Brandy's Success Diary

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I am going to a job interview!! :D It is NOTHING that I actually WANT to do in my career... but it is going to be money, ya know? It is at a BMW dealership as a cashier/receptionist type thing. But it will be more than minimum wage (or so I was told by my mom) and I will start having hours again.
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OMG CONGRATS HUN! LET US KNOW IF YOU GET THE JOB!!! :) UMM what I'm ACTUALLY interseted in is.. do you get a discount? :driving: JK. But ahha, really. Would you? OMG. I want a discount at a chance to driveTHE ULTIMATE DRIVING MACHINE! I wish I could get a job there! When I was shopping for cars, I test drove there sooo many times -- omg soo beautiful! I'M JEALOUS because youll be surrounded by those beautiful german cars all day! :) lovee, love, love.

anyway ahah really,, just stopping in to say hi! :)
 
Hey T! Sorry I've been AFK! Computer issues... but alas, it is better!

I hope the interview goes well! Congrats on getting that by the way! I hope you get the job!!
 
Miss ya Brandy :) Can't wait till you come back. Hope stuff is ok but till your return I'm just gonna stuff your journal with rambling posts!

So this one time....at band camp...
 
I am back. Sorry guys. I had a NO exercise week, lost NO weight.. but my eating wasn't horrible. Long story really... I fell behind in school studying, and I needed time to get back on track. But, I'm back, and I have decided to schedule out my time every day to make sure I can get things done.

I will get to everyone's comments, and everyone's diaries later tonight. Right now I have a very short paper to write for class tomorrow, and a bit of cleaning to do.

I bought a Biggest Loser Cookbook today, and the recipes look amazing, so I'm going to try some of them out. I think I have the job at the BMW place, but I will find out tomorrow. (I friggin think...) I ate very well today, and went for quite a long walk. Tonight I have about 4 hours before I want to be asleep. It will probably only take me 1 hour to do my paper, 1 hour to clean and plan out my day tomorrow... and then I will have 2 hours to come here and catch up with everyone.

It feels good to know I am coming back here to people that missed me! *hearts*

*EDIT 8:23pm* Ok, so I finished my report. I got side-tracked a few times, so it took me 20 minutes more than I expected. I must get my butt moving and clean up my room for a couple minutes- because its turning into a mess again. And then I must plan my week, because not only must I schedule my exercise... but I need to schedule some cleaning and homework time as well. Lots of studying to do!!
 
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glad to see you back!!! of course you were missed but glad you knew when to buckle down and do your school stuff:) We are usually here when you come back;) lol Glad to hear everything is going well and at least eating has been good! Hope to see you around more when you have time:) I don't always bug you on im cause I worry your busy!! lol
 
Hey Im thinking of you:beating:Im glad we had time to chat on msn the other day:)Lets do that agian soon sweetie:)

I hope you guys have a good day planned or evening or something:)

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
 
Thank you Mishi, Lisa, and Cinderelly for stopping by my diary. <3

Yesterday was a BAD eating day- and I expected it to be. I looked into gym memberships, and talked to Dan about it, because he is the money maker. And he said it is something affordable right now... BUT, since its a monthly payment he says it will be easier when I get a job. And the MAIN reason I want it is for swimming. So that come mid-spring and summer... I can go cool off in the pool and exercise. Dan is also worried that I won't be committed to it... and it IS a commitment. So we made a (sort of) deal. That if I buckle down and lose 15 pounds... (Reach 190) he will consider it even more. So I have another goal to reach for. And I REALLY want to have a place to go swimming over the summer... so I really want to get that weight off!! I don't think I will be in "bikini shape" for summer, but I want to feel confident in a bathing suit. I am hoping for maybe a 180 on the scale for July. 170 would be VERY ideal... but we will wait and see how I work until then. And I need to lose weight by May 1st... for the Biggest Loser Pound for Pound challenge!!

