Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

@Tlh- scrabble with kiddo and talking with BFF is a good way to end your day.
@Niki- Good luck at the doctor, my mom is a colon cancer survivor of 10yrs. She is currently has cancer again and going chemo. You are in my prayers
@kah- I hope the bad weather stops for you soon. They haven’t started laying off yet but we were told it covers all departments. Best wishes on the heath results.
@Tanya- Way to stay away from the fast food


AFM- I made the mistake of stepping on the scale this morning. I thought I was doing good drinking 10 glasses of water, making some better choices and getting some good walking in and then scale went up again. My fat and sodium is usually always over no matter how hard I try to stay under because my food choices aren’t always good. I may just have to high of expectations for what the scale should be doing? I didn’t think it would move much but never thought it would go up. I felt totally defeated like the little fat kid in gym class everyone made fun of…..I know it is in my head and I won’t give up just hate that the scale can make a person feel this way. Plus side is I didn’t eat away my disappointment just had a few tears and moved on.
I am also choosing not to stress over the layoff’s if it happens it happens the worst part is knowing they will happen over several weeks not just one day.

Side note to all the teacher’s on this forum god bless each of you- I volunteered at Read Across America for Dr. Seuss's bday and read to entire Kindergarten class. Man, I felt like I was in the behavior classroom of the school these kids were so rude and this poor teacher looked like she was at her wits end. She literally said none of them deserved to have a special guest come and read with them because they didn’t know how to show respect. I honestly was thinking in my head “I wonder if she is going to have a drink tonight- for I could really use one and I have only been here an hour”. I was telling my son the story and he said “My kids will go to private school because no one my age wants to be a teacher, we know how bad the classroom is.” I reminded him private school cost a butt load of money so he may not have a choice.

Okay, it is back to basics for me. I have been reading the posts everyday and then that is about it; no posting, sloppy logging, occasional exercise. I am going to focus on one thing and one thing only for now and that is calories. As the weather gets better and I get outside more I am sure activity will increase as I simply like being out there and just walking to the mailbox will be a pleasure and about a 1/4 of a mile (yes we have a LONG driveway).
I think @Tanya hit on something with posting her daily "no fast food today" post. To be so focused is a good place to start and my focus is to be under or at calories EVERY DAY.
If I can get more activity in that day and eat more that is great; if not, I will stop eating. I doubt I will blow away any time soon for lack of food.
@Everyone As I said I have been reading your posts and they do keep me going and I appreciate all of what each of you say. I don't have time just now for personals, but I will get to that. So many of you deserve a pat on the back for so much.

Thanks for listening.
Barb (mountmary)

Day is half over and calories about half gone.

@Kaye Exactly! I know exactly what you just said. I get tired of cooking so grab something dumb, then don't know how to account for it, so guess. I thought of you just now when I did actually walk to the mailbox. It will get better right? I am SOOOO out of shape and the downhill part of that walk just plain hurts, but it is rather nice out there, all of 12º but the sun is shining and it is not windy. I will do it again now that the driveway is dry and clear of snow and ice (we have our nice neighbor to thank for that)
Barb

No fast food today... I even talked myself out of stopping for Subway (not fast food but I've already had my ONE for this week). Its amazing how this actually works. I think about it, then ask myself if I want to post my failure and it's enough to fend off the drive-thru. Hey, whatever works! I am now eating dinner of rice and beef and broccoli stir fry (a frozen steamer bag with my own cooked jasmine rice).

The chiropractor is a truly a miracle worker! I have soooo much less pain today, though I still took my Tramacet just so it wouldn't creep back in towards the end of my work day. I'm more tenderness than pain, from all the manipulation no doubt.

@cblue congrats on your full mile! I am itching to get back to running but am sidelined due to my neck issues, and I don't have a treadmill other than at physio (and I can't use it for more than 10 min since they only have one.) My goal this year is to get into a routine of running 3 days per week and get past the 25 min mark... I can't break that yet, but last April I couldn't even run a full minute.

@Susan2396~I think the best thing I did for myself was get endometrial ablation in 2013, no TOM since then! There were medical reasons behind it, but so glad it worked for me. In all I had 3-4" of snow at my place, some areas had just a couple while others had around 7"--luckily the sun returned today and melted most of it (it was still really cold today). I was able to drive into work around 10, during the great melt. Tomorrow's commute should be much better.

@Tanya949‌~I don't consider Subway fast food--great job so far with your stick-to-it attitude of avoiding the fast food joints.

AFM~I did get my MRI results today, there is a lot going on with my Achilles--bursitis, tendinopathy, tenosynovitis and a partial tear. All mild findings, but put it all together and its a mess. Waiting to hear from my doc to see what's he wants to do. I was also able to visit my friend/co-worker today that is undergoing aggressive chemotherapy--he was tired but looked great. Two more treatments this week, then he'll go home--after two more weeks of injections and blood work he'll be admitted to another hospital for a stem cell transplant (therapy not available when he was diagnosed with this 30-years ago).

@Everyonepostinghere ... thanks for the blessing for my colonoscopy today. Hope your day was all you wanted it to be.

Whoopie ... so glad to have that procedure done with today. The doc removed three polyps and is sending them for analysis ... should have results within 21 days. If all's well, then I don't need to repeat for another 3 years.

