Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

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  • RachaelPooh
    RachaelPooh Posts: 6,180 Member
    @pneschich Nice!
  • GOINSTD12
    GOINSTD12 Posts: 331 Member
    Saturday - usually my day to catch up on sleep but I've been running since 10 am (equivalent of 5 am for me)! On the bright side I've already exceeded my goal of 4000 steps (well on the way to 6000). Exhausted but feeling pretty good.
  • RachaelPooh
    RachaelPooh Posts: 6,180 Member
    Today was DH bday but tomorrow we hit it again! Time to lose weight together and continue to be the fabulous married-without-kids couple we are!
  • JeanieWww
    JeanieWww Posts: 4,037 Member
    I missed last week's weigh in. I was busy moving, and didn't get weighed. Now I'm afraid to, as everyone had to keep shoving food in my face while family was down, helping with the move. Not to mention, my son had his 17th bday, and yes, there was cake!
  • gullagr
    gullagr Posts: 82 Member
    Name: Rachel
    Age: 22
    Height:5'6"

    Start Weight (week of Feb 22) 208.8 lbs
    Goal Weight (Week of April 22) 193.8 lbs (updated to be an even 15 lbs)

    Weigh-ins on week of
    February 22: 208.8 lbs
    March 1: 205.0 lbs
    March 8: 204.4 lbs
    March 15: 203.4 lbs
    March 22:201.8 lbs
    March 29: 198.2 lbs
    April 5:199.8 lbs
    April 12:
    April 19:
    Last day April 22:

    Weight -/+ this week: +1.6 lbs
    Weight -/+ this month: -9 lbs

    Bad week. Was stressed and busy with work - getting in early meant missing my morning workouts. Worth the craziness because I now get a weeks vacation and am visiting my family including my new nephew. Going to try and watch my diet and get in my steps this week then it's back to the grind next week.
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    edited April 2017
    :):D:(;):/:o:s:p
    EarthDay Weight Challenge for Week of April 5 - ending on Sunday April 9th ...

    We had 12 people weigh in out of the 26 that signed up for it but dropped out along the way. As a group we had a 0.30 lb loss over last week. ... This was a hard week that saw 6 of us gain weight, and one person joined us with their first weigh in - so no loss or gain was shown for that individual.

    Two more weigh-in's and we are done ... the week of April 12 and April 19 ... Good luck ... lets see if we can't all lose 1 pound each this week!

    :'(:|B):#:*>:)o:)<3

  • JeanieWww
    JeanieWww Posts: 4,037 Member
    I don't think i'm going to make my goal :( ARGHHH
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    JeanieWww ... me neither!
  • JeanieWww
    JeanieWww Posts: 4,037 Member
    well, at least we lost something, and that's being a winner!
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    Every little bit helps ... it all adds up over time ... I'd just rather see weekly losses, even two-tenths of a pound, rather than the 1 or 1-1/2 pound gains I sometimes get ... know what that is from, just still working on mastering the input control board in my brain!
  • JeanieWww
    JeanieWww Posts: 4,037 Member
    Hang in there, We'll get there in the end!
  • lksmeeton
    lksmeeton Posts: 45 Member
    Name: LaDana
    Age: 41
    Height: 5'2"

    Start Weight (week of Feb 22). 295
    Goal Weight (Week of April 22) 285

    Weigh-ins on week of
    February 22: 295
    March 1: 292
    March 8: 293
    March 15: 290
    March 22: 286
    March 29: 288
    April 5: 289
    April 12: 286
    April 19:
    Last day April 22:

    Weight -/+ this week: -3
    Weight -/+ this month: -9
  • bapcarrier
    bapcarrier Posts: 211 Member
    Name: Barb
    Age: 69
    Height: 5' 3"

    Start Weight (week of Feb 22) 241.6
    Goal Weight (Week of April 22) 228

    Weigh-ins on week of
    February 22: 241.6
    March 1: 239.4
    March 8: 237
    March 15: 235.6
    March 22: 234
    March 29: 231.8
    April 5: 230.8
    April 12: 227.8
    April 19:
    Last day April 22:

    Weight -/+ this week:-3.0
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -13.8

    So excited I hit my goal of 228 AND I have lost my first 30 pounds since I started in the middle of January! Celebrating by having a piece of pizza tonight! I've been missing it, but one piece still keeps me within my calories I just can't eat much else or I'll be over! :)

    @sand86802 good for you increasing your fluid, great job, keep it up. I know I need to track and increase my fluid too but it's a real struggle for me. I have to work at it just to get to around 44 ounces, seldom make the minimum of 64 ounces. Maybe, if we do another challenge (and I hope we do) we can do weight and tracking our fluid intake because I bet we're not the only ones who need to increase their amounts!

