Imaninjadangit's Weight loss Spectacular!

A[quote name="jen_renee" url="/t/39940/imaninjadangits-weight-loss-spectacular/380#post_826948"]People wash their cars?! :confused:

My poor car is so neglected..lol.

Excellent analogy though! Very true!

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Haha! Yeah, I am always amazed when my car changes color when it rains. Lol

I weighed myself before going to the gym tonight. It said 199.6! I was so excited! I had my daughter bring my phone with me to take a pic. I weighed myself 4 times, and it said 199.6 all four times. I turned the camera on, set the phone down, then got back on the scale. 200.2! I got back on several more times, and still....200.2! Curses! I didn't drink anything, didn't put a T-shirt on, didn't move the scale....just phantom weight!

Oh well! I went to the gym and took my frustrations out on the elliptical. After I got done, I went to take a shower there, only to find I had forgotten my towel. o_O I had to go to work afterwards, so I didn't have time to run home for a shower. I also refuse to go I into work all stinky, with hat hair. So....I grabbed a ton of paper towels, took my shower, and blotted myself dry. /Shrugs I grew up on Macgyver!

Maybe my body will love me and go down to 198 tonight! Lol

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AYour scale is a horrible, horrible tease!... lol! I hope it goes down and STAYS down tonight! :)


Oh..and I LOVED MacGyver! I had the biggest crush on him ..hahaha!
 
Originally Posted by imaninjadangit

I wish people would realize that everybody is different. What works for one body might not work for another. I know what works for mine. I've spent the last year really exploring that. I know what I need to do to maintain a weight, because I did it from November to January.
I just wish people wouldn't try to push a way of eating onto me without knowing all of the facts. If I were a weaker person, it could really damage my resolve.
Luckily....I'm Irish and stubborn. ;)
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I'm new here and finding that reading through the diet diaries is the most inspiring thing, but it's taking me some time and I've only just seen what you wrote above. I wanted to say how much I agree with you. We're all so different, and although most diets will work in terms of weight loss many are based on faulty reasoning and are damaging to our health. It's also an individual thing as to which ones we find most natural to follow longterm.


Your diary is so inspiring. Your resolve is truly motivating. And it's great to see how you're working out what does and doesn't work for you for yourself.


I can't wait to see you crash through that 200 lb barrier!


NW (Three-quarter Irish and stubborn too ;))
 
A[quote name="NotWaving" url="/t/39940/imaninjadangits-weight-loss-spectacular/380#post_827199"] Quote: Originally Posted by imaninjadangit I wish people would realize that everybody is different. What works for one body might not work for another. I know what works for mine. I've spent the last year really exploring that. I know what I need to do to maintain a weight, because I did it from November to January. I just wish people wouldn't try to push a way of eating onto me without knowing all of the facts. If I were a weaker person, it could really damage my resolve. Luckily....I'm Irish and stubborn.
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Sent from my LS670 using Tapatalk I'm new here and finding that reading through the diet diaries is the most inspiring thing, but it's taking me some time and I've only just seen what you wrote above. I wanted to say how much I agree with you. We're all so different, and although most diets will work in terms of weight loss many are based on faulty reasoning and are damaging to our health. It's also an individual thing as to which ones we find most natural to follow longterm. Your diary is so inspiring. Your resolve is truly motivating. And it's great to see how you're working out what does and doesn't work for you for yourself. I can't wait to see you crash through that 200 lb barrier! NW (Three-quarter Irish and stubborn too
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I was the same. I loved reading through diaries for inspiration. I still do! It's still very weird to have people call me inspiring, though. Nice, but way weird.

I've been working out at my new gym....which....I love! The elliptical is my favorite right now. Omg it kills me, but I push through it. Once I get to 188(100lbs lost), I'm going to start lifting weights. I've read that's the best way to get rid of the fat right under the skin, to tone it up. I don't have a ton of lose skin, but there's enough. I won't ever get surgery, though. I'm not that vain. :p

Stepped on the scale today. No 199. :(

I did, however get this...

