A Little Lost... Cassy's Story

With all the working out that you are doing there is no question in my mind that you are losing FAT.

Replacing with muscle is what you are doing, so it ends up being a slow loss on the scale. Read the scale mentality posting. Trust me you are losing weight the right way I have sooo been there...

Look at my pics. The last one only represents a 10 lb los from the second one, but the difference in tone makes up for it.


You will do this, you are doing it, don't get discouraged!
 
I think I'm just getting used to seeing myself at this weight and for getting what 220 looked like so in my mind i would say well i could just stop and look exactly the same... I was looking at some pictures last night though and even though i couldn't see much because of my position i could see it in a few spefic places and over all...
So aside from my motivation that changes from day to day I'm still trying to fine tune whats going to work for me... my workout pretty much has to stay the same since i don't really have any other options the only thing i would really like to add is running but first I need a treadmill because i definately cant run in the weather. lol i can barely even walk without having to do the penguin walk just not to wipe out...
anyway the only thing i really need to figure out is my calorie intake... after some descussion within the forum i decided that 1500 calories is too low because when i do get smaller and need to reduce my calorie intake to avoid a platue and i wont really have anywhere to go... unfourtunately i'v found it quite difficult to consume even 2000 calories in a day. i'm just not hungry enough to eat that much food especially when what i mostly like to eat is vegetables. the only way i can see myself hitting that much is if I eat junk wich never feels good regaurdless if I can afford the calories... i really dont want to eat more then what already satisfies me or eat junk because that's how i got here in the first place...
so im teetering here right now. for now i'm just eating what i feel like eating when I'm hungry and recording it for my own record...
 
still working on stabalizing my calorie intake... some days its as low as 1300 and some days closer to 2000 where i'd like to be... it feels really weird trying to shove in more calories where i can when I've been trying to limit my eating for so long... it feels good at the end of the day to say wow i only ate 1250 calories all day and I didn't have to be hungry once! AND i still got to enjoy a yummy bowl of flavoured popcorn tonight... and i'm sure if i kept on only eating 1200 calories a day i would be dropping weight like i would love to and technically wouldnt even have to workout(not that i would ever stop)... I'm just worried that one day when i do hit a plateau and need to lower my calories to keep going, I'm going to have no where to go.... and so i'm pressing on to keep my calories at a more regular level around 2000... I just hope i'm making the right choices to get to my goal....
 
well i definately reached 2000 calories today... mostly because we had left over pizza and i couldnt resist today... though 2000 is my approximate goal for calorie intake, I feel a lot worse eating 200 than when I eat closer to 1500... it must just be my previous mindset that the less i eat is better but i can't help but feeling like a pig right now... unfourtunately no room for my popcorn snack tonight : / ....
 
Yea I don't think I had any trouble getting in 2000 calories yesterday either... and another 2000 on top of it...

I saw your comment about being "round in the middle", I can totally relate. I realize that men do have a tendency to collect in the abdomen as a rule anyway, but as I'm losing weight, it seems like everything I lose is coming from everywhere else first. My legs are getting thin, my arms and shoulders are actually starting to look muscular now, but... I'm still holding a beach ball in the middle it feels like (it's deflating, but...).

Hope you have a good week, hon!
 
LOL YES! deflating is the perfect word for it lol after 4 years of being the exact same size plus a pregnancy my body isnt exactly "bouncing back" I dont think being only 22 is going to help me out much with this either. I'm not letting that get me down though... one day when i can afford it ill get all lifted back up but before I can think about that i have to get my weight down and know that i can keep it off...
I hope you have a good week too! I'm sure im not the only one but Its going to be tough keeping within my calorie range and even squeezing in excersize with the holiday... I have 3 dinners to go to this week which is kind of devastating because not only is there going to be a butt load of delicious food and desserts but i pretty much have no way of knowing how many calories i'm eating to be able to record it :S
I think on those days ill try to keep breakfast and lunch no to low calorie food that way i have lots of breathing room. id rather fall way under than way over 2000...
Ugh I have a whole new reason to stress over christmas this year :willy_nilly:
 
So today is the first holiday dinner of 3... We're not leaving until a bit later so I should still have quite a bit of time to get my excersizes in...
I'm not so much worried about dinner at this one so much as the delicios home baked snacks and deserts that will be laid out the whole night that in previous years I had picked at willy nilly... My goal for the night is to not eyeball them all night... hopefully there will be a veggie platter as well to help me avoid munching on salted nuts, cheese meat and crackers, cakes, cookies and pastries.... ugh....
if it were only one day i wouldnt be so against indulging a little but there are 3 and a little will turn into a lot...
 
