Brandy's Success Diary

So sorry about the rough time. I totally know how it is. I had several pregnancy scares and one I read the test wrong:p lol. I was so sad when I wasn't actually pregnant. It will all come in due time. I know it is a let down though. Hope you are doing better! It is amazing how those calories tack on!!! I am right there with you. However, great job on the new low!!!! :party: that is awsome and I am sure that you will just keep going down. I have heard somewhere that being healhty is 80% food. Don't sweat a few mistakes. They are bound to happen. I myself have been way to hard on myself. Don't be so hard on yourself!!! If you slip just pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and keep moving forward. You will get there. So have done so much already!!!!
Hope you have a better day today!!
:hugs:
Michelle
 
Korrie and Michelle: Thanks for stopping by. I got back up and today is going to be better. I slept past breakfast. For lunch I ate a salad and 20 grapes. 1 cup of lettuce, 4 chicken cutlet type things grilled with a smidgeon of honey Dijon dressing. Yummmm! Now I have to get ready to go to my mom's house and clean because she has a herneated disk in her back and can't really do much. I owe her lots of money because she bought 2 cars for me and I only have to pay her $50 a month. Since I really have'nt been working lately I'm getting a chance to work it off for her. So that will count as some exercise. Then I will try and get a 2 mile walk in. She has 4 dogs, I can take 2 at a time around the block. When I get home tonight I will probably have even more cleaning to do.

I'm doing a lot better today. My mood is pretty good. I'm determined to lose weight still. My computer broke, so I update from my cell phone now. Being off the computer allows me to get more stuff done, and I feel better about that too. Well, I'm off to get ready to go to my mom's house.
 
I had a great day today over my mother's house. We have been getting along so well. I have'nt been weighing myself every day. I have'nt felt the need to. I dont look as great as I'd like to- but I am so proud of myself for what I have accomplished with the entire life style change. I feel thinner. I still have a long way to go... But I am proud, and feeling more secure with myself. Tomorrow will be another great day. I can feel it. A new low is close!! Maybe by Monday I can change my ticker and be past my first goal!! I'm so glad i took those time goals out of the equations (thanks kim!) I'm happy as can be!!
 
Happy news. I am at 207.5! I found an old scale that is always 5 pounds more then the scale that broke. Yesterday I ate extremely well. 90 calories of honey nut cheerios with 1 cup of 2% milk; 20 grapes and 1 ramen; 1/2 a hamburger with no bread; 6 BBQ ribs; and a pineapple sorbet. Maybe not perfect- but no junk food! I have'nt been weighing myself a lot because the crap scale I have doesnt work well. I sort of dont care either. I'm tired of depending on a number. I know when I eat poorly. I know when I should be trying harder. I'm still pretty successful. I dont plan on making myself miserable over a stupid number. My long term goal is to weigh 135lbs. And its going to take a long time. Until then I'll just try my best, and improve myself. I will only allow the numbers to make me happy.
 
I had a pretty good day. Ive eaten really well, but I finished my calories at 11 pm. That isn't so good. Dan took me to get my haircut today, and I feel pretty. I hope I can fit into a 14 by vacation. But I think thats too much to ask for. I've been very mellow about weight loss lately. I'm not even sure why. I'm just not in a rush. I am really excited about having a better body, but every week I will get closer. My weight loss is relatively slow, so instead of trying to reach 175 by vacation- I'm thinking 195. Thats about 10 pounds in 8 weeks or so. Well, tomorrow ( well today because its past midnight) is my anniversary. I want to go on a walk in the morning; then my shower and getting ready; then a dreaded trip to my grandmother's to drop off some sewing stuff; then a quick escape to the movies and out to dinner after.
 
CONGRATULATIONS, BRANDY!!!! That's awesome that you met your first goal. I really like the way you've done your ticker - I might copy the idea because I'm tired of seeing mine the way it is now (ie. no movement! Hahaha). Maybe with a new look I'll feel a little bit better about the way I've been stuck at the same weight for like 3 weeks.

