Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Yes Barb. I was doing that. I’ll try to play around with it when I get to our destination. Nice picture!!!

I believe the files ARE jpg files. Will play some more when I can get to my laptop.

Already off to a bad start here. Lunch was good but ...... oh well.

another person test ...
test 1 ... used 'insert an image' choose file, choose


test 2 ... used 'add an image' you can also drag and drop --- dragged and dropped


@b_lisieux ... the result you got in your test 1 is something that used to happen to me but now I cannot recall how I made that happen ... the image didn't appear inside my post but as an attachment and you had to click on it to open it up in a separate window ... and, of course, now that I'm trying to duplicate that I cannot. But ... here are two tests that I did do .... just for the fun of it while I was sipping my afternoon tea.


PS ... I made screen shots especially for this post, and then edited them to focus in ... should have cropped them tighter! .... Also, the drag and drop photo was a shot that was on my desktop, not a file in a folder like the first one was ... maybe that's the difference ...

@mtumate ... Well sure ... I'm just not certain how the person who is keeping track of our numbers this challenge ... @bapcarrier ... feels about it. She's been great, as has everyone who has monitored the challenges of adding people into the spreadsheet to get our numbers. .... Just follow the same format as everyone else ... and if you have the numbers for your weekly weigh-in for the past 5 weeks, go ahead and add them to the data. Weigh-in day is by Wednesday, but we have members who don't weigh in until up to Friday or Saturday ... I'm not certain how the that is handled in the challenge total numbers for the week, maybe not at all.

I took a look at your profile and see you've been a member of MFP for a while now ... did you have success in the past and just 'fell off the wagon" for a while, so now you are back to 'working it'? Don't fret if that's what happened. We have mostly ALL been there and done that at one time or another; heck, more than once!

Actually, I like your idea of aiming to lose just 1/2 pound a week for the next several months. That pace will allow you to make the lifestyle changes that you need to make to lose weight, and ... it's only a 250 calorie a day cut from what you need to stay the same weight. ... baby steps, little nibbles, one-step-at-a-time, one habit at a time ... good luck! And welcome.

@mtumale It is the same for me. I have at least 100 to lose. The challenges are helping, I have lost 12lbs since July, but that is a very slow loss and it is hard for me to stay motivated. I guess I need to set tiny goals so that I don't feel discouraged.

Tuesday Goal - I have it figured out and will now try something new in addition to what I'm already doing! ...
Yesterday was DASH Day #1 and thus I stayed well within my calorie target, plus it was also my lawn cutting day so I got in 2 hours of very active aerobic activity. Thus today my weight is down 1 pound from yesterday. Now for the hard part ... DASH DAY #2; bring it on!

What I have figured out is NET CALS on MFP ... thought I had it before but still couldn't make it work out mathematically until yesterday. I was also able to back into that 5-week weight projection!

MFP Net Cals is simply Calories In less Calories Out via exercise! ... if no exercise calories were entered, then it's simply Calories IN. As for the 5-week projection, it won't give me an accurate forecast because, like with all calculations ... they work of averages and I am not the average gal. MFP calculations have my calorie need at 1920 calories to maintain my current weight, but my historical record keeping proves that my true calorie needs are 75 calories a day less than that ... so anytime I eat more than about 1850 calories NET, I will gain weight. To lose 1/2 pound a week, my NET calories need to be about 1500.

Tuesday goals. Take a breath and re evaluate. Weight is bouncing the normal +|- 2 pounds and dropping slooooowly. MIL not doing well. Chemo doesn’t agree with her. My biopsy is Thursday, not really worried about the procedure more worried it’s not what they said it is. Struggling with quasi adult children and my place in their world. Struggling with work and unsolvable problems. Struggling with consistent higher intensity workouts, it’s me not them. Time for a breath

I really found success with Keto! I hope you do too!

ihp2015 wrote: »

Nikion901 wrote: »

Tuesday Goal - I have it figured out and will now try something new in addition to what I'm already doing! ...
Yesterday was DASH Day #1 and thus I stayed well within my calorie target, plus it was also my lawn cutting day so I got in 2 hours of very active aerobic activity. Thus today my weight is down 1 pound from yesterday. Now for the hard part ... DASH DAY #2; bring it on!

What is DASH Day?

Also does anyone know how accurate the calorie adjustment is when MFP is connected with Fitbit? I seem to get quite a lot of extra calories (between 700 and 1100 per day) depending on how much I walk. However, I have no idea if this is realistic. I should say though that I have manually entered my calorie goal because I'm working with a dietician, and have indicated light activity setting. Would love to hear if anyone else has experience with MFP and Fitbit.

