Getta Life, Angel!

Soo... its so hot I think I'm suffering from heat exhaustion. I am dragging around like a fat cow today I just want to sleeeeeeeeeeeep forever but I tossed and turned for 3 hours this morning. Well, maybe I'm just getting too much sleep. That would be weird for me!

Now Laura, I never said I was planning on getting rid of hot chocolate, I love the stuff. And sugar free stuff makes me nervous, artificial can't be better, even with less calories. So my lesson learned is just not to drink it like it's water and I'll be ok. And Facebook! Gosh.. 'farm town' about a year ago was becoming an obsession, until I realized how STUPID and wasteful of time it was, also just the huge breech in privacy so I took all my pics off but 5 or so and cropped some contacts and hardly post anything on there anymore. I'm glad I'm not the only one who is taking harsh measures with it but LOL you went all the way.

Hey Ginger, thank YOU for stopping by. Well, this forum is on the internet LOL and so is my email but I'm trying madly to restrict time spent on here!
I see you are wanting to loose more then you're sister.. what about a contest with me too? I need some severe motivation I think. Anyways, if you're up for it...
 
So today I was HUNGRY. I might not be eating enough. So I had eggs with toast for breakfast, Chinese food for lunch (it was that or a burger) and rice with curry chicken for supper. I had animal crackers, reduced fat cheese, a slurpee and blueberries and a small cup of ice cream in between. Oh. And a Twinkie slipped in there somehow (bad choice)

I possibly ate other things but I'm not sure what so I'm on my way to Fit Day (thanks to the advice of people on here I know it exists now!) to make an average calorie count and see how much I need to eat tomorrow, and exercise to work this off. Although, I hope I didn't actually eat that much. Its not like I ate the whole house or something.

All in all I think I had pretty good control. I only ate half of the Chinese food, which is a milestone because usually I eat like crazy because I'm afraid of starving later.
 
I totally get how big of an accomplishment it is not to pig out on Chinese food! Go you!!! And Farmville was taking over my life, it was absurd. I take Facebook breaks when I need to make sure I'm focusing on other things. I'm a tax accountant, so during my busy times I usually shut down the account, and right now I'm trying to finish up grad school. That's the only reason I went cold turkey! I'll be back when this class I'm working on is done. But it is refreshing, to realize how much you don't need it.
Anyway.... happy (almost) Friday!
 
Hey angel, I think that is a great Idea it would add to my motivation. I weigh 212 pounds on a good day at the moment. not sure how much I need to lose, but we will say first to post some flat belly and no love handles on their before and after pics. How does that sound?

start on the count of 3

1...2...

HAH, no 3 im going to win! :auto:
 
Thanks for stopping by Laura! I'm proud of you for your decisions with Facebook! Hah theres only a few people I know brave enough to quit it. Ok. One other person. haha.

Ok, so according to this lifestyle diet called "the weigh down diet" (Super cheesy I know) a person can eat pretty much anything they want as long as they stop when they are full. It deals with emotional overeating as well.

So, I'm eating perogies and sausages. Oh my they're yummy! I've been nearly starving all day but too busy to notice. They put me on the counter at work! WT! I don't know much but my lucky angel saved me and some of my blind guesses worked out just right. I feel happy because I reallly like to make customers happy. hehe. (today I kicked ass and this was a big accomplishment!!)

Ok Ginger, you asked for it! I think I have more to loose then you do though.. Ok I'm pretty much 180. Idk where that two days of 178 came from but they seem to be gone. lol.

Idk how long its gonna take to get no love handles HAHAHA (and I didn't even know guys had those LOL) So what about the first one to loose... 10 lbs. So that will be me at 170 and you at 202.

After that we could start another challenge. How does this sound? I think its definitive enough we'll have a winner. And I think pics would be cool.

I was being lazy and not exercising today but now I'm going to get on there and sweat it out. Beat canuck! (Oh and good luck pal)
 
I need to get an exercise routine going because I'm so spastic! I'm not getting as far as I should be getting and I've been so HUNGRY. I've got to at least hold to 180 no matter what that takes but I want to loose some too!

Its just figurin this stuff out thats hard. Maybe I can try P90X out if I can convince my brother to loan it to me. Hmmmmmm.

Don't worry Ginger. This doesn't mean I'm giving up. I'm just reformatting into something terribly formidable! ahhhahahahaha
 
Watch out Ginger, Here I come!

Watch out there Ginger! Here I come!!!

Well.. I'm not going to report my weight till I reach the half the goal which will be five lb. and the entire goal will be 10 lbs! Picture time.. but that'll be a little while.


I ran tonight a little bit and felt great. I usually can't run but its
something about the pants I was wearing, the dog and the
night air. I felt light and strong. Well, for a few short seconds
until I had to stop. I've also got some sort of allergy thats
making me wheeze like something old and decrepit. I was
making weird sounds like an old dog that usually tries to attack
us but can only wheeze and my dog got all alarmed. I'm sure
he thought "Dog alert! Oh, is that REALLY only you?" Gosh..

