cherry garcia's diary

Great job girl!!! I know how you feel about getting outta the 300's! I have yet to join that club (on here) because I keep telling myself I'm about to leave them for good!!! I'm 19pds shy of being under 300! I know I got a bit to go but, I'm going to get there! And I know you will too! Your motivation and strive is fabulous!! You've done wonderful so far.. can't wait til you post that your outta the 300s! Good luck!! :)
 
Cherry lovely, where are you?

Come back and update more - I used to love reading about your daily gym inspirations, you always motivated me to to better! Are your scales inching closer to the 200's??? xx
 
Cherry,

I've followed your diary since the beginning, although I've never posted in here, and have always been inspired by the time and hard work you put in at the gym. Haven't seen any updates from you lately. Hope you're doing well and that you see the 200's very soon! Hope you come back soon! :grouphug:
 
Hi Cherry

I swear I posted you the other week asking how you were but cannot find it now, noticed you had posted very little and of course was a bit surprised. Maybe you are away or have had enough of the strictness of what this all entails???

Either way Cherry, just want to add that I always admired what you did, your weight loss, determination and overall want to get this all together.

I also know how easy it is to say sod it and jump back on the merry go round so either way, I hope you are ok and hope you still have that massive resolve to shed those pounds, you were doing grand.

Still here for you as everyone is, best of luck Cherry.
 
I'm so proud of you! We are about the same now with regards to getting into the 200's. I can't wait!

i understand the life being too crazy to go online....thing.
mine is too - but I'm gong to try more.
 
Hi Cherry!! I just wanted to stop by and say hi!

I was away from the board for about 6 months, but I'm back now and just wanted to stop and see how you were doing with your weight loss...

FOURTY-TWO POUNDS!! WOW!!
Keep up the hard work, you are doing great!! I hope you see those 200's very soon!
 
just wanted to say thanks to all of you folks who checked in on me, it's very kind of you and much appreciated!

OMG, can't believe it's been exactly 2 months since i've been here. life sortof got abit hectic. i moved towns about a month ago, i'm now in london. i haven't worked out for about 2 months! and haven't been watching what i eat. i have to say life here is so fast paced and everyone is so THIN!

anyway, now that i'm settled into the new place i'm hoping i can get back to seriousness. i can't believe there's just a month and a half to the end of the year! i am nowhere near the initial targets i'd set but for now i'll just say the one thing i have to do is go below the 300's before the year is ended no matter what.

the good news is that for once in my life i have not actually added any weight woohoo! even though i wasn't gymming or eating as healthy as i'd liked i'd always have it at the back of my head to make an effort to sort of balance things out. so i'm currently at 308.9pounds and have 8pounds to get out of the 300's.

the good news is just yesterday i found a gym that is 7mins walking distance from my house. the gym isn't a nice big luxury one like i was in before but much smaller and abit on the cramped side and not as great equipment but since my main reason for joining the gym is health and not recreation then it's going to work just fine. the cardio area has a good mix of men/women, but the weight training room is heavily male dominated and so a little intimidating so for now will stick to the cardio and when ready try to look for off-peak times to do some quick weights.

yesterday did my first workout. managed to do an hour of cardio which was super hard, i didn't realise how quickly the body can get used to inactivity. but even though i was super exhausted i was glad i'm getting back on my feet once again.

my favorite machine is still the elliptical/cross trainer. this gym also has two machines which weren't in the old gym, there's one called a treadclimber which is a semi-treadmill, and prefer it to the normal treadmill so will be doing abit of that. and it has a stairclimber which for now feels like this huge mountain i just cannot tackle...not just yet anyway. will first work on building up fitness then i can try it later on.

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START WEIGHT: 350.8pounds
CURRENT WEIGHT: 308.9pounds
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TOTAL WEIGHT LOST: 41.9pounds
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Monday 17/11/09: 10min treadmill, 20min treadclimber, 30min elliptical.


EDIT:
I've just seen someone start a 6 week to christmas challenge which sounds exactly like the kick i need to help me achieve my goal.

Start Weight November 17th: 308.9 lbs
November 20th: ____
November 27th: ____
December 4th: ____
December 11th: ____
December 18th: ____
Final Weight December 25th: ____

Total Weight Loss: _____
 
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First of all, WELCOME BACK! Glad to see you back here. Congrats for maintaining while away and while going through all the changes. Looking forward to following your progress again, and will be here cheering you into the 200's. And thanks a bunch for the kind comments in my photo thread. Your diary and story has motivated me along the way also, so thank you. Wishing you the best. :grouphug:
 
@ange: thanks so much for the support, it is much appreciated :)

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weighed myself today and have reached an all time low of 306.4pounds yay! (got to adjust my ticker which i haven't done in ages!) just 6pounds to go to get out of the 300 club. unfortunately will be out of town from thursday to saturday so won't be able to workout and will have to keep an eye on what i eat but will definitely hit the gym when i get back on sunday...there's no turning back!

Monday 16/11/09: 308.9pounds (10min treadmill, 20min treadclimber, 30min elliptical.)
Tuesday 17/11/09: (20min treadclimber, 40min elliptical)
Wednesday 18/11/09: 306.4pounds
 
Nice to see you again.

