A new beginning...

NewLeaf

NewLeaf

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So, here I am, turning a new life, a new beginning, today is the first day of the rest of my life.. or so I say! :)

As many of you may of seen in my newbie post, my weight loss goals I'll post them here again. My main struggle is my eating habits, so I'm trying, no I will dedicate myself to a food journal. I will hit the gym at least four times a week. Exercising a total of 6 days a week.

I don't consider today the best start to my goal, but well I have the rest of the day to improve, and I won't let my breakfst throw me off. I had a venti peppermint mocha coffee from Starbucks and a cinnamon scone. I've gotten down almost a whole 20oz bottle of water so far. Yay me! I've gotten to be horrible about drinking water recently, so I'm trying to really keep on this!

That's it for today. You can see my goals below, and I'll be updating my ticker as I go along of course! :) June 10th is my wedding, and I'd at least like to be down 15lbs. Upward and onward.. more dribble to post later! And pics too!
 
Lets see June is six months away (congrats on the wedding by the way!), and even if you lose an average of one pound per week - minus the first month because sometimes it takes a while to kick your body into weightloss mode - that's like 23 weeks I believe so at least 23 lbs! Maybe you can even meet your 35 lb goal by then! I know you can do it if you stick to a reasonable and realistic plan! Speaking of which, how do you plan on losing the weight?

Oh and welcome to the boards!
 
Beagle, Thanks for the words of support.

Well so far I've joined a gym, I have met with my trainer once already and been given a work out schedule with the goal to drop 30lbs. So I'm sticking to that like gold! :) I meet with the trainer again in four weeks. So with a combination of cardio, weight lifting, and training for a 10 mile race in April. And reducing my food in-take etc, I hope to drop the lbs.
My big concern right now is, I've been taking a medication for anxiety, that well is not directly effecting my metabolism I think has helped me gain some weight back on. Unfortunately, I need to remain on this medication through out the wedding (due to stress). So I am hoping it does not slow down my progress!

Update... I've stuck to my guns on my lunch and haven't picked up any extra afternoon munchies! Yay for me!! First step towards breaking bad habits..
 
Hi newleaf!

I'm going to put you in w/ the "snowangles" group for this weightloss challenge. I will wait to hear from you again if you want to be in the group or not before I actually put you in. Make sure you read the first post of the december challenge thread, it goes over the "rules" and such.

Good luck w/ everything and let me know if I can help you!
 
Alright so Day 2 of the new beginning. Last night I did drag my sorry but to the gym. Worked out for 50 minutes total. A little running, a little biking, felt great. I'm reminded again how much of a stress reliever this is for me. And not to turn to food. Working out is so much better!!

On top of the usual Christmas chaos, I discovered last night when I weighed in befor emy gym visit I was at 163lbs. Granted its THAT time of the month, so I am sure some of it is water retaining. (And of course our challenge this week is drinking all that water... hahaha, hey whole stole my coffee mug?! ;) ). My wedding plans are crazy as always and my FH isn't exactly a load of help with his busy work schedule. Bah!! So I turn to exercise!

This morning I've made it to the office without hitting the nearby Starbucks for my usual peppermint mocha!! I am very proud of myself of this accomplishment. So on to the rest of the day. Granola for breakfast, hooray. Soup for lunch. I think I'm on a pretty good roll so far. Just need to hunt down my water bottle.
 
Looking good girl! I know about THAT time of month it happened to me yesterday of all days my birthday!
 
Day 2, finished the day with some instant mashed potatos, and "puppy chow" (a christmas snack I made for gifts, oinly allowed myself a cup. can't deny it all!)

A total of 60 ounces of water!!

Day 3 of the Journey
I've had a cinnamon scone and a grande hot chocolate. That tasted more like milk.. so I'm not counting as many calories for that, it was horrid! So not my best start, but I am getting there.
On to the water... will post that count later.
Struggling not to eat out of boredom. The office is tragically slow today. But I'll get there.
 
Dont eat out of boredom pop in here and chat and we have yahoo messanger and other chats if you need us! doing good girl!
 
Ah, back to posting! I lost the thread over the weekend.

Here we are at Monday again! This weekend was a crazy loss. Unfortunately, we were so busy and swamped that I just could't keep the eating in order on Sunday. Saturday was better so I am pleased with that. I did not have time to get into the gym. I missed my long run this weekend for training. So I am on my way to do that tonight. I'll be back to update this post with my end of the day food journaling.

12-12-05
Breakfast: Scone & Hot Chocolate 1020 cals (CRINGE :( )
Water: 20 oz bottle
Lunch: sandwich, ham slices, & low-fat cheese. no condiments, six sesame crackers.
Water: 40 oz
Snack: fat-free pudding 100 calories
Dinner: pasta, steamed brussel sprouts, with a snidge of low-fat parmesean cheese.
Snack: munchied on all the Christmas goodies I was making for friends and family :( UGH!
 
