Natalie jos new diary: Diary of ani_mia.

I walked my butt off, literally... the feeling was incredibly painful, but so sweet ... knowing that I was doing something good for myself. I sped walk all across town, carried the bag aways. I also went up the stairs two flights, and the stairs between the two flights was a lot, you climb three sets of stairs. Its a huge building and very tall, used to be a mill. Derek took the elevator lmao, I guess his knee was hurting. He has big problems with his knees.... twenty years of karate will do that, being kicked in the knee, hand, bruises, broken bones .. he takes it all. I havent let him go in a while. But he is going to go Monday and I am going to go on the stationary bike in our apartment. I am sweating everywhere, my body is soaked. I only wore my winter jacket. It is so warm outside. I thought I would need my scarf and at first I did, because the air going down my throat, because I was breathing out of my mouth by the time I was in the speading ... I was doing a boxing routine while walking. Saw the magazine that shows you boxing routines you should do with your arms and legs when walking .. I was jumping over snow .. climbing the side walk end with big moves .. I just ran across the cross walk, kind of, it hurt my bottom to run .. and my back ...but I had started jogging two years ago, now I need time to build up wakling, but in a couple years I should build it back up to experimenting with jogging ... I guess the commons is beautiful, didnt go, because my mom is taking us to hannafords for grocery shopping, the busses are such a pain. They dont run between one and four pm to five pm... and they end their bus route at six pm. It stinks.

but we got out around one pm and just got back and its almost two pm.... so we went for thirty to forty minutes of speed walking and I found the cutest book for my niece. She is almost six. She will be six in February...

they call her birthday "heart and flowers day" lol but I bought this book about thsi bulldog that goes to a camp for dogs and Ms. Fabu decides that they are going to have a show..and the contestants are various dogs and Chowder, the bulldog doesnt know what to do. Some were getting perms at the salon, some were getting chyropratic back stuff done, some were on diets. The bulldog finds a trampoline near Ms. Fabus camp and starts doing back flips, cork screws, cartwheels ..etc ..and so he does this in the talent show and the one with the perm and chowder win. Ms. Fabu is very impressed with Chowder and than she askes Chowder to come back the next summer to teach his own class for using the trampoline ..perfect little book isnt it!! its so adorable!! :)

well ttylater
so I have lost two pounds, went up one pound overnight from binging a bit.

but I plan to buy fruit today, the clementines are still there, but I want melons and strawberries and purple grapes ... Derek likes the green ones ..but I like the red, the grapes are bitter, I like the sweet red grapes, so we are going to get another bag for him, because he has been gaining weight and I dont want him to end up like me and gain weight in the relationship, which is exactly what he is doing. And I dont want to gain anymore weight ... so I will do more speedwalking and more bike and more of everything and using weights on my arms and back, because I cant fit in my bras ..they are too tight, and they are huge.... I cant afford and bust reduction when I lose more weight, so its time to pull out the weights. And my stomach has gotten so much bigger, its like a blimp ... its got no curves... its just a balloon ..its crazy .. I never thought I would get this bad again, but after gaining a pound over night, and looking at my gut in the mirror and feeling it around in the shower, I realized just how bad it has become ..so .. no more ..its time to take control and I did. later we might go to the commons ..but definitely tomorrow, going to meet him on his way home at the commons .. I am totally looking forward to it ..

always natalie jo
love you... :seeya:

oh btw .. only ninety dollars left on the wedding dress for my ceremony... only six more pounds and I will officially fit back into it and also.... I need to work on my upper body to fit into the bra and tummy thing... but it will look good. not sure when we will have the ceremony, but we have the rings and the dress and a purse to go with it. Derek says we should go with a potluck, but I want to lose considerable weight before the day and have to get a seamstress to take in the dress, so looking forward to this ... I have tiara ...everything ... I am going to go with barefoot or in sandals, it will be in May, on our anniversary of declaring our love to each other.. on a Saturday .. so looking forward to this ...

gonna keep trecking to make a beautiful, blushing bride ...
\yea!!!

always
love yas
natalie jo
 
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Cannot wait to see pictures in May. I'm sure you will be beautiful. Just keep it up and the weight will fall off.
 
