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CurvyGirl28

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So my size 10 capris are on my back of my bedroom door, and when they aren't covered up by towels or other laundry, they are a reminder of where I want to be this summer.
That being said, I think it's time for me to put them on a hanger and put them up in a prominent spot. Better yet, maybe I should put that teal dress I can't quite fit up for my goal.

Here I am, 183 lbs and ready to stop seeing OBESE as my status on Wii Fit. I can't believe words like "I want to be overweight" are coming out of my mouth these days! Definitely better than that ugly, O word.:svengo:

I have some simple goals- want to get to 160 right now and just eat cleaner, work out every day, walk every day, live a more active lifestyle, etc. I told my husband the other day that I can't remember a time in the past 6 years that I wasn't trying to lose weight. Isn't that ridiculous? And the fact that I've just gained and gained is even more ridiculous. Obviously it's time to put my money where my mouth is and take my life back.

So here's my first diary entry and here's to a better me and a happier me. Not that I'm not already awesome, but you know, more awesome would be good. The kind of awesome where I get that pride of knowing I look as fabulous on the outside as I feel on the inside.:seeya:
 
I like Mydailyplate- and other little rants

:rant:I've been wanting to join a program to get a nice eating plan. I check out Jillian Michaels and tried to register. Every day I try, but the damn site keeps giving me odd html jumble when I use paypal and then it won't accept my postal code if I try to just register with the credit card. After several angry emails and waiting on the phone, I've given up (and kind of lost any small amount of respect I had for Jillian Michaels, cause it's just a badly serviced site).:rant:

While trying to find an eating plan and good program, I've just been steadily writing everything down on paper now in a nice little journal I keep in my dining room. To complement that, and track calories, I've been using mydailyplate.com to enter the food in too.

Now, oddly enough- this is working better for me than spark people ever did! I don't know why, but it just is. I FINALLY saw the scale go down today and am hoping I weigh in at 181 on Tuesday. Even then, I know it's not about numbers.

I am feeling pretty good these days. Last night I was actually craving exercise, so I went downstairs at 9 pm to do some yoga. It was just what I needed- nothing too heartracing to keep my up all night, but something to really work my legs in some capacity.

The only thing I'm struggling with these days though is my mental health. I went off of my Paxil and as the doctor warned, I am going through some extreme lows. :angelsad2:
I find I'm crying more often than I would and am feeling ultra-sensitive. I just have to remind myself that I should be kind to me right now and keep eating well and exercising. The exercise itself lifts my spirits a lot and I know that I can get off this medication and not have it as a crutch.:nopity:
 
The Wii Fit is awesome, but it's totally crazy. It labelled my friend as obese too. She has maybe 20 pounds to lose before she'd be way too skinny. I wouldn't listen to the Wii.

Coming off of meds is always hard. It's going to take your body some time to adjust, I'm sure. Good luck! Just keep us posted.

What are your stats? How tall are you?
 
The Wii Fit is awesome, but it's totally crazy. It labelled my friend as obese too. She has maybe 20 pounds to lose before she'd be way too skinny. I wouldn't listen to the Wii.

Coming off of meds is always hard. It's going to take your body some time to adjust, I'm sure. Good luck! Just keep us posted.

What are your stats? How tall are you?
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I've been hearing that from other people- that I'm "definitely not obese" so I know the Wii Fit and the whole BMI thing isn't the healthiest way to approach weight loss. But I know I do need to lose weight, so if my BMI says obese, then it's just a motivator to get my weight range in the healthier area.

And thanks, it definitely is hard, but I'll be glad when they're out of my system.

As for my stats- this morning I'm 184 (blech) and I'm 5'5. I wear a size 12-14 and Large for shirts. My goal is to get back to a size 8-10 and a nice size Medium. My measurements last I checked were 42.5 - 34 - 46. Arms, 13, thighs, 26. :ack2:Ugh, I can't believe those measurements. A part of me is still in denial, I remember vividly being 38-30-40.
 
YEAH for making it here! There is great support here and WE can do this!! We have the same goals too! I wanna be a 10 again! I have been looking around for good healthy recipe's and found some at Women's Health. I thought about doing a plan too but I honestly would much rather save that dough to go into buying some new clothes when I reach my goal. anyway, I am glad you have made that first step on your journey. See ya around!
 
