Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

@happygirlxxx I usually post the Challenge Report on Friday due to my schedule and the fact that quite a few people don't report until Thursday or even Friday morning so if you post your weigh in before I post the report I'll include you. It looks like a lot of us had gains this week including myself so you won't be alone! No matter what our scales read, we are a fearless group and we aren't going to let a gain get us down!!!

@BarneyRubbleMD don't let this week get to you, we all have them and you will get back on track, I'm sure. I know binging is a problem for you but maybe your body is trying to say slow down or let's take a short maintenance break after all you have lost a lot of weight in a relatively short amount of time. Be proud of yourself, we are proud of you!

Welcome to the new people.

I'll join the holiday exercise challenge. I have been exercising everyday for 42 days now as my personal goal of 97 in a row. Some days is just getting in steps but none the less I am focused on moving every day.
So here is goes
Name: Andrea
Goal: Do something active daily and a 30 minute workout 3x a week plus weights
November 22
November 29
December 6
December 13
December 20
December 27
January 3
January 10

@Nikion901 You are truly an inspiration! And I love the sentence that says "I am worthy". How very very true!

@happygirlxxx You will lose that weight as fast as it went on. I had a very similar scenario when I got back from my vacation and the next week, was right back on track and dropped it all. I think overall, based on your trip, 5 pounds wasn't bad. And look at your overall loss! It's fantastic. Trips will happen, as will company and events. The trick is getting right back on track. I know that feeling of fear to face the scale.

@RobinB0812 Hang in there, get back on track. Everyone struggles. The key is you are not giving up, so give yourself some credit. You know what to do and how to do it. You can do this!

Welcome to the new people.

All of us face struggles, ups and downs, vacations, parties, visitors, social events. We do the best we can and move on. Some days are easier to do better, others are harder, but we never give up, we get right back to it and we have no regrets. It's all a matter of choices and if on any one particular day or meal we choose to make choices that will surely show us a gain, that's ok, you eat it, you enjoy it, you honestly track it and you move forward. No one can be perfect at this every minute of every day. But with the motivation and support from this group, we can all do this!! I face a challenging week coming up food-wise. WI today was down 2.75 but next Friday I am sure will not be so good...I WI the day after Thanksgiving. (and remember those 6 kinds of ice cream? ) Thanksgiving also happens to be my birthday...not a good combo because the family birthday dinner is the next day, on the Friday after Thanksgiving. I also have another Thanksgiving meal on Tuesday night with a women's group. I know Tuesday is usually when we can post our goals but I'm doing it now, as next week is going to get away from me. Have something going on most every day and night all of next week. My goal is to weigh no more than I did today at WI, by the time I get back from vacation in early January. That takes me through all the holidays and a 6 day vacation. I hope to stay the same, but of course will try to lose. I now take it one meal at a time, not a day. If I have a big event at night, I am more careful during the day and choose lower calorie things. I don't blow the whole day for one event in the day, nor do I blow the entire season from now until after New Year's. I may blow it on certain meals or at a party, but not the entire season, which is a whole new mindset for me.

I wish everyone a great weekend!

FALL CHALLENGE

Name: Linda
Age: 60
Height: 5ft 2ins

Start Weight (as of Sept. 16th): 294lbs
Goal Weight (for Nov. 18th): 276lbs

Weigh in Weeks (listed by Wednesdays)

1. Sept. 20: 291.5
2. Sept. 27: 291
3. Oct. 4: 291
4. Oct. 11: 288
5. Oct. 18: 287
6. Oct. 25: 289
7. Nov. 1: 283.5
8. Nov. 8: 282.5
9. Nov. 15: 283.5
Final Weigh in: Nov. 18: 283

Weight -/+ this week:-0.5lbs
Total weight -/+ this challenge: -11lbs
Total overall weight lost so far: 39lbs since February '17

A teeny loss to finish this challenge, although the bathroom scales shimmy up and down a few pounds, so this is the weight they show most consistently this morning. Don't know why, the floor hasn't moved, new battery - the scales teased me earlier with 281.5 lbs, but quickly went back to 283. It is my habit to get on and off the scales several times in the morning, pre and post, umm, ablutions and shower. Maybe I should quit the leave-in conditioner on my hair some days, that must weigh a bit, right?

