givemefaith
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Hello, well I will be posting up photos of my weight when I first joined this forum site 01/06/2010 and from today.
Original Weight in 2009: 205lbs
01/06/2010 Weight: 185lbs
Current: 180lbs
Goal: 150lbs
Let me tell you a little bit about myself, I am a female Asian, 21 years old and 5'5". I have never really struggled much with my weight growing up because I was always active, in sports or running around with my cousins. But I was still always a little more muscular and heavier than the rest of my cousins. (In a healthy weight, they would be more considered as the naturally slim, less muscle) So I always grew up thinking I was huge, but looking back at photos as a child and growing up through middle school and high school, I looked completely healthy, but my mother would be the one person who has truly put me down my whole life, calling me fat and everything. Thats why I always had this mindset thinking that I was gigantic, but in reality I WAS healthy and looked great.
Throughout high school I always weighed 165-175lbs. After I graduated high school, I was roughly around 170-175lbs, at 5'5", its kind of odd because today I am 180 and I dont look like I was in high school(with a 5lb difference), and I know today its because of the lack of physical activity and all, I know my fat percentage was less and more muscle mass then in 2006, which made me weigh 170-175lbs. 4 years ago.
I began to date this guy and I was with him for almost three years, and I do not blame him, I think in my mindset I never thought about working out, because I thought I had a natural athletic body and I didn't have to do anything. I thought I didnt have to keep myself looking hot. But that wasn't the case. I went to 170-175lbs in June 2006 to 205lbs. by January 2009. I didn't really know, how huge and unhealthy I was until I moved to another state and (thank god) my cousin who is a workout nut, encouraged me to join the gym with her and get a personal trainer.
I broke up with that guy and met a new person and this new bf has been a real loving person, he has really encouraged me and has made me feel beautiful and great about myself. So I would say 2009 was a really life changing experience. I was out with the old and in with the new, I even chopped about 12 inches off my hair CRAZY! ME! (i miss my hair now) but I see everything in a new perspective and I am extra motivated.
Back to the story, I never thought I was that big, I mean to me 205 didnt look bad, but its pretty bad on a 5'5" girl. I saw some photos of myself on my cousins computer and I was SHOCKED, they were at angles that I wouldnt normally see myself but others would, so that was a trigger point for me.
The trainer worked, I had him for about 2x a week and in 3 months I went down to 180lbs. I was a healthy diet, a lot of baked protein, a lot of vegetables and counted calories, i was supposed to be on 1800 calories a day but I lessened what I ate because I didnt feel that hungry, I never starved though. =)
I managed to keep my weight since then and gained 5 lbs, so thats where I begin here!
I just started going back to school this year and now I am extra serious and getting rid of this last 30lbs to get to my goal weight. =)
I have been on the elyptical 30minutes a day, arms and back weights one day and abs and legs the next day, switching back and forth. Saturdays I rest and Sundays I begin again.
I eat a small portion of breakfast in the morning, (i dont count calories like crazy how I did before but I watch what I eat)
Breakfast would look like: 2 toasts with butter or 2 cups of cereal with soy milk or egg & ham tacos(home made) or banana or grapefruit
Snack: No snack, I get too busy with school to get a snack.
Lunch: Vegetables with rice or protein with rice or vegetable dip or 1 can of soup
Snack: Vegetable dip or crackers
Dinner: Vegetables with rice or soup or protein with rice
I dont eat after 7, because I sleep around 9. Sometimes I skip dinner because I dont get hungry after my snack.
Well anywho, working out has been great, I have always enjoyed it and it I feel great after wards and its a good ME time that I love to do. and I will continue to do this, adding more reps and more minutes to my cardio.
The reason I want to lose weight is for the health factor of less risk in diseases when I get older and to be able to feel great in clothes and an accomplishment in something that is very difficult to overcome. =D and self motivation!
My goal is to lose at least 5 lbs a month, watching my diet closely and keeping up with vigorous workouts, I have faith that I can do this, THIS YEAR! and I can strut myself in a bikini in the summer without too much fat jumping up and down. =)
My mom still puts me down everyday, but I barely speak to her I just do what I need to do to finish school and focus and prove her WRONG. (btw shes not slim herself, shes just a very mean person. no lie at all.)
SORRY FOR WRITING SO MUCH!!!!!!! SEE YOU ALL SOON.
Sorry for how gross I look in the photos, but you can see the 01/06/2010 and 01/23/2010 comparison, my body looks more...um a little bit more healthy?? or it looks like its getting its shape back slowly =)
NOTE: I never had a baby, I have never been pregnant. The stretch marks are from when I was 205lbs.....(eeekk!!!)
my thighs feel a lot more harder, and less melty looking. my arms dont flab as much. my butt has lifted a little and my stomach has VERY SLOWLY lifted. I dont get too much of my tummy flowing over my underwear now but I have got a GREAT journey ahead of me to lose the rest!
and please please please be nice, i get enough rude remarks and put downs from my mother daily. i dont need anymore.
if I forgot to answer some of any lingering questions feel free to ask me. =)
i might be late in replying im really busy with school. (btw sorry about how my entry is everywhere) im rushing to finish this so i can get back to studying!