    @Nikion901 I love your turtle posting, I think I'll put that saying on my bathroom mirror for motivation!

    Have a great week everyone!
  • campfirequeen1
    campfirequeen1 Posts: 317 Member
    Sorry I didn't do my weigh in this past week. It's been a really bad week for pain and consequently major loss of sleep. Been keeping my calorie goal pretty much but not my carb and sodium levels so my fluid retention has been poor even on diuretic days. No point in weighing until I get it under control because it really doesn't mean anything. I did manage to walk all but 700 of my step goal today but I did poorly with my water goal and at long last I had the carbs and the sodium back in range. Hoping for a better week.
  • RunningOnWontons
    RunningOnWontons Posts: 138 Member
    @bapcarrier : WOW! :smiley: Awesome job so far. Congrats on reaching your goal!

    Just checking in tonight to read the posts I've missed since last week's weigh-in (a gain for me :( ). This thread has been a big motivation for me in getting back with the program, even though I was so disappointed with myself for gaining last week.

    One very good thing that has come out of the past few weeks for me is that I seem to be getting a bit better with avoiding "mindless eating" and emotional-type eating. One week of gaining doesn't erase that progress. I think the gain I had last week was entirely due to my decisions to eat out at a couple of favorite restaurants, and I was ok with that. I enjoyed those meals. Being honest with myself, I know that I didn't reach nearly 230 lbs by occasionally splurging at restaurants. My real issues lie with the kind of thoughtless eating that adds up, calorie by calorie, day by day. That, and somewhat compulsive over-eating when I'm stressed, tired, etc.

    Here's hoping everyone is having a good week. At least where I am, spring is in full swing. The change of season has brought a tremendous positive shift to my mood and my outlook on things. :smile:
  • trinati2001
    trinati2001 Posts: 262 Member
    pneschich wrote: »
    Almost Friday fitness. Been a strange week walked 20 minutes 3 days and an hour today. Saturday paddled the kayak really hard for about 45 minutes into a 20 mph wind . This week has been about learning how to eat and eliminate soft foods. Both are much harder than you would expect.
    I had a huge NSV on Tuesday. I test drove a car and they kept my drivers licence. They called me and I went back for it. The salesperson I met at the door went in the back to get it and came out with one in his hand and said it wasn't mine. I looked at it, he was wrong. He got all slack jawed and said wow you've lost a lot of weight. I am also down another pant size. I can buy clothes at normal people stores now. With no elastic in the waist!!!!

    @pneschich great job on your Nsv! That is amazing!!

    Years ago I heard that you weren't supposed to smile for a government ID so when I was surprised that I would have to take a drivers license picture I didn't. Wow that was the worst picture ever (for many reasons) and I've hated it when I have to pull it out since. This past week I had to go into the DMV so I decided I was going to retake my picture....I didn't realize that I would have to refill out the whole form. Well it had me put down my weight, which made me look at the weight on my card, which I was now only 20lbs from. So I changed my weight on the card from 175 to 180, because who wants to put down their real weight. Now that is my new goal. I got my new license today and every time I pull it out it's going to be my reminder!! What once was a piece of plastic I hated to touch has now turned into my motivation!!
  • OfficiallySexyVal
    OfficiallySexyVal Posts: 492 Member
    Hi there! My name is Valerie and I just stumbled across this discussion board. I am 31 years old and a mother to two beautiful little kiddos. I am 14 months post pregnancy and 2 months post op from Thyroid removal. I have not lost any of the baby weight that I gained with my daughter. I have a goal of losing 120lbs, I am looking for friends with similar goals.
  • campfirequeen1
    campfirequeen1 Posts: 317 Member
    @OfficiallySexyVal - Hello and welcome. You've stumbled on an amazing group here. We are all in it for the long haul. Congrats on that beautiful heavenly blessing and for being ready to shed the unhealthy weight. You will enjoy those two kiddos so much more in a healthier body and it'll be a lot easier to keep up with them!
  • GOINSTD12
    GOINSTD12 Posts: 331 Member
    @campfirequeen1 - I too am back at it after suffering 2 bouts of CHF. I feel you lady, I'm struggling with it every day. Plus despite doing very well on diet and exercise I've lost nothing but water weight in the last 3 weeks. I know it will come off eventually but it's frustrating watching the daily weight fluctuate between the same 2 or 3 lbs.
  • trinati2001
    trinati2001 Posts: 262 Member
    Thank you everyone for being so open about your lives and health. Sometimes I get blue and tend to cope with food. But reading your posts makes me realize if I don't loose the weight now, while I don't have health issues to add to the burden, then it will just be harder later on.

