Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

cblue315 wrote: »

Hi all,
I am jumping in with a little more info on my situation.
Lori

Lori ... so very glad to read this post. I didn't want to say anything before because you sounded like you had made up your mind about it. Hope your man becomes reasonable and joins you in the sessions.
Niki

Happy Friday everyone! Today, was another super slow day at work but I kept busy and got through it.

@cblue315, my thoughts are with you and I certainly pray that counseling will give you the clarity and relief that you are seeking. I have gone through a bad marriage so I know the toll it can take. Just remember to be kind to yourself. Oh and yayyy on wearing your goal pants!!

@Kelmomto3, welcome to the group! You will find tons of great advice and support here. Stress is a part of our daily lives and turning to food is so easy for us who have food issues. I recommend journaling as often as you can to help you sort out what triggers you can try to avoid when stress is really a problem and you turn to food. Also you just have to be honest and track those calories. With a 100 lbs to lose you can’t look at the big picture but have break it down in tiny bite size pieces. I shoot for 1 lb a week. Some weeks it’s more and some weeks I just have to try again. You can do it!!!

@texasmom2013, wayyyyy to go on reaching your 20 lb goal! That is awesome and you are so close to onederland. How great for you!! The good thing about being in onderland and then losing it is that you are wiser this time. I went to a weight group for several years and those who had kept their weight off came to the weigh-ins and meetings week after week because they knew the importance of accountability. Those who got to their goals and quit the group so often showed back up a year or so later with much or more of the weight put back on. I’m determined to not let that happen to me and I know you are too.

@Lives2Travel, I live in the South too and I so want spring to show up in March!!! Just to see the pretty daffodils shooting up from the ground will be so joyous!

AFM: My NSV for today is that I finally got into my size 16 pants!! They are a little snug but I figure that is just a good reminder that I have to stay focused on my calories so I don’t bust a seam. The pants were noticed by several co-workers and they could tell that I have lost weight. So, I feel encouraged and motivated. This has been a good week so far with my calories and my exercise. I actually did five days straight on the treadmill, which I haven’t done since my appendectomy. Woot!!


February Challenge:
Not within a 100 calories: 1/28
Fitbit miles: 7.57/75.0

Motto: Fit for 50!!

@karenleona‌--enjoy your time with your grands!

@teresa & lori--congrats on smaller pants!! woohoo!

@texasmom--nice job reaching your 20 lb goal--now for onederland!

@amy (mrs.morgori)--I sore my red today too!!

@kellie--welcome! I absolutely know what you mean--I get physically exhausted when I'm stressed out. It doesn't help that I have sleep issues (insomnia, sleep paralysis) so rarely get enough sleep, and when I'm stressed it's even worse. Exercise really does help me--running is my stress relief.

@melifornia--nice that you finally caught up with the trainer at the gym.

@kelley--sorry your car isn't done, but I agree you'll be happier if it's done right the first time.

@niki--thanks for doing such a great job welcoming all of the newlings.

@L2T--sorry work is so crazy for you right now. I'm also thrilled it's friday.

@kaye--I eat the whole egg if it's scrambled or boiled, but I can't stand the yolk if it's fried, so I give the yolks to gunner. He LOVES them.

Friday Fitness:
Well I went for my PT appointment today. He did a full assessment of my shoulder and neck and believes I probably strained my rotator cuff. He gave me some posture techniques to help ease the stress on my neck while we work on the shoulder. We didn't do much today, but the assessment itself has left my neck pretty tight. I took a muscle relaxer so hopefully it will loosen up while I sleep.

I got zero grading done throughout the day b/c I had to get my sub plans together for Monday. I have a release day to meet with the bargaining team. We will meet from 8-5 and are moving to discussing our financial proposals. I have a feeling it's going to be a long, tense day.

Tomorrow gunner goes to the salon and I go to the gym for my second run of the week. Totally forgot to do my balance exercises last night even though I posted I would do them after getting off the computer. I'm going to do them right now.

