Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

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  • cjbrummet
    cjbrummet Posts: 66 Member
    Thursday truth

    Today I went out to eat for lunch and I had a big lunch with mashed potatoes for the first time in over a month. I only ate half the serving but I felt so tired and sick to my stomach afterwards. Not sure if it was the large meal or the potatoes but I sure regretted it. So I just had a very light meal (snack really) for dinner and have sworn off large portions for a very long time.

    @happygirlxxx I love to binge watch shows I hate watching them on regular TV and have to wait for the next episode. But as a nurse my husband has band me from watching medical shows because I am way to critical of all the mistakes they portray and frequently scoff at the TV....lol

    I wish everyone a good night just a short note tonight.
  • JerseyGirl056
    JerseyGirl056 Posts: 6 Member
    Thursdays truth: this week I cut back on how much coffee I drink. I love cream and sugar in it but it's not worth all those calories everyday. By 7pm I'm crashing. As a bonus im getting more sleep and waking up more energized.I only had time for 1 workout this week because I'm so exhausted.. I do feel guilty. I was doing so well with making time for 3 or more exercise days. Anyone else have a similar situation? Please tell me it gets easier. Lol.
  • BarneyRubbleMD
    BarneyRubbleMD Posts: 1,092 Member
    The Winter Games

    Name: BarneyRubbleMD
    Age: 58
    Height: 5'3"
    Highest weight: 317 lbs (1/3/2017)

    Start Weight (Jan 3, 2018): 211.6 lbs
    Goal Weight (Wednesday, Feb 28, 2018): 203.6 lbs (-8 lbs this challenge or ~ -1 lb/week).

    Weigh-ins (lbs) on Wednesdays (typically), week of:
    Jan 3: 211.6 lbs.(weight loss stalled this week, probably due to adding in 50% of my exercise calories vs 0%).
    Jan 10: 209.8 lbs (stuck with adding in 50% of exercise calories this week too--seems it worked out well).
    Jan 17: (on vacation: 12th-20th so I might not find a scales to weigh-in this week).
    Jan 25: 211.2 (back from vacation but not back to meal logging yet!).
    Jan 31:
    Feb 7:
    Feb 14:
    Feb 21:
    Feb 28:

    Weight -/+ the last 2 weeks: +1.4 lbs
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -0.4 lbs
    Total weight lost since 1/3/2017: 105.8 lbs
  • birgitkwood
    birgitkwood Posts: 486 Member
    The Winter Games!

    Name: Birgit
    Age: 62
    Height: 6'0"
    Highest weight: 305 lbs. (4/4/16)

    Start Weight (Jan 8, 2018): 199.2 lbs.
    Goal Weight (Friday, Feb 23, 2018): (190 lbs.) REVISED 186 lbs

    Weigh-ins on week of
    Jan 5: missed it, jumped in late
    Jan 12: 191.8
    Jan 19: 190.0
    Jan 26: 187.4
    Feb 2:
    Feb 9:
    Feb 16:
    Feb 23:

    Weight -/+ this week: -2.6 lbs
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -11.8 lbs
    Total weight lost since 4/4/16: 117.4 lbs



  • happygirlxxx
    happygirlxxx Posts: 301 Member
    The Winter Games

    Name: Ana
    Age: 42
    Height: 5'3”
    Highest weight: 229.6

    Start Weight (Jan 1, 2018): 161.4
    Goal Weight (Friday, Feb 23, 2018): 153.4

    Weigh-ins on week of
    Jan 5: 155.1
    Jan 12: 154.0
    Jan 19: 152.3
    Jan 26: 149.1
    Feb 2:
    Feb 9:
    Feb 16:
    Feb 23:

    Weight -/+ this week: - 3.2
    Weight -/+ this challenge: - 12.3
    Total weight lost: - 80.5

    Friday Fitness
    450 minutes of exercise this week ... I did spinning, rowing, pilates and yoga! :)

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    Have a great weekend everyone! :)
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    The Winter Games