    It's so strang to me how a seemingly good thing will throw me off normal and into food coping mode. My brother in law talked my husband into joining his gym. They go late night tue and Thur and super early Saturday. Then on Sunday my husband is training with coworkers for tuff mudder and going on long mountain hikes. I don't know why but the fact that he is exercising more and I'm home with the girls during the morning in the weekends and late tue and Thur really sent me into a food eating spiral. I even went over 200 for the first time this year (my goal for last year was to get to onederland by the end of the holiday season and stay there). So I guess going over 200 was the kick in the pants that I needed and reading everyone's posts I'm three days back into fully tracking, trying to get 10K steps a day, drinking more water, and now drinking apple cider vinegar (it really does suppress your appetite).

    Has anyone else had a random should be positive thing send them into a downward trend??
  • Lives2Travel
    Lives2Travel Posts: 682 Member
    trinati2001 wrote: »
    Thank you everyone for being so open about your lives and health. Sometimes I get blue and tend to cope with food. But reading your posts makes me realize if I don't loose the weight now, while I don't have health issues to add to the burden, then it will just be harder later on.

    It's so strang to me how a seemingly good thing will throw me off normal and into food coping mode. My brother in law talked my husband into joining his gym. They go late night tue and Thur and super early Saturday. Then on Sunday my husband is training with coworkers for tuff mudder and going on long mountain hikes. I don't know why but the fact that he is exercising more and I'm home with the girls during the morning in the weekends and late tue and Thur really sent me into a food eating spiral. I even went over 200 for the first time this year (my goal for last year was to get to onederland by the end of the holiday season and stay there). So I guess going over 200 was the kick in the pants that I needed and reading everyone's posts I'm three days back into fully tracking, trying to get 10K steps a day, drinking more water, and now drinking apple cider vinegar (it really does suppress your appetite).

    Has anyone else had a random should be positive thing send them into a downward trend??

    Can you go to the gym on the days your hubby does not? That way you get equal time to yourself to focus on your health. I know from experience that some husbands need a "nudge" to realize their wives need time too.

    My kids are grown and on their own and we still had to negotiate about who gets to walk alone and who has to take the dog which slows you down given he stops to pee constantly. Now we split the week. Seems only fair!!
  • RachaelPooh
    RachaelPooh Posts: 6,180 Member
    Name: Rachael
    Age: 36
    Height: 66"

    Start Weight: 293.0 (W Feb 22)
    Goal Weight: <285.0 (A Apr 22)

    Weigh-ins on Wednesdays
    February 22: 293.0
    March 1: 290.6
    March 8: 291.2
    March 15: 293.0
    March 22: 290.6
    March 29: 291.7
    April 5: 292.1
    April 12: 290.6
    April 19:
    Last day April 22:

    Weight -/+ this week: -1.5
    Weight -/+ challenge total: -2.4
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    I was debating skipping reporting my weigh-in this morning and holding off until Saturday, because I want to end my EarthDay weight challenge on EarthDay's weigh-in, which will be on the next Saturday after. But ... then I figured, why not go ahead and report it? Well, I don't want to reveal that my weight has been going up a pound a day since last Wednesday ... and I don't know why it's been doing that. Yes, I have overeaten on 3 of the last 7 days; but not in the range to gain that much ... and the results have been dissapointing for the past two or three weeks ... Oh well, it's part of the mystery I experience with my weight fluctuations and I know a lot of it is based on my hormonal responses, which are triggered by more than just the food I eat.

    Gosh ... that sounds like a 'cop-out' in my own head even as I write it ... 'hormonal responses', I mean. What am I doing, blaming my Diabeties on my poor nurishment choices?

    I need to ask myself ... what is the difference in my food plan today than it was, say a month ago? Have I been eating more sugar, or starch, or grain in general? How much fruit have I had ... more than my 2 fruit servings a day? Less? What about my protein choices ... have they been properly prepared to remain a healthy choice? Have I eaten any candy? ... OK, have I eaten candy substitutes instead of a candy bar ... like, have I made hot chocolate; put maple syrup in my breakfast porridge; mixed up a snack of dried fruit, nuts, sweetened coconut; eaten jelly or jam with my peanut butter? If so, how often, ... and maybe more importantly ... why? What's going on?

    So ... in the end, I need to be honest with myself ... and hold myself accountable, no excuses. I've been sloppy about my food, and it's time to clean that up.