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: 2/3 balance; PT completed; 1/2 runs
Week 2: x/3 balance; PT; x/2 runs
Week 3: x/3 balance; PT; x/2 runs
Week 4: x/3 balance; PT; 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. 10/60 JRP journals
2. x/12 poem analyses

Exercise Goals: (week 1)
Sun--shovel snow DONE
Mon--walk gunner DONE + gym DONE
Tues--rest day (meeting)
Wed--walk gunner DONE
Thurs-- walk gunner NOT DONE + gym NOT DONE
Fri--PT DONE
Sat--walk gunner + gym

2015 mantra "Just 15 minutes"

@kelmomto3‌ - Kellie, welcome! Stress can get to everyone! Glad to hear that you are pumped and ready to go. I know it seems counterintuitive, but when you're feeling stressed a brisk walk, fast enough for conversation to be a bit of effort, is just the ticket. You need to concentrate on your pace & where you place your feet, and you aren't obsessing on your problems anymore. Plus you're getting exercise instead of eating!

Good morning

Happy Take Your Child to the Library Day
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Take Your Child to the Library Day

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Tom

@Niki Cheek bones! Now there is a worthy goal. I had to go check in the mirror and mine seem to have gone missing! I suspect they are still there somewhere....

@Colleen Ditto too what Niki said about all those steps. Great job.

Hi all! Welcome, @Kenea993! Congratulations. on dropping 8lbs already. You're off to a great start.

Having a splendid day here in sunny Kansas. Got up at 6:45 and did my Miracle Morning routine (Day 34), cleaned the house, the laundry is almost done (need to finish putting it away), ran some errands, and figured out what to make for Sissy Night supper. I even had a big ol' salad for lunch!

We may hit 70 today (!), so I'm planning a walk in about an hour to hit my weekly workout goal.

Hi everyone, this looks like a lively thread so hoping I will get some motivation from you all!

My names Kali and I've spent all of my adult life overweight. Now I'm at a point where I really want to actually make per enact lifestyle changes but am finding this quite hard.

My 2 real goals are to eat clean (ie no processed rubbish in my meals and no junk food) and to do something active everyday. I have a personal trainer at the gym and weigh in with him every Wednesday. So my week tends to run weds-weds.

@mountmary84‌ How'd the tasting go? That's really nice they included you in that. Don't worry about the dance, if you're already working on getting healthy and knowing your goal, just chip away at it little by little!

@skinnyjeanzbound‌ What did you do to your shoulder? Sounds like one of the same issues I have had with my shoulder. Hope the PT helps! Just make sure you do the at home exercises, they make all the difference in the world when you actually do them. I was horrible at it lol. I also have horrible posture, which is very bad on the shoulders. Hope it starts progressing!

AFM - My final crazy busy week is over. My middle school basketball team I coach won the city championship last night, second year in a row! So proud of my girls, it was definitely a challenge. We were supposed to be taking both teams down to see a Boston College vs Notre Dame game tomorrow at BC as we take the girls every year to a game, but we had to cancel as yet ANOTHER snow storm coming in. Between Sunday-Tuesday we are going to get 12-18". I don't mind snow, but I'm getting sick of it ruining my plans, and killing my paychecks. I guarantee we will have Monday off from school, if not Tuesday too. Also, at this rate we are never going to get outside for softball! Try-outs start in 6 weeks, which is crazy to think!

I'm not sure if I wrote in here last week that I joined a transformation challenge at the place I do kickboxing at, but this was the first full week of it. I did pretty good with my exercise, so so with my nutrition. I really need to get on track with that. I was sick in the beginning of the week and barely at all, but then the end of the week its like I couldn't eat enough and was constantly hungry. Low and behold today began my TOM unexpectedly, so I'm sure that's a good reason for that.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far!

