Brandy's Success Diary

I love eating at Red Robin. Today I took my sister there for a special lunch- just the 2 of us. I got the Whiskey River BBQ chicken wrap: spinach wrap with BBQ grilled chicken, lettuce, tortilla strips,cheddar cheese, whiskey river sauce, and a touch of ranch. 380 calories, 10 grams of fat!!!! It is officially my favorite "out to eat" meal. I didn't eat any of my fries-cuz I'm a good girl. Just for the fun of it I decided to calculate what the calories were for the meal that I've gotten at Red Robin 1000 times:

Whiskey river BBQ burger with onion straws- 1129 calories, 69 fat
2 orders of steak fries (at least because they were bottomless): 390 each, 17fat
Sprite: 110 calories a cup- probably had 3 cups.

That meal adds up to 2,239 calories,103 grams of fat. And that doesn't include the half appetizer of onion rings I got sometimes. And to add on even more- i ate other things in that day. That was just supper. And sometimes I'd eat more fries. No wonder I got fat.

I have gone 13 days without a cheat meal. I don't want to cheat! I'm happy eating healthy. I have lost 12 pounds. Gone down a pants size. My arms are getting good sized muscles on them. I'm doing damn well! My outlook on food has completely changed.
 
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

I won't overeat today. At least that is the goal.I want to eat turkey, and a side of Portuguese stuffing my step mother made for me last night. Instead of bread stuffing. The Portuguese stuffing is chorizo sausage and onions and celery. No desserts for me today! And lots of gum to get me through it. And at some point in the day after lunch I will go on a walk/jog with Dan.
 
Last night I was going to be naughty and eat a cheeseburger. No chips or anything... because I had the calories to do so. And I found out I can't eat them. lol. I've been eating really healthy for the past 2 weeks, and now greasy foods make me COMPLETELY nauseous. Like... I took 3 bites and thought I was going to :puke: So needless to say, I'm not craving greasy fast foods,meats, or fried food from my work anymore. Every time I see them, I get really disgusted. I think that will be a plus for me! lol.

My muscles are really sore from working out yesterday. Today I have to work for 13 hours, and somehow fit in 30 minutes of cardio. No strength training today. Especially not in my arms!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Saturday!
 
No one even comes to my journal anymore. Oh well.

Cuz I'm gunna be in one-derland soon! I saw 200 on the scale today, hoping to see a 198 by Friday's weigh in.

I'm soooo excitedddd. I thought I set an unrealistic goal by hoping to be at 190 by Christmas,,,, but if I really work my butt off maybe I'll see it. I'll be MORE than please with a 195 though. On my way downnnnn..
 
bmohearn said:
From: Tracey Yukich November 12 at 11:05pm
thanks brandy,
girl you have to decide to change first! Start with food, manage it for a week make better choices. join a gym and make a commitment to go everyday and do one class. Find someone there and ya'll run together go to class each day and then the next week bump it up do another class. before you know it you'll have started yourself on a healthy plan. If you find someone to work out with and they quit on you Dont' Quit find someone else. You both should inspire each other and hold each other accountable. Start with a class a day and GO to it don't make any exuses as to why you can't go.. Do it!!!!! Oh and smile!! Ill be smiling for you that's for sure!!!! Oh and remember this. Eat nothing out of a package. If it doesn't grow in the ground on a tree or come from a mother then don't eat it!!! shop the outskirts of the grocery store nothing on the inside it's all processed there!let me know how y our first day goes!!!

I found my motivation!!!!!!
Y'all ain't seen NOTHIN like me. I'm gon' rock this.

Work today 1-9pm. BL workouts when I get home.
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This is WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR!!!! :party:....Hell ya girl!!!...TONY ROBBINS STYLE!!!...if you don't know who he is...he is a HUGE motivational speaker that really lights a FIRE under your ass!! ;)!!! .....That's my GIRL!!!! Tell em sista!!! hahahah!!!
 
bmohearn said:
I haven't updated my journal in ages. I've mostly been updating in my challenge thread.

I've been doing SUPER well. No cheating in 12 days. I've exercised 9 out of the 12 days. My arms are starting to look ripped. lol. I have an arm routine down. I want to find a routine or other parts of my body. And I really need to start concentrating on some more cardio.

