Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Hi everyone - I did sort of a hit and miss method on the personals tonite -and fell asleep in the middle of them -so sorry!
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@Kaye – What bad luck having bruised ribs – glad they’re healing fast! I admire your attitude, I love how positive you are!

@Barb(Mountmary) Oh what a story – so many stressors, one on top of the others, glad your mom is OK, and hope your car is working.
Funny but I saw a TV show about Christmas gifts: for pedometers to be accurate you really should tape out as many feet as you can on a floor with a tape measure – “12 feet would be ideal” – and walk back and forth several times and take an average of the number of steps you get each time, as it varies a bit, so you get your steps accurate. The show said some of us change our pace quite a lot, so guessing just doesn’t work.

@MrsHunt – I was on a probiotic for a year due to a med I was on – the med irritated my stomach and the probiotic stopped the irritation. However, I didn’t notice the side effect you are looking for! In fact, during that year, I did consume a lot of sugar – and breads. And gained weight………………. Can you hear the shark music?

@EReilly(Erin) - Happy New Year. What a hassle changing over to a new, helpful med and the insurance denial. A personal hatred of mine, too. Sometimes it seems like a struggle of who can out-argue the other party. Maybe we should all be paying our insurance premiums with our VISA cards, and let VISA handle those disputes for us! Oh, in my dreams….sigh…
Yet, here you are with a great attitude and looking forward to a great year – you rock!

@melifornia – great mantra – I can see that one growing quite powerful …

@Skinny – thanks for explaining more about taring – I knew there was a way to do that but hand’t tried to yet. Thanks that’s so simple! Most of my meals are 1 ingredient things – scoops of cottage cheese, slices of Havarti – lots of versions of cheese, come to think of it, and the inevitable “satan on my shoulder”, vanilla ice cream. (Gosh that portion shrunk, darn it!)
Yeah, after all the dish weighing, I remembered the Tare function and slapped my forehead.

@livesToTravel – so happy to see you back – was missing you and wondering if life had been fair to you – I gained some weight too – how correct you are, as long as we never quit, we never fail!

@KaiHunter – spilling your frustrations here, rather than stress-eating is what this discussion is for, so don’t apologize. It also helps us understand each other and put our own problems in perspective.
My prayers you can get insurance to cover the box of needles maybe by the Ins. CO. wrapping the charge around to the end time of the DME’s shipment – the time that charge runs out. Who knows… if not, consider them a blessing in disguise and keep them as a safety net in case the DME fails you again.

@Tanya – hi again!!!! “One day at a time” great idea. Sound and sensible. See ya soon, ‘k?
Oh, there you are again! Great planning and recording. If only I was that smart or had that much discipline. I’m going to have to start rationing these notes!

@Niki – hope you feel better soon! Hope no one else is using that Neti pot when you aren’t looking!

@WMander1 – Michelle – welcome and thanks for your Sunday Share – teaching is an enormously draining occupation – I didn’t realize that until I encountered all the teachers on this site and heard about their lack of time – you’ll get the support you need if you’re direct in asking for what you need. Come here there’s much more action and response than on your home page. More actual friends who care as well!.

@WalkingQueen – good for you for adding stairs into your routine – I’m impressed! I’m going to miss your input when school starts up but that’s #1 for you and I understand!

@Scrubb816 – welcome Newbie –I see your quite new at posting as well, so congrats on joining into this discussion and being so brave as well. We are here to support you and each other so come back often. And don’t worry about failure, ok, it happens…

@MKknits – sounds like you have a great dinner routine and your DH works well with it!

@CBlue – Lori – you are pumping the exercise –new jeans – impressive and causing slight jealousy here……..mind wanders… (waggles finger at kitty thru screen….no response…gives up)

@Kah-Kelley – keep killin’ it with those weights – burns lots more fat, particurly stomach fat, than cardio.

FYI:Just read that 20 min of weight lifting twice a week would burn more fat and help your health much better than cardio – but they did add, do NOT give up cardio – you should consult with your doc and expect some tests before he OK’s the lifting.


AFM:
BTW – I LOVED my MIL – she was wonderful, loving, admirable, kind, suffered greatly but without complaint from arthritis, forgiving of all, she’d make great meals created out of hardly anything but a can of soup it seemed – everyone wanted to drop by and sit at her old kitchen table with the oil-cloth table cloth. She was the mother I longed for…..she hand made Christmas ornaments for me and every member of her family – which was enormous –over 30 –each year. I enjoy hanging mine on my tree – and think how infused with love each one is. Some crocheted, some glass beaded, all so sentimental now, as she is at peace.

will have to post my progress on the Challenges tomorrow. AM doing well - went swimming Sat night with my friend who slept over on my inflatable mattress - I'm going to try it out on what's left of tonight - just want to see what my guests experience.

Thanks for all the good wishes on my new position - it does take a lot of time, though. We'll see how it works out!

@Mrs.Hunt - I was secretly hoping you'd still try them. I do think they help your digestion. I wish I was still getting the prescription for them so that they were paid for. I hate to pay the OTC price for them. I know my stomach felt better on them.

@CBlue - what a great quote and a good thing to do on a really lousy day! I admit I have done the same occasionally now that I live alone!

@Melfornia - under your other goals to do: I see one of mine as well - refillng pill box - I HATE that chore - I usually do 2 weeks at a time, but get so frustrated if I can't get a refill in time to do the last week's slots. This week I am behind dreadfully on that chore! Great goals you've got there and you've done so well - wow that 2 hours prior to the alarm - you sure used that time well!

@LivesToTravel - Napa trip sounds so rewarding. Can't remember where you live..doh! As far as strength training - are you used to machines or barbells? I use dumbells at home and perfectly happy with that. Course, I am not a roll model in this department!

@TIH- tracy - glad you had a date nite - to heck with the burger - you can make up any overage that caused later this week. Thanks for your Sunday Share - nice to know your still whacking away at those insurance problems. Seriously I'm glad there is a sensible person straightening out the occasional snags claimants encounter. Bless you!
Great goals!

@Morgori - Tom - everything you posted today was top notch!
Glad you got all that roasting done on your cooker. It surprised me to hear you could even smoke cheese in that silver baby of yours! Someday I will come there and see you, Amy and the Silver Whiz. And the splendors of the city!

@Rozie - welcome back - don't worry - sometimes life is very difficult and takes priority. Glad you've found some time for yourself. Here you have friends to support you. Let us know what you need, OK?

@wmander1 - what a lovely post - glad you feel surrounded by kindred spirits!

@Tanya - we should crown you QUEEN of SUBSTITUTIONS with the day you had today! All I can say is very well done!

@MKknits - lunch bags, pickles, cooking, and high-pro snacks, excellent choices all around. You just need to do this 300 more days or so and you should be golden!

@Skinnyjeans - do you unlock your door with a key? Not sure since its brand-new. If so, you can heat the key with a lighter, then insert the heated key into the frozen lock. We do it here in Nebraska a lot and it sure works. Looked today for my lighter and couldn't find it when I stopped at the drugstore, so had to buy one for my purse just for the winter. Next time I fly, it will get confiscated, because I'll forget its there.