Tams' Weightloss Journey

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Tamschro

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I've been wanting to lose weight for quite some time. My goal is to get down to the weight I was in my first year of university. That is 40 pounds less than now.

I'm married, my husband is one of those eternally thin people. The ones that can eat anything and not gain a pound. I shouldn't say that, he has actually gained about 5 pounds since we've been married.

ANyway... I always get geared up to start losing weight, and lose motivation quite quickly (1 week). But this time I have motivation. My husband agreed that if I can lose 40 pounds, I can get the cat I've been asking to get for about 2 years. :) YAY! Finally he agreed to a cat! :) I promised I wouldn't bug him about getting a cat until i'm in the final stages. So that will be very exciting.

I also want to lose the weight for my health. I have a high risk of diabetes due to genetics, and being overweight makes me a prime candidate.

Tomorrow I plan to walk to and from work, and hopefull get some rowing done at home inthe evening (but I have a paper due on Tues, so I may not get the rowing in).

I'm hoping for some motivation from everyone here on the board during my journey as well!

Take care!
 
Welcome!
Sounds like you've planned out the exercise part. What are your food plans?
That is pretty exciting about the kitty. Maybe the cat will be the motivation you need to do this for yourself. Maybe every so many pounds you can buy some cat related thing... bowls, litter box, toys, etc. You know, just to keep yourself pumped!
Good luck and we're here to root you on...
Totallyscrappy
 
That's an awesome idea for mini rewards!! :) Thanks for the idea. I'm really hoping it's motivation enough. My husband wants "definition" of his core muscles, so he wants to start getting up for a run in the morning. I hope to join him. But He's not good at getting out of bed in general, so we''ll see if I can get him up.

Definitely going to do the mini rewards. I'll have to think about what I get for each segment. And determine the break down. I think the first reward should be a fairly large chunk, like 15lbs.

:)
 
When I first started losing weight I rewarded myself every 5 pounds. My reward was flowers. I would buy myself a simple bouquet from the grocery store. Relatively inexpensive, but something I don't purchase for myself (and dh doesn't generally respond to the hints about how flowers would make my day...). The other great thing was that the flowers hung around for a week or two. Great visual reminder (as I wandered past them to the kitchen) that I was a work in progress. I also knew that about the time the bouquet got wilted and garbage-ready it was time to kick it up a notch.
Totallyscrappy
 
So this morning I dragged my butt out of bed (and my husbands) and we went for a jog. My knee didn't hurt during it, so that was good. I wore my brace. I did half the lake, while my Husband did the full lake (he runs a lot faster than me...... I've got short little legs, and he's very tall). I was panting so hard. It was crazy. Gotta get in better shape, most definately. I also determined I need to wear my head lamp if I plan to run in the mornings. It was pitch black, and could barely see the path. And there were a few noises that scared me (and DH was already on the other side of the lake).

But I plan to work on my running.

:( I won't get to walk to work today. I need to pick up DH after I get off, so no walking. But it's not a good walking day. It's really windy, like unbearably windy, can't open doors windy.

On the plus side, I got my rebate cheque in the mail today! Thanks Ralph!
 
Welcome! That's awesome that you got out for a run!

Aww, a kitty! That's totally awesome, and I agree about the mini reward ideas! Absolutely fantastic.

Good luck!
 
Thanks for the encouragement!

Well today was not a great day exercise-wise. Other than my daily walking to and from the parking lot, and up and down stairs to classes, I didn't get much exercise. I worked, and was at school all day. With a whopping hour in between in which I did dishes.

And as a result of my jog yesterday morning, i have shin splints! I've never had those before. I used to do a lot of running. But when I saw the foot doctor a few months ago, he said I was susceptable to shin splints, and I figured since I'd never had them before, I wouldn't think anymore of it. Until today, when I'm sore. Oh well. Hopefully it wears off quick. Tomorrow I have a bit more time, and hope to go at least for a walk for a couple hours.

Other than that, food wise it wasn't a spectacular day (nor was it a horrible day). I had a banana for breakfast, stew and veggies for lunch, carrots, applesauce and a couple of bites of chili. I had a little bit of a frappe at work too. I finally perfected the fat free, sugar free mocha frappe. A small has less than 100 calories. :) So that's great, but I only had a couple sips of that today. But it's great news for customers, expecially those watching their weight, or who are diabetic. Did I mention I work at a coffeeshop?

