100 lb Journey

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gymgirl

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Hi! This is the first post in my weight loss diary. My plan is to lose 100 lbs hopefully by January 2012. My starting weight is 247.4, I am not sure of my body fat % or measurements; I'll have to figure that out tonight. I plan to post what I ate for the day and the workouts that I do each day. I am starting this diary so I have more accountability which will hopefully keep me more focused. I lost about 60 pounds a year and a half ago and have since gained it all back. My goal is to get below 150 lbs. I am not looking for any harsh criticism, just encouragement and a little butt kicking if I fall behind so please no nasty posts. I will post again tonight to give you all an update on how the first day went :)
- Thanks guys!!

I should prob give you a rundown of what I eat every day. Typically I have the same food during the day where it gets rough is dinner and the weekends...here is a typical weekday:

Bfast:
1/2 cup of oats
4 packets of Splenda
1/2 cup of skim milk
Coffee

10 am snack:
Hard-boiled egg

Lunch:
2oz chicken
hot pepper relish
90 calorie roll
water

3pm snack:
fat free yogurt
fruit

My BMR is about 1936 cals right now and I am trying to keep my calorie intake at around 1200/day. My cals during the day is usually around 800 cals depending on the type of fruit and yogurt I eat. So that leaves about 400 cals for dinner. This is where it gets rough for me, I am the hungriest at night/dinner time, I am usually busy at work and distracted so I don't notice hunger as easily. I am planning on working out 4-5 days a week with heavy cardio, I’m not sure how long but at least 45 mins. I don't think that I will use any machines for a bit till I lose some weight because I don't want to bulk up at all. When I lost my weight before I was going to the gym on M,T,R,F and once on the weekends if I could or was motivated enough to go. Motivation is also something I struggle with. Exercising isn't something I see as fun. If I am not seeing the type of results that I would like I may even start going in the mornings as well...but hopefully it won't get to that point lol.
 
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Glad to have you on the WLF, you seem to have it going on. Just stick to your plan and the weight should come off. Even if you just lose a little every week. That is a good thing! Losing slow, I fine is better to keep the weight off longer.

You come to the right place for motivation. Good peoples on this Forum!!
 
Great! I really do need some more motivation, with everything thats going on it's hard to find time to take care of yourself. I can't let my weight stay at this level for much longer or I will have health problems. Can't wait to see how the diary helps :)
 
Hey GG!

I am new to these forums but not to the world of fitness. Saw your post in the newbie form and linked over. You made some great progress before and I am sure you can do it again!

One thing is to make sure you actually have your right BMR and that you properly weigh your food. I remember when I wasn't losing weight it was because I was eating a lot more than I thought I was!

I am subscribing and pumped for some weight loss!:lurk5:
 
Hey gymgirl, welcome to the forum,

You've definitely come to a good place for encouragement! As Iron Soldier said, you've done it before, so you can do it again!
 
Iron_Soldier said:
Hey GG!

I am new to these forums but not to the world of fitness. Saw your post in the newbie form and linked over. You made some great progress before and I am sure you can do it again!

One thing is to make sure you actually have your right BMR and that you properly weigh your food. I remember when I wasn't losing weight it was because I was eating a lot more than I thought I was!

I am subscribing and pumped for some weight loss!:lurk5:
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Thanks for subscribing!!! And I was def losing more weight when I weighed my food too, it's a pain to weigh everything but well worth it. Thanks for the encouragment, what happened last time was i got a little burnt out around the 6 month mark and took a break that never ended haha so i am trying to come into this with the mindset that this HAS to be a lifestyle change not just a until 1/2012 change lol.
 
Good luck on your journey! I just started (again) and we have almost the same starting weights.

We can do it!
 
dwwise83 said:
Good luck on your journey! I just started (again) and we have almost the same starting weights.

We can do it!
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We should have a little competition! I am sure that we will loose differently since you are a man but it may help keep us on track :) Are you starting a diary too?
 
Starting Picture

Ok, So I thought that a starting picture would be good so we can see how my weight loss is going. I will be posting the pictures in the "Progress Pictures" album in my profile. This was taken on vacation last year; I am about the same size now. I will work on more current starting pictures tonight. I may also post them on here if I can figure it out lol :)
 
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Great! Progressive pics can give you a lot of motivation!

Are you hitting the gym today? If ya are what's the plan of attack lol?
 
good luck with your weight journy, i started at 235lbs and now i`m under 200. you can do it if you stick to it:seeya:
 
Iron_Soldier said:
Great! Progressive pics can give you a lot of motivation!

Are you hitting the gym today? If ya are what's the plan of attack lol?
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Yes! I am going right after work...this will be my first day back so I think that I am going to stick to the elliptical and treadmill for about 45 mins. I usually tried to go until I hit a certain number of calories burned, like 600 and that took about 35-45 mins depending on the intensity.
 
gymgirl said:
Yes! I am going right after work...this will be my first day back so I think that I am going to stick to the elliptical and treadmill for about 45 mins. I usually tried to go until I hit a certain number of calories burned, like 600 and that took about 35-45 mins depending on the intensity.
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Not bad, what ever gets ya movin' right! Another thing I like to do is called complexes. Mainly because they are a hell of a lot less boring! I guess you would just use small dumbbells, but what you do is that you do like 5 reps of exercises back to back like 5 squats then 5 deadlifts then 5 presses all without stopping! Just throwing ideas at cha, when I open a diary maybe you'll see what I mean :coolgleamA:!
 
dwwise83 said:
I love a good competition! :)

Yes, my journal is called Journal Time
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Great! I subscribed :) Why don't we try a one month challenge and see who can lose the most from their starting weights from today to April 2nd :) I was reading your journal and you seem to be more intense about the gym so you will probrably win lol but!! you never know :D
 
Iron_Soldier said:
Not bad, what ever gets ya movin' right! Another thing I like to do is called complexes. Mainly because they are a hell of a lot less boring! I guess you would just use small dumbbells, but what you do is that you do like 5 reps of exercises back to back like 5 squats then 5 deadlifts then 5 presses all without stopping! Just throwing ideas at cha, when I open a diary maybe you'll see what I mean :coolgleamA:!
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think I have heard of those before, the point is to keep your heart rate up right?
 
Day 1

Ok, i worked out tonight and burned 600 cals. Here is a list of what I ate for the day:

bfast:
1/2 cup oats
4 packets splenda
black coffee
1/2 cup skim milk

Lunch:
sushi

3pm snack:
90 calorie roll
hot pepper relish

Dinner:
9 oz lean London broil
cauliflower

So that brings my calorie total to about 1230 for the day which is right around where I want to be :) Usually I like to calculate how many calories i am in the negative each day here is how I calculate it:

1230 (calories in) - 1936 (BMR) = -706 - 600 (calories burned at the gym) = -1306! :)

Hopefully this will be reflected in my weight tomorrow morning.
 
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