Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Welcome back @bapcarrier - Dang that restaurant food! Tastes so good. So easy to get a hold of. So bad for your weight! .. It's good that you are now at the stage after great stress inducers to start taking care of yourself again.

AFM ... I had a big weight loss this week ... which just, really, puts me back to where I was once before ... and might be because of the hard work I've been doing as I start my journey to move from my snug little ranch to an apartment for senior citizens. I am taking over grocery shopping bags of stuff that will allow me to more comfortably to the prep work of the apartment before any of my stuff starts getting moved in. ... And as it's just me doing this, I use my wheeled walker to move the stuff from the apartment parking lot up to my apartment and the seat only holds 2 shopping bags at a time ... plus it's a lot more walking just to get to the apartment from the car than I ever do on a daily basis in my snug home. ... All to the good, I say, because while it tires me out completely, it is also better for me physically. I just need to pace myself and let it take the triple or quadruple time that it takes than what I think it ought to take. .. Having real estate people come in the end of next week to start the selling process.

Age: 77
5'3" tall
Highest weight: 278 lb
Goal weight: 175 lb
1/1/22 : 233.0
1/29/22: 230.8
2/05/22: 229.2
2/12/22: 229.0
2/18/22: 225.2

This weeks cooking plans are to use as much of what I have on hand as I can instead of grocery shopping for fresh stuff. The more I use up now, the less I have to move to the apartment. So ... On todays menu is a marinated half broiled chicken with little potatoes and carrots and a romaine salad. That will make enough food for a couple of days worth of main meals. Breakfast for me is always either eggs or some porridge, and rarely a cold cereal ... so not worth talking about as far as recipes go. I also have some of that soup left over that I call SHE ... and there is frozen fish to use up because it's been in the freezer a couple of months already. ... Wild Salmon, Haddock, and a whole carcass of fish leavings to make a fish broth out of.

Saturday Weigh In results ...
Age: 77
5'3" tall
Highest weight: 278 lb
Goal weight: 175 lb
1/1/22 : 233.0
1/29/22: 230.8
2/05/22: 229.2
2/12/22: 229.0
2/18/22: 225.2 --oops, 2/19/22
2/26.22: 224

I hit a goal during the week .. on Thursday morning, 2/23 .. I hit 223.0 on the scale ... and so now I have set my next mini goal to be reaching 218 on the scale. Don't know how long it will take, but that's not important .. what is important is that I have a new goal to work towards.

Feeling very worried about what is happening in the world. I have family 'over there' where there is current war activity. Praying for 'no war'.

On a positive note ... I have an offer on the property I am selling as I move on to more appropriate housing for my age and health.

Have a good week everyone ... Stay well, healthy, happy, and on track!

@skinnyjeanzbound Thank you! We'll be moving the last week of March, but are really going at the packing and spackling now so that it won't be so hectic. Good job on reaching the 180s!

@bapcarrier (((hugs))) I'm so sorry for the tragedies and losses you've been through.

Good job on everybody's progress. Sorry I haven't been on much lately. I've been packing and the internet plan has changed (which prompted MFP platform to just not work for me for awhile). Guess it got sorted. I can't really log (I still cook though it takes me half an hour to find stuff) but still trying to guess my calories. I hope to finally get enough room between rows of boxes to exercise. I want to really help load the truck and not have it take forever. It's like my own Rocky session this month.

@nsk1951- Congrats 🎉 on the goal. I will keep your family in my prayers.
@bapcarrier- This app does weird stuff all the time. Prayers for you with all the grief you have to work through.Your headed the right way with the 6 lb loss.
@MrsHermit- Sorry to hear of internet frustrations. Sounds like moving is going good.
@Karen- Great job with getting to the gym. You will get on track with the food.

AFM- It has been nice here in Minnesota the last three days and I have been able to go outside for a walk every day. I have been eating at home more and realized I don’t have enough dishes to eat 3 meals at home daily with out a bunch of washing weekly. I guess my water bill will just be higher 🙂. It is funny went grocery shopping Sunday my fridge and freezer is full but cupboards are bare, guess I don’t eat much cupboard stuff🤷🏻‍♀️.

Hi @Pamela_June ... I hope you find your way back here and read this ... because I believe I know how you can 'get back to some comments' that you made over the past ... Try clicking on your name in the post and a pop up ought to appear where you can go to your profile. There you ought to see a count of the number of discussions and such and if you click on that it opens up a list of them. ...
... That's actually new from how I did it when I was on MFP a few years ago ... at that time we used the search function. ...