Cannot wait to see pictures in May. I'm sure you will be beautiful. Just keep it up and the weight will fall off.

Thanks Veronica!

We are not having the ceremony this year, but I will be doing some pricing, look for the place we want to have it, at the park. Im wondering if the city charges for use. We would be near the gazebo and bring our own tables. My fiances sister has two large tents, just in case it rains. I am going to be a very happy bride the day we have the ceremony. I am waiting until I reach my goal weight and feel like I will shine. I want to be my healthy weight, and I just want to make it beautiful and I want to work hard for it, for the body I want.

thanks so much.... Eventually there will be before and inbetween pics on the site, once I figure out how to use the site .... but I want to reach a little goal of 260 and put up pics from now and than when 260 comes put more up than... with my new clothes .. I am stopping rewarding myself with ice cream from friendlies and food.. I will be buying new shirts and once the size 24 jeans get too big I will be buying new jeans.... I am happy to have made this decision ...

thanks Veronica ... I now have things in my head, or projected, new goals ... now that you mention pics in May ..lol
wierdness

thanks for stopping in
always
natalie jo:seeya:
 
Hello eveyone,

Well I finally took charge. I walked today like I was chasing the bad guys or running up a mountain. I sped walk like mad, over stepped my distance, jumping from spot to spot, going around objects, jumping over puddles ... climbing the ends of sidewalks like my life depended on it. and man am I hurting ..and I just kept walking .. I didnt stop .. I just took any turn that fanscied me ..at least it would be far away from home .. I was so happy ..so gleeful and I am so happy I have taken the step toward a healthy lifestyle by moving my ass. I am making it my hobby. My support person told me "Derek has a hobby, he goes to karate. You need a hobby" she suggested crafts. I dont want to be crafty. I want to pump iron, I want to spend as much time as I can making me better, making my health better... getting rid of things ..

my skin looks so much better since drinking lots of water.... I cut out the soda a couple weeks ago ... I am cutting coffee down quite a bit. I need a little caffiene, but no alot ... I am mainly only drinking water and sometimes in the morning I drink some apple juice, but thats it. And I am going to eat something before bed. We bought crackers, wheatables. Which I would have to eat 17 crackers to go overboard. I figure I will probably eat five ..to eight the first time I eat them, which will be tonight

we bought grapes I love
I bought grapes Derek loves. Derek is also going on a semi diet. He has gained weight because of me... it was a sharred problem. He has gained quite a bit of weight ... so I am going to comandeer things and get him to eat fruit and what not.... he only drinks water already ... he is pretty healthy, just needs to go to karate at least twice a week, which he will be doing and all will be well... and while he is at karate I will be on the bike ... online ...cleaning ... walking the cat down to get the mail ... walk around the building ..sketch ...do anything I feel like. I am going to push myself out of my safety zone and really go all out ..socialize with others... I have social anxity .. I am going to go all out ...

I am going to live my life to the fullest and I started doing that today ..

I love myself and I love this new feeling I have ...

always
natalie jo
oh btw ... lost two pounds this week .. yea!! the third pound came back on, but I am not worried. I know I will be two pounds again by next weeks Vday challenge weigh in ... I am looking forward to it .. yippeee!!1

love yas
always
natalie jo :cheers2:
 
... walking the cat down to get the mail ...
I am going to live my life to the fullest and I started doing that today ..
I love myself and I love this new feeling I have ...
always
natalie jo
oh btw ... lost two pounds this week .. yea!! the third pound came back on, but I am not worried. I know I will be two pounds again by next weeks Vday challenge weigh in ... I am looking forward to it .. yippeee!!1

love yas
always
natalie jo :cheers2:

A) HYSTERICAL images of my cat on a leash. She'd be PISSED! hahahahaaaa! how funny :)
B) Glad you have this new feeling! Isn't it nice once you get that "i'ma do it" feeling?! ALWAYS remember that no matter how HARD the effort is, the reward, no matter how big or small, is 100% worth it.
C) Congrats on 2 lbs!! I hope* to have 2lbs on my next weigh in. Here's hoping!
 
