New Goals in the New Year!

WillLose60

WillLose60

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Hi!
I decided to start up a new journal since I have new goals for the new year! I've written them down online, but not on a physical piece of paper, so let's see if I can remember them:
  • Lose 10 pounds.
  • Consume less calories/have more healthy food.
  • Learn more/different exercises and start doing videos on the web (again!)

I hope that worked. I've never used the bulleting option before.
The losing ten pounds part will take a while. I've been on a plateau for about two months. I calculated on another site that if I lose .5 lbs. a week (so SLOW!) that I will lose those 10 lbs. by April of this year. Seems doable.

Two days ago, I started tracking my calories again. Terrible. I got up to somewhere around 920 calories, and that was before dinner. Didn't put dinner in because I was embarrassed someone would see it and think I ate way too much crap. So, starting this morning, I am having lower calorie foods and not eating so much. Yay!

Tomorrow, I plan on looking up some online videos for new exercises. I joined a Bootcamp on another site to put me in line.:) Hopefully this will be an excellent year! No more yo-yo!

WillLose60
 
Duh

My goal to lose 10 lbs. has not started out the way I had hoped. I GAINED 1.6 lbs. in two weeks :( :puke: Maybe it was all that holiday crap... maybe it was just me. I don't know.

I started strength training more this morning! Brought out some dumb bells and did a 10 minute online video (along with some 20 minutes of stuff that I did on my own without the weights). Do you think 5 pound weights are heavy enough for starters? I've only lifted dumb bells on and off, and these are the ones I've used.

My cardio was 30 minutes dancing, 20 minutes jump rope, and 15 minutes kickboxing. Not to mention the extra hour I played on the Wii. That equals 1 hour 55 minutes total, if you want to count the Wii.

I see my dietitian on Thursday. Can't I please lose a pound or two by then?

WillLose
 
Why do you want to lose 10lbs? You're on the low end of the healthy weight range. Tone up by all means, eat healthier by all means, but trying to cut calories, skip meals, and lose weight sounds like warning bells to me.

I'm glad you are seeing a dietician. S/he should have a more professional accurate perspective than myself who can only judge by a ticker.
 
Hi Splodge!

Thank you reading my journal. My dietitian is fine with my weight and losing weight. My regular doctor is too.

I don't skip meals. In fact, I eat too much. I am trying to cut calories though. Today started out horribly though. With peanut butter. Why did I have to have peanut butter? I don't need it. Stupid cravings.

Today I seem to have lost .6 lbs? Maybe it was just a fluctuation. We'll see at my dietitian tomorrow. I'm back to 116.0 lbs. It's not the 114.8 lbs. I was at about three weeks ago, but it's better than two days ago.

WillLose60
 
Yay!
Went to my dietitian today and was down .5 lbs.! I'm down to 115.5 lbs. Almost down to the weight I was before the holidays (I was 114.8 before Christmas). Up, down, up, down. Before Christmas it was mostly down...

Got in a 20 minute strength training/stretching video online today before doing tons of cardio (seems I had too much caffeine this morning?) I just wanted to keep on going. It was a lot of fun though!

I am keeping within my calorie range. Hovering around 1200 calories, give or take. Trying to have more fruits, veggies, and protein. Who knew that I was a carb addict? I didn't really. It just seems that everything that I pick to eat is a carb, and I'm having a hard time having anything else. I love my fruits and veggies though.

Well gotta go, the nieces are calling me!

WillLose60
 
Hi!

From now on, I'm going by my morning weight. It's the one I do daily at home. I don't know what I was thinking before... taking my dietitian's weight. I see her at 11 a.m., fully-clothed, after eating. I can get a better, truer weight on my home scale early in the morning, don't you think?

So on my scale, I was 113.4 lbs. two days ago, and now I am 115 lbs. today. :puke: How did I gain almost two pounds in two days? My official weigh in day is Thursday, so I'd like to make it to 113 lbs. by then.

I've been sick with a bad cold and bronchitis yet again. I get this nasty little combo quite often, and it's pretty debilitating. This time it seems to be going away pretty fast. I've only had it about a week. Last time I had it, I was coughing for over a month. Makes it a little difficult to work out in the morning, but I've been doing it!

