My Journey: Positive Outlook For 2013

Cory, thanks! That's my natural color. It looks black, but in the sunlight it has like a reddish tint to it. I used to love my hair, but now it drives me nuts!

Clarissa, thank you! It's pretty embarrassing to have to shop in the mens section. I'm so glad I can find some shirts in the ladies dept now. There are quite a few sizes and styles that don't fit me quite right, but I've made out pretty well so far. :)

Guideon, awww... thank you! Very sweet thing to say. The good thing about the weight loss is that I'm smiling much more these days too. :) I know I've come a long way, but can't say it enough that I know I still have a long way to go. I'm not turning back though. No way!

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I always seem to struggle with Thursdays. I do groceries and get home late so by the time I unload the car, put things away, and spend time with the dogs I usually decide to skip exercising because then I'd be eating much too late. Well last night I tried something new and it worked perfectly! I ate my dinner when I got home, gave it about an hour, and then worked out. I did the tabeo abs workout and burned 702 calories (my 2nd highest burn on this DVD). I didn't get to shower until after 9pm, but it was worth it!

I have to be honest. I'm kind of disappointed with today's weigh in. I was soooooo hoping to be at a new low, but instead I'm back at my lowest from April which is 203lb. Don't get me wrong, I'm very pleased to have lost more weight, but I just wanted to be at a new low. Oh well... tomorrow's another day! Looking back at my weight last Friday I lost 1.4lb this week. Not bad. Not bad at all!

Friday is when I start to let up on my diet a bit. I'll be having a nice breakfast of eggs over easy, white toast, and homefries. This should keep me full until late in the afternoon. I'll probably have a light snack in the afternoon and then for dinner it sounds like my family wants to order pizza. I'll need to save some calorie room for that. To counteract it I'll be doing my full taebo workout this afternoon which burns more calories.

Have a great Friday everyone!! :)
 
Your doing great, not a new low but as you said tomorrow's another day.
Taebo, I used to love doing the nz version called body combat at the gym when I was 18. It's a great workout.
 
I know what you mean about having particular days that are hard. Usually Mondays are mine. I'm usually not home during the weekends, so I have to go grocery shopping that day and it's also the longest shift I have at work. By the time I get home, I REALLY don't feel like cooking and the last few weeks I've given into the urge to grab something out. I think what I'll do this week is make sure to get a few things at the store that are quick and easy to fix so I could come in and have dinner in 10 or 15 minutes with little effort on my part. Or I'll try shopping on Sunday night instead. We just have to alter our habits, but I think we can make it work!
 
Nostalgic, thank you. I love taebo. It is a great workout with a great calorie burn. It has been my primary routine of trying to lose weight. I can't say I'm disappointed with the results so far.

Cory, that's where I'm at right now. Trying to find that balance to fit everything in. Some days are easier than others. You're right, we can do this!

Angel, thank you! Every day I seem to feel prouder and prouder of myself for how far I've come. I know I still have a ways to go, but I'll get there. :)

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So, with posting those pics yesterday I decided to try to get another recent head shot. So here's a pic I took today. I feel so silly taking selfie shots, but I think I'd feel even worst asking someone else to take them!

I did pretty well today. I wouldn't be surprised if my weight is actually up in the morning considering the dinner I had tonight. Pizza... too much pizza!! I ate it early enough at 5pm and haven't eaten anything since then so I'm hoping it's had time to digest. We'll see in the morning. My taebo session today was good for 1054 calories burned. :)
 

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Glad I could help inspire on the pics.

My key word through all of this is "accountability," and the pics are just another form of that. Everyone wants to look as best as they can when pictures are taken of them. Why do you think actresses' publicity photos often look so much different than the paparazzi ones?

So by knowing you have to post pictures of your progress (or lack thereof) from time to time, it adds more and more motivation to stick to the plan and make those future pictures look as good as possible. It can backfire if the prospect of posting pictures so terrifies you that it depresses you and causes you to fall off the wagon, but it shouldn't terrify you.

It's obviously great progress so far, and if you stick with it you'll make even more progress.
 
You are stunning! Those eyes!!!! Great job on the workout, I really have got to get around to trying tae bo. You speak so highly of it, it is sooo tempting!
 
Try it Camilla!! You can do some of the free Youtube clips to get a feel for it. The worst that's gonna happen is that you won't like it. No big deal. You won't be out of any money. Thanks for the nice words. :)
 
MrVee, I understand what you’re saying. Growing up I used to blame others because I was overweight. Mainly my parents. Why didn’t they see me eating too much? Why didn’t they stop me? Why didn’t they tell me to make healthier choices? I have realized that I can’t do that though. Granted they could’ve guided me better, but at the end of the day it was ME who chose to eat what I did and the way I did. Half the time I binged in secret anyway.

Anyway, taking pics IS another way to show you’re taking accountability. I’ll keep up with it. I have no intentions of going back to the way I was so more progress WILL be made!

