Unbeatable!

*dances* Wednesday

It's Wednesday already?! Where'd the week go?! :ack2:

10.01.08
Breakfast-
Miniwheats, soymilk
Lunch-
2 hotdogs [93%lean]/2rolls, mustard, ketchup
Snack-
Raspberries, a banana, a cup of soy milk blended
Dinner-
bowl of chili [northern beans, lean ground beef, tomato sauce], cornchips, sour cream

Results:
Calories - 2,038.5
Fat - 55.35g
Protein - 132.55g
Carbs - 284g


I changed my ticker to my digital scales readout. =/
 
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Exercise!

Went on a walk down and up and down and up the road. I have two HUGE hills on the road I'm on and gahhh, they're killer. It's SO beautiful and cool and breezy out. I <3 fall!

25mins and went 1/2mile
40mins and went 1.5miles

9.29.08
2miles
9.30.08
2.25miles
10.01.08
2miles
 
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Thirsty Thursday

10.02.08
Breakfast-
Mini wheats, soymilk, 12fl oz orange juice
Lunch-
Subway club w/mayo
Snack-
Raspberries, banana, soymilk
Dinner-
Hotdogs, rolls, greenbeans, ketchup, mustard

Results:
Calories - 2,236
Fat - 73.4g
Protein - 109.5g
Carbs - 401.1g

Important lesson learned!! Get LIGHT or absolutely NO mayo on my subway sammiches. I can deal with 100calories in cheese, but 330calories in MAYO?! You can't even get a word in to say "not so much" you say mayo and they go *squuuuuuirtttttttt*
 
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Exercise...or lack there of.

Errrrg. My legs hurt, I didn't even wanna do exercise today. But I did.

I did about 15mins of walking and about half of a 1/4 of a mile this morning.
I did 40mins of walking and 1.5miles today
Yesterday I had another half of a 1/4 of a mile that I didn't log, since I normally add up all the "overhang" at the end of the week. But I'mma add it up now.

So, that's 55mins today and 1.75miles. Didn't make my 2 miles today, I don't think my poor feet could do it :(

9.29.08
2miles
9.30.08
2.25miles
10.01.08
2miles
10.02.08
1.75miles


I also weighed myself today at 269.6lbs...which is down from 270.6 on Monday :D
 
Congrats on the weight loss. Your exercise has been awesome. Those times when you don't really want to do it and then do are really good for you. Sorry your legs and feet have been hurting. I wore some different running shoes last night on my run, and when I was laying in bed that night my ankles and feet were aching a little bit... They feel better today though.

Have an excellent day!
-Sam
 
sammyboy24 said:
Congrats on the weight loss. Your exercise has been awesome. Those times when you don't really want to do it and then do are really good for you. Sorry your legs and feet have been hurting. I wore some different running shoes last night on my run, and when I was laying in bed that night my ankles and feet were aching a little bit... They feel better today though.

Have an excellent day!
-Sam
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Thanks :D

I figured some is better than none, besides, I don't really do it on weekends so I kinda figure, pushing through 5 days is better than skipping 3 days.

I need new sneakers, I've had them for the past 4years. heh.

Yay! I'm glad your feet and ankles feel better, are they just different running shoes or new ones? Either way, I hope you get used to them and they hurting goes away within the next few uses!!
 
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Errrrg. My legs hurt, I didn't even wanna do exercise today. But I did.

I did about 15mins of walking and about half of a 1/4 of a mile this morning.
I did 40mins of walking and 1.5miles today

I also weighed myself today at 269.6lbs...which is down from 270.6 on Monday :D
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great exercise and fantastic weight loss, Well Done :hurray:
 
Rework

Trusylver -- Thanks!!

I need to rework my calories.

Using a BMR calculator + the Harris Benedict Equation at 269.6lbs with NO actitivity I'd need 2,475.3calories to maintain my bodyweight.

I was shooting for 1,700calories a day but never quite reached that number. I'd been bouncing between 1,800-1,900calories with a few into the 2,000-2,300 range.

I'm still feeling out what foods do what, what foods make me feel full, what foods are low in calories and fat, what foods make me feel good and what makes me feel crappy.

Using the BMR calculator + the Harris Benedict Equation at 269.6lbs with LIGHT actitivty I'd need 2,836.2calories to maintain bodyweight.

So....I don't know. I'm having a hard time hitting 1700calories. Because, I'm not used to eating 3 or 4 times a day. Like I said, I was a once a dayer or so, so hitting less than 1700 wasn't hard, hitting 1,200 wasn't hard, but now I'm trying to do this the right way and just getting down there is hard!

I've been trying to have one portion of what I like with 2 sides or 1 big portion of veggies. I'm slowly getting there.

