The Awful Truth

What a BLAH day! Did 2 workouts but neither of them really pushed me beyond any real limitations. Felt like I was doing them because I know I should, not because I wanted to make a difference. Ate ok, stayed within calorie range but definitely did not balance out any of my proteins, fibers, fats, and carbs. Overall, I didn't do anything to hurt my weight loss today but I also don't feel like I did anything to help it along.

Now that the plumbing is fixed to the house, I can get a shower again. Perhaps that is why I was feeling so yucky...I was filthy from yesterday's workouts! Whatever the reason, I am going to bed with the mantra, "I will do better tomorrow!"
 
Maybe you should try different tryouts or make the ones you are doing more exciting by setting specific goals you want to reach on specific dates (for example: I want to run 5 miles by the end of the next month) or try working out in group. Stress also works.
 
Veronica said:
What a BLAH day! Did 2 workouts but neither of them really pushed me beyond any real limitations. Felt like I was doing them because I know I should, not because I wanted to make a difference. Ate ok, stayed within calorie range but definitely did not balance out any of my proteins, fibers, fats, and carbs. Overall, I didn't do anything to hurt my weight loss today but I also don't feel like I did anything to help it along.

Now that the plumbing is fixed to the house, I can get a shower again. Perhaps that is why I was feeling so yucky...I was filthy from yesterday's workouts! Whatever the reason, I am going to bed with the mantra, "I will do better tomorrow!"
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I have had gym days like this too. I've also learned to be honest with myself. If I find myself finishing what I set out to do, and I still dont feel like I really put forth the amount of effort I want, then Ill step it up a little extra at the end. From all the info ive gleaned around here, personal gym plans are great for the short term, but they are constantly being adjusted and altered, according to how our bodies respond. phew. :rant:


Anyways, hope your gym visit today is a more engaging!
 
Way to workout yesterday, even if you did not feel the burn. I am sure it still benefited your health. 2 workouts is commendable! Well done!!

Hope today is great for you!! Stay strong!
 
So I am being completely counter intuitive right now...I'm eating chocolate while writing my post. Feel like a hand should reach out from the computer screen and slap me across the face a few times.

My workouts were minimal today as I didn't feel well most of the day. And of course, now that I'm feeling better, I'm snacking on chocolate 'cause I feel like I need a sugar kick. No excuse, right? And yet, I still reach for another handful... Ok..that's it. Closing bag right now! (Pause for dramatic effect)
Chocolate sealed and out of line of sight. Must focus on issue at hand.

On a side note, I've been taking a nutrition class and learned something really interesting today. My professor said that when you plateau on a diet, it means that the diet is working. How can that be? you ask. Well, apparently what is happening when you plateau is that your body is finally digging into your reserve "fat" for energy instead of just utilizing the energy you are feeding it each day. Fat reserves, according to her, take longer to register on the scale but when they do, it is significant. I thought that if we all keep that in mind when we hit those dreaded plateaus, it will keep us working at it.

Also, I have a new deadline for looking good. June 5th. On June 5th, my high school sweetheart and first love is getting married. He didn't come to my wedding as he was sad because he thought we would one day end up together and he just couldn't watch me marry someone else. However, now that he has a someone else, my hubby and I will be attending. So I have to look amazing as he has never seen me overweight a day in my life and I cannot let THIS be the first time he has seen me in years. Goal is to knock his socks off, make future wife a little jealous, and make husband feel like he won the lottery with a beautiful wife on his arm. I've already sketched the dress I will be making but have to wait to make it until May when my size will be significantly smaller.

That is exactly 145 days from now. If I can manage to cut calorie intake by 1000 calories a day (No More Chocolate) and exercise for a minimum of 750 calories burned, then I should be able to drop a half a pound a day. Over the course of time, that will be 72.5 lbs and land me around 150 or a size 10. It won't be my ideal weight but it won't matter as long as I am toned, tan, and looking pretty. So here's to yet another driving force behind me!
 
Veronica said:
On a side note, I've been taking a nutrition class and learned something really interesting today. ...
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Interesting post about the nutrition class. You'll have to share more bits with those of us who are too cheap to take such a class.

Veronica said:
Also, I have a new deadline for looking good. June 5th. ... I've already sketched the dress I will be making but have to wait to make it until May when my size will be significantly smaller.

That is exactly 145 days from now. ... So here's to yet another driving force behind me!
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Since you're a designer, I thought you might appreciate images from I thought of you, as you're taking photos and arranging ensembles for your goal weight. :) I enjoy looking at the varying personal styles to inspire my own ideas. There are shots from 'round the globe: Rio, London, NYC, Paris, Stockholm etc.
 
Belly Off - I'll gladly share any new revelations I have after class. As for the website, that's a good one. I can totally understand why he changed careers as the fashion industry can be brutal. Thanks for sharing.
 
