Shalea's Journey Begins

snow.shalea

snow.shalea

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:seeya::ack2:So, here i am sitting at work with another full plate of food from another pot luck wondering why i ever let myself do this to my self. I used to be so good when i was younger, jogging eating salads i was never that lazy until i moved away from home and had to make my own food decisions lol :rant:
So today i am starting my new weight loss journey hopefully posting everything here for anyone to see will motivate me..

06/03/08

Breakfast coffee with creamer, pb choc rice crispy treat, cooler ranch doritoes, and coke. (WOW) :ack2:

lunch

glass ice water, salad with rasp. vinegarette dressing, sloppy joe with cheese onion, pumpkin choc chip cookie.. better!

I am hoping to get some type of work out in tonight. I am going to sign my papers on my new place but hope to be able to make the dinner i planned, grilled italian chicken asparagus and whole grain rice... hmm.. well talk tomorrow or later tonight. :seeya:
 
Thursday - At Work

OK so i made a big realization last night as i was driving home with DH from signing the paper work for the new place. My weight gain did not come from moving out of my parents house, it came because of my smoking.

I have been smoking for about 3 years now and i finally came to the realization that this is what is causing my weight gain. I was extremely active before i started smoking i ran 3 miles everyday was in cheer etc... and my weight was finally where i wanted to be. I started smoking while drinking at a party and could not stop.

Because of smoking I have not had enough energy to work out and get winded easily because i now have a hard time breathing. My loving DH and i are quiting smoking this weekend YAY!!!:party:

This is the one major life change i believe will really aide in the weight loss process. We have decided to start the couch to 5k program because for me running seems to help me drop weight quicker than anything else.

This week i have been working on eating better and less. Because yes i am an emotion eater. When i am stressed, angry, bored, or happy.. LOL EVERY emotion i guess. I have now been notating everything i put in my mouth let me tell ya this is not pretty. So now instead of reaching for the chocolate in the house i go for real fruit popcicles, drinking flavored water instead of sodas, and trying to give up the bad carbs they are my downfall i am a carb person.


I have not weighed myself in a couple weeks mostly cause of bloating, i am hoping i have lost another pound guess i will find out tonight. although my clothes do feel a little better on me.

Back to work see ya:leaving:
 
if your clothes are fittingbetter that's a great thing -don't worry so much about what the scale says then... do take measurements so you know where you're starting from..

and well done on the decision to quit smoking - plan something great with all the money you'll save :D
 
maleficent said:
if your clothes are fittingbetter that's a great thing -don't worry so much about what the scale says then... do take measurements so you know where you're starting from..

and well done on the decision to quit smoking - plan something great with all the money you'll save :D
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Thanks for the great advise! i will have to take mesurements tonight and go from there. We are planning a vacation to hawaii next year with saved money from quiting. Which i think will be a great goal for my weight loss!
 
Not So Great A Start

This morning was not a great morning... woke up late with 20 minutes to get ready for work. I have noticed that when i wake up late for work i feel worse about myself and there fore i eat more. Like today i was not able to do my hair makeup or really choose out an outfitt which = i feel very unattractive and extremely overweight. This ends up in me making bad food choices.. :banghead:

06/06/08
6 mini crumb donughts
cinamon roll with tons of frosting
1/2 coffee 1/2 capp

My DH is one of those people who have tried to help me so many times that he is sick of trying to help because i keep breaking all of our deals.

The deal we are on now is everytime i lose 5 pounds i can get my nails done
for every 10 pounds, tanning or hair done. and for every 20 its a brand new outfit: shirt shoes pants accessories and lingerie.

Can you believe this isn't even motivating me, i have a freaking emotional crutch with food! Ever since i was little i have been this way when i was in sixth grade i was the fat girl i matured at a young age 4th-5th grade. Ever since 3rd grade though i have had a problem with my weight. it got better in highschool when i got my 1st bf i lost weight and then got depressed b/c his family hated me and packed on the pounds. I finally ended the relationship and began losing the weight btwn work friends and many dates i got to a comfortable weigh 160 at 21 then i moved out of my house in with DH and started to smoke. it did not get bad until i got out of waitressing and got a sit down job.

This has just ruined my self esteem i do not even want to get out of bed some mornings because i know it is already going to be a bad day (like this morning) Even now sometimes i dont even want DH to touch me because i feel ldisgusted with the way i look. He thinks its him and i cant break it to him that it is because i feel disgusted with myself.
 
It's a good thing to get started writing down things on here. It helps to keep ya on track.

You might want to get rid of the bad foods and drinks around the house, that'd be a great first step. Make a plan for what healthy foods you could eat for the rest of your life... not just for a few months.

I look forward to seeing your progress!
 
you can't change this past - all you can do is make it a better day going forward...

I'm a fairly direct person so I'll say this as nicely as possible -

Get over it.. and move on... it's a brand new moment...

What's done is done...

Move on and make better choices from this point on... no day is ever going to be perfect but you can't let a bad moment screw with your momentum... otherwise you'll never get anywhere expect lots and lots of excuses.. Excuses do not get results...
 
