2010 will be my year!

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hearmeout

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i recently came out of a relationship and initially, all i wanted to do was disappear. however, one day it occurred to me that i lived a good portion of my life without him, and that if i wanted to have a great relationship again, i should probably get back in touch with myself, and love me as much as (and hopefully more than) i loved him. long story short, as of this past week, this is what i've been doing differently:

- i started developing my relationship with my inner spirit. i've been reading self-help books about maintaining positive energy and becoming more in touch with yourself.

- i bought an omron scale. i used to not want one in my house and thought they were useless... until i stopped having the body of an 18 year old (that wore a size 8 and thought she was so fat, mind you... ), so now i have one and i am going to throw myself on it at least once a week.

- i am not going to weight watchers, but i started following their plan. i use the points system, but found the meetings to be annoying and not empowering. i am using their food tracking journal to make sure that i meet the point value i need to everyday. in the past i have met with a personal trainer and she told me that i wasn't eating enough and that she could see it in my build, and that since i wasn't fueling my body it was storing everything i put into it and not allowing me to build muscle. it's been hard to remember to eat as often, but the points tracking system is really helpful for me because i'm completely type A so if i have something like that to obsess over and hold onto in a tangible form, it works out great.

-i leave 1L water bottles in my office, and pint glasses around my house, and try to always have water in them. i drink at least 6-8 cups of water per day, and don't drink any other beverages except for the occasional coffee or tea.

-i have a desk job which is the bane of my existence and it sucks because it keeps me so sedentary, but to combat that, i've been doing at least an hour long exercise class everyday. my schedule generally will look like this:
m - 1 hr pilates
t - 1 hr yoga, 1 hr zumba
w - 1 hr cardio kick or if i miss that class 1 hr pilates
th - 1 hr yoga, 1 hr zumba
f- 1 hr zumba w/ weights
sa- 1 hr cardio kick, 1 hr yoga
su - 1 hr zumba, 1 hr yoga

-i've set a goal, and i've also promised myself a reward. i grew really fast when i hit puberty and as a result have stretchmarks on my lower back that i have always been ashamed of, even when i was skinny. if i reach my target weight (139 or less!), i'm going to spend the money (even if i have to charge the treatment, i don't have a lot of debt) to have laser treatment to have them hopefully removed, or at least faded.

i currently stand 5'6" and weigh 210 lbs as of right now, which shocked me, because i'm one of those people that carries excess weight relatively well and i hadn't even thought about myself being that heavy until i went to the doctor and they weighed me. my dream would be to lose about 70-80 lbs. with this goal, is this the most effective way for me to be working to see results? i would love to lose 30-40 of these lbs by july, is this possible at all? i'd be so excited to actually be able to go to the beach this summer without feeling self-conscious. i look forward to your feedback, words of encouragement, critiques of my plan, advice for better/faster results, personal success stories, etc. i think it'll help me to stay on target, but hopefully this goal will be so strong in my heart that i'll stay on point on my own as well. thank you very much for taking the time to read my post.
 
Hello

I just read your first entry. I too am a former WW user and I am following on my own, I don't have time or money for the meeting. I wanted to say hi and Welcome to the Weight Loss Forum, and I will be cheering you on!!!
 
HELLO EVERYONE =)
Im new here but looking for some addl. support because I plan to finally reach my goal this year after 3 yrs of being on my journey.

