Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !
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The My Fittness Pal app is acting weirdly on my computer again ... I had to get rid of all my browser history, and website data in order to open it up when it started acting up again yesterday. I'm going to get rid of it ... and will perhaps try it again at a later date. In the meantime ... I will not be attempting to access the site ... so, unfortunately, I am dropping out of our Spring Challenge because I probably won't be back on here until I have some professional diagnostics done on my system.
So ... By everyone. I hope your all do well for the rest of the month and come in at where you want to be.
Niki
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I hope you change your mind about leaving!
I also had the problem but cleared my history, cookies and cache and it cleared up the problem immediately for me.
I had the same issue but clearing the browser history, cookies and cache didn't help (Chrome browser on Win7pro-64bit) but I was able to get back in using Internet Explorer on that same computer. I think all worked fine on my Firefox browser on my home laptop under Win10home.
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Hey all! I've just come across this thread. I had my daughter in January last year and had gained 60lbs in pregnancy!
So far I'm down 37lbs But still have about another 110lbs to lose to my first big target.
Since it's Sunday...
I'm Kelly, 25 from Scotland. I have 2 little girls who are 5 and 14 months.
My 5 year old goes to school this year and I'm starting to emotional and trying not to binge because of that. I have fibromyalgia, But I got to the gym once or twice a and I'm away to start jogging again. It helps with pain management.
Away to try read back some of the posts. Look forward to keeping in touch with you all xx6 -
I forget not to use emojis
It cuts off my post ;(
Here is my post minus the yellow face!
Think Spring! Challenge
Name: Laura
Age: 60
Height: 5' 6"
Highest Weight: 328
Start Weight (Mar 01, 2018): 242.4
Goal Weight (Apr 27, 2018): 212
Weigh-ins, week of
Mar 09: 241.8
Mar 16: 236.8
Mar 23: 233.8
Mar 30: 233.6
Apr 06: 239.2 not sure what went wrong
Apr 13: 236.2
Apr 20:
Apr 27:
Weight -/+ this week: - 4 pounds
Weight -/+ this challenge: - 6.2
Total weight lost:
Thanks everyone for all the encouragement and positively. Its just been a hard couple weeks here.
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This weekend was hard to track. I had parties to attend. But i also worked hard cooking and cleaning, hauling chairs and items from cars to the house. I know i was over cal, and there was no time for the gym, but i hope i worked off some of it.
My husband has been sick all week, I'm so tired of hearing him cough and sniffle. I wish he'd take his meds, or at least a popsicle to ease his sore throat. I still have to finish the dishes and meal prep my lunches for the week, then i can relax!3 -
Think Spring! Challenge
Name: buxbert
Age: 46
Height: 167
Highest Weight: 91
Start Weight (Mar 12, 2018): 90.2
Goal Weight (Apr 27, 2018): 87
Weigh-ins, week of
Mar 12: 90.2
Mar 19: 89.7
Mar 23: 89.7
Mar 30: forgot to log
Apr 09: 88.8
Apr 13: 87.8
Apr 20:
Apr 27:
Weight -/+ this week: - 1 kg
Weight -/+ this challenge: - 2.4 kg
Total weight lost:
Still no gym... Ok, there are MANY little things going on at the moment that I have to deal with but the truth is that I am utterly unmotivated. Trying to be better... I will put a gym session in my calendar for Friday!4 -
@X100KLS1992 - Welcome to this thread! I feel your pain, literally I do. I'm creeping up on 70 and I've had fibro since my early 20s. Mostly I've managed it with light to moderate exercise as tolerated, diet, and pure determination. It wasn't easy but I didn't have much choice due to being a single parent of three most of the early years and my only support through retirement. Grateful that you get accustomed to the pain after a while and it just becomes the way you feel, so it's easier to deal with but I've reached a point where it is not so easy to deal with and it's causing me so much stress that I finally agreed to try Cymbalta at the lowest dose. It has helped my poor sleep, thereby reducing some of the pain, but arthritis and gouty arthritis has now become a disabling factor. Depression has become a real issue and as a result I've gained back about 20 pounds of the 47 I had lost. I'm back here trying to get a grip on things before they go totally south!
I think you will like it here. It's always been a good, inspiring and encouraging group! You've done really well so far on shedding those unwanted pounds, so keep up the good work!1 -
@campfirequeen1 thank you for your lovely welcome.
