So this month has flown by. I have been super busy with school and appointments I haven't been taking much time to focus on my goals.
I had big plans for this month but they were foiled by outside influences and myself.
Firstly, I haven't been able to exercise because I have been having knee pain and my doctor diagnosed me with Patellofemoral Syndrome and now I am doing physiotherapy once a week. Boo.
Also, I have been prescribe massage therapy to help with this intense headaches I've been getting almost everyday. It has already cut down how many I have been getting so I am pretty happy about that. But alas, another appointment to go to every week.
I also got orthotics because apparently my feet "move around too much". lol
Secondly, I take full responsibility for my failure in the diet department. I started out great. I was abstinent from the list of foods I devised that are off limits, and I only had a couple small binges. After that it's been sporadic. Some days I am abstinent and binge-free, some days one of them, some days none of them. This past week I have been eating chocolate like it's my job. As much chocolate as I can get my hands on! It's sickening...yesterday I was having full on conversations with my stomach because it was talking for about 4 hours from all the crap I ate that day.
THIS HAS GOT TO STOP.
Time to reevaluate and recommit. Tomorrow, yes tomorrow I WILL succeed. I WILL eat only what I have said I am going to eat in my food journal on caloriecount.com. I WILL NOT break my abstinence and WILL remain binge-free. I CAN do this. I WILL do this.
....The only problem is I said I was going to get back on track yesterday, and then when that failed, I said I am going to get back on track today...so my hope is dwindling....BUT I am desperate...I have to do something. I have only lost 2lbs in the last 4 weeks...and after the last four days I am sure that has change to gained 2 lbs...ugh.
I think what set me off is I had a really good week the first week and I only lost 2lbs. I am not used to losing so little in a week. My old ways of severe calorie restriction and excessive exercising would have seen at least 5 or 6 lbs...I was so disappointed I gave up a little. I felt like it wasn't worth it. In reality, if I would have stuck to 2lbs a week I would have been down 6 lbs by now instead of 2... It is a change I am going to have to get used to. The old ways are calling to me, but I haven't yet given up on trying to have a healthy mind and body. This is how I feel today...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
First post of 2010..let's make it good!
Happy New Year!
I love New Year's! People are all a twitter with new goals and aspirations, the gym is full of new eager exercisers, and the motivation is contagious. Many will falter by February, but I won't...I will be on that elliptical - proud - I have lasted beyond the average. Fuck ya. There's one goal for 2010. I have MANY, many...many.
Usually I am with those that falter but this year I have done things very differently. I have set myself up so that the earth would have to crash down around me in order for me to fail.
To stick to exercise: I have two exercise buddies that are committed to the gym too. I also have a calender that is posted on the wall in front of my computer and every day that I exercise I write down what I did and I get a star :)...I have done this before and it is soo motivating to look up and see an entire month full of stars when the month is up. You feel very accomplished and you have the results to show for it!
To stick to diet/lifestyle change: I am planning my meals the day ahead every night. I am also counting calories by putting them into this awesome website I found - www.caloriecount.com - it does all the work for you, you just have to find the foods. Plus there are great forums and articles to keep you motivated. Also I am going to blog everyday/week my calorie intake, my exercise, how many days I've been abstinent and binge free. I feel this will help me stay accountable. I have also started going to Overeaters Anonymous meetings and I feel very supported through the people I have met.
Sticking to my goals overall: Every month I am going to sit down and reevaluate what my goals are, how they have been going, if there needs to be any adjusting (could do more, need to do less) and if I want to change them. I have also set up rewards for when I reach my goals (that don't involve food rewards). I am also doing my body measurements once a month to notice achievements that can't be seen in pounds on the scale. I have set up overall goals, concrete plans and long-term goals so that I stay motivated. I have gone on a thinspo hunt and have found tons of new pictures that make me want to start running and never stop.
This year I will ace my courses, get the banging body that I have always wanted, and be more productive than ever! I welcome you 2010 with open arms...Be good to me!
