Kara's Diary...The Southern Girl Loses Weight!

You are doing awesome! Four sizes is great :). The people around you noticing your lifestlye change has got to be motiviation in and of itself. I was excited that a residents daughter noticed today that I lost weight! Keeps us on track when other people notice our success, too.
 
Hey Kara! The title of your diary caught my eye 'cause I'm originally a Tennessee girl born and bred...and I grew up in a family where both the men and the women prided themselves on their southern cooking skills..can I say that my daddy's "secret" fried chicken recipe was to cook a pound of bacon just so he could use the drippin's to fry the chicken. :eek: and I think I was 19 or 20 before I knew (no kidding) that there was any form of tea other "sweet":doh: So yea, I totally get how that particular cultural food habit is HARD to change...but it looks like you are well on so way so I wanted to say a big "good for you"!....
 
i'm glad to finally find a southern girl on here that understands! I'm a mississippi girl (but currently living in florida) and eating a lot of southern food is a SPORT in my family. it's a hard habit to break, isn't it. (omg, that chicago song just popped in my head..."you're a hard habit to break..." lol). anyways, thanks for the support and good luck on your journey, too!


...and notme, thanks so much for always commenting on my diary...i appreciate it soo much!!! i'm glad that people are noticing your weight loss, too. doesn't it feel GREAT?!
 
Update...

I had an excellent appointment with my dietician yesterday. She let me know that I'm on the right track and that I'm doing so awesome with my change in diet. I got on the scale and it said 259.5. I could have fallen on the floor!!! My starting weight was 296.5 and last time it was 273. That means I've lost another 13.5 pounds and that brings my total weight loss to 37 POUNDS!!!!!! I'm so happy. I'm still losing an average of 3 pounds a week, which my dietician says is still a normal and healthy amount for me to be losing. Since I'm tall and very large, i'm still losing 3 pounds a week. She did tell me to aniticipate my weight loss slowing down. She doesn't know exacly when, but she says it will slow down. She also said that my body fat percentage is 40.1% which is WAY too high, but is a lot lower from where I started. She wants me to get it to 30% at first, and then work on slowly getting it below 30%. I'm excited and pumped!

just wanted to update you guys!!!
 
My breakdown...

FINALLY. I had my breakdown. I've been unemotional and completely detached from the fact that I have lost 37 pounds...something that I've never EVER accomplished in my life...weight loss. I can't believe I've done it and I can't believe that the concept of losing weight is so simple. Eat healthy. Control your calories. Give your body what it needs, and your body will reward you. By body has rewarded me. I'm not filling it with junk anymore and now i've turned it into a lean, mean, calorie-burning MACHINE. LOL! I was looking through my wedding pictures (I was married last december), and I was at my biggest then! I took two pictures out of the book and went to my large mirror in my bathroom. I held the pictures up beside my face and I looked in the mirror and I SAW IT...the difference. I couldn't believe it and I started crying. My husband of course starts to freak out and says "It's okay baby, you've lost so much weight. Look at you!" Then after I explained to him that I was crying TEARS OF JOY, he was much better. The man hates to see me cry! I cried for about another hour and I let go of so many things that I've been holding onto. It was nice to see and feel the difference that I've made in my life by losing this weight. I have so much longer to go, and I'm learning new things everyday. With each mistake I make, it awakens me to a new lesson to learn. It's so nice for food to not be a big deal in my life anymore. I actually want to exercise. I'm almost to my first goal to be 250 pounds. I weigh 259.5 and I can't wait to be below 250!!! Now that I've almost hit my first goal, I need to come up with a NEW ONE!!! any ideas, guys???
 
I haven't updated in a while. I've been pretty busy and I've honestly been struggling this month. As you all know, I go to see my dietician every month and since our last appointment, I've gone over my calories six times. All of them are between 250-450 calories over! I know I'm not going to lose as much weight this time and it makes me so sad. Even though I've lost 37+ pounds, I'm still fat. I still feel and look fat when I look in the mirror. I've gotten tons of compliments and that feels good. My clothes are fitting much looser and even dropped two pants sizes, 3 underwear sizes, and 1 bra size! I'm a loose and comfy size 20 now...I was a TIGHT 24!!! I wish I could snap my fingers and focus on the positive, but all I want to do is focus on my failures. The fact is, I am human and I am not perfect. Life would not be fun if I were perfect. The only way I've ever learned anything has been through learning it the hard way. It's just how I work. Every month since I started this journey on April 2nd, I have had a semi-breakdown, gotten a little depressed, wanted to quit, and then saw the silver lining and learned what God was trying to tell me. I call it my "freak-out mode." After each freak-out mode I learn a valuable lesson. I'm taking this month and the mistakes I've made as a nother valuable lesson. I go to see my dietician tomorrow, so I will let all of you know how I do with my weigh-in. I know that because of my mistakes, I might not loose as much as I have in previous months, but compared to the person I was just a few months ago, and compared to how I used to eat, I have sailed oceans in my progress. This month I'm learning that when I go out to eat, I might have to get something that is not my first choice. I might have to get a salad and not the amazing chicken parmigiana at Joseph's Italian. I'm learning, learning, learning. Ya'll just help me to see the bright things...all of this only foucusing on the negative is driving me NUTS! I hate being a woman sometimes...I'm so emotional and I still feel FAT! ugh.

