19 With a Dream; The Diary of a Fat Child.

hi.. congratulations on all the weight you have lost so far.

i also have been heavy for many times in my life. my parents are both overweight-and theyr knowledge for weight loss is basically-no bread/pasta.

they don understand any calorie counting , or diets. hopefully i am no longer this ignorant.

anyways, i wanted to ask you, how you have lost the weight so far?
please give me details-hopefully it helps me

gluck again and congrats
 
medchick said:
hi.. congratulations on all the weight you have lost so far.

i also have been heavy for many times in my life. my parents are both overweight-and theyr knowledge for weight loss is basically-no bread/pasta.

they don understand any calorie counting , or diets. hopefully i am no longer this ignorant.

anyways, i wanted to ask you, how you have lost the weight so far?
please give me details-hopefully it helps me

gluck again and congrats
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Hey Med Chick

When it comes to losing weight you're going to hear everything and anything people will throw your way. However, you've come to the right forum. You should consider getting a diary (if you haven't already) and start talking about your life and how you need to change to see a difference. It's a great support system around here, you meet great people.

You Need to Feel Comfortable With Yourself - You need to reach a point where you're ready to change and have the confidence and motivation, in your mind, body and 'soul'. You need to commit yourself to a lifestyle change.

"It's Not A Diet, It's A Life Style Change" - Couldn't have said it better myself, if I were the very first person to come up with that above statement. We've spend years eating ourselves this way. Fat...Fat... Well. A diet is a diet...if you want a quick fix you're not likely to succeed. You need to change your outlook on food, develop a routine and start living for yourself first. Whats the worst that could happen? Lose Weight...Feel Healthier...

Setting Goals - This is very important. You need to find out what you weigh. Focus on all the things you're putting in your body and start to really look at what you're eating. Are you committed to changing and losing the weight? You need to figure out where you want to be in 6 months...30 pounds lighter or 80? Are you going to take things slow, around 2 pounds a week...or are you more likely going to aim for 5-7 pounds a week?

How Have I Did It This Far:
Food: High Fiber and Protein is your best friend....High calories and carbs....Not so MUCH! ;)
Water: 10-12 500ml bottles of water a day.
Exercise: 45 minutes cardio and 30 minutes of various exercises (Pilaties, Butt Toning and Weight Lifting) DAILY
Sleep: 8 Hours a day!

Foods That I Eat That Are High In Fiber, Proteins.
Bran Cereal (low calories, high fiber and you get some dairy)
Tuna
Salad
Green Veggies
Any type of meats
Yogurt
Cheese
Peanuts, Nuts ect.
Eggs


I don't drink anything that isn't water. Sometimes I treat myself with crystal lights, usually with dinner.
Cut out the fast food and I'm still living with 3 people that eat the way I used to. They're catching on tho :rolleyes:

Thinsations, 100 calorie chocolates and other stuff that's low in cals and carbs at the stores are great, they're my "treats" and I rarely eat them.

I'm dedicated, I've set a goal that I'm sticking to.

I didn't just copy and paste this, I've just spent some time typing this so I hope this really helps.
You'll notice a difference. It's pretty intense tho...I try to take in 700-1000 calories a day and it's usually all protein and "good carbs" I don't have a set carb limit but if I'm eating something that is in the "teens" in grams, it's fair game. Nothing higher then 20 when it's not necessary.

Good Luck and Keep in Touch!
 
May 6th 2007 5:51pm

Hey Hey! I'm feeling totally accomplished today. I have cleaned the whole house, done my pilaties and other stuff. Gonna go on my walk after dinner. Laundry is out on the line. Had to put a particular pair in the dryer by them selves today to make them much smaller. I bought them in march and now they're WAAY to big. It's sad. I wish I was handy with a sewing machine. I'm gonna have to do some major work to my hair. My 'ex' will be coming by. Eww...why do I care? Oh right....I'm looking fabulous and giving off a 'healthy, you're loss' glow haha.
Tonight I'm getting together with an old friend from high school. He's pretty cool. Session and we're going for a walk. Yay!

I guess that's about it. Tired, of course but who isn't lol.
 
Good visit tonight. Made my day. The ex didn't stop by YAY! Went for my walk.
Had a ice cream sandwich from DQ, it was a nice treat, not going to make a big deal lol. Almost a month of this one treat is good enough. :cool:
Off again tomorrow, nobody to wake me up too early. My neighbor is quite the morning person and loves to cut wood. His garage is in perfect sync with my window. LAME.

