She's buried in here...somewhere....

Thanks for the well wishes .. and the 10 min thing ..TOTALLY works !! LOL. I had forgotten all about it but I remembered I used to do that.

MAJOR props on eating only a bit of the cookie !! And for having such an awesome outlook!! It really makes ME feel better when I see other people sticking to it and just getting it done .. makes me feel like I can too :)

Cant wait to read more ...... :)
 
Reading your last post made my soul happy Chantelle (and I had a little "my babies all grown up feeling" ;) ) !
You sound and are doing fantastic and yes it is a long road (hell I feel like giving up every week and embracing the chubby body I don't want to have, just because it would be easier), but part of the beauty is the long road, the idea that not today or tomorrow but in a few months if you work hard something amazing expects you as a reward!

I have to say I do nt have the strength to wake up a minute before I have to, I told my boyfriend I thought I was chronically tired and he was like: "you are out and about 16 hours a day... how would you NOT be tired!" :D I guess he is right! But I love my bed!! I admire you for being awesome enough to wake up so damn early!

If weighing yourself every day doesn't make you upset, then I don't think there is a problem with it. My dad (who has been the same slightly overweight weigh for about 15 years) weighs himself every day and then comments on the breakfast table (EVERY DAY) how he weighs 100 g more or 200 g less. It is a running joke in the family by now. For me it makes me angry with the scale, but weighing in just once puts too much pressure on that one day, so I weigh in once officially and once extraofficially in the middle, that helps me feel controlled and not too upset.
But once again, it has to work for you! By the way, for a few months I would weigh myself before and after peeing and pooping for instance just to see the numbers go down... silly!

Have a wonderful end to the week, Camy
 
:eek: Thanks muzic and Camy... Camy I have a LONG way to go before you can get that babies-all-grown-up or empty nest feeling LOL! But I'm happy that I'm finally doing better at approaching this with the right mindset, so thank you for the inferred thumbs up! :beating: And hey...:smilielol5: maybe I should try tricking my scale that way too - seeing an "instant" weight loss would be awesome, temporary as it may be! xD

Believe me, I have never been an early riser - but I also work 10hr days (7:30-5:30) and by the time i get home, make dinner, tidy up the house etc etc I didn't really have much time to just sit down and relax for a few minutes. Waking up early has actually done a GREAT job of setting a good tone for the day... we don't rush around like headless chickens anymore trying to get to work on time and I get to spend an extra hour with DH which makes me happy :eek:

Could be happier with myself the past couple of days, but I've been doing (overall) pretty well. Major slip-up was tonight, when DH and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings :piggy: For some reason we ALWAYS find ourselves going out to eat once we get out of work on Fridays, and it's usually somewhere horribly bad for you. I was surprised to realize that my appetite (and tolerance for greasy food) has decreased significantly...before this I could probably have polished off 15-18 wings by myself...today I made an effort to eat slowly and listen to my stomach and stopped at 9. Not the best dinner choice BY FAR... but I was good the rest of the day foodwise (eggwhite omelet + deli meat for breakfast, seared ahi tuna steak for lunch, large apple prior to dinner) so all I'm going to eat the rest of the day is going to be an orange after my workout and call it good.

I am also trying my first 5K with a friend tomorrow morning - OMG! Gotta be up at 5am and HOPE TO HECK that it doesn't rain like the forecast predicts. :troll: I doubt very much I'm going to be running much of it, if any at all, but a 1hr walk early in the morning will work wonders to make sure I stay on track the rest of the weekend! Nervous about my Sunday weigh-in...those wings are going to show up with a vengeance :ack2:

Have a good night everyone :)
 
LOL Oh my god..someone PLEASE stop me the next time I try to participate in a 5k run without ANY prior training whatsoever...OMG!! I can last a good 8-10 mins running on the treadmill but i lasted about 15 seconds on the road when the gun went off!! Oh well..finished it (mostly brisk walking) in just under an hour (58:12) so at least I got some exercise in bright and early. Was a fun way to spend a Saturday morning with friends too anyway. But wow am I going to hurt tomorrow.... *falls off the chair and passes out* zzzzz....
 
Oh Chantelle... I trained for months before taking my first 5 k (also known as my only 5 k). And I found it really really hard. REALLY hard! I can dance nonstop for 120 minutes but running for 35 and I am on my deathbed!

But so proud that you did it, and you finished it. Awesome. Such a big step for your new lifestyle to do stuff like that. You rock!
Have a great relaxed sunday, you deserve it, Camy
 
Lol it's Monday afternoon and I'm STILL aching..ugh! I've promised myself I'll actually TRAIN for next year's though..starting here within the month or such, so I'm really looking forward to that. I've been very consistent with Turbo Jam but a friend of mine who's done an AMAZING job of losing weight said that the weight just started "falling off"... hey as long as my KNEES dont fall off lol.

Feeling horrible right now, just snuck 2 mini Snickers bars after lunch... i could NOT stop myself this time, after nearly a month of 99% flawless eating...ughhh. Just gonna have to work out a little bit harder tonight.
 
^^^ Scratch that. Chalking today up as a cheat day. Really don't know what's going on with my psyche but I was NOT able to stop myself from eating everything I shouldn't have this afternoon.

