Breakfast: 400 fruit, cereal, milk.
lunch: powerbar 150
snack: mcdonalds southwestern chicken salad 350
snack: gum, large apple, tea: 200
dinner: huge with WAY too much desert. tomorrow is going to be difficult but i'm ready to start this weightloss process.
I've got my two finals today :) I will be EXTREMELY relieved when they are finished. It's been a long, drawn out semester of about 12 Sunday classes that last 6 hours. I'm glad to have my Sundays, and more importantly, everyday back from studying. In September studying will be my job, but right now I have some time to prepare myself for the exciting expectations ahead.
I know I'll get out early from exams today. I plan to get some clothes for my grandmother. Mainly things like light cardigans and other clothes that can be worn during summer but still keep her warm.
Happy Mother's Day :)
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 20 lbs to go!
**shoot. I binged tonight while attempting to study for the last time. oh well. the course is finished in the morning and I will be on my way towards weightloss.** (I ended up having 5700 cal.)
i went a smidge overboard on desert (peanut butter and jelly sandwich and some crackers)lol.
total calories today are actually 2650. fine by me. test tomorrow.
breakfast: a bit much, but good. cereal, milk, strawberries 300
snack: yogurt with sugar free jelly, apple: 240
lunch: microwave meal, crackers. 350
snack: too many cookies but ok. 350
snack: apple, diet green tea from nestea (i shouldn't buy it and i don't even like this flavor/brand...but i was tempted!) 80
extra snack: marathon powerbar 150
dinner: veggies and boca microwave lasagna 350-400 depending.
1920-1970 depending.
exercise: easy walk, 30 min.
all in all a good day.
good morning everyone. It's a nice day, I'd rather be exercising, but I am finishing up studying today - before my finals tomorrow morning. After tomorrow, my plans include a FAST initial weightloss with dedication to my goal until the end of the school year, followed by emphasis in maintaining my goals throughout the summer so that I can enter my Radiography program in September feeling the best I can. For two years, I'll be in school and I need to keep my fitness at a higher level so that when I finally enter the workforce I have the stamina for this somewhat physically demanding job, I feel good, and so that I would be most desirable to any employer!!!
I know weightloss shouldn't be approached whimsically or rushed. But, other than work, I have no huge engagements for the rest of this year, although it may include a job interview for summer. yuck. But i'm not worried whatsoever.
Goals for the next 6-7 weeks: exercise daily even if I am tired. Give it my all for this period of time. Reintroduce body to yoga and stick with it although I'm not happy about how I appear in yoga clothes in the mirror right now! Calories 1200-1500 per day. I think I'm ready to just accept the fact that if I want to loose a lot, I have to eat less. The pressure of life in general is off. I will have no anxiety about tests so I can just eat less and not have to worry about performance issues on tests and "needing enough energy" to study.
Has anyone ever felt like that? Many times, I feel the need to binge more so due to anxiety than anything else when I study. Since I will NOT be studying, I think major binge issues will be put to rest for the time being. I know so, in fact. It is a goal of mine to exit this school year the same way I came in, 115 pounds. I will be SUPER excited if I meet this goal. SUPER excited. If i don't, but I am close, I will be happy too.
I have 7 weeks until the absolute last day of school. 2 lbs a week would be about 14 lbs. I will NOT weight myself until the last day of school. There's nothing I can do other than stick to my goals to reach them. Weighing will not change anything. I want it to be a surprise. I will continue to keep doing yoga all summer and through the fall.
I am rambling, I know.
In the fall, I will ONLY go to school for at least the first semester and not work. School is from 8-4pm. Weekends will be free and I will try to emphasize the need to continue with yoga on those days. What else can I say except that I am ready to leave teaching and refocus on a new leaf, a new choice for life.
I'm ready. Who knows what I weigh now or until I end school. I am excited...let these tests pass tomorrow. The best is yet to come. My birthday is in September and 26 is going to be a great year! (and so will be this portion of being 25 yrs old!)
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 20 lbs to go!
