Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

@skinnyjeanzbound I have the macros on my computer display but not on my cell phone. I didn't see any way to release it unless I go premium, unless you know something I don't.

@ambrrr01 welcome back, I just came back as well.

@happygirlxxx I don't think that everything in moderation is referring to your effort toward exercise or diet I think it is referring to when you want to do something to the excess like eat bad foods or drink alcohol. Moderation instead of excess is the key to not becoming an alcoholic or overeating. I think I have great will power on my diet as long as I stay away completely from certain foods, but like an alcoholic once I start eating potato chips or cookies I want to keep eating it. I lose my self control. I can go through a whole roll of Trefoil girl scout cookies in one sitting, so I have to stay away.

Wow literally mid-thought my computer decided it needed to update. So I had to wait about ten minutes before I could continue. Fortunately it came right up to where I was and didn't post my comment half through.

@bapcarrier I like your motivational meme. Think about why you start things before you give them up. I while back I took to writing down quotes that moved me. Not necessary inspired me to do great things or anything, just quotes that I liked that expressed wow I wanted to see things in life. Sometimes I tend to be not depressed but more complacent and like reminders that changing things is hard but worth it. I especially liked @happygirlxxx last one about not listening to my inner fatty because she misses bread, it made me laugh and I could totally relate.
Thanks for keeping track of the challenge group weight loss.

Sunday share:

I think I did that on the wrong day ...lol But anyway I am doing good despite all the recent health changes. I am hoping I am one of those individuals that will no longer need medication for my Hypertension and my Diabetes if I lose weight. I think, no I know I need to start working out if I want to keep losing weight, but during the winter I want to hibernate and not go outside. Which could be understandable if I lived up north and had to deal with the snow but I live in Dallas and it may be 20 degrees last Tuesday and now 60 degrees today. I dislike anything below 40 or above 85....lol I want to live in that magic zone and I want to do that without moving....lol

I hope everyone has a great weekend and I hope the Vikings win today. I am not a fan but my husband is and if he could have his team win he will be walking on air all week. I am a Cowboys fan myself but I want the Vikings to win and play in a superbowl in their own stadium. I don't think that has happened before. It might be enough drive to get the Vikings to actually win a superbowl....lol (they have been 4 times and never won, a point I have often made to my husband when he disses my Cowboys)

I like this group and hope it helps. I am going to lose the weight as I'm so tired of the struggle. But need motivation. Keep posting everyone.

Okay I am new so hopefully I do this right
Name wishlady2
Age 38
Height 5'6"
Starting Weight 251(1/14/18)
Goal Weight 150 (1/1/19)

My big share is that I blended spinach and then stuck it in ham salad and I didn't tell until after it was eaten. It was liked so I am happy.

Nikion901 wrote: »

@cjbrummet ... just a thought on seeing your macros on your cell phone ... on the line where you see your Calories Remaining ... after the "=" sign is your remaining calories ... press on them .. on my phone, that opens up a window where you can see Calories, Nutrients, or Macros in selected views (Daily, Weekly, or change date).

@cjbrummet --yes, to what niki said. Another way to see them is to click on the food diary at the bottom of the main screen (between the Home and Me tabs). Once the diary opens, scroll all the way down and click on the nutrition tab. That should open up a pie chart of your calories from breakfast, lunch, etc. To switch to the macros, look at the blue area toward the top. There should be 3 labels that read Calories, Nutrients, and Macros. Click on macros, and that pie chart will show up.

canyonGeek wrote: »

@TurtleTape -- I use IF too. It's helped a lot. Get to have that big satisfying meal once a day, which works great for me.

Yep, my window starts at 4pm, but I can easily wait until dinnertime. Then get to get that one big one, then munch to goal. It's great when you finally figure out how to work your brain.

