Ralu's Fabulous Weight Loss Journey

bakaralu

bakaralu

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It's been a week since I've started my plan, I figure nows a good time to start recording my progress.

First off my plan:

1. Portion reduction rather than food restriction. (eat often and in small portions) 1200-1800 calories per day
2. Yoga every weekday morning.
3. Walk to school rather than take the subway for a couple of stations (weather permiting)

My goal weight is 126 and I started at a weight of 186. I've actually been able to handle the food reduction much better than I thought I would, if I get hungry and know I shouldn't eat something I just have a cup of tea or a glass of water. I also feel much better since I've cut out coffee from my diet. Like most university students I had/have a tendency to go to bed quite late and keep myself going during the day with cup after cup of coffee...especially during exams and midterms. So hopefully replacing coffee with green tea is a fair substitution with less caffeine.

I'm going to be taking weekly measurements to track my progress, here's what I started with:

(in inches)
Waist: 33.9
Hips: 45.2
Bust: 42.1
Arms: 13.8
Thighs: 25.8

And these are my current one week stats:

Weight: 181
Waist: 31.75
Hips: 43.4
Bust: 41.5
Arms: 13.5
Thighs: 24

I'm happy that I lost 5lbs and a couple inches where it matters, but I'm also a bit concerned. I was planning to lose weight slowly, about 5lbs a month, and I know that losing weight at this current rate isn't good for you, and I also don't think can't keep it up. Another big concern is that I don't wanna end up with loose skin at the end.

What do you guys think?
 
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Hmm...so it seems my diary isn't getting much attention, but whatever, I will keep updating it.

There's a few things i didn't mention in my first post, I'm a 5'6", 20 year old girl. Whenever i lose weight it tends to come off my waist line but not off my lower stomach, giving me a bit of a bulge there ...

So today I did a one hour yoga workout at the gym and then walked to school, thankfully it was much warmer than it should be in Canada.

I weigh myself every morning when i wake up, today I was at 180lbs. I'm still concerned about this speedy loss, but I get the feeling it will taper down soon.

Food today:

-Bowl of Organic Flax Plus Cereal (250cal)
-Open face Cheese sandwich + side salad (450cal)
-Salmon with steamed veggies and potatoes (500cal)
-2 Starbucks shortbread cookies (200cal)
-2 cups of green tea (nothing, no sugar added)
-raw almonds for a snack (150cal)

Total: 1550 cal...that seems like a fair amount.

All in all not a bad day :)
 
it takes some time to get replies in your diary... visiting other's diaries helps that as well :)

you're off to a great start.. don't be too concerned about the big drop the first week - it's doubtful that will keep up consistently -by keeping your behavior consistent a 1 pecent body weight a week drop can be expected... generally the first week's big drop is from changing eating habits from a lot of processed foods to healthier foods and thats water weight.

Good job keeping trackof inches - you'll often times see results there before you will on the scale :)
 
Alrighty, so my weight was still at 180 today which is great. I've also just joined my local ymca and will try to go there before school or after.

Food up to now:

Yogurt+Granola (150)
Tall Starbucks Latte--major indulgence, but oh well-- (150)
Granola bar (220)
Tuna Salad on Crackers (440)

Not much wiggle room left for dinner today, so it'll probably just be a salad and some meat and maybe some fruit for dessert...I really hate calories spent on beverages rather than food, they just make me hungry later on.
 
try a skim milk latte next time - they're not quite as creamy but have only about 90 calories...


how many calories ad ay are you on?
 
i'm trying to stay between 1200-1800 because that gives me lots of wiggle room, but most days its been around 1400-1600
 
Lunch time update!

So my total calories with dinner yesterday turned out around 1600...which is fine, since i worked out and also did half an hour of yoga in the morning.

I checked the scale today and lucky me has reached 179! It feels really good to have broken out of the 180s, and very encouraging too. And as added motivation I've made a deal with my mom that when i get to 150lbs she will buy me new mattress, which I can't really afford right now.

I had a bowl of cereal for breakfast and two tangerines as a snack. And now I'm having a chunky vegetable soup for lunch. That should all add up to about 700-800 calories. Not bad at all.
 
nice deal - and excellent reward for getting to 150.. :)

congrats for breaking out of the 180s :) i'm jealous - i think i've been here forever :D
 
Wow! It looks like you are doing an AMAZING job! way to go!!! Congrats on breaking out of the 180's! That must feel great! :) Keep up the great work!:hurray:
 
Update for today!

Stepped on the scale today, still at 179...I think weighing myself everyday might be a bad idea. I should try to do it weekly, but there's always that fear that I may not have lost anything at all...or worse I'd have gained something over the week. It's a control issue.

Yesterday's calories added up to just under 1400. I also did a half hour of cardio in the evening.

Today I'm not hungry at all for some reason. I've had some yogurt and a granola bar...but I'm not craving lunch at all yet...That's not good, it only added up to 210 calories. I have to go have some lunch. I also haven't worked out yet today, but i've vacuumed the entire house and done laundry, and now I'm getting started on my school readings.

