Wild Vulpix's Diary: From 164 to 99!

[Wild Vulpix]

Date started: March 15, 2009
Date re-started: January 4, 2010

Age: 20
Age re-started: 21
Height: 5'0"
Starting BMI: 32.0
Re-started BMI: 30.7
Starting weight: 164lbs
Re-started weight: 157lbs


Short term goal(1): 155lbs-----------------------------------[02/05/10]
Short term goal(2): 153lbs (BMI 29.9)--------------------------[03/05/10]
Short term goal(3): 150lbs*----------------------------------[03/19/10]
Short term goal(4): 148lbs (BMI 28.9)--------------------------[06/30/10]
Short term goal(5): 147lbs (10lb loss)--------------------------[07/08/10]
Short term goal(6): 145lbs (Half way between goals)---------------[07/21/10]
Short term goal(7): 143lbs (BMI 27.9)--------------------------[10/04/10]
Short term goal(8): 141.3lbs (Loss of 10% of total)---------------[10/04/10]
Major goal(9): 140lbs* (Old weight)--------------------------[10/04/10]
Short term goal(10): 138lbs (BMI 26.9)-------------------------[10/04/10]
Short term goal(11): 135lbs ---------------------------------[11/21/10]
Short term goal(12): 133.5lbs (Loss of 15% of total)-------------[11/21/10]
Short term goal(13): 132.5lbs (BMI 25.9)----------------------[11/21/10]
Short term goal(14): 130lbs* (SAMC Goal)
Short term goal(15): 127.5lbs (BMI 24.9)
Short term goal(16): 125.6lbs (Loss of 20% of total)
Short term goal(17): 124.3lbs (124.3lbs at 24.3 bmi)
Short term goal(18): 123lbs ("ideal weight"@159)
Short term goal(19): 122.5lbs (BMI 23.9)
Short term goal(20): 121lbs (50th percentile)
Major goal(21): 120lbs*
Short term goal(22): 117.5lbs (GoalG1, BMI 22.9, 25%)
Short term goal(23): 116.2lbs
Short term goal(24): 115lbs ("ideal weight"@140)
Short term goal(25): 113.6lbs
Short term goal(26): 112lbs (BMI 21.9)
Short term goal(27): 111lbs ("ideal weight"@130)
Short term goal(28): 110lbs* (Loss of 30% of total)
Short term goal(29): 108.6lbs
Short term goal(30): 107.2lbs (BMI 20.9)
Short term goal(31): 107lbs ("ideal weight"@120)
Short term goal(32): 105lbs
Short term goal(33): 103lbs ("ideal weight"@110)
Short term goal(34): 102.5lbs (GoalG2)
Short term goal(35): 102lbs (BMI 19.9, 35%)
Short term goal(36): 100.6lbs
Final goal(37): 99lbs* (Under 100)


DAY 2 March 17, 2009. 159lbs.
Hello everybody!! I decided to start up my own journal too to keep track of my own progress. I'm going to post up pictures weekly or bi weekly of my progress (hopefully progress) to help myself go. I look a lot heavier than I had though!! But, I'm 'technically' obese (I don't feel like it, but you know...) I dieted before, and very successfully... until I went to visit my boyfriend. He took me out to eat often, and it was impossible to say 'no' when he was eating that delicious food around me all the time! I was down to 140lbs and have been in denial for the last few months that I've put on any weight. But my boyfriend is away for a week, and so I'm taking the opportunity to jump back on the diet. I hope strongly that I can keep it up when it gets back.

Today I had two eggs, a slice of whole wheat toast, a half cup or less of chicken, a half cup of broccoli and cauliflower, and... that's about it. A total of, I think, 366 calories. Which isn't a lot, but I'm a very short girl, so I don't get to eat as much as someone else!!

So here's our first set of pictures, with me at 159lbs and 31.0 BMI. (I'll post pictures of my face through this journey once I finish. Until then, I'm too afraid to show my identity!!)
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I've got my work cut out for me...