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Aw yeah!! Exactly 90lbs! If I can lose 10lbs in the next 15 days, I can hit 100lbs in a year. I know I can do it!

But...if I can't....it's okay. :) I'll get there in may, anyhow. :-D

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Thank you ladies!


That 198 was awesome. I'm staying away from the scale for a few days, though. It's my TOM, so....yeah. I know I'll be around 200 again. lol I'm also sick, so I'm not eating as much as I should, nor am I exercising. Bleh!! I'm going back to the gym in the morning, though, so I'm excited!


Two things, and then it's off to bed.


1. In December, I went to a bar with some friends. I hung out with my friend and her husband most of the night. The other morning, her husband dropped her off at work, to grab some keys from me. She told me tonight that he had asked her who I was. She said, "Uh...Robyn." He asked, "Do you work with two Robyn's?" She said, "No....that's the same Robyn I always talk to." He said, "Whoa!! Has she lost a lot of weight or something?? She looks great!!" Haha!!! That's the second time that someone hasn't recognized me in the last month!!! :hurray:


2. I have a pair of jeans that I use to squuuuuueeeeeeze into last year. I found them in my daughter's room last night, so I thought, "Sweet! I'll wear these to work!" I put them on and they almost fell off! I wore them anyway, and had to make a belt out of a set of Mardi Gras beads at work, because they kept sliding down!! haha!


I've given away 3 duffel bags of large clothes already. I'm saving two pairs of jeans and a couple of shirts, just to take some "after" pics in. I plan on doing that at -100lbs...which is just 10lbs away! I'm so excited!!!!
 
AMy TOM is lasting a little longer than normal. Ugh. My weight is hovering between 198 and 201. I have been exercising and eating pretty well, but my work schedule has been way out of wack. I'm only getting 5-7 hours of sleep. That's not enough time for my body to heal itself and shed weight. I should be able to get a good amount of sleep tonight, which will help.
I worked with a personal trainer today. She was awesome. She knows why she's doing, loves free weights for women, and was supporting myfitnesspal. She showed me a lot of strength training exercises to get me started on a 5 day program, for the next six weeks. I'm super excited! I'm really nervous about the weight loss, though. I know that my number won't drop very fast, because of the muscle I'll be putting on. I will need to rely on measurements, which is hard. Everyone is so obsessed with the scale number. If I say that I'm not losing weight because of muscle gain, I'm afraid people will look at me and think I'm just making excuses. I shouldn't care what they think, but it's only normal to care. I'm going to buy a scale that measures body fat%. I think that will really help keep things in focus.
I am looking forward to sleeping today. Lol I can't wait to work out....but sleep will be beautiful!

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What a great idea to buy a bodyfat % scale! I think it's the perfect way to keep focused on what's important and not get bogged down by your weight.


Enjoy your sleep!!
 
Hey!! I decided to come check out your diary after you posted in mine, and I gotta say, you are such an inspiration! You've been through so much and really have come through and have been able to lose a lot of weight and really start living healthy. I don't think I could do what you've done, you are like superwoman! Good work! You look AWESOME and are so gorgeous!


And BTW congrats on making it into the 100s!!!
 
Originally Posted by le_squish


Hey!! I decided to come check out your diary after you posted in mine, and I gotta say, you are such an inspiration! You've been through so much and really have come through and have been able to lose a lot of weight and really start living healthy. I don't think I could do what you've done, you are like superwoman! Good work! You look AWESOME and are so gorgeous!



And BTW congrats on making it into the 100s!!!
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Thank you so much! People remark on how much I've been through all of the time, and I am always surprised by it. I know I've fought through a lot of things, but I've never looked at it as a big accomplishment. I'm so use to fighting for I want, I guess.


I bought the body fat scale, but it was widely inaccurate. I got on it several times in a row, and the body fat% jumped around several times. The weight stayed pretty much the same, though. I decided to take it back and save my money. My digital scale works just fine. No sense in having another scale that does exactly the same thing!


I'm taking a couple of days off from the gym. I need a good break. I'm going back either Sunday night before work, or Monday morning.