Veronica said:
So I am being completely counter intuitive right now...I'm eating chocolate while writing my post. Feel like a hand should reach out from the computer screen and slap me across the face a few times.
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Trust me, I have been there! I know, it totally feels like someone is gonna reach through the screen and shake you yelling, what the hell are you doing! lol

Anyways, I don't know how much this will mean as I have failed terribly in one way, but not so much in another....

In your post you were worried about needing to lose 100 pounds and it does sound daunting. When I started I was almost the same weight as your starting weight, mine was 216. I got all the way down to 156 and was well on my way to my goal. Hit a few plateaus on the way but got over them. That final plateau just... I don't know, I just gave up and that's where the failure comes in. I gave up and gained most back. However, I know I have done it before, so I can do it again and I have learned that no matter what I cannot give up because giving up may seem like the easy way out until you're down the road and looking back thinking, now it's much harder...

So my point is, yes it may look like a long road but it's absolutely possible and never give up! You can achieve anything you want! Don't let mistakes or setbacks deter you from your goals :D
 
some lofty goals there... thats quite a deficit you're looking to achieve. a total of 1750 a day negative? or am i missing something?
how did day one go?
what did you eat?
how many calories does that allow you to have?
 
Veronica said:
So I am being completely counter intuitive right now...I'm eating chocolate while writing my post. Feel like a hand should reach out from the computer screen and slap me across the face a few times.

My workouts were minimal today as I didn't feel well most of the day. And of course, now that I'm feeling better, I'm snacking on chocolate 'cause I feel like I need a sugar kick. No excuse, right? And yet, I still reach for another handful... Ok..that's it. Closing bag right now! (Pause for dramatic effect)
Chocolate sealed and out of line of sight. Must focus on issue at hand.

On a side note, I've been taking a nutrition class and learned something really interesting today. My professor said that when you plateau on a diet, it means that the diet is working. How can that be? you ask. Well, apparently what is happening when you plateau is that your body is finally digging into your reserve "fat" for energy instead of just utilizing the energy you are feeding it each day. Fat reserves, according to her, take longer to register on the scale but when they do, it is significant. I thought that if we all keep that in mind when we hit those dreaded plateaus, it will keep us working at it.

Also, I have a new deadline for looking good. June 5th. On June 5th, my high school sweetheart and first love is getting married. He didn't come to my wedding as he was sad because he thought we would one day end up together and he just couldn't watch me marry someone else. However, now that he has a someone else, my hubby and I will be attending. So I have to look amazing as he has never seen me overweight a day in my life and I cannot let THIS be the first time he has seen me in years. Goal is to knock his socks off, make future wife a little jealous, and make husband feel like he won the lottery with a beautiful wife on his arm. I've already sketched the dress I will be making but have to wait to make it until May when my size will be significantly smaller.

That is exactly 145 days from now. If I can manage to cut calorie intake by 1000 calories a day (No More Chocolate) and exercise for a minimum of 750 calories burned, then I should be able to drop a half a pound a day. Over the course of time, that will be 72.5 lbs and land me around 150 or a size 10. It won't be my ideal weight but it won't matter as long as I am toned, tan, and looking pretty. So here's to yet another driving force behind me!
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Awesome goals, but keep in mind, he might have his eyes plastered to the bride. So if he seems like he isnt going wow, dont think its because you dont shine, because you will. But most peeps on their wedding day, if they are really in love, totally kick off their wedding with a bang by looking always at the one they love and are marrying. I have a dress my fiance is buying and he loves it on me. Its not a wedding dress per say, but its beautiful. I dont want to follow the norm, so I have this beautiful blue dress. and I can just take it in.

but its so cool you are making your own dress!! Awesome!! and you are doing so awesome!!

Your hubby will and probably still does have all eyes on you hun!!

always
natalie jo :)
hugs:seeya:
 
Risty - Thanks for the positive reinforcement. I appreciate it.

RJAZ520 - A 1750 deficit allows me to eat about 1500 calories a day and exercise for another 750 calories deficit. Not unrealistic at all.

Natsky - I think my post came across a bit wrong. I know my ex is head over heels in love with his future wife, I don't want to distract from that. I just want him to see me the way he always did and not like this blob I have become. I was always in great shape when we were together and I want that to be the image he retains for years to come. I'm not trying to take away from the bride, merely keep his memory of me in tact. Does that make sense?
 
I've been doing fairly well today. I've consumed 950 calories so far, 118 carbs, 43 protein, 15 fiber, and 32 fat grams. I typically try to keep fats between 25-35 grams so dinner may blow that a little high. I'm thinking grilled chicken and rice to get my protein higher (I usually aim for 80g) right before my evening workout. Gonna walk 5 miles at a 10% incline tonight if it kills me!
 