Thank you for reading!

WillLose60
 
Well, it looks like I'm not getting down to 113.0 lbs. by tomorrow. Wishful thinking! I'm still around 115 lbs. today. Yeah, I can lose two pounds in a day, right... :smilielol5:

I'm still sick with cold and bronchitis. Hasn't stopped me from working out! Maybe I'm a little slower, but I'm still doing all the stuff I did prior to being sick.

Ick, I just added things up in my fitday account and somehow I'm up to 1,000 cals so far today? I haven't even had dinner yet. Crap. Good thing it's healthy foods. But 1,000? :( That makes me ill just thinking about it. My range is 1200-1400, so 1000 at this time of day is absolutely terrible. I know I keep saying it, but NO MORE SNACKS.

WillLose60
 
Hey WillLose,

Why do you need to be that thin? You have been reading my diary right?

You know that I almost died, I ended up in the emergency room from only eating twice a day and that was fruit shakes wit milk. I lost sixty pounds in three months.. my mom congratulated me and I almost died. I ended up in the emergency room and when I tried to start eating again .. I was cursing and hudled in a ball, just eating one piece of food, one oz was too much...

than I just started putting up with the pain and eating ..and I gained weight ... but now I am eating ... not binging at night .. I eat around 2300 calories a day and burn 2500 a day ... its slow ...but I have lost a few pounds in the last few weeks .. If I dont eat, I gain weight ... your making your body start storing the fat away in your body ... thats why you arent losing ..because your body has been in starvation mode and still is ..its going to cling to whatever you feed it ..but if you get to your caloric intake ..which is very difficult for an anorexic ..or bullimic or ani_mia ... it takes forever. Yoru doctors are wrong .. they are so very wrong .....

I hope you start eating ..but I will drop subject now ... You have heard what I have to say and thats probably why you havent known what to say in my diary ..because I am not dieing to be thin .. I am eating to be thin ...

best wishes hun
and I hope you reach your goals a healthy way ..

always
natalie jo :seeya:
 
Hello,
I want to apologize for going on and ... being a bit of a pain. I just get concerned when I see people .. well dieing to be thin .. and you might be ...


Why do you want to lose weight? be honest?

Are you dieing to be thin? What are you willing to do to lose weight?

How do you feel toward food, is it gross?

Do you try to eat once in a while and feel pain, or guilty for eating even the smallest bit of food?

best wishes
Just wondering ..

I will support your wishes .. good luck on your goals ..
always
natalie jo
 
Hi Natsky,

I did have Anorexia in the past too, but do not have it now. I eat too much and have gained too much weight. I eat all of the time, feeling guilty each and every time I do it though. I think I calculated it a couple of times, and it has to be about 1900 cals a day. It should be around 1200. I only burn about 700-900 calories through exercise per day... much less now that I've been sick for the past week and a half. That's all very disgusting. I should be eating much less and burning much more, but I just can't seem to do it.

I just want to be thin so that I will be happier again and so that people will like me. I'll be happier with myself again.

I'm sorry for what you've been through... Thank you for reading my journal...

WillLose60
 
WillLose60 said:
Hi Natsky,

I did have Anorexia in the past too, but do not have it now. I eat too much and have gained too much weight. I eat all of the time, feeling guilty each and every time I do it though. I think I calculated it a couple of times, and it has to be about 1900 cals a day. It should be around 1200. I only burn about 700-900 calories through exercise per day... much less now that I've been sick for the past week and a half. That's all very disgusting. I should be eating much less and burning much more, but I just can't seem to do it.

I just want to be thin so that I will be happier again and so that people will like me. I'll be happier with myself again.

I'm sorry for what you've been through... Thank you for reading my journal...

WillLose60
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Are you sure that being thin is the answer to all?

Like are you sure your life would change to such an extent of happiness?

Is there something else lurking that may cause you pain emotoinally, an old wound?

Well I hope things work out...

always
natalie jo :seeya:
 
Hi Natalie,

Umm.. not sure how to quote, so I'll just copy/paste if I can.

>Are you sure that being thin is the answer to all?

