Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

@For those struggling…I hope you can find your MoJo again. It’s frustrating to have to “start over” but that’s all we really can do isn’t it? Whether we’ve had a bad day, week, month, or year we can just wake up and do what we need. One foot in front of the other. Can’t change the past so just let it go.
@Lori….GREAT JOB ON THE MILE!
@Susan…this year we moved from an August start to an after Labor Day start. Our school year ends on June 4th. We haven’t had any snow days yet so that’s a good thing – our school district doesn’t work in any snow days. If we do miss a day for weather, we just take away a holiday. Two years ago, we had started like August 15th. That year, we had flown home from our summer vacation and the kids started school the next day. If I had my way, we’d start the very end of August and end just before Memorial Day. And speaking of teenage hormones - Olivia is the name of my son’s “desire” but she’s a talented Alto Sax student so he’s kind of stepped up his game to try to impress her.
@Barb…32 calories doesn’t even really count…I believe our goal is to stay within 100 either way of our goal…that’s a pretty good day!
@Kelley…I had the ablation in 2012 and I agree…best thing ever. Still see TOM for a day but that's a major improvement over before. I know the snow raises havoc in TX (and so many other places) but you kinda are getting the best of both worlds --- the pretty snow for a day or two and then it melts and you’re back to warm temperatures!
@Erin…with your workouts, I’d be exhausted and probably not able to move. You’re doing great.
@Karen…I also had the “mean” parents when I was growing up. But around age 19, my Mom became one of my best friends and I probably talked to her every week on the phone. That’s always been in the back of my mind as I have to discipline/set rules for my kids…it’ll pay off when they are adults.

AFM…Went to the gym last night and did cardio on the treadmill. My knee was bothering me so it was a very slow walk but I made sure to use the incline to make it a bit more challenging – when I got to a 7 incline, I felt like I had to hold on for dear life! A call to my chiropractor is in order as it’s been 2 weeks that this darn knee keeps locking up on me and causing me trouble. Lifting tonight and then water aerobics on Saturday morning.

Friday truth? My son has a church Lock In tonight and a sleep over at a friend’s house on Saturday and I am SO excited. We’ve really struggled this last month because of some grades and of course he gets mad at me. We just remind him that the punishment is due to his lack of working hard at his grades, but I still get the slamming door, stomping and frowns. I love him, but maybe I’ll like him better after not seeing him for two days. HA! Although I was proud of him last night; he came and asked to talk about the current arrangement. He calmly then told me that he feels he is only getting punished for the bad things he does and no acknowledgement for the good grades. He gets more As and Bs but each week he has had at least one D or F on an assignment. I told him his dad and I would discuss it. We have decided that he has a valid point (I don’t want him thinking on Monday that he got an F so why work at all the rest of the week). We are going to start looking at his percentage of grades. If 20% of his grades are poor, he will lose 20% of the week for all electronics, TV etc. If he turns in a late assignment, he will lose the entire week as that is totally under his control.

Otherwise my plans include a house cleaning, shopping for some spring decorations for my house and spending some fun time with Emma. Although I’m pretty sure I won’t see much of her with 50 & 60 degree weather – she’ll be around the neighborhood on her bike.

Yesterday’s goals:
75 oz of water - yes
Calorie goal - yes
Gym – yes
Bed by 10:30 – not even close

Today’s goals:
75 oz of water
Calorie goal
Gym
Deliver the week’s worth of Girl Scout Cookies
Finish off the camouflaged football cake

March so far:
Cardio – 2 / 3
Lifting – 1 / 2
Water – 5 / 5
Calories – 4 / 6

@tlh0407 – sorry to hear your knee is giving you trouble. Great job on modifying your exercis. I hope your chiropractor helps!

@Lives2Travel – great job on your weight loss!!

Happy Friday! I dropped another 4 pounds this week. I am very pleased especially since I haven’t been able to exercise with this pain in my shoulder. I see my chiropractor tomorrow. I know she will make it all better! Sunday I am planning on going on one of my favorite hikes! I can’t wait to get outside and hit the trails!
My current struggle is that my coworker brought in donuts for everyone and one of them is staring at me. I won’t eat it, it isn’t worth it. But every time I hear someone say “oh who brought the donuts” “those are always the best donuts!” I feel an urge to jump up from my seat and go get one!

Checking in and love reading all the good things we do every day. Read an article last night that said in essence that while we are on earth it is what we bring to others to meet their needs that counts in iife. Getting the job done. Nice to see that everyone is bringing something to their own lives to get the weight off. Inspiring. I am on for food today and that is my goal getting restarted into a groove of losing weight. Thanks for listening.

No fast food today. I am completely exhausted... after work a friend joined me for some hiking and geocaching along the frozen river. Not sure how far we went, but my total steps for today was 27,000 Just before we left for home she told me with all those steps I could go get myself a Big Mac. I didn't even bat an eye, and said nah, maybe a sub instead. Then I came home and had a yummy bowl of lentil soup.

@laurie--glad you enjoyed your climb tonight. Yes, we are supposed to be in the 40s and 50 through the 10-day forecast. My hope is the temps continue to rise from there--I'm so over the cold.

@tanya--great job hiking and resisting your friend's suggestion to reward yourself with fast food. You'll get much better reward--great health and fitness!

@soosun--so great to see you back!

@lori--it's great to hear that your husband is willing to work on himself and your marriage. I'm not quite at the point of wishing my MIL the fate yours received, but I do wish she would leave us alone. Twelve crazy messages this week.

