dreamingblue's Journey

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dreamingblue

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Starting a diet, I gotta be accountable for my actions. I will start my diet Friday. I figure its easier that way with Thanksgiving and all. Took a photo of myself after eating at Chili’s today, and with my hips and knees hurting at age 26, plus how I look totally FAT in the photo, I’ve had enough, and I can’t put it off til “Tomorrow” anymore. It’s gotta happen now. I realize that I’ve chosen the worst part of the year to start, right around the holidays, but hopefully all will be okay.

I dunno how much I weigh, but I think it’s around 330. :( I will weigh myself tomorrow morning, cuz I drank a lot of water today and I don't want my water weight to count.

Here’s a form that I will fill out everyday. The morning activity will be meditation, reflection and exercise. It's very important that I do these things because I can fall off track easily. I've dieted before and failed. So hopefully keeping track of things will get me going and keep me going.

Morning Activity:

B:
S:
L:
S:
D:
S:

Total Calories:

Said No to:

Gave in to:

Days without Fast Food:

Any thoughts about giving up? Why?
 
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I haven't forgot about this journal but I've been very busy. I did start my diet, but I have not been exercising, but I have been counting calories. I'm down to 321.8 without exercise.

For some reason, with the holidays and being busy I can't get myself into the mood of exercising. I guess I should just start. Hey, at least I've lost SOME weight. It's better than gaining or not losing any.

I will try to post more around here, and try to get to know everyone.
 
Congrats on losing your first 4 pounds :D
Let me be the first the first to pat you on the back and hopefully spur you on to lost lots more :)
 
:seeya: Hi! Good on ya for your great start so far! Once you add in the exercise, imagine how well you will do! Keep up the great work!

Cheers
ABBA
 
Second big milestone. First is recoqnising that you want to take control of your life and weight. Second your first half stone (7 pounds) of weight loss. Upwards and onwards;)
 
My last post was in December! Wow. Well since then I have not been doing anything to help myself lose weight. Although, I can say that my last weigh in, which was a few days ago, was 317. Which means that I have basically maintained my weight for 4 months! Which is REALLY impressive to me. I even lost a pound!

I am now ready to get down to business. A lot of personal things have happened. In February I lost a dear friend of mine, she was only 27, and died of a heart attack! She was obese like me. I have been mourning her, and trying to wrap my mind around it. I feel like to honor myself and to honor her life that I need to live the best life I can. That includes being healthy and being the best person I know how.

I'm gonna start exercising today and putting myself on a 2000 calorie diet. I'm not sure if that's the correct amount of calories I need, but it seems in the ball range. I'll check it out later.

Anyway, I'm just reintroducing myself to everyone. I look forward to being active around these forums.
 
Hi Dreamingblue

Thanks for stopping at my diary :)
You are doing good and at least you didn\t give up.
You got a few months before summer, so let's make it our goal to at lose some weight so we can feel better in our shorts :) lol

We can do it, this is my 3day and I am doing it ??somehow?? it is still hard but enough is enough.


Work at it real hard, its hard to say no sometimes and its hard to force urself to exercise but sometimes we have to and afterwards it becomes much easier.
 
I joined Curves yesterday with a friend of mine. I'm really excited to be doing this with a friend, it will make me so much more motivated.

Yesterday's workout WORE ME OUT. And after the exercise I was SO hungry, I wanted to eat everything in sight.

Today's workout I feel pretty good and ready. I signed up with Curves with a YEAR contract that I cannot get out of, so if that isn't motivation to get this weight off, I don't know what is.

Yay. I already feel so much better.

Tuesday will be my weigh in day.
 
I am so sorry it took the death of a friend for you to realize but I am happy that you have decided to do something against obesity. I wish you all the best (I never wish luck, you do not need luck, you need knowledge, a strong will and constant effort), I will pop in to see how you are doing frequently and I am really good at cheering!
Love, Camy
 
Yes, I certainly am also one to get very hungry. You should be able to lose weight by cutting back on what you normally ate before your diet. So not sure how many calories you have now cut back, but it may be too much. Remember, slow and steady wins the race. You want to be eating as much as possible and still losing a 1 to 2 lbs a week. I would add up a usual day's calories, and cut from there. Also, you need to be getting enough fat and protein to fill you up. Make sure you're getting plenty of protein as it helps keep us satiated, as does some fat.
 
Thanks Blancita for your help.

I think I'm gonna munch of some protein bars I have today after I exercise. It seems like I'm mostly REALLY hungry right after I exercise.

I'm also trying to balance out my meals so I don't get too hungry throughout the day. I don't want to leave large gaps where I don't eat and then be so hungry that I want to eat everything.

I also need to start writing what I eat down, which I haven't been doing, out of sheer laziness.
 
hey dreamingblue,
thanks for stopping by my diary!

i've just read your diary and first wanted to say i'm so sorry to hear about your friend who died of a heart attack at the tender age of 27! it hits so close to home because i'm a whopping 334pounds and only 5feet high and just 3 months ago before i started eating right/exercising i was sort of ready for anything to happen, thats how bad i knew things were. i'm still only at the start of my journey (i have a heck of alot to loose still), but i feel so much healthier than before. before i started working out i used to get lots and lots of headaches and have swollen ankles and knew they wore high blood pressure related and on my first gym visit they told me my blood pressure was on the high side. (your probably wondering why the gym was taking my BP and not the doctor, thats because i hadn't seen a doctor in years because i knew i'd be told to loose weight and didn't have a clue how to begin).

anyway, i'm glad i made the change and haven't had a headache in weeks! i feel sooo much healthier its amazing and only with 8 weeks of exercise to go.

i do have my battles, when temptation comes it's bad and i'll eat anything in sight, but i get up the next day and continue and thats how i know this time round it's different in comparison to the diets i did in the past (which were all fad diets i might add...i'm so glad those days are so over now that i know better).

by the way CONGRATULATIONS on maintaining your weight all those months, thats amazing because it means you've definitely been doing something right.

wow, so you joined the curves gym? that's cool, theres actually one quite close to me and it's one of the gyms i phoned up before i joined the gym i ended up in currently. (note i said i was phoning up the gyms because i was dead scared to walk in on my own...goodness, i've come a long way).

i'm so sorry if i've rambled on and on, it's just that as you'd said in my diary i noted we're of similar-ish weight with similar goals....so i guess got kinda carried away.

otherwise just wanted to wish you all the best with your weight loss journey. xoxo
 
Hi Cherry,
Thanks for stopping by, I don't mind rambling! It's so good for you that those headaches have stopped. It's amazing how much better you feel after eating right and exercising. I have only been exercising a few days and I already feel so much better. It makes me wonder why was so hard before. So strange...
 
I forgot to post my Food stuff last night, I was just so tired I went straight to bed after coming home...

B: Cinnamon Cereal / Milk (330 Calories)
S: Banana, Quaker Drizzles (140 Calories)
L: Chicken Salad, Vitamin Water, Pringles (520 Calories)
S: Piece of Protein Bar (50 Calories)
D: Chicken Salad, Mac Chips (510 Calories)
S: Strawberries (56 Calories)

Calories: 1561 Calories

Exercise: 30 Minutes of Curves, Walked up a market street
 
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