Weight Loss Journal

I've broken the bad streak thank goodness. It's about freaking time. Yesterday's eats went well until dinner. I went out with my father and sister and her bf. We got 4 cheese spinach dip and calamari for our appetizers. For my main course I had a buffalo chicken sandwich and a ceasar salad. Later in the evening I had a bite of ice cream and a slice of bread with nutella on it. And today I said that is it. I've had it. So I went to the gym today before eating anything and did the body pump class and then ran for 10 minutes at 6 mph. I cooled down by walking with a slight incline for 5 minutes. I really really hope thats what I needed to get me back into my game. Getting back down to 140 will be easy but getting down lower will be the challenge. Yesterday I also had a double rye and ginger. I don't know why... but I did. Everything good starts again today. I plan on having a spinach chicken salad for lunch with raspberry vinegarette and probably salmon, asparagus, and some carb for dinner. Oh and I had oatmeal for breakfast. It was the only thing in the house with protein in it....

Anyways I'm going to procrastinate a little more before doing my school work and have my lunch now. Have a good day guys
 
I admitted something today that I have never admitted before and just began to realize.... I can't do this by myself. The working out I can do no problem. But I can't control my eating without having a set of restrictions or something to keep me in control. I will just keep eating otherwise. So I've taken another big step in my weight loss jorney. I just joined weight watchers. I joined the 3 month online program and took the flex plan. I am allowed 25 pts a day for now and I have 35 "flex points" to play around with in the week. This may be just the thing I need to get me in the right focus to get down to my goal. I put in my food today (not including my slip ups... oh yes they happened) and I had used 28.5 points. I had 4 extra points for my workout though so I guess I was right on track. Then I deleted all the stuff I put in. I am starting tomorrow since I will have a great mindset from the start of the morning. Wish me luck I'm going to need it!
 
Hey lady!! WW is a great way to get you on track. I think it really taught me to look at food in a different way. I also did the points plan and it works. Just remember to give yourself points back for all that exercise!!

Keep your chin up lady you can do it!! I started a challenge thread for us ladies wanting to get into the 130s by the end of the year... I think you should join us! It will give you a litte boost and we will do all we can to support ya!!
 
Thats awesome Dee I'll definately be joining the challenge. I'll go look for it after my post. I'm glad to know someone else who has had experience and success with WW. My points are 25 a day but I'm not going to really have a heart attack if I go a bit over because of the activity I do AND because I've got flex points. I just have to make sure I save some of my flex points for accidental splurges. I'm happy to hear it works though :)

Well today was day 1 of my WW day (still is day 1) and it's going very well. I got up and made it to the gym this morning after breakfast. I ran at 6 mph for 25 minutes with 5 ,minute warm up and cool downs. The 5 minutes of each didn't count for any points but the run counted for 3 activity points.

For breakfast I had fiber one cereal and a coffee worth 5.5 pts. Then for lunch I had a subway club with cheese light mayo and mustard and a bowl of chicken noodle soup which brought my daily total up to 16.5 with 8.5 points left. I will probably have salmon for dinner (9 pts) with a big yummy salad. That brings me to 27.5 points total for the day using up 2.5 of my 3 activity points for the day.

So I had a big test today in analytical chemistry that I didn't write. I just couldn't bring myself to start studying. I havent been able to do any homework at all lately. I just procrastinate and then pass out and then stress and then watch tv and just put it off. I now have to write a 55% final for that course which is going to suck, but I think it was seriously for the best. Well I'm going to watch more tv lol.
 
Although I've never done it myself, Weight Watchers have helped some people in my life tremendously. On here, About2loseit, (Angela) has started on it again. I think it has a great support system and lots of "tricks" for getting and keeping to your points.
 
Well my weekend went to shits... again... Fuck me. Friday I got drunk with some girls from work and don't even remember the night. This lead to a day of bad eats on Saturday. Then I went to Toronto on Saturday and got drunk again... leading to bad eats on Sunday. So today is another high day on the scale. I decided that I probably shouldn't have started weight watchers on a Friday lol.

