Angie's "Believe In Yourself" Weight Loss Diary

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Monday, September 14, 2009

Today I Start To Believe In Me

There has never been a time to become more serious about my health and fitness than now. Today I claim my own success....right now. I claim it. I WILL make it to the end. I will not quit. I will conquer this battle and live in my life long victory.

To anyone that may be reading, this is my weight loss and fitness diary. I will be logging my entire journey along the way. I have been overweight off and on (MOSTLY on) my entire life. It's time to make a change for the long term.

I am starting this journey at 203.75lbs on Monday, September 14, 2009. I plan to end this weight loss journey and enter maintenance on Monday, July 5, 2010 at 130.00 lbs. I have 73.75 lbs to lose in 42 weeks. I think it's doable.

I hit my heaviest earlier this year at 247.00lbs. I decided to make a change at the end of March to start losing weight (one journey of many). I lost about 40lbs, hit a plateau and kind of gave up for a few weeks but I'm back on track with a completely re-vamped meal plan and exercise plan. I am ready to roll!!!

I will be weighing myself once a week, taking videos of myself in a bathing suit once every six weeks, and taking my measurements once every fourteen weeks. I will also be logging my daily exercise, calorie intake, water intake, and comments/thoughts.

I will stick with this diary until the very end. I'm making that commitment and I'm claiming my victory! So no better time to get started than now! I'm off to go do my first workout on day 1.
 
Starting Measurements

Here are my starting measurements.

I will be taking my measurements every 14 weeks until the end of my journey.

I also have my starting video that I took this morning in my only bathing suit. It is utterly disgusting to look at. I have so many rolls and so much cellulite it is ridiculous. Not sure I'm comfortable confronting that yet lol!



Body Part Measurement (Inches)

Left Arm 14.7500
Right Arm 14.2500
Bust 45.6250
Waist - Relaxed 40.1875
Waist - Sucked 38.3125
Highs - High 47.0000
Hips - Low 45.1875
Thigh Bulge 46.3125
Left Thigh 28.5000
Right Thigh 28.0625
Left Calve 15.1250
Right Calve 14.6875
Left Ankle 7.8750
Right Ankle 7.6875
Neck 13.5000
Left Fore-Arm 10.2500
Right Fore-Arm 10.1875
Left Wrist 6.2500
Right Wrist 6.2500
Left Ring Finger (cm) 5.8000
Right Ring Finger (cm) 6.2000
 
Day 1 Food & Exercise



Day 1: Monday, September 14, 2009

FOOD LOG

Breakfast: Omelet (6 egg whites, green onions, broccoli, red peppers, turkey bacon, 2% cheddar); 1 cup strawberries; 1/2 cup 1% cottage cheese
Calories: 315

Snack: Protein Shake (1 medium banana, 3 tbsp whey protein, 1 cup skim milk, 1 cup ice)
Calories: 257

Lunch: Tropical Turkey Salad (1 cup spinach, 1 cup lean turkey breast, 1 tbsp each of pineapples, mandarin oranges, celery, green peppers, red onions); Raspberry Dressing (1 tbsp + 1/2 tsp)
Calories: 273

Snack: Soy Nuts (2 tbsp); whey protein powder (1 scoop)
Calories: 220

Dinner: Gingered Honey Salmon (6oz); 1 cup asparagus; 1 cup red pepper soup
Calories: 539

TOTAL DAILY CALORIES: 1604

MACRO %'S: 45% PROTEIN, 31% CARBOHYDRATES, 24% FAT


WATER INTAKE: 96 OZ

EXERCISE LOG

Program: Patrick Goudeau - Hard Work Conditioning
Time: 56:36 (not including warm up and cool down)
Avg Heart Rate: 148
Peak Heart Rate: 174
Est. Cal. Burned: 491

Thoughts: Today was a good start day. I'm hungry at the end of the day but I do believe that's my body's metabolsim revving up. I think my calorie range is pretty good for now. I will adjust as I go along depending on my energy levels. The last thing I want to do is starve myself. Trust me, I've learned that's NOT the way to do it a long time ago. So here's to a healthier new me on Day 1. :hurray:
 
wtf?

Okay....so how the hell did I give up on myself that quick? I'm supposed to be "BELIEVING" in myself!! (hence the name of this darn diary!!). Okay....focus......let's try this again. Man I had a bad binge-type couple of days. Yeah it's been really bad. I don't know what got into me. The onset of PMS? Who knows. I swear, food is a friggin addiction. BUT......I will not give up. I just need to re-focus? Someone help me re-focus!!

(I'm back up to 209.00 from 203.75 on 9/14.....gulp).
 
Don't give up! You just have to get back on track and keep going! Eat right, do your exercise and if you have a bad day or two, don't let it get you down. This happens to me a lot, I'll have a bad day and just want to say forget it, but then I realize its just 1 day.....I remind myself that I don't want to look and feel like I do now:ack2: forever and I get back to work...lol! You can do it!!! :) :hurray:
 
Don't Give Up!!

Thank you so much!! You are right. I just need to get back on the wagon and realize that it's one day out of who knows how many to come. I can't let one day defeat me. I hate being an all or nothing person sometimes. If I'm not perfect, it makes me want to give up. But you're right....I DO NOT want to be this unhealthy forever and that's the road I'm travelling if I let one bad day defeat me. Thanks for the encouragement guys!!! :eek:)
 
Starting Over Again

Friday, September 18, 2009
STARTING OVER: DAY 1 FOOD & EXERCISE

FOOD LOG (meal - description - calories)

Breakfast none 0

Snack: 1/2 ostrich jerky stick 40
Snack: protein shake (1 cup skim milk, 1 cup ice, 1/2 cup strawberries, 1 scoop whey protein powder) 220

Lunch: 1 1/4 cups southern chicken rice soup 278
Lunch: 1 scoop whey protein powder w/water 120

Snack: 3 oz nonfat plain yogurt 40
Snack: 1 stick reduced fat mozzarella string cheese 50

Dinner: 6 oz fresh baked halibut steak (w/tomato basil topping) 259
Dinner: 1/2 small baked potato 67

TOTAL DAILY CALORIES - (54% Protein, 28% Carbs, 18% Fat) - 1,077

EXERCISE LOG

PROGRAM: Patrick Goudeau - Hard Work Conditioning
TIME: 55:57
DISTANCE: N/A
PEAK/AVG HR: 179 /154
CAL. BURNED: 517.35

I obviously did not get enough calories in today but I don't feel bad about it considering yesterday was a complete binge day. I've re-dedicated myself today and tomorrow will be a normal calorie healthy eating day. The day is done. And it was a good day.
 
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