BmOhearn's diary

Thank everyone for commenting..it helps. It is finally summer, and finally realized after gaining back all the weight i lost...that i need to lose it all again. Its hard.

I have a plan that i am configuring, and its easy to follow.

I'll update when i have it all planned out. Because right now, i am sick sick sick...and want to rest.
 
Sorry to hear you are sick!! I hope that doesn't last too long.

It's nice to see you post though, and it will be good to hear about your plans. :)
 
Ok. So i found myself the perfect diet/ exercise plan.

My goal is to lose 10lbs a month.

My exercise: bike riding every day. at least 1 mile. I am so incredibly out of shape. But thats what i'm working on!

I made easy strength training exercises for myself. By easy i mean....attainable. Nothing completely hard. Consisting of tricep dips, lifting the bar on the weight bench, crunches, and lunges. Everything except the weight bench thing i can do while watching a movie or something.

I also found a non-exercise project to do while i have a bit of down time. You know....just to work on something. I bought a 1000 piece puzzle. It will take me forever. But it sounds like a decent amount of fun.

Danny agreed to go on a bike ride every day with me. So i have a bit of help.

Food as of right now:
*2 bottles of water
*a cheeseburger the size of my palm with lettuce and tomato, and small amount of ketchup, on a bun.
*a 1/2 cup of pasta salad.
*a small bowl of fettuccine alfredo with chicken and broccoli.
*a glass of ice tea

I think i ate too much pasta already. But I think its ok. Dinner will be a salad with low calorie dressing.

i have to leave for work in 20 minutes. Time to do my make-up, and get dressed.

My headache is coming back. :( I thought my nap would have gotten rid of it.

But i'm very happy that our bikes are fixed. Now i think i'm back on track. My food portions have been good today. And that is my major problem that i need to fix.
 
Today I've been pretty good with exercise.

I've gone on 2 bike rides. 15 minutes earlier... 30 minutes at night.
And I also used the weight bench.

Here is the plan I've made up for myself:

1. 4 water bottles a day
2. Easy on the carbs.
3. Easy on the sugar.
4. alternate weight bench exercises with tricep dips every day.
5. Bike ride or walk every day. For at least 15 minutes.

That is what I'm doing for this month. I am going to plan out gradually more exercise every month following. But i think this is something i can obtain easily.

I can tone my arms, and get some cardio in too. :jump:

I ate a lot of carbs today...so i'm not proud of that. But i did get a lot of exercise in. yay for me.

I am going to be going to bed soon. I need my sleep. I want to wake up early for once tomorrow.

Do some chores, and get some exercise in before work. i might have to pick up my boyfriend's little brother from school tomorrow. But i really need to get some stuff done tomorrow...so i might not.

Well thats it for now...
<3 Brandy
 
Oooo. Nice work getting that exercise going!! That's rather an impressive amount and more so for just starting again!! :)
 
felici- i know i've said this 10000000 times...but i think i finally knocked some sense into my head. I know what i need to do. The food thing will be hard, but i'll get a hang of it.

FOOD:

So far I have had shrimp flavored ramen noodles (390 calories) and 16.9 ounces of water. (0 calories)

I know that the next meal i eat will consist of a chicken breast. POSSIBLY a bit of stuffing. Except I'm not sure if i'm going to eat it before or after i go to work. After work I am going to eat a 1/2 salad with chianti dressing.

Chicken breast, meat only, roasted: 140 calories
Stove-top stuffing mix 1/2 cup: 107 calories
a cup of iceberg lettuce: 7 calories
Packet of Low calorie chianti dressing: 10 calories
The ramen noodles i had for lunch: 390 calories
Granola Bar for a snack : 100 calories

Total for the day: 754 calories.

That is almost nothing, but I can't think of anything else that I'll be eating today. I have to work in 3 more water bottles. i will bring 1 to work, and will hopefully drink 2 more when i get home tonight.

EXERCISE:

It is absolutely pouring out, so i can't go out doors today. No walk or biking.
It is a day for me to do my tricep dips though. And i might do more bicep work outs because i can't get in any cardio today.
 
