Transformation: Katie is alive...

Today the scale said 160. 160!!!!! Woo hoo! That is so great! And you know what, I am not even going to tell my friend, Melissa. I will keep all of my weight loss success from her because she always has to be Captain Buzzkill. If she asks about how it's going, I will tell her it's "all right." But between you and me, that was GREAT to see the scale say that, and it made me feel hopeful and more motivated after seeing 167 on there from earlier in the week. Tomorrow, I will be able to do another 5-day average.

But just from working the exact numbers on the exact day I started: I have lost 6 pounds total, and 4 of those pounds were pure fat. The rest was probably water weight and uterus weight (my aunt Flo visited within the past week. She just left today actually!)
 
Day 12

DOH!!!!

Well, after my big, successful weigh-in yesterday, I had to overeat after like 10 at night! So ridiculous. I ate two cookies, some cheese, bread, peanut butter and beef jerky. I probably overate by like 1160 calories. That's like a whole day's worth of overeating. So now, I don't know what to do--eat 40 calories today maybe? Ehhh.... I don't know. I am sure that didn't make me gain back much of anything, but I still feel crappy about it. Such a food junkie, sheesh! AND I am supposed to go to my brother's birthday dinner tonight at a steakhouse. Crap!!!
 
Ok, well I didn't do as much damage as I thought I did, as I still weighed 160 today. I apparently did not gain any weight from stupid late-night binge. So that is good. I already told my Mom that I would not be going to the steakhouse for my brother's birthday dinner because I just can't handle it right now. But I am going to visit him today and bring him his present.

I can now do my second 5-day average: 162.2
My first 5-day average was 164

So that is great, that is a 1.8 pound loss

And today, I went to the gym and did weights. Tomorrow I will start doing the Long Walk Challenge...
 
Oh yeah, and I talked to my friend Melissa about how I was feeling, that she was always trying to be better than me or rain on my parade if something good happened to me. She acknowledged it and we had a long conversation. We are still not done talking about it. She says that she wants to change and better herself and not be jealous and catty, and I can be very jealous and catty too, so I know how she feels. I am sure that both of us will work on ourselves, but maybe we need a break from each other too for a while. Nothing's worse than two women in competition with each other when they are just supposed to be friends.
 
I know what you mean. We can all be so jealous and catty sometimes, it seems. It's great that you confronted her! That takes a lot of guts. And congrats on the 160! That's awesome.
 
Crossed the 150s mark

Woo hoo! I stepped on the scale and saw 159 today. Yes, I weigh myself more than once a day, and whichever weight is the lowest, that's what I go with. haha

but anyway, I have not seen the scale be out of the 160s for a while, so it is nice to see it finally leave the sixes behind and see the fives. What a great data number to put in for my new 5-day-average.

=)
 
Oh my god

i haven't weighed myself yet today, but this morning, when I looked in the mirror in my chonies, I thought that I looked pretty good. I still have a big, fat ass, but my belly looks flat and tanned and my arms look strong and toned.

I am going to a pajama/lingerie party tonight, and I will actually get to wear something sexy and look good in it. Hooray! I bought these little hotpant/boxer short type things yesterday, and I can actually prance around in them and feel sexy instead of like

oh my god, what is she DOING wearing those? Doesn't she know she's a heifer?

I am so excited. Maybe I will even take a date to this party.

Woo hoo!!!!!!
 
good for you for having self confidence - it is the key to being sexy :) have fun at your pyjama/lingereie party
and well done on reaching the 150s .. its another mile stone passed
keep on going youre doing amazing :D
 
I am going for a walk at sunset today before I go out to the party. I usually don't even notice the sunset, so I am making a point of it today.

To eat so far today, I have had
toast and an egg
chocolate truffle (these things from Trader Joe's are great, and only 50 calories each)
3 cookies

I will be having a glass of soyfruit juice after my walk and then I am done for the day. Woo hoo! Can't believe I made it through another week. And i just paid for my new scale that I bought on ebay. It should come sometimes next week. I hope. I hope the guy is a quick shipper. He should be, he sure charges enough for shipping! ($30~~!!! can you believe it. I should have read the damn fine print before I committed to buying, oh well, who cares?)
 
