Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

hey ladies, I am so sorry that I have been off the grid… I have been fighting with the city to plow my alley,so tired of not being able to go places because I can’t get out my alley. I tend to isolate and shut down and eat like crap more. It’s been a hell of a winter and at times I’ve been thinking of leaving Minnesota all together but then that brings me stress. I read through all your post and lots of insightful information.
@JNettie73- Great photos and planters
@nsk1951- Love seeing your process of working through your weight.

@JNettie73 - great job sticking to your fake routine. I hope your shoulder feels better soon hey, I’m just checking in… I am so happy that it warmed up enough here that the city actually plowed the alley after complaining every day for a week. So weird I could actually leave my house today and I didn’t actually go anywhere because I didn’t have anything to do, I’m so used to having to stay at home lol
So I’m not sure if anybody else here is into Broadway shows but if the Broadway show Tina comes to your town and you like Tina Turner music it’s a great play. At least in Minnesota it was extremely reasonable. It was less than $50 a ticket. Most places aren’t that cheap, so I’m thinking that most of the actors are not super famous.
Anyway, onto Fitness information I know I’ve gained weight because my pants are tighter and I’m refusing to step on the scale because I know it will take my mind into a “F” it mode.
so I just realize that I need to really work on my mind frame or should I say frame of mind. I’m going to be searching my Roku for workout videos to do because pacing from my garage to my front gate is getting really boring. I’m so ready for spring summer and fall.

NSV alert!!! Yesterday's workout is a full body toning one. A lot of lunges combined with weights. One portion of the workout we do push-ups. These have always been really challenging for me. My entire life I have never been able to do one. The first set yesterday I was able to do 6 modified push-ups, the second set I was able to do 10 modified ones. I am so excited. It is an amazing feeling to see how I am progressing.

Over the weekend we went shopping. I treated myself to some ankle weights and new resistance tubes. I used the ankle weights during my bike the other day. It really made a difference. A half hour into my workout I began to get tired!

@nsk1951
Happy happy birthday!
That is nice that you were able to talk with your sister. Does she live close to you? Do you get to see her very often? I can understand how mobility and socialization would be your primary focus at the moment. With spring finally here and things starting to warm up I hope you are able to get outdoors a little more frequently and get that sunshine on your face!

@mnwalkingqueen
I am glad to hear that you were finally plowed! How much longer do you have until you no longer get snow by you? Sorry to hear about the weight gain. I know how frustrating that must be for you. That is a great idea of finding some workouts on Roku.

It's a good thing I started that 100-day weigh in challenge.
I'm not posting on the thread but I am keeping up the chart in my personal document on my desktop. My personal week ends on Saturday this year, so there are a few more days to go, however I weighed in for 8 days so far and am close to target for what goals I set for myself. I want to lose 1 lb a week and still need to work on my approach but am close.

Now it's a matter of adjusting my food intake and energy expenditure to come into line so that I have better success.

What I have realized by tracking my meals and my daily weight is that ... when I wasn't doing it, as long as the weight was lower than the last time I'd stepped on the scale I was content and often times was giving myself to the go-ahead to eat with more abandon; because, after all, I HAD lost some ounces! ... GEE-WHIZ, that approach is not a winner!.

Just popping in to say hi!

My goals for April
- Spend more time outdoors
- Increase my water intake
- Measure and log all my meals - I have been horrible with this
- Begin to increase my weights that I use during my workouts
I have not decided if I am going to start using my ankle weights as well. I will decide about that as the month goes on

It's been a month since I have been doing my Gilad workouts. I am really proud of my progress. I took progress pictures yesterday however last Friday I dropped my phone and broke it. I can still use my phone but I cant see things on the right side of the screen. My new phone comes on Tuesday. I have not set up my comparison pictures yet because I cant see them. LOL I also have not taken my body measurements yet. TOM arrived yesterday and I was feeling a little bloated. I am going to wait until the bloat goes down to take those. I am really curious if there are any changes in my measurements. As far as the scale... we are not friends at the moment. LOL

It's been a few weeks since I have been as compliant as possible with WFPBNO. (Just a reminder WFPBNO is whole food plant based no oil). It's a vegan way of eating but even stricter with no processed foods, I limit salt and sugar usage and do not use any added oil. I get my fats from whole plant-based sources such as nuts, seeds, avocado. I have to say becoming more strict with my diet combined with the new exercise routine has done wonders for me. I feel even better than before. I feel a lot stronger and my energy levels have increase. I've been sleeping better. I am finding things that used to irritate me in the past roll off my back now. I feel happier than I have ever been. (Even with the scale not cooperating with me)

One last point that I have noticed. My blood sugars have been fantastic. I only test once a day, my fasting blood glucose level. It has consistently been anywhere between 100-106 for a few months. Since really focusing on my diet and compliancy my numbers have been ranging from 85-95. This makes me really excited for my next doctor appointment in June. I am really curious what my A1C will be when I get the results of my lab work. Though, I do have to break the news to my doctor that I have not been taking my medication since the end of November.

