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lovingep

lovingep

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Here I am! You all know me, right?! Ha ha!

Let's see. Where to start? Well, I've been thinking about losing weight for a very long time but haven't actually felt committed to it until recently. I'm starting to do well with the exercising part but eating....um yeah. I definitely need to work on that more. I can do it, though! I might need a kick in the rear end if I start being really bad but I know that I can do it.

I just started exercising so I'm working my way up right now. Right now I'm doing the learn and burn portion of Turbo Jam but next week I'm going to start doing the 20 minute workout and the abs workout. After I'm comfortable with that I'll go to the next level.

I guess I should mention how much I weigh. Right now I'm 220 pounds and I'm 5'9. I'd like to weigh 145-160. I want to see how I look when I get to 160 and if I don't like it I'll continue losing.

What did I have to eat today? Do I really have to share??? Uuuugh. FINE!

Breakfast: What did I have for breakfast? Ummm.....Oh yeah. Two cupcakes.

Lunch: A Slim Fast bar

Snack: A Weight Watchers carrot cake

Dinner: A large Philly veggie sandwich from Charlies. Wouldn't be so bad if it didn't have cheese. Oh yeah and like six Oreos.

Snack: A cupcake

I'm ashamed of myself. It looks like this food journal thing is a good idea. I don't think I'd be as ashamed if other people couldn't read it but since they can it makes me want to be better. Ooooookay! I'm off. I need to start getting the kids to wind down so they'll go to sleep.
 
you also might want to get an account at or one of the hundreds of other free sites on the web to keep track of your calories and other essential nutrients...

Don't be ashamed... just keep going forward.. and don't give up on what you want and why you want it.

Are there better things you could have around you for breakfast instead of cupcakes? Hard boiled eggs, high fiber cereal, even chicken breasts work - protein w/ fiber help keep you full durng the day...
 
I like the empty ones the best!

I struggle with empty calories too. For over a year I've been using the eating plan from . The plan focuses on nutrition and portion control. It's the coolest ever because it's so uncomplicated and I don't have to deny myself anything. I fill out the worksheets as I go through the day and use it to plan what to eat next. Did I get any fruit yet? Did I eat enough protein? I totally love it. And if I know I'm going out for dinner I can track it backwards, like, ok I know I'm going to cave in to the steak, so I better have all my veggies at lunch. This way I can be sure I'm getting enough calories to build muscle but not so many that I don't burn the reserves.

Don't feel bad that you didn't eat too good--whenever I freak out and eat sugary baked goods I just feel like poop all day, and paradoxically I'm not hungry for good stuff and I only want to keep eating the heavy sugar stuff. What's up with that? I have no idea. But tomorrow's a new day, right?
 
Your daily diet sounds like mine. I just never used to pay attention to what I ate. I'd have waffles for breakfast, and then not eat a meal for the rest of the day and instead slowly make my way through a bag of goldfish or chips, while also downing 3 or 4 cans of pop.

Having to write everything down makes a huge difference. It opens your eyes to exactly what you are doing to yourself when you eat poorly.

Exercise is good, but doesn't make up for bad eating habits. Good luck and keep working!
 
Remember you will always wake up in the morning and start new. You cannot stop eating the things you like, you just do not eat as many and the frequency as you at them before.
I am a salty snack freak, I love pretzels. At work today I got a bag of pretzels out of the machine and I had like 5pretzels. It gave me the satisfaction of eating pretzels which I love but did not eat the entire bag. They were the 4 inch sticks so it was a good tasty snack. This is the first time I have had any type of food like that since Jan 3.
Did I want to eat the entire bag, yes but I come on here and look at my diary and look at other peoples diarys and see what happens when I fall back into my old habits and I wanted only the few that I had.

You have to sometimes reward your self with things but do it within your calories or with in you health guidelines you set for your food intake.

It is not easy but you have to take everything in moderation.

Dont let it get you down or be ashamed of it. Finish the day good and when you wake up in the morning tell yourself that today is going to be a great day! Thats the first thing I tell myself every day, as corney as it sounds. You will do great, give yourself a chance!
 
Well, it's morning so nothing has happened here yet. I just wanted to check in and thank you all for your encouraging words. I really appreciate them.

I'm going to have my husband take the rest of the cupcakes with him to work today. Oh and I'm also going to be sure people take cupcakes home after my son's party tonight. Ha ha. The cupcakes I'm making today are going to be hard to resist so I think I'll just share one with my hubby since he doesn't care for a lot of sweets. Peanut butter frosting....mmmmm......

