lindethiel's diary: skinny and healthy by dec 16!

lindethiel

lindethiel

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NINJA! Slender and BEAUTIFUL!

Hello everyone!!

I'm super excited to be here! I'm want to lose weight and get healthy. My goal is to have this all done by december 16, the end of the quarter here at school. I would LOVE advice from everyone! I've never done this sort of thing online and I'm very excited because I know it will be so much more fun this way. I have tried and tried and tried to lose weight before and I still haven't been able to do it by myself. It doesn't work! I don't want to be independent anymore:)
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Here are the basics. I want to lose 40 lbs altogether. My highest weight has been about 174 lbs and I want to weigh 134 lbs. This may be unrealistic because I am 5' 10'', however, I want to be healthy-skinny and not TOO skinny, so something like 145 would be acceptable to me also. I am going to see how it goes, so for now my goal is 134 lbs.:piggy:

Here are my goals I want to reach!
1. Exercise.

2x a day.
workout one: swimming
workout two: yoga and stretching, strength moves for my abs/core, and legs, and running if my shins are feeling up to it (I have shinsplints that I'm being wary of... but I think they're almost better. also I recently sprained my ankle. I run too much and I need to buy tennies for everyday instead of wearing flipflops to class!)

2. Watch my diet.
a. I want to eat mainly fruits, vegetables, protein (milk, yogurt, other dairy, tofu, beans, soymilk, nuts) and complex carbs (whole grain products like whole wheat bread and healthy cereals WITHOUT SUGAR...:cry:)
b. I'm going to write down the things I eat daily and count the calories. This will help me to be AWARE of what I'm eating and if I'm getting too much of sugar or something else. For a while, I thought I might plan my meals ahead of time, but that is extremely difficult when it comes to grocery shopping, and besides, I need to practice making healthy choices IN THE MOMENT so that I know how to truly be in control of eating, even AFTER I reach my weight-loss goal in december.
c. Remember: it might taste good now, but later after eating sugary foods (my weakness) I always end up feeling BLECH so I may as well stick to the healthy foods!!!)

3. Pray all the time.
This helps me a lot, I was surprised!

4. Drink water.
I want to drink lots of water, all the time, before meals, after meals, at work, at school, and especially in the morning to avoid getting a headache! Take a waterbottle with me to work and school, don't forget!

5. Eat consciously.
a. Eat meals only in the kitchen and at the living-room table-- without other activities going on-- so I eat in only one atmosphere. This is usually a problem because normally I eat on the couch, in bed, while watching movies, and even sometimes listening to music. Consequently, I want to eat when I'm in bed or doing something else and it's not mealtime and I'm not even hungry! NOT so good.
b. Before I eat something, count to ten and then think:
Am I hungry?
Am I stressed out about anything?
Is it actually time to eat?
Remember you're going to get to buy new clothes!!!!
d. CHEW SLOWLY.
e. I also want to eat more scheduled so my stomach knows when to expect food:

7-8am: breakfast
12pm: lunch
5pm: dinner

(Schedules are one of my issues. I figure that if I learn how to do things on time more often, I can be more efficient with my time and do more things that I want to, like finding time to work out, etc. Time management is my weakness :toetap05:)

These are the ways I will get motivated!
1. Sticky tabs posted on my tangible goals. I have a small lockbox with all my goals written on an index card, which I will open when I reach my ultimate goal of 134 lbs. I have stickers that say "150- lose ten!" or "open at 134!" stuck to boxes of presents or a movie or a candy bar... hmmmm. Maybe I shouldn't use food that isn't healthy as a reward:) Next time I should use nice shampoo and conditioner or a book.:)

2. Talking to people online and to my friends, asking questions!

3. Pray!

4. GO SHOPPING! After december 16 when I reach my goal, I am going to go shopping. I'm going to clean out my closet of shoes, purses, pants, skirts, shirts and dresses that don't look good on me, and I'm going to buy new clothes. I haven't been majorly shopping in about two years because I wanted to lose weight. So it's December 18 or never! I'm very excited about number four:):)

Things that might try to stand in my way:

1. My doubt/disbelief in myself and that I cannot succeed.
2. Me giving up or losing focus.


I think that's about it! Thanks for listening all the way through! Please tell me what you think. I would LOVE advice from everyone because I've never really talked to anyone besides very close family about this, and close family thinks the way I do! I need critisism and ideas.:bigear: Thank you!
 