A) HYSTERICAL images of my cat on a leash. She'd be PISSED! hahahahaaaa! how funny :)
B) Glad you have this new feeling! Isn't it nice once you get that "i'ma do it" feeling?! ALWAYS remember that no matter how HARD the effort is, the reward, no matter how big or small, is 100% worth it.
C) Congrats on 2 lbs!! I hope* to have 2lbs on my next weigh in. Here's hoping!

I have this wild kitten Jess. She is about five months old ... We have had her since two months or less ... I have this new shampoo I bought from hair excitement ..she comes over ..smells my shampoo ..pushes her head into my hair .. I hear her nose sniffing it up ...she keeps needing my hair .. lmao ..she is too funny ..must be good enough to eat, because she starts biting my head ..all I hear is ... sniff sniff sniff sniff sniff ..lol this is while I am making out Valentines Day cards lol .. she made me write bad .. I thought she ...well she is wild!!!!!!! and cute!!!!!!!!!

anyway have to go do some work.. like exercise ..I thnk I am going to use my stationary bike today, try to go up to thirty minutes.. I want to get it up to an hour ... and than walk tomorrow .. I dont care if it snows ... its still going to be in the thiries ..we can go to the commons ... lol

ttylater
always

natalie jo
 
Ok so I have decided peeps ..that its time I break this plateau ...so I am moving .. I am going to use my stationary bike in a few minutes ... make sure I sweat it up .. my man and a friend are due here by three pm ...so
I have to get going ..

but man what a day .. I wake up ..and I am another two pounds down ...


yessa!! Walking fast like the wind ..makes a body feel good ..and its kind of fun walking in the semi cold ..bundled up in a scarf and hat ... using your body to torpedo off ice and snow ... grinding it into the pavement. .but this time I am staying inside with the bike ... but gotta run ..

my caloric intake is pretty good so far today ...

I have to make lunch too .. I have waited too long .. u know the whole slip back into cycles ..so scheduleing ..eating time ..is up ...

anyway ttylater
love yas
always
natalie ..will report more later when have time!!
report todays events tonight .. :)

see you laterz
natalie jo :grouphug::hurray:
 
Hi!

That was funny, about your kitten:) I have cats as well, and I can imagine them doing things like that.

Great job on losing weight and exercising! Can I be a few pounds down too?:( I lost two pounds this week, but then I gained them back. Hoping to lose two pounds by Thursday!

WillLose60
 
:cheers2:
Hi!

That was funny, about your kitten:) I have cats as well, and I can imagine them doing things like that.

Great job on losing weight and exercising! Can I be a few pounds down too?:( I lost two pounds this week, but then I gained them back. Hoping to lose two pounds by Thursday!

WillLose60

yea, this is the second time she has done it. Found out her dish was empty, so I am wondering if there is another reason she was biting my head lmao ...but she has done it before, but once I noticed she ate all her food, I gave her fresh ... she eats and eats. She finishes a bowl in two days, and we give her wet food at night, just a bit, to satisfy her craving for our food, if we dont ... most likely she will try to eat off the floor! which is very bad!!

Thanks for stopping by....
My kittens name is Maddie... Maddie Madeline. She responds to it, but not much anymore, she just ignores me now and licks her paws lol

She is my brat .. I love her!!

