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

FatSuzi

FatSuzi

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First thing's first:

1. Answer these questions before starting your diary.

-- How much weight do you want to lose?

Ideally, somewhere between 80 and 100 pounds. I don't know what I'll be like at any of those weights, but I'm going for a size 6ish. Single digits baby. Single digits.

-- What is the timeframe for reaching your target weight?

Aside from ASAP? July 2007 at the latest. A life long friend of mine is currently in Italy, and won't be back until then. And I said "Hey wouldn't it be funny if when you came back I was all skinny?" Considering that he hasn't seen me not fat since we were 7. So now I've accidentally found myself with a projected date. Fun!

-- How do you want to accomplish your goal (what methods do you want to use)?

Diet and exercise and sensibility. I have a gym membership. I found a "diet" that should work for me (considering my almost-vegetarianism) that also looks like it could be easily intergrated into non-weightloss-eating (yay rice diet!), and basically looks like everything I've ever wanted. ::tear!::

-- Who or what can support you in reaching your goal?

Man, hopefully everything. I'd love it if I could make a buddy who also wants to lose around the same as me, and who'll chastize me for the inevitable binge eating (I'm trying to not do it, I swear, but sometimes it just happens) and whatnot.

-- How realistic is your goal?

Well, it sounds realistic to me. 80 lbs in the next 10 months. That's what, 2 lbs a week? It's steep, but if I get close to it I'll be satisfied when my friend returns. There just needs to be some serious weight loss.

-- When will you start?

I started today!!! Yayyyyyy! I will put up a post...after I post this. Woo!
 
Okie. So.

Starting weight: as of last night, 219.
Current weight: for some mysterious reason, 215.
Goal weight: 130.
Ultimate "hey I'm tiny" goal weight: 115-120ish.

Today I started my "rice diet." Which was fun, and I was actually full for most of the day. Except for right now, as I still need to eat my other piece of fruit for the dinner thing.

Breakfast: 2 slices of whole wheat 9 grain bread, 1 cup strawberries, 1 cup green grapes.
Lunch: 2 slices of whole wheat 9 grain bread, 2 cups strawberries.
Dinner: 2 slices of whole wheat 9 grain bread, 1 medium peach, 1 cup green grapes.

Exercise: Though I intended to go to the gym, after 11 hours at school...no. So after writing this, I'm going to go for a long walk, especially now that my iPod is charged. I'm going to go for an hour.

I'm excited for tomorrow, because tomorrow I get veggies! They're cooked and waiting for me and everything. Oh so exciting! Anyways. I'm off on my walk! I'l check in later and everything.
 
Hope your walk was fun! My starting weight was 219 also and I have been losing 1-2 pounds a week, so it is doable, and safe. Good job!!! You can do it !!!!
 
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Good job so far! I hadn't heard of the "rice diet" before...and I'm not seeing any rice in your menu...uhhh, or am I reading something wrong. Is there a website for it? Keep up the good work, 2 lbs a week is very healthy and doable.
 
Starting weight: as of last night, 219.
Current weight: for some mysterious reason, 215.
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You are at your lowest weight in the morning, and you gain throughout the day. I actually gained 6 lbs between 7:30 am and 6 pm! Crazy, but true. Weigh yourself in the morning before you eat anything, and do it at the same time of day each time, to make it accurate!

Good luck!
 
Day 2!

"Accidentally" slept in today. Don't think I'll be able to make it to the gym, as I need to study for an exam I have tomorrow morning. Ooo. Maybe I'll go to the gym after the exam. That might work well. Last night my walk went ok. Lasted 50 minutes before wanting to die of boredom. Tried some jogging...and that sucked. Really really sucked. I should work on that. Feeling a little stressed today (tests everywhere!), but hopefully I'll survive. Anyways. On with the show:

Breakfast: 1/4 cup of granola, 1 cup of green grapes, a cup of organic fat free peach yogurt.

Lunch: 1.5 cups of sauteed zucchini and red bells peppers and onions with 1.5 cups of whole wheat penne.

Snack: (I was hungry and there was no food around, so...) a bottle of low fat chocolate milk, and a 100g chocolate bar. I feel mildly guilty.

Dinner: The Low Carb 6 dollar burger from Carls' Jr. Got conned into going by a friend. Mildly guilty. And I had about 12 oz. of iced tea. Not guilty about the iced tea.

Today I probably drank like 1.5 liters of water. Something close to that. Mmm water!
 