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It sounds like you have a lot of great ideas! A couple comments I would have...

Scheduling can be good and bad. What happens when life gets in the way of your schedule? That's an opportunity to get discouraged. Or what if you're hungry before scheduled time to eat? Feed yourself when you're hungry, just do it with a good amount of the right stuff.

You say you've only talked about it with family. We all carry our weight physically, and also we carry it as a burden. Take it off yourself emotionally. Share with everyone. On a public forum like this is a good start, but talk to your friends too. My weight loss journey is always a topic of conversation when I see my friends. I talk about how it's going, about the crazy old days when I ate like an ox, etc. When all my friends know about it, it gives me more accountability. I can't let myself fall off the wagon when all these people are there to watch me. I look forward to seeing my friends so they can see the incremental changes in me each time.

All in all, it sounds like you're getting on a great track. Best of luck!
 
Thanks for your ideas! You're right, I do need to talk about it with my friends and others. It's really difficult no talking about it, and sometimes I get embarrassed, which is silly. I have friends who don't really agree with me on my goals--as in, they tell me I don't need to lose weight-- which is really hard to deal with... I suppose I should just emphasize that I'm trying to be HEALTHIER and MORE FIT than to lose weight, because it's true--and there's nothing wrong with that!
 
Yesterday I felt GROSS 'cause I hadn't eaten very healthy at all--there was a lot of poptarts and chocolate cake involved. I have to be more serious about what I eat!! For some reason, I don't always make good decisions in tha area. I don't know WHY, but I'm going to keep trying to do better.

Today I'm going to try a liquid fast where I only drink juice and water for two days, and on the third day I can eat fruits, and on the fourth day I'll have lots of vegetables and fruits, and the fifth day I can eat mostly normally, but maybe a little lighter than usual. I think it'll help me feel a little better and get me off to a good start or re-start.:) Tonight I'll post again about my workouts and calories for today... bye.
 
CLEANSES ARE NOT WORTH IT! *In my opinion:)*

Sorry, all you who like doing cleanses. I keep changing my mind 'cause I've done a cleanse for like twenty days... no, it was eighteen... anyway, and it didn't end up working too well for me. I am one of those people who makes quick decisions and yesterday, I thought I should just drink juice...

lindethiel said:
Today I'm going to try a liquid fast where I only drink juice and water for two days, and on the third day I can eat fruits, and on the fourth day I'll have lots of vegetables and fruits, and the fifth day I can eat mostly normally, but maybe a little lighter than usual. I think it'll help me feel a little better and get me off to a good start or re-start.:) Tonight I'll post again about my workouts and calories for today... bye.
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I re-evaluated when my mom reminded me that juice has calories... and why don't I just have fruit? And I thought, well, yes, that would be better, because fruit actually has substance--so that's even better! (Also my thoughts were focused on... I'm hungry...and weak...)And then I said, whatever, eating healthy will help me feel better from yesterday's unhealthy-ness:)

lindethiel said:
Yesterday I felt GROSS 'cause I hadn't eaten very healthy at all--there was a lot of poptarts and chocolate cake involved. I have to be more serious about what I eat!! For some reason, I don't always make good decisions in tha area. I don't know WHY, but I'm going to keep trying to do better.
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OKAY, okay... I do know why, it's actually pretty simple: these things are DECISIONS that I have or will make, and I have control over them. There isn't any question where the results are coming from--it's MY FAULT. So there, me. It's YOU:)

