Taking Back Control (A Diary)
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Frogged
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Hey Loch!
Just read through your diary - good stuff
I can really see your determined and it's awesome how much focus you have!
I believe that is the hardest thing: just maintaining.
Anybody can diet and exercise for a day, week, or month.. but to stick with it, even during the difficult times, for the rest of your life is the real challenge. You sound like you have the right mindset to accomplish that now. Good for you! :biggrin:
As for your gaming, that's impressive! I thought I was bad for having 2 PS3's (my roommate owns a fatboy, I have a slim). He and I play constantly. We don't own an xbox, but I also have 2 computers in my room that I have dozens of games for.
I used to also be into WoW, but unfortunately it was really detrimental to my health. I couldn't get the proper sleep or nutrition because it was so addicting, and I was in a guild that did a lot of late night raiding. Taking breaks just to use the bathroom was a real headache most nights! So, in the interest of my health and wellbeing, I quit the guild and stopped playing. I renewed for a little while earlier this year, but didn't find it very appealing with the new changes.
I had an lvl 85 Tauren Druid on Bleeding Hollow named Frogy btw
Not to toot my own horn (pun?), but I was a pretty good pvp tree healer back in the day! hehe :biggrin:
Just read through your diary - good stuff
I believe that is the hardest thing: just maintaining.
Anybody can diet and exercise for a day, week, or month.. but to stick with it, even during the difficult times, for the rest of your life is the real challenge. You sound like you have the right mindset to accomplish that now. Good for you! :biggrin:
As for your gaming, that's impressive! I thought I was bad for having 2 PS3's (my roommate owns a fatboy, I have a slim). He and I play constantly. We don't own an xbox, but I also have 2 computers in my room that I have dozens of games for.
I used to also be into WoW, but unfortunately it was really detrimental to my health. I couldn't get the proper sleep or nutrition because it was so addicting, and I was in a guild that did a lot of late night raiding. Taking breaks just to use the bathroom was a real headache most nights! So, in the interest of my health and wellbeing, I quit the guild and stopped playing. I renewed for a little while earlier this year, but didn't find it very appealing with the new changes.
I had an lvl 85 Tauren Druid on Bleeding Hollow named Frogy btw
Not to toot my own horn (pun?), but I was a pretty good pvp tree healer back in the day! hehe :biggrin:
Loch
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AThanks 
I hated PVP! I got so angry because I was a priest myself, so I always got targeted and killed. I'm not good against actual players lol. I was a really good PVE healer.
I mostly did end game raiding. It really is bad if you get sucked it. I felt like I had a job on top of my real job. I went from server, to server, due to guilds falling apart. Eventually I just stopped playing once my ex moved, and we broke up. I prefer to play with people than on my own. I did pick it up once in a while, but those changes bummed me out. I liked having the old talent system.
By the time I quit I had 60+ on everything. My troll priest was 83, my blood elf paladin was 80.
Now I'm looking forward to Skyrim. It looks like a lot of fun!
I hated PVP! I got so angry because I was a priest myself, so I always got targeted and killed. I'm not good against actual players lol. I was a really good PVE healer.
I mostly did end game raiding. It really is bad if you get sucked it. I felt like I had a job on top of my real job. I went from server, to server, due to guilds falling apart. Eventually I just stopped playing once my ex moved, and we broke up. I prefer to play with people than on my own. I did pick it up once in a while, but those changes bummed me out. I liked having the old talent system.
By the time I quit I had 60+ on everything. My troll priest was 83, my blood elf paladin was 80.
Now I'm looking forward to Skyrim
. It looks like a lot of fun!
Frogged
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Oh god, yes. The anger and frustration that could build up in you from bad PvP is something I definitely do not miss!
My roommate also used to play, and the swearing and vulgarities that spewed forth from his mouth during some really annoying PvP battles could make a hardened drill sergeant red-faced
Skyrim looks incredible btw! Definitely gonna get my hands on that! :biggrin: The Official Gameplay Trailer gave me chills!
My roommate also used to play, and the swearing and vulgarities that spewed forth from his mouth during some really annoying PvP battles could make a hardened drill sergeant red-faced
Skyrim looks incredible btw! Definitely gonna get my hands on that! :biggrin: The Official Gameplay Trailer gave me chills!
