kris

4 more pounds gone! That actually surprises me a little because I ate worse this week compared to last, when I only lost three pounds. I was thinking I’d only lose 1, maybe 1.5. So all in all I’m completely happy with my results.

The visit to my Mother’s house is over, and I’ll be heading back home tomorrow. I can’t wait to go back to preparing every meal myself. It was really hard for me being here because if I didn’t want to eat something she prepared, she got a little offended (at first really, she’s been better this week). It’s not like I was rude about it, I would simply say “Sorry Mom, I can’t eat ____ because of the low-cal diet. Wish I could” (and boy did I wish I could :P). Anyway, home tomorrow!

I’m thinking I would like to take up jogging in the near future. Does anyone have good tips or starting points? It’s been something I’ve been interested in a while, but always just figured I couldn’t do it. Now I know that I just need to do it, start off slow, and work my way up to what I want to be able to do.

Hope everyone is doing well!

I’m just wondering how other people dieting right now handle cheating, and how people maintaining choose when to splurge.  I’m interested in hearing what everyone else does

I’m starting to become aggravated with people not supporting my lifestyle changes and choices.  Mainly, my mother.  I have been visiting her for the past week, and she’s basically tried to feed me fast food and junk.  The first day I got here I explained that I very recently decided to change my lifestyle, and pay better attention to what I’m eating.  Right now I’m on a low-calorie diet to help lose the weight, but I don’t plan to ever go back to my old eating habits.  When I get to my goal weight I’ll up my calories, but for right now I’m being extra careful with every single thing I put in my mouth.  Each day she’s been asking me if I’d like something when she goes out to get fast food, and when I remind her that I am not eating that stuff anymore she asks if I’m sure!  One day she went as far as to bring me back a sandwich anyway (which I put in the refrigerator so someone else could eat it).  Today she mentioned that she bought lemonade (which is my favorite), but I told her I didn’t want to drink it because of the calories.  (I don’t plan to never have lemonade again, mind you, but for right now it’s off limits)  She actually told me that, “You aren’t fun anymore.”  What does that even mean?  Because I’m trying to work hard, and watch what I eat it makes me no fun?  I’m just annoyed that not only is she giving me little support, she seems to be trying to set me up to fail.  Has anyone else had anything like that happen?  I’m just so frustrated and I don’t know what to say to her.  At this point I just can’t wait to go back to my apartment.

Thanks for reading!  I hope everyone else’s day is going better.

So I decided that I should really think about goals and rewards.  I have an end-goal picked out, but now I need to think of some things I’ve always wanted.  What I’d really like is to get out of the plus size shops, and to celebrate when my thighs don’t touch.  Unfortunately I have no idea at what weight those will happen, so I’m having trouble setting up my list.  So instead I decided to just put number goals, with those as bonuses.

199-  A new kitchen gadget (I love those things, lol)
175- 3 New Pairs of Jeans
155- Visit my Best Friend (she recently moved out of state and is badgering me to visit)
140- Visit an Amusement Park
130- A cruise!
?Work out for 45 consecutive minutes- A new Wii game
?Work out for 1 consecutive hour- a new piece of exercise equipment
?When I lose my double chin- new earrings and necklace
?When I’m into a size 11/12- 3 New Outfits!  (that’s to a size 12 from a size 22)
?When my thighs no longer touch- A pair of designer jeans

At first I had trouble thinking of any mini goals and rewards, then I made a huge, greedy list!  I just like rewarding myself, lol.  Maybe that will motivate me to work even harder!

Hello everyone!  I’m a little over two weeks since I started to diet, and I’m having troubles about the exact opposite of what I expected.  I cut out fast foods and sugary drinks.  I’ve made healthy substitutions just about everywhere I can.  My original thoughts were that I would have a lot of trouble making these changes, but I’ve been doing much better than I had expected.  The trouble is that I’m not hitting my goal calories.  I’m having a lot of trouble getting myself to eat 1,200 calories a day.  I’ve stopped eating out of boredom, and I’ve been eating only when I physically feel hungry.  The past few days I’ve had to force myself to eat just to get to 1000 calories, but haven’t been able to eat more than that.  I’m not really sure what I should do.  I was thinking maybe finding something to snack on that is both healthy, and a bit higher in calories?  I would love some advice on how to continue eating healthy, and getting in the 1200 minimum calories.

As for the activity side of this lifestyle change, I’m disappointed in myself.  I was busy all weekend, and only worked out maybe 30 minutes.  I know that I can make time to work out, but I’m still acting like I can’t.  I’m on a work-out rollercoaster- I’ll be diligent for about 3 days, and then completely revert back to my lazy, excuse-making self.

I hope everyone is doing well!

-Krissy

Well, I guess it’s time for me to finally sit down and start the blogging.  I really would like to try and blog weekly to try and keep myself motivated.  I have been overweight since elementary school, and finally decided that I would like to change that.  I was helping a friend move to a new apartment, and realized I was winded after about six trips up a flight of stairs.  I would like to become healthy.  I’m hoping by my 25th birthday that I will no longer have to shop in Plus-size stores and sections (end of May, 2010).  Before when I’d think about losing weight, I was one of those “tomorrow is better” people.  Since my decision about two weeks ago, I’ve been doing surprisingly well.  I haven’t strayed from my new eating habits (it’s really not a diet for me, I’ve altered the way I eat), and actually haven’t had the cravings that I thought I would.  I’m sure I’ll have my moments of weakness, but I’m very happy with my start so far.  I’m having more trouble with the exercising regularly.  I’ve been trying a variety of activities, but I’m having trouble finding something I like.  I really wish I had a local buddy to exercise with I decided this week that I wanted to buy a Wii and a Wii Fit.  I’ve read that for people that are new to exercising it actually showed some results.  I’ve been thinking of getting it for a while (because if nothing else it looked fun :P), but couldn’t justify the spending to myself.  However, I decided that for starting to exercise I KNOW I’d be willing to use that daily.  I played about an hour tonight and it’s really fun!  It isn’t exactly a hardcore workout, but it’s about what I expected.  I know that I’ll use it, and that is a START.  As long as I can get myself motivated to move for 30-60 minutes daily on it, I’ll be happy.  Oh, and the surprise good news!  Well, I decided when this began to weigh myself on Mondays for the duration of the summer, and then switch to Sundays when I go back to school.  On my Monday Weigh in, I hadn’t lost anything.  I wasn’t discouraged though, because my clothing is already fitting better.  I assumed it was from gaining some muscle, but still losing some fat.  When I set up my Wii today, it did an initial weigh in and… I’ve lost 5 pounds!  I thought that maybe it was a mistake, or the Wii was incorrect.  I ran to my scale to double check, and sure enough I’m down to 220.  I might not have been discouraged from no change, but I’m extra motivated now to see a loss in the numbers.I hope everyone else is doing well!