Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Monday check in- I gained 2 pounds. I am struggling eating late evenings and enjoying junk food
I really need to discipline myself and increase my workout.

Goals:
One that I have kept so far and I don't foresee being a problem for me is sticking to my diet. The other that I have not done well on at all is to walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes a day. I said I was going to do it last night. Well that didn't happen. Got a lot going on at the home front. I won't lie. I don't know if it will get done tonight either. I don't really put time limits on wanting to lose so much weight by a certain time, but my sister-in-law is getting married in September and I would like to drop a size or two in my shirts and pants before then. We live in AL and my wife's family all live in MN, so it has been a while since we have been up there to see them and I would like my weight loss to be noticeable when we go. Plus I just don't feel comfortable dressing up when I am so big. Alright. That's all I've got.

Here's the link to the challenge - community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/114462-amazing-race-summer-heat . You need to sign up by tomorrow to get in!

@moodybear2003 those are amazing! I'm not a good cook at all, cookies or otherwise. I'm always terribly impressed by people with those kinds of skills.

@wadwrich…its amazing how the steps add up though when you just get outside and move.

@celtikgirl…what is this Amazing Race that you speak of? (oh, I see, you posted it…thanks, I’ll have ot check that out!)

@virginislander2…late nights are my downfall too. I’m trying to find an activity to substitute. Right now that is games on my phone while I’m watching tv . That way my hands are busy and not shoving food in my mouth. 

AFM. I missed my calorie goal by 39 yesterday. Not bad when I had no idea what supper was going to be. During VBS, they serve the volunteers a supper since we don’t have time to get home to make something before we have to be there. It was lasagna and garlic bread. I could have made it, but I did have that 2nd piece of garlic bread. YUMM!

Today, my husband and kids are heading out of state until Saturday. I sent any and all snacks that I don’t want around the house with them. We had gotten really slack about having those things I like around the house and that wasn’t helpful. We are going back to the plan that as long as I don’t like it, you can have as much around as you want (BBQ flavor anything, salt and vinegar chips, flavored sodas..)

Tonight, more VBS for me so it’s just watch what I eat and stay on my feet from 6-8.

Have a great Tuesday! Oh and drink your water!!!

Tuesday goals - my goal this week is just to be kinder to myself. While I will lift 3 days, and I will do 3x30 minute stints of cardio, I won't push myself into 800-1600 calorie deficits again. Although it's exciting to be able to actually do these athletic things that I couldn't do before, it won't be exciting long if I start metabolizing muscle, or just flat out collapse in the street from a low blood sugar episode.

It's a long haul, not a sprint, and that's something I struggle with.

That being said, I got properly fitted running shoes today and shaved two full minutes off my 5K time, so that felt pretty darn awesome.

New here .......and iam truly in need of support.

Wednesday Wishes

I wish it was 1 year from now. 1 year from now and I stayed on my diet for the whole year and I am enjoying the new me.

Good Morning.

@Karen ~I often wonder the same thing about vets!

@badnoodle ~When I was working out with a personal trainer 3-days a week plus pushing myself on cardio on the other days I was often in 1,000+ calorie deficit and felt it, I think it did more harm than good. It was a harsh reality, now I take things a lot easier. While I don’t work out with a personal trainer, I do take the advice of one and know my limits. Good for you for recognizing yours. Hooray for a new PB on your 5k time!

@trinati2001 ~AFM = As For Me

@Lina300 ~Its sometimes harder to me to stay on track at work too. Our marketing department has all kinds of goodies and my suitemate/co-worker sometimes goes “shopping” over there, just last week she brought me peanut m&m’s (my weakness) and Cheetos—I’m happy to say the m&m’s are still in my desk drawer! But fresh cookies every day?! That is torture!

@wadrich ~Keep sticking to those changes you’ve made and you can say that a year from now!

@Tracy (ND) ~Glad you are enjoying your new job. Enjoy the quiet house while the hubs and kiddos are away.

Welcome to all of the newlings!

AFM~Work has been busy, but hope to wrap up this project (the budget) today or tomorrow--we have purchased so much new equipment this year and have so many new contracts it was quite the undertaking and I think took me twice as long. I will have to work part of the day on Saturday though to finish up something else that needs to be completed before I’m out on medical leave. Planning to hit the gym today, tomorrow and Friday. Pedicure on Saturday, must have pretty toes before they go into a cast!

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@Lina300 I can sympathize. Where I work sales people and coworkers bring in breakfast biscuits and take us out to lunch and things like that. It's not every day, but it's often enough. It has gotten easier for me to say no though. In fact, as I write this I just got a call asking if I wanted a biscuit. But I'm sticking to what I brought for breakfast.

We have a deli in the building that makes fresh biscuits in the morning. What gets me though is the smell of the crispy bacon wafting through the hallway every morning as I make my way to the office--its torture some days.

The world definitely doesn't make it easy. Sometimes it's hard for me just driving down a main road that has all kinds of restaurants on it. I want to go through a drive thru so bad and just pig out. 3 1/2 weeks down. Almost able to mark off a month.