Daybehavior
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ABah bunch of carebears up in here I LOVE pvp, especially with my mage and rogue. I had an 85 Pally, Mage, Priest, Rogue, Warrior and Hunter before I stopped. I think pve gets really stale for me and pvp constantly keeps you on your toes and tests your character knowledge to the limit. That and the bloody satisfaction of taking down an annoying Horde
I LOVE pvp, especially with my mage and rogue. I had an 85 Pally, Mage, Priest, Rogue, Warrior and Hunter before I stopped. I think pve gets really stale for me and pvp constantly keeps you on your toes and tests your character knowledge to the limit. That and the bloody satisfaction of taking down an annoying Horde
Frogged
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Originally Posted by Daybehavior
Bah bunch of carebears up in here
I was anything but carebear
Aside from hiding behind pillars and trying to blend in with the foliage as a giant tree, I would always get a thrill from running into a pack of insanity during a good PvP match 
I also kept a hotbar specific for macro-related taunting :biggrin: I believe my primary hotkeys were: /lol, /dance, /golfclap, /spit, /shoo, /mourn and, of course, /cluck I agree about the PvE being stale. Yeah, it really does being to feel like a second job after a while :\
Annoying horde you say?? lol! Well, nothing beats the satisfaction of hearing a little gnome's death yelp right before I scrape it off my hoof :biggrin:
Loch
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ALol! The Alliance were annoying! Horde is way better.
I found PVE more rewarding! I find it so much more fun forming a big group, and working together to tear down a big ass boss, and then getting loot lol. PVP is like...you kill people for points. I dunno, it just wasn't my style. I'm also a mouse-clicker. I don't use hot keys. I'm not as fast as some (omg I hate rogues in PVP). I suppose to each their own! I'll take a raid over PVP any day haha.
It's just too bad things just...got so boring. Loved that game, I went from FFXI to WoW (truth be told, I think I miss FFXI even more, nothing compares). Maybe I'll pick up WoW again later down the road. I'll have to change things though...I (*gasp*) sever/faction changed my troll priest to a worgen priest to play with my now recent ex (we're just friends now, it's better this way). He stopped playing! I'll just put her back to horde if I pick it up again.
Anyway!
I finally took that crap to my ex. He's gained like 30lbs! He looked so bad, so overweight, and scruffy. He looked miserable. I felt all the better for it! I thought, if I go there, and he lost weight, I'd feel pretty bad. His original plan had been to go to the gym and lose weight (he's taking a course for Correctional studies to be a prison guard). Looks like he didn't stick to it! I might sound mean here, but his girlfriend is twice my size, I'm not surprised. His eating habits were bad enough, but now they're living together, they'll probably never get themselves healthy. I'm glad I'm single now, and can focus on ME. He was bad for me, that's for sure.
Turns out the xbox I gave him to replace the red one I took stopped playing games. I told him I'm not driving the 4 hours to get him a different one. He can just buy one. I'm DONE with him. I can finally move on.
I sort of cheated today. I had chicken fingers, fries, gravy, a pepsi...almost got cheesecake (but I was too full haha!), then I had some low-cal soup, a red bull and a chocolate bar >.>. Ah, well, back on track tomorrow. At least I don't do that every day!
Still at 238. I hope I go down, stupid water weight. I've been pretty good, but I think maybe I should lower my calorie intake to 1400 instead of 1600. Once I get to 229 I'm going to start going to the gym (I'll keep saying that till I finally do!)
Anyway, that's it for now. Here's hoping for a good September!
I found PVE more rewarding! I find it so much more fun forming a big group, and working together to tear down a big ass boss, and then getting loot lol. PVP is like...you kill people for points. I dunno, it just wasn't my style. I'm also a mouse-clicker. I don't use hot keys. I'm not as fast as some (omg I hate rogues in PVP). I suppose to each their own! I'll take a raid over PVP any day haha.
It's just too bad things just...got so boring. Loved that game, I went from FFXI to WoW (truth be told, I think I miss FFXI even more, nothing compares). Maybe I'll pick up WoW again later down the road. I'll have to change things though...I (*gasp*) sever/faction changed my troll priest to a worgen priest to play with my now recent ex (we're just friends now, it's better this way). He stopped playing! I'll just put her back to horde if I pick it up again.
