Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Met goals again today.
Onward and downward. Kaye

Wednesday Wish: That Jacob gets his groove back. We had been having such a great year and then in the past 3 weeks, he has gotten 7 Fs. We had a long discussion (well, let’s face it…lecture) about it and he seemed to perk his ears up when I said that if he can’t be responsible for his homework getting done and turned in on time (it’s not that he doesn’t know what to do/how to do, it’s that he doesn’t do it) then he’s not responsible enough to learn to drive right when he turns 14. He didn’t own up to anything bothering him so I told him he needs to turn it around. Luckily, they were individual grades and his overall semester grades were still C or above. He’s capable of As and Bs but I’m okay with Cs too (he has a writing heavy English teacher and he HATES that!). He tried to argue that the ending grade is all I should care about but he lost that argument. Now any D’s and F’s will result in immediate punishment as they are placed on-line. Any C’s and he is required to study at the dining room table with his mother watching (oh the pain!!). If he has As and Bs only, then he can choose how to study on his own.

@Holly…if you create an app like that, sign me up for one. 
@Lori…congrats on 100!!!
@Rozie…puppy might have to spend 20-30 minutes in the kennel so you can get that work out in.  Our puppy does the same thing…you stand up and he’s ready to play!
@Niki…sorry to hear about your knee. Hopefully it doesn’t last too long.
@texasmom…congrats on no fast food or soda. Great progress!
@Barbara…The weighing and measuring is such a big thing. It’s easy to get into the “I’ve measured it before and I know what a Tbsp looks like…” mentality. Back at it. 
@Edna…Answers to prayers don’t come in our time, they come when God feels we need them. Be patient and keep doing what you need to do. 1200 calories seems really low for you, is that what MFP set your calories at?

AFM…I met my water goal, but missed my 11 pm bedtime goal. I made it by 11:45, so I guess that’s improvement. I didn’t make my work goal either because they fixed my computer and I had to go back and do some more research on the 8 cases I already thought I had done. But at least going forward I know I’ll get ALL the information at once instead of missing most of it.

Saturday – Lift (nope, rest day)
Sunday – Cardio (nope – but we did lift) - DONE
Monday – Water Aerobics - DONE
Tuesday – Lift (nope, we did Cardio instead) – DONE
Wednesday – Cardio
Thursday – Lift
Friday – Water Aerobics

Today is going to be concentrated on the same three things: water, bedtime and calories. Today or tomorrow will be a rest day. I'm hoping for today because I have meetings/activities at church from 5:00 - 8:00 tonight and would love to just come home and relax. Have a great day everyone!!

silver12176 wrote: »

@tlh0407‌ my son also learned the hard way. He isn't close to being old enough to drive, but unless it was being used for school work he lost all electrics. Also he was getting a D. Guess what he got the grade up and right now he is getting a b the last I looked, granted it is early in the semester.

That's what Jacob loses for each and every D or F right now... We will review the grades every Friday and if he has a D or F it will be a week without anything. I told him to make sure he brings home a new book to read as he just finished his last one.

Good morning!

@loosaedna‌ - 1200 calories seems REALLY LOW for you. Have you figured out your TDEE? Do a search here in the forums for the thread that explains TDEE and how to figure it; no way is 1200 accurate!

Yesterday went a little whackadoodle. I subbed at the high school in the afternoon and we had a Level 1 lockdown for about 30 minutes. Apparently a "suspicious person" came inside and didn't check in at the front office, so they locked all the external doors as a precaution. Supposedly no one was ever in danger, but it did get my already rowdy class of boys further riled up when they were supposed to be taking a quiz. Had to pull out "teacher voice" to get them to pull it together.

Then last night I took my oldest niece to choir practice (her first with a new group at the university), then out for a late supper, then to her house (about 20 mins away) where I visited with BigBro, BigSIL and a friend of theirs. Didn't get home until about midnight. Still woke up, on my own, before 6AM this morning. *yawn* Gonna need a nap today.

We're supposed to have a stunning day today - upper 60s and sunny! Woo! Planning to go for a walk after my meeting this afternoon, and possibly still hit the gym for some elliptical. (Hey, maybe I should walk to the gym! I think it's about a mile away.)

Catching up on goal report...