That is my day in a nutshell. I'm hungry right now, but I know if I jjust go to bed it will pay off tomorrow.
 
It was an alright day. I didn't get much excercise in, as I was so busy with school things. I hate days where I don't get to do anything due to having to study, or work on assignments. I can't push those things off and workout as they have deadlines. I really wish I was done school. At least when working, I would have evenings, no excuses (other than a couple times a week).

Nothing much to report today. Had a healthy dinner, and a healthy lunch. I even had breakfast (banana).... Only indulgence today was a big glass of fruit juice.
 
I'm so frustrated with myself. I know I'm an emotional eater-always have been. But last night i was upset about something.... so I ate something.. then I was upset about eating to get over it.... which caused me to eat more. It's a vicous cycle. Overall last night was just a frustrating night.. I was so upset at myself, and was super emotional... crying and eating, crying. It was horrible. I need to find something else to do when I'm upset other than eat. I always get so emotional mostly late at night, so I can go for a run, or workout at home (too many people to wake up). What should I do? (My only other emotional therapy is shopping, and well I don't have the money for that either).
 
I'm feeling lonely again today. Blah. I wish DH was home.

Today I was pretty good with food.

I had yogurt for brunch (since I didn't get to eat breakfast.... it was busy at work), Then when I got home I had half of a diet coke (leftover from yesterday) and a little pit of popcorn (also left over from yesterday), then had tuna pasta for dinner. I played with the recipe alot today.. it was so scruptious.

On the bad side, I finished the day with a cooler....

I know if I can just pick my mood up a little I'll do better in the excercise department.... but I've just been so glum lately.
 
Well I printed out a chart for me to fill in each day.

It has weight, water, and Cardio as catefories.

Each morning I'll weigh myself, and each night I'll record the other information. Hopefully it will help me get cardio done and water drank. :)

I'm also toying with the idea of buying an Eliptical Trainer. If I did this, I would move the couch out of the living room, and every time I wanted to watch tv (which is a lot these days), the I'll have to be on either it, or my rowing machine, or my bike. Or I guess even my stability ball.

In order to do this, ideally I would have one of the spare rooms for the couch. But since we can't afford to have only 1 roomate, we'll have to make du with this. Perhaps I could get the couch into the bedroom. I don't know where else to put it.

Watrter consumption today was about 2 L. So pretty good. Better than before anyway. I'm trying to get it up.
 
Hi there, welcome it sounds like you are off to a good start. You sound really motivated. My mini rewards are my weekly magazines, they can get a bit costly so that why I only have them for rewards lol.
The cat sounds great (I love animals) but I am one of those naughty people who would of gone out brought the cat waited for hubby to come home and say guess what we have a cat, he would of sulked for a week or so and gotten over it. But I am bad like that.
I can totaly understand you reasons for wanting to lose weight. I was thinking maybe you should look at how many cals you need to take in for a day as I was wondering if your having enough, a banana for breakie wouldnt realy sustain you for very long. Problem with not eating enough or regularly is it slows down our metablism makeing it harder to lose weight. Also weighing your self every day can be emotional as your weight flutuates (sp) during the day, so can give you a wrong idea. Its usaly best to weigh your self once a week. That in its self is a big challenge lol. It is really great that you and your husband can exercise together, I love to do that with my husband. Must help a lot to keep you motivated. Good luck on the rest of your diet.
 
Zoila - thanks for popping in. I am motivated right now, but find it difficult with a husband that eats everything! :) Hehe.... I've been so tempted to go get a cat when he's been out of town on weekends. But I know he wouldn't like that. :) he's really warming up to the cat idea though. As for my calorie intake. Every once and a while I'll log a days food to chekc on calories, but I don't count everyday. I just make healthier choices. I know a banana won't sustain me long, but I never used to eat breakfast, so this is progress. Plus I'm always running out the door, so I grab something quick. I do carry carrots with me usually, and munch those when I need something. I've got my water with me all the time too. generally drink about 2L a day. I want to up that just a little bit. I do weigh myself every morning as soon as I get up. I don't expect it to change, and really don't pay much mind. My real weigh in is Sunday mornings. It's just a habit to get on the scale in the morning. I've been doing it as long as I can remember. My parents always had a scale in the bathroom, and I've always had one in mine. It's a habit. But it gives me an idea of how things are going. :) Hard to break habits. Maybe I should try to break that one. Move the scale to the other bathroom (that I rarely use). Thanks for the input. Do you think i should be couting calories everyday? I just find it hard to do, time-wise. But maybe I should be.

