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BikiniBound2011

BikiniBound2011

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Hey y'all. I'm new here and decided to start my diary. I'm 24, female, married, and no kids yet, but for right now I am a mommy to a toy poodle and a morkie (yorkie/maltese mix). So to start off with I will answer these questions that everybody's been doing...




1. What is your current height and weight? 5'4" and 191.8
2. If you were at an ideal weight now, what would that weight be? I think around 120 or 125.
3. At what weight would you like to be at four months from now?Wow, exactly 4 months from now would be the day after my 25th birthday, so important question. I will say at least 165.
4. Why do you want to lose weight?For my health and so I will feel better about my body both physically and visually.
5. Do you want to lose weight for a specific life event such as wedding or reunion? If so, when is that event?Not specifically, but I do want to have kids someday and I absolutely do not want to be fat and pregnant. But that's quite a while away and I want to lose the weight way before that comes up.
6. What obstacles could get between you and your weight loss goals? My love of sweets and baked goods, lol. Laziness. Not liking to sweat.
7. Why do you think that you now have a weight problem?Because of the things I mentioned in question 6. Plus I am kind of an emotional eater and like to eat out of boredom and as an reward. I need to learn to eat to live, not live to eat.
8. What lifestyle changes do you think would help you lose weight?View food as fuel. Learning to satisfy my sweet tooth with healthier foods, such as fruit. Making exercise part of my life on a regular basis.
9. Have you lost weight in the past? If so, what has worked in the past to help you lose weight?Yes, I have. Went from 150 to 135 and from a size 12 to a size 8! I ate less, and exercised everyday. Treadmill 45 minutes to an hour a day and free weights every other day for about an hour. Needless to say I wish I could be back in those days...
10. Why do you believe that you did not lose weight or you gained the weight back?Quite simply because when I lost the weight I thought I was done. I went back to my old eating habits and eventually stopped exercising. The sad thing was I still wanted to lose at least ten more pounds but stopped short; I think because everyone was saying how good I looked and I let it go to my head.
11. What, if anything, has not worked for you in the past in helping you to lose weight? Why do you think it did not work?Hmmm....I would have to say not counting calories. I need to count calories (or weightwatcher points :) ), otherwise I eat way too much.
12. Would you try writing down all food and drink consumed for a given period of time?Yes I have and I am currently and it works!
13. Do you cook at home often? If so, what do you cook? Confession: I really don't like to cook. I don't know how to make many things at all. But what has saved me is the Hungry Girl cookbooks. They are great. It's all low calorie recipes and they are easy to make. And it's real, everyday food. Not pretentious stuff that real people don't eat. (I hate those kind of cookbooks!)
14. How often do you go out to eat? Where do you go?About once a week or so. Applebee's (great for weight watchers), Piccadilly (can actually get vegetables there), and Chick-fil-A for fast food on occasion. I live near New Orleans so please understand how hard it is to give up this great food!!!
15. What are your three favorite foods? Ice cream, chocolate, and macaroni & cheese :D
16. What are your three favorite restaurants?If we're talking just for taste and not for calories, then Copeland's, Santa Fe, and Cracker Barrel
17. What are three things you can do differently when it comes to food?Eat more fruits and vegetables. Not eat so many carbs. Get over my obsession with ice cream.
18. If you woke up tomorrow and your body was exactly the way you want it, what would be different? This is fun. I'd be a size 6, toned, have a flat stomach and not as much booty. :)
19. Do you eat when you are not hungry?Yes. Not as much as I used to.
20. Do you binge eat (large amounts at a time)?No. The only thing I really can eat a lot of at one sitting is ice cream. I have ate past the point where I was full but never until I was physically sick.
21. Do you hide your food or eat in secret?No.
22. Do you eat when you are sad, nervous, or depressed?I have in the past. Not so much anymore.
23. Do you eat as a reward?Yes. I am trying to stop this.
24. Do you eat while watching TV or using the computer?So guilty of this! Especially during tv. Haven't really conquered this yet, but when I really feel like doing it I eat 94% fat free popcorn, which isn't all that bad.
25. What do you normally eat for a meal?Breakfast: cheerios and 1% milk. Lunch: turkey sandwich on high fiber wheat bread and with diet mayo and mustard or smart ones tv dinner. Dinner: smart ones tv dinner or low calorie celery or chicken noodle soup or actually cook something from Hungry Girl.
26. What type of snacks do you eat?popcorn, fiber one oats & chocolate bar, fruit, yogurt
27. In terms of exercise, what, if anything, are you currently doing?Working up to 45 minutes to an hour on elliptical every day (for the most part) and free weight exercises (total body) every other day. Also I have a Total Gym that someone gave me and I want to get going on that.
28. Where do you go for exercise? A local public gym? School/work gym? Home?Home! Love working out at home. Can watch tv or listen to radio and wear just a sports bra and shorts and not be self-conscious. Plus I can have a giant fan pointed at me at all times, lol.
29. What, if anything, are your three favorite types of exercise?dancing and dumbbell exercises
30. What is your daily/weekly/monthly/yearly motivation to move towards your goals?I am on a dance team and I want to not stand out like a sore thumb. That starts back up in September. I want to be able to wear a bikini again. Hell, I want to be able to wear shorts again! (I have not worn shorts since summer of 2008. I seriously "dislike" my legs.)
31. Do you have rewards for certain goals?Not really. I probably will think of something though. In general though I plan to reward myself with new clothes (new and fitting into some old ones again) and with pedicures and massages, things like that.

