Ok--I QUIT!
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| Wed, 05-25-2005 - 11:00am |
So I did really good OP for a month and then fell off the wagon. For the past three weeks I have been off program and just been lurking around here. Well, it's time for me to say I QUIT! I quit being fat and eating unhealthy. I quit being lazy and not exercising. I quit hating the way I look and dressing in unflattering clothes to cover up my body. I know that this road to weight loss is long and hard, and I know that I am going to have bumps along the way, but I really want to do this this time. I'm ready to get back on track in full swing, and I stocked up last night on fruits and veggies, lean meat, whole wheat bread, milk and low-fat cheese--healthy foods. I woke up this morning and, instead of wearing my normal hooded sweatshirt and jeans put on a nice skirt and top and did my hair and makeup. I brought all of my healthy foods to work with me so I don't have to be tempted to eat junk. And, I weighed myself this morning for the first time in 3 weeks, and I have only gained 5lbs!!! Usually when I go off plan, I gain back everything, but this time I did try to be reasonable about what I ate, and I think it worked pretty well.
Here are my current goals:
Lose 15-20 lbs by 07/25/05 (I will decide for sure after I see how much water weight I lose this week, usually I have about a 10 lb loss the first week back OP, but since I didn't gain too much of what I had first lost back, I might not lose that much.)
Exercise at least 4 times per week for a minimum of 15 minutes (will go up over time). I have decided that I really want to get into running/jogging and would like to train for a 5K.
Eat at least 7 servings of fruits and veggies a day. This shouldn't be too hard, because I think that I am going to start making fruit/milk smoothies in the morning with at least 2-3 servings of fruit. I am also going to try to stick to mostly whole foods such as fruits and vegetables, whole grains, dairy products and lean meats.
Stay off soda! I gave it up 3 weeks ago, and haven't had a drop since :). That's at least one good thing I did in going off plan--I was drinking about 2-4 LITERS a day of diet soda and even some regular soda! I am drinking mostly water, some tea w/out sugar, and skim milk.
Sorry so long winded :).
Staci--Back and ready to lose!!
275/260.5/170


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Hi Staci, and welcome back ! . I've only been here a couple of weeks, but I know if you need support, this is where u can get it. It will be a long, hard road to weight loss, but in the end it is worth it. Know that we are here when u need us. :)
Lynn
321/313/185
Ok Staci, sounds like ya have a great plan there. NOW STICK TO IT! LOL! Yes the road is long and hard. Hell, I've been at my plan now for almost 6 weeks and STILL the scale hasn't moved. Not ONE lousy pound!!!!! That's enough to make anyone stop right there. But, I'm not. I've done that too many times in the past! I just have it in my head now that I'm not giving in no matter what and you shouldn't either! Even though I am having scale "problems" (LOL) I still feel better and still see changes in my body (I'm getting slimmer and my clothes fit better). So, something good must be happening.
Plan everything (meals) ahead if you have to just to stick on plan. Do like I do, once I get home from food shopping with all of my good fruits and veggies I wash them and cut them all up and put them into ziplock baggies (I also make a huge bowl of fruit salad I can take from for the next few days). That way when I get hungry all I need to do is go grab some fruit or some veggies from the baggies rather than some cookies, chips, etc. (which are still in my house for my son and hubby). In the past it was much easier/faster (rather than washing, cutting fruit and veggies before eating them) to go grab a big bag of chips or something else unhealthy when I was hungry. By washing and cutting all of my fruit and veggies ahead of time I no longer have that excuse. Just something you may want to try.
I always plan ahead what I am going to eat. That way I am not standing in my kicthen lurking and wondering what to have. Which eventually always leads to me grabbing something I shouldn't be having. Now there is no question. I also have a closet in the kitchen just for me that is filled with all the good foods I can have (i.e., trail mix, canned veggies, tuna, low cal/low fat treats, low cal/low sodium soups, etc.). That has helped me a lot too. Instead of searching through my hubby and sons closet filled with their junk food, I now have my own. Now it's habit to go "it" rather than theirs. This helps keep me in line too.
Good luck! Don't give in!!!
((((STACI)))))
So glad to see you back! And I'm glad to see you so committed to things! Good luck girl and don't forget to keep us updated on your progress! You're goals sound great!
Fear
Barb
Staci - glad you're back! You can do this. A little bit at a time if needed. Soda is hard for me too....I haven't had a regular soda in over a week being OP. But I kinda don't miss it now.
Keep up the great attitude!
Kerry
276/270/200
Thank you so much for your encouragement. I really want to do this, and, I figured that the bright side to Neil moving to a different shift (see my rant about the Diet gods) is that we should be able to go jogging together in the mornings--if I can get him motivated!
Also, does anyone know of a good resource for tips for training for a 5 K. I can't tell you how many articles I have seen in the past in my magazines about training for a 5K or 10 K, and now I can't find one single article that has reccomendations. I'm looking for an article that says walk X mins, run X mins, and then gives guidelines on how often and how much to increase the jogging intervals.
Well, I have done excellent on my eating all day, and, since I don't get off work until 9 pm tonight, I will probably be doing my exercise bike while watching Crossing Jordan re-runs inside, because it's not too safe to go out running the streets at night in my city. I did read that cross training such as a bike or elliptical machine is good for building cardio stamina, so I think I am going to rotate my running training with my bike, because with the bike I can do it in the nice, cool, comfort of my own home :).
Staci
275/260.5/170
Hey Staci,
The Prevention magazine web site has had some good running plans in the past. You might want to check there.
Thanks everyone for your support, and I just want to say that yesterday was a success and today is shaping up to be one. I even exercised on my exercise bike last night and felt good after I was done. Tonight is a softball game, so that will probably be the bulk of my exercise.
So, I'm still not following any official plan, just trying to get my fruits and veggies and dairy in, and also making sure I get enough fiber and not too much fat. Overall, I'm just watching my calories, and I kept it just under 1500 yesterday while still eating quite a bit. I have to say, though, that for since yesterday I have felt like bursting into tears more than once. I know I ranted on and on in my Diet gods post, and I realize that I was also a bit grumpy yesterday. I am feeling a bit depressed, too though, and I have to wonder if it was the sudden loss of all of the sugar/carbs and fat I had been eating. More than once I have felt choked up, and over insignificant stuff. I felt choked up when Neil told me he was moving to a different shift, I felt choked up when I was talking to my stupid co-worker yesterday, and I felt choked up when Neil was talking about his trips. Then, today, my stupid co-workers got to me again. I am not a crier, but man, I just feel like I need a good one so that I can be on my way. One of my co-workers today brought up the whole thing about how it's because of people like me who bring a whole weeks worth of food at once who make the need to clean out the refrigerator, and someone asked me to take the few frozen dinners I had in the freezer home, quote "because there's just not enough room for people to bring a weeks worth of food"...well excuse the heck out of me for trying to eat healthy. My food took up little space, relatively, and there are two fridges and freezers, so it's like, why are you bugging me? I have a half hour to an hours drive to work every morning, and I don't want to be lugging my frozen dinners and/or refrigerated foods to work EVERY day. First I felt like crying, and then I felt like saying, "well, why don't you say something to the stupid people who have a 5 quart pail of ice cream in the freezer, or to the people who have 2 liter bottles of soda in the fridge?" My food takes up way less space than theirs, and it would take up just as much space if I brought it every day. I keep my deli meat in a resealable container and I have a package of cheese slices and cheese sticks. Those things together don't take up as much room as a 2 liter bottle of soda, nor do a few frozen dinners take up as much room as a 5 quart pail of ice cream!
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