I'm having major body image issues. I keep getting told that I'm "thick" and not fat at all. I just can't see myself as a normal size. I fit into a US size 16 pants now. I haven't been in that size in 11 years! I still don't think I'm smaller. I think I'm just scared of slipping into a comfort zone again. My weight slowly climbed for years. I never thought I was "that big." I would see pictures of myself and be mortified, but I always claimed it was because of a bad angle. Then, my daughter took a picture of me the other day. My 4 year old. I thought, "Oh my god....it's going to be terrible." It wasn't. It wasn't amazing....lol. It WAS done by a 4 year old. haha When I saw it, though, I instantly thought, "Wow...my arm is so small! And....my face! It doesn't look like a droopy mess!" Then, there was the kicker. I found a pic from February/March 2011. I just stared at it. I know I was over 290lbs.




I was huge. Just...huge. My face isn't even the same. I took this photo and put it next to the last photo I took of myself. It's on my desktop at work. People are totally floored at the difference.




My face is a little hidden, but it's still a dramatic difference. Looking at this, I can tell I'm smaller. I just didn't think I was that big, until now. I'm afraid that I will get into that mindset again. That I will think, "Oh, I'm not THAT big," and then either stay this weight, or gain it back. I don't want to be delusional, or be conceited. I have a huge issue with admitting that I'm attractive. I can say it once in a while, just to try to boost my morale, but I don't truly believe it. I've told my really good friend at work that I don't mind when he and another friend talk about pretty girls around me, because I'm use to it. I'm use to being the funny fat girl of the group. I know that I'm not pretty, and have come to terms with it. I really have. I was hoping that losing weight would change that image in my mind, but it hasn't. I just don't have the classic "pretty" features that girls are suppose to have. For years, I've hidden from that fact behind my fat. Now that I'm losing the fat, I won't be the fat girl. I'll just be the ugly one. Ugh. Double edged blade.
 
Oh shh, you are far from ugly! Honestly. I doubt what I say will make you change your mind about how you feel about yourself (I hope it does a little, but I have the same problem) but you are very very pretty. It was one of the first things I noticed when I was glancing through your pics the other day (trying not to sound creepy!) I know what you mean about those classic "pretty" features, and I used to obsess over obtaining the same look as the popular "pretty" girls at school and I was so unhappy because I never got there. It was always, "well my nose is too big, my lips are too thin, my hair isn't straight enough and too red, my cheeks are too full, my skin is too pale no matter how many hours I spend in the sun, I'm not skinny enough... etc.". All those popular girls who were considered "pretty" basically had the opposite features that I had it seemed. But then I realized, that all those "pretty" girls LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME! I remember going through a couple of their facebooks a few years after college and I couldn't remember who was who because they all look identical, even down to the same clothes sometimes! They just look so fake. I realized that I'd rather stand out and learn how to find beauty in what I already had. I'm still struggling a lot with my body image but sometimes I'll see something in my own features that I've never seen in anyone else and instead of thinking that it's ugly I try to see how it makes me pretty and unique. Its a tough exercise sometimes, but it has helped me. I definitely see some really beautiful features on you, and I just want you to know that I don't think you're ugly at all. As I said in my last post, you are gorgeous!
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Now that I'm losing the fat, I won't be the fat girl. I'll just be the ugly one. Ugh. Double edged blade.
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That is one of the sadder things I have read on here, also one of the most preposterous! :p

I really hope you don't honestly believe that. You're beautiful, Robyn! Don't ever think otherwise!
 
I know we all have our "down" days- but seriously, woman- don't be crazy!!!!

You are SO not ugly!

I can't say you are a classic beauty, but who cares about that? As le-squish wrote above, that's just boring, anyway.

I WILL say that you have an adorable elfin air about you that is full of charm.

You look smart and nice and damn cute and you had better own it!
 