Even now sometimes i dont even want DH to touch me because i feel ldisgusted with the way i look. He thinks its him and i cant break it to him that it is because i feel disgusted with myself.
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and it sounds like y ou need to work on doing some communcating as well... Your husband loves you for better or worse...
 
maleficent said:
you can't change this past - all you can do is make it a better day going forward...

Get over it.. and move on... it's a brand new moment...

What's done is done...

Move on and make better choices from this point on... no day is ever going to be perfect but you can't let a bad moment screw with your momentum... otherwise you'll never get anywhere expect lots and lots of excuses.. Excuses do not get results...
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Thank you for being completely honest with me i think that is one thing i need to hear. i am always making excuses and i think i needed to get what i got out in writing so i could see how asanine it sounds... As i read over it i realize how whiny and ridiculous i sound and i am putting myself up for failure by dwelling on past mistakes.

Thank you all for helping me and supporting me starting out on my journey
 
I am the queen of whining.. I know how it is - but wallowing in it (I wallow very well too) doesn't change anything and doesn't get you moving forward.. Shake it off as best you can.. and one foot in front of the other..
 
Ok here is my other food entry

Lunch:
can soda
pbj sandwhich on whole wheat bread
handful of doritos

1 large glass H20

Tonight me and DH are going to go by healthy lunch foods! yay he is dieting with me the support from that is the best it is always harder to go at it on your own when you live with other ppl.
 
getting healthy foods is good and having in be a partner in it is even better.

Lose the "diet" mindset... sooner rather than later.

This should only be seen as a lifestyle change for you... where you can have your favorite stuff -but it's about relearning how to eat - portion sizes etc - so that you can get where you want to go -and stay there...

WW's tag line is dead on -Diets do not work - long term...
 
snow.shalea said:
Ok here is my other food entry

Lunch:
can soda
pbj sandwhich on whole wheat bread
handful of doritos

1 large glass H20

Tonight me and DH are going to go by healthy lunch foods! yay he is dieting with me the support from that is the best it is always harder to go at it on your own when you live with other ppl.
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I think the easiet thing to do to lose weight is to switch from regular soda to diet. I did, and I lost around 5 or 6 pounds the first couple of weeks.
I also discovered sugarfree jello and I must say, when I make it with diet mountain dew, it kicks serious ass.
Also, rice cakes. As long as you stick to the serving size, the cheesy ones are a great alternative to doritos. They aren't SUPER low in calories, but they're better than doritos for my cheese fix.


Goodness.

I try to exercise every day, but I miss a couple days now and then, but then I get really down on myself... It's still hard to gather the willpower, like today, but the loss on the scale gets me motivated again.

Anyway, I wish you the best of luck in your journey!

Annie
 
Lilyofthevalley said:
I think the easiet thing to do to lose weight is to switch from regular soda to diet. I did, and I lost around 5 or 6 pounds the first couple of weeks.
I also discovered sugarfree jello and I must say, when I make it with diet mountain dew, it kicks serious ass.
Also, rice cakes. As long as you stick to the serving size, the cheesy ones are a great alternative to doritos. They aren't SUPER low in calories, but they're better than doritos for my cheese fix.

Annie
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Thanks for the great ideas i have been slowly trading one soda at a time for water. i used to drink 4 sodas a day and no water now i have 2 sodas and 2 large glasses of water which has helped. The sugar free with dmd sounds great!
 
Awesome!
I hope to be here with you on our weightloss journeys!
 
MONDAY new week

Okay this weekend went really good except i drank WAY to much on Saturday but i cut my calories down a little more on friday night saturday and sunday to allow for the drinking.

This morning is starting out great

cereal - 120
fat free milk - 90
coffee - 0
creamer - 45
tbsp sugar - 46
TOTAL = 301

I could have cut out the surar and creamer but still i do not think this is bad

snacks today will be watermelon once at 10 and then at 3 91 calories each serving!

lunch will be 380 as it is top ramen not the best lunch but all i could do since i woke up late this morning.

I took my measurements last night and will be doing that every sunday.

I think this story of this high school principal is so inspirational (acutal weight loss was 101 pnds in 7 months!!! he was on a morning show)
 
OKAY


I am having a hard time not grabbing a handful of doritoes sitting in my desk from last week that i still have not removed. I am trying to take my mind off by drinking a lot of water, i snacked at 10 so I should not be hungry and i will not be eatining lunch for another 45 minutes at 12:00 and then another snack at 3:00. And now i have to find a healty chicken recipe for dinner at 6:00.

I am trying really hard not to eat those doritoes since the scale did budge 1 pound this weekend! yay!!!!
 
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okay so i did a huge thing for me myself today.
My work handed out candy bars and i took my broke it into 3 peices ate one today and then i will eat the other 2 on wednesday and friday. it is entirely extremely tempting to eat a whole one in 1 sitting. counting calories as my limit is 1400 made it easier to resist eating the whole thing
 
i chose 1400 as my activity level is not really high and i was normally eating anywhere between 1900 and 2500 cal per day. Now as my activity level goes up my calorie level will go up as i do not want to send my body into startvation mode by not eating enough calories
 
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