@skinnyjeanzbound I hope you are happy with your efforts towards your four week goal. I have a similar goal (date a few weeks from now, want to weigh less than now) but haven't been losing weight lately. I'll keep trying but I'll just stay firm in at least not gaining too much.

@mnwalkingqueen Almost everything is packed! Now to finish up (that last bit seems to take forever), hope it all fits, and hope we don't hurt ourselves moving.

@nsk1951 We're moving too, at least you have some help moving a little! I hope your view from your new penthouse is nice : ) We will have to go much faster in our move - just a few hours to load then drive for days. Do pace yourself when moving!

Anyone on this thread who is trying to lose a lot of weight feel free to FR me (plz let me know you saw this post). I’m 44 and trying to lose 190 pounds. Used to be a runner (daily 5-10k with Sundays off) and even completed a 1/2 marathon. I also used to swim 3 miles almost every single day. A while back I broke my patella (knee cap) and shortly after was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that caused joint inflammation and chronic pain. I got depressed and continued eating like I was still running, swimming, and lifting daily….and here I am…44 years old, 5’8”, and 340.1 pounds. I recently bought a higher end treadmill and am doing incline walking and no incline very lite jogging. I am also doing a lower carb diet but not following a specific diet (keto, atkins, etc)…anyhow…if any of you are looking for someone who is going through it too…feel free to FR me as I mentioned. I’m on here daily and since I work from home and make my own schedule I am also active here (not just logging in daily) but like most I have days where I cannot be as active due to RL obligations. I’m any event, I hope you all hit your goals, develop and maintain healthy habits and stay well!

Checking in…
This week has been a little emotional here in MN we are constantly bouncing between a feels like temp of almost 40 to -4 feeling a little defeated. Also why when it comes to being obese no one notices 30lb weight loss, atleast no one I know notices it on me. I can notice it in my clothing though.
@the movers😉..Be safe moving to your new homes and take it slow and easy don’t over do it.

@nsk1951 - CONGRATS 🎉 on the loss. Sorry to hear you ran out of time with packing.

AFM:
I met my first goal since working harder on being healthier. I walked 8 miles this weekend towards my Sesame Street Challenge.
I am Holly live in Minneapolis MN this month I will be 49.
Highest weight 280
Current weight 250
Short term goal 240
Long term goal 200 (what I weighed after giving birth 25 yrs ago.)
For my I don’t post weight weekly for I learned last time I was on here that if I don’t lose one week everyone seeing that makes me feel ashamed. I know there is no reason to be it is just me judging myself.

OSW: 366 lbs
CSW:310.7
2022 GW: 280
UGW: 180

Weighed in today at 310.7. Glad to see that I haven't put much weight back on since I had to let my personal trainer go. It's been a hard slog this week with school and I have a major project due on Thursday, so I'm going to have to double down with the time management in the next couple of days. I'm going to insist on getting a workout in the morning, though, even if it's just chair yoga, if that's all my body will let me do.

Bit about me: 32 year old student taking Community Support Work. From Manitoba, Canada. Fur papa to two silly cats. I've been trying to lose the weight for years, ever since I injured myself 7 years ago and put it all on. I also have Arthritis in every joint in my body so I'm working closely with a rheumatologist to try and get that under control so my body behaves like it's 32 instead of 70.

Can't wait to keep getting to know you all!

Managed to make it through the weekend! Forgot to phone the rheum though today so will have to wait until tomorrow as the office is closed. My knee was especially persnickety today.

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@nsk1951- sorry to hear about your balance issue and falls. I hope you didn’t hurt yourself to badly. I pray that you figure out a cause.
@missionalman- welcome to the group. Hope your knee is feeling better.
@karen- Hope all is going good for you.
@MrsHermit - Congrats at your loss too. I guess all that matters is that we know how much we have accomplished.

I have just been so focused on work,walking dog, eating before 7pm and relaxing that I forget check in here. I was excited for the false spring but like normal the cold and possible snow is back.
This weekend is going to be food ruff for me but celebrations like this are only once a year…yep birthday time again. Good thing I hate cake but I am sure a slice cheesecake factory will be available.