DAY 7 March 22, 2009. 156lbs.
Whoo! 9 pounds slayed in a week! But, I realize that most of this is water weight, and losing will be slower now than before... But that's no reason to frown! Anywho, I'll be updating this diary about once a week, usually on Sundays. Perhaps more, but no less. Pictures will usually come on when I meet certain goals. (Particularly the ones with asterisks (*) next to them.) My boyfriend his home from his vacation, and has taken it upon himself to continue to eat those yummy, yummy foods. But I'm not yet tempted by them!! I've been eating much better too. The change isn't bad or hard yet, so there's not much to report on. I added more goals though: Time goals. Meaning, Good Job at me if I continue dieting for x amount of time! Basically, it's just another reason to pat myself on the back. The week was long, but since it was Spring Vacation, and my lover was away, I expected it to drag on; this week should go by faster, but because of school, it'll probably be harder too... I have confidence that I can keep up the diet too. Sorry for the uneventful update! Next one shall be better!

DAY 14 March 29, 2009. 159lbs.
From 156 to 159? How'd that happen? Honestly, I'm unsure, but I do have hunches. First off, ALL WEEK I've been going from 155.5 to something higher, then back down to 155.5 over and over. I've been strictly counting calories too, but to be honest, I've been eating between 1050 and 1100 calories a day. Yesterday, I got sick of my lack of progress and decided to seriously get my calories up to 1200 at least. Now, the other reason I went up 3 lbs is because I got a new scale. Apparently, my other one was reading a little light (only 1-2lbs though. By my old scale, I'm 158 today... So I still went up.) I think my body is still just adjusting though, and I'm no where NEAR ready to throw in the towel! I'm glad I got a new scale too, because my last only read to the nearest half, but this goes to the nearest tenth. (I do weigh myself every day--but I only take my Sunday weigh-ins seriously.) I'm sad that I haven't gotten to my first goal yet though... Once I get to that one, I feel like all the others will follow quickly in fold, since they're so close together. *crosses her fingers* All I can do is wait though, and hope I'm on the right track.

DAY 21 April 5, 2009. 156.6lbs.
Hurray!! The past week has been very... interesting to me, as far as weight loss goes. I went up and up, then plummeted down. Wow. It was great. I'm so glad that I didn't give up. I'm eating 1200-1300 calories a day, and my body is loving it. My old scale (the one I started dieting with) said I weighed 153.5lbs today!! That's .5 away from my first goal!! The absolute best part though, was that yesterday I was SO hungry the whole day and SO bored, I just wanted to sit around and munch on food. But I resisted. And you know what happened? Between yesterday and today, I dropped a whole pound! Amazing!! Though, some of it will probably sneak up on me tomorrow, lol. But I don't care--I still lost weight, and I'm still inching toward my goal. Furthermore, Chef's challenge starts, well, now, and that should be super fun. I don't have confidence with winning, BUT who cares? If I come out with any weight lost, then I win. Long story short: It has been an AWESOME week. (I even got to have Sushi, and I didn't over eat that day!!! That's amazing for me!)

DAY 28 April 12, 2009. 157.2lbs.
I don't remember the past week too well, honestly. I ate right, but didn't excerise much, so I don't know. I think part of the gain was that last night I had to eat a lot of food later than I normally would have, because I had more calories that I needed to fill up. But I'm starting to see a pattern with my weekly weight loss of an up and down, up and down... thing. Plus, in a month, I went from 164 down to 157.2. That's 6.8lbs lost! You can't be too ashamed of that! I had to go out and buy two pairs of pants. They're a nice fitting (not too tight, not too loose) size 12 (but they're stretchy). Most of the pants I own are size 9 or 10 (not stretchy), and they don't fit that well, so I'm counting down the inches until these pants fit well (3 inches to go on the hips!) and I bought a bra that is, apparently, a bit too small around the chest. 2-3 inches off my chest should kill that problem though! I really can't wait to wear these clothes. This next week is going to be incredibly hard though. I'm visiting my boyfriend's parents for a week, I'll be out of reach of a scale, and food is a BIG thing with them. I expect I'll be eating out a whole lot, and I don't even know if I should count calories, or simply worry about portion control. We'll see this time next week, I guess...

