Natsky's Diary: 100 pounds to lose!

sometimes its hard to do but sleep does you good. its the time when you fast for the longest without even thinking about it.

I wish I didnt think about it.
But I wake up during certain times at night and automatically eat. I haven't been really sleep walking anymore to eat, but I am trying to figure out a way to stop eating all together at night. Its hard, because my mind, the addiction to food, and my body crave food at these specific times. And I just end up lying there waiting for sleep to take over ..odd ...but true...

it also happens to do with my sugar level. Its supposed to be around 120, when I go to bed its 96 and goind down. I have missed my metformin quite a bit lately. But I am actually pre menopausal. So my metabolism has slowwed down considerably. I have metabolic syndrome, stinks ..

anyway thanks for stopping by...

thanks
always
Natsky
 
Hello all,
Sorry I havent been around to respond. and thank you for responding...:)

I have come to the conclusion and so has my doctor, she is still running tests, that I am pre menopausal. And between the mood swings, wowser, and depression, and the severe exhaustion I feel all day long, and the insomnia at night, its all I can think of now. I so want to be that woman who can honestly say she wont turn into a total b.. when she is in menopause, but ... as its come to my attention I can snap. Recently I haven't been snapping, more like crying and kicking my own butt, for not have the energy to go outside as much as I LOVE toooo. My fiance, with my prodding to my own butt, can get me out for a light stroll of five to fifteen minutes, but thats it.

Does anyone have advice on how to get more energy back into my life, enough to fight menopause. The change is so hard to go through. I don't know what to do. I am so ugh...

I know I need to walk and I do, but only for the max five minutes to ten minutes, and very slow, as if I am riding on some snail... like I am air. And my body feels so heavy. lol

but my Mom told me when she was in menopause she would just drop us kids off to school, go home and sleep the day away, and than pick us up. And than she would hop into bed again and sleep some of the evening away. I do remember those days. I also remember the terrible treatment
I recieved, like the mind games going along with her bouts of anger and mood swings. She was a nightmare, so I am trying to relax and brood to myself. I dont want my fiance leaving me, because I have turned into this huge terror. and I dont want to be a huge terror and I dont want to sleep the day away, but sometimes it is so hard to get my feet out of bed. I get out for a bit. I take a shower everyday, but I dont blow dry my hair or style it. The hair cut is growing in BADLY.. what an awful haircut this turned out to be. When I am able to get another cut I hope I will be feeling better, because this one bites. I am sticking to the bevelled look, short in the back, cropped and as it descends to the front, it is longer, but its a very good cut on me... so I am looking forward to that.

I guess tomorrow I could make it my goal to wake up a nine thirty am and do my hair up. Hmm good idea. and my goal is to walk for fifteen to thirty minutes. I know it sounds like crap. But it will be a start.

thanks to everyone who wrote

always
Natsky:auto:
 
awwww hunnie... you need a big hug!!!!! here is the best i can do. :beating::hug2:

I am so sorry you are fighting those feelings right now. Im sure most are not within your control… so part of it is going to be a matter of letting your hormones fight it out! I know though at times I fight with ridiculous mood swings and get mopey depression bouts at time. Honestly… as much as its cliché….. exercise really helps. It releases the feel good chemicals… I just recommend that even when you don’t wanna… push through and do it anyways… its only a matter of time before it evens out for you.

( not from experience of course… just observation)

Be sure to thank your hunnie for being wonderful to you during this tough time and love em up with hugs… its tough on him too im sure because he prolly has NO IDEA what to do haha. ?


Hang in there hun….. ill be sure to stop by often to share a little sunshine if I have it myself hehe.
 
:cheers2:
awwww hunnie... you need a big hug!!!!! here is the best i can do. :beating::hug2:

I am so sorry you are fighting those feelings right now. Im sure most are not within your control… so part of it is going to be a matter of letting your hormones fight it out! I know though at times I fight with ridiculous mood swings and get mopey depression bouts at time. Honestly… as much as its cliché….. exercise really helps. It releases the feel good chemicals… I just recommend that even when you don’t wanna… push through and do it anyways… its only a matter of time before it evens out for you.

