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TwoNinetyThree

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I've been reading these diary's for over a year now and figured it might be time I started one.

So here's my story. On my 19th birthday I was, to say the least, unhappy. I had barely graduated high school with a 1.1 GPA and was already on academic probation at the community college I was attending. All the friends I had in high school had gone off to college and were doing new and exciting things and they had left me behind. To top it off all off I was severely overweight.

So that day I decided to change everything. I began focusing more on school, I started to rely less on the approval of others and gain peace within myself, and I started to diet and exercise.

I was 293(thus the screen name) on my 19th birthday. On my 20th I was down to 226, but over the mast 6 months I've been so busy with the new college I transferred to(DePaul University) that I've become less than vigilant about my diet/exercise. I've gained back about 13 pounds and am now at 239.

Hopefully this diary will help me stay consistent and reach sub-200lbs by my 21st birthday which is in late August.
 
Hellooooo, sir! :)

Name's Kristi, and I am also 20 and in college! I feel ya about the time constraints because of school work. It gets a little difficult to balance everything. I'm a sophomore and only just now starting to get into the swing of the balancing act. But it definitely is possible, and we're here to help you out and offer you some encouragement!

Good luck with your weight loss and in school! You'll figure it out again! :)
 
Guys, I had to chuckle a bit when I read your posts... college is the time where you will have more freedom and time than ever again! Once you are out of college and trying to work at least 8 hours a day (my shifts often last between 12 and 14 hours), plus take care of a proper household, plus possibly spend time with a significant other (which you may also do in college but after college is when you live together, start a family, etc...) plus being a responsible adult, paying back your debt, your mortgage, your bills, suddenly you realize that there is no time like college to do all those things you always wanted to do but thought you were too busy during college to do.

Actually I am back for an additional year of college (a clinical master's) just because I missed it so much! I still have to work 6 hours in the morning to pay for this year, and between that and college and dance I leave the house at 8 am and come back at 11 pm every day! Man do I miss freshman year when all I did was party, eat, sleep and worry about not doing enough college work ;)!

So I am sorry to be a downer, but if you want to get your weigh loss started college is a great time, you probably have more time and less responsabilities now than you ever will again and you can really do it. I lost my 25 pounds in my last year of medical school, not exactly an easy year, but still easier than the year afterwards where I just worked my bottom off and had no time for work outs!

Have a wonderful weekend, don't party too hard, Camy
 
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I've decided I'm going to start these things off with a reason why I want to lose weight.

Today's reason: to feel better about myself.

Alright so tomorrow starts by official re-dedication to diet and exersice. Though I won't have any time actually exersice since my Mondays are pretty packed. I have,

  • 11:00 - 1:00 Class
  • 1:30 - 2:00 Interview for an internship
  • 2:00 - 3:00 Homework
  • 3:00 - 4:30 Class
  • 4:30 - 5:00 Break
  • 5:00 - 8:00 Class

It's okay though since this busy schedule keeps me from eating unhealthy food. It's when I have time and am bored is when I start going to McDonalds or Taco Bell. That's probably my biggest obstacle, fast food. I'm a college student who can't cook so when I get hungry, fast food is cheap, easy, and delicious.

I was 237 this morning and I'm going to try and not weight myself till next Sunday since I heard it's bad to weight yourself a lot. I feel good about this time, like this is finally the time I'm gonna stay consistent and lose the rest of this weight.
 
293, been there brotha. I like your motivation, and I want you to stick to it. It feels great once you start dropping down, 10 lb increments. Before you know it you have met your goal. Start packing meals. Ziploc bags of fruit, veggies, mixed nuts, mix em up. Drink up your water. I slam a bottle before each snack/meal it helps to feel fuller. Eat consistent, every 2-3 hours. If you keep feeding yourself healthy food, Mickey D’s thoughts start going away. Then once a week treat yourself. Should always have a cheat meal, not cheat day where its an all out buffet binge, but cheat meal, have your burger, or hotdog, pizza, ice-cream. Make it so you have to earn that meal once a week. Before you know it, you wont even want it anymore. Keep going bro. We all have busy schedules, but there’s always opportunities to plan and prepare your meals. If you need any help, drop me a PM.
 
How tall are you, out of interest? I'm 20 and at Uni as well! Camy is right--We are lucky we dont have too much responsibility right now!!
 
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How tall are you, out of interest? I'm 20 and at Uni as well! Camy is right--We are lucky we dont have too much responsibility right now!!
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Yea, I can't imagine working 40-50 hours a week and then trying to find time to take care of everything else. I'm 6"0 tall btw

Today's reason: I remember one time, my junior year of high school, we were running laps in gym. I was a couple of steps behind the star of the basketball team. This guy was like 6"3 215 of pure muscle. As we ran past a group of girls, I could hear them giggling and discussing how hot he was. I've never had that, never been called hot. The most I've gotten was a "cute". So, as dumb as a reason this may be, I wanna be called hot.

Alrighttt, today's been a crAzy day! My roommate woke me up at 7am(3 hours before I usually wake up) because he had hurt himself working out and needed a ride to emergency room. He's fine it turned out not to be that big a deal. By the time we got back I had to leave for class.

So, I just got out of class and am gonna go running as soon as my iPod charges. I'm already so exhausted and I have 3 hours of homework to do after I go running!
 
Today's Reason: To not get "those looks" at a restaurant, even when eating normal food.

I couldn't help myself this morning and weighed myself! 233:hurray:

Don't have much to say...gonna go running a little later...see ya later.

aRg my roommate brought a pizza home for dinner! I only had one slice though which was 330 calories, so not a total disaster.
 
