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Well enjoy your cheat night. Back in my twenties, my girlfriend used to have "cheat nights" two or three times a week without telling me.
 
Ok, so I have about a month before our company gets here. I can lose like 30...40 lbs by then, right?



*sigh*...no, no I can't.


Damnit.


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Goals for the day:

1. 1350 calories
2. Not murder my downstairs neighbor that seems to think I'm her mother and will clean up her effing mess outside. :cuss:
3. Laundry
4. A few hours of work
5. Half hour walk on the treadmill
 
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I did pretty good today. I stuck to my calories and walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes. The treadmill was pretty hard. The first 15 minutes was OK, the last 15 minutes was torture. My legs started hurting, not a muscle type pain, but a pain where my clot was/is(I'm not sure if it's gone yet or not). I coughed for a good 2 or 3 hours after I was done too. My thinking before I got on the treadmill was that we've been out to the mall and shopping many times, and I've done OK with that. What I wasn't thinking about was that when you're shopping, you're stopping and looking at stuff ...and ..uh.. that's not how the treadmill works. There was no stopping to look at bath towels...or that really cool purple purse that I absolutely need ..or whatever. lol. I survived though! :)


Oh, and apparently I'm doing some challenge where I give up something for 30 days, which Chef thinks is going to result in me wearing some skimpy outfit. *shrugs* (see his thread for more details)

What I'm giving up: pop



Quercus said:
2. Make it look like an accident.
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She probably weighs like 80 lbs... I really just need a big gust of wind and my problems would be solved. lol
 
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Day 1 of no pop. I hate it already. haha! :p



Edited to Add: Had my blood drawn yesterday. All was good. My INR level was at 2.4, so right where it should be. I don't have to have it drawn again for another whole month! Yeeeeeah! :D
 
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I hate to hear what a struggle that was for you, but you got through it and that's a huge step in the right direction. Give yourself plenty of recovery before you try it again.

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I really just need a big gust of wind and my problems would be solved.
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I recommend black beans.
 
Day 1 of no pop is almost over. I know this first week is going to be tough. One day at a time though, one looooong day at a time. lol.


I did not do the treadmill today, but I am going to try it again tomorrow. Not for 30 minutes though. I think I'll start out trying for 20 and see how I feel when that's over. I really don't want to be coughing all night again.

In other news, my car is currently at the mechanic. :( I think the battery needs replaced. I'm also going to have him look at my seat belt and change my oil. Hopefully it doesn't cost too much. *fingers crossed*
 
Day 3 of no pop. :willy_nilly:


Calories have been really good the last couple days, between 1300 and 1350. I did the treadmill for 20 minutes last night and did OK with that. The coughing was better last night, but my legs were starting to hurt towards the end. I think I'll shoot for 20 to 25 minutes tomorrow.

I really want to weigh myself, but I know I'm going to hate the number on the scale. I think the last time I weighed myself I was around 210. So I'm betting I'm still around there or a few pounds heavier. That's so depressing, especially since at one point I was down to 185. BUT...I've lost it before, and I can do it again. I want to see ONEderland again. That's the goal right now! :) I'll weigh myself on Monday.

Still waiting to hear from the mechanic on my car. I wish he'd hurry up and call. I'm assuming at this point though, that I won't have a car until next week. :(
 
^^^ That was good. haha!

I just went and picked up my car. It's not done yet though. Well, part of it is done. I'm still waiting for a seat belt. He has to either get it from a junk yard or order one, so it's going to take a few days. I'll have to take it back up there when the part comes in. :(

My calories so far are pretty good, and I've been drinking my water. :) Chef's making pork chops for dinner. yum!
 
Calories today were around 1600, which isn't bad considering that we ate lunch out today. Did a lot of walking, but not on the treadmill. I will do that tomorrow.

Current mood: Irritated.

I'd like to eat about a gallon of ice cream right now. ugh.

Today was day 4 of no pop.
 
Today was the day I faced the scale. 215.0. UGH! :ack2:

I knew I wouldn't like the number, so that's really no big surprise. I'm actually a pound heavier than when I started this journal back in January. Grr. Oh well, time to get extremely serious and set some specific goals to work on.

Goals:
Oct 31: 205 lbs
Nov 30: 199 lbs
Jan 1: 195 lbs
Obviously a number below these numbers would be perfectly fine with me, but I'm trying to be realistic since it's nearing the holiday season. I am determined to be back in ONEderland before January. I WILL NOT start another year at this same weight. It is not happening. Ultimately I would like to be 175ish by May, which is when I first signed up here at WLF and my birthday month. So, that's 40 lbs to lose.

Other goals:
1350 calories
Treadmill every other day
Pilates, yoga, or weights 3 days a week.
No pop(Today is my 6th day of doing this)

I'm also going to be taking some new before pics. That's always helped me before. When I felt like crap I'd go back and look at pics from when I weighed 290, and that always renewed my motivation. Unfortunately all my weight loss pics from before were on my old computer that died. :( I need to pull the hard drive out of it and see if I can get the pics off of it.
 
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Good work on the good day.

Getting below 200 by January sounds doable (1.5 lbs a week would do it), so just stick with it and you should be able to pull it off.
 
It's always disheartening when you look back and don't seem to have come very far (or have lost and gained it all back again!) This time last year I was at least a stone (14lbs) lighter than I am now. But it's a good motivator, and you seem to be using it as such so good on you :) Keep it up! And well done on the no pop front...its so deceptively calorific! :p
 
Thanks, LouLou and MrVee! :)

214.6 lbs this morning
Calories: 1332

Today was day 7 of no pop. The first few days were rough, but it's not bothering me much anymore. I feel like I've gotten through the worst of it.

I haven't gotten around to taking "before" pictures yet. Hopefully I can get around to doing that tomorrow. Should definitely have it done by the weekend.

I'm currently watching the cat and dog chase each other around the living room. I really wish I had their energy. lol.
 
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Really nice progress. I do have my pets' energy. One's asleep on the sofa and the other one is asleep on the rug.
 
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