Your goals sound wonderful and I REALLY am looking forward to seeing you achieve them...
yesterday i ended up having an apple at night, but still good calories.
early breakfast: cereal, strawberries, milk: 200
later breakfast: roll with peanut butter and milk: 410
snack: pineapple cottage cheese: 110
snack: pineapple cottage cheese and fruit, diet coke: 200
while shopping: low cal soda 20
snack after school: cereal/milk...later veggies and dressing:310
dinner: salad/dressing, tuna and bbq sauce, apple: 320
total: 1570 very good day, no exercise, kinda tired and i don't want to overdo it and not enjoy the weekend...some mints later on.
I am home from work, 3:41pm. I'm not hungry. I may go out to the store and to blockbuster. I don't have an urgancy to go to the gym - but if i skip it, that's not good either. We'll see. haha, i'm just thinking as I type.
funny story: I entered the office to assist the reading teacher and all of a sudden I saw something fluttery and I looked again and there was a large looking gray bird ready to attack me! I screamed and got to the floor...only problem was, she had no idea what was going on! The reading teacher didn't realize there had been a bird in her office until I entered and it started flying! haha. It was pretty funny! We had to call the custodians to get it out!
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 20 lbs to go!
Hope your evening fairs out well and your weekend is wonderful!
I haven't weighed myself, but i'm putting it at 135. I'll start weighing myself in about a week from now. I don't want so much disappointment by weighing right now- not until after my test is done Sunday! :) My goal is large, but I want to be below 120 when school gets out, June 27. It's about 1.5 months. I will only be working in the summer, but not taking any classes, and I plan to be outside and having fun...and shaping my body! :) And, getting back into yoga with my YEARLY unlimited that I haven't used much since I bought it. I'll make up for that. :)
breakfast: hamburger roll and 2 tb peanut butter, skim milk 450.
snack: pineapple cottage cheese: 120
lunch: pineapple cottage cheese, iced coffee: 200
snack: cereal: 280
snack: tomatoes and asian spray dressing: 80
dinner: tuna with bbq sauce, veggies, rice, clementine, diet soda.
total : 1550 good day.
exercise: 4 mi walk. great exercise! :)
work went well, i stopped by Dunkin Donuts with a coworker and we enjoyed our coffees (and she had a yogurt and i had my cottage cheese haha). we had a slightly extended lunch and enjoyed each other's company! :)
5-6000 calories.
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 20 lbs to go!
I love you all for not just leaving me in the dust despite my inablity to maintain a healthy attitude for more than a day at a time.
Sunday is my last class and I agree that I should start RIGHT now being healthy. I should NOT binge all the way until I take the test. It is not necessary. The next two years, I'll be taking tests upon tests and then job interviews. Oh, and I just realized, the one program I have decided to go to does in fact accept a majority of candidates that are young like myself and in FABULOUS physical shape. I actually remember that quite well from when i interviewed there and also was taken around to observe by some current students. It would be frustrating to enter the program first day in September on a sour, depressed note. I do have a goal to change my attitude and current strategies of dealing with pain, negativity by then. I want to feel my best because this is a new door opening for me. Why would I want the door to close in my face because of my own self destruction.
I would equate my current eating/food/intake patterns to the lifestyle of a drug addict. I'm very serious. I'll do anything to get a "fix." I'll search the cabinets and closets in my house dry. I will find every last treat. Every morsel of anything that tastes good. It's getting very old. I really am an addict and although the feeling of being too full to even sleep is not a good one, my body practicially craves it. I focus on that miserable feeling, but it still blocks out other sad emotional thoughts.
I am just being honest in this entry. I am not very upset right now.
calories around 5,000.
no exercise.
studying.
I have a goal weight. It is not even questionable that it is a healthy one for me. I actually maintained between 110-115 for a least a period of 3 years. I am not weighing now to determine my current weight which is prob around 135.
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 20 lbs to go!
Have a good one H~O~P {*;*}
I am still having a difficult time with binging.
I binged big time...i'm laughing because i know better...sorry to disappoint but i did know this was going to probably be a stressful week. It turns out I didn't get into my top choice for school next year. But, I do know where I'll be going. I was planning on going to school each afternoon to study for my final, but now that I didn't get into the college that I'm taking this class at right now, I have decided that the rest of the week will be spent exercising and not studying as much as I originally thought I had to. My average is already an A and I don't have to be perfect on the last two tests.