No, I'm not sure. It didn't really solve my problems in the past so much. It made me a little happier, I suppose (?) but didn't answer much.

>Is there something else lurking that may cause you pain emotoinally, an old >wound?

I've never really found out what caused my past problems. Years of therapy didn't help. Medication didn't help. But no, I really don't know.

But anyway, I don't consider myself to have an eating disorder anymore. I'm healthy. I have meals and snacks and exercise appropriately.

What concerns me now is this news report I saw this morning about being... well I guess you would call it "skinny fat", though they called it something else that I no longer remember. It's basically having too much body fat. As much as an obese person, if I remember correctly? I think I am "skinny fat". Though "skinny" is not a term I would use to describe myself. Anyway, I have too much body fat is what I am saying. I can see it. I mean, I've heard this all before... it's nothing new... but to hear it on the news just frightens me.

WillLose60
 
WillLose60 said:
Hi Natalie,

Umm.. not sure how to quote, so I'll just copy/paste if I can.

>Are you sure that being thin is the answer to all?

No, I'm not sure. It didn't really solve my problems in the past so much. It made me a little happier, I suppose (?) but didn't answer much.

>Is there something else lurking that may cause you pain emotoinally, an old >wound?

I've never really found out what caused my past problems. Years of therapy didn't help. Medication didn't help. But no, I really don't know.

But anyway, I don't consider myself to have an eating disorder anymore. I'm healthy. I have meals and snacks and exercise appropriately.

What concerns me now is this news report I saw this morning about being... well I guess you would call it "skinny fat", though they called it something else that I no longer remember. It's basically having too much body fat. As much as an obese person, if I remember correctly? I think I am "skinny fat". Though "skinny" is not a term I would use to describe myself. Anyway, I have too much body fat is what I am saying. I can see it. I mean, I've heard this all before... it's nothing new... but to hear it on the news just frightens me.

WillLose60
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I know what you ... well ... hun ... you need to use weights. Weights will tone your body up. It may not be fat, it maybe muscle that isnt in shape. You seem like you are at a good weight .. I would start pumping some iron if I were you ..than you would be toned... you might want to do this along your weight loss, because it will make the skin come in more ....

best wishes hun

I have never heard of the word "skinny fat", but my mother has mentioned it. Like a lot of women who are thin, have a lot of fat, because they dont use weights or other things... if you want to take away some of the loose sking and stuff and make you have that toned look ..or thin look, you might want to pump some iron. I am going to start ... I want to buy some eight pound and ten pound weights ... I hope to decrease the size of my bust and what not ..

good luck :)
Natsky
 
Finally did boxing on the Wii! I did both the regular game and the training where you get to hit the pads that the trainer is holding up. Unfortunately I kept on hitting the trainer instead and getting points taken off. Haha! Guess I have to keep practicing. I did that along with my normal kickboxing, so I hope I burned a bunch of calories that way. Haven't calculated it yet.

Also did a strength training video with weights (mine are 8 lbs.) and some more strength training on my own afterwards. I guess it was about 25 mins? I probably should have done more. It's just that I've been feeling so un-motivated lately. So slow and sleepy.

I lost about two pounds this week! Down to 113.2 lbs. from 115 lbs. last week. Works for me! Let's hope it doesn't go back up. I'm looking forward to 105 lbs.

WillLose60:hurray:
 
WillLose60 said:
Finally did boxing on the Wii! I did both the regular game and the training where you get to hit the pads that the trainer is holding up. Unfortunately I kept on hitting the trainer instead and getting points taken off. Haha! Guess I have to keep practicing. I did that along with my normal kickboxing, so I hope I burned a bunch of calories that way. Haven't calculated it yet.

Also did a strength training video with weights (mine are 8 lbs.) and some more strength training on my own afterwards. I guess it was about 25 mins? I probably should have done more. It's just that I've been feeling so un-motivated lately. So slow and sleepy.

I lost about two pounds this week! Down to 113.2 lbs. from 115 lbs. last week. Works for me! Let's hope it doesn't go back up. I'm looking forward to 105 lbs.

WillLose60:hurray:
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Hey WillLose!