Attached pictures are just stuff I'm throwing in to look at. One is from me at Christmas time playing Guitar Hero!!! and the other is me and my best friend Michelle last August in the bowling ally parking lot being silly.

She moved away this week :(

I need to do my arm exercises.

Peace.
 

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Oh the after noon is here! My mom will soon be home. I need to do my pilaties and stuff. I think I'll have a can of tuna. Did 1.75 on the tread... gonna walk 3km tonight...so..3.5 miles?
I think I'm officially in Belleville which is awesome cause thats about a 20 minute drive from my house going 110kmph. 85 miles an hour.
Learning new butt exercises. They're going over well. My lips don't lie hahah.
228 this morning. Thursday I will update my diet ticker when I take my official weight of the week.
I have a load of laundry in the washer but I don't really want to do anything with them haha. Thats unfortunate.
Dad just backed into the car with the 4-wheeler...:eek: Gotta go!
 

What I've eaten today:
All Bran 1/2 Bud/Flakes Feast (yea, it's filling)
170 Calories 60% daily fiber intake 40ish carbs.

1.75 mile speed walk

Lemon Pepper Tuna
110 Calorie & 21g of Protein..

Source 100g Blackberry Yogurt
50 Calories 8 carbs

Pilaties and Other Stuff

Dinner To Be Determined.

I'm full, I'm energetic, I've done my walk and exercises and I'll probably do more.
6 bottles of water down as of 3:35pm

See I'm low calorie, low carb but somehow I'm speeding up metabolism and flushing my system. I don't feel anything out of the ordinary. I'm not fibbing in anyway shape or form. I'm losing about 0.8-1lb a day. It's all balancing out. Lots of energy and no jitters of any sort. I don't 'crash', I don't binge and I'm always well rested. This is normal every day for me now, it's fantastic. I am keeping up with myself, my family, my friends and work.
The 80lbs by August 1st Goal seems like it becoming closer in my horizon, it's something I'm hardly working for, I've just adjusted myself and it's not a hassle to exercise. I still find time to sit around on the computer but then I'll get up and do something active. Drinking lots of water is great. My urine isn't as smelly as it used to be and pooping has become very natural and hardly as uncomfortable and it used to be. I'm feeling changes left and right and it's a beautiful thing.
Oh! Gravity...Why Can We... Seem to Keep it Together...????
 
This is totally cute. This is my virtual model. 1st me at 228, 2nd me at 170 and 3rd me at 140
 

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Tuesday! May 8th 2007 12:27pm


Here we are, another ahead. Woke up, had breakfast, and just I just dealt with my laundry back up. 2 Loads on the Line. It's windy. Wooosh. Anyway.
I have to go back to work tonight. It was a nice weekend tho. I did a lot for myself and that's the important part.
So I've pretty much done a full body progression at different weight's, it can be found in the bottom attachment. It seems that the differences are really going to start to show around 215, so I'm highly motivated to get there. I'm 12 pounds away from that. I could potentially be 218 on my Birthday, which is in 9 days. That's 3 pounds away from 215, bring on the pictures :D!
My half way mark will be 202 pounds, which I will hopefully be resting at by June 5th. I'm going to feel so much better getting into the pool at 202, that'll be a much nicer fit, if I don't need a new suit lol.
So days to look forward to in the next couple weeks:
Tomorrow (Michelle comes home, as does Ryan :D )
May 12th ish... for some birthday celebration with Michelle and Ryan
May 17th - My Brithday! :)
May 24th - Doctors Appointment
June 5th - 202????? :eek: :D :eek: :D


Okay then, I'm a happy camper. Walk, shower, work... ect. Have a good one!
 
Curvie Girlie said:
WOW! What program or where did you find out how to do that virtual weight picture thingy?!
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It's called my virtual model, google it, it should come up and create an account, it takes like 5 seconds and go to town. the clothes suck but it's a good idea in weight proportion you can select your build, bust and tummy. It's cool
 
Wednesday May 9th 2007 12:22pm


One Tree Hill tonight. I think it's the honey grove Texas prom episode, which will be interesting to see. I'm being lazy and I need to stop. I don't like this at all. It's probably because the Kitchen is a mess and everyone is at work, so I have to clean it. It's horrifying. Someone better have unloaded the dish washer, cause I'm not washing all these dishes AND putting them away.
My brother gets away with murder. It's disgusting. Grr.
I'm going to wait until tomorrow to weigh myself again. I have some work to do today. I skipped my walk yesterday :(
Digital Digital Get Down! Just me and the Scale....Oh Nsync
Anyway, I suppose I should get to it, have some breakfast/lunch, whatever you kids are calling it these days, and go to town on the house, gain, for the 3rd day.
 
