My Story

Well, here I am once again at the beginning of my journey. I have been on diettalk.com many times in the last 5 years or so, but have never stuck to any one thing for longer than a couple months. Recently, I have been lurking and reading others stories, which in turn has inspired me to tackle this life style change.

My weight has varied in my adult life from 130 to 190 pounds; mostly spent at 160 (21-25) for 4 years and then the last 3 years at 185. In size matters that translates to a size 12/14 and size 14/16. At my lowest, 130, I was a size 10.

A little about being 130. I began my journey to 130 at 170 pounds and took off the 40 pounds through healthy eating and walking daily for 1 hour and hiking on weekends. I ended the journey to 130 with alchohol and not eating for 2-3 days at a time. When I did eat it was usually one sandwhich or 1-2 slices of pizza, or a meatless breakfast special at Ricki's restaraunt. This unhealthy lifestyle switched from severly undereating to severly overeating (5 - 6 gianormous meals a day), which resulted in a weight gain of 30 pounds within ONE MONTH!!!

I was then stable at 160 for about 4 years. The additional gain of 25-30 pounds over the next 3 years was due to too much fast food and an excessive amount of sugar. Hence, the title of this journal.

I am currently in a transitional phase of life: lifestyle, dealing w/depression, new relationship, career change. I am unemployed right now and looking at retraining in the next 6 months. I realized that with all the time on my hands that this is the best time for me to make some new GOOD habits and take care of myself. That is also the point of this break, so I need to take advantage of this opportunity and get things done!

I am looking very forward to the journey DOWN the scale, as well as making some new "online" friends.

I CAN DO THIS!

Kori

My Plan

OK, so here comes the plan, the goals, the agenda, etc.

The following is my list of goals to strive for daily to accompany this journal I have done up a monthly calendar in Word that I can post on my fridge and cross things off daily as I complete them. I am a very visual person and figure this will be the best way for me to monitor my progress.

DAILY

Breakfast
3 Fruit
2 Veggies
No eating after 8 o'clock (exception of Fri & Sat)
Vitamins
2L Water
1 cup coffee (currently at 2-4 cups a day)
Meditate
Stretch
Sleep from 11/12 to 8/9
5 cigarettes a day

EXCERCISE

Monday/Wednesday/Friday

30 mins of Cardio
Weights
-Legs: Quads, Hamstrings, Calves, Butt
-Arms: Biceps, Triceps, and muscle on forearm...what's it called???
-Back: lats
-Shoulders: Pecs and Delts

Tuesday/Thursday

1hr of Cardio
Situps (as many as I can manage)

Saturday

Situps (again, as many as I can manage)

The plan is effective tomorrow...now that I have taken the time to sit down, research, think, and formulate I am ready to go!!! WooooHoooo!

Kori

Another sugar junky (reformed) here~! Hi, Kori!!! Great plan. You can do 'er!!!

Hi Kori :welcome: , even if you have been around for a while.
Sounds like you have a great plan. I know you can do this, just stay focused and you will get there. I wish you all the best on your weight loss journey.
I will check back and see how you are doing.

Have a great day!

Ok, so I come back to DT and quit lurking and start a journal, make a plan, get ready, get set....wait where did the GO part end up?

Like usual I make some fabulous plan, but don't follow thru...8-| I really need to be easier on myself...like most people trying to change their lifestyle I set myself up for disappointment by trying to change everything at once and achieving perfect balance in all areas of my life. Ahhhh, the perfectionist in me refuses to lay dormant.

I see a therapist sometimes and she once said to me that I am not hard enough on myself were I should be and too hard on myself were I shouldn't be. So lets see if I can do this right...and be just hard enough on myself.

So, since my last visit my bf broke up with me, I quit smoking (01/30/06), and I signed up for a meditation class (starts next Mon) and a pilates class (starts Feb 20). I realized when me and my bf broke up that I really don't have much going on for myself, being unemployed and such...so I am working on changing that.

I am going to change my plan to something much simpler for the time being. My first goals are to develop the following habits:

Move my body daily
Record everything I eat

Once this has become a habit...so 21 days then the goals will be reworked.