I'm not on this forum too much anymore - have found other places that are a better fit for me - but for you I will continue to drop in.
 
WOO HOO Cherry, good to see you back!!! You're post's have been so helpful & Cheery around this forum!! ​
 
hey cord!!!
thanks for stopping by! it means a whole lot! your ticker has moved loads since i was last here...congrats on the great work! xoxo
Cord the Seeker said:
Nice to see you again.

I'm not on this forum too much anymore - have found other places that are a better fit for me - but for you I will continue to drop in.
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hey RG!!!
thanks for stopping by! i'm so sorry i dropped out of the super awesome challenge towards the end, i was going through quite alot at the time. Your the only person from that challenge who checked up on me and i've never forgotten it...as i said before your beautiful inside and out and don't you ever forget it lol!
RunningGirl said:
WOO HOO Cherry, good to see you back!!! You're post's have been so helpful & Cheery around this forum!! ​
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today was just one of those days when i woke up feeling on top of the world but i'm going to bed feeling like the world is ontop of me :(

today while grocery shopping a lady who looked between the age of 55-60 stopped me dead in my tracks and had this really serious look of pity on her face and asked me "do you want to know what i did?" at this point i'm puzzled wondering what she goes on about, then she proceeds to tell me how she lost loads of weight by walking around the park daily, she could have gone on more but i politely sort of nodded and smiled and then walked away. to be honest i just wanted to scream "F*CK OFF!" but i've never been one to say how i really feel so just walked away.

it made me wonder, did i look so miserable and horribly fat and desperate for a random person to walk up to me and "take pity on me" and give me advice on how to loose weight? i almost walked out of the store in tears with my head held down wondering if i'm so hideously huge?

so i get back to the house and was enjoying some good conversation with my new housemate and after talking for quite a while. he started a story that began with "there's this music video which has fat chicks dancing in it"...at this point he sort of stopped because he must have forgotten and it occured to him that i happen to be fat. then he proceeded to say how in the video the main guy only sees these women as attractive only after he's had a few drinks. i zoned off at that point, i felt like i'd been slapped in the face. i made an excuse to have an early night, i didn't say anything.

now i'm here sitting typing this in the comfort of my room and all i want to do is burst into tears. why does size have to be everything? has the 40something pounds i've lost this year not meant anything at all?

did i have a sign on my face that said i want to be talked down to?

i really hate days like this, they really knock the wind out of me. i'm getting into my bed now, i just want this day to end. tomorrow is another day and i'm hoping it'll be better :(
 
Cherry,

So sorry to hear about your day and those experiences. People can be ignorant and so quick to make judgments. NO, the 40 plus pounds you have lost does mean something. You have to know that what you have done thus far is remarkable, and that you continue to push through and keep going for yourself, for your own reasons. Coming from being over 400 lbs not very long ago… I can identify with feeling “hideously huge” but even after losing the weight I have lost yet still having more to go, the feeling of being “hideously huge” does not just go away, and it is a mental struggle to recognize achievements and what we are doing to better ourselves instead of focusing on how far we have left to go. Once I realized that, I made the decision to try to not let others’ comments and stares affect how I feel about myself, as people can judge, but do not realize what I have already done or how far I have come. It is not always easy though. We can be hard enough on ourselves, and don’t need to feel that way from others as well. Keep your chin up and keep going. You can do this and are doing this. I believe in you. Hoping that today is a better day. Take care. :grouphug:
 
thanks ange for the very kind words of encouragement. i'm much better now, i need to constantly remind myself that this journey is about ME and not about others, i shouldn't let what other people say get to me.
ange said:
Cherry,

So sorry to hear about your day and those experiences. People can be ignorant and so quick to make judgments. NO, the 40 plus pounds you have lost does mean something. You have to know that what you have done thus far is remarkable, and that you continue to push through and keep going for yourself, for your own reasons. Coming from being over 400 lbs not very long ago… I can identify with feeling “hideously huge” but even after losing the weight I have lost yet still having more to go, the feeling of being “hideously huge” does not just go away, and it is a mental struggle to recognize achievements and what we are doing to better ourselves instead of focusing on how far we have left to go. Once I realized that, I made the decision to try to not let others’ comments and stares affect how I feel about myself, as people can judge, but do not realize what I have already done or how far I have come. It is not always easy though. We can be hard enough on ourselves, and don’t need to feel that way from others as well. Keep your chin up and keep going. You can do this and are doing this. I believe in you. Hoping that today is a better day. Take care. :grouphug:
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last week was not as great as i wanted it to be so hoping to step up things this week. going to the gym still feels more like a chore and i really have to drag myself there, but i'm always so proud of myself once i'm done...i think with abit more consistency i hope i may start enjoying it once again.

as i type this out i'm gobbling down some pizza lol! so i need to step up my healthy eating now that i'm getting into the rhythm of working out. today did:

Monday 24/11/09: 30min treadclimber, 30min elliptical
 
so not proud of myself for skiving my workout yesterday, i was just feeling so sore and out of things. no excuses today, i MUST get my butt in that gym.
 
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