Transformation: Katie is alive...

Ok, well, a nice surprise for me this morning is when I got up and put on an outfit that I could not wear on Friday night because I looked too chubby now looks good on. I can even show a little bit of belly and it looks good, not OK, but good. So, even though I don't know how much I weigh, I don't think I need to do the fasting thing or the workout thing today. I will do some push-ups and that's it. I also remembered I did a double workout yesterday--strength training AND 30 minutes of cardio (I usually only do 24 minutes of cardio).

So, apparently, I didn't mess up, and I am looking forward to wearing this outfit today.

Also, my period started today, so maybe that is part of the reason why I looked all bloated and chubby on Friday night?

Anyway, who cares, I am just happy I look good in this outfit. I think maybe I will fast on Monday, but who knows?
 
woo hoo! my weigh-in today showed continued weight loss, despite my overeating yesterday!

So, my first 5-day average on this program was 164.

And my weigh-in today was 161.

161!!!!

woo hoo!!!!
 
Oh that time of the month will definetly send you in a whirlwind! I try (not that I succeed) not to look at the scale around that time.

Bloatings a b*tch, but I am glad that today is a better day & that you aren't fasting on just water... that scares me a little!

enjoy your skinny self today & hopefully this time next week you will find you are loving yourself even more!
 
Nice work! Congrats on the 161. I'm also glad you decided to ditch the fasting idea. You deserve better than that. You go girl!
 
Day 8

Well, it's Monday, and there's a full week of work ahead. Blech. But, I am excited, because there are five days I can put work into losing weight so that I can look even better than I do now on Friday night!

My big plan today is to fast. I don't know if I am going to do it every week, but I am going to do it today. My period is on its second day, and I ate a lot yesterday, so I think it is a good day to fast. Just water--nothing else. And I am probably not going to do much of a workout because I did a double workout on Saturday.

So, wish me luck. Hopefully the fasting will speed up the whole period process and that can be over by Wednesday instead of Thursday.

I don't have a whole lot I have to do at work today, just driving and monitoring one family visit. I do have to do laundry though. dang. I hate laundry. At least I have a 4-day workweek, I am taking Friday off. So really, it's not like Monday, it's like Tuesday. Woo hoo!

:)
 
ok, so, i made it until 3:40 but then i was too dang hungry. I ate two oatmeal cookies, 6 potstickers and a little bit of wonton soup. not TOO bad for caloric intake, but not good since I was trying to fast. Oh well, I made it to 3:40. I will see tomorrow if i can make it to 3:45 without eating, and that will make a 24-hour fast. there is still time to make my period shorter!
 
I think your body is telling you, you need calories. Binging isn't a great way to operate. Maybe working in something small like fruit would help.

Becareful, this sounds a lot like I used to be when I was anorexic. I went three days once. Just wasn't smart enough to say I was fasting. Its a hard cycle to break once you get it going & something you will struggle with for the rest of your life. You do need calories to live & calorie to actually burn fat. Sending your body into starvation mode is not the way to lose weight.

I'm giving you tough love in the hopes that I save you from walking a road I wandered down. Forgive me for being unsupportive of your fast. You can take my advice or just pass it by, but I had to say something here.

Hang in there & please be kind to yourself.
 
By the way if you really don't want periods, talk to your doctor. There are pills that will cause you to only have them 4 times a year.

Amenorrhea is not the healthy way to do this. I went a year & a half without a period. Now I treasure them as a monthly reminder that I am healthy.

You are worth doing this a healthy way. I believe so anyway. :)
 
oh no! When I got on the scale today, it said 167! That's heavier than when I even started. Not very happy about this, but I am thinking that maybe Sunday CAN'T be a day where I eat wherever I want--not if it's going to make me gain back everything I lost during the week and then some! It's just not worth it. So all day yesterday, I was very good. I ate sensibly and worked out. I can only hope the scale has good news for me today.

Somebody mentioned about a 5-day average to figure out your weight since it fluctuates. My first 5-day average was 164.

If I average out what I have weighed since then, it is still 164, but that's only with two data numbers. I need the scale to say something good today. Nothing over 163.5. Man oh man.

Oh yeah, and no eating after 7pm. Never!
 
and moongoddess, you are right. there is just no way around it. Bingeing and fasting is really bad and not nice to the body. I really just need to stick to a reasonable and even-keeled eating plan. It is hard though, a tough cycle to break.

Luckily, my body fat percentage didn't go up, so I guess it's possible that I put on muscle from my strength training

but that isn't the point.

I need to stop treating my body so bad just to satisfy my piggish urges. There was no reason to eat as much as I did on Sunday. Or Monday for that matter. I keep trying to come up with these systems so that I can have at least one total pig-out day a week, but that's so stupid. I need to stop having the need for a pig-out, learn to be satisfied with a small treat, not something all huge that makes my tummy hurt afterwards. Arrrrgh!

