SunnySweetpea
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How much weight do you want to lose?
40-45 ponds
What is the time frame for reaching your target weight?
I would like to drop 2 dress sizes (size 16 to size 12) by July for a friend's wedding and would like to drop all the weight by the end of this year. Thanksgiving would be best.
How do you want to accomplish your goal (what methods do you want to use)
Exercise, less stress eating (the hard part), eating healthy, plan to start the "You on a diet" thing when I finish the book, but I'm incorporating parts of it now. I'm not joining a gym, though I'd like to.
Who or what can support you in reaching your goal?
Uh. . .right now, me and uh. . me. That about covers it.
How realistic is your goal?
Personally, I think very. A year (ok, 9 months) to lose 40 pounds equates to roughly 4.5 pounds a month or a pound a week. I plan to lose 8 to 10 pounds a month, which, factoring in expected plateau stages (those evil, plateaus!) should all even out in the end
When will you start?
This past few weeks I've been eating better, but I'm reading a book called You On a Diet and plan to start that diet in a week or so after I finish the book.
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All right, now that the Q & A time is over, here's my motivation, what I'm doing, and why even writing this diary pushes my personal frustration button.
I was a reasonably trim teenager who's parents thought she was too fat (I was within normal limits for age/height. My dad's overweight and my mother was a thin former high school cheerleader who, unfortunately has gained weight in recent years due to medications, so she's really not happy with herself right now. Back in the day, my folks sent me to nutrisystem and I dropped 15 lbs (I wasn't allowed to drop more because it wouldn't have been healthy (I was 125, I could have gone down a few more pounds, but it wasn't really necessary, and my parents were just glad I lost some of that weight.) They've still been on me about my weight ever since. My way of rebelling (and keeping my sanity) was to ignore them. There was nothing wrong with my weight though I gained some in college. I kinda sort of cared several years ago when I hit 150, but I was in school and had better things to worry about, so I did Slimfast on and off with some success. Anyway, I saw photos of myself last summer when I was a bridesmaid and was shocked. I want to know who that is and what is she doing with my face. I had reached 168 lbs. I tried to exercising, but with part time work and a dissertation that I was freaking out over, I had little time. Recent photos of me are worse. I weigh about 178-180 now and I really don't recognise myself anymore, it competes with my internal image of myself.
So I'm exercising or walking everyday for 20-30 minutes (it's all the time I can afford and I can't afford a gym membership at the moment), drinking 8-10 glasses of water, and still eating healthy (I've always eaten healthy--except for college--I have no idea where the weight is coming from. Seriously. It's frustrating) I hate "diets" and think all the fad stuff is bunk, and told my parents so. Anyhow, my motivation is to match the physical me up with the me in my head, hence the title of this diary. Unfortunately, doing so means fighting with the me who defies her parents annoying prodding hence the reason why this diary pushes my frustration button.
Now that I've ranted, I'm going to go have a yogurt.
Today's meals:
Breakfast: (I was naughty) 1 serving of corned beef hash with one egg, cup of Earl Grey tea with skim milk and 2 tespoons of sugar (it's the only tea I put anything in, but green and herbal teas I drink straight)
Snack: 1/4 c. slivered almonds
Lunch: Blueberry yogurt with soy nuts (I like things that crunch)
Snack: apple
Dinner: homade taco/burrito thing, maybe some lemonade instead of water.
40-45 ponds
What is the time frame for reaching your target weight?
I would like to drop 2 dress sizes (size 16 to size 12) by July for a friend's wedding and would like to drop all the weight by the end of this year. Thanksgiving would be best.
How do you want to accomplish your goal (what methods do you want to use)
Exercise, less stress eating (the hard part), eating healthy, plan to start the "You on a diet" thing when I finish the book, but I'm incorporating parts of it now. I'm not joining a gym, though I'd like to.
Who or what can support you in reaching your goal?
Uh. . .right now, me and uh. . me. That about covers it.
How realistic is your goal?
Personally, I think very. A year (ok, 9 months) to lose 40 pounds equates to roughly 4.5 pounds a month or a pound a week. I plan to lose 8 to 10 pounds a month, which, factoring in expected plateau stages (those evil, plateaus!) should all even out in the end
When will you start?
This past few weeks I've been eating better, but I'm reading a book called You On a Diet and plan to start that diet in a week or so after I finish the book.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All right, now that the Q & A time is over, here's my motivation, what I'm doing, and why even writing this diary pushes my personal frustration button.
I was a reasonably trim teenager who's parents thought she was too fat (I was within normal limits for age/height. My dad's overweight and my mother was a thin former high school cheerleader who, unfortunately has gained weight in recent years due to medications, so she's really not happy with herself right now. Back in the day, my folks sent me to nutrisystem and I dropped 15 lbs (I wasn't allowed to drop more because it wouldn't have been healthy (I was 125, I could have gone down a few more pounds, but it wasn't really necessary, and my parents were just glad I lost some of that weight.) They've still been on me about my weight ever since. My way of rebelling (and keeping my sanity) was to ignore them. There was nothing wrong with my weight though I gained some in college. I kinda sort of cared several years ago when I hit 150, but I was in school and had better things to worry about, so I did Slimfast on and off with some success. Anyway, I saw photos of myself last summer when I was a bridesmaid and was shocked. I want to know who that is and what is she doing with my face. I had reached 168 lbs. I tried to exercising, but with part time work and a dissertation that I was freaking out over, I had little time. Recent photos of me are worse. I weigh about 178-180 now and I really don't recognise myself anymore, it competes with my internal image of myself.
So I'm exercising or walking everyday for 20-30 minutes (it's all the time I can afford and I can't afford a gym membership at the moment), drinking 8-10 glasses of water, and still eating healthy (I've always eaten healthy--except for college--I have no idea where the weight is coming from. Seriously. It's frustrating) I hate "diets" and think all the fad stuff is bunk, and told my parents so. Anyhow, my motivation is to match the physical me up with the me in my head, hence the title of this diary. Unfortunately, doing so means fighting with the me who defies her parents annoying prodding hence the reason why this diary pushes my frustration button.
Now that I've ranted, I'm going to go have a yogurt.
Today's meals:
Breakfast: (I was naughty) 1 serving of corned beef hash with one egg, cup of Earl Grey tea with skim milk and 2 tespoons of sugar (it's the only tea I put anything in, but green and herbal teas I drink straight)
Snack: 1/4 c. slivered almonds
Lunch: Blueberry yogurt with soy nuts (I like things that crunch)
Snack: apple
Dinner: homade taco/burrito thing, maybe some lemonade instead of water.
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I even got a trainer. If I don't start losing weight, my head may explode.
So I think you're safe...