Scared of the scale

Happy Saturday everyone!

Yesterday was awesome, despite having a few rocky moments. I actually got 2 of my friends to come and work out with me at the gym and it was fun. They really motivated me and showed me so much encouragement. Even though they still tease me about my new found addiction to the gym, I know that they're behind my weight loss endeavor 100%. The day got even better when my other friend Jo told me how proud she was of me for sticking to my new weight loss methods.Telling me that my level of dedication was motivating her to change the way she was eating. I was so flattered. Sometimes, when you're so engrossed with the whole weight loss process and getting down on yourself because you haven't really seen results, it's nice to have your friends tell you that yes, what you're doing is awesome and that they notice. Then, it doesn't feel as though all of your hard work is in vain.

Breakfast
Special K w/ 1% milk - 190
Honeydew slice - 50
Cataloupe slice - 50
Cottage cheese - 100
2 cups green tea - 0 calories
 
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i know what you mean...my friends are really amazing to me, especially my friend Tina who is slim and model type lol but who is encouriging me sooooo much :)

you really don't have luck with those scales do you? :D i honestly hope you'll be able to find a sclae that actually works hehe
have a great day! Lena
 
Yeah Lena,

I think I'm going to have to haul off and order one. I was so looking forward to not having to spend money, but a little bit of cash spent today will be a nice investment towards the new me. I'm about to head off to the gym to get in some cardio and weight training. This should be fun and I've made sure to pace myself and make sure that I'm only there for no more than 2 hours.
 
Today was a really good day. Just got back from a gospel concert. It was uplifting even though I'm Muslim, the music and the message really spoke to me. Aside from that, I went to gym and got in a super nice work out. I really felt the burn. What's not so good, I realize that I'm not getting in enough calories. Isn't it ironic that in trying to lose weight, you gotta eat more. I'm eating as much as possible and feeling really full, but when I do the total calorie count, I'm averaging at the most 1100-1200 calories, I wanna get that up a bit more to around 1200-1400 calories. To do that, I've stocked up on fruits and vegetables and I'm off to GNC to go and pick up some protein bars and this stuff called "Muscle Milk". These are healthy alternatives for me, especially the protein bars because I can get my chocolate fix while still eating something good for me.

I was having a conversation with a friend today, and we got down to talking about weight. During this conversation, I came to realize that a lot of my weight gain came from staying in the dining hall too long therefore feeling compelled to eat because everyone else is, and eating some really crappy foods late at night. I've worked really hard at stopping these bad habits but the battle is still long. I've also decided to revamp my weight loss methods. In addition to upping my daily caloric intake, I'm going to add different exercise . I've got a date with a few friends to go swimming and another set of friends have invited me to come and take yoga, dance and pilates with them. This should be fun, and add some much needed variety to my work outs. Alright then, tomorrow is a new day and I've got to get some rest. It's been a hectic but fruitful day.
 
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The day got even better when my other friend Jo told me how proud she was of me for sticking to my new weight loss methods.Telling me that my level of dedication was motivating her to change the way she was eating. I was so flattered. Sometimes, when you're so engrossed with the whole weight loss process and getting down on yourself because you haven't really seen results, it's nice to have your friends tell you that yes, what your doing is awesome and that they notice. Then, it doesn't feel as though all of your hard work is in vain.
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I totally understand what you are saying!!! A friend of mine has been losing weight for a year now, & he had mentioned going to the gym several times, but never signed up for one. I mentioned again the other day the level of dedication with eating right and exercising etc, and he marched his butt to the gym before going home and had his membership!

I felt really great that I was able to help motivate him to get on the ball and get it done. I also gave him my workout plan AND, he's actually going to try it!! YEAH!!!!

I love it when people get healthy by making healthier choices!

P.S. Good for you! We are motivation for others!!!
 
It is nice to be a motivation for others it just keeps me more inspired and determined not to fail at this. I'm also starting to discover that people are noticing some type of weight loss on my body. Even though I don't know my current weight yet, and I don't see a difference in the way my body looks, people at school notice and it's boosting up my self esteem. I've got some plans for today. I'm setting up some mini goals for the week.

Today
1. Drink 8 glasses of water
2. Increase caloric intake to 1,300
3. Do 1 new nude sketch drawing to keep myself from loafing around (goal is fill up my sketch pad with new drawings that I've done each day)

A goal that I would like to reach by March 12th, is to drop 10lbs. I'm trying to keep my weight loss goals within the relms of possibility. I don't want to set myself up for failure by putting up too high a number for me to lose. On the exercise front, I'm planning on swimming today for an hour, and before heading off to the pool, doing some weight training for 45 minutes.
 