On another note, I have been working out more. It's not consistent yet like I want it to be, but I've been doing the treadmill and doing some weights. I plan on trying to find a routine that works for me in this next week, and sticking to that. I'm ready to work out HARD CORE, because I discovered that I actually like it...and It actually makes me feel good! I had a good experience at the gym the other morning (at 5:30am...yawn!) and I wanted to share it with ya'll:

The Scenario: It's 5:30 am. and I haven't even had my first drink of water yet. I'm at the YMCA women's lockeroom and I see the scale. I decide to weigh myself. Before I lost any weight, this was a depressing thing to do. I would have to put the big thing on 250, and then push it ALLLLL the way to the right...with the biggest numbers. It would say 299. ugh. NOT THIS TIME, BABY!

I put the thing on 250, and now I have to push it all the way to my left, with the SMALLEST numbers. Oh my GOSH! It said 252. YAYAYYAYAYAY!!!!!!

there ya go...even though I've slipped up, i'm still losing some weight, and that's all that matters. I"ll get back on track and it will be magic!
 
Sounds like your doing great! Your still losing weight, even if you did go over your cals a few times. Nobody is perfect, you can't be at a 100% all the time. Losing weight is a process. If you have a bad day, you just recommit and get back on track. I'm so happy for you that you've almost made it to your first goal. That is a great accomplishment. Just imagine where you could be by Christmas or even next summer if you choose to keep up this new way of life. That's what I think about when I get a little down. I might still not be anywhere near where I want to be right now but, by next summer I know I will be charging people to do their laundry on my abs! :rotflmao:

Getting the exercise consistent will definitely help too. I used to be a sporadic gym go-er but now I'm usually there 5-6 days a week. It's like my day doesn't feel complete if I didn't make it to the gym... I got a personal trainer to help me with the weights and stuff. I now see him 2x a week during this summer. He has been amazing. He says I'm his best client as far as how hard I work and results go! I've never been the best at anything at the gym in my life! My body is changing before my eyes. My muscles are starting to poke thru. My arms are cut and my shoulders too, my man-boobs have shrunk considerably, my legs are getting harder and more defined each day. It's so fun to watch your body change like this.

-Sam:)
 
You made me LAUGH! I so needed that! You also made me feel so much better! It really does help to talk to people who are going through the same thing!

Oh by the way...YAY for no more man boobs! Keep up the good work!!!
 
I had another appointment with my dietician today and it went WELL!! I lost another 10.5 pounds which brings my grand total to 47.5. HOLY SHIT!! It turns out that going over you calories a few times ISN'T the end of the world. So I was wrong :)

I'm so glad things went well and I can't wait to get up and work out early tomorrow a.m.!
 
I'm Slipping, Slipping, Slipping. Help Me!

So the title sounds desperate...and I am. I feel myself slipping away. I've dropped 47.5 pounds with pretty much some simple (yet very difficult) changes. Now is the point where I am going to have to try REALLY REALLY REALLY hard to keep up my weight loss. I've dropped from 296.5 to 249, so my weight loss is naturally slowing down (which sucks). ALSO, I had a trip this weekend with my family in Destin, which meant a lot of eating out and now i feel HORRIBLE!! I swear I went 2000 calories over on saturday and now that i'm down in the dumps, depressed, and I feel SOO FAT (probably bloated from all of that sodium i had this weekend..yuck) I'm slipping! I'm not exercising! I'm not drinking enough water! I'm not eating enough vegetables! I'M SLIPPING! I need to get back on track, so Ya'll help me to forgive myself, get back on track, and ONCE AND FOR ALL, get to the gym. I think...no, I KNOW I will feel better if I would just work out. I'm just SO LAZY...I'm going to have to buckle down and do things that I DON'T WANT TO DO! i need some serious motivation...ya'll help me!

THIS IS SO HARD!@#$%^&*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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