cherry garcia's diary

You are doing great I see, 36 pounds in 3 months is AWESOME!!!
I have upped my exercise (I am dancing 2 to 3 hours daily in classes for 10 days and then try to continue doing it by myself at home for about 2 hours too), to get to my dream weight for september 11th, and I had forgotten how much fun it was and how great you feel!

Have a wonderful weekend, Camy
 
It was nice of the landlady to have the barbeque and nice that you were kind enough to attend.

Its OK to have a treat in the evenings like that here and there. I assume all of the rest of your diet is very different from before and that's what should be focused on, not every little slip up. You're doing great!
 
thanks camy and blancita for the kind words, and anyone else who passed by :)


okay, today was a good weigh in day, heck it was a GREAT weigh in day....for the first time in as long as i can remember i actually weighed in less the day after having my treat day! hopefully a sign of good things to come this week....this weeks target is to go below 310, i know i can do it if i put my mind to it.

yesterday got to the gym late so could only do 50mins but i worked like a beast!

analysis: as always i do an analysis to give my thoughts on the daily scale results....i think not having used the elliptical in 8 days (had only been doing aerobics classes) was a big factor hence shocking my body yesterday when i started up on it again.

this weeks mini-goals: i'm hoping to break through the 310 barrier by ramping up cardio this week to 90-120mins (after the short one week break where i was only doing 45mins). also hoping to re-incorporate incline treadmill walking as a new workout which was a good workout i used to do but have neglected for months. hoping to eat right all week.

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STARTING WEIGHT: 159kgs (350 pounds)
CURRENT WEIGHT: 142.6kgs (314.4 pounds)
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TOTAL LOST: 16.5kgs (36.4 pounds)
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Tuesday 30/06/09: 144.7kgs (319pounds) : (just didn't feel like working out, but ate right)
Wednesday 01/07/09: 143.7kgs (316.8pounds) : (45min combat class, 45min weights)
Thursday 02/07/09: 142.6kgs (314.4pounds) : (45min aerobics class)
Friday 03/07/09: 142.6kgs (314.4pounds) : (45min weights)
Saturday 04/07/09: 143.1kgs (315.5pounds) : (50min elliptical)
Sunday 05/07/09: 142.8kgs (314.8pounds) : (45min elliptical, 45min weights, 45min combat class)
 
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Hey Cherry!

haven't been by to check out your progress for a while, but it seems like you have things in hand and are doing great! 36 pounds is brilliant!!!

I am glad for you that the BBQ turned out to be a smaller more manageble number of people, I know what you mean about needing a few drinks to loosen things up a bit!

Take care hun, and keep up the great work!
 

Re: weighing less after a treat day - Wow, super encouraging!

I think you're ready to go flying through those milestones: 310 and then 300.


 
It looks like you're doing great. :) Hang in there ... I know what it's like to have a barrier that you just can't get past.
 
Aww cherry, im so happy for you! i really hope this is the week you break that barrier, and ya know, if it's not... dont worry because you know it will be damn soon. :)
 
You're totally determined and that is awesome!!

I have a real feeling you'd kick my butt in combat class!

Good luck at smashing 310. It doesn't stand a chance against you.
 
just wanted to say a big THANKYOU to everyone who checked in on me :)

i've been okay, had a double treat day then the last 2 days got a terrible cold of which i'm nursing, today is definitely the worst day i feel like my head is about to explode and i'm hot one minute and cold the next, damn...can't wait for it to be over already so that i can get back to the gym. haven't stepped on the scale in about 4 days, i know the result won't be great but there's nothing i can do about it now since i'm feeling pretty much like a zombie right now.

yesterday i didn't go to the gym but decided to go to a park i keep seeing on my bus route but have never been too, it's about 15mins away by bus and i'm glad i went because i absolutely loved it! i'm thinking i'll be walking there on the days when i'm not gymming, there was a few walkers walking round the reservoir which is what i think i'll be doing, or when feeling a little braver go into the woods.

got some pics, it's my new found treasure:
 
lol! i know, something so simple yet i've never done it before.

i'm trying my best to start introducing new things into my life, stuff i haven't done before, the more weight i put on over the years the more i started living in a cocoon in my own little world, now i'm trying to get back to the real world...so far so good :)
astrolab said:
Thats a neat thing to do...get off the bus and check things out.:smilielol5:
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Hey cherry, that place looks terrific. im really happy for you. it's not easy getting yourself out there again, but the more you push yourself back out there, the more it seems to reinforce your motivation. or at least that's what ive been finding.
 
thanks ymcachick! yeah, it ain't easy but i'm trying to crawl from under my rock little by little.


otherwise i'm still out of commission, i'm on day 4 of my cold...it's been the roughest 4 days ever and have pretty much spent them in bed, i've had the runny nose day, the blocked nose day and today is the cough day by far the worst, i have that really bad cough where i feel like i might cough up a lung or other body organ. being sick totally sucks, my colds are always the same routine everytime so i'm pretty sure that by tomorrow i should be on the road to recovery (not to mention i've pretty much OD'd on vitamin c lol!). i think tomorrow i'll do the walk at the new place (unfortunately the weather forecast is showing this week is a heavy rain week)...but from wednesday i'll ease on back to the gym.

i've decided there'll be no more f*cking around with my nutrition...i need to get back in the zone, i've been at the same weight pretty much for exactly 2 months now, to say it's depressing doesn't even begin to explain it...there's a time i was on a roll, in the zone...i need to find that ME once again.
 
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Hey there girlie :). So what exactly were you doing when you were "in the zone"?! I am loving my new diet plan, its really got the cravings (which are usually horrific) down to practically NIL! And I dont even calorie count, just try to stuff myself with as many raw fruits and veggies as possible, even if I'm not hungry. Seems to enerigize me and control my cravings and hunger more than I ever imagined. Of course the reduced cravings are no doubt largely due to working to fix the hormonal imbalance I was suffering from for the past few years. Anyway, we are here to encourage you and cheer you on with reaching your goals! So we want to hear all the planned details :D.
 
Hey girl... thought id stop by and say hello!
First and foremost..... Feel Better!


2nd- good luck with ramping things up again! My suggestion would be to get out into this website and feed off of people who are ON FIRE right now!!! Their energy is contagious!!!!!! thats what i do when im in a slump!!!!!


you can do it girl.

best of luck!
 
okay, i've been away for a while, haven't been doing too great. i can't believe the last date i posted was july 13th and today is July 31st! that's 18 days ago....i wish i could say the past 18 days have been good but they haven't...i've fallen completely off the wagon. it all happened when i got sick with the cold, the week after was my recovery week and tried going to the gym once or twice but was really tough, i can't believe how easy it is to fall off the gym wagon despite the fact that i'd been going almost daily since march! and not to mention the week i fell sick i started eating wrong.

the last two weeks, the last week especially i've been on a complete binge-fest, it's been bad really bad, which is why i've been keeping away from here, i just feel so ashamed of myself and i'm so mad at ME. tomorrow is august 1st and i'm getting back on the wagon....i've eaten all the crap i can possibly eat and have no excuses anymore in that department...it all has to end tomorrow...no today. i'll wake up tomorrow and bin all the leftover crappy foods and ramp up my gymming to 6 times a week.

the only thing i've done right this week is to somehow manage to go to the gym 3 days this week, i hope i can squeeze in another 2 before the week ends. but tomorrow i have to stop eating crap. i'll get back to posting daily in my diary for accountability.

otherwise hope all is well with everyone's journey. i'll keep it low key for a while, that is, just writing in my diary untill i can get my act back together and thereafter can start posting in others diaries as well....i just feel so lost!
 
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