Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

@RobinsEgg ... hope you stop by and see this ... we are all sending you hugs.

Having a good week and continuing to meet (and not exceed) my calorie goal every day. Getting back on the wagon sure is harder than falling off. But, I will persevere. This quote sums up nicely how I currently feel:

"Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did."

Oh so true. After losing 113 lbs in a year, I think diet fatigue got to me. I was just plain tired of the constant tracking, planning and thinking about food. The "one bite won't hurt" mind set took hold. Then the "one brownie won't hurt" mindset crept in and pounds were regained. But, that's water under the bridge and I can either forgive myself, learn from the set back and move forward or throw up my hands and quit as I have many times in the past. I choose the first option. I refuse to let my disappointment in myself sabotage my current efforts. If I do, I will eventually see every last pound I've lost back on the scale.

2015 Mantras (because one is not enough):

Live like someone left the gate open (Live Joyously)
Persevere

Have a wonderful day!

Good morning everyone.

Happy Women’s Healthy Weight Day!
A day to honor American women of all sizes and confirm that beauty, talent and love cannot be weighed. Winners of the Women’s Healthy Weight Awards will be announced—businesses that portray size diversity and reject the national obsession with thinness that is shattering the lives of women, young girls and their families.

One for the ladies, and a day for husbands to squirm, perhaps. Whilst waking your spouse on Women’s Healthy Weight Day to proclaim your whole-hearted approval of her size may garner some testing looks, it is unequivocally an occasion for female empowerment. Though now an international affair, unsurprisingly it originated in the United States, where whooping it up whilst tipping the scales can be done with a unique Stateside joie de vivre.
For the rest of the world it has become a more modest day of reflection and a chance to highlight the lady behind the shallow stereotypes they often suffer. In short, it’s a day for the gals get together and celebrate one another in any way they choose. Brunch, barbecue, cheese and wine? At the risk of stating the obvious, it might also be renamed International Diet Amnesty Day. Or for the gents, International Walking On Eggshells Day!


“If you want to accomplish anything in life, you can’t just sit back and hope it will happen. You’ve got to make it happen.” ~Chuck Norris

Tom

@Newbies- Welcome to the group
@rototee- Being happy with our choices….well I am learning that statement is a learned process. I will speak on my own issues….it is always a when it’s raining it pours situation lately but I am learning to find the positive in even the worst situations. I was told God never gives us more than we can handle he may push us to the edge but never over.
@NK1112- Hope you get rest and feel better soon
@Karen- I am hoping for a grade free weekend for you. I wish that I didn’t like pizza maybe if I worked at Dominos or Pizza Hut I wouldn’t. When I was a teen I worked at Dairy Queen for a summer and never ate ice cream all summer.
@Jtconst- You animal bath story made me smile. I guess that I have been lucky out cat Dotsin loved taking a bath(died few years ago) and Riley does too. I know you will find a good route and before you know it those pesky hills will be traveled on.
@maram- I wish you best on your endurance and strength goals. I have no suggestions at this all I do is walk. I don’t know why but I never try different things even though they appeal to me. Laurie K got my mind thinking about rock climbing but yet in a year I have never tried but it still seems cool.
@Teresa- sounds like you had a busy day on Wed.
@Lives2Travel- Your loss is awesome and please try not to beat yourself up. I am learning our internal talk is our worst enemy if it isn’t positive


AFM- My truth today is….I am my own reason for not losing or gaining. My eating habits are not the best but way better than eating out every day like I was for every meal. I am realizing I get a huge high when I see the numbers fall but if they go back up I get a ‘F-it “ attitude. I only weigh once a week because of that thought process but even then I get discouraged. I walk 5-6 miles a day, my doctor tells me I am down from last year which is good and my changes help my body no matter what the scale says. I guess I am just feel blah today.

roberts0719 wrote: »

Hi. I'm late to this discussion, but I really like the motivation and accountability you provide each other. I have 150# to lose and could REALLY use a support team.

Welcome to the BEST thread on MFP! You can lose the weight and we'll all be here to cheer you on.

@Lori - Two steps forward, one step back is something I like to remember when it seems I am losing ground.
@Susan - I hope you are on the mend and feeling better.
@scrubb - ditto message to Susan.
@Barbara - You are back to having successful weigh-ins after all the s++t! You go, girl!
@tototee - I can’t resist a bit of black humor: life happens until it doesn’t (and then you really ARE screwed). Now that that is out of my system, you will find that this is a great group of people. Welcome!
@Skinny – terrific self-control with the pizza. I have a difficult time when something really delicious pops up in front of me. Congrats on getting the grading done.
@Tammy - I don’t envy anyone bathing cats; and unless you actually do it, you can’t possibly believe how strong they are, even the kittens!
@Lives - you’re back on track and that’s what counts. Anyone who can lose 113 lbs. in a year can reach her goal.
@Mel - Hope you are working up a storm today, using the Timer Strategy. Your list of work from yesterday is amazing.

