Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

@Annr -- I lost loads of weight before on here, and I never, ever stopped drinking lovely real ale and craft beer. You just have to find space for it. And I'm sure you're super proud of your Navy boys, and that goes a long way to make up for the hardship, doesn't it?

@Tanya949 -- here's the place for long rants, really. I love hearing that other people's life are as disorderly as mine, too.

@RobinsEgg -- one of the nice things about London is that lots of the fast food here is healthy now. it's a real change over the last few years. Lots of places doing salads, smoothies, sushi, light wraps and so on. Of course you can still have fried chicken if it's want you really really want. I'm a big 'if it fits your macros' girl so my view is that a burrito is healthy if you've counted it. My girl never has time for breakfast! She grabs a smoothie in a disposable cup and drinks it on the way to the bus stop. Or sometimes we make breakfast bars so she can do that, same principle.

@NK1112 -- I think gift cards for services people use make a fine gift that doesn't create clutter. Though money might be even better. It's like a gift card for *everywhere*.

@Lauriek70 -- thinking of you and your parents.

@skinnyjeanzbound -- Karen, I am not sure that there is ever a proper justification for a chocolate chip bagel... And well done for doing your 8k!

@icanplay3 -- Welcome! It's hard when family want to meet up in restaurants. Can you organise a meetup for a park, or a museum, where the temptation to eat uncounted treats isn't so great?

@jorinya -- that is amazing! I have some skinny fit jeans in my cupboard; I'm pretty sure they'll never fit, but they're Aspirational. One of the reasons I like this thread is that everyone's always so supportive. I think some of the threads on MFP get to be a bit of a pile-on, and that's not so nice.

And a great big welcome to all the newlings!

Monday check-in -- I lost 2 pounds this week, despite being a bit rubbish about checking in and logging. So I am on my way. No particular hardship, either.

I did miss a couple of days last week but I'm pretty confident about how things are going now. I am so glad to be back!!

Those of you who remember me from times past may remember that I was on a green smoothie kick -- that was helped quite a lot by our purchase of a Vitamix! We got ours at a big discount off the regular price, but it was still a hard decision for us to make. I'm so happy because my husband has decided that smoothies are a thing he can make. So he's making the breakfast smoothie for the kids and I don't have to get up at 7am to do it. (I am not very good at mornings). Today's wasn't honestly green -- banana, apple, forest fruit, chia seeds. Just a sort of regular smoothie.

In other news, the prom dress is bought for my daughter. Super-cheap eBay job so we will inevitably end up with loads more spent on Sturdy Support Garments, a little black jacket, shoes, hair, makeup, accessories... but it's a start. I have been promised photos -- there will be a photographer at prom.

As for me, I definitely have no money for new clothes right now, so my plan is to lose weight and then 'shop my wardrobe' for all the nice things I bought when I was thinner...

I hope you are all starting a new week with enthusiasm for the interesting things that will happen!

-- Alison

Monday Check-in


@Melwillbehealthy - the way you get your ticker back is from your 'Profile' page. Check there and if you are having trouble finding it, try the help features on MFP.

As everyone can see from my ticker, I've backslid a lot and came in at 250 again this week. At first I was going to put it off to the swelling in my legs and feet that's returned along with the arthritis flare up this spring ... but I must be honest; my food intake has been awful ... as is attested by the fact that my calories were at goal only 2 days out of the past 7. Niki isn't doing a very good job of following through on her good intentions but is an ace at following through on the easy side of the road.

Alison ... I love your ticker's picture. You have come a long way!
Karen ... whoop-whoop on your good news to see that show. Great groups, good music!
Ellen ... sorry you feel slighted being a 'step' ... you do treat her like she were 'flesh'.

Annr ... keilbasa is one of my 'guilty pleasures'. Bought one this last weekend to make a Bigos but ate the sausage ... bought another one to replace it and ate that up again. Put the pork in the freezer.