I've been spending time thinking about what types of food to eat on Thanksgiving. So I can endulge, but not go up 5 pounds on the scale. I am going to have turkey, a little bit of mashed, and a little bit of stuffing. I probably won't eat any dessert-mostly because I don't crave it anymore. And I'll fill most of my plate up with Turkey, and the sides I want will be smaller.

I have 3 days off of work in a row-that doesn't mean that I'm not going to be busy.... it just means that I won't be going to work. I skipped school today because I am getting a head cold and I really wanted to catch up on sleep. Lame excuse? maybe... but I did it anyways.

I went to the mall yesterday to buy a new pair of pants because my jeans were literally falling off of me when I walked. Now I fit into a size 15! I haven't fit into a size 15 since Freshman year of college. I must be doing something right! :D

I went to the grocery store this morning and spent far too much money buying lean cuisines, soup, cool 2010 calenders, and OJ. Savings is for January. Between November and December I am going to pay off my credit card debt (350... not that much),and Christmas presents.

Today is crappy weather. I am going to go eat a lean cuisine and play on the computer for a few hours before going to my mom's house later tonight.
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:party:!!!! WAY TO GO ON THAT NEW PANTS SIZE GIRL!!!...I am so happy for yoU!!!! :D!!....That's such a great feeling and feeling of awe as well when you can fit into a new size!!! :D!! It's amazing and the fact that you haven't been there in a while, is MORE CONGRATS to yoU!!!!...You can do anything!!! I am so proud of yoU!!!....The boyfriend must be thinking that bootay is looking Mighty fine!! hahah ;) :reddevil:!!!....CheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooOoWWW!!! :party:!
 
Congrats Brandy for being in the 190s! Keep up the good work. I am really looking to be in the 180s by the end of the week. I feel like I am moving so slooowwww. But weight loss is weight loss and I will take a 1lb loss over a 1lb gain any day. Good luck this week.
 
bmohearn said:
I love eating at Red Robin. Today I took my sister there for a special lunch- just the 2 of us. I got the Whiskey River BBQ chicken wrap: spinach wrap with BBQ grilled chicken, lettuce, tortilla strips,cheddar cheese, whiskey river sauce, and a touch of ranch. 380 calories, 10 grams of fat!!!! It is officially my favorite "out to eat" meal. I didn't eat any of my fries-cuz I'm a good girl. Just for the fun of it I decided to calculate what the calories were for the meal that I've gotten at Red Robin 1000 times:

Whiskey river BBQ burger with onion straws- 1129 calories, 69 fat
2 orders of steak fries (at least because they were bottomless): 390 each, 17fat
Sprite: 110 calories a cup- probably had 3 cups.

That meal adds up to 2,239 calories,103 grams of fat. And that doesn't include the half appetizer of onion rings I got sometimes. And to add on even more- i ate other things in that day. That was just supper. And sometimes I'd eat more fries. No wonder I got fat.

I have gone 13 days without a cheat meal. I don't want to cheat! I'm happy eating healthy. I have lost 12 pounds. Gone down a pants size. My arms are getting good sized muscles on them. I'm doing damn well! My outlook on food has completely changed.
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DAMN!!! :eek2:!!!...That's a Crapload of calories!!! I'm sure I ham some meals up like that too without even knowing.....I think the main problem here is that, not that we are eating it, but that.....WE ARE EATING IT ALL! :smilielol5:!!...


A couple theories for yoU!!! :D!!! ;)!! hahaha:

1) Because we are paying for it & we feel cheated if we don't eat it all cause it's like throwing away your money since you are paying.

2) Because it's so good, and though you are full you can't stand seeing something so good just sit there eye balling you..."Take me Mommy!" hahahaha!!!

3) Because we stop listening to our stomach and we are so accustomed to walking around stuffed most of the time, that it's normal to keep eating past when your stomach says it's satisfied. We tend to want to make it POP! hahah!

4) Because we hate carrying the little "to go box" out the store...cause we are too lazy from stuffing our face to the LIMIT!! hahahah!!!

5) Because in the box, would only be 3 bites of the remaining meal anyway!...Eat that shit and POP instead!!! :smilielol5:!!!

hahahah....anyway....I'm just kidding....but then again, I'm not!!! hahah!! ...not sure if you've felt any of these hahah!....I know I have!..
 
bmohearn said:
No one even comes to my journal anymore. Oh well.

Cuz I'm gunna be in one-derland soon! I saw 200 on the scale today, hoping to see a 198 by Friday's weigh in.

