Kgirl's Diary

I am 5'5 1/2" I set my goal at 125 cause that was my weight in high school and I was pretty happy with my body then, I may decide to stop at 130 it all depends how I feel. I have some pics posted in the before and after section but I will be adding more when I loose another 6 lbs.

I am in Canada also I live near Montreal.
 
holy inspiration batman!

i just saw your latest pictures, and you look so good! i love the fact that you've been losing weight so consistantly. you are total inspiration to me.

i just read your whole diary. i just was wondering a couple things,

1. what are your thoughts on curves? i was thinking about joining a gym, but im not sure if curves is right for me. i usually try to work our an hour at home. is 3 times a week, 30 minutes a day enough?!

2. do you do more exercises on your days off from curves?

3. do you count your calories everyday?

thanks for answering if you have time - much appreciated and keep up the good work!
 
Hi there!

I read through your diary, and we have a lot of the same goals and weights!

I started at 210 in the very beginning, I got to 178, but then I gained back up to 194. I started again in November, and now I'm down to 180.

We can both do it!

:D
 
KnOxViLLe said:
holy inspiration batman!

i just saw your latest pictures, and you look so good! i love the fact that you've been losing weight so consistantly. you are total inspiration to me.

i just read your whole diary. i just was wondering a couple things,

1. what are your thoughts on curves? i was thinking about joining a gym, but im not sure if curves is right for me. i usually try to work our an hour at home. is 3 times a week, 30 minutes a day enough?!

2. do you do more exercises on your days off from curves?

3. do you count your calories everyday?

thanks for answering if you have time - much appreciated and keep up the good work!
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Hi,
I love curves actually if you work the machines as hard as you can it is a great workout, I usually go 6 days a week (lately has been 4 cause of school)

I don't exercise as much as I should I used to do slim in 6 everyday too but I hurt my knee a bit and haven't gotten back into it yet

Yes I count calories, I started at 1200 a day now I vary between 1200-1400 a day which is a little low but I find it hard to eat that much ( it is much harder to get up that high when healthy foods are less calories).

Thanks for the nice words I appreciate it. Keep working and you can do it!!!
 
daiseeangel said:
Hi there!

I read through your diary, and we have a lot of the same goals and weights!

I started at 210 in the very beginning, I got to 178, but then I gained back up to 194. I started again in November, and now I'm down to 180.

We can both do it!

:D
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We can totally do it! you are doing great 14 lbs since november that is awsome. Keep it up!!
 
So the jeans I bought in December were falling off of me yesterday (i could take them off without undoing them lol) So I decided to go to the store and see what size I could squeeze myself into. I fit into a size 9 woohoooo!!!!! And I got a pair of M jogging pants cause all of mine are XL and are way too big. The size 9 cause a bit of a muffin top but the size 11 were too loose, I guess it is because the flab on my tummy is really soft and my skin hasn't completely caught up with my weight loss yet, but I am confident that it will since it isn't hanging when I look at it naked (no bubble busting please lol).

I got eliminated from the BLS challenge and the next day I drop 2 lbs (what a time to break my plateau lol, of well I am happy anyways) I am almost into the 150's now and am happy to say I am finally in my groove and it is much easier to stay on track and not be tempted by junk.
 
I must have had too much salt the other day or something cause my weight is up 3 lbs. I know I didn't over eat so my thinking is it is salt. Irritating to say the least.

I have decided that I want to change gyms, Curves was good at first and it helped me get to a place where I am comfortable in how I look (still need to loose more but I am looking pretty smoking lol), but now I find the workouts pretty easy and I am getting bored with the same thing all the time. I found a gym near me that seems to be better for what I am trying to do. They have trainers that make a workout plan for you (for your specific goals) and they re evaluate it every couple months to make sure it is still optimal. Included in the membership is also access to all the fitness classes they offer (aerobics etc) so that right there is a major plus. I have to see what I need to do to cancel my curves membership (my friend told me when she canceled she just paid an extra month as a penalty). This new place also has corporate rates (with the company my fiancee works for) so it will give me more and be cheaper. Can't wait.
 
I decided last week that I was at a point where curves just wasn't cutting it for me anymore. I was getting seriously bored with the circuit and I didn't feel like the workout was enough for me. I decided to cancel and join a "real" gym. which was a major pain cause to cancel curves you need a doctors note. So I went to the doctors and got one (Since I have a problem with a nerve in my spine anyways and I had a feeling it was some of the machines what were aggravating it, and the doctor agreed with me). At the gym I joined, the first day one of the trainers showed me a stretch for my pain and it worked wonders.

I got a great workout on Saturday, the new gym I joined offers free aerobics classes and I tried the dance aerobics class and it was so fun and I was completely soaked in sweat when it was over. I had my fit test after the workout which was a workout in itself as I had to do push ups and crunches and other stuff until I couldn't go it anymore ( did 13 push ups and then my arms literally collapsed). I don't know how much exercise I will get in the next few days since I think I have pulled every muscle in my body (yes even my abs) with that fit test. I think all I am going to be able to do is walking for the next few days (my calves are sore but the more I move the better they feel until I stop again that is). I know for the next fit test in 6 months I should do lots of stretching before and after.

My bonus points may suffer this week but if I am feeling better in a few days I will take more of the classes and that will bring my minutes up by quite a bit. Until then I think the treadmill will be my best friend.
 