Waiting

So I ordered Chalean Extreme and am awaiting it's arrival. In the meantime I've been eating pretty damn good I think.
A typical day for me?

English muffin with light cream cheese and 1/2 cup strawberries
Lemon water

coffee at work (usually black, but today I have one cream and one sugar in there)

apple and cheese string

Soup at hand tomato soup
side salad with wishbone spritz dressing and some flax seed sprinkled on

banana

salad with cucumber and almonds sprinkled on (1 tbsp) and spritz dressing
1 cup spaghetti with 1/2 cup tomato sauce and Yves ground round

herbal tea
a few nights a week I may indulge in a 100 calorie icecream snack or a bowl of air-popped popcorn if I'm feeling a little snacky

I've been logging over at mydailyplate.com and average around 1400-1700 a day.

I feel like I'm getting sooo much better with eating. I've often thought "geez, I ate so good, how come I can't lose weight" but then when I really examined everything I noticed how often I "indulge." :eek:

Since I realized that, the kitchen cupboads have been cleaned out better and we've been eating a lot more veggies. I try to eat a salad at least once a day, and keep it interesting by trying new dressings (still use the Wishbone spritz, but loving the Asian flavour right now) and extra veggies or nuts/seeds.:Angel_anim:

So with my eating more in check, and always leaving room for improvement, I'm excited about getting into the new fitness program and feel like I'm stepping into this new me :)
 
Check out , Tom Venuto's site. I just bought his book from Amazon.com called The Fat Burning Solution. I'm so stoked about it. He's been a trainer and big internet writer for ten years, this is his second book, his first is an e-book. Welcome to wlf.
 
So how is ChaLEAN coming along? I just finished week 1 of BURN and already lost an inch off my waist! I love this program. Ur first post sounds a lot like myself. Can't wait to hear your results. TTYL!
 
My experience with Chalean Extreme

So I haven't been around here (not a big surprise as honestly I don't know if my personality works to have outward motivation for weight loss). But I have started up a project which has to do with my weight loss.
I hope me sharing this doesn't suddenly ruin my motivation! But if you are curious about my journey with Chalean Extreme, check out:



I try to be as honest as I can in the blog. I was worried that I would sound like I was a promo site for her products, but as it turns out I do have some criticism. I'm only on week one right now. But personally, I know when I was ordering it and waiting on it to come in, I was checking everywhere for as info that I could find on the program. I wanted to know if it was worth it and what to expect.

Let me tell you now- it's hard! However, my brain has sort of clicked in that "yes, this SHOULD be hard." I think it's the hardest thing I've ever done in my life and I hope that I don't let people down and do continue to share my journey on my blog. I also hope I stick with it and have something to show for all my hard work!

If you drop by, please leave a comment! I want to improve the blog with photos and recipes, but would appreciate any feedback I can get and it'd be nice to know you dropped by :)
 
New week

My food today so far:
1/2 cup eggwhites
1 spray of Pam
1 slice fat free Kraft singles
1 pc rye toast

coffee with 1 cream and 1 sugar
1 Crackerbarrel marble cheese snack w/ apple

So only 382 so far for the day. My goal this week is to write everything down. My food journal at home was starting to collect dust on the hutch- so it's back on the kitchen table.

My other goal this week- Do all 3 of my Burn Circuits in my Chalean extreme and on off days, do my cardio. Workout every day this week. Let's see if that scale will budge.

This week may also be bringing a new job. *crosses fingers* Got a call on Friday with a bunch of questions from the HR manager. So it sounds like they didn't fill that position and I am still in the running. If I get this job it means a more fulfilling step in my career AND a much larger paycheque. Happiness is of course more important that the $$, but the raise in my salary would be a welcome change in my life.
 
When life gives you lemons...

I had such a rough day yesterday. Ever feel like life is just putting you through the ringer to see if you come out stronger or not?
Work has been ugh lately. I just really don't enjoy working in advertising. I feel so, I don't know, pointless. Like I'm doing what any half-wit could do.
I've applied for another job and they keep, pardon my french, dicking me around. I thought I didn't have it, then I got a call on Friday and it sounded like I had it and they just had some funding issues to work out or something. Then I haven't heard back.
I have my letter of resignation all ready to go- I just need the job first! Then it's that nagging feeling like "do I really want to go work for a company that gives me this much runaround and it's just the hiring process?":banghead:

I digress, when I got home last night I just had no motivation at all. I didn't binge eat or anything though. My husband made pancakes for dinner. I had 2 with limited syrup and some turkey bacon.
I spent the majority of my evening on the couch, then had a long bath and just felt so, blah.