    Name: Niki
    Age: 72
    Height: 5' 2.5"
    Highest weight: 278.4

    Start Weight (Jan 1, 2018) 236.5
    Goal Weight (Friday, Feb 23, 2018) 227.4

    Weigh-ins on week of
    Jan 5: 232.7
    Jan 12: 231.7
    Jan 19: 227.8
    Jan 26: 226.8
    Feb 2nd:
    Feb 9:
    Feb 16:
    Feb 23:

    Weight -/+ this week: -1.00
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -9.7
    Total weight lost: -51.6
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    edited January 2018
    Friday - Fitness (what are you doing to get fit? How are you preparing for weekend eating?
    Today I am melancholy as I remember my brother G, who passed away in 2012 ... today he would have turned 65 ... an age he knew he would never reach in life. Not because of any other illness than morbid obesity. It stole his health, it stole his ability to be physically active by crushing his spine and eventually paralyzing his legs. It gave him uncontrolled diabetes, It gave him kidney failure, it gave him heart disease ... yes, it was heart disease that got him in the end ... and that was the day I vowed that I would take control of my own obesity because ... my brother and I were shaped just alike, except my brother was 12 inches taller than me. He was my baby brother. He was my best friend. I could talk to him about anything and everything. G ... I am 51 1/2 pounds thinner today than on that day you went to meet our parents and your favorite nephew on the other side.
    <3 sis

    Oh ... Friday Fitness ... To get fit, I am continuing to alter my food intake in small steps, learning to eat home cooking instead of take-out/drive-through/sit-down restaurant fare. I am also concentrating on being more physically active, preferably in the fresh outdoors. My weekend eating this week will be to use up that roast chicken that I made a couple of days ago by turning it into something else. In memory of my brother, probably a chicken pot pie, in keeping with my low-cal eating, crustless.
  • darlin930
    darlin930 Posts: 283 Member
    Name: Connie
    Age: 53
    Height: 5' 7"
    Highest weight: 285.6

    Start Weight (Jan 1, 2018): 249.8
    Goal Weight (Friday, Feb 23, 2018): Was 240: Now 233

    Weigh-ins on week of
    Jan 5: 244.4
    Jan 12: 240.8
    Jan 19: 239.8
    Jan 26: 237.8
    Feb 2nd:
    Feb 9:
    Feb 16:
    Feb 23:

    Weight -/+ this week: -2
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -12
    Total weight lost: 47.8
  • b_lisieux
    b_lisieux Posts: 187 Member
    Not sure how I gained this week. I didn't do anything that should have caused it. Oh well....hopefully next week it will be better.

    Name: Margie
    Age: 71
    Height: 5' 1 ½”
    Highest weight: 295 (Late Aug.2017)

    Start Weight (Jan 1, 2018) 278.5
    Goal Weight (Friday, Feb 23, 2018) 271.5

    Weigh-ins on week of
    Jan 5: 278.25
    Jan 12: 273.0
    Jan 19: 272.0
    Jan 26: 272.5
    Feb 2nd:
    Feb 9:
    Feb 16:
    Feb 23:

    Weight -/+ this week: +0.5
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -6.0
    Total weight lost: 22.5
  • b_lisieux
    b_lisieux Posts: 187 Member
    @Nikion901 I'm sorry for your loss back in 2012. Your brother would be so proud of you! {{Hugs}}

    @happygirlxxx I've binge watched Grey's Anatomy so I get it. LOL

    @cellowsmiles Swimming is great exercise. Glad you are enjoying the pool.

    @canyongeek Way to go with just "sniffing" those cookies! I'm not sure I could have been as disciplined. Pat yourself on the back!

    Happy Friday everyone!
  • ckozl81
    ckozl81 Posts: 59 Member
    Name: Carol
    Age: 37
    Height: 5' 9"
    Highest weight: 364

    Start Weight (Jan 1, 2018) 339
    Goal Weight (Friday, Feb 23, 2018) 329

    Weigh-ins on week of
    Jan 5: 336.1
    Jan 12: 342.2 (it was birthday week)
    Jan 19: 338.7
    Jan 26: 337.7
    Feb 2nd:
    Feb 9:
    Feb 16:
    Feb 23:

    Weight -/+ this week: -1
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -1.3

    Total weight lost: 26.3

  • b_lisieux
    b_lisieux Posts: 187 Member
    @bapcarrier Just take care of YOU now. Wishing you a speedy recovery!!! The reports can wait!
  • raindogmaa
    raindogmaa Posts: 205 Member
    Ugh... cannot wait until I can get this foot healed so I can get exercise. Food logging is consistent and really paying attention... just not losing and went up a tiny bit.

