Brandy's Success Diary

Well.. calories today : 2051... I don't really want to talk about it. hahaha. I am not consuming anything 3 hours before dinner. (and NO LIES...most of the calories came back out afterwards. *sorry* TMI)

Thank you all for stopping by!!!

I want to do that xmas card thing. I love sending letters!

Tomorrow is work for 8 hours. (I MUST wear the pedometer!!) Then home waiting for my love bunny to get home from work!!!
 
My calories were similar to yours yesterday, so maybe there's something in the air (or in the toilet! :sifone:)...lol.

Have a good day! Are you still looking for a waitressing job?
 
Howdy!! Hope your day is going well! What is the Christmas card thing you talked about?? I love the Holidays MINUS all the really good tempting foods. lOL LOL HUGS TO YOU!:waving:
Kim
 
My calories yesterday were perfect. Today they are right in the middle of where they are supposed to be! I have it all on fitday.com,

I can't think right now.. I'm so tired. I need to do homework and clean tonight.

I'll update more in a bit.
 
I did 20 minutes of my pilates work out today, and then all of a sudden I got light headed, a headache, and felt sick to my stomach. Is that weird or what?

I'm trying to get a bunch of things done tonight. LIKE.... I still have to do my yoga video, and use my weight bench. UGH... ANd clean, and homework.

I made an easy goal ( I think easy anyways) for the christmas challenge... so I can possibly accomplish it. We'll see what happens I guess. Weigh in is on Saturday.
 
That is strange about your pilates experience. Did your period ever come? I never heard back from you on that. :)

Good luck with this week's bonus. It's gonna be interesting for me to see if I can manage to stay within mine all 7 days. :biggrinjester:
 
Hey Kim. I wanted to say that yes... I did get my period. But I (almost) definitely had an early miscarriage.


SOOOOOOO......

I stayed within my calories last night. I didn't eat past 4:30pm. But trust me- I had plenty of food. I"ve been updating my calories every time I eat on fitday. And I have my nutrition goals all mapped out.

I didn't go to school today becaue Dan through out his back. So I stayed home with him.
I am going to shower, tweeze my eyebrows, relax for a bit, and then head off to work by 2-ish. Which means I still have over 4 hours. haha.

Weigh in is tomorrow morning for the christmas challenge. I don't know what my weight will be. Its yo-yoing really bad. Not sure why though.

Just letting all of you know... I will be pm most of you asking for an address to send you and xmas card. That is pretty much what the xmas card exchange thread is for- but I'm gunna do it anyways. If You don't feel comfortable giving it out to me- I won't be offended. No worries.
 
So I just finished a delicious lunch. Turkey,lettuce, tomato, on a sandwich roll, with 100 cal pack of snickers, and 1 fun size snickers bar.

My nutrition limits:
Calories: between 1500 and 1970
Fat: 36-77 grams
Carbs: 182-320
Protein: 60-172

I got those limits off of sparkpeople.com. I'm happy with the idea of that. My goal weight is a long term goal... because I'm in this for the lifestyle change. Not anything else. So by my 21st bday is when I want to be down to 135. I'm not going to do my best.

Today I'm up to...

Cals: 908
Fat: 29
Carb: 128
Protein: 35

I've drinken 2 bottles of water. I will drink 1 when I am at work tonight. (if not 2)

I've also figured out that I will be classified as "overweight" instead of "Obese" at 190 lbs. (191 is right on the line for me) I will be healthy at 158. AND underweight at 117. I will never be that low. ahahah. 135 is where I want to settle. I'll be happy with 140 too.

I have to burn 247 calories today. I lost my pedometer some how. *shrug* I will find it eventually. It is probably going to be dark once I get back from work at 6pm... so I think DDR will be my cardio. And then yoga.

I'll be back on tonight to update how the day went.
 
Howdy I was going to say with your pilates exsperiement may have been the BUG going around BUT I saw your recent posts and I guess that wasn't it,anyway glad your doing great and your on track and kicking butt!TY for the PM I am up to 5 xmas cards so far lol,have a funrastic weekend Tammy
 
MMMM, sounds like yummy food for you today!!! You said 135 is a good weight for you, HOW TALL ARE YOU??? Sometimes when you build up muscle and lose the fat, you might be surprised to see that even at 150-145 you will look hot, so don't worry about the numbers, just focus on keeping with the excercise and eating well, that's the key plan right? I guess I can say that, because it's what I need to keep focused on also, as my ideal weight at 5.6 1/2 is approx 140, but I have this feeling when I reach 160-155 I might be in a really good place, as I'm converting all my fat to muscle and even though I weigh in I think now at 173 I'm in a 9-10 comfortably and my goal is 15 more pounds which hopefully will get me down to the next size, and that should be just fine. Does that make sense??? I just think the scale sometimes is not the way to go, your clothes and how fit your body is, will tell you when your at the weight you should be. Keep on this track, your doing good!!
Good Luck to you!!
HUGS
Kim
 
Kim- I am 5'7", and I aim for 135 because I really need something to aim to. When I'm down to a weight that I think I look good at- I will indeed feet comfortable.

Tammy- I think my food wasn't digested when I was doing the pilate. Thats all. I was over-exerting myself.

I just had some fettaccine alfredo, and a brisk iced tea. I think thats it for tonight. I don't even know how much longer I'll be able to stay awake.

I don't have to work again until wednesday. So I have plenty of time to catch up on things.

I totaled at...

1400 calories
48 g- fat
193 carbs
54 g- protein.

I am 6 grams low on protein... but thats ok. I didn't count the chicken that was in the fettaccine alfredo. (though there was very little)

Everything else is perfect! I'm very happy with myself today. I hope that my effort will show up tomorrow on the scale.
 