Anyway!
I finally took that crap to my ex. He's gained like 30lbs! He looked so bad, so overweight, and scruffy. He looked miserable. I felt all the better for it! I thought, if I go there, and he lost weight, I'd feel pretty bad. His original plan had been to go to the gym and lose weight (he's taking a course for Correctional studies to be a prison guard). Looks like he didn't stick to it! I might sound mean here, but his girlfriend is twice my size, I'm not surprised. His eating habits were bad enough, but now they're living together, they'll probably never get themselves healthy. I'm glad I'm single now, and can focus on ME. He was bad for me, that's for sure.
Turns out the xbox I gave him to replace the red one I took stopped playing games. I told him I'm not driving the 4 hours to get him a different one. He can just buy one. I'm DONE with him. I can finally move on.
I sort of cheated today. I had chicken fingers, fries, gravy, a pepsi...almost got cheesecake (but I was too full haha!), then I had some low-cal soup, a red bull and a chocolate bar >.>. Ah, well, back on track tomorrow. At least I don't do that every day!
Still at 238. I hope I go down, stupid water weight. I've been pretty good, but I think maybe I should lower my calorie intake to 1400 instead of 1600. Once I get to 229 I'm going to start going to the gym (I'll keep saying that till I finally do!)
Anyway, that's it for now. Here's hoping for a good September!
Daybehavior
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A[quote name="Frogged" url="/t/32050/taking-back-control-a-diary/40#post_805058"]I believe my primary hotkeys were: /lol, /dance, /golfclap, /spit, /shoo, /mourn and, of course, /cluck [/quote]
Yeah this is exactly what I meant by "annoying horde" I don't know how many times I've been spat on, clucked around, slapped, laughed at by Horde, but It happens a LOT less when I'm fighting Alliance. You guys are a bunch of jerks I hate gnomes too !
[quote name="Loch" url="/t/32050/taking-back-control-a-diary/40#post_805084"]
I finally took that crap to my ex. He's gained like 30lbs! He looked so bad, so overweight, and scruffy. He looked miserable. I felt all the better for it! I thought, if I go there, and he lost weight, I'd feel pretty bad.[/quote]
oh man that must've been sweet! I'm glad you were finally able to get closure on the situation and say F it, "I'm done". Good on you, darlin. Let's make it a good September...cheers to us all.
PS. I love Chrono Trigger too, that's gotta be my favorite RPG of all time Next to Star Ocean 2, FFVII and Castlevania SOTN.
PS2 I tried Dragon Age for a while but I couldn't get past that Ogre boss in the first tower. I think I did my talents wrong...what a loser.
Yeah this is exactly what I meant by "annoying horde"
I don't know how many times I've been spat on, clucked around, slapped, laughed at by Horde, but It happens a LOT less when I'm fighting Alliance. You guys are a bunch of jerks I hate gnomes too ![quote name="Loch" url="/t/32050/taking-back-control-a-diary/40#post_805084"]
I finally took that crap to my ex. He's gained like 30lbs! He looked so bad, so overweight, and scruffy. He looked miserable. I felt all the better for it! I thought, if I go there, and he lost weight, I'd feel pretty bad.[/quote]
oh man that must've been sweet! I'm glad you were finally able to get closure on the situation and say F it, "I'm done". Good on you, darlin. Let's make it a good September...cheers to us all.
PS. I love Chrono Trigger too, that's gotta be my favorite RPG of all time
Next to Star Ocean 2, FFVII and Castlevania SOTN.PS2 I tried Dragon Age for a while but I couldn't get past that Ogre boss in the first tower. I think I did my talents wrong...what a loser.
Loch
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AThose are all great games . I collect SNES RPG's, and I'm trying to collect PS1 games as well.
That ogre was hard, you might need to redo your talent's, or use healing items more.
Anyway, I had a bad day yesterday...I didn't eat at all until about 9pm. I went out for dinner with a friend who's leaving town. I had a drink (no clue what was in it, Raspberry Cream, an alcoholic drink), a glass of coke. I ordered the wood smoked chicken breast with no sauce, a side of fries with gravy, and then I had cheesecake. I was feeling kind of emotional...I eat when I get like that.
