The 250 Pound Journey

[jen_renee]

Can I just say that...um....You are AWESOME! Every time I stop in here, there's more weight lost...hell, you even lost weight on vacation! I'm in awe...hahaha! Keep it up!!!

 

[Stacy]

Hi Stacy, I just caught up with some of your diary. Congratulations on managing to lose weight on holiday & since you got back. WOW! I must say I love your new-found attitude & approach to healthy eating & lifestyle. It augers well for the long-term. I feel like you a little re the running, but with me it's now my age & fear of damaging knees etc that's holding me back. Every now & then when you're out walking just add a little jog here & there. It's a great feeling & shouldn't put too much stress on your body. Love your poem Stacy! I can relate to it as I am rediscovering bones & muscles I had forgotten I had.
Thanks for your input into the motivational sayings thread. Cheers, Cate

You betcha! I'm totally in this for life! I feel so good - the best I've ever felt! And I know that I'll just keep feeling better and better!

Thanks for the jogging idea with the walking. That's a very good idea. I'll kind of just add a light jog here and there to start getting my body used to running. I like that idea! I will definitely do that!

I'm glad you like the poem. I hesitated to post it, but I'm glad I did.

As for the motivational sayings - I feel bad that I don't have more to add there, but I want you to know how much it's helped inspire me! Thank you so much, Cate, for continuing to add to that! It's wonderful!

 

[Stacy]

WOW Stacy! You are just smokin' right along! You've made AMAZING progress in such a short amount of time!!!

You go girl!!!

Awww Thanks, Tigpuppy! Your encouragement means a lot!

I'm totally blown away with the progress! I just hope I'm not losing weight too fast. lol

 

[Stacy]

Can I just that...um....You are AWESOME! Every time I stop in here, there's more weight lost...hell, you even lost weight on vacation! I'm in awe...hahaha! Keep it up!!!

Wow, you're such a sweetie! Your post put a big smile on my face! It was like a virtual pat on the back and a hug! Thanks, jen! *hugs*

 

[shygemini]

I woke up to another pound and a half gone over night. This weight is just melting off of me. I've lost six and a half pounds over the past 5 days. This is cray-zee!

I guess I should probably start eating more or exercising less. It's probably not healthy to lose weight this fast. It's weird though, I don't really have much desire to eat any more than I am. I don't feel deprived and I'm eating until I'm full.

I wouldn't worry TOO much about it.

I think about it this way. My nephew is a toddler, and he has growth spurts, where he eats tons and tons and is growing. Then he has times when he eats less and stops growing. I think it is the same with weight loss...we have weight loss spurts.

If it continues for a long while...yes perhaps you might want to change things, but for the moment i think it is ok

 

[Stacy]

I wouldn't worry TOO much about it. we have weight loss spurts.

If it continues for a long while...yes perhaps you might want to change things, but for the moment i think it is ok

That's a good idea. The weight loss "spurts" seems to be a pattern with me. I'll not see much progress for weeks and then over a week or so I'll lose a lot all in a few days. So yeah, I guess I'll just keep doing what I'm doing and see where it takes me. I can always start to add more calories if large amounts of weight loss continues.

Thanks for the advice, hon!

 

[ecky1]

Absently I felt it,
out of the blue
unexpected.
Beautiful in it's change.
Hard
where before
there was only soft.
Who knew the feeling
of a bone
could be so...
wonderful.

~Stacy


A little poem I wrote this afternoon after discovering that I could feel a bone that I haven't felt since I was in my teens. Nearly 40 lbs gone and I have never felt better! I know it's a drop in the bucked compared to how much I still have to lose, but I'm on the right path and it will lead me straight to my goal!

I love the poem. It reminds me of what happened to me the other day. I check my breasts for lumps about once a month and last week I found a lump just underneath one and immediatly panicked until I found the same under the other one and realized that it was actually part of my ribs
I really enjoy reading your diary, you have such an infectious enthusiasm and I think that in your mind you are all ready slim but just waiting for your body to catch up.

