Getta Life, Angel!

I was looking at my old diary entries... what a spaz!!!

One thing though.. Too bad you arn't around anymore Canuck so that means I win by default... my scale this morning showed a neat 170! I'm surprised but its been a long time in coming.. I also said I'd post pics. So I'll see what I can do about that.

I have to take a moment to celebrate this goal because back then it was like, an impossible one. Now that I'm there, I'm tempted to trivialize it in light of how far I have to go. Which would be trajic. I've lost at least 15 lbs!

(Unless my scale is totally screwed...)

I can see now why writing down goals is essential.. its easy for me to get a little down over slow progress, but I was looking back at my notes and heres what I found:

From June 10, 2010 to Feb 8 2011 I have:

Lost 15 lbs

Lost 2 inches of bust
Lost 3 inches in waist
Lost almost 3 inches of mid type hip
Lost 2 1/2 inches of the fullest part of hip
Lost 2 inches of thigh (could be faulty measuring)
An inch of ankle
A bit of chub in my arms

Gone from a size 18/19 to a size 12/14 (Depends on what brand but...) And Large shirt to Medium (mostly) Gotten baggy underwear... Can even see some muscle!


Ok. Enough blabber. Time to take some pics.
 
HOLY COW!!! Sorry girl, but that looks to me like a MUCH bigger loss than just 13 lbs!!! I don't think I noticed that much of a difference till I'd dropped 25 to 30 lbs. What a difference in your after photos - you should be so proud!

Keep on keeping on with the awesome job you are doing!
 
:D Tigpuppy!

I am excited! My friend pointed out though that if I have an older scale it could weigh more and more inaccurately the heavier the weight... Which means it could be more, but going by my gimped scale its only 13 lbs hahahah So I guess I'll never know!

Also it could be the angle of the camera...

I took the 12 minute running test (The Cooper Test, see how much distance you can cover in 12 minutes) And my distance was 1.17 which equals a fitness level of 'fair'

I was super pleased with this because I stayed between 5 and 6.5 miles per hour the whole 12 minutes, it was really hard though. I was pretty much dead. But thats the point of the test...

I'm starting to develop some pretty honkin muscles and my shape is really toning up and smoothing out. I'm so happy with my progress... one thing remains... to keep up the good work!

When I started on this board I was very distracted and had ever changing mirage goals...
Now I've got things a bit more solid...

Since I have a gym pass that means hitting the gym no less then 3 days a week... I'm aiming for 5 or 6, with easy and hard days, just so my activity level keeps solid...

Eating like a pig is no longer an option. Its the way its gotta be. This ones been a long time in coming, and I'm still working out the details.

Doing whats right regardless of results.. and being patient are also goals. I've been doing too much pinching weighing and cloths trying on, and mirror looking lately, regardless of my excellent progress in the last month, its getting me overwhelmed at the amount of work yet to do. This isn't the point. The point is to keep going and make a life around being healthy and working out.

So yes. Doop de doo! And see you all next time...
 
What a wonderful positive post today!

You know what to do - you'll get there! Keep up the great progress!

Do you do measurements to track your loss that way too?
 
Yes.. See just above my other post, I'm surprised at the amount of inches...

Today I am home sick from work and my family kept saying how much weight I'd lost. That makes me happy :)

I'm sort of discouraged, but it could be just from being sick. I'm a bit betwixt and between emotionally at the moment so thats no good either.

ALSO I spent the weekend away, so I missed 3 workouts and got back and was sick, and now I'm still sick.

I went dancing in a bar too (haven't done so much of that before) and this heavy woman trod hard on my foot with her spikey high heel, I didn't notice it at the time, or the next day but now its really getting too me! Theres a big huge bruise, two inches by one inch square and some evil scratch marks.

I had no idea bar dancing was so hazardous! This is also keeping me from wanting to go pound on the treadmill... I feel like it would hurt too much.


