meilinrei's Journal of Blitherings

reluctantcabbie: Oooh, that sounds like a fun resort!! When are you going? ^_^

I just wanted to do a post to keep myself on track with my goals:
Halloween Goal - 10lbs [DONE as of Sept. 29!]
New Halloween Goal - 15lbs
Christmas Goal - 25lbs

I just love being able to check things off... I'm a person who always makes lists. And I like to break the lists down into even smaller categories so there are more things to check off and I feel like I've accomplished even more! haha Maybe a little weird, but I know I have to encourage myself ^_^

I'm just about to do my weight training before getting ready for class.
I feel like I've been spending a little too much time checking this forum... might have to try and ween myself off it a bit haha It wouldn't be so bad if I was reading all the really useful posts regarding weight loss or fitness or whatever... but I tend to just read anything and everything O_O
So that's a mini-goal for me... use your time wisely!
 
Phew! Just got back a few minutes ago from my first try at my own version* of the Cough to 5k. I thought I might nearly die a couple times, but now that I've done it and the sweatyness is going away I feel great! Really glad I did! I also realized my workout capris were on inside-out the whole time... good thing I was jogging for bits so people couldn't notice (I hope!) haha!

*I say "my own version" because I was just guessing the times for jogging/walking. I found a podcast and just assumed it'd work with my mp3 player (even though it's not an iPod) 'cause it has a little folder built in it for Podcasts! But unfortunately the file I found was m4a and my little Cowon iAudio (not related to iPod, I swear) doesn't play those files!!
If anyone is reading this and knows somewhere that has mp3 podcasts that'd be lovely! I will try to find some on my own too since that would be sooo much easier!
I was trying to judge by the songs I was listening to, but I had to keep pausing the music so the screen would light up again and that was a big hassle.

I did 6 jogging bits though! The first couple were close to 90seconds (I thought that's what we were sposed to do, came back to my computer and saw it's jog 60, walk 90...oops! I was attempting to do both for 90) But then trying to time it using my mp3 player failed and I estimated... so that was probably way less than 90 seconds since I was getting tired!

Also:
Yesterday I tried Latin Dance Fitness at the pole dancing place. It was fun and hard! I felt really uncoordinated...but I didn't fall over haha Such a good workout!

Tonight is my weigh in... I hope that cheeseburger and fries I ate at the pub last night don't kill my losing streak!

I'll update later ^_^
 
Weigh In (From last night): Down 1lb!
Total: 11.5!

Last night I got a little certificate that says I'm the Biggest Loser of the Month for September! I got a little pin too ^.^
I also got a little 10lb pin!
I think I have to go 8 weeks without a gain to get another pin... so I'm going to try for that!

I'd like to lose closer to the 1% mark next week... so I better focus more!
I feel like I've gotten slightly lazy food-wise. But part of that could be that I need to get more groceries ^^;

My friend gave me a granola bar recipe I'm going to try soon!
Unfortunately school is getting in the way of things a bit... I have an essay due tonight that I need to work on RIGHT NOW! So no granola bars or muffins today... Soon though! Soon! ^_^
 
Tony: Thanks for the encouragement! ^_^

Anna: Thanks for that info! I obviously didn't try looking hard enough... 'cause that was easy to find haha ^_^;
 
FWIW, the resort is the one in Negril. and we're going in December.

What are you studying? I didn't know you were in school.
 
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TOPS weigh in: Down 2lbs!!!

Total of 13.5lbs lost! woo! I was the TOPS Loser of the Week tonight, got half the fruit basket ^.^

That's pretty good considering I drank a good amount on Friday and ate half a huge piece of pizza at 3am... and then the rest for breakfast on Saturday morning... and then the other two huge pieces throughout the day O_O Oh my!

reluctantcabbie: oooh! That sounds fun! I heard of that one, vaguely. I was reading Alta's journal and she mentioned that she's going to Temptation Resort... and then while telling my boyfriend how we should one day have money and go there I found out about Hedonism... I'm very jealous! You'll have to let me know how it is!!! ^_^
And I'm minoring in art and psychology and studying some English too haha
 
We have some very close friends who went there last december, and they couldn't stop talking about it. We're going this december (they are too) and are really looking forward to it. There is another resort out there called Desire located either in Cancun or Los Cabos that some other friends go to. My understanding is that the desire resorts cater a little more towards the swinging types. Near as I see it, it seems like Temptations is on the tamer side, Desire leans a little more hardcore, Hedo kind of covers everything in between.

