Wanna Be Skinny's Weight Loss Journey

Marty,

You have been such an inspiration to me already. I come to your journal everyday just to see how you are doing to keep myself in check. You are doing so good. I have the same habits, too. I always find myself wanting a snack and it isn't a healthy snack.

Keep on going!

-katrina
 
I personally feel (not being an expert or anything) that 2000 calories sounds about right. Considering that this is what you've been doing, and its been working, then I say its the way to go. You dont want to go too low in calories when you're first starting off as your body will start to adjust to that low calorie intake and then you'll hit a plateau.

Why not ask maleficant (she's a regular on here I think I spelled her name right), I think she started around your weight range and has done a really great job of losing. Maybe she can give her opinion on your suggested daily calorie intake.

I do think you need to work on getting more exercise in. I think that will be very important to this whole weight loss plan.

I'm extremely pleased to see getting on a good plan and sticking with it for the long haul. So I am really truly routing for you :). Can't wait to check in regularly and see your progress. If you screw up, feel free to let us know as we ALL (especially me) screw up but it helps to put it in the diary. Gives you perspective and is a reminder for the next time things start to go south.
 
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Your awesome.

Your doing an amazing job. I don't even know you and I am proud of you!

Why the first 5 ingredients? Because then it enforces someone to purchase a cereal that is better for them.
I wouldn't think their would be much to choose from with so much sugar in everything now days.The point is to get your choices narrowed down so you don't have the option to eat the fruit loops or whatever is your thing :). There is a few different cereals that I found. Kashi is one of them. There are about 5 different brands (that I would eat..I am picky). They are Very tasty too. I could eat nothing but cereal all the time. I was happy to learn this new trick. :)

As you can see I haven't gotten the hang of using quotes..lol So I just use pretty colors. :cool:

One of the main things that helped me is learning to drink 4-16.9oz bottles of water a day. Which as you could add up (lol) is a little more the recommended amount of 8-8oz glasses of water a day. If you do that and add 3-4 servings of friuts and veggies a day you scale is going to drop!! The fruits and veggies and water is very important. I was amazed at the results when I did that. I found the reason it helped me is I was filling up on fruits and veggies so I wasn't hungry for the less healthier choices.

Well, I have written another book in your diary. If I didn't type so fast I wouldn't do this. Sorry. lol I am a real chatty person in person..lol I just woke up so If this is confusing..It's cause I'm still sleeping.

You can and will do this.
I can't wait to read your progress. :)
 
Day 5 & 6

Hi Everybody,
I did'nt get to write in my diary yesterday, so I'm getting back on track. The last couple of days have really be busy, we worked out in the yard--mowed, weedeat,cleaned the garage out (wow--that was a job!!) We can get the car in it again LOL:) I even got some tomotoes, greenbeans and squash out of the garden. FREASH VEGGIES FOR SUPPER!! I did'nt write down what I ate to last couple of days--but it's been about the same. I think it's good to take a break once in awhile (maybe one or two days a month) If you allow yourself a couple days that you can eat anything you want--it's keeps me on track better when I know I'm only eating 1500-2000 calories a day. Dose anybody else thing so?

MY WEIGHT YESTERDAY WAS--306
MY WEIGHT TODAY IS --------305 I made it back down to my lowest yet!!:jump:

I'll try and check back in later tonight, and I'll get back to my food diary tomorrow. But now I'm off to water the garden before it gets dark. Talk to y'all later--thanks for stopping by!!!:jump: Marty
 
f you allow yourself a couple days that you can eat anything you want--it's keeps me on track better when I know I'm only eating 1500-2000 calories a day. Dose anybody else thing so?
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There's a stickied thread in nutrition on the benefits of CHeat Days which is sounds l ike that's what you are doing... If that's working for you -that's great, for me, I need to be a little more anal and have whatever I want, but keep my calories under 2200 for the day... though motivation lately has been waning... :(
 
Day 7

My weight this morning was 305--holding steady!!!

