Addie's New Beginning

Hey Addie, maybe I can help you a little. It's been about 4 months and I've lost 43 or so lbs (242 to 199.5), still got some weight to go but its coming along nicely.

I've heard that diet soda aspartame is bad for you, and I've also heard diet soda can actually make you more hungry. Water is your friend, it makes you feel fuller and cleanses the body. At my worse I used to drink about 8-9 regular sodas a day. I switched to diet. I should probably only drink water but I just have to have soda...but if you can try to eliminate the soda.

Something I used to love last year before I started this was girl scout cookies! I used to eat the whole box, or most of it! But I looked at the calories for those, and my favorite (the caramel delites) the serving size? 2 cookies. WHO EATS 2 COOKIES?
Seriously. Lol. And I don't remember the calories, but it was high, like 170 calories or more.

I've heard this helps too. Take all the junk food out of your house, when all you have is healthy food to eat you're more likely to eat right. Buy yams, they are better than potatoes. Buy lots of fruit and veggies. Learn to cook if you can, you can make pretty healthy stuff. I hate cooking, but sometimes I make a sauce I call "Kara sauce", because it's made out of KaraCooks! Haha..Er...no...its just her recipe. Basically a low calorie glaze you can put over fish like salmon.

Anyway it's really good! At my local walmart you can buy wild caught salmon already in fillets about 5 a package, for only $4! So check your walmart, maybe they will have it there. It's been months and the price is still the same. I don't think they are going away.

Try to watch your sodium too, if you have too much salt it can cause you to retain water. Try to avoid saturated fat and stick to polyunsatured (good), omega 3 and monounsatured fats, these can be found in nuts and fish.

Congrats on your weight loss so far! You can do it!
 
KaraCooks said:
A good basic split to aim for with your macros is 40% carbs / 30% protein / 30% fat. You can tweak that a little (for example, I am for 35% carbs / 25% fat), but within those ranges are good.

To add some calories (and some healthy fat) to your diet try these tips: Add avocado to your sandwich. Add a drizzle of olive oil over your steamed broccoli. Add a spoonful of peanut butter to your snack (personally I love peanut butter and bananas) or have a peanut butter sandwich instead of the miniwheats and banana). Have a bit of Italian dressing or an olive oil and vinegar drizzle over your sandwich.

Moving on - do NOT buy ankle weights. :) Ankle weights can be dangerous - wearing them when you walk puts bad strain on your ankles and knees and they're not properly balanced for any kind of "leg lift" type exercises. Spend the money on a set of dumbbells instead - or on a set of resistance bands, or both.

Finally 5lbs is a lot - don't set yourself up for an unhealthy loss. A reasonable and safe rate is 1% of your bodyweight per week. For you, right now 3lb - 3.5lb would be a great loss for the week.

It's not a race! :) It's a lifestyle change ... you're doing great with it so far, so keep it up! :)
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Thanks for the tips, Kara. I have to admit I always love getting responses from you because I know that they'll have great insight and honesty :)

As for the weight-loss goal, it's sort of a deviation from my normal goal of 3lbs. just because I know that when I weighed myself last week I probably had a lot of water-weight since it was the day after Thanksgiving. I wouldn't say that I'm expecting to lose 5lbs., but I guess I wouldn't be surprised. I'll be happy with any loss ... I know "Rome wasn't built in a day" and I certainly know I didn't get fat overnight. Hell, I've been overweight my whole life, I don't care if it takes me until I'm 40 to reach my goal weight.

Like I've said before, I don't care about a number, I just want my body to be a machine again. Well, that and I wouldn't mind being the same size as I was in high school by my wedding. That'd be nice.


SparkErosion said:
Hey Addie, maybe I can help you a little. It's been about 4 months and I've lost 43 or so lbs (242 to 199.5), still got some weight to go but its coming along nicely.

I've heard that diet soda aspartame is bad for you, and I've also heard diet soda can actually make you more hungry. Water is your friend, it makes you feel fuller and cleanses the body. At my worse I used to drink about 8-9 regular sodas a day. I switched to diet. I should probably only drink water but I just have to have soda...but if you can try to eliminate the soda.