Happy anniversary today! I hope you have a great time. :) If you dont' mind, what number anniversary is it?
 
Heathercb04- it was our 3 year anniversary. We're not married, just dating. We started dating when I was 16 and he was 17.
 
I don't really expect to see a loss tomorrow. But I am in a great mood. Earlier I was down. But I just needed to get out of my room. I pretty much slept the beautiful day away today. Which brought down my mood as well. Tomorrow I plan on going on a walk, strength training, and eating healthy. The only goal I really want to make for myself is to be in a size 15 by the end of July. I'm a 17 now. It might be possible, right? If not... I just want to be under 200. 195 would be ideal. But taking things slow is really working for me. I no longer dependent on support from friends and family. I know they are happy for me when I lose weight, but NONE of them are willing to do it with me. Oh well. Their loss!!! Tomorrow is going to go so well, that I will be back tomorrow night to brag about it!
 
Congrats Brandy on your goal!!! :D Also happy anniversary! 3 years is a long time!! That is awesome. Hope your day is going well today. I hate it when I sleep days away! lol though the sleep is good;) I like the slow weight loss idea. Trust me when I say sometimes going gung ho isn't all it's cracked up to be! Slow and steady wins the race and all:) Fingers crossed for the size 14's:)
 
I might try and cut gluten out of my diet for a few days. I think I might be allergic. My mother is, so its a possibility. I've had a constant headache recently, constantly tired, etc. I'm thinking if I stop eating it; maybe it will make me feel better. I'll try it out today.
 
I had a great day yesterday! My calories were around 1500. I did unfortunately eat some gluten at night. I had a PB&J sandwich because I was VERY low on calories and protein. After my anniversary last Tuesday, my weight went up to 212. I'm back at 207.5 now. :)

Today is going to be even better then yesterday. I will have lots of healthy foods (and try to stay away from gluten [if I can help it]) I was looking through my closet yesterday; and there are a lot of jeans I have that I can wear if I can get down to a 14. I even have a lot of size 16's that my mom gave me because she's a 14 now. I have 1 pair of jeans that I bought my senior year of high school, which is when I started gaining all this weight. They were a size 13. But I love them. So I bought them, and kept them. I'm so much further away from fitting in them then the day I bought them. But, I still have them hanging in my closet. I WILL get back into those. I don't think I can get down to that size by vacation...despite how amazing that would be. Fitting comfortably in a 15/16 would do wonders for me. Right now I'm comfortable in a 17/18. Which is good by me...because 10 pounds ago I was struggling to fit in them but refused to go to a larger size, so I only wore elastic waisted pants. Now a size 17 jeans fits me comfortable right after it comes out of the dryer. By the end of the day I need a belt because they fall off. But 16's are still too tight.

I am in a very determined mood today. I will have another great day. I will get through this fat belly of mine, and find the real me. Self-confident, pretty, energetic Brandy. Not the fat, lazy, lethargic Brandy used to be here.

I hope everyone has a great day today!
 
Brandy , congrats on reaching your goal!! That is fabulous!!!!

Try cutting out Gluten, my mother in law did and she feels fabulous since she did. She wasnt' diagnosed as a Celiac but she decided she felt sluggish as well and her Dr. told her to cut back on gluten and so far it has worked wonderfully for her. Good luck with it!
 
Congrats on those jeans fitting so much looser. That is always a good feeling. Also great news your weight is down from last week.

Curious to see how the gluten free thing goes. My cousin's son has Celiac's.
 
I'm sick of the scale that I'm trying to use. I know its messed up. It tells me that I weigh between 255 and 145. Ummmm, no. There is a certain way I can stand on it that usually gives me 5 pounds my actual weight. Whatever. I know I'm getting thinner. I can feel it from the inside out. I can see it in my stomach and my hips. And when I put my clothes on. I have been eating awesome, but exercise has been a bit low. I probably weigh around 207 and 206. I think 15 pounds from now I'll look great. 15 pounds until I weigh the same as I did senior year of high school. I feel great today.
 
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