Many thanks to everyone for their support and the chat. Good luck to you all doing the exercise challenge, no good my joining in that, I'd fail most weeks, and I have another unexpected trip away in 10 days time, which throws my Christmas planning into disarray. Time for a To Do list and quick!

If it's OK, I'll drop in occasionally to see how you are all doing and let you know when I reach my current mini-goals. Especially getting under 280lbs, as that will be 19st-something in UK measures, and a little triumph for me personally.

Have a great time over the various holidays coming up, wherever you all are in the world, and many thanks, @bapcarrier for recording for us this time. Overall, we will show a decent loss, I'm sure, so in advance, well done to all

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: 229.5
8. Nov. 8: 227.9
9. Nov. 15: 227.8
Final Weigh in: Nov. 18: 227.4

Weight -/+ this week: -0.4
Total weight -/+ this challenge: -7.0

Total overall weight lost so far: -51

Like Linda, I also had a small move down to finish off this challenge. @Birdygirl15 .... don't stop coming to this thread just because you won't be in the Holiday Exercise Challenge. You are a part of this team of folks all dedicated to same goal. The challenges we ran this year helped us come together in our common task, and I don't know if we will have any next year or not ... but I know I'll still come back to check in even if we don't.

At one time we used to do small monthly challenges like "Eat your Greens", "Count your Calories", and @RobinsEgg, @Skinnyjeanzbound, @Lauriek70, or someone else would put out a shout post in the middle of the month to remind us to put out suggestions for the coming months.

Obviously, however this thread goes in the future depends on those who stop by and I certainly hope it continues because it's been a good support network for many of us.

Saturday Success .... I finally finished (99%) a few projects at home this week ... 1, Moved the furniture in the bedroom, moving some pieces out, others in and everything in a new spot, which included having to go through all the storage spaces and organizing/clearing. ... 2, Same thing in the front hall (which is 4 feet by 19 feet) ... Got the snow thrower ready for winter ... made sure it worked, had plenty of fuel, was positioned close to the garage door. Let it snow! (We are slated to have Lake Effect snows in my area this weekend, which is always a toss-up in my neighborhood if it will be scant or a an avalanche!)

Next time Niki

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: 233.4
9. Nov. 8: 231.2
10. Nov. 15: 228!!!
Final Weigh in: Nov. 18: 228.4


Total weight -/+ this challenge: -12
Total overall weight lost so far: 31.6

I was up .4 today. So, I almost finished the challenge at my set goal. So close!

I'm already geared up for the exercise challenge. Bring it on!

I’m on my phone so can’t copy/paste whole thing but my final weigh in for challenge is 299.8. I gained 4.4 this week! Ugh. I think it’s a combo of hormones (peri), eating more carbs and going to gym that led to water retention. I guess that leaves me at 4 lost for this challenge. Not where I wanted to be but not giving up. I am going to try to maintain this week (Thanksgiving) then get back on track.

BarneyRubbleMD wrote: »

Name: Barney

I won't be doing any more weight-loss challenges for a while. My next challenge is to get my BED (Binge Eating Disorder) under control again

Hi Barney, I have been on this journey with you for years, I come and go a lot. I have been extreme yoyo dieting unintentionaly for decades. I have noticed in myself the tendancy to feel angelic when things are going well according to whatever plan I am following and then I beat myself up when I go off my plan. I am my own worst enemy in that way. My number one problem is not the food it is how mean I am to myself when I go off a plan. When I think I have failed I am unkind to myself and upset myself and then comfort it or anger eat because I am upset and pissed off. The real damage is never going off the plan, the real damage is how mean I am to myself about going off my plan. I make a mistake because i am a human being and making mistakes is a speciality of all human beings. I gain a few pounds and instead of forgiving myself and adding it to my learning file I beat myself up and turn to food and then instead of forgiving myself and adding it to my learning file I beat myself up and turn to food.................................... I am so bored of this pattern. I do not think I am alone.