    Name: Cyndy
    Age: 60
    Height: 5' 3"
    Highest weight: 252

    Start Weight (Jan 1, 2018): 208.8
    Goal Weight (Friday, Feb 23, 2018) 190

    Weigh-ins on week of
    Jan 5: 209.9
    Jan 12: 206.6
    Jan 19: 206.6
    Jan 26: 207.5
    Feb 2nd:
    Feb 9:
    Feb 16:
    Feb 23:

    Weight -/+ this week: +.09
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -1.3
    Total weight lost: -44.5
  • cellosmiles
    cellosmiles Posts: 680 Member
    The Winter Games

    Name: Cellosmiles
    Age: 37
    Height: 5' 3"
    Highest weight: 257

    Start Weight (Jan 1, 2018) 227
    Goal Weight (Friday, Feb 23, 2018) 217

    Weigh-ins on week of
    Jan 5: 223.4
    Jan 12: 224.2
    Jan 19: 226.6
    Jan 26: 226.6
    Feb 2nd:
    Feb 9:
    Feb 16:
    Feb 23:

    Weight -/+ this week: 0
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -.4
    Total weight lost: -30.4
  • skinnyjeanzbound
    skinnyjeanzbound Posts: 3,932 Member
    Name: Karen
    Age: 48
    Height: 5' 7"
    Highest weight: 247

    Start Weight (Jan 2, 2018) 205
    Goal Weight (Friday, Feb 23, 2018) 190

    Weigh-ins on week of
    Jan 5: 203
    Jan 12: 202.4
    Jan 19: 202.4
    Jan 26: 202.2
    Feb 2nd:
    Feb 9:
    Feb 16:
    Feb 23:

    Weight -/+ this week: -.2
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -2.8
    Total weight lost: 44.8 lbs
  • cjbrummet
    cjbrummet Posts: 66 Member
    Name: Catherine
    Age: 51
    Height: 5'3"
    Highest weight: 256 lbs.

    Start Weight (Jan 1, 2018): 220.6 lbs.
    Goal Weight (Friday, Feb 23, 2018): (199 lbs.)
    Weigh-ins on week of
    Jan 5: 219
    Jan 12: 215.6
    Jan 19: 214.4
    Jan 26: 211
    Feb 2:
    Feb 9:
    Feb 16:
    Feb 23:

    Weight -/+ this week: -3.4 lbs
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -9.6 lbs
    Total weight lost since 1/15/16: -45 lbs

    Friday Fitness

    Well sadly I didn't make it to work out since Tuesday. I am definitely going tomorrow morning. I have plenty of excuses why I didn't go but in the end it doesn't matter why, I could have gone but found an excuse not to go. Fortunately I still lost weight this week. I will have to do better though.
  • lessofme150
    lessofme150 Posts: 105 Member
    Hi everyone. My name is Barb and I am new to this community thread but far from new to MFP. Started here in 2012 after suffering from a significant loss. Lost 50 lbs and then gained it all back with a bunch of friends! Lost a little over 30 and then it started to come all back on. Trying to find my motivation from 2012 in 2018 and not towards the end of the year but now. I am my worst enemy and I am the one who makes the bad choices. It is quite embarrassing what I have thrown into my mouth the past few days.

    I need to start getting back into being in the community discussions and look forward to hearing all about everyone’s journey, good and bad.
  • b_lisieux
    b_lisieux Posts: 187 Member
    @happygirlxxx I'd be the same way, given your history and I won't even try to tell you not to worry. It's all too fresh still in your mind not to. I'm like you insofar as I stress eat too. I envy those who say they can't eat during high stress situations. Think positively and I pray your tests show that you are just fine. In the meantime, cut yourself some slack. It's not like you are worrying about something small, your stress has a valid basis. Just try not to let it consume your every moment and keep positive. :wink: As for Grey's Anatomy, I watched 12 seasons in a very short amount of time. I was addicted. LOL It's good to be up to the current season.

