Where I stand on Tuesday (not including Tuesday)
NEW CHALLENGES:
No sugar 2 day completed/undecided on pauses
Vegetable juice 2 day completed/3 pauses
Food and exercise journal 1 day complete/no pauses
CHALLENGES:
No booze 6 days completed/no pauses allowed (started Aug. 20)
No smoking 6 days completed/no pauses allowed (started Aug. 20)
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No alcohol current straight 7 days/longest straight thus far June 28-August 3 = 36 days
No sugar current straight 2 days/longest straight was 39 days (July 1-Aug. 9)
No cigs current straight 6 days/longest straight was 38 days straight July 1-Aug. 8
No processed foods current straight 2 days/longest straight 40 days (July 1-Aug.10)
Wow. I thought i had posted on the new thread. Guess not, huh?
Hi everyone. Well, insanity has officially started. Orientation for Law School began last night. Will take me a little while to get in the swing of things, so I apologize if I am not on here regular for a bit.
This morning the scale said 200. 200 I couldn't believe it. Woo hoo. This is amazing. I just need to keep going, and not sidetrack myself due to busy and overtired. The cool thing is that even though I was having cravings yesterday due to lack of sleep etc, I was listening to the voice saying "No, you need water not soda. No, you need to munch on some veggies, not McD's" And the new pants I bought last week, that I felt really uncomfortable about because I thought there was some "camel toe" issues? The slipped on like a dream this morning.
Good luck with all ongoing and new challenges. Will try to read and catch up with each of you soon, but have patience Have a great day!
Not related to health But in other news.. I got the CALL! I am headed to montreal TOMORROW for my marriage visa interview! I will get to marry my Fiance ( on paper) before he is deployed! Miracles do happen! I will be busy for the next few weeks but hope to be online as much as I can. I want to stay on plan while im going through all of this of course.
In the next few weeks I will be traveling to montreal, New York, kansas and kentucky, finding apartments, GETTING MARRIED, changing my name, and spending every momemnt with my hubby to be before he is deployed! WOW. Once im settled I will have AMPLE 3FC time tho until I get a visa to work. Crazyness lies ahead.. but im excited/nervous. Who would have thought id have to have an interview with the govt to be allowed to marry an american?!
Sorry Red about the food descriptions--I got carried away there for a minute!
Well today back on track, motivated after a spotty week-end. Going to spin class now. Will catch up with everyone in more detail later.....
WTG Faux! Congrats! (I posted more elsewhere)
Congrats also to Jolly--madness sometimes helps things, huh? Now push through that barrier like I recently did--no looking back.....
Yay! Arabella, such discipline! It will show effects later, I'm sure.
Hang in there miriam--you will find new motivation soon, I'm sure.
Where I stand on Wednesday (not including Wednesday)
NEW CHALLENGES:
No sugar 3 days completed/undecided on pauses
Vegetable juice 3 days completed/3 pauses
Food and exercise journal 2 days complete/no pauses
CHALLENGES:
No booze 7 days completed/no pauses allowed (started Aug. 20)
No smoking 7 days completed/no pauses allowed (started Aug. 20)
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No alcohol current straight 8 days/longest straight thus far June 28-August 3 = 36 days
No sugar current straight 3 days/longest straight was 39 days (July 1-Aug. 9)
No cigs current straight 7 days/longest straight was 38 days straight July 1-Aug. 8
No processed foods current straight 3 days/longest straight 40 days (July 1-Aug.10)
No time to write now. Will write later! fauxtini, great news!!!
Last edited by redballoon; 08-26-2008 at 09:19 PM.
Evening All!!
I haven't been on here since the end of last year. I was doing so well, but then life took a turn and my efforts got put on the back burner.
But I'm back in full force now!!
