:peace: Hi Everybody. As you can see, this is the first post of my journal. I started my quest to lose weight exactly two weeks ago today. I joined the YMCA and started the Special K diet. My two weeks of the Special K diet are up on Thursday, and I really feel that I've lost weight. I haven't weighed myself in over a year, because I'm afraid to see what the scales say. About two years ago, my friend and I started dieting and I lost about 50 pounds until she got pregnant. Then I started to gain weight along with her. Now here we are two years later...with practically all the weight we lost back. And in her case, even more. So, we vowed together we could do it again, and this time keep it off. I've been exercising and eating as healthy as I can. I've been a vegetarian for almost five months. But I know realize that just because I'm not eating meat doesn't mean I can eat whatever else I want and lose weight. I'm going to do it this time, I know it!!! With, or without my friend, I'm going to do it.

Hi Vonnie,

Welcome :welcome: to Diettalk. IMHO I KNOW YOU WILL SUCCEED; because YOU HAVE USED THE POSITIVE WORDS. You haven't said "I HOPE" or "I WISH" or "I WOULD LIKE TO" ... you've said I WILL .

Whatever weight loss program you choose LET IT BE SOMETHING YOU CAN LIVE WITH .. this weight loss journey we are traveling takes time and patience SO BE PATIENT AND GIVE YOURSELF TIME TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS YOU SET FOR YOURSELF. If I can ever be of any help, just let me know.

Again welcome to Diettalk and to your SUCCESS. Always, Monica

Okay...second day of my journal. -Thanks for the encouragement Monica-
I wanted to call into work today, because I'm still getting over my cold, but I knew if I stayed home I would just watch tv and eat. So, I'm going into work. (I'm a legal secretary.) The final food count for yesterday was: One bowl Special K Red Berries w/milk; cucumbers w/ fat free Ranch dip; bowl of tomato soup; grilled cheese sandwich made with fat free butter substitute; one (single) french fry. Not bad, I couldn't get in my second bowl of Special K, cause I feel asleep early. I'm just getting ready to start this morning off by eating my first bowl of Special K. I'm surprised I'm not tired of it yet. I wish the cold would hurry up and leave my body so I can get in some exercising. I've been drinking a lot of hot tea with honey, so that should help some. Tonight is Taco Tuesday Night. My friends and I always go out for tacos tonight, so we'll see how I do. Lately I've been just getting a water and one bean tostado. That isn't too bad, is it??8-|

Well, here I am at work. Hungry...not unusual. :o It's close to lunch time, time for another bowl of Special K. YUM YUM. The others in the office are ordering out pizza for lunch, asked me if I wanted to join them. Yes, I WANT to join you, but no, I WON'T join you. So, tonight, after work, I'm going to go work out at Curves before I join the others for dinner. I've noticed that when I'm dieting, I am obsessed with what other people I'm with are eating. For example, last night I was with my boyfriend and I was really hungry for an ice cream sandwich, but I knew I shouldn't eat it. So...I didn't eat it, but I made him eat it and watched him eat it, just thinking about how good it must taste. Is this totally weird???????? It kinda reminds me of this Lifetime movie I saw once about an anorexic girl and her sister. There was a scene in the movie where the anorexic girl and her sister go to a diner to eat and the anorexic girl gets a salad with no dressing and then she looks at the menu and tells her sister to order what she (the anorexic girl) really wanted to order. Then while her sister is eating the fattening meal, the anorexic girl is staring at her and asking her all these questions about how it tastes. I mean, I'm not anorexic, I still eat food all the time, but it seems strange that I do this.

01.24.2006

Hey Vonnie! -- CONGRATS on one of the hardest things ever, SAYING no to co-workers/friends/family. I feel that dieting is all about self-control, and you showed today that you HAVE it. Good for you! As for the watching your boyfriend eat the ice cream sandwich you adore... I don't know whether that's a BAD thing or not. I've done it once or twice, like giving one of my granola bars to my sister and watching her eat it, it didn't seem like an unhealthy habit to me... but I don't know, you could look into it? But the main thing is... you are showing that you have amazing self-control, you are going to do so well this time.

Keep it up! :cheer:

Yesterday was okay...
-1 bowl of Special K with milk
-one bean tostado
-1/2 an order of avocado dip and chips
-3/4 of a cup of rice
(not bad, I guess. I need to get more water in though. I only had 32 oz. of water and about 20 oz. of hot tea.)
Exercise:
1 1/2 hours of racquetball at the Y with my friend. (enough to make me work up a sweat)
I NEED TO GET MY 64 OZ. OF WATER IN TODAY! I've had my bowl of Special K this morning and it's already 10 am and I'm not even feeling hungry yet. I found out last night that while I was sick my friend fell off our diet plan. Hmmm...don't know what to think about that. It's going to make it much harder for me to follow through with it now. She asked me hang out with her tonight, I told her only if she would workout at the Y with me for at least an hour beforehand. She said she would. I'm trying to get her back on board with me. It's always nice to have someone to share the journey with, but I guess I always have everyone here at dt anyways!
Mini Goals for Today-
-Get in my 64 oz. of water
-Force down my two bowls of Special K (Special K diet ends tomorrow :D )
-Exercise at least 1 hour

Well, I screwed up.

Hi vonniemarie! I envy you playing racquetball!! My all time favorite pasttime!!! Great game. I hope I can play again someday, but don't know if I'll be able to since I'm dealing with bad knees. I've had one replaced, but still have the other one to look forward to at some point. I say "look forward to" with great hesitation! NOT really looking forward to, but know I have to. LOL You must have burned off a lot of calories playing for an hour and a half! Good for you!!

How'd you screw up? It's early in the day, so just get back to doing what you need to. Sounds like you have a good start anyway. And as far as the ice cream sandwiches and things that you like to eat like that, just start reading labels. Look at Wal-Mart if you have one near you and check out the Blue Bunny "no sugar added" ice creams and ice cream novelties. That way you can have an ice cream sandwich once and awhile without doing your diet harm. It's great!! Same thing with pizza... I read you like mexican food and what I do is get a WW's or Lean Cuisine cheese pizza and put Taco Bell sauce on it for my version of a Mexican pizza. I do that when my husband and mom (who lives with us) have regular pizza and I don't feel deprived at all. I have a nice salad with it and I'm filled. You could try something like that when the girls at the office have pizza in, you can bring your own and order a salad to go with it.

Just be creative and you won't have to feel deprived at all......

Take care and make it a great Thursday!

Well, I'm back...over two months later. I gained back all the weight I lost on Special K diet. What a waste! I'm going to try again. I'm thinking of goals and a good plan. I'm going to go get groceries tonight, I want to be able to fit into my summer clothes. I haven't been to the Y in ages, I need to get back there.

I'm back on the Special K diet, as of 03-28-06. April 12th will be my two weeks, and I'll hopefully be at least five pounds lighter. I've done good so far...drinking my water, doing my exercising, and eating healthy. I'm back on track. I want to fit into my summer clothes!!