I am going to do some walking today, but I won't be doing any of my workout videos. Last Friday I seriously busted my arm, I think I pulled one of my upper arm muscles... and I just can't lift it up, sideways, behind my back, across my body.. or ANYTHING. It is considerably better than what it was yesterday, and WAY better than on Friday when i did it... but I am going to baby it for another day, and then maybe it will be back to normal. I don't want to exacerbate the injury by being stupid... so I'll do what exercise I can do. *shrug*

Dan is working a double shift today, and I sure as hell have a lot of stuff on my to-do list. I am going to TRY and stay away from computer games today because I don't want time to get away from me. My main priorities today are homework, cleaning, and getting in some exercise. And I know I have plenty of time for all of it, so I also want to watch the rest of a movie that I started this morning and stop by everyone's journals. I really want today to be productive... so it must start with me getting out of these damn Pajamas! lol.
 
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I have come to learn that if I do not make an exercise "appointment", I won't get around to doing it. And if I don't keep the CONSTANT motivation in my head- I will eat poorly. I need to work on that. *humph*

I want to look good. I know everything I need to know, I am physically able to do everything I need to do, I just need an extra push... an extra motivational kick in the ass. It is starting to warm up a *tiny* bit outside... so more walks can happen, push myself into running, maybe bike rides once the snow melts a bit more. (The roads aren't COVERED in snow...but there are still big snow banks along the sides of the road in some places... a lot in my neighborhood.) I will be more motivated to ride my bike- if I had a place to go to. So I'm thinking maybe the park a couple of streets over, or the corner store. As for running.... I REALLY want to run. But I need to get up the motivation in my head that tells me I "CAN" do it.

Valentine's day is over- now I do not have another holiday until my anniversary on May 27th. Until then I will concentrate as hard as possible on losing weight... and hopefully get down to a healthy weight by then!!
 
Good morning Brandy!!
Getting a gym membership is great motivation for losing weight!! I actually turned down a gym membership because until I really get into the swing of things I don't want to waste money on something I won't use.
You do have everything you need in your head. I hope you get your kick in the butt to get going. It is hard but totally doable. Maybe focusing on small changes and making them habit might help? That is where I am right now. Just have to work on things like eating veggies with every meal. After baby I will work on at least a 10 minute walk every day until I can do more. In the C25K thread Mal posted a pre-C25K workout that sounded really good! You might want to check it out. It's a bit less daunting than the C25K and it goes for 30 days so it gets you in the habit of exercise.
Hope you have a good week this week! Spring is almost here:) We are all looking forward to it for sure!
 
Hey Brandy! YAY I just want to say I can TOTALLY FEEL you on knowing what you need to do but not actually doing it. We all know that if we want to be healthy and skinny, we need to eat well and work out. But of course we all have lives and sometimes working out gets pushed to the bottom of the list. Story of my life.

You just have to keep at it though! You have a great, optimistic attitude and you WILL DO THIS! :) I know you're thinking of dropping the LBs before getting a gym membership which is a great idea! I know that way you'll probably work hard now so that you CAN get that gym membership once you start to lose the weight. I just want to tell you from my own experience that the other way around worked better for me. I was sitting on my ass talking about working out and how I wanted to get into shape. I made lists of things I would do to work out/ things I would eat but just never fully committed myself to it. It wasn't until I bought my gym membership and told myself IM OVER THIS SHIT! and took myself to the gym. I think once I had the membership, I knew that I couldn't make any more excuses as to why I was sitll overweight.

So I don't know. We all think differently, and there are a plethora number of ways to view a situation. Whatever will work for you! :) I'm so excited to see your progress in the coming 6 weeks! :) It will pretty much be SPRING by the time the challenge is over. Hopefully we're both down a few pants sizes by then! :) HOOORAHHH!!
 
mishi said:
Good morning Brandy!!
Getting a gym membership is great motivation for losing weight!! I actually turned down a gym membership because until I really get into the swing of things I don't want to waste money on something I won't use.
You do have everything you need in your head. I hope you get your kick in the butt to get going. It is hard but totally doable. Maybe focusing on small changes and making them habit might help? That is where I am right now. Just have to work on things like eating veggies with every meal. After baby I will work on at least a 10 minute walk every day until I can do more. In the C25K thread Mal posted a pre-C25K workout that sounded really good! You might want to check it out. It's a bit less daunting than the C25K and it goes for 30 days so it gets you in the habit of exercise.
Hope you have a good week this week! Spring is almost here:) We are all looking forward to it for sure!
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I definitely will check out that thread! I will go search for it now!
And I can't wait for spring!!!
 
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