    @lessofme150 Welcome! We are all our own worst enemies. No one is shoving the food in our mouths, we choose what we put there. It's a daily struggle to do better. You will love this group. We all support each other.
  • ambrrr01
    ambrrr01 Posts: 5 Member
    edited January 2018
    Hi!
  • bapcarrier
    bapcarrier Posts: 211 Member
    The Winter Games

    Name: Barb
    Age: 70
    Height: 5'3”
    Highest weight: 258
    Start Weight (Jan 1, 2018): 204.8
    Goal Weight (Friday, Feb 23, 2018): 195

    Weigh-ins on week of
    Jan 5: 206.2
    Jan 12: 202.8
    Jan 19: 202.8
    Jan 26: 204.2
    Feb 2nd:
    Feb 9:
    Feb 16:
    Feb 23:

    Weight -/+ this week: +1.4
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -.6
    Total Weight loss overall: -53.8

    The surgery seems to have taken it's toll on my weight loss. Hope to get back on track this week. Haven't eaten much at all but also haven't done much either. Moving better now and can start easing my way into some light activities. My 2 to 3 hour surgery took almost 4 hours and then it took forever for me to come to following the pain meds/anesthetic. It was outpatient surgery (amazing what they do outpatient now), I was first one there in the am and last one to leave almost 10 hours later! Feeling much better every day and glad it's over with! I'll have the challenge report shortly. :)
  • bapcarrier
    bapcarrier Posts: 211 Member
    The Winter Games Report, Week 4 In four weeks 12 of us have lost a total of 62.2 pounds!!! That brings us to 43% of our total goal for the challenge. Great job everyone! If any of you mathematicians out there have noticed any inconsistencies from week to week, we constantly have people jumping in and dropping out of the challenge, after a couple of weeks of not reporting (unless they have said they will be away or unable to report) I take them out. When new people join mid way I usually wait for atleast the second week to see if they continue to report before I add them. (Then I go back and put all their info in.) All these things contribute to what may appear to be conflicting information from week to week but is the most up to date data I have. :)

    Have a great week everyone and I promise to have the report sooner next week.
  • DebCountsAll
    DebCountsAll Posts: 471 Member
    Nikion901 wrote: »
    Sunday Share ... Hi everyone, and welcome to the new posters.

    As I read through the posts a recurring theme seems to stick out to me ... there are key reasons why we gain weight. My thoughts are still in a jumble about this, and I suspect that as I think further on it that some more concrete cohesion, or filtering, of my thoughts will drill down to the nuggets. For now, they are sifting around and some merge in with others and then split out again ... Here's what I'm thinking ... feel free to add your insights ...

    We stop caring ... This could happen because we are emotionally injured in some way. This injury can stem from so many sources outside of ourselves, but can also originate within.

    We become bored, or just plain 'burned-out' ... The constant attention to detail, the ever present need to be mindful, the monotony of our daily grind ... all these and more.

    We feel defiant against constraints ...I think the first two sometimes lead us to behave in this way.

    Perhaps I should turn that word 'we' around and point it at myself by saying "I" ... because, after all, this is my personal view point this morning as I think about this past week ... And I look at my food log and realize that this week was not as stellar as last week had been. That this week I overate my calories on 3 separate days. That I didn't cook thought-out meals. That, at the end of the week, I don't feel as good as I did at the end of last week ... even with being physically sick last weekend! ... Then, when I turn to the community pages here I can hear and feel the desperation, the fear, the recriminations of everyone who has set their toe to writing a line in the sand and saying ... "I am stepping over this line into a new day ... a day where I will improve myself and my life ... a day were I will start to gain control over some one thing ... and that thing is the weight of me" ... and I find myself feeling empowered to go on with my own stumbling, litter-stewn path to self-fulfillment.
    Thanks everyone for sharing ... you keep me going.

    I think you are right on the money here. The Stop Caring or Being Bored really resonates with me. I am really thinking about this.

