Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Hi Everyone, sorry I haven't checked in a few days. This sinus infection has really kicked my butt this week. My anti biotics weren't doing anything for me, so my doctor switched them to a stronger one yesterday. I slept in til noon today! I don't know the last time I've done that! I still have no energy but I am finally starting to feel a little better. I have been pretty good with my nutrition until the last two days, where I've let it go a little bit. Time to get back on track tomorrow. I went to my cousins house to watch the Patriots game this evening and we got pizza, to be expected for playoff football!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far!

@grandmakaye44‌ I hope someone can take your spot, and I hope you are feeling better soon. There will always be another 10K!

I am so jealous of everyone who can run, I've worked and tried but it ends up bothering my knees and ankle too much. Hopefully I can get some answers about my skin and knees (they bother me a lot too) and figure out a way to start learning to run - my daughter is a fantastic runner (at 10) and was kicking butt at cross country. I would love to be able to run with her and do 5ks with her one day.

AFM
14/66 toward making a new habit
10/31 on plan - actually was under calories today by more then I would like (second day of that) but I'm not really hungry. We were so busy with my daughters swim meet that I kind of just snacked and nibbled on things which kept me full.

Hello, new to the group

@MKKnits, just to clarify, I am a walker, not a runner.
@klp555, hard and fast rules will only lead to discouragement and ultimately defeat and failure. You need a few good sensible guidelines that you can live with for the rest of your life. Just my two cents worth.
Kaye

Hi just stopping in real quick before I actually go to sleep. My Saturday success is that I have been to the gym six out of 10 days in the month of January. Woo hoo! Still haven't seen any changes in the scale but I really am contributing that to the fact that my musclesare needing repair in my body is retaining water to do so. I haven't met my calorie goal every day but not too bad. One of the things I'm going to work on this coming week is going to bed at a decent hour. It is 1:30right now and still awake! No personals tonight because I'm on my phone… I love talk to text!

@marypoppins - sorry...pushed the wrong button....let's try again...I find that if I do have a low day one day, the next day, I am very hungry and have little energy to do what I need to do, exercise wise. It's to the point, now, where I feel like a really tall toddler...I have my lunch bag filled with various snacks, so that I can eat a bit all day long. Not everyone needs to do it that way, but for me, it helps me stay more on target so I don't have this large amount of food to have to eat at the end of the day, or end up not eating, at the end of the day.
- @melifornia - Thanks for the ways to stay positive, even in the duldrums of winter.
- @saggyandbaggy - I think eating at times when everything that is available is delicious and challenging is going to be a life long struggle, even when all the weight is off me. It is just so easy to pop food into my mouth at those times. It helps to have my own food with me, but, let's admit it, it can't always happen. Just do the best you can, and get back on the horse after. Keep the workouts regular. Keep the flow of your life regular. Then, those special days will work themselves out. I didn't get this way by overindulging on the holidays. I got this way by overindulging on every other day of the year. A healthy body can take a few days of over indulgence, as long as it gets back to a strong routine afterwards. Just keep rocking!
- @angiefaychai‌ - Congrats on your weight loss! Fantastic work!

AFM - Struggling with food planning with others. Will just plan for myself if necessary. Going to work out right now, to keep the focus.
Perfect effort and balance,
Mara

@angiefaychai and @saggyandbaggy ~ Congratulations on the huge weight losses! Keep up the hard work of keeping it gone and going for more!

@jtconst ~ Have fun with that new bike! I love riding, but it will be a while before the weather lets that happen in WI.

@nannersp61 ~ I love that more and more places and functions are trying to include healthier food choices on their menus. Makes life easier for us!
My cold's gone and I actually lost weight at my shoe store weigh-in- surprise!

@Teresa_3266 ~ Cheeseburgers always smell so good to me, too. I eat them, but I try to plan for them. Good job not letting the heavenly aroma derail your food choice plan for the day!

@2laughis2live ~ Welcome! I try not to let myself get hungry to the point where I'm desperate to eat anything and everything. I changed my diary settings this month to start recording my snacks at the time when I eat them to help remind me to have an am snack and a pm snack.

@mountmary84 ~ Go Pack, Go!

@skinnyjeanzbound ~ Way to go on your gym work! I have to make myself get to the gym at least once this week...

@grandmakaye44 ~ Hope you find someone to take your 10K. I missed the beginning of your illness...have you had this a long time? I hope the rib pain is just sore muscles from all the coughing you've been doing and gets better soon.