Personal Challenges:
Stay within my daily WW Points - 1 Pause
Stop Smoking - 1 Pause
Gym 6 Days a week - no pauses
Well, I'm plugging along, feeling really sorry for myself and depressed and yet somewhat hopeful...I wonder why being healthy, eating really well and not putting junk into our bodies is SO hard in the Western world. I mean, the garbage is EVERYWHERE and people think it's so weird to be trying not to reach for it. Sigh. Even if I were to become a real health nut and in wondeful shape, I don't want to get satisfaction from comparing myself to others though and thinking stuff like..."Oh, wow, she looks old for her age," or "wow, bad skin" or "get a load of that beer gut" ... all things people could say or could have said about me at various points in my life. Sigh. I guess I will just have to embrace this lifestyle and the commitment to it and try to take part in it as much as possible without compromising that commitment. Tough stuff, but I have made tremendous progress with the no drinking...the idea of going to a bar with a buddy who drinks pints with burgeoning gusto and me sitting there drinking hot oolong tea....now that borders on the obscene!!!
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beachluvr -- Welcome back! Hope to see you in here a lot! Gym challenge doesn't fit the parameters, so just take a pause a week and you got it! But, my oh my, no smoking and a diet challenge. Those are tough! Best of luck to you!
Arabella -- Good work!
modcat -- Heh, no worries on the food porn! Oh, AND by the way...I wandered over to the mini-goal section to find some inspiration and did I find some!! You, looking utterly fantastic! Wow! Major congratulations to you. And where are you expecting to find 45 lbs to lose still?! I sure wish I could get as good-looking as you so I could post some photos. Right now, all I ever dare to show people are face shots because my face has always been thin(nish). I have some photos that I dare not look at (I peeked once and that was enough) of me on my horse and I will use that as my before shots when I get down to my lean, sleek self. Again though, you look fab, years younger and majorily happy! So....tell us about the cabana boy....
faux -- So, you must be so excited!! Does having an interview mean pretty sure you'll get the visa? I sure hope so. Well, you sound like you're going to be super busy but I do hope you'll keep up with us. I'd miss you if you didn't!
jolly -- There you are! Insanity starting?! Oh, my!! BUT, 200 on the scale!!! Hurrah!!! Great stuff, great stuff!! And what a bunch of saves, water over soda and veggies over Mac's!! Kudos to you!
Well, just checking in before leaving to that den of inequity some call Las Vegas. I have some new mini-challenges for the next 5 days to get through without completely falling off the wagon. As I am on my 7th day straight without any alcohol BUT gave myself 3 pauses, and will be there 4 nights, I hope to go at least one night with NO alcohol so I don't have to restart. I can resist during the day, it's the evenings out that will be tough.
Also:
I hope to go to the gym to exercise every morning, and eat sparingly and healthfully for breakfast and lunch so I can enjoy my dinners at some good restaurants.
Where I stand:
No booze: completed 6 days (3 pauses left)
No processed junk food snacks: completed 3 days (2 pauses left)
exercise/walk everyday: completed 3 days (2 pauses left)
Red: aw, thanks for your compliments, and your kind words.
Yep. I'm still considered obese and still hovering between 30 and 31 BMI. (or is it body fat index?) Notice I show no pics of my lower self in shorts, and try to hide my fat arms as best as possible. I have always had heavier hips/thighs, and more bottom heavy. Now what boobs I have are rapidly shrinking, oh well. I'd much rather be able to wear shorts and feel like I can go into any store and buy cute stuff than have boobs (maybe my hubby doesn't agree, lol!) At least my face is beginning to find it's neck again, in a good way, I mean!
beachluvr: welcome (I guess welcome back--but I wasn't here then!) You sound like you have good challenges to shoot for. Glad to hear your life is more back to normal?
BTW Red, I'm sure you are a lot harder on yourself and the way you look than you need to be. Most of us are. But then again, that is what is great about the internet--you can be fairly anonymous and it doesn't matter.
I think you gotta do whatever you feel comfortable with. I resisted putting up pics for only a few weeks, and did it b/c I needed to own up to myself how bad I'd gotten, and also, needed a selfish feel-good that day, b/c I knew my weight loss was beginning to show and I needed someone to notice and some nice comments. (I received a lot more than I expected--it was so nice, and needed!) As I am fairly new to California, I don't know many people and haven't seen any old friends or family in a long while to notice. My brother and his wife are coming in a week--can you believe these are the first visitors from my side in the nearly two years I've been here? (Although I have visited family about three times in the last two years, but I was fatter than I am now).
Anyway, gotta run and finish packing, leaving in 4 hours--hope to check in on the 31st, if not before.......