@Cblue ... my dad had colon cancer and the surgery for it seemed to go well, but there was some twisting of his small intenstines during the closeup and he went septic, and a lot of other awful stuff. They wouldn't even perform the second surgery until I had his priest come and give him last rites ouside the operating room doors before they would start. He survived through the surgery but spent the rest of his life as a bed-ridden full custodial care inmate in a county nursing home. So we take coloscopies very seriously in this family.

Natch to say that my Thursday Truth involves being hungry and only getting in about 400 calories from low-fat low-sodium chicken broth and maple syrup sweetened lemon tea on Wednesday. Today I made one of my favorite soups ... it has chicken broth, carrots and celery tops, diced tomatoes, mini cheese raviolies and spices. Yumm, Yummm, Yumm.

Follow-through
Niki

Checking in tonight after checking in this morning and being away for a few months. Weight has not changed, no surprise there, haha, but legal on foods today and just under limit for calories. A good new beginning and being accountable to me by me. Thanks for listening.

@susan2396‌ Up here in NH, we won't be getting out til the 23rd. We were supposed to get out June 16 but have had like 5 snow days so far, or more I lost track.

Susan- We started school the week before Labor Day. Tomorrow, will be our 6th emergency day so we will need to make it up.

Kah/Kelley- Glad you were able to get to work today and that your snow is melting quickly. We had about 6-7 inches today. Schools are closed for tomorrow as well. Good luck with the achilles and other issue in the leg.

Lori- Great job on running the mile, it pays to slow down. It makes things a little easier when running.

Well as I mention above, the snow came and dropped about 6-7 inches over the area. Now the cold air is coming in so it will not melt anytime soon. Next week the temperatures are suppose to be back up in the 50's and the sun will be out.

I hope to climb tomorrow night but may not venture out at night to climb due to the ice. Will have to see how it goes tomorrow, however a snow plow did come down my street tonight. If I don't climb then I will venture out to the gym if it is open.

Have a great Friday.

Hi everyone!

Sorry I was MIA the past couple of days. The crazy schedule of meetings during the week and dancing on the weekend finally caught up with me and I got sick. Came down with a touch of stomach flu on Tuesday. Fortunately, the stomach issues were mild (compared to my last hellish experience with norovirus a few years ago) and only lasted a day. However, the fever and weakness was still pretty bad yesterday. I had to go into to work since there were no subs and my boss was already home sick. I managed to get her sub to stay and cover my afternoon classes (she only teaches 2 morning classes), so I came home early and slept the afternoon away. Today I'm feeling much better though not quite 100%.

I'm all caught up on your posts now, and I promised myself I would only do a few personals that stuck in my brain. Will catch up more thoroughly over the weekend.

@lori--WOOHOO for running the mile straight!! I think both laurie and I suggested you slow down--glad it worked for you.

@susan--I'm not even going to pretend to have any knowledge of those alien creatures they call "middle schoolers"--in fact, I don't want anything to do with kids until they hit 16 or so. In general though, my standard advice to parents of any age is to parent your children rather than befriend them. My observations of literally thousands of teens is that the more of a "friend" mom or dad is, the worse their behavior. I became great friends with my parents when I was in my 20s--prior to that, they were my parents who I loved even when I "hated" them for grounding me or not letting me get away with the crap my friends got away with. But I already know you are a mom to cyrus rather than a "buddy" so I'm preaching to the choir.

@kelley, laurie, and other who are dealing with crazy weather--stay safe and warm. The thaw has to be coming soon, right?

@holly--your post about wondering if that teacher would need a drink after work made me laugh. Oh, and the answer is yes. I always joke that it's a good thing I waited until I was 30 to start teaching b/c if I had started at 22, I would be a raging alcoholic by now. But if I had to teach kindergartners for even a day, that would probably be my tipping point.

@niki--wnen all of this started almost a year and a half ago, I suggested that my MIL might have something health related causing her behavior, but my DH and SIL feel it's just her typical behavior that has escalated as she's aged. Also, my SIL and MIL went to see a psychologist together, and prior to the first visit, my SIL told the doctor that she wanted her to look for any signs of dementia or any other medical condition that could be causing or exacerbating the behavior. After the first visit the psychologist said she didn't see any signs of dementia. Plus, we know my MIL goes for medical visits regularly (she's kind of a hypochondriac) and has been to the doctor as recently as a few weeks ago for a check up.

@laurie--today the PT said he wants to see me 3 more times and if there's no improvement, he'll send me back to my doctor for more tests.

Did someone mention goat cheese? Even in the throes of the stomach flu, goat cheese sounded good. It's about the best food on earth!

Thursday truth:
I had cake for breakfast. However, in my defense I was pretty low on calories yesterday due to being sick.

Other than PT, I've had zero exercise this week. I've also gotten very little grading done this week. On the plus side, I got more sleep in two days than I typically get in an entire week.

March Challenge:
At or under calories 5/7 days every week and at or under as a weekly average.
All-in strength challenge=core work 3 x/week; PT 1-2 x/week; run 3 x/week:
Week 1: x/3 core; PT DONE; x/3 runs
Week 2: x/3 core; PT; x/3 runs
Week 3: x/3 core; PT; x/3 runs
Week 4: x/3 core; PT; x/3 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; 2/28=55:15)

Grading Goals:
1. 26/64 BNW journal reflections
2. 3/64 AP essays
3. 7/16 AP analysis activities
4. x/60 JRP outlines

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

2015 mantra "Just 15 minutes"