Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !
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Monday Check-in ... oops, I think I was untruthful last week when I said my weight had stayed the same last week ... it's actually been on a roller-coaster ride from one day to the next for the past 3 weeks. ... and this morning it is higher than it was last Monday, which was lower than it was the Monday before, which was higher than the week before then, but it was on a good downward trend before that for many weeks and it will be on a good downward trend going forward (or so I tell myself).
Today I was at the grocery store and was able to pass through the checkout with a good long look at the gum and candies but no compulsion to purchase! Yeeha for small victories!!! .. But I did bring home 5 naval oranges.
There were pork blade steaks (pork shoulder cut up into steaks) on sale that I wanted to try out with some recipes I haven't cooked yet. Now I need to decide if I will make the Mediterranean style "Pork Steaks Braised with Tomato & Basil" or the "Curried Pork Steaks", or the "Mexican Pork Steaks" ... the Mexican recipe takes a thinner cut, so I guess the measurement of the meat will make that decision for me as I have all the ingredients on hand for any one of them. The Mexican recipe takes cuts 1/2 inch thick while the others need the meat to be 3/4-1 inch thick. None of the dishes take longer than 35 minutes to prepare. Since all of these recipes are based on 4 servings I will need to eat a lot of leftovers this week, so I might try cutting the recipes in half.
@Rach ... what type of soups are you fond of? Any soup can actually become low sodium if you make it on water or on home-cooked broth that you did not salt when you made it. I have soup on the my recipe board for today, it's a vegetable type soup with cabbage, tomatoes, beans, and either bulgar or barley (plus other bits of veggie) ... do you like that kind of soup?
@Liz ... good luck following Keto! That is an intense food plan to follow. Don't think I could do it, but then, I count the carbs in all the vegetables and fruits I eat, not just in the grains, starches, and sweets. For me, the sugar content of the food I eat is a bigger consideration than the total carbs. I do really well with my diet and my blood-glucose control if I can keep the total carbs at under 45% of my total calories.
@campfirequeen1 -- great Sunday Share this week from you. Doesn't matter if it took 15 days to get down 2 pounds, especially when there is an edema issue to grapple with.
@kayfhoward1 -- pretty wooded picture ... good you said what bird that was because I've never seen one like it before.
@Aria603 -- Hope your weigh-in this week will up that loss number for you. I would not pass up angel hair pasta, thank goodness I;m not fond of cream sauces!
@shoppingdiva2011 -- Hi to you also. Setting interim goals is the way to go for me also. If I look at the whole thing it's too big a bite to swallow!
@Indygirl_81 -- Did you figure out how to read this thread on your phone? I use a desktop computer, so I couldn't help you out, but I saw that @pneschich gave you a tip.
@320sycamore -- Happy belated 31st anniversary! When I was a married woman, my husband was not dissabled, but he did absolutely nothing at home except groom himself, rest and eat; his work hours were very long and he was totally not in the mood for any further 'work' once home.
@amberdm86 -- Has Day 1 turned into Day 5 completed and Day 6 having a good start? If not, start again today! Every day is a new opportunity to live better than the day before!~
@steph198503 -- Hi. If you don't mind having friends-through-threads, we are here to mingle with you on this thread.
Hope I haven't missed anyone who posted recently ... I don't often do personals because of time constraints on the sitting at the computer schedule. @skinnyjeanzbound ... looking forward to reading your goals this week!
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if accepting new people i would like to be added.
i am looking to lose about 90 pounds to ge to my goal weight3 -
if accepting new people i would like to be added.
i am looking to lose about 90 pounds to ge to my goal weight
Hi @DcSyn87 ... this is an open thread, and all we ask is that people are somewhere along the line of losing 100 pounds. A lot of us have much more, or have lost enough that we are much less. Just hop on and and welcome. Page 1 has a greeting from the founder of this thread, who unfortunately is not able to be with us any longer.
