Diary: Curvie Girlie: A Yo-Yo's Reformation

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I'm pissed it won't let me give you REP, damn this thing. LOL LOL Well, I would have given you one for having a spectacular night and an upbeat overall good attitude right now!! :) Does that count????
 
Phew, thankfully I looked back a few pages or I would've missed the pic. Very nice eyebrows I might add. They are an important detail and for some a missed opportunity. Tee he.
 
How do you manage to drink alcohol regularly and not gain weight? I'm baffled... if there's a secret, I need to know what it is. Beer, wine, and liqueurs were the first things that I kicked when I decided to lose weight.

I do miss having a good beer.

- Sunny
 
Thanks, Kim, you're so nice :D

Mechelle, appreciate it!

Claudia, thank you, I also like my eyebrows--I don't require much plucking, either!

Sunny--I HAVE been gaining and IT IS due to alcohol--great idea!
 
146 again this morning.

Feeling happy, though--I overdid it yesterday and my problem is alcohol--combined with SUMMERTIME!

Summertime is the worst time of the year for me to lose weight--I said it before and I'll say it again: Summer = more daylight = more people wanting to hang out = people like food and drinks = more food and drinks for me + less sleep + any stress = surplus calories!!! Yesterday I did not even have a hearty dinner, but with 2 pints and a 10 oz glass of beer, and nibbles from my friend's bread, and pretzals at the bar, I consumed over 3000 calories!!!!!!! My saving grace is that I have not binge-eaten in so long I can't remember. However, drinking my calories in alcohol has apparently substituted it. Nonetheless, I still treck on.

The minor injuries have thwarted my plans to get in SUPERSHAPE. I'm a ball of energy, just aching for the move to be over and the ankle to be 100% so I can jump into triathlon training mode. By the way, I realized I am NOT in shape to do a real one--but I plan on training to get there the rest of the year and next!!! :D

Yesterday Kickboe was great--no pain and no injuries, ankle is sore in certain positions (like the position it was in when I sprained it) but other than that it's 99% healed. Today I would normally run, but I am weight taining instead--2 days of weights was what I was doing months ago, and it was when I was losing weight. Personally, I WANT to run, but I'll do that some other time.

I'm feeling the surge in appetite from the luteal stage of my cycle. I ate an extra chocolate bar today that I hadn't planned :( However, my body image is, like it has been, VERY GOOD. My only problem is the 9 lbs weight gain from when I was 137 has made my face fuller, and I liked it better at 137. I have a fat face and my skin is broken out; I feel hideous. LOL!! :rotflmao: At least I'm in such a good mood I'm laughing about it right now!!!

The BF calls me beautiful on a daily basis and while it helps, I found myself saying, "Really?" the other day :rolleyes: It's hard to think you are good looking with BOILS on your face!! :rotflmao: I don't wear foundation, either--just mineral powder. I have an aesthetician I see--she recently gave me a clinical facial and then I'm getting microderm on 8/1--skin should be presentable by my birthday, yay!

Period is about to start! :eek: Still feelin' groovy!!!

I'm all anxious to start riding my bike to work from my new house!!!

This Sunday I'm going to be gettin $100 cash from my restaurant job for an event. This is good! I went though my finances and with gas, food, beer, gym, aesthetician, eating out, blah blah blah, I had to dip into my savings to pay off my credit card. :( Looks like my second job hasn't saved my ass yet--nor allowed me to save. What's worse is our house found out we had to give 30 days notice--so I'm paying $300 extra bucks for rent at my old house unless Property mngmt gets someone in!!

Good thing I HAVE savings, shit! Still need to be paid for 2 pouring events, though--$50 from one and probably $60 from another.

New word: Re-Frugalize. Time to refrugalize!!!
AND STOP DRINKING!!! :rolleyes:
 
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Curvie Girlie said:
New word: Re-Frugalize. Time to refrugalize!!!
AND STOP DRINKING!!! :rolleyes:
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I love it! Refrugalize. Its fun to say.
It seems like when I gave up drinking beer, I just replaced it. I've been wanting more breads/pastas than ever and I'm drinking twice the amount of coffee (with cream) than I was before.

- Sunny
 
Sunny, itsn't it funny how some of us replace one vice with another? Actually it's not funny it's sad :( Oh well! I think I need to ask CYM how to kick a sugar/simple carbs addiction!
 