    I personally need to combat the boredom with things that are not food. So. I'm thinking. I won't just sit in the house. I have a dogo to take on walks, so I can always do that. There are lots of trails where I live so there's that. I'm not a shopper (thank goodness) but I could always head to a mall and peruse, because I'm not tempted to spend. I can go to the cheap seats for a movie. I can call a friend and go hang out. I can always go to the gym. Etc. Etc.

    The Not Caring is tough. It means I am not loving myself. Am I depressed? How do I combat that? Hmm. Pretty much the list I made above helps me to care about myself. I also need to keep up with being a female...for me that means a little makeup, hair done, earrings. Maybe a hot bath. A pedicure. I also feel better when I can do something for someone else. I don't mean the expected things like cook dinner for the family. I mean the unexpected nice "pay it forward" stuff. Also I noticed a direct correlation with sunlight. It would be hard if I lived in Seattle, but I don't. I need to get outside and let the light hit my retinas.
  • skinnyjeanzbound
    skinnyjeanzbound Posts: 3,932 Member
    @niki-- I think you are on the mark, and I would offer this elaboration. Though the "Not Caring" is sometimes related to an emotional injury or some inner conflict, it can also occur because we spend all of our caring on others--our families, our students, our patients. So many members of this thread over the 7 years I've posted here have been educators, nurses, or others in the service industry. It also explains why so many SAHMs end up unfit though to an outsider it might seem like it should be easier for someone who doesn't work outside the home to make time to exercise and prepare healthy meals. I know it's my biggest weakness--I often prioritize doing something for my students over taking better care of myself. I'll spend hours after work or on the weekends grading or planning lessons vs. going to the gym. I've improved greatly in this area over the years, but it still happens.
  • b_lisieux
    b_lisieux Posts: 187 Member
    @cjbrummet Congratulations on your test results! I know that is a huge weight off your shoulders. (no pun intended!) Health worries/scares are the worst. I am sure you will be vigilant in about it as time goes on too.

    @Nikion901 I think for me it could be boring, it's not really not caring. Sometimes I'd like to just say forget it and eat whatever I want, whenever I want, and not count/journal everything. That gets boring and tiresome but I do it. I do care, if I didn't, I wouldn't even be trying. I think if one has a lot of weight to lose, the task seems so overwhelming and you feel defeated before you even start. Maybe that comes under the category of not really caring? I don't know. I do know that I have felt that feeling over the years. I think in general we are our own worst critics/enemies, at least I know I am!

    Wishing everyone a great Monday!!
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    edited January 2018
    Monday Check-in ... one of the challenges I'm in started a new activity for weight trending ... of course I joined it! That's number crunching, and that's what I love to pass my time away with. :)

    The idea behind this is to get the emotional drama out of scale weights, but you need to weigh yourself every day ... same time, same place, same conditions ... and YEP, that's what I have been doing all along. Now I get to pat myself on the shoulder because I cannot reach my back to pat it, because I've been weight trending long before it became an app you can buy on iTunes! ...

    So, the unhappy news about this weight trending thing for me is that my trending weight is higher than what I reported at our weekly weigh-in ... the confirming news is that the new activity in my group and I agree on the 'true weight' as of the data collection in that challenge.

    Thanks @Karen..and...@Margie...and...@DebCountsAll ... for your input about my Sunday thoughts. As I read through them, the drill-downed blurbs I had are rounded out. Karen, I'd put that self-sacrificial caring for others into the Burned Out reason that, for me, would trigger difficulty in keeping at it. Margie, yours sounds like how I feel when I'm being defiant ... I get bored with it and think to myself that I want to just forget it and ... well, you know~ Deb, yep, once we identify what are the triggers that defeat us we can find solutions to get around it. :)

    @Catherine... Great news on your test results!

    @Barb... Surgery! I hope you are a-OK and feeling better. Thanks for still attending to the challenge even while in this current physical state!

    Have a great week everyone ... I am trying something new this week ... well, not really new ... it's 'old hat' being tried on a new way ... I plan to stay OFF the community pages until I report my weight ... and that's here on Friday.

    Good luck everyone on sticking to your plans for the week ... have a good one!
    Niki

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