Im sorry to hear about your fibro. I was diagnosed when i was 21. But it was only after having my second daughter last January that I've been in a lot of pain, especially the last 5 months. 2 weeks ago I agreed to start pregabalin which seems to be helping a wee bit but a side effect is weight gain so ill need to be careful. Im getting used to the pain so I'm managing to do some exercises which im turn makes me feel better.
Depression seems to be common with fibro, clearly because were in si much pain! Mine started as PND but just hasn't gone. Its getting worse, But exercise is also helping.
Thank you! It's taken a while to lose but ill lose the rest in time. Im sure you'll manage to lose the weight you gained back too
Much love, K xx2 -
@canyonGeek Thanks again for the summarization! I hope this means you're feeling at least somewhat better, hopefully much better.
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Just starting over again for the, well, I honestly cannot tell you how many times. Silver lining though, is that it means I’m still fighting and I won’t stop. Anyone else here having this problem? I’ll do great for two weeks and then the bottom falls out. Just need to get to the third week mark. Any advice from similars would be so helpful right now.
Thanks all!
Back up and swinging!2 -
Just starting over again for the, well, I honestly cannot tell you how many times. Silver lining though, is that it means I’m still fighting and I won’t stop. Anyone else here having this problem? I’ll do great for two weeks and then the bottom falls out. Just need to get to the third week mark. Any advice from similars would be so helpful right now.
Thanks all!
Back up and swinging!
Hi there and congrats on dusting yourself off and getting back on the horse!
I'm 57 and have been at this for pretty much my entire adult life. Like you, I'd do well for a limited amount of time but then quit, usually after a binge day of eating or not seeing a number I wanted to see on the scale.
I don't know what finally clicked for me this time but I'm sticking with it even with the bad days and the jumps in numbers on the scale.
THIS time:
1st and foremost - PATIENCE.
I log everything and I log on the bad days, too. I no longer ignore my blowout days. Doing this has removed the shame and guilt and remorse I used to feel when I had them. It also removed the temptation to continue eating badly: "I've blown it now, might as well blow it completely." What it did was make me realize that it didn't ruin anything by having a bad day here and there and also that I was able to eat a lot more than I thought I could and still lose weight. Just not too many blowouts, though.
I'm also having less of them and eat less each time. Somehow acknowledging them has lessened them.
I weigh everyday for feedback but I no longer get bummed out if there's a jump on the scale. It's always water or waste weight and it's usually gone in 2 or 3 days and then I hit a new low (unless I have too many blowouts).
I'm definitely not rigid with my calories or with what I eat. I used to cut out certain foods and also thought I needed to eat at a daily static goal. I eat more of a range now.
You could also work WITH your pattern of being able to stick with things for two weeks and then not. You could cycle your weight loss weeks with maintenance weeks (or days) to give yourself a break especially mentally. There is at least one woman who's been successful at losing more than 100 pounds by sticking with her calorie goal for two weeks and then she ate whatever she wanted on the second weekend BUT got right back to things for the next two weeks. She said she lost an average of 8 pounds a month doing it this way. She's still around once in a while and has maintained her weight loss. Some say that you can never cheat one day or one meal but that isn't true for everyone at all.
Others go one week on and one week off. Or one month on and one month off.
There are so many ways you can do this in the manner that works for YOU.
Eat the foods that make you happy but still allow for adherence and satiation. There is another woman who ate a lot of prepared and packaged food and lost well over 100 pounds. She still posts and has maintained her loss. Some people would say her style of eating is "wrong" or "bad" but it was completely correct for her.
Eat enough - don't try to eat too low if you don't have to. When I try to eat too little for too many days in a row, I have blowouts. If I eat just enough, I can go longer without feeling famished. This is where logging everything and weighing yourself can give you valuable feedback - you can see how much to eat and still lose weight or what to eat to maintain, in black & white.
The most important thing is to have patience with yourself while you're learning to figure out the best way for YOU to lose your excess weight.6 -
@Gzuschick Your not alone. I like the way you put it... blow out. I have had many blow outs over the years. I like how @Birder165 puts it. You just keep logging and its not the end of the world. Like it once was for me. As well, you get valuable feedback. What I think makes it different this time, is I realized that blow outs are trying to tell me something. I have realized to my surprise, I am sometimes not eating enough healthy food. Losing weight is not about starving, (not that I ever thought it was, but sometimes there is a tendency to want to eat as little as possible to lose as much weight as possible in the shortest time possible.) but rather eating well balanced nutritious meals that repair my body, give it strength and taste good. Old habits die hard they say. I can easily go back to old eating habits because I know them and there is a sense of comfort.4
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@Gzuschick - You are on the right track for sure, just by sticking with it and refusing to let the bad time get you down and keep you there. You got good advice from @Birder165 and @Lakota1961, they've told you things that I have found myself. Be patient and forgiving of yourself and log it no matter what. It can be your friend that truth thing! I have tried to eat healthy food with a sprinkle of what I want that isn't necessarily healthy. I was surprised to find that it really wasn't that many more calories than I should have eaten. And I've still managed to lose 3.6 pounds in the three days that I have been logging everything!