Basically, I'm not sure why I thought I needed to actually go to the school to study. I'll just do my best from home. I'm done with this school and I will not be taking a summer course there (because I didn't get into their program so I don't need the course).
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 20 lbs to go!
Hope your evening is a good one!
before work: mail important letters...after work: post office again haha. I plan on going to the park after work unless my allergies act up then...and i plan on studying really hard! :)
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I ended up having an evening snack putting today's cals at: 1930. but it wasn't a binge. so ok!...I CAN do this! yes i can!
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Breakfast 1: apple 90
Breakfast 2: Cereal and milk: 180
Lunch: wrap with chicken: 230
Snack: tea 60
Snack: marathon protein bar and drink: 220
Dinner: We had a BBQ. Salad with dressing (60), 2 peppers with dressing (90), BIG piece of chicken (400?), wrap (100), small roasted potato in olive oil (200?) total here: 850 approx.
total: 1630. I think this is a good estimate.
Today was a busy day. My allergies were so bad when I went to pick up the newspaper at the supermarket at 7:30am this morning that I looked as if I were CRYING! I never had that before (and I'm also not taking any allergy medicine because I don't have insurance and don't like the over the counter stuff. I'd rather fight this season out! haha). So, for about 10 mintues my eyes were thrououghly tearing down my cheeks! So odd!
I had a test in my Anatomy and Physiology class today. This class was from 8:40am till 3pm. CRAZY! I couldn't wait for it to end since it's a VERY long class. I have an "A" average which is great. This is the last week of studying and I am SO excited about that. Time to make flashcards! After this week, I will definitely be on here religously and also commenting gallore!
exercise: walked 3 miles.
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 20 lbs to go!
Good Week To you..Taking, just one day at a time....
breakfast: apple 100
lunch: wrap with grilled chicken (small wrap) 250
snack: 1/2 banana 50
dinner: out to eat for friend's bday: stir fry bok choy, small dumpling/fried shrimp appetizer, little bit coconut sticky rice, seared tuna (large piece) coffee total maybe 900
total 1300
30 min am walk, 40 min pm walk. all in all I consider this a very good day. tomorrow i have a test which i plan on doing very well on. :)
and like Thinn said, today was a good saturday from the time i woke up till the time i went to bed! :) Have a good day ladies.
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 20 lbs to go!
Love Ya!
Amen on the good Saturday and everyday with the Lord is a GOOD DAY!
BIG SMILE to YOU!!!
binged. I can't believe it either.
5,000 cal.
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 20 lbs to go!
Stability is the core in all that we do if we plan on it lasting...Some are able to have that and others not..... What triggers you?...Stress?...Boredom?...Unhappiness in knowing that you probably will fail, even though you want to not bindge so badly it aches?....
Is this so bad and often enough that maybe you should seek out the advise of your physician? If you are in the weight range of 120-130...I doubt that you really are that "LARGE"...I know you are only 5'2" but, is your perception of a healthy "thin" that of societies guidelines or truly a need? You may have hormonal imbalance (thyroid, etc)...Sometimes things are just sheerly caused by a medical condition...
I don't know how to help you, other than to stick by your side in the good AND bad.....Just know that I genuinely DO CARE and it breaks my heart to see someone literally crying out for help and not knowing what to say that will "work"...
Has this been the norm for you since joining DD in 2006?.... Just trying to figure your patterns out and how long the short "good spirt" and then long "binging spirt" has been an issue? Most people would not stick with a forum like DD if it was something that has been going on for 2 years I wouldn't think, unless they were getting something out of it....
((((Hugs)))) from Washington State!
Thank You for answering the question and when you get back on top of your game, we can be doing this together (Ridding!)...
Heres to a better Saturday from the time you awake to the time you go to sleep.
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Hey girl, good look on your finals! xoxo.
maria777 on 05/11/2008:
Have fun with your grandmother! So sweet of you to get her clothes!
thinnsidenotout on 05/11/2008:
Sounds like a wonderful day to me....G'mas are just as special as moms are!!!!
Hoping that your week ahead is a success for you....
rlovell on 05/11/2008:
thank you, HOP. i am so proud of your efforts to give back to everyone else here when you have so much going on with finals and everything. i wish you all the success and happiness you deserve! lets both go get pedicures this week...;)