    Name: Niki
    Age: 72
    Height: 5'3"

    Start Weight (week of Feb 22) 242.5
    Goal Weight (Week of April 22) 232

    Weigh-ins on week of
    February 22: 242.5
    March 1: 242
    March 8: 242.3
    March 15: 238 (birthday week)
    March 22: 236.8
    March 29: 235.6
    April 5: 236.6
    April 12: 241.0
    April 19:
    Last day April 22:

    Weight -/+ this week: +4.4
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -1.5

    :'(

  • birgitkwood
    birgitkwood Posts: 486 Member
    Name: Birgit
    Age: 62
    Height: 6'0"

    Start Weight (week of Feb 22) 203
    Goal Weight (Week of April 22) 199

    Weigh-ins on week of
    February 22: 203
    February 28: 201
    March 8: 200.8
    March 15: 196.0
    March 22: 196.0
    March 29: 193.0
    April 5: 194.2
    April 12: 191.0
    April 19:
    Last day April 22:

    Weight -/+ this week: -3.2
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -12.0

    Whaa-hoooo! Not sure what the heck happened at last week's weigh-in (I was up 1.2 lbs last week), but it dropped off this week, plus a little extra. Doing the happy dance over here.

    This coming week, however, I will be lucky to just maintain. Easter is this weekend, and there will be lots of out-of-town company, and lots of delicious food. My Mom will be staying with us all of next week. That means I will be out of my usual routine, both in regards to food and exercise. But that's life, right? Every week is not always like every other - and we have to adapt and maintain our healthy habits as best we can. So... I'm declaring here that my goal for next Wednesday's weigh-in is to MAINTAIN at 191 lbs (+/- 2 lbs, cuz that's what I want my maintenance range to be).

    Hope everyone is having a great week! Best, Birgit
  • happygirlxxx
    happygirlxxx Posts: 301 Member
    Hi All - hope you are having a good week ... I know with Easter might be hard ... specially with all those chocolate bunnies and eggs ... they are everywhere!!

    I am going on vacation this Saturday so I might miss the last weigh-in ... I am back on the 22nd but after the flight and the food scary to weigh- in!!

    Anyway ... Here my weigh-in info for this week:

    Name: Ana
    Age: 41
    Height: 5'3"

    Start Weight (week of Feb 22): 208.3
    Goal Weight (Week of April 22)197.0

    Weigh-ins on week of
    February 22: 208.3
    March 1: 203.3
    March 8: 201.9
    March 15: 198.6
    March 22: 199.5
    March 29: 193.1
    April 5: 192.0
    April 12: 190.3
    April 19: (on vacation; not sure if I will find a scale)

    Weight +/- this week: -1.7
    Weight +/- this challenge: - 18
  • birgitkwood
    birgitkwood Posts: 486 Member
    @Nikion901 - I admire your personal integrity, and your resolve. This week will be better!
  • campfirequeen1
    campfirequeen1 Posts: 317 Member
    Wow, lots of wonderful stuff going on here! Congrats to all you big losers! I'm always so joyful over your success. I think this challenge has been a wonderful success! And I'm proud of you and happy for you!
    @Nikion901 -Your ability to really look at your program and be brutally honest with yourself is always so inspirational to me. Not really looking is in essence choosing to believe your own lies that it isn't your fault, it because of .... fill in the blank here. You are a shining example and I'm confident that you are going to get yourself squared away with that honesty and can do attitude. How is it going with your adjustments?
    @trinati2001 - Yes by all means get the weight off before poor health complicates it. You are a smart girl and I'm so happy that you are here with us and I like your introspective and enquiring mind! I've had good things throw me off too and it's very smart to use that honesty Niki has to look at it and try to figure out what will fix it for you!

    @GOINSTD12 - I know you understand too! Do you log your food and do you have a goal for your carbs and sodium every day? That really helps me out a lot. As long as I work the program it works.
    @MermaidPrincessRach - Just look at you girl, about to move into a whole new decade! I haven't forgotten you, hopefully by the end of the week I'll be sending you a special message!

    As for my weight loss journey, this morning I got on the scale to see myself 0.2 pounds below my lowest after my diuretic day yesterday, so I lost 5.2 pounds of fluid yesterday! And truthfully I think there is still some more there I still have a little tightness in my belly, but it's probably less than a pound. So the good news is that the weekend with all my family in the mountains didn't add much if any weight. All the walking and water consumption helped to at least maintain, which is what I was hoping for.
    This week the pain level is significantly less, the fatigue is better although not gone. I did manage to get three hours of deep sleep last night which is really good for me because lately I've been more like only one and a half hours of deep sleep per night, especially considering lowering my carbs back to less than 100g per day, which normally has an adverse action to sleep for me. So I will do my weigh in on Thursday or Fri as usual and see how the weight loss is going now that I'm back to a level playing field.

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