Well, it's just one bad day. I'll just try even harder today and onward. I was down to 235 this morning. It might go up, who knows. I'm still aiming for 229 by the 16th.
Time for work.
. I collect SNES RPG's, and I'm trying to collect PS1 games as well.That ogre was hard, you might need to redo your talent's, or use healing items more.
Anyway, I had a bad day yesterday...I didn't eat at all until about 9pm. I went out for dinner with a friend who's leaving town. I had a drink (no clue what was in it, Raspberry Cream, an alcoholic drink), a glass of coke. I ordered the wood smoked chicken breast with no sauce, a side of fries with gravy, and then I had cheesecake. I was feeling kind of emotional...I eat when I get like that.
Well, it's just one bad day. I'll just try even harder today and onward. I was down to 235 this morning. It might go up, who knows. I'm still aiming for 229 by the 16th.
Time for work
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Frogged
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We all have bad days, Loch. Don't fret about it at all
Can I ask if you have a designated cheat day? I don't believe I saw anything mentioned about one in your diary.
I think it's a good idea to have one if you don't. It'll help keep you sane and avoid temptation throughout the week knowing that a day is coming up where you can indulge yourself
Sundays for me have almost become like Christmas morning! :biggrin: It's like, 'Oh boy! Time for goodies!' lol
Of course, I usually always feel like crap afterward (like I do right now as I type this), but it really does help. I have no interest whatsoever in any junk food now. I just want to eat healthy now and exercise this (huge) influx of new energy off.
I really like your attitude, Loch! You're a gamer (which is awesome!) and you have a good mentality for weight loss! :biggrin: You understand that circumstances arise that are not ideal for dropping pounds, but you roll with the punches, maintain your focus, and continue on! That's the key to being successful
I see great things in your future!
Can I ask if you have a designated cheat day? I don't believe I saw anything mentioned about one in your diary.
I think it's a good idea to have one if you don't. It'll help keep you sane and avoid temptation throughout the week knowing that a day is coming up where you can indulge yourself
Sundays for me have almost become like Christmas morning! :biggrin: It's like, 'Oh boy! Time for goodies!' lol
Of course, I usually always feel like crap afterward (like I do right now as I type this), but it really does help. I have no interest whatsoever in any junk food now. I just want to eat healthy now and exercise this (huge) influx of new energy off.
I really like your attitude, Loch! You're a gamer (which is awesome!) and you have a good mentality for weight loss! :biggrin: You understand that circumstances arise that are not ideal for dropping pounds, but you roll with the punches, maintain your focus, and continue on! That's the key to being successful
I see great things in your future!
Loch
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AAw, thanks ^^. I'm really giving it a try this time, I hate failing. But I also know this time, one bad day, one bad week is nothing compared to a lifetime of regret.
I don't have a cheat day. I'm afraid I'll fall back into my bad habits. I would eat McDonald's nearly every day. I'd totally over do it, I'm sure. It's a daunting prospect...
I basically just eat what I want, but I watch the calories. So, like today I had a donut
I don't have a cheat day. I'm afraid I'll fall back into my bad habits. I would eat McDonald's nearly every day. I'd totally over do it, I'm sure. It's a daunting prospect...
I basically just eat what I want, but I watch the calories. So, like today I had a donut
Frogged
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Hi Loch
Have you considered carrying gum around with you? Or fiber bars?
I keep a small stock pile in my room and jeeps at all times. The gum really helps with avoiding temptation and the fiber bars are nice little snacks that can help keep you full. I get ones that have 140 calories and contain 35% of your daily fiber intake.
Anyway, you're doing great! Keep it up
Have you considered carrying gum around with you? Or fiber bars?
I keep a small stock pile in my room and jeeps at all times. The gum really helps with avoiding temptation and the fiber bars are nice little snacks that can help keep you full. I get ones that have 140 calories and contain 35% of your daily fiber intake.