Welcome, all the new people.

Thursday truth - it is true that our mantras have power; I have used mine to remember to complete something I started and then was about to walk away from. Now I need to find some words to make me eat only to satiety and eat fruits/veg. when hungry at nite. Hmmmm.
Another Thursday truth - I keep going over my calorie goal, especially when I get hungry. Low calorie (for me, 1,400) is just tough to adhere to. Help!!!

Hi guys, I just found you. Mind if I join in?? I am a married mom of two, work full time and have 100+ pounds to lose. I am 5'6" tall.

Thursday Truth: After I wrote my sick post, I did want to elaborate a little. Just another one of those funks I seem to go through periodically, which I guess is called life. I just don’t care to log, exercise, and get in the right mindset. It’s probably getting adjusted to the relocation, moving 2,000 miles across country AGAIN, getting settled into the new job, new house, Cyrus’ new middle school, and just my new life in general. I’m really not complaining. Life is good. I just know it’s time to get back on track finding a healthy lifestyle balance. I’ve gained a “little”, but nothing that is totally throwing me off kilter. I just know I’m not myself right now. My issues are so minor in the grand scheme of life and what others are going through like our beautiful leader Ellen aka RobinsEgg. HUGE hugs to her right now as she battles through an extremely difficult time. We’ll be holding down the fort and you know we’re here for you in whatever capacity you need or check in.

@Laurie – Thanks for sharing the picture of Isabella. I’m so happy for Nettie and her husband. What a beautiful little girl!!! Also, congrats on your swimming times. I’m so proud of you and your definitely an inspiration to me in a lot of ways.

@Teresa – I was in Athens this past weekend. My best friends daughter had a dance competition hosted by the UGA Red Hotz Dance Team. A whole day of teenage girls shaking their thang was quite a day. Of course, my 12 year old son LOVED it. Lord help me!!!

@Lives2Travel – Congrats on the pending engagement and always a gentleman to ask the parents. He’s a keeper!!!

@p1xyn1xy – Glad to see you, but sorry to read about your health issues. Yuck!! Baby steps going forward to recovery.

@Rozie – Thoughts and prayers to your family with your mom’s passing. My best friend lost her husband to cancer on December 9th. He fought too, but it’s an awful disease that is taking too many of our loved ones.

@NK1112 – I’m pretty much go with the flow on the challenges. I need to make a better commitment at them than I have in the past. Whatever is the consensus I’m game!
@Hansea – Congrats on the 2.6 lbs!! Woo Hoo!!

@ Kah68 (Kelley) – Darn dog chasing ducks!!! Glad you weren’t banged up too much more. The sacrifices we make for our health. No pain no gain. Right??!!!

@clube315 (Lori) – Sooooo proud of you!!!!!! You big loser!!! Of course, I later read your post about feeling fat. This is such an emotional roller coast we're on as we lose weight. You are working so hard and need to reflect on the HUGE accomplishments you've made. YOU did it and no one did it for you. All you baby!!!!

@Skinny (Karen) – Good job making the right choice with the pizza! Those are definitely moments to be thankful for. You overcame!!! I'm still in awe of your grading and the amount of time it takes. Always amazed.

@Mountmary (Barbara) – Nice job on your 2.5 lb loss!! Do we know if anyone wrote all the different mantra’s down? I would love to keep the list nearby.

@MNwalkingqueen – I use to get so hung up on number and how quickly one person loses over another. I’ve learned over time and it’s been tough learning that every single one of us have different bodies. Yes, we all know eating less and moving more we should lose. We will, but everyone will lose at a different rate depending on so many things. That was always my Wednesday Wish was patience. I think if we could blink and all be skinny we would be millionaires selling our secret. It’s not going to happen I’m afraid. Darn!

@Melifornia – I loved your post that you felt like punching less folks today. Good for you!! It’s those little things in life that make us smile.

