Mizzie's Journey to Being Healthy

Hi Mizzie! Congrats on the great job you've done! About the clothes - do you have a Macy's near you? I am 25/150ish lbs and I have good luck there. Some stuff can get pricey but the store brand stuff is super cute and inexpensive. The shirt I picked out for tomorrow is from there!
 
healthyjess - Thanks! Glad to hear I'm not the only one with that problem. I don't know why I didn't notice it before. It seems like before I lost weight, there were tons and tons of cute clothes that were too small for me. Where did they go?

Laura F - Thanks for stopping by! We don't have a Macy's here, but I think there is one in a larger town about an hour from here. We go there a lot, so next time we do I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the tip!

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WOOT!!! I weighed in today because I don't think it's fair to have a weigh day the day after Thanksgiving. And I weighed in at 153 this morning! Which is a 2.4 pound loss (66.8 total) and I'm super happy about it! If I never see the number 155 again, it'll be too soon. It looks like eating closer to maintenance for a week might have helped.

Of course, now I'm going to eat myself silly today. But I'll just have to hit the exercising hard this week and hopefully I won't go back up to 155.

Have a happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!
 
Congrats Mizzie on the unexpected thanksgiving weight loss and the size 14 triumph!! Bet that feels GREAT!!! Losing the clothes sizes has been the nicest thing about weight loss for me so far - nothing feels as good as putting something on that was tight as anything before and is clown-sized baggy-ass now!!!

As for clothes in store, other way round for me I'm afraid...sooooo many nice clothes....such little money to spend on all the beautiful things!!! Although I still walk past Evans (a plus size clothes store here in the UK) and have to stop myself from going in to try stuff on...it still feels like I am a fat person who should be shopping there!
 
Wow Mizzie!! 153 is so awesome!! I'm trying to get there AGAIN myself!! Great work breaking out of 155 - that has been the number I've seen all week too and you are right - it's an annoying number, lol!!
Looking forward to getting to the 130's with you! It seems to take so long but we will get there!! One day at a time! Hope you enjoyed your holidays.
 
3 more pounds.
3 pounds is nothing, girl, not after almost 67 pounds lost already.

Best of luck; be sure to celebrate with a bang!
 
:hurray: YAY!!!! Bye-bye 155!!!!

I noticed the same issue with clothes lately. I just figured it means I'm suppsoed to dress younger. :coolgleamA:
 
*sigh*


I wonder if anyone here remembers me... or if anyone I knew is even still around. I know I've been AWOL for nine months. Sorry! A lot has happened in that time.


Well, to start off, I fell off the weight loss wagon. Hard. I took a break between Thanksgiving and Christmas, thinking that it would be a hard time to stick to a diet anyway and I was getting very frustrated with my plateau. The plan was, January 1st and I was back on. That didn't happen. Then my job was done (it was a temp job anyway) and hubby got a job in a different town. We bought a house, moved and I'm job hunting once again. Lots of stress, lots of stress eating.


So, the result of all of that, I gained nearly 30 pounds back. :cry: I'm so mad at myself, I could just scream! But that won't help and the only thing I can do is get back on the weight loss wagon. So here I am, slinking back with my tail between my chubby legs. My weight last Friday was 179.8 and my weight today was 177.4. So, that's a 2.4 pound loss this week, which I'm very excited about. But those are numbers I never thought I would see again.


I guess that just goes to show you. I swore I'd never be one of those people who puts all the weight back on. Well, I didn't put it ALL back on, I'm still 40+ pounds down from where I started, but still. I remember someone here disappearing for a while last year and when they came back they had gained 14 pounds. And I remember thinking "wow, that really sucks! I would hate for that to happen! Won't happen to me!" :rolleyes: Then I go and gain twice that.


Anyway, a big hello to anyone who might still be around from back then and an equally big hello to all the new members!
 
I'm so glad that you noticed my diary! I'm glad to have an old friend back on here! I'm sorry you have to be back though. I know how it is to fall off the wagon. I had lost 60 lbs and gained back 50! Ugh! Then I stayed that way for a bit, decided to start losing, got pregnant, had the baby, now trying to lose again. At the beginning of my pregnancy I was 195, got up to 228.2, now I'm 191.6... so at least I'm just under what I was when I first got pregnant. I feel like I have such a long way to go... I should have never quit. Now I have to work as hard as before, but with no time and being exhausted with a 7 month old :p It will not be easy, but I don't want to be fat anymore and I don't want my daughter growing up knowing me unhealthy.


I'll be here to support you and I'm glad you'll be here for me too :D
 
Grats on being below pre-baby weight! That's awesome! I know what you mean about having a long way to go, but every pound lost gets you closer. Sometimes I start thinking "man, 30 pounds, that' going to take at least 3 months and probably more to lose!" But just think of how fast 3 months, or even 6 months, can go. I mean, everyone always says how the summer just "flies by", right? Well, that's 3 months. And if I don't start now, then I'll be kicking myself next year because I could be at my goal weight by then.