Ok. I've got options again, I'm trying to plan my trip, get rid of
all this junk around my room and be ready to move. Not that I
will move soon but I want to be ready. Everyone has plans for
my life, my brother wants me to become a medic and move to
his city, my friend will want me to go to college and move
there... Hopefully I can enjoy visiting both of them without
feeling like I have to be them, and with feeling like even though
I have nothing going on right now, thats ok.

I'm starting to get a life anyways. I found some old pants today
that my mom was going to scrap even though they were nearly
new, they just were so tight before I was afraid the seam in the
back would rip... I tried them on and they're baggy just like
they used to be when I very first got them. Its cool to think I'm
that weight again. Even though last time I weighed that much I
still felt fat.

So I'm not loosing really fast or anything but all the newer
cloths I have are getting that annoying loose baggy feel so
when I look in the mirror I still feel so fat! I should be leaping
with joy haha. I always told myself I wouldn't fall into the pitfall
of certain people I see around, they always wear super tight
cloths (too tight) at whichever state they're at so they look
uncomfortably fatter then they would and I can't tell they're
loosing weight because their cloths always fit!

So I have been trying to crunch the numbers (like you Miss
ambitious Kelly) I had to blink twice at my BMI which I never
realized was so high! I always thought I was 5'6. My sister says
she's that height and I'm about 2 inches taller then her. I really
don't believe I'm 5'8 though because thats nuts. So until I
really measure I'm going by 5'7.

BMI 5'7 180 lbs 28.3! Thats overweight, near obese.
SO I used to think 160 would be about right, but this tells me that I'll still have a BMI of 25, which is obese by .1 of a pound. I'd rather not be on the edge of obesity so...

I'm going to have to aim lower. 150lbs tells me that 23.5 is a healthy average for a woman. Its weird to comprehend at the moment, because I weighed that when I was 15 and I was smaller shorter and everything back then. I guess I still thought I was fat. Maybe it will just sit more nicely on my adult filled out body now. Before I was so gangly!

So. No rest for the weary till I get down to 150. I'm going to be tempted once my size 16 and 14 pants don't fit anymore I could convince myself to be happy in a 12 but 12 is so close to 14! haha.

bla bla bla. If you got to the end of this post you're a speed reader or amazing. haha.

I'll check in with ya'll laters.
 
Hey, Angel it is so comforting to know that I am not falling too far behind. I haven't posted in 10 days!!! and you can imagine it isn't a good sign, but I am still 210 so if you have a head-start then move over sister because I am pumped and ready to lose some weight.

Fly like a butterfly sting like a bee. lets do this we are going to lose that weight, but who will have the most success!!!

and stop scaring the dog poor thing. that's right I read your entire post. And that's about all the reading I am doing for the year. lol joke keep up those posts there hilarious.

GL see ya.
 
Haha thanks for stopping by Canuck.

You better work hard cos.... I went shopping and almost bought a new pair of jeans because they were size 14 instead of 16 or 18 but they were a bit too tight and showed to many ripples. SOON though. Very soon! I was so surprised because I've been 16/18 for a long time. I'm starting to notice too, that my booty is slowly shrinking. Its a weird feeling not hauling around as much.

I also have had so much energy! I walked fast at work, I ran into the grocery store, I ran to my car (with a bag of stuff) Hop here, hop there. I feel pretty darn good.

Ok. Getta Life part 2! I'm going on a road trip/ plane trip on Friday that will last all the way till the end of September (yay boss let me off work)

I'm going to see grandparents, my brother and my childhood friend (I have to fly out there she's so far away) So, hopefully even though I won't have a scale I'll be able to monitor my weight and end up loosing or maintaining instead of gaining. I'll take a pair of something skinny so I KNOW if I gain. haha. I guess I could just go for a measuring tape too.

SO. I have to get packing. I think I'll be taking my computer though, which means I don't think I'll entirely disappear.

Ok guys, toodles till next time!
 
So does being in a car from 5am to 7pm (14 hours) count as exercise?

This is my grand trip across the country LOL. I'm hardcore and did the whole thing without hardly stopping except for gas. I didn't want it to get dark on me because finding new places in the dark has to be rather hellish even with a GPS.

But it went ok aside from nearly going out of my mind I had no idea I could endure that much sitting in a car going breakneck highway speeds. I munched too much but it was fairly healthy, no fast food or anything and I made up for that the next day by going easier on the food.

I've been doing great at not snacking because I'm at my brothers house and he just doesn't have too much food around. Lots of fruit though. They all commented on how much thinner I looked, and were surprised, I'm happy about that...


Because, I'm wearing pants that looked ok on me the day I bought them but I soon gained so they were too tight and the snap always came unsnapped, and they were somewhat short. Now, they fit perfectly and they feel really long! I am also noticing that my shirts are getting alot of bag going on around my waist area. I liked these shirts! But now they're starting to make me feel sloppy. Well I guess thats great progress. I feel thinner, and firmer. Lighter too.

Hopefully I can keep on this track and also start to improve my physical fitness more. For a while there I was stretching and I had no back or neck tension so I need to get more consistent about that one.

