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Mal, I had a 60% in this class at midterm....the teacher wasn't awful, but he didn't make us do a lot of homework or do any sort of reviews before tests, both of which I need....I worked my butt off to get it to almost a C and I studied a little bit for it. And this, is like...the last math course I'll ever take unless I switch majors. I've always been a poor math student, I've always been lucky to scrape by with Cs in math classes....in seventh grade I only had an A in it because the teacher gave you full credit for the assignment as long as it was done.

I'm so proud of myself for doing so well on this final! I'm gonna find some way to treat myself if I manage to get good grades in my other two classes I haven't found out my grade for- I'm thinking a new Ipod or something like that...maybe a new Nintendo DS, mine is a hand-me-down from my older brother who broke one of the hinges....or maybe a nice expensive purse.

If I get As in both of my other classes, I could quite possibly be on the dean's list!
 
So this morning I jump on the scale since Tom is long gone....it says 304 (which is kind of funny, because that's the area code for West Virginia phone numbers).....four more pounds to my first fifty pound goal. Hope it comes off fast so I can take this ticker down and start a new one! I'm pretty excited, I've lost ten pounds since I joined Sparkpeople in November. If this keeps up, I should be down another fifty by June, which would be awesome!


At four today I can see my other grades that I don't know quite yet what I got....I'm really excited about it, I hope I did as well as I thought I did.
 
Awesome scale results... :)

Just keep in mind the lower your weight gets, the slower the progress seems to be... 50lbs by June should absolutely be do-able... but even if you don't hit that mark you'll be a lot closer than you are today...

And you're soo so soooo close to the 2's - that's exciting :) YAY YOU!
 
Yeah! I'm hoping that I'm under 300 by Christmas, New Year's at the latest. I think when I get back to school I'm going to take advantage of all the weight machines they've got there....might be a little awkward, because mainly guys at my school use the weight machines and you hardly ever see women using them....all the girls who do work out seem to be totally into cardio and machines like the elliptical, which I do love but I think I'm ready for something slightly more hardcore than that. I might take up one of the free exercise classes, that might help me make some real friends at school rather than the catty immature girls I've been hanging around so far.

I think two Christmas presents to myself besides maybe a new Ipod or something like that for making good grades and weight loss might be some more weights or a good pilates mat and resistance bands...and I'm definitely getting me a scale for my room! I'm getting tired of having to wait till I can come home to weigh in and it always seems to fall around when Tom comes to visit, and I think I might not go nuts with it if I keep it up in my storage cabinet and only get it out once a week.
 
Sounds like you've got some great goals for January... You'll impress the fellas when you do workout with weights :D and your body will definitely appreciate it as well :)
 
LOL, that too, but I was insinuating that my using the weight machine might cause them to think I'm a lesbian, which I'm not and that wouldn't be terrible, but, uh, I'm not?


I went to Target last night to try on some clothes so my mom could go Christmas shopping with my aunt this morning (I've got to try EVERYTHING on to make sure it fits because of sizing wonkiness and me losing weight AND my weird body shape), and I picked up four shirts that were XXL in the normal department and a large, and allllll of them fit. All of them. Even the large. I tried on pants and they wouldn't go over my hips, but I think they were really, really, small cut 24s....they looked nothing like 24s. I ended up buying one of the shirts I tried on and a pair of black polka dotted rain boots I'm shocked that fit my feet, let alone my calves because they were nine. (Then again, people do say that your feet get smaller when you loose weight.....)
 
:seeya: from :eh:
Lindsey, you are doing SO WELL!!! Great job on your loss so far! I hope you realize what a fine accomplishment this is! Your exercise dedication is magnificent, and you truly deserve to see those unhealthy extra pounds flying off.

I commend you for getting your health under control RIGHT NOW. You are taking charge of your life at the right time, the right age. Once you have accomplished your goal, you will see that YOU CAN DO ANYTHING you set your mind to!:party:

Best wishes on the rest of your journey! :auto:
 
Thanks! I've been dieting off and on since I was about fourteen, and only now since I've been at college have I really been getting into the groove of things. I'm actually considering hiring a personal trainer through my college's gym for ten weeks (students pay $100 for it, $10 per session) and trying other things along with what I've been doing. I've been big since I was eight or nine (I started to gain weight around seven....I had been thin before, though) and a lot of it was because my parents were caught up with problems between themselves and their families and out of my brothers and I, I came last after everything and they really didn't pay attention to what I did or ate. And really, they don't give me a lot of support when it comes to school or me losing weight- what support I do get comes from myself and people on this board (and as much as she doesn't want to hear it, Mal).
 
