Well here it is, the start of my journal. I hope to lose 35 lbs by Christmas but the way I'm losing weight I'll be happy with 15lbs. when I first came on here I weighed 160 and got down to 150. I lost control and went up to 170 One week dieting and an hour everyday the treadmill I've lost 1 fricking pound All that work and just a pound!!!!!! I'm starting this journal to keep me on track and to show me the point at which I started. there is no guarantee that I will be writing everyday.
I will be honest at all times and I will be telling it as it is,Sorry in advance if I offend anyone But after all this is my journal. Dh and I are trying for our 3rd child this is our 3rd month trying and this is already aggravating me that I'm not prego! I love diet vanilla Coke and drink it instead of water I know its wrong and its one of the things I plan on changing! So here it is the start of it all my journal




Starting weight:170
my goals are:
Aug18 165 :jn Aug 8
Sept:18 160
Oct:18 155
Nov:18 150
Dec18 145
Jan18 140
Feb18 135

English

Everyone comes to DT for different reasons, but planning your food is planning for success. Otherwise we don't face what we're doing honestly. This weight loss is for you.

No apology needed. My journal is boring as grass but honest to a point.

I plan my daily food and then don't go back and show how I fail. But I know it.

So will watch for your success.

Donna

Thanks mdonna :)


Heard some thing on the news saying how many heath care worker jobs are going to be cut (contracted out) ( I thought it was just the support staff but it looks like all of us ) ugh it's looking bad! But who knows? Its typical that my work would not tell us, just let the news tell us. Morons X-( anyway work is always stressful


got up late had to eat something fast banana
had a bran muffin at work
diets v, coke
nutribar for lunch
bag of popcorn
fish & rice dinner
3 frozen fruit bars love them
nutribat snack bar
not drinking enough did actually drink some water

walked for an hour around Dallas road even looked around the cemetery

Hot Hot Hot It;so the hottest day of the year I don't want to work out I still have to "try" to work it in ! lost control today, a resident's family brought some candy in ohh you know the rest!!! A/f come today a bit down not prego yet!!!

granola and skim milk
candy (sit down meal)
diet V. Coke
nutribar
bag popcorn
cookies
frozen fruit bars
still not drinking as much water!!!!!!

I'm going to try and work out dam it

I did it: work out tape, the 3 mile walk. hate working out :ex: hate the sweeting, :ex: hate the jumping around, :ex: but i do like the way I feel when it's over

granola & skim milk
diet V. coke
nutribar
spuds chips
frozen fruit bars
chicken spaghetti
lots of diet V. coke

hour on the treadmill with weights

Hang in there, you'll meet your goals. I know what you mean about the v.coke. I am a sucker for sobe, especially the wisdom and nirvana but I try to stick with the green tea. As for the prego issue, I am sure you've been told that the more you stress the harder it is. We tried for 6 months to have our first. we joke that he has the "R" chromosome. All it took was a bottle fo rum and a soft blanket. ;)

Thanks for you words of encouragement Mohigan86 :) We are not stressing out that much. We are very happy with our boys (oldest turning 9 youngest turning 4) we have the attitude if it happens it happens,but I'm no spring chicken!!! ~:>


half a bagel with no fat cream cheese
v Cole
nutribar
frozen fruit bars
chicken wrap
some V.Coke some water
hour on the treadmill with weights

My Dad told me that he very high cholesterol and that the Dr. told him to loose weight. Asked him what he had for dinner he said hot turkey sandwich with gravy with mash potatoes looks like I have to have a little talk with him Oh the joys of parenting your parents !! 8-|

Weighed myself today I've lost 2 more lbs. :D went out with my best friend with the kids she brought some bad food to the park chips cheese buns

granola with banana
chips cheese bun ice tea
V. Coke
nurtibar
bag of popcorn
frozen fruit bars
small bag of crispy minis
V.Coke V. Coke V.coke

exercise tape: lucky

Funny I used to think that this was a tough exercise tape but now I feel that it's not long enough.I guess I'm in a treadmill and weight :lift: phase

slept in till 12:30 guess I needed the sleep

slept though breakfast
nutribar
bag of popcorn
scramble eggs with low fat bacon low fat cheese on a whole grain English muffin
cheese stick
snack bar
V.Coke V.Coke V.coke
hour on the treadmill with weights

yogurt with frozen fruit toped with granola
diet coke
nuribar
mini chips fat free
frozen fruit bars
nachos
V.Coke

hour on thr treadmill with weights

What I want

I want a flat stomach
I want not to see my ass hanging off the toilet seat
I want to have to decide if I fit a small in some cloths or a medium not large or ex.-large
I want to walk without my thighs rubbing together
I want to look good
I want to be fit
I want to be the same weight I was when I got married
I want to be thin

