Here comes the bride...6 months to go!!

Hmph I feel like you should be losing weight with how hard you're hitting the gym! I guess it just goes to show that diet IS more important! You can work out all you want but if you don't eat right, you won't see results. That's tough to swallow. But that's the reality of it!

I did not weigh in today, I'm waiting for Sunday to see where I am at and hopefully I will be at my goal by then. I'm thinking I will.

PLUS I just found out yesterday that I'm going on Spring Break vacation to Panama City Beach, Florida next month with a bunch of girls so I HAVE to get my bikini body ready! My next weight goal is to be 128 by Spring Break so now I really gotta step it up!!!

It's me and you now, let's do it!

Have a wonderful weekend, chat with you Monday :)
~ Sarah
 
I swear I blink and you are already 3 pages into a new diary! :D Sounds like you are reinvigorated and back at the exercising 100%! That is awesome and I'm really happy to hear that! I will admit I was worried after you got back from vacation and were having trouble getting back into it.

Reading about your eating makes me wonder if you would also be a good candidate for 5 to 6 smaller meals each day. I don't know how WW works but if they are just logging calories then perhaps you could get away with more meals as long as they are low in calories. I lost 58 lbs from May 2008 to May 2009 eating 3 medium meals plus two or three healthy snacks each day. Essentially I was eating about 5 or 6 small meals a day.

Keep at it and don't give up. Like you said, you just have to get the eating as good as the exercising and you will be dropping weight every week! :gnorsi:
 
Ok I have been away for a while because I was having troubles with logging in - kept saying my password was incorrect so then I created another account and as soon as that logged me out I couldn't get into that account either - to sum it up I was really annoyed. My patience sucks.
Thank you friends for visiting - I was able to keep up to date with everyone - just wasn't able to respond.
Derrick - I have tried small meals but it always gets messed up when my hunnie makes big dinners or I have to cook for him - I might try to split up my plate and eat half with him and then the other half when I am getting hungry for snacks.
Kayla - WW stands for Weight Watchers or sometimes I use it to stand for Whole Wheat.
Alta - you are so sweet - so glad to have found you.
Sarah- you are going to rock that bikkini! You should be so proud of yourself and all your accomplishments! I'm so jealous of how strong you are.

Ok so I have been really down. I keep sabatoging myself and it ends today! I just came back from signing back up to Weight Watchers - I can't do it on my own. I bought a pass for 20 weeks so that will bring me up until July and I should be a life time member by then. It's worked before so I believe it will work again. It was so embarrasing going back today and being up 19 pounds in 9 weeks - what's wrong with me!! That is so awful - I have a problem. I need to make these changes for life and never go back to these old behaviours and habits that I keep going back to. I don't like that old me and I am feeling really good about taking control and going back to WW. I was so lazy and not myself the last couple weeks and still working out but not taking care of myself in any other way.
Ok so a couple other updates - I made it to Kettle Bell on Saturday and increased my Bell weight - we were using 8kg bells (at first I thought they were in lbs and thought 8lbs was sooo heavy when really it was 18 lbs!!). I have now moved up to 12kg bells and really notice the difference. I also got a BOSU ball with 4 dvds for Valentine's Day and have so far completed the 30 min total body workout - it wasn't too difficult but I imagine the abs dvd will be harder because my core is really weak.
Anyway I finally feel some hope today - all the other days when I would have a plan of action I still had a feeling deep down that I would fail - like I wasn't good enough to do it on my own. My mind was always on food and now I feel like my mind is back to getting this weight off me - hope - that is the only word I have in my mind today.
 
Ahhh I'm so glad you were finally able to log in! How frustrating was that!? I remember being sooo upset about it.. I thought I was totally going to lose touch with you guys!

Good for you to go back to Weight Watchers! I think it's also great that you can admit it - you can't do it alone. WW got you really far... and I think it will carry you even FURTHER this time! So you're stuck till July... no going back now :p LOL just kidding! :)

I am jealous that you got a BOSU! I have always wanted to try using it but I'm not sure how to. There is a BOSU class offered here at my school, I will have to check it out sometime.

