Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

@texasmom As another person stuck in winter those pics look great! As Lori said "green places". At least we didn't get snow like you did @reilly31. Merely, freezing drizzle at our house. Bleh.

Darned near blew my calories today, but came up with a light supper that kept me within the 100 calorie margin of error. Whew! I suspect DH will be grazing later though, so I will have to be careful, drink lots of water now etc.

@Hansea I love your son's comment! How cute. I think we should all adopt that attitude to "finish this baby".

Wow, I miss logging in for one day and the thread explodes! Hi everybody!

I'm about to go put my son to bed, but I just had to drop in and say...

217.6, OH, YEAH! SUCK IT, BABY WEIGHT!!! HA!!!!

That's 32.4 pounds gone forever, from a high of 250. Next goal is One-derland! I'm ready to see that number on the scale start with a 1. Anniversary is in July, and I want to wear my wedding dress; I've got 27 pounds to go to wedding weight, but honestly as long as I break 200 I'll be happy.

Im interested in joining the group. I'm in desperate need of motivation & support. Been reading through some messages, I need change.

@mountmary - That's so neat that your son and his fiancee are including you in the wedding plans. But I second Niki, only wear beige if it looks good on you.

@ereilly - I'm so impressed that you're doing kickboxing! It looks like fun, but I don't have a place to try it out here.

@NK1112 - Glad you're feeling better, and got a good night's sleep. That's such a gamechanger.

@skinnyjeanzbound - Billy Idol! Very cool!

@maram29 - I've been checking out your food diary and am so very impressed! Tasty meals, great snacks, and well within your calories. I do have a question about breakfast - are you putting the scrambled egg whites in the oatmeal, or eating them separately? I've seen some recipes that call for putting eggs in oatmeal and...eh, not for me.

@hansea47 - So cool that you got the whole family out for a 5K!

@texasmom2013 - Gorgeous! What an inspirational walking route!

Welcome @erynleigh (is that really how your name is spelled, Eryn?), @mckelkel, @tra12378, @kapansm, and @dhill_84! (Hope I didn't miss anyone.)

AFM, I spent most of the day outside! It was another stunner here in Kansas - sunny and 70. After church, I came home to find LilBro and his kids and my Mom playing in my yard, waiting for me to get home so we could go to Sonic for lunch - and to play on the playground. Not great lunch choices, but I did climb around on the playground with my niece & nephew for a while. When I got home (again), BigSIL called to say they were all headed to the county fishing lake for the afternoon. I hemmed and hawed about getting some writing done, but was on the road within 30 minutes. Spent about 3 hours hiking around with the kids. I only counted about 30 minutes in MFP, though, because there was a lot of stopping and starting. Alas, I was so hungry on the way home, I went through McD's. So not great food choices today, but lots of outside time. I even got a bit of color! And I'm exhausted from all that fresh air, so I'm heading to bed early. Big week with lots of deadlines, and I want to start it out right.

Oh! So I've been wanting to start doing food prep, right? I wrote about that during my visualization time this morning, picturing myself overcoming the obstacles preventing me from doing it and visualizing how I'll feel when I do. So I come home from church and find that LilBro brought me a week's worth of healthy lunches, all prepped and ready to go! He did his own yesterday and had too much (he's still adjusting to cooking for one adult post-divorce), so he brought me the rest!

Sunday Share: My name is Melissa, and in case it wasn't clear from the above, I spend a lot of time with my family. I have two brothers - BigBro is married to BigSIL and they have 10 children ages 8 months - almost 16 years; LilBro is recently divorced and has 2 children, ages 8 and 5 1/2. I'm currently single, no children. My parents and brothers and their families live within a 20-minute radius, and I get to have all the children except the baby every Saturday evening (aka Sissy Night).

Hi guys!

@melissa--that's great that your brother helped you out with food prep! Sounds like a fun day with the family.

@mary--congrats on meeting your first goal of losing the baby weight!!

@txmom--great pics!! Ditto what others said about being grateful for some greenery.

@kelley--I chuckled at your "chilly walk" comment--was it below 60? Just kidding--we actually reached about 40 yesterday and it felt like a heat wave.