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So, as I expected my weight went up this weekend. As I said I had way to much pizza Friday night and then yesterday I ate much too late. My weight Saturday morning was 204.4lb which HAS to be food weight not actual body weight since I had so much pizza. I did budget my calorie intake Friday so I should’ve still been within my daily allowance or just over. Yesterday I didn’t eat very much, but I ate late because I got home late. As a result my weight was 206lb this morning. Hopefully I’ll be back down in a few days or so. No exercise yesterday, but today I’ll be doing something. Just haven’t figured out what yet.
 
Well... in being accountable for my own actions I have good news and not so good news to report. The not so good news is that I caved in to have some fried chicken and onion rings from our local store. I slept in and didn't eat before leaving and I was starving! I just couldn't resist. I could've picked healthier options, but I went with the chicken and onion rings. Oh well... they were delicious afterall! :) The good news is that I've already gotten my exercise in. I'm finding I work out better about an hour after eating. So after I had the chix and rings I did the abs workout and burned 711 calories. I'm now sitting down with a strawberry lemon protein shake. Tonight we're having grilled chicken and rice pilaf for dinner. Not too bad of a meal. May skip my frozen yogurt tonight. We'll see. :)
 
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Hey there - We all have those 'Woops!' days, now and then. But I commend you for taking it in stride, accepting it, and moving on. I think it says a lot of your relationship with food - That it doesn't completely 'own' you and control your every emotion - which I think is pretty amazing. Clearly you are a very strong individual!
 
Nothing wrong in indulging (with moderation) in bad foods once in while, as long as it 's not becoming a habit.
I've been craving a pizza for a while now, and I'll probably work it in my calorie count sometime this week... Hmmmm Pizza...
 
Camilla, I still have love / hate relationship with food, but I'm getting better every day. Some days are VERY hard to say no, but other days I have no problem at all. Today I'm struggling a bit. I want some chocolate sooooooooo badly, but I haven't given in yet. I'm fighting the urge and am determined to get past it!

Guideon, it's definitely not going to become a habit. No way will I allow myself to go down that road again! During the week it's all pretty straight forward. I have it all planned with the exception of dinner, but even that I'm managing to find quick and low calorie meals to make. The weekends are tougher because I'm on the go quite a bit so it's a lot easier to just stop and grab something somewhere. Good thing there are only 2 days on the weekends! Haha!

Angel, the calorie burn is one of the things I like the most about taebo. I have no clue if my HRM is truly accurate or even how far off it may be, but the numbers are pretty motivating for sure. :)

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Soooo... happy Monday everyone!

Funny how our bodies work. Friday I was at 203lb even. After some crazy eating and weight fluctuations over the weekend I'm still at 206.2lb. Not a super huge jump and I know it's not fat gain so I'm not too concerned. Will be happy when it levels back off again though! I want to be out of the 200's already! Sheesh...

This morning it's back to the new routine of healthy eating. I had a strawberry lemon protein shake, my berry salad, and I just had a cinnamon raisin bagel. In a couple of hours I'll be having my garden salad. I'm also drinking lots of water to try to flush my system out.

As for exercise, this week I'm mixing things up a bit. I've been mainly doing the abs workout to get some extra work in on my mid section, but I think this week I'm going to go back to mostly the full body work out just for a change. Plus, it's a higher calorie burn which will come in handy. I may need to skip it tomorrow (dog has a late vet appt) and then next week I'm on vacation so I'm not sure what I'll be able to get in for exercise. I'm hoping to get it in for at least 5 of the 9 days. We'll see...
 
Thanks Angel, I think I should be able to do ok. The only days it's definitely not going to happen is if I'm whale watching because I leave my house at around 6:45am and don't get home until around 8:30pm. I would still have time after getting home to work out, but after being on the ocean all day I'm pretty beat. I may try to fight through it though mattering on how the week goes.

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So last night I did the full body taebo workout (1034 calories burned). Today has gone pretty good so far. I woke up late and didn't have time to make my protein shake, but I had my berry salad for breakfast. A little while ago I had a cinnamon raisin bagel and then I had some Triscuit thins. In an hour or so I'll be having my garden salad. I'll be getting home late tonight so I'm not sure if I'll be working out or not yet. I'm hoping to!
 
So recognizable, I've been hanging around the 200 lbs mark for a while now, just below it a times, then (after some poor choices) above it again.
There will come a day when we all figure it out and race past that 200 lbs on our way to a permanent stay in 1derland.
 
That's some workout, Mandy! Also, your food sounds really good, but I might be biased because I like salads. :p
 
Thanks for sharing your pics! Very inspirational... I hate posting before and after pics too... even when I was at a healthy weight after my first "successful weight loss journery" and maintained for a year, I would sometimes tell people "I used to be fat" but I never wanted to post pics.. Its like I just wanted to deny it...maybe if I had come to terms with that better and said I know where am going and I know where I came from and I'm not ashamed I worked damn hard than I would have dealt with the mental aspect better and not regained! :p

Ah well such is life I suppose.

You are a very beautiful girl just the way you are, but trust me once you get down to a healthy weight range you will LOVE the attention you get. As someone who went from over 250 lbs to 170... It's not only your body that changes, its your face too. I hate my 'fat face'. I love the definition and how you can see my cheek bones and my 'real' chin when I'm at that weight.

After experiencing how good I felt physically and mentally its hard to realize how I regained such a substantial amount of weight before I did something about it. :banghead:
 
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