Lindseybot3k's Diary

Hey, Lindsey. I'm new here; but I just wanted to congratulate you on 14%! That's fantastic. And considering that your parents haven't been supportive... well done! I just joined and am aiming for 10%, so it's quite inspiring to see your weight loss. Keep up the great work!

PS I highly doubt the second rolls were better than the first. What a mean tactic! Good on you for sticking to your guns and refusing another one.
 
Yeah, I know! I really do believe she enjoys the fact that she is smaller than her 18 year old daughter! The rolls weren't that great- they were covered in oil and butter!

Once I get to my 300 goal, I'm going to start doing what I'm going to call the "10% plan" and only focus on a ten percent weight loss at a time until I get to a normal weight, that way I don't stress myself out too much worrying about a bigger all-over goal.
 
Of course! I just need to decide what those rewards are going to be....I know once I get down to 250 I'm going to get a major haircut, but everything else might be smaller. In three or four more pounds, if I get my college refund back by then, I'm going to buy a new Ipod if my mom won't let me pay to get our van fixed so I can drive it once I have my license.
 
Those are good ideas!

I woke up early like usual and did my usual routine of using the bathroom and then hoping on the scale- this morning it says 302, and I didn't even work out yesterday! That makes me so happy- just two more pounds till my goal, three to be below 300...I think I could really do it before New Year's! I went into my closet searching for a certain pair of pants, but it turns out I probably gave them away to Goodwill a while ago, but I did find a shirt I bought back in the summer I think and the skirt I wore when I went to see Wicked on Broadway...the shirt fits fine now, the skirt fits perfectly! I was shocked, I kept on trying to zip it up more only to find that I had zipped it all the way up! I think it looks better on me now than then, partly due to the weight loss and partly due to the fact I'm a few inches taller than I was when I was between 10th and 11th grade! And it's a 24! Goodbye 28s, goodbye 26s! Good riddance.

My mother is taking tomorrow and Friday off and we're going to go have our hair done and go on a wild goose chase for an Ipod for Nathan...I hope we can find him one this late in the year! He wants a black one but I'm searching online for it and the ones available at the stores near us are silver.
 
WAY To go for those 24s :) that's exciting to be in a new old size -- especially since they look even better now...

Congrats on your hard work :)
 
I was taking a little look at some of your earlier posts. Wow, you've done so well! Congrats! What's more, you seem to have very little family support - not that it's any of my business, of course, but it's very moving to see how isolated you've been in this project.

You know, you have such determination, and you've worked so hard to have this success. I'm sure and certain that you'll be kissing the 300s goodbye :waving: before the New Year! Can't wait to see the post where you announce that to us!
 
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Yeah...my father and I might as well be estranged and my mother....I honestly believe that she gets some pleasure out of the fact that she is smaller than me and sometimes I believe that she tries to sabotage me, like the other night when we went out to eat. I've done this 100% on my own, no trainer, no fitness buddy here at home, no outside help what so ever besides what support and advice I get here at WLF. It's the same way with school, too....I have worked so hard all my life to get such good grades the university I go to and the state and federal governments are paying around 75% of my tuition and I'm paying the rest through a loan. The thing is with school- my family expects me to do well and expects me to be in school, and they get onto me about my grades sometimes when they're not paying a cent out of their own pocket. My father and his new wife have given me little money for while I'm at school (eighteen dollars, to be exact) and did not help to pay for my books. It stresses me so much that they expect so much out of me and yet I have to support myself and do it all on my own.......it makes me so angry when I see people getting things handed to them when I have to work so hard for everything and do it on my own.
 
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I honestly believe that she gets some pleasure out of the fact that she is smaller than me and sometimes I believe that she tries to sabotage me
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Heyy this is really tough, You are doing so well with your weight loss and also to not listen to her! My mum does the same thing (like baking really fattening things and offering them to me) even though she is a little overweight herself. It can be so dificult to say no, especially if you are made to feel guilty when you do but you have to remember your goal. Anyway just wanted to congratulate you on your fantastic weight loss and good luck with the rest!!
 