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Hey Funky its nice to see someone else who doesn't mind LIVING in the gym, lol.... I work out for 45 min in the morning and then 1 1/2 hours to 2 mid morning w/ my friend.
 
I've found a new nemesis, and it's name is the assisted pull up machine. I had seen a few people using it a while back and thought it looked easy. Boy was I wrong!!! That thing was tough and I felt so out of shape using it. I now know that I have no real upper body strength, hahaha well not enough to do a pull up. I did 2 and was spent :eek: . Oh well, knowing that I have this machine to conquer has me putting up a new goal. By April 2nd, I want to be able to do at least 5 full pull ups. If I can do that, then I'll know that I've reached a new level of fitness.

Today was good, I didn't get to go swimming today because I had so much work to do, and the weather got really crappy but I'm happy with the workout I got today. I acheived 2 out of my three goals, drinking 8 glasses of water and increasing my caloric intake to around 1,300. But I don't like the way I feel...almost like this overly stuffed feeling, but it could be attributed having ingested a bit too many carbs. I'm going to try and get in more protein from now. Man, weight loss is about finding that combination that works best for you and applying it I just hope I can crack the code in the next following weeks.
 
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Plan of attack

I'm revamping my diet folks. I've figured it out, and looking at what I have written out, losing these 45lbs should be a lot easier with my weight loss regimne. First things first, I need to increase my caloric intake. I want to be getting in as much as 1470 calories a day. Next, I'm increasing the number of meals I eat...from 3 to 5 small meals a day. Then, I'm getting serious with the water folks; it's going to be 8 glasses everyday not including the 8oz cups of tea I have. Lastly, I'm changing up the workout routine. I'm going down from working out 6 days a week to working out only 5 days a week; with rest days being designated as Wednesday and Sunday. This is what the next 6 weeks will look like for me.

7-7:45 - Work out: Weight training
8:30 - Breakfast
10:40 - midmorning snack
12:50 - Lunch
2:35 - midafteroon snack
3 - 4:00 - workout : 1 hour of cardio
5:30 - dinner

I still don't have a scale folks so I had a friend take pictures of me today and then once 6 weeks are up, she's going to take pictures of me again so I can see the transformation. If I like what I see, I may even post them up in the before and after section of the forum.

So there it is...what do you guys think of the new plan?
 
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You know what I love about the gym, watching other people work out. Ah, no it's not as crazy or as stalkerish as it may sound. The reason I like to watch other people work out, especially people that are really fit is to see the kinds of exercises they do to achieve their level of fitness. Take this morning for example, I was watching someone using the dumbells, and they were doing a lot of the same motions that I was, but I noticed that they had a different exercises, some that I had never seen before. I looked at how they performed the action, and once I was ready, went on over to the dumbells and did what I had just seen them doing. Let me tell you, this new routine gave me an awesome burn, especially in the tricep, biscep and shoulder area. So if you wanna learn some new exercise routines, I suggest you watch your fellow gym heads, you never know what you'll learn.
 
It really is interesting watching people work out - but every so often I'll watch someone on the same equipment i spent time with my personal trainer on - and think - wow - you're doing it wrong - then doubt creeps in and i think - wait - maybe i'm doing it wrong.

Watchig some people is really educational -- because some folks just have really bad form when they're working out -it's tough to find the people who appear to do it correctly
 
That is so true Mal...when you watch others perform the movements, either you're like, wow that you have no clue what you're doing or wow, I gotta try that. Most of the time, when I'm watching people work out, it's usually during a weight training class so I get to see how the athletic trainer gets the students taking that course into shape. It's a way of taking the class, without actually having to enroll in the course.
 
Day 1 of the new diet was pretty easy. I headed off to the gym and did 45 of weight training. I concentrated on my arms, butt, and legs. For my next weight training session, I wanna focus a lot more attention on my abs. To do that, I went on youtube and found some pilates ab workout videos. I'm going to do some of the exercises 15 minutes before heading off to the gym. Later in the evening, at around 5:15, I went back to the gym and did around an hour and 15 minutes of cardio. I'm implementing some of the tips I picked up from this website like interval training to speed up weight loss. Eating went well, and I think I may have reached or even surpassed my goal of taking in 1470 calories today.

Breakfast
oatmeal with 1% milk - 190 calories
omelette (no cheese w/ sun dried tomatoes, brocolli, onions) - 250?? Just a guess.

Snack
Pear = 68 calories

Lunch
Chicken Quesadilla (shredded mozarella and yellow cheese, chicken, sundried tomatoes, jalapeno peppers) - it said 370 per slice, but I assumed that was with all of the vegetables added but I didn't have everything added to it. I'll guess that I got a total of 250 calories per slice. 250 x 3 slices = 750 calories.

