Sabatieni's Diary

sabatieni

sabatieni

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Boring title, I know! LOL

Howdy, I'm new to this site, I've been lurking on a few others, but this place seems active and friendly, so I've decided to join.

First off, my stats. I'm a 22 year old female, 5'3", starting weight at 260 pounds.

My ULTIMATE GOAL is 135 or so. When I get there, I'll see what I still have to do to look good and be healthy.

I have trouble with commitment sometimes, lol, as this is the.....8th diet I've tried!

I've decided to set mini goals to acheive. Every twenty pounds I loose, I will treat myself out to new makeup, new shoes, new clothes, new something (not food, lol)

So that makes my first goal 240.

More to come soon!
 
Welcome to your diary, Sabatieni!
We're here to help you, guide you if you need guidance and make you laugh when you need a good laugh. :)
Enjoy your journey to your target weight and trust us to give you praise when you get your scales moving down!
Juliette
 
Spring Equinox Brings Chocolate Cake

LOL!!

So, for breakfast, I had some chocolate cake....MMMM It was a treat. I knew I was going to have it today for the holiday celebration, so I decided to eat it early so I can burn off the calories. The rest of the day is filled with veggies and hot green tea, water, maybe some chicken.
The scale reads 258 this morning. No, I didn't lose two pounds in one day! I've been eating healthier the past two weeks and those two pounds are the result.

I'm trying to make a huge lifestyle change. Giant salads for breakfast, a meat dish and salad for lunch, crunchy veggies and fruit as snacks all day, and a small salad for supper.

I know how to eat right, now its just a matter of doing it!

I have a job that requires me to be on my feet all day, so by the end of the day I don't feel like getting up and out to do any exercise.

I love biking, and as soon as it gets warmer, and I get more money, I will be purchasing a bike. I plan on riding to work, riding to the store, riding every where!

I am determined to lose this weight! I can lose weight, I will lose weight, I am losing weight.
 
welll technically chocolate cake has proteins, fats, carbs in the form of eggs, milk and flour - so it's reallythe perfect breakfast :) (i think it's a george carlin routine that has him extolling the virtues of chocolate cake as breakfast - could explain why he's had 22 heart attacks and he curses a lot :)

enjoy the rest of yur day
 
I haven't seen Carlin's routine, but I've seen Bill Cosby's extolling the virtues of cake...

...Dad is Great, he gives us the chocolate Cake...


Great skit, and we sing that son a lot!

Welcome to the WLF and to your diary :)
 
yup, cosby! LOL!

I'm going to make myself a ticker and put it my siggy. I plan on using this diary to keep my on track and to hold myself accountable. I already enter my activities and food on fitday, I love that site. My goal for next week is to start eating clean. No pre-packaged boxed food, all fresh.

I'll have to fight my lazy!
 
Welcome, and good luck getting your nutrition optimized to work for you. I look forward to learning more about you. :)
 
Brunch

I hate eating breakfast. I hate eating lunch. I hate passing out and being dizzy.

LOL!!

So, I've started eating brunch. I will eat a heavier lunch and then light snacks through the day. Supper will be small and light.

For today, and probably a whole week after this, I am having Italian Beef Vegetable soup. Hand-made, so I know what is going into it.

I weighed myself today and promptly decided to not weigh myself every day! I'm not sure what I expected, lol, I know the weight won't just fall off that quickly.

I'll try to just do weekly weigh-ins. And if I weigh myself more often, then I will try to not let it get to me if the numbers aren't where I want them.
 
Beware The Long Post!! And The Rambling!!

italian beef vegetable soup for me again this morning, for desert a nectarine.

Last night i had 3 oz pork sandwhich and a salad.

Lately I haven't been feeling very hungry, and I seem to be satisfied with much less than I used to be.

I experimented with taking 500 mg hoodia last week, one a day in the morning with my vitamin. I only took it for that one week, but I think it really taught me what full feels like and that I won't shrivel up and die if I eat smaller portions.

Now I'm concerned about my caloric intake. Not that I'm having too many, but I know I am having too few throughout the day. A small bowl of that soup fills me up really fast and leaves me satisfied well into late afternoon. I usually eat around 10 am and it takes until 6 or so before I even feel like eating a small something.

I know that it is healthy to eat really small meals every two hours, but I just don't feel hungry!

I used to be and still am a big emotion eater. Sad? Eat sweets. Angry? Eat salty chips and creamy dip. Happy? Eat more sweets. Depressed? Clean out the kitchen.

In the past two weeks I've not indulged that. When I have an emotion, I don't turn to the food anymore, instead I use that emotional energy to get up and do something.

When I go grocery shopping, I try to pin point what makes me want to purchase the food I'm looking at. If I walk by food not on my list and I suddenly want it, it usually means that I'm craving it emotionally. I won't buy that food at that time, even if it is a healthy choice. Last night, when I was shopping, I really really really wanted to purchase some tuna that comes in a pouch.

