I'm going to prove everybody wrong.

Hi ya! Just saw your journal....congrats on meeting your goals! You look great! You will meet your goal in June for sure!

beth
 
Edited it!!! 32 oz of water so far. I have school tomorrow so I don't feel like getting up to piss, but in the morning I like to pee because it makes the scale go down..haha.
 
Very very low so far, looks like R.J. can indulge a little tonight:

Breakfast:

Nothing, dammit. I wanted a banana.

Lunch: 430 cal

1 Sausasge Slice of Pizza 250 cal
1 Skim Milk 80 cal
1 Banana 100 cal

Snack: 190 cal

2 Slices Wheat Bread 80 cal
1.25 servings of lean ham 60 cal
1 Slice Cheese 50 cal

Total so far: 620 calories

Jeez. I think I may pack a couple more 200 calorie sandwiches to wherever I go tonight, so I can say no to McDonalds when we've all got the munchies...:).

The scale said 222.8 in the afternoon! I don't count it though really, I really hope I'm not putting my body into panic mode so I will make sure to at least hit 1200 today (but for guys they say at least 1800...? wtf?). And I've drank 32 oz already, I'm off to chug another glass. Or sip on it. Whatever. Clear piss here I come :).
 
All weekend I had at max, 1800 calories. I weighed in this morning at...wow....219.0!!!! I don't remember being that small freshman year! (I'm a junior now).

Today I will do my 350 calorie jog/walk for the first time in a couple of weeks. It'll be tough.

Breakfast: 100 cal

1 Banana 100

Lunch: 545 cal

2 Chicken (250 meat, 130 shells, 75 sour cream, 10 taco sauce) 465
1 Skim Milk 80
1 Thing of Cooked Carrots free
1 Sm. Bag grapes free

Dinner: 400 cal

1 DBL Turkey Burger 400
10 Carrots free

Snack: 180 cal

1 Cupcake from mi abuela =/

TOTAL: 1225 cal

Great. Didn't exercise today...I'm outta the habit. I'll get back on it. I'll lose weight faster if I exercise so I see no reason not to exercise.
 
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Today was alright...

Breakfast: Nothing

Lunch: 380 cal

1 PC Sausage Pizza 300
1 Skim Milk 80
1 Bag o' Grapes free

Snack: 160 cal

2 PC Bread 80
1 Slice Cheese 50
4 Slices Lean Ham 30

Dinner: 700 cal

16 McD's Chicken Nuggets (Damn mothers getting home late) 672 cal
Few fries, roundin it off to 28 cal just for fun

Total: 1212 calories

---Worked out 175 cal so far.
---60 oz water so far.

During Choir I'll probably have another 20 oz. at least. I go through water fast during rehearsals.

After choir practice...
---175 cal more.

So, shit, I may just have me a little snack tonight. :)

Update: Didn't exercise again but at least did half today. Better than nothin. Did drink my water though. And I'm not hungry so I guess today is another 1200 day ^_^.
 
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Rdubb try drinking low calories yogurt, it helPs w/ digestion. I am a guy, I was in the same situation you are and am I aPProaching your weight. (I hoPe)
 
Yeah, I drink those dannon 60 cal smoothie things a couple times a week.

I ate shit today. I went out to eat and had at least 1500 calories in one meal. Good thing is that was five hours ago and I'm STILL full. Whew.

I may not eat supper tonight. Or eat some health food or something.

But, damn, I've been eating effing great lately, so it's whatever ^_^.
 
dont give up, you been at 219, you can set the mind to it and and get to 200 lbs. Set your mind to the goal each day, pain of not eating must be taken care of. I sleep more, this way I don't feel hungry. Inaction is action.
 
I am STILL at 220ish.

I started working out again and it hasn't helped.

I first ate less, didn't help (didn't starve myself; just created a larger deficit)

Then ate more because I thought I was starving myself, didn't help.

=/ Switching it up is kinda hard to do when all you've got is a treadmill. Any suggestions?
 
Don't worry, you'll get to your goal in no time, just keep a positive attitude! :) I believe you can do it!
 
R.J.,

You are doing great man, and keep it up. Perhaps, you can experiment with more exercises then just walking and jogging (i know i get bored with cardio very easily), so I like to switch it a lot (walking, jogging, eplitical trainer, biking, rowing), so that may motivate you to exercise.