@erin--the PT thinks I strained my rotator cuff. I think I did it lifting a very heavy bag of student journals, but I'm not sure. It could have also been from lifting weights. The reason I suspect the bag is b/c I woke up one morning in pain, and it was the day after I had lugged those journals back and forth from school. Sorry about the additional snow.

Welcome to all of the newlings!! You are all welcome and you've joined by simply posting.

Saturday Success:
I missed posting yesterday, so here's my success. I thought I was over calories for the week when I finished logging yesterday's food this morning. Then I remembered that we did some additional walking back and forth from the concert venue, and I was on my feet (sometimes just standing, sometimes dancing) for about 4 hours straight at the show. It wasn't wild, sweat-inducing dancing, so I just logged it as 2 hours of standing, but with the added calorie burn, I was under for the week.

I almost made my All-in goal--missed completing 3 days of balance exercises, but will be doing them tonight.

Sunday Share:
I'm karen, 45 y/o from Chicago. I'm married with one fur-kid. I have a 3 y/o niece with whom I got to visit today. My whole family spent the afternoon at my older sister's apt celebrating my mother's b-day. My niece loves to dance, so after dinner we had a dance party in the living room. For some reason, I'm the auntie who gets to do all of the physical stuff like dance, swing her around, and flip her upside-down. It's fun, but tiring.

I had quite a busy weekend and got zero grading done. Tomorrow, I'm released from my classes to have an all-day bargaining session. Oh joy. Both sides will be presenting our financial proposals. I'm going to try really, really hard not to take it personally when they offer the teachers much less than we deserve b/c I assume they will. We made a big sacrifice on the last contract--2% raises which isn't really a raise b/c it barely covers cost-of-living increases. However, it put our school district in a much better financial situation, plus allowed us to reduce fees for the parents. Now, we feel it's time we reaped the benefits of that sacrifice. We'll see if the BOE and district administrators feel the same way.

I put the gym as a goal tomorrow, but I'm doubtful it will happen b/c I need to finish grading those journals by Wed. However, I may really NEED the gym after sitting in a room for 9 hours.

February Challenge:
Under weekly calorie goal: 1/4 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; 2/2 runs
Week 2: 1/3 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 2)
Sun--rest day (or dance party )
Mon--gym (?)
Tues--PT
Wed--walk gunner + gym
Thurs-- PT
Fri--rest day
Sat--walk gunner + gym

2015 mantra "Just 15 minutes"

Monday check in
Not doing well.

Son picked up for 3rd DUI during the night last night. He lives with us and I had no idea he was drinking again. He has been through rehab 4 times. After I picked him up at the police station the first words out of his mouth were "take me to the hospital, I am suicidal". This is his 4th time in for a 72 hour hold in the last 8 years. I am so glad he had it in him to tell me. So that was the next few hours. Got home just in time to leave for the gym. Took out the frustration on the bike in spin class.

New counselor today at 11, hoping for the best.

All the talk about the great weather has me longing for spring. For now I have things to take care of.
Love to all,
Lori
Hoping to hang on.

@cblue315 - BIG HUGS FOR YOU! And well done taking out your frustration & stress through exercise. Be sure you count that as a win; you need it.

Lori, you are a strong woman! Hope all goes well with the counselor today.

I have been absent for awhile, just trying to keep my head above water; too much work, too much everything, esp. car repairs and house repairs. I have't kept up with the posts and don't expect I'll be going back to catch up, but hope to do better going forward.

I seem to be living in rain central and should be grateful for it, but I would have liked to see a bit more snow, just because its beautiful - even tho' a pain in the *kitten* for those of us who have to travel.

Have a great day, stick to the goals.

I'm excited to be here. I'm hoping to make being healthy a habit. Today my fiance and I are going to do our Valentine's day since its the only day we both have off. Lunch and a movie. treats that we both really enjoy didn't do so well yesterday on food choices but I'm going to pick myself up and dust off and keep going. I have pilates and Zumba tonight so that well help balance out yesterday.

So much activity here. I haven't visited in a while but will try to catch up.
I'm down 19lbs. Taking it one day at a time and focusing on my goals.
This week I plan to exercise Mon-Fri and increase my protein.

Great support group here! Thanks for the motivation!!