Erin

It's getting very late, so I will just do a quick report of my February challenge goals. Today was grandson's 18th birthday. I did well until cake time. Like Barb, I will chalk it up to life. I did get a good walk, and I did some pedaling, too, so I came pretty close to my calorie goal.
Calories 5/7
Water 7/7
Exercise 6/7
Resistance bands 3/12
Onward and downward. Kaye

@Karen~Billy Idol, oh that brings back memories! Billy Idol and Adam Ant was one of my first concerts, LOL. Hope you had a fun night.

@colleen40‌~Congrats on reaching over 10k steps!

@karenleona‌~have a great time with the grands!

@mountmary84‌ (barb)~How fun taste-testing foods for your DS upcoming wedding, hope it wasn't too calorie heavy.

Welcome to the newlings that have stopped by, hope you'll stick with us.

AFM~Got in a chilly 3-mile walk yesterday morning with friends, the sun was out but the wind sure made it chilly. Officially, on the scale I was down 1.2# this week--less than I wanted but I'll take it. Did some shopping yesterday, oh how Bed Bath and Beyond can be a dangerous store! Just put vegetable soup in the slow cooker (hard to stuff 10oz of spinach in a 6-quart slow cooker); pork tenderloin stir fry is planned for dinner later.

February all-in Challenge:

Carbless Mornings: 7/28
Dairy Free: 6/28 (Goal is 14/28 days)

Exercise Goals:

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

Good morning everyone.

Happy Autism Sunday.
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The first ever service for Autism Sunday was held at St.Paul's Cathedral, London in 2002 Autism Awareness Year, UK, initiated by parents and carers Ivan Corea and Charika Corea.
The first service for autism was held in February 2002 at St Paul's Cathedral in London. Former Education Ministers, peers from the House of Lords, celebrities, writers, broadcasters, and the media joined children and people at St Paul's Cathedral to pray for children and adults with autism and Asperger syndrome, as well as their parents and caregivers.
In 2008, the first Early Day Motion on Autism Sunday was tabled in the House of Commons, in the Palace of Westminster. The motion, EDM 874, was sponsored by David Drew MP and signed by 71 members of Parliament. It calls on the Government to work with all faith communities in order to reach out to parents, caregivers and people with autism and Asperger syndrome in local communities; and urges church leaders and community groups of all denominations to engage with people with autism and Asperger syndrome. The British Prime Minister, David Cameron extended his personal support for Autism Sunday.

Autism Sunday

“None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.” ~Colin Powell

Tom

Hi everyone, 45 yrs. married, mother of 4. I have been overweight half of my life now and like many of you at my heaviest. I am at 341 lbs and way tooo young to not be able to play with my kids. I have a son 23( with a 17 month son) my first grandchild, a daughter 22(who is 3 months pregnant) a daughter 11 and 8 yr. old son. So as you can see I still need to be running around back and forth. I have the strength to start and maintain this jurney I just need to keep motivated, I find that is my weakest link. I get bored, so here I am looking for motivational buddies. I just started this past Tuesday and are taking a different approach than last time I was here. Yes like many of you I also was here lost 40lbs in two months and gained it all back. It was intense, dieted (not healthy) worked out everday two even tree times a day and lost the weight fast but got drained. Now I want to take it slow and steady. Could use all the support I can get

A quick check in...not doing great on my calorie goal last week. Eek. I did great on exercise, though. Got some lifting in and walked a 5K with my husband and two kids on Saturday. So proud of my kids...it was the first time that either of them walked/ran an entire 5K. No wagon! My upper body and arms are so glad to not have pulled them around, and they were pretty proud of themselves. Highlight moment was about 1.5 miles in...my son, very determined says, "I'm going to finish this baby!" He's 6 and adorable.

February:
Calorie Goal- 0/7
Exercise Goal- 3/3
Lift Goal:
Leg Press-180/200
Squats-180/200
Abs- 150/165
Back- 150/165
Triceps- 80/90
Biceps- 80/90

Great pics.