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

[Alta818]

That Motivation sounds AMAZING!! Good for you for getting rid of those Butter Tarts!...It's horrible to have something in the fridge haunting you!!! I know the feeling all too well.

...sometimes we just want to eat it , just to get it out of the house. Which makes no sense at all. Go figure!!!

Yesterday, I decided the SAME thing!!! I decided that YES, I want this BAD!!! I did weigh in and I'm up again 158!! ...And I jumped on that Treadmill and did massive sprint repeats for 45 mins too!! Wheh!! 3 days in a row at least. I was 159 again a couple days ago. At least moving downwards again.

...You got this woman!! I'm proud of you!!! !! Hereeeee comes the BRIDE all dressed in MUSCLES!!! OoOOoOoOouuUUUUUUUuUUU!!!!!

...so ...you should do what I did too. I find it's helping ALREADY...I printed pics of the reasons why I want to lose weight ( a pic of a hot woman in a bikini, a pic of graduation people having fun looking fit, and another hot woman bikini)...and I pasted them on the treadmill, on the bathroom mirror, on the fridge and wrote comments to myself too!!

.."JUST DO IT!"
"PUT YOUR GAME FACE ON! GET IT!!!!!"
" SUMMER 2010"
"WATCH YOURSELF!"
"GRADUATION 2010~!"
"FIRST BITE TASTES THE SAME AS THE LAST!"

... I can't believe that you are doing so AMAZING!! Fuck that I have a wedding in Mexico in JULY I'm going to wear a BIKINI if it kills me!!!! Tonight I'm stepping it up too....90 mins of POWER YOGA and RUNNING!!! ...I also did arm intervals with weights inbetween sprints too!!! ..You are doing this woman!!!! I'm excited for that motivation!!

 

[chubbygirl]

We've completely cut out dairy, sugar, breads, flour, pasta etc. It's been hard (yesterday I was craving chocolate so bad), but by the end of 12 days I'm hoping to have retrained my brain/body and all cravings should be gone. I'll let you know

Marie

Thanks Marie - that is some cleanse - I imagine you will feel great when it's done and probably already do! I don't think I could ever do that - just going to concentrate on portions and healthy options. No more sweets!

That means that you are able to avoid using food for stress releife and that is amazing!!!! You seem to really be focused on your goal and that is great

Thanks Veronique - it did feel pretty amazing and afterwards I wasn't even upset about the truck!

You're such an inspiration dude. Reading your post just put me in a much better mood You goooo girl! xx

Wow thanks Sunflower - that happens to me lots too - crappy mood and then someone writes about how great their day is and suddenly you aren't as crabby - so glad I could help today!!!

That Motivation sounds AMAZING!!

Yesterday, I decided the SAME thing!!! I decided that YES, I want this BAD!!!
...You got this woman!! I'm proud of you!!! !! Hereeeee comes the BRIDE all dressed in MUSCLES!!! OoOOoOoOouuUUUUUUUuUUU!!!!!

...so ...you should do what I did too. I find it's helping ALREADY...I printed pics of the reasons why I want to lose weight ( a pic of a hot woman in a bikini, a pic of graduation people having fun looking fit, and another hot woman bikini)...and I pasted them on the treadmill, on the bathroom mirror, on the fridge and wrote comments to myself too!!

.."JUST DO IT!"
"PUT YOUR GAME FACE ON! GET IT!!!!!"
" SUMMER 2010"
"WATCH YOURSELF!"
"GRADUATION 2010~!"
"FIRST BITE TASTES THE SAME AS THE LAST!"

Wow thanks Alta!! Your the best! I do feel really motivated today and I want to run with it - I like your ideas about the pics on the fridge and treadmill - because sometimes we honestly forgot our goals for a moment and that would really help in remembering. Don't be sad about your gain - I bet you can get rid of it fast - just continue smashing and keep the momentum up and stay consistent! Looking forward to keeping this up with you!!

I'm having a great day and can't wait to get to the gym - I think I'm going to take a one minute solutions class - it kicked my butt before so why not go back and get another butt kicking - it's only going to get easier not harder! I'll be back tomorrow to update how that went! Have a great night everyone! Thanks for stopping by!