For sure I'll be telling people about it when I get back.:sifone:
 
thecabbie: I wouldn't like the full-on swinging but the topless pools and such sound fun! And whatever games they plan haha I'm jealous! ^_^ Christmas present to yourself??
 
TOPS weigh in: Down 2.5lbs!!
Couldn't even believe that! That's over the 1% "rule"... hope it doesn't come back (but I think that every week...eheh)

I won half the fruit basket at TOPS, woo! There was some tea, a kellogs bar, a pear, some crystal lite packets and a couple dollars! woo!

So I've lost a total of 16lbs... that's crazy!
It also means I've beat my second Halloween goal of 15lbs -before- Halloween! w00t!!!
 
thecabbie: Thank you!! ^.^


So, I'm doing the Couch to 5k. I'm technically on week 3 but I'm still doing week 1 if that makes sense! He expects you to do 8 "jogs" your first week!? I did 4. The last 2 weeks I did 6 "jogs" and I might do 6 "jogs" again next week too. Maybe I'm just more out of shape than I even thought but that last jog kills me every time! Thank goodness I'm losing weight and working on this whole fitness thing or imagine where I would be then! *gasp*
I just always laugh when he tells you that you shouldn't be feeling too tired or out of breath and I'm panting away. Though I do think I get less sweaty now than the first time! That's a small improvement!
Also, the first time I did the 6 "jogs" I came home and felt pretty light headed. I don't get that anymore! But sometimes I do a 6min cool down instead of 5 just so walking into the warm house isn't so hard to deal with!

On slightly less embarrassing news... I have been craving tortilla chips for nearly 3 weeks now. And I haven't bought any!!! This Saturday is a friend's birthday so of course I'm bringing 7 Layer Dip (not home made) and tortilla chips! w00t! They are going to taste SO good 'cause I waited so long. That is something I've really had to work on: not buying whatever I want the second it pops into my head. It got to the point where I would just buy whatever I wanted so fast, without having enough time to truly -want- it, that it wasn't even very rewarding or tasty.
 
TOPS weigh in: Up .5lbs
BUU!
Damn you 7 layer dip! And cheeseburger... and few bits of cake... and 3 cupcakes on Sunday/Monday O_O I guess I should just be thankful I didn't go up -more-!
It's just a reminder that I need to stay on track.
I think a couple weeks ago even when I ate some "bad" stuff I did enough exercise to counter balance it. But this last week I slacked a bit. I missed my weekend 'jog' and I can't remember the last time I did "extra" walking.
I think I'm fighting off a cold 'cause I've been really sleepy the last few days... as in I sleep in past my alarm which wasn't terribly early in the first place.
Also, school is getting rather stressful. It feels like I have a hundred things to do all the time, so when I do something silly like sleep in 2 hours past my alarm that doesn't give me much time to do homework. So many things to think about! AH!
But the good thing is I haven't given up because I gained a bit. I'm incredibly pissed off that I ruined my chance of getting an 8 week pin. If I had of lost last night that would have been 8 weeks straight of losing and I would've got a pin! I was so stoked on that pin!! I guess I just have to try for another 8 weeks...
I'm really trying to look at this positively. I'm glad it wasn't even a full pound. And maybe it's just what I needed to re-focus myself. Halloween is coming and I -will- be drinking so I need to counter that with a bit more exercise!
Let's hope next week is better number-wise
 
TOPS Weigh In: Down 1.75!
Total of 17.25 Lost!