@100k your words were cheering to my heart and I think we will be good companions on the road to healthier bodies and happier emotions! xoxo3 -
campfirequeen1 wrote: »@Gzuschick - You are on the right track for sure, just by sticking with it and refusing to let the bad time get you down and keep you there. You got good advice from @Birder165 and @Lakota1961, they've told you things that I have found myself. Be patient and forgiving of yourself and log it no matter what. It can be your friend that truth thing! I have tried to eat healthy food with a sprinkle of what I want that isn't necessarily healthy. I was surprised to find that it really wasn't that many more calories than I should have eaten. And I've still managed to lose 3.6 pounds in the three days that I have been logging everything!
@100k your words were cheering to my heart and I think we will be good companions on the road to healthier bodies and happier emotions! xoxo
I think we will too xoxox 2 -
Think Spring! Challenge
Name: BarneyRubbleMD
Age: 58
Height: 5' 3"
Highest Weight: 317 lbs (1/3/2017)
Start Weight (Mar 01, 2018): 211.8
Goal Weight (Apr 27, 2018): 203.8 (i.e. lose 1 lb/week)
Weigh-ins, week of
Mar 07: 211.2 lbs (on vacation March 1-6, stayed on diet & walked & didn't binge).
Mar 14: 209.0 lbs
Mar 21: 207.2 lbs
Mar 28: 206.4 lbs
Apr 04: 205.2 lbs (increased carbs & walking, eliminated wheat & rye, added in oats, potatoes & rice).
Apr 11: 202.8 lbs (& 1 lb below my goal for this challenge--not binging this time helped with that).
Apr 18: 201.4 lbs (& 2.4 lbs below my goal for this challenge).
Apr 25:
Weight -/+ this week: - 1.4 lbs.
Weight -/+ this challenge: - 10.4 lbs.
Total weight lost (since 1/3/2017): 115.6 lbs.5 -
BarneyRubbleMD wrote: »Think Spring! Challenge
Name: BarneyRubbleMD
Age: 58
Height: 5' 3"
Highest Weight: 317 lbs (1/3/2017)
Start Weight (Mar 01, 2018): 211.8
Goal Weight (Apr 27, 2018): 203.8 (i.e. lose 1 lb/week)
Weigh-ins, week of
Mar 07: 211.2 lbs (on vacation March 1-6, stayed on diet & walked & didn't binge).
Mar 14: 209.0 lbs
Mar 21: 207.2 lbs
Mar 28: 206.4 lbs
Apr 04: 205.2 lbs (increased carbs & walking, eliminated wheat & rye, added in oats, potatoes & rice).
Apr 11: 202.8 lbs (& 1 lb below my goal for this challenge--not binging this time helped with that).
Apr 18: 201.4 lbs (& 2.4 lbs below my goal for this challenge).
Apr 25:
Weight -/+ this week: - 1.4 lbs.
Weight -/+ this challenge: - 10.4 lbs.
Total weight lost (since 1/3/2017): 115.6 lbs.
That's fantastic progress Barney.4 -
Go @BarneyRubbleMD! What is helping you prevent bingeing?2
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Wanted to jump in and say hello!! I'm a walker and calorie counter and eat what I want, but in moderation, kind of girl. I'm down 34pnds and have approx 70 to go.
Would love the support!
Ps....Still trying to figure out how to use these message boards. It seems to load the oldest comments (from years ago) first!3 -
Sorry im a bit late for the Spring challenge. I'll join in with the next one xox 1
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Hello everyone! New here, looking for all the friends and support I can get. SW: 327 CW: 316 GW: 150
Practicing Keto and intermittent fasting.2 -
I would like to become part of your community. To start I "wish" I could lose 40pds by August. Ok, let's be realistic, I wish I could lose 26pds by the end of this year.4
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Lots of new people to this thread! Welcome to all of you. It's good to have others who share the same goals. Come back and join in as often as you can. You will find a lot of motivation and support here. 3
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Hi there.... I am a friendly female that would love to loose over a hundred pounds long term goal... I had the lapband about 7 years ago and it didn't work.... I gained the weight plus a whole lot more... Looking for friends to help with motivation when I need that friendly comment or push to see that I'm doing it and not to give up... Also can someone please tell me how to add friends or add me just can't seem to get it.... Lol3
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@Crista792 Welcome friend!