So day ONE

Treadmill-25 mins
Upright Bike-10 mins

FOOD: Cinnamon raisin bagel, light cream cheese, XL double double coffee (Timmy's), Beef barley soup, 2 slices brown buttered bread, bowl of Hamburger Helper lasagna, Kids cone from DQ, another XL double double coffee~~upon reviewing this list decided that needed to do some damage control...after all, MUST EAT VEGETABLES...so ate some broccoli, cauliflower and a carrot, with a little bit of thousand island dressing (need to disguise the broccoli....ughhhh)

Hi Athletea and Millie!!! Thanks for stopping in and showing your support!

:sweety: Kori

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Late night snacks: 1/2 cup cheese bits&bites and 2 pecan bars...

Great plan start with baby steps and go from there. You can do this!
I wish you all the best!

heee. The therapist thing rang true, here--my therapist calls the unstrict areas my "nebulous places" and the strict areas my "linear places"--and I, too, go whole-hog in the linear places, all self-neagative poopy-pants like, and then go out of control in the other areas at random times. (like, procrastinating, dt-ing when I could be writing papers)

Aaak.

As Chum mentions in her journal, and as Lisrey practices--consistency.

So are you anywhere near Vancouver BC? I haven't been there recently but I do love it there...

Hi Kori.
i have seen you around DT over the years but just wanted to welcome you back :)
i like your goals and look forward to seeing you succeed.. Good luck with the pilates and meditation classes..
hugs bell :)

Hi Kori.... don't worry about "falling off the wagon". It's all a process and it sounds like you're finding your way and making all the necessary plans and changes. Your boyfriend might have just been excess baggage with all the new stuff that's going on in your life. The right one will come along when you're more ready and a little more settled into what you want for yourself.

You can do it.... just make your plans for a day at a time and don't look so far down the road. I know for me, if I take my goals a little at a time, it's less discouraging than looking down that long road ahead of me.

Take care and have a good Thursday!

02.02.2006

Hey Opal: I think everyone here just about can sympathize with you on "falling off the bandwagon"... it's just SO easy! UGHHH! But, look, you are back and willing to try again. Make small goals, and soon enough you'll be in habit and loosing the weight.

Best of luck to you!

You can do it :cheer:

Thank you everyone for stopping in!!!:D

Millie: Yes, babysteps...I think that is the hardest concept for me to learn of them all...I always want to SPRINT!

Jess: I will have to check out Chum and Lisrey's journals as well...cuz me needs to learn a thing or two about consitency! Yeah, I use to live in Vancouver, now I am about an hour from the city...hopefully moving back one day. I don't think I have ever been in Tacoma...spent time in Seattle (love it!!!) and lots of time in Bellingham (frequent trips to Barnes and Noble) and when I was younger a ton of time on Whidbey Island. I also have family in both Seattle and Yakima. It's almost like BC and Washington are there own mini-country as they are very similar...

Bell: Hello!!! Thanks for the welcome! How long have you been at goal for? Congrats!!! My very dear and close friend just came back from Brisbane/Sydney...actually I guess it has almost been a year, boy does time fly...and the other girl she went with never came home, she ended up marrying a Kiwi well she was there and they are residing in Oz (Brisbane I believe).

DJ: Hello! I remember you from before as well...you used to (maybe still do, haven't checked) do a motivation thread on DT! Glad to *see* familiar faces on here. Looking foward to meeting some goals...and as you say a day at a time! That is about all I can do right now. Yeah, the bf thing is probably a good thing, although it is a weird thing...we still live together, are kind of dating, but are each spending alot more of our time and energy on ourselves. I am good with how it is right now and tomorrow will take care of itself.

FSUgirl: Thanks for the cheer!!! Need all the support I can get right now! Great work too...you are soooo close to goal!!! I will be here cheering you on!

:sweety: Kori

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Was trying to post this under Quick Reply; major problems...sure am glad I copied it to Word... Does anyone else have problems with Quick Reply???

heh
had issues with quick reply earlier, too...I think it might have been some server thing... (yep, good thing you saved :) )

Tacoma's south--there'd have been no real good reason to have gone there...

Ok, so day TWO

Movement:

Treadmill-30 mins
Upright bike-10 mins

FOOD: 2 boiled eggs, 2 slices buttered brown bread, 2 coffees w/skim milk and 1 1/2 tsp sugar, KD (a whole box), Cadbury cream egg and Cadbury mini eggs. Gonna have a cup of tea before bed.

