Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Wednesday Wish ... that I decide if I will use that sourdough starter I am growing or not.

I've been keeping a loaf of packaged bread in the freezer, and whole wheat wraps in the fridge; and plan/havea couple of servings several times a week ... but that's not my favorite kind of bread or baked good, so passing it by is easy. Somehow I have it in my head that I can become an expert baker, given time and practice, and will be able to turn out beautiful sourdough black rye artisanal loafs or multi-grain sandwich bread on my own ... or maybe english muffins. However, there's all that discard sourdough to deal with! Today I made 12 Russian Crepes ... they each weigh about 2 ounces once cooked and come in at 70 calories per one. I had some today with a couple tablespoons of sour cream and 1/2 cup of blueberries. Not as good as when my mom made them, but pretty OK for a beginner! But ... do I really want to eat crepes again anytime soon? Probably not. When we had them in the past, it was as a family all around the dining table and when they were gone, that was it for a good long time. Maybe I need to grow my family size from1 to 3 or more? At least for meals ... but who would give up eating with their family to come eat with me?

@wadwrich ... if you are starting to slip, it's probably due to the amount of time and effort you have been expending on your weight loss goal. Perhaps it's time to slow things up for a few weeks ... say 4 to 6, and practice maintaining the weight you are at right now. You can still work out - actually your body is used to it as a normal thing by now and it would be unwise to discontinue that, but you could make it a more life-time sustainable schedule. After you have given your mind and body a short rest you can crank it up again. That's a better way to go than ending up feeling like you are failing. You are not failing ... it's that time and the hidden human brain is catching up with you.

PS - edited to add ... Also, if you do try maintenance for a while ... ease into that also. Don't go from your present cut to your maintenance calories all in one fell swoop ... instead, decrease the amount of deficit you are trying to maintain to a lower percentage ... like, if you have been cutting 20% of your calories, try cutting 10% for a week or two, then 5% for another week, then maintenance for a couple of weeks. Otherwise you might have more or a sudden gain than you can mentally handle right now.

Ha-Ha ... when I posted earlier this morning I must have been having a 'senior moment' cause I thought it was Wednesday ... and the garbage sanitation workers just showed up to pick up trash ... and then I realized it is

Thursday Truth ... Getting addled in my old age? Maybe a little. But one thing that is getting really exercised a lot is my irritation with people who dump on other people in the threads here on MFP. I read one today where a young woman was using milk as a means to fill herself up at meals hoping it would help her to eat less solid stuff and thereby trim calories. That post was taken over by so many of those 'I know better than you do' or downright ridicule posts that I was very angry at the 'community' as a whole.

People, if you cannot say something constructive, why are you saying anything at all? Of course ... that doesn't happen on this thread. Thanks for letting me vent.

PS --- my mini goal weigh-in today shows that I have 3.3% of my starting challenge weight gone and my goal is 5.7% .... to stay on track I need to lose a pound a week for each of these last 6 weeks of the challenge.

@MermaidPrincessRach I'm not a good swimmer either, and I don't really like water. But I developed this bizarre allergy to my own sweat and the only way I can work out is in the pool. So I just walk in it, or do some of my own exercises. When I was in So Cal a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that the ocean is really a good workout even if you don't go in. Maybe you could just walk in the sand, which is a challenge all on its own, or even wade in to your calves or whatever. I noticed it was a pretty good workout just to stand there against the waves.

Thursday truth My diabetes numbers very high today! They are stubborn anyway not going down as hoped! Doctor had gave me new meds in hope not to go on insulin. I need to call up the Doctor but i am putting it off

tootsanderson wrote: »

@MermaidPrincessRach I'm not a good swimmer either, and I don't really like water. But I developed this bizarre allergy to my own sweat and the only way I can work out is in the pool. So I just walk in it, or do some of my own exercises. When I was in So Cal a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that the ocean is really a good workout even if you don't go in. Maybe you could just walk in the sand, which is a challenge all on its own, or even wade in to your calves or whatever. I noticed it was a pretty good workout just to stand there against the waves.

Thats very intetesting about your allergy. Its not that I dont like swimming, I am just not good at it. When I do go swimming, it is usually at the YMCA pool. Its closer than the beach and there are less people who I feel are judging me in my bathing suit.

Hi,I'm Kelly. I started at 253 a d now in the 220s. It has been slow though. Making it a goal to post here to motivate myself!

Friday Fitness ... I just finished a wonderful 15-minute Cardio & Core Circuit exercise routine that was in today's Hello Healthy feed on my homepage.

While I was not able to do it with the style the person filmed did it, I was able to raise my heartbeat to it's active zone and break a sweat. It is really great and I plan to do it twice a day (for a total of 30 minutes a day) and see how much I improve in my motions by the end of the month.

The thing I liked the most about it is that you did 3 segments of 5 minutes each that had you doing some different movements for each piece, starting with some in place movement to get yourself moving, it was 1.5 minutes of cardio, 2 minutes of core, 1.5 minutes of cardio for each of the 5 minute segments. There was 10 seconds between the 5 minutes but otherwise it flowed one into the other pretty much non-stop.

Has anyone else tried it?