Also, are you into sports? My friend and I play raquetball as much as we can; its fun like hell and I also sweat like hell :p Also, try not to skip meals, I used to do the same thing, and it doesn't help. Even if you are not hungry, eat a little something to let your body know it had some food. For example, I had some grapes yesterday for dinner. I wasn't hungry, but I still had some so my body knew it was getting food.

Thats all I can think for now. And I highly reccommend you lift weights. I know it feels a little ackward, but once you get into a routine (and once your body stops feeling sore ;) ), you'll really appreciate yourself more.

Thats all for now, and never give up! Remember, thats just a bigger space you have to climb up in your ladder, you are getting there!!!

edit: one more thing. If you don't want to lift weights cuz you dont' want to "bulk up" (in other words, you don't want to do it at a high intensity), then trying to do more lower intensity weights and higher reps. Not only will you be building muscle endurance, you will be also burning calories! :)
 
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R.J!!!

Where are you bro, I miss you! Tell me whats going on....remember, you are here to prove everyone wrong! I know you maybe stuck at a plateau, but tell me some of the stuff you are doing to try to overcome it.
 
I have...:

Increased my calories to about 2k a day (maybe I was starving my body on accident..)=maintained weight

Started exercising again (I took a break for two weeks because our electricity was getting re-done...so I couldn't go on the treadmill)=maintained weight

Decreased calories to about 1,300 a day = maintaining weight

Now, WHAT THE...hell? I'm about to rip this fat off of my body if it doesn't start helping soon ^_^.

I figure, god, doing what I'm doing now SHOULD make my weight drop. And if I give up I'll be doing worse. So...I'm just going to keep hitting around 1500-2000 daily, and working out 3-5 days a week for 45 minutes. I'm going to hit the YMCA this weekend to mess with the weights too.

I asked wrestlers on our team what's happening, and they think I'm just kinda swapping my muscle for fat. Which is nice...but come on now. It's been a damn month.
 
I know how frustrating it is - believe me!
(You did get my PM response right?)

Anyhoo - keep doing what you're doing - calories between 1500-2000 and working out should show progress.

Also, are you watching your sodium levels? They're evil!
 
Hey Rdubb, found your journal tonight and in your little pic you look like my younger brother. He's about 24 and he weighs over 200 pounds, and now he's already starting to have chest pains and joint problems and I try to be nice to him and suggest he exercise and watch his diet better.

So I am really proud of all that you have accomplished. I have my own dietary issues but at least they are not really affecting my health.

I think your calorie levels are great and so is your exercise, you have just hot a slight plateau. I have found that VARIETY is the key to keeping up the exercise. I sometimes go to the gym but I also do a lot of workout DVDs. SOme of them are really girlie so I can't do those. Like most of the Dancing ones.

But there are lots of Cardio Kickboxing DVDs out there, and some of them you can get really cheap at Wal-Mart, Amazon, or Ebay. Lots of people really like Tae Bo which is pretty cool. It's just kicking and punching and working up a sweat. Also there are Biggest Loser DVDs , like the TV show... and they are great. The workouts are only about 45 minutes long. You work out six days a week, alternating Cardio with Resistance Training. You'd need some dumb-bells or Resistance Bands to go with them, but they can be bought cheap, too.

The advantage of DVDs is, nobody to bug you in the gym and you don't have to take the time to GET to and FROM the gym. Really saves time.

Just my two cents. Good luck and keep going!
 
I haven't gotten a chance to read your whole diary yet, but I just want to say good luck with everything. I'll definitely be back to read the rest of it soon.
 
RJ,

You are doing great buddy. Dont get so obsess with the numbers on the scale. Look at your clothes. Look at your body. If you see changes, feel changes, then the scale can say whatever it wants.

You can go in the steamroom for an hour, and sweat out about 5 lbs (maybe slight exaggeration) of water, and it will show the decrease on the scale, but did you actually make a difference?

Keep eating healthy (1500-2000 is a good amount) and keep up the exercise, and it will come off.
 
I think I pulled out of it...for now.

Hovering around 210-215 ^_^.

Looks like by June I won't hit 200, but 205 is just as awesome.
 
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