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| Thu, 09-15-2005 - 10:28pm |
I'm a depressed mess. Seriously.
So, I've officially been dieting for 28 days. I went to Curves yesterday on day 28 and was weighed and measured.
*Lost 12 Pounds (.5 pounds per day)
*Lost 2 inches (but gained .25 inches in each upper arm)
1) When I was an insane dieter, eating 800 calories a day, and exercising for two hours daily, I lost 20 pounds my first month. I feel like a loser in the weight loss department. Is 3 pounds every 6 days a normal speed? Am I slow?
2) How in the hell did I GAIN .25 inches in my upper arms? If I lose weight, wouldn't I lose inches, too? Why gain them? I lose only 2 inches -- that's sad in itself (why not 4?) -- all over, but gained .25 in each upper arm. How? I can't explain that at all.
There's my diet rant. I'm eating 1500 calories a day, drinking 3 glasses of milk daily, and exercising three times a week for a half an hour at a time at Curves, in case you're wondering what I did (when I go to curves, I push it until it hurts).
THEN -- One more thing. I'm turning 30 tomorrow. September 16th is my birthday. My last night in my twenties is being spent taking a bath, cooking dinner, and cleaning clothes. I spend my last afternoon in my twenties making lesson plans and correcting school work. I've decided, though, to just keep saying I'm 29. I don't know why it's bothering me.
Thanks for letting me rant.

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Wow, I was expecting some support, but this was amazing. :)
So, I'll try to stay hopeful, even though I'm 250 and need to be more like 155. Small bites and stuff, right?
It almost makes me wish for bulimic days in which weight flew off, you know? Oh well. :)
I have to disagree with this:
<<,That is the one thing I don't like about curves, they really don't know anything.>>>
I think that it is like anything else, some of the workers are more skilled than others.
I know that I love my Curves and they are very knowledgable. Plus, I have asked to be measured mid-month and they've gladly done it. I make sure to go get weighed/measured when the same person is there. Getting it done by different people is a lot like doing your weight checks on a different scale, you can't be sure they are calibrated the same.
I say as long as you get a workout in (and are actually doing the work) and you get the same person to do the weight/measures, CURVES can be great. PARTICULARLY if you are on a teacher's salary, are extremely obese and/or need the 'vibe' that you can get from there.
-M.
Hi!
Happy belated birthday!!
I had this big thing typed up and then went to type this symbol, ~, and hit esc by mistake and it's gone!!!! Basically it said you are doing great and I totally get the "what's 12 when there's 90.." ; the thing is it's four weeks closer to your goal etc.
I hate that it will be 65 weeks until I get at my goal. That's if I completely stick with it the whole time. - See how that sets me up to feel defeated before I even get going? I'm the queen of doing that to myself. So, I have decided to break it up into monthly goals (or even 2week goals if need be)in order to keep working on things w/out that sense of being soooo far gone.
Hope your weekend was good. I don't know about you but I'm having some serious 'It's already Sunday", Teacher's Blues today. Not even feeling like getting the kids cleaned up and ready for church (I'm just trying to get back into going after a loooonnnng absence - so long that my 8yr old doesn't even remember when we regularly went and is fighting me on it)
sorry, I digress...
Keep up the good work!
M.
Well let me tell you why it was a bad year....when I turned 30, it was like hitting puberty or something!
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