OH! it's also been one week since i've started recordng my food diary and actually counting calories... It hasn't been too bad... iv'e stayed pretty close to my goal of 2000 calories just about every day... not so proud of the variety of foods on it but at least it's right where I want it to be in calorie range. it's been difficult and a little irrating calculating calories but i did it and i'm getting used to it. now im just trying to figure out how i'm going to not go crazy being unable to record the calories i'm eating over the holiday since i have no idea whats going into things when it's not me whos making it... plus i'm not going to be sitting there at the table with some measuring utencils... ANYWAY.... heres my diary for the week....
 
12/17/2008
Bowl Of Cereal W/ 2% Milk -200 Cals
1/4 Pizza -360 Cals
Veggie Pita -300 Cals
1/6 pizza -240 Cals
Pork Chops -200 Cals
Side Kicks -300 Cals
Veggies - 50 Cals
Flavoured Popcorn -440 Cals
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2090 Cals

12/18/2008
Bowl Of Cereal W/ 2% Milk -200 Cals
Veggie Pita No Cheese -175 Cals
3 Oatmeal Cookies -240 Cals
Pork Chops -200 Cals
Veggies -50 Cals
Potatoes -200 Cals
1/2 bag popcorn -220 Cals
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1285

12/19/2008
Bowl Of Cereal W/ 2% Milk -200 Cals
Veggie Pita No Cheese -175 Cals
Grilled Cheese -280 Cals
2 Oatmeal Cookie -160 Cals
Ground Pork 100g -180 Cals
Cheese 15g -60 Cals
3 tortilla shells -390 Cals
Salsa -25 Cals
Taco Mix -40 Cals
Popcorn -440 Cals
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1950 Cals

12/20/2008
Bowl Of Cereal W/ 2% Milk -200 Cals
Veggie Pita No Cheese -175 Cals
20 Crackers -120 Cals
4 Pieces Pizza -720 Cals
Fries -200 Cals
Popcorn -440 Cals
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1855 Cals

12/21/2008
Bowl Of Cereal W/ 2% Milk -200 Cals
2 Pieces Pizza -360 Cals
10 Crackers -60 Cals
2 Pieces Pizza -360 Cals
Orange -75 Cals
5 Chicken strips -625 Cals
Scalloped Potatoes -340 Cals
Broccoli w/butter -70 Cals
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2090 Cals

12/22/2008
Bowl Of Cereal W/ 2% Milk -200 Cals
10 Crackers -60 Cals
Tuna Sandwich -235 Cals
Broccoli w/ Ranch dressing -90 Cals
2c. Spaghetti w/meatsauce -900 Cals
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1485 Cals

12/23/2008
Bowl Of Cereal W/ 2% Milk -200 Cals
10 Crackers -60 Cals
Veggie pita w/salsa -155 Cals
10 Crackers -60 Cals
4 pieces chicken -500 Cals
1/2 cup Sidekicks -200 Cals
Veggies w/ Butter -70 Cals
Sauce -60 Cals
Can of Coke -160 Cals
popcorn -440 Cals
_________
1905 Cals
 
You are doing really well tracking your calories! I have been hit or miss at best. I was doing great for a bit, but have seriously slacked lately.

I'm gonna start working on starting an accountabilty thread in the challenges over the next couple days just to keep thing on the staright and narrow. You are welcome to join in. It isan't going to be anything special, just a way to help keep people honest about their weaknesses.


Have a great Holiday!
 
Hey Cassy!

I have a lot to say and no time, but I'll just say you're beautiful and intelligent and with the help of us at WLF (;)) I'm sure you're get to your goal! :D :waving: Merry XXXmas!
 
reluctantcabbie said:
You are doing really well tracking your calories! I have been hit or miss at best. I was doing great for a bit, but have seriously slacked lately.

I'm gonna start working on starting an accountabilty thread in the challenges over the next couple days just to keep thing on the staright and narrow. You are welcome to join in. It isan't going to be anything special, just a way to help keep people honest about their weaknesses.


Have a great Holiday!
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It's getting easier to track them as i go since i'm starting to memorize how many calories in a lot of the things i eat and since i eat the same thing over and over in spurts until i switch to something new in about a week, it makes it extra easy :)
I will definately join you in that thread when you post it!
I wish you a happy holiday as well :santa:
 
Curvie Girlie said:
Hey Cassy!

I have a lot to say and no time, but I'll just say you're beautiful and intelligent and with the help of us at WLF (;)) I'm sure you're get to your goal! :D :waving: Merry XXXmas!
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Thanks you very much! I look forward to hearing well reading your input When you get the chance :D
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Too! :cheers2:
 
so even though it's only been a week tracking my calories i feel like a complete fish out of water not knowing what my intake is... we only ended up having KFC for dinner last night so i was able to go online and get their nutritional information. unfourtunately it's all labelled in grams and obviously i wasnt using a scale... i just eyeballed how much it would be in cups which is impossible to convert into grams... so it's very estimated...
12/24/2008
egg sandwich -350 Cals
hot chocolate -100 Cals
2 Kfc Breast -600 Cals
1/2 cup kfc Potato salad -100 Cals?
1/2 cup kfc Mcaroni salad -100 Cals?
small pile kfc Fries -300 Cals?
chocolate peanut ball ?
2chocolate covered pretzels ?
handfull of shrimp ?
a few slices of meat ?
3 chunks of bread dipped in spinach dip ?

