Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

I'm super excited for this weekend. I'm hosting a crawfish boil at my house on Saturday. And I'm not going to be anxious about calories, or feel guilty afterwards. Because I'm not "cheating" or "failing" or "falling off the wagon". Instead, I'm purposefully enjoying a rare, planned celebration. And then on Sunday, I'll drink a lot of water and go right back to weighing and logging (and know intellectually that those 10 lbs is water weight from too much salt, sugar, and beer.)

Friday - Fitness (what are you doing to get fit? How are you preparing for weekend eating?

I've been jogging a lot but I don't want to forget weight training, so I went by the gym to lift some weights earlier this week and have still been recovering from it (I love lifting weights so when I got in there it was hard to leave). To work through the soreness I did some lower impact exercises like yoga and other forms of stretching just to stay active but not strain anything. I would like to get in a little jog today. I miss it already.

For tomorrow, I'll be going up to my bf's sister's house and she's making lasagna, so I plan to just make sure I have a smallish portion and fill up the rest of my plate with some kind of vegetable/salad. My breakfast I already have planned and portioned out so that should be fine. Dinner I'll have some leftovers that I made on Wednesday. Sunday I'll be home so no real worries there.

Hope to be back soon again to post.

Good news! I had a lump removed from my chest on Monday and I got the call today it was benign!

Fitness-I've been going once a week for personal training. I plan to start taking my dog for more walks. I've been limited because of health issues which means I really need to pay more attention to diet. Today has been going well. Mio with caffeine is what I'm using to cut out pop. I'm eating around every two hours and that really helps cut down cravings. I hope to start working out more soon. I actually do enjoy it.

@Morgori I like the quote!

@NewCaddy Congratulations on the job!!!

The party was a total success! I cooked 120 lbs of crawfish, and nearly all the neighbors came. I do have a lot of leftover beer and soda that I don't know what to do with. It's not a temptation, but it takes up a fair amount of space in the pantry/fridge.
The best part was waking up this morning and only clocking a 3 lbs increase after a day of total debauchery.

Just wanted to say a quick hello and Happy Mom's Day to all our wonderful mothers. I spent a fun day with my kids and didn't worry at all about what I ate. I am sure I went over but just because of the choices not the quantity. We went out to an early brunch and then my parents joined us in going out for an early dinner. So only the two meals all day. Saturday was the weigh in for the biggest loser challenge I joined being sponsored by our ymca and local hospital along with various other buisnesses. It runs till august and if I won something that would be great but the main thing I hope you gain is motivation to stay on track during the summer. That seems to be the time of year I struggle most. We time for me to go nighty night. Hope you all had a wonderful day

Good morning everyone.

Happy National Women's Check-Up Day!

” Courage, cheerfulness, and a desire to work depends mostly on good nutrition.” ~Jacob Moleschott



Tom

Oh, and @Luckylaw - congrats on your lump being benign! I am so happy and relieved for you!
Tracy

Hi everyone, it has been a very busy week with no nights free. I have been trying to make a couple of decisions and finally they are made. My principal asked me to teach Stem next year so I have been weighing the pro's and con's, I was very upfront with him about all my obligations outside of school next year especially in the Fall. I am chairing two large projects and they both happen in October, plus the ASL 2 class I am taking in the fall and let's add a new curriculum. He needed to understand that I have a life outside of school and that I am not willing to work an excessive amount of hours to make the STEM program run correctly. He actually seemed okay with that. I guess I will be teaching Stem (Science) next year for the 8th grade. So there will be a few more conversations but I think my mind is made up at this point.

Tracy- Congratulations on the job.

jt- Good luck with the challenge.

My goal is to exercise 4 hours on the weekend- 2 hours each day but it is mostly about being active and the activities can be mixed up so it is not the same thing for two hours.

I hope things will calm down after this week and I can start checking back in on a regular basis.

Good morning everyone.

Happy Eat What You Want Day!
Date When Celebrated: Always on May 11
What would you like to have to eat today? Okay, great.....health permitting, go ahead and have any and all of your favorite foods and snacks. Because today is Eat What You Want Day.
Eat What You Want Day is definitely not a day for diets. It is one single, solitary day in the year to go off your diet and eat something you really enjoy, Today, you can set aside your dietary "No-No" list. Today, you can splurge. Tomorrow, it's back to the diet. It is important to note that today is not intended to eat as much as you want. Rather, the goal is to eat something you otherwise wouldn't have. If you are watching carbs or calories, simply keep within your limits by eating just a small amount of that favorite treat.
Caution: People with allergies and/or medical conditions, may not be able to fully participate in this day. Simply said: Do not risk your health to participate in this day.

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Tom

I Was reading a success story post today of a man who lost 140 pounds between September and March, going from 339 to 199 who did this under medical supervision in a 6-month pre-bariatric surgery requirement. Duh, he no longer is a candidate for bariatric surgery ... thank God to that.