( not from experience of course… just observation)

Be sure to thank your hunnie for being wonderful to you during this tough time and love em up with hugs… its tough on him too im sure because he prolly has NO IDEA what to do haha. ?


Hang in there hun….. ill be sure to stop by often to share a little sunshine if I have it myself hehe.

Thanks Marie,
Im sorry I haven't written, I have been up and down. But I saw the doc and he gave me something to recharge the system and to make the menopause not so bad, so I am happy and ready to charge my way down to smaller sizes. Its kind of nice to be cheerful during the day, lmao...

I have missed this part of life so much, the drive, the determination, the happiness. Kind of nice to have it back. Thanks for your response.

ttylater
always
Natsky
 
Well Today has been good so far everyone! I took my med for the menopause and I am settling into a much happier time in my life. Menopause can be the icks, but I guess there are things out there that can eleviate the depression and the exhaustion that can occur.

thanks for everyone who has written. You are very kind. I have not made the rounds for a while. I also need to find my old friends from my last account here, I know they will be happy to hear from me.

Thanks for all your encouragement. It has really helped.

ttylater
always
your friend
Natalie jo, or Natsky:cheers2:
 
glad to hear everything is going well! Hope to hear from you soon.
Hello kureransu... is your nic from a manga or bit of anime? Just curoius. I read a lot of manga. Totally wrapped around the stuff. Just can't get enough... and than there are novels. but I love me some manga... lol

thanks for dropping in ...

always
Natsky:seeya:
 
An update...

According to my ticker I am supposed to update it, however, unfortuantely, my ticker has not moved. Therefore I am just going to leave it as such. When I do move down to 270 I will than update the ticker and cheer myself on.

but right now. I am not doing really anything for exercise of walking and feeling bad about the shoulds and shouldnts right now.

There is this depression book I once skimmed through, or read a portion, and it actually said not to run into "I should have" or "Shouldnt have"... I forget for the most part what it said to do... or how to phrase things so they have a more positive and soothing tone. Alas I dont rememeber. All I can think is I "should" get moving, but I seem to let myself down.

but tomorrow I am hoping to get myself up for a walk, a 45 minute walk. Which I havent done since last fall. Its been a while. Its a good walk. Not very pretty, but I love it, because I am usually getting out there and working my legs, my butt, my back, etc. So I hope and my fiance is going to help me wake up, that I actually do this tomorrow. I hope to be out there by eleven am.

well ttylater all
love yas
Natsky:cheers2:
 
Now I know...

Now I know the problem with diabeties and feet. When your suger is high, your body stops sending signals to your feet, therefore your feet get amputated. So thus, no ice cream... no added chocolate to keep the cravings away. Its time to take a bite out of weight. Therefore I need to start doing something about my almost sedentary life. You could actually call my life sedentary....

another thing thats bothering me, is the distance between my father and I. I happen to recieve a call today from my older and much more snobbier sister, Joanna. Dad visited her this weekend, but couldnt see in any way of seeing me. It is just so wrong. She suggested I talk to dad, but he hasnt even responded to my emails. I had a dream the other night, of dad in a white tux with a red carnation in his pocket and black shoes. While my sisters were sitting at the ends of the table. My father set next to Joanna, while Lizzy sat at the other end. I showed up and was shocked to find they never told me that they were having Dad around. Joanna told me already that she wants to build a relationship with dad. but this is so, ugh, I don't even get to see my father, not even once a year anymore. Whats up with that? While she gets to see him all the time?

I dunno. Stress is eating at me, I mean really eating at me.

