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nanders

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August 7, 2006
Today is my first post and I'm hoping to actually make it this time! I need to lose about 50 lbs, maybe more but I can re-evaluate when I get there. My goal is two pounds every week!! So by January 1, 2007 I should hopefully have lost about 44 lbs. Give or take a few.....hopefully! I'm going to start by drinking at least 1.5 litres water, and eating 5 small meals a day. I'm going to plan those meals on Sundays so I know what I'm supposed to be eating. Less room for cheating. I'm going to keep only healthy food in the house and make better choices when I'm out. I'm going to walk an hour on my treadmill or with the dog three times per week, and I'm going to walk to work. I'm going to try for two workouts per week at the gym. Which sucks bad b/c I have to be up at 5:30am in order to go!!! But this is all I can think for now. It seems like a good start and I'm happy with that. Tommorrow is my first day and I think I'm ready!!! :)

My starting points:
Weight: 188
Size: 14/15
Body fat %: 34
Waist : 42 inches.
Feel: tired and lazy, very unhealthy. Sore hips and poor posture, back pain.
 
The best of luck to you! You seem to have a pretty god plan set already. Watch the calories, and try not to burn yourself out while working out and you'll do fine. You can do this!
 
Hey Nanders!!!:)

Glad to see you started your diary. Looks like you've got a good plan there, but like Mike said don't burn yourself out. Your'e gonna do great, I know it already.

A lil' tidbit I learned about water, make sure it's ICE cold. The body has to then warm it up to be able to use it and that BURNS calories and elevates your metabolism for up to 40 minutes after you've drank it. So...bottes up!! :D
 
August 8, 2006

August 8,2006
Hi Mike and hello again ohappydaye, thanks so much for the input!!! Thanks for the info on water, how cool is that 40 mins.!!!! I'll try not to burn myself out, but the way today is going I don't have to worry about that! lol! I didn't make it to gym this morning! not only did I not get up to go, I forgot to reset the alarm and ended up sleeping in till 11!! Good thing I didn't have to work today!!!!! I have an insurance seminar tonight so I won't be going to aquasize either. I ate a good breakfast...er lunch....today. I tried that Kashi go lean cereal. Holy colon blow! I'm not used to eating that much fibre at once, I'm glad I measured it out, it doesn't taste that bad with blueberries. I learned that where fibre goes water must follow!!! I am going to have a good supper early tonight, before the seminar so I don't eat all the bad stuff they put out for you. And I'm going to take my water bottle along for the 45min drive up, I've already drank to much coffee today, so I really need the water. At least I'll make that goal today 1.5 litres water. A small step but a step no less. I'm also going to walk to office as a coworker is driving tonight, so that will help. I was watching oprah today and had an aha moment as she calls them. The show was about loving yourself first, and discovering why it is that you do what you do to keep yourslef from the way you wnat to be. I realized that I feel so unworthy of success that I literally sabotage myself into failure. I eat, don't try, and tell msyelf horrible things because I don't think I'm good enough. Why I don't know!!!! But now that I'm aware of doing these things, in all areas of my life I can work on the why and the how to fix it. Wow these last couple of days have really opened up a can of worms!! It's amazing that when you decide to change one thing that other doors open as well. Like you said ohappydaye the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step!! You have no idea how right you have been. Well, I have alot of thinking and self discovery to do before the demands of the world come crashing in, so take care and I'll post again soon!!
 
I'm glad you've been doing some soul searching, but I must give the credit to Confucious or who ever the rightful owner of that quote is...I just pass it around. :) I think I'm going to put it in my sig line.

At any rate, I love that Kashi Go Lean Cereal too...and yea it does "clean" things out! :D I mix it with my Yoplait Lite Fat Free yogurt...it's quite yummy that way.