 

[Andy2]

Mind you I had a hard time falling asleep but I was so excited I didn't emotionally eat and felt so much better getting out of the house and getting some strength training in! I also decided I really want to lose this weight and not 0.2 pounds at a time so I am officially stepping it up!! And that means carrying the momentum through the weekend. I even got my hunnie to bring the left over tarts to work with him today so they don't haunt me anymore!
I feel really serious and ready about this new mission and dropping these last 12 pounds! I'm so excited to go to the gym after work and I even got up and did a workout this morning! It was funny because after I got out of the shower my hunnie was eating egg rolls and I asked for a bite and he was like "do you really want it" and I thought about it and was like no I don't. I'm not hungry and that bite will not help me reach my goal! I told him he might have to keep reminding me for a little while about my new focus but I'm really serious about it - he asked how I was going to get through the weekend and I told him I might allow myself ONE higher calorie meal throughout the weekend but no more binging and eating everything bad in sight!!! I really want to look my best at my wedding and that means trying my best! The last couple weeks I haven't been trying nearly as much and that's about to change!! Happy Thursday everyone!!

Awesome post! I can feel the motivation growing inside ya!

Its almost crunch time for ya, and you know exactly what to do to succeed! So get out there and keep up the great job!

 

[chubbygirl]

Awesome post! I can feel the motivation growing inside ya!

Its almost crunch time for ya, and you know exactly what to do to succeed! So get out there and keep up the great job!

Thanks Andy - I can feel it too and it feels great!! I'm going to fly with it!

 

[skkroll]

Here's the plan - next week you will be 145 and I will be 135. Let's do it! And I'm totally running off of your motivation! Thank you for being so kick-ass! Have a great weekend!

 

[chubbygirl]

Ok so yesterday was a great day! Nothing could get me down and nothing could stop me! Here's how it looked:
Exercise - 15 min treadmill (1 mile), stretch, squats, lunges, pushups
B - apple
Snack - 2 cups mint green tea
L - big veggie salad (split in two -half for 11am & half at 2pm since I didn't eat much breakfast I was getting hungry) mixed greens, green onion, yellow pepper, cucumber, tomato, chick peas, black olives, 3 hb egg whites, two home made pickles chopped, 1 can tuna w ff tomato oregano dressing.
Exercise - 8 min treadmill (0.5 miles), 30 min 1 min solutions class - jumping jacks, walking lunges, squats, pushups, plank, etc all for a min each - I was soaked after 5 min!! The only thing I couldn't do for the full minute was the front plank - I did both side planks for a minute though so that was exciting!
D - 4 oz pork chop cooked with a little olive oil, 1/2 cup brown beans in tomato sauce (hunnie wanted to add brown sugar but I said no!).
Ok so normally this is where I settle in for the night and an hour or two after dinner I start to think about snacks. Well my hunnie was going to his friends to work on his front bumper and I didn't want to sit around, and the house was clean so I went back to the gym!!!
Exercise - 27 min spin bike (15 km) I found these cool spin bikes I had never seen before at the gym and they have this little screen that has an instructor demonstrating a workout so I selected intervals and it was just like being in a class! It went by so quick and I got a great workout in! I'm going to use these more often!
Snack - big veggie salad same as above without egg, pickle or tuna & balsamic vinegar & olive oil.
At this point I added up my WW points for the day and I was at 18 so I had one point left and decided on a healthy snack just before bed.
Snack #2 - 1/2 banana w 1/2 s.f butterscotch pudding cup (100 calories).
Went to bed feeling great!!! and guess what I woke up feeling great!!
Jumped on the treadmill this morning for 30 min (2.3 miles) and have my gym bag packed for after work! Think I'm going to do the eliptical and arm weights but I'll have to see for sure what I feel like when I get there.
We have plans tonight to go to a friend's 30th bday party and I'm not even worried about temptations. I plan to have one pulled pork sandwich and two glasses of wine and no other snacks that are put out! I'm bringing lemon water to have in between my wine and gum to chew if I'm feeling weak. I really don't think I will let myself down - I really want this and feel more determined than ever!! I really want to be down 2 pounds next week and I'm not going to ruin all my hard work! I'm feeling great about the weekend and the weather is supposed to be nice so I plan to do some running outside too. Can't wait to show I can do it for once and I'm not going to let myself or my forum friends down! Chat with you all Monday - have a great healthy weekend!!

 

[EMorgan]

Ok here's a before and current and also a picture of the wedding dress I ordered.

I love your wedding dress, its SO pretty!!

 

[chubbygirl]

Thanks EMorgan! I like it too! Can't wait for it to fit perfect!

