Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

August update

HW 261
CW 252
GW 199 (first goal)

8/27 - 249 - down 3 pounds

I've been exercising a little more - could do better.

Hoping everyone else is doing ok. Diabetes is in check. A1C consistently around 6.4 which they now consider pre-diabetic. But fact remains, it's low because of the diet AND medicine. Would like to get off the medicine.

Can't believe pandemic restrictions still going on 6 months now. I don't want to get use to it. Praying for a cure/vaccination soon.

Take care everyone - keep tracking and exercising!

Successes- I went to 3 overeaters anoynomous meetings online today. One of them crashed, but I'm still counting it! I also went for a walk and watched a beautiful sunset.

I’m back online finally. I am starting to get on track with my routine. I am fostering a lovely boy looking for a home. If interested and in MN let me know

Tuesday - Goals:
CW/HW: 211 lbs
GW: 120lbs

My goal for this week is to stick to my workout schedule and not miss a workout this week. For me, a few minutes after beginning a workout, I feel like there is no point to what I’m doing and that my form/effort is crap so I might as well stop. I want to get out of my headspace and get past putting myself down before I even try.

Also my goal for this week is to reorganize my baby’s clothes (put away summer clothes, out with autumn clothes) and doing some personal maintenance on myself lol (quarantine life).

Anyone with similar goals? How about some of your goals? Would love to hear them

Nora

umhadi022017 wrote: »

Tuesday - Goals:
CW/HW: 211 lbs
GW: 120lbs

My goal for this week is to stick to my workout schedule and not miss a workout this week. For me, a few minutes after beginning a workout, I feel like there is no point to what I’m doing and that my form/effort is crap so I might as well stop. I want to get out of my headspace and get past putting myself down before I even try.

Also my goal for this week is to reorganize my baby’s clothes (put away summer clothes, out with autumn clothes) and doing some personal maintenance on myself lol (quarantine life).

Anyone with similar goals? How about some of your goals? Would love to hear them

Nora

Goals for this week(end) and next week - eat less! track! exercise! relax

Hi !
I have been doing horrible with food and weight this year. I have been walking daily 30-60 minutes but some weeks I eat out daily. I think my negative thinking inside my head is getting to me. I hate not being able to use gym... I choose not to go because they can’t get the patrons to follow the rules of the gym. Unfortunately, I’ve known way more people than I want to that have gotten sick from Covid and some who have died that I’m not willing to risk anything to use a treadmill or sit up machine. I just need to get motivated to do at home workouts.

So I'm not sure if anyone is still here, but maybe some people are lurking, so I will try to get the conversation going.

I'm Karen from Chicago, and I've been on MFP since 2011. I had been pretty active in this thread, but we decided to sell our house and buy a new one, so things got pretty busy. We've been in the new place about 7 months and we love it. It's not huge, but our last house was a tiny shoebox, so it feels palatial. A second bathroom and a garage make such a huge difference! Now we are mostly unpacked, and settled in with no big projects in the works until I'm off for the summer. (I'm a HS English teacher, for those who don't remember or are new here).

Like many of you, the pandemic has made life more difficult. I had been attending the gym regularly before it shut down last March, and though they are back open in our area, I'm not comfortable going until I'm fully vaccinated (got my first shot yesterday!!). All of the prepping the old house for sale, packing up and unpacking, then lots of cleaning and yard work at the new house kept me pretty active until the weather prevented outside activity. Between the end of October and January, I gained 9 lbs. Not a huge amount, but it put me up over 200 for the first time in years, so that was a bummer. At the beginning of January I started intermittent fasting and then after about two weeks of getting used to that eating schedule, I started logging food again here on MFP. I try to stay under 1500 net calories/day which I find much easier to accomplish when I'm only eating within an 8-10 hour window. So far I've lost 7.2 lbs, and I'm back under 200 as of yesterday (phew!).