I think you could totally do a triatalon-me on the other hand I would sink to the bottom of the water because I cant swim-LOL I like water my height and lower!!
I think your attitude is awesome! I love how your so in tune with your body.
Your BF is so sweet-definitly a keeper!
 
T2 Trucker said:
I'd rather have the only one star diary. My uniqueness deserves it.
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Fair enough--crusade stopped!

rimay2k said:
I think you could totally do a triatalon-me on the other hand I would sink to the bottom of the water because I cant swim-LOL I like water my height and lower!!
I think your attitude is awesome! I love how your so in tune with your body.
Your BF is so sweet-definitly a keeper!
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Thanks!! The BF is a pain, but sweet!
 
Contemplations

I know exactly what to do to lose the last 10 (11 now I suppose, but 10 is ok too) pounds.

Problem is, I'm not doing it. Like I said before, once I move and settle in and AFTER my birthday, I am going to change up my regiment.

There's something magical about a set date, isn't there? When in actuality, you should be able to start whenever. Truth be told, you're only gonna do something when you're ready for it.

I've received massive advice on here, but I'm looking toward a few key people's advice that will help me personally:

From Tom: I learned to not slack off on the calorie counting, and to meticulously track caloric needs and deficits. I plan on doing that again soon.

From CYM: Same as Tom but also that eating right is a very tricky thing indeed, and for both of us, weening off sugar and simple carbs is a very important element.

From Sunny: Quit drinking alcohol!

From Claudia: Eating to deficit is something that neither of us can really do right now, but we're never giving up and we have the knowledge, we just need to utilize it!!!!


MY PLANS:

Going back to what worked for me from Dec-April:
--Limit drinking
--Avoid simple carbs, instead of trying to eat small protions--it just doesn't work for me. I have to quit certain foods!
--Staying in, going to bed hungry
--Cooking dinner nearly every night--this kept me from over eating, and I knew exactly the calorie count.
--Walking at lunch--I have NOT been doing that!!! I've been on WLF instead!!!! With a laptop, that won't be a problem!

Upping my exercise regime:
--Wanting to ride my bike to work on some days of the week
--Running even more
--Weight training twice a week--I dropped it to once and I think it would be better to do 2xs since I was losing steadily when I was doing that.
--Training for a tri-athlon OR a half marathon, I think the HM because I only like to swim in tropical waters--I HATE chlorine and California sea water!

OK, this will all start soon............
 
Val, it sounds like you've got a good plan to get back on track. A lot of it is successfully identifying what's holding you back, and you've done that (alcohol). Your body will utilize those calories before anything else, which is no problem with a single glass of wine, but is a huge problem when it gets into the hundreds of calories. I think this is why a lot of young people can't lose weight, even when they have a very restricted diet.

Riding your bike to work will be a great thing, too. I hope you have great bike lanes! And I assume you're using a helmet.
 
Hi everyone, thanks for dropping a line! :D

Yesterday I did not drink, instead I moved my "Asian" rug, computer, comp. stand, chair, empty bookcase, and several boxes of wine to my new place (along with some other crap). Wed is the BF's day to stay in San Jo and hang out with the Russians, and he called later and said he had drunk too much to drive home and was staying the night. I was glad he decided to stay--my buddy's help was good enough. Sleeping alone was good practice! ;)

I weight trained yesterday, then ate a wrap from New Leaf; black beans, salsa, cabbage, avocado, and brown rice in a spinach wrap. Then I moved stuff. Then at 10:30pm when we were finished, we got hungry again and I had some cereal and grapefruit juice. I'll add up the calories later, I haven't got a chance yet! This morning was my last Cambodian Ground Fighting, but my instructor had us do really basic martial arts training due to my ankle.

Tomorrow I work 8-5, 6-10 at two jobs :( I will most likely rise early and go for a run. Saturday I work 5-9, so I'll be wrapping it up with the moving EXCEPT the bed; I plan on staying the night Saturday, and then Sunday I work 10-4pm, so that evening the BF and I will move the bed and clean. We have Monday to clean, also, but the idea is to get EVERYTHING out of the house by Sunday night. I'm going to ask that the BF spend Sun night with me, so I can have one last night before next weekend--my birthday!!! :D

146 again, about to feel bloated! :p
 
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Sleeping alone was good practice! ;)
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Ummmmmmm....i'll let that one alone ;)

I got a jump in rep too ;) Thanks for sharing the love :D

You do martial arts? how cool! I'd LOVE to do that!! I seriously have to get my car up and running again!! lol

heres to another great day!
 
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