On my way to confidence

You have to get behind the scale mentality. The scale will go up and down as a normal fluctuation. It has nothing to do with how you are doing. Keep up the good work and start to worry if the trend continues upward.
 
You're right, of course. I know I need to stop weighing every day. I've weighed in once a week before, and its actually really exciting waiting to see what the number will be. But now that its been a few days of the same number, I just want to see it drop. I haven't let it discourage me too much yet. I admit, I have been a little disappointed, but I haven't stopped working toward my goals. That alone is a big step in the right direction for me. In the past I would have given up the first day it didn't go down, and eaten way too much and stopped exercising. I've been reading some of the old plateau threads, and I've come to a few conclusions. First I thought that I might need to lower my calories because maybe I was eating too much. But I don't think thats the case. I think I'll try doing a little bit of a different workout for the next few days and see what happens. But mostly I determined that a few days of the same weight does not qualify as a plateau. I had no idea some people were at the same weight for weeks or even months. I have nothing to worry about. I will see changes eventually.

I didn't write down what I ate today, and I didn't really workout. Just an hour of yoga. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
 
I would weigh myself every day, but I would only "count" it one day a week. If the scale went down from one day to another because I had a killer workout, I'd be psyched for my next one. If it went up, I'd make sure that I was making up for it, but I wouldn't let it get me down.
 
130.5 this morning! Glad to be rid of 131, for now. I like your idea trops. I thinkk I'll use it. My "weigh in" day will be Sunday because thats when my weight always seems to be highest. Until then, I'll just use it as a gauge to know how I'm doing.
 
I would used to use Mondays because if I was bad on Saturday it would get me going on Sunday to make up for it.
 
This is going to be quick because I need to get to sleep. I'm exhausted. I've only gotten maybe 5 hours of sleep the past couple nights.

today was fine. I had two tests so I was basically studying all day. My teacher let us out early from my last class so I had an hour free time. I could have gone to the gym, but I was just so tired. I did go to my gymnastics class tonight, which is usually a decent workout. I'm definitely going back to the gym tomorrow though. I'm actually looking forward to it.

food:
breakfast- smoothie (banana, frozen mango and strawberries, plain yogurt, soymilk), toast with peanut butter
lunch- salad, chicken soup
snack- yogurt with banana and granola, handful of walnuts and chocolate chips
dinner- salmon burger, rice, broccoli
snack- cherry juice
actually, thats more food than I thought I had today. My first snack was probably too big. I still sort of do a very rough estimate of my calories every day, but I didn't even know what I should be taking in. My bmr is 1400. Times 1.55 for exercise is 2170. minus 500 to lose weight is 1670. thats more than i thought, which is good because some days I would go over my goal of 1500, but now I see that that was probably fine.

bedtime. goodnight.
 
Confidence

Making progress takes work, time, and ups and downs.

I like your attitude and commend you for your desire to keep working at it.

If anything else, you will like yourself more, and that is key to true success!
 
Thanks burnsrunner. What are you working on?

I am so so so happy right now. Why? you ask. Well, let me just tell you. My boyfriend bought me an i-pod for my birthday(I had been wanting one for a while), which was 3 weeks ago. I tried to hook it up to my computer to put music on it, but my operating system is too old so I couldn't download the appropriate i-tunes. I asked my roommate to use her computer, and finally got around to it today. I took it to the gym for the first time tonight, and oh my gosh, it was amazing. I ran for 20 minutes straight. And I usually can't do more than 5. It didn't even feel hard. I love it!
 
Nice! Which Ipod did you get? I've been wanting a nano for a while now, but we have a rule of no buying yourself anything too close to Christmas. Too close to Christmas now means any time in the fall, so I have to wait and hope that I get one.
 
It's a nano. Interesting rule, trops.

I was 134.5 this morning after eating A LOT in the past couple days. It didn't bother me at all though. I know it will come off again. I feel like I'm back on track, and I don't think two days will really make that much of a difference. At this point, I just want to go home. I do care what I look like, but its nice to think about how everyone will still like me, and be happy to see me no matter what I look like. One more class today and then an 8-6 seminar tomorrow. If I don't make any stops I should be home by midnight tomorrow. Can't wait!
 
Yeah, the rule came out of me buying something that my wife had planned on getting me for Christmas. She says that I'm tough to buy for. I don't know about that. I just like expensive things.:sifone:

Have fun over the holiday.
 
