Rebecca's weightloss diary...

RebeccaGrace

RebeccaGrace

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That sounds so boring. I wish it was as exciting as some sort of Navy ship log, but it is not so.

Today is day... 18 of my weightloss "journey".
I started out weighing in at 143, and right now weigh in at about 138 1/2. My goal is 118-120, which is what I had been originally about two-ish years ago.

So far, my course of action has been, eating less - eating (somewhat) healthier, not eating after 7, frequent excercise, and drinking plenty of water.
All good and well, but I've only lost maybe four pounds.
Question for some of the women - do you find that time of the month affects your weight loss?
I figure if I track what I'm eating on here, it will help as well. And, although my actual weight loss hasn't been too significant, I think the regular excercise I've been getting has had somewhat of an effect. I do notice clothes fitting much better, that had been getting tight, and feel much better over all.

Either way, I'm excited about getting healthier, and definitely won't mind fitting into some smaller clothes.
 
Oh yes, most definately will your period affect your weight loss. We naturally reatain fluids during that week, so you'll weigh differently than you would if it weren't.

For me, the number on the scale is not as important as the way the clothes fit. So if you're seeing a difference in your clothes, you're doing ok.
 
Four pounds in 2.5 weeks is pretty good if you ask me. How tall are you, coincidentally? Because I weight 143 right now too.

Anyway, sounds like you're off to a great start! Keep up the good work!
 
Really, you think that's good? I guess I wouldn't really know. I'd never been able to stick to a health plan for longer than 2 days before, so I don't really know what is typical. My brother in-law has been on a diet for a couple days and has already lost several pounds.
I'm 5'7.



Today went alright, probably my least health-ful day on the diet so far, or at least it felt that way.

Breakfast - Forgot, first time in a while. I've been pretty good about it lately.
Lunch - Half a slice of pumpkin bread, which is loaded with sugar I'm sure, half a bagel, a pear, and some nuts... we need to do some grocery shopping.
Dinner - a hot dog, hummus and pita bread.

That's all, but I didn't get to the gym today, which was dissapointing. I didn't have time with all I had going on, and it closes at 8 on Sunday's. Saddd.
 
As a guide, any amount of loss per week is considered good. 0.5lb, 1lb, etc. Anything is good as long as you're losing. You usually aren't supposed to go by days :)

Hope that helps!
 
To add to the above poster, if you lost weight, its good. I would go as far as to say the amount you lost is very good. I also wouldn't judge your own weight loss compared to someone else.
 
Yesterday was good!
I had one scrambled egg for breakfast, and then headed off to work.
Lunch, was a very small cup of vegetable and beef soup, an apple, and a small cup of cofee, and then for dinner my mom had a beef in a white sauce sort of thing over noodles, and peas.
But, overall I felt pretty good about everything.
Did a little over an hour on some sort of hybrid of the eliptical.
The gym was packed, though, they had some sort of sign up deal going on yesterday and people were lined up from the front counter to the back of the gym, for the entire day. It was nuts.
Anyways, game plan for today =
Breakfast... can't seem to find anything at all that I want to eat. Which probably means I'll procrastinate until lunch time.
Lunch, tuna + lettuce wrap.
Dinner... we'll see what mom makes.
Work out outline:
Go through all the weight machines, especially those focusing on abs, triceps, and inner thighs, then do 40 minutes of cardio.

Those are my goals anyways, today is going to be kind of hectic so we'll see how it goes.
 
And here, is a before picture. This was taken probably a little over a month ago.
I started my diet and excercise lifestyle three weeks ago today.


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RebeccaGrace said:
My brother in-law has been on a diet for a couple days and has already lost several pounds.
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A lot of people get a quick bump when they first start a diet. Most of that is because the food that they were eating were generally laden with sodium and therefor caused them to retain water. When you cut out those foods your body will shed the water and it looks like you dropped 5 pounds or so in a week. You really just dropped the excess water.

For you to maintain a steady weight loss is more important then what the actual number is. This means that you are being consistant and that is what will get you to your goal.

Keep up the good work. :cheers2:
 
Yesterday =

FOOD!
2 scrambled eggs for breakfast, and a piece of toast with peanut butter
Chicken sandwich and greenbeans for lunch
One bowl of lentil soup and a piece of Heidelburg bread for dinner

Excercise:
10 minutes of cardio, followed by an hour and a half of weight training
I would have liked to do more cardio, but I had brought a friend and she really wasn't wanting to, so we wrapped up the weights and went home.

Today's goals...
An hour of cardio,
Breakfast = 2 eggs scrambled
Lunch = Leftover lentil soup from yesterday <3
Dinner = Lebanese food!!! <3<3 Thank goodness my sister married a lebanese man. It's become some of my favourite food, and for the most part it's pretty healthy, too.


I'm very excited, I feel like I'm in the best shape (health wise) of my life right now. I'm only weighing myself on Friday's, so it will be tough if I don't see much of a drop in numbers - but I'm trying to get away so much from the scale mindset. It's tough though.
 