Right now I'm easing my way into becoming a vegetarian. Not for diet purposes just because I don't care for eating meat. I don't mind that other people do it because that's your choice I just don't feel like it's for me. Right now I'm eating no meat two days and then next week it will be three days and so on.

I really should be getting ready for my son's party...I have so much to do before tonight.
 
hey..i know what you mean about the cupcakes, my daughters party is going to be saturday and i'm a little worried about the left overs, i think were gonna end up making about 100 cupcakes! Alot of people...lol...yeah they need to take them home! I'm not gonna lie i am gonna have a cupcake!! I just have to work extra hard next week!! well What ever you do DONT GIVE UP!!! if you slip on the diet, just remember tomorrow is a NEW day!! Good luck & have fun at the party!!
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Well, Gep (my husband) didn't take the cupcakes with him. We were a little distracted.

I might be pregnant.Yeah. Ha ha. Great timing, right? I took a test and I saw the line pretty much right away. I'm still in denial, though, because it's so faint and I keep saying oh it's just an evaporation line.

I really do think that I'm pregnant, though. I'll keep you guys updated!

If I am pregnant I'm still going to exercise. Not as strenuously but I know that I need to exercise if I want labor and delivery to go well. Oh and I'm going to be eating healthier too. I don't want to gain a lot of weight.

Like I said I'll keep you all updated. I'm going to take a digital test tomorrow or the next day. I don't know. For some reason I just prefer the test with the lines. I guess I'm old fashioned.

Of course I haven't gotten anything done for the party. I'm just too excited!!! I'm trying to calm myself down, though. I don't want to get all excited then not be pregnant. Okay. I need to concentrate on the party now.
 
:waving:

Well, I'm pregnant!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek: :rotflmao: :beating:

I think I want to stay here so that you all can keep me in check and be sure I'm exercising and eating right. Is that okay with you guys? I'd like to say my husband would do that but he tends to spoil me.

Time for me to go! I'm sorry this is so short today.
 
Congrats! Be sure you get enough protein and fat in your diet - there's some thought that low protein can increase your risk of pre-eclampsia. :)
 
Well, yesterday wasn't such a good day eating wise. I didn't go crazy and eat a lot of food but what I did eat wasn't so good. Let's see....I had cinnamon rolls for breakfast, mac and cheese and a biscuit for lunch and enchilada casserole for dinner. The enchilada casserole has lots of sour cream and cheese. I hate sour cream so I didn't like it very much but wanted to get rid of some leftovers. Oh and I had an apple somewhere in there too. I can't recall if I had any veggies. I think I did.

For breakfast this morning I had two blueberry waffles. I'm trying to get my hubby to go to the store and get a chicken breast sandwich for me but I don't know if he's taking the bait. Ha ha.

Everything is going well so far. I have lots of symptoms already so that's good. I'm really looking forward to this pregnancy and baby since it will be our last one and it wasn't planned. Surprises are always nice.

I hope everyone is doing well!
 
Thanks Cindy!

I'm not having a good day today. I've started spotting so I'm a little freaked out. I'm trying to be positive though. Whatever happens there's a reason.
 
I stopped spotting! Yay!

I still haven't been eating too well but like I said I'm just trying to eat what will stay down right now. Once the morning sickness goes away I'll start eating better.
 
I know. I haven't been around. Not a lot is going on. I'm just super tired and nauseated all the time. I took an almost two hour nap today and could have slept longer. I told my husband I could have gone to bed at seven tonight and sleep until noon tomorrow. Like I said before I'm just eating what sounds good right now to keep my tummy happy. Once I feel better I'll get back on track.
 
I'm not doing a very good job of updating this am I? Well, it's still the same old same old here. I'm still trying to eat mild things that won't make me feel more sick.

I actually caught a stomach bug on top of everything else yesterday so that wasn't much fun at all. I'm feeling a lot better today, though, and have been able to eat toast so that's nice.

Well, last week I weighed 224 and this week I weigh 216. Now I know that doesn't sound bad but I'm not trying to lose weight since I'm pregnant. Ha ha. I wish I was trying to lose weight, though, because I sure would feel awesome about myself!!! Ha ha ha! Well, that's just the way these things go I suppose.
 
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