And I am in the February Challenge too, that means I need to have an average of 162.5 by tomorrow!

hmmmmm

so frustrated and mad at myself. I need to learn more self-discipline.
 
Well, OK--my body fat percentage has gone done. So, I did the math; I started out at 166 pounds with 27.6% body fat, which means I started with 45.8 pounds of fat. Now, I weigh 167 with 26.1% body fat, which means I have 43.6 pounds of fat. Which means that even though the scale went up, I lost 2.2 pounds of fat in the last 8 days, which I guess is good. I mean, no... it IS good. There still is something great about seeing the scale go down though....

but anyway, this doesn't negate anything i just said. I need to learn better eating habits and learn to enjoy food without just counting down the days until Sunday when I can pig out and eat horrifically. I need to learn to enjoy small rewards. That is the healthiest way, the nicest way to my body.

It's so hard to change a mind-set though. I feel like I'm trying to quit drugs or something.
 
aww. Dont be mad at yourself. You have grown through this experience & learned more about what you need to accomplish your goals.

Just hold your head up knowing that you are smarter now for the experience & start again. Personally I'll trade scale numbers with yah! ;) But I know that doesn't help you at the moment. I had to learn completely over how to eat. I mean reading basic nutrition books, etc. I had to start all over after dealing with my disorder. Its a struggle, but I have done it.... overly so. Now I need to lose, but doing that in a healthy way is soooo hard. We can do it.

Just do what you can & know that small steps add up to miles covered.

Plus you can kick me in the tush since I barely even exercised day before yesterday & went over my calorie range. Stupid Twinkies!

Good luck on having a wonderful day & don't let the scale determine it for you.

have you measured yourself with a tape measure?

I didn't lose for a week & thought I was doing everything right. Got bumed out until I remeasured myself & then realized I had lose 2 inches. Muscle does weigh more than fat, right.

Glad you are doing ok & still working on reaching your goal.
 
protectiva said:
Well, OK--my body fat percentage has gone done. So, I did the math; I started out at 166 pounds with 27.6% body fat, which means I started with 45.8 pounds of fat. Now, I weigh 167 with 26.1% body fat, which means I have 43.6 pounds of fat. Which means that even though the scale went up, I lost 2.2 pounds of fat in the last 8 days, which I guess is good. I mean, no... it IS good. There still is something great about seeing the scale go down though....

but anyway, this doesn't negate anything i just said. I need to learn better eating habits and learn to enjoy food without just counting down the days until Sunday when I can pig out and eat horrifically. I need to learn to enjoy small rewards. That is the healthiest way, the nicest way to my body.

It's so hard to change a mind-set though. I feel like I'm trying to quit drugs or something.
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Congrats on the loss.

& food is an addiction, so yah it can feel a lot like kicking a bad habit!
But like I said we CAN & will do it!
 
Day 10

Okay, so I weighed myself today, and it was good news: 163 lbs.
So, that means that altogether, I have lost 3 pounds of body mass, but
have lost 3.28 pounds of body FAT, which is great, so that means that I must have put on .28 pounds of something else--muscle or water or something.

My first five-day average came out to be 164 pounds.

My second average only has 3 days worth of data, there will be one more tomorrow, and i will use that as my weight for the February 8th entry for the contest. But anyway, my second average is 163.5. Hopefully, I will get another lower number that can drop it by tomorrow.

But the big point is that I have lost 3.28 pounds of fat in the last 10 days. And that is great.

and i am not planning on doing anything crazy today to make my weight drop. I plan to eat 3 meals and work out with weights and not eat after 7pm and whatever the scale says tomorrow, it says...

:k:
 
protectiva said:
Now, I weigh 167 with 26.1% body fat, which means I have 43.6 pounds of fat. Which means that even though the scale went up, I lost 2.2 pounds of fat in the last 8 days, which I guess is good. I mean, no... it IS good.
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That's right, it IS good! In fact, it's great. You should be proud of yourself.
protectiva said:
and i am not planning on doing anything crazy today to make my weight drop. I plan to eat 3 meals and work out with weights and not eat after 7pm and whatever the scale says tomorrow, it says...
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That's a great plan. :D I'm glad to hear you're feeling more positive about your eating and exercise habits. Keep up the good attitude and you can't fail!
 
Day 11

Oh god, today is the big weigh-in day for the February Challenge. In a few hours, I will be able to post a number....ooooh the suspense!
 
And my goal weight is more of a range: 129 - 136 pounds would be great. And I would like to be in the "ideal range" for body fat percentage. Maybe no more than 24%, and anything below that would be like a bonus.

I have a mid-term goal of weighing no more than 154 pounds by this big party I am going to on the 24th of March.

And I want to be within my goal range by the time I go to Costa Rica in mid-June.
 
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