One last thing.... I really hope that this is the LAST time that we are both saying THIS IS IT... and that THIS WEEK IS GONNA BE A GOOD ONE! We always say it but somehow it gets messed up along the way and we just keep starting over! But I have to say it... THIS IS IT. I am finally back in the groove and now you are too. I'M RIGHT HERE WITH YOU LISA! And I'm not going to fail you, so don't fail me either! Let's stay true to our words, and lets get the show on the road!:auto:

Have a great day! :D
~ Sarah
 
chubbygirl,

First, let me say that you are lovely. And, regardless of your weight on your wonderful day, you will make a beautiful bride.

From the frustration in your last post, it seems as though you may be at the place I'm at (and surely many others). I think we continually treat the symptoms (over eating, eating junk) instead of treating the disease (emotional issues unique to each of us??? who knows?).

I can take a pain pill and make my back quit hurting....until the pain pill wears off. Then it will hurt again. I need to know WHY my back is hurting. Don't know if that makes sense...that's just where I'm at.

Sorry to have temporarily hi-jacked your journal :)

Fit
 
I second that you are beautiful no matter what! ...You are already a stunning beauty...and a completely different person. :D Be proud of that.

We all fall. It's about getting up, one more time than you fall..that equals success.

You have to keep going....ALWAYS!...There is nothing wrong with you...:grouphug:...Life is a rollercoaster, and we have the most wisdom come from our falls.

Take this as that. A reason to progress even further and faster than before. I was in your shoes just a few weeks ago remember...I was 167lbs. You can shed it FAST..know that! I have faith in you...and you can do this!!! Back to smashing love!!! :cheers2:!! CHIN UP!!! :iagree:!

....Curiosity though....last week you were 10lbs lighter no? You said something of that along the lines in my dairy. Was it the scale that was wrong? Or you were guessing?...

Water retention is a big thing. Along with Tom. :-/
 
Sarah - THIS IS IT!! I'm sick of saying it to - it's time to act! I promise I will not let you down!
Fit - thank you and you are totally right - I hope to find my WHY this time in the journey.
Alta - Thank you for your kind words. Yes I was 10 pounds lighter last week on my scale at home, in the nude and before breakfast - so after a week of stuffing my face full of chocolate and then weighing in fully dressed, after breakfast - it was shocking - I almost died actually! I know I can smash these fast - give me two weeks to get out of the 160's and I'll be dreaming of the 140's again! I can do it - just not alone! The thought of going next week to weigh in to a stranger and having her tell me how I did just gets me motivated 100% again! I will not fail and I will keep going.
So far today has been great - I'm about 5 min away from going to the gym. I have a gala dinner to attend tonight for helping with the United Way - I plan to skip the dessert! I wouldn't have if I didn't join WW today! I'm thinking ahead and that's something I put off for the past little while.
I don't need luck tonight because I know my will power is back in action and I can say no! Till tomorrow.
 
Come on girl, we're pulling for you! I gained 20 pounds the second half of last year but I didn't quit and here I am today still fighting. Just keep on fighting and you will be a winner. And yes, you are a beautiful girl already, inside and out. ;)

Derrick
 
Just wanted to let you know that tonight I had planned to workout when I got home from work. Got home... ate dinner.. sat around... layed in bed.... thought about working out... thought about just going to sleep.... then thought about YOU and got my ass on the treadmill! :p I knew I had to follow through, and I hope you followed through on your plans as well!

