Here we go! A diary for 'the last 20'!!

Hey!
I have only just joined weight loss forum and yours was the first post i read and i just wanted to say how motivating it is reading your struggles and triumphs.
I have put on about 15 kgs (I think thats 33 pounds - sorry I'm Australian) in the past 9 months and have struggled with the emotions of it all.
Thank you for your real life updates and for helping me realise that there are going to be ups and downs and not to give up.
I look forward to your future updates.
-Hannah
 
Day 1 of kick ass week down! - I upped the water, worked my butt off at the gym and only had one Weight Watchers 1 point bar after dinner (70cals)! Today I am going to aim for NO snacks after dinner and the water is still going down good and I went to the gym before work and plan to go to spinning tonight! The mini goals you set for us this week are turning out great for motivation! :hurray: Hope your Monday was good too! :cheers2: to Tuesday!
 
hanako said:
Hey!
I have only just joined weight loss forum and yours was the first post i read and i just wanted to say how motivating it is reading your struggles and triumphs.
I have put on about 15 kgs (I think thats 33 pounds - sorry I'm Australian) in the past 9 months and have struggled with the emotions of it all.
Thank you for your real life updates and for helping me realise that there are going to be ups and downs and not to give up.
I look forward to your future updates.
-Hannah
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Hey Hannah, welcome to the forums!! :waving: Thanks for checking out my journal. It's nice to hear that I can be motivating to someone, for there have been so many who have motivated me on here!

I noticed you joined a 6 week till x-mas challenge... that awesome, and good luck :) I highly recommend starting a diary to monitor your own struggles and triumphs. I would love to hear your story... let me know when you started and I'll pop by!!

chubbygirl said:
Day 1 of kick ass week down! - I upped the water, worked my butt off at the gym and only had one Weight Watchers 1 point bar after dinner (70cals)! Today I am going to aim for NO snacks after dinner and the water is still going down good and I went to the gym before work and plan to go to spinning tonight! The mini goals you set for us this week are turning out great for motivation! :hurray: Hope your Monday was good too! :cheers2: to Tuesday!
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AWESOME :hurray::hurray: Day 1 of kick ass week ROCKED!! I too got all my water in, kicked it at the gym and only had a cup of tea after supper. I'll admit I wanted that snack so bad, but the thought of letting everyone down... letting myself down kept it away :D
 
I'm on a little bit of a high this morning. Yesterday was just fantastic. I only had an hour at the gym b/c I had the little one in the playcare, so I did all cardio. 30min on the treadmill... and guess what?!?! I ran for 5min straight!!! It felt so good, and so motivating. I've always HATED running, so fact that I am doing it... and enjoying it... it's just fabulous :D

As for food, I did really well. I still had my bowl of kettle chips, but I had them in the afternoon... and half the size bowl I usually have ;) I got all my water in and NO snack after supper. We tried the later supper thing (about 6:30) and wasn't hungry at all till about 9am... and at that point there was no way I was going to eat.

Not sure yet how today is going to go. My oldest is running allittle warm this morning and coughing so I might be keeping her home. With all this H1N1 crap around I don't want to take any chances... but that means no gym :(
 
abs:
2 sets of 6 inches held for 1 minute
1 set of butterfly kicks for 1 minute
50 regular crunches
30 left side crunches
30 right side crunches
10 leg lifts alternating ball between legs and legs together lowered.
if you have a friend along.... 25 throw downs. :) loooove these!!!
 
M_Marie said:
abs:
2 sets of 6 inches held for 1 minute
1 set of butterfly kicks for 1 minute
50 regular crunches
30 left side crunches
30 right side crunches
10 leg lifts alternating ball between legs and legs together lowered.
if you have a friend along.... 25 throw downs. :) loooove these!!!
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Holy crap girl... I'll work up to that ;)


Wow, what a day this has been. My daughter really wanted to go to school and seemed to be feeling fine, so I let her go... but of course then it was run around crazy get ready to leave :willy_nilly: so I grabbed a banana on the way out the door. Walked the big one to school, then the little one to school and then I thought I would try this jogging home thing again. OMG... you guys want a good laugh for the day???
Picture this: I'm in a hurry to get home so I can get to the gym, so instead of fixing my earphones before leaving I decided to do 'while running' :p I get half way across the road and my phone falls out of my pocket... in the middle of the road. Run back across the street and grab it... run back. Ok, we're good now. Start jogging (down hill) instantly get a pain under my right ribs so I stop and walk for a while. I'm about half way home now, stick my hands in my pockets........ "SHIT!! Where are my keys?!?!?" I literally start following my footsteps back up the hill and found my keys, in the school parking lot :svengo: At this point I was just done. I walked home at a good pace, grabbed my gym bag and away I went, completely forgetting to eat. Needless to say my energy wasn't up to where I would have liked. I did well on the treadmill - first 10min I did 2min walk, 1min run. second 10min I did 1min walk, 2 min run, then walked at the highest incline for 5min, then 2min walk, 1min run, finished with 1min walk: then 15 min on the stepper thingy, weight circuit, abs and home. Oh first I wacked my head into the mirror picking up my water bottle... then home ;)

It was quite the morning, but I still went, pushed myself and even learned a lesson. EAT!!!
 
