One More Time...

Ok, so just got back from seeing Secretariat. :) It's a good "feel good" movie with some amazing horses. So basically i loved it.

Anyway went to dinner with mom and sis, and I really thought about what I was going to have, but settled on a turkey sandwich and fries. The sandwhich was HUGE so I cut it in half and asked for a box when the waitress brought it out. I did eat all the fries, but then, I didn't have any lunch, so it all worked in my calories. At the movie, I did get some peanut m&m's but shared the bag with three people, so I didn't end up eating that many. Was proud of myself today. *pats self on back*

Anyway, it's time for my "red moon" so I'm hoping that next week I'll have that "whoosh" (I stole that phrase from laureelee07 :D) of weight gone. lol

Going to decorate the house for Halloween tonight. Can't wait for Sunday. I'm going to enjoy scaring the little children. :) *rubs hands together gleefully*

Anyway, I wanted to say that with my weight loss, I'm feeling better and better everyday. I have more energy, my girly cycle is actualy starting to be a cycle, rather then a guessing game, I feel more in tune with myself, I'm riding better, and I think about what I'm wearing and how I look more often then I have in the past. And you know what? I like the change. I really really do. :)
 
Awww, you sound so genuinely happy in your last post, I love it! Having the elliptical must be great, I'm lucky enough to have a gym in my basement and it's so stinking nice to have what you need so close by, isn't it? Have a great Halloween tomorrow! :pumpkin:
 
Laura F said:
Awww, you sound so genuinely happy in your last post, I love it! Having the elliptical must be great, I'm lucky enough to have a gym in my basement and it's so stinking nice to have what you need so close by, isn't it? Have a great Halloween tomorrow! :pumpkin:
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I know it's awesome right? lol.

Well, I'm feeling like WWIII is going on in my utereus right now... :banghead: holy crap it sucks. sometimes I hate being a girl. lol

Off to go make breakfast. Am thinking about some grapes and an english muffin with an egg, a slice of cheese and some turkey. yummy. It's not big, but it lasts a long time. I usually don't get hungry until about 1 or 2. Its nice. :)
 
xorie said:
Ok, so just got back from seeing Secretariat. :) It's a good "feel good" movie with some amazing horses. So basically i loved it.

Anyway went to dinner with mom and sis, and I really thought about what I was going to have, but settled on a turkey sandwich and fries. The sandwhich was HUGE so I cut it in half and asked for a box when the waitress brought it out. I did eat all the fries, but then, I didn't have any lunch, so it all worked in my calories. At the movie, I did get some peanut m&m's but shared the bag with three people, so I didn't end up eating that many. Was proud of myself today. *pats self on back*

Anyway, it's time for my "red moon" so I'm hoping that next week I'll have that "whoosh" (I stole that phrase from laureelee07 :D) of weight gone. lol

Going to decorate the house for Halloween tonight. Can't wait for Sunday. I'm going to enjoy scaring the little children. :) *rubs hands together gleefully*

Anyway, I wanted to say that with my weight loss, I'm feeling better and better everyday. I have more energy, my girly cycle is actualy starting to be a cycle, rather then a guessing game, I feel more in tune with myself, I'm riding better, and I think about what I'm wearing and how I look more often then I have in the past. And you know what? I like the change. I really really do. :)
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Hi Jacqui told ya I'd be checking up on ya now I'm back hee hee

You are doing so fantastic. When I read this, I actually was smiling, thats how you made me feel, just by reading it. I'm so happy for you that you are feeling so great about yourself, you deserve it, your working really hard.

I can't wait to see that film, I don't think its out here yet, at least I haven't heard anything about it, but maybe thats cos I have been out of action for a while. I'll check it out though. I think I might like a feel good film at the moment, specially if there are horses in it. Hope its got a happy ending though :biggrinjester: Keep up the good work your doing fantastic well done xxx Maddie xxx
 
mad2lose said:
Hi Jacqui told ya I'd be checking up on ya now I'm back hee hee

You are doing so fantastic. When I read this, I actually was smiling, thats how you made me feel, just by reading it. I'm so happy for you that you are feeling so great about yourself, you deserve it, your working really hard.

