Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

@karen- I will probably use the gym in winter but won’t be able to have same routine. Because the gym is 15-20 mins away from my house. I am sure we all already know what we need to do but either we don’t have right motivation, will power or accountability. Thanks for sharing your insight and struggles. Like you my ideal weight for height should be 108-146 probably weighted that in 9th grade the 146.

Holly
Minneapolis MN
Age 48
Single mom of deceased child and dog mom.
I love walking and watching tv🤷🏻‍♀️
Highest weight ever 283
Re-starting weight May 2021
280
Current goal 260
Long term goal 200
Current weight 262.5

I also am not focused on the right things. I don’t eat real healthy because I also am not a fan or cooking (for just one person). I tend to eat a lot of pre-packaged things.
I do get on craving kicks but instead of just 1 to settle the craving it turns into many. Example craving chinese instead of having it for dinner 1 night I will have it multiple nights. Then I get mad that I did that.
I also get excited for things like new work outs but if I don’t see the scale move I get annoyed and revert to old behavior.
This weekend me and my dog have walked 10 miles just in our daily routine. Not to bad🙂. Plank challenge I forgot what day I am on for I missed a few but still at 40 seconds.

Sorry I've been MIA. We went away to Delaware for the week. We had such a great time. The townhouse we rented had a clubhouse with a full gym. The gym had picture windows surrounding it and overlooked the bay. Not only did I have a great selection of machines to choose from I had a wonderful view. I found myself often watching the blue heron who lived there every morning when I was at the gym. We arrived Saturday late afternoon - I was able to get my workout in at home before we left. I went to the gym Sunday -Friday. I skipped going Saturday morning before we left because I promised my daughter I would take her to the clubhouse one more time to play ping pong. While there we went on a dolphin whale watch, to a water park, the beach, walked the towns and did a lot of swimming in the pools. My daughter is asking to go back. She says next year she wants "to go back to Delaware and to Paris to see the Eiffel tower." LOL As far as eating goes... I did my best to make healthy options when we ate at restaurants. I definitely ate things I normally wouldn't eat but ate them in moderation.

I weighed in this morning and discovered I have officially hit that 50lb loss mark! Wahoo. I am extremely proud of myself.

Here are my stats for the month.
Starting weight: 270 March 2021

August Start Weight: 225.8
August Goal Weight: 220
Ultimate Goal Weight: TBD

I weigh in on Sundays.

August 1: 225.8
August 8: 224.2
August 15: 224.2
August 22 222.2
August 29:220.6
August 31: 218.4


I somehow managed to pass my August goal weight! However I failed on the plank challenge. I've come to the conclusion that this just is not the right time for me with that. I may try again down the road.

Starting weight: 270 March 2021
Total loss to date: 51.6

September Start Weight: 218.4
September Goal Weight: 214
Ultimate Goal Weight: TBD

September 4:
September 11:
September 17:
September 24:

I don't have any set goals for the month. My intentions are to continue doing what I am doing.

I am a few pounds away from my lowest weight on here my last go on here. That is when I became pregant with my daughter. I cannot believe I am almost there already! I may just be a little bit excited about this!

@mnwalkingqueen -- I tend to eat a lot of pre-packaged foods for my lunches, but I try to buy healthier options. I really like the Lean Cuisine Power Bowls. They are high protein and also have lower carb options--they tend to fill me up. There's an Italian chicken sausage and peppers one that is delicious! I also like Gilbert's Chicken Sausage which come in single servings and different flavors. I will bring that with some cottage cheese. A yogurt and granola bar or fiber one brownie to snack on during my afternoon plan period is usually enough for me (unless someone brings cookies, donuts, etc.).

@JNettie73 -- How exciting that you are almost to your previous low weight! I've had buffalo cauliflower, and it is soooo good! I used to make a really yummy quinoa salad with asparagus, chick peas, and goat cheese. I need to make that again soon. Quinoa is one of my favorite foods, but I haven't cooked it lately.

AFM--What a crazy, busy week! Monday I had a hair appointment. Tuesday, Gunner had PT, and then I had to drop him off and head to a wake for a colleague's father who passed away from cancer. Thursday was our Curriculum Night at school. And Friday I had plans with friends for dinner. Wednesday, the weather was gorgeous, and I left work with the intention of doing my 4-mile walk at least one day during the workweek. Alas, Gunner had a really bad "pooptastrophe" all over our kitchen floor. He gets stress induced colitis due to his age and sometimes has accidents, but this was on a whole new level. It took my husband and I over 3 hours to get it all cleaned up. I will spare you the gory details, but let's just say a throw rug met its fate, and there was an air vent involved. On the plus side, he was very good not to track it all over the house or on any soft surfaces that would be hard to clean (except for the aforementioned throw rug).

The weekend was much better. Saturday, I met a friend out for dinner, and Sunday we went to my husband's sister's because her son was visiting with his wife and kids. I only did a quick 1 mile walk when we got home, but this morning I did almost 4 miles before we went to our friends' house for an early dinner. She made chicken limone, and I brought sausage and peppers, so it was good that I burned some extra calories before the meal.

Happy to see I'm back in the 194 range, and working to keep the scale going in that direction. Just over 2 weeks until I leave for CA and Ohana Fest. I'm cautiously excited, but still a little worried that something will happen to cancel the festival at the last minute. Even if that happens, we will still go see our friends in Temecula, but it would be a bummer not to get to go to the festival.