Something I used to love last year before I started this was girl scout cookies! I used to eat the whole box, or most of it! But I looked at the calories for those, and my favorite (the caramel delites) the serving size? 2 cookies. WHO EATS 2 COOKIES?
Seriously. Lol. And I don't remember the calories, but it was high, like 170 calories or more.

I've heard this helps too. Take all the junk food out of your house, when all you have is healthy food to eat you're more likely to eat right. Buy yams, they are better than potatoes. Buy lots of fruit and veggies. Learn to cook if you can, you can make pretty healthy stuff. I hate cooking, but sometimes I make a sauce I call "Kara sauce", because it's made out of KaraCooks! Haha..Er...no...its just her recipe. Basically a low calorie glaze you can put over fish like salmon.

Anyway it's really good! At my local walmart you can buy wild caught salmon already in fillets about 5 a package, for only $4! So check your walmart, maybe they will have it there. It's been months and the price is still the same. I don't think they are going away.

Try to watch your sodium too, if you have too much salt it can cause you to retain water. Try to avoid saturated fat and stick to polyunsatured (good), omega 3 and monounsatured fats, these can be found in nuts and fish.

Congrats on your weight loss so far! You can do it!
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Thanks for the advice, SparkErosion! I'm happy to say that I've been off of soda completely for 20 days now, and I have no reason to believe that keeping it that way will be an issue. I don't drink a lot of anything besides water. I have had 1 glass of wine at Thanksgiving and I'll occasionally have a glass of milk ... especially when eating spicy food.

My sodium intake is not likely to be a huge issue for me. I usually can't stand foods that are really salty, and I very very rarely add salt to anything. However I know that I need to learn more about the good vs. bad fats, and which foods I should incorporate and which I should stay away from. I think that for now, at my current weight, just the simple changes will work wonders for me. As time goes on I will have to continue learning about all of the intricacies of balanced nutrition. I'm working on it now ... but just like everything else, it's a process.

Thanks to everyone for your thoughtful responses, it makes me really happy to feel so embraced by this great community <3
 
Wow, 20 days? without soda? How?? I don't see how you do it, I still drink diet soda alot, I need to stop that :p

Great job, especially with the weight loss so far.

By the way, the Wii Fit is a great way to get fit! When I first started before I joined the gym, for a couple months I used the Wii Fit. I would do the first or second week of couch 2 5k (its a running program, it gets you running 5k or 3 miles in 2 months) for cardio, or I would ride my bike for 30 minutes, or do the stationary bike for an hour. I would do the strength training on the wii fit every other day (Push up side/planks, lunges, jackknives, squats) for 30 minutes.

After that I stopped doing the Wii Fit, started going to the gym 5 days a week to strength train, and riding my bike there and back 6 miles for cardio. I'm not sure if it's from the lost weight, or the strength training but the Wii Fit really helped. When I was 240-230, I couldn't do a push up with my feet on an incline. Now I can do "clap" push ups at an incline. It's such a great feeling. The good thing is the strength training on the Wii burns calories too! You might want to try it.

Kevin
 
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I felt really good about my eating today (even though I had quite a large lunch) until I got home and ate dinner. Funny how one meal can affect your entire day.

Breakfast:
1 Large Grapefruit (eaten very slowly, over the course of two hours)

Lunch:
1 Peanut Butter Sandwich
3/4 cup Steamed Broccoli
1/2 cup Parboiled Rice w/Green & Yellow Split Peas
1/2 cup Corn Casserole (Thanksgiving Leftovers)

Snack:
1 Medium Banana

Dinner:
1.5 Cups Semi-Homemade Beef Stew (HOLY GOD SO MUCH SALT) :willy_nilly:
1 Slice Pumpkin Pie w/non-dairy whipped topping & Almonds

Daily Water Consumption: 169oz.