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[Wild Vulpix]

DAY 35 April 19, 2009. 157lbs.
Wow. I'm impressed that I didn't gain weight--I was so sure that I would. We ate out a lot and I had a lot of fattening rice. The week was so fun though. I had all I could eat lobster, REAL Chinese food (and lots of it), as well as lots of restaurant foods. My boyfriend and I split everything that we ate though, so I never had a whole meal to myself, which worked awesomely for me, apparently. We also swam a lot, did a lot of walking, and played tennis a bit--so I was quite physically active. (At least more so than normally.) I still wish I had lost weight, of course, and I'm sad that I STILL haven't reached my first goal. It's also frustrating because it's like... I've been at a stand still for the past 3 weeks. Well.... Let's just keep trucking along anyways...

DAY 42 April 26, 2009. 155lbs.
Finally, a new low. It feels so nice! I'm so close to 153 too, which is exciting. The week has mostly treated me well, though I ended up overeating yesterday. My boyfriend took me to Unos and we got a flatbread pizza to share (of which, I knew how many calories it contained) and he got an appetizer of nachos. Now, I assumed the nachos were 200-400 calories for half of it, which wouldn't be too big of a deal. I was wrong. It ended up being nearly 800 for half!! Whaaa?! That was nearly as much as the WHOLE pizza!! But at least I learned my lesson about eating out and making sure you KNOW how many calories something is before indulging. Other than that though, I've been doing fantastic. I mean, look! I still lost 2lbs this week, and I did the over eating yesterday, so that's all good and well, right? Plus, my clothes! Though that bra I purchased still doesn't fit well, it wasn't AS tight this time! And my super comfy pajama pants... are starting to slip off my rear after walking around for a little. Wow. You can't argue with that! So, I'm feeling very good this week.

April Weight Loss
Start Weight: 159

• April 5 = 157 (-2, -1.26%)
• April 12 = 157.2 (+0.2, +0.13%)
• April 19 = 157 (-0.2, -0.13%)
• April 26 = 155 (-2, -1.26%)

Total April Loss: -4
Total Percentage lost: -2.52%

DAY 49 May 3, 2009. 153.6lbs.
I don't feel like saying much. I'm EXTREMELY happy that I'm a breaths away from 153lbs, though. Um, I bought some weights yesterday but haven't used them yet. I've also been not keeping as strict of a track on my calories the last two days... But I'll get back on it today, for sure. I'm getting too excited, and a tad impatient, about my weight loss, as well as paranoid that I won't "look right" at a lighter weight. My dad said he's noticed I've lost weight already though, which is wonderful. I can see a small difference in the mirror, too.

DAY 56 May 10, 2009. 152.4lbs.
I maintained 153.6lbs for like, five days this week, then overnight dropped down a pound and a half! The last two days I was at 152.4lbs even, but for some reason I went up a smidge. I don't really care though: I'm FINALLY below 153lbs, which is all that really matters to me right now. HURRAY, I'm no longer "obese"! I should take some clothed pictures of me, just to have. You can't have too many pictures after all, right? My goal is to lose more than 1.2lbs a week until I catch up to my goal in the SAMC--I'm already a pound and a half behind! Onoes!! Oh well. I've also been adding protein powder into my daily diet, AND I've started lifting weights. So far, things are going fantastic right now.

DAY 63 May 17, 2009. 154.4lbs.
I'm so soooo sad that I'm up. So sad. It's been a terrible week, as far as weight loss goes. School is driving me crazy, as it's nearing its end. But, it's the last week. I hope things get better after this week! My weight was down to like, 151.4lbs or something, right smack in the middle of the week, then BAM, it went up to 152.4 or something. It went down a tiny bit again, but I was so frusterated that I decided to have a cheat meal, just in case. Big mistake, maybe? Clearly I'm not ready to go at this weight loss thing solo. I did the math, crunched the numbers, and found out I didn't do horrible, but I guess the sodium takes its toll? I would be stressed and upset right now, but I simply don't have the time due to school. I've been doing my excersising though, so I hope some of my gained weight is really muscles. I mean, I didn't lose any inches this week, but I didn't gain any either. Furthermore, I don't think I'm going to make it to my goal in SAMC, which makes me a saaad little kitty. I believe I learned my lesson too.