For exercise, I walk my dog daily (except for days like today that are ridiculously cold), and a colleague and I do a squat challenge. I also just bought a balance board because I need something for my core. In the past, I did push ups and planks as core work, but after rehabbing two frozen shoulders, those exercises aren't a practical part of my workout routine. I like the board--sometimes I just stand on it while watching tv, but I also have been doing my squats on it as an added challenge. Once I get my second shot in mid-March, I may rejoin the gym so I can resume running which is my preferred form of exercise. I would love to believe it will be nice enough to run outside by then--if so, I will save my money and do that.

My goal going forward, is to get back to my previous low of about 185 by summer. If I can lose more from there--great! But if not, I know I was very healthy and happy when I maintained that weight for a couple of years.

I took a break over the holidays that went on for waaay to long and sadly I have lost some of my weight progress. But I am back at it now and hope for a strong start. I am strongly considering doing intermittent fasting. I would love to hear how it's worked for those who have tried it?
I hope I can shed a good amount of weight by summer. I had made such good progress and now kicking myself in the *kitten* for slacking off the way I did.

@skinnyjeanzbound - Karen Gunner is so handsome. Zeus did get adopted in Oct 2020 but was returned to rescue last week. With conflicting stories on why he was no longer wanted. He is going to stay at rescue for more observation.I may get another foster if I don’t get laid off in the next month.
Does fasting cause long term health issues? I’m interested in learning more.

Is this thread still going? Are we still supposed to post out SW GW and current weight? I missed being on here. I tried WW for a while bit was not getting anywhere, I'm sure it's not WW but the way I was using it or should I say NOT using it. Once I started back here on MFP I started seeing a slow and steady loss. I am also doing IF and it has really helped me a lot. I am hoping to stick to my goals and keep on moving, slow progress is still progress!

Starting over for hopefully the last time. I’ve got a long way to go and I’m learning to take it one day at a time. Starting weight also my heaviest 286
CW 277
GW125
Height 5’ on a good day lol
Looking for friends who are on a similar journey. I’m in it for the long haul. Trying to exercise 5 days a week. I do well with low carb or dirty keto. I have food sensitivities so I go by what works with me. I like fasting but it can send me into a binging fit so concentrating on calories and working out for now. I’m a good cheerleader too. Definitely love to spread positive vibes. 💜 Good luck 🍀

Last night was a rough one. I’ve been doing intermittent fasting 16:8 (eating from 11-7) but my husband ended up working late. So when he didn’t get home until after 7 we ended up having a super late dinner. I wanted to wait for him to eat, but what I ended up making was just so-so. I also had way more calories left than I realized but it was now 7:30 I was hungry and out of time and still had to bake an experimental sourdough loaf (trying out new flour). I gave myself a break and had an applesauce pouch to bring me up to 1200 calories after doing dishes at 8pm. But that bread came out of the oven at 9pm and it smelled so good (I love fresh bread) but I just got another cup of tea...finished my movie and eventually went to bed. I’m so proud of myself!!! I made it and didn’t binge when my husband went outside to do yard work or to go for a walk!!

@aimeemarie150 I completely understand!! I know most of my problems are mental (I know how to eat healthy and how to lose weight) and yet it seems like I just don’t want to when I’m in a slide. Or I know that I have to start being good at some point so I might as well get in all the “bad food/behavior” now.

Anyways we are both back on track and doing well!! Keep up the good work. You can do it.

I'm here because I need to lose over 140 pounds. I was on track and depression and 2020 kicked in. Now I'm even more over weight than before. Just wanted to kind of find a community of people that understand the difficulty of facing that much weightloss.

Hi everyone. I used to be a part of this thread a while ago but then I had my daughter and life just got in the way. I was excited when I just saw this thread pop up. I wonder if any of the original members are still here!

A little about me. I came back to MFP about a month ago after being diagnosed with some health issues. I am 34 days in and am down 15 lbs - though MFP is only recognizing 5 lbs. I cannot figure out why. I am thrilled with my progress so far!