HI all. I had to pop in quick on lunch, and post. i had a close shave here. Been feeling like i was doing really good. Making progress. Not losing my mind Well, today cravings struck. I know it is triggered by lack of sleep - that still is my worst trigger. I had two forms of And then I was all prepped to "blow" the rest of the day. despite the fact I run tonight, and the scale this morning was BELOW 200. Actually, that might have been a subconscious part of the trigger. I am almost able to officially announce that I am out of the 200's for the first time in 15 years. . .
Good news is that I was able to pop some gum, get busy with work stuff (and let me tell you, with everything going on and a vacation coming up, there is tons of work stuff), and then sat down to my healthy lunch. I had about 700 calories I didn't need, but it could have been worse.
Feeling so bummed. My weight is way up again and I've been so good. It's always like this. I just can't seem to lose weight. Something has got to be wrong with me. It all adds to the stress. If I could say, well, I'm doing this so that's the reason for my not losing weight or something, anything I could lay the blame on, then fine, but I really can't see it and I'm so sick of it. The other day I kept running to the loo and thought I'd see a weight loss but barely and then today my weight is way up again and I didn't even eat salty stuff and of course I'm on no sugar and no booze so it's not easy. Sigh. Will I ever be able to break out of these chains?
Where I stand on Thursday (not including Thursday)
NEW CHALLENGES:
No sugar 4 days completed/undecided on pauses
Vegetable juice 4 days completed/3 pauses
Food and exercise journal 3 days complete/no pauses
CHALLENGES:
No booze 8 days completed/no pauses allowed (started Aug. 20)
No smoking 8 days completed/no pauses allowed (started Aug. 20)
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No alcohol current straight 9 days/longest straight thus far June 28-August 3 = 36 days
No sugar current straight 4 days/longest straight was 39 days (July 1-Aug. 9)
No cigs current straight 8 days/longest straight was 38 days straight July 1-Aug. 8
No processed foods current straight 4 days/longest straight 40 days (July 1-Aug.10)
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jolly -- It sounds like you are having a "good anxiety" attack. I do this too, though not recently because I haven't had the weight loss recently.. Whenever things start to look up or I have something good happen, I get all excited inside and that has the same effect as something bad happening. I turn to food. I don't think it's fear of success or fear of looking good. No, it's nothing so eclectic. It's simply...things like this don't happen too often, so when they do, they send me for a loop. Your getting under 200 for the first time in 15 years!!! Wow!!! is huge and surely getting you all churned up inside, even if it's a good thing. So, please be careful. Deep breaths. Calm. Try to sit quietly, meditate a bit..you can do that anywhere..you don't have to sit cross-legged in yoga tights with incense burning...and just say, "I'm going to get through this quietly and calmly and with an inner peaceful joy" .....or something like that! Good luck!
mod -- Have a great time in Vegas! Yes, you can do without the alcohol for a night. You can. You can! Just focus on something else. Just order drinks without alcohol so you don't feel left out. People don't care. Or order a cocktail without the alcohol and don't worry if the bartender thinks you're nuts. You can do it on the sly if the people you're with want you to drink. I find that so often people don't like to drink alone. I am like that. Fortunately, I have drinking buddies who don't care if I'm drinking or not as long as they can! And, you are NOT obese! So please stop with the put-downs. You are so cute and really look good. As for photos of me, it's not that I hate how I am now. I mean, it's not that bad, well, maybe it's just because I've been like this for sooo long that I've gotten used to it. The thing is, I haven't lost enough weight to feel good enough about the difference. It's not really visible to people I think and I want to wow people with some super pics like yours!! Hope to hear from you soon!
Thanks for the info red. That does make more sense.
Have fun in Vegas Mod!
I had a great day, completed all three challenges. Hope everyone is doing well.
Personal Challenges: Day 1 Complete
Stay within my daily WW Points - 1 Pause
Stop Smoking - 1 Pause
Gym 7 Days a week - 3 Pauses
I've also signed up for the Miracle Mile Walk October 18th. It's a 3 mile walk to benefit breast cancer! As of today I'm only walking 2.2 miles, so I have a bit to go. I just need some fund raising ideas.