Just wanted to write a quick update. I've done ok the past few days at home. Better than I usually do with diet. But I haven't worked out at all. Not even any walking. I try to tell myself its ok, its only a week, but in the back of my mind I'm a little scared. I think I still look about the same though. It's been totally fine not weighing myself. Its taught me that I don't really need the scale at all. I'm hoping to at least get in some pushups and situps tomorrow, and maybe a walk if it stops raining. The rest of the week I probably won't do too much. Maybe Friday. I'm already looking forward to getting to go to the gym when I get back. Happy thanksgiving everyone! Eat lots. And enjoy yourself. And then get back on track. MMMMM, pumpkin pie and apple crisp with whipped cream. Can't wait. hehe.
 
I won't be posting for a couple weeks because I have two weeks of finals starting Monday. But I'm still working on my weight, slowly, but I'm happy. I was 133.5 this morning. Not my lowest, but I was 19.6% body fat, which is my lowest ever!! My goal is under 19% by January 1st. Hope everyone is good.
 
Wow, its been a really long time. I see a trend here. I take time off, come back in about the same place, and say, wow, its been a really long time. I'm hoping this time I'll be here until reaching my goals and beyond. I wanted to start writing down what I've eaten, and what I did for exercise, so here I am.

Saturday:
Breakfast: Apple with 2 Tablespoons cashew butter (too small, I think, but I was late, and didn't have time for more. It did keep me full for a good 3 hours though.)
Snack: protein shake, apple (after working out)
Lunch: big salad with cheese and hard boiled eggs
Dinner: chicken stuffed with ricotta, spinach, and dried cranberries, brussels sprouts and cauliflower sauteed in garlic and olive oil, quinoa with toasted pecans and scallions (yum!)
later: I'll probably have a cup of yogurt with banana and walnuts and honey (thats been my snack of choice for a while now)

Exercise: 15 minutes running on treadmill (5 minutes alternating with walking, 35 min. total), 10 minutes biking, strength workout A

I feel pretty good about how today went. I should probably start tracking my calories again, because I have no idea how much I'm eating. If I'm losing weight though, I might not, because I really really don't like it.

Thats all for now.
 
Hey there!! It's great to see you back! I've thought about you lately. As long as your making good healthy choices and eating enough throughout the day I really wouldn't worry about counting calories. I started getting back into this 3 weeks ago and I haven't counted a single calorie... ok I added one day up just to get a rough estimate. In 3 weeks though I have lost 9 lbs. So just eat right and everything should fall into place.

Stay in this!! We gotta do this together!!!!! :)
 
Yay, Adeon! Thats awesome. I really like not counting calories, so thanks for the vote that its ok not to. I'll have to stop by your diary when I get a chance, but this week alone I have 6 tests and an 8-page paper, and then it continues in a similar style for the two weeks after that. It will be interesting trying to keep up with diet and exercise. But I really want to do it this time. I've made it 5 days so far without giving in and then giving up. Thats a record for me!

Today:
Breakfast # 1: 6 strawberries and about 15 grapes and 20 almonds
Breakfast #2: 1 egg, 2 whites scrambled with onion and spinach, banana, plain yogurt with raisins and sunflower seeds
(ok, so maybe that was a little too much to have for breakfast, but the two were about 2 hours apart)
Lunch: salad, homemade chili (yum!)
Dinner: a chicken-rice salad with red pepper, scallions, grated carrot, corn, slivered almonds, sunflower seeds, raisins, and a dressing of olive oil, soy sauce, and lemon juice, steamed cauliflower, broccoli, brussels sprouts

I'm not going to be able to keep cooking once the week gets going. But it sure was fun to do in the past couple days.

I didn't get any exercise in. I really wanted to, honestly, but I just didn't feel like I could take any time off from studying. And I actually think I made the right decision.

Tomorrow is going to be the worst day of the whole week, so I may or may not be able to write about it. I think I should be able to find the time. I'm going to need a small break, right?
 
Blah. What a day. And its not even close to over. I've barely had time to eat anything today. I know, not good. I'd really like to get to the gym tonight for a short time. I don't know if its going to happen, but lets hope.

Breakfast: pear, 6 strawberries, sunflower seeds, 20 almonds, 1 cup yogurt
snack: apple
lunch: salad with hard boiled eggs
Oh, thats pathetic. I'd better eat again soon. And then atleast another time before I go to bed. Guess I'll have to go to the cafeteria. Yuck. But at least its food.
 
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