I'm pretty happy and content with my progress but I keep reminding myself that I can't quit till I get to my goal... 150 here we come!
 
There is nothing better than having those too-tight pants suddenly fit you perfectly again! And an excuse for a shopping trip because of those baggy shirts? Also not a bad deal :)
 
Ok I havn't seen any updates there Canuck.

I was away for nearly an entire month, I laxed off way to much, but the last destination my friend didn' have a whole lot to eat, so I think I lost anything I gained.

Step on the scale today and I'm right at 176! How could this be?! I'm almost tempted to think its just my scale.. the last time I weighed that much was a long long time ago, this was like, a goal weight back then.

So Canuck. I have 6 more lbs to go to my goal or 170, and you've got to be down to 202.

I'm looking at this new week ready to plow in so watch out! Hopefully you're silence isn't indicating that you've fallen off the wagon of this mini challenge.

I had an awesome trip visiting all the people I love the most. I'm inspired so much by my childhood friend I haven't seen in 2 years, she has developed into such an amazing woman, she is running 13 miles with her running buddy in a few days, but regularly does 4-6 a few times a week. She has a ton of energy and options in life, and was really a good influence for me. She's also a friend to everyone, and holds her own instead of becoming like them she influences them.

So I feel like I got a life for 3 weeks :)

I'm still struggling to not revert to boredom, I think I have to spend more time in exercise, and building real friendships. I met someone the other day who seemed interested in being a type of hiking or walking buddy so hopefully that works out!

Till next time.

Ginger: Remember Me at 170 lbs and you at 202. Whoever gets there first will be the winner!
 
So I found a friend, and last night we walked and did a few running intervals for about 2 or 3 hours, we were walking fast too! I feel tired today, so I guess I have to watch my eating... We've been walking alot which is GREAT. And I've been getting out on my lunchbreak, for a little stroll here and there.

I'm working on this again, the cornerstone is exersise, after that I"m adapting my diet slowly. This is harder then I thought.
 
So I'm declaring war on halloween candy, and white flour,

A guy I know is keeping me accountable, he said if I went off sugar and white flour for a month I'd see a big change, I think its a good idea too, just to get off needing it, and then I'll work some back in later.

I also made a resolution never to buy another pair of size 16, 17 or 19 pants.

So If I want new cloths, its gonna have to be 14's and hopefully soon 12's...

I walked 13k with my friend on the weekend, that was great! We'll see how this goes,

Oh and I'm bringing all my lunches to work so thats a great plus (me and my co worker are competing on who can bring lunch every time, to save money and be healthy)

Thats about it, otherwise, I'm just twiddling away on little goals, like walking on my lunch hour, eating better and getting out more.

I realize, that I have lost quite a bit of weight, I really did get used to seeing a 190 on the scale, and now its under 180 so I should be jumping for joy! (Which, I guess I am,)
 
So this is really working, I got really tired out from the 13k walk though, and my knees started bothering me, so I have been taking it too easy on the exercise, though I've been going for short walks on my lunch break.

I have been super sluggish the last two days, but yesterday managed despite the windy weather to get out with my guy friend for a vigorous walk, then some dancing,

AND... last Wednesday I took my first dance lesson ever! The guys brother in law told us about free salsa lessons at the local bar, it was a little overwhelming, at the end, when they started dancing as a group like maniacs, super fast with steps I didn't know, but all in all it was great, and I got a handle on it alot better then I thought I would.

This is part of me getting a life! It was alot of fun, I can't believe I actually did it! Haha. I've wanted to dance for my whole life, but have always felt fat clumsy or had way to many inhibitions, I'll have to see if my friend is up for this Wednesday too,

With my birthday and my dads birthday and all that cake I fell off the wagon for too long, but now I'm quickly recovering, with this new resolution to cut calories by going nearly sugar free (with one cheat day a week) and to take it easy on white breads. I can feel the difference already, and am starting to see it, now I just have to keep it up.

I need to increase my workouts, because I want to be in shape as well, but its tempting just to sit on my lazy, and do nothing. Grrr... I'm glad I have that guy for some moral support :)

Canuck, oh canuck, have you failed me?
 
So I step on the scale today and its wavering between 170 and 175 I can't believe it!

I'm feeling alot better, and guess what, today I'm wearing pants that haven't buttoned up on me for at least 2 years!!! I don't really like them anymore because they were in my boyish dressing days BUT the point is they fit!!!!

I'm so excited, I took pics the other day and it was such a huge difference I couldn't believe I think I'll try to post some more on my other thread when I get down to 170.

I just have to keep it up now, I've had a few tiny cheats with the sugar thing, but nothing over 150 calories. I just have to watch like a hawk or I'll revert now that its actually working.

I'm so glad to have found a walking buddy, we even ran some yesterday, not far though because I was asphyxiating and breathing so hard after a short while.

More updates later!
 
Bringing lunches, salsa dancing, hardly any sugar or white bread, walking crazy long distances and adding in some running? You're doing great! All of those things combined are going to mean some crazy good results :)
 
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