As far as Your "aha moment" today...keep your head up girl, God loves you and I do too! *smooches*
 
Gotta love those "aha" moments to open your eyes. Looks like you're off and running! Keep it up!
 
august 8, 2006 pm

August 8, 2006 p.m.
Hey there thanks for all the encouraging words. I made it thru the seminar without eating any of the sweets. I did have half a pita pocket but it was nasty so I didn't eat all of it. Of course it went over in time by about an hour, so now i'm starving!!!! I put a chicken potato thing in my crock pot for my hubby's dinner, so I'm having a bowl of that. I try not to eat 2-3hrs before bed but I just had to today! I did walk to the office, but of course this skinny girl passed me like I was standing still, while I was huffing and puffing in her dust! lol! One day that will be me!!! Tommorrow is ice cream day at work, we have an ice cream sale to support the local food bank. I have'nt decided if i'm going to have any yet. I guess if it's busy, i'll be to busy to want any...so here's hoping! If it's slow on the other hand.... I might have a little it is from a local creamery so at least it will be real cream and ingresients, not that artificial crap. i'll just have to limit myself! nighty night.
 
nanders,
concerning the topic you saw on Oprah, I believe we should start speaking the things that aren't, as tho they are. Even if you don't FEEL like you can achieve this goal, begin to speak positively, tell yourself you can and that you are worthy of a healthy lifestyle. pretty soon you will begin to live it....God bless!!
 
August 9,2006

August 9,2006
Hey there, so I'm doing okay today. I had a 12 grain bagel with strawberry cream chesse, very little, and a coffee for breakfast. But I didn't walk to work, as my dog wasn't feeling well and I had to run him to my mum's for the day. Our ice cream day has been a flop as it's rainy today. But I haven't had any yet!!!!!! I just had a protien bar to fill me up for a while. I'm just starting on my water, but it's still early so I'll get there! I might have another seminar tonight in the city, we might not go if our computers are still down at 5pm. I like them but the 45 min. drive there and back, and the three hours there take up your whole evening. It makes eating healthy hard and any exercise impossible!!! I'll post again tonight. Happy afternoon!!!!
 
Not going very good!

August 10,2006
Hello! Well, I have'nt been doing very well so far. I ended up having two ice cream cones yesterday, and I didn't eat very well after that. I'm not getting near enough calories, as i'm not eating hardly at all. I ended up eating lasagne at 10:30pm last night b/c I was so hungry. i did manage to drink my water though.
Today I slept in yet again, and had a great breakfast! But...it's now almost two thirty and I haven't had any water or anything else to eat! I'm going to have a shower and grab a protien bar before I go to set up the trade booth for this weekend. I'm going to walk down though!
I've chosen a really crappy time to start something new, as I'm extremely busy for the next three weeks with trade shows and seminars and work. But I guess if I can make thru it will be easier when life is back to normal! Bye.
 
Tgif!

August 11,2006
TGIF I love fridays!!! I really wanted pizza last night, but I opted for the fish that I had planned to have. YAY!! I don't like fish very much, so I did very well! Today I'm working the trade show so it might be hard to eat healthy, but I'll do my best. Happy Friday!!

Breakfast:
Crustless quiche
Apple muffin
Latte-sugar free
 
Yay...3.5 pounds lost!!!!

August 12,2006
Hi there!! I didn't do very well last night I ate out, but I didn't eat any of the snackies at the fair all day. This morning I tried on a pair of pants I bought about 6 months ago. I bought them smaller so I had something to work towards. I couldn't even get them on, now I can get them done up!!!! Barley breathing but done up!!! So I had to weigh myself and low and behold I lost 3.5 pounds!! YAY!!! I'm happy and it's given the motivation to keep going! I have'nt been this low in a long time!! Well I should find some breakfast I have a busy day! Bye.:D
 
Hey, Congratulations!

Eating out is hard. Nothing is low cal in most places and who the heck knows what is in half of it to figure it out. You will figure out a way to fit eating out into your calories. Just takes time to finagle it all. You're doing great!
 
HOT DOG!!! ...oops sorry for the reference. :p 3.5 pounds...aw man, way to go!!! I'm jealous! :p :p No really, I'm so proud of you and happy for you! You go girl!! :p ;) :D
 
Good morning ...Bad afternoon!

August 12,2006 p.m.

Lunch:
beef dip and salad no dressing, with water and 2c coffee.

Dinner:
Steak, baby tatoes, and corn on the cob

snacks:
Ice cream cone, 12 mini donuts, coffee and a beer.