I love New Year's! People are all a twitter with new goals and aspirations, the gym is full of new eager exercisers, and the motivation is contagious. Many will falter by February, but I won't...I will be on that elliptical - proud - I have lasted beyond the average. Fuck ya. There's one goal for 2010. I have MANY, many...many.
Usually I am with those that falter but this year I have done things very differently. I have set myself up so that the earth would have to crash down around me in order for me to fail.
To stick to exercise: I have two exercise buddies that are committed to the gym too. I also have a calender that is posted on the wall in front of my computer and every day that I exercise I write down what I did and I get a star :)...I have done this before and it is soo motivating to look up and see an entire month full of stars when the month is up. You feel very accomplished and you have the results to show for it!
To stick to diet/lifestyle change: I am planning my meals the day ahead every night. I am also counting calories by putting them into this awesome website I found - www.caloriecount.com - it does all the work for you, you just have to find the foods. Plus there are great forums and articles to keep you motivated. Also I am going to blog everyday/week my calorie intake, my exercise, how many days I've been abstinent and binge free. I feel this will help me stay accountable. I have also started going to Overeaters Anonymous meetings and I feel very supported through the people I have met.
Sticking to my goals overall: Every month I am going to sit down and reevaluate what my goals are, how they have been going, if there needs to be any adjusting (could do more, need to do less) and if I want to change them. I have also set up rewards for when I reach my goals (that don't involve food rewards). I am also doing my body measurements once a month to notice achievements that can't be seen in pounds on the scale. I have set up overall goals, concrete plans and long-term goals so that I stay motivated. I have gone on a thinspo hunt and have found tons of new pictures that make me want to start running and never stop.
This year I will ace my courses, get the banging body that I have always wanted, and be more productive than ever! I welcome you 2010 with open arms...Be good to me!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Help for achieving New Years resolutions and 2010 goals!
I have been working on my New Years resolutions and goals for 2010 and this year I have sought out extra support for making them. I have been reading tons of articles on how to set reasonable goals and how to stay motivated to achieve them.
Since many of us set New Years resolutions I thought it might be helpful to post them here for others to benefit from. Good luck this year! I will be posting my progress as it goes along and I hope to hear about yours too!
Ideas for New Years resolutions:
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/motivation_articles.asp?id=1289
Step-by-step goal setting techniques:
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/motivation_articles.asp?id=103
Setting attainable goals article
http://exercise.about.com/cs/exbeginners/a/beggoals.htm
Sticking to new years resolutions, or goals made around this time of year:
http://caloriecount.about.com/blog/partners/make-new-years-resolutions-stick-b362567
31 tips to staying motivated for your goals:
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/calendar_2007-01.pdf
Top 10 strategies for success:
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/motivation_articles.asp?id=518
Optimism and the Power of Positive Thinking:
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/wellness_articles.asp?id=835
Since many of us set New Years resolutions I thought it might be helpful to post them here for others to benefit from. Good luck this year! I will be posting my progress as it goes along and I hope to hear about yours too!
Ideas for New Years resolutions:
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/motivation_articles.asp?id=1289
Step-by-step goal setting techniques:
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/motivation_articles.asp?id=103
Setting attainable goals article
http://exercise.about.com/cs/exbeginners/a/beggoals.htm
Sticking to new years resolutions, or goals made around this time of year:
http://caloriecount.about.com/blog/partners/make-new-years-resolutions-stick-b362567
31 tips to staying motivated for your goals:
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/calendar_2007-01.pdf
Top 10 strategies for success:
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/motivation_articles.asp?id=518
Optimism and the Power of Positive Thinking:
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/wellness_articles.asp?id=835
Monday, December 28, 2009
Thinspo for 2010
Since I haven't posted any thinspo in a while I thought I would post a few of my inspiration pictures for my 2010 weight loss and beauty goals. I really all about legs at the moment. "Fawne legs" as my friend calls them; the ones that don't touch in the middle. Enjoy.
Friday, November 27, 2009
"Challenges" for the new year...