Tams
 
Nothing like procrastinating on assignments. I have a big assignment due tomorrow.. it's maybe half done and it's midnight. But I'm so lacking the motivation. It's kinda funny the way this semester is set up. The university sends us the local college for a semester in what they call a "technical" semester. Well to us University students it doesn't mean much, as all that is on our transcripts will either be a Pass or a Fail. And it's the college. Everything I've submitted has been done half-well, and I've got high 90's or 100% on everything. Not motivating to work at all.

Last night we went over to a friends to watch a movie. Well everyone ordered pizza, and I was the good girl and brought my carrots and pretzels. :) I was satisfied with those. I did have one bite of my husband's crust. :) I love pizza crust. I really love any kind of bread. Mostly because I never have it in our house. I find we don't go through it fast enough. When I do buy it I have like 5 pieces the first day... then forget about it, and it all goes moldy.... so I just don't buy or make it anymore. But I ate my carrots and my pretzels, and drank about a litre of water. :) I was proud of myself. Actually our friend is just about finished is Kinesiology degree, and offered to work with me the next few months. Only problem, I don't have my gym membership anymore, and can't afford one either. So we'll see. He's super busy too. But I may take him up on it. I want my cat!

Well we didn't get home til 2 last night. So we went to bed, then the phone rang at 5, and my brother in law asked if we could take him to the ER. So we got up and did so. SPent 4 hours there. He's fine though now. THey morphined him and set him home with instructions. He's feeling much better. So needless to say, we had very little feet. My In-laws were also in town for the day, so we had to meet them for the afternoon. After that though i went for a good 45 minute walk, it was a nice day... quite windy, but nice. Then I did a bit of yardwork.

My weight didn't change this week. But that;s ok. There's always this coming week. I'm in the challenge this week too, so I'll have to work hard as not to let my team down.

Well It's been a very long day, so it's bed time. My goal this week it to lose 3-4 pounds. It is a lot, but I would like to do well for this challenge. Tuesday will be a challenge with Valentine's day. We're having lobster. So I'll have to conserve calories that day!

Good night!
 
oh yes!! please DO count your calories..I think its moabnut that has some really great stuff in their diary about this. Input output and all that jazz...If I didnt count calories Id be LOST!

And keep coming back here to post, as Im sure you know, it really dows help!!:p
 
Hi Tam. I just found your diary for the first time. Sounds like you are really off to a good start. I would suggest counting your calories as well. And Kate is right about Moabnut's diary. Its very informative.

I count calories, which was hard to get used to at first. It was an eye opener too. I was eating way more calories than I thought. I pay very close attention now to servings, portion size, and how many calories are in everything. Its tedious at first, but after a while you will get a better feeling for how many calories are in the things you eat most.

Good luck with your weight loss! Excellent job on not eating the pizza the other night! I don't know if I could have passed it up altogether myself. Keep up the great work! :)
 
I'm exhausted. I had a horrible food day too.

Tomorrow I have 2 exams, then I can relax a little... and work out a lot!. I do plan to take a midday walk tomorrow between my two exams. Probably just to the coffeeshop, but it's more than I did today!

Today's horrible food: pizza for lunch (just 1 piece), hot chocolate (mid afternoon), lobster, steak, potatos (for dinner)... and a DOUGHNUT!!!! I DOUGHNUT. I can't believe I ate that. It was so good though.

I determined I don't like lobster. I had 2 bites and gave the rest to my husband.

I'm hoping tomorrow will be a much healthier day (since I picked up some veggies and fruit today) and i plan to get a really long and good workout done tomorrow too!

FLUFF that for popping in. I counted calories yesterday. Today I gave up after the first couple bites of pizza. I knew what was in store for the day. Back on track tomorrow!

TAMS
 
I GOT MY NEW ELLIPTICAL TRAINER!

I'm so excited. :) I did a few minutes on it to test it out, but had to go back to the paper I was writing! :) But I will get a work out in today!

Down 4 pounds (haven't updated my ticker yet).

ANyway... no time, have to get back to my paper. Hopefully after work tonight I can come on again!

Tams
 
That's good Tam,
I'm happy for ya. You have been diong good so far and already lost 9 pounds. Keep up the good work. I wish I had a elliptical. Maybe next month
 
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