So I'm back at it today. I went to the gym this morning and did the attack class which gave me 7 activity points. I already calculated all my eats for today and I have used 24 out of 25 of my daily points. I'm not sure where I'll get the final point from. I don't even want to bring up how sick of everything I am because it seems I'm saying that a lot lately. So I'll stop right there. Here's my new plan till the 12th of December. I won't be getting drunk at all. December 12th is my friends keg party and I hope to be disciplined till then. I'm going to really try my best.

Anyways I gotta shower and go to work. Peace love and .... I don't know the last one.
 
Another day is here. I'm soo exhausted. I had to get up this morning just after 6 for my 8 am class. I have class till 6 pm but usually never make it to that class. Today is going well. I haven't had an opportunity for it to go bad yet. I already worked out my points for the day and only had room for one snack which is 10 baby carrots. I dipped into 2.5 of my flex points but will be going to body pump today and hopefully running to get back 6 points total. Breakfast was a blueberry bran muffin and lunch will be rice with steak and broccoli. Dinner is 1/4 chicken white meat no skin with mashed potatos and gravy and probably some veggies. That brings me to 27.5 points for the day I believe.

Not much else to report right now. I didn't weigh myself this morning I don't know why. Just didn't have the urge to I guess. I still haven't really done much schoolwork lately and I am getting stress-breakouts on my face BLAH! I will try to get caught up a little bit today. Even just a bit will take a huge weight off my shoulders.

Okie dokie I'm going to surf now.
 
I've got two 50 minute breaks separating 3 3-period classes. My morning class was done today at 10 though so I got a 1:45 break. It's the worst day ever and it's very very rare I make it to my last class.
 
Hey lady... no worries about the weekend.. you're back on track and that's what matters. I so know how you feel about being stressed out... it takes over your life and you feel like your drowning. But there is light at the end of the tunnel... only a few weeks until winter break!!

I wish we were closer... we could totally be work-out and study buddies... I'm terrible about both and I like to procrastinate but if I had someone there to motivate me things would be so much easier!!

Anyway, happy tuesday lady... hope today goes well! :)
 
MissDFITT said:
Hey lady... no worries about the weekend.. you're back on track and that's what matters. I so know how you feel about being stressed out... it takes over your life and you feel like your drowning. But there is light at the end of the tunnel... only a few weeks until winter break!!

I wish we were closer... we could totally be work-out and study buddies... I'm terrible about both and I like to procrastinate but if I had someone there to motivate me things would be so much easier!!

Anyway, happy tuesday lady... hope today goes well! :)
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The one thing I've wanted in the past few months is a true weight loss buddy that wants to come to the gym with me all the time and eat right and lose weight. I know a number of people who WANT to lose weight but just don't make nearly as much of an effort and will usually give up after a week. Much of the people that want to lose weight also do it be just dieting. My mom just works out.. I don't know anyone who is willing to do both except for my internet buddies. We gotta start making weekend trips back and forth haha.

Alright so the hugest problem with this weight watchers is that I am pretty freaking hungry with not having a 2nd snack in the day... but my lunch was worth a hefty amount of points. I am going to eat my snack in about 10 minutes (I generally time my snacks so they are 2-2.5 hours between the two meals) and then dinner is planned to be at 5:30. I just hope 10 baby carrots can last me until then. I've been guzzling water today (I'm fairly close to my daily 8 glasses... I've been deprived the last while) and even chewing gum. Anything to fight the grumbles. I know that tomorrow I will be eating my 4 point chicken sandwich for lunch so I can have plenty of room for snacks. I do have 35 flex points but I will save them for a screw up... or just not use them. The 25 points is probably about 1500 cals a day anyways.
 
Alright so I had a good day yesterday. It ended off fairly well. I went out with friends last night and avoided getting any drinks or food. Unfortunately when I came home though I had 2 tall cans of beer. It worked out to 8.5 points and I had 1.5 of my activity points left so I only used 7 of my flex points. I did the body pump class yesterday but didn't get to run.

Today I hope to do the cardio kickboxing class. I do need to get some homework done which I'll probably do after the class. I was hoping for a nice lean chicken sandwich for lunch today after those beers but someone ate the last of the chicken... sooo eats are Fiber One for breaky, a harveys veggie burger for lunch with a side garden salad, an apple for snack, and a spinach chicken salad from work for dinner with a multigrain roll and some gravy. That leaves me with 1.5 points which will probably go towards my salad dressing for the garden salad.