Yes, I am aware it isn't even December yet, but I feel motivated to set goals at this very moment. haha
I just started on a new weight loss website called "Calorie Count" and it focuses on calorie intake versus calorie output. I think I like this better than Weight Watchers, thus Weight Watchers is no longer in the works. In the past, I tend to starve myself when I am counting calories, so I pose this as my first challenge/goal:
#1. Eat 1500 cals on days when exercised, and 1300 on days without exercise.
The calorie calculator on the site says I should be getting in around 1400 cals per day in order to lose 2 lbs a week, so those goals should be just about right. It is going to be challenging for me to not go below my recommended calories for the day so I am kind of excited to see if I can actually do this without losing my mind in the process.
#2. Go to the gym MINIMUM 3 days per week; Weight lifting - min. 2 days per week
With the exercise, I am going to do what I had planned on doing these past three months, I am going to schedule my workouts into my life like a course I am taking at school. It will just be part of my weekly routine to get to combat class every Wednesday night, for example.
#3. Eat a more balanced diet; ie. eat more protein and veggies, substitute fruit for junk.
I have found that this term I have been eating like shit. I am either eating only negative calorie foods, with no concept at all for nutritionally based meals, or I am binging on junk food and then not eating dinner because I've gone over my calories for the day. It turns out that my last blood test came back saying that my hemoglobin is low, which is a sign of anemia. This makes a lot of sense because I feel like shit all the time and I sleep constantly cause I am so tired, not to mention I never eat meat or drink milk and it hasn't been sunny for weeks, so I am not getting very much iron or vitamin D in my diet. As a partial goal,3i)becoming non-anemic would be good.
#4. Doing something that is outside of my comfort zone at least once a week.
This can be going to a spin class (which I detest because I feel I am not in good enough shape to do it), volunteering to present first in class, taking a music lesson, singing for friends, giving up my seat on the bus and having to stand, etc. Just something to stop my life from becoming complacent.
#5. Live life more authentically.
I live by this already, I just don't always put it into practice. What I mean is, doing what you say, and saying what you mean. Being fully honest to yourself and others. Obviously, you need to use your judgment, it isn't an excuse to be rude or harsh, just truthful. I think being more mindful in general would help accomplish this.
#6. Be 140lbs by my birthday on May 20th, 2010.
#7. Follow through with my goals.
I think this one is the most important. I have a tendency to make goals all the time and go hardcore for a week and then stop. I need to make these things habits. I read some where it takes 21days to form a habit. So if I can stick to my new healthy way of eating, and counting calories for 21days, then it should be easy to keep doing it. I think the first month is going to be a huge focus for me. Actually, I think what I am going to do is re-evaluate my goals and celebrate my successes at the beginning of every month, just as a new set point to stay on track. Earlier this year I managed to go to the gym almost every day, and write down every thing I ate for a month, then my depression hit and I fell off the wagon hard and took months to get back on.
#8. Do everything in my power to not let my winter depression set in (Februaryish)
This means taking my meds a prescribed, going to therapy, getting out in the sun or taking vitamin d pills, getting to the gym regularly and eating well. Also, keeping a regular sleep routine. I think I am going to take to my psychiatrist about what more I could be doing to stop it. This will be the key to keeping #1-7.
Maybe that is enough for now. Since I made these goals a month before the official start date, I think I am going to attempt to start them now. Also, I am going to put a lot of planning into it so that I don't go into it half-hazardly.
Any goals for the new year yet?
I just started on a new weight loss website called "Calorie Count" and it focuses on calorie intake versus calorie output. I think I like this better than Weight Watchers, thus Weight Watchers is no longer in the works. In the past, I tend to starve myself when I am counting calories, so I pose this as my first challenge/goal:
#1. Eat 1500 cals on days when exercised, and 1300 on days without exercise.
The calorie calculator on the site says I should be getting in around 1400 cals per day in order to lose 2 lbs a week, so those goals should be just about right. It is going to be challenging for me to not go below my recommended calories for the day so I am kind of excited to see if I can actually do this without losing my mind in the process.
#2. Go to the gym MINIMUM 3 days per week; Weight lifting - min. 2 days per week
With the exercise, I am going to do what I had planned on doing these past three months, I am going to schedule my workouts into my life like a course I am taking at school. It will just be part of my weekly routine to get to combat class every Wednesday night, for example.