Chat with you in the morning :)
 
:hurray: I did it Sarah and am feeling great!!
Here's how yesterday looked:
B- banana
Snack - apple, 1 cup mint green tea
L - 2 cups bag salad mix w ff tomato oregano dressing
Snack- ff yogurt
Exercise - 1 hr treadmill (5.2 miles 610 cal - switching between 5.8 mph no incline and 4.2 mph incline 5)
Gala dinner - ok so I was really worried about this but it turned out it was really healthy and the portion sizes were soo small to what I am compared to.
green lentil soup
ceasar salad
chicken breast stuffed with asparagus & red pepper
and I turned down the cheesecake for dessert!
When I got home I decided to have a s.f jello cup (5 cal - and felt good about that choice)
Then I went to bed!! No more thinking about food - ok wait - I was thinking about it but not the way I normally do and was able to stay away from it all.
With adding in my activity points I was under by 3 and if I didn't calculate those in I was only over by 1 point so that was great!!
I'm looking forward to sticking with it this weekend and not over indulging like I always do! Kettle Bell tomorrow and hopefully I'll get to use my BOSU a couple times this weekend too!
Feeling great - have a good weekend friends!
 
Good job!!!!! :D You ate a lot better than I did yesterday! I'm still having a tough time with my diet but now I KNOW I have to change it because it's not getting me anywhere!!!

You are on the right track now and I'm really happy for you!!! I will try not to indulge this weekend... hopefully if I go out with my friends I don't PIG out as well! I know you'll do good, you have much more will power than I do when the weekend arrives!

Have a good one :waving:
 
When you go to your WW meetings do they talk about why you have the relationship you do with food?? Have you ever wrote in your food log what you're feeling at the time you eat?? Try it!! and write down the times you're eating. See if there is a pattern. Knowledge is power... take some back.

I thought of you last night. I was making bugers for supper and we didn't have any white buns for my husband (he's such a baby). We all went. I grabbed banana's and Milk b/c we needed them. He, grabbed 2bags of chips (2 for $5 so he had to grab 2), KitKat bites, some chocolate peanut butter waffer things and then I grabbed some sugar free organic chocolate fudge cookies b/c I was craving cookies the other night. I also grabbed some organic apple cinnimon muffin mix then a M&M brownie mix for Emma's dessert night with Sparks. Oh, and of course... white buns. I have not had that much CRAP in my cart in a very long time... I was so embarrased. The reason I thought of you was b/c if my husband had not been there, there would not have been chips, cookies, or chocolate in my cart... MEN ARE HORRIBLE!!! For supper, the girls and I had veggie burgers on whole wheat thin buns, squash ravioli and cucumbers... he had a beef burger on a white kiazer bun with kitkat bites and a bowl of chips. He doesn't do that very often anymore, but that is how he would eat all the time (and you've seen his pic... it's showing!!!) Educating him and convincing him to jump on board has been harder than the work I've done with myself, but it pays off.

This is going to be a constant lifelong battle. They, (our men, media, food companies) don't make it easy. Stay strong, take it one day at a time and it will get easier. Don't beat yourself up when you fall. Mistakes are not failures, they are oppertunities to learn and grow.

We believe in you :D
Marie
 
Sarah - I had some will power this weekend but it could have been better!
Jim Brooks - thank you and I hope so too!
Marie - Hi! They have talked about the relationships we have with food in our WW meetings but i'm never the one to raise my hand and share - I believe a lot of my mindless eating is because of boredom and maybe something to do with not thinking I'm worth it - that one is going to take some more sorting through to get to the bottom. You are right - MEN are the WORST! Without them we would all be sooo skinny! This weekend I tried saying no more than yes and I think it made my hunnie feel guilty for eating the crap when I wouldn't. I'm going to try this guilt approach more often and hope it changes some habits. You are right that it is a life long battle and we just have to get stronger and learn from the lessons. Thank you for believing in me!