What he did was walk every day about 3-4 hours. Some of the walking was outdoors, some in his place of work, some at home on a treadmill while watching Netflix. He also kept his calories between 1400-1500 for the day but didn't count any macros ... just the overall calories. And, he took dietary suppliments and vitamins because of the low calorie diet, got checked up once a month at the medical center. He said the trick was to keep his heart rate at level #2 ... for him, that was about 110 beats per minute and was the fat-burning zone for him. He used a heart rate monitor to maintain that exertion level and he used a fitbit to measure the calories he burned. His average weight loss was 5 pounds a week, although he did have some highs of 7 or more in the beginning of his weight loss campaine ... He didn't say how old or tall he was, but he looked tall, and in his mid-forties.

The thing I liked about his story was that it shows that fact that losing weight is more about sticking with a plan instead of resorting to the newest method or craze that is hitting the airwaves.

Grading Goals by 5/16:
1. 2/41 Kite Runner journals
2. 2/41 Yeats reflections
3. 5/10 Senior SOS speeches
4. 2/20 Junior Research Papers
5. 30/30 Quote analyses DONE
6. 41/41 Tone quizzes DONE

Fitness Goals for the month of May:
Visit gym minimum of 8 times 2/8
Run at least 25 miles

You vs Year Challenge:
148 k done/ 852 k to go

Exercise Goals:
Sun-- walk gunner DONE
Mon-- walk gunner DONE + gym NOT DONE
Tues-- meeting
Wed-- walk gunner DONE
Thurs-- walk gunner DONE + gym MOWED LAWN INSTEAD
Fri-- walk gunner
Sat-- walk gunner + gym

Good morning everyone.

Happy National Leprechaun Day!

”Preserve and treat food as you would your body, remembering that in time food will be your body.” ~B.W. Richardson



Tom

jtconst wrote: »

Going to have to play around and see How much of it I want to actually out towards my calorie count.

I take it that you eat back some of your exercise calories. ... how is that working for you? Are you trying to maintain or lose? If lose, is this working?

I ask because I don't intentionally eat back any calories, I just tend to overeat, overall. Natch, all I'm doing is maintaining.

@celtikgirl I hear you about the rainstorms. Usually, Saturday is my highest activity day because I spend a lot of time working out in the yard and garden. But it's been so wet that I can't half walk through the yard without sinking into the mud. Rain is also a pretty big disincentive for me to walk. I can deal with cold, but not wet! I'm sure once things dry out a little bit as summer comes on, you'll get your exercise back up.

This week, I adjusted my calorie allowance up by about a hundred, because I was just miserable at 1210. Not so much that I was hungry, but that trying to plan meals with such a tight margin was such a pain in the tuchus. And wouldn't you know it, this morning, I'm back to a weight I haven't seen since my freshman year in college.

Hi guys!

@celtik-- Yes, it takes a lot of patience, but you will get there. We've had pretty crappy weather here as well. Rainy and now pretty cold and blustery for May.

@badnoodle-- great job hitting that milestone!!

@niki-- I'm a firm believer in eating back exercise calories if I'm already eating at a deficit at say, 1600 calories/day. That's already 500 below my maintenance level, so if I then burn 500 calories and don't eat them back, I'm only netting 1100 calories which is not enough to keep my body fueled. I don't understand how people can NOT eat them back and expect their metabolisms to not slow to a crawl.

@tammy-- hope that pain isn't anything to worry about. If you did nothing to cause it, I would consider getting it checked out.

@geoff-- welcome to the thread! I can't stand Smith machines; unless you're the perfect height, they are terrible for form.

Saturday Success:
Ugh. I wish I had something more positive to post, but my only success is that I haven't gained any weight over the past 2 weeks despite neglecting to log food and very minimal exercise. I didn't make it to the gym again nor did I walk gunner b/c he had a salon appt this morning. While he was gone I managed to vacuum up most of his fur and washed his bed and all the throw rugs, so I wasn't completely inactive, but not the workout I had intended.

I've been a bit more successful with my grading goals. I finished all of the journals turned in before I left work on Friday, but there are still about 10 or so pending from students who have been absent for field trips or AP exams. I also finished most of the speeches; I would've finished all of them but two kids haven't shared their videos with me yet. Grrr.

Only got through 6 JRPs so far, but 14 is doable tomorrow. Perhaps I'll even have time to hit the gym...

Grading Goals by 5/16:
1. 31/41 Kite Runner journals
2. 31/41 Yeats reflections
3. 8/10 Senior SOS speeches
4. 6/20 Junior Research Papers

Fitness Goals for the month of May:
Visit gym minimum of 8 times 2/8
Run at least 25 miles

You vs Year Challenge:
148 k done/ 852 k to go

Exercise Goals:
Sun-- walk gunner DONE
Mon-- walk gunner DONE + gym NOT DONE
Tues-- meeting
Wed-- walk gunner DONE
Thurs-- walk gunner DONE + gym MOWED LAWN INSTEAD
Fri-- walk gunner NOT DONE (rain)
Sat-- walk gunner NOT DONE + gym NOT DONE