I did have a fun time. I didn't feel quite as sexy as I could have as I ate a big meal before I left, which was kinda ehhhhh wish I hadn't done that

BUT

I still felt cute. When I lose weight, one of the first places I lose it is my face. Seriously, I can see a difference in my face, and if I were to drop another 10 pounds, I'd have a radically different face, it's crazy. but it's cool.

this morning (Monday), I tipped the scales at 166, not so hot but pretty expected since I had eaten whatever I wanted over the weekend. Today, I ate a taco salad and had some soyfruit juice. No more than 1110 calories, which is good. Tomorrow, I am probably going to try and eat even less. My goal is not to eat anything until dinner. I made it until like 2:45pm today, so I was pretty happy about that. There is something very interesting that happens to the mind when the body is deprived of food. It is almost like you can get hyperaware. I like it. Maybe that's why fasting is so often found as a sacred practice...


Anyway, I have to weigh in on Thursday, and the scale needs to say less than 162 pounds. I don't care how much less, just less.

My two-day average is 162.5. So here's to hoping that the scale says something below 162.5 tomorrow!

(smoke em if you got em)
 
Day 16:

whew--ok, I weighed myself this morning, and I weighed 161.5. woo hoo! That is great! So, my 3-day average is 162.16. Man oh man, I really want to be in the 150s for my weigh-in on Thursday! oh gosh, i know i can do it!

Today, I ate some oatmeal and some chocolate covered fruit (total of 187 calories). I am looking forward to my tuna sub for lunch. Mmmmmm...

=)
 
Day 17

Oh YES

The scale read 160.5 this morning. Tomorrow is the big official weigh-in for my challenge. I really hope I can drop at least another pound. But again, I am not going to do anything crazy to try and drop the extra weight today; I am going to eat my 1200 or less calories, walk for 35 minutes and not eat after 7pm. And whatever the scale says tomorrow, so be it.

My third average is: 161.75.

Today might be tough though because it's Valentine's day and there will be lots of candy coming my way! I must be strong!

!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Okay, sweet, I weighed myself again today and it said 160. So since that is the lower reading, I am taking that one! Unfortunately the scale I ordered from ebay doesn't work (and it wasn't cheap either!) And I won't really be able to weigh in until the end of the day tomorrow when I can finally get to a gym.

So, this has forced me into the following plan, which is probably good for my self-discipline anyway.

I am going to fast tomorrow. All day. I know I have said this before, but I did like a half-day fast earlier this week to prep myself because I want to be able to work up to a 14-day fast eventually and do the master cleanse thing before I go to Costa Rica. So anyway, I am going to fast all day tomorrow and I will weigh myself at the end of the day at the gym. If I am happy with that weight, then I will count that as my official weigh-in for the February challenge. If, because it's at the end of the day and not the morning when I usually weigh in, I will weigh myself tomorrow and count THAT weight as my official weigh-in for the Feb. challenge. So, tomorrow's going to be tough, but I know I can do it. I was real good today and didn't eat any candy or sweets and there were donuts at work and everything, and I didn't eat anything bad, except I had one cookie for dinner, but that was only 140 calories and that was my whole dinner.
I am going to be so excited to hop on that scale tomorrow evening, and so excited to go to bed tomorrow night knowing that I was able to do a whole-day fast.

Oh yeah, and the revised average is: 161.62

=)
 
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And I went for a walk again at sunset today; I really enjoyed it. I don't know how many miles I have gone, but oh well... it doesn't matter, I guess. Just that I am out there walking. I didn't go for 35 minutes, I went for only about 22 minutes, but I think anything past 20 minutes, is good, right?
 
What is the "master cleanse thing"? I don't think I've heard of it. And yes, every little bit of walking counts! Glad to hear you enjoyed your sunset walk. I hope you had a terrific Valentine's Day!
 
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