Casey's Lifestyle Change Journal

lol hey guys, I am back. not exactly starting over, gained 4lbs that I need to lose again but it could have been a lot worse. :D
 
Heeereee again.

Chika! I've missed you!


Well folks... Casey's lacking motivation. Sure. I can get my fat ass off this computer chair and go down to my basement and work out. Will I? Hmmm...

I also have a new problem. Smoking. I've been smoking since I was fifteen and I've been thinking... How am I going to really work out? I go up the damned stairs and I'm out of breath. I want to run.

I can run short distances but then I'm about to die. I love the feeling of running. It feels like I'm free. But how am I going to give up smoking AND food AND soda? Impossible. No, bad Casey. Nothing's impossible.

This is my internal battle.

Someone, anyone... advice is wanted and needed.
 
My advice? Concentrate on one thing first, and once you have it under control, move on to the next one. However you still should be trying to improve on the other two aspects while you're focusing on your main objective.

It's kind of like when you're in debt, and you're trying to pay off your bills. You pay off the smallest bill first and you work to get it paid off as fast as possible -- but remember you have to make sure you're making your minimum payments on your other bills.

For example, if I were you, I would work on quitting soda first (seems the easiest to me out of those three) and while you're really focusing on getting rid of it from your diet, start to make better food choices and cut back on your smoking.

Once you've gotten that under control, I would work on quitting smoking next, and then you can really start to concentrate on your food choices.

Be patient with yourself, and talk to your doctor about things that can help you stop smoking, like Chantix.

Good luck! :D
 
Thanks Addiecakes. I'll work on that, except the doctor part. No health insurance -__-


Finally got down to the basement, I feel a lot better now...
 
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Wow I have no clue what's happening but it's happened like twice in the last few days now... I got 21 hours of sleep.

I wasn't /that/ tired. I just don't know what's making me sleep like this...

Well, it's both good news and bad news... I've lost 6 lbs... yay, but its from starving because i've been asleep so much...
 
wow it's been a long time. I keep doing this. I get really motivated, and then all the sudden it just goes away and I end up gorging my face in mcdonalds.
I DO however have an excuse.... School. Not a good one, mind you, but still an excuse. I'm so busy lately i can't find any time or energy to work out. Plus, when you're constantly busy, eating something fast is so much more convenient than making a good meal......... I need to work out. advice? anyone? For a good routine that works for a busy college student? I'm going to a medical school, so it's a very rigerous program.... Please, i just need help.
Before I joined this site i weighed 233ish... 23something how about that lol... now i weigh around 210 and i need help getting down to 145....
 
I'm not doing much better, so I can't preach. I would suggest baby steps. You know all the good stuff to do, so every time you substitute a healthy snack for one filled with sugar or fat, you're making progress. Eating more slowly at a meal, giving your brain time to realize that you've had enough.....[on and on]

All of these things, a pound here and a pound there, give real progress!
 
Thanks paulito! (Gained the freshman fifteen... ugh.) Need to lose that now!! Working on it though. Riding my poor bike about four times a week and watching calories!
 
Casey4588 said:
I DO however have an excuse.... School. Not a good one, mind you, but still an excuse. I'm so busy lately i can't find any time or energy to work out. Plus, when you're constantly busy, eating something fast is so much more convenient than making a good meal......... .
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Ugh, school makes it so hard. I'm still on a meal plan, but even that makes it hard to eat well because I can't make my own food and know exactly what I'm eating. So frustrating! But it just makes the successes feel even better -- knowing that you accomplished weight loss for the week ALONG with coursework and all the other student stuff that goes on. Keep going, you can do this!
 
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Ugh, school makes it so hard. I'm still on a meal plan, but even that makes it hard to eat well because I can't make my own food and know exactly what I'm eating. So frustrating! But it just makes the successes feel even better -- knowing that you accomplished weight loss for the week ALONG with coursework and all the other student stuff that goes on. Keep going, you can do this!
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Thanks... You really think I can? Getting easier by the day, but still have my doubts sometimes....

On the bright side, just went for a bike ride... only a mile and a half but I'm sweating so bad.

OH WOW! I just realized I started this journal over a year ago... and have only managed to keep 14 of the 20-something pounds off!! I'm back to finish what I started, this time for good!!!
 
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Well peeps, good day for me. Had over a 1k calorie deficiet, and pushed myself up to two miles instead of 1.5. Felt pretty good... didn't take a break for 6 laps!!! (Normally I take a break every lap.. can't believe i can already tell a difference! :eek: )

Oh, 1 lap = 1/4 of a mile, so I did 8 laps.... was amazed... :)

Am now craving water. Never thought that would happen.
 
Breakfast: A little granola with almonds and dried cranberries and a 15.2 oz Naked Well Being (130 calories per 8 oz)

Lunch: Veggie Omelette with Egg Beaters and Cheese, Hashbrowns and 1/2 slice of wheat toast with apple butter. Friday's cheat day for me so I also had about six onion rings. To drink I had unsweetened iced tea with a lemon wedge. Haven't had a mountain dew in about five days now, so proud of myself considering I have an entire case of Mt. Dew AND Dr. Pepper sitting about twenty feet away from me. Those are to be saved for days that are either special or days when I can afford the empty calories. Since today's my cheat day I might throw a Dr. Pepper in the fridge for later, but I'm still going to work out, might even try to lift weights today or do stair push-ups.


Ugh I'm terrified of having like, craploads of excess skin when I lose the weight. I know i'm young but that doesn't really mean it WILL bounce back. My poor body. What have I done to it?

Really lacking motivation to go ride my bike. I know i need to and I kind of want to, as i know it will help my weight loss.... But blah. I love riding my bike but the track i go around always has so many people there.... :/
 
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Why is it that every other day of the week, nothing happens when I ride my bike, but on friday, I get laughed at, ridiculed, pointed at and have rude and sarcastic comments made about me? It's humiliating, and sadly, they don't bother me that much anymore because I'm so used to them.
 
Despite my bad night last night, I have completely bypassed 214 and went from 215.4 to 213.6. Which, probably is mostly water weight, but I feel good and I'm going to enjoy it. Never had that soda yesterday, so I'm having one right now. Doesn't taste as good as it used to....

Wellllllllllllllllll.... I guess I had better go study... My Microbiology and A&P finals are both on tuesday... *mope*

Breakfast: Nothing... I was naughty and slept waaaayyyy too long. Had my alarm set to get up at seven... didn't crawl out of bed until about 11. Bad me.

Lunch: Well. This is interesting. We went to good times (Their fries and sauce being my weakness) So that's all I ordered because i KNOW the amount of calories in a large and it's just not good when mixed with a burger and soft drink. So I ordered a large fry with two dipping sauces and an unsweetened Iced Tea. I was only able to eat about half the fries and one sauce. And i'm STUFFED. Weird, coming from a gal who used to be able to eat two burgers, a large fry and a large soda....

Dinner: Chicken breast with a small scoop of potato salad, Water
 
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I. Am. So. Sore.

I went swimming today for about an hour and a half. Man my legs hurt. I hear that swimming is not always the best way to lose weight because of temperature and the fact that you tend to eat like a horse afterward, but I was good and didn't. :)
 
Bad day today. I think I failed my A&P class. *sigh* Oh well... Whatever happens happens and I deserve whatever grade I got.
 
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