Kittens are awesome ... we have to get her spayed in a month or two ... than we will see what kind of temperment she has ... I think she will be a little ..well not nice lol at points ... wild and crazy ... and cute ...and just overall active ...

she is lazing right now, about time .. lol she is on Dereks pillow, she came over after I flopped down on the bed lmao ..maybe she feels the burn too!! I guess while I was on she was staring at the back of my feet while they were pedaling .. lol

well thanks for stopping in
and I shall have to search out your diary ... and say hey ..lol

but thanks
the loss is good ... I hope even just sixteen minutes on the bike does something .. I think I burned like 180 calories according to the screen on the bike ..my thighs and calves are kiling me lol

ttylaterz
natalie jo
 
Hey,

Sounds like you've had a good few days, well done on all the walking you've got in. :)

Good luck in the V.Day Challenge weigh-in! x
 
Well I went for 16 minutes. I couldnt do more. my sugar was going lower, and I just was hurting and I was tired. And I was sweating and than I just felt like getting off lol I know .. I just dont think my legs wanted to make me go farther. The muscles feel so tight. I did proper movements on the bike. Having my balls of my feet on the pedal, instead of the center and going as fast as I could, than I slowly took it down a notch. but I think 16 minutes is good for your second day of activity since two years of not moving your butt. And I am walking tomorrow, going to time myself ... dont know how many miles I will go... I will just .. go go ..go ... go .......go .... and on and on and on, until I think I am ready to get out of the cold lol... Going to the library Monday to return more books, but not going inside to get any... everytime I go in with three to four books returned and eight to ten taken out .. I now have 38 books in my possession, borrowwed from the library... number one is getting finishes. Derek has finished the books he wanted to read.

I am reading Rampant ... its about this Goddesses of the lion convent. Where these female virgins are hunters due to having a bloodline that is in tune with Alexander the Great who tamed a ...well some kind of unicorn, which was his steed ... a huge walrus type of steed... size of an elephant ... so he conquered all of what he conquered, but really he said it died, but it just went its way, tired of eslavement ... Alexander agreed with the beast that they would part ways ... thats when his life went to crap ... because he didnt have this huge, pissed off beast killing and conquering for him.

So also the same beast comes up in the lionesses order as being destroyed by llewlyn descendent .. however the truth is they agreed that the unicorns ...would go in hiding ...and the beast would stay away ..same one ...

but now .. the beast wants to team up with the hunters, especially Alexander the greats descendent and he wants her to help him kill the kirin ..which are black unicorns that have ravenous huge teeth, sharp and they are lethal ... all unicorns have venom in their horns ... there are several types of unicorns ... but these come from real myths ... there are artists work done with unicorns .... its incredible ..this author ... found this network on Unicorns and has written this edgy book ... its talks about virginity, being forced to have sex ... its shows a rape and the aftermath and than coming back from it ... Its an incredible book ..it shows how you can chose ... a woman can chose ... whether to give it away ... even up to college and beyond ... they had virgin hunters in their thirties, usually they stopped at thirty ..had kids and the generations of hunters went on, until the unicorns went away. NOW the kirin want to come back and they are causing all these deaths, animal and human ... and each other ... but the "beast" is keeping the hunters safe, by attacking the kirin behind lines ... but he saved the descendent, because the kirin ambushed all the teen hunters .. they are all in their teens

it started with these little unicorns coming by and seeing this mother and her virgin daughter ... well because the mom wasnt a hunter anymore, she lost her ability when she had her child and stopped being a virgin ... but she was gored and the thorn killed her ... the venom killed her ...

and the teenager killed the two adult unicorns, but awoke with the young unicorn, the baby on her lap. This particular unicorn, the species, doesnt harm the hunters, they usually are safe with the hunters...

but otherwise, they are deadly.... so she hates this unicorn, this baby unicorn, who totally adores her. The unicorn doesnt realize exactly whats going on ... he just knows kill humans for food, except for the virgin hunters, that were descendents to Alexander the great and Diana .. Diana was the lead hunter .... when the cloisters were first put together ... she left to be with Alexander and than came more generations ... but hunters were suffocatted by being buryyed if they went with an actaeon ..which is a man who lures the hunters away from being a loyal hunter at too early an age ... these hunters and men are killed ... this was during the blood thirsty times ..way back when ... now the new cloister is giving all the girls a right to chose ..and most love the power they have ... they wield a great power, and there power will stop peeps and farm dogs and sheep from getting killed and gored to death .. its cool ...

so I love it obviously ..its a new series ... But I havent finished it yet, but am only a few pages away from the end, definitely put that author down so I can see when she comes out with the next installement ... u know


and I loved Rosemary and Rue ... I will tell you guys about it another time .. its all fairy talk ... u know ..the fantasy bits ..its cool ...

ttylater
another good day ...
goodnight all
love yas
natalie jo :hurray::grouphug::cheers2:
 
That's a whole lot of reading!! It's good that you enjoy it though.