#3. Eat a more balanced diet; ie. eat more protein and veggies, substitute fruit for junk.
I have found that this term I have been eating like shit. I am either eating only negative calorie foods, with no concept at all for nutritionally based meals, or I am binging on junk food and then not eating dinner because I've gone over my calories for the day. It turns out that my last blood test came back saying that my hemoglobin is low, which is a sign of anemia. This makes a lot of sense because I feel like shit all the time and I sleep constantly cause I am so tired, not to mention I never eat meat or drink milk and it hasn't been sunny for weeks, so I am not getting very much iron or vitamin D in my diet. As a partial goal,3i)becoming non-anemic would be good.
#4. Doing something that is outside of my comfort zone at least once a week.
This can be going to a spin class (which I detest because I feel I am not in good enough shape to do it), volunteering to present first in class, taking a music lesson, singing for friends, giving up my seat on the bus and having to stand, etc. Just something to stop my life from becoming complacent.
#5. Live life more authentically.
I live by this already, I just don't always put it into practice. What I mean is, doing what you say, and saying what you mean. Being fully honest to yourself and others. Obviously, you need to use your judgment, it isn't an excuse to be rude or harsh, just truthful. I think being more mindful in general would help accomplish this.
#6. Be 140lbs by my birthday on May 20th, 2010.
#7. Follow through with my goals.
I think this one is the most important. I have a tendency to make goals all the time and go hardcore for a week and then stop. I need to make these things habits. I read some where it takes 21days to form a habit. So if I can stick to my new healthy way of eating, and counting calories for 21days, then it should be easy to keep doing it. I think the first month is going to be a huge focus for me. Actually, I think what I am going to do is re-evaluate my goals and celebrate my successes at the beginning of every month, just as a new set point to stay on track. Earlier this year I managed to go to the gym almost every day, and write down every thing I ate for a month, then my depression hit and I fell off the wagon hard and took months to get back on.
#8. Do everything in my power to not let my winter depression set in (Februaryish)
This means taking my meds a prescribed, going to therapy, getting out in the sun or taking vitamin d pills, getting to the gym regularly and eating well. Also, keeping a regular sleep routine. I think I am going to take to my psychiatrist about what more I could be doing to stop it. This will be the key to keeping #1-7.
Maybe that is enough for now. Since I made these goals a month before the official start date, I think I am going to attempt to start them now. Also, I am going to put a lot of planning into it so that I don't go into it half-hazardly.
Any goals for the new year yet?
Thursday, November 26, 2009
I never thought I'd say this...
So I decided a week or so ago that I was going to try and lose weight in a healthy fashion. So far...I have gained a pound. I have not been watching, I was in the hospital, I have had cravings for chocolate constantly, and then in the last three days I have basically just been on one big binge.
This needs to stop. Weight should be going down, NOT up.
So...to assist my new healthy eating and get it going in the right direction...I can't believe I am saying this, but I am going to try weight watchers.
My friend and I go to weight watchers meetings every week on Wednesday and there are so many success stories in there. My friend started weight watchers two weeks ago and she has already lost 6.6lbs. This week alone she lost 4! I was really impressed and now I need to get on this weight loss bandwagon.
It is funny because I have been on so many diets. I was first put on a diet by my parents when I was 11. I have done the weight watchers thing before and it worked so why not give it a go again? Ya I am not going to be dropping 5lbs a week like I could if I fasted, but I will be healthy and strong while still losing 2lbs a week.
My parents are coming up this weekend and my mom is going to bring me all the weight watchers books and stuff that she has from the years she did it. SO I plan on starting on Sunday. I am not joining the actual weight watchers I am just going to be doing the points system and following the program on my own. In the meantime, I am going to do the following:
- write down everything I eat
- No junkfood. Fruit as treats.
- Eat more vegetables
- Eat more protein
- Drink lots of water
- Get my ass in the gym!