I can't wait to see that film, I don't think its out here yet, at least I haven't heard anything about it, but maybe thats cos I have been out of action for a while. I'll check it out though. I think I might like a feel good film at the moment, specially if there are horses in it. Hope its got a happy ending though :biggrinjester: Keep up the good work your doing fantastic well done xxx Maddie xxx
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Thanks! Sometimes I catch myself being down at how far I have to go, but then I hop on here and see all the people who are here with support, and I see how far I have come, and it pops me back up. :)

The film was great. Even though we all know how it is going to end, during the races you still catch yourself at the edge of your seat urging the horse to go faster and win. lol. Its a great feel good movie. :)



Ok, so last night was Halloween... yikes... I had candy. Not too much, but some. Then, I did something I haven't done in months! I had a second serving of dinner last night!!!! It was home made spaghetti sauce with turkey meatballs, and I have to admit I couldn't help myself... I had two servings. ... whoops. I did have two smaller servings than I would have as a normal serving, but thats no excuse. I also did not have the bread.

Am going to go work out with my mother as soon as I'm done here. ;) There is a chance that I'm going to be getting a horse here in the near-ish future. I don't want to jinx it, but maybe you all could send thoughts at her current owner to set the price in my price range.... lol.

Anyway, hope you all have a good day! Hopefully its not raining where you all are, since it's pouring here. We just got an inch of rain, and the day isn't over yet!
 
Alright ladies and gentlemen, I have a minor announcement to make.

235! woohoo!!!

If I remember correctly, this is the weight I was at when I first found this website at 16. So I want to get to where I was when I fell of the wagon last time. and I think that that was at 184 or something like that. And what is awesome? I'm doing all of my current weight loss without 5 days of volleyball a week. So that means I'm doing it all by myself, without the help of a required number of games and practices. :) Makes me super happy.

Am hoping to be at 233 by friday, so I have to keep my butt in line. Send me good thoughts!

oh, and I really do like watching my ticker move... it really shows how far I've come....:)
 
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Okie dokey. I've been good all day. Had my one egg, slice of cheese, slice of turkey, and an english muffin for breakfast. a can of soup (progressive) for lunch, and I just had a pb&j sandwich for dinner.

Am about to head off to choir practice and then back to the barn. I'm thinking I'm going to ride tonight, and then maybe take a walk, but we'll see. Perhaps because it will be dark, I'll go for the walk in the morning. :)

Hope you all had a great day!
 
*clears throat*

233

Thanks much! :)

I was super duper good yesterday. :) like beyond good. And I was home alone and I didn't eat anything. I drove past the mcdonalds, the teriyaki places, the pizza place, and the market and didn't stop to buy anything. I was super proud of myself.

Well I'm off to work out on the elliptical, and then do some laundry. Gonna play with the ponies tonight. :)
 
Hey xorie looks like you're having a good week of it so far despite halloween! Good job, keep it up :D
 
Caiman said:
Hey xorie looks like you're having a good week of it so far despite halloween! Good job, keep it up :D
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Thanks! :)


So I managed to keep myself from getting on the scale today. I keep saying that I wont get on everyday, but I generally end up doing just that. lol. oh well.

Yesterday I was golden. I ate well, walked a lot, and controlled myself when housesitting. It was nice knowing and feeling that everything is actually under my control, and that I actually believe that I'm driving this wagon. :)

Gonna go out and do some more work. Then I'll be back at the barn, cleaning stalls, and riding some ponies. The sun came out here and I fully intend to take complete advantage of it. :)

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination.
-Tommy Lasorda
 
Ok, so Friday is weigh in day....

I stepped on the scale this morning...

230.6 baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wooohoooooo!!!! I'm almost in the 220's! :party:

I was working today and I was getting really tired of having to pull up my pants.. lol. I'm going to wait until I'm at 220 before i go and get more pants though. :) and I hung up my mini goal pants. a pair of 14 pretty dark jeans with this gold embroidery on it. :) I am super jazzed right now. lol

For breakfast this morning I had a turkey bagel sandwich (thin bagel) with a slice of cheese. Lunch is probably going to be some kind of salad, and then who knows about dinner. :) All I can say is one more pound until I get to 30lbs lost. woot woot woot!



Oh, and I'm really close to getting myself a horse, so I'm more motivated than ever. :)

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.

Gail Denvers
 
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Alrighty, so I wont be weighing myself until Monday. I have decided to weigh in every three days or so so that I wont be obsessing anymore. (and yes, I've said this before, and I'll probably break from it in a couple weeks anyway... lol.)

