Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Sunday Sharing: my digestive tract has decided that it doesn't like yogurt, especially not when paired with coffee and taken instead of breakfast. Failure to stay away from that combo results in major :sick: and absolutely no energy in the morning, so despite what I know about the so-called health benefits of yogurt, I'm not touching it with a ten foot pole this week to see what's going on. However, I will take a probiotic pill with dinner to, um, maintain my flora and fauna. I know that my breakfast replacement had some calories, which would theoretically tide me over until dinner, but it's not even close to the same rib-sticking effect as real food, not to mention how sick it makes me feel. It's confusing, but probably well worth all the testing I'm starting.

@RobinsEgg, I thought about that, too, but since I only endure yogurt at breakfast, it should be perfectly fine. Besides, I usually don't snack until the evening, if at all, so that's kinda out. Besides, I'm testing an elimination, and have already noticed that my body feels better for it.

RobinsEgg wrote: »

@zoe thats a complete contradiction - you said you'd never eat yogurt again - I'm confused. But, I give up, you often seem to conradict people.

Sorry, no. I'm not touching it with a ten-foot pole this week, but can definitely slowly reintroduce it and slow down on the coffee afterwards, to see what's got me sluggish in the mornings. I didn't mean to contradict or argue with anyone. Sorry!

@niki-- thanks for the waffle info.

AFM-- I just realized that I have a blood donation appt tomorrow after school, so had to adjust my gym schedule for the week.

Grading Goals:
1. 16/22 object speeches
2. 5/22 object speech reflections
3. 25/60 Poetry analyses

Fitness Goals for the month of February:
I will run 3x/week and at least one 5k/week:
Week 1 = x/3 runs, x/1 5k; Week 2 = x/3 runs, x/1 5k; Week 3 = x/3 runs, x/1 5k; Week 4 = x/3 runs, x/1 5k
I will run a 5k start to finish with no walking breaks.
I will run an 8k twice. x/2

Nutrition Goal for February:
Eat >100 g protein x/29

You vs Year Challenge:
35k done/ 965k to go

Exercise Goals:
Mon-- rest day (donating blood)
Tues-- walk gunner + gym
Wed-- walk gunner
Thurs-- walk gunner + gym
Fri-- walk gunner
Sat-- walk gunner + gym
Sun-- walk gunner

Monday check-in and January Report ... and February Goals ...

But first ... @Robin...I am not shutting Harvey down, (I love him!), I'm just not going to go steady with him anymore! He'll come out and be fed, and allowed to grow his flavors but his offspring will have to be monitored so as to not be born too quickly one after the other, cause their mama loves carbs a bit overwhelmingly.

January Report
Calories within 100 of MFP goal days 24/31
Exercise minutes for January 717 minutes (an average of 23 minutes a day)
Weigh-in this morning : down only 1 pound for the month of January from my 1/1/16 weigh-in
Macro % for January (averages) are:
gross avg daily calories 1805
" " " carb grams 211 46% (goal had been 45%)
" " " fat grams 74 36% (goal had been 25%)
" " " protein g 83 18% (goal had been 30%)

The 7 days where I was not within my range of calories were 7 days ... and they were real whoppers!
I managed to eat 1.2 pounds worth of calories EXTRA ... no wonder I only lost less than a pound during the month ... I ate them back! Also, it appears the macro's I need to really work hard on are my fat and protein grams as both were well out of range of goal.

Without the overeats, my daily average calories would have been 1641 calories .. looking at it that way, I averaged an additional 164 calories a day ... too much! So for February, since the over eats kept me from losing as much weight as I need to keep to my plan, and my calories would have been 1641, I am going to use 1650 as my cut calories to lose weight, and I will eat back some my exercise calories so as not to fall below my BMR calorie goal (1620).

Thus ... For February my goals are:
Calories within 100 of MFP goal of 1650 daily calories = #/29
Carbohydrate goal 186 (45%)
Fat goal 46 g (25%)
Protein goal 124 g (30%) = #/29
Exercise goal 45 minutes per day 5/7 days a week = #/7 week 1 , week 2, week 3, week 4

Looking forward to following through with Consistent Focus
Niki

Good morning everyone.

