Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

wmander1 wrote: »

Day 30 Today! 12 lbs. down so far! Excited for February! Working to lose 14 lbs. this month! Congrats everyone on all of your successes!

Great job!!!

@barb--I don't think anyone human can resist a just-out-of-the-oven cookie.

@laurie--glad the project went well. I'm not very competitive when it comes to others, but I'm super competitive with myself. This is actually a good thing when it comes to running b/c if I were in it to win races, I probably would get discouraged pretty quickly. Even within my age/gender group, there are usually hundreds of other seasoned runners, so the chances of me winning a race are pretty much slim to none. LOL I think it's cool that you are competing in swim meets where you will have a chance to actually medal.

@hansea--hope you get your "give a damn" fixed in February. We all have those times when work/life gets overwhelming. I'm pretty sure I'm going to hit that point this semester--between prepping my students for AP exams, getting my juniors through their research papers, and bargaining the contract I'm probably going to be a big stressball come March or April. My plan when that happens (b/c it happens every year) is to maintain both my weight and my sanity. LOL

AFM--finished the journals and entered most of the course recommendations for next year. I have about 10 juniors in each class that I still need to talk to the students before making a final decision.

February Challenge:
Under weekly calorie goal: x/4 weeks
All-in strength challenge=balance exercises 3 x/week; PT 1-2 x/week; run 2 x/week:
Week 1: 1/3 balance; PT completed; 1/2 runs
Week 2: x/3 balance; PT completed; x/2 runs
Week 3: x/3 balance; PT completed; x/2 runs
Week 4: x/3 balance; PT completed; x/2 runs
8k at end of month (not sure what day) in 55 minutes (Thanksgiving 8k = 56:49, NYE 8k = 57:47,1/25 = 55:41)

Grading Goals:
1. 60/60 JRP journals DONE
2. 40/60 course recommendation

Exercise Goals: (week 1)
Sun--shovel snow DONE
Mon--walk gunner DONE + gym DONE
Tues--rest day (meeting)
Wed--walk gunner + gym
Thurs-- walk gunner + gym
Fri--PT
Sat--walk gunner + gym

2015 mantra "Just 15 minutes"

Happy Tuesday!
I hope today finds you motivated to work hard for yourself. You deserve the effort.

@Ellen - It is so good to hear from you on there. Take care of you as you embark on your healing transformation. Know that your soul is important to this universe. You add light to all of our existences. Rest. Heal. And know you are cared about.
- Welcome to all the newbies....there are a lot of you.
- @skinnyjeans, @bapcarrier/Barb, @Kaye and @texasmom: Thanks so much for your kind words.
- @MountMary/Barb - Honesty in tracking was/is a thing for me also. I know it will help me confront what I ate better, so I do it. But, sometimes, I just want to wipe the slate clean and start again without dealing with it. I don't want to feel guilty about every slip up, but at the same time, if I don't think about it and figure out what is happening...I could be destined to keep repeating the mistake. Here's what I've come up with for me: I will log it and look at it. If I can, I'll try to 'straighten out the day.' If I can't, I can't. I need to always think of why things happened. For me, it is usually that I haven't had enough crunch in my day. (For you it might be totally different) So, after I slip up, I plan a day with my crunchy foods in them...I LOVE the texture of salty snack foods. So, I had to come up with some options that aren't going to sideline my whole day. Salt free pretzels, Baked Lay's chips, Snapeas....and I plan one or some of them into my future day that week. I would say this has been moderately successful at ending future off plan eating I hope the ideas will help you with whatever you are struggling with.

AFM:
I did go to the gym this weekend and worked on my legs with a friend, adding a third day to the 2 days I am already doing. We lifted for about 45 minutes.
I also added going to a SPIN class to my weekend. It is a bit away from where I live, so I can only realistically go on weekends when I have a looser time schedule. I plan on riding a 50 K this summer (2 days of 25 K, one weekend)...so I need to be sure my stamina is up for that challenge. I've been to 3 classes (one last weekend and two this past weekend), and I made it through every one. I am not the fastest (probably one of the slowest, actually), but am doing all the 'moves' the instructor asked us to do. It was actually a cool moment when I realized I made it through and didn't have to stop to breathe or rest in the middle. This nutritious diet and daily exercise thing might just catch on as a way to get healthy! (DUH, smh)

Perfect effort and balance,
Mara

@GOINSTD12‌ - I'm so impressed with your plan for today's pot luck! Way to take control!

@wmander1 - Well done, you!

@maram29 - My town has become somewhat cycling crazy in the last few years. We host the Dirty Kanza 200 each summer, a 200-mile gravel race, which has become tremendously popular. They sold out all 1500 spots within 24 hours this year. I'm not up for it yet, but I salute those who are.

AFM, I'm celebrating 30 days in a row of Miracle Mornings! That means 30 days of meditation, 30 days of affirmations, 30 days of visualization, 30 days of yoga (!!!!), 30 days of reading, and 30 days of journaling. The changes I'm seeing internally are profound; can't wait to see what the next 30 days bring!