I have lost a total of 270 to date naturally with no surgery and just simple diet (food plan) and I just joined a gym last month and want to lose another 40lbs. I currently weigh 180lbs.
 
a question for those of you that have done WW before: how do activity points work? do i have to make up the points i burn in activity in my food intake? or is it sort of an optional thing? thanks for the feedback!! things are going alright with me today, i'm pretty tired after going from living the sedentary winter life to doing 1-2 hours of cardio everyday! i'm loving it, though. the dieting part is a breeze, my biggest problem is meeting the daily requirements, exceeding them is not an issue.
 
today was really great. i almost didn't go work out because my muscles hurt so much, but then i powered through and did an hour of yoga and an hour of zumba, and although i practically had to crawl up the stairs to my third floor apartment, i feel so happy, confident and proud. i'm excited to read for a little while to wind down and then go to bed, muscle my way through another friday at work, go to an hour of zumba toning, and then kick back and enjoy my 3 day weekend! i don't really have much planned this weekend, other than a birthday party on saturday night (at a restaurant... i'm going to eat light before i go and have a glass of wine and maybe a side salad if it seems awkward not to eat, and i'm also in charge of making the birthday cake (a task i volunteered for so i could know the calorie counts! haha)) and a valentine's day dinner with a friend on sunday, so i'm excited to be able to just relax and be calm and content in my home. my only real commitments are my cardio, yoga and zumba classes! yay!

today i was super busy and didn't eat as fabulously as i could have. my points were fine, but i really wish i was more nutritious.

breakfast: low-fat yogurt, berries, and 100% grape juice (2 servings fruit, 8 points)
lunch: slim fast shake (4 points)
snack: coffee with half and half and 2 sugar in the raw packets (1.5 points), an orange (1 point), a gross but super-proteiny granola bar (2 points)
dinner: 2 servings spinach and cheese ravioli (had to eat like that to make up the last 10 points, 1 veggie serving), 1/2 serving of marinara sauce (.5 points)
activity points burned today: 16

i found this really cool application on facebook called "weightview" and they have you email them a picture of yourself along with your goal weight, and then in a few days they send it back to you, edited to show you how you can expect to look if you lose the amount of weight you specified. it's very cool and quite inspirational.

i think that's it for tonight. take care everyone!
 
ps. comet, verobc, skyecandy: thank you for your comments! i appreciate them very much. i wanted to PM each of you, but apparently there is a 5 day minimum before i can start sending PMs, so once i've been on here long enough you'll be hearing from me :)
 
hearmeout said:
i found this really cool application on facebook called "weightview" and they have you email them a picture of yourself along with your goal weight, and then in a few days they send it back to you, edited to show you how you can expect to look if you lose the amount of weight you specified. it's very cool and quite inspirational.
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Wow, that sounds really neat. I would love to see that, I'll have to look that up. Thanks for sharing.

Sounds like you are really doing well! I feel your pain on powering through when your muscles are sore and you really don't want to. Had to do that this morning. Although when I read your workout schedule (and other's) I feel like a slug for "only" working out three times a week. lol But my plan is to start slower because I'm so out of shape then kick it up later when I start to level off.

Good luck and keep up the good work!
 
:waving:Hello and welcome.
I find your story pretty similar to mine - 5'6 doing WW on my own. I was 224 at my highest and am now around 155 with goals to get to 135. The only thing very different is I can not stay within my allowed points - I would love to have a hard time hitting them. I am currently allowed 20 points daily with 35 extra for the week. Your activity points system seems a lot different than mine however because I work out a lot and could never burn 16 points in one day! I usually don't add my activity points for the day and just use those as extras however I should because I am always over and might not be if I used those extra points. I found it easier to lose when I knew I was going to be weighed by a stranger once a week and now that I'm doing it on my own I'm not as dedicated and looking to get that back. I look forward to following you on your journey.:hurray:
 
it's friday! finally! i'm so excited. i'm a bit bummed out since i tried to go to my zumba class tonight but it was already filled, but there's kickboxing and yoga tomorrow, and a day off won't be the end of the world. it'll probably actually be good for me, my calf muscles are pretty tight today.

i'm finally feeling so confident that i am actually going to lose weight, it's fantastic. i've tried in the past so many times but just felt so lost and useless. this feels great. i'm trying to give myself a little reward once a week so that i don't stop feeling good. last week (during my preparation phase haha... i knew i had to start the week of my period or else i would stop whenever i started my next one again, i always use it as an excuse) i got a massage and went to polarity, i think tonight i'm going to dye my roots and give myself a facial and just totally pamper myself because i deserve it. maybe even indulge in a pedicure tomorrow after yoga!