Nikion901 wrote: »

Ha-Ha ... when I posted earlier this morning I must have been having a 'senior moment' cause I thought it was Wednesday ... and the garbage sanitation workers just showed up to pick up trash ... and then I realized it is

Thursday Truth ... Getting addled in my old age? Maybe a little. But one thing that is getting really exercised a lot is my irritation with people who dump on other people in the threads here on MFP. I read one today where a young woman was using milk as a means to fill herself up at meals hoping it would help her to eat less solid stuff and thereby trim calories. That post was taken over by so many of those 'I know better than you do' or downright ridicule posts that I was very angry at the 'community' as a whole.

People, if you cannot say something constructive, why are you saying anything at all? Of course ... that doesn't happen on this thread. Thanks for letting me vent.

PS --- my mini goal weigh-in today shows that I have 3.3% of my starting challenge weight gone and my goal is 5.7% .... to stay on track I need to lose a pound a week for each of these last 6 weeks of the challenge.

I agree so much with this post. It's partly why I retreated to a single thread til it kind of died off. I migrated here the other day because this seems like a nice, encouraging group. Just what I was looking for.

Oberon21 wrote: »

Is there a pattern here? Wednesday wishes, Thursday truths? Friday fitness? I have to read back and figure this out.

Way, way back, the originator of this post put up some general suggestions to use as guidelines if you want to post and aren't sure about what to post about. It's on page 1. We sometimes adhere to this pretty well, other times not so much. It's nothing that is set as a rule, just a guideline you may wish to follow to keep the thread the way it was intended. ... and that is as a motivator to get that weight off!

Hello Everyone and Happy Friday too!
@Mickey 2942 -- I can relate to what you said! But you are trying that is the first step!

Friday fitness: today after work I went to the YMCA for my water class it was good! I like being in the water and it easier for me cause of my bad ankles! But I am thinking I need to start adding a couple of machines.

I am really grateful for the Y for many reasons but right now there are a lot of fires in our area the air quality is so poor. That you really shouldn't be out side for long!

Wishing everyone a wonderful day!
Liz

Saturday - Success: we went out to McDonald's for dinner this week and I was able to eat a grilled chicken sandwich without feeling deprived. I didn't have fries, I didn't eat from my kids food (which they left over half their chicken nuggets) and I didn't feel like I needed to go home and eat more. I've kind of decided that there are two kinds of eating out: laziness and enjoyment. If we are going to McDonald's it's because I'm being lazy. If we are going out to a fancy restaurant it's to enjoy the food. If we are going out for laziness then I need to eat responsibly and stay within my points. If we are going out for enjoyment that is when it's OK to indulge.

I'd say that 90% of the time we go out its for laziness. A lot of times it's because a group of us are getting together with kids. Who wants to cook or clean up from a big group? So we go out. But I used to treat that as an excuse to eat whatever I wanted. So from now on I'm asking myself this question before we go out. Are we going out because we are lazy or for pure enjoyment?

Hi all. First time on this site!! I'm 67 years young and have been struggling most of my life with the weight. Now I really need to lose the weight and it's not easy at my age !! I do love swimming and played around at it for over an hour today. Fun!!

My success - I canned 9 pints of homegrown tomatoes this afternoon, and a quart of tomato juice. No added salt, just lemon juice and 'maters. But if I don't see another tomato again for a couple of weeks, I think that will be OK.

Good Day, Everyone! And welcome to all the new folks!

Word of warning ... if you use a scale to weigh your food, make sure you have replacement batteries on hand! Mind take the little disc batteries and none of my local stores carry them. And my scale just this morning decided to give warning and quit working. GRRRR. At least I snagged a few dozen cheaply on Amazon and I'll have them soon enough.

I'm with @Nikion901 (and @skinnyjeanzbound and @kah68) ... I like the idea of writing out goals here to help hold myself accountable. This week, I have a goal to:

1) Finish knitting this derned scarf. I'm so close to done but also SO BORED.
2) Keep myself between 1,500 and 2,000 calories a day. I struggled with this one last week due to unusual circumstances. I'm looking forward to getting back to my usual eating habits.
3) Going back to eating high-protein snacks. Last week I ate more high-carb snacks and found that hunger was a bigger issue (despite eating more calories in general!)
4) Take another honest look at the clothes in my closet and get rid of the ones that are too big.
5) Walk at least 10 miles.
6) Talk with my doc about my latest intertrigo (it isn't responding to my usual topical treatment) and the occasional light-headedness I'm feeling.

Think that is going to be it! Have a GREAT week everyone!

@BaJu58 Congrats on wanting to make a difference in your health! It sounds like you are off to a good start.

What's worked for me is taking time (when I have time) to make healthier options the easier option (when I don't have time) and just trying to make better choices. Also making changes in manageable chunks (example: It took me 6ish months to cut the 2Tbs of sugar out of my tea ... I did it by cutting out a little at a time!). There is nothing shameful about baby steps!

And YES! exercise can be a good stress-reliever. It was more stress for me when I just started (finding time and/or feeling guilty about taking the time, not to mention the stress that came from my body's inabilities!), but now I realize that exercise helps keep my stress-levels down and I actually enjoy the workouts! One thing I have done during busy work days is just to take a break from my job and find a little exercise that I can spend 5 minutes doing. For me, this was doing a "step circuit" around my building. I work in a loooooooong, narrow, three-story building and I'd get up from my desk and walk a few figure 8s (up one set of stairs, down the hallway, up another, down the hallway, down the stairs,... you get it). I probably didn't spend more than 5 minutes at a time doing this, but it got me up and moving. And people in my office were supportive of the quick "move" breaks.