FatSuzi's Weight Loss Diary (oh please let there be weight loss)

Suzi, your first post was just what I needed. I think tomorrow I'll use the same format to set my goals. I totally feel you on the sliding shopping by as exercize thing. I did it a couple of days ago, and counted my extra laps around the mall as my walk for the day. Yikes! Suppose I'll have to cut that out now that I've started "for real". That's so awesome that you have a unique motivation/date to lose weight for when your friend comes home. Hope it works out for you. Looks like you're on the right track.
 
Yeah. I really want to get a pedometer to make sure that I'm walking a reasonable amount. And shopping is like half exercise...ish. I figure that I had a pretty good week considering that school is still thwarting my attempts/desire to gym it, and that it was the first week of a "diet" and that I actually REALLY enjoyed it.

Anyways. On to todays diary. Today was my "cheat day" and I tried to stay reasonable...ish.

Breakfast: 1 cup of peach fat free organic yogurt, 1 cup of green grapes.
Lunch: A tuna sandwich on whole wheat (450 cal)
Dinner: (this is where it gets ugly) A $6 low carb burger from Carl's Jr., a small Hawai'ian Blizzard from the DQ, 1 bar of cadbury chocolate, 2 cups of butter free popcorn from the theater.

Exercise: So little that it's pathetic. I even walked around less than usual. Which is lame.
Water: 60 oz. today, which is awesome considering that I didn't have any water until like 4. So if I can add more in the morning, I'll be a water star!

So yeah. Saw "Little Miss Sunshine" tonight with a friend (it was both of our cheat days! We both had chocolate and popcorn!). The movie was AMAZING. Hilarious and sad and poignant at the same time. I think that just about everyone should see it! Anyways. I'm going to go to bed. I work this weekend (retail) and am hoping that the near constant walking for 8 hours will offset today. I'm one of those store workers who can't stand still unless they're doing something. So when I have nothing to do I just walk laps around the store. So yeah. Catch you tomorrow. Starting Monday, I expect next week to lack the dinner "cheating" I did this week to end, as my friend who I've cheated with is going away to college on Sunday. Which is why I've cheated with her so often. I've been trying to glean as much time from her as possible. She is my best friend, after all, and we're both talented at eating and shopping (though she's also talented in not gaining weight, until recently in her butt ha, so I use her as a constant visual reminder of what a 6/8 looks like). But as she's leaving, so will my excuse to eat out. Quelle tragedie. Aaaanyways. See y'all tomorrow!
 
Quick update today.

Breakfast: 1 cup grapes, 1 cup weight watchers raspberry yogurt (which I do not recommend, as it is crazy sweet and I don't really like it)
Lunch: 1 1/3 cups brown rice mix, 1 cup broccolli, 1/2 cup carrots
Dinner: 2 chicken soft tacos from Rubios. 1 serving of Dibs ice cream.

Exercise: Nothing aside from my constant walking at work.
Water: 8 glasses.

Today I went to Old Navy (they are having a crazy sale on clearance, and I needed jeans). A shirt I tried on when it first came out that was too small in an XXL fit really well as an XL today. My ego has been boosted. Got a size 16 jean tonight, as opposed to my last pair from Old Navy that were an 18. They're a little tight, but they have stretch and I'm pretty sure that I'm losing. I've noticed that I've gotten a little smaller like around my ribs. Which is pretty darn exciting. I'll probably officially weigh in on Monday, but from what I saw on Thursday I'm cautiously optimistic.

Anyways. I'm tired and my legs are sore after an 8 hour retail shift. I'll check in again tomorrow.
 
Lesse.

Yesterday:

Breakfast: 1 cup grapes, 1 cup yogurt
Lunch: 1 cup brown rice medley thing, 1 1/2 cups green beans
Dinner: 1 medium potato w/1 tsp sour cream and chives, 1 cup carrots, 4 oz. roast beef, 1 scoop ice cream w/peanuts 3 tbsp chocolate syrup and lots of whipped cream.

Water: about 6 glasses
Exercise: Only walking at work.