Truth: I have been getting hungry every couple of hours today. I got up early and ate a bowl of cereal and a half banana, (7:00 am), then at 10:30 I ate a half a sweet potato and a cup of salad with cornbread. It's been snowing, but I was able to talk my husband into driving to the gym. I got a quick 2 miles in before we had to leave. My hubs is a pastor and needed to go visit a member who's losing his long fought battle with cancer. As soon as we got back I was hungry again and ate a ham sandwich and bowl of veggie soup. I realized as I sat there that I was craving chocolate, so I ate some chocolate animal crackers and had a cup of hot cocoa. So now, it wasn't a horrible amount of sweets, but I decided I needed to burn some more calories, so I spent 45 min shoveling heavy, wet snow.

cblue315 wrote: »

Good Morning to all, and thank you for posting. I do treat myself at lunch most days by catching up with all of you.
Thursday Truth - Struggling these days. Depression wants to grab me. I am fighting with all I can muster. This is the first winter I am without Zoloft in over 20 years. Winter is 1/2 over and I do not want to go back on at this point as it takes a few weeks to kick in. So I am on another anti-depressant and that will have to do. I am still going to the gym about 6 days a week. I am taking vitamin D and doing some tanning. When it is sunny I get outside for at least 15 minutes. But it has been so very cold here in Wisconsin. Sun is hard to come by.

Food is not the best but is not out of control. I have cleaned out the pantry and freezer so there really isn't anything to tempt me. Going out for lunch today with a friend.

Not sure if I posted this but last week hubby had an endoscopy and they found a mass. Turns out to be nothing alarming and they want to leave it alone. I am so relieved.

Work is still going crazy. I am trying not to regret the days off over Christmas. I own a small custom drapery/interior design business in a small town. It is just my sister and I. We do all the sewing ourselves. I do all the selling and installing. Yesterday I was at the store by myself for the day and got a ton of paperwork done. There is still a large pile on my desk but I can see patches of desk top and I have a place to lay my clipboard. I will tackle the EOY paperwork this weekend.

My house is a mess and I really have no ambition to do anything about it. That is all the energy I have. I live with my husband and two grown sons. They almost keep up after themselves but really do nothing toward the overall cleaning unless I get after them about it. They have learned if they want clean clothes they have to do laundry.

I am out of time for now.
Love to all,
Lori

I am sorry you are fighting the depression demon. I have gone through it before and Zoloft helped me then too. Have you considered going back to your doctor? There's no shame in admitting to yourself that you need help. On the home front, I had to lay down the law with my husband and kids and let them know that their disorganization was contributing to my despair. It sounds like the hubs needs to step up and be the organizer of chaos. Remind him marriage is a partnership for better or worse in sickness and in health. Right now you desparately need him to summon the strength to be more while you get the help you need to heal. Your children need to realize they have to step up as well and begin to show initiative and discipline themselves to keep up with their belongings, dad could teach them that there is pride in this type of behavior. This will also serve them well in their adult lives.

bsracer wrote: »

@NK1112 its a Maranga tree extract.

Moringa .. I had to look it up ... here is what is on WebMD about it.
http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-1242-moringa.aspx?activeingredientid=1242&activeingredientname=moringa

Just a quick pop-in to read posts ad update my goals. Just some journal conference write ups to finish tomorrow. YAY!!

January Challenge:
Under calorie goal: 19/21 days (goal is 28/31 days)
All-in: run 2 days/week: week 1 = 2/2, week 2 = 3/2, week 3 = 2/2, week 3 = x/2
8k at end of month (not sure what day) in 56 minutes (Thanksgiving 8k = 56:49, NYE 8k = 57:47)

Grading Goals:
1. 32/66 journal conferences

Exercise Goals: (week 3)
Sun--walk gunner DONE
Mon--walk gunner DONE + gym DONE
Tues--rest day (meeting)
Wed--walk gunner NOT DONE + gym DONE
Thurs-- walk gunner DONE
Fri--rest day
Sat--walk gunner + gym

@LaurieK70 - Thanks for the info, there is a class starting next month at the Y near my house.

I've been trying to think of a truth that I feel comfortable sharing, then I realized that "comfort" doesn't equal growth. So here's something I've realized recently: I hoard food. This goes back to when my parents split up. I was 14 and we really struggled financially. I was in charge of the house and meals, so I knew how little money we had to work with for groceries. Now I buy groceries with every intention of cooking, but then I start thinking about all the reasons I might need the food in the future - when the nieces & nephews come over, if I need to take a meal to a grieving family/family with a newborn/etc., if I have no money to buy groceries... And how do I feed myself in the meantime? Lots of fast food. There are some other obstacles to me cooking for myself and following a meal plan, but the food hoarding is what I've decided to work on right now.

Hi! I just discovered this thread. What a great idea. I'd love to participate.
I don't know what you can see on my profile, so I'll just tell you where I'm at. I've got about 165# to lose, not counting the 15 I've lost already. I used to be really active, but health issues have made me really sedentary. I'm slowly fighting back from that, mostly with walking, using my FitBit to keep me honest. I have a border collie named Zeb who is my walking buddy except when I walk at work. I want to be feeling stronger and more ready to get back to doing the things that have been too difficult this past year, such as going to tournaments with my flyball team and to disc dog (frisbee) competitions with Zeb.
I look forward to talking with you all here.