@nsk1951
Yes! I know exactly what you mean. I find I start doing well then I give myself a little grace and stop losing all over again. I've been so terrible with weighing out my food and logging it. I know I said it before but I really need to focus on doing that again. When I do I see the best results.

Congrats on joining the new challenge and losing a pound. That is fantastic! I wish you the best with your new challenge!

@JNettie73 ... Isn't amazing how even our posture changes when we are more trim and feeling good! Keep up the good work.

It's been a while since I went grocery shopping. When I look back on my log I last shopped for groceries a month ago ... but todays fixed that because I shopped not once, but twice! ... And, because I hadn't gone in so long there was a lot of fresh food for the fridge to buy and some things for the pantry and rest of the house. Thank goodness my pantry is well stocked with the necessities of a well balanced plate of food. It also helped that I am working really hard on making my food be satiating instead of 'hanger?" provoking ... you know, those meals that leave you feeling like something is lacking, or that make you want food again within an hour or two ...

Today I commemorate the birth anniversary of my mother, who was born 104 years ago. Today, I am already 3 years older than she had been when she passed away. This has, in the past, been a very hard month for me emotionally because it is the month I also commemorate mom's final unexpected illness and death, plus the end of the lingering death my father finally ended near the end of the month when it was his turn to 'go'. Plus so many other commemorations for other milestone events, births, deaths .. and Easter! ... The most beautiful and saddest week ever! ...

Yep .. It's a good thing I didn't bring any Easter candy into the house. Nor any other sweets or treats! ... Whole foods only and the raw makings of meals that take time to put together. ... That'll keep me busy until the next month rolls around.

Happy Easter to those who believe and celebrate.

hey everybody, I am just checking in it has been a while. And honestly there’s no real reason. I just became extremely depressed due to the weather that all I wanted to do was sit on my couch and watch TV. But the snow has finally melting. well, at least in my yard it’s all gone. I have been able to go outside in just tennis shoes for the last three days and I’ve went walking 3 miles plus each day with my dog. I am starting to get back to my old self.
@JNettie73 - I love your progress photos. That is something that I need to do. You look amazing and you’ve been doing such a great job with your goals. High five.
@nsk1951 - it sounds like you and me have a lot in common when it comes to our diet triggers or should I say food triggers I don’t really use the word diet because I’m not trying to go on a diet I just want to eat healthier. Congratulations on the loss of the weight this week.

Saturday Weigh-In ..
I'm in a reflective mood this morning. Going back over all the old charts and logs I've kept since starting this weight-loss journey so long ago. I found a note on the date 12/30/2011 .. "Joined MyfittnessPal" ... and then again on 9/24/2013 ..."Back to MFP logging again" ... and then on 4/13/2018 ,,,"MFP website issues, deleted account. will track another way". .. but now I am back at it and have been back on a few months with little or no success ... but I am still working at it and I will continue to do so. I will NOT give up trying.

Today's report is that my weight is down. 0.06 pounds over last week. ... My goal is 1 pound a week. And yes, I ate too much and also quite a bit of it was the 'wrong food for me'. ... today will be better.

@nsk1951- I am in the same boat starting and restarting many times since 2011. During that time frame, my lowest to 238 in my highest was a little bit over a year ago at 285. My goal has always been 200. This time around is the first time that after losing 20 or 25 pounds I just stop the process altogether. The things I’ve done different this time around is not give up any of the foods I like to eat. I am down 34 pounds as of Saturday. I know over Christmas I gained about 10 or 15 pounds that I’m still trying to take off but I’m feeling pretty great otherwise.
@JNettie73- I so agree. After doing the 500 mile Sesame Street challenge last year it seems so weird when I wasn’t walking. I’ve actually in the last year started liking to go outside in the winter as long is the area is plowed and shoveled properly. I found this videos of women who are over 50 doing five different exercises with each exercise for a minute. I’ve been trying to do a different routine every two weeks.
AFM- so I’m still struggling with eating too much sodium. I had fallen off the good eating habits over my birthday. Lots of burgers, cheese curds, fried mushrooms, Chinese, oh, and we can’t forget an entire small Keylime cheesecake pie from this really awesome chocolate place by my house that’s only a few things that I had during that time. Oh, and I had donuts on my birthday not just one I think three. Yes this is why it’s still taking me forever to lose the 10 pounds. I gained over Christmas. However, I’m being accountable this time around in the past, I would say out loud well I don’t know how that could’ve happened I was eating what I should be eating… This time hell no you know how this happened you ate like crap for two entire weeks

@mnwalkingqueen
Oh my goodness, the key lime cheese cake sounds amazing. I love key lime! I really have to see if I can create a vegan version of it for special occasions. LOL

I can relate on the eating. Last week my SIL was here visiting. It was not so much of what I ate but how much I ate. My glucose stayed within range the entire time she was here because I was still eating on plan. We went out to eat once every day she was here. Of course we ordered appetizers and breads for the table that I gladly ate to hold me over until my food came. I gained 7 lbs in the 5 days she was here. Clearly I have not mastered the social eating struggle yet. UGH. It took me a week just to shed 5 of those 7.