MFP Goals January 25-31

Diet Goals

* No fast food 3/7 days - x/7
* Track food 7/7 days - 3/7

Exercise Goals

* 30 mins of cardio (preferably elliptical) 3/7 days - 1/7
* Yoga daily as part of Miracle Morning routine - 4/7
* Talk to trainer at rec center about strength training -

Health Goals

* Take meds daily - 3/7
* Refill pill box when needed - DONE
* Call optometrist about contact Rx -

Cleaning Goals

* Declutter kitchen cabinets over sink -
* Take last tote of kids clothes to BigBro's house -
* Follow daily cleaning schedule - x/7
* Set up area for scrapbooking in spare room - DONE

Personal Goals

* Complete Miracle Morning routine daily - 4/7
* Move wake up time back to 6AM daily - 1/7
* Tweak night time routine to better set up for mornings -
* In bed, lights out by 10:30 PM at least 4/7 days - x/7

Work Goals

* Submit at least 4/8 magazine articles for review - x/8
* File newspaper article -
* Invoice newspaper -
* Invoice magazines -
* Resolve issue with client's shopping cart -
* Follow up on PR pitches sent last week -
* Send 5 LOIs to editors - x/5

January All-In

* Login to MFP daily - 28/31
* At/Under calorie limit 20/31 - 6/31
* Workout (besides yoga) 12/31 - 10/31

2015 Mantra: Live Intentionally

Good morning all. Well my day just got all switched up. Showed up at baby bros to take care of the kids and he was still sleeping. He has a bad sore throat (probably strep) and wasn't going into work today. So now I am home drinking a breakfast smoothie and re evealuating what I am going to do today. I have to pick my mom up at the repair shop this morning after she drops her car off but otherwise wide open. Guess I will finish my list I didn't get done with yesterday. My get up and go got up and left mid afternoon yesterday so didn't get it all done.

tlh0407: One thing I don't miss about my kids being younger is the roller coaster homework. I had three kids and all three types of students. One who just loved it and got perfect grades all on her own, one who just coasted through with the bare minimum effort to maintain the b average that we expected, and one who did what she wanted when she wanted and to heck with the grades. Nothing worked with motivating her. She literally threw away homework one day after I stood over her the night before to prove I couldn't make her do it. Ironically she turned it around at eighteen and finished highscool and associates degree in one year and went on to graduate from the Universaty of Washington with her bachelors in psychology. I would love to think it was me but she hooked up with what turned out to be a pretty long term boyfriend who was very smart and very pro school. They just broke up after 7 years last November.

looseadena: good to see you back. Don't worry about being gone for awhile. This is a life long journey and we are all going to have ups and downs. I hope you are getting everything straightened out for your diabetes and coming up with a plan to take care of yourself.

Melifornia: Great job getting up with your late night. It's great being the cool aunt isn't it

Laurie: Hi happy to hear you didn't get buried alive in the snow. And a late start is nice and you don't have to make it up at the end of the year

Grandmakaye: Hi great job yesterday.

Skinny (Karen): I hope you have a much better today. If you get to frustrated just go to the gym and beat something up.

cblue: congrats on the gym weigh in. Good luck with the spring challenge.

Well I better get started doing something. Have a great day everyone and don't forget your water

@Holly Hold that thought. You HAVE accomplished a lot. We so often beat ourselves up over things and forget the good we have done. I am right there with you in needing to do just that; remember the good things.

@tlh0407 - The teachers are going to "Boo" me for this, but here is what I did with Anthony, when he was younger.... He was getting all A grades in the beginning of 8th grade, then his dad died, and the kid's grade sunk down LOW. I tried bribery, taking things away, fighting, etc. Each time he would do awesome then sink back down again. I asked him why he thought his grades were bad. He explained that he hated homework. If he could just skip the homework entirely (he said it was tedious), then he would do fine. I said well TOO BAD. Homework is not optional.

Fast forward to 9th grade... I was at my wit's end with the homework debate. He was just above a 2.0 GPA, and maintained enough to stay in sports. (So sad that this is all they need). I told him that I would completely stop harassing him about homework if he got high enough grades on his tests to improve to a B or higher for his final grades in most of his classes. (Yes, I am a little crazy).

At first, he really surprised me. He started getting A grades on tests! He wasn't doing the homework, but he was mostly studying for the tests and seemed to pay more attention in class... Then it happened. He flunked a major math test, and brought his overall math grade down to a D. He was devastated. He said he studied so hard. (I believe him). I asked him where he thought went wrong... He does nearly all of his homework now (just in case he missed something), and I think he is at a 3.7 or somewhere thereabouts for GPA (11th grade now)

kah68 wrote: »

@Nicole~Ouch, I’m sorry for your son’s broken foot—been there, it’s hard to be benched from something you love. I hope now that it’s in a cast that it heals quickly! Hey, broken feet deserve ice cream (sometimes)!

