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Your boy is back under it again!

I haven't had a chance to really post much or maybe I didn't choose to because I haven't been doing well at the time. Well, the last two weeks i've been doing okay. I'm pretty sure i've dropped maybe a little over 5 pounds. It also helps that I have a new job! I started last Monday and it's pretty cool. It was a new position at a fairly good size lumber/hardware store. I work 5 hours in the evening Monday through Friday (it involves stocking, and some sales). Oh and since it's a new position they hired 4 other people too. They are around my age and we get along well. One of them goes to the same college as me and the other will start next semester.

I would like to mention my online classes haven't been going so well. I have passed everything well so far the lowest grade i've made is a B+, but the problem is doing it on time. I kind of slack off a bit and do it by the deadline. I'm pretty sure next semester i'm ready to be in the classroom, it might get boring but it will probably discipline me more. This month has been rough with that, and this month (October) will be even tougher, I just really have to get it together. Who would have known that two years removed from school would of turned me into a slacker. lol

I also got a call today from that place that was hiring GED tutors, I applied there in the middle of August. lmao I let the answering machine pick it up. But i'll call them tomorrow. As strange as it sounds i'm kind of interested, I would probably work maybe 1 and a half to 3 hours a day there (in the morning or right after lunch), from Monday through Thursday and they pay really well. It would give me some extra income to use on myself, then to use it on things that I need to pay. Just what I need... to get my butt into deeper **** than what I can handle right now. haha I'll really think it over in the morning and make sure i'll be able to handle it along with the other stuff going on like that thing called school.

Well, i'll stop rambling now, and i'll try to update tomorrow but I have to study for a quiz and a test... like I said, I really need to get it together. lol

Oh and I didn't run today but i've been going all week though! :biggrinjester: Btw my boss also goes there (I ran into him there this week).. so there goes the chance of me calling in sick and going to exercise there...
 
I ran today!

So I took the other job too, it's 3 hrs a day Monday through Friday. Thing is I get out of 4 of that one and have to be at the other one at 4. I told my boss from my other job about it, and he said just to get their as soon as I can. He told me he also had two jobs. I'm still trying to think of a way to sneak at least a small meal in there because I don't think it's good to go 8 or 9 hours between meals, especially when i'm trying to lose weight.

So I started tutoring the kids on Friday and it felt pretty natural, I just jumped right in there and did it, time flew by fast even though Friday's are slow there, or so they told me.

It feels great being off from work on the weekends but now I have to catch up on my homework, or else i'll fall back more.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend.
 
Hey V, came by to see how you're doin. Gratz on not only one job, but two! That's awesome, and the weight loss too. Sounds like you're super busy. Sorry about the internet classes being a pain. I'm taking 3 classes on campus this semester and up to my eyeballs in stress trying to juggle that with work so I think time management can be an issue either way. But seriously I hate driving back and forth so I wish I was taking internet ones, lol. Anyway hope you still have time to post :) Drop me a line when you have time and let me know how you're doin otherwise. ~Lisa
 
It's been a while huh?

It's been like half a year since I posted in my thread. Well i'm out of college next week, I just have finals to take. I should be studying for those but here I am. lol College has been going fine but i'm still having trouble concentrating and just putting good effort into my school work.

I now have one job and I work in the afternoon, I quit my other job in January because it gave me more time to study for my classes.

Now to my weight loss before I stopped posting here I was at around 265. I even went down to around to 260 this past January. Those extra pounds were probably caused by not having a chance to properly eat and that's never a good thing. So I started gaining weight again and I went up to around 282. Over the past month or so i've tried to go walking more often. I actually since I started walking last summer i've never stopped. I just didn't go as often as I did. I'm down to around 276 now. This past week I only went on Monday and today. I've been trying to use the last couple of days to catch some more sleep because i've been exhausted.

Anyway, I was reading through the thread and I read my first post and I noticed I was at 278 when I wrote that post. Now I can sit here and feel sorry for myself because that's only a two pound difference than what I am now or I can do something about it.

So i'm going to sit here and feel sorry about myself... nah i'll do something about that!
 
Welcome back V :). Unfortunately Lisa hasn't been around in a while, hopefully she'll be back soon. So what are your plans for getting some more of your weight off?!
 
Hi Blancita!

I plan to start couch to 5k again. I'm sure I can still run at least a mile without stopping, but lately i've been mostly walking. I'll probably skip to the 4th or 5th week and start from there. I also need to do some lifting to build strength and to maintain my muscle while I lose the fat.

