Nicole's diary~ Gotta be for real

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nickyw

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Well, hello, I'm new here and I'm so glad I found this forum. Just like lots of other people I've been on soo many diets. But I really have to do it this time and I hope this will help me. I am addicted to food and I need to change for good this time. I want to have a baby in the next year and my body is in no shape to be pregnant. I'm 24 years old, 5"9 and I actually haven't weighed myself yet since my diet is starting today and I haven't weighed myself in a while since it's pretty depressing. I'm guessing it's between 250-260lbs. It's so embarassing and latley I just FEEL so big and so very unattractive to my husband. I really think it'll give my marriage a boost. We've only been married for a year and a half and I've never felt completley comfortable with myself if you know what I mean. Well, I'll be back tomorrow with the true damage. But this is day 1. My goal right now is 210. Eventually I want it to be 175. I'm tall and so even at 200 I look pretty good- that was the lowest I got on a diet a few years ago. Well, bye for now.
 
Hi Nicky,
Welcome to the WLF - I'm almost 5'9" and started out about where you are - just know that you CAN do this.

It's a matter of getting the right information and making it work for you. It takes time but all pounds come off the same, just one at a time :)

Best of luck,
 
Welcome to forum!

It's funny how we try to lose weight before having babies. :) I'm hoping to have a baby in the next year or so, my first. Hubby and I have been married since oct 2000.

Good Luck on your journey!
 
Wow, thanks for the support so soon! I really think this will help.

Breakfast: Special K
Snack: Nuts, carrots & dip
Lunch: Salad & Tomatoe sandwich on a whole wheat bagel
Snack: Fruit
Supper: not sure yet...probably spagetti & garlic bread

I know the garlic bread is bad but I gotta keep some things I really like or I'll fail for sure.
Yay! Someone just brought in a big fruit tray to work!
 
I tried a variation of Garlic bread recently. It turned out really good.

I took my sandwich bread and basted it lightly with olive oil and then sprinkled my garlic salt/powder and broiled in the oven for a few minutes and it was REALLY good!! I wasn't very optimistic at first, but I had to try it without butter. and the final product....Fantastic

Also, I use the whole wheat pasta noodles with my spaghetti, and that gives you some extra fiber and helps out with the cals etc.

Have you tried the whole wheat yet? It doesn't taste different to me or to hubby.
 
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Yes, I actually really like and prefer the whole wheat, but hubby doesn't like it at all, so usually I used to just eat regular out of convience, but now since I'm on a diet, I will for sure be making 2 pots of spagetti. Seems like every aspect of eating healthier takes more/longer preparation, and more expensive as it requires fresh foods. But gotta do what ya gotta do! I just wish I could afford/have time for the gym again. It really helped me out once before. I'll have to go out and brave the freezing cold (it's -34 C with the wind chill here today)
 
Try mixing them. Ween him over to the wheat. That's what I did. He never noticed - or if he did, he didn't say anything. LOL.
 
Well, day 1 was a success. I didn't eat anything bad and I even turned down a piece of cake that evening. I feel good with the good start. And I did weigh myself this morning and I'm 250. Bad, yet thankful that it wasn't more than that. I've been here before and gotton down to 198. So I can do it again. Any suggestions of some good snacks? I love nuts and fruit and popcorn (the low fat kind).
 
Well, ok, I think I got the ticker to work now. Wow, looks so far away! But I know it'll be cool to watch it get closer and closer. Well, I just had a tomatoe sandwich on a bagel, it was really good, but I can tell, I'll be hungry in an hour. I even had some friut & a small salad. Guess it'll take awhile for my stomach to get used to not chowing down on cookies and chips and other nasty foods.
 
Hi Nicky!! Thanks for stopping by my diary!!

Make sure you get enough calories don't go to low to quick. And try high fiber foods to help you feel full longer..

Just be patient and stay dedicated and you will meet your goals quicker than you think!

Have a great day!!

Michelle
 
Well, day 4. Geesh. I hate beginnings! Takes so long to get this going and to notice any weight loss. But I'm not one of those people to weigh myself everyday, I find it too depressing. But just knowing that I'm eating so much better makes me feel better. I know already I have more energy in the morning. Before when I first woke up, I always take the dog outside down and back up 3 flights of stairs and I used to feel like I was gonna have a heart atttack! (Not serioulsy, you know what I mean) but now, I don't feel so...overloaded. I got thinking, I realize I can't afford a gym membership or exercise equipment and I can't even walk outside- I tried yesterday but I nearly froze my skin in the -20 something weather, so I figured I could at least do stairs for now! Up and down those a couple times is a really good workout!
Well, today for meals may not be as good- I made an awesome pizza pasta for supper, but I'm having leftovers for lunch. I think leftovers is a bad idea for lunches as it's just like having 2 suppers which isn't good. I need to keep lunch light. Although maybe having this I won't be starving at 4:00. Anyways, until tomorrow, here's to the diet.
 