The exercise is good... you may feel you didn't do much, but you will be able to build that up slowly but surely Having to watch your sugar levels must make it more tricky for you though. x
 
16 minutes is 16 minutes MORE than you WERE doing! Keep at it :) I didn't get to the level I am on the crosstrainer in one day... Hadta work my way up. Don't forget some light stretching and lotsa water :D
 
I just love how you tackle your exercise with such gusto. I have this image of you walking the streets of New Hampshire, bundled up in winter clothes, pumping your arms like a mad woman on a mission. It kills me.

Keep up the motivation and great job on the weight loss.
 
That's a whole lot of reading!! It's good that you enjoy it though.

The exercise is good... you may feel you didn't do much, but you will be able to build that up slowly but surely Having to watch your sugar levels must make it more tricky for you though. x

Its extremely tricky Tutti~Frutti... extremely.

I started my bike ride that night at 81 ..so not a good idea, I think thats also why I had to stop.

so not good!

And than I am going through anxiety med withdrawals, which heightens my depression and anxiety, which effects my muscle and mental stability, so much fun, but I took a walk today and was working on my book quite a bit. Its coming together VERY slowly. Not sure where I want to go with it, but once you start a manuscript, it takes on a pace of its own, you just have to watch out for those speed bumps, like "What do I do now?" "Was that really the best I could do in that scene? And should that scene be in my book? and why does this seem like an adult book, rather than a childrens book?"

I dont want to write what everyone else is writing... its hard to come up with your own set of rules. But I know a lot on the subject, now its just taking the time to make is sound and feel good.. make the piece whole, instead a half beaten horse that people have done over and over and over...

ttylater
and thanks for stopping in!

always
natalie jo :seeya:
 
16 minutes is 16 minutes MORE than you WERE doing! Keep at it :) I didn't get to the level I am on the crosstrainer in one day... Hadta work my way up. Don't forget some light stretching and lotsa water :D

Hey Jess, I think I needed more than water on the bike, like gatorade lol ...

I was dumb and started at or with a sugar level of 81mg/dL... that on the low spectrum .. your sugar is supposed to be between 80-120 .. Mine was bordering on too low and I tried to drink apple juice, but nothing compares to the gross tasting gatorade to get me through even low sugar levels ..

Well ttylater
I did walk today, I prefer walking over the bike ..so stationary. I would rather move around, even tredging through snow, I hate being inside. I hate it so much, but my depression has a tendency to keep me inside. Took me forever to get my butt out the door today, but I did. And the muscles do hurt, but I think thats also the depression and anxiety. I am coming off klonopin, which is a anxiety med and I am known for severe anxiety. I am coming off the stuff, causes memory loss and what not. I dont want any part of that anymore. I am done. I want something low key to help me out, something not so dangerous, u know. And memory loss is not something I want, u know

but I know Rome wasnt built in one day, but sometimes I get caught up in watching the scale go up instead of down and watching me not go on a walk, its like I am outside myself, putting myself down, because I havent gone, but I went, because I knew I would regret not going out ... and I am very happy I went.

ttylater
always
natalie jo :seeya:
 
I just love how you tackle your exercise with such gusto. I have this image of you walking the streets of New Hampshire, bundled up in winter clothes, pumping your arms like a mad woman on a mission. It kills me.

Keep up the motivation and great job on the weight loss.

Thats about what it looks like, because thats exactly how I walk. I figure if I am going to walk, might as well go for the gusto. So I feel like I am tackling the sidewalk, the streets, the people that dont want to see my flab. I am taking it over ... not going to stop... it can be hard to get the gusto going, but once I get going, I just go go go...

ttylater hun
always
natalie jo :seeya:
 
e-gawd, what a day!! or past two days!!