But, my grandmother comes in on the 18th, and I was to be in the 220's by then. Should be no problem. I am thinking maybe I'll set my goal for 228 by the 18. that's 2lbs.

anyway, I've mentioned that I'm looking into getting a horse. It's proving to be really really good motivation, and a great way for me to not spend my money like I used to. lol. Anyway, for those who are interested, this is her :)

Oh, and an update on my mom. This morning she was at 240 even. She says she can't even remember when she was at 240. she thinks it's been almost 20 years. (sometime around when me or my sister were born) So she's pretty estatic this morning. After work, I'm going to try and get her to go on a walk, or maybe work out on the machines downstairs.

Anyway, hope y'all have a great day!
 
I forgot you were doing this with your mom, you are both doing awesome! Must be so nice to have someone doing it with you. Man, there are a lot of us who struggle with finding a healthy relationship with the scale! I have kept up with my promise to not step on until after my big runs, but it is HARD. I'm looking forward to tomorrow when it's finally time.

The horse looks gorgeous, although to be fair, I know nothing about horses so they all look pretty impressive to me, haha.
 
Laura F said:
I forgot you were doing this with your mom, you are both doing awesome! Must be so nice to have someone doing it with you. Man, there are a lot of us who struggle with finding a healthy relationship with the scale! I have kept up with my promise to not step on until after my big runs, but it is HARD. I'm looking forward to tomorrow when it's finally time.

The horse looks gorgeous, although to be fair, I know nothing about horses so they all look pretty impressive to me, haha.
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Yeah, it's nice to be able to have her here doing the same thing. It also makes me more concious of how we eat. I try not too eat more than she does, and generally, I take small portions, and when she sees my portion size, she's less inclined to over eat. :) Its nice. Oh, and she's now officially in the 230's. :) She was super happy this morning. its nice. before she started losing the weight and keeping it off, she was constantly depressed, irritable, and just down right cranky. Now we spend a lot of time together, and we are getting along better than we've ever done before. Honestly I love it. I missed out on having that close "mom and daughter" thing, just because I was super self concious, and we fought all the time. it's nice. :)

Anyway, I've been super good today. I actually missed lunch because I was working and lost track of time, and then my brother stopped at McDonalds, and I honest to god wasn't tempted at all. I had 5 fries, thouroughly enjoyed those five, and then was satisfied. It's a HUGE win for me.

I'm drinking loads of water too, because dinner is a white turkey chili my mom made, and I know it's loaded with salt. I also wanted to drink some water so that I wasn't starving when I sat down to eat and I was able to keep my portion small. :) all in all, a good strategy I think. For dessert, I had some grapes, as they are full of water and easily satisfy my sweet tooth. :)

Later tonight before bed I'm going to hop on the elliptical for at least half an hour, maybe more. I'm going to watch me some Lord of the Rings. ;) That movie is FULL of extremely sexy men. lol

Dreams become reality one choice at a time.
-Author Unknown
 
Okie dokey. :)

I'm up a pound, but I'm not worried. I've been awesome today as well. My mom and I went christmas shopping, and then out to lunch. I had a seriously hard time decideing whether or not to get the french dip, but in the end, I opted for half a turkey sandwich with a salad. I dipped my dressing, didn't eat all the salad, and when the sandwich came out, the bread was HUGE, so I didnt eat one slice of the bread, and instead, used the yummy lettuce as the top of the sandwich. Yum.

Gonna work out on the elliptical with my mom. we're going to watch some Lord of the Rings. :)
 
Sunflower said:
You two are awesome! Have a great night :) Bet that pound will be history by next weigh-in!
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Thanks. :)

It's going to be a long week my buckos. :) I've got a bunch of things that need to get done in a timely fashion, but really don't have the extra time to do them, so I know my stress level will be elevated. Please lord don't let it mess up my good work of the last two weeks.

My grandmother flys in on the 18th. That's 9 days away. I'm a pound and a half away from being in the 220's, which was my goal for when she gets here. I'm hoping that I can hit 228 by then, but we'll see.

Anyway, I hope you all have a good week.

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
-George Edward Woodberry
 
So... stepped on the scale this morning.. .(a day early, but whatev's lol) aaaaand

229.7 baby!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOT! I'm in the 220's!

Then I went and had breakfast. I did eat slightly more than I normally do as I wont be able to eat lunch, BUT I had protien, complex carbs, calcium and other good junk. lol. Do feel full though, which is awesome, because if I had eaten the same amount 4 months ago, I'd still be putting food in my mouth.

Anyway, off to work. I'm sorry if I haven't been visiting other journals, but when I hop on here I barely have time for this one. I promise within the next few days I'll hit all your journals. :D

Have a great day!

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
-Epictetus
 
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