@Tracy~Oy, so sorry you needed to give Jacob an ultimatum with his school work—I hope your talk worked and he starts to work harder.

@Looseedna~Does your doctor have you on a restricted caloric diet? For you 1,200 calories seems extremely far below your BMR, which means you aren’t giving your body the fuel it needs just to function optimally. But if you’re under a doctor’s supervision, that’s a different story.

@armednurse (Marilyn)~I know the posts are overwhelming right now, just keep up best you can and don’t feel like you need to respond to everyone each time you read the thread—if we did that, we’d all be here all day! LOL I worked nights in my early 20s, my circadian rhythm was all messed up—I tried to keep my meals kind of normal though, so had breakfast when I got home in the mornings.

AFM~Its been kind of a trying 24 hours. A toxic friendship ended yesterday—she has a Jekyll and Hyde personality and used me most of the time. Her mood swings are just a constant roller-coaster and I told myself the next time she treated me badly I was ending it. We work together, which makes it more difficult. Still waiting on estimate from body shop on my car, should have it this afternoon. I did keep my session with my trainer yesterday, we took it easy and it didn't seem to aggravate my shoulder too much--shoulder is just kind of achy, I probably just tweaked a muscle during the accident.

Exercise Goals:

Monday~Walk w friend DONE!
Tuesday~Trainer DONE!
Wednesday~Walk w friend
Thursday~Trainer
Friday~Walk w friend
Saturday~Rest Day
Sunday~Trainer

For your friend situation I understand what you are going through. It is hard when you work with someone and you stop being friends with them. About 3-4 yrs ago now I was in similar situation except my friend and coworker left me stranded in a different state while she entertained male companion. I had no way to the airport no money for a cab, she checked out the hotel and never alerted me, even changed her flight home. We have not talked in that time and even when we are now alone in the elevator, break room, or other work areas there is a awkward silence between us. Good luck with your situation.

Hey everyone! Just a quick check in.

@lori--congrats on 100lbs lost!!

@laurie--glad you didn't get the full brunt of the storm, but still got a delayed start.

@nicole--what you did with your son is kind of what I'm doing with my juniors this year. Most homework is optional with no penalty if they choose not to do it. However, if they complete it all, they can do revisions to essays and tests. If they don't do the HW, they don't get that privilege to revise for extra points.

Welcome to all the new lungs!

AFM--yesterday was a much better day, but wow was it a long one! I'm on my tablet at school, so I'll come back later for more personals and to update my goals.

Interesting homework discussion... I was always the nerd who did her homework right away, at school if possible, but LilBro rebelled against what he saw as "busy work". I remember he and Mom having some royal battles over that. I don't think he ever did get to the point where he consistently turned in homework, even in college. He did manage to graduate, though.

Query for y'all: what are some snacks you keep on hand? I have a major sweet tooth and tend to reach for chocolate for snacking. Looking for some good alternatives. I'm heading to the store in a few minutes and thought I'd get some apples and peanut butter, but would like some other ideas for variety.

HAHAHA--Just reread my post from earlier and realize I called the newlings "new lungs"--that's due to the tablet's auto-correct; sorry about that. Let's try that again:

Welcome to all of the newlings!!

@melifornia‌ --for sweet snacks, I try to keep a bag of dark chocolate (like Dove hearts) on hand. I also almost always have a box of Fruitare bars in the freezer--I'm partial to mango, but they come in many flavors. I also always keep a tin of Hershey's special dark chocolate cocoa powder in the cupboard. I sometimes will mix a bit with peanut butter and eat it just like that if I'm not in the mood for an apple w/ PB, or I mix it with honey and some water to make a chocolate syrup for dipping strawberries or to eat on my whole wheat pancakes (I'm not a fan of maple syrup).

@niki--sorry your knee is bothering you--hope it gets better quickly.

@texasmom--It's "pop." LOL

@rozie--I have to lock gunner out of the room when I work out at home b/c he's the same way. He still whines outside the door the whole time, but at least he's not jumping all over me. It's yet another reason I prefer the gym.

@holly--I tend to read more fiction, but when I taught Contemporary Lit we read some memoirs. Have you read Jeanette Walls' The Glass Castle? It's one of my favorite memoirs. Also love Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs.