Karen
51 years old
5'7"
SW = 247 (March 2011)
Weight on 1/1/2021 = 207.4
GW: 185 (my previous low)

7/2/21 = 195.2
7/9/21 = 195.2
7/16/21 = (vacation)
7/23/21 = 195.8
7/31/21 = 195.2
8/6/21 = 194.8
8/13/21 = 194
8/20/21 = 196:(
8/27/21 = 195.4
9/3/21 = 194.6

Hey Hey Hey-
So Sunday I went back to the state fair and weather was great so that is why I will probably gain this week. Lots of craft beer and cider the food was always shared by my friend and I.

@karen- Thanks for the ideas with food. Hope Gunner feels better and PT helps him. Music festival so fun.
@neffyworld-those are some great goals.

JNettie73 wrote: »

Those are fantastic goals. What would you do to celebrate your birthday?

This is my list:
Get hair dyed
Pedicure
Box of donuts
Egg Inc Piggy Bank unlocked
Sleep over with Maria. Food- oven chips, pizza, salsa, guacamole and corn chips, chocolate covered strawberries, grapes, tomato juice
Alcohol
Go to Christian store
New dress

I probably won't do all of it.

Saturday- I am 114.6kg, down from 117kg :-)

@mnwalkingqueen -- Holly, sounds like a fun time at the fair! I gave you bad info before; the Power Bowls I rally like are made by Healthy Choice, not Lean Cuisine. That being said, I do also like some of the LC meals.

@JNettie73 -- That's so great about your glucose! I always worry about diabetes because it runs in my family, but so far I've never had a problem with it. I do have hereditary high cholesterol, and just had some genetic testing that confirmed it's genetic and not based on what I'm eating. I have an appointment with a lipid specialist to discuss ways to manage it. I really don't want to go on statins (I was on them in my 30s and gained quite a bit of weight), so I'm going to see if there are other medications available. I know from experience that the only way to lower it through my diet is to eat EXTREMELY low carb, and that's just not sustainable for me, long term. Congrats on our SV too-I agree, any loss is a loss!

AFM--doing okay this past week. Definitely less busy that the week before. We had a department luncheon on Thursday. We plan themed lunches, now and then, and this one was salads. Sounds healthy, and the main courses were, for the most part, but there are always a few people who bring the sweets, and of course, we know I can't resist those. Needless to say, Thursday and Friday were not great days food-wise, but I at least managed to stay under maintenance. The weekend was much better because I got in some exercise both days--yard work Saturday and a 4 mile walk today.

I also only saw a small loss last week, but I'll take it.

Karen
51 years old
5'7"
SW = 247 (March 2011)
Weight on 1/1/2021 = 207.4
GW: 185 (my previous low)

7/2/21 = 195.2
7/9/21 = 195.2
7/16/21 = (vacation)
7/23/21 = 195.8
7/31/21 = 195.2
8/6/21 = 194.8
8/13/21 = 194
8/20/21 = 196:(
8/27/21 = 195.4
9/3/21 = 194.6
9/10/21 = 194.2

Good Evening!
I actually lost 1lb vs gaining like I thought I would. Took Riley to state park walking in woods on a trail this past weekend with some old co-workers and their dogs we are going to make it a bi- weekly event. My friend gave me quinoa for first time on Saturday, she mixed it with pesto, celery, onion, apple and some chicken pieces. Must say it was good. Yesterday, I took my friend out for bday dinner and ate way to much.

@JNettie73- Congrats on glucose numbers. Hope the best for next blood work results.
@karen-Thanks for clarification on power bowls.
@neffyworld-we all have those days don’t be to hard on yourself tomorrow is new day.

@AmberlyMarlene I've got some of my favourite songs on youtube, so I put on apple tv and sing and dance to them. I'm not sure how many calories it burns off, but I'm out of breath! I don't really have money to do other activites or join the gym. I have some available through mental health services, but I have a cold that just won't leave! Would love to go swimming again.

Hey, returning to MFP! Got 140lbs to lose and look forward to receiving/providing encouragement

@neffyworld that's all fantastic. Congrats and keep up the good work!

Wow I have missed some great things.

@neffyworld -WTG with the steps and dancing. I am not to familiar with how ytube works but do they have free fitness videos you could do to change things up.
@karen- That is horrific joke glad all was okay and that your kids listened so well. Enjoy your trip have fun and be safe.
@AmberlyMarlene -Happy Birthday 🥳 Celebrating is hard you made good choices.
@janicelsullivan- welcome back

AFM- Working on better choices in food. Little annoyed at scale not moving much for walking twice a day for over 30 minutes but know it’s because of my eating. This past week I ate a lot of bad crap due to son’s death anniversary and 2 birthday dinners. I guess that I haven’t gotten the eating feelings thing under control yet. My dad’s death anniversary is coming up I am going to try hard not to pig out that day.
I am going to try and do has many fun run/walks that I can most are still virtual. I am going to work towards actually being able to run one in 2022. I used to run the mile and 4x100 in high school but haven’t ran as an adult so will have to work my way to that.
Riley and I used to walk from 7-8pm daily right now it is 7:35pm and completely pitch dark outside. Now, trying to figure out a new night time routine. We are still walking from 6-6:30 am it is mostly in the dark and we only walk our block in morning.
Going hiking at Fort Snelling this Sunday with old co-workers we are going to try different state parks and local hiking trails bi weekly.

Hi everybody. It's been a little over a month now since I started this journey and I'm happy to say I've done pretty good so far. I appreciate all the motivation and support from you all. It motivates me when I see my friends workout info come up on my feed. I wish everyone the best and have a good week!!

Ashton
33 yrs old
5' 9"
SW: 271
CW: 251
GW: 175

I'm glad this thread is still here, 10 years after my first go around, even though I'm not too thrilled about needing to be here again! Hi all!