 

[Stacy]

I love the poem. It reminds me of what happened to me the other day. I check my breasts for lumps about once a month and last week I found a lump just underneath one and immediately panicked until I found the same under the other one and realized that it was actually part of my ribs

That's awesome! What a cool moment that must have been, from fear to total elation in just a second.

I think that in your mind you are all ready slim but just waiting for your body to catch up.

LOL! Oh my, I've never heard it put quite like that but I think you're right. I feel so healthy and feel so good, I eat like a pretty healthy and fit person. I exercise daily. I actually feel like I'm already fit. As you said, I'm just waiting for my body to realize that and catch up.

 

[Flumes]

Absently I felt it,
out of the blue
unexpected.
Beautiful in it's change.
Hard
where before
there was only soft.
Who knew the feeling
of a bone
could be so...
wonderful.

~Stacy


A little poem I wrote this afternoon after discovering that I could feel a bone that I haven't felt since I was in my teens. Nearly 40 lbs gone and I have never felt better! I know it's a drop in the bucked compared to how much I still have to lose, but I'm on the right path and it will lead me straight to my goal!

Thats awesome Stace! I can see the smile between the lines. Your one happy cat! Real proud of you here!

It looks like you got this thing figured out....I mean you went from needing inspiration to becoming "The MOTIVATOR" as Arnold would say! Great work! Love your posts....on your thread and others' threads in here.

As for the drop in the bucket thingy.....savour every moment. There is only good to come out of it with every ounce you lose. You just have to find it....health, stamina, strength, sharpness....and as you find those things, time will fly by.

Here's to you bud! Keep up the great work!

 

[Verobc1]

Hey Stacey!!!

WOW there is no stoping you!!!! Did I say wow???? Congrat on the loss I love the way you are positive, I am getting back into the grove myself and diaries like yours are what have kept me comming on here and stoped me from giving up when I tought this journey was too hard!!!! Thank you for postin your journey on here!!!


As for the running in the srpring I used to walk 2km....and then I started to slowly had jogging once I was able to speed walk the whole route. Just start walking faster and faster and then gradually bring in the running....a lot of people on here like the program couch potato to 5k if you google it you can find it, it's a great program for starting to run, but if you feel that it hurts you just slow it down!

You are doing great keep it up!!

 

[aManicCookie]

I have to say after reading through all 10 pages of your journal I'm very inspired! You go girl!

 

[Stacy]

Thats awesome Stace! I can see the smile between the lines. Your one happy cat! Real proud of you here!

It looks like you got this thing figured out....I mean you went from needing inspiration to becoming "The MOTIVATOR" as Arnold would say! Great work! Love your posts....on your thread and others' threads in here.

As for the drop in the bucket thingy.....savour every moment. There is only good to come out of it with every ounce you lose. You just have to find it....health, stamina, strength, sharpness....and as you find those things, time will fly by.

Here's to you bud! Keep up the great work!

Awww! Thank you, Flumes! I am one happy cat! hahah I'm glad that it comes through in this sometimes cold way of communicating.

It makes me feel good to know that you're proud of me, isn't that strange? Since I don't really know you that well? I guess it's just something we all need to hear. Now you just need to tell my boyfriend that he needs to tell me that. lol

Thanks so much for the sweet words and encouragement! You put a big smile on my face! *hugs*

 

[Stacy]

Thanks, Vero! I'll definitely check out the "couch potato to 5k". Anyone going from my starting weight to a runner needs all the help she can get. lol I'd love to be able to have a couple of sessions with a trainer, but alas, I just don't have the money. But you know, in this day and age there is bound to be all the information I need on the internet, on websites, on youtube, etc that can help me get to where I need to go. Not to mention all the great advice and inspiration from wonderful people like you and Val and some of the others!

I'm really glad that my journal has helped keep you motivated! That means more to me than I can say!