Yeah...I don't know why it's called the "Rice Diet." It's basically just carbs and veggies and some fruit and dairy and a little protein. And because I love veggies and fruit and carbs, I was all "OH YAY" about doing it. Not too wild about meat. So I'm stoked. Anyways. I actually found it via this website. And read that people were on it and losing like 4-6 lbs per week. And that's insane and potentially unrealistic for me, but I figured that I should lose some serious weight on it, considering the veggie base. I was a little worried about the generally low levels of protein, but then I remembered when I was on a high protein diet (for all of two weeks). It made me lethargic feeling and weird and I found it really really hard to eat as much as I was supposed to and it was just not a great time and I actually gained weight (and it wasn't all muscle). But it's been two days (umm...ignore dinner svp) and I'm feeling good so far and am amazed at my vegetable cooking skills. I'm just so fantastic. Man. Lets hope that I actually lose weight though.

And I know about the whole morning weighing thing. It's just so strange how your weight can fluctuate like 5 pounds in one day. I weighed myself originally on an empty stomache, so I figured that it was vaguely accurate. Either way, I weigh too much.
 
Good on you for making the choice - i reckon you just took on about 100 odd buddies who will help give you the pick-me-up when you relax back by starting a diary!

Regarding the title of your journal ... dont plead to loose weight, its your god given right to be able to - DEMAND IT! :D
 
Hey Suzi...glad to see your s tarting off well and I believe that you can get to that goal! I'm trying to get down to a size 8-10. Keep at it!

~ Sara Maria ~
 
I tried

Ok...suzi I tried 3 times to reply to your message, but it wouldn't let me. :mad: Stupid computer. I don't get it. I think I will start my own diary, so come check me out. I will keep checking on you. :D
 
Hey Suzie!!! You are off to a Good Start. Good for you on taking your Walk. I have heard of the "Rice Diet" A lady on here introduced it to some of us a while back. And she was succesful on it. it was Secertlysizeseven I belive, She has not been here for awhile, But you should check out her journal.

Anyhow, have a GREAT Day and Drink your WATER!!
 
Hi Suzi,
Welcome to your diary.

Good luck with your plan - I have found for me, that I can not eat a prescribed meal plan. Life, family and friends tend to get in the way - so I need to eat the stuff around me in proper portions so that I will be able to maintain my weight after the loss. I think I would just regain the weight after I go "off" a set diet.

Being flexible and listening to your body is a great way to start. Finding a diet that works for you is *great* but if you find yourself feeling even mildly guilty if you "break" the diet, then perhaps something else would work better?

Have you checked out or They are good places for recording calories and full of information.

I do have a question - you wrote:

Starting weight: as of last night, 219.
Current weight: for some mysterious reason, 215.
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then said:
I weighed myself originally on an empty stomache, so I figured that it was vaguely accurate.
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Does that mean your weight of 219 was on an empty stomach at night?
I'm hoping I misread that wrong and that you don't go long period during the day without eating - that can really mess up your metabolism!

Good luck on your journey,
 
Hey Suzi, Miss not to wild about meat! :)

Have you ever thought about going Vegan? Think about it when you get bored with this and need a change. I find its easier for me to BE something then to diet...........if that makes any sense. And its fun to try to figure out what I can and can't eat. Anywhoozle, you are doing great, keep up the fab work!
 
Whoa responses.

M2M- No, I'm generally a pretty regular eater. So fear not! I had actually eaten dinner at like...7ish and weighed myself somewhere around midnight. So my stomach was all "I'm empty!" so I drank some water and went to bed. I've done the whole "I'm just not going to eat" thing, and no. Not anymore. Back in February I started trying to eat well and go to the gym and whatnot. I used FitDay religiously and tried to eat well, but got so frustrated with my lack of progress when I was "trying" to eat well that I'd find myself being not good. And the whole time all I wanted was for someone to give me ratios and portion sizes. I'm just one of those people. I don't really want to think too hard about what I'm eating. So if it's just "3 servings of veggies and 3 servings of carbs and 1 serving of fruit" and I know the portion sizes, I'm good and happy. I just hate getting all crazy about calories, and I'm one of those people who'll go insane about them and that's bad. So yeah. Yay to not thinking too hard. As for being super strict...yeah not me. Done that before, with the self berating after eating out with friends even when getting something healthy. So I figure that if most days I follow some plan and that occasionally I go out with friends and eat some like extra protein or something, I'm good. I only felt mildly guilty because it was like, hamburger. If it'd been chicken, there would have been no remorse at all. But hamburger is not as healthy...and cows are cute. So there we go. Anyways. Also, I'd like to let you know that I some of your diary and your posts and you're an amazing inspiration.

