Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

nikion901 - Thank you for responding. I've actually had a few doctors over the years (since 1990) who did not start with the 3x a week thing. And others who did. Have done soooo much PT. It is helpful, but that calls for 3x a week too.

I just need to figure out how to get workouts in. They are such a huge part of weight loss for me. When I work out I eat better and feel better. When I'm in the zone, I do yoga, spinning and weight lifting. I also enjoy swimming.

Patience is a virtue (that I missed when they were handing it out!!!) Hee Hee

All's good. It's the weekend so I have time to get workouts in on Saturday and Sunday and maybe Tuesday. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are out. I work a 12 hour on Fridays.

@happygirlxxx Congrats on the clothing down size! It is a GREAT feeling to experience! I have some smaller clothes in my closet but I also buy some new stuff as I shrink.

@tdunnegan I've seen chiropractors on and off for many years. They have all started with the multiple times per week but then gradually lessened. Now I go only as needed. I've had some horrible incidents with chiros that crunch & crack. Now I only see ones who do totally different methods, once of which is called Activator method. It's most like pressure points that they touch with a gun like thing that taps the points. It works amazingly well.
@Nikion901 I hope you never ever have to have spinal surgery and yes, definitely take architecture photos. Architecture can be so beautiful.
@happygirlxxx Your username fits you post today. You SHOULD be happy. Wow...a new jeans size. That is great!!!!

For any new people and for those of us who just happen to sometimes forget the suggested daily discussion topics I decided to copy and paste them here just as a reminder!

GOALS and IDEAS for daily posts (Not mandatory)

Monday - Check In (how are you doing? Had any successes or struggles this week-end?)

Tuesday - Goals (do you have any Goals you want to update us?)

Wednesday - Wishes (what do you wish? It can be weight related or not, can be realistic or not)

Thursday - Truth (got anything you need to fess up to or get off your chest?)

Friday - Fitness (what are you doing to get fit? How are you preparing for weekend eating?

Saturday - Success (what have you accomplished; focus on the positive of the week, NSV=non scale victories)

Sunday - Sharing (tell us a little about yourself....update your personal life)

Here goes, my NSV for this week is a complete week of no snacking after dinner (after 7PM). This is probably the longest I've gone without at least one, if not many, nights of snacking. It feels so good and it's getting easier every evening! It was a bad habit I had slowly gotten into. I give a lot of the credit to @birgitkwood for sharing her ideas of tracking each NLS (no late night snacking) on a calendar and for setting a specific time (7PM) to stop eating each night. Those two things alone have helped me tremendously!! I've completed NLS #8 and tonight will be number 9. If you fall off the wagon and snack you have to start over and each day of seeing the numbers count higher makes me want to see how high I can go!

@b_lisieux Great job logging and measuring, those are two important steps in this journey! No MFP doesn't change your calories as you lose. It is calculated on how many you need to eat to lose weight based on your age, height, sex and activity level. The only thing that changes it (that I know of) is when you log daily activities and you have it turned on to add those burned calories to your daily calorie goals. If you were able to do some chair exercises it might add to the daily calories you could eat and still lose. Anyone else out there, know anything different, like when you lose 100 pounds does it need to be adjusted and how does that work? @birgitkwood ...Help!

As for the daily discussions, it's just a suggestion but I thought it also might help new people to have a better idea of what was going on when someone posted Tuesday's goals or Thursday's Truth, etc.

@bapcarrier.....I LOVE it! I will remember that saying! Slow and steady wins the race, right? Thanks for sharing it!

Saturday Success ... NSV is getting my bookkeeping closed for September and doing some preliminary food prep so I can cook a 2 or 3 small chicken dishes tomorrow. I also have some beef chuck and pork defrosting in the fridge to make 'lazy cabbage rolls', the meat has to defrost so it might not happen until Monday that I make them.

I have BIG PLANS for a new habit I want to develop starting Oct 1 ... Sunday. I am going to go outside with my camera and start a photo album of my 'out in the fresh air walking on the sidewalks' habit. The first picture will be of my driveway or my house and the second one will be of some architectural feature at the farthest point I get. My goal is to increase the distance I go each time with a picture taken each time of that point when I turn around to go back home. At first I thought I should try to go out every day, but I know that is unlikely to happen, so I want to make a goal of doing it every other day or two .... but no more than two days between walks. And, I don't care if I only walk a couple of minutes the first time out cause the next time has to be to a farther point.

Good Sunday!

@b_lisieux @MermaidPrincessRach thank you!!

@bapcarrier love that saying .... that is my motto for my weight loss journey, no matter how fast as long as I am moving forward ... doesn't matter how much I lose per week as long as the scale is showing a lower number
Congrats on not late snacking!! That is hard because in the US dinner is so early that of course you get hungry before bed.

@Nikion901 you need to share some of the photos you take. And a couple days a week is perfect and you push yourself go to farther. As your previous post .. start small and then keep pushing more and more ... until the habit is formed

Sunday Sharing!

Not much has happened (besides the fact that I have hardly exercised); and since I have tried to post daily, I think I have kept the group up to date with whats going on with my weight loss journey.

