Project Confidence: Losing the weight, getting healthy and rebuilding my confidence..

Lately I've been having a hard boiled egg, and some lowfat cottage cheese with half a sliced peach in it. I also use the other half of the peach as a snack later. Weight Watchers yogurt (my favorite out there) with some Kashi Go Lean cereal and a few almonds & hazelnuts is another favorite of mine.
 
:seeya: Hello!

We have almost the same starting weight and height is the same and some of the same motivating factors, so I wanted to stop by and wish you luck. You seem to have gotten off to a good start...

Weight loss is a strange thing, it brings about a lot of emotions because its so personal to everyone. But you have the willpower to achieve whatever results you wish, you are a bright, hard working individual and deserve the best life has to offer!

Don't focus on your "failures" focus on your successes and realize you are allowed to not be perfect! Nothing will disappear forever, food is just fuel, you may temporarily need to cut back to achieve your goals but those things you love will still be around. I wish you all the luck and will be here cheering you on and tracking OUR progress!!!

Lets go girl!!!:driving:
 
So its been a few days since I wrote on here. I've had a crazy busy couple of days, and so have not had time to do much aside from sleep. If I don't work tonight I am going to try and go to the gym.
 
CUTE pictures! I can really see a difference in your face. Your hard work is really paying off :D
 
I went to breakfast with my roommate today and overdid it a bit, but I have been drinking lots of water and for snacks I have been having yoghurt and nutrigrain bars....I've discovered I love the activia yoghurts..particularly the pear flavor....I might start taking Activia for snacks when I'm at school. Yummy...I'm going to get some stuff done around the house and then go to the gym...feeling good today.
 
I had an awesome work out tonight...so happy that I made sure I went....I just came home and I had a stuffed pepper waiting for me....green pepper, brown rice, and tomato sauce....and water to drink. Tonight at the gym I did 30 minutes of cardio on the tread climber, 389 calories total. I also did three reps of stairs- backward leg raises, two stairs at a time, and side backward leg raises. I am feeling pretty good right now, and am about to walk to meet my roommate at the subway as she's feeling nervous...yay...
 
Current measurements:
Across the bust: 47 inches
Under the bust: 42 inches
Around the tummy: 46.5 inches
Hips: 50.25 inches
Right and Left Thighs: 28.5 inches.
Right arm: 16 inches
Left arm: 15.5 inches.
 
I had an awesome work out tonight...so happy that I made sure I went....I just came home and I had a stuffed pepper waiting for me....green pepper, brown rice, and tomato sauce....and water to drink. Tonight at the gym I did 30 minutes of cardio on the tread climber, 389 calories total. I also did three reps of stairs- backward leg raises, two stairs at a time, and side backward leg raises. I am feeling pretty good right now, and am about to walk to meet my roommate at the subway as she's feeling nervous...yay...

Nice work out! I've always hated stair climbers of all kinds, they kick my ass. There fore you have my absolute respect for being able to do anything at all with them!
 
So far today I feel like I'm doing pretty well...

Two slices of wholewheat toast with low fat margarine and a bowl of Kellogs red cereal and water.

One Activia Yoghurt for snack.

1/2 a portion of roasted butternut squash and peppers.

1/2 a bag of Quakers rice cakes, bbq flavor.

Now its deciding on what to have for dinner...I have this horrible craving for macaroni and cheese right now...I don't know why exactly. I'm just craving it like crazy. I'm trying to be good though.
 
So its been a couple of days since I updated. It's been my usual state of harriedness....working, school, exams....I'm finally home and am about to start studying for yet another exam, but before that I thought I'd write a quick update....I went to the dentist on Thursday, and got a few teeth removed purely because they were beyond repair and causing me to have non stop headaches, which had me popping way too much ibuprofen, so I decide to take action and needless to say its been a lot of soft foods- cottage cheese (light), yoghurts (Activia's still) but yeah....I am feeling very insecure at the moment, purely because I feel like if I smile, then people will see my awful teeth and realize that I am missing teeth....I hate that they're in such bad shape, and I hate the fact that my ex when he used to beat me, used to always go for my cheeks. I also hate that I didn't have money to get this work done sooner. It makes me not want to date, smile or anything until I get the complete dental work done and that could be done over two years. I just wish I could feel better about how my teeth looked. I had three ladies tell me that I have a really pretty face and smile today, but its hard. Anyway....haven't had much time to exercise...I'm going to go down to the Beaches with my roommate in a couple of hours, and walk along the boardwalk, and am thinking of getting a bicycle and riding it to work instead of ttc'ing it all the time. Anyway.....gotta go study...
 
Hey! Pic's looking good!

Bummer about the dental work. I hope that the headaches go away, and you are able to get the rest of the dental work done. I can't stand guys that use their women as a punching bag. They make me want to inflict serious damage on them... something to do with branding irons and tender parts.

Hang in there, and good luck on your exam!
 
Bummer about the dental work. I hope that the headaches go away, and you are able to get the rest of the dental work done. I can't stand guys that use their women as a punching bag. They make me want to inflict serious damage on them... something to do with branding irons and tender parts.

Sounds like an excellent suggestion! Real men can't stand men like that either.

Trust me, good ones are out there, it tough luck that you found the wrong one(s?) in the beginning, but the right one will be around. You take care of yourself first though, okay? *hug*
 
I am stressing out so badly right now.....my pharmacology teacher is irritating me to no end adding slides on and saying we have to reprint, wasting more money, and then testing us on much more than he should be, with no text books and no readings...only slides on a powerpoint presentation, and then there's other tests and assignments coming up that are just ridiculous....this is the time when I would usually start to scarf down absolute crap because I was an emotional eater.....

So far today:

Egg sandwich on brown bread and for lunch I had eggs and toast...very similar to each other but I had a craving for breakfast today and now its done and I'm going to try and eat healthy for dinner.

Back to the class that's making me grind my teeth.
 
So I think my legs are going to be in pain tommorow after my work out tonight....I went and did 35 minutes of intense cardio and then 3 reps of lunges which I have not attempted in a while....and so my legs are very sore. Am going to spend the rest of my evening studying and relaxing so that hopefully I will still be able to walk properly in the morning.
 
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