HI everyone. Some of you probably remember me, others, maybe not. In any case, hi and hi again!

The last couple of months have been hectic. I've been diagnosed with a hormonal imbalance, and the doctor has told me I have Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, which is causing my metabolism to be slower.than.slow!

hurray!
So, I start today on weight loss, again. For the last time. :)


January 08, 2003

EXERCISE: Nothing. I was put off by waking up late.
FOOD: Overate entirely too much. I need to learn to resist the chocolate-covered cookies, cookies, wheat thins, chocolate-covered almonds, and soda. argh. I will try to do better, that's all I can say.
WATER: the one thing I *did* do well with, getting my 8 glasses all in.
DAY?
My day went to absolute hell. Last night I decided that I was going to FINALLY go to school after being out for about two months due to my battling depression and social anxiety disorder on my absolute own. I set my alarm, but on the WRONG setting. It went off on the music setting, and since there was no CD in there, nothing played to wake me up at 6:30am. Instead, I ended up waking up at 11am. Once my planning for a day has fallen through, I feel defeated and give up. I went back to sleep. :(
My ORIGINAL plan for the day was to wake up at 6:30, do the Basic TaeBo video, shower and then eat a nice breakfast. Then to have made it to school by 8am.

That's the plan for tomorrow. I feel very confident about this time around. :)

Hi, Sara

we seem to have very parallel universes. I am a Sara(h) , and I have the same problem with making plans and never seeming to get them done, and I also do Tae-bo. (insert The Twilight Zone theme music here)

We are all certainly glad that you are back. Just take it one day at a time and if you need anything feel free to contact me, (honestly I have the time, I have no life) J/K

See ya later

Sarah

Hi, Sara

we seem to have very parallel universes. I am a Sara(h) , and I have the same problem with making plans and never seeming to get them done, and I also do Tae-bo. (insert The Twilight Zone theme music here)

We are all certainly glad that you are back. Just take it one day at a time and if you need anything feel free to contact me, (honestly I have the time, I have no life) J/K

See ya later

Sarah

sorry about the double post my computer is stupid!

And guess what? I used to live in Texas.
*more twilight zone music*
hehehe

I have PCOS as well, Good luck

Jeni

Hello and welcome back.
It takes time to get into a routine with the exercise and food but over time it comes down to total routine. its just changing all the bad habits into good ones.
think to all the bad habits and how easy they were to follow, well in time so will all the good habits be easier to follow too.

your off to a great start. be strong,have faith and you will find success. good luck with school too and take care.

J A N U A R Y - 0 9 , 2 0 0 3

EXERCISE:
I walked approximately 3k today. It was simply amazing. I feel so much better at the END of my walk than when I just start out, which is telling me that I'm definitely doing something right! I also did 4 reps of 10 on each arm with 5lb weights (that I bought tonight at Wal Mart.. woo hoo!)

FOOD:
I've had a bowl of corn flakes, 4 marshmallows, a handful of peanuts, a cup o'soup, a piece of chicken, about a cup of potatoes, rice mixture and a pear for a night snack after my 1k walk.

WATER:
I've had 60 oz of water today. I'm going to try to have at least one more as my daily goal (six 12-oz glasses)

DAY?:
I went to school today to talk to my instructor after being absent for two whole months. Everything is going to be fine, and I'm so happy about that. I just need to work hard for the next little bit and things will ease up.
When I walked to Wal Mart tonight, I went straight to the 'fitness' department. I picked up two 5-lb dumbbells and a SHAPE magazine and headed straight to the cashier. Then I went to the grocery store next to Wal Mart and bought some skim milk (the only milk I've ever drank) and 2 lbs of Bosc Pears. Mmm.. Fruit.
I feel very confident in my journey. I'm so happy.

Hey Sara,

How did you ever go from Texas to Canada? but nevertheless that makes 4 amazing coincidences (once again insert twilight zone theme music)

What year of school are you in, do you have specific field of study?

see ya laters

way to go staying on track today!

Love, Sarah

Way to go Sara.. I hope you can turn things around now. Sounds like you have made a lot of progress. I bet getting the diagnosis from your doctor made you feel so validated and understood. I just recently was put on Thyroid medication.. maybe that will help me as well my doctor believes it will. Well good luck on your journey. :)

J A N U A R Y 1 0 , 2 0 0 3

EXERCISE:
absolutely nothing

FOOD:
Way too much. About 2500 calories to be approximating. Gosh.

WATER:
barely any

DAY?:
My day was absolute ****. I binged and ate a ton of shepherd's pie, ice cream and chocolate. But you know what? I'm going to move past it. Every day is a new day.