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OMG, I wanted to eat SO BAD last night!!! I was feeling so crappy and tired... didn't want to make supper, or do anything really. My poor kids. But they're so great. I told them I didn't want to make a big supper, asked them what they wanted... Emma (6) wanted soup and Samantha (3) wanted tortellini. So easy and fast. So for supper I had a bowl of Healthy Request ckn noodle soup and 2 tortellini's (and a halleween nibs :p). By 9pm I was so hungry and wanted to eat anything I could get my hands on... BUT I DIDN'T!!!! I think I deserve a medal for that ;) I kept thinking, 'this is going to pay off... keep it up... you can do it!' And guess what, this morning *just for fun* I jumped on the scale *just to see*... and I'm back down to 143.6!!!!:hurray: I just about cried I was so happy. It's so nice to be rewarded once in a while... and it keeps me motivated... like I'm not doing this for nothing :D:D:D

Today is Rememberance Day, so the hubby is home and the gym is still open so I'll be going again today which is awesome b/c I don't usually get to go on Wednesday's.

I LOVE KICK ASS WEEK!!!! :hurray::hurray::hurray:
 
Okay - first of all, WAY TO KICK SOME MAJOR BOOTY AT THE GYM YESTERDAY!!! I'm impressed!! Sounds like you had a great work out. Your morning mishaps made me laugh :) This morning I dumped some oatmeal into a bowl and as I was putting it under the faucet it bumped the side of the sink and there went all my oatmeal! LOL I hope that wasn't an indicator of how the rest of my day is going to go! Oh well... I had more oatmeal in the cabinet :)

Good job not snacking last night - it paid off I see!! :D

Keep up the amazing work... we're already half way through the week.... stay strong!

~ Sarah
 
I'm loving kick ass week too!! I did good yesterday too although I had two small snacks after dinner but nothing more than a few calories and I just needed a taste of something before bed. That story about your phone and keys is really funny. The last two days at the gym I'm all ready to go and realize I forgot my water bottle in my car and have to go all the way back down the stairs and across the huge parking lot and then go all the way back - very annoying. I don't think I will forget it again because after the second time I wanted to scream.
Happy Rememberance Day - and day three of kick ass week!!! I have good feelings about it so far!
 
I just love how we all seem to be motivating each other and therefore having this fabulous week :cheers2:

So, my workout this morning was great. 35min treadmill, 20min crossramp thingy, bi/triceps I didn't get to yesterday and adductor machine. I ran/jogged for 16 out of those 35min and did a 4min and 5min stretch. It's no 10k (you rock Sarah), but I'm proud of it... especially since I hate running!! Burned almost 800 cals in total and was sweating like crazy. It felt so good.

Ok, now for my story of the day ;)

I've been a massage therapist for almost 7 yrs now. Best job in the world and I absolutely LOVE it. It's my passion. I am extremely professional and in 7 yrs have never had an issue like this. As I was leaving the gym, my phone rang and it was a man I had just seen for the first time on Sun... he wanted a treatment this afternoon. So he's on the table and starts telling me most of his tension is from sexual frustration. His wife had some complications during the birth of thier last child and now has no sensation down below at all (poor girl). Apparently they have disscussed it and figure the solution would be for him to go out and "get some"... and even though I am "the best therapist he's ever had, and doesn't want to ruin our professional relationship... would I consider"... OMG!!!! My husband and two kids were in the next room... and he knew that!!! So, I told him that I respected the fact that he was in a very bad place, but I could only help him with the tension in his back. After the massage I told him that if his wife was willing to satisfy his needs he should let her, and then satisfy her in other ways, ie, foot rub, back tickle, dinner, movie, taking the kids for 4 hours...! Needless to say, I had my hubby make a grand appearance before he left ;)

I tell ya, kick ass week is also alittle crazy week :ack2:

Sorry for the vent, but... Yikes!!
 
O M G !!! LOL how awkward is that!??! I would personally be very creeped out and unsure of what to do. You handled it really well! :)

Nice workout!!! I also enjoyed the shout out ;) You're doing so great!!

Time to make some dinner :drool5:

~ Sarah
 
I decided to upload some pics. First 2 pics are my wedding, June 2003. I was 24 and 135lbs. I was nursing my oldest who was 10mth which is my boobs look so good ;) This is where I would like to get back too (minus the breasts... that would take surgery)

The prego pics, I'm prego with my second. I put on a lot of weight and you can see the stretch marks I got right at the end.