Hello Robyn,

I saw you were from New Albany, IN! I'm originally from KY and my husband and I used to live in Louisville, so when I saw that I figured I better say hello! You are looking awesome girl...and what do you mean you're "not pretty"...I think you are cute as a button...especially in that picture you are taking of yourself! I know what you mean about not being able to see yourself in a "normal" size...I started my journey on 1 June 2011, so we started at almost the same time...my start weight was 279, so we were very close to the same start weight...I'm thinking you are smaller than me...it's been awhile since I've bought pants in the US (we're currently living in China, so buying clothes off the rack here is almost impossible...most of the Chinese people are really petit...so nothing fits...nothing!). Anyway I saw you are in a size 16..according to the size charts I looked at in some online catalogs, I'm probably in an 18 now..so you are making great progress! You go girl!!

I saw where you may be coming into some money..when you get it, go out and buy some new clothes...ones that fit you well and in a "not fat anymore" and "call attention to yourself" colors...I know it is a strange type of retail therapy, but I can tell you for me, it was quite liberating! I didn't use to wear orange or fuschia at all...now I have knit blouses in both colors...so not like me before, but I'm feeling at ease in my own skin now that I can pull it off...or at least I think I can...and after all that is the main battle isn't it!

Keep up the good work and "flaunt it if ya got it"...and you got it baby!


Sarah
 
AAw, thank you. As Rox said, though, I don't have any classically pretty features. I don't want to be like the cookie cutter celebrities, or beach bimbos. I just want to be attractive. I want to be the girl that people talk about once in a while, when they're talking about pretty girls. I've just always been the friend of the pretty girls. /Bleh
As for coming into money, that didn't happen. That was my daughter's father, lying to me. He did that....a lot. I take care of myself, now, so I'm much better off. :)

My weight is hovering around 198 right now. I've been doing strength training and cardio, so my weight probably won't move much. I know that I'm eating right, and exercising well. I won't stress about the scale too terribly much. I know that I don't want to go to the gym tomorrow. I am just lacking the steam. I didn't want to finish my 30 minutes on the elliptical this morning. It took everything to push through it. I'm not tired or in pain. I just get bored. The televisions are always on terrible channels. The Food Network...okay, really? Let's watch someone back a huge cake while we're trying to abstain from sugar. Or Bridzillas. Ugh. I have an audio book on my iPod, but forgot about it. I think I'll try that tomorrow.

I'm having some issues in my personal life. I've been dating Jeremy for almost a year. I've known him since we were 12. He was my first kiss. :) We started dating last year, when he contacted me out of the blue and said that he had always loved me. It was amazing, up until a couple of months ago. The big thing is that we live 250 miles apart. It shouldn't be a big deal, but it is. He's trying to get a job here, but it's hard. I offered to move back there, but he insists that he comes here. He hates it there, and I love it here. Our big problem is communication. We both work midnights, which should make talking easier....but...it doesn't. He can't text very much at work. When he gets off work, he's usually really tired and passes out. We don't talk much on the phone, and he never emails. He's also very emotional. If one little thing goes wrong in his life, he stays depressed about it for a month. Literally...a month. I am a pretty optimistic and upbeat person. I get being sad now and then, but he stays sad for weeks. It has taken a toll on our relationship. It's very strained. Another thing is that he just found out that he has a very low sperm count. That means that I could never have another child. That is a big thing for me.
I love him so much, and really could spend my life with him. I'm just starting to wonder if it was a good thing for a while, and we should cut our losses now...or keep holding out. I'm very confused. /Sigh

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dear robyn, sounds like hard t?mes, but ? belive you can go through th?s , you are such sweet person you deserve the best for your l?fe,maybe you should let h?m move near you. dont let the love of your life go way .? felt worried about th?s s?tuta?on but you are a strong g?rl , you could do many th?ngs for your l?fe . you can go all th?s about though too ? bel?eve in you. wishing you all good luck , w?sh?ng you all the best

hope to hear good news from you soon

love
 
AI know ALL about long distance and being with an emotional man, neither are easy. You are a strong woman though. I hope you figure it out and do what makes you happy. You deserve to be happy.

Oh and I watch Food network ALL the time.... it's self torture really. lol!
 
Hey Ninja girl! I miss you! Where did you go?


I hope you are ok and will be back on the forums soon!


hugs!!
 
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