Okay then. So I had a thought today. 1st, I'm addicted to TV! 2nd, NOT watching TV while eating a meal is really good for me! One of my goals is to eat meals at scheduled times during the day in a specific atmosphere--completely focused on the meal and in only one setting so that don't mix eating with other activities and so that I can make good decisions about what and how much I eat. SOOO, today, when I ate at the kitchen table (first time I actually have tried it in a while) I found that I didn't have the desire to overeat like I sometimes do, and that feels SO good!! I think that saving TV watching for later and having breakfast, lunch or dinner as one single activity helps me to know when I'm full and make more careful decisions about what I eat. Also, if I do this for long enough, the couch and the TV won't trigger my "snacking reflex"!! ha ha

(Sometimes I even eat in bed... it's really not cool.)

Also. Another re-evaluation let me think that I shouldn't be counting calories. I have a fast metabolism and I can fit a lot in my tummy without anything happening. I run around a lot when I'm busy, too. I think calorie counting, for me, is going to be counter-productive and will waste more time than it's worth because I can TELL when I'm full, I'm going to be too busy to eat anyway (AS LONG AS I DON'T WATCH TV), if follow my rules on my first post. BUT the most important one is that in december when I'm done with this, I won't be counting calories to reach maintenance level... so I'm not going to count them now either. If I eat the wrong amount of calories for weight loss, I will just let my exercise routine take care of it. Therefore, I need to make sure to always exercise when I say I'm going to! TWICE A DAY. EXERCISE WILL...BE... MY... FOCUS...


So then, my goal for today is to eat dinner at 6pm at the table, EXERCISE!! at nine pm, and then go to bed at 10pm. Then I can get up ontime in the morning (another of my bad habits, being late). I will post tomorrow to get back to you on how I did!:toetap05: Tomorrow I will also start writing down regularily what I eat.

Today:

B: oops none. I kinda slept through.
L: 2 cups granola, 1.5 cups soymilk
snack: quaker oats white chocolate rice crackers YUM!
D: not yet.

time to go drink water.
 
Hey:waving:

We have kinda similar goals... only I'm shorter than you (5'7). I used to swim competitively in high school and I'm recently getting back into it.

Looks like you are off to a good start!
 
Splish, hi! Did I say I swim? I can't remember. It's horrible though, I get really bad earaches. I've been using allergy meds, earplugs, and ear-drying drops and so far its worked so... now I just have to get UP in the morning to swim! My school has a pool:)

And like I said above... I REALLY need to get up earlier in the morning to swim. So here's my goals. Since its summer, I have time and NEED TO FOLLOW this SCHEDULE:

5 - yoga and run
6 - swim
7 - breakfast
10 - fruit snack or fluids
12 - lunch
4 - fruit snack or fluids
6 - dinner
8 - go running!

I didn't do well today and there are NO EXCUSES so I won't say what's coming into my head about well.... I couldn't eat on time or work out ... cause of this... and that... well, never mind! ha ha. anyway, I'm going to sleep now so I can wake up:) tomorrow I'm going to eat on time and that way I'll be able to remember what I had for a meal because it was eaten consciously and on PURPOSE! :) ha ha bye!

also. go to walmart and buy apples and oranges!
 
I did better today, although I still didn't make it to work out in the morning...

food>>>
at 10: 1/2 cu. of regular soymilk, 6 pieces (wow!) of wheat toast with butter. 2 tablespoons, I suppose! Next time I have toast: no topping! At least not if I eat 6!

12: lots of strawberries.

6: granola and soymilk, sweet potatoes with 1% cottage cheese, brussels sprouts with salt

workout: at 8pm. in a second I'm going:) and there goes my phone alarm to let me know!
 
