Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

@jesssiebee1983 - welcome!

@pneschich - your camping venue sounds WONDERFUL and I am so jealous! Have a wonderful time. And yes, in the beginning of my weight loss journey I weighed myself daily and it drove me nuts. Now I have to remember to do it once a week or so... Whenever I remember. I feel a whole lot more relaxed about the whole thing now. The number on the scale is not that important to me anymore. Instead, when I walk my dog every day I attach her leash to a belt around my middle (to keep my hands free). I keep needing to adjust that belt smaller - and THAT'S what feeds my soul these days. Lol

@trinati2001 - when I recently asked a similar question, where is the magic button, my fairy godmother told me that there isn't one - only good, solid, gentle self talk. She was right! Sooo... you say you do well tracking right up to dinner every day. Have you tried tracking your ENTIRE day's food plan in the morning? If you already know what you plan to eat that day for bkfast, lunch, dinner and snacks - put all that in your tracker. That's your commitment to yourself for the day. That doesn't mean the food plan is cast in iron, but any additions or changes will then need to be run through the personal "vetter" that lives in your head. Lol. Good luck - you can do this! You deserve those new work pants - only a few more pounds to go!

Fitness Friday- I probably haven't had a loss this week and maybe even had a gain. Too many special occasions in one week. My daughter's birthday was Tuesday. We went out to eat and I did really good with my meal other than I did have some of the appetizer but I really enjoyed it so I wasn't beating myself up over it. She didn't have birthday cake, but she wanted a hot Krispy Kreme Donut, and I had one with her. I really wasn't hungry but I know how they melt in your mouth and taste so good when they are fresh and hot off the rollers, so I had one and surprisingly it was not the wonderful thing I anticipated. It was a greasy mass of sweetness. That was a NSV to me that my taste buds don't always like the things they used to!

Yesterday was a wedding and I did ok with it too, even though I had some high calorie foods like creamed spinach, at least it was a veggie and not a plate of the delicious flash fried half potato and half onion strings that The Palm Restaurant is so famous for and I had skirt steak (without the chimmicuri sauce instead of ribeye!

Today is my youngest little granddaughters birthday and heaven only knows what the menu is. I will prepare by having lunch before I go there and hope for the best!

Success Saturday- In spite of the food challenges I've had this week. I did walk beyond my step goal each day. The Step Challenge I'm in this week has not been a group that motivates me, because it has runners and distance walkers in it and there really isn't anyway I can compete with them, but I'm proud to say that I was able to move from #15 at the beginning to #8. This morning there were 6K steps between me and #7, so I don't feel so bad about my position. I know that I couldn't walk 6K steps on top of my daily goal without being in serious pain. I'm in pain just doing my daily goal, but it does make me thankful and proud that I keep it up anyway instead of using it for an excuse not to move.

Sending everyone hugs and good thoughts for a great weekend. So glad to have you on my journey!

What you said reminds me of this study.

Sunday Share - There's a new challenge I entered that started yesterday ... It's a month long challenge to find ways to sit less. When I saw the posting for it, I knew I had to try this challenge ... it comes around in May and October every year. Today's challenge was to find a habit that I want to incorporate in my daily life. The assigned reading said that you need to tag a new habit onto something that you already do. For some it might be as simple as standing up to answer the phone, or to proof-read a post before hitting the send button. So, I guess the idea is to do some simple standing up manauever that you can do many times over during the course of a day, and those minutes of not sitting add up. .... Well, as a retired person, I no longer have a phone ringing all day long, and while I spend a lot of time on the computer, there really aren't that many posts I send in a day ... but there is something that I have been working on making happen ... it's a return to how I handled meal time. Of course, when I was a working woman, breakfast and lunch were often eaten away from home. I was a big fan of the office cafeteria! But, even when I was a little girl, then a grown woman, a homemaker, and up until a couple of years ago, every night I made certain to cook my dinner, and clean up completely before settling down for some relaxation. So that is the habit I will be working on ... cook, eat, clean up, do the dishes, sweep the floor, put out the trash, and then relax instead of what I have been doing. And, as this is the second day out of a 31-day month, I will have 29 , no, 30 practice days to get this down!

Sunday Share- There was something eating at me all last week, and when something eats at me, I tend to medicate with food to make it go away (even if its only temporarily eased). I struggled last week and I failed at times but this is a new week, I have identified the problem and I know what to do about it. Easy and pleasant? NO but @birgitkwood and I know, the first step is the hardest, so I have a solution and all I need to do is implement it. I've come too far to let this ruin all the progress I have made. So as @grandmakay says, "Onward and downward!"

@MermaidPrincessRach We'll get by with a little help from our friends!

MermaidPrincessRach wrote: »

@kayfhoward1 The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." I agree with your approach to address all three. But take it easy. It is the small livable changes that last the longest.
Rach

Thank you, and I am. I know it isn't gonna happen overnight but it will happen. On a side note, I work in long-term care in medical records. My job includes data entry so I deal with coding and such. I find it hilarious when talking about WHO how many people think I'm referring to the band.

Monday Check-in I decided I needed a day off yesterday. My hips and knees were so painful. I didn't make my step goal and I didn't count calories. My aches and pains are so much better today but we are in a new week now and I'm ready to head out after my goal again. Maybe not right now, the bed is calling me back but later today! haha Everybody have a great week!

@campfirequeen1 you must have posted while i was posting. Sorry about your pains. Good for you taking a day for yourself to relax. I was like you this morning wanting to go back to bed. But instead I got my mug o joe and took a nice n easy slow 20-25 min coffee stroll around the block! Got to see some kitties in the neighborhood! And a couple cardinals Now i am ready to start my day!

Monday Check - In ... I had another 'good' week, in that my weight has inched a few ounces down from last Monday morning. However I am still close to 3 pounds away from reaching my goal that I set back on May 23rd.

Like @kaye- I weigh myself every day. That started for me at my doctors request. However, I only check-in 3 weights per week ... Monday, Thursday, Sunday.

I weigh myself every morning and, although my weight is higher than I'd like it to be, this mornings weight was the lowest of the week so far.

@veggie16mfp I guess if you're a vegetarian, then you'll be eating lots of tofu and such. Good luck!

dreawest wrote:

As of today I'm officially less than 300lbs (Now to just quiet the little voice in me that points out this is not the first time I've done this - whats to stop the backslide this time).
Hope everyone is doing well.

Congratulations on reaching 200's. I lost it all twice not to mention all the smaller constant yoyo diets for 25 years solid. Here I am having to lose it all again. I believe there does come a point where we finally learn the " it's a lifestyle not a diet" thing. We have had enough practice runs and learning experiences, this time it is time for the lesson to stick. Just decide not to be defeated.

Monday check in. I had a good exercise week. 16 miles walking that were logged. I'm pretty sure I got another 3-5 unclogged this weekend. 15 miles is my goal. Kayaking Saturday 30 min and Sunday for about 45 minutes of paddling and a good 40 of bobbing up and down off shore, enjoying the sounds and the sun on the water. Weight wise I am exactly where I was almost a month ago! Not happy about that. I have been looking at my log and don't see where I'm doing anything differently. I'm much better with weekends eating enough and weekdays hitting 1400-1600 calories. Anyone got any thoughts on that?