Now hold on, you say, tuna is pretty healthy especially with crumbled over salad or used in a seafood omelette. Why not purchase it, since it is a healthy food craving.

The food is healthy, the craving is not. When I was younger, tuna in pouches was a comfort treat for me when I was in marching band. Our band would sit up in the bleachers and munch on the things we packed after we had performed our show, waiting and stressing about if we would win the award (we always did).

Its so strange, but I just don't want to feed that emotion, to feed that craving.

I'll make up a meal list for next week that may require tuna in it, and then purchase it on that merrit, but for no other reason.

I guess through all of this, my main point is this: Do I eat if I am not physically hungry, even if I am severly lacking in calories? Or do I eat throughout the day even if it feels like I'm forcing it down my throat, just to be sure I'm getting a few more calories?

Thoughts? Opinions?

Thanks for reading this rambling mess, lol!
 
Ahhh, Sundays. Quiet, no work, all play. I'm going to start my garden today, planting lots of vegetables and herbs and gorgeous flowers.

I've still not really felt overly hungry, but maybe that is because I've started eating at preset times. Maybe I fill the tank up just before it reads empty. Dunno.

Lunch yesterday was soooo good, I had three radishes, a half turkey breast sandwich on wheat with lots of lettuce and tomato, a small bowl of the never-ending italian beef vegetable soup, half a small orange, and a dannon light and fit yogurt. YUM !

It sounds so good, I think I will have it again for today's lunch. MMM.

I've decided that my first award for my first twenty pounds will be a new and stylish haircut. Its getting pretty warm here already and I want the heavy hair off my neck.

I've not weighed myself for about four days, and I'm afraid to do so. I've been eating so well, no junk, no overly processed foods, I'm terrified the scale hasn't budged. I know numbers shouldn't matter that much, it should be based on how your clothes fit and how you feel, but I like to have concrete evidence of my work, or I get discouraged.

I think I'll try to wait a few more days, to give some weight a chance to fall off.

Things are looking up though, the sun is shining, the ground is calling for me to dig into it and plant, and I've never felt more satisfied with what I eat and how I eat it.
 
I've never felt more satisfied with what I eat and how I eat it.
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Isn't that an excellent feeling!

It goes deeper then that in my mind - it's the satisfaction of knowing that YOU'RE in control!

After being overweight, that was SUCH an accomplishment for me!

Enjoy your day gardening!
 
new to wlf

Welcome. Keep learning as much as you can. Every good change leads to another. Keep posting in your diary. This forum has been a godsend to me because it keeps me trying everyday. I'm starting my fourth month on this effort and its been longer than any other effort because of the helpful, friendly advice and information here. It keeps me going, every day its there, and I need it every day. Its an awesome tool.
 
I know what you mean, Happy. I like to check in on this page first thing when I wake up, to keep me on track for the day. Sort of a little reminder of what I'm aiming for. I know this site will be a great resource for me as I work to loose weight.
 
Couldn't help it! I weighed myself this morning.....I'm down to 255.8 pounds. Yay! I'm not really doing anything too specific either, just not eating fast food, and trying to eat healthier. Its good to see progress, it makes it easier to turn down cake!

*dances*

I'll weigh in again on next Monday and maybe I'll have lost a few more pounds! Yay!

Last night I had a giant salad with shaved turkey breast, lettuce, radishes, carrots, cucumber and tomatos. For desert I had a half cup of frozen mixed fruit with a couple tablespoons of coolwhip.

I've finished the garden, it has carrots, radishes, lettuce, broccoli, strawberries and a couple of tulips for looks! I've sewn wildflowers in the back, and lined the egde with large rocks I found in an empty lot near by. I want to make a deep soil bed and plant some herb seeds too.
 
Hey, I remember finding your picture and posting on it (saying I can't wait to see the pic at 240!). So today I was looking through my subscriptions and thought... I wonder if she has a diary, and voila!

So, I just wanted to say hi and welcome. I'm new here myself... joined just over a week ago however I've started my weight loss journey almost a year ago. I started it with just changing my eating, and I did lose the weight, but then I hit a plateau and needed to start the exercise. I think both a healthy diet and exercise go hand in hand and that's the only way to reach your ultimate goal. I do think it's easier to start with one thing (like healthy eating) and getting a grasp on that and then add the exercise as well.

I congradulate you on your weight loss so far! It's only gonna get better :D

P.S. if you want to check out my diary and post feel free! It's always great to get new posts from diff people :)
 
And now I'm down to 253.6..... I've added DDR to my daily activities. I hate regular exercise, I get so bored and I feel like I'm not going anywhere *glares at stationary bikes*

So, my wife picked up DDR for both of us, and I must say I love it. I'm a light video gamer, its a fun pass time every once in a while, but the oportunity to play a video game and be up off my butt, well, that's for me!

I look really dumb jumping up and down, and I've never been the most physically gifted....running, jumping, etc put me off. But I love this game.

I'm getting really pumped and excited too because in 3.6 pounds I'll be down in the 40's!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG, I can't wait.
 
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