BLAH. Why do I sabotage myself the second I hit a mini milestone? :banghead::banghead::banghead:

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Okay pity-party and slipping-off-the-wagonesque moment is over. Done. Kaput. Back to work tomorrow!!!!!! :hurray:
 
So it's been a little while since I was here... funny, I think I can track how good i'm being by how willing I am to own up to it....bah! +_+ The whole week of 03/01 was ... horrible. I think mentally my body rebelled against all the good stuff I was doing for it and eating and i just went a little bonkers. Put on a bit over 2lbs between that and TOTM (i go CRAZY ... normally I can talk myself out of eating things if I give it a few minutes and do something else to take my mind off it, but during totm i will OBSESS over chocolate and sweet treats until i eat them)...so needless to say I didn't do very well at all during that week and a bit. :( I jumped back onto the bandwagon hardcore though, and my weight's slowly levelling off again.... back down to 225.4 as of this morning.

I feel like crap though, not working out for almost 3 weeks is just..ugh. I'm losing but i'm losing SO SLOWLY.... the weight was moving much faster (well...relatively.) when I was doing cardio every night so I really need to get back into that. I WANT to break this 225 barrier SO badly.
 
Sorry you've had a hard couple of weeks, but I'm glad to see that you're back. Don't beat yourself up over the past, there's nothing you can do about it now anyway. Just resolve to make the future better. You can do this!
 
I just read through your diary and wanted to say hi!! Looks like you are in controle most of the time, the hardest part about working out is to actually convince yourself to do it!!! That is how it is for me!!!! It's hard work but so worth it!
 
Thanks you guys! It's been a busy week so I've been slacking off on updating but I just wanted to stop in and say YAY!!!! I finally broke my 225 barrier!!! Not by much, only weighed in at 224.8 this morning but hey :) I'm hoping it's not a fluctuation because i REALLLLY don't want to see a 225.x on that scale ever again! *crosses fingers* Gonna go work out now, hubby's off doing a project with his boss so i figure it's a good time to do it without feeling guilty about taking time away from something else. :)

xoxo
 
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Congrats!!! I am 5 away from breaking that barrier myself.... Then its the 200 one!!! Have a good work out today!!! Keep up the good work.. That's awesome!
 
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Hello Chantelle. i just wanted to commend you on how motivated you are. Your energy is really reaching beyond this computer screen. I am working on shedding 67 pounds (Eek!). Coming across threads like yours is a real motivator. Keep it up.
 
Hey Verobc and njoyable!! :waving: :D Thanks for stopping by! Lol just what I needed to give myself a kick in the butt when I started feeling guilty about not updating as much as I should to keep myself accountable :)

Weightloss has slowed down a little bit, i'm seeing 224.x consistently on the scale right now but I'm dying to see the rear end of it as it heads out the "Seeya and don't come back!" door ~_~ Been really good about sticking to no-processed/refined-carbs and eating only complex stuff but I think i'm going to start watching my calories a little more closely on top of that and we'll see how it goes.

Hubby and I have been REALLY REALLY good about not taking a cheat day (it's a little annoying, he has this switch in his head he flicks on and sees food in plain black or white..."ok to eat" and "not ok to eat" and he's SO good at sticking to it ~_~ I wish I had that kind of willpower) so the other day I just completely broke down and said I was going to cheat and get Carne Asada nachos from Roberto's...OMG! It was SO YUMMY. I did good though, I asked for the nachos on the side (i know, wtf?) and only ate about 7-8 nachos and just chowed down on the toppings. Saw a crazy sodium-induced spike on the scale the next day but I'm back to normal now AND i got my crazy craving out of my system, so woohoo ^.^

On the flip side, I started on Couch to 5k last Friday. Did really good the first 2 days, then on Tuesday my shins were feeling a little sensitive. Gave myself a day to rest, ran again last night and OMG...yeah I don't think my weight is too agreeable with the concept of me running yet :( I can handle 30 mins of interval jogging no problem but by the time i was done I literally limped home and cried because my shins and calves were hurting so bad. It wasnt even so much pain as sensitivity and the feeling that if i stood up, my legs would just collapse under me. :( So ... seems like it's gonna be Turbo Jam and walking for the foreseeable future. :/

Anyways... starting my calorie journal today so here goes. (Note to self: cal / fat / carb format)

11am - 1oz cocoa roasted almonds (150, 13, 6)
1pm - 1c 2% milk. Cooking lunch soonish (130, 5, 12)
4:30pm - 2C steamed cauliflower with Smart Balance butter spray, pepper and 1/4C shredded cheese (158, 9.5, 9.6)
Cup of shrimp wonton soup (115, 2, 17)
8:00pm - Vienna beef hot dog (~240, 13, 22)
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Went for Chinese food after the hockey game with friends but tried to eat mostly chicken and string beans and avoided the rice, so I HOPE that didn't go too badly :~( Had about 700 calories to play with still so I'm sure I went over but...with any luck I made reasonably sensible choices tonight.
 
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Hi Chantelle!!

Sometimes I think getting craving (not everyday)out of the way is the easiest thing to do just keep the portion on the small side if you can't stop when you start just go and by an expensife but single serving that way no way you can go overboard!!! I try to pre plan my days meal in advance and keep healthy snack in my desk or fridge at work that way I don't walk over to the train station and empty out the vending machines! As for your legs I find that if I strech for a good 15 min before leaving the house and then I walk fast for the first KM of my walk before running I get less pain also I repeat streches when I am done that may I don't have the stiffness in my calf after running. Annyways I hope this helps!!!
 
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