THURSDAY! Sooo... last night, I went running TOO FAR and I think I have shinsplints again. Aaarggh. So I have to put my feet up and use ice packs and ibuprofen (anybody else have suggestions? I never can seem to make shinsplints go away for long) Today I had clinicals and I had to get up at 4:30 for that, and I forgot to bring lunch money so I got pretty hungry. Here's what I did today:

5am: oatmeal and a peach
9:30am: plum and water
10:15am: 4 pieces of wheat toast and butter (oops) and another plum (free lunch at work:) )
4:30pm: prunes, banana, wheat bagel
5:00pm: salad with light ranch dressing and sunflower seeds, soymilk, veggie patty.

I think getting really hungry when you worked out a lot the night before is bad for your body healing because it hurts :) Also, I am very very tired! New plan: emphasize on good sleep and good nutrition along with my workouts. If I feel extra hungry for something with protein, starch, or fresh fruits and veggies in it, then I'll have extra of that one nutrient.
 
lindethiel said:
So I have to put my feet up and use ice packs and ibuprofen (anybody else have suggestions? I never can seem to make shinsplints go away for long)
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Swim! I'm sure you know this but... it's much easier on the body (joints and shins) and it's still a great workout! But if you love to run then at least you can rotate to swimming until the shinsplints are better and you can run again.

Your food journal is looking good! Keep it up.
 
Oh and I meant to ask... Sweet potatoes w/ cottage cheese? How do you prepare that? It sounds like a good idea.
 
Swim! Yes. I've had clinicals early in the morning lately so I've forgotten about swimming, but I can and WILL (this is a committment!!) ALL next week! here's my goal:

S: swim 2pm, light run 8pm
M-F: swim 6am, light run 8pm

Today I splurged on food--none of it was especially unhealthy, and breakfast and lunch were ultra healthy--all wheat toast and fresh apples and bananas.

I need to CHANGE this habit and stay regular at the times I eat. Also... I ate while I watched TV... that is directly the opposite of my goal. However, I can't remember most of what I had because it was snacks here and there, and I didn't stick to my "schedule", so I'm going to do that TOMORRW:) and go clean and work out now. Also, I must stretch more regularily! Running hurts!

... cleaning now! I'm up!
 
Hi lindethiel :) Thanks for stopping by and congrats on your weight loss so far!
We have the same weight loss goals in mind :) We can keep each other going-I'll stop by every once in a while to say hi...
 
Hey Splish! I forgot to tell you in my last post... potatoes and cottage cheese is pretty easy:) if it wasnt, I wouldn't ever end up taking time to make it, ha ha. You get whatever kind of cottage cheese you want, and eat it alongside or on top of red or sweet potatoes (or I guess you could make mashed potatoes, too). You can cook the potatoes wrapped loosely in plastic wrap in the microwave, about 1:30 or 2 minutes per potatoe or more, which is probably cancerous but what I do. You know when they're done if you poke them with your finger and they're nice and squishy all over. Also, I've heard you can cook them in the oven, and I suppose one could boil them. I don't do much else to make it, so it's quick and easy.


Hi nightrunner! Thanks for coming to visit me! We can lose weight together:) I'm excited to finally start toward reaching my goal. Plus, exercising will help me to look more toned!!!

I need to modify that swimming goal in the morning - it's more like this.

5:30-7:30: up, stretch, swim
8: B
10: snack, veggies or fruits
12: L
4: snack, veggies or fruits
6: D
8: light run
9: sleep

and sunday I swim when the pool opens, I don't know when that is yet.

Today, I woke up late... very late:) like, at 3pm... so that messes up my scheduling thing. But, I ate very healthy!

Snack: @3:30 - salad:yellow and orange peppers, sunflower seeds, lit ranch; banana

I will count it as a "snack" and have dinner around six.
 
5 IN THE MORNING!!! I stayed up late and caused great damage to my diet plan: baking at a friend' house, eating cookies, pie, and donuts and watching a movie until now! Can you believe it?! Terrible!!!

Actually, it must not have been too much junk food because I don't feel sick or anything. But it's kind of funny I suppose:) It was LIGHT junkfood eating, not face-stuffing junkfood eating.