DASH is a eating plan (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) ... It is a meal plan that recommends specific number of servings of the food groups. I helped my mom follow something like this about 30-35 years ago. I decided to follow the portion sizes for someone eating at 1400-1600 calories a day because I want to check it out to see how it ends up comparing to the food diary in MFP ... just to give me something different to try with my food plan because I'm feeling burned out lately.

As for the Fitbit, I don't use one but know people who do and, depending on the model and if you wear it round the clock or just while doing aerobic exercise ... it might be reporting your total expenditure from both exercise and 'living'. There are groups and threads on MFP devoted to the topic.

Hi everyone.....have been reading all of your posts. It's cold up here in Amish country and food wise....not doing well at all. It's almost fruitless to even try. I actually had a salad with a meal last night! I did pass up some homemade ice cream today so at least that's one positive. It's been raining and windy a good part of the time here so far. I tried to take a picture in the 30 seconds right before a downpour. Once again I'll try to put it on here. It's a jpg file. I'm going to use attach image and see if it works. If not, then I give up trying to add pictures. I put pictures everywhere.....Facebook, emails, etc...it's only here where it's been a problem. It doesn't show up in Preview either, so I'll just post it and hope for the best.

@b_lisieux awesome picture! Would love to Make it to Amish country sometime! And hold on to the small good decisions you are making because they do make a difference, keeps you form saying "the heck with it"!
@ihp2015 great job being consistent! It shows in your numbers you have found something thats working for you!!

Name: Niki
Age: 72
Height: 62.5 inches

Start Weight (as of Sept. 16th): 234.4
Goal Weight (for Nov. 18th): 229.9

Weigh in Weeks (listed by Wednesdays)

1. Sept. 20: 235.2
2. Sept. 27: 234.9
3. Oct. 4: 230.7
4. Oct. 11: 231.2
5. Oct. 18: 233.6
6. Oct. 25: 230.5
7. Nov. 1:
8. Nov. 8:
9. Nov. 15:
Final Weigh in: Nov. 18:

Weight -/+ this week: -3.1
Total weight -/+ this challenge: -3.9

Total overall weight lost so far: -47.9

FALL CHALLENGE

Name: Lydia
Age: 45
Height: 5’8”

Start Weight (as of Sept. 16th):240.4
Goal Weight (for Nov. 18th): 228

Weigh in Weeks (listed by Wednesdays)

1. Sept. 20: 236.2
2. Sept. 27: 233.8
3. Oct. 4: 234.6
4. Oct. 11: 234.2
5. Oct. 18: 237
7. Oct. 25:233
8. Nov. 1:
9. Nov. 8:
10. Nov. 15:
Final Weigh in: Nov. 18:

Weight -/+ this week: -4
Total weight -/+ this challenge: -7.4
Total overall weight lost so far: 27

FINALLY! I knew this week had to be better. I'm still struggling with motivation but I'm going in the right direction. I was able to finish 2 projects and I put a hold on something else. I was able to breathe this week for the first time in a while. I'm still crazy busy but it's not as bad as it was.
I'm not expecting much for the upcoming week though. We have a celebration and though I will be mindful I'm going to enjoy myself a good bit ... more than I should ... just not as much as I normally would have.

@jam5660 Congrats!! A big w00h00 to you!!!

@b_lisieux Enjoy your trip. Looking forward to seeing more photos!

I am going to have to post my weight tomorrow. I forgot to weigh myself this morning and I will only weigh myself in the AM.

@pneschich So sorry to hear of the health problems in your family. All my best wishes for good health on the horizon!

@mutamale - Welcome! and @bapcarrier @newjax2017 @verybusybee @pneschich Why do we turn back to food? To comfort ourselves. To ease anxiety and stress. Or, out of habit, simply habit.

Geneen Roth is a great author who writes about food.."When Food is Love" "Breaking free from Emotional Eating" "When You Eat at the Refrigerator Pull Up a chair:" "Why Weight? Ending Compulsive Eating:" "Women Food and God" I've read two of her books and found them very insightful. It gave me an opportunity to really get in touch with myself and why I eat the way I do.

As I mentioned, my chiropractor recommended and I am doing a gluten free sugar free food plan. It's been about two weeks. The protein powder is delicious... seriously Chocolate/orange flavor. Amazingly, I have abided by the no sugar, no grains piece. So now I pack a big bowl of veggies with hummus and chow down on that. And, amazingly, after bingeing on sugar for at least a half a year, I am finding this satisfying.

Bottom line: An authority figure told me to do it and I obeyed.

Ahhh. the child in me lives on!! LOL!!!

I am excited to weigh in. Fingers crossed!!