We did not do our food shopping trip this past weekend because we were out and about doing fun things then had to take her to the airport. Being my husband and I share a car between his work schedule and mine there is not an ideal time to go during the week. Our refrigerator is looking quite empty and I have been struggling with trying to determine what to make for dinner. I'm not used to it not being filled with fresh veggies and fruits. I have been finding myself reaching for some of my daughter's school snacks to hold me over during the day. These are definitely not compliant. Thankfully we are going shopping tomorrow.

@LilRock25
Welcome! Be sure to pop back in from time to time and share how things are going. You can bookmark our thread to help you find it easier. I always get really excited when more people join us. I hope you enjoy it here and stay!

Hi @LilRock25 ...welcome. Like JNettie said .. I hop e you enjoy it and stay. ... This thread currently has very few folks who come on here about once a week or less. But we do love to follow along with how we are doing. .. And always happy to have more input from other folks on this weigh-loss journey. ...

AFM (as for me) .. I've been thinking lately about how our eating patterns/stated goals have evolved over the time we have been visiting this (here) thread. ... I know that when I first started, I was all gung-ho to simply lose weight by any means possible. I was so desperate to be slimmer and wished for it to happen as instantly as possible. ... I truly hoped that along the way I would also learn how to gauge my food choices better; both in types of consumables and in portion sizes. .. I wanted weight loss, but I also found out pretty quickly that I wasn't eating to the best of my own advantage! ... I can remember the days of trying to stay in a low calorie mode by severely limiting the foods I was allowing and then would end up not being able to keep within bounds when I ate something more savory/satiating/different! ...

Now a days, I hear and see so much about the newer 'diet' trends .. even the grocery store pre-packaged foods are all following the trends. But I don't want to be trendy when it comes to my food. I simply want to get the most nutrients I can from the selections I make based on my dietary needs, tastes, and budget!

The hardest part of it I have is making up/deciding on which 'recipes' I will actually prepare. And meal planning! That's always been a huge issue for me ... I cook for a family of 1 and end up eating a lot of left over meals that, to me, never taste as good reheated than they did the day they were cooked.

So, I still struggle .. if it isn't one thing, it's another!

Hi Ladies,
I recognize some of you from being part of this thread years ago. I lurk on here and read your posts frequently. I’m still here, but am not a confident poster.

Definitely slow and tortuous!

@JNettie73- I totally understand not getting the out to eat part down yet. because I have been working so hard and not eating out as much I tend to over eat when I go out because I don’t get it as often. I know how determined you are and you will get that 7 pounds gone.

@nsk1951- you and me are definitely on the same wavelength lately. As I read your post about thinking back about when you first started here in your journey so far. Reminded me of when I first started. I just wanted to be skinny again which is ironic because I’ve never really been skinny. I wanted to be skinny and didn’t want to change anything at all so I spent most of my time trying to stay within my calorie range and eating all the crap food that I normally would eat. I have been doing that for several years and yeah, I’ll lose about 35 to 40 pounds and end up getting back about 50 or 60. It hasn’t been on until probably a month ago that I am like I don’t want to be skinny anymore. I just don’t want to eat crap constantly… I know if I choose healthier options that I will lose weight so I’ve been focusing on having at least two bags of frozen vegetables every day, or multiple servings of fresh vegetables and fruit. I learn from myself I have to just have one goal because when I have too much to focus on some of them fall by the wayside, and then they never get packed back up again. I also wonder sometimes why do you go to Sam’s Club and buy a huge bag of dark chocolate covered pretzel thins when you know dang well you don’t need that whole bag even if it takes you a month to eat it… It usually doesn’t take me a month probably like two weeks. I am right there with you also when it comes to cooking for one, I tried meal prepping for like a week and by the fourth day I was like this stuff taste like garbage after you have to re-cook it a second time.

@Melwillbehealthy- Hi!
@LilRock25 - congratulations on the loss


AFM: well, I went back on blood pressure medication, and it didn’t work. Now my doctor has put me on an additional medication and that is making me tired all the time and swelling in my feet and legs. I’m not sure if anyone here has ever went to a natural doctor - what I mean by that is probably more like a homeopathic doctor? My friend just went to a doctor like that to get a panel done for her hormones, and as she is balancing her hormones out, she is not having as many issues with her self in general anymore. It was something I was thinking about doing myself, and was just wondering if anybody’s had experiences with natural doctors.
This week I have also went back to counting calories even though it’s been a huge pain in the butt. I miss having the scanner but I’m not going to pay to have it. I realize that just keeping a food journal wasn’t really helping me because you can still over eat even if you’re eating good stuff, but I also don’t want to be counting calories the rest of my life. Hopefully once I get this eating figured out more I can have a better balance. I will say, though I’ve only went out to eat once as far as what I considered *kitten* food in the last two weeks. I was out shopping with my friend and she stopped at five guys and I had never been there before. I will say their french fries were extremely salty and I didn’t really care for them which is ironic and how I have high blood pressure when I can’t stand salty stuff but it’s because I was eating so much processed crap.