- Not getting on the scale until next wednesday (weight watchers meeting weigh in day)
Ugh, I feel like shit. Damn you binge days!
This needs to stop. Weight should be going down, NOT up.
So...to assist my new healthy eating and get it going in the right direction...I can't believe I am saying this, but I am going to try weight watchers.
My friend and I go to weight watchers meetings every week on Wednesday and there are so many success stories in there. My friend started weight watchers two weeks ago and she has already lost 6.6lbs. This week alone she lost 4! I was really impressed and now I need to get on this weight loss bandwagon.
It is funny because I have been on so many diets. I was first put on a diet by my parents when I was 11. I have done the weight watchers thing before and it worked so why not give it a go again? Ya I am not going to be dropping 5lbs a week like I could if I fasted, but I will be healthy and strong while still losing 2lbs a week.
My parents are coming up this weekend and my mom is going to bring me all the weight watchers books and stuff that she has from the years she did it. SO I plan on starting on Sunday. I am not joining the actual weight watchers I am just going to be doing the points system and following the program on my own. In the meantime, I am going to do the following:
- write down everything I eat
- No junkfood. Fruit as treats.
- Eat more vegetables
- Eat more protein
- Drink lots of water
- Get my ass in the gym!
- Not getting on the scale until next wednesday (weight watchers meeting weigh in day)
Ugh, I feel like shit. Damn you binge days!
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Rewards ideas....
I have been trying to think of little rewards I can give myself for reaching my weight loss goals and I am having difficulty. I have been doing a lot of soul-searching through October and November and I came to the realization that I already let myself have any reward I want without earning it. So I guess it isn't even a reward it's just pure pleasure-seeking behaviour. This needs to change...
Now I am trying to take the things that I used to just let myself do and make them sacred so that they can be rewards.
I came up for a really awesome one for when I hit my ultimate goal weight. My cousin is a photographer and I was going to ask her if she would do a photo shoot on me with my new hot body and confidence. I know if I were to do it now I would be so self-conscious and definitely would NOT want to see the pictures because all my fat would be showing. I davel in a little photography myself and I do like glamour and high fashion photo shoots with my friends occasionally but I never get them done because I am the one behind the camera usually. This reward is SO motivating for me. I want to be able to have pictures to show off what I've worked so hard to achieve and also to look back on when I am older and be like "damn I was hot..and still am". Our generation is one of the first that won't say "I'm not thin like I was in highschool", etc...cause many of us weren't. I want to be able to be at least thin while I am young enough to wear daring outfits, and going out on the town with friends. I have some fierce heels that get hardly any use because I don't fit into many of my bar clothes anymore.
I guess another motivator is my current wardrobe. When I came back to school in September I only brought the clothes that currently fit me...it was quite a shock when I realized that that was only HALF of the clothing I own. I am about 10lbs away from what I weighed when I fit in those clothes...maybe not perfectly, but at least I wasn't bulging in them. So I guess that will be my reward for hitting 170...old/new clothing to wear.
I am trying to find rewards that don't require me spending any money. My aunt offered to buy me two outfits, one when I lost 10lbs and one for when I lose 20. I am currently down 18...so I am so close to the outfits. I don't want them yet though, because I know I am going to lose more weight and I don't want them not to fit. Maybe I will make that my 40 and 50lb targets.
I also bought this dress...it is frickin killer. It is black and grey horizontal stripped, large stripes, strapless, VERY formfitting and about mid-thigh length. It makes my hourglass figure look banging...but that is with a lot of sucking in and strategic posing. I figure in about 20lbs it will be perfect. I am going to make it a reward to wear it out to a club once it fits. I will have to post pics...definitely.
SO recap:
175: Girly night with movies and pedicures
170: New/old wardrobe
165: Hair cut - no hair cuts till then...yikes
160: New outfit from my aunt
155: Go out in target dress
150: New outfit from my aunt
145: Tattoo??
140: Photo shoot and bathing suit
Does anyone have any rewards that cost either very little or nothing that I could use to motivate myself??
Now I am trying to take the things that I used to just let myself do and make them sacred so that they can be rewards.