So I got almost all my bonus points this week and despite that the scale hasn't moved (arg). Well it shot up the other day due to TOM but came back down. I was happy it came back down in time for weigh in, but I just don't get it. I did crazy cardio this week (haven't sweated like that in a very long time). this is all very un motivating! I'm going to my dance aerobics class later and tomorrow I have my training session with a personal trainer so hopefully once I get my real workout plan going the scale will move again. I am also going to drink nothing but water this week and see if that helps (I think I may have been slacking in terms of water lately). Hopefully I will start losing again and be into the 150's soon.
 
Glad to see you back! You really are inspirational to me!

I thought you might like to see what I wrote in my diary on Jan. 1.

daiseeangel said:
I'm feeling so inspired!

(As I sit here instead of working out! :rolleyes:)

I have been reading though old posts in diaries, and it is so great to see all the progress that has been made!

More specifically, one diary I read was kgirl's diary. She was upset for a while about how she was stuck at 190 (in October, I think). Well, you look at her ticker now, and she is at 168! That is so awesome!

I can easily relate to her weights. Her start weight was 207 - mine was 210. Her weight when starting here was 195 - mine was 194. Now she's at 168! That just gives me so much to look forward to!

I hope she doesn't mind me using her info! :)

The thought of being in the 160's excites me beyond explanation. I can't even begin to imagine what that will feel like. Slipping on a size 10 is just inconceivable at the moment. I assume I would be in a 10, since I'm wearing a 12 at 179.

I can't wait until a few months from now (maybe even next month!), when I am able to look back at this post and smile, knowing exactly how good it feels to be in the 160's!

:D
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Wow, thank you so much for posting that. You just gave me a boost of motivation, It is hard to think I was inspiration for someone. Wow.
The 160's are great but it gets old when you've been there a while, the 150's will be awsome (till the 140's and so on) lol.
 
So it seems that my weight loss has kicked back up again. I weighed in today at 161 lbs woohoo almost into the 150's.

I had my training session on Sunday, so now I have a program to follow. 40 mins cardio and about 15 mins resistance training and 5 mins stretching. It is a great workout (I have sweat pouring off of me when I am done). He even gave me different resistance exercises for different days since I like to workout 6 days a week (well 5 days and my dance aerobics class which is a good workout so I don't do my routine that day).
 
So my fiancee and I went to lunch with his mom the other day. She has always told me not to loose too much weight and if I was getting too skinny she would tell me (she is a fairly big woman by the way). Well she asked me how much weight I have lost and I told her and she immediately said "Ok, no more now, it's time to stop" I preceded to tell her that I wasn't even at a healthy weight for my height yet and I grabbed my belly fat and showed it to her for emphasis, then she just gave me a look and dropped the subject, then later she called her husband right in front of us and told him I was too skinny. I got so irritated by that, my financee told me that she is just jealous cause I am way smaller than her now. She used to tell me oh "I've lost 5lbs and these pants are way too big for me now you can have them", meanwhile she knows I am way taller and her pants are always too short for me. She seemed all supportive when I started but ever since I've lost weight and kept going she seems to try to sabotage me she even called my fiancee after the first 10 lbs and told him to keep an eye on me and to not let me loose too much weight cause it is unhealthy to loose alot of weight. I feel like giving her a taste of her own medicine and giving her some pants that are too big for me that I know will be too small for her. She used to take me shopping and buy me clothes but I don't know if that will continue since we won't be shopping at the same stores anymore (she shops in the plus size stores and that stuff is too big for me now). My fiancee tell me to just ignore her and keep going till I am happy, at least she hasn't corrupted him and he can see her comments for what they are. OK I have ranted long enough lol.
 
hey i think your fiancees right. just ignore it and keep going. you are doing a good job! it is difficult to ignore though at times.

have a good day

x
 
Definitely ignore her.

People who are unhappy with their own weight usually try to find a way to bring others down.

I think you are doing great, my fellow red team member! :)
 
Hello K,

I just read through your journal and saw your thread in the Before and After Section. I am amazed. You had a goal, you stuck with it, and now you are there! You wanted to lose the weight in a year and you did! I know you are at your goal now and you prob. won't be getting on here too often, but I just wanted you to know what an inspiration you are to me. Your hard work shows and it is incredible. This is the kick in the pants that I needed! Thank you.
 
You may not be having that issue with your fiancee's mother anymore, but if you are, I know EXACTLY what you are going through.

My boyfriend's mother was fine with me when she first met me, and we got along great. I don't know if it's because we both loved my boyfriend, or because I was about 20 pounds heavier than her.

Anyway, now that I've lost about 55 pounds, she really hates to talk about dieting with me.

She'll try and get me to eat fast food all the time if we're out, but she says that she doesn't want anything... she just wants to get me something.

She'll go grocery shopping sometimes and bring back lot's of junk food that she says my boyfriend and I should eat, and she'll actually get angry if I don't eat it.

She always used to give me clothes that she couldn't wear anymore, and now she can't do that.

I'm too small to go shopping with her in Lane Bryant anymore, too.

Plus, she's not supportive at all anymore.

I think when I first started dieting, she was really supportive of it because she didn't think I could actually do it.

Now, that I am almost done with it, it's like she can't accept it.

I remember the last time we went shopping with my boyfriend, we went into one of my favorite stores, and instead of wearing an XL like I used to, I could fit into a medium.

My boyfriend pointed this out to his mother. He wasn't being mean to her or anything, he was just proud of me, I guess, and he thought that his mother would be too.

Well, her reaction was, "Well, I hope that I lose a lot of weight and that happens to me eventually."

And she sounded a little less than thrilled if you know what I mean.

Anyway, I didn't mean to put all of that in your diary or anything, I just feel your pain.

It is hard to deal with, but you just have to ignore it.

You have to make sure that you're happy before you try and make everyone else happy. :)
 
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