I guess I feel like I'm not doing things right, but at the same time I KNOW I'm trying to make a huge life change. Not only in eating healthy and exercising but in reteaching myself how to eat without resorting to starving myself. And honestly, I think I'm doing pretty good, I'm just sort of bummed.

Granted, I do like exercising. I feel good when I exercise, even when I don't want to do it. And Dad's gonna move another TV downstairs this weekend, so maybe it wont be as boring.

I've been trying to get in a 20minute walk up and down the road, I measured out 1/4 of a mile one way. I wanna do this everyday, but this week it's been every other day so far. But 60mins on a treadmill gets boring, so doing the 20mins outside, I can cut it down to 40mins. Or up it to 50 and knw I already logged 20mins.

And for the sake of feelings; I've tired myself out this week. My sleepings been absolutely horrible and I'm ready for the weekend. Unfortunally, I told my friend I'd take her to the stripclub [it's real seedy, female strippers, in a dinky part of a bad town..oooh we're rebels], since I've gone already and she wants to go. Now I'm kicking myself in the ass for saying I'd take her. Nothing against her, I'm just...tired.
 
I know exactly what you mean about being a one time a day eater! It is hard to transition from once, to a bunch of meals a day!! This is a lifestyle change and it sounds like you have some pretty good plans for yourself!

Sorry that you haven't been getting good rest lately, I know that gets annoying....very quickly! Get some good rest, and don't shake your PomPoms too much at the strip club!!! :reddevil: LOL!!!
 
Friday

Alta818- Thanks! N I decided to cancel the strip club trip, I'm just not too into going tonite.

10.03.08
Breakfast-
2 eggs, 1tbs olive oil, 2 pieces 12grain toast, 1 pat butter, 12fl oz orange juice
Dinner-
Ground beef in gravy [water/flour/brown gravy coloring], peas, mashed potatos
Dessert-
Caramel chocolate cheese cake [yeh yeh....]



No exercise today, no lunch either. I woke up too late and just ate a big breakfast.
 
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Falling off the bandwagon n getting run over..a few times

I've been at this 3 weeks and for years, I've battled depression. I was feeling great, the first 2 weeks, thought I got the depression in check with eating right and exercise, at least a step in the right direction at least. This past Friday it came down on me completely. Tears, sobbing, hysterical sobbing, etc. I told my Mom that I'm tired, mentally, physically, I'm just tired. I've got too many things going on at once and I've been pushing and pushing and finally started wearing myself down, and hit my limit.

The counting calories, eating at certain times of the day, etc it was the icing on the cake.

So I went back to eating how I had (2 times a day basically). By Saturday I felt a HUGE weight lifted off me, I could breathe, I could think clear. I felt normal. I felt terrible that I hadn't got the exercise in, but by this point I just did not wanna push it.

I understand that what I'm trying to change isn't easy. I expected a few tears, some frustration, but not what happened, not how I felt, how I thought. I didn't expect to be pushed over an edge that I just couldn't control anymore.

So I "gave up" [took a break] since Friday. I go to the doctor today, to see what I can do about this depression. I'm hoping beyond hope I'll get a referal to see someone, to talk to, a psychiatrist perferably. I have more issues than just the weight issue, but I'm not going to go into that. But until I can talk to someone and get things squared around, I'm laying off.

I will however, get exercise in and watch what I eat, but I'm not going to get so structural about it and hard on myself. I'm just gonna take it a step at a time.

I think I need to unload years worth of my mind onto someone who can help me and walk me through getting back to being me, THEN I can undertake a more structured/hardcore outlook at losing weight.

I'm not giving up. I refuse to give up. I just need to go about it differently.
 
Have you tried something like Eckhart Tolle? He did a series of webinars with Oprah - you can go back through them on Oprah.com - but his teaching gave me & my wife a whole new perspective on things. And a lot of it is about dumping all that junk that we carry around with us - you're right, losing weight can feel like the last straw if you already have plenty on your mind! So I would recommend Eckhart - and if you want to do something even more intense, the guys at Landmark Education have a weekend course call the Landmark Forum that will change your life forever!

Keep at it - you can do it!
 
GB2008 said:
Have you tried something like Eckhart Tolle? He did a series of webinars with Oprah - you can go back through them on Oprah.com - but his teaching gave me & my wife a whole new perspective on things. And a lot of it is about dumping all that junk that we carry around with us - you're right, losing weight can feel like the last straw if you already have plenty on your mind! So I would recommend Eckhart - and if you want to do something even more intense, the guys at Landmark Education have a weekend course call the Landmark Forum that will change your life forever!

Keep at it - you can do it!
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Funny you mention Eckhart Tolle. My Momma has been pushing his book on me for months now. I'll look into it! And thanks!!
 