Nutrition wise I need to really step it up there. As a broke college student, i'm sure i'll be low on cheddar to be buying out to eat. I'm not going to just go into a complete healthy eating plan, i'll just gradually make changes each week.

I'm hoping this is enough to keep that train a rollin'.

V
 
Well I haven't made any long term goals yet. I'm not quite sure the weight I want to reach because i'm not sure what i'll look best at. So for right now I guess i'll make some short term goals.

Current weight: 276

June 29 (6 weeks): 264 (more reasonable) preferably 259.

The reason for the 264 is because I always seem to get stuck at 265 and when I do go below I end going back to 265. The reason for 259 is because I really don't remember the last time I weight in the 250's (I never owned a scale until a few years ago). It's always been in the 260's and above.

July 27 (10 weeks): 255

I would love it to be 249 just so I can be under 250. 249 would be a stretch unless i'm averaging 2.7 pounds a week which seems a bit high.

Aug 31 (15 weeks): 245

Preferably 239 because.. well I guess you see the trend. My 21st b-day is Aug 28th and the only present I want is to have that continuing fire to keep losing weight and improving my health.

Dec 28 (32 weeks): 225

Even though it's only 20 pounds in 17 weeks from Aug 31-Dec 28. I thought I would factor college starting again, work, stress, colder temperatures, and barometric pressure (just kidding). I guess this the closest thing I have to a long term goal.

Well let's do it then!


V
 
I haven't posted in over a week, but i've been exercising still. So my starting weight is 276 and usually what I do is weight myself every Monday. Last Monday I didn't weight myself and I didn't do it today. It's not that I think I gained weight I just think it's better for me to weight until the end of June (if I can wait that long). That's simply because I usually put too much pressure on myself when it comes to the scale. I'm too hard on myself. So I will wait to weight myself.

My food intake has been alright, i've been cutting down on my portions and trying not to snack a lot. I think i've done fairly well when it comes to that. No i'm not eating completely healthy, but I will gradually go in that direction.

V
 
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You know...

sometimes things don't go as I plan.

[semi-rant?] Since right about when I was entering high school I started feeling different from kids. I found it difficult to talk and relate to them and I found myself feeling really down. I didn't understand what it was. Since then (i'm 20 now) it just gradually got worse and I just felt so hopeless. I started college in Fall of 2008 and I thought it would help me get better but it just worsen. This past May I saw a uh.. specialist and I talked about my problems and I was prescribed medication. Although it helped, I felt like a zombie. That was the point were I had to make the decision to discontinue them and seeing the specialist. It was like a moment of awakening. Although I do feel anxious at times it's not as bad as it use to, i've made progress. I get the occasional blues, but they are only temporary rather than long lasting. [/semi-rant]

So what's the point of bringing this up? I'm not sure.. but it felt good to let that out.

Although I have no job right now and I might not be able to return to college because I still owe money (they hit me with a late bill during the summer and I had no job to pay it). Even with all that baggage at the moment i've never felt so relieved and at peace in my life, until now. This summer has been good for the mind, but not so good for the body. I have not lost any weight, but i'm fine with that. Because now that i'm good upstairs and i'm ready to work on the basement (yes i know that is the absolute worse... :blush5:) .

I still believe that I have a chance at reaching the December goal (a couple of posts up). I can't make any promises because things never go the way I plan them, the only thing I can do is to try and keep trying. :)

Ok now i'll be leaving for a couple of months again!

V
 
So I started the couch to 5k program yesterday. It was easier doing it now than when I started last year. I really flaked out last month though and only workout a few times. But good thing I haven't gained any weight.

Since i've been broke since last month I really haven't had a chance to eat fast food. Which is good, considering I was struggling with that during the school year. I'm preparing more of my meals at home and have really started eliminating food I don't need to be eating. And to be honest, I really don't get a lot of cravings for fast food now. It's not like I have choice anyway. haha

I've really had trouble finding a job though. I'm going to a place tomorrow that I heard was hiring, so hopefully that goes well. It's a physical job, but I think that's what I might need.

I really don't know what i'm going to do about college. My credits are on hold until I pay what I owe them. The thing is in January I signed up for my classes and I set up an installment plan, were they withdraw each month for a part of the total. Two days later I went to get my books and I told the girl to add it to my installment plan. The thing is she didn't, so they sent me a bill two weeks after my finals that said I need to pay it or i'll lose my credits. By then I already gave a two weeks notice for my job (so I can have the summer off and maybe take a summer class). I've been really disappointed with that. School starts in two weeks and no way i'll have it payed off. I've applied for financial aid and I didn't qualify. I really want to go to school because I took two years off after high school, which was a bad decision. My grades haven't been good, but I want to do better. I might have to go tomorrow and discuss it with someone there and see if they can add what I owe to the fall semester, but I really don't think they'll go along with it. I'll give it a shot though.
 