Dharma- Yeah I've considered the vegan thing. But I really like honey and yogurt and chicken. I've really considered being vegetarian, but the chicken always lures me back. Maybe I could be like one of those "vegetarians" who eat seafood (because fish are totally plants), only with chicken. Mmm chicken.

wishes- Ha. Too true. I'm just...cautiously optimistic this time around. I've been dieting since I was 9. So I'm used to failure. And it doesn't help that my mom hassles me about my weight (which is lame because she's not one to talk about skinny). Anyways. I am hoping that there will be weight loss. Not really pleading. Mainly just really really really really really hoping.
 
My mom used to have an expression about wanting (hoping) in one hand and...well, maybe I won't mention it ;)

I totally hear ya about going crazy about the calorie thing - that's the one reason I never wanted to do it. I get, ummm...overly nit picky with stuff sometimes, and I was affraid I'd go right off the deep end with counting.

It's good you know what you need and what works for you and I'm glad to hear you hadn't starved yourself for an empty tummy at night :D

(NOT that I'm nit picky or anything) ;)

It sounds like you've got a good plan and it really isn't about HOPING it will happen - it's about MAKING it happen!

We can do this!
 
Ha. Mothers can be insane. It's hilarious sometimes.

Anyways. I've been feeling lazy and a little guilty about not going to the gym recently. These past three weeks I haven't gone 'cause I didn't know my schedule regarding classes and and work and whatnot...but this week was mostly me just being lazy. Except for that whole "oh god a math exam!!!" thing that kept me secluded from the world. The main point is that I NEED to MAKE time in my life to be active, even if it's just walking. I feel kinda confident that I can seriously start as of tomorrow, as I feel less overwhelmed right now. Anyways. It's all about priorities and scheduling...two things that I've always needed to work on. And now, foodage:

Breakfast: I got about 2 spoonfuls into my yogurt before realizing that there was something weird about it. It tasted a little chemically and instead of hacing a yogurt texture, it was slimyish like Yoplait or something. So I was totally put off from my yogurt. So as I had planned on breaking up my eating, I had nothing else for 2.5 hours until I got home and ate a nice apple. Didn't feel like eating any bread.
Lunch: 1.5 cups of whole wheat penne, 1 cup sauteed veggies, .5 cups carrot sticks.
Dinner: 2 chicken tacos (grilled chicken+lettuce+salsa+guacamole+yogurt sauce+a 5" corn tortilla) (600 calories total, 300 each)

Drank about 1 liter of water today. Maybe a little more (1.5ish?) I guess that I should be drinking more...but I think I'm still doing ok in the water department. I think that if I get a new water bottle I'll be good.

Exercise...didn't really happen today. Unless you count shopping. I ended up sleeping my mid morning away after my math test...so yeah. After that I went to class and then met up with my friend and went shopping. Which reminded me of my real motivation. Pretty clothes. Mmm pretty clothes. Anyways. All I have going tomorrow is a dance class, so if I don't go to the gym then I'm amazingly lazy. Which is really only an accurate depiction of me this instant. Anyways. To tomorrow and the gym and my dance class! And if I feel ambitious, to washing my car! Yayyyyy!
 
I have it in reverse...my dad is the one always making comments about my weight when he can't really say anything about it.

~ Sara Maria ~
 
Ahhhh today. Slept straight through breakfast. That was a nice change. So.

Breakfast: I was sleeping!
Lunch: 1 cup of asparagus, 1/2 cup of carrots (cooked), 3 slices of 9-grain whole wheat toast with garlic and that "I can't believe it's not butter!" spray stuff, and one otter pop. Because I love otter pops (15 cal, 4 grams of sugar...mmm) And I had 1/2 cup of strawberries.
Dinner: 1/2 cup of asparagus, 1/2 cup of carrots, 1/2 cup of broccolli, 1 1/3 cups of rice (to be exact, Trader Joe's Brown Rice Medley, which has brown rice, black barley, a radish seeds) which was awesome. And then I had two otter pops. Which is way better than the pint of ice cream I was really craving. Anyways. Was supposed to eat some fruit too...but no. I don't want any fruit right now.

Exercise: 2 hours of a dance class.
Water: I guess that I should be drinking like 88 oz. per day (like 3 liters!). Which is insane but kinda makes sense. Well, I've had about 40 oz. so far...and yeah. I think that I'm going to have to build up to 3 L a day. 1.5 I can do...but building building building.
 
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