Today's Calorie Count: 2,216

50% Carbs, 32% Fat, 19% Protein

Oh my GOD, ... after saying that "Sodium intake shouldn't be a problem for me" according to fitday.com I got nearly 200% MORE sodium than I should in a day... good thing I drink as much water as I do!!!

The pie was good though, even though it was a lot of calories, I'm glad I had it. It still wasn't a TERRIBLE day, I made quite a few good choices today, too.

I need to get more protein into my day. I also need more veggies ... veggies, veggies, veggies! ... By far one of the hardest things to incorporate into my diet. Fruit's easy because it satisfies my sweet-tooth.

I went for a short walk around my office building again today and up "the hill". I made it a little farther this time, but I still haven't made it to the 4th driveway yet ... damn 4th driveway. I've made it there once, and then I felt like my legs couldn't move for the next 4 days ... and I had cramps in my legs almost each of those nights. That'll teach me to remember to stretch ... lol There's no better reminder than 4 days of pain.

I've been feeling so much better ... lighter, even. But I can't SEE any difference. I know it will probably be a while, because even if I lose 50lbs. I'm still gonna be REALLY fat. So the proof is in the new things that I'm able to do each day. I really want to time my mile, but I have to find ... no ... make the opportunity to get over to my old high school track when nobody is around.

Tomorrow is another planned "cardio-heavy" day with 40mins. of WiiFit in the morning. I'm excited about my weigh-in on Friday, but I need to really be careful of the sodium intake for the rest of the week ... holy crap I'm still in shock about that.
 
SparkErosion said:
Wow, 20 days? without soda? How?? I don't see how you do it, I still drink diet soda alot, I need to stop that :p

Great job, especially with the weight loss so far.

By the way, the Wii Fit is a great way to get fit! When I first started before I joined the gym, for a couple months I used the Wii Fit. I would do the first or second week of couch 2 5k (its a running program, it gets you running 5k or 3 miles in 2 months) for cardio, or I would ride my bike for 30 minutes, or do the stationary bike for an hour. I would do the strength training on the wii fit every other day (Push up side/planks, lunges, jackknives, squats) for 30 minutes.

After that I stopped doing the Wii Fit, started going to the gym 5 days a week to strength train, and riding my bike there and back 6 miles for cardio. I'm not sure if it's from the lost weight, or the strength training but the Wii Fit really helped. When I was 240-230, I couldn't do a push up with my feet on an incline. Now I can do "clap" push ups at an incline. It's such a great feeling. The good thing is the strength training on the Wii burns calories too! You might want to try it.

Kevin
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I have tried some of the WiiFit strength training, but I am not sure I even have the muscles to do any of the exercises on there right now. I do wall push-ups for the time being, and just 15 of them wear me out. It's really terrible how out of shape I am. But everyday gets a little bit better. I am looking forward to my workout tomorrow morning. Maybe I'll shoot for a whole hour.

As for the soda, ... I don't know. I've taken long hiatuses from soda in the past, and it just depends on the timing of it on whether it is easy or difficult. About 6 months ago I stopped drinking soda for 6 weeks ... I only told myself I was going to quit for that long and I didn't hold any expectation of myself beyond that. The day after my 6 weeks, I had one Diet Pepsi with Lime, and then I pretty much went right back into having 1-3 sodas everyday. For some reason, this time has been pretty easy. The first few days are hard, but once I got passed the first week ... it got a lot easier.

It's committing to a daily exercise routine that has been difficult for me. It's weird, because I LOVE how I feel after I work out, and I want to get my old very functional "yes, I am a girl and can bench-press 175 and yes, I did just leg press the entire stack, ... yes I can run yo-yo's/lines/whatever you want to call them and keep up with girls half my size" body. That's what keeps me going ... getting up and exercising takes a lot of effort, because really I'm quite lazy ... but I NEED my body to be capable of anything I put my mind to. I'm a control-freak like that, and frankly I like it that way ... I'm not exactly sure what happened to make me stop prioritizing it, but that doesn't matter to me so long as I'm working toward it now.
 