What can I share? Hummmm …. Have I told you I am originally from Peru?

I think I have … but anyway, I left about 15 years ago after I graduated from business school due to a job in NYC and since then I have been traveling around the world as you already know … so even though Peruvian at I consider myself a world citizen.

If you have not been to Peru, if you ever can, then you should! Its an awesome country with so much to see and do. I think the most famous landmark (and that I think everyone has heard at least once) is Machu Picchu, which is just breathtaking.

And don’t get me started with the food. If you are Peruvian, automatically in your DNA you are a foodie … everything for us, is about food. Nowadays its considered one of the most exquisite cuisines and actually 1 of the top 5 restaurants in the world is in Lima, where I am from.

Peru was a Spanish colony, therefore our cuisine has a Spanish flare mixed with out native crops (when we were kids our parents will force us to eat quinoa ... now everyone wants it and its the "the must have" ingredient LOL ); but we had as well lot of Chinese and Japanese immigration so this is reflected as well. We have amazing oriental inspired food and being on the Pacific coast seafood is a must for us. And if you have a sweet tooth … then Peru is your place!

Here some pictures of my favorites Peruvian dishes; hopefully someday (if you haven’t yet) you can try them:



Well got to go .. decided to sit down and do plan what my meals will be this week, so to try to maximize my weight loss ... lets see how organized can I be

Until tomorrow my MFP friends; have a restful Sunday!

1st item: I DID NOT SNACK LAST NIGHT! Yea!

@happygirlxxx I didn't know you were from Peru either, so if you ever mentioned it, it must have been quite a while ago. It was very interesting, thanks for sharing the info about the culture and food. I loved the pictures, if you get the chance could you explain exactly what they are?

I just came in from working outside, after most of the clean up was completed from Irma I realized that our flower gardens are in need of an overhaul. When I say our, I probably should share that I live in my sister's home (long story, I'll share some other time). She and her husband live in northern New York State from June to January and here in FL from January to sometime in May. She isn't here for summers and she loves to garden so she put in a lot of things that go wild in the Florida summer climate. It is hard for me to garden in the summer, high temperatures and high humidity don't work well for me! Then she wasn't able to come down last winter so like I mentioned the gardens need work, lots of work. I was out there 45 minutes yesterday and 45 this AM and all I have cleared out is about a 12 by 4 foot section. It may be a work in progress for a while! Since I'm not home Monday thru Thursday that leaves me Saturdays and Sundays to get it done. (Fridays I reserve for my errands, shopping, lunch or dinner with friends, etc.) Thank goodness these gardens are in the back of the house and out of view of the general public. I have kept the ones is the front of the house in relatively good shape. Three gardens in front, 4 in back!

Now you would think that with working in the garden, raking, weeding, shoveling dirt, and then watching my calories, and no NLS that my weight would be going down, down, down, but alas this AM I was up 2 pounds! Go figure, I hope it was just an anomaly and by Wednesday it will be back down lower than last week.

@birgitkwood thanks for the info on MPF and lowering the calories. I've lost over 50 pounds and mine hasn't changed, but since it's already very low maybe it won't until I reach closer to 100. Yes, I do update my weight. You mean in the "check in" section, right? I'm set up for 1200 calories and always have been. I try to keep it between 1000 and 1200 daily. I've shrunk with age - a whopping 2 1/2 inches down to 5'3" from 5'5 1/2"! I also put in that I was normally sedentary. Those two things plus my age must have contributed to only being able to consume 1200 daily to lose weight. My activity level has increased as I lose and feel better so some days if I want, I can eat a higher number of calories although I try not to. I look with envy at the people (like you) that mention being able to eat 1800 or more calories, once someone said they were set at 2300 or so!!! Of course I know they are either taller, younger, more active or all three but a person can dream can't she. LOL Good luck on your camper search! I love northern New York in the summer and fall.

@birgitkwood thanks for the explanation about whether calories lower as you lose with MFP. My calories are set to 1450. I do enter my weight each week in the check-in section so I guess I will just wait for MFP to tell me to change something. I'm just starting my journey basically, only down 10.3 so far but was just wondering how long it stays at 1450. Most days I am under that, but I set it to lose 1.5 per week so I had some leeway. @Nikion I saved the turtle picture with the saying. One of these days I just might use it as my "photo". @happygirlxxx I have not been to Peru but my granddaughter was (school trip) and she came back loving Machu Picchu and her favorite food was Aji de Gallina, which I have made for her. The foods you posted look wonderful!