Happy National Freedom Day!

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
National Freedom Day is a United States observance on February 1 honoring the signing by Abraham Lincoln of a joint House and Senate resolution that later became the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. President Lincoln signed the Amendment outlawing slavery on February 1, 1865, although it was not ratified by the states until later.
History
Major Richard Robert Wright Sr., a former slave, believed that there should be a day when freedom for all Americans is celebrated. While living in Philadelphia towards the end of his life, he invited local and national leaders to meet to organize a movement for a national holiday to commemorate Lincoln's signing of the 13th Amendment. The resulting National Freedom Association proposed having a memorial date to call attention to the continuing struggle for freedom for African-Americans. Since President Lincoln had signed the 13th Amendment on the first day of February, that date was chosen to celebrate National Freedom Day.
The first commemoration took place on February 1, 1942, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As it has every year since, the remembrance included laying a wreath at the Liberty Bell.
National Freedom Day's federal authorization is cited at Cornell University Law School's Legal Information Institute as 36 USC § 124:
§ 124. National Freedom Day
The President may issue each year a proclamation designating February 1 as National Freedom Day to commemorate the signing by Abraham Lincoln on February 1, 1865, of the joint resolution adopted by the Senate and the House of Representatives that proposed the 13th amendment to the Constitution.[1]
Richard Wright, a banker and educator, led the campaign to hold such a commemoration and led the first observance in 1942.
On June 30, 1948, President Harry Truman signed a bill proclaiming February 1 as National Freedom Day. [2] It is not a federal holiday; government offices and banks are open for business.
On this day many towns have festivals, while other citizens reflect on the freedoms that the United States honors and to appreciate the goodwill of the United States. Wreath-laying at the Liberty Bell has also been a tradition to mark National Freedom Day for many years. Symbols of the day may include a theme about freedom for all Americans.[2]
According to americaslibrary.gov National Freedom Day is defined as:
"[t]he purpose of this holiday is to promote good feelings, harmony, and equal opportunity among all citizens and to remember that the United States is a nation dedicated to the ideal of freedom.
Major Richard Robert Wright Sr., a former slave, fought to have a day when freedom for all Americans is celebrated. When Wright got his freedom, he went on to become a successful businessman and community leader in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Major Wright chose February 1 as National Freedom Day because it was the day in 1865 that President Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution....
The 13th Amendment outlawed slavery in the United States. Wright gathered national and local leaders together to write a bill declaring February 1 "National Freedom Day" and President Harry Truman signed the
bill in 1948 making it official.

” No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.” ~William Ellery Channing, 1838



Tom

Track Calories 1/29 Went over 174 calories due to a dumb sandwich for lunch.
Protein target 1/29

need motivation add me

Good morning everyone.

Happy Groundhog Day!

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Groundhog Day (Canadian French: Jour de la Marmotte; Pennsylvania German: Grundsaudaag, Murmeltiertag) is a traditional holiday celebrated on February 2. According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its den in the tree on this day, then the spring season will come early; if it is sunny, the groundhog will supposedly see its shadow and retreat back into its den, and winter weather will persist for six more weeks.[1]
Modern customs of the holiday involve celebrations where early morning festivals are held to watch the groundhog emerging from its burrow.
In Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Groundhog Lodges (Grundsow Lodges) celebrate the holiday with fersommlinge,[2] social events in which food is served, speeches are made, and one or more g'spiel (plays or skits) are performed for entertainment. The Pennsylvania German dialect is the only language spoken at the event, and those who speak English pay a penalty, usually in the form of a nickel, dime, or quarter per word spoken, with the money put into a bowl in the center of the table.[3]
Groundhog Day was adopted in the U.S. in 1887. Colby Camps was the editor of the local paper Punxsutawney Spirit at the time, and he began promoting the town’s groundhog as the official “Groundhog Day meteorologist.”[4]
The largest Groundhog Day celebration is held in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, with Punxsutawney Phil. Groundhog Day, already a widely recognized and popular tradition,[5] received widespread attention as a result of the 1993 film Groundhog Day.[6]

” A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body — the wishbone.” ~Robert Frost



Tom

Well, I give UP! no - I don't, just feel like it though. I was so on track with my food plan yesterday ... ate half my calories between lunch and dinner, had protein at each meal, had a satisfying home cooked dinner, and even had room for a snack in the evening. Had wonderful blood sugar reading this morning ... everything just great ... except I missed all my macro settings in a big way from what I so carefully and statistically input yesterday.