Next is about 2mths after Sam was born... about 155-160lbs.

I'm trying to upload more current pics, but it won't let me. Oh well, I'll try again tomorrow.
 
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Aww! You are too cute :) And holy baby bump! I can't imagine what it's like carrying one of those around. That's still down the road for me a lil bit ;) Yay I love pictures.. thanks for sharing! I think you look great even at 155-160 but you look daaaaang good at 135! Hang tight, you're almost there :D

Have a great day!!!
~ Sarah
 
skkroll said:
Aww! You are too cute :) And holy baby bump! I can't imagine what it's like carrying one of those around. That's still down the road for me a lil bit ;) Yay I love pictures.. thanks for sharing! I think you look great even at 155-160 but you look daaaaang good at 135! Hang tight, you're almost there :D

Have a great day!!!
~ Sarah
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I did look good didn't I?? ;) But you know, I didn't see it, How sad is that :p All I saw was that my thighs where still to big, I still had a tummy, my arms weren't defined.... I hate that I had 'that' body and didn't know it. Oh well, that won't happen again. I'm on this journey for ME this time!!!

This not snacking thing IS GOING TO KILL ME!!!! Ok, maybe that's a little dramatic :coolgleamA:, but OMG it's tough. A month ago I would have been at MD's so fast... at 9pm :ack2: But again, I stepped on the scale this morning and was down to 142.8 lbs!!! It's like my body is incouraging me to go on. I don't usually weigh myself everyday... but it's fun this week :Angel_anim: I have to be careful though. I don't think I'm actually eating enough. I've been writing down everything I eat, but not the cals. I was going through it all last night and yesterday for example I don't think I hit 1000 cals... and i worked off almost 800 at the gym. I'm trying so hard to be "good", but I can't starve myself in the process!!!

I'm not quite sure how this day is going to go yet. I don't think my Emma will be going to school, but I said that on Tues too. They're both not up yet so we'll see. There is a dance fit class tonight that I would like to try so I'll definately get something in... and one of my goals was to get 2 yoga sessions in which I haven't done yet, so I'll definately be doing that!!

Hope everyone has a fabulous day. I can't believe it's Thursday already... crazy!!

marie
 
Gah, that happy ending story was awkward. Good on you for being diplomatic about it. I have no idea what I would have done!!!

Be sure to eat enough, you are working your tail off at the gym. I feel you on the snacking thing, I think sometimes I over-restrict myself...

Have a good Thursday!
~ Mav
 
Ok, I figured it out.

1st pic - x-mas last year 148 lbs

pics2-4 - Mexico March 2009 142 -145 lbs

last pic - last month 143 lbs

So, as you can see 142 lbs is the lowest I've been in the last 3 years (since baby #2). 142 is where I'm at now, so I am so excited to brake through into the 130's!!!
 
I love your outfit in the last pic from last month! You look adorable :) And your daughter is way cute! I love her hair :D

You are getting so close to the 130's... I can't for it to happen :)

Isn't that crazy how you look back at old pictures and think "wow I look so good" but at the time you didn't feel that way? I do the same. I was looking at pictures from Mexico 3 years ago and there were some pictures that I looked sooo good in and I specifically remember the night of those pictures that I almost cried because nothing looked good on me and I was just fat! Pffffff! What was I thinking? I'd kill to look like that again!

Hopefully you are getting the right amount of calories... you should try to count them. I have done this everyday since I started working out and it's really not too hard. I just keep a post it note on my desk and write it down immediatly after I eat. You should also calculate how much you should be having. For me, mine is supposed to be around 1,500 but it might be a little less now that I've lost some weight. If you can keep track, try not to go below 1,200 because your body will go into starvation mode and will store whatever it can!

Have fun at the dance class tonight if you go :D And you should! It will be fun!
~ Sarah
 
Awesome pics!! I love them - your so gorgeous and your kids are too cute!
I couldn't do it last night and I snacked :reddevil: I was doing so good but my hunnie wouldn't stop talking about what he was going to snack on and finally brought down PB & jam toast and I had to have some - my willpower went through the roof as soon as I smelled the warm PB. I did good with everything else though so I'm not letting it get me down.
You are doing so good and should be really proud! I hope I can be as gorgeous as you on my wedding day - those pics are really inspiring. I want to post more pics but not having a computer at home or scanner is making it tough. One day I'll get some on here.
I'm so happy for you! Let's keep it up! :hurray::waving:
 
Weighing in the 130 lb range would be so divine! You're almost there! You look so good in your pictures. I haven't been in the 130s since 8th grade! You go girl.
 
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