today i got so much done so i'm continuting the productivity and starting a journal. a little about me...i'm 18 yo and a freshman in college (i've managed to bypass the freshman 15 :laugh:) the most i've ever weighed is 183 but i'm only 5'3. 3 years ago i lost 20 pounds not trying at all. this year so far i've lost 8 pounds. i've started excercising 5-6 days a week in the last 6 weeks and have no trouble keeping this up. i use a cross-trainer and do an intensive 25 min workout (about 2.5 miles) and then either lift weights or use a row machine. i haven't lost anything since i started working out. i've stayed steady at 155. its incredibly frustrating to try so hard and not lose anything. i've decided i'm only going to weigh myself once a month b'c i had started doing it entirely too much and its just depressing. i just have issues with eating. i eat alot between meals. most of it is healthy...turkey slices, rice cakes, granola bars etc. but i'm thinking maybe that's why my weight is stagnate. i can't seem to control myself and that scares me even though i think when i eat how bad of a thing it is. i'm not that much overweight but i've always been overweight and i want to see how healthy people live. i'm hoping my journal will be motivation and control. :tomato:

Hi, welcome to diettalk I've only been here 3 days, and already it's been a huge help. :)
It sound's like you're doing great with the excercise. If you're not losing maybe it's because you're gaining muscle which weighs more than fat. If you're clothes are fitting looser then that's probably what's happening. :D
Keep up the good work
God bless
-Rachel

thanks chica...i appreciate the words. i read part of your journal and it seems like we want the same things :-) bikini would definitely be nice b'c i've never worn one. i did okay today, but i went a little wild with the teddy grahms :o maybe that's the problem. i'm trying tho. i can't tell if my clothes are looser or not, so therefore the most likely answer is not. but i refuse to weigh myself until feb 28. so until then i guess its the guessing game.

i guess today went alright. i slept in (yay) and excercised 20 min (cross trainer) and lifted weights. i guess i did okay on my eating, but i'm not really sure b'c i don't know how to calorie count. i went tonight to see black hawk down. fantabulous movie, but don't see it if you have a week stomach:laugh: i still have held out and not weighed myself yet. i don't understand why it isn't visible tho...what else can i do? until tomorrow...

Congrats on all the exercise you have been doing. You said you don't know how to count calories. I didn't really either so I looked for a web site to help me. Here is the url address maybe it can help you also.

http://www.caloriescount.com/cgi-bin/Enhanced_calcalc/enhanced_calcalc.cgi

just copy and paste the above address and it is a calorie counter. I use it all the time when planning my calories for the day. Keep up the good work and you will get to where you wanna be.

Judy2:rose: :rose:

thanks so much judy for the advice and website. its nice to know there are people out there on your side.

today i did pretty well. i decided to take a break from the cross trainer so i don't get tired of it. so i used a row machine for 12 min and biked for 40 min (14.5 mi). the bike is incredibly useful (and faster...almost half the time) when you have reading to do for school or something else :ex: oh well, i should do good for the rest of the day but we'll see. i've also decided to start a challenge for myself. instead of the 21 day challenge i'm going to do a 40 day challenge also incorporating lent. i'm going to cut out chips, candy, and coke...the 3 c's. i know its kinda cliche, but its where part of the problem lies. hope everyone is doing great with their goals.

i was a bad girl today...i had a huge omelette for breakfast today before a huge psych exam. it made me so sick that i remembered why i don't/can't eat breakfast. i think i did okay on the psych exam altho my eating was pretty unhealthy all day. i did do my daily excercise on the cross trainer and think i'm ready to move up a level :lift: i'm still battling the need to weigh myself, but i will win out...i have a date with the scale feb 28.

Annie:

Eating breakfast is not a bad thing but if as you say it makes you sick .Try eating something lighter like a piece of toast with peanut butter on it. Another thing you might want to try in your journal is putting down what you eat for the day. I do and I know it has helped me heaps. Congrats on giving up the three C's. In no time you will find you don't even miss them.:)
Make sure you drink plenty of :water: though as it is good for you.
Keep up the good work.

Judy

:coach: go Anniemurky go

last night i couldn't get on b'c the site was down as many peeps know. i did the cross trainer for 25 min and lifted some weights. tonight i'm signed up for the cross trainer again as usual. i had a hamburger for lunch today and i've had some rice cakes (yum!) and i have no clue what's on the menu for tonight. i want to weigh myself sooooo bad so i can see how i'm doing and let you guys know if its good/bad. i'm afraid it will have gone up and i'll just lose hope. thanks again for the comments judy2...they really help out :D

Sounds like you are right on track! I agree with the tip to eat something light for breakfast. I favor eating leftovers for breakfast myself, but right now I'm doing the oatmeal-every-day thing, trying to make sure my cholesterol is within healthy limits. Those packs of flavored instant oatmeal are great to take to work.
I could use some of your energy with the exercising! I slept in today myself, as usual. (Sleeping in for me means I get up at 6 instead of at 5:30. Now weekends? I would sleep all day if I could. I still haven't found a sleepaholics anonymous group.)
Have a great day, anniegirl! Keep on truckin'!!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE!!!
thanks jorine for the advice and support. i did pretty good today...worked out, lifted weights, ate okay, drank 8 glass of water, and peed like a racehorse :laugh: i also went to see harry potter (2nd time) with a couple friends. a friend of mine has a cupid birthday so after that i went to beat him in pool. so today was just a happy day and i'm really feeling good about myself. does anyone else weigh once a month? i'm afraid when i actually weigh, it won't have gone down. it definitely should have, but i was wondering what people do to keep motivated to stay on track if the scale hasn't budged...any thoughts?

Annie

I guess the only way to stay motivated is to stay focused for me. Even if the scale hasn't moved it's ok. As long as when it does move it's downward not upwards. I feel as long as your sticking to your plan and exercising then there is no way that needle on the scale can go anyway but down. and if it goes up blame it on the Aliens again. :laugh: Them little buggers have a way of taking over our scales every now and then. :D
Your doing great with everything so just keep up the good work. And remember we are WOMEN we are INVICIBLE:ex: :ex:



Judy2:rose: :rose:

The most effective way I've found to cope with the scale either not moving or moving in the wrong direction, is to get angry. I was afraid of the dark as a child, and my older brother took advantage of that fact to terrify me occasionally. I found that if I was going into a dark room and I didn't know if he (or something unkown!) was in there, I wasn't scared if I got good and mad and went in there ready to kick some brother (or monster) a**!!! I don't get angry easy, I have to work up to it. SO when I step on the scale now, instead of getting sad and wanting to eat and getting scared and wanting to go curl up in bed and cry, I get pissed-off and go into hyper-speed cleaning my house (it's a great work-out and it kills two birds with one stone.)

i haven't been on here in sooo long. i went out of town and haven't had access. i'm still doing good with everything and i appreciate the comments from judy2 and jorine(btw...great plan to get good and mad X-( ) wow...sarah hughes just won gold...awesome (sorry that was a tangent). but i appreciate all of the comments to help me along. i'm still excercising and eating alright. i'm getting sick so i don't know how that's going to affect my excercise routine. hope everyone has a great weekend!