I can break that pattern at any point by choosing the forgiveness option. I have gone from morbidly obese and back to healthy size twice and then back to morbidly obese again. I reached a new highest weight in may then I lost 40lb and then i gained it back again and then lost some again. As of now I am 32lb down from my highest weight and you are over 80lb down. I can easily gain 11lb in a week too. Regains do not mean we are failing unless we use them to hurt ourselves with. We can choose to use them to learn from and continue healing. I think from your post that you understand that. We do not need to be in competition with anyone , not even with ourselves. For some people challenges and counts are good motivation but they can also be used as weapons to beat ourselves up with if not careful. I am guilty of doing that o myself. I think you are very wise to focus on what you need to do to help you. I am also diagnosed as having binge eating disorder, had it for as long as I can remember, been obese since childhood. It is not easy but I believe we can get well and stay well if keep forgiving and learning.

Monday Check - In!!

Happy Monday Everyone!!

I slept and slept and slept some more this weekend; I think I needed that to compensate for the jet lag and start getting my mind focussed on weight loss. With all that sleeping forgot to post the last weigh-in, so @bapcarrier sorry!! in any case, I don't think my weight changed too much in 1 day (I hope so!! )

Weekend was quiet. My dad traveled to Bergamo, who is a small town close to Milan and will be back today and tomorrow he will be flying back home. It has been nice having him here, however I am not used to having company 24/7 so I am ready for my alone time.

I was able to exercise a bit yesterday; cycle for 45 minutes which was good considering I haven't done much for like 3 weeks. Not sure if I will be able to workout today, but I hope at least to get some steps in. Was thinking that would like to go to the museum of La Scala, which is the opera house here; I went there a zillion years ago and it was really nice ... so maybe that is a good way to get those steps Last week we took a 3 hour walking tour and I had 20K steps!!!!

I also have decided to go back to basics; to go back how I ate when I started loosing weight ... just counting calories and not be focusing so much if its ultra low carb, high good fats, etc ... I think that is making me lose focus and messing with what I am eating and always going over my calories. If it worked before, hopefully will work this time So, @BarneyRubbleMD I agree with you, going back to basics and what originally worked I think its a good approach ....you have done fantastic so far, so its just about taking a step back to refocus and continue.

Any challenges this weekend? Well, I don't think its a good thing I discovered this .... there is gelato delivery in Milan!!! The only other place I have seen this is while I was living in Buenos Aires .... and this was chaos for me. My husband would travel a lot and I would be by myself, so what would I have for dinner? Gelato ... would call the delivery and bam! 2lbs of ice cream right at my door So i have promised myself, that I will not order any, unless there are guest and that is desert. Delivery services are my enemies ... where I used to live before McDonalds delivered ... so that was my dinner at least 2 or 3 times a week; terrible!!! I didn't even have to walk to pick it up!!

Anyway, this post is getting long!!!! But here is a photo I took during the walking tour last week ... Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper ... amazing!!

Monday Check-in ... My weight was up a pound this morning from what it was yesterday ... as I understand it, no one really gains a pound over night, our bodies just don't work like a meter-counter ... they are more like a balloon ... they expand to hold what has been put into them and shrink when they finally are able to let some of that go either through excretion or by being burned up and exhaled away. ... And yesterday I put a lot into it late in the evening. However I will not, as @RunawayCurves so rightly stressed ... beat myself up over it. I will, just like @BarneyRubbleMD , @happygirlxxx , and @Birdygirl15 are doing ... get back to basics today.

@bapcarrier ... thanks for the final results on our weight loss challenge. I agree, 5 of us made out goal, and there were a couple others who were very close. ...