I am eating, because of stress. Ice Cream, friendlies, is my hide away. Where I eat until somehow the world seems ok. but my world is never ok. It seems as if I just take advantage of certain things and I can't seem to find my way to a certain amount of happiness. Man, Menopause is the pits. What a shitty time I am having because of this thing that all women have to go through at some point in their adult life. For six or seven years we have to go through it. Its like I am never going to find the light at the end of the tunnel, lucikly my fiance keeps reminding me there is a tunnel. He tells me all the time how gorgeous I am. If only it actually sat with me and could make me happy with myself. I guess with all my off the wagon times, I am taking the stress eating onto myself and I keep letting myself stress eat, from the stress of feeling fat from eating from stress. If that makes any sense, I dunno.

but I was thinking, tomorrow would be a fine day to take a walk to the park. Yep... a fine day to finally make it across town. It would be a thirty minute walk, a nice one and the perks are, its summer. Time to get out there, go on the swings. I just want to have fun. And thats what it is about sometimes. Just have fun moving...

ttylater everyone
love yas
natsky:driving:
 
Hi natsky, I am sorry about the father/relationship situation. I don't have either of my parents, so i know it must be hard to have them around but not be able to communicate with them. My name is simply the japanese spelling of my name, clarence. Good luck on the walk, and having fun is the most important thing about this journey. if you are not enjoying yourself, then you most likely won't go through til the end. Good luck and best wishes always.
 
Hi natsky, I am sorry about the father/relationship situation. I don't have either of my parents, so i know it must be hard to have them around but not be able to communicate with them. My name is simply the japanese spelling of my name, clarence. Good luck on the walk, and having fun is the most important thing about this journey. if you are not enjoying yourself, then you most likely won't go through til the end. Good luck and best wishes always.

Thanks Kureransu,
Pretty cool name. I really like it. I have read a lot of manga and just figured it had to be japanese. Awesome!

Thanks for the advice... I need to have fun. And I am going to walk to the park tomorrow and go on the swings and walk around a couple times. Its the only peaceful place really in the entire city. ITs the way peeps get to get away from the busy lives they lead. Plus its a great place to take your children or be a child. So I like to swings. So there you go ... walking and the swings ...

thanks for writing in my diary ..
ttylater
always
Natsky:cheers2:
 
My new Goal--

Hello everyone,
Sorry I haven't written in anyones diary. I have gone to your diaries, but there are so many people writing and I dont know you like everyone else does. So I feel lost and don't say anything. I would love to write, but I dont know what to contribute. Your threads go so FAST! lol

Mine is so slow. Which is probably good, seeing as I am barely ever here. Sometimes I check in, but I will be moreso now, since I have decided to give it a try. Give myself a chance. I have been beating on myself like mad about my weight. I call myself fat, I am just one bit pitty party. Its so hard to get out of that attitude, but I have a great fiance who has worked me over.

and tomorrow I am going to go walking to the commons with weights in my hands. Supposed to be 67 degrees tomorrow. Gonna def rain after 12 pm. So I am actually going to get out of bed at nine to nine thirty am. Get ready. Take a nice warm to hot shower and get ready for a nice outing before the rain comes down. Granted I walk in rain too, but I love the sun better. Make me feel like what I am striving for can really happy. Rain makes me feel like all my energy is washing away. I feel such a low when it rains. I have a sun lamp and usually turn it on at night. I am supposed to get at least two hours of sun light from outside, which means about three hours inside. So I make up on rainy days with my cool lamp.

but still it almost feels like it isnt enough.

but its time to head outside and just enjoy walking the way I did before. So I am going to make it a challenge by walking with a 2 pound weight in one hand, periodically switching to a different hand. And the other hand will hold my bottle of water. Because while I keep walking inside and around the inner commons, my man will be reading and I think a stop with him, and intervals of walking will get me going. He is shorter than me, which makes it hard, because I walk like a block a head of him, so he is just going to read, because by the time he has finished one way around the commons I am going on my second round and half way to the end of the commons. So he will read while I enjoy my walk in the bright sun light tomorrow morning and when the rain clouds come in. I will just enjoy the sun lamp inside and read a good book..