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Ohhh 293... Your reasons every day hit home. I have distant dreams of being called hot one day also, lol. Lets face it, we ALL do this for our ultimate health, but vanity is a big thing too. AND, the restaraunt one. Uggh. Really? I probably eat healthier, and work out harder than most THIN people, but I always feel like they alllll stare when I eat somethin. Ish. hate it.
Great job on the progress you've made :) Keep up the hard work, and you'll totally make your goal by 21!
 
Great job on the loss so far! :beerchug: Lol I miss college, I graduated 2 years ago and in the last 6 months before graduating, all I ate was salad and chicken soup and hit the elliptical for an hour a night...ended up losing about 15lbs pretty quickly but that was such a non-sustainable diet that i put it ALL back on (and about 15lbs more :eek:) when I went back to eating real food. >_<


Kudos on sticking to one slice. Went out for Chinese food last night and since it was undoubtedly a splurge over home-cooked food no matter WHAT i ordered, I managed to eat less than half the amount I would normally have consumed. Little steps, little steps! :)
 
@Jess393
Thanks! I know that eating in public thing really sucks, even if I get something healthy I feel like people around give me one of those "who is this guy kidding?" looks.

@Chantelle
hahah nothing but salad and chicken soup everyday sounds like torture! Yea I try and avoid eating out as much as possible. It's just easier to control everything that way. It also helps that I have no idea how to cook so my home-cooked meals are either home-microwaved meals, cold turkey sandwich, or salad.

Today's Reason: I have a very large family(8 Aunts & Uncles all with at least 2 kids) and weight/health is major issue for pretty much all of us. I'm worried about one of my little cousins in particular. He's 9 years old and severally overweight and so are his parents. If he continues on this path he's going to have major health issues by the time he hits high schools. Maybe if I can do this it'll set an example that it's possible and motivate them to change.

I was sitting in class today, obviously not paying attention to my professor, and start to think about setting up some rewards for myself as I reach certain goals. Usually I use food as a reward but that doesn't seem like the best idea for someone trying to lose weight. So here's what I got so far...

  • 220: My brother is into adventure sports and promised to take me skydiving with him when I hit this weight
  • 210: I wanna set up a before/after picture and use it as my facebook profile picture, so everyone can see how much I've changed.
  • 199: Being under 200 pounds is reward enough
  • 190: I've had this idea for a tattoo for a while now(something small and not to crazy) So I think i'll get that
  • 180: If somehow I ever get this low I'll buy everyone here a car!

I'm not sure if at 210 the change from 293 will be drastic enough to warrant a before and after picture maybe I'll hold off on that one.

I just finished running 3 miles, and am probably going to go run again later today. The weekend is here which means a lot of free time and the threat of parties and late night drunken mcdonalds! I'm going to try and abstain from all that or at least make it very clear to everyone I'm not allowed to drink and eat(get it like drink and drive...).
 
I'm not sure if at 210 the change from 293 will be drastic enough to warrant a before and after picture maybe I'll hold off on that one.
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I'm going to go on record here and say you're going to be amazed at the changes in your body with a loss of 83lbs. Even if YOU don't think you look any different, go ahead and take the before & after pictures anyway so you'll be able to spot the gradual visual differences in your body that you wouldn't otherwise be aware of just because you look at yourself in the mirror everyday! :)
 
Today's Reason: Have you guys ever been walking outside and the wind blows your shirt into your body, exposing your gut, rolls, and man boobs. Yeah, I hate that.

What a crAzy weekend I had! On Friday my car broke down, and after getting my mechanic to come out and take a look at it, I find out it's done/dead/never coming back. It was bound to happen, my car is 14 years old and has almost 200,000 miles on it. So now I'm car-less for the week till my mom can come up and help me get another one.

Weight-loss wise everything is going smoothly. Had a minor hiccup on Saturday with some Taco Bell, but I didn't go to far overboard. I've been thinking of setting up cheat days, like for every 5 pounds I lose I get one cheat day. I don't know if that's a good idea though, since it may lead to that slippery slope to relapse. Alcoholics don't get a drink every two weeks sober, this isn't the same thing but I think you understand what I'm saying.

What do you guys think? Cheat Days Yay or Nay?
 
I'd avoid cheat days until you are more settled in your healthy eating/working out routine. I tried having a cheat day and I ate SO much and then was all lethargic the next day and just felt shitty. I think if you can have a cheat day where you still eat okay foods, then that's fine. But if you eat a shit ton of stuff like Taco Bell, pizza, booze, etc, then you will just be harming your chances of staying on the wagon the next day! I'm sure others will have differing opinions though!

You're doing so well, though :D I'm planning on getting a sunflower tattoo on my back when I get to my goal weight!

And I feel you on the people looking at you when you're eating. I feel like the fatass of the group even if I just have a salad!

And you WILL see changes very soon! I lost 10lbs in the last 2 weeks and I can tell the difference in me already! (photos on my diary, you may disagree!) and friends are already commenting :D
 
Alright so I've done a shitty job updating this last week, I've been sooo busy.

Today's Reason: My friends are all the skinny athletic type. During summer we all play pick up basketball a couple times a week. They always invite me out of politeness but I alwayys get picked last. This summer I wanna be a mean, lean, basketball playing machine.

I can't wait to be back in the 220s! 220-something just sounds soo much better than 230-something. Hopefully at this Monday's weigh in I'll be back down under 230. The superbowl is this Sunday which means a prime opportunity to pig out on pizza, wings and all that other good stuff. But I think I'll be able to abstain since I'm kinda obsessed with getting back to the 220s.

Also I haven't had a car all week which means my 20 minute commute by car to school has become a 2 hour commute by a bus and two trains. It's made it really hard to go work out since whenever I get home I'm so exhausted. I should be getting my car back Sunday though!
 
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