You have a good attitude. Tomorrow is a new day and there is no point in dwelling on not being perfect. I think we all need to spend a little more time focussing on what we are doing right. Glad to see you posting. I know I feel tons better somehow just coming in here to post. And talking to my friends today. God bless OTHER PEOPLE.. :) Hope to get to know you here on dt. Have a great day tomorrow!:cat:

Thanks so much Bettyboop. :)


J A N U A R Y 1 1 , 2 0 0 3

EXERCISE:
TaeBo for 25 minutes, for the first time in AGES. It felt sooooo good. Goddamnit I wish the snow would end though. I wanna get out there and WALKWALKWALK. And for all you naysayers that have the philosophy of "get out there anyway", there's blizzard conditions out there.. :-p

FOOD:
I'm hovering at around 1100 calories right now. So far I've had a bowl of Corn Flakes, a delectable chicken sandwich. Mmm. Plus a cupful of 240 calories worth of chocolate ice cream. Was it worth it? HELL YES. hehehe. I also had orange juice

WATER:
I've had liquids, but not water. As it is, I'm going up to get a nice big glass of ice water in a minute. Did you know that ice water burns calories? ;)

DAY?:
My day's been great. I'm just in high spirits :)

Hi Sara;
How did you happen to live in Texas and Nfld?
I'm really from Nova scotia but I'm working in Edmonton for a year.
Where are you going to school?
Well, enogh questions, hope you still are doing well, and that the blizzard conditions are letting up.
Pat

hey sara,

sorry I didn't get a chance to pop in yesterday, i was pooped so I just popped in.

soooooooo glad your day went better

Laters
Sarah

oh hey patricia.
to answer your question, I'm the daughter of a Registered Nurse. I was born in Alberta (to two newfie parents), moved to texas with my mother for a year(for a job she got there), and then when I was 11, I decided to move to Newfoundland to be with my dad. And when I was 16, I moved to Florida, and now I'm back in Newfoundland, going to a small community college doing Graphic Arts.

:)

Sarah,
Oh don't worry about it!

Ah, now I see, my daughter is a nurse too. She is from N.S., went to U.P.E.I; then worked in Halifax, Calgary,Bermuda, now Edmonton and then going to Alaska. And she is only in her mid twenties. So I guess it's be a nurse and see the world!
Are you snowed under there? It was terrible when i was trying to get out of the Halifax airport last week.

J A N U A R Y 1 2 , 2 0 0 3

EXERCISE:
No exercise. :-/

FOOD:
I ingested about 1600 calories. Someone tell me it's not the end of the world? :-/

WATER:
Lots of this stuff

DAY?:
My day's been kinda crappy, but that's okay. It's 10:30pm here now, and since I have school in the morning, I'm going to get to bed right now. Tomorrow I'll wake at 6:45 and do my basic (or 8 minute, I haven't decided) of TaeBo.

I hope your days have been nice. :)

Holy crap, just a quick note. I feel AMAZING. I just did the Basic TaeBo video, and I'm feeling good. I also ate twice as much as I usually do for breakfast because I found that I haven't been eating enough!
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Patricia,
Yea, there's quite a lot of snow. I grew up living in outport Newfoundland, so I was spared from the snow because of the mild ocean weather, but since I live in central Newfoundland now going to college, it's been a maaaajor change. :)

Sara~

1600 calories is NOT too much for someone of our weight dietting...not too much at all, so don't feel guilty about it :) I also have Poly Cystic Ovarian Disease/Syndrome, but here's the good news: as you lose weight, yours symptoms will start to go away some too! Isn't that exciting? Because we're young, we can still try to chase it away and prevent ourselves from becoming diabetics! Yippee!

Anyhow, i don't know if you remember be, but i remember you and i've missed you and your wit - welcome back!


morgayne

morgayne,
OH MY GOODNESS! I so remember you! I was reading your journal thread and was saying to myself "morgayne.. I think I know her!!" and your journal title = Tori Amos, right? ;) woo hoo Tori!
Actually, if you'll believe it, I'd totally forgotten that I could develop diabetes from having this PCOS crap until you mentioned it just now. When I was going through the rigorous blood tests to figure out why I was excessively bleeding for 6 weeks straight, the first thing they tested for was diabetes.. and I have perfect blood sugar (which is good!). When I was diagnosed, they asked if I had thought about weight loss, and instructed me to lose at least as much that would get me down to 180 lbs (which is considered a healthy weight for me, but I want to be lower).
Thanks for stopping in hon! I missed you and DT too, but rest assured, you'll see so much of me now that you'll get sick of me. ;)!!

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J A N U A R Y 1 3 , 2 0 0 3

EXERCISE:
I did TaeBo basic this morning at 6:30, then I walked to school (about a kilometre) at 8am. I think I may do another video, but that's not set in stone. ;)

FOOD:
I ingested about 1600 calories! I'm slowly trying to work my way up to about 1700, but it does take a while. I need to watch my fat grams because I ate about SEVENTY today! SEVENTY! The main culprit in that is the 18 grams of fat in that can of mushroom soup. I'm a s-u-c-k-e-r for Campbell's cream of mushroom soup, so I'm going to go for the lower-fat variety next time. :) In all, I did pretty well!