Breakfast:

2oz. Sausage sauteed with green peppers and onions (cooked in 1 tbsp. canola oil)
1 Egg, fried over sausage & peppers mixture
1/2 Large Grapefruit

Snack:

1 Banana
1 Crystal Light Hunger Satisfaction (in bottled water)


Lunch:

Veggie Chips (Assorted)
Quaker Oatmeal (Weight Control)
1/2 Large Grapefruit

Snack:

1 Serving Multigrain Wheat Thins
1 Clementine

Dinner:
1 Peanut Butter Sandwich
14oz. Milk, 1% fat
1 Cup Candied Sweet Potatoes (homemade with roasted bananas & nuts)

Total Calories: 1998

Today's Water Consumption: 169oz.


I felt really great today; very energetic. It was wonderful. I enjoyed my breakfast very much, but it was pretty high on sodium which limited my options for the rest of the day. I was so concerned on not overdoing my sodium intake that I didn't even realize that I ate twice as many carbs as I should have ... of course I've pretty much been doing that the past three days ... >.<

Man, even when I'm NOT trying to eat a bajillion carbs I still eat a bajillion carbs. I don't get it. Although I think that the first day I tracked my eating I literally ate NOTHING but carbs. Pretty damn close anyhow ...

I don't know if I'm worrying about it too much or not enough for now. And ... I still am not getting my "appropriate" amount of calories ... but I'm so done worrying about that. My assumption is that I'm probably miscalculating things up to 500 calories, and if that's the case then I'm actually hitting fairly close to what I need.

So, this is me ... officially wiping my hands clean of worrying about not getting enough calories. I figure if I'm hitting close to 2000 in my calculations--I'm good.

I'm very seriously considering a gym membership. I actually asked my fiance, mother, and grandmother to consider paying for my first month as my birthday or Christmas present. It's a very reasonably priced little small-town fitness center. I e-mailed the owner a few weeks ago, but I've been concerned about money so I haven't followed-up with a visit as of yet. But I REALLY want to have an outlet to get more exercising in ... I did 30mins of WiiFit aerobics, 4 minutes of the damn hula-hoop exercise that kicks my ass, plus leg lifts, push-ups, crunches, etc. for 10 mins after that ... all before going to work this morning.

This afternoon on my break at work, I walked around the office building a few times and up "the hill" again and I made it to the 4th driveway! It was hard, but once I had made up my mind that I was going to make it all the way to the 4th driveway, it's like I got my second wind.

Oh!! And instead of doing just 15 push-ups this morning, I did 20 ... and then I did another 20 this afternoon!! :D

I'm so excited about my journey ... and even though I know that I probably won't always feel that way, I'm going to cherish feeling that way right now and take advantage of it.
 
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Great job! I decided to join the gym and had a personal trainer guy make me a routine to work out with. It was hard at first learning all the machines but now it's easy.

What wasn't easy was how upset I was when I went into the gym to sign up, (It's a large gym), they showed me around and assured me I would get a workout routine or at least shown the machines. Well you get a personal training 'session'. After I signed up for the gym membership, I did the 'session' the next day. It was a whole 10 minutes. After that, the trainer used high pressure sales tactics to try and make me join personal training, even just once a month. I told him I couldn't afford it, they just wouldn't take no for an answer. I had to literally stand up and leave. When I asked him for a routine or how to be shown the machines, he said "if I showed you, I'd have to show everyone."

I went back in there and was really upset with them, one guy there finally understood and made me a routine. He even showed me one workout routine for all the 4 sets. If I asked them how to use a machine 9 times out of 10 they would just show me without going to the actual machine. The person who made me the workout routine unfortunately left and went to another gym.

It's just frusterating, hopefully your gym isn't like the one I go to and they will be more helpful.
 