Wow, that took a long time to type. Well, thanks for checking out my diary and cya tomorrow! :)
 
So this morning I slept in 'til 10:00!! Felt good but probably shouldn't have stayed up til 1 am last night. Anyway I got on the scale and I am 191.4. So far so good. Can't wait to be out of the 190s!

So I goofed around a little this morning and I didn't start exercising until noon. Wish I would have started sooner but oh well, the main thing is I got it done. Ever since starting up my weight loss again, I have had trouble getting an exercise routine going. I have spent all of June sporadically exercising here and there. I'm going to try my hardest to get back in the groove. So I jumped on the elliptical for 45 min. and burned 867 calories according to my heartrate monitor. Then spent an hour doing weights. My routine consists of 3 sets of 10 reps each of squats, lunges (which I hate and am so bad at), chest press, shoulder press, butterfly (name from my workout book, it's an upper back exercise), dumbbell fly, biceps curl, and tricep extension. From there I do abs (3 sets each of 15 reps of regular crunches, twisting trunk curl crunches, and upper ab crunches) and then I do arm & leg raises (back), shrug rolls (shoulder), and heel raises (calves). It's a lot, but it's what I've done in the past and it works.

So far today I've eaten 1 1/2 cups of chocolate cheerios with 3/4 cup 1% milk. I used to eat regular cheerios religiously, but when they came out with chocolate I've been eating those ever since, lol. At first I thought they were the same calories, but after about a week of eating them I was shocked to find out that the serving sizes were different by 1/4 of a cup. But I love them and I fit them into my points so it's all good for now.

By the way, I don't think I've mentioned I have joined weight watchers online. I don't go to any meetings, I just use their online tools to count my points for the day. Right now I can have 26 points a day. I tried weight watchers in the past and lost about 15 pounds, but I didn't keep up with it. But I know I can do it this time.

Anyway, this ended up to be way longer than I intended, so I will go now and get in the shower and then probably eat a turkey sandwich and a yogurt for lunch.

Later!
 
Welcome to the forum. Good luck with your goals. The community is very supportive. I hope you find what you need here.

Welcome again.
 
I'm on Weight Watchers :) How are you finding it? I wanted to go to the online version but I cant afford it right now and I dont like being tied down on direct debit either. I really like it :) Good luck on your journey!
 
