starchic0682
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You look great! Congradulations 
From beginning to now......not done yet!
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Bellaryna
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You look great! Congradulations
Thank you so much!
I can't wait to see what the next 30 pounds looks like!
Bellaryna
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First let me say Thanks for the great comments!
Basically I just figured out how many calories I needed to maintain the weight I was at and then cut it down by 1000. So that put me at about 1550 calories per day.
And of course I added in exercise. But not right away. I first wanted to make sure that I had the eating part down before I threw in another curve-ball.
Of course I did try to eat some of the "old" things that I use to eat and found out real fast that I wouldn't be able to eat as much as (actual food wise) I wanted. So I quickly went from eating a Cheeseburger at McDonalds to eating the Grilled Snack Wrap w/o sauce. That little move saved me about 150 calories. I then did this with everything I ate. I started to "measure" things by how much would I be able to eat in calories. For example: Someone at work offered me a dove chocolate. Now on the whole a dove chocolate wouldn't be that bad for you, if you weren't only eating 1550 cals a day. Those little chocolates can be as much as 45 calories each!!! That equaled out to my being able to have 1 1/2 cups of California Blend or 4 1/2 jellos. When you see how small the chocolate is compared to how much the veggies would fill you up or how much more jello you can have it just wasn't worth it to me.
That is basically what my mind set is for this journey.
I also keep a food journal. And if I do have one of those chocolates I definately record it. That way I know exactly where my cals for the day went, when later on I am so very hungry.
Hope this explains it all. LOL I know I am a bit long winded. You should see me in real time! LOL
Oh and I almost forgot.
I have averaged about 1-2 pounds a week since Aug 6, 2007. Give or take. Some weeks were better than others (4 # loss one week and nothing the next) but on a whole I was always in a downward trend.
Good Luck with your journey!
Miss Ladybug
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Your melting away like frosty girlfriend!! you look beautiful~~
Kim
Kim
musicalgirl
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Wow, you look AMAZING! It is such a big difference, congrats!
Bellaryna
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Thank you so very much!
gpucci
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Right there really did it for me. That is the healthiest way to lose too. A lot of people (we hav some heavier women at work here) get discouraged.
Last year we had a biggest loser contest which was my catalyst to lose weight. I was at 215lbs!! After the first week I had lost 2lbs, and the heaviest ladies (over 300lbs) lost like 10lbs. I ended up winning the contest, but the women were really letting me have it after the first week. I think some of them started to cheat because they figured they were losing a lot of weight in one week that if they ate such and such this week it would be OK. After about three weeks tehre were women gaining some of that weight they lost back, and I was still "slow and steady 1-3lbs a week) After 10 weeks I had lost 25lbs and was down to 190, and won the competition. The second closest to me was like 7lbs. All the others had gained weight back because they were cheating after that first week thinking they could still lose a ton of weight walking or whatever, than got discourage after he second week they lost nothing.
Stay strong Bell!!! you can do it. The first step is to know it's going to take hard work, and that a healthy weight loss is about 1-3lbs a week.
After my 215 to 170 transformation I have been at somewhat a wall. I hit 170 about Thanksgiving, and since then I am down to 167. I am gettign closer to my natural weight. I am 5'10-5'11 and have a broad skeleton. I think anythign lower than 160 is too skinny for me.
Sorry for posting so much. That last paragraph caught my attention and brought up all sorts of memories
Bellaryna
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Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
You are so right on the losing it slow thing.
All the other times before that I tried to lose weight always failed for the very reasons that you listed. I would have a huge loss the first few weeks, (I was practically starving myself
), and then the losses would go steady, (I started eating enough calories to survive again 
) and then BAM! it would start going up again (getting discouraged because the weight stopped coming off so fast so went back to old habits 
). But not this time. It's weird this time around. I guess you could say that I had an epiphany of sorts. I knew that I was over-weight and that I needed to do something about it but wasn't all that ready too. Then one day I was ready and that is where I started from.
Congrats on you for taking it slow and winning the race as well.
And thanks again for the encouragement!
You are so right on the losing it slow thing.
All the other times before that I tried to lose weight always failed for the very reasons that you listed. I would have a huge loss the first few weeks, (I was practically starving myself
), and then the losses would go steady, (I started eating enough calories to survive again ) and then BAM! it would start going up again (getting discouraged because the weight stopped coming off so fast so went back to old habits ). But not this time. It's weird this time around. I guess you could say that I had an epiphany of sorts. I knew that I was over-weight and that I needed to do something about it but wasn't all that ready too. Then one day I was ready and that is where I started from. Congrats on you for taking it slow and winning the race as well.
And thanks again for the encouragement!
Right there really did it for me. That is the healthiest way to lose too. A lot of people (we hav some heavier women at work here) get discouraged.
Last year we had a biggest loser contest which was my catalyst to lose weight. I was at 215lbs!! After the first week I had lost 2lbs, and the heaviest ladies (over 300lbs) lost like 10lbs. I ended up winning the contest, but the women were really letting me have it after the first week. I think some of them started to cheat because they figured they were losing a lot of weight in one week that if they ate such and such this week it would be OK. After about three weeks tehre were women gaining some of that weight they lost back, and I was still "slow and steady 1-3lbs a week) After 10 weeks I had lost 25lbs and was down to 190, and won the competition. The second closest to me was like 7lbs. All the others had gained weight back because they were cheating after that first week thinking they could still lose a ton of weight walking or whatever, than got discourage after he second week they lost nothing.
Stay strong Bell!!! you can do it. The first step is to know it's going to take hard work, and that a healthy weight loss is about 1-3lbs a week.
After my 215 to 170 transformation I have been at somewhat a wall. I hit 170 about Thanksgiving, and since then I am down to 167. I am gettign closer to my natural weight. I am 5'10-5'11 and have a broad skeleton. I think anythign lower than 160 is too skinny for me.
Sorry for posting so much. That last paragraph caught my attention and brought up all sorts of memories
Bellaryna
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I've just seen this post. Wow! Amazing! What a huge difference!
Thanks Auburn!
It sure feels good to know that other people can see the difference too!
Now if I could just get outta the 190's! LOL
Bellaryna
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You must feel better in your own skin - you look really different - amazing
I sure do. I actually feel "comfortable" with my body.
Thanks for the kind words!
wwaterhose
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Bell, good job!
I believe that with consistent efforts daily, you are one step near to your goal!
Its definitely not done yet!
I believe that with consistent efforts daily, you are one step near to your goal!
Its definitely not done yet!