So I was a little bored and curious about my food stats for yesterday and since I don't calorie count I'm always curious how many calories I'm consuming but since I don't have a computer at home I don't bother logging the cals on one of those sites that track it for you but today since I had the time I punched it into lifestrong and here's what it came back with:
Total Cals 1270, Fat 34 grams, Cholesterol 115mg, Sodium 3429 mg! Yikes!, Carbs 151g, Sugars 62 grams! Yikes!, Fiber 32 grams, Protein 76 grams.

Now I have some questions for you all that log daily - Is 62 grams of sugar ok because it was mostly from fruit? It says I should only aim for 24 grams but between the half banana and apple I had that puts it at almost 30 grams alone. There were a lot of things I never realized - hard boiled egg whites have sodium in them! And I always add extra salt! The ff salad dressing had a lot in it too but I'll have to check the bottle because I didn't think it was that bad and just picked a similar option that was close in calories. It was really interesting and I might do this more often just to see that my WW points are in line with calorie counting.

 

[chubbygirl]

Hello and congrulations on your upcoming wedding. I wonder what your new name will be, it certainly should not be chubbygirl. You look fantastic. I wanted to reach out to you because I believe your story will be excellent for our new weight loss book that encourages everyone to have a healthy lifestlye. I need before and after pictures and stories like yours to encourage others. I can give you more information if you are interested. I look forward to hearing back from you.

Deebardu

Please do not use my pictures or story for your book - I am not interested.

 

[chubbygirl]

I did it!! I had a very healthy weekend – minus one little chocolate binge yesterday and a couple treats I allowed myself otherwise I was very proud of my accomplishments! Here’s how it went:
Friday – did the treadmill before work 30 min(2.3 miles), ate very healthy all day, went to the gym after work and did 25 min treadmill (2 miles), 25 min arm workout and stretch. Went to a party and had spinach salad and two pulled pork bunwiches, two rye and diet coke and NO Chips!!! When we got home from the party we made microwave popcorn because we wanted a snack – I thought it was a much better choice than chips or nachos!
Saturday – woke up early and made it to Kettle Bell – 1 hr circuit. Then had a sauna and shower and went home to get hunnie. Went back to town and registered for our wedding – it was so fun to pick out new stuff for our kitchen! Went grocery shopping and stocked up on healthy food. Made chicken breasts & yam fries for dinner. Went to watch a friends movie release and didn’t have an alcoholic drink or snacks while at the event! Went home and had two granola bars but it didn’t make me feel guilty as I was hungry and looking for a quick snack before bed – not a whole box of Kraft dinner like previous weekends!!
Sunday – woke up a little later than normal and really enjoyed the sleep in! Had a bowl of salad around 11:30am and decided it looked nice enough out to go for a run – the hunnie was golfing. Got dressed and decided on a 5km run but as soon as I stepped outside I changed my mind to 10km! Finished it in 65 min including my warm up and stretch. Showered and made a bigger salad for lunch. Then hunnie came home and wanted to pick some stuff up in town so I tagged along. Zellers had a huge sale on Easter chocolate and this is where the binge happened. We got Lindor balls on sale and I had 6! Then I had an ice cream cone that was covered in chocolate! Too much chocolate but I wanted a treat and didn’t feel too gross after that. Then my parents got home and we went to visit. It was so nice to see them and have them home. My parents dog wasn’t as excited to see as I was hoping – he looks like he is getting old and it made me a little sad. I’ll have to spend a lot of time with him this summer and take him for lots of walks. 6 months goes by so fast and then they are back in the US. Decided to have a late dinner since we snacked on so much chocolate. Made a cheese, crackers and pickles platter for dinner – no one felt like cooking and good shows were on tv.
Woke up this morning feeling great about my choices over the weekend and got on the treadmill for 30 min!! Have my gym bag packed to go to Kettle Bell Strength after work and my legs are still hurting from Saturday’s work out!! Feeling great about the week ahead and can’t wait to be down 2 pounds this Thursday!

 

[skkroll]

Hey Lisa, looks like you had a great weekend! What I really love is how you didn't beat yourself up about the chocolate binge - you know that you made more good choices than bad, and the chocolate isn't going to ruin all your hard work! Good for you! I am feeling really great about this week, I feel like I'm finally back to my old self and I'm ready to shed the rest of this weight for good! So glad I've got you as my partner in crime here. This week is going to kick ass!

Have a great day!
~ Sarah

 

[Verobc1]

Wow great weekend Lisa!!!! Keep up the good work and you will have great results!!!!