My pick this week or for the next three days is

PC Cast, Hunted, a Vampire novel that is in a series. I go to the library everyday. I have so many books that are coming off hold. I dont know what to do .... They are all due in three weeks ...and I am actually freaking out, because other peeps have them on hold and that means I HAVE to finish them in three weeks, all the books. I am a big reader. Finished the two Vampire Academy books. The third VA book is next and I am the next person to get it. I have NEW MOON to read in three weeks, from the Twilight series. The book is way better than the movie I have heard. And the book was awesome. I just hope the movie doesnt make me sick, because I hate when they destroy what the author wrote and chop it into little pieces. Twilight is a beautifully written book. I am sure the author wanted to chop some heads off the block after what they did. I would. Anyway, literature was my major. I used to write a lot and was working on a novel. I have about one hundered pages and than the computer died and I didnt save it to the right kind of disc. Lost the book. Still blows my mind, but now that I look back on it. Its not where the now is ... its not where writers have taken... ITs like ... the writer from now are better than what I wrote ten years ago. I think now I could write something good, but it would take a lot of focus and energy and I so want to. And I know the base line of what I want to write. No writers block now, which existed for years. I am open to a novel..... but I havent sat down to ponder and pick at the brain and just do some crazy stuff on paper, but you know what, I think I will. Writing was my escape. I was creating this world. I created a world, I created people, demons, and everything. I wrote in story contests. Just to back myself with a resume. It has always been my dream to write something good enough to be published, something I would consider a piece of art. It might not make it onto any best sellers lists, but I will have known that I created something, something that will maybe sit in one persons mind forever, I just want to touch one person. Maybe make them think. And than move on with a greater degree of life, a book ... that I think is it. The book. That book is called Surviving Xixxy. Its been my dream to write this book since I was 15. 15 I was working on it. Got tossed, had the teacher going over it everyday. He was my editor. Best there was. lol


I have started to novel, as a journal entry, but maybe I need to expand, like I want to expand the readers mind. Maybe I need to lighten up sometimes, but bring in a few tear jerkers, and than win them with laughter and show them surviving sometimes is all you got, but things can get better, they can always get better. I guess I should read over what I have written so far. Take my own advice lol

I have a tendency to not think about what is real and only think about the negatives in life. But not anymore. Need to retrain the brain. So I can become a healthier and stronger me and so I can finally write my novel.

well lots of things going through my head.

thanks for reading

love always
Natsky:cheers2:
 
I agree, its absolutely nuts lol I don't know what to say on all of your pages. Like "Hey, how you doing?" So many peeps have been on here for so long. I was on here last June. I lost nine pounds in the Valentines Day Challenge, but have yet to repeat a loss like that lol I hope I start losing soon.

thanks for stopping in!!!!!!!

always
Natalie jo
Natsky:driving:
 
Hello everyone,
I shall have to figure out how to enter the convos on your diary. There are so many posts lol

I will do that today.

I am starting to lose weight. I have lost 1.6 pounds and oz. I know it doesnt seem like much, but to meet it is the start to a new life. At least my relationship with food and my relationship with my health.

I am joining Curves in July. I think the fact its all women, and I get my own personal trainer and its down the street, makes it a very good idea. I mean its only a ten minute to fifteen minute walk.

I also have vowed not to wear shorts this summer. I bought three pairs of cool, cute, and sexy capris. And bought four to five new sexy shirts from fashion bug. Spent two hundred dollars, but at least I will feel good when I go outside and am inside. I love the clothing I bought, plus I needed the clothes. Last time I bought clothes it was the dark ages lol jk

Anyway also I came of the birth control pill, which was for the menopause, it was making me gain weight, which is how I ended up from 277 to 281.6... luckily I have lost almost 2 pounds so far since taking myself off and my doctor has now put me on the lowest dosage of Wellbutrin. MAN! This is awesome. I have energy. And I am not as depressed as I usually was in late. I actually went walking for four or five hours the other day! I finally ran out of energy around six pm. Usually I am flying into bed at three pm, because I am just too exhausted, but I am now waking up earlier, getting a better night sleep and just feeling better overall. I hope it lasts and may even get better.