I also went on the scale today since it's been a few days. I weighed in at 142.4. Thankfully not 147 again haha. It's mid-week and I'm at that weight. I may see the 130's next week. Oh that would be soooo amazing!! I was also browsing through my phone last night and just admired the pics of me at 133 or very very close to it. It just makes me want that back so bad and I'm ready to work hard for it. I may as well post a couple of those pics. They WERE supposed to be my August.... or July pic updates that never got on.
 
I see everyone is out spending quality family time today. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Today is going very well. The scale didn't move though, but I'm not worried at all. I had an action packed day today. Did lots of homework this morning and then rushed out to the step and strength class at the school. After that I went to my class and then came home. After dinner today I went to the body pump class at the gym. I headed over to the treadmill to run a bit after but my body said no so I just walked briskly. In total today I got 7 activity points. My freaking triceps are killing me. I definately put too much weight on those bars tonight.

Eats today were good. I have stuck to my points. For breakfast I had Fiber One cereal. Lunch was a chicken breast sandwich on whole wheat. Snack was a pear, and for dinner I made a yummy chicken cordon bleu recipe courtesy of weight watchers. That was accompanied with half a baked potato and a little sour cream, and 1 cup of broccoli with a little balsamic dressing. I had 3 points left at the end of the day so I just finished a low fat blueberry waffle with a little raspberry jam.

Well I can't procrastinate any longer. I have 3 lab reports due at 11 tomorrow morning that I haven't started.
 
It's been a few day's since I've checked in so I should probably get on it. This weekend went well. I did end up drinking on Friday but I had about 2 shots of rum and two glasses of wine. It totalled 8 points. I went to the gym bright and early on Saturday morning and stayed on points all day. Saturday night I wasn't going to drink but we went to the bar and there were like 30 people I know and haven't seen since the summer... so I drank. I won't run down the list but it worked out to 31 points. All of my flex points were used up. Yesterday I got up and went to the step class even though I'm sure I was still drunk. I tried my hardest to eat decently though I was craving the grease because of the alcohol. I did very well and stayed on points again. At the end of the week I had one flex point remaining. I went on the scale this morning and weighed in at 142.0. I was expecting to weigh in lower but I'm still happy that it's not 146 or something. I have the whole week now to eat well before next weekend and I will for sure be hitting the 130's by the end of the week.

I find that weight watchers is really helping me to keep in control of myself. Especially on my weekends. Every choice I made this weekend with drinks and everything was based on my weight watchers points. Though I did drink I didn't have my terrible binge eating I'd usually have after a night of drinking. I stayed in control of myself and it paid off. I'm so happy I finally have something to keep me in line with food :D

On another note, this is the last week of classes before my finals. I am sooooooo happy I just can't weight to be done. The stress will be building in the next week but once next week is done I get to relax for a month. THANK GOD!!! The end of the year is coming and I'm just going to push for the lowest weight I can get to before January 1st.
 
Yesterday was going soo well and then I blew it. At work I had a quarter chicken white meat with veggies and a roll. I still wanted to eat so I had a salad with raspberry vinegarette dressing to try and tie me over..... didn't work. I ended up having about a 1/4 of a serving of fries with gravy and ketchup... that lead to 3 lindor chocolates. When I came home I had a very very little bit of leftover pasta (hamburger helper) and a couple tiny bites of ice cream. I finished off the night with a beef patty and put all my binge eats into WW. I used all of my 7 activity points yesterday and 14.5 of my flex points. So today I really tried to do better.

I still had food on my mind all day.... and actually went to the bar and had 2 whiskey sours. Then I told myself that it's not worth it. Having the pleasure of eating the fatty foods is not worth the depression and disappointment I'd face later. So since then I've done well. I stuck to my points today only going over by 4... which ended up consuming 4 of my 6 activity points for the day. I did the body pump class and then came home and ran on the treadmill at 6.2 mph for 30 minutes. My mom and I went to dairy queen after and got 4 treatzzia pizza's and a box of dilly bars all of which I've yet to endulge in. I simply don't have the points for anything tonight. I may save myself 4 points tomorrow and have a slice of ice cream pizza.