I'm soooo excitedddd. I thought I set an unrealistic goal by hoping to be at 190 by Christmas,,,, but if I really work my butt off maybe I'll see it. I'll be MORE than please with a 195 though. On my way downnnnn..
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I'm HERE!!! :grouphug:!!!! Congrats on the loss!!!....GET EM TIGER!!!!
 
I also always read your new posts so keep them coming! You are doing great so keep it up! I like reading about your workouts - I also need to work on my arms so any tips would be good! You can do it - you just gotta work your butt off like you said!
 
I'm doing something unusual. I decided to weigh myself at night to try and see what tomorrow morning might have in store for me. Actually-its not something new. I do it a lot haha. ANYWAYS.... I weighed myself tonight and its the first time i have EVER weighed 200 pounds EXACTLY at night before I go to bed. And usually I can expect to see a 1-3 pound loss in the morning. I might be in ONEDERLAND!!!!!! And this time for GOOD. I'm very happy with myself, and I'm hoping to motivate people in my life.

I need to get on top of my exercise more though. And 2 new Biggest Loser DVDs just came out! I MUST GET THEM! lol. I'm addicted to having them. Even if I don't use them as much as I should OH WELL. I can work on it. There is always room for improvement in my book.

My size 15 jeans are starting to get big on me. And I just bought them. They fit nice when I first take them out of the dryer... but by the end of the day they are falling off! And my XL sweater I just bought is too big on me too. I might be able to fit into a L shirt and size 14 pants pretty soon. That will be my goal for New Years.

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So... I got motivated while watching the season finale of The Biggest Loser tonight. ((BTW, congrats Danny, Alexandra and Antoine, and Rebecca... and Shay.)) And in May of 2010 is when the next season's finale is going to be. So far I know of TWO outside contestants that have been invited to weigh in during next season's finale. SHAY (who will be getting paid),and Erik... (former BL winner). I want to do my own weigh in with them... so I have something to work towards. And that will be right before my 5 year anniversary with Dan, as well as right before summer and bikini weather start. There are 22 weeks before that finale. And I am hoping to be around 150 pounds by then. Which means around... 2.25 pounds per week. I know I can do that. I know it because in the past month I have gone from 217 to 200 ... so far. I still have a few more days to make that mark go even lower.


I'm in great spirits. I'm probably going to head off to bed in a little bit. Tomorrow I have to work 11-4, then go to my mother's house to finish some homework assignments, and help decorate her house for christmas.


Oh... and I forgot to mention something that has NOTHING to do with weight loss. I went to the eye doctors today and found out I'm getting glasses. But glasses that I don't have to wear all the time. They are a light prescription of reading/computer glasses... that make my eyes strain less. He said I could wear them other times too... apparently I have an astigmatism in my left eye, but its only the start of one. He pretty much guaranteed me it would get worse over the next couple of years. But the prescription will help me for now. I paid $65 for my eye exam, and my mom paid the $100 for my glasses as my Christmas present... because without insurance it really wasn't something I could afford. I'm very grateful.

OKAYYYYY... now to relax, gather laundry, and go to bed. <33
 
Hey there! I wandered in your journal today and wow, was I motivated! I was just writing in mine, saying how I've been losing motivation lately...I'm so glad you are doing so well!!!! Go you! I'm trying to get back on the wagon (again) and reading what you've been up to is very inspiring. I hope you are having a good holiday season. :) Yay for getting under 200!!! :party:
 
Happy New Year! :party:

I remember that you enjoyed the last Amazing Race challenge that we had on WLF...

You may be interested to know that Dawn (Bellayryna) is kicking one off on ANOTHER DIET FORUM over the next few days (teams out of a hat) and the sign up threads have been posted.
 
Hiya Brandy.

I have just gotten around to getting myself started again, on looking after my health (I joined Margaret at ADF), and tonight I checked in here.

It's fantastic to hear how well you are doing. Congratulations and best wishes for that Biggest Loser weigh in!
 
Just wanted to pop back in... I can't believe it's been almost a year since I logged in last... *sigh*

Congrats on the recent weight loss and the love of eating healthy :)
 
Wow -- congratulations on the loss, and the new pants size.

I hear you about fast food. My favorite is Chipolte. I get deceived into thinking I'm eating healthy -- fresh lettuce, salsa, rice and beans, fajita vegetables. But the guacamole, cheese, and sour cream make it the equivalent fat-wise of a couple of big macs! and the sodium!
 
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