Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

@katrina-- Thanks for the update on our numbers!! I was also hoping to be further along toward my goal at this point, but at least I'm lower than at the start of the summer. We went to Sherman's on a Wednesday at around noon and there was NO LINE!!! First time for everything, I guess.

AFM--second Foo Fighter's concert last night was awesome, and I ended up under my allowance by over a thousand calories because I ate a turkey burger at my mom's before going and only drank 2 light beers on the party bus from the train to the venue. Drank water the rest of the night, and between the dancing and the walking, I was way under. I was too tired to eat when I got home, so I woke up famished. I made up for some of that deficit today--about 500 calories over--but still a deficit overall, so I'm happy.

Super Summer Slimdown
Name: Karen
Age: 48
Height: 5’7"
Highest Weight: 247
Start Weight (June 1, 2018): 201.6
Goal Weight (August 31, 2018): 180

7/28 - 8/3 focus: manage social eating better

June 8- 197.8
June 15-200.2
June 22- 198.2
June 29- 196.4
July 6- 194.4
July 13-194.2
July 20- 195.6
July 27- 196.2
August 3-
August 10-
August 17-
August 24-
August 31-

Weight -/+ this week: +.6
Weight -/+ this challenge: -5.4
Total weight lost: 50.8

Just checking in. Back from one month road trip. Very off track but determined to get back on. At least I didn't gain

katrena

Started the AIP Protocal diet Tuesday. Very strict and supposed to help autoimmune disorders. On phase 1 and eating too many carbs though they are all fruit and veggie. Will later move to phase 3 and most carbs will go Have noticed I'm walking better, sugar is better and pain is some improved,. Still no energy, but I don't think I am eating enough meat and protein. Spent most of the day shopping and cooking, so I have some meals prepared.

katrena

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Hello everyone!
I am currently in Alaska and will be driving back home. I will not have a scale and won't have internet most of the time. I'll get my weight updated when I am back home.

Just watched a new Netfix documentary called
The Bleeding Edge

Every woman should watch this!
But also anyone considering using any surgical implant (like a hip) with metal in it.
It’s not graphic like the title suggests.
Mostly ultra sounds, x-rays and animations of medical devices.
There are answers to questions you’ve probably asked but nobody knew the answers to.

Weight gain in this country is not always what it seems

@Teerai --sounds like an interesting documentary--I will have to put it on my watchlist. Thanks.

@KATRENAJ --welcome back! Glad to hear you are feeling better. That's way more important than the scale. Stick with it and I'm sure it will start to move.

@hduke1977 --Welcome tothe thread. This is a great group for support and motivation.

@katrina-- very pretty!

@heather-- life doesn't stop, and we all deserve to enjoy a special meal out once in a while. Sounds like you made up for it.

AFM--I had a really good drop this week; lost the excess from vacation in MI last week plus a pound or so.

Super Summer Slimdown
Name: Karen
Age: 48
Height: 5’7"
Highest Weight: 247
Start Weight (June 1, 2018): 201.6
Goal Weight (August 31, 2018): 180

7/28 - 8/3 focus: manage social eating better
How I did: Overall the week wasn't bad. I didn't have a lot of social events, but I managed to keep drinks light and didn't eat out too much, even when I had the opportunity.

8/4 - 8/10 focus = water intake
How I did:

June 8- 197.8
June 15-200.2
June 22- 198.2
June 29- 196.4
July 6- 194.4
July 13-194.2
July 20- 195.6
July 27- 196.2
August 3- 193
August 10-
August 17-
August 24-
August 31-

Weight -/+ this week: - 3.2
Weight -/+ this challenge: -8.6
Total weight lost: 54

Looking for friends for inspiration and will return the same. I need to lose 100 pounds. I like using MFP, it keeps me on track. About me: I love the Lord, church is a big part in my life as well as my kids (now all grown up) and my husband. Live in a suburb, work full time. I like sweets more than salty (hence the extra weight). I'm a optimistic person and I like to encourage others. I hope we can be friends.

Hello and Welcome to the newbies! Jump right in here, we're all nice. We're closing up a summer challenge, but I know there will be a fall one. Basically, weigh in each week, no matter if it's a loss, maintain, or gain. Sometimes we have weekly focuses to go alongside the challenge.

I need to refocus this week. Diet was great last week (except the weekend) but I only hit the gym twice. The week after a fresh hair dying is always my laziest week. I don't want to wash my hair more than I have to and wash away the dye. My hair fades very fast no matter the color, but purple never stays more than a month.

