Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

@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)

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@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