Today:

Breakfast: Nothing. There is no food in my house. :(
Lunch: Turkey and cheese and tomato on a roll, carrot sticks, and a green apple. And that was the healthiest thing at the school cafeteria. Woo.
Dinner: 1 cup rice, 1 cup orange chicken, 1 1/2 cups cashew chicken. And a skinny cow ice cream sandwich thing.

Water: About 1.5 L ish so far.
Exercise: Went to the gym and did my cardio circut (about 20-25 min) and then did the elliptical for 30 minutes (+5 minute cool down) and burned 332.3 calories on that machine alone. Woo!

So. Tomorrow morning I'm going to the grocery store and getting more fruit and veggies and yogurt. So. Now I feel positive about the gym...and like if I stop being bad at dinner time and stop going on crazy ice cream laden weekends, I should be good. I weighed myself this morning, and was at 215 still. Last Thursday I was at 213, so I think that that's the impact ice cream apparently has (hey, that explains why I haven't been losing before...). That and like, it's that time of the month so who knows if the scale is lying or not. Anyways. I'm still optimistic regarding the eating plan and me getting off my lazy butt and into the gym daily.

So tomorrow I'm going to the grocery store, then the gym. It'll be a party, I'm sure. Now in the meantime I'm going to sleep because sleep is good. G'night and good luck everyone!
 
Hey Suzi (I refuse to write "Fatsuzi" :D )

You're off to a great start; yay you for getting into the 16 jeans!!!! I love your sense of humor; it is really shining through as I read your journal.
 
Ha. Maybe I should explain my username. The Suzi part is a little self evident. And the fat part is as well on a simplistic level. But there's more to it.

In highschool (down here in Orange County CA, where being fat means being a severe minority) there was essentially me and another fat kid running in the same social circle of advanced classes and blah blah blah. His name was Albert. Now, we became friends and he has a very self depreciating sense of humor, and often referred to himself as Fat Albert. And as we became closer friends, he started calling me Fat Suzi. So basically our friendship degenerated into calling eachother fat (in a friendly "hey we're both the only fat kids ha ha" rather than in a malicious way). So he'll always be Fat Albert, and I'll probably always be Fat Suzi. He's the only person who gets away with calling me fat, as he's equal to nearly 2 of me. So yeah. That's basically where the name came from. And when I came here, I didn't feel like using the same username I always use. And when it comes to weightloss, I think of the only other person I really talk about it with. Fat Albert. And I'm just Fat Suzi. So there we go. Username decided on.

Anyways. Gym, grocery store, shower, cooking. There's my afternoon. Woo!
 
I'm just going to update now, before le diner. I woke up crazy late today. I'd planned to get up around 9:30 AM (I don't have class today until the evening, so Tuesday and Thursday are my sleep-in days), but no. Apparently not. I ended up waking up at around 12:30, and only because a friend called and roused me out of bed. So I obviously didn't eat breakfast today. And because there wasn't food, I couldn't eat a full meal before the gym. And though I had planned on eating some delicious granola, apparently not. It has disappeared from the kitchen! What is up with that?! Anyways. So I just went to the gym. Then I went grocery shopping, which is always fun. At the store they had my favorite water (Smart Water, due to the bottle design which is 1 L and easy to hold and carry and fits in my backpack well, as well as their fun label), so I was stoked. They also had my yogurt, so yay! I've decided that I only like the peach and raspberry, especially after the strawberry incident last week. Anyways. So I did errands, essentially. And I'm totally not hungry. And after the gym, I'm totally not going to cook. Not going to happen today. But tomorrow it probably will, considering that I have a break in classes from 9:15-2 PM, so that gives me plenty of time to make things that are delicious. So.

Breakfast: None.
Lunch: None.
Snack: 180 calories worth of Ghiradeli chocolate (I'm so glad I read the nutrition facts, or else it would be more like "660 calories of Cadbury chocolate" which would suck)
Dinner: I'm totally going to go to Rubios and have chicken tacos. 600 calories there. Maybe I'll even have an otter pop or something. I'll amend this later if I do.

Exercise: I burned 336.9 calories on the eliptical thing! Yay me!
Water: I've had about 3/4 of a liter so far today, so I'm guessing I'll double it at least for a grand total of 1.5 L today, which is ok.