Yeah, it does have to be hard with a baby, especially if she doesn't sleep through the night yet. I'm sure you are tired! But you can also work off the frustrations (and no matter what anyone says or how much you love your baby, there are always frustrations) during your workouts, right?


And I hear you on the being an example for your daughter! My daughter is 7, so she definately remembers me at my fattest. But now I can show her that health is important and I didn't take care of myself for a long time, but now I am. She'll work out with me and gets after me if I haven't exercised yet today! LOL And I see her making healthy food choices (she'll actually pick carrots or a banana for a snack instead of chips or whatever!), which is great!


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So, I realize I didn't really update my weight loss plan. So far I'm eating between 1000 and 1200 calories daily, which is about what I'm allowed according to my BMR. I use LiveStrong to track my calories. For exercise right now I'm mostly doing Just Dance 2 on the Wii. It's actually a pretty good cardio workout, gets my heart pounding and sweat is running, yet I'm having fun! And I take walks, usually with my daughter and sometimes my hubby joins me. I'm also looking into joining Anytime Fitness (since we bought a house, I don't have the apartment's weight room anymore... sad!) But that is going to have to wait until I find a job here, since money is very tight right now!


Anyway, I have to go bake an angel food cake now. Yeah, I know, but a small piece is only 100 calories, so it's not too bad. So long as I don't pig out on it!
 
Welcome back, Mizzie!


I, too fell off the wagon, and gained it all back plus more. So you are not alone. I have been back on the weight loss wagon since the end of May, and here I plan to stay! I am so glad to see you giving it another go. {{{hugs}}}
 
AI'm so glad theres still people here I know from before! I'm really frustrated with myself too, I got to 65kg last year and here I am again, over 72kg... I think that's about 16lbs? I have a smal frame and I feel like all the extra weight is so noticeable!

I totally feel for you moving for your husbands job... Exactly what I did not even a month ago, and ate nothing but crap the whole month surrounding it. No more! We can do this!
 
Mrs. Shadow - Sorry to hear that, but it is nice knowing we aren't alone, isn't it? So glad to see you here and so glad to be back. This board is so great for positive motivation!


Luz - I know what you mean, I was afraid that no one would be around! Not that it would be awful to meet new people, but I'd miss you guys! I feel you on the weight gain too. I feel like everyone is looking at me thinking "well, she was looking good, but she's really backing it back on!" UGG 30 pounds HAS to be noticeable! It's crazy you just moved also, we only moved a month ago as well.


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Well, today didn't turn out so great. I was doing good, only at about 900 calories when hubby said he wanted a treat. My daughter pipes up that she wants ice cream so we went to Dairy Queen. Now, I know a small chocolate cone is about 250 calories, which would have been perfect. But the blizzards were calling my name and I thought "gee, a small can't be that many more calories than the small cone, right?" WRONG!!! After I got home and looked it up, it was 700 calories!!! Oops...


The one saving grace was that I did my dancing this morning then we went (window) shopping all afternoon, so I was on my feet from about 3-8 or so for the most part. I had to have burned a couple hundred calories there (it was a lot of walking), so I should still be at a deficit, just not much of one.


I really wish we weren't so dead-ass broke right now or I'd get a day pass at a gym and to work my fanny off tomorrow. I know I can work at home, but the new house doesn't have air conditioning and I get so darn hot. It kills me.


Oh, but we found a really nice dishes set at JCPenney's. It was normally $200 but on sale for $20! Granted, we had to put it on the credit card, which we said we wouldn't do anymore, but we just couldn't pass that up. I mean, come on, 90% off? Who could have? Plus, we are planning on hosting Thanksgiving this year, since we have a house now, and now we have some nicer dishes to use then.
 
Mizzzzzie! I have missed you *glomps* Glad you and Risty are back. You were my buddies right at the start. If it's any consolation I've put ALLLL my weight back on and am now starting again. So I feel your pain in a massive way. Mine was about 30lbs as well. Hang tough and stay strong, lovely lady!!
 
Glad to see you too, Sunflower! Don't worry about it, we'll lose the weight plus more!


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Great day today! I did 30 minutes of Just Dance 2 this morning, then 30 minutes of the Wii Fit. Ate really good all day, then hubby, daughter and I went for an hour walk (about 2.5 miles) this evening. So, that's 1238 calories consumed (I aim for about 1200) and about 700 calories burned. So, I should have a deficit of about 1660 today!!! I feel very good about that.


Especially since I wasn't so good this weekend. Friday I just got a bad case of the munchies, Saturday I was doing well until the DQ incident (see previous post) and yesterday we went to hubby's relative's cabin, which consisted of chips, cheeseburgers and too much alcohol. :p Hopefully today made up for some of that so I don't have a bummer weigh-in on Friday. Here's aiming for something similar tomorrow!