That's pretty damn good considering the weekend I had...
-Drinking an entire bottle of Parrot Bay Rum o_0
-Eating out (at Denny's!)
-Eating out (at a lovely breakfast-type diner)
(Luckily breakfast food isn't the worst thing I could have eaten for all those meals!)
-Skipping my third couch to 5k jog/walk
-Eating bunny macaroni (Annie's Organic stuff...nearly 900cal for the bowl I ate for dinner O_O )

BUT!
I'm re-focusing this next week or so! I'm tracking food on My Daily Plate and I'm hoping for a 2lb loss next week!
When I reach 20lbs I'm getting my hair cut!!

After I re-focus on calories and such, I'm going to work on nutrients and just "perfecting" my eating. I know I still eat too many carbs and could always eat more veggies even though I try to get what I call a "good serving" every day (I think it equals nearly 3 servings according to the pyramid thing haha)

So those are my goals/plans!
I wish I could just focus on weightloss and making healthy foods without worrying about school haha
I'm hoping to beat my 25lb Christmas goal before Christmas! rah! rah! rah!
 
I was just trying on some dresses... and they FIT! *dances around*
Such a nice feeling!
One dress didn't quite do up... but when I tried it on last time it really wouldn't do up, way more obvious. And the time before that it wasn't close to doing up! This is a dress I bought in New York when I was there maybe 3 or so years ago. I'm just about as thin as I was in NY! That makes me happy!

I find it hard to judge certain things, because I rarely weighed myself over the years. I know my lowest weight ever was 153 so when I beat that all the peasants will be rejoicing! But for now I can only really judge by clothes. I'm hopefully getting my prom dress back from my parent's place soon because that was something I used before to gauge my weightloss. I wasn't super thin at prom, but sometime after I remember trying on my prom dress and it was -big- on me! Then I remember trying it on recently-ish (within the last year) and it was SO not going to do up. So that is another way I can measure ^_^
I've been trying on various articles of clothing since I started this project. I have a pretty good memory for when I bought/wore which things and how they fit then, so it's a good comparison. I think it's a good idea to compare myself to myself because it's more fun and less depressing! I'm not trying to fit into size 0 or even size 5 things and then freaking out. Instead, I'm trying on things that are likely a size 14 and they're big. It's a way better feeling!

I need to make my food plan and then get some groceries.
I'm going out to eat tonight with my boyfriend: Date night!!! I might wear one of these dresses that now fit me! Maybe the one that makes me feel like my boobs are shrinking... I'll just pin it to my bra haha

I'm really enjoying feeling wonderful about myself ^_^
 
Also!
While cleaning the other day I found a food journal from September 2008. On the first page I wrote, in teeny-tiny letters, my starting weight. The funny thing is it was 183, the same as my starting weight THIS September.
I hope that's a good sign that, give or take a few pounds, I'll be pretty good at maintaining!
 
TOPS Weigh In: Down 2lbs!
Total of 19.25! (I might've done my math wrong last night and told people it was 19.75! oops!)
So close to 20 though! Then I get a hair cut! Hooray!

Yesterday I did day one of week two of Couch to 5k! Hooray!!!
 
Hmm...LooksLikeIMissedADay
Anyways,thisPastTuesdayIWasUP2lbs...SadDay!
ButNotSurprisingAfterWhatIAte...

Anyways,MySpaceBarIsBrokenAndINeedToDoHomework.
SIGH
 
I remembered what day I missed!
I had lost .75 of a pound and made it to my 20lb mark!!!
Then, the following week, I gained 2lbs. Guess it wasn't such a good idea to make my art project a cake... >_< (I had 3 pieces over the week! Among many other things and skipping exercise. School was rather hectic though...)

Then! This past Tuesday, December 1st I lost 3.25lbs!
So I'm at a total of 21.25!!
Back on track! And really looking forward to really focusing on eating healthy and exercising now that school is just about done.
I'm on track to get to my 25lb goal for Christmas!
And my goal for my TOPS group is to NOT GAIN any week over Christmas! Even if I stay the same that will be fine! NO GAINS!

Let's see if I can do it! I won't have school (all exams and everything done on the 16th) so I will be amping up my exercise. Trying to go pole dancing or something more often! That'll counter balance the odd tasty treat I will inevitably eat... hopefully!
 
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