Anyways. I'll catch y'all later!
 
Lesse. For dinner I had a Low Carb $6 burger instead (490 cal) a chocolate milk (180 cal) and I'm about to consume some Candy Corn soda, from Jones soda, which has 130 calories.

Anyways. I live in Newport! Where do you live, M2M?
 
Orange County?! My parents are living in San Clemente right now. They've been there for 4 years next June, but they'll be moving back to NC then. Everytime I go visit I think, "How is it that everyone here looks so freakin' skinny and perfect?!" It drives me nuts. I mean, I'm not huge, but next to those girls/women I feel ginormous.

But whatever, a lot of them have eating disorders. Looks like you're losing weight the right way and are going to be healthy once you reach your goal.
 
I'm in love with your av!
I have no idea what that guy's name is but Serenity is one of my fav movies! <3

Anywho... sounds like you're doing pretty dern amazing with eating. Wish I had enough willpower to just eat so many veggies and whatnot, but I'm a meat eater through and through.

Keep at it girl! 4lbs down... the rest will come off as well :)
 
Yeah seriously, welcome to my childhood. My best friend is a size 6, and she was one of the CURVY girls in high school. So like, that sucked. Even when I was at 150 I was super depressed that I wasn't tiny. But like, yeah.

And man! Nathan Fillion AKA Captain Mal Reynolds! Mmmm Firefly/Serenity! I'm such a dork for that show. Mmmm.

Anyways. Hey guys, I'm watching "The Biggest Loser" on Bravo and OH HOW EXCITING this show is crazy motivating. Watching them transform while I'm trying to do the same is amazing. Woo!
 
Hi again! Came to bug a bit before I head to bed.
You had one of those friends too?
Same here same here.
My best friend in high school could lose weight like no ones business. If for some reason she did start gaining, I swear the next week she'd be back to her skinny size 6 self all over again... while I thought I was just the hugest thing in the world in a size 12... :rolleyes:
 
Ok. So. Feeling ok today. Went to the gym and my thighs were a little sore, but it's managable. And yet again, I find myself without time to cook. Thank God for evenings, right? Well, either way, I'm feeling pretty good about myself today, especially after my trainer came up to me in the middle of my cardio and said I was working really hard.

Breakfast: 1 cup yogurt, 1 slice 9 grain vegan toast with spray butter stuff, 1 plum.
Lunch: 2 chicken tacos from Baja Fresh.
Dinner: So instead of finding myself at home, cooking vegetables, I found myself on the freeway, driving to LA to visit my best friend, straight from class. So we ended up going to a Mexican restaurant. I had 1 chicken enchilada, about 3/4 of a cup or rice, about 3/4 of a cup of beans, 2 tbsp of sour cream, and like six chips. And lots of water. And later on I had a Vitamin Water.

Exercise: Did my cardio circut thing, and then the elliptical. Where I burned 350.9 calories on it alone! YAYYYYY.
Water: About 1.5 L.

Overall, today wasn't great. It could of been worse. But I remain optimistic, especially about cooking tomorrow. Man. It just needs to happen, and I'll actually have time tomorrow, in theory. Anyways. Bed time.
 
hi

hi everyone im a newbie!
iv had a look through at everyones weight loss and all i can say is well done! we are doing it bit by bit and in no time at all we will all be are dream size (sigh)


 
There was a show I used to watch here in Canada called Taking It Off about people in two different cities and the different techniques/lifestyle changes they used to lose weight. I found it very motivational. I tuned in every week to see their progress.

Keep up the good work. You are doing a fantastic job!!

~ Sara Maria ~
 
Man, I feel like I have to account for something. I've been eating an insane amount of Carl's Jr. recently. And it's because I got these coupons for $1 off the $6 dollar burger, and between being poor and being poor, it's tempting, especially with the lowcarb one. And they expire on the 30th, so I'm like "OH NO MUST USE COUPONS" so I have been. And after that...there will probably be an occasional trangression in terms of In-N-Out, because I love them and I think that having them once a week or less is not unreasonable, though hopefully I can abstain. Anyways. There's the thing behind my seeming infatuation with Carl's Jr. It was just weighing on my brain.
 
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