I felt guilty snacking especially not knowing what anything contained but i did do alot less snacking then i normally would and than everyone else was doing...
I definately wont have a nutrition guide for tomorrows turkey dinner but at least it will be a lot healthier than kfc. i'm just going to keep my portions small and try to resist going crazy for stuffing, oh boy i LOVE stuffing.... and again i will try to keep the sweets to a minimum... funny to say since a minimum would to just not have any but how can i resist? theres a little annoyed voice in the back of my head telling me, why should everyone else get to enjoy everything carefree while your worrying about calories... is it wrong that it seems so unfair? just something else to work on i suppose...:waving:
 
i have no clue how many calories i consumed yesterday. Right now I'm just trying not to stress about it... i have my final family dinner today and tomorrow life returns to normal... as ide from the HUGE plate of cookies and pastries i was sent home with as a gift yesterday :rolleyes: as well as a big loaf of banana bread... i love the stuff... just have no idea how many calories it has which makes me not want to eat it... i think ill be putting some of my cookies i got last night on a plate and brining them to my dads dinner to try to get rid of some of them. i dont like to give my kids a lot of treats no more then even 1 cookie or candy a day so if theyre here they'll just go bad unless my hubby eats them but he usually eats a few and prefers his factory manufactured junk...
so yay for finally getting through the holdiday food fest :hurray: hopefully i dont come out of it with an extra 5 pounds :p
on an exciting note i did go out to my favourite clothing store whos having a 70% off sale and bout a new sexy outfit and 2 camis of which i already own but in different colours :) i love camis.
anyway i better go eat something for lunch. i havent eaten yet today :S maybe ill have some of that banana bread :waving:
 
:party: the holidays are over and I managed to gain not a single pound :D... with no excersize and lack of calorie counting ability I didn't lose a sigle pound this week either but i can deal with that... at least i didnt complete the cycle of jumping back up to 210 like i have been doing. I'm sitting at 204 and breaking the cycle of 205. for now, i'm on the top of the world lol... my goal this week? 203 lol
 
MotherOf2 said:
im going to try to comvince my husband that i really really need a treadmill

ANYWAY... I've started doing an extra 30 minutes of step first thing in the morning while my kids eat breakfast. I dont really know how effective stepping is but I sweat my ass off for the 30 minutes so i figure its got to be effective.

think britney spears "womanizer" (shhh... don't tell anyone i'm listening to britney).
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I hope your hubby gets you one, it is ROUGH to get motivated in winter weather, me too!

Nice! I used to go to step aerobisc class, and depending on what you put into it, you can burn a lot of calories. Sweating your ass off? I bet you're burning a lot! :hurray:

HAHA, I like that song. Who doesn't? ;)
 
reluctantcabbie said:
Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wish I could say the same... :(
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aww I hope you didn't gain too much... and even if you did i know you have the motivation to work it off :)
I'm thankfull i havent gained anything but i do still have this huge plate of goodies i'm tackling one day at a time... i have no problem with good ies. i have a problem with not knowing how many calories they contain...
 
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Curvie Girlie said:
I hope your hubby gets you one, it is ROUGH to get motivated in winter weather, me too!

Nice! I used to go to step aerobisc class, and depending on what you put into it, you can burn a lot of calories. Sweating your ass off? I bet you're burning a lot! :hurray:

HAHA, I like that song. Who doesn't? ;)
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Well i got firm with him after he pretty much shot the idea down (no room, blah blah blah) so after a day of contimplating his reaction and sort of feeling like he's standing in the way of my goals I gave him a firm option of getting a used one for about 250.00 or getting a gym membershipo which he will have to drive me to every night. he's not very fond of having to frequently go out or having to take care of the children on his own for long periods of time... so yeah, im pretty sure im getting one... i just have to keep pushing him...
it's a nice night tonight despite the cold but since it seems pretty wipe out safe i might go out for a run tonight...
as for the stepping it's all i really have for now so i'm keeping that up (except this week wii said it had been 6 days since my last visit :S). plus i enjoy it while listening to my girly music with a hint of dance moves lol as much as you can pull off while in a stepping motion lol. it's fast enough that im sweating and i can feel it in my calves so it can't hurt. i just really cant wait for a treadmill that is my dream right now. I know a lot of people find it boring but i get so easily lost in my head I could go for hours.
 
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