i was talking with one of my co-workers today and he is a wrestler/body builder/fitness fanatic, and we were talking about my plan, and he was really impressed. he seemed to think that i could actually expect to lose 2-3 pounds a week with my plan (and the fact that i'm still pretty young), but we'll see. i'm not even going to weigh myself until after my period, i know that would just be a completely discouraging mistake to make haha. although, i don't feel as bloated and awful as i usually do, and before i got my period i wasn't feeling depressed and disgusting and like i was super fat, which is kind of new. so maybe i even lost a couple of pounds before i got my period? that'd be awesome. i can't wait until it passes and i can find out if i've made any progress. i think i have, though. it might just be wishful thinking, but i really think just from the little bit of exercising i've done this week, i've gotten a little bit slimmer in the abdominal area. i lose weight pretty quickly, though, when it actually happens, so i wouldn't be surprised.

i have a new short term goal! i bought a plane ticket to go out and visit one of my ex boyfriends. i'm going out at the end of march, so that's about 6 weeks away. i'm thinking that i can probably drop about 15 lbs before then, if i stick with things the way i've been going. the last time he saw me i was at least the weight i am now, so it would be fun to be a couple of pant sizes smaller by then :)

writing here is really fantastic for me. it keeps me driven. thank you to everyone that comments, i appreciate it so much. i'm also journaling on my own (in the form of writing letters i'll probably never send, but it works), and writing in the best tool ever -- the weight watchers 3-month journal. holy cow. it's so simple to track everything in it. i'll definitely buy a new one when this guy is full. as an individual this week i am doing great, but it's been kind of a hard one for my heart -- i really miss my mister. i really hope that he gets his life figured out pretty soon, we're so perfect together and i understand that issues need to be resolved to move forward in relationships, so intuitively i really feel like things are going to work themselves out and that a little bit of difficulty will be a small price to pay for a great reward, but it's so hard not texting him about things i know he would find absolutely hysterical or calling him when its midnight and i can't sleep because even though i've washed everything, my pillowcases still smell like him (probably in my head... haha). i've got a couple of social events over the 3 day weekend, plus 5 hours worth of exercise classes to go to, church on sunday, and a meditation class tonight, so i'm definitely trying my hardest to stay busy and not just hang around and sulk over him. plus, i keep telling myself that it's okay to have distance between us... if it takes him 6 months to get things together and come back to me, i'll probably be 60 lbs down and i'll look so hot i'll blow his mind ;)

thanks for reading! xo
 
i'm pretty discouraged today. i couldn't go to zumba last night because the class was full, and then this morning i got up early and signed up for kickboxing and yoga and managed to get a space in both classes. i went and bought myself a couple of cute new workout outfits and went to class, and 20 minutes into my class my diva cup decided to leak all over me (even though i had emptied it right before i went to class!), it was so embarrassing and i ran out. i tried to come home, change, and then go back, but my roommate was in the bathroom for over an hour and kept me from being able to clean up and go back... so now no class today. i'll probably go for a walk, but not being able to do a really rigorous hour of cardio two days in a row is making me doubt myself. i'm trying to stay positive, and reminding myself that a lot of people lose 2 lbs a week just doing weight watchers, without the intense workout program i am doing, but i'm definitely discouraged. i have the will to work hard and make this happen, but yesterday and today, missing out on classes i love and need to attend in order to get the body i want, has really brought me down.
 
update: as of wednesday i had lost 5 lbs!! 210 - 205!! i keep telling myself that is 1/6th of the way to losing 30 lbs, and once i've lost 30 lbs i'll be totally smokin' and i'll only get better and better from there :) it's been an okay week, i've been loving toward myself and i've been hard on myself, still striving toward a better me, both inside and out.
 
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