TUrns out it may have been PMS, as I discovered this morning. Sometimes I have to remind myself that these mood swings are hormonal and not to let them take such a toll on me.:nopity:

I feel guilty for missing my workout last night. I knew I was going to, but well, I need to stop thinking about everything and just do it. I know I would have felt better last night if I worked out, or even just went for a long walk.
 
Days like this

It's freezing rain outside and absolutely miserable. My mood today matches the weather.
With my bad mood today, I'm getting frustrated that my scale won't budge at all. It seems like they'll be days I eat so good and go for a nice long walk and yet, when I step on the scale in the mornings, nothing. I'm hovering between 184 and 187. :banghead:

I know I need to exercise more, so this is my own darn fault. It's just frustrating when I eat fine and that isn't enough! I wish i was one of those people that could just eat healthy and not gain weight- but apparently my metabolism is super slow. Or maybe I'm totally disillusioned and my diet is horrible?:cuss:

Needless to say, I started reading the Forum today and went right back to the beginning. I started out at the Newcomers area and reading the simple advice: cut back on portion sizes, drink more water, walk more often.

My saving grace from insanity right now is that I KNOW if I keep eating well and trying my best, including increasing my exercise and getting better all around daily habits, that I can't get any worse. If I don't try and don't do anything, I'll just keep gaining weight.

So, here's to better habits, healthy living and not throwing in the towel!
 
Breakfast- the most evil meal of the day

Ok, seriously it's actually the best and most important meal of the day. But I've come to the realization that my breakfasts have been the main contributor to my weight gain. How? Easy- eating out!

It's no secret that my weight increased as soon as I started dating my now-husband. While of course I love him dearly, we started doing something that I never did before I met him- eating out for breakfast- A LOT! I mean like sometimes 3-4 times a week. This means 2 eggs, bacon, evil hashbrowns and overbuttered toast way more often than is healthy.

This week we ate out twice so far. And this morning I said this was it. We both know it's a bad thing and the reason for weight gain. So there- no more. And especially no more hashbrowns. If I was on Weight Watchers, just the hashbrowns alone would be like 5 or 6 points. Insane!

We've decided it'll be a once a week thing. Probably on a Saturday morning.

Before my weight gain, my breakfast would be either a bowl of cereal (like Special K or Cheerios) with skim milk and maybe a banana. Or maybe a bagel one morning with OJ. My extravagant breakfasts have been adding on like 400 calories a day. Which let's face it, means like 2800 a week. That adds up!

Honestly, if I went back to my regular breakfasts I'd be totally fine. I don't even enjoy large breakfasts. So yup, done my rambling now. Just had to get that off my chest.

By the way- joining Weight Watchers on Tuesday. Once I get back into my CHalean workouts and start really monitoring my food, I think things will start to click back into place.
 
Monday

So the start to another work week for many of us. I hope everyone had a good weekend :) I know I did! It just needed to be a few days longer.

My eating was relatively good. We ate out on Saturday night- which was chinese. But I watched my portion size- 5 chicken balls and lots of greens from the "beef and green". We had nachos last night for dinner- but healthied it up with multigrain chips and guacamole. By the way, used this cilantro seasoning from tupperware in my guacamole- holy schmoly, it was soooo good! I never really thought of using cilantro in there and it really gave it a ton of flavour and a nice kick.

Yesterday we had a nice long walk with some friends and our dog. One thing we do with our dog now (he's about 7 months old) is put this little backpack on him. I find it really gives him that extra workout and wow, did he ever sleep well last night. I think both him and I could really benefit from daily hour-long walks.

I'm joining WW tomorrow night. Er, I think I am. I don't know, it's $130 which could technically buy me 3 months at the gym. However last time I joined the gym it didn't work, and I need to do something that's going to work for me. I don't want to just waste money on fad stuff. I know it's all about just eating healthy and exercising. There's no quick solution or trick to this- I need to expel more calories than I take in. That being said, I thought WW might give me a better way to do this- as my own calorie counting is not working and I have a hard time staying motivated.
 
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