@jennbo--awesome that you are still losing weight despite your injury. I hope your chiro can fix your shoulder.

@L2T-haha! As I was at my sickest on Wed., I tried to grasp onto that "silver lining." I did weigh in at the low end of my normal range yesterday and today, but my illness didn't stick around long enough to hit a new low on the scale. I count that as fortunate since I know that type of loss would be short-lived. Glad you get to see your daughter.

@tracy (tlh)--I think a parent wanting some "away" time from her children is healthy. I hope you enjoy your 2 nights "off."

@holly--are you changing hair color? I'm due to get mine done as well. I've finally gotten most of the red out, so will continue with the light blond highlights on dark blond base. I'm terrible though b/c I get bored of the same color pretty quickly.

@amanda--your busy weekend plans make me tired just reading them! Have fun at the fundraiser!

AFM--I'm feeling much better today, but stressed for a variety of reasons.
Reason #1: I'm so behind in grading due to being sick. I got a bunch of journals done, but I MUST finish all 60 junior research paper outlines by Wed. when my students will begin their outside research. My goal is to get them all done this weekend.

Reason #2: Our negotiations aren't going that well. We are making progress, but things got really heated. The lawyer representing the other side of the table accused one of my colleagues of trying to intimidate her b/c he was looking at her while she was speaking. Then she verbally attacked our IEA rep who sits in to advise us when we caucus. She's really a piece of work! Anyway, we were hoping to have a tentative agreement before spring break, but I doubt that will happen.

Reason #3: (Can those of you playing along at home guess this one?) The MIL. As I mentioned above to lori, she's left twelve messages this week. All of them either attacking my SIL or me. She's angry that I won't return her calls to discuss my DH's "welfare." I don't need to discuss it with her b/c I already know he's fine--I live with him. She accused me of having a "big life insurance policy on him." Seriously!?!? She also leaves him "loving" messages telling him that she feels he's being abused by both me and his sister and that "no one" (meaning me) should tell him not to have a relationship with his own mother. My husband keeps apologizing for her behavior and asking me what he should do to make her stop, but I don't have an answer.

Anyway, enough about the negative. Tomorrow I plan to go to the gym and spend the rest of the day grading. I want to get a lot done b/c Sunday I have plans to meet my sister, bil, and niece for lunch. Then I'm meeting friends out for Irish Funday Sunday in the neighborhood where I grew up.

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. 40/64 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"

G'mornin to all ... My Saturday Success is NSV today. Did I mention before I had a flat tire and drove a couple of miles on it with the tire off the rim? That was actually last week. Since then I've been driving on the donut spare. I bought all new tires in 2012 and they are guaranteed for 80,000 miles of road wear so I am hoping the place I bought them from will replace this one ... but I had to find the receipt to prove I bought them and their warranty. I searched high and low and through all my storage files without success ... until this morning! The receipt was right where it belonged, along with all the other auto receipts, so I think an angel must have pushed me to look yet one more time. Hurray. Monday, I will drive to the town 25 miles away where I bought them. I expect I'll need to replace 2 tires and 1 wheel.

March goals ... How did I manage to go over on calories yesterday? Oh yes, it was that wedge of pie I brought home from the butcher shop. However, I am walking!

No personals today as I have a very busy schedule and just wanted to pop in and share. Wish I had crazy MILs and growing kids or hubbies to talk about with you ... but it's just me and my cat.

Follow-through
Niki

Good day yesterday for food. Went out to movie and dinner after and selected food to stay under calories for the day. It is going well.
Goal is to stay within caloires and make good choices for food. Good to be getting back into a better rhythym with food and self.

Hi Everyone. Its been a busy couple of days. On a happy note, my typical Texas weather has returned--gorgeous day today, sunny and in the 60s so got out for a 3-mile walk with a friend this afternoon. Achilles wasn't happy with it, but did it anyway (still not sure what doctor's plans are). Also, had appt for cut/color so got that done as well. Now figuring out menu for next week.

@Tammy~Hooray for the consistent losses you're logging lately, you'll make that milestone soon! I'm glad to hear that your son is settling into the new job.

@Karen~I'm sorry you were down with a stomach flu, glad it was short-lived and you're feeling better.

@Laurie~Glad the roads cleared enough for you to go climbing yesterday. I hope we've seen the last of old man winter.

@Lori~Glad you and hubby were able to communicate and that he's going to work on himself--I hope these next few months prove positive for your relationship.

AFM~Not much to report. Although, I do have a job interview on Monday afternoon--the university I graduated from called me regarding a position in their accounting/financial reporting department. It would be a great opportunity and challenging, close proximity to home which is nice. I hope it goes well, we'll see.

Don't forget we Spring Forward Sunday morning at 2 a.m.

Report on goals for March:
Strength training 3/3
Exercise 7/7
Log food and exercise 7/7
Stay within calorie goals 5/7
Not to make anyone jealous, but I walked 5 miles today in my shirt sleeves, enjoying the sunshine and the crocuses and daffodils blooming. My daffodils started blooming yesterday, and I got some pansies for my porch planter. I didn't get them planted today so I guess I will do that on Monday. I don't 'work' on Sunday.
On Wednesday DH had his regular check up with the dermatologist. As a result he has an appointment for surgery to remove a squamus cell skin cancer on his hand. We have to do that on Tuesday.
I'm happy to see so many of you losing consistently. That's what its all about.
Onward and downward. Kaye