Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Happy birthday!! You all have a fantastic day!

OK, I'm back. It's Friday And St Patrick's Day. Lucky for me I despise corned beef (can't have beef anyway - can't digest anymore) and cabbage. So, my exercise has been walking; it's cheap and can log it anywhere. But I'm trying to find scenic places to go... even in my urban area of Minneapolis. Weekend eating prep? Pinterest, finances and the "what my body can handle so far" list. Then it's off to the store.

I gave myself a pass yesterday and gained 2 pounds. You did MUCH better than I!

Sounds like a lot of us went over on calories either yesterday or today. Including me ... today. And I know it will show up as a large gain in the morning ... one of my weight reporting days! Lamenting, lamenting, lamenting. ...
There's an interesting piece of information I've just starting looking at on MFP regarding my food intake ... It has to do with my macros. Now ... I don't know if the information is actually accurate ... but being a Premium member I can flip my diary between showing the grams vs the percentages on the macros ... and I've taken note of it the last couple of weeks. Seems like no matter if I eat little or eat a lot, my macros stay about the same ... and that is about at what I have them in my target to be. S0 ... watching macro percentages will not help me lose weight unless the total calories are at a decent deficit. Yep ... it's back to that old truth ... calories in and calories out. And for me, breads out, chips out, candy bars out ... out ... out ... scat! OUT!!!

Pennyapink0204 wrote: »

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I have six months for a MINIMUM of 40 pounds to qualify for surgery. But my competitive streak was awakened. Walking and resistance with no weights videos are among my tools. ... I know it can be done. It's going to be tricky but with your help I know I can.

Welcome @Pennyapink0204 ... That's a very aggressive weight loss requirement for the surgery you need. Not to say it is not doable ... because it certainly is, and many people have been able to maintain the caloric deficits required for such a loss. Wish I could do it myself!

I also have a hernia, and it too has the potential to become an intestinal emergency. I was advised not to do heavy bearing down kind of activities, and to wear a 'belt' to hold everything in place during activity. Well .. it's not a belt, actually. It's more like 15-inches tall and is meant to be worn tightly wrapped around the torso. Insurance didn't cover it's cost, but was still affordable at the medical supply pharmacy. I don't wear mine on a regular basis, but do if I am going to be doing any lifting and carrying. .... have you been advised of such a wrap? Good luck on your weight loss.

Something I've been doing that helps me is ... drink a lot of water ... actually, hot water like for tea but without the tea bag. Drinking one glass before every meal, one glass first thing in the morning, and a glass before any snack has helped me to eat less. Another thing I've recently learned that I'm finding very helpful is 'listen to my stomach' ... which comes down to eating slowly and not eating any further after a 'burb' comes up my from my stomach ... it's like my stomach is saying 'Stop feeding me, I've had enough." ... It even talks to me after drinking water or coffee if I'm having too much!

PS - edited for spelling/typos. ... danged keyboard!