Did you go to the doctor about the miscarriage thing? Yikes!

Nice job on the exercise and eating, although I would try to make sure your protein is over 100g a day. It makes you feel fuller, and also is better for building and/or maintaining muscle. :)

Have a great weekend!!:party:
 
Have a good weekend Brandy! Sorry to hear about the mis-carriage! Yikes! Take care of yourself! Good job on eating! You are doing well! Hope Dan's back is feeling better!
ttyl!
 
Luckyyyy! I wish I was 5'7", I feel like a troll at 5'5" lol.
Hope your weekend is going well and that you enjoy your time off from work!!!
xoxox
 
Well,

I haven't been up to updating too much. I just feel drained. I took a 4 hour nap today. My calories have been really low today. I've only had 2 slices of pizza and a bagel. And its already 8 pm.

Dan should be coming home soon. He's been at work all day. I miss him when I'm home by myself.

I'm still looking for a waitressing job. I am going out tomorrow to apply for one. I was gunna go today, but I don't want to go into a dinner rush. That would be rude to the managers. And I overslept on my nap- and missed the 3:00 time that I was wishing to go there and apply. Tomorrow is just as good.

I have to clean. I do 5 minutes here and there even though I don't feel like cleaning at all. I'm hoping that eventually it will just get done. hahaha.

I have lost a little bit of weight. I usually weigh myself in the morning, and then again at night. At night I have been around 211lbs... in the morning between 207 and 208. But tonight when I weighed myself I was at 209. So I think I have lost some weight.

My weigh in for Saturday was 208.2 which means I only lost .6 lbs this week. I'm not really proud of it. But I will do better. And at least I didn't gain any weight. I'm headed in the right direction.

I need to stop being a procrastinator about things. I hope Danny comes home soon. I really miss him.
 
I just want to add something. The fact that I had a miscarriage sucked really bad. I'm O.K. though. It happened at just 4 weeks. There was a problem during implantation or something. I was looking forward to it- but at the same time... it seems like such a trivial matter because I didn't have time to really "get used to that idea". I don't want anyone to have sympathy for me or anything like that. Dan and I are the only ones who know anyways.

(this is the reason why I had such a painful period)
 
Sorry about the miscarriage, honey.

Good luck with the waitressing job hunt. You are smart not to go during busy times--people who show up during the lunch rush to fill out an app don't score any bonus pts with the managers..lol. :biggrinjester:

Congrats on being down .6lbs. It's better than gaining, as you said. :)
 
It's amazing how fast we "get used to" the idea that we're pregnant. I'm sorry that I didn't realize earlier - it just seemed obvious that you weren't now, and I didn't think about the idea that you might have miscarried. It's good that you aren't letting it get you down, but even an early miscarriage can feel like a pretty big deal, and it's also good to acknowledge to yourself that it's an impacting thing and that it did happen.

It sounds like your weight loss is getting momentum. Good for you. I hope you ended up getting some decent food!! :)

Good luck with the job hunt!!
 
I haven't been on here in a few days. I have to get another hour of exercise in. Which I will be able to do no problem.

Today I have eaten a grilled cheese and tomato, a few potato chips, a steak sub with onions (made at home) and a giant yummy salad with zesty italian dressing.


YUMMMMMM

I feel like it is so late at night...but its only because it gets darker so early this time of year. Tomorrow morning I have school from 8-12, and then I go to work from 2 to 6.

I got my new car to drive the other day. Its a 1999 Buick Lesabra, not too bad. Its not "hip" but I like it a lot.

I went on a walk with my brother the other day that took about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Tomorrow I wish I could do another one...but I don't think that is possible. I will exercise when I get home from work. (I might stay late at the bakery.)

I've been trying my best to choose healthier options when I eat. I'm not in any hurry to the weight...I just want to keep heading in that direction. Ya know? I don't want to go up anymore. I want to head on a downward slope. :rant:

I really just feel like babbling. I don't know why. I really like the fitday account that I have kept all my nutrition information on.... it makes me feel really organized.

I have things that need to be done...and honestly I'm having a hard time doing them. I am hitting a sluggish stage. And I haven't had one of my South Beach Diet Bars in a while. I need to start eating them again. (I've just been taking them when I'm not home for a meal)

Since it is still so early in the night... I am going to look around online at different diet ideas, and motivational things that will keep up my spirits. I might want to watch a movie on my laptop, and I might want to play the Sims a little bit.

Tomorrow's Plan of Action:

6:30 am - Wake up.
6:30-6:40am- Shower
6:40-6:50am- Get Dressed for Culinary
6:50-7:00am- Do hair and put a bit of makeup on
7:00am- Breakfast. 20 Grapes, and a bowl of raisin Bran Crunch (1 cup) with 1/2 cup of 2 % milk.
7:20-7:25 am- Brush Teeth
7:25am- Leave for school.
8:00-12:30pm- Culinary Class
1:00pm- Get home
1:00-1:50- RELAX and eat lunch (South Beach Diet Bar)
2:00-7:00pm- Work at the Bakery
7:30-8:00pm- Eat Dinner (Salad with Zesty Italian Dressing)
8:00-8:15pm- Brief Cleaning period
8:15-8:45pm- Yoga
8:45-9:00pm- Pilates
9:00-9:15pm- Strength Training exercises
9:15- 10:00pm- Heavy Cleaning, dusting, and vacuuming.
10:00-10:30pm- Relax
10:30-11:00pm= Bed time.


I am going to try this out and see how it works. I've never really planned out an entire day before. And hey... why not give it a shot? I have myself a lot of down time it seems... so tomorrow I will probably have time to stop by all of your diaries.

Well, I'm really tired right now, So I'm going to go take a break.
 
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