:) I know that it is hard to really make a good change and stick to it. I know how often I have had to restart. I like the way the gaps in your weight loss work are relatively brief compared to the ones I had. I do hope you don't have to waste as many years as I did but I wish you continued success regardless.

You're right to worry about those way too low calories. I guess you are currently working on a plan to deal with that issue, as you must.

It's good that you have some options for working out inside. That seems to be pretty important. Do you still have that dance/game thing? I think it might have been DDR?

Regardless, keep on posting - and I hope all goes well at work and elsewhere. :)
 
COMPLETELY ignore my last post. I was totally STUPID!!! I can only do like 5 tricep dips. I think mainly because i haven't really ever used those muscles. I feel bad about what i ate. I know i didnt go over my calories...but i didn't do well. I ate 4 slices of a small pizza, 5 oreos, and a glass of ice tea. I can't even start to think about why i did such a stupid thing. So when i found out i didn't actually have to work tonight... I decided to spend most of the night exercising. At 9, Danny and I are going to watch Hell's Kitchen. Thats an hour and a half away. I tried to do my tricep dips... it didnt work... I can only to 5. So i did more bicep work outs instead. So i feel a bit accomplished. I will play DDR now, to get some cardio in since its all rainy right now.

I want to be thin. I'm looking forward to being tightened up, thin, toned, whatever. I'm just looking forward to it.

I like to find motivational pictures for myself. To show that all the hard work i am going through will be worth something.

OK... Time for DDR. lol.
 
Well at least you did 5! And you had another exercise you could do.

The first time I tried some bodyweight exercises I copied a list of about 10, looked the names and descriptions up on the net then - wall sits - looks ok - did 1/2 of one - pain and dying - time to try something else - chair dips - no I cannot hold my weight - planks - OMG I can't even get into position!! You are WAY up on my starting point!!

I hope you had fun with that DDR! :)
 
It is hard to get into a routine but you will find those triceps dips will get easier! Glad you are still here and working to improve and your results will come!!! Just stick with it. Posting here definatly helps!!! Have a great week!
 
Felici- I know how you feel. I have restarted this diet and exercise thing about 1000 times, and when i copy all the exercises i find in magazines, internet, etc... i find myself in the exact same situation. Or with cardio... i push myself WAY too far in the beginning, and thats why my diets usually fail. I think i found something good this time.

Mishi- I hope the tricep dips get easier... i feel so weak when i can only do 5! lol. I even struggle with 5... so right now my goal with those is to do 5 with ease.

Hmm... DDR didnt work for me tonight. I know i can do it, and its a good strategy with me, but it didnt work tonight. I got too aggrevated with it. So i watched Hell's Kitchen instead. Its such a good show!

I feel really good about myself after i use the weight bench i have. Even if i can still only lift the bar. And even with just lifting the bar... i can only do it about 20 times. (i count to 4 on the way up, and count 4 on the way down.) I might do more of those before i go to bed. I did 22 yesterday, and 20 today. I might do another 20.

Tomorrow I don't have to work, but at 5pm I am leaving to go to my father's house.

Game plan for tomorrow:

*Go out to eat for a healthy lunch,
*Buy a scale with my extra money (i think it will motivate me a bit more.)
*Put gas in my car
*MAKE A TRIP TO THE BANK!!!! I need to deposit money. I have 1,000 dollars worth of checks that I'm too lazy to put in the bank. I cant believe myself!
*exercise somehow.
*Get ready for my father's house.


The thing this time... I know i can lose weight. I will finally have my own scale, so I know I will have to face it when i mess up on my diet. It will keep me on track I hope.

Things i have to work on that got me off track before:

* Learn to say "NO." I have people that tempt me with goodies even when they know how much being on a diet and losing weight mean to me. I know they don't mean to be harmful... but they shouldn't call them "goodies." they should call them "yummy yet fattening evil-ies."

* I have to realize that I do have a choice in what i eat. I can pick and choose of what to eat out of the things the family makes for dinner

* I can tell people I'm trying to eat healthier, and not hide it from them. So it won't hurt their feelings when i do eat what they make.

* Talk myself through the temptations.

* when i don't want to exercise... listen to myself. Do at least a little bit of exercise whenever possible... but when my body is telling me it is too tired...listen to it. I like to have a good experience when exercising. I dont want to ruin me LIKING it with a bad experience.