Just a refresher about me for any newbies or if anyone's forgotten...
My name is Rachael but on MFP people call me Rach or Mermaid.
I just turned 36yo, married 13yrs, DH has a little higher BMI than me. Currently my BMI is 47.
My ultimate goal wt is 150ish and at that wt I would be at an ideal BMI.
I have been obese most of my life, save the year and a half when life got weird for me ... college, depression, etc ... But then I met my DH and life got better. And we got fatter together.
Love dining out! Burgers and fries are my fav junkfood!
No children by choice. At first I wanted to lose weight bc I did not want to be fat and prego; bad for the baby. But after many many discussions, we determined we do not want children. So now I am losing for my own health. I just hope wt loss doesnt cause a "surprise" I have seen that happen many times.
Former WW member of 10+yrs but have sworn off WW once they closed the free msg boards in Aug of last yr. My thread moved to a closed MFP group and then I found this thread! I love this group although the people here do not post as regularly (daily) like my other smaller group. I believe support is key, but it wont get it done for you. You've got to do the "heavy lifting" for yourself.
On W12/28/2016 I started following the DASH plan (Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension, my DH is on BP meds and this is the diet the Dr recommended) according to Marla Heller's book DASH Weight Loss Solution.
I have tried to follow the diets of many other books, including other DASH diet books, but most are so complicated and expensive to follow that it doesn't last long. This one is different. I love it! I can afford it. I did not get a headache weaning off the sugar. I enjoy the food. I am hardly ever hungry. And the wt loss is good - not too fast, not too slow.
Full disclosure, I tried to "take the reins" and create my own menu and my wt loss slowed dramtically BUT I am still in it! I dropped below 300 on New Years Day and have never seen that number again. Then on Jan22 I dropped below 295 and havn't seen anything higher for awhile. I am currently digging for the 280s. They made a single appearance so I know they are there! It will be a big milestone once I do reach the 280s - 289.5 marks 5% lost and 10% towards my goal!
I weigh myself daily and record it on my Garmin Connect app (I wear a Garmin Vivofit2 bc at the time I bought it, Dec2015, it was the only activity monitor I could afford that was waterproof enough to swim) and I record my wt on MFP every 5 days (bc MFP makes a notification about my attendance every 5days and I did not want to do the traditional wkly WI and become entangled in a routine of starving myself on a peticular day of the week trying to coherse the scale into "being my friend"). I use to take a progress picture every five days. I called it my WIP (Weigh In Pic / Work In Progress - got that from my FB coloring group ) but the body is slow to change it's shape (especially when you have so much wt to lose) so now I am only going to post comparison pics (start v. current) every five weeks (when my 5day WI lands on a Wednesday, the day of the week that I started DASH).
I am making myself a wt loss progress bracelet with Pandora-like charms that I buy from the WISH app (SO much cheaper than Pandora, but looks very similar). Every 5day WI earns me a charm, a little colored crystal, but if I surpass my next 5lb milestone then instead I add a "special" charm of my choice. So far my special charms are a star, a yingyang, and a heart. There will be more than one progress bracelet. Each bracelet represents 100doD (days of DASH).

KATRENAJ wrote: »

Yesterday I walked the straight and narrow all day Met family for dinner and had 3 onion rings from my granddaughter plate. So many carbs and fat. Threw me off for the day. And they weren't that good.

Katrena- bring a mom of two little ones I've found it really hard not to eat off of my kids plates. BUT I've found that I get a lot less cold and less sick over all if i avoid any food that touched their plates! So now anytime I start to think of eating food from their plates I ask if it's worth having a miserable cold and it's helps me leave those cold greesy onion rings alone.

@MermaidPrincessRach thank you for the long back history! I love hearing everyone's stories. I would love to see pictures of your bracelet! I'm always on the lookout for a new way to reward myself but I'm just downright cheap....so I ether find it to be something that I would rather not buy because I see no reason for it, or its expensive and I don't feel like I should be spending that much on myself while we are saving for a huge remodel.

AMF-I wish that I had time to write my back story like Rach but being on my phone slows the process down. And yikes it's already 6am I got to get moving if I'm going to be able to get everyone up and out of the house on time.

Quick question for the group...how do you track a party filled with random apps? I tried not to eat more than 3 but the beer lowered my resistance and all bets were off so I tried to remember it all and track it afterwards....which so didn't work!

Hi Everyone, and Happy Solstice! I just got back from visiting with my mom for 3 days, along with brother and SIL. We all live a distance from each other and don't get to see each other nearly enough. Had a fabulous time! But spent a good part of the weekend eating delicious restaurant foods and not getting enough exercise. This morning the scale shows an increase of 4#s. Not worried about it, tho. I'm home now and life is already back to normal. I know that within only a very few days that 4#s will be gone again. Best wishes to all, and welcome to the newcomers!

Doucelait wrote: »

Hi everyone, I'm back on my fitness pal after a year. Would like to set my caloric intake. I did the calculations and it says in order to maintain my weight I would have to eat 2447 calories a day. Looking to lose 125 pounds. How much should my caloric intake be to lose 3 pounds a week? I also walk for 30 minutes 5 x week. Thanks

Well, first let me say that 3lbs per week is NOT a safe or healthy rate. But, if you must, then subtract 1500calories each day. 500cal per day times 7 days equal 1lb. Good luck!