Happy Monday everyone - I usually hate Monday's but today's isn't too bad.
The weekend was better than most but there were still a couple snacks I should have said no to. Here is what it looked like:
Friday
B - ff yogurt & all bran buds
Snack - 2 cups mint green tea, apple
L - romaine lettuce w ff roasted red pepper and garlic dressing (It was a ceasar salad kit but the dressing was so fattening & the croutons & parm so I just had the romaine - pretty boring but did the trick.
Snack - jolly rancher hard candy (30 cal - needed a sugar boost)
Exercise - 1 hr treadmill (5.4 miels, 650 cal - switching between 4.2 mph incline 5 & 5.7 mph incline 1). Stretch.
D - 1/5 box Smart spagettini w home made sauce - green pepper, shredded carrot, garlic, onion, celery, tomato sauce, fresh tomatos chopped, crushed tomatos, spices, lean ground deer meat, pickle
Snacks- s.f choc. pudding cup, s.f jello cup, 30 pretzels.
Saturday
B - fruit loops w skim milk (I know this wasn't a good choice but the hunnie was eating them and they looked so good)
Exercise - 20 min bike (5 miles, 100 cal) 1 hr kettle bell class - the regular instructor was back from holidays and really pushed us! (800 cal at least!)
L - mixed greens, shredded carrot, tomato, peas, cucumber, 1/2 can tuna in water drained, 1 whole hard boiled egg, 1 egg white w 2 tsp olive oil & balsamic vinegar
We took a drive to the states border to pick up a parcel I ordered for the wedding and in the US they have this candy store with every kind of candy you can think of - I used 13 WW on snacks - cheese flvd popcorn, dove dark chocolate, choc milk, a couple bites of the hunnie's picks. This could have been way worse and I think I made good choices.
Dropped my hunnie off at his friends and went home to have a nap.
D - 1 cup left over spaghetti sauce- it was so thick it could have been chilly. Crackers & jam
Exercise - treadmill 22 min ( 4.2 mph & incline 6, 200 cal)
Went to go pick up my hunnie and ended up going in and having 2 coors light w clamato juice and piece of greasy pizza!! Good thing I did lots of exercise today!!
Sunday -
B - ff yogurt & all bran buds
Exercise - 20 min treadmill (1.5 miles 200 cal)
Snack - apple
L - drove to town for a wedding show and had to get groceries- hunnie insisted on getting Burger King - I ended up having small fries with ketchup - again could have been a lot worse!
D - More Smart pasta w left over sauce
Exercise - 30 min treadmill (1.9 miles, 270 cal - 3.7 mph-4.2 mph with incline 5) some abs moves on the BOSU, stretch.
Snacks - 2 crackers w cheese, genoa, & pickles, s.f jello, curves PB bar

So in total I went over my points by quite a bit but I also earned a lot of activity points - the main thing was I tracked all weekend and only had 2 beers!! I felt good about the outcome because there were lots of temptations and I said no a fair amount. Feeling good about the week and looking forward to my weigh-in on Thursday! Have a great Monday everyone! Can't wait to see how everyone did over the weekend!
 
Here you are! I haven't been checking in as often so I thought you were gone but you just started a new dairy..... I am so glad you are still here. You keep me motivated. Please don't be so hard on your self, you will reach your goals. We are here for you. You have come so far. YOU CAN DO THIS. Well, YOU ARE DOING THIS!!!!!!
 
Hey sounds like you had a nice weekend :) But it always feels good when it's over because there aren't as many temptations during the week! I'm looking forward to this week's weigh in as well.... it's about time we see the numbers DROP! And that is GOING to happen for us both!

Have a great day :)
~ Sarah
 
OMG!!!! you are getting married?!?!?! where the hell have i been!?!??!?!?!?!



eiether way girl you are going to kick BUTTT!!!!! you will be a gorgeous bride... you can do it!!!!!


go go go!
 
Hey Lisa,

Its been a while since I have had a chance to write you, I am so happy that you went back to weight watchers, you did really well while you were with them before so don't look at is as not being able to do it on your own, just look at it as doing better when you have a weekly weigh in. Learning how to do this on our own is a work in progress and we will get there with the help and support of eachother. Dispite your few snacks over the weekend you seem like you have made a really great turn around, your workouts are always killer, but your meal plans sound really great too! I decided to make a change in my recent bad habits as well, this week I will be really trying my best to stick to my meal plan and workout everyday. I read on a website over the weekend that when your having cravings, wait 20 minutes before you get something to see if you are truly needing that snack...they say usually the craving will go away or you will have the 20 minutes to decide that you really don't need the snack, so I'm going to try that. Its time for us to work hard, stick to our plans and shed this weight for good! We can do this for sure!
 
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