I've tried to lose weight before, will this be my time?

SHYJESTA

SHYJESTA

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Hello everyone! I am in need of some emotional support.
I am doing the fall off for fall challenge, i've lost 7 lbs, but this weekend I ate probably more than I should have. I ate chinese food 2 plates full and on friday I ate long john's. Anyhow here's a lil summary about me:

May 17th I got fed up and decided to stop drinking soda and junk food. I weighed 319 and as of june 10 i'm at 303.

I want to get down to 165-180 mark, but I am breaking it into short term goals for now.

I want to be 275 by sept 1st!

Tomorrow i'll start my first meal journal entry.
 
SHYJESTA said:
on friday I ate long john's
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This made me laugh so hard. I don't know what Long John's is, except for what old men wear to bed.. LOL :D

Welcome to your diary and well done losing 7lbs!

Try allowing yourself one cheat day every week, where you allow yourself just one plate of chinese food and some dessert (keep an eye on the calories though, make sure its within your daily cals). It gives you something to look forward to and you're not depriving yourself totally.

Also, if you feel a crave or binge coming on, brush your teeth! You crave the taste.. and you aint gonna want to eat anything after brushing your teeth with minty paste! Yuck :D

Good luck anyway!
 
Take it day by day, meal by meal, step by step and you will get to where you want to be... we didn't get to our starting weights overnight, it's not going tocome off overnight -just be patient with yourself and learn new habits...
 
oops I meant Long John silver! haha

Anyhow so far i'm at 530 calories, I hope I calculated correctly
I ate a BLT for breakfast

5 strips of bacon-250 calories
2 slices of wheat breat-160
some lettuce-10 calories
a few pinches of sharp cheddar-110
( I honestly though that BLT would have more calories, thinking of switching to Turkey bacon, is it good?)
wonderful water.

by the way I only drink water! sometimes crystal light but I hate the after taste.

Not sure what I will eat for dinner though.
 
turkey bacon is an aquired taste -I don't think it tastes like real bacon but it's ok for what it is... Id rather have less of the good stuff than the substitutes..
 
well for Dinner I ate 3 slices of pizza 380x3 Yikes!

thats about it for the day, and plenty of water!
 
that's lessthan 1200 calories - why yikes...

you daily calorie intake should be more than double that and you'd still lose weight fairly easily - don't beat yourself up -- and do remember to eat...
 
Just don't give up!

Hey Shy Jesta, (hope I got that right ;))

SHYJESTA said:
... but this weekend I ate probably more than I should have...
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I'm the queen of giving logical advice that I may (or may not) follow, but having gone through that often - and probably, being a food lover, being subject to this again in the future - let me say this: take it one day at a time! Seriously! I know it gets frustrating when we feel we just "undid" some past efforts, but hey, the same way we picked up the pieces before and started anew, we can do it again after a binge! It's quite hard to not (over)indulge (and I'm always impressed by those who manage!) now and again. The problem isn't indulging, it's feeling like it's the proof we can't succeed!

This makes me sound like a weird commercial, but you can do it, however corny it may sound! Might not take the time you expected, but it doesn't matter if it gets you to that place where you can say: I'm Shy Jesta, I'm hot whether you agree or not! (ok... ok... that's what I like to play to myself in my head! lol).

Take care and be well!
 
I just wanted to add: I second Mal's comment. I find that sometimes by wanting to see changes quickly and wanting to be really good we can sometimes counter our own efforts by being too restrictive and depriving ourselves. I'm saying this because I have done this myself!
 
Thank you all for the great advice! I trully believe I can do it this time. I've always wanted a lil extra push, and I feel that this forum will help me out! So far I actually woke up earlier today, 10:20 am I know it's still pretty late but I went to bed at 3:45 I don't know I just can't sleep as of late.

1 can of chicken soup-180 calories( I noticed it's very high in sodium) Yet over here in El Paso you can sweat by just sitting down, it's not Phoenix weather but close enough!

and plenty of water. I really don't know much about calorie counting, but i'm trying. Anyone got any good recipes I can try? I love chicken but not into sea food really.

oh and I weighed myself this morning and it's back at 299 hmmm
 
well I ate beef stew for Dinner... Not sure about the calories, but I had one bowl, and plenty of water. I am getting better at waking up earlier, I woke up at 9:30!
I also lifted weights last night, it felt good.
 