Hi there Addie..
Im new here and thought id take a look at some diaries before starting my own. I have picked up some useful tips from you so thankyou for that..
A big Well Done for your weight loss so far...!! Keep it up. Will keep track on your diary
Aimee :)
 
SparkErosion said:
Great job! I decided to join the gym and had a personal trainer guy make me a routine to work out with. It was hard at first learning all the machines but now it's easy.

It's just frusterating, hopefully your gym isn't like the one I go to and they will be more helpful.
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That's a shame that you had a bad experience. From what I can tell, there are only two personal trainers at this gym, and one of them is also the owner. I'm not sure how the session will go, but they have the same thing where when you sign up, you also pay for an hour with a trainer. I plan on signing up by the week after Christmas at the latest, because I'll have that whole week off from work, so it'd be nice to make good use of the time.


Aimee82 said:
Hi there Addie..
Im new here and thought id take a look at some diaries before starting my own. I have picked up some useful tips from you so thank you for that..
A big Well Done for your weight loss so far...!! Keep it up. Will keep track on your diary
Aimee :)
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Thanks, Aimee ... it's so nice to hear when someone can take something from my little journey here. I haven't lost a lot yet, but I anticipate that it will come off pretty steadily. Regardless, I'm just excited to be able to start being active and doing things again ... I miss being able to do pretty much whatever I wanted to physically. I'm also thinking that I might shoot to run a marathon by the time I'm 30 (about 5 years from now).

I really miss being an athlete, and I didn't realize that for the longest time. I just realized the other day that I haven't been regularly active in over 6 years. Yikes!
 
Breakfast:
7am-
2oz. Cranberry-Fruit Salad (homemade)
15 Almonds
9am-
1 Crystal Light Hunger Satisfaction Packet (added to bottled water)
1 Apple

Snack:
11am-
Reese's Snackster 100 Calorie Pack

Lunch:
12:30pm-
Turkey Sub from Subway - 12" Double Meat w/lettuce, tomato, green peppers, vinegar, and low-fat honey mustard

Snack:
3:30pm-
1 Banana

5:30pm-
1 piece of cornbread, prepared from mix
5 Almonds

Dinner:
7:00pm-
6 oz. Salmon
2 Cups Pasta (Rotini), whole wheat, with meatless tomato sauce

Total Calories: 2271

Total Fat: 52.6g (20% of calories), Total Carbs: 331.3g (55% of calories), Total Protein: 145.2 (25% of calories)

Daily Water Consumption: 152.1oz

I did not feel like getting up early to work out this morning, ... but I did it anyway. And boy did I really do it. Instead of my normal 30mins of WiiFit + 10mins of pushups, situps, leg lifts, stretching, etc. ... I did 50mins of WiiFit + 10 mins of the other stuff! Woohoo! According to fitday.com I burned about 400 calories :D That part felt good. I'm pretty sore from the extra working out, plus this is the first time that I've been working out more than 2-3 days a week. I've done 4 since Sunday, and I'm on track to do 5 or more likely 6.

I was really tired this morning ... not really from working out, that part felt really great. I just think I didn't get enough sleep last night and it threw off my whole day.

I've been pretty excited because I was prescribed some anxiety medication to take as needed (after having 4 anxiety attacks in one week, two REALLY bad ones) and I hadn't had to take any for quite a long time ... until today.

There was this pretty nasty head-on collision right outside our office this morning ... we're located right off of a highway that connects a couple of small cities and towns. Anyway, I heard the crunch ... crash ... smash ... none of those words really do it justice, and then I heard the squealing tires. I looked up and out the front office windows in time to see a blue car move across the opposite lane and into a ditch on the other side of the road ... a boy in his late teens/early 20's fell out of the driver's side (I say fell out because there was no longer a door to keep him in) and started rolling around on the ground. A few of our employees went to help him and a co-worker and myself called the police. After a couple of minutes he stood up, and thankfully the only injury he sustained was a scrape down his arm from broken glass, no stitches or anything. The ambulance treated both him and the people from the other car at the site, which was incredible ... I mean incredible that they weren't severely injured--looking at the cars you would not have guessed that. The blue car's driver's side front wheel was 150 feet back in the middle of the road, and it looked like the driver's side of the car was peeled back like a sardine can. It was absolutely frightening. I've never seen or heard a crash in my life, and it shook me up. I didn't want to take the xanax, but after 45 minutes of the hollow feeling in my stomach, I knew I should take it before it went full-blown.