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Today 12-13-2005
Another day, a better start!
Breakfast: 1 cup of granola cereal (220 calories) 1/3rd cup of coffee
Water: 20 oz
Snack: 9 seasame crackers (90 calories)
Lunch: left over penne pasta and steamed brussel sprouts (250 Calories)
Sub tally: 560
Coke: 120 calories
Snack: ff pudding 100 calories
Water: 40 oz
Sub total: 780
Dinner: Crispy Orange Chicken bowl at Applebees only at half, saved the rest for FH's lunch! (400 calories?)
Snack: few munchies of christmas candy 150 calories
Total: 1330
Total Water: 60oz.

Doing well so far! My coworker brought me a coke for my afternoon treat, but I apparently failed to mention Diet Coke to her. Didn't realize it until I was sucking it down that it tasted a bit off. Woops! Oh well. My big goal is to really limit my soda intake (regular OR diet) and drinkr more water, not just for our week challenge, but because I need to. The problem is, all I have to do is pee now! Its driving me batty. I can't live in the bathroom, although its becoming tempting! I wonder if anyone else struggles with the tiny bladder syndrome I have!

Eating is going really well today. I am so proud of myself. Behaving myself at work is really becoming pretty easy (as long as I'M not bored). I pack my lunches and snacks, and that's all I am allowed. Today we got our second pkg of office goodie treats from clients. I didn't touch anything from the first box and I won't open anything from the second. Even if I do hear the chocolate covered pretzels calling my name!! And I am determined not to spoil my diet by eating all the goodies I am finishing up tonight and packing away for my nieces and nephews for Christmas. It such a wast eof my calories and I'm bound and determined to get this weight off.

Now back to that water bottle...!
 
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Thanks Christina! So far so good! Appreciate the check-in's though! Reporting back here in my journal really drives me to be good!!
 
Ah those blasted chocolate covered pretzels are still calling my name. So I thought I'd login here and post in my journal instead of eating one. I've done SO well today! Usually by now or the evenings I am caving in to temptations. I know my fiance will be so happy if I stick through it today. My goal is to go home, change clothes and go straight out to the gym. I need to stay on my work out schedule this week. I've gone off to omuch since Thanksgiving because we haven't had time. But I am determined. More updates on that tomorrow... oh if only these holidays were over!!
 
Chocolate covered pretzels? Sorry for the difference of opinions, but those sound a little gross :p Kind of like those Max Five bars they've come out with that are peanut, caramel, pretzels, chocolate and wafer... makes my stomach turn thinking about it!

Anyways, I'm glad you're sticking it out! Keep it up!
 
hi new leaf : )

maybe you could imagine those pretzels as being covered in 'something else' (i'll not elaborate)

have fun at the gym tonight!
 
Thanks guys! As for the chocolate covered pretzels, now that people have mentioned them turning their stomach and being covered in "something else" I think I'm definitely turned off. Thank you!!

Anything that has chocolate in it can be my weak spot! Yet I shall survive! :)
So I missed the gym last night. Our house was a hideous mess and I had so much to do after work it was insane! My fiance had to work late so he was of no help. But good news is I did get almost all my boxes packed and shipped except two! (all my family lives in Michigan and I in Virginia!) So, FH and I opted OUT of dessert at dinner tonight, and I only ate half my meal, so I was pretty happy with myself!

Today 12-14-05
Breakfast: McDonalds breakfast bagel,cheese & bacon -400 calories(?)
1/2 mug of coffee
Lunch: mini pizza from Pizza Hut (was ina hurry out shopping, gahh so bad!!)

Dinner:really small pork loin baked, 1/3rd cup of mashed potatos, 1/4th cup of butternut squash
Dessert: cup of ice cream & chocolate chip cookie (tsk tks)
Water: 40 oz
 
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Hi, I've got a suggestion for you. By the way I love chocolate covered pretzels! Go to a store that carries health foods. Buy carob instead of chocolate. It's not something you can eat lots of but it's a better choice than chocolate and tastes like chocolate. They have carob covered pretzels, peanuts, raisins. Basically used anywhere you would use chocolate, but a whole lot less fat and sugar!
 
April that's an awesome idea... if I could get myself to like carob! I was introduced to it as a kid and unfortunately haven't been able to grow to like it! :) So I figured, if I feel like I am DYING to have one, I can stick two in the freezer and treat myself to just two on an occassion. but for now I think I'll stay away. I tend to be one of those people who "once you start, you can't stop." scenarios. Its not just a few pretzels.. its the whole freakin bag!! :) So better not to start the trend at all until I find my self control some place!! :D

But THANK you for the suggestion I totally appreciate it and any more you can offer! :)
 
12-15-2005
Breakfast: bowl of granola cereal. 230 calories
Water:
Lunch:
Dinner:
Exercise:

Today so far so good. I'm heading home soon, snow day for the office. Its really falling out here!
 
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