@ladycopnh1- Love your sense of humor. If wishes accomplished what we want then I would weigh 50 pounds less by mid July (having an Echo Cardiogram then to see how my heart is doing now) but realistically 30 pounds is far more within my doable scope. Any weight loss is, at the end of the year, better than NO weight loss.
@CandiceStokes - Unfortunately I know too many people who have had poor results with baratric surgery and a only a few that have had good sustained weight loss, so you have lots of company but hey you still can do it the old fashioned way! And enjoy it here with us on the same journey! I sent you a friends request and a message about how to add friends!1 -
There was a former member of our group who had surgery and lost 130 pounds and looked fabulous the last post I saw from him. I sent him a note and asked him to dropped by and encourage us. His name is @pneschich. I hope he will. He is very encouraging and very honest about his struggles!0
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Hi to all the new folks! The more the merrier and all that. I’m around everyday so feel free to add me to your friend list if you’d like.
Think Spring! Challenge
Name: Stewart
Age: 43
Height: 6'7"
Highest Weight: Approximately 360lbs. When I started using MFP I was at 332lbs.
Start Weight (Mar 1,2018): 318.6lbs
Goal Weight (Apr 27, 2018): 302lbs
Weigh-ins (lbs), week of
Mar 09: 313.8
Mar 16: 314.2
Mar 23: 313.2
Mar 30: 308.2
Apr 06: 305.4
Apr 13: 303.6
Apr 20: 299,6 (beat my goal weight for the challenge and the first time I’ve been under 300lbs in almost 20yrs!!!)
Apr 27:
Apr 30:
Weight -/+ this week: -4.0lbs
Weight -/+ this challenge: -19.0lbs
Total weight lost: -33.4lbs8 -
Think Spring! Challenge
Name: Karen
Age: 57
Height: 5'7"
Highest Weight: 280ish was my highest weight ever but my MFP starting weight on Jan. 18/18 was 274.2
Start Weight (Mar 1,2018): 257.8
Goal Weight (Apr 27, 2018): 247 - I'm staying with 247 as my goal. I really want to get in to a lower decade of weight in April.
Weigh-ins, week of
Mar 09: 257
Mar 16: 255.2
Mar 23: 256.6
Mar 30: 257.8
Apr 06: 253.4
Apr 13: 252. 6
Apr 20: 249.8 - squeezed in to a new decade this morning!
Apr 27:
Weight -/+ this week: - 2.8
Weight -/+ this challenge: - 8# on the button this morning
Total weight lost: 24.4 lbs since Jan. 18/18
Mixed bag of calorie counts for the past week:
1549 - Fri - 252.6
1600 - Sat - 252
1615 - Sun - 250.8
2126 - Mon - 250.2
3025 - Tues - 250.4
1260 - Wed - 253.4
1491 - Thurs - 250.2
One more week to go! Have a great week Everyone!5 -
Hi to all the new folks! The more the merrier and all that. I’m around everyday so feel free to add me to your friend list if you’d like.
Think Spring! Challenge
Name: Stewart
Age: 43
Apr 20: 299,6 (beat my goal weight for the challenge and the first time I’ve been under 300lbs in almost 20yrs!!!)
Apr 27:
Apr 30:
Weight -/+ this week: -4.0lbs
Weight -/+ this challenge: -19.0lbs
Total weight lost: -33.4lbs
That's Fantastic Stewart. Your rockin it. 3 -
Think Spring! Challenge
Name: Karen
Age: 57
Apr 20: 249.8 - squeezed in to a new decade this morning!
Apr 27:
Weight -/+ this week: - 2.8
Weight -/+ this challenge: - 8# on the button this morning
Total weight lost: 24.4 lbs since Jan. 18/18
One more week to go! Have a great week Everyone!
Simply Amazing Karen. Your kicking butt.3 -
canyonGeek wrote: »Think Spring! Challenge
Name: Mayve
Apr 20: 164.2
Apr 27:
Weight -/+ this week: -1
Weight -/+ this challenge: -12.8
Total weight lost: 93.8 lbs
@dignow96 Congrats! That's excellent!!
You have come so far Mayve. Tremendous accomplishment.2
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