Brian about speaking to her. He never does which just frustrates me. His method is ignore her and avoid her unless we have to see her. He finds that is easier than confronting her. :grumble: Usually I bite my tongue with her as well but I decided now with a child in the picture I refuse to allow her to show any disrespect for me. I don't do it to her and she absolutely should not do it to me. We will see how this goes. I am sure over time there will be some words exchanged between the two of us and it won't be pretty. Who knows, maybe Brian will become more assertive with her once our little girl arrives. I can only hope!

Kah (Kelley) - I LOVE the new picture!

mnwalking - So sorry about the math practice test. Hopefully the next one is better for you!

Kaye - LOL it certainly isn't for sissies as I learned the hard way. I never knew it was this difficult. The past couple of days I have been having a lot of really difficult days. It stinks. I can't wait to get over this trouble zone.

Robin (Ellen) - That has always been my downfall too. I am glad I finally found my voice. I am still working on it but getting better with practice. Hopefully you find yours too. It really is a liberating feeling!

Skinny (Karen) - So sorry I had to skip today. I had a really rough day and spent most of it sleeping. I did venture out this evening to get some milk, It was exhausting just walking from the car to the store and back. The pain and my nausea seemed to subside after a very long nap this afternoon but I still had/ have a lot of discomfort. There is no way I would have been able to pull off a trip into the city today. I hate feeling this way, it sucks.
So sorry to hear the drama is still going on with your MIL as well. I cannot believe she left that message for him. She was very out of line with that one. Reading your message to Marsha I realized there are a lot of similarities in our MILs. So sorry, I know how stressful it is.

Tanya - I am so sorry to hear about your relationship with your BF. Sending big hugs your way. If I can do anything for you to help you get through this please don't hesitate to ask. :flowerforyou:
Sorry about your headaches. It could be a combination of the two but I think it probably is more due to the stress you are under right now. I know it's hard but hang in there. I am glad to hear you are keeping busy with friends.