FOOD
BREAKFAST
SPECIAL K & MILK----270
BANANA-------------100
LUNCH
BEANS & ONIONS----330
2 COOKIES----------200
SUPPER
SLICE OF BANANA BREAD--150
GLASS OF MILK-----------300

TOTAL FOR DAY----1350

I was'nt to hungy today, 1350 is not that many calories but I'm not to hungy maybe I'll eat a snack later. Has anybody else ever had this happen--when you did'nt eat much but you was'nt hungy either? I'm getting down close to 299 pounds and it's been 18 years since I was there,so I've forgot alot of how I felt at that weight as far as hunger---I don't even know if this makes cents.
Oh well, thanks for visiting my diary I love to read all your comments and advice:jump:
 
Somedays I'm just not hungry. It happens. No matter what weight I am. Although, since i've started this even though I may not be hungry I forcefeed myself... I'm not saying you should do that because I don't know of that's a good thing.

But... it certainly is not abnormal for you to have a day where your not hungry:)

Keep up your good work and you'll get to that 299!
 
Day 7

snowbabetrina said:
You have been such an inspiration to me already. I come to your journal everyday just to see how you are doing to keep myself in check. You are doing so good. I have the same habits, too. I always find myself wanting a snack and it isn't a healthy snack.

Keep on going!

-katrina
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Hi Katrina, Thanks for your kind words, I think we all face the same things as far as our weight regardless if we have only a few pounds to lose or 100 or 200 pounds like me. That's what I love about WLF we can share our struggles and our victorys--because we all going through the same thing. The support is just amazing!! I don't know who thought of this (WLF) but I think it's great!! I've been fighting this weight battle my whole live--so I've seen it all, and I've never come across anything like WLF!!!
 
Day 7

Boam46 said:
Somedays I'm just not hungry. It happens. No matter what weight I am. Although, since i've started this even though I may not be hungry I forcefeed myself... I'm not saying you should do that because I don't know of that's a good thing.

But... it certainly is not abnormal for you to have a day where your not hungry:)

Keep up your good work and you'll get to that 299!
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Hi Jenna, I don't think I'll forcefeed myself--I think that's what I've done in the past--I ate myself up to 398 lbs.
Hey, I decided to take your advice about keeping my red dress--It will be my long term goal dress:) But my first mini goal is to get to 299---only 6 lbs to go :jump:
 
Day 8

My weight this morning was 306

FOOD
BREAKFAST
1 SLICE LIGHT BREAD
LIVERMUSH
BANANA
LUNCH
CHEF'S SALAD
FREACH FRIES
SWEET TEA
SUPPER
FLOUDER FILLET
4 HUSH PUPPIES
 
That pound is a just normal weight fluctuations:)

Your doing so great with your eating.
I have to forcefeed myself because otherwise I'm a don't start to eat until 2-3 in the afternoon and then eat till i go to sleep kinda person! So I had to train myself to eat.

Keep up the great work.
~Jenna
 
I Lost My Diary

Hey guys,
I lost my diary and could'nt find it, how in the world do you keep up with all this stuff?? It was always near the top of the page on the dairy section but I looked and it was gone--so I thought it might have been moved somewhere else, but their is so many posts on here I did'nt figure I would ever find it and I'm not sure how I did, but maybe by posting this it will go back on the diary section. I hope so. Let me know if their is a easy way to find my dairy?? Please--I don't want to lose it again :eek:
 
if you go into your user profile, and find all threads that you started, it will turn up - or you can just put the link into your signature.

the threads in the diary section are there in order of latest posts - so it's possible to drop to page 2, 3, or 4 depending on how chatty others are being..
 
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the threads in the diary section are there in order of latest posts - so it's possible to drop to page 2, 3, or 4 depending on how chatty others are being..
 
maleficent said:
if you go into your user profile, and find all threads that you started, it will turn up - or you can just put the link into your signature.
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Hi Maledicent,
I just went to my profile--and found myself LOL , now I really feel dumb:rotflmao: maybe I can keep up with it now.

Thanks,
Marty
 
I've really been feeling down for the last few days, for some reason I just can't get down past 305 and I don't know why. I'm eating around 2000 calories a day and some of you all have sugguest that I start exerciseing, but there's just not much excercise I can do. I have tryed walking but my feet and legs feel like there on fire--I don't know if this is because of diabetes or not. I don't feel that I'm being lazy--I really do want to lose some more weight but I just don't know what to do or what wrong with me. Could it be the meds I'm taking? Or am I just past the point of losing any more weight--I'm 45 and I know I can't lose it as fast as I could 20 years ago,but I should still be able to do something. I would like to get down to 200 pounds that dose'nt seam to far of a reach to me.

Marty:confused:
 
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