Thanks! It's nice to know that I'm not the only one dealing with that sort of thing.

So Friday I went to the mall to hang out with two of my closest friends and one of their boyfriends, and ended up that evening going to see Sweeney Todd with some others that we ran into....and then Saturday one of the friends I went to the mall with came and spent the night. My mom baked all the Christmas sweets we usually have and I couldn't resist, and Saturday evening we went to Wendy's.......I'm kicking myself over it, but I just gained a couple of pounds and what of it that was water weight is gone, I'm pretty sure. I'm going to be more careful today and tomorrow I'm going to watch myself. I'm trying to tell myself that everyone gains weight over Christmas and as long as I don't end up way over 307 I'll be good and I can get it to melt off again, but it would sure be nice to wake up to 300 on New Year's Day, and I'm just going to have get back on the wagon all over again.
 
Because I get so much financial aid and scholarship money from my school and have a small loan, I get an almost $1000 refund each semester....I should have that money any day now, I just don't know what day. That money is how I pay for my textbooks and other things that I need or want, and last semester for the most part I lived off of it. I need that money pronto, the faster the better so I can order books online instead of buying them at the local bookstore. That and figure out what else I want to spend it on...saw some things at the mall that I really want, like this necklace that I saw at Charlotte Russe that I can't get out of my head! Please, please, God or whatever deity that helped me pass math, please bring me my refund today or some day this week!
 
Don't kick yourself over your Wendy's treat and other stuff like that. It's a tough period for us all, and you are such a determined person that I'm sure the 1 January scales will have a lovely surprise in store for you!!!
Happy Christmas!
 
So I got on the scale and it said 307.....not bad, but not good....I'm thinking it's water weight and some fat but I'll deal with it and I'm going to have to try to ignore all the candy and cookies in the house. I think I'm going to either work out longer today and Friday or work out Thursday and Saturday as well.

I got a new digital camera for Christmas, and it's even better than what I asked for and even better than my old one. I think sometime today I'm going to take a full body picture of myself and save it to Photobucket, that way in three months I can take another one to see my progress. I also got some clothes, and NONE of them have to be taken back for any reason- and that feeling is amazing, because in prior years I've had to take atleast one item back and exchange it for something bigger.
 
That is so cool about your clothes! You must be really pleased with yourself.
I can understand that 307 seems a long way from your objective for the New Year, but it's a hell of a lot closer than this time last year! Keep positive, especially as you've got a lot of temptation coming your way in the last few days of 2007. You can do it!
 
Yay that all the clothes fit well! Its such a nice feeling.
Try not to worry about putting on a little weight over christmas, eveyone does and you will be able to lose it soon after.

Have fun taking pictures with your new camera =D
 
Thanks guys! I'm not too worried about my weight gain...it was five pounds and I've got an exercise bike here at my house, so I should be able to get back down if I add some more time to when I usually do it. I can burn a lot of calories on it and I'm sure if I watch how much I'm eating like I normally do, it'll melt off.
 
So my brand new camera will not come on and I can't get it to charge through the computer or the AC adapter I have.....I worked with it all day yesterday and it would not come on what so ever, I think the battery that came with it's already shot to pieces. Ugh, I just want to take pictures! I've got this brilliant new camera and I can't even use it!

Yesterday I ate well and I worked out and I drank all eight glasses of water I needed for once(!!!!!yay me!!!!!) and yet the scale is saying numbers I don't want or need to see...okay, lesson learned, no more pigging out the way I did on Christmas and I was slightly watching what all I had. Maybe I need to start carrying my measuring cup where ever I go!

Whomever helped me pass math is sending me a message....Bravo is playing a Biggest Loser Marathon all day to day, and it's one of the seasons I love. "Get off your butt and get on the bike, fatty!" Okay, okay, will do in a few.
 
carrying a measuring cup, until you're comfortable eyeballing stuff is a little obsessive but hey i've done it so it works -and it helps keep you in control of what you are eating...

Enjoy the rest of your vacation -how often do you get good home cookin' - can't beleive you'd get that in the dorms :D
 
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