I decided to write an entry so I can hold myself accountable.

I've been eating well this week, today not so well. heh

I talked to a lady at college on Tuesday, at first, she said that the people that do the installment plans changed their policy. That means i'm screwed if I don't pay my debt by when school starts on the 24th. It also means I would have to wait to go back until January. BUT she said she would talk to her supervisor's supervisor about it (this after we have a long conversation about life LOL). I was suppose to call her back Wednesday and I did but the answering machine picked up and I called again later but the line was busy. I haven't called since then, but i'll call Monday. Hopefully I get good news...

This lady that always walks at the park where I walk told me she would get her son's friend to put a good word in for me at his job. I won't see her until Monday and hopefully i'll get a note from her (which is from her son's friend who works there), which i'll turn in with my application for when I apply for the job.

I really need this job so bad and I really need to go to school also. I really want to work hard and get really good grades. So I can have a chance at a scholarship because I don't qualify for financial aid. My GPA absolutely sucks, so I need to do well.

Tomorrow or this morning i'll start my second week of couch to 5k. I'm sure i'll do fine, it's a lot easier than the first time I tried it last year.

So other than that nothing else is new.
 
It's been August 2009 since i've posted here. I haven't fluctuated too much with my weight and i've been able to maintain it pretty well. I just started school up school again recently and this week I decided to eat healthy. I've cooked everything and had no sweets. I decided to not jog for a while until I lost a good amount of weight, so I don't put any stress on my knees. This week I started lifting weights and doing a little bit of taebo (does anyone still do this? lol). To my surprise i've lost 5 pounds this week and it makes me feel good. So from 276.8 i'm down to 271.6 pounds. I know I won't have that amount of success every week. But I realize now that I will have to eat really healthy to lose weight. Sure I can have a cheat meal here and there, but i'll do so when I trust myself enough. I really want to hold my self accountable for everything and this time I feel I will really lose the weight once and for all. I have to believe in myself right? I know there will be ups and downs with this, but I have to just be strong for myself. I really need this. :cool:
 
It's been like 2 years since I've replied to this. I'm still having weight problems and many things have changed. I'm currently at 294.6 and started at 295.4 about two weeks ago. I'm hoping I can finally lose weight for good this time. *fingers crossed*

I'm currently eating a lot better and I'm more active but I have trouble losing weight. It may be because I have loss/gain weight many times.
 
Thanks Sunflower.

It's been two weeks and I'm still struggling. I do well for a few days and then I let up. I just don't know if I should calorie count or just not focus on the scale so much. I sometimes feel like I'm taking 1 step forward and 2 steps back. Hopefully I can get it together.
 
It's been about a month since my last post. I weigh 290.8 pounds as of yesterday. My highest a month ago was around 296 pounds. I have not had significant weight loss but I feel i'm on the right track. I need to keep eating the best that I can and keep moving.
 
It's been about 4 years since my last post. lol I weigh 311 pounds as of today. This is the highest I have ever weighed.

I debated on whether starting a new thread or not, but I thought it was kinda cool to have a thread that will be 10 years old next summer. Maybe I will have loss significant weight by then? We will see.

I am older now and hope my past experiences and struggles will help me be more successful this time around. Over the years I have gone down and up in weight, but nothing really under 260 pounds. So that will be one my goals. My first goal will be to more active and to make better food choices. So far today I have had a good breakfast and a good workout. So that's a start. :)
 
Welcome back.

I decided to start a new diary when I came back a couple of months ago.

Well done on the good breakfast and good workout. That's the way forward.
 
Omega, thanks! And I probably should have started a new one, but I don't update that often anyway.


The last 2 weeks have been some of the most difficult of my life. I'm doing better now. I had dropped to 304 by eating better and walking, but life happens. Yesterday I weighed 307 so I am hoping I can get it together. Sometimes I'm not sure what I can do for exercise. I like walking, but I cannot walk very fast otherwise I get shin splints. I have always had a problem with them. I can't necessarily jog yet because my knees aren't very good and I wanted to lose at 30 pounds before I start. I had a bad pain last year which I think was a pinched nerve and I would get very sharp pains on my calf. It was excruciating. I was checked out and had tests done and everything was fine. Luckily around September when it was at the worst it just went away by itself.

I guess I'm scared of reinjuring myself. The other times I've lost weight I have depended more on my exercise than diet. I think this time around I might have to do it the other way around.
 
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