Hello all!
Well I suffer from Bipolar disorder, mainly depression, but when I am on the rag I become disaster 101, the hormones make me manic.. no fun!!
I dont know what I would prefer, at this point, neither, I just want to be in semblance to a normal life, but unfortunately I am finally coming off a heavy dose of klonopin. A narcotic drug, used to treat seizures and anxiety and panic attacks. I have severe anxiety, social anxiety also. Its a mess. And I am becoming a mess. Its like a fight getting me out the door, but I know and Derek knows that one thing that is sure to cheer me up, is going outside for a long walk. And I did go for a walk today, it was short, but we went through a lot Alot! of snow. We were just trudging along. but anxiety can make my muscles hurt, because I become tense, and think rapidly... and I am having withdrawals finally. Because its been three weeks since I had the five to six mg, instead of the four. I am sticking to four mg of klonopin for now, but eventually its going to go south, which means more struggles.

I am not looking forward to this, but being off this med and on something not as rough and bad for me will be nice. Something simple, not all this memory loss ... and just ugh. I have been trying to come off this drug for a year, but my psych doctor never agreed to it. Your only supposed to be on it a little while, I have been on it for eleven years, not good. So this is a fight to stay charged and in the game, but I know walking makes me happy like I said, so cheers to walking!! its a struggle to get out, but I HATE staying inside. Its so boring in here... I love being outdoors. I dont want the stationary bike... I want to walk in the weather, the sunshine, whatever comes.

so I walked today, but I weighed myself this morning and was 283.2 pounds. So that was a downer. Weighing more. I did not eat well last night. I ate horribly, I ate ok today, but I will be back to my regular eating by tomorrow .... I put coffee on, dried myself out, now I am trying to drink as much water as I can. Which I should be doing all the time ... which I will be ...

so onto more things ... I cant seem to get into my new book, because I am busy writing my own book. I hate that. I have never had a problem with this ... lol but I am going to try to read tonight. Its Derek Landys second book, Skullduggery pleasant series, "Playing with Fire" and than I have to read the third book in the series "The Faceless Ones" yea creepy, but it is a hillarous book. Derek Landy makes me crack up .. a detective thats all skelleton, that wear dick tracy kind of outfits with a wide brim hat and Valkrie, his second in command, his enterouge, the only one, a teenage girl, who has the gift. She fights and kicks butt. Any teen girl should be reading this series, way cool stuff...

anyway well this ends another day, on the downside, that my withdrawals are kicking, on the upside that I actually went for a walk.. good stuff

ttylater
love yas
natalie jo ..always :seeya:
 
All my love and hugs to you Natalie Jo. I knew you on here before and you are a brave and lovely woman. I look forward to keeping up with how things are for you in your diary. Keep up that great walking.
 
All my love and hugs to you Natalie Jo. I knew you on here before and you are a brave and lovely woman. I look forward to keeping up with how things are for you in your diary. Keep up that great walking.

Hey 2Skinny,
I do remember you, and missed you for quite some time... its nice to see you back.. thanks for stopping in...

How was your vacation from the site?

I just cant leave this site lol I have gained weight back over the past two years, about I was weighing 269 pounds, than starting getting all hormonal from losing the weight. I was pretty much in menopause for a very long time .. twelve years about ...but since losing I have been going through some hard emotional upsets... like mania and depressive episodes ... but I am getting through.

Thanks for your vote of confidence. I do need to get walking more so again. I only go for twenty minutes, I should be walking for thirty to an hour.... but winter is a hard time to get moving .. it can be so cold and I almost hate being out while its snowing .. I didnt realize that about myself, but I do remember walking during winter, the day of a snowstorm, when it was done. Walking through the snow was ok, but walking while the snow is hitting you in the face and your getting soaked... no fun!! lol

well I shall check your diary ...

always
natalie jo :seeya:
 
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