@MKknits ~ I have dreams of running with my kids one day, too. We're kind of opposite, though. I am the one who runs, and my kids are learning. My daughter enjoys it, but hasn't gotten the hang of pacing herself so she can go longer distances. We've done 5Ks, but we usually walk and only run part of them. When you do eventually start, start slow and build slow.

@klp555 ~ Life is full of exceptions. I've found that I can't set myself up for failure by expecting huge changes that I can't sustain. I don't want to get too strict with myself and then beating myself up when I "break a rule". My guidelines are to count calories, exercise, drink water and pick fresh, whole food over processed foods. Life isn't perfect and neither am I. I still eat processed foods, slack on tracking, slouch on the couch instead of working out, and miss my water goal. I've been using MFP for two years. I'm not dropping mega pounds, but each year I am a little lighter than the year before and I think that will work best for me over my lifetime.

@tlh0407 ~ I need to get to bed earlier, too. I hardly ever do anything productive when I stay up late, but I feel like the day usually goes better when I get a good sleep and get up early. Who was that, Ben Franklin? "Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." True!

@maram29 ~ Are you trying to meal plan around your husband and kids? When I first started healthy meal planning, I was trying all these new recipes and my family hated it. So, now I try not to introduce too many new things at once. I do maybe one new recipe per week. And I keep one or two meals "normal"....things like mac and cheese or hot dogs. I've gradually replaced them with whole grain macaroni and turkey dogs.

Welcome to all the new people! You've found a great space for support and accountability.

AFM ~ I got a surprise on the scale at the shoe store yesterday. Down 1.8 lbs! Now, I have the final weigh-in at the Y this week...this is the hold your weight over the holidays program. I can't remember what I weighed on their scale back in November, so I'm not sure what to expect. I have a sneaking suspicion that I will not be earning the gas card for maintaining or losing.
Yesterday, my daughter had a party for a school friend at the ice rink. The birthday girl's dad ended up having to stay home with their sick baby, so her mom was glad to have me stay and help watch all the little 7 & 8 year old girls with little to no experience skating. I hadn't been in a pair of ice skates in twenty years or more, so I was just as wobbly and nervous as some of the kids! After a while, I got in a groove and it was a lot of fun. Now, I'm thinking we need to take our family there during open skate some weekend. It was such a good time, and great exercise!
Now, I am off to cheer on the Packers from the comfort of our basement family room while pedaling our recumbent bike! Go Pack, Go!

January All-in: 4/10
Mantra: You Know Better!

@mnwalkingqueen ~ Happy Last Day of Break. I love that you said you're straight up doing nothing, but that today is laundry day. What a very "mom" thing to do! Even on the days where we're doing nothing, we're doing something. Ha!

@hansea47‌ Thanks for the advice did you start on a treadmill or outside? We live in a really hilly area that bothers my achilles so I'm wary to start around here. My daughter is not only a good runner but she loves it and it helps a lot with her ADHD and anxiety disorder (both are pretty severe and we can't not medicate her). During the seasons we can take her out to run we can actually reduce her meds if she can get in around 2-3 miles a day in. Winter is hard though she hates running on treadmills and there is usually too much ice and snow for road running with a kid to be safe. We have her on swim team in the winter but it doesn't do the magic running does for her. She is so happy when she runs and pushes herself to beat her times. We have a friend who marathon/triathalon trains who is going to work with her this summer to train for the kids tri the y does this summer.

Hello, I am a newbie to this thread but not to MFP. I have over 100 lbs to lose also and am just beginning this journey (again) along with my husband. I have read about 3 pages of posts and seems like a lot of similar people/issues as myself. I do wonder what AFM stands for (is it All FitnessPal Members?).
Thanks in advance.

@Morgori‌ - I know a few dudes who would be willing to petition to make that an official holiday.

Welcome, newbies! I've only been in this thread for a couple of weeks, but can tell already that I've found the right place for support, encouragement and the occasional kick in the pants.

My Saturday Success is that Sissy Night went really well last night. We were at BigBro's new house for the first time. He has 10 children, so it's easier to go to them than have everyone come to me. The new house is about 3x bigger than their old house, and even with boxes everywhere (they're still moving in), it's a better setup overall. So the location was better, and I think having a week of daily yoga, meditation, etc. under my belt made it easier to handle the general chaos of that many little ones. (Noticed that when I subbed last week, too.) I also re-instituted reading aloud time as I start moving us back to a more structured evening post-holidays, moving, etc. Anyway, feeling good about all of that.