DAY 70 May 24, 2009. 152lbs.

DAY 77 May 31, 2009. 152.8lbs.
I don't get it. Is it the pain killers that made me gain weight? I've been eating fine the whole week. I've been eating a lot of pudding cuz I had my wisdom teeth removed--but I haven't been over eating. It's got to be the pain killers. Nothing else makes sense.

May Weight Loss
Start Weight: 155

• May 3 = 153.6 (-1.4, -0.90%)
• May 10 = 152.4 (-1.2, -0.78%)
• May 17 = 154.4 (+2, +1.31%)
• May 24 = 152 (-2.4, -1.55%)
• May 31 = 152.8 (+0.8, +0.53%)

Total May Loss: -2.2
Total Percentage lost: -1.42%

DAY 84 June 7, 2009. 150.6lbs.
Still recovering. Just moved down to Virginia for the summer. Feeling uninspired, but still working at this. Haven't been keeping strict count of calories, but have still been counting and watching what I eat. It's been getting easier, for the most part, but too lazy to work out or do anything really. Maybe it's because I stayed up till 6:30am last night? Who knows. Anyways, pleased that I reached a new low. Hopeful that I'll achieve Short Term Goal(3) soon. I must continue to stay the course--whatever I'm doing is working, I just wish that it'd work faster....

DAY 91 June 14, 2009. 149.2lbs.
AW-SUM WEEEEEEEK. FINALLY, I feel so pumped about weight loss again. I guess it feels nice to FINALLY be below 150. It feels like it's taken FOREVER. Things are looking good here too. My boyfriend's folks (that's why I'm down in Virginia--I'm staying here with him and them) are giving us a hard time about finding jobs--but what's the point? We're only going to be here until mid August, so why in the world would somebody hire us for such a short time? I wanted to volunteer at the animal shelter, but they weren't looking for any more help. BUT I found another shelter that has a sort of orientation thing this Saturday... I'm going to go to that, and see what I can do, or if I can work there for the rest of summer. I thought being here would be harder, since the family goes out to eat a lot, and does a lot of cooking and stuff (so calorie counting is hard) but, CLEARLY, I'm doing something right! I guess I have better self control. Last night, the grandmother made fried rice... God, if I wasn't dieting, I would have eaten SO much more! But I limited myself to only two spoon fulls. WOW. I'm so proud that I've learned portion control. Yay me!

DAY 98 June 21, 2009. 148.6lbs.
I've been eating well, I think. I mean, I've been trying my best. We eat out a lot here--at least for dinner--but I work my calories around that. If I feel like I ate a lot on that particular day, then I ask my boyfriend to split dinner for me. He usually obliges. His parents are getting annoying though. They're making us do a lot of things around the house that go beyond simple "helping out" chores... Helping out is great and all, but there's a point where it's like "Wait a second... Why? You're too lazy or busy to do this yourself, so you're making me do it? Why should I? Because I get free rent? Well, if that's the deal, then buh bye~ I'm going HOME!" I'm too nice to ever say this though... But I can think it REALLY loudly!

DAY 105 June 28, 2009. 149.2lbs.

June Weight Loss
Start Weight: 152.8

• June 7 = 150.6 (-2.2, -1.44%)
• June 14 = 149.2 (-1.4, -0.93%)
• June 21 = 148.6 (-0.6, -0.40%)
• June 28 = 149.2 (+0.6, +0.40%)

Total June Loss: -3.6
Total Percentage lost: -2.36%

DAY 112 July 5, 2009. 147.2lbs.
Whoooo. It's so great being down. I was a little lower this week, yesterday, but eh. Two pounds down is two pounds down. Every time I hit a mini platue (1-3 weeks) I start feeling all down and stuff because I keep considering "What if I can't lose anymore?" Which, I know is impossible... But eh. It's true. Anyways, I think I've been undereating the last few days, maybe. But eh. I've had an adiquet amount of energy, and haven't had any hunger pains. I'm about to go get myself some sushi right now. <3

DAY 119 July 12, 2009. 147.4lbs.
I feel really bad that my weight hasn't budged for a week and a half. I know I shouldn't be. I know this has happened for me longer than a week and a half. I absolutely know. But I can't help but be afraid of "Is that it? Will I not lose anymore?" Heck, I talked about this in last week's entry! I guess it's just annoying to not see that stubborn scale twitch.