I came up for a really awesome one for when I hit my ultimate goal weight. My cousin is a photographer and I was going to ask her if she would do a photo shoot on me with my new hot body and confidence. I know if I were to do it now I would be so self-conscious and definitely would NOT want to see the pictures because all my fat would be showing. I davel in a little photography myself and I do like glamour and high fashion photo shoots with my friends occasionally but I never get them done because I am the one behind the camera usually. This reward is SO motivating for me. I want to be able to have pictures to show off what I've worked so hard to achieve and also to look back on when I am older and be like "damn I was hot..and still am". Our generation is one of the first that won't say "I'm not thin like I was in highschool", etc...cause many of us weren't. I want to be able to be at least thin while I am young enough to wear daring outfits, and going out on the town with friends. I have some fierce heels that get hardly any use because I don't fit into many of my bar clothes anymore.
I guess another motivator is my current wardrobe. When I came back to school in September I only brought the clothes that currently fit me...it was quite a shock when I realized that that was only HALF of the clothing I own. I am about 10lbs away from what I weighed when I fit in those clothes...maybe not perfectly, but at least I wasn't bulging in them. So I guess that will be my reward for hitting 170...old/new clothing to wear.
I am trying to find rewards that don't require me spending any money. My aunt offered to buy me two outfits, one when I lost 10lbs and one for when I lose 20. I am currently down 18...so I am so close to the outfits. I don't want them yet though, because I know I am going to lose more weight and I don't want them not to fit. Maybe I will make that my 40 and 50lb targets.
I also bought this dress...it is frickin killer. It is black and grey horizontal stripped, large stripes, strapless, VERY formfitting and about mid-thigh length. It makes my hourglass figure look banging...but that is with a lot of sucking in and strategic posing. I figure in about 20lbs it will be perfect. I am going to make it a reward to wear it out to a club once it fits. I will have to post pics...definitely.
SO recap:
175: Girly night with movies and pedicures
170: New/old wardrobe
165: Hair cut - no hair cuts till then...yikes
160: New outfit from my aunt
155: Go out in target dress
150: New outfit from my aunt
145: Tattoo??
140: Photo shoot and bathing suit
Does anyone have any rewards that cost either very little or nothing that I could use to motivate myself??
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
I've decided...This summer is the summer of the BIKINI!
All of my life I have been too embarrassed to be seen in anything less than a tankini and shorts...so I have decided that this summer is going to be the summer of the bikini!
I figure I have enough time to actual meet this goal. I need to lose 42 lbs by May 20th, which is my birthday and also Victoria Day celebrations in Canada. It is a huge camping weekend and it is usually the first weekend that the pool is open. That gives me 7 months to accomplish the weight loss and also toning up so that I am not thin but giggly. If I lost two pounds a week until the new year that would be 14lbs. Then I would only have 28lbs to go. Then if I continued to lose 2 lbs a week I would lose those 28lbs by mid-April.
I think this is a reasonable goal. It even gives me about a month leeway in case things don't work out as smoothly as planned. When I was really determined in September I was losing 3lbs a week, so I think 2lbs is doable.
I am also hoping to get a breast reduction by next summer. This would be amazing because right now I wear an E cup and NO bathing suits fit my upper body. Personally I think I look vulgar, as one of my friends put it when we were trying on bikinis in a store "HELLO Pamela Anderson"...I have not tried on a triangle top bikini since.
Whoo! I am soo pumped and very proud of myself for setting realistic goals. I have a tendency toward self-destruction, but I want to be able to say I did this the healthy way...for the first time in my life. We'll see how it goes...
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
New Month = New Life
When I came back to school in September I was focused. I managed to lose ten pounds by Thanksgiving weekend (October 12th). Then after that it all went downhill. I let myself eat whatever I wanted at Thanksgiving dinner and that dinner is what broke the camels back as they say. Then the next weekend was Oktoberfest and I got super drunk and ended up eating THREE Oktoberfest sausages, giant buns and all, in ONE HOUR! The sad part is I don't even remember eating all of them. lol Then came Halloween and all the mini-chocolate bars I could get my hands on....Nightmare.