Goals for this week ...
1. get those input calories under control by
2. cooking instead of restaurant meals
3. make a decision TODAY about residing the house or cancelling the deal.
4. clean this house!!!!!
5. install the window air conditioner(s)

Follow-through, Niki

jorinya wrote: »

Monday, check-in. Ok so haven't weighed myself yet so can't say if I gained or lost since last weigh-in. I ate a little more yesterday but still managed to stay under my calorie goal. I haven't slept well cos there was no electricity, which is common here in Nigeria, and was attacked mby my only enemy...... General Mosquito!!! Bites all over my body. May need to go for malaria test soon. We fumigated the house less than six months ago so can't get it done yet. Besides we're moving to our own house soon so no point. Gonna find a nice spray and kill those enemies until then. Will update later, getting kids ready for school then going to bed to catch up on my sleep. The sooner my oldest son goes the school the better he is SO annoying.

Here in the US we have Avon, and they sell a product called skin so soft, that has always worked amazing for mosquito's for me. You spray it on your skin and it doesn't have that harsh smell like other mosquito repellents do.

@Annr and @RobinsEgg~Normally, I would agree with you; however, given the size of this city and the fact that I’m a woman living alone I tend to not get involved. Many years ago, when I lived in an apartment, I called the police on the guy upstairs from me having a bon-fire on his balcony (idiot). I had to live through the repercussions of that (many months of harassment before I was finally able to move). So I don’t get involved anymore. I live in an extremely safe neighborhood, so that kind of thing never happens. I did notice she was home yesterday and am not even sure her daughter was home during the ordeal. The more I think about it the more I suspect the guy was intoxicated and someone was preventing him from driving. Like I said, I live in an area now with very low crime and that kind of thing just doesn’t happen.

@Mel~Nice to see you checking in. I’m not sure the tickers “appear” regularly—when they made changes to the forums, they removed that capability and am not sure it has been restored. But then, I haven’t tried.

@Alison~Hooray for the loss and for DH taking over the smoothie responsibility. I would love a Vitamix, sure don’t like that price tag though.

@Geana_Beana~This is often trial and error, we have to find that macros “formula” that works best for us. Sounds like you are on the right path.

@jorinya~Oy, mosquitoes—they love me!

AFM~Not much to report. After a weekend of severe storms and certain areas being ravaged by tornadoes, the sun is out today. We’ll dry up just in time for the next Spring storms to move in tomorrow through Friday, oh joy! I am excited to report I’m at the 90-day mark for my next cruise (actually leave for San Francisco in 87 days)! I’m ready for a much-needed two-week vacation. The friend I cycle with is having surgery this week, not sure what day yet but it will affect my exercise schedule I’m sure. I haven’t posted exercise goals in a while, so here they are:

Monday~Cycle
Tuesday~Weights
Wednesday~Cycle or gym
Thursday~Weights
Friday~Cycle or gym
Saturday~Rest Day
Sunday~Rest Day

@skinnyjeanzbound - OMG! I want to go to that concert with you!!! Wear something rad and take pics!

@NK1112 - Your (very short) phone call with your sister yesterday made me laugh. Some people just want to be grouchy.

@BohemianCoast - I'm a bit envious of the fast food options you described. When I visited London a few years ago, our hotel was just around the corner from a Tesco (which really narrows it down, eh? ) and I adored all the healthy, reasonably priced options we had for meals. Here my healthy fast food options are Subway, Subway, and Subway.

Monday - Check In (how are you doing? Had any successes or struggles this week-end?)

Finally feeling better! Minor allergy stuff lingering, but we've had a lot of rain the past few days which cleared the air nicely. Can't believe I've developed allergies at almost 40. Bleh. Anyway, just got back from the gym where I hit the elliptical AND DID MY STRENGTH TRAINING ROUTINE! w00t! Between traveling and being sick and just not wanting to do it, it's been about 3 months since I lifted weights. I think my daily yoga has helped me from totally backsliding because it wasn't nearly as tough as I expected. Still, pretty sure my muscles are going to be mad tomorrow. Tough noogies. Comic Con is in 2 months and I want to be able to wear sleeveless tops without feeling like I have wings.

