Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

It's Wednesday and I have had a successful week, finally! I am crossing my fingers but I hope I have caught the wave and well on my way to better health. This week I was super mindful of my eating and water drinking. I don't think I reported this but one of my baby steps last month was to eliminate wine from my daily diet. I love wine, no doubt. My friends and I have become hobbiest... we meet monthly for a wine tasting dinner; we drive up to Paso Robles to visit the wineries; we share our finds with each other - so it really was a big challenge not to have that delicious liquid. But I discovered something important by giving it up. I have nightly foot pain that feels like nerve pain. When I stretch at night, my toes would cramp up and it was painful. Since my no-wine experiment, that has nearly gone away! My doctor could not figure out where this pain was coming from, but obviously it was how my body reacts to the alcohol.

My knee is better so I ventured back to the gym yesterday on my lunch hour and did 20 minutes on the elliptical and 20 minutes of exercises. It felt good to sweat. Hopefully I can keep that up. I had such an argument with myself before going. Me: "You should go to the gym like you planned" Me: "but I need chocolate melts to finish the cake pops... I should go to the store and get them" Me: "You can get them tomorrow at lunch... go to the gym!" And the Me that was pro-gym won yesterday. LOL!

I can't say it enough but I am so grateful to find this group. You are all so inspiring and supportive. We all have our ups and downs and this group keeps it real. Thank you all!

Here is my Health "Endeavor" report:
Goal: Go to gym 3x a week - At work do the building stairs (3 floors) 2 times a day

November 22 - Gym 1X - Stairs 2 days
November 29 – Thanksgiving fitness walk, knee better started the stairs
December 6 –Gym 1X – Stairs 1 day
December 13
December 20
December 27
January 3
January 10


Name: Cyndy aka @raindogmaa
Age: 60 yrs old
Weight: 211.6
Initial Goal: 199
Ultimate goal: 150

@NewCaddy Welcome back.. Goals are a good thing. You've got this!

@skinnyjeanzbound Sunday was only one day. One day or meal never hurts us, it's when they become full days and then full weeks and on and on. Love that you gave your meal to someone begging for food. What a win win for you both.

@raindogmaa Interesting about the wine/foot correlation. Glad the pains are gone. Maybe if you only have a glass of wine every now and then, you can still enjoy it once in a awhile and not have the pain come back.

@Nikion901 You'll get to your goal. You are soooo close. I like seeing the number of days logged on. I guess it just gives me the visual that I've really been trying this for x number of days. And no, I can't usually tell how many calories will be in a meal I'm about to eat. That's why what I do is log ahead of time every day, starting with dinner and working backwards. And you are right, it has been quiet on this thread lately. It's a busy time of year for sure.

@happygirlxxx Anytime you can find a new exercise or routine or machine, it's a win. Keep up the good work. You are so dedicated!

@misnomer971 You will find all the help, motivation and support you need on this thread. We're glad you are here.

Wishing everyone a happy Wednesday!

@bapcarrier Welcome back from your trip! I hear you about traveling at 70 with a weak bladder. I do exactly like you do and drink very little while on vacation. Not good, I know, but necessary. Waiting a day or two to get back on the scale is a good thing. You will have lost some water weight by then. I know for me, at least, on vacation we eat out a lot and there is always hidden sodium in restaurant foods. I hope you get some good news at the doctor's today and won't need any surgery.

Wow @BarneyRubbleMD What a fantastic loss this year! You should feel so proud of your accomplishment. A big pat on the back to you. You are an inspiration!

@happygirlxxx You are good at inventing dishes with what you have on hand. Your meal sounded very yummy. You can raid my fridge anytime and be creative.

Thursday truth...I was so busy yesterday that I never ate anything until supper time! The funny thing was, I wasn't even hungry. I rarely eat breakfast, never have, even as a kid, only once in a while do I eat it. And yes, I know, it's supposed to not be skipped, it's the most important meal of the day etc. etc.. I always eat lunch though but somehow the day totally got away from me yesterday. I will do better today. Don't want my body to think it's in starvation mode and not shed anything because it thinks it's not getting any more.

Hope everyone has a great Thursday!

Helloooo there! I was without my computer for a while but I'm back! Here is my challenge report:

Holiday Exercise Challenge

Name: Lydia

Goal: Minimum of 150 minutes of activity per week. My activity will include walking, gym, workout videos, and anything else I can do without injuring myself.


November 22: 180 minutes of exercise, pilates 4x, over 10,000 steps 6 of 7 days
November 29: 100 minutes of exercise, run 1x, pilates 2x, 10,000 steps 4 of 7 days
December 6: 165 minutes of exercise, run 2x, pilates 1x, 10,000 steps 6 of 7 days
December 13:
December 20:
December 27:
January 3:
January 10:


I had shown a 2 lb gain during Thanksgiving but I'm back on track for the most part. It's eggnog season so I can't seem to pass that one up. I am slowly starting to run again. I've really missed it. I'm just taking it VERY slowly so I don't injure myself again. My daily activity level is up there, my daily exercise sometimes lacks. I'm getting over 300 activity minutes a week, but I'm only reporting my actual exercise times since that is what I really need to improve on.