@kaye--thanks, it's so nice for me to see nothing there as well. In fact, my students turned in an analysis activity today, and I managed to get them all graded during the school day, so one more day of no grading. Yay!!

@tracy--I agree with what others said about figuring out the right calorie allowance. It's a lot of trial and error. Personally, I don't pay much attention to BMR, but just checked and mine is about 1550. I currently eat 1610 plus all of my exercise calories on days I work out. Also, if your sedentary TDEE -30% is 1547, but you're planning to eat back exercise calories, you technically would only be eating below BMR on days you had zero exercise calories.

Wed Wish:
My wish is that the groundhog doesn't see his shadow--I'm ready for spring!

Yesterday I got all of the 1st semester novels back in the book room. This takes time b/c I have to check them all in to see which students haven't returned theirs. It's an easy, but time consuming, task. Fortunately, my juniors are watching a movie, so I used that time to complete the task. After work, I attended part of a bargaining meeting, but had to leave to go back to the HS to teach ACT prep. The group of kids were really good. They participated and stayed on-task despite it being after 9 pm when we finished. They also all thanked me as they left which is always nice.

Today was another good day at work. I got some clarification about the Monday issue and am feeling better about the situation. I was a bit tired today from my 14 hour work day yesterday, but still managed to remain productive. My AP kids were working in groups on an analysis activity. While my 4th hour worked, I graded 2nd hour's. While 5th hour worked, I graded 4th hour's. Then I got 5th hour's graded during my supervision duty. It was so nice to go into my last 2 classes knowing I had no grading to bring home (b/c my juniors are still watching that movie ). Really going to try to keep this momentum going so the grading doesn't pile up.

I decided to move my gym visit to tomorrow b/c still physically tired from the long day yesterday.

January Challenge:
Under calorie goal: 25/27 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 4 = 1/2
8k at end of month (not sure what day) in 56 minutes (Thanksgiving 8k = 56:49, NYE 8k = 57:47) DONE 1/25 in 55:41!!

Grading Goals:


Exercise Goals: (week 4)
Sun--walk gunner NOT DONE + gym DONE
Mon--walk gunner NOT DONE
Tues--rest day (meeting)
Wed--walk gunner NOT DONE
Thurs-- walk gunner + gym
Fri--rest day
Sat--walk gunner

2015 mantra "Just 15 minutes"

@skinnyjeans - I chuckled at the new lungs. But then thought it pretty good. Compared to the "old ones" they are new and they are exercising their lungs.

@melfornia - On grocery day I make up veggie trays, with about 6 to 8 oz of veggies. I eat one most days with low cal dressing or cottage cheese. Another fav is Rold Gold Honey Wheat Pretzel Twists or 100 cal bags of microwave popcorn.

Went to see Stomp last night then could not sleep, too wound up I guess. I am off to bed very early.
Love to all
Lori
Living Life Gratified

Everybody's over the bug here... but I'm so freaking exhausted. I haven't caught up on my sleep yet. This afternoon I was straight up begging my 3yo to please for the love of God, just SIT and watch Mickey Mouse for half an hour so I can doze while your sister sleeps.

I'm missing a church thing that I really wanted to go to because DH got tapped for overtime and won't be off until midnight.

I'm crazy hungry right now, and reminding myself that if I were at said church thing, I would not have access to food until I got home... an hour from now. Because if I eat now, that's dinner, I'll be out of cals, and I like to eat something after the 3yo goes to bed.

Gotta go do bedtime, so I'm waiting for the baby to be tired. 3yo is already tired, but there's a trick to this... if I put the baby down, she usually takes a 45m nap, which is juuust long enough to get her brother to go to sleep. It's the only way bedtime doesn't take 3 hours when I'm flying solo.

Ugh.

Ok I am just frustrated. I have a fitbit and it usually does pretty well tracking my steps, but tonight I did the elliptical and it didn't count all my steps and it said I had no active. I was sweating my butt off.

Met my goals for today and walked over 5 miles in sunshine.
My Wednesday wish is for peace and comfort for my cousin's family. A few weeks ago his wife broke her foot in a skiing accident. The surgery to repair her foot caused blood clots which moved to her brain and killed her. She was only 51 years old, and a very talented musician, teaching, composing and performing. My heart is broken for her family. We will be attending her memorialservice on Saturday.
I still need to do some research for my strength training for February. I love all your goal lists. I guess that my daily goals beyond calorie control, exercise and water are just to take care of the little ones. I don't get very much else done.
Oh, well. Onward and downward. Kaye