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Good Afternoon, I saw keywords KETO and 100 pounds to lose. I myself am wanting to lose 139 pounds. So I am all for new friends on this journey. Need to keep motivation alive for each other. I have lost 18 pounds so far
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Hi everyone! I started working on my weight several weeks ago, and now have a bit of success under my belt. But I have some travel and holidays coming up, so really wanted to start being accountable to a community with similar goals. We can do this together!
SW 250
CW 235 15lbs down- woo hoo!
GW 150
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Monday check in. I'm still here. Still feel like Eyore. Did pretty good walking last week, did lousy on food logging. Definitely having a recurrence of plantar fasciitis - ouch. Still holding at 290. Not gaining is good. Was today unusually long for the rest of you? 2 accidents on my drive in made for a 1 hour 45 minute drive in. And a swerving 18 wheeler almost took me out on the way home.0
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Easy - Low Salt Soup:
Tomato Puree, 1 carton
Onion, Peeled, chopped, lightly fried
Mushrooms (6 - 8), chopped, lightly fried,
Garlic clove (2 or 3 depending on taste)
Lentils (soaked)
carrot, diced and fried with onion,
Water
Peel and chop (very small) all veg. Fry in olive oil, add the precooked lentils, tomato.
Add salt, pepper, and herbs of choice (I like heat, so I add chilli pepper, paprika, black pepper and garlic granules)
Ad boiled water until you reach a consistency that is good for you. Simmer for 30 - 40 mins and serve with baked potato, crusty bread or cheesy bread rolls.MermaidPrincessRach wrote: »This weight loss thing is the same ol' song n' dance over and over. I think I need to learn a different dance or else change the song.
Any one have a good easy low-salt soup recipe?
At what age does a woman start wearing makeup everyday?
Rach
HOLIDAYS COUNTDOWN
Thanksgiving: 17 days
Christmas: 48 days
New Year: 55 days
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Just catching up on 3 days of posts - welcome to all new "members". I just joined MFP and this thread in September, and look forward to hearing about the struggles and progress of this group (as well as occasionally posting about my life).
@birgitkwood and @skinnyjeanzbound , haven't heard from either of you recently, and am hoping everything is OK in your worlds?1 -
@MermaidPrincessRach, you can buy no or low sodium stock/broth if you're not up to making it. One of my favorite healthy soups is French Onion soup. The soup itself is very low cal, and if you add enough cheese and bread to make it flavorful without overdoing it, it's really good.2
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Less of an Eyore today. Still within the error of my scale +/-2lbs. Yeah I calculated the error of my scale, nerd pays pretty good though. Needed new blue jeans for casual fridays and winter coming, I was wearing 48's, bought new work pants a month ago 44's. the new jeans; 42 and not snug. Score! Stayed off my foot as much as possible the last 2 days and stretched my foot/Achilles tendon and the pain is much better today. My dog is unhappy with me. Horrible to let your dog down.1
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Hi! New to MFP, but not to weight loss. Have lost and gained 100lbs + several times. Hope to make this my last journey to lose. For the past 18 months. starting weight 486+, lost 150 but have137 to go. Getting harder to stay focused on my goals. Dread the Holidays and all the temptations that come with them. Hope by the end of the year to be off oxygen and below 320. Time to go to the Y, Went swimming this week for the first time in 10 years.3
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Awesome job on your weight loss so far Steve. Just take one day at a time. You can do this.
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@320sycamore - thanks for checking on me! Yes, I'm fine. I've been lurking, but life's been a little nutty and haven't had time to post. My 87 yr old, very frail Mom was visiting... However, I somehow managed to lose 4 lbs, for a total of 85 lbs gone since early April. And officially, as of today, I am no longer obese but merely fat. Hey, I'll take it - lol.4
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I wish I could shake the sugar cravings! I was silly and forgot to take some key medication for 4 days and it messed me up a bit. Cravings are starting to dwindle but man oh man, all I want is gummy bears!1
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Hi All! I've been in this thread off and on throughout the past two years, but haven't been active in here since March. It's been a rough year, and I kinda just stopped using MFP for a while all together, but have been back to tracking since September. Now I want to get active in the threads again!