Hooowdeee Everyone! Foozer here just popping in to say hello! This week has been an amazing week for me🤪 I didnt let binging deter me from my goals! I can RECOVER from them! Im not a loser! All I have to do is KEEEP GOING!!! No more quitting, no more guilt, no more self inflicted wounds! In one month my glucose readings have gone from over 400 to 111! Im getting familiar with what self love really means. My momma wouldn't keep whooping me for stealing a cookie so why have I repeatedly kept whooping my own behind! I should call child protective services on myself... loI! I feel so much strength at 300 lbs. and I cant wait to feel two hundred! Im gonna be 60 in January and for the first time I don't see that as a bad thing!!! No matter how long it takes😁 I don't even care if it takes five years, Im gonna enjoy each and every step of success!

Super Summer Slimdown
Name: Michelle
Age: 31
Height: 5’2"
Highest Weight: 328.6
Start Weight (June 16, 2018): 230.2
Goal Weight (August 31, 2018): 214

June 23 – 226.4
June 30 – 227.4
July 6 – 224.0
July 14 – 222.6
July 21 – 221.4
July 28 – 222.2
August 12 – 225.8

Weight -/+ this week: +3.6
Weight -/+ this challenge: -4.4
Total weight lost: -102.8

I was house sitting for a professor this week, and I didn’t exercise or eat right. So, the gain isn’t a surprise. I am getting back on track. I start my fall semester on Wednesday, August 15, and I don’t want that sluggish feeling from eating crap and not exercising.

Moodybear - "Try to catch the Chiluly museum in Seattle. I saw his exhibit at the Biltmore house in Asheville NC this weekend and it is fantastic

caramelheart - You go girl! you great attitude is contagious and I hope I catch it. Good luck to you and

Went off my plan for a few days and struggled to get back on. But I am on the 2nd day. not hungry but very tired but low carbs This will go away in a few days.

KatrenA

Super Summer Slimdown
Name: Heather
Age: 31
Height: 5’5"
Highest Weight: 308
Start Weight (June 1, 2018): 294.0
Goal Weight (August 31, 2018): 275

June 8- 292
June 15- 291.6
June 23- 290.8
June 30- 290.2
July 6 - 289.0
July 13 - 289.5
July 20 - 288.2
July 27 - 286.0
August 2- 284.8
August 11 - 284.3
August 16 - 280.4

Weight -/+ this week: -3.9
Weight -/+ this challenge: -13.6
Total weight lost: 27.6

I don't know if it's a fluke, the new scale, or I did better this week than originally calculated...I didn't do anything different, and actually I did less then usual. I skipped yesterday and today at the gym, overate Friday night by a lot. I'll take it though!

Super Summer Slimdown
Name: Katrina
Age: 37
Height: 5’8"
Highest Weight: 305
Start Weight (June 1, 2018): 260
Goal Weight (August 31, 2018): 236

8/10-8/17 Focus: water intake. How I did: Not too shabby, but I know I still need improvement!

Next week's focus: continue working on water and eat more balanced meals this week! I've been so busy during the day an I end up not eating enough and then eating too much cause I'm starving later.

June 8- 259.5
June 15- 258
June 22- 258
June 29- 256
July 9- 257.5
July 13- 254
July 20- 258.5
July 27- 253
Aug. 3- 252
Aug. 10- 250
Aug. 17- 253
Aug 24-
Final weigh in! Aug. 31-

Weight -/+ this week: +3
Weight -/+ this challenge: -7
Total weight lost (this round- since Jan '18): 50.5 lbs

Dagnabbit! I keep wrestling with the same 2-4lbs this month, lol. While I would really have liked my loss to be more linear, I'm actually quite satisfied with how things are going (shockingly!) I have been indulging greatly on the weekend when we camp (which is often, as you have no doubt surmised!) And then reining things back in during the week. Which is why the yoyo-ing. So, why am ok with this? Because I'm learning how not to let myself go completely just because I overindulged for a day or two (or 4...) and how to get right back on track. I'm learning I need accountability and I'm becoming ok with being transparent about my struggles and asking to be held accountable- instead of finding judgement, I've found more support! And it really helps me be honest with myself about how much effort I'm putting in.

Super Summer Slimdown
Aug. 3- In Alaska. No Internet access.
Aug. 10- In Canada on the road.
Aug. 17- 247.6
Aug 24-
Final weigh in! Aug. 31-

Weight -/+ this (chunk of time): +2.2
Weight -/+ this challenge: -8.0
Total weight lost: 47.4
So, from the time I arrived in Alaska and all through my drive back through Canada to my home, I did not have Internet access or my computer. I actually brought my computer and ended up getting it repaired in Anchorage so even the days I had access, I didn’t have my document to edit. The trip was fantastic and it was great to have that much time alone with my dad. He is supportive of my efforts and said I really look great (nice to hear) but in reality he has no idea how to support someone who is trying to get healthy and stay that way. He’s not obese or anything, just a lifelong enabler