Saturday Weigh In results ...
Age: 77
5'3" tall
Highest weight: 278 lb
Goal weight: 175 lb
1/1/22 : 233.0
1/29/22: 230.8
2/05/22: 229.2
2/26.22: 224
3/5/22: 225.8
3/12/22: 223.6
3/19/22: 222.5
3/26/22: 223.4
Well, a small gain this week and not one that is a surprise, beyond being pleased that it was not more of a one.
When I was wrapping up a top of fridge cupboard that I wasn’t able to access on my own for the past several years we came across a sealed glass ginger jar filled with wrapped sugar drop candies; the kind with different flavored centers that you pop into your mouth as suckers. This type of sweet is one that was ever present in my parents home and carried over to mine as well. I don’t purchase candies any longer and forgot all about this jar of them. We took off the seal on that jar of sweet treats and divided them amongst the households represented that day. My portion ended up being a daily treat until I finally tired of the physical effect all that pure sugar consumption had on me. Yet it was, even then, an expenditure of considerable effort to let them be instead of reaching into the jar to pull out a fistful of 5-7 candies to suck and crunch on that day (it half day).
The packing and moving will be complete by this coming Thursday or Friday morning, as the closing and handing over of house keys is set for then. Not a moment too soon, either!

To everyone posting on this thread, I hope you have a happy, safe, and ‘well done’ week.

Saturday Weigh In results ...
Age: 77
5'3" tall
Highest weight: 278 lb
Goal weight: 175 lb
1/1/22 : 233.0
1/29/22: 230.8
2/26.22: 224
3/26/22: 223.4
4/2/22: ??
This past week, I had a doctor appointment with the new medical office at my new residence and they weighed me with full street clothes and shoes on! I never kept my shoes on before! Also, I prefer my morning weight before eating and drinking ... and that was not the case that day either. However, the weight their scale showed lines up with what I would think my weight would be given those circumstances .. and I am going to work on that for the month of April, as I have a follow up on May 3 and will once again be weighed with a full belly, lots of clothes, and shoes ... My goal is to be 5 pounds lighter than I was on their scale at my first appointment. The weight on the doctors office scale had me at 228 even.
I didn't weigh-in today because I could not find my scale ... it's still in one of the boxes that I have to unpack from my final move of possessions from yesterday.
The house no longer belongs to me and as I took a video of it while walking through the grounds and rooms for the last time, I thanked it for all the happy years it sheltered me and provided a comfortable place to call my home. I hope the people who will next call it home have as much happiness there as I did, and that they care for the it as well as they would take care of themselves. One day I might visit it, but it won't be anytime soon because I really feel the sadness of leaving the place I lived in for longer than anywhere else in my existence. I am grateful that it was mine for almost 29 years. I am grateful that I have found a fitting place for my current age and health and pray that this new abode treats me as tenderly as my Rustic Ranch did.

I hope everyone has a great week ... with warming weather and more sunshine, with good intentions carried through and a feeling of accomplishment and self worth in a healthy zone.

Yes, @mnwalkingqueen... My house sold the first day and closed 30 days later.
Hope your move went well @MrsHermit
hope Spring Break comes quick for you @skinnyjeanzbound

Saturday Weigh-IN ..
Nope, not this Saturday either.
Not to break a trend, except that I simply forgot to do it. I feel the same in my body, except that I am on the 'hold it' instead of 'let it rip' side of the IBS thingy; plus my clothes are fitting the same ... baggy and loose and telling me to get out of that comfort zone with then and change to a smaller size.

There was in interesting article from MFP about how often people should weigh themselves in this morning emails. Just the think I needed to remind me that I forgot to do it ...

The article talked about the various ways we can measure our food intake and the pros/cons of each method. I think I have been, actually, following the 'my plate' method of keeping track of what I eat. I do go on MFP and log the food and have noticed that, over time, my plates are starting to line up with my calorie allowance ... but only if I eat just 2 meals a day plus a small snack in the evening. Whatever works for you is the method you ought use.

Yesterday I had a bone density DEXA Scan at my new medical facility. It was of my spine and hips. According to the results, I fall into the 'low normal' for both and that my chance of having a fracture of the hip or spine is low over the next 10 years. Good to know, because as I age, my balance is worsening and I need to be more careful. There are balancing exercises I have seen on YouTube, and I have done some of them at some times, but am not very regular or disciplined about exercise ... maybe there is a group I can find at the Y around the corner ... something to help me get into the habit of doing them more often than I do.

@mnwalkingqueen I can empathize with you on wanting warmer weather! Seems like I'm cold all the time lately. Good going on getting in some of those movements. I've always read 'start small, be consistent in doing it, increase slowly' ...

I hope anyone and everyone who reads this thread has a great upcoming week. Make it SO!