I actually am viewing my world a little better and hopefully I will report even better things next time I write..

My kitten of 12 weeks just sent my flowers flying onto the floor. He is a little nut bar, luckily it was the fake flower and not the real ones lol he can be nuetered until he is two months older. UGH He is going to be a nut bar for a while. He is getting so big. We had him when he was 7 weeks old. He is so cute, but man does he have a play hard streak in him. Keeps me on my toes lol

Well ttylater
love yas
always
Natalie jo
Natsky:driving:
 
Finally, I found your diary! Who would have known that all I had to do was look through the Weight Loss Diary section of this place?

Vampire novels! I have only read the Twilight Series, but I loved them... except how the last book ends... but it's still nice to read. I'm such a loser... Started reading Twilight for the second time a couple days ago and I'm already almost done. I think I need to branch out and try other Vampire Novels.

Good luck when you join Curves. I belonged to that place for awhile a few years ago... but than, like always, I quit going. Same with 24 hour fitness, LA fitness... me and gyms... or me and sweaty people just don't mix.

Fashion Bug! Reminds me, I gotta go buy some clothes too... I think me and you both bought new clothes around the same time period! However, I think I'm gonna wait until their buy 1 get 1 for $1 deals.

Anyway, best of luck... have an awesome day being the best Natsky I know you can be!

Veronica
 
Hey Veronica!!!!!!!!!!!!
Try Vampire Academy or The House of Night novels. They are awesome. I am going through the most recent House of Night novel called, Hunted.

and I will be reading Shadow Kissed, another Vampire Academy novel. I am also reading non vampire novels. But the whole Vampire thing interests me. Its just different, almost a science experiment gone wrong! lmao. I am such a dork. lol




Anyway to everyone,

Well I stopped taking the pill that was making me happy, because it was making me gain weight. But now my plan of attack, or goal, is to walk and swim into fitness with weights. And my fiance says he is going to drag me out tomorrow. I have lost two pounds, but probably after starting the pill that makes me hungry I will gain weight. My hope and prayer and my determination of how goals of mine go, is I will just be happy to get down to 250, possibly 240 and not go any further down. I would be thrilled to be as thin as I was, as tight and muscular as I was at 240-250. I have always worked hard for my health. My body used to be a brick. Everyone was jealous, including the boys of my arms. I was not thin, I was pudgy. But I knew how to kick some butt. And I think I need to get going back into the pace I was in before. It will be hard at first, but I am going on a small hike on Wed. It will be VERY hard, but I want this so bad. I am going to hike every Wed, in hope of reaching these goals. I am also going to kick up the walking starting tomorrow.

This is to combat the problem with this happy drug. Prescribed drug, not evil drugs lmao ..whatever those maybe.

I hate the whole gain weight, but I think I can reach the thrty to forty pound goal and hopefully stay there. I have been turning the way I eat down. I am trying to win the battle with food and getting better. Lots of fruit. I have so much fruit it is bursting out of my fridge and freezer. My grandmother gave me a ton of fruit and so did my mom. From their freezers and also from Trader Joes.

well I am happy to say things will get better, hopefully. I have an inkling of hope left and I think with my fiance I can do this. He seems to bring the best out of me and I love him and I know he loves me, because of everything he does and says.

Ttylater everyone

love yas
Natsky:seeya:
 
Well I was flattered today!!

Hello everyone,

My fiiance tried taking pics of me a while ago. Clean pics, with a little showing. I wouldnt do it in the nude, just little poses, that were not disgusting, just posing ....

this was this summer that he took them. I felt so good about myself. I was so cocky and incredibly forward with him.