 

[Janvier]

Wow Lisa, you did great this weekend! I am so happy to read how well you have been doing lately and how much progress you are making. You said you were going to do well this weekend and you stuck to that! I am really proud of you and the fact that you are back to your pre-christmas self, knowing that the only option is to work hard and do well, so its good to have that Lisa back. Your hard work and efforts are a huge inspiration for me to get back to my pre-christmas self as well and to finally get this last bit of weight off! Keep up the great work!

 

[chubbygirl]

Thanks Sarah, Veronique and Janvier! Your support and this diary are what really keep me going every morning!
Yesterday turned out great - a couple snacks just before bed but I didn't go over my points so it wasn't too bad.
Exercise - 27 min treadmill (1.8 miles - didn't feel like jogging so just increased the incline to 6 and walked at 4.3 mph).
B - 1 cup fresh strawberries, ff activia yogurt & all bran buds
Snack - 2 cups mint green tea
L#1 (around 11:30am) - 1 hard boiled egg and 2 hb egg whites w cayanne pepper & salt.
L#2 (around 2:30pm) - regular instant oatmeal w 1 cup frozen blueberries
Exercise - 1 hr kettle bell strength - I think this was the most intense kettle bell class to date! We did all one armed exercises and I was using the 26lb bell at first but had to switch to the 18lb bell half way through because I was dying!
D - stir fry - turkey breast chopped to bite size pieces, carrots, celery, yellow pepper, baby corn, green beans, brocolli, califlower w hot sauce, fish sauce, chicken broth & soy sauce. Yummm! My hunnie ate his with asian noodles and I skipped them.
Snacks - s.f chocolate pudding cup, orange, 5 crackers w jam.
This morning I skipped the treadmill because I have a big workout planned after work and it's nice out so I brought my runners to work to go for a walk at lunch.
I saw my aunt this weekend who I haven't seen for a while and she told me I was looking really skinny. I said thank you because I thought she was giving me a compliment well it turns out she called my mom and told her I look too skinny. This really upset me because I am working so hard for this and just got under the over weight mark and know I will look great when I get to my goal and I still have 10 pounds to go - even at that point I think I will still have curves and some fat and might be a size 6 which I do not think is too skinny. I'm a 9/10 right now and think I look healthy but no where near too skinny. The thing that bugs me the most is her daughter (my cousin) who is older has always been a size 2! Scranny and not muscluar like myself. My mom tried to tell her this "like look at your own daughter" and my aunt said I was skinnier than my cousin! I couldn't believe it! I would like to compare measurements because I am sure her waist is 25 and not 32 like mine! Any way it was really frustrating to hear this and I hope others aren't saying the same - I know I look different to these people who saw me as obese all my life and maybe it will take some time for them to get used to the new me but I'm not going anywhere and this is how I plan to look for the rest of my life. My mom told her I am really healthy and doing it the right way but she didn't care to hear what my mom had to say. She is really fit herself and walks 4 miles every day so it's not like she is jealous. Anyway rant over.
My mom is joining WW with me again and wants to go Wednesdays so I have to weigh in a day earlier this week but still hope to reach my goal - I have been working hard so even if I don't lose 2 pounds tomorrow I won't get dissapointed and will just keep pushing because I know eventually I will get there if I keep putting in the effort I have been. Plus I like the way I look and feel lately and that should be all that matters! I feel really strong!!
Have a great day forum friends!

 

[skkroll]

Awesome work yesterday! You're doing so good. I'm sorry to hear about your aunt - that must be so annoying! I think people like to do that to others when they see how far they have come and how good they look... it's probably just jealousy that you have been able to take control of your life. Her daughter better watch out because you look ten times hotter than that size 2!!!

That's really cool that your mom is doing weight watchers with you! My mom said she might start going and I told her I want to go too because I've seen so much success and I think it could help me get to 125 faster! I'm still undecided about it... anyway, I'm sure your weigh in will go great even if it's just one day sooner! You've been doing so well there's no reason you can't meet your goal for the week!

TTYL
~ Sarah

 

[mizzie]

I know I look different to these people who saw me as obese all my life and maybe it will take some time for them to get used to the new me

That's the issue right there. She's not seeing that your weight is just fine and that her daughter is much thinner. She's compairing you to how you looked before. People get so used to seeing you look a certain way and when they suddenly see that you've lost a lot of weight, they instantly jump to "way too skinny!", when that's not the case. She's not even thinking of what would be healthiest for you, she's only thinking of how you looked before.

I guess what I'm trying to say is don't let it bother you. You know what you want and your goals are healthy. If it bothers other people because you look different, that's their problem, not yours.