WATER:
I'd had three (16 oz) glasses by the time I left the house this morning. YOU judge. hehe

DAY?:
My day's been nice. I got to talk to my boyfriend for a bit before he went to bed (about 10 minutes ago), which is a nightly ritual, and always boosts my spirits. I told him that I've lost 6 lbs so far and know what he said? "Now don't go getting all supermodel on me!". He is the most adorable creature on the face of this earth, I swear. I'm so terribly grateful for him!

Sounds like a pretty great day, all in all :) I'm glad you remember me ;) But isn't it sweet when the boys in our life say such cute things? Mr. Sailor (if you read my journal you'll here all about him) says "whatever makes you happy...but you're not going to get all skinny, are you?" It's cute...and nice to know that they like us exactly how we are - as long as they don't try to sabatoge us.

Have you heard the new Tori? Mom got it for me for Christmas....


morgayne

morgayne,
OF COURSE I've heard the new Tori! In fact, the wonderful boyfriend I talked about is the one that got me "Scarlet's Walk" for Christmas, "a sorta fairytale" single and "Smashing Pumpkins' Greatest Hits". I LOOOVVVVE HIMMMM!! hehehe


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J A N U A R Y 1 4 , 2 0 0 3


EXERCISE:
I did 15 minutes of dancing my ass off this morning (seriously.. haha) and I did a kilometre of walking. Not bad at all!

FOOD:
I got up to a little over 1800 calories! I had a whole wheat chicken mcgrill at McDonald's, a diet coke and a fruit 'n yogurt parfait. MMMMMmmmmm.. So worth the 500 calories total. ;)

WATER:
I did pretty great with the liquids today!

DAY:
Excellent, hands down. :D

Your doing so well and it is nice to know our men love us for who we are although i think they get threatened with the thought of us getting thinner. i know my hubby is somewhat but i dont let him sabatoge my weight loss.
this is for me.

you food menu looks good.
the cream of mushroom is a good soup but that is alot of fat grams so maybe the lower cal version if they have a fat free, i dont know if they do but i would just check and see. im not saying it will taste the same or not.

well you take care and hang tough.

Since the name of this thread is "Holding Myself Accountable", I'm going to do just that.


J A N U A R Y 1 5 , 2 0 0 3


EXERCISE:
nothing

FOOD:
I binged. I started out alright with a 3-white omelette w/veggies. then, I made rice krispies treats, and ate about half the batch. *sighs* Then I had about 25 marshmallows. So in all, I estimate that I had about 3000 calories.

WATER:
I drank a lot of the wet stuff

DAY:
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabsolute $hit.

Hey there Sara :)

Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and know that today is a new day. Eat healthy stuff today. Exercise today - know that yesterday is over and there's nothing to do about it now. And pat yourself on the back for making the healthy choice of an egg white and veggie omelette, girl - that's not what i'd do on a binge, good for you. Rice krispies treats are evil, yes...but throw away the rest of the batch right now...into the trash...get them out of your house so you don't eat the other half and feel like $hit tomorrow....Go on a walk today and realize that yesterday is gone!


Thinking of you,

morgayne

I fell off the wagon.
*sigh*

Get back on again.

*hugs*

morgayne

Come back, Sara!!!!! I miss you!!!! Come back and jump back on the damned wagon for your health and yourself!


morgayne

I'm back (AGAIN!) and I'll start tomorrow! :)

we all fall off the wagon - what is important is that we get back on it each time :)

SUPER happy your getting back on :)

Jade

I feel absolutely FABULOUS today. I took a 30-minute walk with the dog (a lhaso apso) and now my thighs are aching in a most WONDERFUL way. I've had 3 oranges and whole wheat toast with raspberry jam.

Mmm..

I feel so re-energized. woo hoo!

GREAT!!!!!!!!! I am happy to hear you doing so well :D

Jade

Yesterday was a very good day, and I'm becoming so confident again. I really like this feeling. Yesterday, I had a huge headache, so I slept most of the day, therefore only eating around 1300 calories, which is fine. No exercise, which is okay too.

Today, so far, I've had around 400 calories, and it's 9 am. I feel fantastic and will probably take the dog for a walk around 10:30 :)

stopping by to see how you are doing.
Hope all is well :)

Jade

I'm rehashing this thread to hold myself accountable. It's ancient and all, but damn.. I have to do this.

:)

Queensara, I'm glad you "rehashed" the thread so I could read it! Your journey is inspiring. I know you will reach all your goals with this great attitude you have.

I envy you your canine workout partner. I have a wonderful Old Dog, but she declines to exercise much ... prefers sleep! :)

Have a great day!