Tuesday goals: To wrap up my project at work. It involves listening to all phone calls in the last two years on 27 different policies as well as reviewing all transactions processed in the same two year period. Stuff I really enjoy. However, some of them have had over 2 hours of recorded calls and most of them have had at least 1 hour. They are doing a legal review for a reason and that means most of them have had lots of transactions as well.

On the home front my goal would be to finish my cake room/office this week. It was looking really good and then my husband got through more of his boxes. Surprise, surprise, some of them are stuff for me to go through. My hope is that it’s all organized by Sunday evening.

And on the health front…keep getting to the gym, drinking my water and back to my calorie goal.

@Susan…glad things are settling in for you. Now hope you can hop back on the wagon (if you do, grab my arm and pull me up too.). Baby steps – that’s what I have to do.
@texasmom…no rest days at all? I know that wouldn’t be something for me – good for you!
@all snowed in…what a weird winter!! I’m in ND and we’re missing the big snows so far (knocking on wood). Although, we’ve been getting periodic covering of the white stuff so at least it’s pretty. AND, it’s a long way from the end of winter. I always think when Phil (or Lee) says it’s 6 more weeks of winter is the better of the two. Six weeks puts us in March and I know that winter lasts longer than that here. HA! The year we got two feet of snow in one day, they did skip school for one day. They had school the second day, but weren’t running the busses down many of the unplowed roads. In my opinion, if you can’t pick the kids up, you shouldn’t have school.
@Kaye…I use the calisthenics when I do that sort of exercise.
@Barb @Kaye…I don’t even like chocolate chip cookies but when they are fresh out of the oven, they are hard to resist. My goal is always to get them in a container without eating them and then I know I will be good.
@Laurie…we did the egg drop when I was in school (can’t remember what year). We had a old school building that was 3 stories high and we got to go to the roof and drop them. Mine didn’t make it but some did. I definitely knew that engineering was not my forte. Good luck in your swim meet – challenge yourself would get my vote. 
@Susan @L2T…my 10 year old van has seen better days. It’s now making a funny noise that I’ve been a bit concerned about for the last two days. Apparently so are my kids because they both told my husband to make me get it checked out. His car has almost $600 of repairs to do (front end non-emergency but essential soon) so I was hoping that the noise would go away. He told me his can wait and that mine needs to go in. Crossing my fingers!!! We have both vehicles paid off and we’re hoping to get another two years from mine before it needs to be replaced. If we can make it two years, I believe we will be debt free (except mortgage) and will feel much better about a car payment.

AFM…My tough Sunday flowed over to my Monday. Not as bad but not great. Now to improve enough today that I’m back on track. I shouldn’t let “special days” get out of control. Yesterday was supposed to be a cardio day at the gym. Poor planning on my part kept me from it. Emma had piano lessons and Jacob had basketball at the same time so I took Emma and Michael took Jacob. He then went to my Mom’s to work on her computer and fill her vehicle with washer fluid. That left me without someone to watch Emma while I was suppose to go the gym – plus the gym daycare closes at 7:00. And then the boys got back so late that I wasn’t heading to the gym at that point. Guess we should have swapped kids since Jacob can stay home alone. Lesson learned!

Saturday – Water Aerobics – DONE
Sunday – rest – DONE
Monday – Cardio – NOT DONE
Tuesday – Lift
Wednesday – Cardio
Thursday – Lift
Friday – Cardio

Off to listen to more calls. Have a great day!!!

mountmary84 wrote: »

@Kaye We may be birds of a feather. I don't mind making the cookies and rarely eat them after they are done, but oh, while they are coming out of the oven is a real danger. Guess I need to learn a new technique for that, but I am not sure what it would be. If you come up with something let me know.
Barb

Maybe you could substitute some of the ingredients for healthier options? I've been doing a lot of paleo baking lately and I have to toot my own horn for a minute and say OMG YUM. Last night I made banana raspberry nut bread using coconut flour and the recipe called for 3 eggs. I used 2 and an overripe banana. I also added unsweetened apple sauce because coconut flour is very dry and soaks up a lot of moisture. Look around on Pinterest for paleo cookies. I think you'll be surprised at how good paleo food can be! I know I was!

Wow, this thread is moving crazy fast lately! It is really hard to keep up. I've read the last four pages, hoping I've gotten caught up with everyone.

@bapcarrier (Barb)~Hooray, glad the biopsy came back benign! Congrats on 30# lost, great achievement!

@Karen~I hope your friend gets good news on her follow-up testing.

@Mara~Congrats on that 150# milestone, amazing!

@Tammy~I was so disappointed in the game too, Seattle had that game in the bag—I have no idea what they were thinking throwing the ball that close to goal and with less than 2 minutes left in the game! Ugh! It was a great game, up until that point.

@Susan~Glad to see you pop in! I know you and know you’ll find your way back to logging and doing what you need to do.

@Tanya~Hooray for your loss in January, may those pounds stay gone forever!