Monday Check-in ... seems like it's been a while since I did one of these, but without looking back to check, it could have been 7 days ago!
I weigh myself every morning, and for our challenge on here, I report on whatever day the challenges call for ... it was on Wednesday's last year and the current challenge is on Friday ... and if we have another volunteer to step up to moderate another challenge after this one ends, it will be whatever day that one says is the day for it.

It works for me to weigh-in every day ... the scale is in the bathroom and that's the first place I head to after waking up in the morning anyway. I actually keep a little post-it pad and pencil in the 'stuff' tray so I can jot down the number. Because my weight fluctuates by up to 3 pounds from one day to the next, I take an average of the 7-days to report my average weight into my trending log. That's a better, for me, measure of where I'm heading weight-wise. This also means that every challenge I am in, which has a different weight reporting day, I get to report that days weight to so very seldom do all my entries carry the same weight in any week.

Like many have stated they do or have tried it ... Intermittent Fasting (IF) is something I have tried. I think those of us who are perennial weigh-loss losers/gainers are prone to trying the latest popular technique to loss or keep off excess weight.

Actually, IF was easy for me to do because fasting was a given in my childhood home for religious purposes. And those fasts were long enough, frequent enough, and strict enough, that I had become accustomed to this type of eating plan. And, now that I think about it, I started to gain weight when I abandoned that form of abstinence and ate without moderation of any food in any season.

Today, I don't practice IF per-se, but I do minimize how many meals or snacks I have in any given time period. I use it more as a reflection of the holding quality of the meal I just had because if I am hungry soon after the meal I know it was more likely to have been out of balance macro wise than too light in calories. Like those saltines and butter I had yesterday ... that type of food just fuels the desire to consume more even until the point of being over-filled. And thus, that over-abundance of fat and starchy carbs yesterday led to an overnight 3 pound gain this morning. Will it be off by our reporting day this Friday? Maybe, but more likely not. PS ... because for me, "It comes on fast but goes off slow" ... even if it is just basically 'water weight'.

b_lisieux wrote: »

As for weighing, I only do it once a week, on Friday mornings. For me, personally, I'd drive myself nuts weighing every day as I know weight fluctuates and it would be a psychological downer for me if I saw a gain which simply could be because I ate something salty the night before perhaps. The bottom line is whatever works for each person is good.

That's right ... "what works for you" is the byword. And for me, actually, it's had a moderating effect ... the daily weigh-ins. Because, it's made me realize that not only does my weight fluctuate continually (after all, it's a live thing), but that scales can differ each time you step on them (after all, most are approximate measures anyway). ... and when I weighed in one time a week, then that number represented a whole week's worth of effort and I was either 'rewarded' or 'punished' with less or more pounds on the scale ... Now, it's just a number ... one that I keep track of to see the trend, and as long as the trend is heading in the direction I want overall, I am satisfied.

@happygirlxxx My issue is that once I start eating for the day, it's very difficult to stop, so my attempts at eating throughout the day while counting have generally been failures or miserable. I just drink water throughout the day(some say a little coffee, broth, tea, diet soda up to like 50 cals is okay, but most avoid it all) and tell myself "you can survive this for another hour". So far I have no averages for weekly loss since I just figured out the eating window that works for me.

You can start your eating window whenever you want, you don't have to wait until supper. I tried a 12-8 window, but couldn't stop after 8. If you want to try it, just experiment. Most people start with 16 hours fast to 8 eat.

Ugh! Confession Monday. I have been doing so well with limiting my calories while I recuperate from my foot surgery... but today I slipped up. Someone had a birthday in the office and we celebrated with a cake. I had a big piece and now I just feel sick. I'm not mad at myself which is a step in the right direction... but I feel absolutely ill! I need to remember this feeling for when I let temptation get the best of me. Now I only have about 600 cals for the rest of the day... I'm in California and it's 12:15pm. My IF time starts....... NOW (lol!)

@happygirlxxx I have one big meal, then snacks to round out my calorie goal. Currently planning what to have for supper. I'm the only one home and I've been a good boy all week, so considering a restaurant meal. ^.^