I guess thats about it.

Another thing i need to work on... That has nothing to do with weight loss.....

Saving Money!!!
 
I went out today and bought my scale. Unfortunately I found out that I weigh 215.5 lbs. But I think thats a huge reality check for me. I picked my goal weight... and even though I have a long way to go... I think its possible. I will probably weigh myself every morning, just cuz thats the type of person I am. I will keep in mind that my weight will fluctuate. I will keep up with my little exercises, and so on... hopefully that will help.

Today's Plan:

* go on a bike ride for a little while with Danny.
* do 5 tricep dips.
* Lift the bar on the weight bench 20 times


Then I have to go to my father's house at 5pm.

I had a huge lunch, so i probably won't eat dinner. I had a bunch of soup at Uno's. A BUNCH!!!

So I'm all excited to lose weight now. I'm gunna go sketch out a game plan for all my weight loss.
 
I'm just going to keep typing in here as much as possible. If no one wants to read it... its ok. I just need to babble to keep my mind where it is supposed to be.

I just lifted the bar on my weight bench 30 times!! Its a 45 lb bar. I'm proud of myself. The highest I've ever been able to do is 22. And I did 5 tricep dips. I did 4 in a row, but got a cramp. Stopped the position for literally 2 seconds, then did 1 more. (i'm still working on those.) right now I wish i could do tricep dips easily because then i could work out all parts of my arm. But all i want to do is practice them. Just get used to the position, and try them out until i can do actually do them. Not just 4 half-assed ones before i get a cramp.

In 15 minutes dan is coming on a bike ride with me. He said there is a BIG circle to go around. that takes about 45 mins to 1 hour. I'm looking for a decent path to follow for a morning exercise thing. I'm so happy its nice out. Then i feel good about myself for getting cardio exercise in.

Speaking of feeling good about myself... I love working on my arms. I have NEVER had toned arms. They have always been kinda chubby. But I dont even know how many days I have been lifting the bar on the weight bench... but i can tell it's working. I love the burning feeling left in my muscles when i finish. it is an exercise that only takes 5 or so minutes.(I really can't do any more then 30 right now.) So there is always time for it.

I wish the weight loss thing could take less time. I'm happy to be on track again.
 
I am overfilled with different feelings right now... good and bad.

Bad-- I just got into my car to drive to see my father, and i found out my rear passenger side tire is locked up because i screwed up the break about 2 weeks back. And i never got it fixed cuz i didn't think it was a big deal. Now i miss my dad, sister, and step mother. And my real mother is being a brat. She is angry at me for going out of state and not calling her. So she won't help me fix it. I'm just incredibly frustrated.


Good-- I went on a 4 mile bike ride with Dan. He was my cheerleader the whole way! He is finally ready to help me lose weight... and he is going to lose weight too. But let me tell you. It kicked my BUTT! I stopped like 10 times along the way. It was very hilly. We stopped about 3/4 of the way there at a convenient store and got lo-calorie drinks. We were just gunna get water originally, but he said i deserved the Propel because i worked so hard. He is actually coming down on me. He is being tough-- but in a good way. He is telling me that i have to lose weight, and he is actually helping me do it. And I think that possibly he might be serious with helping me this time. So... maybe it will happen faster then i hope.

SEMI-good news update: My mom and step father won't help me with my car. But i just talked to my daddy, and he said that it might just be my emergency brake locking up. I have the money to get it fixed. It was supposed to be for school, but i kind of need my car right now. So it might just cost me like $100, which i'm praying its something easy like that.

Thats about it. I'm going to take dan upstairs and see if he'll help me find a nice and healthy munchy snack. Cuz i'm hungry. Then i might take a nap. That bike ride make me TIRED!!!
 
Hi Bmo! Sorry to have been MIA! Sounds like you are doing well! I am glad your b/f is onboard with you! That will help so much! I weigh myself everyday as well and I my moods fluctuate with where the scale is for that day. What I do to keep my stressouts at bay is write down the number everyday on the calender on the wall by the bathroom. That way I can see what I was last week, where I am now and how I have done overall. It helps a bit with the weight related bad moods! I was thinking about the tricep dips and maybe you could get some dumbells (5, 8, or 10lb) and do kickbacks. That way you could keep toning your triceps after the 5 dips... just to increase strength! Just keep with it! The results will come!
 
mishi- i hope the results come! i read that you can see your abs now. I can't wait for that. I think i will take that calendar idea... and the dumbbell idea as soon as i get some money. : ) thank you so much for your great advice.
 
