This is my first try at a weight loss diary, especially a published one, so we'll see how this works. I'm 5'11", 20 years old, and hover around 142 pounds a. I guess this is a healthy range, but I'm only 20! If not going to have a body i'm proud of, then when? My goal is to lower from 142 pounds to 136, starting tomorrow. And I want to lose these 6 pounds by March 31. My biggest problem is binging on my favorite foods: I have a boyfriend, and try as I might to eat healthy, as soon as he walks in with a pizza, its time for second dinner.
-- How much weight do you want to lose? I want to lose these six pounds by eating less and going to the gym more, although finding the balance as to not starve myself into an exhaustion is always the hard part...
My ideal weight would be 130ish, though I haven't been there since i was 12...Four months from now, I'd like to be at 135 pounds.
i want to lose weight because I want to feel comfortable in my body, wearing the type of clothes I like, feeling sexy and attractive to myself.
Obstacles: besides my boyfriend and his horrible pizza: other foods which I love and can't get enough of, not eating enough to the point where my body starves and I binge on whatever I can, and nightly sugar cravings, munchies when I've had a little too much to drink (and too much red wine in general!)
I feel like i have a weight problem now because I have a love hate relationship with food: it has complete power over me! Even if I'm not at all hungry, or know that one more meal will be one more too much, as soon as something tasty shows up, I'm there. When I'm not eating, I'm thinking about food. I'm thinking about my weight, and I want to just let goooo!
Lifestyle changes: I feel like I eat pretty healthy in general, until the cravings come. So spoiling myself once in a while might not be bad: an ice cream at the end of the day, not having to have low-calorie everything. If I feel a binge coming on, I just have to GET OUT! Know that life does not revolve around food, and that when I'm stressed out, there are other things I can do: take a really long shower, talk on the phone to a friend, draw a picture, do something with my hands to get the focus off of eating...
Being more confident in my abilities to take care of this damned thing in the long term. I don't want to be at this pointi n 4 months!!!
I gained weight back after losing a good 20 lbs because of boredom, I'm sure. beacuse food is a quick fix to whatever's bugging me at the moment, to just zone out and feel like I'm being proactive by doing SOMETHING.
My three favorite foods: twix ice cream, pizza, chinese food
Three things I can do differently when it comes to food: stop treating every meal like it's my only opportunity to eat for the day, Put my goal of losing weight above my desire to eat until completely full to the point of not moving, stick to what I want to eat, even if there's something incredibly tasty in the room, and stop snacking like a maniac!
If I woke up tomorow and my body were perfect, I wouldn't have to worry about weight anymore! I always feel much freer when my body feels beautiful, without self-loathing or shame...I feel more confident, I feel like walking around naked, I feel gorgeous
when I'm not hungry, I eat cereal, popcorn, coffee, gum, today pizza, chocolate, ice cream...ugh...
So starting with today:
Breakfast:
-3 latvian pancakes (or crepes),one filled with applesauce and yogurt, about 1/2 a cup of each
Lunch:
-lowfat burrito, a cup of macaroni and cheese, an ice cream drumstick, chocolate truffle
-snack: half a banana, dried plum, marshmallows
Dinner:
-2 slices of pizza, 2 glasses of wine
I'm guessing around 1700 calories, when my BMI is 15150: does this sound about right?
And only exercise today was walking around the mall trying on dresses for like an hour...
-- How much weight do you want to lose? I want to lose these six pounds by eating less and going to the gym more, although finding the balance as to not starve myself into an exhaustion is always the hard part...
My ideal weight would be 130ish, though I haven't been there since i was 12...Four months from now, I'd like to be at 135 pounds.
i want to lose weight because I want to feel comfortable in my body, wearing the type of clothes I like, feeling sexy and attractive to myself.
Obstacles: besides my boyfriend and his horrible pizza: other foods which I love and can't get enough of, not eating enough to the point where my body starves and I binge on whatever I can, and nightly sugar cravings, munchies when I've had a little too much to drink (and too much red wine in general!)
I feel like i have a weight problem now because I have a love hate relationship with food: it has complete power over me! Even if I'm not at all hungry, or know that one more meal will be one more too much, as soon as something tasty shows up, I'm there. When I'm not eating, I'm thinking about food. I'm thinking about my weight, and I want to just let goooo!
Lifestyle changes: I feel like I eat pretty healthy in general, until the cravings come. So spoiling myself once in a while might not be bad: an ice cream at the end of the day, not having to have low-calorie everything. If I feel a binge coming on, I just have to GET OUT! Know that life does not revolve around food, and that when I'm stressed out, there are other things I can do: take a really long shower, talk on the phone to a friend, draw a picture, do something with my hands to get the focus off of eating...
Being more confident in my abilities to take care of this damned thing in the long term. I don't want to be at this pointi n 4 months!!!
I gained weight back after losing a good 20 lbs because of boredom, I'm sure. beacuse food is a quick fix to whatever's bugging me at the moment, to just zone out and feel like I'm being proactive by doing SOMETHING.
My three favorite foods: twix ice cream, pizza, chinese food
Three things I can do differently when it comes to food: stop treating every meal like it's my only opportunity to eat for the day, Put my goal of losing weight above my desire to eat until completely full to the point of not moving, stick to what I want to eat, even if there's something incredibly tasty in the room, and stop snacking like a maniac!
If I woke up tomorow and my body were perfect, I wouldn't have to worry about weight anymore! I always feel much freer when my body feels beautiful, without self-loathing or shame...I feel more confident, I feel like walking around naked, I feel gorgeous
when I'm not hungry, I eat cereal, popcorn, coffee, gum, today pizza, chocolate, ice cream...ugh...
So starting with today:
Breakfast:
-3 latvian pancakes (or crepes),one filled with applesauce and yogurt, about 1/2 a cup of each
Lunch:
-lowfat burrito, a cup of macaroni and cheese, an ice cream drumstick, chocolate truffle
-snack: half a banana, dried plum, marshmallows
Dinner:
-2 slices of pizza, 2 glasses of wine
I'm guessing around 1700 calories, when my BMI is 15150: does this sound about right?
And only exercise today was walking around the mall trying on dresses for like an hour...
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