Original Weight in 2009: 205lbs
01/06/2010 Weight: 185lbs
Current: 180lbs
Goal: 150lbs
Let me tell you a little bit about myself, I am a female Asian, 21 years old and 5'5". I have never really struggled much with my weight growing up because I was always active, in sports or running around with my cousins. But I was still always a little more muscular and heavier than the rest of my cousins. (In a healthy weight, they would be more considered as the naturally slim, less muscle) So I always grew up thinking I was huge, but looking back at photos as a child and growing up through middle school and high school, I looked completely healthy, but my mother would be the one person who has truly put me down my whole life, calling me fat and everything. Thats why I always had this mindset thinking that I was gigantic, but in reality I WAS healthy and looked great.
Throughout high school I always weighed 165-175lbs. After I graduated high school, I was roughly around 170-175lbs, at 5'5", its kind of odd because today I am 180 and I dont look like I was in high school(with a 5lb difference), and I know today its because of the lack of physical activity and all, I know my fat percentage was less and more muscle mass then in 2006, which made me weigh 170-175lbs. 4 years ago.
I began to date this guy and I was with him for almost three years, and I do not blame him, I think in my mindset I never thought about working out, because I thought I had a natural athletic body and I didn't have to do anything. I thought I didnt have to keep myself looking hot. But that wasn't the case. I went to 170-175lbs in June 2006 to 205lbs. by January 2009. I didn't really know, how huge and unhealthy I was until I moved to another state and (thank god) my cousin who is a workout nut, encouraged me to join the gym with her and get a personal trainer.
I broke up with that guy and met a new person and this new bf has been a real loving person, he has really encouraged me and has made me feel beautiful and great about myself. So I would say 2009 was a really life changing experience. I was out with the old and in with the new, I even chopped about 12 inches off my hair CRAZY! ME! (i miss my hair now) but I see everything in a new perspective and I am extra motivated.
Back to the story, I never thought I was that big, I mean to me 205 didnt look bad, but its pretty bad on a 5'5" girl. I saw some photos of myself on my cousins computer and I was SHOCKED, they were at angles that I wouldnt normally see myself but others would, so that was a trigger point for me.
The trainer worked, I had him for about 2x a week and in 3 months I went down to 180lbs. I was a healthy diet, a lot of baked protein, a lot of vegetables and counted calories, i was supposed to be on 1800 calories a day but I lessened what I ate because I didnt feel that hungry, I never starved though. =)
I managed to keep my weight since then and gained 5 lbs, so thats where I begin here!
I just started going back to school this year and now I am extra serious and getting rid of this last 30lbs to get to my goal weight. =)
I have been on the elyptical 30minutes a day, arms and back weights one day and abs and legs the next day, switching back and forth. Saturdays I rest and Sundays I begin again.
I eat a small portion of breakfast in the morning, (i dont count calories like crazy how I did before but I watch what I eat)
Breakfast would look like: 2 toasts with butter or 2 cups of cereal with soy milk or egg & ham tacos(home made) or banana or grapefruit
Snack: No snack, I get too busy with school to get a snack.
Lunch: Vegetables with rice or protein with rice or vegetable dip or 1 can of soup
Snack: Vegetable dip or crackers
Dinner: Vegetables with rice or soup or protein with rice
I dont eat after 7, because I sleep around 9. Sometimes I skip dinner because I dont get hungry after my snack.
Well anywho, working out has been great, I have always enjoyed it and it I feel great after wards and its a good ME time that I love to do. and I will continue to do this, adding more reps and more minutes to my cardio.
The reason I want to lose weight is for the health factor of less risk in diseases when I get older and to be able to feel great in clothes and an accomplishment in something that is very difficult to overcome. =D and self motivation!
My goal is to lose at least 5 lbs a month, watching my diet closely and keeping up with vigorous workouts, I have faith that I can do this, THIS YEAR! and I can strut myself in a bikini in the summer without too much fat jumping up and down. =)
My mom still puts me down everyday, but I barely speak to her I just do what I need to do to finish school and focus and prove her WRONG. (btw shes not slim herself, shes just a very mean person. no lie at all.)
SORRY FOR WRITING SO MUCH!!!!!!! SEE YOU ALL SOON.
Sorry for how gross I look in the photos, but you can see the 01/06/2010 and 01/23/2010 comparison, my body looks more...um a little bit more healthy?? or it looks like its getting its shape back slowly =)
NOTE: I never had a baby, I have never been pregnant. The stretch marks are from when I was 205lbs.....(eeekk!!!)
my thighs feel a lot more harder, and less melty looking. my arms dont flab as much. my butt has lifted a little and my stomach has VERY SLOWLY lifted. I dont get too much of my tummy flowing over my underwear now but I have got a GREAT journey ahead of me to lose the rest!
and please please please be nice, i get enough rude remarks and put downs from my mother daily. i dont need anymore.
if I forgot to answer some of any lingering questions feel free to ask me. =)
i might be late in replying im really busy with school. (btw sorry about how my entry is everywhere) im rushing to finish this so i can get back to studying!