So just wanted to say a little hello. I'm Erin, from New Hampshire. I'm 33 and have been struggling losing and gaining the same 20-30lbs the past few years, and have over 120lbs I need to lose. I have rheumatoid arthritis, and that has been really flaring up this year and not helping with my weight loss journey. Looking to get myself healthy once and for all!1 -
Hello
@Nikion901 yes keto has been hard, it has been easier cutting out sugar like cakes, brownies candy that stuff but where i am struggling is having a piece of toast or bowl of oatmeal in the morning. But my glucose was 12 really high also obese. Cancer feeds on sugar fat etc at least what I been told. So trying everything I know to get those numbers down. I have started looking at weight watchers I just need to get this under control quickly!
Today was weird kept trying to get things done but in end nothing got done . Try tomorrow
Liz
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@Elizabeth2360 I dont know if you have past experience with WW but I do. I have been off and on their points systems, went to meetings, etc. IMO, MFP is a much better option. Figureing out or looking up points just adds one more step to the tracking process. Threads like this one are way better than any connections I made at meetings, and weighing in at their location once a week was just a hassle to try to wear the same clothing every time to try to get an accurate weekly weight. Not to mention, MFP is cheaper.
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I looked up KETO and I need to lose 100 lbs myself. The struggle is real. I'm here with you! I need the support ! 2
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Question to all of you: What, if anything, do you use to "remind" yourselves to stay the course? Have you maybe glued a "fat" photo of yourself to the. fridge? Do you maybe stick helpful quotes on your kitchen cabinet doors?
Here's why I'm asking: Over the course of my life I have lost, and regained, probably close to 1000 lbs. Maybe even more - who knows. Always I would lose a ton of weight, and then I - somehow - I just lost the motivation and went off the rails, always gaining back a lot more than I'd lost. And when I go off the rails, I stay off --- for years! Until I start the cycle all over again.
This time around that's not happening. In part, that's because of MFP and the support I get from all of you (THANK YOU!!) Also, partially, it's because I'm older now and I have developed some health conditions that would make regaining the weight potentially life threatening. I have too much to live for to allow that to happen.
So, being a very visual person, I created a "reminder" for myself to help keep me in line every day. I have a smart phone that has a "note" function. I used that app to write the date I started my weight loss journey (4/4/16) and my weight at that time (305 lbs). I "stuck" that sticky note in the very center of my phone's Home Screen where I see it every single time I pick up my phone. Every single time! Each time I see that only a few short months ago I weighed 85 lbs more than I do now. It's a reminder to get in touch with how much healthier, more active and happier I feel now. Underneath that date and weight I wrote "787" - which was the weight of a person in a TV show I saw on 4/3/16. That TV show galvanized me to take another stab on getting healthy, and I put that ## on my phone's sticky note to remind myself of where I so easily COULD go if I go off the rails again. Do NOT want to go there!!
So again, what do you all use? Anything to remind YOU to stay on track? Best wishes to all, Birgit2 -
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Thursday Truth ... I ate a whole pound of that sweet dough bread deliciousness known as Placek ... a Polish coffee cake type loaf studded with raisins and a crunchy crumble on top made of flour and butter. That's blown my calories for the day and has given me a tummy ache. That aside, I love the taste of this cakey bread because it reminds me so much of a bread my mom made every Easter for us. That was the only time we ever had that bread and she would bake a dozen of them, all between 1 and 3 pounds each and a good 9 inches tall, like an Italian Panitone. We ate that bread with every meal during the Pascal season starting with the first food on Easter morning. Her bread had a much firmer texture than that Placek I ate today, whose crumb could be pinched together like a piece of Wonder Bread, but the taste, ah, the taste!
So today I feast, and tomorrow I fast!
Guess guess I've revealed that if I have an 'stay on track stickies' they don't get into the grocery stores with me!
Welcome to all the new posters in the past few days.