My calories yesterday, were spot on ... so 1/29 for that goal
My exercise was off by 10 minutes ... so 0/7 for that goal
My protein was way, way off as the goal was 124 g and I only got 93 in ... so 0/29 for that challenge goal!

So I decided that I must have set something too high ... and did a lot of new reading this morning ... and got more frustrated and confused as I went on ... and, in a way, I did give up. I decided to let MFP set my goals for me instead of trying to do it myself. So I went to my goals settings and let MFP determine what I should have to get that 1 pound a week loss I so much need to establish and maintain to meet my weight loss goal for this year ...

And thus, On Tuesday Goals day, I am restating my February goals here and now ...

Calories between 1440 and 1640 with 1540 being spot on
Protein @20% ... 77 grams
Activity calories burn a week ...1370

On a more calm and positive note ... I did read one interesting article that resulted from a study presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium where British researches found that woman who eliminated carbohydrate-rich foods like, bread, potatoes, and rice just 2 days a week and ate their normal diets the rest of the time lost an average of 9 pounds over 4 months as compared to women in a similar grou who ate a 1,500-calorie-per-day diet following the Mediterranean-style for the same period, who lost only 5 pounds. The study also noted that insulin resistance was improved in those participants. The take-away is that I am going to attempt that as part of my goals ... will not report on that except at the end of the month.

Now I feel better ... but know that I will likely feel hungrier this month that I have in the past.
Follow-through with Consistent Focus
Niki

kah68 wrote: »

From experience, and I think others can attest, MFP has the carbs macro goal rather high at 50-or 55% (if I remember correctly). For me, anyway, its too high for weight loss. Why don't you use MFP suggestion for a caloric goal but change up your macros to 30% protein, 30% fat, and 40% carbs and see how that works out? I promise, if you eat a bit more protein and choose healthier fats (i.e. coconut oil, avocado, nuts, etc) you will not feel hungrier than usual. I don't eat a lot of bread, maybe once a day (and its usually flourless)--most of my carbs come from fruit & veggies.

That's what got me discouraged from my meal yesterday ... I had very healthy food throughout the day, and my carbs were under goal, it was the fats and protein that were so out of whack!

I had my macros at what you suggest during January and became so discouraged when my stats showed I was way over on fat and way under on protein based on those percentages ... and my choices of fats are always on the healthy side and usually come from the food I eat rather that what I put on the food in the way of fat.

Yesterday, for example my protein and fats were so completely off whack that I felt completely deflated. What I had for added fat were 2 teaspoons of extra-virgin olive oil in my lunchtime salad dressing. All the rest came from the foods I ate ... 8 oz 2% milk, 1 ounce of walnuts, 1 ounce of lower-fat cheddar cheese, 2 oz water packed tuna, 4 ounces of roast pork, 1 1/2 ounce of 33% cream cheese ... that's it!

However, most foods have a tiny bit of fat in them and many have smidgens of protein even if they are not categorically fat or protein foods ... and I think that is what makes the fat tabulate so heavy all the time. I didn't really realize this fact until today when I did reports on my macro's in MFP. It listed the foods I ate that made up the macro from lowest to highest for the period in question ... and that's when I realized how it all really adds up from almost any food you eat.

I almost feel like chucking the whole MFP food logging and go back to portion counting of foods instead. Almost, not quite~

Thanks for advice however ... you always have good ones to give, I appreciate that so much. I'm going to just try to stick with whatever it is now that I reset it again and see what happens during the next 4 weeks.
Niki

I'd love to join this discussion. In it for the long haul, 100+ to lose, and look forward to making some friends to support each other

2-2-16 Protein Challenge:
Wanted 40 grams
Got 31 grams (oops)
Comments: now I'm under, ARGH! Sadly, I'm full of dinner, so might as well let it slide so I can average out over the month.