So this morning I open up my Myspace in-box, and there's a message from one of my high school friends, saying that I'm invited to her birthday party....this makes me excited, I'm going to get to see the whole gang and show off a little bit, but not too much. And it's after Christmas, so I'll have new clothes (hopefully some new pants....) to wear to it and look good.

We set up our tree and made chocolate chip cookies last night....I think I might put the cookies out of eyesight sometime today to keep myself from munching on them...I could easily eat four or five, but I can't let myself do that. Four more pounds, four more pounds- I've got keep that in mind and it's not worth it. Cookies are not worth being able to shop in the same stores as everyone else and that's what I want.
 
Thanks! I'm not going to completely not have any sweets....I might have one later on if I really, really, want it, or if I make it through out the day and get under my calorie amount.

I was lurking another site's board, and there was this one post where a girl (I presume....seemed like a girl) was freaking out about how it wasn't working for her...times like these I wish I had advice to give and I don't. It seemed as if she was doing everything perfectly and seeing little results. I've had off and on times where I would hit the mark right on the head and then other times where if weight-loss was a class I'd fail, but I never gave completely up. And during my off times, I always had it in the back of my head that things had to get done, and I always found my way back. Yes, it's taken me almost a full year to lose almost 50 pounds, but you know...if things keep up at this rate, that's fine with me. If it speeds up when I get to add real strength training...that's fine with me. But somehow I'm going to get down to the point where I'm normal on the outside, and if it takes three or four years, okay. As long as I do it, I'm good.
 
I've seen those freakouts on so many different sites, spark's message boards are famous for them and I swear I just want to take that person's head and slam it into the monitor and remind them they didn't gain the weight overnight, they arent going to lose it overnight - that this is alifestyle change and a process of building new habits... ad they will get there... if they keep doing what they are doing...

It's shows like the biggest loser that can be frustratig for people I think, they watch those shows ad see someone lose 22 lbs in a single week and they arent satisfied with 2lbs.. my biggest week was 6lbs I think...

You've got the right attitude, missy... ad you will get to where you wat to be :D
 
Yeah, it was Sparkpeople where I read it. I thought about telling her all that, but she seemed to be frantic and probably wouldn't receive it well. Rome wasn't built in a day and neither will be the body you want!

The Biggest Loser doesn't show everything that they do to get the big results like that, and it confuses people and makes them upset when they don't lose all that weight. I've been watching it since the end of the second season and I've seen every single episode of all the seasons, and every season they all lose such big amounts of weight that would be IMPOSSIBLE to do outside of such a controlled environment- and the people on there get upset when they lose 5 or 6 pounds. 5 or 6 pounds in the real world is AMAZING, and if people pull that off, they deserve a prize. And really, 22 pounds in one week? Not healthy what so ever.
 
I've gotten yelled at more than once on spark for being honest with people... and for giving responses like that... not by the staff, but by other members who seem to feed into the drama that some people bring...

On that site, I really no longer care what people think of me - they want sympathy - there's plenty of people who will do that -they want honestly - hey don't ask a questio you don't want an answer to :D
 
Hey, if you can't handle the heat, get out of the kitchen (....how appropriate)! I think when you put yourself out there on message boards you have to prepare yourself for any kind of response back- and if you don't want honesty, don't ask. Sympathy is nice but a good kick in the butt is better in the long run, and I'd rather someone be upfront and honest than baby me. People today are too soft and don't want to hear the truth about anything or to do any hard work. When it comes to weight loss, especially- they hope for quick fixes and easy ways to drop the pounds.
 
Last night we went to dinner at Logan's Roadhouse or whatever it's called, because Mom had a giftcard...I did better than normal, I had like two peanuts, a roll and my meal, which was grilled chicken, mushrooms and I indulged in french fries. It was pretty good, which I could figure out how they made the chicken. And because I ate decently before and worked out, I got on the scale and saw that I've dropped another pound! I think my mom was trying to sabotage me, when the waiter brought us another basket of rolls, she said to me, "I hate to tell you this, but these rolls are better than the last!", trying to get me to have one when I already had one.....I can't get any support from her or my so called father now, yet when I was fourteen they put me on a diet and made me feel like they didn't love me because I was fat so I'd starve myself. And I can't get any real support from them when it comes to school, either.

Now my mantra is "THREE MORE, THREE MORE!" I did the math and I've lost 14% of my body weight! Three more pounds and I'll have lost 15 percent, which is awesome!
 
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