@BarneyRubbleMD glad to see you back on track. You have done a wonderful job!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season.

So glad to be back! I've got some posts to catch up on.

Tonight’s dinner .... if I could skip the chips and breads then it would not be that bad

Was going to just drink water, but we were celebrating my husband's first TV interview ... was really good ... his 5 minutes of fame

Beware woman's topic, don't read if you're squeamish. LOL Well, I am an extremely healthy 70 year old woman, it's just that my insides are falling out! Need laparoscopic surgery to tie my bladder and uterus back in place. Very common for us women, I know, just annoying! The surgery is so much better now than it used to be years ago. Now it's in and out in same day and two weeks of no or light lifting, and being careful, trying not to cough or sneeze (I have allergies so that ought to be interesting, I sometimes sneeze 7 or 8 times in a row!) It doesn't sound too bad at all and I have no alternative at this point as the other options will not work for one reason or another. Hasn't been scheduled yet, so don't know when this will take place.

Of course, after appointment I ended up at Mickey D's for lunch and then later in the day my boss brought me a chocolate milk shake - just to be nice! I logged everything but went over my calories by a lot! Oh well, tomorrow's another day.

@skinnyjeanzbound small victories exactly! I think our journeys will be more successful if we focus on the now moment and celebrate all our small successes ... that will give us the strength to continue Regarding Starbucks, I used to go there all the time when in the US and now that I went back I was disappointed ... didn't really like it, is not good coffee and way to much milk ... so with time, you might not crave the frapuccinos or milky lattes ... and you will love green tea. After 6 years in Asia, I it! It was everywhere, not much of a choice!

@bapcarrier I had a laparoscopic surgery when younger and definitively recovery is fast. You still feel a bit of pain, but not that bad. Just need to follow the doctors instructions for recovery and you will be doing your normal stuff in no time! And yes tomorrow is another day, to eat healthy and stay within calories ... just some additional steps and tons of water and that milkshake will be gone!

@Nikion901 you are not the only one ... happens to me too; not sure why ... sometimes I think whatever I wrote was irrelevant so not worth sharing. Anyway ...

Today I had a tiny loss ... still like a zillion lbs over my lowest, but at least the scale moved in the right direction this time

Have a great Friday!!

Hello... I'm newish here at least in the community. I went back to the first post to see what this group is about and it seems like a great thing to be a part of. I'm working on losing 182.2 pounds to start as that is half of my starting weight. I'm trying to do it slowly so the healthy changes stick. I'm currently down about 27 pounds. The scale and I have been fighting this week, it's gone up a .1 of a pound the last 3 days.
I belong to my local gym and I love it. The people there are awesome and very encouraging. I attend Water Aerobics 2-3 times a week as my schedule allows since I go during my lunch break from work so sometimes it gets pushed for urgent business needs. I also attend other classes offered 2-4 days a week and I'm working on a 5k goal for May 2018. I try to lift weights once a week also as the classes I attend have a strength component also.

Wow ... that picture is bigger than I thought it would be ... should have shrunk it even more than I did.

Continuing on with my Friday Fitness theme ... I'm going to make salmon patties for dinner today, with canned wild salmon. It will be served with a big salad and some broccoli. That's cause I'm tired of eating the Split Pea soup I made a few days ago ... This will satisfy my attempt to consume high omega-3 fishes twice a week. Plus I will have salmon patties left over for the weekend. On Sunday I plan to roast a whole chicken. Most of it will be used to make dishes during the week and some of it will be frozen for later.

@ckozl81 ... welcome to the thread. You've got a good plan for keeping active ... and on top of working! Swimming is something I had wanted to take up ... but have made all sorts of reasonable-sounding excuses to myself for why I haven't done it.

@b_lisieux ... you know it! About how much slower it comes off than comes on. I've read that when we have been low-carbing and then have a high-carb day that each gram of carb carries an additional retention of 2-3 grams of water ... and that's why our weight goes up even if our calories were not above maintenance. They call it glycogen replenishment, or something like that. I've read that also happens when we eat too much protein because an excess of that macro also converts to glycogen and is stored when over consumed.

@happygirlxxx ... that photo of your celebratory meal was so appealing! It could have been a shot for a food magazine! Congratulations to your husband.

@bapcarrier ... Good luck on your upcoming surgery. My sis had one like that, but her's was more involved and could not be done laparoscopically so her recovery time was about 6 weeks. But, she is very glad that she had it done.

@skinnyjeanzbound ... Gunner will help you by having you take him for a walk! My sis, before she retired, had gotten in the habit of stopping at the Starbucks on the way to work for a daily frappuccino, it was her treat to herself because she deserved it! Then, when she suddenly realized she had gained 20 pounds she realized she had gained it by spending a small fortune on those cups of frappo she'd consumed. So ... she decided to bank the cost of the Starbucks cup of coffee (the way she liked it) and have a premium cup of coffee with heavy cream in it at home instead ... and was overwhelmed by how much money, how quickly, she saved. At the end of the year, she used that money to take help fund an Alaskan cruise with her husband.

@NewCaddy , @lydiapassthedonuts , @BarneyRubbleMD ... @raindogmaa , @Misnomer971 ...HI!