So after my happy morning thinking I'm all awsome.....an old friend walks by my booth at the fair and loudy states how fat I've gotten!! :mad: So instead of ripping off her pretty face....I bought a beautiful alpaca sweater! :p I had my eye on it for a couple days so that was the clincher! But I did make a new friend with the lady who sold to it me, and older woman from Equador. She was very friendly after my slap in the face and told me all about her family and her home. I'm glad I met her. It's amazing how someone who has known you your whole life can be so cruel, yet a perfect stranger can make you feel so warm and at ease. Like the people on this board with all their support!!!:) Well I watched some fireworks that were actually pretty crappy....small town! Now I'm off to bed as tommorrows another day and a new chance to succeed! Night all!
 
what? no breakfast? Nanders, come on... don't ya know that breaky is the most important meal o' da day?

That sucks royally about the negative comment, if the person really is a friend maybe you might want to tell them you were hurt by it. Of course the other option is to just "rip off her pretty face."

Us strangers kick so much ass don't we? lol I'm glad you're day ended by making a new friend. Keep up the good work, you're doing great.
 
nanders said:
So after my happy morning thinking I'm all awsome.....an old friend walks by my booth at the fair and loudy states how fat I've gotten!! :mad: So instead of ripping off her pretty face....I bought a beautiful alpaca sweater! :p I had my eye on it for a couple days so that was the clincher! But I did make a new friend with the lady who sold to it me, and older woman from Equador. She was very friendly after my slap in the face and told me all about her family and her home. I'm glad I met her. It's amazing how someone who has known you your whole life can be so cruel, yet a perfect stranger can make you feel so warm and at ease. Like the people on this board with all their support!!!:) Well I watched some fireworks that were actually pretty crappy....small town! Now I'm off to bed as tommorrows another day and a new chance to succeed! Night all!
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I agree with Mike on a couple of notes...try to get your breakfast in. It took me a while to buy into it too, but once I understood the science of it I try to never miss it. But I agree mostly with Mike about your "friend's" comments ( I ranted about her in my reply to you in my diary as well :mad: )... some people are just jerks and don't think about how their words hurt people. ...especially those they consider friends. I would've riped her face off, ESPECIALLY this week....booooy, she would've gotten it! :p

I'm sorry to hear that the fireworks display sucked...I SO love fireworks. My daughter will tell you, I'm the biggest kid ever when it comes to fireworks!!
 
Thanks guys!!

August 13,2006

Breakfast
12 grain bagel with strawberry cr.cheese and coffee

Lunch
Protien bar with water(stuck in trade show booth)

Dinner
Chicken alfredo pasta and salad with water

Snacks
peach and coffee, ice cream cone, small bag salty popcorn, pomegrante green tea

Hey thanks guys for being so nice!!!
Don't worry....she is an OLD friend!!!! She was my best friend for 12 yrs and one day decided that I wasn't good enough for her anymore! That I was a failure and always would be. That was about 7 yrs ago!! I said too bad ya feel that way, but I think your'e wrong! And she was wrong, it's that simple. I don't think she expected that answer, and she's been horrible ever since! I don't rip her face off b/c I don't need to, I have better things to do, and sometimes ya just have to be the bigger person! But every now and then I'm tempted!!!! She moved away but visits every now and then so it's not a regular occurance to run into her, thank god.
I did okay with my eating today, but I need to cut out the crappy snacks, drink more water and get back to exercise!!! Thanks again guys and I will start eating breakfast, I know it's important. Bye!!!
 
woohoo, breakfast! Although I hate to nitpick, but how about a bowl of cereal nanders? Or even a granola bar or something... I'll admit, I've had begal fever a few times the last couple weeks as well, but for the most part I try to start my day with something more substantial.

As for the snacks, why not pack something in the morning? Precut some veggies and put em in a zip lock bag or container and presto, a perfect snack! Yogurt is another favourite of mine. The bacteria in yogurt if eaten daily can have some benifits.
 
August 14,2006

Hey hey, mike I planned my meals today before I even read your post....I hope you approve!lol! This is what I've had so far!

Breakfast
1 cup Kashi go lean cereal with milk
small glass o.j.

Lunch
Small salad (earthbound farms organic baby mixed greens...taste awful!)
no dressing
1 cup chicken fettucini alfredo
water

mid-morn snack
Protien bar and water

Will post again after work, to let ya know how my afternoon eating went. I also walked to work today!! Off to a good start I think. TTFN!
 
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