yesterday same as other days
one hour on the treadmill with weights

today
half a bagel
nutibar
frozen fruit bar
whole wheat noodles with beef sauce

tape: lucky

Someone at work asked me if I was pregnant looking down at my fat belly I simply said thanks for asking but I'm just fat! It was funny to see her trying to pull the foot out of her mouth! :laugh:

half a muffin
banana
V.Coke
nutribar
turkey chili
fruit bars
drank some water love my V..Coke

fell asleep on the couch still got up at 10:00 and did my exercising :)

hour on the treadmill with weights

bag of popcorn
nutibar
fruit bars
snack wells chips
spaghetti
water

hour on the treadmill with weights don't feel like doing the exercising today but made myself do it

weighed myself yesterday I've lost 3lbs yeah :D I've reached my first goal!!!!!!!!!!!!! still eating good
had a veggie burger at the big M. with the boys and my best friend

Today
almost late for work eat a half a bran muffin at work
nuribar
diet Coke
we are going out tonight to eat So I've be back to put that in.

:rose: You can do it...I'm here to support and encourage you and I will pray for you, too. Hang in there!:rose: :ex:

Thanks tryin, its nice to know that you are one of members here cheering me on :D it keeps me on track :coach: :D

yesterday I exercised before we went out with a tape (lucky) had lasagna with cheese bread umm good

afterwards I found myself looking down the candy isle craving mike and ikes I was griping the cart so hard my knuckles turned white I didn't get any candy wow that a first for me when I crave candy I usually get it.
Got home and had a fruit bar thank goodness for them!!!

Today:
low fat granola with skim mile
nuribar
bag of popcorn
frozen fruit bars
sushi that didn't feel me up so I had a bowl of granola with skim milk

hour on the treadmill with weights

low fat granola with skim milk
nuribar
nuribar snack
frozen fruit bars
crab meat wraps
hunk of cheese (my favorite)
V.Coke V.Coke V.Coke

had craving for Candy again today I loved my Candy mike n ikes I would go to the bulk section and eat a big bag in one day :eek:

hour on the treadmill with weights

Hi english-lion,

Just stopped in to take a peek at your journal. Looks like you are doing great. Way to go avoiding that candy. I love mike n ikes too, but have managed to keep them at a distance. I also like the diet v-coke, the way I handle not drinking too much of it is I allow myself one a day free of charge, but if I want more I have to drink twice the quantity in water first. It works out pretty good. I usually only end up drinking two.

I was reading about your dad and know the problem. Mine too has high cholesterol and is diabetic. I can get him to drop the sugar and he tries to emulate me about eating, but he loves to put on the gravies and sauces. Those are the killers. I think it's a generational thing. He doesn't think he as eaten unless it is smothered in some sauce or lathered in butter. :( We must persevere to keep them around though.

Keep up the good work,

Dude

Thanks dude for the support. :) although today I weighed myself today I'd hadn't lost a pound So I got a little discouraged and said to myself ah to hell with it a little mike and ikes would hurt me. I still haven't had those heavenly Candy touch my lips!! [-X

As for my Dad he's doing better he say's that he only has a little gravy but still think that there is nothing wrong with mash potatoes anyway it's his life let the doctor deal with him
I've been there with my mom with her under active thyroid ( it was a battle to get her to take her pills she thought that she had to take them till the pills run out but she has to be on them for life (but that a whole separate story and a long one at that ) ) It's hard for him to change a life time of gravy and sauces on every thing and everything fried! guess which country I was born in ............England (that explains a lot)

yesterday eat good
didn't exercise dyed my hair I'm no longer a blond I'm a red head!

Today
granola skim milk
hunk of cheese ( got to spot that! love my cheese though)
nuribar
frozen fruit bars
beef stew
hour on treadmill with weights

Your doin' good, staying away from that candy!

Don't let the scales get you down. How often do you weigh so that it counts? The way I and some of the others on here do it is to only weigh once a week or only count your weight on one particular day of the week. We do this because our bodies will very by a pound or two just depending on the time of day we way and also will fluctuate throughout the weight loss process. So to lower frustration and anxiety we only count one day a week. It will also give you a more accurate guide to your weight loss. You may already do this. Sorry if I sounded like I was giving a lecture. I didn't meen it to sound that way.

Anyway don't let that one weigh in get you down. Your doing great! :up:

Red is a good color. :)

Hi dude thanks again for your support :coach: my official weigh in day is Friday but I jump on the scales every day ( one foot then the other seams to make it onto the scale at least once every day) So today Friday I've haven't moved the scale (well it didn't go up )
stayed on track yesterday

oatmeal crisp cereal
nuribar
V.Coke V.Coke V.Coke
bag of popcorn
chicken pizza low fat
hour on the treadmill with weights

Cool beans! :)

It may not be goin down today, but like you said it isn't going up.