Anyway, you're doing great! Keep it up
Hello Loch! Finaly I have a time to read something here! How it's going? It is good choise to have a cheat day! I have 1 cheat day...usually saturday....but I also have one raw fruit-vegetables day and it's usually sunday
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I dont have much weight to lose....but Im almost 3 weeks on ''diet'' and I lost 4kg (8-9lbs)! I daily do exercises...every morning 30 minutes, eat 5 times a day, I dont eat after 7pm and I drink lot of water. Ur biggest problem seems to be soda....maybe u can try make ur own healthy soda and drink it!? I make green tea and mix it with honey-lemonade or apple juice (0.5l green tea : 0.5l apple juice)....it looks like ice tea that I liked to buy in supermarkets...but here I dont have white sugars or other chemical stuff!
Big hug... dont lose motivation and keep going!
I dont have much weight to lose....but Im almost 3 weeks on ''diet'' and I lost 4kg (8-9lbs)! I daily do exercises...every morning 30 minutes, eat 5 times a day, I dont eat after 7pm and I drink lot of water. Ur biggest problem seems to be soda....maybe u can try make ur own healthy soda and drink it!? I make green tea and mix it with honey-lemonade or apple juice (0.5l green tea : 0.5l apple juice)....it looks like ice tea that I liked to buy in supermarkets...but here I dont have white sugars or other chemical stuff!
Big hug... dont lose motivation and keep going!
Loch
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AThanks!
I may not be posting every day, but I'm still doing well! ^_^ I've been sticking to my plan, and haven't had too many mishaps.
Found new gum today, watermelon twist, it's yummy but makes me smell like watermelon lol. Once you unwrap it the smell is strong, ah well.
I kind of want to do this challenge...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B26asyGKDo
This guy took a pic of his face every day for 6 years or something. It's awesome, imagine how cool it would be to do this for one year and see the results of weight loss showing in a video? Something to think about.
I've really got to stop the red bull. I say to myself, oh, one a day is fine. It's only 110 calories! The sugar free is 0! But really...everything I read, it's not good, no matter the calories. It probably won't help. Red Bull makes me happy. It gives me energy. I feel like I'm ALWAYS tired. I hate it so much. I have no motivation, but at least I have the eating down. It's mainly the fact that it makes me happy. I get depressed a lot...and I don't know if I want to try anti-depressants again.
I have a doctor's appointment on the 19th. Hopefully it goes well, I thought a physical was in order. We'll see ^^.
Pickles are awesome. 3 calories for one, and they make a great snack!
I think that's it...Oh, I but t-shirts online from a site called teefury. I usually bought men's xxl, but the last few I bought women xl. It's too small but...I'm going to keep buying them in XL so that it's something to look forward to and work toward.
I may not be posting every day, but I'm still doing well! ^_^ I've been sticking to my plan, and haven't had too many mishaps.
Found new gum today, watermelon twist, it's yummy but makes me smell like watermelon lol. Once you unwrap it the smell is strong, ah well.
I kind of want to do this challenge...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B26asyGKDo
This guy took a pic of his face every day for 6 years or something. It's awesome, imagine how cool it would be to do this for one year and see the results of weight loss showing in a video? Something to think about.
I've really got to stop the red bull. I say to myself, oh, one a day is fine. It's only 110 calories! The sugar free is 0! But really...everything I read, it's not good, no matter the calories. It probably won't help. Red Bull makes me happy. It gives me energy. I feel like I'm ALWAYS tired. I hate it so much. I have no motivation, but at least I have the eating down. It's mainly the fact that it makes me happy. I get depressed a lot...and I don't know if I want to try anti-depressants again.
I have a doctor's appointment on the 19th. Hopefully it goes well, I thought a physical was in order. We'll see ^^.
Pickles are awesome. 3 calories for one, and they make a great snack!
I think that's it...Oh, I but t-shirts online from a site called teefury. I usually bought men's xxl, but the last few I bought women xl. It's too small but...I'm going to keep buying them in XL so that it's something to look forward to and work toward.
Daybehavior
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AJJ - Love the avatar Lichtenstein is one of my favorite artists and that is my favorite work of his.
Loch - Good to hear you're doing well. You should definitely do the photo thing. Just don't keep the same dour expression for the whole year. That Noah guy was kinda creepin me out tbh.
Lichtenstein is one of my favorite artists and that is my favorite work of his.Loch - Good to hear you're doing well. You should definitely do the photo thing. Just don't keep the same dour expression for the whole year. That Noah guy was kinda creepin me out tbh.
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