Good job on your weight loss and taking on weight training... with weight training any flab will be gone and youll be a happier person. You are almost at your goal! And congrats on the loss! The kickboxxing sounds awesome!

keep it up girlie!

always
Natsky :):seeya:
 
Thank you Natalie!

I'm going to try to keep up with the strength training! Want that tummy to go away.

My mom just found some workout videos on realage.com. I'll have to check them out and see if they're good or not. Maybe I'll give them a try! Check out my "Real Age" while I'm at it, hehe:)

I just looked at my trackers on realage.com and I've only lost 4.5 inches off my waist since last July :( In that time I lost 22 lbs. I had lost 28 lbs in the 4 months preceding that. Things are going so SLOWLY! Good news is, my Real Age is 26 years old! I'm actually 32 yrs old (or 32.7 years old if you want to get really technical... that's what the site says) Anyone else know their Real Age? I went on their site a moment ago because my mom said they have online workout videos. I'm going to check them out.

It occurred to me a little while ago that my nintendo wii has an internet channel and surf the web over my TV. So... theoretically I can watch these videos on the TV instead of my mom's little laptop, don't you think? I hadn't used the internet channel on the Wii and decided to give it a try about a week ago. It surfed the web just fine, but wouldn't play the fitness videos I like. Hmm... Maybe I'll have to get my dad on this!

WillLose
 
Heya everybody!

Today I did a 20 minute resistance band video to strengthen my arm muscles and then did some more stuff on my own. My mom has started to exercise as well. She did 30 minutes of walking yesterday! I'm proud. After the strength training I did about 90 minutes of cardio. Anyone know how many calories you burn with strength training? I'm just curious. I've tracked how many calories I burn during exercise on two different sites, and neither of them seem to want to include strength training. I need to do some stretching in the morning as well. For some reason, I feel the need to stretch almost all day long... maybe stretching in the morning after exercise would help.

I can't believe I had a 300 calorie breakfast! :ack2: That's terrible. I have to take out something. No more peanut butter. I know they say it's got "healthy fats" in it, but it's just got too many calories for me! I keep on forgetting to count up my calories on fitday, but this morning I did, and it was depressing. I have to try something lower calorie next time. Not sure what yet.

WillLose60
 
So my calories have evened out today. I guess I kinda forgot a snack so whatever. It's about 5:20 p.m. and I'm at 923 cals for the day. Haven't had dinner yet, which usually tends to be my biggest meal. Still want to cut out on the peanut butter though. Are we allowed to post links to fitday on here? Oh wait! I already know what I'm having for dinner. Ewww... it's THAT many calories??? Okay... so for the day I'm going to have had 1311 calories total if everything goes as planned. Too many carbs and not enough veggies in my diet if you ask me. I did have a salad today though. Looking forward to buying some more vegetable soup (nice to have in this COLD weather!). Here's to hoping I'm more around 1200 or something calories tomorrow. That would seem better to me. Would make me feel better. I haven't had this many calories in... well I guess since I started losing weight.

On the bright side, I'm 112.8 lbs. today. That's down .4 lbs. from two days ago. I honestly don't know how I'm losing any weight on this many calories! In the past I had to severely restrict to lose any kind of weight. Now I'm eating like crazy. Maybe something's wrong with me? Who knows.

WillLose60
 
Hiya,

Guess I haven't updated in a couple of days. I've been reading other people's diaries instead. My weight has stayed the same since last time I posted, so I'm only down .4 lbs. this week. Not even half a pound :( Going to weigh myself again tomorrow to see if there's any change.

It's supposed to snow tonight! Starting sometime soon. Should be nice! It's been such a CRAZY week though! Now it's finally starting to wind down and feel like the weekend!

WillLose
 
Wow, didn't realize that I haven't updated for almost two weeks. Oops! Kinda got upset about weight gain, but then I lost it again. It was only water weight gain, I suppose. I gained three pounds in a week, lost more than that this week. TOM stuff. So here I stand at 112.4 lbs. as of this morning. I've been feeling so run down though! Right from the get-go, when I wake up, I just want to curl up in a ball and go back to sleep. Hardly want to exercise, but I've been making myself do it. Well, I guess I'll go look around now...

WillLose60
 
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