Everyone have a great weekend, and remember that it is Veteran's Day on Friday ... a day of remembrance and honor for all the national warriors amongst us.0 -
Thursday Truth- I feel like a stuffed pumpkin! I made spicy pumpkin corn chowder for dinner tonight, It was so tasty I ate one and half bowls, and that's why I feel like stuffed pumpkin! My three housemates all said it was one of the best soups ever, and it is, but I wish I had resisted the second helping!
Welcome all you new posters, and welcome back @ereilly311, I'm looking forward to getting to know you.
@birgitkwood Girl, you know I'm on the same journey but I'm about 40 pounds behind you and we are going to do it and we aren't going to do our usual thing this time, because life is precious and we are not giving up! I am back to walking my goal everyday, hurt or not, I do it because I'm trying to be like you!
@Niki My MIL used to make that Easter Bread and it was sooo delicious. I stay as far away from bread as I can! It makes me want to never stop eating it and if you have some really good butter to spread on it, I won't stop, so I just don't start! Now Thanksgiving when I go to PA and there is a house full of freshly baked bread, all bets are off. My son is going to make me a 5K Turkey Trot course around the farm that I plan to do on Turkey Day so that I can eat some of the things that I normally don't partake of!
Hope everyone had a marvelous and successful day! Holly in Chattanooga, TN
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Hi guys! Sorry I haven't been around much this week.
@niki-- I need to follow your lead and do some fasting b/c I've definitely been feasting too much lately (see my Thursday Truth below).
@birgit-- I don't have anything like that, but tend to let me waistband serve as my reminder. When I gain it tends to happen first in my midriff, and right now my pants are screaming at me, "PUT DOWN THE CANDY!!"
@liz-- I also need to cut down on my sugars b/c that's what causes me to crave more unhealthy foods. I had planned to do so when you first posted that you were switching to keto, and sadly, I feel I have let you down. I'm re-committing right now to limit my carbs. MFP gives me 157g/day, but I know from experience that I do better when I keep them below 100g/day and keep away from the simple sugars. So that's my goal going forward.
@erin-- Hey, it's great to see you back here!
@raven-- at work, I do my supervision in our HS's Literacy Center, and the para who runs it still has a Halloween pumpkin filled with candy on her desk. All week, I have been digging through it looking for gummi bears. Thank goodness they are finally all gone.
@kayfhoward1 --great pictures!
@320sycamore --Thanks for checking in. I've had an especially busy week with meetings and parent/teacher conferences, but I've been lurking and reading posts when I get a few minutes here and there--just haven't made time to sit down and post myself.
Thursday Truth:
I have been an eating machine for the past few days. Tuesday some friends invited me over for a pizza night to watch election results. Some others who came brought some delicious desserts, and let's just say I never met a chocolately cakey anything I didn't like.
Add lots of candy and treats lying around the office, and it's NOT been a great week. On top of that I had a meeting Monday and P/T conferences Wednesday, so not much exercise either. I did manage to walk the dog and rake leaves for an hour today, but that's not nearly enough to counter all of the calories.
As I mentioned above to liz, I'm going to focus on cutting sugars and simple carbs to get my eating under control. I also have a 3-day weekend which should give me time to get in some more exercise.
Tuesday Goals:
1. Clean the fish tank.
2. Drop off bag at good will.
Grading Goals:
1. x/1 letters of recommendation
2. 7/40 Blake journals
You vs Year Challenge:
282 k done/ 718 k to go
Exercise Goals:
Sun-- walk gunner DONE + gym DONE
Mon-- walk gunner DONE
Tues-- rest day
Wed-- rest day (parent/teacher conferences)
Thurs-- walk gunner + rake leaves
Fri-- walk gunner + gym or run outside
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This is my 2nd day on my 1000 calorie diet. I am wanting to get bariatric surgery so I can lose 100 lb. I am 63 years old and as you see I look like a tub. I am going to lose this weight. I have exercised for 2 days. People I need your help. I really don't want to have surgery. Will be posting everyday I can. Glad to meet all you1
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Thursday truth, The doctor's office didn't call and I'm not horribly upset. They will. I will be approved. I will be sleeved.