BBbbbut! I bought a dress for myself, and my guy friend said that I looked stunning.. I have pretty much never wore dresses before because of my severe pear shape I was so self conscious. I was in the bathroom at the bar and some women came in and were shocked.. they said "What a beautiful dress!" And the other woman washing her hands said "Yeah I was admiring it trying not to splash any water on it" then the other woman asked "Is there some special occasion or did you just decide to wear a BEAUTIFUL DRESS" She was so enthused she was practically giddy. Come to think of it she must have been intoxicated hahaha

Either way it felt great. And it was weird. Everyone was watching me dance. And I can't even dance. A guy sitting at a table close to us had his mouth pretty much dropped open staring wide eyed. It was alot of fun.

But, I hope to be up and running (literally) soon and until then I can only watch what I eat and get better!
 
I'VE FOUND YOU!!!!!!

*hugs*

Holy girlie! Your before/after photos are fantastic! Like Tig said, you look like you've lost more than 13lbs!

You have so much positive energy! And your motivation (and you can tell you have determination in your writing!!!) to keep to a healthy diet and to the gym at least 3 days a week- is fantastic!! You make me want to push myself to get to 5 days (I would love to have that goal!)

I was super pleased with this because I stayed between 5 and 6.5 miles per hour the whole 12 minutes, it was really hard though.
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That's great!! You should be so pleased! I could NOT do that speed at all- especially for that long of a time!! But it's nice to know your starting point- because now you have something to measure your improvement from!!

Thanks for stopping by my diary! I'm going to make yours a regular stop ;)
 
So I'm SICK with a nasty cold and so exhausted.. I woke up this morning and the scale said 166! I refused to believe my eyes because that would be a loss of 4 lbs overnight.... Not realistic...

I bought a red dress for fun so I'm posting a pic.. its deceptive cos I'm wearing control panties and standing at a weird slimming angle, but it is a pretty camouflaging dress... Hides the biggest part of me.. my hips and accentuates my tiny waist.

But also this morning I stepped into some jeans that I haven't worn for years (must have been my 165 days when I still thought I was fat) They're a little snug but they do up!
 
Weeeeeeeerk it!!

Girl, you look fine!! Hot dam! :)

You're looking GREAT!! And that dress is so beautiful! Where abouts are you planning on wearing that thing!?!

Great job on the numbers!! I had a giggle when you said you couldn't believe- ooooo *sigh* what a wonderful thing to wake up to, eh?!! :D

Great work!!
 
WOW! What a sexy dress! I love it! And the red color looks fabulous with your fair complexion!

Sorry I was such a dork earlier asking if you did measurements (smacks head) - I saw pictures and immediately jumped to them and didn't even finish reading the rest of your post first! LOL! I was too busy being shocked at how much of a difference there was in your pictures!
 
Tik :D :D :D Your so sweet!

Tigpuppy... Hilariously enough I did the same thing asking you what size you were now wearing.. when I looked back at your posts I saw that you detailed it quite in view... OOPS..

I guess it was so hard to believe that you were 185.. (same as me) and now your a size 6!

People always told me I was big boned cos I always had chub.. looking at you gives me some double thinking that it could just be a silly excuse! Although, I'm not quite ambitious to make a size 6.. that would be smaller then my mom! But size 10? Here we come!

Ok so it seems like I'm finally out of the totally sick woods, and into the sniffley ones. I feel incredibly weak, and have managed between that weekend and till now to miss an entire week of workouts! What is this?! Craziness...

I'll have to jump back on just as fast. Either way the scale showed just under 170 (see I knew the 166 wasn't right) So thats super tho I have this sickly feeling it was all my big muscles...

I need to set a new goal but I'm almost mental blocking myself out of it! I can't make myself believe that I am now journeying into the 160's! My short lived contest goal with Canuck (from 180 to 170) has been accomplished!

So time for a new goal.. no matter how long it takes I want to see 160 on that scale. After that I'm gonna have to take stock about what is actually a healthy weight...

I'd like to be 150 at least once in my life so maybe I'll just keep going down and down.. (if only it was that easy)

So for now.... to 160!
 