Well today I asked, "Do you ever look at the pics?" and he told me "yes"

I of course being a moron, asked "Why" and he gave me a look and said it was because I was beautiful and gorgeous. He always says it. But now I am like WOW.... they were low key pics. I felt very comfy, and at some point we will be getting married. Bought the rings and everything. We are on our way to buying the dress. Bought my head dress. I am wearing the engagement ring. And he is actually wearing his ring, because I sometimes get silly, and no so confident. but lately I have felt like he really loves my body. I know he does and it feels good .. :)

Now I have to love my own body lol But I am working on that slowly. Went walking today, but I did have a little ice cream, not with a cone or sundae. Just ice cream on a stick. You know that ones with sprinkles. but I wasnt even going to get it. And than my fiance starts asking me what I want. And I told him nothing. I actually wanted the creamsicle soda, no caffiene. But I didnt get that, I got an ice cream instead. The wierd soda would have been worth it, but the ice cream isnt. I gave into pressure. Earlier I had wanted a three scoop sundae. And he didnt want me to eat it, because he knew I would feel guilty, good boy, but later he suggested what I did eat. It was small, but still had calories... hmmm ... but I can see where he is coming from... the bar on the stick was so much smaller than the sundae. So he figured if I was going to cheat, than not to do it horribly. But I did walk quite a bit today. The sun finally came out, but it was soooooooo cold out I wore my spring jacket over a thick shirts, doubled shirt. I wore a sexy shirt. Went to Fashion but for summer clothing and I look hot, but the capris are too big, I will have ot put them in the dryer, or wash it in hot water. Hot water sounds better than in the dryer.

oh btw.... I have pics of him lol It wasnt just one way. It was actually fun.... because I felt ... we felt such love ...and we felt like we were celebrating each other. He used to look in domai... but now he looks at me... I really wanted to test him, to see if he would look at pics of me...and he does. lol

Well oh and I usually have a red blanket draped over me. Its good that I have a little confidance about my body. Now I just need to work on it more..

well need to go do laundry..

if I offended anyone.. I am sorry... I figured we are all adults here lol

bye
always
Natsky:cheers2:
 
Hello everyone,
Seems no one is responding to the last post lmao.. I am sorry if I offended anyone, if so, just say so, and I will edit the post to proper posting etiqutte.

Anyway, so I am thinking some of the pics need to be deleted, because I think so of them I don't look so good, and other are blurry because I was moving. All pics have me with a shirt on btw. So I wasnt going totally nude. I don't like my stomach much. Its much to big for my taste. And no way is a pic going to be taken of my thighs, stomach, or butt. Just too much .... but otherwise, they are pretty pics. We had a red blanket made of cashmere, which I bought last year. Its lovely during winter and spring. It is so soft warm. And than I had red pillows ....so thatts about as racey as it got... it was tame, but I enjoy the fact my fiance chooses to look at my pics rather than porn sites, that was the whole reason for doing it. And it has worked.

anyway ...

nothing much today, did actually resist the ice cream, however, ate two bowls of cereal this morning and one at night. Need to cut down on the eating, however, they were small portions, but doesn't matter, I wasn't hungry after the first bowl. I ate three pieces of cheese and blue berries last night. Hated the fact I ate cheese, but blue berries are cool. The berries were so yummy, now I need to cut up the strawberries and put some in the freezer. I like my berries frozen with a slight melt to them, lmao


well ttylater everyone
love yas
always
Natsky:driving:
 
hey hey i took the weekend off. I wasn't around, and no i wasn't offended. its great to be comfortable in your own skin! i am happy for you and all the good things going on in your life. i am sure it is such a pleasure to have someone love you head to toe inside and out. You are working on getting your body to where you wan ti to be, so no worries on the parts you don't like we are all works in progress, one day at a time to achieve a higher standard for ourselves :) Always a pleasure to read your posts, and no, theya re not offensive.
 
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