DAY 126 July 19, 2009. 148.6lbs.
Sigh. plateau? I'm worried. Anyways, I'm going to up my calories by 100 this week. If nothing changes, then next week I'll zig zag.

DAY 133 July 26, 2009. 148lbs.
Yaaaar. I'm still not gonna zig zag diet yet. Continue on at 1300 calories a day. *crosses fingers*

July Weight Loss
Start Weight: 149.2

• July 5 = 147.2 (-2, -1.34%)
• July 12 = 147.4 (+0.2, +0.14%)
• July 19 = 148.6 (+1.2, +0.81%)
• July 26 = 148 (-0.6, -0.40%)

Total July Loss: -1.2
Total Percentage lost: -0.80%

 

[Wild Vulpix]

DAY 140 August 2, 2009. 148lbs.
So tired of this. Dunno what to do. Grrrr....

August Weight Loss
Start Weight: 148

• August 2 = 147.6 (-0.4, -0.27%)
• August 9 =
• August 16 =
• August 23 =
• August 30 =

Total August Loss:
Total Percentage lost:

My Birthday Challenge 2009

------Diet Re-Started-----​

DAY 5 January 8, 2009. 156.4lbs.
I'm back with my tail between my legs As we can see, when I 'gave up' I was pretty agitated with my lack of progress, and pretty convinced that I simply had to eat more. I got out of the habit of weighing myself and eventually stopped caring. It wasn't a sudden change at all. Very gradual. I wish I didn't now, but at the time I guess I just stopped caring. I don't even know what triggered me to start up again either. I've been pretty depressed about my weight and the fact that I can't find anything that looks good on me. I know I can do this.... I think. I don't know I want to try Couch to 5k when school starts up again (and the gym opens back up) as it'd give me something to do and let me have an obtainable goal. I'm not too upset over gaining back nine or ten pounds. I thought I had gained a whole lot more than that, so it was really a relief when I stepped on my scale.

DAY 12 January 15, 2009. 156lbs.
My calorie average this week was 1640. I don't really know if I lost 0.4 of a pound or if that was just a fluke (I think I weighed myself with clothes on last week, and this week I didn't). I don't know if I'm going to do 1650 this week, or if I'm going to go to 1550. I think I mantain at around 1650, so if I go down to 1550 I'll be at a 700 cal deficient. But then I'll only be losing 0.2lbs a week? Being short sucks sometimes! I'm slowly working on upping my excercise. Next week I should be losing about 60 cal/day, so in a week I'd be losing 0.3lbs instead. :lol: Oh well. Slow and steady, right?

DAY 21 January 24, 2009. 156lbs.
I changed my intake from 1650 to 1550. I'm going to stick with this number! I feel very comfortable with it. You know, a lot of the time, I wonder how in the world I could over eat. So many days it's hard and I have to push myself to eat an appropriate amount. But then I see the little things... such as last night. Last night, I wanted to eat and eat and my hunger couldn't be satisfied. It was post-emotional eating too, after a conflict was solved. And the things I wanted to eat! Who would have thought 3 Oreos were 170 calories? Usually I'd have 10 of them--a couple times a day, probably. Admittedly, I don't think I ate bad every day, but there had to have been days where I'd binge and I guess I'd binge pretty badly, at that.

DAY 28 January 31, 2009. 155.6lbs.
There was a stall, but this morning I had a flush and came in at 153.8lbs. That took me by quite a surprise! I can pretty much guarantee that I won't be that low tomorrow morning. But I don't mind. It's a slow journey, yes? Aunt Flow is in town right now, despite the huge loss. (Actually, I think the two things are related.) Um. I've been falling behind on my shiny exercises, but I'll pick it back up tomorrow.

