Brandy's Success Diary

Today I went to the park with Danny while he went fishing. Then when we were leaving we found a teeny baby turtle. Baby turtles have a 99% mortality rate in the wild, and he was about to jump off a cliff into the water, so I brought him home. Then I went shopping at the mall with my mom. I bought some treats for my hamster, and then some food and teats for my turtle. Right now he is in a big fish bowl, but I am getting a tank for him tomorrow. Hope he/she lives that long. I also finally talked to my father. I am going over there tomorrow. I really can't afford the gas to go there... but I am anyways. I haven't been over there since Easter!!! It will be nice to spend some time with them. We are going to walk on the beach as well. When I got off the phone with him, I went inside and talked with my family for a bit. Then Danny and I went on a 30 minute walk. 2 days in a row with him!! How awesome! Now I am taking a break and sitting on the computer (obviously). Now I am going to clean the room up, and maybe put on a movie to watch. I've been in a great mood despite the fact that TOM is coming soon. (tonight or tomorrow I hope.) I am so happy, and so content with my life. The weight is definitely coming off right now, even with the little things I'm doing now. I try to take it easy. I concentrate on being healthy, not going berserk about what I eat...but making sure nothing bad is there, and not exercising 2 hours a day, but making sure for at least 30 minutes, plus house cleaning, and when I finish all my other plans for the day, I walk, or put in an exercise video again. It is definitely working for me. For now.. I know eventually I will have to work a lot harder, but I need to concentrate on a few things right now, so I don't go overboard and decide to stop this exercise and diet thing.

Finally... something livable for me, that is really working! When I concentrate on my food too much... my calories are always FAR too low.
 
Yeah... so I'm not the happiest of campers at the moment. I have work in the morning, and for some reason, its KILLING me. I am just NOT looking forward to it at ALL!! I have to be there at 8 am. (Not a huge deal) But that means I have to go to bed early. I will probably wake up at 7 am to get ready. I haven't eaten much today. Chicken nuggets, and thats all. I am going to go find a nice healthy dinner, and then maybe watch some TV before I settle down to do night chores and go to sleep early.
 
Hey Brandy! Just wanted to say hope your day at work went ok!! Waking up early is never fun :svengo: !!! That entry you wrote about the small changes you're making is just perfect. That's exactly what makes a healthy behavior stick! Small changes lead to big differences. :)
 
YEAH~~ It's awesome to see that everything is coming together for you full circle at the moment, that is such a great feeling. Oh and the turtle, ummm if you don't find a good tank to put him in he will start to smell BADLY! LOL but it's sweet to see you care about animals like I do, I take in any stray I usually find or at least I wish I could save them all. AHHHH animals are great!

Good Luck to you the rest of the week, seems your doing a fantastic job!
Kim
 
Good for you for telling Dan how it is..lol. Seriously, I'm very proud of you. :)

When you bike, do you go up a lot of hills? I would stick to flat routes until your legs get used to it, and gradually do bad hills--start with the small ones first. Also, does your bike have gears? B/c you can adjust them so that it's much easier to go up hills--kinda like a stationary bike has resistance levels.

Your eating's been pretty good lately, so kudos--especially for resisting the mac n cheese the other day. I can rarely resist it once it's made. :drool5:
 
Hi Brandy. I just wanted to say that I got heaps out of reading back over your diary today - and I've even linked to your mention of Paul McKenna and mentioned your stepping exercises on another forum altogether. I'm not going to multiquote all the things I liked just now, cos it is very shamefully late where I am, and I'm going to bed, but thanks for all your sharing - and I think you're wonderful!!
 
Thanks to ALL OF YOU for stopping by. I really love the support. This week has just been amazing. I have exercised A LOT. All walking...but I'm just so amazingly proud of myself. The weight isn't dropping fast, but its because TOM is here this week. Every day since Saturday I have gotten in exercise. (I don't remember Friday at all. lol)

Saturday: 30 minute walk
Sunday: 30 minute walk
Monday: 20 to 30 minutes walking on the beach.
Tuesday: 30 minute walk
Wednesday: 1 hour 40 minute walk
Today: 50 minute walk so far.

Its been so nice out, and I don't want to be inside anymore. I want to stay outside doing activities. The exercise has been calling to me lately. I don't want to do anything else! I think I might start incorporating some running into my exercise if I keep feeling this great. I've been paying attention to my body, and whenever I drink sugary drinks or soda... my body feels sluggish, and I feel tired. So I'm sticking to the water, and occasional propel water. I want to go jogging for 10 minutes today/tonight. I think I can get Dan to come with me. Even though I have blisters on my feet from the walking (stupid me for not wearing socks with my slide on shoes!!), I still just want to keep going. I like the way it makes me feel. I went out yesterday have my 100 minute walk and bought some Pop-Ice. The unfrozen tubes of juicey stuff that you have to freeze yourself, comes in boxes of 100 or more for like $4. They are only 15 calories per popsicle. So when I get a sweet munchy attack I stick with them instead of icecream or anything else. The small changes I've been making are truly working wonders still. I am feeling spectacular!!!!!! I'm thinking about adding Pilates into my routine. It will start to work my abs ("core") and that will make me feel better come vacation time when I have to wear a swimsuit. I won't be stick skinny by then, but maybe if the flab is cut down a bit, I will feel better. I haven't been doing yoga a lot lately because I've been in the mood for more active things. I should think about doing that 1 day a week or something. Yoga used to be my fall-back for when I didn't have the energy to do active things, and I felt really great afterwards...but I want more now. As for bike riding... I can't really help the huge hills because they are all around my house. I do need to strengthen my legs though. I am excited for when I do have that strength in my legs... hills are HUGE around here. Until then I will start to add running every now and then.