Snack
1 caramel rice cake = 80 calories
1 apple = 53 calories

Dinner
Lean Roast beef, 2 slices = 190 x 2 = 380

Total: 1771 (this is really good for me, especially with the level of physical activity I'm engaging in.)

I had 10 glasses of water today along with two 8 oz cups of green tea. I'm really proud of myself. I do realize that I'm going to have to decide between either having a rice cake, or having some kind of fruit but not both at the same time as a snack because the calories really start to add up.
 
I took some pictures of myself today, I'm debating whether or not to post them on this page. I think I just may do it. Looking at the pictures, I can really see the areas that I want to work on. The main ones are my arms and my stomach. I took pics of both my arms, and I could really see the sagging that was occurring. I got a bit upset. How the hell did I let myself get like this!?!?! Also, I've realized that I'm a huge snacker. I like to nibble on things and it's not even because I'm hungry, but because I just have a compulsion to eat.

Secondly, isn't it a drag when you discover that foods you thought were good for you, aren't. I was eating some grilled chicken salad, and I was making my food log. I typed in calories in grilled chicken salad on google and was surprised by the results...my salad could either have been 420 calories, or 270. I'm not even sure which one to take as my calorie count because it was a salad that my school made and they said that the salad, eaten with a wrap was 420 calories. Being that I bypassed the wrap, I'm up in the air about how many calories I actually consumed. I hate the feeling of not knowing how much I've eaten exactly because by dinner, I'm debating whether or not to consume a certain amount of calories...but if I eat around 500 calories for dinner I feel bad because I think I may have gone over my max. number of calories for the day...but then the uncertain comes up and I just may have eaten less calories for the day or exactly the number of calories I actually wanted to eat. Oh the uncertainty. I'm just going to have to go shopping for food and bypass eating dining hall food all together. At least that way I'll know exactly how many calories I'm eating.
 
I wouldn't worry so much about an exact number of calories and trying to stay in that range, instead focus on changing your habits and eating healthily - and making good choices - which it sounds like you are doing.. You're working out so those calories will come off and it's not like you are going to be taking in 5000 calories a day....

Grilled chicken sandwiches made outside of your home is a minefield sometimes - many grills have that squeeze bottle of oil that they use very liberally... you often get in way more calories than you expect..
 
Yeah, I've learned my lesson about thinking that all salads are healthy simply because they're a salad. Well I'm feeling much better but sore after working out the gym tonight. Tomorrow is my day off and I knew that I was going to have to push myself so that I would actually feel the burn, and know that earned this day off. Had I not worked out as hard as I did today, I'd feel guilty and then feel the need to go to the gym. But the soreness and the amount of sweat I worked up really had me in a good mood.

According to the machines, I burned a little bit over 700 calories in just 55 minutes!!! That's pretty darn good. Imagine if I had actually stayed for the 1 and a half hours I normally do when I'm trying to get in a cardio workout. I'm taking this weight loss thing one day at time. I haven't found a scale yet and because I haven't found one yet, I find myself getting a bit discouraged because I can't see concrete evidence that all of my hardwork is actually paying off.

But there's a rumor on campus that someone I know may actually have one. I'm going to track her down tomorrow and ask her if I can borrow her scale for a day, then weigh in first thing Thursday morning. I just really wanna know where I am in this whole weight loss journey. That way, I can set goals around it. Plus, I wanna be able to put back up my ticker and watch as the number slowly but surely decreases.
 
You are doing great

Hi Funky;

I love your food choices, nice and varied. And wow, are you ever doing great workouts. I'm inspired. With a regime like that, you are going to fly.

I laughed when I read "there's a rumor someone I know on campus has a scale". I thought "play psycho music here". lol

When I lost 40 pounds one and a half years ago, I weighed myself very infrequently. I lost it over about 17 weeks and interestingly it was by doing what you're doing now...not reducing caloric intake by too too much. Good for you. I'm headed to 140 and so we have similar amounts of weight to lose.

I'm looking forward to reading your posts for inspiration. I think in my diary I'm going to be super honest and talk about my slips and my feelings around them. I'm an emotional eater and if I'm lonely/bored/feel inadequate at my job, etc. I'm tempted to mask those feelings with food...so my challenge is to deal with feelings in healthier ways. I'm looking forward to succeeding together with the many committed people here.

Healthy eating and exercise are where it's at!
 
I'm glad to hear you're not so scared of the scale anymore!

You're doing great with your exercises and you've got a good meal plan, I'm sure you'll lose weight quite easily :D

The ticker's a great motivation, when I'm too tired for exercise or too tempted by fries I think about how dreadful it would be to see that little butterfly going backwards!
 
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