Keep up the good work!

You lucky dog, living in Victoria...that is where my husband and I would move if we won the lottery. I love Munro's Book Store, the IMAX theatre and the downtown life. It is so beautiful there.

Congrats...you are doing so well being down six pounds already. I tried to lose ten pounds this summer, but I gained then lost 3 pounds so I am even with only 2 weeks to go. I would love to be down by August 31st.

Take care.

Thanks dude again for your words of encouragement

Artsy I love Victoria too I've noticed that there are some people on DT that are from B.C. 2 on the Island

Well yesterday went out with hubby last night had a huge hamburger. :eek: also yesterday my youngest son was came out in hives on his legs and arms I also had some hives on just one arm I really don't know what we got ourselves into
needless to say I didn't exercise

Today
oatmeal crisp cereal
nuribar
V.Coke
beef sandwich
oddly I have found my hand dipping into the chip bag today
hour on the treadmill with weights

brown toast
nuribar
half a bag of popcorn
veggie burger
V.Coke
hour on the treadmill with weights

granola with skim milk
nuribar
snack well chips
stew
peach
fruit bar
tape: lucky

I drank alot more water today :water:

granola with skim milk
nuribar
low fat sorbet
fruit bars
V.Coke V.coke
not so good on the water thing

ugh really don't feel like doing exercising today my back hurts as well as my butt (tape from yesterday) but I guess I'll have to move this big old butt off this computer chair and get moving

but I'm really not onto it today

tape: the firm (how do those b*#ches keep on smiling!!!!)

Hi english-lion,

I was thinking about you a couple of days ago. :) Pepsi has come out with a diet Vanilla Pepsi. I got one thinking I could tell you all about it and you could have another good choice. Don't waste your money or your taste buds. The stuff is disgusting! It left a formaldehyde taste in my mouth so bad I couldn't finish it if I wanted to.

So stick to the good stuff, diet Vanilla COKE! :)

I think they're smiling because they tape a one minute segment and just run it on a loop and know there going to have some gravity challenged people out there sweating their (fill in blank) off trying to follow along. :D

Hey english...the good thing about exercise tapes is you can talk back to those horrible, thin people who move like crazy and keep smiling!! Curse with impunity!

Dude thanks for the heads up on the Pepsi not that I would try it I'm a Coke kind of gal.

Artsy & Dude I'm glad that I'm not the only one disliking those bean poles!!!!!

weighted in Friday haven't moved during the week when I cheat by hopping on the scales it looks like I may have lost 2 lbs but on the Friday and since then I've haven't moved. So I was thinking that I'm doing too much treadmill my body had probably gotten used to it So I'll be swearing and cursing at those smiling swimsuit models
Friday I tried pilates mixed with ballet the pilates I liked but the ballet is not me!!!!
yesterday I did the firm and had some pizza :eek: (there goes all hope of moving the scale this week :D ) As for today I not feeling good maybe after a nap I'll be O.K . I'm feeling a bit dizzy and my back has been killing me

O.K. I've had 2 days of being lazy didn't exercise or eat right Bad girl8-| bad girl [-X O.k. I'll have to knuckle down :whip: I'm good during the day but it's the snacking that has to change!!!
anyway here I go again
granola skim milk
nuribar
half a bag of rice chips
2 cookies
spaghetti

hour on the treadmill

weighed in yesterday and of course did not move the scale !!!! I worked out with a new pilates tape for half an hour half an hour treadmill I really love doing the treadmill!! the pilates tape was just pilates I didn't feel like it was a work out but now I sure do !!!!!! doing good on my eating and of course its my water intake and still loving my D.V. Coke !!!

ugh it's been a while been sick :-& and I still went to work!! I'm feeling better now still the same weight :shrug: My Dad has lost 10 lbs I'm sweating like a pig and haven't lost any thing my Dad stared later then me doing less of a work out then me and hasn't really change his eating habbits I say it's not fair :tongue:

Hey english...forget about what is happening with your Dad and focus on yourself. There is no doubt that men have it easier when it comes to weight loss and you will drive yourself nuts if you compare yourself to them (or even other women).

Congratulations on maintaining your weight loss while you were sick. You are doing great and it will start coming off again.

Artsy - *pht!* [-X :laugh: Sure men have it easier.

Hi English, glad your feeling better. Don't sweat it with your dad. You're still doing it and you will be in better shape.

You might take a look at how much you eat and what you eat. Be sure when you make your calculations to increase your intake for the calories you burn during exercise. If you are eating too little it will slow you down just as much as if you are eating too much. Also look at the types of foods you are eating, are they full of simple carbs, are you eating enough roughage and fiber, drinking enough water?