What a great goal!!! :)

Skkroll and I have a mini goal set up for March 16th! You're welcome to join us!!! :)

It's hard though when you're sick, and miss some time working out- but you have a great attitude! You're right, you just got to get right back in it :)

Hope you have a great weekend! :) Any plans?! :)
 
Thanks Tik! I'm not sure about making goals like that yet.. I have to sit down crunch the math and make an eating plan.. thats tough counting calories.

Ok so I have a question for all the ladies on here, would it be appropriate to wear that dress to my Guy Friends sisters wedding? I read on the internet some stuff about red dresses not being a good color for a wedding guest... but he loves the dress!

Also my Guy Friend was saying something about bars and red dresses... Anyone know anything about that? I'm clueless about these things, gotta love being a late bloomer...

Also the woman who sold me the dress recommended a black or white cover up... black looks wicked and white looks like a schoolgirl... what about silver? Also, what color shoes would I wear?!?!?!

I'm eating pretty bad today so I've got to get back to the gym.. I missed my official weigh in as well because I went on a day trip... Oops... Gotta get back on track but I don't think I'm too far off... Also I don't want to loose so fast (I do but) that I don't know how to maintain.. so if I have a few 'maintain' weeks I'm not gonna die over it.. esp if I'm not trying that hard... Thats what the goal is anyways.. Maintain, don't gain once I'm at my ideal weight. I think that could be harder then actually trying to loose.

I read this book called The 100 Thing Challenge by Dave Bruno... its about simplifying life and reducing your clutter and stuff so it doesn't control you. I've been working in phases.. I got rid of 4 bags of cloths a month ago (some of them ugly some to big! yayy I am determined not to keep alot of fall-back ones)

Today I'm feeling pretty much over my sickness so I'm gonna try the next phase... Getting rid of stuff I don't use and wouldn't miss.. but when I see it I get attached all over again. Some of my stuff has such a big attatchment on me... its terrible. Right now things are so messy and cluttered I almost can't do anything. So much so I don't even want to go out of my house till its done. But I spent all of my sick days looking at it and being too tired to move and deal with it.

Todays the day! Yessss...... Well so Tik thats my boring plans for the weekend! Actually tho.. On Saturday I went out of town to a bigger town for a daytrip, we walked like 6 miles to get there.. it was a gorgeous day, but there was some snow, and both of us almost lost our lives on black ice just as I was about to open my mouth and say... "I see some ice up ahead" Look where you're stepping lol. Thankfully tho, my guardian angels been working out and we stayed upright. :)
 
If it were me I'd wear the red dress to the wedding, no matter what proper ettiquette says - you look HOT in it! And I think a silver wrap would look great with it. But that's just my opinion...
 
Oh my goodness!!! I'm glad you're safe!! This is such a dangerous time of year! But I'm happy that you've okay!!

As for the red dress- i think it's fine...but I'm no knower of the rules! hehehe...i would say wear what you're comfortable in! You look absolutely fabulous in your dress! And I think the old school rules aren't really applicable today! :) As for shoes- I would say black or silver would look nice! I'm partial to black and red- I think it's uber sexy :)

You're doing a great job! We all have times where we fall off the wagon- but it's when we get back on that proves we're strong and motivated- and that's you! I think you're right when you talk about maintaining your weight- that's just as much work as losing it! So you're doing great! :)

I like the sound of this book! After moving in with my mom recently, I have SO much stuff cluttering up my room! I need to go through, dig out, and reevaluate things! I think it's soo true that clutter can impact you! I always feel better when i clean house and organize! :)

I think your weekend sounds great and productive! I wish mine was that productive :)

Hope you have a fantastic week!!
 
Okay ladies! Thanks for the advice... I live in such a small town that idk if anyone knows etiquette anyways. I just didn't want to make some huge mistake because my Guy told me a woman wears a red dress to a bar if she wants to get laid... I didn't know that and I was wondering if that applied to weddings or if it was a dubious thing to do.

So yesterday I got back to the gym.. it was so hard running was a drag. I can run for quite a while now but its so tedious....