Oh yea... so the scale today read 144.8 thanks to my stupid f-up. I'm not too concerned about it though. I did very well for 8 days even though I drank. I still have 20.5 flex points for the week and will try super hard not to spend any of them.... meaning I have no intentions on going out at all this weekend... not even to socialize. NOTHING!!

Alright I'm off to bed. Tootles :D
 
Hey lady... I can for sure see a difference in your pics... you are for sure slimmer through the waist!!

I really wish I could give some sort of advice about your binge eating, but I don't have an experience in that area... I am the opposite of you which isn't much better. But I am glad that the WW is seemingly working for you... just stick with it lady and keep a positive outlook. I know you signed up for the online WW but you might try finding a weekly meeting you can go to so that you can actually sit and chat with people with the same goals and maybe even make a few new friends to exercise and "diet" with. I know about not having a support system, I think that's why we are here because our friends just dont get it. But I get it and You get it and it sucks that we are miles and miles away.... there are so many great people here that have so much to offer.... Ha okay I'm rambling... just check out the weekly meeting if you can. :)

Yay for school being over soon. I took my first final yesterday and then I have another next monday and then 2 the following week... I just want to get it over with at this point... even though I have to do amazingly well on my A&P final to pass... I have to get a B or higher and right now I'm sitting at a B- which sadly is NOT good enough... ugh!!

Anyway, just keep your chin up and know I am here if you want to chat! :)
 
Hey Dee. Actually those pics were from August when I was 133. I am no longer that good looking. I just look all lumpy now haha. If I had any form of problem with my eating habits, I'd much prefer to not eat enough than to eat too much. It's just too easy to eat too much and then gain weight, but weight watcher is keeping me in line so far. They just created this new momentum plan that combines flex and core. I prefer flex so I track my points. Fortunately something happened with my tracker and my flex points are being used instead of my activity points. I feel I will be much more successful now :)

I wouldn't mind going to the meetings but I don't because I just don't have time to. You being a post-secondary student that works knows how valueable free time can be. I'd rather spend my free time lounging and relaxing instead of going to a meeting. That's just my opinion though. I don't know... maybe I'll attempt it... so long as I don't have to fork up any more cash.
 
So today is going well. I have been doing good in terms of eats and whatnot. My friends all ate food at 10:30... pizza and subs... I just sat there and looked around. I'd rather just wait till it's time for me to eat my lunch. As I said yesterday... It's not worth it.

So as I mentioned in my response to Dee WW has decided that they are going to eliminate the core plan and create this momentum plan. It combines core and flex. You just eat more filling foods and don't track your points. You get 35 weekly allowance points for treats. Honestly, I can't be bothered. I like the tracking and tallying points on a daily basis. It helps to keep me in line much easier. One thing I am very happy about is that my flex points are used up instead of my activity points. Meaning I will run out of flex points quicker and I have less room for overeating on the day's I do get activity points. This will increase my weight loss. I was actually planning on counting my activity points used as flex points and not going under my allowance of 35.. but it's doing it for me now :)

So eats today are fiber one for breaky and a high fiber granola bar for snack. My lunch is a healthy choice michaelina frozen dinner. Dinner will be some chicken soup from work and a multigrain roll. I have saved 4 points for a treat. This will be a slice of treatzzia pizza that is sitting in the freezer. Works out to 4 points, and puts me at 25 points for the day. I didn't bring my workout stuff to school today because I was planning on spending my time working on a project. Well that took like 2 seconds so now I have nothing to do till 2:30... and I can't workout. I'll probably just get a run in after work tonight on my mill at home.

So went on the scale today and saw 143.8 Down a lb from yesterday's shinanigans. I have 9.5 flex points left for the week so you can bet I'll be a good girl. I'll be at 139 by Monday I'm confident.
 
I like the idea of counting something too... it keeps me more accountable when I can see what I've eaten and how many points or cals I have left.

I soooo know what you mean about free time.... and I too would rather be relaxing than anything... Which is why I am soo excited for the semester to be over... then I can breathe again... know what I mean???

I too am confident that you will be 139 by Monday... just stick with it and if you get the urge to binge do like you did and remind yourself of how you feel afterward...

:) Happy Hump Day!!
 
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