But... I'm going swimming tomorrow! I'll put all those... helpful... calories to good use to build muscles... ha ha. Hope it works! I'll check in tomorrow night.
 
arent those cheat days just lovely? ...well during the eating anyway-after the fact, not so much...

It's great that you are staying positive and planning to work it off today though-enjoy the swim!!
 
I FIGURED IT OUT! Important thing I MUST DO: never eat while watching TV. Eating for me is so much more boring when I'm not watching TV, I usually just give up and go do something else. What a perfect, ideal way to lose weight! This is WHY I gained weight as I got older--it's because I became addicted to TV and therefore to food! That is the ANSWER and the WHY and the ENTIRE PROBLEM with all this. It's how I can stop my extra-eating problem. NO MORE TV AND FOOD AT THE SAME TIME.

I don't want to tell myself that I can't ever watch TV again, but I think this rule will work: I should never watch TV unless I've finished a good amount of things for the day-- "PLAY AFTER WORK".

I'm writing this because it was a problem today--I wanted to eat, but I wasn't hungry. what does that mean? that I'm allowing myself to do something I don't want or have to do. I can make the choice not to do that. BUT, the trigger is eating while I watch TV. So scrap that.

Also, I finished :) off my "goal" food rewards so that now my rewards are not based on food. Here is my rewards list for when I reach a certain weight:

164: Foot-care set
158: Aquamarine movie
150: legally blond movies
140: new workout clothes
134: go shopping! & open boxes with "134" on them

I haven't been working out all the times I say I'm about to go, which is not good!! The pool was closed today, so I am stretching and going running tonight after I do the dishes.
 
breakfast

Hey there !
Sounds like we have similar goals and can cheer each other on. :D

You sound very nutrient conscious, which is great, you def. need to keep a well balanced palate. However I am a little concerned that this is not enough calories/food:

5am: oatmeal and a peach
9:30am: plum and water
10:15am: 4 pieces of wheat toast and butter (oops) and another plum (free lunch at work )
4:30pm: prunes, banana, wheat bagel
5:00pm: salad with light ranch dressing and sunflower seeds, soymilk, veggie patty.

Then again, I'm no expert. But it seems like if you let yourself have a more filling breakfast that might help a lot. :svengo:

Best,
sfh25
 
Hi Sweat4health25:) Thanks for stopping by. That is good advice. It's a problem for me to eat in the morning sometimes--usually in about half an hour I'm starving, but if I have to eat right away, it's hard to fit it all in!:) That day you commented on I did badly with the eating and I was really hungry later at night, which I think is probably the worst time to be hungry--but I forgot my money for food during the day. Oh well. What I should do to solve this problem would be to go swimming in the morning and then eat breakfast--that way, I will be able to eat enough and not be so hungry in before the later meals of the day. The only reason I don't do this already is because it's summer and I haven't been getting up in the morning as early as I should;)

I don't count calories because it's simply too much work for me... :eek:I'm hoping that I can lose weight based on healthy dieting, keeping busy and therefore avoiding snacks, and exercise 2x a day, then I'll mostly lose weight through exercise and not snacking. If that doesn't start to work really well, I'll start counting what I eat. We'll see!

So! Here's what I did today!

10 - breakfast that I can't remember but WITHOUT WATCHING TV!! :)
2 - starbucks fresh smoothie (not very goooood....?) and low-fat blueberry thing mmm
WORKOUT: beginning to move out. ugh. good workout.
6 - mongolian BBQ (noodles and veggies) and orange juice, no TV:) :)
WORKOUT: I haven't done this one yet - stretching and yoga and crunches and stuff.
bed at 10 hopefully!:sleeping:
 
I would suggest adding more protein to your diet. It will keep you fuller longer and feed your muscles b/c with all the activity you're doing and the decrease in calories you will lose muscle and less fat if you don't get enough protein. Upping your protein will promote fat loss.
 
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