So today wasn't bad on food. I went on a short bike-ride today. I haven't used the weight bench... i plan on it after i update everything though.

I made my boyfriend sign an agreement about being tough on me until i reach my goal weight. I think in the past few days i have completely turned my life around. I have to exercise every single day....or i will feel incomplete, and gross. I have to work out every single day, or i will feel just as bad.

Last night i went to bed at 12. I had a great night sleep, and was awake between 8am and 9am. So i am hoping to keep that great sleep pattern.

I called my work today to find out what my work schedule was next week. I am only working 7 hours!! So i am on a mission to find a new job. UGH. i am hoping to find a decent job with at least $10.00/hour. I will look online tonight.

Tomorrow Danny and I are going to practice making sushi. I have never really liked sea-food, but maybe i can make some with cucumbers and stuff in it... not fish. Maybe it'll be good? Plus i think its pretty healthy.

Everything is good right now. I am going to start the calendar idea like Mishi suggested.
 
OK OK. Update time again tonight. I added 5 lbs of weight to the bar. To make it a 50lb lift. I struggled with the 5lb difference. I didn't think it would be much. But i could barely to the 45lb lift. But Dan had added the extra 5 lbs for me to try.... so i did. I did 2 sets of 10.

Good news! I did 10 tricep dips. They weren't perfect form, but enough for me to feel it. I may have put too much weight on my feet if anyone understands what i mean. But point of story... I did it.

I have everything planned out for tomorrow.

Wake up around 9am.
Grab something to have for breakfast. Probably a 90 calorie granola bar.
Go on another 3 or 4 mile bike ride. (it will probably kick my butt again)
Shower
Go to Stop and Shop and buy stuff to make sushi. (a veggie sushi)
Make and eat sushi
Clean out the rest of my car... and my trunk.
Call AAA to bring my car to the shop.
Work Out.
Play Bocce.
Work on my puzzle.

But thats really it. I'm proud for doing 10 tricep dips. It can only get easier from here. I made dan promise to help me until i reached my goal...and i think he'll do it for me. I'm really happy. I think i'm off to a good start.
 
So I've had a great morning. I weighed myself. 211. i wrote it on my calendar.

Breakfast this morning was good.

I had a 90 calorie granola bar, and a handful of carrots and celery in a ranch veggie dip. What a good choice on my part. It was delicious.

Dan's mother is going out and buying the sushi stuff for us. So that gives me time to bum around on my computer for a bit.

Then we are going on a bike ride after we make and eat some sushi for lunch. I looked up the nutritional data... and I will be eating cucumber rolls probably because i'm not big on fish. If i eat an entire stick...which is 6 pieces...it is only 103.2 calories. : )

Then its a bike ride. For 3 miles. Maybe its 4. I'm not sure. We'll say 3.

I'm not sure whats for dinner. but so far, my meal plan is working out very very well. : )

I need to lose 11 lbs in the next 23 days. Thats only .5 lb per day. I think I can do it if i try hard.

I want to lose 10lbs per month. I thought i weighed less then 215 when i first started... so i made a goal of 200lbs by July 1st. I think its attainable. I just have to work extra hard.
 
Yay for sushi!!! I love making sushi!!! I love the raw fish and everything but honestly what really gets me is the wasabi!!!!! I drool just thinking about it *cleans off keyboard*;) ha ha ha. That is wonderful about the 10 tricep dips!!! See it will get better!!! Just takes a bit of time to whip those muscles into shape. I have been going to workout classes for weeks and I am just now starting to feel the results!! It is a great feeling!! Just keep with it! I am glad my advice could help. I like to read magazines like Shape and Fitness to get weight lifting ideas but the oldies seem to work, especially in the beginning! I am so glad you are so motivated!! If you keep it up I don't see why you can't get to your goal by July:) Hope you have a good day making sushi:)
 
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