Are you in the City? There used to be a great Lebanese Diner on second ave around 35th. :drool5: I don't know if it's still there.
 
Noo, upstate. I'm about four hours from the city, haha.
We've got one really incredible lebanese place here, actually my city is very much a racial melting pot - almost a very miniature NYC.

But! Next time I'm in the city, I'll have to check it out.
 
Cool, I love upstate. Actually my friends all say that my home is like a slice of upstate even though I'm surrounded by suburbia.
 
So, I had decided to weigh myself on Friday's, so that I'm not discouraged every time I get on the scale and don't see a drop on numbers - which means today is a weigh in day.
So I did, and I'm down to 135. I'm pretty excited. I feel like this is teaching me so much about discipline, and taking initiative.
Although, I am a little worried about this weekend. I'm going to Philly with a friend of mine, to visit some other friends, and so it's going to be tough not being able to make my own food, and probably eating out some. I'm sure it will be fine, but that combined with not being able to go to the gym - I just don't want to lose my focus, which I won't rule out is possible.

Also, on a side note, tanning comes with the whole package at the gym I belong to, so I went yesterday - should have started off with way less time. I am very red today, which is kind of funny, but painful enough that it's a sad sort of joke. Blech.
 
I have not been doing too well!
I've been in New Jersey since Saturday, and just got home today.
I haven't been eating extremely excessively, but I'm definitely not going to have lost any weight in the past 5 days.
So, I'm going to jumpstart this again by drinking lots of water, flushing out my system, and starting fresh again in the morning.

I've bought some great Kashi cereal, and Kashi snack bars so that if I'm out and get hungry I don't need to stop for fast food.

Gym in the morning, I'm shooting for at least 45 minutes to an hour of cardio, and going through a series of weights - back, abs, triceps, biceps, the works... blech.

I'm not going to lie, though, I had an oreo dipped in white chocolate today, and it's probably one of the most amazing things I've had in a very long time.






Anyways! Starting again, trying not to get down on myself! I think it's going to be fine.
 
Blech.
I totally feel like I am losing focus, momentum, motivation, all that and more.
So I need to get on track again.
Yesterday, I screwed up pretty badly. I was hungry and sick of kashi granola bars, had like 6 hours straight of solid metal music at a battle of the bands concert, and ended up eating a ton of chocolate covered pretzals, and then hit up IHOP afterwards because no one had had real food almost all day.

Anyways, today went better. I drank all the water I was supposed to, and ate healthy food all day. But I can feel my resolve starting to crumble.

I need to do something to keep my motivation strong. I think it must be something emotional, because I can feel it effecting other parts of my life too. My room is getting messier, I'm staying up later than I had been, wasting more time watching movies... not a good thing. Not that those are all dangerous things in themselves, but they're signs that something is up. So, I'll see what I can do to take a couple steps back before I end up really screwing up in a lot of ways, or letting myself get to a place where I'm super depressed.

All this week I'm going to do an hour of cardio at the gym every day, at least. It's not as intense as what I was doing, but with the weather being crappy I'm likely to make a hundred excuses why I shouldn't go, and if I can just do that every day this week, I know I'll be able to stick it out and continue doing the excercise regimen I had been doing.
 
I have found a lot of times that my daily motivation is strongest in the morning , but evenings is where the trouble lies. When I can I'll make my workout in the early evenings to give my motivation a boost. Carries me through the night and the next morning I'm ready to continue.
 
Yes, thank you! That is helpful.
I can't seem to figure out what came first, drive to succeed with healthy eating and excercise that is fueled by good emotionally stability, or emotionally stability that is fueled by healthy eating and excercise.
Either way, I seem to be back on track. Spirits are high, and I'm excited to make life changes that last for a long time.

I found this website, NutriMirror.com, and it's incredibly helpful just for keeping track of my intake, estimating a healthy caloric intake, and it helps me keep my goals in check. I'm not quite so gung hoe about wanting to drop 20 lbs as quickly as I'd been wanting to, but more focused on changing the way I percieve the way I eat and health in general.

I'm pretty excited, and plan on succeeding.

If anyone has any tips, or helpful advice, I would love to hear it.
 
I just ran across your diary, so I'm answering this one a bit belatedly...

RebeccaGrace said:
Question for some of the women - do you find that time of the month affects your weight loss?
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Yes... O gawd yes! One day I was 159, then TOM paid a visit and I gained 3 pounds. :svengo: Cramps, bloating, water retention... all that fun stuff, weight gain just seems to be insult to injury, even if it is temporary. Combine that with the moodiness and the ravenous appetite... yeah I'm a lot of fun to be around. :willy_nilly:

Sounds like you're on a good path with your weight loss. I think your change of focus will be better in the long run, and help you keep the weight off once its gone. Your before pic is adorable, by the way.
 
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