@Melifornia~My new go-to chocolate treat is by Endangered Species. I find it in the organic section; my favorite is made with 75% cocao and contains bits of espresso beans-yum! Oh, how your friend sounds like the toxic friendship I just ended! I was there while she was going through so much turmoil leading up to her eventual divorce, even allowing her to live with me for a while. Even though I didn’t support her affair while going through her divorce, I was still there for her and I’ve been there for her in other situations since. But, she has never reciprocated. She has a Jekyl and Hyde personality and is just so negative, not the kind of people I generally like to surround myself with—it’s unhealthy.

@Niki~Congrats on the loss, great job—slow and steady wins this race.

@Robin~Glad to see you pop in, I’m glad you are taking care of you right now—just pop in when you can and feel up to it. We’ll be here. Good luck with your upcoming cataract surgery!

@KarenLeona~Glad to see you again, welcome back!

@Texasmom2013~Hooray for your 2# loss this week, awesome!

@Laurie~You're really doing great with your swimming! I have a competitive streak too; I think it’s what gets me in trouble and sometimes leads to injury!

@GOINSTD12~Good attitude toward becoming active again, just ease into it so you don’t do too much too soon. Even slow you’re walking or ellipticizing laps around everyone on the couch. Baby steps.

To everyone is the paths of the recent snow events, I hope you are all staying warm and safe! I grew up in NY and remember those kind of storms well, so I can empathize! It was my job to snow blow the driveway as a teenager, I hated every second of it—especially if it was below zero outside! Now that I’m in Texas I don’t miss it one bit—I’ll take our hotter than hades summer’s over the cold snowy winters any day. And when I get tired of that heat, I just plan cruises to AK in August. LOL

@allthenewbies~You have found a great thread for support and friendship. I hope that you’ll come back and get to know us. To receive the most benefit from this thread, it’s important to check back often and become part of the conversation. It will be easier for us to get to know you that way, too, and offer any advice as we’ve been in your shoes before.

AFM~I’m staying the course and keeping with averaging 2#/week loss, last week I lost 3#--hopefully soon that number on the scale will match my ticker (just a few pounds way). After a discussion with my trainer I’ve set some pretty specific goals for myself for February. He asked me to stop eating carbs for breakfast, to save them for later in the day. Then, while walking with a friend (she has a nutrition background) she suggested I cut out dairy—so I’m giving that a try as well (it’s much harder though). I’m also trying to watch my hunger cues closer and have meals/snacks when I’m actually hungry—my dad always ate according to the time on his watch, I’m trying to steer away from the mindset now. His dad was a farmer, so my grandmother had set times for my grandfather to come in from the fields—so that got instilled in my dad as well, which he kind of implanted in us. I’m better about it than I used to be, but I need to pay closer attention. As for my fitness goals, I follow my trainers lead for weights but will continue on my 3-mile walk with my friend and her dogs 3 days/week.

February “ALL-IN” Goals:

No Carbs for Breakfast: 3/28
No Dairy: X/14 (this is much harder so setting a lower goal)

Exercise Goals this week:

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

I've been catching up and working on this for a couple of hours off and on at work, I know there have been several new posts since I started. I’ll catch up with those next time around. Sorry for those I've missed.

@tlh - I totally understand being car payment adverse. Almost 5 years ago, when our youngest graduated from college, we were in debt WAY above and beyond just our mortgage. 13 years of private school and 4 years of college for 2 kids really took its toll. For 4 years, we lived on just my salary and put every cents of DHs into getting that debt paid off. It was 4 years of rarely eating out or going to the movies or any extra spending and travel was only to visit the girls. Now we're a year in of no debt and still living off my salary and saving/investing DHs but also doing some things for ourselves. Like a "new" car and a trip to Napa. We will always continue to be very careful with our money, but it's great to finally feel like our years of hard work and sacrifice were totally worth it and we can relax just a little.

@kah - Amazing losses recently! I need to channel your commitment.

Apparently it does not matter if i work day shift or night shift; I still think i am ravenous when i get home!! I think it has to do with finally being able to relax and review whatever happened. I have a stressful job as a registered nurse in a very busy emergency. But coming here to read everyone's successes has helped me defeat that eating monster today!! Off to bed to rest up for another fun night tonight.
Dont forget to drink your water!!

Good morning everyone. I just got back from walking the dogs. I was really tired this morning and had pretty much talked myself out of it and then when I got home they just looked so excited dancing back and forth between me and the closet with their leashes I had to go ahead and do it. So I am happy to say I logged every day in January. It was my first main goal for the year. Now to work on adding a goal for February. I have already blown the first two days so I think Februarys goal will be to be within calories every day for the rest of the month. I know I can do this. I am also going to make one more goal of being within my 10,000 steps at least 4 out of 7 days every week. I have to walk the dogs or workout to make that happen so when I stick to these two goals I should be able to record an overall loss for the month of February. 2015 is going to be my year to make some real strides to my ultimate fitness goals

Well I am off to do some fun housework (yay). have a great day everyone