ETA: Oh, totally forgot to add that my daughter got tired on the way back from our walk, so I carried her on my back for the last 10 minutes. So, that's carrying an extra 53 pounds and going uphill! Holy crap, I was sweating buckets by time we got home, I can't believe I used to weigh about that much!
 
You look like you're doing really well Mizzie!!! Lol a really good thing about living out in the middle of nowhere is that there aren't really any favourite treat places around here... at ALL. I think there's a pizza place somewhere but haven't really been out and about to look for it...


It's so hard being good on weekends/ days off!! Just life I guess lol!
 
Ugg, I wish there wasn't any junk food close to us, but unfortunately we live right in town. We are actually only about 1/4 from the DQ. *sigh*


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Doing really good so far today. Inspired by yesterday, I did 30 minutes of dancing and 30 minutes of the Wii Fit. I had planned on taking another walk downtown with Chloe this afternoon, but it looks like it's going to be off and on rainy all day, so I think that's out. But, I'm going to spend the rest of the afternoon doing laundry. We have a two story house with a basement, the laundry room is in the basement and the bedrooms and bathroom are on the second floor, so that means going up and down two flights of stairs, carrying laundry, for every load. So that could help burn off a few extra calories!


Oh, and I'm only at 381 calories for the day, so I have more than plenty left over for dinner! I might need a snack before then though, since my lunch was celery with peanut butter (only 7g of PB), baby carrots and half a grapefruit with a little sugar. Just got a feeling that won't "stick" if you know what I mean. But I have a few low calorie snacks in the house.


Now to figure out what to have for dinner! We are broke as can be right now, so I really don't know what we'll wind up having. I'd like to make some garlic lime chicken or something, but I'm not sure if we have any chicken left. I'll have to check. Anyway, on to the laundry! :ack2:
 
Good job so far!


Yeah it is hard with the baby, I barely have time to get on here to post! She's been going to bed so late (11 pm or later) and by the time I'm done with pumping (I pump once at night for her bedtime bottle the next day) then wash all her bottles/dishes it's getting too close to midnight. Then I know she's going to wake up a couple times and be up for the day anytime between 7-8. So yeah, I don't know when to fit out working out. Right now I'm focusing on calories.


Speaking of calories, even if your BMR says you can do 1000-1200, women should not eat below 1200, it's not healthy at all. So I would try at not go below 1200 calories. Other than that, you're doing really well with eating within your calories!
 
Risty, it's so sweet of you to be concerned, but no worries. It's very rare that I actually eat under 1200. I aim for 1000-1200 because I'll typically go over anyway. It's a mental trick, if you get me. There is the occasional, rare day that falls under 1200, but it's never by much and there are plenty of days that are over.


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So, today wound up ok. I was doing great up until this evening. I was only at about 800 calories after dinner (the result of eating such a low calorie lunch), so I was looking forward to getting some snacks tonight. Had my snacks and I was at 1230 calories, which is perfect. But then the munchies got me and I had 2 sugar free fudgsicles (40 calories each). So, now I'm at 1310, which isn't bad at all really. But I didn't need those fudge bars, I wasn't really hungry, just craving them. That extra 80 calories isn't going to make any difference in the long run, or even in the short run, but it's the idea of it. That I gave into the snacking. Got to watch that so it doesn't become a habit again.


Oh, and in case anyone is wondering, we did have some chicken in the freezer, so I made spicy garlic lime chicken for dinner. Yum! And only 220 calories also! I love lime, so it's one of my favorites. ^_^


Well, going to get the last load of the day out of the dryer and head to bed. Another day of laundry tomorrow, it really piled up this time!


Goal for tomorrow: 1200 calories, at least an hour of exercise and drink more water!
 
:) No problem!


I love lime too! When I was pregnant, I really loved lime slurpees. The coldness made me feel better (I was nauseated the entire time) and the lime was a nice flavour that didn't nauseat me! I also really liked orange, I never used to have orange but even now, if I have a slurpee it'll be lime or orange, lol.


I got pretty low in calories a few days. I had a wisdom tooth pulled so I was eating yogurt, apple sauce, soup, oatmeal (on the 3rd day), etc. I was so low (due to 400 cals being burned from nursing my baby) that I had to have more snacks. I really didn't want it to affect my milk produciton either! My daily goal is 1600 (if I wasn't breastfeeding), but because I burn 400 (if not more) that ups my goal to 2000. I'll be sad when I stop BFing and have to reduce it to 1600, lol.


BTW, your dinner sounds awesome! I've never cooked chicken like that, how did you do it?
 
Hey Mizzie!


I had not seen you on here for a while!! Glad to see a familliar name! I will catch up with you diary soon ...I just wanted to say hi!
 
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