I also wanna start taking measurements of my "problem area", which isn't something traditionally measured: my lower abdomen. I have a well defined waist, but a big blob of fat on my lower stomach, so i want to see how that starts going down. So I will add it to the measurements today, and it will be known as my tummy :)

Tummy: 36 inches

So i guess that's all for today.
 
that's a good measurement to track and one you should see notable improvements in..

there's no rule that says you should just measure bust/waist/hips - measure where you want and where you will see improvements...

good job
 
ok so lets fill in the rest of yesterday. I got called in to work, and since I'd be walking around the whole time there I decided not to work out. For lunch and dinner I had a can of pea soup (which was 798m,l so two big servings, a total of 570 calories for the whole can). It was so delicious and creamy, and i really felt like I needed some comfort food. I had a couple of tangerines, they're about 60 cal, and a can of diet coke (ugh...I should have just drunk water). So unfortunately yesterday my calories were under 1000. Which is weird because the pea soup was so filling...

Weight today is still around 179. I'm going to walk to the library and study there for a while and on the way back go to the gym. I'm excited about tomorrow when I'm going to be putting in my measurements...although the difference will be much smaller than during my first week.

I'm kinda concerned about my sleeping habits and how that affects my metabolism. Last night I went to bed at 4:30 am .... and stuff like that must throw off your metabolism...

Food today: one bowl of flax plus cereal-250
fruit salad- probably about 100
 
Yesterday was a bad day to diet, but it was a great day to be active and work out. After going to the gym I met up with a few girlfriends and we spent a few good hours window shopping/walking all around downtown Toronto. For an early dinner we went to an Italian restaurant...I had a gourmet pizza-thin crust, artichokes, mushrooms, goat cheese, spinach and prosciutto. I ate 2/3rds of it. No regrets whatsoever.

Todays weight: 178! The hard work is paying off!

And I wanted to do my measurements on sundays from now on, so I may as well fill those.

Waist: 30.75
Tummy: 35.75
Hips: 41.8
Bust: 39
Arms: 13
Thighs: 23.75

Maybe next week my waist will go down into the 20s...That would be a good goal.
 
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Good morning!!
I didn't work out yesterday...but I had an 8 hour shift at work, and we had to work on a change over so it was mostly lifting and moving books and boxes around pointlessly

Food yesteday:

cheese sandwich
yogurt parfait
two chicken and chesse tortilla wrap things i made
3 truffles
almonds
3 tangerines
fruit salad
granola bar

(not in this order...lol)


Anyway...today I weigh 177.

Am I losing weight too quickly?
 
I saw your reply on my diary so I thought I would come read about you! I find your weight loss plan to be very sensible and you seem to be handling it well. I am such an emotional eater that I have trouble staying away from the bad things I like to binge on.

Congratulations on your work so far! We should keep track of each other since we are so similar.

Where do you live in Canada?
 
Food yesterday was pretty bad. Pretzels, cola, hash browns all sorts of things I shouldn't have had. Total calories 2200. It's only this low because I ended up not having much for dinner. Workout: 40 minutes of yoga.

Weight this morning: 177. Everytime I get on the scale I just feel kinda happy and start doing a little scale dance. I'm sure it's not good for the scale, and maybe that's why it keeps showing a lower number, cause I've broken it.

I think I'm slowly turning vegetarian...I'm not craving meat at all. Maybe I'm losing my muscle weight. Since I don't really eat enough protein I think I'm going to supplement my diet with some soy milk, once I go out and buy it. It's pretty high in calories though.

Food today:
-Some sort of organic cereal (11 g of fiber per serving!!)--220cal
-Handful of pretzels--240 cal
-granola bar--140cal

Today needs more veggies.
 
Wow!!! congrats on the weight loss! That is fantastic!!! Don't worry about the slip up. As long as you get back on track you'll do just fine. You are doing a wonderful job. :)
 
Weight this morning 178. Meh...I've been pretty bad for the last few days.
I had chicken and beans with salad for dinner, total calories 1860. Workout 45 minutes of cardio.

I guess I've been pretty unhappy and unmotivated these last few days. When I'm happy I'm so motivated, when I'm not I'm such an emotional eater. In the end when I'm upset, my weight seems like such a redundant issue. I guess I'm getting stressed out by school, and work and just being single and 20 years old and wasting the best years of my life. Typical worries I guess.

Sigh...I will get it together, I promise.
 
I'm here to PUMP YOU UP!

I know exactly how the school blues go... that would be why I am no longer a student. (I quit school in the middle of last semester after having a bit of a freak out.) I am taking time now to figure out exactly what I want and how I want to get to it. I know how hard it is to be motivated to do anything when you feel like crap about everything. I'm going to give you advice that I really need for myself as well: Things can only get better if you let them get better.

I know you've been proud of the work you've done so far, so make yourself proud again! And give yourself a break every now and then. Go ahead and have a cookie or a handful of pretzels. That won't sabotage your diet.

You're awesome. Feel good.
 
aww thanks for the support :)

I did alright yesterday and today.

Weigh in: 176.5
Food today:
-cereal
-apple
-fruit salad (for lunch for some reason)
-almonds as a snack
-pasta salad for dinner

Calories just over 1500, the problem however is not eating almost any protein...
Workout: yes! half an hour pilates video
Tomorrow I have another long shift at work, so I don't know if I'll manage to squeeze in a work out or not

I really shouldn't be freaking out so much about the weight loss slowing down. I knew it would happen. Plus now I'm losing at a healthier rate :)
 
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