January Weight Loss
Start Weight: 157

• January 8 = 156.4 (0.6)
• January 15 = 156 (0.4)
• January 22 = 156 (0.0)
• January 29 = 155.6 (0.4)

January Total: 1.4
Total Loss: 1.4

DAY 34 February 06, 2009. 154.7lbs.
I can't help but wonder why it is that I lose weight so much slower than "everyone else". A pound a week would be heaven for me, but it seems that I struggle to get even that. I wonder why this is? It has to be because I don't exercise enough, or eat good enough. But that is so hard to do... I don't see how others can do it. I want to do it, and I try, but I always seem to fail.

DAY 44 February 16, 2009. 154.9lbs.
I ponder still if I'm doing something wrong. Though, I don't think so. I mean, if I'm eating 1550 calories a day, then that's a deficit of about 700 calories a week, meaning I should have lost a wopping 1.4lbs by now. Yeah..... well, I guess I'm doing fine then? Well, I'm going to cut my calories nevertheless to 1400. That should give me a half pound a week. Furthermore, I'm trying so hard to incorporate exercising. It's tough! But I'm using EA Active Sports for the Wii, and its SO fun that I can go about burning 100 calories in 20 minutes and for me, that's a LOT! Furthermore, because I'm not doing good on my diet, I'm going to be starting South Beach Diet as soon as I eat up all the food in the house--which may take a couple weeks, but it's better than having food around that I cannot eat that'll just tempt me.

DAY 49 February 21, 2009. 154.2lbs.
So I decided to cut down my calories to 1400, and upped my exercising to burn 100 calories a day. I know 100 isn't a lot... but it is for ME!! So my new deficit is about 2450 calories a week... which is LOT more than 700... and it means I should be burning about 0.7lbs a week. That's a lot better than 0.2!!!

DAY 55 February 27, 2009. 153.4lbs.
MAN. I really like this new thing that I'm doing. Instead of weighing in on Friday and running with that number, I average all my daily weigh ins for the week and take that number. WOW does it make a difference! No longer is the scale going up and down and up and down... There's actually a very linear, general curve! Which means I MUST be doing something right! I LOVE IT SO MUCH. WHY didn't I think of this sooner?? And just as estimated, I lost 0.7lbs (okay, in actuality 0.8) in a week on 1400 calories! I haven't been working out every day like I promised I would... On the other hand, I'm 0.4lbs away from leaving 'obese' and going into 'overweight'! Hurray, I'm going to be overweight!! :lol: I'm probably going to take my measurements today too. ...Heck, I'm going to go do it now! Wish me luck ridding some inches for February!

February Weight Loss
Start Weight: 155.6

• February 5 = 154.7 (0.9)
• February 12 = 154.9 (0.2)
• February 19 = 154.2 (0.7)
• February 26 = 153.4 (0.8)

February Total: 2.2
Total Loss: 3.6

DAY 72 March 17, 2009. 150.5lbs.
I just realized... I'm scared. I'm a bit scared that I won't reach 147, which was the weight I stopped at last time. Not just scared really, but... also excited, because I'm really close. I'm so looking forward to the next weigh-in, and the next, and the next, until I pass 147... Then, at 142, I'll get a prize from my boyfriend (a DDR pad... something I've wanted for a while) for all my hard work. Then I'll be close to 140... And as far as I know, I've never weighed less than 140. I'm scared, and thrilled. I will NOT give up before I reach a weight lower than 147. I just can't. And I hope I'll be able to keep this drive at that point. On another note, starting 4 days ago, I went on the South Beach Diet. This means that I'm no longer counting calories (because I don't feel like it!) and I'm also eating MUCH healthier. I'm on Phase 1, which means my diet consists pretty much of veggies and meats... but I'm surviving it! And you know what? It's not that hard...

March Weight Loss
Start Weight: 153.4

• March 5 = 151.8 (1.6)
• March 12 = 150.5 (1.3)
• March 19 = 149.2 (1.3)
• March 26 = ()

March Total:
Total Loss:

 

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