Hey BB2011,

Welcome and very original nickname! Good luck and am looking forward to your progress!

Take care!
 
Sunflower said:
I'm on Weight Watchers :) How are you finding it? I wanted to go to the online version but I cant afford it right now and I dont like being tied down on direct debit either. I really like it :) Good luck on your journey!
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Hi Sunflower, thanks for "stopping by". So far I'm really liking it. I think it was harder for me before because I was in college at the time and I was just socializing a lot more with friends than I do now, so it was harder to stay on track.

I have found that in the beginning (both now and before when I joined), weight watchers has really opened my eyes to portion size. For instance, right away I realized I was eating way too much cereal, simply because I was used to filling my bowl to the top. (I have big bowls.) Once I realized how many points I was wasting on just breakfast, I realized I needed to cut down.

I really like the online system so far. I like keeping track of everything online, much better than writing everything down. Last time I joined I went to the meetings and they kind of got repetitive to me. So far I don't feel like I'm missing out by not going to the meetings.

Good luck to you too and thanks again for saying hello!
 
Flumes said:
Hey BB2011,

Welcome and very original nickname! Good luck and am looking forward to your progress!

Take care!
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Hi Flumes! Glad you like the user name. I figured I missed the boat on 2010, but I definitely want to be bikini ready for 2011. To me that is the ultimate test of body confidence, and I can't wait to feel that confident!

So today was a pretty good day. To begin with, I did not weigh myself today because I got up so early (like 4 am) and I knew my weight wouldn't be consistent because that's obviously not when I usually weigh myself. I didn't want to possibly be affected by a bad number on the scale. I know that's silly, but I haven't conquered those feelings yet.

So why was I up that early? Because we live 50 miles away from where my husband works (which is also where we are originally from and our families live) and I commuted with him today because we went out to eat with his mom after he got off of work to celebrate his birthday (which isn't until tomorrow). We always try to commute together when we can to save gas.

Today I had some nonfat vanilla yogurt with peaches and granola for breakfast, subway for lunch, a fiber one oats and chocolate bar for a snack, and applebees for dinner. (My mother-in-law is on Weight Watchers too! She's kind of the one who inspired me to join again.) Also one teensy piece of birthday cake.

I also got my hair dyed and cut today, which always makes for a nice day.

No work out today because I didn't get home until 8:30 and have to wake up at 4 am tomorrow to do it all over again for birthday dinner with his dad tomorrow night. But I promise I will be exercising on Thursday!

 
Just excited and wanted to post that I now weigh 190.4! Another pound down! After not weighing myself for the past two days since I couldn't weigh at my regular time, I was nervous to step on the scale, especially after eating out two nights in a row. I was so happy to see 190.4. Almost out of the 190s! Now I'm off to eat breakfast and go work out.
 


First off, I just realized that there is another forum member named BikiniBound, and I think people have been mistaking me for her. Whoops. Sorry for the confusion. If I had known someone already had that name I would have picked something else. :blush5:

So I haven't posted the last few days because I have been busy. Weightloss has not been so good. Thursday I was supposed to exercise but for whatever reason I didn't. I have no good excuse or anything; I just didn't do it! Then on Friday I went to my mom's early in the morning and went with her and two of my brothers to the aquarium and imax. (One of my brothers is from Texas and was here on a visit.) Then when I got home my husband and I went out to a nearby park where a band was playing and we saw fireworks. Saturday we spent all day cleaning the house, mostly the carpets because we got a new carpet cleaner. One of my dogs isn't trained yet and I am praying he doesn't pee on it! Then on Sunday, I spent all afternoon making a cake for my dog with my mom because it was her (the dog's) birthday. Most of you will think I'm quite silly but I have no kids and I am very close to my dogs.

So over the past few days I have not exercised and have not really been keeping track of my points. I weighed yesterday and was 189.8 and I was so excited but today back up to 190.2. :mad: And tomorrow's my weigh in for WeightWatchers and I am only 1.2 pounds lighter from last week. I need a swift kick in the butt. Oh well, time to stop whining and just get going again!
 