Ugh, I don't even like thinking about it. I was thinking earlier how when I'm driving I just take it for granted that it's totally safe and I never think about those things possibly happening to me. Granted, it's probably for the best that I don't dwell on it, but it's just strange how I feel so safe in my car ...

Anyway, I am pretty excited to weigh in tomorrow, but I'm a little frightened of what the scale will say. If I have another week of no ticker change I'm gonna be SO mad.

My birthday is coming up next week, so it's likely I'm going to be having dinner with my family and probably cake ... and I'm honestly a little concerned that if I don't lose anymore weight by then that it's going to be a baaaad situation. lol

Wish me luck with my weigh-in tomorrow night!! :D
 
Hey Addie, if you want to time a mile, the easiest way is to drive your car along the route you walk (assuming you can drive around the building). When I started running outside I just drove my car through town until it said I'd gone 1 mile. Know I know (once it gets warmer again) that if I want to do a 2 mile jog, I just need to run to that mailbox and back.

If your anything like me, it's nice to have a number to play off of so you can get motivated by your improvement and play little games to make working out fun (like your doing with the driveways on the hill).

Keep it up, looks like you got pretty good control of tracking your food on fitday. I get lazy and just add up the calories in my head, but it's nice to have all the macro % info right at your fingertips.
 
Thanks for the tip, Marathon Man. I usually don't walk outside nowadays because I live in New York and it's f-f-f-freezing outside, but it's definitely something to keep in mind for the spring. I've sort of pushed the idea of running to the side for now. I think it would be safest if I lost at least 30lbs. first, if not like 60. Part of the reason I stopped being active in the first place was from a stress fracture in my shin I got in my senior year of high school -- and I only weighed 270-280 at that point. I'm afraid if I try to push myself into running too quickly that I'll just wind up with a setback. I'll play it by ear, but at the size I'm at now I'm certain that I can walk and lose weight without any kind of problem. Which brings me to today's entry:

I don't have time to list out all my foods, but my calorie count for today was quite low: 1,835 total. I was about to stop for the night at what I had earlier, but once I saw at that point I had only had 1,300 calories ... I allowed myself a little more to completely satisfy me. It was nice :)

Fat (32%) Carbs (46%)
Protein (22%) Alcohol (0%)

Anyway, I'm happy to say that my weigh-in went quite well. I lost 4.6lbs this week! Very exciting. I know I won't pull numbers like that every week ... but it's proof that it's working ... and that's great. I'm also fairly certain that I'm gaining muscle too, so I probably appear to have lost more than I actually have weight-wise. I took all of my measurements and put them into fitday.com so I can keep better track of my shape as a whole.

I discovered two very frightening things while measuring myself. 1: My bicep is bigger than my neck. EW. 2. My waist is the same size as my boobs. SO NOT COOL. Sorry if that's too much information--but I've always been notorious for having a pretty nice figure even though I'm overweight ... but ... it's not such a nice figure nowadays.

This is a picture of me in high school:


That was about 60-70lbs. ago. I am anxious to get back to that size, but also to blow past it.

I'm definitely happy with my 4.6lbs. though. Couldn't be happier. I know I'm gonna do this.
 
Wow ... I put on my favorite pair of jeans this morning (I usually only put them on during the weekend since we have a dress code at work that excludes them.

It's not a huge difference, but I could tell putting them on that they were the tiniest bit loser. Just the slightest bit more breathing room. I've convinced myself I've been the same size since about 20-30lbs. ago, but I was definitely reaching the end of my relationship with these jeans 7lbs. ago. Today, it's not a huge difference, but I'm not really scared of having to buy the next size up now.