Hi My name is Nellie I'm 36 yrs old and this is my first truly committed journey to not only weightloss but to getting healthy. I'm at my heaviest 309 lbs as of last week at the doctors. I have been diagnosed with MS. Which I am not going to claim I believe that I will beat this. I have found faith in God and I am trusting in him. He is guiding me and I know through his words that if I do as his words say he will provide for me and my family. I have three teenagers. I want them to see me fight this disease. I also attend college part time as of tomorrow I am going back to work part time and going to start school full time this Summer semester. I feel well right now even though I never know when my "Relaspes" are going to come or what part of my body that they are going to affect but I do know that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I would love to meet people on here that has been through this journey or is going through it now so we can guide and join each other for the good times and the bad. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to begin. and how to get through the pop cravings that is one of my biggest hurdles is pop I drink that instead of eating a lot of the time.
God Bless,
Nellie

Hi All,

My dad is doing better today but still very weak. He has two infections that he is fighting right now. One is in the urinary track and the other is in his blood stream. He spent the weekend sleeping and was awake today. Hopefully, he will continue to improve.

Welcome to all the new people. Hope you come back often.

Happy Monday to all of you! I learned some very important things today. That while homemade granola bars ARE fun to make, the numbers are still kind of the same as the store bought ones. Also the quantity you get is more with store bought, than from homemade but MINE look prettier!
this is what I did:
in a bowl add:
2 cups Rice Krispies
2 cups rolled oats
1 cup wheat flour
1 can of Planters Heart Healthy Nut Mix 9.2 oz can
1/2 a bag of dried "Just Raspberries"
Ghirardelli 60% Caco chocolate baking chips (10 oz bag)
2/3 cup cooking oil
2/3 honey
2 eggs
1/2 cup brown sugar
Mix it all up and flatten in a cookie pan with nonstick aluminum foil on it. 325' for 30 min...or until edges are brown.

So it makes about 40 squares...and I put 20 in my frig...and 20 in my freezer!
Quaker oats big bars
Son Mine
Calories 180 150
fat 6g 9g
sodium 120mg 10mg
carbs 30g 19g
fiber 2 1
protein 2 2
sugar 13 12

so I really only see that there is a more sodium in his than mine. Mine look like a dessert bar...and his are kind of dry. I suppose I could have used HALF the bag of the chocolate baking chips but I was afraid to have those things lying around!

thanks for the info on the ticker. I really did enjoy getting inspired by looking at the success people had.

Good morning everyone.

Happy International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases (CIND).

May 12th has been designated as International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases (CIND) since 1992. The CIND illnesses include Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Fibromyalgia (FM), Gulf War Syndrome (GWS) and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).
May 12th was chosen as it is the birthday of Florence Nightingale. She was believed to have suffered from ME/CFS. In 2010, a write-up was done to give a history of May 12th.
Every year a number of events are held to mark May 12th. They will either be held on May 12th or sometime during the month of May. So please mark your calendar and join us on every May 12th and help raise awareness. Event news will be available on Facebook, Twitter and this site. There will be something for everyone!

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Whenever you fall, pick something up. ~Oswald Avery

Tom

Morgori wrote: »

Anyone know how to delete a post?

I don't think you can anymore, you can only delete its contents.

ticker test

Mel I think the signature part still does not work, so I just paste it at the bottom of my post if I want it to show


Roserex go to your profile and under My Progress are the Tickers- personalize yours then copy the BBcode and paste it into your post.

Greetings all!

I'm looking for a little guidance from the teachers we have on here. Take your child to work day is coming up and I've been tasked with finding them something to create. We're a metrology lab so GD&T is everything (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing). I need a resource to look for some sort of kits of something they can build and take with them. It has to be child safe (duh), quick (they have a lot of other stops to make in the company, instant gratification (not like growing geodes or anything), and cheap (because there'll be a lot of kids). In the past the guys have laser scanned hands, heads, feet, etc.. and they take home a copy of it. This year 4 of the 6 guys have kids attending so we won't have enough to do that. It has to be something that just 2 of us can handle.

I don't have kids (just cats) so this is way beyond my scope. I have no idea where to even start looking or even what to google for that matter. I tried GD&T projects for kids but not surprisingly that was a complete bust.

Morgori thanks for the tip. I've been searching the entire site to find where I put my 'signature' and couldn't find it. Now, it makes sense.