Well, it's Friday, tgif. I'm so excited about tonight, my hubbie is taking me out for dinner and a movie for valentines day. So I'll have to watch myself, but tnoight I will not be super strict, besides I think I deserve a treat. But weekends are so hard just being home and having free access to food. Although I didn't buy anything bad in groceries, I always manage to overeat still. Well, Monday I will weigh myself and I won't be back until then, so good luck to everyone!
 
Hey Nicky just wanted to show some love....I hope you had fun tonight, you're right we deserve to treat ourselves but this should come only when we are strong enough to handle temptation. I know you did well last night b/c of your dedication to this. May God bless you on this journey...Romans 12:1 this is a daily meditation for me ya know to keep my mind right. Stay in the fight, ok.....and holla when you need me, ok!!!!
 
hey nicky and welcome :) i'm sure you'll be able to reach your goal. it takes a bit of hard work, but to tell you the truth that work fills me up better than any food i ever ate. i even stopped rewarding myself with food, since i'm an absolute emotional eater...so i'm learning to eat from the start.

i hope you had wonderful time with husband at the dinner :) Lena
 
Thanks for those posts, they are so encouraging, and I reallllly need them after this weekend. I bombed my new diet. Well, basically I didn't diet this weekend. And I'm ashamed of it, but this is Monday the start of a new week and it's going to be better! I'm startin my day out with a delicious strawberry /banana smoothie for breakfast.
So needless to say I didn't weigh myself like planned today. I think I'll change my weigh day to Saturday. Since I'm more disciplined during the week, Saturday a.m. should have the best results- then if I see I've lost a couple lbs I'll be much more likely to be motivated by that to stick to it for the weekend.
And I'm an emotional eater too. I used to think that was so bizarre but it's true. Not all the time, but sometimes. And I just found out the best news ever! I'm moving back to my hometown in New Brunswick (I'm in Quebec now) anyone from these areas?? Anyways, I really feel like this is a motivator to lose weight, a new beginning. Plus I'll finally have access to a treadmill at my parents place so that excites me too. One summer when I lived there I did that like everyday and did awesome. So, I'm hopeing for another repeat but to KEEP it OFF this time. Anyways, here's to a much better week and I'll weigh myself Saturday. Hopefully I'll at least lost 2 or 3 lbs to get this started! Keep writing everyone, I love it!
 
Well, I don't know what's wrong with me, but this is just so much harder than ever before. It's not going so well, and I wasn't gonig to come back here and talk about it, but that wouldn't help it really. I just CRAVE things so much. Chocolate chocolate and more chocolate! I can't go to the store without buying some. I know what I NEED to do but I just can't make myself do it. I am serioulsy addicted. Anyone else have this problem? I do so well through the day because I'm at work, but when I get home, BAM! Eat! lol. Arg, so frustrating. Anyways, guess that's it for today. And valentines day is tomorrow, so chocolate is a given! I hate diets!!!
 
Instead of depriving yourself - which makes you crave that deprived item even more - get the best quality chocolate you can - in a very small quantity and savor it...

Don't think of this as a diet - diets are temporary - think of it as a lifestyle change and make your favorite things fit into your plan... You can do this if you want to and you are ready to.. Just find your motivation...
 
i agree with mal :) i didn't give up anything, i'm trying to eat as healthy as i can. and for me this is a lifestyle change. i plan on eating like this even when i lose this weight.
i read wishes diary for motivation. she's a real inspiration to me, and breezy also.
have a great day :)
Lena
 
Well, I'm back after a long time of messing the diet up completely. But I'm back to get things back on track again. I even did a couple measurments this morning- waist and hips.
One thing that really got me to wake up was the fact that spring is coming and if I don't lose the weight I won't have any clothes and I can' t afford to buy new bigger ones! So. Tonight I'm going to go home and pull out all my summer "skinny" cloes from their bags and keep them in view daily and also dig out my skinny pics from a couple years ago and look at them daily for motivation. I thin kthat will help the sudden urges to splurge on something stupid while I'm home after work/in the evenings. So here it goes again!
 
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