I was actually online and ordering clothes about 2 weeks ago, and I had put all of these clothes into my cart, most of which were the next size up because those are what I thought would be the most comfortable.

I'm really glad I talked myself out of buying those clothes. I have a whole closet full of clothes that haven't fit me quite right since I was just around 290-300, and I'm confident that I will be able to wear all those "new" old clothes in a few months.

I'm so excited, but I can't let my excitement turn into over-confidence and therefore complacency.
 
Addiecakes said:
Wow ... I put on my favorite pair of jeans this morning (I usually only put them on during the weekend since we have a dress code at work that excludes them.

It's not a huge difference, but I could tell putting them on that they were the tiniest bit loser. Just the slightest bit more breathing room. I've convinced myself I've been the same size since about 20-30lbs. ago, but I was definitely reaching the end of my relationship with these jeans 7lbs. ago. Today, it's not a huge difference, but I'm not really scared of having to buy the next size up now.

I was actually online and ordering clothes about 2 weeks ago, and I had put all of these clothes into my cart, most of which were the next size up because those are what I thought would be the most comfortable.

I'm really glad I talked myself out of buying those clothes. I have a whole closet full of clothes that haven't fit me quite right since I was just around 290-300, and I'm confident that I will be able to wear all those "new" old clothes in a few months.

I'm so excited, but I can't let my excitement turn into over-confidence and therefore complacency.
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I feel ya, you're doing so well. Just wait until a couple months how much inches around your waist you'll lose!

I started at a size 48 inch waist, I'm currently size 41 inch waist closer to 40. Almost out of the 40's which is a big goal for me. But I think the best thing was when I was size 44 and I could go into any store and buy pants that fit.
 
Nice job! I sooo know what you mean about your excitement turning into complacency. I think I got too excited when I put on my old jeans and backed off of my fire for a bit. Keep on rocking it and stay motivated!
 
Hey you. It looks like you have some excellent advice so far, and you know what you have to do, so its tough to contribute anything of sustinence. In my experience I've found adjusting lifestyle is a lot of trial and error, but you eventually settle on what works for you.

Your post reminded me, I keep 1-2 t-shirts that are one size too small in my closet as a small motivator/reminder to stick with it. It'll be a milemarker day when you actually get to pack up all those old, large clothes and put em in a box in the attic :p.

We can leave the 300+ club together!
 
Andy said:
Hey you. It looks like you have some excellent advice so far, and you know what you have to do, so its tough to contribute anything of sustinence. In my experience I've found adjusting lifestyle is a lot of trial and error, but you eventually settle on what works for you.

Your post reminded me, I keep 1-2 t-shirts that are one size too small in my closet as a small motivator/reminder to stick with it. It'll be a milemarker day when you actually get to pack up all those old, large clothes and put em in a box in the attic :p.

We can leave the 300+ club together!
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Thanks for the reply, Andy. I can't WAIT to get out of the 300 club. I haven't been under 300 since August of 2007 shortly after my daughter was born. I'm hoping to be out of it by Valentine's Day 2010 :D
 
Yesterday's food:

Breakfast:

1/2 Grapefruit

Snack:

1 Crystal Light Hunger Satisfaction Pack (in bottle of water)
1 Lg. Banana

Lunch:

4 oz. Chicken Breast, diced over salad w/romaine lettuce, carrots, and onion
2 tbsp. Italian dressing, reduced fat

Snack:

1 serving Veggie Chips

Dinner:

12" Turkey Submarine Sandwich (local deli) with swiss cheese, lettuce, onion, and honey mustard
10 oz. Apple Juice (w/no sugar added)

Dessert:

1 BITE of Oreo cake

Total Calories: 2,142

Total Water Consumption: 118.3


I felt pretty decent about yesterday. I hadn't eaten a lot of calories by mid-day, but I knew that we were going over to a friend's house and would probably be bringing something pre-made over from the store, so really in hindsight I'm glad I had that "cushion". I had originally planned on taking Tuesdays and Saturdays off from my workouts for now, just to ensure I don't over-do it ... however I found it so difficult to drag myself out of bed Monday morning, I decided that I would take Monday off in exchange for Tuesday. Then of course when I woke up this morning (Tuesday) I didn't want to drag my ass out of bed AGAIN. *sigh* But, I'm happy to report that I forced myself out of bed this morning and got in a decent 40min. workout with WiiFit. After Sunday's workout going so well, I was sure that this morning's would be a breeze ... boy was I wrong. It wasn't overly difficult, but it challenged me much more than I was expecting. I usually do the "free step" activity on the WiiFit for 30 minutes, but this time instead of just stepping up and down, I stepped from side to side off the sides of the board for 500 steps. I'm telling you, just that simple little shift started working a WHOLE new group of muscles and really amped up my workout, it was great.

It's been both interesting and scary to actually wake up and not be motivated to exercise. I've felt very excited to get up and work out in the 2 weeks prior to this one, but I think the change in the weather has just made me want to cling to my bed. I feel so much better this morning as opposed to yesterday though, and I know it's because I got in my workout.

I mean, I knew days when I wasn't feeling up to it would come, it's just been scary and interesting to see both how my internal dialogue goes and also the eventual decision that I come to.

Which brings me to something else ... my mom and fiance have both told me that they're proud of me for what I've accomplished so far, ... and I'm having a really hard time accepting it. I can't really put my finger on it why it's bothering me, but I guess maybe it's the fact that I've lost a little bit of weight and then just reverted right back into my old habits before, so taking their statements of prides scares me because I feel like if I take too much pride in the changes that I'm making, that I'll become overconfident and then that will make me complacent about my choices again.

Having enough confidence in myself to know that I deserve to be healthy and fit, and being overconfident to the point where I feel like I don't need to do it to be happy is a fine line to walk, it seems.

Regardless, I'm glad I pushed myself this morning to get up and work out even though my bed and the snooze button were calling to me ...


Today's Food:

Breakfast:

1 Slice of double-fiber whole wheat bread
2 tbsp. Peanut Butter

Snack:

1 Apple
1 Crystal Light Hunger Satisfaction Packet (added to water)
15 Almonds

Lunch:

4oz. Seasoned Chicken Breast in whole wheat wrap with romaine lettuce blend and onion

Snack:

1 Serving Veggie Chips

Dinner:

9oz. Whole Wheat Rotini with meat sauce

Dessert:

1 Slice of Chocolate Oreo Cake

Calories for the Day: 1,802

Daily Water Consumption: 169oz.

Fat (28%) Carbs (54%)
Protein (18%) Alcohol (0%)

I never really thought I would be struggling to get ENOUGH calories in my day, but I'm really starting to get concerned that I'm not getting enough for me. I've been kind of tired lately and haven't been feeling as powerful in my workouts, but I don't starve myself or anything. I eat healthy foods but only eat until I'm satisfied. I try to snack frequently but if I'm eating (my version of) healthy foods, it's so hard for me to hit my number of calories I need. I guess I need to be less strict with myself and just try to fill up a little more. I'm thinking if I can get in a nice, full breakfast that it will make a huge difference. I'm starting to become a little bit more pleased with the way my percentage of calories are panning out though. I usually go WAY over in carbs and fat, and although my carbs are still high, I'm getting more protein in my day than I used to by a long shot.

I went over to my mom's house tonight to watch the Biggest Loser finale on TV, and I weighed myself while I was over there and am down another pound. I wasn't going to weigh myself again until Friday (my normal weigh-in day and also my birthday, woohoo!) but I figured while I was there I would check it out since the WiiFit said I was down 1.5lbs this morning. I want to be 325 or less by my birthday (a sort of birthday present to myself) and it looks like I am on track to do that pretty easily. If I get down to 324, it will officially be my first 10lbs. after 4 weeks of diet-adjustments and 3 weeks of regular exercise.

I'm planning on having at least a small slice of birthday cake, so hopefully I'll get a good number in before that happens!

<3
 
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