I went out for lunch today. I pulled into the parking lot on my way to Subway for a salad and they opened up a Chinese buffet next door. I was parked between them, I could smell the Chinese food it was like the sirens calling me. I think I stood frozen for at least 5 minutes. I knew where I was supposed to go, what the plan was but there I stood, feet un-obedient. Healthy Jared (pre pervert) Food on one side and the slippery slope on the other urging me forward, towards, well you know. What did I do? Yep I made the good choice. The salad was seriously unsatisfying. Lo-mein was what I was craving, extra soy sauce.
Tonight I did something I've been meaning to do for a while. I went into LA Fitness to inquire about cost and services and get the tour. It's sooooo close to home. I'm not sure it's for me. Is there a regular joes gym? -Dodgeball reference. Way too many overachieving uber healthy 30 somethings and a manager in his early 20's with serious barbell bloat who had as much of an idea about my life as he did the ins and outs of string theory, totally hard selling. I escaped commitment free. I scored a handful of 3 day passes but honestly the place frightens me. I know I have to start something else but what am I going to do alone in there? Yep, sit in the sauna and hide most likely. How does a fat " old" man get a workout partner? Why is this so difficult? That's my truth, right now, today, this moment, this is very very hard. I have all these people who love me within reaching distance but I'm so alone in this. I have great support, a loving wife who has my back, but I'm alone in this. It's my demon to slay. Fear of the pain I never want to feel again. Fear of not being there for my wife and boys. Fear, that is my demon, and fatty low nutritional value junk food too. I know the moment will pass and it will be normal again. Normal is so fluid these days.0 -
@pneschich - check out Planet Fitness if you have one in reachable distance. They pride themselves on being the "judgment free zone," and I find it to be true. And yes, I hear you brother! Each of us is so desperately alone with our own personal food dragon. And yet... and yet...we're not really alone cuz here we all are. I know your struggle, as you know mine. I firmly believe "they" build Chinese buffets adjacent to every single Subway for no other reason than to trip us up. You made the right choice yesterday (congrats!), and you will again today. Tomorrow will take care of itself. One day at a time.
@skinnyjeanzbound - talking waistband... I think you're on to something there. Can you market that thing? I'll invest and we'll both get rich :-D. Seriously, mine are all elastic so they talk too sloooowly for me to pay attention to. That's why that icon on my phone works better for me. Now, PUT DOWN THAT CANDY! (Thought I'd add my voice to that of the waistband lol )
@topgun1052 - welcome to this wonderful supportive group! You don't look like a tub too me at all. You look like a wonderful woman struggling to slay her dragons and return to health. Just like all of us here. You've come to the right place - we're all in this together.
@campfirequeen1 - don't be like me. Be like your own very best self, which is more than wonderful. You have challenges that I don't face. The fact that you have to struggle thru the pain every day, and do it anyway, makes you my hero! We're all in this journey together, but we also have our individual paths to walk, and at our own pace. The trick is in not around, no matter what.
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Lately when I read the forums I wish that we had emoticons that we choose from in the response string. I get that they want us to be "inspiring", but when people are feeling distress, I want to be able to let them know that I hear them, without having to name each one. Some days I have the time and energy to do that but some I don't and I don't really even work most days, so I know you folks that work and have a host of other responsibilities don't have time. So far all my friends here who are struggling with getting back in the swing or just staying with the daily good decisions that have to be made I'm sending you hugs and well a sad faced emoticon with a tear, cause I hear you and I commiserate with you, but after that I would put some praying hands and a fist pump, because we can do this. WE WILL DO THIS. Got to go but I'll be back! Holly still in Chattanooga!
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@campfirequeen1 Thanks! Looking to get to know everyone around here again too!
@skinnyjeanzbound Thank you! Hope all has been well with you!
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Does anyone have some fun plans for this weekend?
I have a 3 day weekend (had today off). I went out for a bike ride by one of our lakes, despite the crazy windy conditions we have today, but it was so nice to get outside and some fresh air! Won't be able to get many more outdoor workouts in, in the coming months with winter coming.1
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