 

[MissJellyBelly]

She is really fit herself and walks 4 miles every day so it's not like she is jealous.

I wouldn't be so sure about that girl! You never know! Women that are always thin and work really hard at it can sometimes be the worst critics. You are showing a new beauty that she has never seen before, perhaps you might end up more beautiful than her size 2 daughter, and that might make her a tad jealous. You know the whole, my kid is better than your kid thing some people do.

Some women are so insecure, even if they are thin and beautiful. Its really hard for many women to be happy for the friends and family who start looking totally fabulous, because you can change, and they can't. What does she want you to go put weight back on? As if!! LOL

Weird things happen when you gain control and shed the layers and emerge as a beautiful butterfly.

Be undaunted by your critics. You can always throw your BMI at them and tell them that you appreciate their concern, but you are completely healthy. Tune it out!

 

[chubbygirl]

That's really cool that your mom is doing weight watchers with you! My mom said she might start going and I told her I want to go too because I've seen so much success and I think it could help me get to 125 faster! I'm still undecided about it.

~ Sarah

thanks Sarah! you should give it a try if your mom does - it's a really easy and interesting program to follow. I think if you pretend you live in the same house together you only have to pay half price (if your mom doesn't mind paying full price). It was that way back in 2003 anyway. It's great to have family on board so can share and swap tips, ideas, stories, etc. Plus the motivation helps too.

She's compairing you to how you looked before. People get so used to seeing you look a certain way and when they suddenly see that you've lost a lot of weight, they instantly jump to "way too skinny!", when that's not the case. She's not even thinking of what would be healthiest for you, she's only thinking of how you looked before.

thanks Mizzie for understanding. I'm just hoping that come my wedding day people that I haven't seen for a long time appreciate my hard work and don't look at me and think I have an eating disorder. I really have to work on not caring what other people think of me - my hunnie tells me this ALL THE TIME!

I wouldn't be so sure about that girl! You never know! Women that are always thin and work really hard at it can sometimes be the worst critics. You are showing a new beauty that she has never seen before, perhaps you might end up more beautiful than her size 2 daughter, and that might make her a tad jealous. You know the whole, my kid is better than your kid thing some people do.

Thanks MJ - I never thought about it that way but I totally think you could be right!! Her daughter has always been the thinest amongst everyone in the family - all aunts, cousins, etc so maybe she thinks everyone will start pointing at me when they think of who is the healthiest or use me as an example - makes a lot of sense now that I think about it.

I have been taking arm progess pics since I started using that spa my sister gave me 6 weeks back and I really don't think it is helping with the stretch marks but I do think it is helping smooth out the fat pockets I had. The angle of the pictures has been different when I get my hunnie to take them so it's hard to compare and I really don't see any difference but for fun I decided to flex this morning and think the picture is starting to show some definition in my arms so I'm going to share - this is from this morning with no makeup and still very sleepy so please don't judge!

 

[Janvier]

Hey Lisa,

I agree with Mizzie, your aunt is just not used to the new Lisa. I get that at work allll the time, and even though I wasn't over weight my whole life, I was for about 5 years- but when I started working at my job I was over weight so that is the only me they knew so now they all think I look sick and "too skinny" and unhealthy when I really honestly don't! Even though I now wear a size 2 I still have flab and a tummy and am curvy- they don't keep in mind that I am only 5'1 and for my height I am very healthy looking and could definitly stand to lose that last amout of weight and even more if I wanted-but don't lol. I used to get really upset about it when I would hear people wisper about me, or talk about me behind my back or tell me to my face that I "look horrible now", someone had the nerve to ask what kind of bra I wear because my breasts look bad now that I lost weight!!! I think sometimes its just a woman thing- women seem to not like to see other women doing well and seem to want to tear you down when your feeling on top and thats why I am so happy to have women like you who want to see me do well and you have some great women here who only want you do to well and reach your goals and will push you until you get there so don't worry about the negative people in your life and just turn to the positve ones who all always want good things for you. Your doing really great this week, its great that your mom is joining WW with you, it should be fun to get fit and healthy with your mom. Its good to hear that you are feeling so good about yourself lately. Keep working hard!

 

[MissJellyBelly]

Nice guns girl! They look nice and muscular! You can really tell you are getting strong and fit. Not thin and flabby, but muscle tone and definition! Whoo hooo!!!

You are going to look smashing at the wedding! Oh I can't wait to see pics!!