Working my way through my weekend To Do's and noodling on what to set for my goals this week. I'll be back later with those.

Sunday Share-I love cold weather! Since we don't get that much in Austin, I relish the bracing wind, the red cheeks, and the cozy clothes-especially scarves. I adore scarves!! So I am loving this cold snap we have had.

Have a great week. We will reach our goals if we keep up our hard work.

Discipline - Laura

Hope everyone is having a good Sunday so far! I'm still fired up from the Cowboys/Packers game. I wasn't cheering for either team, since my team played last night but football is always fun! I'm finally starting to get some relief from my sinus infection, although still not through the woods yet and still have this nagging cough. I'm still fighting for energy, but feeling a bit better so I can't wait to get back to the gym tomorrow after work.

@MKknits ~ If you have a y membership, your daughter might enjoy running around the track more than running in place. Though, you are still running to nowhere. Our y has a youth area with a couple treadmills for kids ages 7 and up, and my kids really like watching cartoons and walking on them. In the adult area, they have a few new treadmills with programs on them where you virtually run through different parks and cities. Fun facts pop up every few minutes, so it's kind of educational, too. If you can find access to any treadmills with programs like that on them, that may help. I think it's called Live Active or something like that.
I started by running down a lonely road near my house. I quit when someone yelled out their car at me...I couldn't really understand what they said, but it didn't sound encouraging. I was too embarrassed to try again for a year or more. I walked a few 5Ks and saw others running and was inspired to try again. This time, I did it at the y and did the "couch to 5K" treadmill version. I still don't go fast. Walkers passed me quite easily at the half-marathon I did in September, but I figure I'm going faster than I was when I didn't even try!

Kaihunter- I hope they figure out the problem quickly. RBC carry oxygen thoughout your body so if you are low, then that would explain the lack of energy.

Saggyandbaggy-Congrats on your 84lb lose so far.

Angiefaychai- Congrats on your loss.

2laughis2live-Welcome. It is okay to get hungry and then to eat, the trick is not to over eat. The other option is to space your meals out through the course of the day so have 6 smaller meals compared to 3 large meals.

Kaye-Hope you are better soon. You may still be able to walk the 10k, if you take it easy. Your fitness level is up and that will help.

Ereilly- Hope you are better soon.

Akneslon-, aliciar8401, -Welcome

Mkknits-When I started running the best advice I received from my trainer is to start with a fast walk. That fast walk turns into a slow run. It works great and I still go back to the slow jog when running. You don’t need to run for long periods of time just a short 10-15 ft and build from there. Are you warming up before you run? Is there an indoor track in your area, it is not as much fun as outside but at least she can 2-3 miles without fear of ice and snow dangers.

Crs4daz- Welcome. AFM—As for me—

I will catch up with the rest of you tomorrow. It has been a very busy weekend with very little down time but overall not bad. Yesterday, I skipped swimming for a couple of reasons- it was to cold, Christmas tree needed to come down and most importantly, I did not feel like swimming. I was going to hit the gym instead but when driving by it was packed with youth basketball and these are not my favorite days to go. It is very loud on the track since it is above the basketball courts. Today, I went rock climbing again and had a blast. I am actually fine with missing yesterday since my body needed a day to rest. Went up the high walls and challenged myself to work on the more challenging walls.

With the exception of no exercise yesterday, I meet all my exercise goals. My school week is starting with a 2hr. delay due to ice/ freezing rain so I will see if it turns into a day off. The freezing rain is suppose to end between 10 am and 1pm. My school district will not make the same mistake as last week when it comes to weather closings.

I am Laurie, a middle school science in Maryland. I have been on this journey for 4.5 years. Throughout this journey, I lost about 70 lbs and have another 20-30 to go. My level of fitness has improved and I am able to experience a variety of activities such as rock climbing. When I started, my favorite activity was sitting on the couch. Now, you will find me indoor rock climbing, swimming, biking, running, hiking etc. I have completed indoor triathlons, a swim meet, 5k runs etc. The journey has been very rewarding but challenging however, the benefits outweigh the challenges.

Wishing everyone a great week.

Sunday- Rock climbing
Monday- Trainer workout
Tuesday- gym
Wednesday-Rest
Thursday- Gym
Friday- climbing
Saturday- swim
Sunday- swim meet???