Right now I feel pretty bored. I think I will go outside and do... well, SOMETHING. lol.
 
I'm starting to run<333 I am doing a combination of both. I finally have a fitness level to run. even if the weight is sluggishly waiting to come off!!
 
Oh you sound like you are ready to run right out of your skin!! - Run your slimmer self out into the freedom perhaps! Isn't it great that you can feel so good just from being on the right path, and gain so much fitness even without having to be at goal? More good things to come, though! :D
 
I am disappointed that they weight is not coming off for me. I am just not losing the way I think I should be. Probably because Thursdays are my weak days, and I always have a bad day for a Friday weigh in. But my fitness level is just so much higher then even a few weeks ago. I might start the couch to 5K running program now... I'll try it today and decide after. The last few times I have tried to start it, it was just too overwhelming for me. I had to stick to walking. I am hoping my body will not feel so "broken down" after my attempt today. Oh well, we'll see how it goes.
 
I just keep gaining weight. I have gained 2 lbs since making this journal back in August. Nonetheless, I am very proud of myself for still WANTING to lose. My weight might still be stuck, but my fitness level, my energy level- is SKY HIGH compared to what it used to be. I am going out to attempt that Couch to 5K plan Running right now!

Edit: I went running for 2 minutes, and fell down on my face because I twisted my ankle running through mulch in the woods!!!

I am going to try again when it is dark out. I will run on the roads...I just don't want anyone to see me. (which is why I ran in the woods to begin with.) I won't give up. I can't give up. I will let my ankle heal and go again around 7ish.
 
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WOOO freakin HOO!!!! I did it. I did the first week of the Robert Ullrey "Couch to 5K" program! I found it good exercise-but it didn't push me too far!!! I ended up running in the woods, but I put better shoes on and its still light out... so I got what I wanted in the first place. I think I might to do (almost) every day instead of the 3 days a week that he recommends. I will need the extra cardio and practice in order to progress through the rest of the weeks. If I need to... I might even do every day for 2 weeks for each of the sections.

Words cannot describe how happy I am right now. My food has been pretty horrible today, but I am still proud of how I finally ran week one of that program and I felt GREAT afterwards, no pain. I feel like superwoman!!

As for the rest of tonight...

I have cleaning to do, so I probably won't get another walk in. But I am going to either use the ab chair and the weight bench, or do some Pilates. Honestly... I'll probably end up doing a bit of ab chair and weight bench over Pilates because I'm really not in the mood for Pilates. Now that I can run, I am thinking about making a routine for myself to stick to.
 
wow, wtg on that excersize!! And thanks for keeping me in the challenge, its nice to know someone has faith in me, even when I have none in myself...but I'll get there...thanks for the support!
 
newbride02 said:
wow, wtg on that excersize!! And thanks for keeping me in the challenge, its nice to know someone has faith in me, even when I have none in myself...but I'll get there...thanks for the support!
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i want you to be in the challenge!! I believe every day is a new day, and you can do this challenge!
 
Yay!! Brandy is going to be a runner! Congratulations on finishing the first week! I looked over the program and it looked pretty good! I am myself working on increasing my speed and distance. I have decided that I want to run a marathon in 2 years.... the only reason it's so long is so I can have a baby somewhere in there lol. Something I read says to really keep injury at bay you should be running 5 miles a day 5 days a week for a year before you start training. That's my goal. I can't run too far but if I am diligent I will build up and so will you!!! :party: keep up the good work!
 
You did the first week - and actually started running. That is sooooo great!

:) Congratulations! :)
 
I didn't go running yesterday, but my food was pretty awesome. I didn't eat a lot though. I had 4 spicey chicken wings for breakfast, a big salad for dinner, and a but of smartfood for dinner. It was better than it has been for a few weeks. I want to run again today. Thank you all for the support. Mishi- I think I will join you on that marathon in 2 years thing. But I may not want the baby in between. LOL. 2010 marathon HERE WE COME!!

I had a small corn muffin for breakfast today. I am going to try to keep the rest of my day strict and healthy, with lots of fruits and veggies.
 
its definite. I'm going to train to run in the 2010 Boston marathon. I'm not a runner presently, but I will be!!! And it will be the skinny me that crosses the finish line. I'm not training just to lose weight, but because only 1% of people in the world finish a marathon. I want to be in that statistic!
 
That would be awsome Brandy! It is nicer to do it with someone else:) If you want we can keep each other posted on our progress. Nothing crazy just as we go along:) Let me know!
Have a good run today:)
 
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