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!!

@kah68 - bummer about the car, hope it is ready Tuesday as promised. Congrates on the 1.2# loss.

@Teresa_3266 - size 16 pants ... my dream goal. Haven't work that size since .. well long time. I've had days like your Sunday ... fast food and trying to make the healthiest choices!

@karenleona - -34C in Alberta is colder than here in Buffalo Region NYS. It's only -9C here today. We are said to expect much deeper cold by the weekend. Keep playing with those grand babies, they will surely keep you warm.

@Skinnyjeanzbound - rotator cuff, I have a series of PT exercises for that part of the body. They do help. Did he/she say could continue with using your shoulders during your weight training? Happy belated birthday greetings to your mom. Good luck on that bargaining session today.

@melifornia - Your Miracle Morning routine has me thinking about starting something like that for a March All-In. I used to do something like that many years ago. Nowadays I just spend so much of my morning on-line ... doing what I'm doing right now! How lucky you are to have many family members nearby. I'm pretty much the only duck in the pond.

@ereilly311 - Yay on your basketball team's city championship win. You shoveled on Sunday, but didn't you just love the hanging out watching tv movies and and a nap!?!

@mountmary84 - Yes, cheek bone hollows ... first time in a long, long while! That's our standard, within 100 calories of our MFP goal ... you did it!

@Morgori - this is going to sound really ignorant ... but I have a suspicion that Autism is on the rise because babies are no longer swaddled during their first few weeks fo life. A baby comes home and is immediately put into cutsie clothes and taken everywhere and anywhere. When they were wrapped tightly in a receiving blanket at kept at home the first 6 weeks, there wasn't as much of it ... or maybe it was just not recognized and reported. God bless all those who have it.

@Kenea993 - Good piece of work, convincing your fiancé and mom to plan on the Color Run and Fun Mudder events with you this year. You all have to train for that! Support!!!

@maram29 - I had a lot of snow on Sunday also. At least you went spinning! I was a computer and couch potato! Yes, like Melissa asked, do you put the eggs into the oatmeal? That's one of my favorite tricks to up the protein and fat of my porridge so it stays with me longer. Don't even know the egg is in there once it's microwaved.

@hansea47 - Sounds like you are getting a lot of support from your family, a.k.a the family 5k this past Saturday. It could become a family tradition! Yes, "Finish this baby"!

@texasmom2013 - really made my soul sing to see green woods and forest streams, my favorite places!

@MaryPoppinsIAint - Yes, the group is growing by leaps and bounds. Just keep logging and dropping in to let us know how you are doing ... it's good to 'fess up'. You are doing so great, bet you beat me to one-derland!

@bapcarrier - glad to see you wrote to the newbies. Your advise to think of this as a lifestyle change is right on! I really like that tip I learned last year ... East when you are hungry, but don't eat until your stomach is empty, stop eating when your stomach is 3/4 full. I use water to help pass time until my stomach is empty enough so that I can fill it again!

@cblue315 - Hope the meeting today with your son went as you hoped. Prayers your way for less stress.

@slimbluehen - Don't be concerned about being able to keep up with the posts ... just pop in and tell us how you are doing when you can. You know what format we generaly use if you'd like to share.

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paba40 wrote: »

I have been tracking food and exercise for awhile and now looking to find a community. So for Monday: My struggle is not eating late at night. Other struggle is to get up and do exercise committed too the night before. I did get yoga done today but at 11am.

... welcome @paba40 ... Take it one step at a time. Exercise and food control right off the bat are good together if you can tackle both at once ... if not, go for the food control and add the exercise after you have lost a little bit. My motto is 'one step at a time' about this stuff.

@mnwalkingqueen - so sorry you are feeling bumbed-out about everything. There must be just too much on your plate right now, what with work, family, school. It took me a long while to realize that if I brought the 'junk' into the house that I would eat it all up really quickly, then crave more. You know what helped ... a medium-sized saucepan of popcorn popped on the stove in a little canola or grapeseed oil. No butter. Good to see you here.

Follow-through
Niki

Sorry I've been MIA. I have been so busy with work and then when I get home I am exhausted. I also found out something that is super exciting but was very unexpected and has caused me to raise my calorie goal.... I'M PREGNANT! Definitely was not expecting this to happen now, actually I really was afraid that I would never be able to get pregnant. This was a very wonderful surprise. I haven't seen the dr. yet but I have an appointment on the 23rd and will have my first ultrasound then. I have already started my prenatals. I am pretty sure that I really am pregant, I have 3 positive home tests and TOM has not come around when it was due about 11 days ago. I'm very excited and I plan on working hard to make this a healthy pregnancy. I hope to catch up here soon!