Just some suggestions to help. All in all I say your doing great. Getting exercise and working at eating better. Keep up the good work.

Well I have to agree with Artsy on this one ( at least with the men I know) Husband went on the body for life and lost 28 lbs in 10 weeks I stayed the same didn't move the scale either way!!!! two of his friends also lost weight and look buffed now :mus: I know of another lady that did the body for life and she also didn't move the scale So with me I've seen plenty of men loose weight around me including my dad as I stay the same dam weight X-(
not that there is anything wrong with that :peace:

Sorry dude that just my experience. ;)

Thanks Artsy and Dude for your encouragement It's much appreciated!!!!!! :ghug:

Well I haven't been good the lat few days I've gotten myself into a rut of eating Candy and not exercising and gone up 2 lbs !!! So that Has got to stop!!!!!!!
get that old whip out and star up again!!!!!!
apple for breakfast
bread and pate
granola with skim milk
roast chicken
and Off I go to do my pilates and treadmill

cut back a bit on my eating didn't exercise so much this week but I did loose that 2lbs that I gained I just got myself of the treadmill and I'm doing the body for life 20min on it I'll try that for a while .I do feel like it was a work out

Hi english-lion,

Great job on that loss! :up:

Let me tell you a twenty minute workout is twenty minutes of GREAT workout. Anything that will get your body moving more than it did before is a plus when your talking about raising your metabolism to lose some weight. If you felt it was "like" a workout then it was a workout. I get on my power rider at home and do 15 min and by the time I'm through I'm :sweat: like mad. So your doing great with your 20 min workouts on your treadmill.

ugh ugh ugh !!!!!!! :tomato: been bad really bad did not eat right did not exercise right didn't even look in on my journal back up there 2lbs gain again!!!!! I'm getting sloppy excuses there is none I just have to get off my fat ass and do some exercise !!!!

the 19th was our weeding anniversary 11 years we went to a la de da restaurant I was thinking good food and I would bee stuffed well it was good food stuffed I weren't had the lamb rack of lamb $27.50 I love lamb got the plate 2 small chops some mashed potatoes 2 baby carrots one white thing the same size that was it my husband had an appetizer $8.00. abagar tuna it was one slice of tomato a thin slice of tuna and herbs on top. Of course we had desert we were still hungry!!!!! So really if I wanted to lose weight I could pay a ton of money and go to this restaurant all the time! Hay I can't really complain I was with my man But my man also for got his wallet !!!!! :O I also didn't bring mine So I stay hostage and my husband drove franticly home and retrieved his money .

offtopic I applied to a grooming store for a groomer casual or part time I don't need the job but it's my first love and I miss doing it ( I was a dog groomer 7 years ago ) I told them that they still called me in for an interview at the end of the interview he told me the wage would be $10.00 an hour ( I get 20 as a care aide)he said he'll call me the next day to let me know. That next day I tell yah it felt like I was waiting for a call from a person I that I had a one night stand with (not saying that that ever happen to me in my single days I was quite the angle :not: ) anyway never got the call. A couple of days latter I go into the store with my youngest son to look at the pets As we were going in he was coming out another guy he passed me avoiding looking at me. As we were going on to look at the cats he goes down another ale . He goes into the cat adoption and he is sitting with a costumer as my son and I walk in he just looks at us from the side of his face nothing was said to me as we looked at the cats he just avoided me. I think that was just plain rude he didn't have the balls to call me and he didn't have the balls to look me. this my sound bitter that I didn't get the job I didn't need I just wanted it to be a hobby thing but for that manager to treat me that way it's just deplorable in my book!!

anyway As I bit*h on this entry is getting bigger and bigger and I'm not doing exercising if I'm typing Well lets hope I get my ass a moving this week and exercise!!

Sh.... stuff happens. Don't let it get you down. So you went up. It happens. The important thing is to keep at it. One day at a time. Don't worry about losing control for a it, just get that control back and each day make a new effort to stay on track. You can do it!

As far as the jerk manager goes. If he's like that, be grateful that you didn't get the job and have to work for him. It was pretty petty of him not to give you the courtesy of a call back to let you know yea or nay.

Englishlion...maybe the manager found out that he can't hire a dog groomer after all, or maybe the wage was less than he said to you. Sometimes managers report to owners and owners are really the people who are calling the shots for the business. Or another scenario is that they offered the job to somebody else who hasn't said yes or no yet. Don't burn your bridges...be pleasant no matter what happens because if they hire somebody else and it doesn't work out with that person they might call you again.

Is that the only place in Victoria you could apply to for dog grooming work...you might get revenge by getting a better offer from one of them!

Take care.