 

[Stacy]

I have to say after reading through all 10 pages of your journal I'm very inspired! You go girl!

hahah! Awesome-sauce! It gives me a lot of joy to know that my journal has helped inspire you! It's funny, I started the journal in the hopes of getting some encouragement and accountability but I never hoped that it would help encourage others! That makes me so happy! Thanks, Cookie~! *

 

[ecky1]

hahah! Awesome-sauce! It gives me a lot of joy to know that my journal has helped inspire you! It's funny, I started the journal in the hopes of getting some encouragement and accountability but I never hoped that it would help encourage others! That makes me so happy! Thanks, Cookie~! *

I love it when people are inspired by things that we do and say. In a way that helps me because then I think I owe it to all the people that believe in me to do well and keep on track as I don't want to let anybody down. What kept me increasing my running over the last week was mainly because of the support that I received from you all and being able to come here and tell you all about it

 

[Stacy]

I love it when people are inspired by things that we do and say. In a way that helps me because then I think I owe it to all the people that believe in me to do well and keep on track as I don't want to let anybody down. What kept me increasing my running over the last week was mainly because of the support that I received from you all and being able to come here and tell you all about it

Whoa, I wonder why this didn't show up under my UserCP with all the other updates. I'm sorry it took so long to respond to this, I never got it in my "inbox".

I totally know what you mean! This place has been a true blessing to me, the inspiration and motivation that this site and the people who are a part of it provide has helped keep me going when I know otherwise it would have been so easy to quit. This place creates a place of accountability and support that is matched by nothing else I've experienced before. I feel so blessed to be a part of this community. I love you guys!

 

[ecky1]

Stacey, you are one person that I would love to meet in person. Your lovely sunny personality shines through in your posts. I rarely read a post of yours without smiling

Whoa, I wonder why this didn't show up under my UserCP with all the other updates. I'm sorry it took so long to respond to this, I never got it in my "inbox".

I totally know what you mean! This place has been a true blessing to me, the inspiration and motivation that this site and the people who are a part of it provide has helped keep me going when I know otherwise it would have been so easy to quit. This place creates a place of accountability and support that is matched by nothing else I've experienced before. I feel so blessed to be a part of this community. I love you guys!

 

[Stacy]

Stacey, you are one person that I would love to meet in person. Your lovely sunny personality shines through in your posts. I rarely read a post of yours without smiling

Awww, this brought tears to my eyes! You're such a sweet heart! It makes me happy to know that my posts have made you smile!

Honestly I didn't always have this "sunny personality" (Love that expression by the way! ). As a 31 year old woman I spent more than 2/3 of my life hating myself and being a very negative person. A few years ago that all changed, and you know what I have found amazing - that when you change your attitude for the better and your outlook on life to the positive it takes hold of every aspect of your life. Until your life is so much better than it was before, that it becomes virtually unrecognizable as "YOUR LIFE". lol My life now is nothing how it used to be. After I gained some confidence and self love I then changed my surroundings (moved 2000 miles away from my "home town"), changed my outlook on life, changed my personal relationships, and changed myself. And now it's like I have a whole new life, a fresh start. But even without those drastic changes, every moment that passes is an opportunity to become a different person then who you where yesterday, who you where an hour ago even.

I wasted over 20 years of my life on negativity, self doubt, and self loathing. And you know what I've learned? It's just not worth it. lol Nothing is ever as bad as it seems in the moment. When something bad happens I say to myself "In five or ten years from now, how much is this going to matter?" - and most of the time it won't matter at all. If it's not going to bother me in 10 years why should I let it bother me today? lol

Life is good, ups downs and sideways. I just want to share the joy I feel inside with other people.

Thanks for letting me know that I've helped brighten your day! That means a lot to me!

 

[ecky1]

I assumed that you were on of those people that were born with a smile on their face so it has even more merit that you have changed yourself into a happy person.

 

[Cate]

Stacey, you are one person that I would love to meet in person. Your lovely sunny personality shines through in your posts. I rarely read a post of yours without smiling

& I agree with that sentiment eyckmans. I feel that I have got to know you too Stacy & I like what I see. You are a lovely person. All points to you for changing your life & your outlook to life & thank you very much for your support in the last week. It has been much appreciated, xo Cate