Shy Jesta,

Most of us on this forum (I think) need that extra push - we need that community behind us! :D
Personally, when it comes to cooking meat, my solution (learnt from Weight Watchers cooking) is marinades. I, depending on the taste I want, can make some with soy (1 teaspoon), 1 tablespoon of vinegar, I'm a huge fan of garlic so I get generous with that and I let it sit for a day in my fridge. Sometimes, I try to play with herbs and spices, as they add taste without any "bad things"... lol When I try to make weird Indian recipe variations (great for hot weather too I think) I let it (the meat) sit in a plain light yogurt and curry or marsala spice mix. Then I either grill, bake or such as they require very little or no fat to cook.

For the weight: don't forget weight fluctuates sometimes for various reasons. If it's hot, I'm sure it influences things! When I get freaked out by my weight fluctuation I try to ignore the numbers (what's the point of being annoyed? ok, I'm silly I admit!) and focus on making myself feel good. And I try to wait a bit before I re-weight myself. Yesterday I weighed myself for the first time in 2/3 months and apparently have lost 2kg/4.4 lbs. But you know, what I do remember until now is the fact that I'm wearing a size 10 for the first time since ... I'm 12 or so! :D

Keep it up, you can do it! (I'll keep coming to tell you that regularly! ;))
 
Thanks for the info SunKized, well tonight I had class so I had a chicken salad for dinner. and Plenty of water!
 
You've made the first step and you've made some good progress! I just wanted to show you this link because it helps me tons when I need to figure out how many cals I ate :rolleyes: Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad! I feel sort of like I'm completing a rite of passage of WLF or something, because everyone always offers fitday up, and a lot of people use it around here. It's free too, so why not, also you can enter custom foods and it's pretty simple to use :) You will do well, it's great that you've started a journal! I hope you have a nice night!
 
So far I woke up even earlier! 8:30!! Thats a shocker, but I just don't feel hungry, I did gulp alot of water, but not too much. I know we should eat 6 small meals but I really don't like Breakfast.
 
Fathers' Day was great! I've only been a father for a little over a year, but I would change it for anything. I went to the park with family and got a game of Baseball going, even had a few people ask if I was losing weight. I even told a few folks about this website. I did have a Gatorade but these El Paso temperatures are horrible, almost a 100!
So I wanted to get back some sodium in. I am so sore but it feels good to actually beable to run to the base!
 
Hi Shy Jesta,

I must say I don't know (haven't done) Tai Bo, but most I know that have done it enjoyed it a whole bunch! I personally am into workouts that I find fun as well as making me burn up a sweat (with that pleasant tingling in my muscles afterwards! ;)) because I think getting bored is an issue often for my workouts.

Hope that helps.

And Happy Father's Day! The baseball game sounds like it was fun! And a workout! Wow! (lol, I'm jealous because I was really lazy yesterday and so far today has 0 workouts up!). Definitely drink a lot if it's hot too! (where I'm at it's freezing - ok, cold - so I have a hard time imagining heat!).

Take care!
 
Right now I am feeling really down, I got on the scale this morning at it was still at 297 which is good, means I didn't gain :p. However I hate looking in the Mirror, my bathroom doesn't help because I have a Huge one! haha the torture. I know it's going to take along time but sheesh I wish I could speed the process up just a little more. I will admit I haven't exercised like I should of, but I am not over eating and I am staying active, I was so so sore today so I didn't get much done, as far as exercise, I ate salad all day. Oh and a cup of chicken noodle soup. I have always wanted to one day look back and say I finally did it. well I got 134 pounds to go and it's going to take alot perhaps more effort than I have ever had. Yet I have no choice but to change! Take care and this is a great place to just air out your thoughts, thanks for the kind people who respond, that really makes me feel special!
 
I almost have tears in my eyes, I saw a picture of my brother, unfortunately he ran into some trouble, and was sent to a camp for boys, he was pretty chubby but not as big as me, and now he looks so healthy, they allowed my family to spend the day with him, I wasn't able to go, which really got me down. Yet I am so proud of my brother he has changed physically and mentally. If he can do it, then why can't I? I love you my bro Mark
 
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