And the worst part? Young boys were getting an orientation to the gym.. and they kept dropping the weights or somehow letting something clatter metal on metal so loud I thought I'd go deaf with the piercing sound. Fortunately they got straightened out by their teacher... GRRRR. Overall it was a pretty bad day, but I did better then I thought I would considering I hadn't gone for 10 days. :O

Today was really good.. I ended up only burning 175 calories on the treadmill but I was focusing on moving a bit faster with my running.. it was hard tho, and painful.. and tedious... The bike was better this time... and I beat a record on the Seated Leg Press.. 240 lbs X 15!

Also I increased weight on some of the other arm exercises (I don't know their proper names) That was cool and encouraging.

While looking in the gym mirror I started to see how much I really weigh now.. its cool. Seriously the mental image takes a long time to catch up... I'm ALOT smaller then I used to be. Yaay..

I'm getting back on track with eating.. wonder of wonders, its so much easier when you know you'll have to work off what you eat.. and the exercise takes alot of the craving away.. and laziness in oh, it doesn't really matter.. mentality.

I resisted Ice Cream today, but did buy some chocolaty things... hmmmm....
 
AngelWings said:
Okay ladies! Thanks for the advice... I live in such a small town that idk if anyone knows etiquette anyways. I just didn't want to make some huge mistake because my Guy told me a woman wears a red dress to a bar if she wants to get laid... I didn't know that and I was wondering if that applied to weddings or if it was a dubious thing to do.

So yesterday I got back to the gym.. it was so hard running was a drag. I can run for quite a while now but its so tedious....

And the worst part? Young boys were getting an orientation to the gym.. and they kept dropping the weights or somehow letting something clatter metal on metal so loud I thought I'd go deaf with the piercing sound. Fortunately they got straightened out by their teacher... GRRRR. Overall it was a pretty bad day, but I did better then I thought I would considering I hadn't gone for 10 days. :O

Today was really good.. I ended up only burning 175 calories on the treadmill but I was focusing on moving a bit faster with my running.. it was hard tho, and painful.. and tedious... The bike was better this time... and I beat a record on the Seated Leg Press.. 240 lbs X 15!

Also I increased weight on some of the other arm exercises (I don't know their proper names) That was cool and encouraging.

While looking in the gym mirror I started to see how much I really weigh now.. its cool. Seriously the mental image takes a long time to catch up... I'm ALOT smaller then I used to be. Yaay..

I'm getting back on track with eating.. wonder of wonders, its so much easier when you know you'll have to work off what you eat.. and the exercise takes alot of the craving away.. and laziness in oh, it doesn't really matter.. mentality.

I resisted Ice Cream today, but did buy some chocolaty things... hmmmm....
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I find running really REALLY boring...and even with music or TV I'm just like :smash::ack2: I do like the crosstrainers...for some reason I find them a faster, more enjoyable workout! Time flies when I'm on them, and I find I burn a lot more calories!!

Nice job on the leg press!! You could probably take on Mr T!!! hehehe

As for the red dress- that's an interesting thing to say! LOL I wouldn't worry! You look hot, and it's a beautiful dress so I say wear it!!!!!

Isn't it amazing when it hits you? It's great that you're really seeing the weight loss!! It's motivating and rewarding!! :) You're going to be checkin' out your hot self all the time in the mirror!! hehehe I love seeing curves and muscles where they weren't before :)

Enjoy your chocolate! (I'm enjoying mine!!) We need to treat ourselves every now and then!
 
Thanks Tik :D

So first it was the week before TOM now its TOM. I swear I've gone INSANE. I've had some of the worst mood swings I've had in a while and its killing me. I randomly started weeping after I left the gym then went and bought food and ate it. Fortunately it was protein but far to much of it. My carbs have been ridiculous and somehow I gained access to a pile of sugar and convinced myself it was okay to eat it!

I feel so out of control with this its ridiculous. My best bet is to make sure I keep working out.. and at least gaining muscle, but this eating is getting me down.. I was doing really well for a bit but now... GRRR....
 
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