210.6. Doing well with food and exercise but didn't meditate yesterday and didn't report in, so... here I am. Scale's budging a bit but I was 207 a few weeks ago and thought that these pounds up were temporary and would go in a whoosh. Still waiting on the whoosh fairy...
Beachluvr, fundraising is the hard part, isn't it! I'd rather just make a donation and do my walk or run. In Canada, the big Breast Cancer fundraising run/walk is so aggressive about it that I just don't even want to do it. It makes you feel like if you're not personally responsible for thousands of dollars your effort isn't appreciated. I prefer the "every bit counts" approach.
Shymoment, hope the knee gets better soon!
RB, hang in there! Days like that come and go. As long as we put in the effort, it will work. Sometimes just seems to take a while. Plus, off booze and cigs at the same time? That's gotta be hard. You're doing great!
Jollygirl, wow, under 200! I'm with you on the fatigue thing (no wonder it contains the word "fat"). If I was always well rested, I don't think I ever would have gained so much. So here's to sleep!
Hey all. Quick fly by. I am such a geek, but I had to get my space organized how I wanted it, before i could start studying. I spent way too long with that. Good news is that I finally got my router to work. I called tech support, and the guy was GREAT walking me through it. I guess they get non techies like me all the time.
Not official until Saturday, but the scale was at 198 today. The run last night, and moving furniture like crazy burned off the oops I guess. I can't even wrap my mind around that. 198
So, sorry so quick. Hello to everyone. Keep up the great, but hard, work. i have to finish going through orientation materials, then STUDY
I couldn't believe it. 
Woo hoo. This is amazing. I just need to keep going, and not sidetrack myself due to busy and overtired. The cool thing is that even though I was having cravings yesterday due to lack of sleep etc, I was listening to the voice saying "No, you need water not soda. No, you need to munch on some veggies, not McD's" And the new pants I bought last week, that I felt really uncomfortable about because I thought there was some "camel toe" issues? The slipped on like a dream this morning.
Have a great day! 
that said "Why not have a glass of wine and redo Day 1 tomorrow?" I did tai chi, meditated instead. 
feeling like an angel....with clipped wings
Hope to see you in here a lot! 
Gym challenge doesn't fit the parameters, so just take a pause a week and you got it! But, my oh my, no smoking and a diet challenge. Those are tough! Best of luck to you! 
Oh, AND by the way...I wandered over to the mini-goal section to find some inspiration and did I find some!! You, looking utterly fantastic! Wow! 
Major congratulations to you. 
And where are you expecting to find 45 lbs to lose still?! 
I sure wish I could get as good-looking as you so I could post some photos. Right now, all I ever dare to show people are face shots because my face has always been thin(nish). I have some photos that I dare not look at (I peeked once and that was enough) of me on my horse and I will use that as my before shots when I get down to my lean, sleek self. Again though, you look fab, years younger and majorily happy! So....tell us about the cabana boy.... 
Great stuff, great stuff!! And what a bunch of saves, water over soda and veggies over Mac's!! Kudos to you! 
And then I was all prepped to "blow" the rest of the day. despite the fact I run tonight, and the scale this morning was BELOW 200. Actually, that might have been a subconscious part of the trigger. I am almost able to officially announce that I am out of the 200's for the first time in 15 years. . . 
Whenever things start to look up or I have something good happen, I get all excited inside and that has the same effect as something bad happening. I turn to food. I don't think it's fear of success or fear of looking good. No, it's nothing so eclectic. It's simply...things like this don't happen too often, so when they do, they send me for a loop. Your getting under 200 for the first time in 15 years!!! Wow!!! is huge and surely getting you all churned up inside, even if it's a good thing. So, please be careful. Deep breaths. Calm. Try to sit quietly, meditate a bit..you can do that anywhere..you don't have to sit cross-legged in yoga tights with incense burning...and just say, "I'm going to get through this quietly and calmly and with an inner peaceful joy" .....or something like that! Good luck! 
As of today I'm only walking 2.2 miles, so I have a bit to go. I just need some fund raising ideas.
Day 1, again
I'm with you on the fatigue thing (no wonder it contains the word "fat"). If I was always well rested, I don't think I ever would have gained so much. So here's to sleep! 