Ok....Sunday share.......I am new here, have only been doing MFP for 4 or 5 weeks. My name is Margie and I am 70 years old. I live in a suburb of Cincinnati, OH but am originally from New York City. We moved here many years ago. My husband is from here. I have travelled a good part of the world. My love of travel started when I was 18 and got a job with an airline. I have two grown daughters and three beautiful granddaughters, 2 of which are in college and the last one is a senior in high school. In May, we will be celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary! I come from an Italian heritage and food was always a big part of our lives. My grandmother would tell me to eat cake or ice cream as a kid because it was good for you....what's not good with milk/cream and eggs in it, right? You get the picture. Then there was my mother...the same excellent cook and baker as my grandmother. I learned from the best and continued on just as they did. The pounds came on slowly and here I am and at my age isn't as easy to take off as it used to be. Add to that that my knees are shot and I don't get much in the line of exercise. I did find some seated exercises online that I have been trying to start. My health is good other than that so I want to do what I can to keep it that way, hence trying MFP. I had done Weight Watchers and did their "Core" (now called "Simply Filling") program where you can eat without counting anything, as long as you eat off a very extensive list of foods. Anything other than that, you had to count "points" for, using your weekly allotment. The trick was to not stuff yourself, only to "eat to satisfaction" and they never wanted you hungry. If you were, you chose something from the list if you didn't want to use points. Well, since starting MFP, just for fun, I entered what I'd eat on WW, to see how many calories my days would add up to and I was beyond shocked. As easy as that plan was, you really had no idea how many calories you were consuming. So far I find MFP freeing, meaning so far I eat anything I want, not from a list, as long as I enter it in my journal. I originally thought I'd hate keeping track of everything but so far, it's been a learning experience and it's not hard to do. I hope as the journey continues, I still feel like that. I love reading everyone's posts as it's constant motivation and support. Just like that little turtle picture shows that @Nikion901 posted for me to see, it's slow but as long as it's forward, that's what counts. Here's hoping they keep me at the 1450 for the long haul as it works for me with the many many social events we have. We have a huge extended family and there is almost always a party to go to and of course, everything revolves around food. I try not to get down about that but there just are times that I want to say no...I don't want to go to that party, just to avoid the foods. That's not life though, it's my problem, not theirs. There will always be stumbling blocks. The trick for me is not to let it derail my efforts the next day or my spirit of commitment! Ok, this post is way too long. Have a great Sunday everyone!

Sunday Share ... The "Walking Project" has been launched! Today I made my first foray to re-establish something I used to do a lot of at times past in my life. I know it's going to be a slow and arduous habit to build back up because of the shape my body and joints are in, but heck, I've gotten through other hard challenges in the past and am determined to get this one down too,

Today's picture is of my shadow ... I think (I hope) I'm not as truly lumpy as the shadow shows ... but it will be a good shot to compare future shadows to for shape. I was able to walk a short route around the corner and to the next block over ... GoogleMaps tells me it is about 450 feet and should take 2 minutes to walk ... the round trip took me 7 minutes. My heart mind and soul wanted to go farther, but my leg and heart said "enough for the first attempt".


I've started an electronic album and will continue to take more pictures every time I do the 'Out in the Fresh Air on the City Sidewalks" tour, and occasionally I'll share the gems with my friends here on MFP.
Niki

@birgitkwood just an FYI when I went to setting, profile, goals, my starting weight AND my current weight were already listed. I have the premium program so don't know if that makes a difference or not, but apparently it automatically would change it without my doing anything. Just for the fun of it, I put in my current weight as starting weight and it gave me the same thing, 1200 calories/day. I am set for 2 pounds a week so if I changed it to a lower number it might give me more per day. But my weight loss is slow enough as it is.

@Nikion901 great idea, love the shadow shot and incentive for walking. I may try that, as I get bored walking without my little dog. Maybe taking the camera would help.

@tdunnegan thanks, but yup I've tried water. So far so good as I did not snack last night and that makes the 8th night in a row. (I thought last night was 9 but I was ahead of myself, oh well, tonight will be 9.)

@b_lisieux I enjoyed your post very much! It's fun and enlightening to hear about the other people here on the site. Makes it that much friendlier!

Struggling with total lack of motivation to do anything today. Been sitting in my chair all day looking out the window

@karenleona ... sorry you are still not feeling well. I noticed this with your last post a few days ago. Sometimes the best thing to do is to 'wallow' in it ... I do it!! ... When that demotivating spirit hits sometimes I'll spend a day in bed, under cover, reading a book non-stop or watching old movies on TV or YouTube. I you still feel this way on Monday, I hope the weather is nice and sunny and warm for you so you can move that chair to the outdoors and then you will feel better. Hasn't your work schedule been crazy lately? That's do it every time!!

@karenleona, if it's washout that's ok! Tomorrow is a new day. Please don't let one (or 2 or 10) bad days get you down! I am also working on this.. if I did "badly" the guilt should not ruin the next days as well... write off those days and brush it off and let's move forward. Today will be a little better and tomorrow a little more! Progress is progress, no matter how small.
@Niki, love the shadow photo! We need a series of shadow progress photos! It will be awesome!
@birgit, yes we are quite a bit shorter So it takes Less calories to fuel our bodies. If i eat properly it is enough, but if I eat empty calories I am never full.
So ,Monday...
I have had 3 tremendously bad days food wise. So much so that I am dreading Wednesday weigh in. However, I choose today to recommit to getting better. To do that I will eat ONLY healthy for today without stressing too much about calories.., because if I don't restrict myself from good nutritious food maybe I can get away from the insane sugar and carb monster.
Good luck to me!
And to all of us.