GO you! Hope ya got a great walk in :) I hate hate hate treadmills. they piss me off. can't help it, lol! I know what ya mean bout the ex: I have an ex that is in the same group of friends as me, and I DO NOT want him back ever, by any means. HOWEVER, I still wanna get super hot just so he knows. if that made sense... it sounded better in my head, lol! :rolleyes:
 
Yesterday was my first really good day this year. Hit all my goals between working out and food intake. Now if I can just repeat that for another 8 months or so, I'll be at my goal weight.

It's no surprise that I have only lost one pound so far this year as my diet and exercise plan have simply balanced themselves out so far. Eat well, don't work out. Work out a lot and eat like crap. Strange how that has been my consistency. But yesterday I proved that I CAN do both and I WILL do both.

The husband is at work for the day and it is raining cats and dogs so I have no excuse. It's time to put down the morning coffee, lace up my sneakers, and work out. 'Til later.
 
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Veronica said:
Yesterday was my first really good day this year. Hit all my goals between working out and food intake. Now if I can just repeat that for another 8 months or so, I'll be at my goal weight.

It's no surprise that I have only lost one pound so far this year as my diet and exercise plan have simply balanced themselves out so far. Eat well, don't work out. Work out a lot and eat like crap. Strange how that has been my consistency. But yesterday I proved that I CAN do both and I WILL do both.

The husband is at work for the day and it is raining cats and dogs so I have no excuse. It's time to put down the morning coffee, lace up my sneakers, and work out. 'Til later.
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GOOD for you Vernoica. One of the things I found is ... once I started moving ... I would eat more, because I felt I would lose it or not gain any weight ..or once I loss even one pounds I would go back to eating whatever I wanted, go out for an ice cream. Bad Idea. I didnt realize I was doing it for a very long time, it was a cycle, lose one pound, eat bad, gain two pounds. Didnt move ....

I dont do this anymore ..when I lose weight .. I buy a shirt .. I know it sounds costly, but I buy one or two shirts each month .. I have gone into a lower size shirt .. I am happy, they are a little tight ...but I keep moving and I am not doing what I did before, which was .. lose one pound, feel free to eat whatever and than gain two ... it might be similar for you ..or was ...

but you have found your stepping stones ..you are making your way. Sounds like you had an epiphany in away and those are the best. Because its like waking up ..usually from something not so great ..than relief ..and a knowledge about what needs to be done ..what you want to achieve and how to ..

keep trecking ..
your doing awesome :hurray:
and enjoy wearing out your sneaks :)
always
natalie jo
 
I like the shirt idea natsky! the same idea in reverse is what allows us to get bigger without us noticing! we buy new clothes twice a month, trying them on, and getting that perfect fit, and lo and behold its a little bit bigger!
 
Well done on hitting your targets :) at least now you have realised where you were going wrong before and got on the right tracks... now just to keep it up! x
 
Veronica,
I guess I know how you feel. I spent a year living in Africa last year and while for 9 months I worked 1 hospital shift a day (between 6 and 10 hours), the other 3 months I did not and I had absolutely nothing to do. We had a housekeeper on top of it, so I did not even have to keep the house and we ate out every single evening so I did not have to cook for my partner. I thought that would be my time to do all those things I had always wanted to do. Reality is I spent those 3 months in bed watching DVDs and feeling depressed because I was not doing anything and too depressed to do anything... how silly! I saw how the hours of the day turned and I had not done any of the things I wanted to do (exercise and otherwise). And while of course it is a chance not many get, to have everything, not to have to worry and just to live your life, it really was not made for me.
I am glad that now I am working 6 hours a day, attending lectures for 3 and dancing for 1.5 most days. I was close to complaining about how tired I was on thursday and then remembered that at least I had gotten out of bed and done something useful all day long!

If there are TV shows you enjoy you should absolutely watch them while you exercise. I used to watch Friends episodes while on the elliptical, it was great because I would forget I was exercising (to a degree) and not be looking at the minute counter constantly getting depressed over tha fact that I still had 24 and a half minutes (of my 25 minute program) to go.
And always remember, any exercise is one exercise more than you would have done if you did not exercise. So even if it was a little calm walk on the treadmill while watching Biggest Loser, it is better than sitting on the couch watching it!

Oh and about reading on the board while eating chocolate, here goes a little confession of mine. I have this crazy "addiction" to documentaries about overweight ("Half ton son" or "the half ton hospital" or "generation XXL" or "I am the fattest teen in britain"). And most of the times I watch them (which is less now but was like every week for a few years... they seem to make an awful lot of those shows!) I would also have some chips or a small ice cream and feel like such a hypocrit, but also kind of good that I was not the 600 pound teenager and that it was therefore ok to eat treats!

Have a great sunday, enjoy your husband if he is home, Camy
 
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