Have a great day!
Rozie

Hi everyone,

@Texasmom Boy you got that right. There has been a “post-splosion” here again. It is great to see everyone here and all the new people….just a little hard to keep up!

@Rozie Congratulations! How exciting! A new baby is such a blessing.

@marypoppins Congrats on the great loss! I am sure you will make those anniversary goals. Go for it!

@bapcarrier HI Barb. Good to see you check in.

@melifornia That day outside sounds wonderful! I am sure you got plenty of exercise playing with the kids. I am so ready for a warm day outside…

@skinny I hope the negotiating goes well today Karen. That certainly is stressful. I truly believe that all of you who are teachers give your share and then some. I hope too the shoulder starts to feel better.

@Hansea I too rather like the “I am going to finish this baby” mantra. To have actually heard it must have been really special.

@cblue My heart is with you Lori. If ever you simply need another ear, you know where I am. I am a good listener.

@Niki Great post about accountability. You are doing a fantastic job in Robins absence. You have such a great way with words. You are one special lady.

@mnwalkingqueen Good luck with the test today Holly. I hope some of the other stresses lighten for you as well. You will do this; all of it. Just hang in there. Spring will eventually come to our part of the planet and then things will start looking better.

Welcome all the new people. You have found a very supportive group here. Check in often; it really does help. We look forward to getting to know all of you better.

AFM: I had a nice little loss this AM so was pleased with that. Then I got a haircut and lost even more! Alas, then DH wanted lunch at a favorite place and I fear I over did it a bit. Dinner tonight (turkey breast) will have to only come with veggies as there aren’t many calories left in my allotment again.


February Challenge:
Calories under goal:5/8
Core fitness: 2/4

Word for 2015 “TENACITY”

Thanks every one of you for being here.
Barbara
Mountmary84

Rozie1019 wrote: »

Sorry I've been MIA. I have been so busy with work and then when I get home I am exhausted. I also found out something that is super exciting but was very unexpected and has caused me to raise my calorie goal.... I'M PREGNANT! Definitely was not expecting this to happen now, actually I really was afraid that I would never be able to get pregnant. This was a very wonderful surprise. I haven't seen the dr. yet but I have an appointment on the 23rd and will have my first ultrasound then. I have already started my prenatals. I am pretty sure that I really am pregant, I have 3 positive home tests and TOM has not come around when it was due about 11 days ago. I'm very excited and I plan on working hard to make this a healthy pregnancy. I hope to catch up here soon!

Have a great day!
Rozie

Congrats

Happy Monday everyone! Today is my Friday and I have the next 3 days off!! The weather is supposed to be nice the next two days so I'm going to get out in the sunshine and do something. We have a wonderful botanical gardens here that is great for walking. I'm excited!!

@cblue, so sorry about your son. Lots of the same kind of issues in my family so I know how your heart is aching for your son. I also pray the counselor will be able to help. Hang in there! ((hugs))

@Niki, I agree with the 6-months to form a habit idea. I started this weight loss journey seriously last June and stumbled many times. Especially during the holidays and then recommitted in January and it seems to be going much smoother for me. Let's just hope I can keep it up!!

@paba40, you have found a great community!! It doesn't matter when you do the exercise, you just have to do it. Get into the routine and then adjust it as you need. As for eating late at night, try brushing your teeth or sucking on sugar free mints. Food taste gross with minty breath.

@Renaejae, congrats on losing 19 lbs!! That is awesome! We have the same goals. Last week I did my first Monday thru Friday exercise in a long time and this week I'm going to do it again!!

@mnwalkingqueen, it is so hard to give up those foods we love that are hindering us from reaching our goals. Some people have no problem eating whatever they want as long as it fits in their calories. I envy those people!! What has worked for me is planning my meals and not giving up everything at once. You should work on substitutions that won't make you feel deprived. This is why I'm slightly addicted to Quest bars. So many tasty and healthy choices that make me feel a lot less deprived. I mean the double chocolate bar slightly melted in the microwave is pure Heaven!

@Rozie, congrats on your baby!! I can feel your joy through your post.

@dmb000, hey I sometimes pretend that Jillian Michaels is screaming in my ear when I'm on the elliptical. Whatever works....do it!