I just started thinking about how dumb my scale is.
I weight myself at Walmart on their scale in the middle of the day and it said 234 when my true morning weight was 232. So if this is true I've been weighing myself wrong. My scale being off less as I set it back from what it was saying normally which to Walmart scale, So it's back 7 pounds. Shouldn't in be back 9 pounds then? I'm telling you this scale is WAY off. When I stepped on it, it said I was in the high 240's. It's impossible for me to gain 7 pounds from Walmart to home (pretty sure it's 10 minutes tops from my house) It's not like I'd be progressing my weight loss, it's misinformation from a stupid scale. I guess we'll know tomorrow when I take up take a poop and go down to my aunt and uncles house.
Either way, I'm only hoping for 224, if that! (my scale being off, could be 222, but not likely)
I hope anyway. That would put me right where I want to be for birthday time.
:rotflmao:
I should be going to sleep but I am not tired. Lately I have been doing these breathing exercises that use my stomach muscles big time! The breathing really relaxes me and makes me sleepy.
Well that's all until tomorrow.
 
Hi dear. I can really understand how you feel.
How are you doing? Keep up the good work... You're made a fantastic success so far.
 
thrill,

excellent job on the weight loss and absolutely fantastic. (i went to the 9th page, so sorry if I am a little ignorant)

But I recall from one of your posts

perfect_thrill said:
try to take in 700-1000 calories a day and it's usually all protein and "good carbs"
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Is this true you are only taking in that much calories?

Many on these boards and myself would agree this is an unhealthy approach. The weight will be falling off now, but eventually down the line, you will most likely screw up your metabolism and weight loss will slow or even plateau.

Before I continue, did I read that post right?
 
Meh

In the words of Steve

If your approach is working, why should I be the one to tell you to change it.

With that said, I highly recommend you to re-evaulate your approach, but if you do feel comfortable with it, then by all means, go right ahead.
 
Vous savez ce qui suce ? Étant toujours dans l'amour. Il n'est pas juste et maintenant je suis dans un trou. Juste le voyant les marques je disparaissent aliénées.

How can you just walk on by...
Without one tear in your eye...
Don't you have the slightest feelings let for me?
Maybe it's just your way...
Of dealing with pain...
Forgetting every thing between our rise and fall....
Like we never loved at all.

At a stand still on the scale. 27 pounds is not bad for a month tho, if you ask me. Not gaining, not losing. I can deal.

Working tonight from 3-10.
 
Hey I found your diary. On the first page you said you had always been big, well I just wanted to say that its not all your fault, its partly the culture we live in. Anyway, I am reminded by your signature that I never found out how you did that. I went to the University of Guelph (B.A. History) and lived in T.O. for 6 years. Where are you from? Would you pm me with info about your signature pictures??? Thanks.
 
DeepGreen said:
thrill,

excellent job on the weight loss and absolutely fantastic. (i went to the 9th page, so sorry if I am a little ignorant)

But I recall from one of your posts



Is this true you are only taking in that much calories?

Many on these boards and myself would agree this is an unhealthy approach. The weight will be falling off now, but eventually down the line, you will most likely screw up your metabolism and weight loss will slow or even plateau.

Before I continue, did I read that post right?
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That is indeed what I said.
Sorry if you don't like this idea, many don't but I don't deal with Hunger because I don't get hungry. With this new eating approach, I'm eating a lot of great things and the calories and carbs, just happen to be lower. I love this food. However, I will go out of my way every few days and increase what I'm eating, sorta tricking my body and it's working but as I said in my most recent diary entry, the weight is staying still, which I'm okay with because I'm still losing inches. I am always evaluating my approach and as you've mentioned, many people don't agree with what I'm doing, but I'm not restricting myself, that's just how it's adding up. I'm bumping it up to 1100 these next couple days, if I can actually eat that much...and I'll come back down again, to my normal eating habits (post lifestyle) and we'll see where the weight goes, thinking about increasing my activity even more, cause I can handle more, however my work schedule is crap this weekend.
 
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