However, I gained back 5 after Oktoberfest and then somehow lost 1.5 between then and now. So that leaves me at 183.5 yesterday.
Over the last few weeks I have felt lost. My drive to accomplish my goals went out the window and all motivation seemed to subside. I pretty much just focused on Halloween and my party. Now that Halloween is over I feel sad and empty...but I am not going to take this lying down! No!
Plans for my new life kicked in on Sunday. Here are some of my new life rules:
For weight loss:
- <1000 cals/day
- Go to the gym daily
- INPUT = OUTPUT, exercise off whatever calories ingested that day**
- Lift weights 1-2/wk
- If a friend asks to do some kind of physical activity, if I'm available, I cannot say no
Other Rules:
- Must not leave the house in sweat pants
- Must put on makeup when going to class
- Must go to all classes
- Must make it to the library at least once a week
- NO BINGES
Goals:
- Establish 1 short term goal per week
November 1-8th: lose 3-4 pounds
- Establish 1 long term goal in four areas: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual
Physical: Lose ten+ pounds by December 1st.
Emotional: Find other ways to cope with overwhelming emotions outside of cutting
Mental: Start study for final exams after midterms are over (November 12th) - I want to see those 90's baby!
Spiritual: get in touch with nature
So these will probably all change as I see more relevant and specific goals but this is my new direction for now. I'm pumped! A friend of mine has joined me in the mission to lose weight. She does weight watchers so I am going to accompany her to those meetings (it's free as long as you don't weight in) once a week and we are going to do a separate weigh in for me at the gym. Definitely my two most important goals as I see it at the moment are the physical and mental goals.
I am just raring to go! My friend was really nervous about the weigh in today but the way I look at it, no matter how bad it is, it is only down from here. And it isn't like we are being subjected to a weigh in and we can't exercise or eat properly...we have all the power! I feel like nothing can stop me now. I have been in the gym the last three days burning a minimum or 700 cals and I am not tired so I know I can keep it up.
To my two followers :"), any goals currently??
However, I gained back 5 after Oktoberfest and then somehow lost 1.5 between then and now. So that leaves me at 183.5 yesterday.
Over the last few weeks I have felt lost. My drive to accomplish my goals went out the window and all motivation seemed to subside. I pretty much just focused on Halloween and my party. Now that Halloween is over I feel sad and empty...but I am not going to take this lying down! No!
Plans for my new life kicked in on Sunday. Here are some of my new life rules:
For weight loss:
- <1000 cals/day
- Go to the gym daily
- INPUT = OUTPUT, exercise off whatever calories ingested that day**
- Lift weights 1-2/wk
- If a friend asks to do some kind of physical activity, if I'm available, I cannot say no
Other Rules:
- Must not leave the house in sweat pants
- Must put on makeup when going to class
- Must go to all classes
- Must make it to the library at least once a week
- NO BINGES
Goals:
- Establish 1 short term goal per week
November 1-8th: lose 3-4 pounds
- Establish 1 long term goal in four areas: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual
Physical: Lose ten+ pounds by December 1st.
Emotional: Find other ways to cope with overwhelming emotions outside of cutting
Mental: Start study for final exams after midterms are over (November 12th) - I want to see those 90's baby!
Spiritual: get in touch with nature
So these will probably all change as I see more relevant and specific goals but this is my new direction for now. I'm pumped! A friend of mine has joined me in the mission to lose weight. She does weight watchers so I am going to accompany her to those meetings (it's free as long as you don't weight in) once a week and we are going to do a separate weigh in for me at the gym. Definitely my two most important goals as I see it at the moment are the physical and mental goals.
I am just raring to go! My friend was really nervous about the weigh in today but the way I look at it, no matter how bad it is, it is only down from here. And it isn't like we are being subjected to a weigh in and we can't exercise or eat properly...we have all the power! I feel like nothing can stop me now. I have been in the gym the last three days burning a minimum or 700 cals and I am not tired so I know I can keep it up.
To my two followers :"), any goals currently??
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