Update.

So...I went to the doctors. And she guesses I'm bipolar or some form of it, so she's sending me to a Psychiatrist for a confirmation than she'll start in on medications. Which would explain why them giving me anti depressents before didn't work, since you can't give standard anti depressents to a bipolar person. *rolls eyes* I'm glad I got a doctor who has a brain this time, 2 years ago when I went to one they sent me to a therapist who told me his problems and then one who'd fall asleep on me!! :icon_bs:

I'm excited to get everything taken care of, to have normal sleeping, steady moods, then focusing 100% on weightloss.

Like I said, I'm not gonna give up and just wait around, I'm gonna work with what I have and how I am and make smaller differences. Anything is better than nothing!

The biggest challange today was telling my Father about my doctors appointment and about exercising and eating right. He's usually a critic, whether he realizes or not and usually I feel worse talking to him, but he seemed to actually understand and "get it" this time.

So things are good, as good as they can be at the current moment.

However, I don't think I'm going to count calories. Or at least not fat/protein/carbs but just count calories. The fat/protien/carb ratios make my head spin and make me feel like crap trying to figure out and balance. I'm better off just making a rough count and going from there on calories alone. We'll see, I'll think on it some more.

I've actually been thinking about getting a tattoo. I have one picked out for my struggles with depression and surgeries, for all my problems as a child, and things of that nature. A blue bird on the back of one shoulder and a Dove on the back of the other with the words "strength. hope. courage." down the middle. I also want a weeping cherry tree on my left calf, in full bloom with a twisting tree trunk and blooms laying on the ground. To symbolize myself coming together and embarking on a journey, blossoming into something and someone different in life.

And when I lose the weight, I'm not sure what I want yet. I'll think about it once I reach my goal. =D

Of course, I'll get these when I become a millionair once I win that elusive lottery... :p
 
Tuesday A New Start

Okay, I think I've fallen off the wagon long enough. Long enough to drink pop till I wanna throw up, shove down pumpkin roll and butterscotch fudge, eat sparadically and stuff myself full of everything disgusting in this world. It's fun for awhile, but oh man, I feel so horrible. My body just ugh...disgusting!!! Not to mention the constant headaches from all the sugar and pop. I can't believe I ate like this till I was 16. I mean I was never 100% healthy eating, but I had cut waaaaay back. Now I knw what it had been doing to me.

New Goals For Week:

Exercise::
None. I'm going to focus on eating first. If I happen to wanna take a walk or such, I'm not gonna not do it, I'm just not gonna go outta my way yet to do it. Even tho I'm ITCHING to wear my new sneakers!

Eating::
Cut out the sweets and pop
Add in some more veggies

I'm not going to count calories, not yet at least. I just want to cut out the bad eating I've picked up lately and then next week I'll start counting calories. I'm not adding exercise cause I over whelmed myself last time and put too much pressure on myself.

I knw this sounds really, I guess slow. But I need to do things how I'll stick to them and I already knw how I was doing it before went to hell for me.

I'll just keep tweaking things until I get it right =)

It would help if I would actually sleep. This not sleeping thing is killing me. We're still workin on getting into a good doctor and meds and stuff.

Oh. I also gained 4lbs :(

My starting weight is 275lbs......(274.8 rounded up)
 
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Gah!!!!

I've been sleeping till like 3pm, only going to bed at 4am. So, afternoon is breakfast, evenings lunch, sometime during the nite is dinner, blahblah.

Corn pops: 220calories
SoyMilk: 150calories
Bag veggies: 90calories
Pizza crust: 240calories
Ground beef: 340calories
Mozzarella cheese: 288calories
Sour Cream: 120calories
Banana Nut Thingy: 150calories

Total: 1,598calories
 
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Yay

I weighed myself this morning at 273lbs, last Tuesday I was at 274.6.

Corn pops: 220calories
Soymilk: 150calories
Everything Bagel: 270calories
Cream Cheese: 180calories
Grapes: 34calories
Wheat bread: 200calories
Hardboiled eggs: 156calories
Turkey Bacon: 50calories
Mayo: 90calories
Mustard: 0calories
AngelFood cake: 420calories (eep..shoulda stopped at 1 piece..not three. but its so yummy!! least it doesnt have fat in it!)

Total: 1,770calories
 
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*Yawns*

I actually woke up at 11am today, after kinda sleeping, I think, through the nite. Feels good to actually SEE daylight!

Cornpops: 220calories
Soymilk: 150calories
Orange Pop: 275calories
Subway Club: 680calories
Light Mayo: 150calories
Cheese: 125calories
Lettuce/Pickles: 0calories
Angelfood cake: 140calories

Total: 1,740calories

I'm trying to keep it all below 1,700calories
 
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