No more 190s!!!

I am so freakin' happy this morning!!! I now weigh 189! That's a drop of 1.2 pounds from yesterday. I love whooshes! :) I know I shouldn't be so affected by the scale, but I can't help it. I also measured myself and since I last measured on 6/3/10 I have lost an inch from each of my waist, hips, and thighs! Whoo-hoo! It's so nice to see my hard work pulling off. Also Weight Watchers took off a point and I am now eating 25 points a day, which I will manage somehow. Yesterday I snacked on something I shouldn't have and was low on points at the end of the day, so I ate a whole can of asparagus because 2 cups of that is only 1.5 points. I think I ate too much though because I felt kind of sick and I don't think I will be eating asparagus for awhile. It was just one of those days where I felt like eating everything in sight. That's why I was in total disbelief this morning when I saw the scale. Well, off to another good week!
 
I feel great again today! Before I got on the scale this morning (I weigh in only my underwear), I looked in the mirror and I could tell something was different. I wasn't sure at first what it was, but I knew I liked it, lol. So I took a closer look and realized my torso looked more toned all over. I turned around to check out my back rolls (which had appeared during the last ten pounds or so I had gained), and they were gone! Yay! Just all around my torso looked cinched up. I know I have quite a long way to go, but to have only lost 6 pounds and to see this kind of progress feels amazing. I can finally see a small hint of my old figure.
Now I'm remembering why losing weight feels so great!

Then I got on the scale and saw 188.8. Yay again!

So yesterday was a great day. I ate all of my weight watchers points (25) without feeling deprived, and I also did 30 minutes on the elliptical and my usual workout with the dumbbells. I have decided to reduce my cardio from 45 minutes every day to 30 minutes every other day. I was trying to go all out, and consequently I would procrastinate and not do my workouts at all, and then feel immensely guilty because of it. Now I am doing 30 minutes of cardio and 30/45 minutes of weights every other day, which feels much more doable. I know I probably won't lose the weight as fast, but who cares? As long as I'm still losing, even a little bit at a time, I will be more than happy.

 
I really need to stop staying up so late!! I slept until 11 this morning! So consequently I'm about to eat lunch :) I had a good workout today, burned 582 calories during cardio according to my trusty heart rate monitor. I also did weights.

The scale this morning said 188.8, same as yesterday which is just fine by me. Yesterday I kind of let my self go a little bit with my food...I went to Menchie's! If you have never been to Menchie's it is the best place ever for dessert freaks like me. It's a frozen yogurt bar and you get a big cup to fill as much as you want and they charge by weight. They have about 12 or so different flavors and then they have all these toppings you can choose from. The last time I went I got vanilla with crushed up graham cracker, mini peanut butter chips, pineapple, and strawberries. Which probably wasn't so bad because most of their yogurt is low in calories and nonfat. But yesterday I caved and got cookies and cream and vanilla together, with peanut butter m&ms, mini peanut butter cups, graham cracker, and sugar -free fat-free chocolate syrup. Mmmm....so good. :drool5: We've only had one in our area probably the last 8 months or so and since then we really haven't went anywhere else for ice cream/frozen yogurt. It's the best!

On another note, I have attached a pair of Nike's that I am just dying to own. I am trying to save up for them as I am a little short at the moment bu I am hoping to buy them soon because they are on sale and I don't want them to disappear before I get to buy them. They might be my ten pounds lost reward.

Well, I am really hungry now and am off to eat a turkey sandwich. Hope everybody has a productive day today!!
 
The scale officially sucks. Today I weighed myself and I am 189.4 or 189.6. (I weighed about 4 times in a row and it kept changing.) So I am going to try to ignore this gain but it is disappointing. It's over 1/2 a pound from yesterday. I did everything right yesterday. I ate exactly 25 points, I even drank more than usual.