Ok, so I wasnt gonna post what I ate cuz I am embarassed by it, yesterday too. But then I reminded myself that I am here to make some positive changes in my life with BABYSTEPS...grrrrr, but Mom I want to SPRINT...so for 21 days I will not smoke, move my body and record what I eat. In 21 days I can review the content of what I was eating and make some changes, in 21 days I can give myself crap for not eating better, healthier foods...in 21 days...whoooooo, breathe Kori...one day at a time!

Jess: What do you mean no reason to drive to Tacoma? I have two words--Nekkid Spa!!! hehehehehe

heh.

well, yeah, there's that, and me, too (but you can go nekkid-ing in Lynnwood, too!)(which is north of Seattle!)

I have the hardest time making the KD (aka mac &cheese) for Ab because I would go into insta-inhale. Now? Not so much, I give her her serving, and feed the rest to the dog (drooling, the whole time, am I.) --I think they inject some sort of addictive substance in the powder...

02.03.2006

Hey Kori: A lot of times, I am embarrassed that I may have splurged a little on unhealthy foods, but you learn from mistakes, and especially if you have them documented!

As for your question on my journal: I am going to US & British Virgin Islands, Bahamas, & Dominican Republic. And, while I wish sometimes it was just the BF and I... think of more like, the BF, his fraternity, and a lot of the guys' girlfriends... so while the pressure of looking good in front of the BF is a big thing.. it's also looking good in front of... say... 100 or 150 other college students! :-&

I feel great already from the workouts & dieting so far.. so I guess if I feel great, I must be looking somewhat great! Hehe!

Keep it up!~ WE can do this... :cheer:

Head down in shame...was not going to post, but making myself post...

Day THREE

Movement: None

Food: Oatmeal w/brown sugar, skim milk, coffee w/sugar and skim milk, small handful plain lays chips, 1/4 apple, McChicken meal from McD's w/coke, 3 slices pepporoni pizza.

Day FOUR

Movement: None

Food: Ham and egg tortilla w/tomatoes, onions, salsa, cheese, mushrooms, loads of coffee w/coffee cream and sugar, grape fruitopia, 2 slices cold pizza, bottle of coke, miss vickies sea salt &vinegar chips, cadbury mini eggs (lots).

Walking away in shame....

Day FIVE

Movement: 1hr walk w/gf (approx. 3kms)

Food: 1/2 cup coffee w/sugar and skim milk, oatmeal w/brown sugar and skim milk, chicken breast wrap w/cheese, salsa & lettuce, caesar salad light on the dressing, grilled salmon burger, small blueberry sundae.

Ok, so they say when you are quitting smoking you crave sugar...hmmmm, you dont say??? Well, just keep writing Kori...no matter what you ate this is how you usually eat and it is good evidence and resource to use when you make more changes to your lifestyle...

So far, recorded everything I ate, haven't smoked, and have moved my body 3/5 days...not too happy about that...but will carry on anywho and will have to include that in my next 21 days as well...just keep swimming...

:sweety: Kori

Ok, so no smoking today, walked and am about to record what I ate...good day!

Movement: Walk w/friend approx 45mins; also parked car and walked around town to do errands.

Food: 1/2 cup coffee w/skim milk & sugar, raisin english muffing w/pb, shepards pie,

Thanks everyone for stopping in, planning to do some journal purusing later tonight after 7th Heaven!

:sweety: Kori

Well, days have passed, and I have not posted, yet I am here everyday reading journals and lurking. I dont know why I have such a hard time posting. I think that I am just blah as of lately...feeling crappy, have a head cold, not sure what steps to take next, but know that I need to do something to keep this train moving forwards.

The good news I have not smoked; not one single puff in 22 days! I feel that I have that pretty under control and am ready to tackle my weight a little bit more full on. I know the first thing I need to do is figure out what plan I am going to follow. I have been tossing different ideas back and forth (i.e. Weight Watchers, Mediterranean, and calorie counting), but have not come to any real conclusion as of yet.

I think that in the meantime my next 21 days will be on getting a minimum of 1 hour of aerobic activity every day! I really need to choose one thing at a time....my first 21 was not smoking, so my next 21 will be aerobic excercise! I have been getting to the gym or out for walks about 3 days a week in the last 4 weeks, so that is good, but time to up it. Hmmmm, I remember Jess mentioning something about an excercise 21 day challenge. I think I better head over to the Challenges forum.

For now, I need to be happy that the smokes are gone, as this is to my better health overall; not just the number on the scale.

:sweety: Kori