As for weight loss challenges .. something @RunawayCurves said got me thinking about the possible negativity in that term "Challenge" ... it does imply a competition with others who are in it ... but that is now how our 'challenges' are set up. There is no competition between people ... it is a challenge to ourselves to strive to do better than we did before ... to set a task or situation that tests someone's (our own's) abilities. Wish there was another term we could use for our little self-tasks instead of the negative term 'challenge'. Any ideas, anyone?
Niki

Well here I am back again after a 7 lb absence. I went off plan and struggled to get back on and was not sucessful. As a result I have felt terrible physically and am hobbling around like a 90 year old. "I did hurt my knee in Europe but my whole body hurts now. I am giving up the grains which nearly paralyzye me when I eat them and hopefully I will feel better and get back on plan. I havent signed in because I did not want to see my failure in black and white. It was so encouraging to see Birdy Girlss comments would weeks back showing videos of the Jurassic Coast. Also, BapCarrier, you really showed empathy for those of us who do the yo-yo/sabotage trick.

I cleaned my closet last evening and somehow that gave me impetus to get back in control of my life. I know that sounds crazy but there is a connection for me in being organized in my home and organized in my eating habits.

Self discipline is the most challenging thing for me in my personal life ( weight loss, taking my meds, keeping my home tidy) and yet I know I can do it. :I was in charge of a large company and over 40 staff members and it ran efficiently and sucessfully. I accomplished goals, and make profits for the owners and yet my keyboard sits right in front of my desk and I look at it every days and in over two years, I have espended less than 2 hours energy in my goal to learn to play it Oh well, so much for my pity party, its time to do something positive and helpful for myself.

I help others all the time but it seems I don't help myself.

Age: 71
Height: 5' 1/2"

Start Weight (oct 30): 226.2
Goal Weight ( ): 200
Weigh in week of:
10/30 - - 226.2 lb
10/31 - 226.2 lbs
11/01 - 223. lbs -
11/02 - 221.8 lbs
11/03 - 221.2
11/04 - 218.2
11/05
11/06
11/07
11/08 - 219.2
11/13 - 219.6
11/20- 227.
Final weight: Saturday, -

Weight -/+ this week:
Weight -/+ total:

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@tdunnegan still not sure if i want to join the holiday exercise challenge. I am generally pretty decent in the exercise department and walk my dogs rain or shine...just longer when it shines
And am currently on week 4 of c25k.

My big problem last month was my eating!

SOOOOO, i am thinking i need to be in a DAILY accountability group for calories. (Ie. Did i make my calorie goal for the day or did i go over or binge. )

It is far too long to wait a week to post...because by then i have had too many sabotages.

Therefore, i am pondering my next steps for this month!

@cellosmiles ... when I came back onto MFP to record my supper, as usual, I stopped by this thread and saw your post about daily calorie reporting ... and that is a good idea for a 'strive' topic ( or aim, ambition, endeavor, goal) ...
I happen to be in a year-long weight loss 'challenge' that has just such a thread, and so am very used to logging onto the community pages daily to make my report ... For myself, I have a range of calories as my endeavor each day with an added twist to it ... I put a calendar on the wall and any day my average calories are within my goal I get a gold star! ... It's great to see the yellow marks and I can easily see how many days that week I made goal.

If you need someone to work with you on daily calorie posting .... you can do it here and, if you need a buddy, I will start posting it here as well so you can have someone besides yourself chiming in.

I am sorry I haven't been posting. November 1 to 10 I ate well and within goal and I felt wonderful. November 11 to 20 I ate terribly ( like 2500 to 3000 calories,) and felt awful. and it wasnt just the calories that made me feel bad, but just the terrible, processed sugary stuff I ate. I need to stop, but I just couldn't. So, here I am again, just trying for one good day at a time, and one gold star

I don't mind what we call it... Daily Goals. Weekly Goals ? I just need to not hide and to be present here because it helps.

I will get to a computer and post my activity Goals for this month and possibly my daily calorie goals.

And try to read all your news because I have missed alot.