The only thing I really did different is I drank a 32 oz Powerade Zero yesterday. In one bottle it has 400mg of sodium. Besides that I ate what I usually eat, so I don't know if 400mg of extra sodium would have that much of an affect. Especially since consequently I drank more than I usually do. The only reason I tried it is because my husband saw them at WalMart for 78 cents a piece. Yesterday I was saying how good they are and how I should go out and buy more. But now I don't know.

I will try not to get too upset and just move on, but boy this sucks...
 
188.0 this morning. I guess it wasn't the Powerade Zero after all because I drank one yesterday during my workout and my weight still went down today. Also last night I caved and had a pretty big bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream. (Did I mention ice cream is my downfall??) At least it was the low fat kind. So overall very happy to have a loss today after that! :hurray:
 
My weight has been slowly creeping down. 187.4 yesterday and now 187.2. My loss for this past week is 1.8 pounds. I'm a little disappointed that it's not at least 2 pounds...but hey, what's .2 of a pound anyhow?

So yesterday I felt crappy for some reason. My allergies were acting up and I didn't get a good night's sleep the night before. So I took a nap in the middle of the day. Then I ate a late lunch and it was like 3:00 and I still hadn't exercised. I felt like I had no energy, but I also felt so guilty about contemplating skipping my workout, so I dragged my butt off the coach and onto the elliptical.

I could tell I was more worn out than I usually am, but overall it went okay. Then my husband came home from work as I was about to get off the elliptical and I told him I felt bad but I still have to do weights, and he said just don't do them then. But that gave me the resolve I needed I guess. Usually I listen to music on my computer (my computer room doubles as my exercise room) while I exercise, and I did while I was on the elliptical, but I had a slight headache and turned it off after that. So I started to do the weights and I felt weird that it was so quiet. So I asked my husband to come and talk to me while I exercised. He did and it made the time go by faster. After I was done, I was tired but glad I exercised. My husband is the best!

After I took a shower I felt a lot better. Then late last night, like at 10:00, I decided to paint my toenails. I know it was silly to do it so late, but I can't paint my toes while my puppy is loose running around everywhere because I know he would lick them or something and it would be a big mess. I could have locked him up in his playpen thing, but he had been locked up earlier while I exercised and I felt bad. So I waited until late so I could put him in his crate and he would be sleeping. I'm glad I painted them; it was a nice treat for myself.

Anyway, that was my day yesterday. Today I am going to be experimenting applying some self-tanner and hopefully I won't end up orange and striped. :doh:I can't wait until my husband gets home because he's been working like crazy but he has the next two days in a row off! :hurray: So I'm looking forward to spending time with him.

Guess that's enough of me babbling. I don't even think anyone reading this anyway, lol.
 
I haven't been on this site in days, and it feels weird. I've been pissed this whole week because of the scale. The next day after I last posted I was up like 2 pounds. I tried not to be down about it, and drank a boatload of water, way more than I usually do, and then did a whole hour on the elliptical. (I usually do 30 minutes.) Weighed in next day, nope, still the same. Anyway, it has been up and down ever since. Today I weighed in at 188.8. My weigh-in for weight watchers is on Tuesdays so I only have one more day left and I weigh almost exactly the same as last Tuesday. I am SO FRUSTRATED!!!!:banghead:

Today and yesterday I have been moping around and I haven't exercised in a few days. I definitely need to start back up tomorrow. I did measure myself and I lost some inches, but I feel like I fit in my clothes pretty much the same so it's hard for me to get excited about that. I am always so afraid my measuring is inaccurate. On the plus side, I saw my mom and dad on Friday and I hadn't seen them in over a week and they both said that they could tell I lost weight. (These were unsolicited comments, by the way.) It cheered me up slightly.

So I seriously considered giving up on this site because I don't feel like I have much support, but with all the diaries here, I feel bad for expecting someone to read mine. Afterall, I'm not posting much myself except for in my own diary. So I have come back to give all this another try.
 
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