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Unfortunately I gained 0.2lbs… but I will have a better week this week… i feel like I am better prepared. My weight this week is 168.

Short term goal for the week: I will weigh 167 by next monday 9/8/08

Long term goal- I will weigh 140lbs by June 1.

Reasons for my long term goal:

1. I will look amazing for my friends wedding

2. I want to be a good role model for my patients when I get out of nursing school this may.

3. I don’t want to be one of those people being part of the obesity epidemic.

4. I want to have a healthy body to prevent heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.

5. I want to feel good about how I look and feel.

So, I am reading the book one of the other members suggested I should read and I am going to go ahead and set a short term goal for the rest of this week and my ultimate goal that I will say everytime I make a short term goal.

Short term goal- I will weigh 167.1 lbs by Monday Sept 1.

Long term goal- I will weigh 140lbs by June 1.

Reasons for my long term goal:

1. I will look amazing for my friends wedding

2. I want to be a good role model for my patients when I get out of nursing school this may.

3. I don’t want to be one of those people being part of the obesity epidemic.

4. I want to have a healthy body to prevent heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.

5. I want to feel good about how I look and feel.

I am already struggling. What the heck is wrong with me??? I am having the worst time with my diet… I don’t know why motivation doesn’t seem to be enough… I am trying to have will power, but its soooooo hard with no support around me. What do other people to do keep motivated and on track especially when they are busy all the time. I have worked out almost everyday and I have probably logged about 4-5 miles of moderate paced walking. Running really hurts my joints.

Well if anyone reads this… how do you get and stay motivated to achieve your goals?

Helpless… Sara 

I weighed 167.6 this AM. Which is a loss of 0.8 this week. I was hoping for more, but a loss is a loss.

It was definately a struggle this week, its so hard to not eat out when I am so busy… unfortunately I did end up eating out a few days this week, which is still an improvement from before. I did make smarter choices in general like skip fries, try to get chicken (not fried). But IDK the only logic I have is that i’m getting bloated because its about that time for womanly issues this month. Which always slows my loss. I also lifted mwf and walked 2-4 miles on a hilly course on tthsun. So, i got decent exercise…and though my diet still isn’t quite up to par yet… it’s better than it was. I’m hoping for at least a full lb this week, hopefully it goes well…i’m kinda stressed out and tired from school and work and getting up before the roosters…

Sara

Okay so my official begining weight is…168.4lbs… I have quite a bit to lose… but so far I have my head up. If i ever want to hit 140 I would have to lose 28lbs… but lets get to 150 first. One lb at a time… as long as I keep motivated I will be okay. I just hope the support around me will not bring me down… we will see… off to start this journey.

So, I am the queen of yo-yo dieting… I’m tired of it and I am so dissappointed in myself. In June of 2006 I got down to almost 150lbs… and since I have gained about 20lbs… I looked and felt so good… but I made too many excuses and stopped my diet and exercise regimine which I know was the problem. By christmas of 2007 I weighed 172… I was disgusted… I tried weight watchers but when I hit 156 and got stuck for 5-6 weeks I quit… and now I am back between 166-170 (I weigh in tomorrow). I gained 10-14 lbs between april and august. I feel disgusting… and I want to give it another whirl… but I have many obsticles that I need to get out in the air and how I might deal with them…

1. Hectic Schedule… I am in classes for 32 hrs every week + I will have projects, pre-labbing, homework, and studying… I will also be working at least every other weekend for 16 hours.

1a. This is the hardest obsticle… but I will have to bring healthy snacks like fruit, veggies, and bring a meal with me to school instead of eating the food in the cafeteria because I don’t know how they made the food and I have a terrible time gagging down a lettuce salad.

Mon- Wed I should head to the gym immediately after class so I can’t make excuses

Tu-th… I should bring clothes with me to clinicals and go straight to the gym for a work out be it cardio or weights

Sa-sun… bring gym clothes to work and go to the gym after work because its close to my gym. Also I should bring my own lunch to work so I don’t go out or eat at the nursing home because they offer very little choices…

2. Classmates wanting to go to bars… I am good at avoiding this, and I shall not give into temptation

3. B/f’s family… they have never helped me with dieting… if there is a family dinner I can go to I should bring my own food and stay away from the kitchen to avoid temptation.

….. I have to leave so i will add more later

EDIT: I am back from work and exhausted is what I am right now. After work I went to the grocery store and I got… Chicken, eggs, whole grain (not enriched) english muffins to make egg sandwiches with, popcorn if I have a moment of the muchies and I bought some different on the go soups for school. I already had apples and grapes in my refridgerator at home, but I also bought a couple of bananas for a nice postwork out snack. I also have some frozen veggies for a stir fry… someday I might be able to eat raw veggies but I have a hard time with vegetables. 

Does anyone think some kind of V8 juice would be good to replace my veggies?

Anyway… first day of class and weigh in tomorrow… I hope to get off to a good start. I am excited!

Sara

So, I am the queen of yo-yo dieting… I’m tired of it and I am so dissappointed in myself. In June of 2006 I got down to almost 150lbs… and since I have gained about 20lbs… I looked and felt so good… but I made too many excuses and stopped my diet and exercise regimine which I know was the problem. By christmas of 2007 I weighed 172… I was disgusted… I tried weight watchers but when I hit 156 and got stuck for 5-6 weeks I quit… and now I am back between 166-170 (I weigh in tomorrow). I gained 10-14 lbs between april and august. I feel disgusting… and I want to give it another whirl… but I have many obsticles that I need to get out in the air and how I might deal with them…

1. Hectic Schedule… I am in classes for 32 hrs every work + I will have projects, pre-labbing, homework, and studying… I will also be working at least every other weekend for 16 hours.

1a. This is the hardest obsticle… but I will have to bring healthy snacks like fruit, veggies, and bring a meal with me to school instead of eating the food in the cafeteria because I don’t know how they made the food and I have a terrible time gagging down a lettuce salad.

Mon- Wed I should head to the gym immediately after class so I can’t make excuses

Tu-th… I should bring clothes with me to clinicals and go straight to the gym for a work out be it cardio or weights

Sa-sun… bring gym clothes to work and go to the gym after work because its close to my gym. Also I should bring my own lunch to work so I don’t go out or eat at the nursing home because they offer very little choices…

2. Classmates wanting to go to bars… I am good at avoiding this, and I shall not give into temptation

3. B/f’s family… they have never helped me with dieting… if there is a family dinner I can go to I should bring my own food and stay away from the kitchen to avoid temptation.

….. I have to leave so i will add more later

Woo hoo! I got 2nd place to win a free t-shirt from Controlled Labs. Plus some other fun stuff! I am soo excited! Controlled Labs rocks!! I don’t know if I could win anything much better than their products!! HEHE! YAY!!

So visiting home is kinda bad for my diet. I have a really hard time eating right because I always get this great free food! So, that didnt help anything this weekend. I have also hit a damn plateau…. so I dont know… I’m thinking about low carbing it to throw my body off for a week or two… anyone have any advice on getting over plateus!! They SUCK!!!!

I just finished my first month of my long term goal. My goal for september was to go from 159 to 152lbs, unfortunately I set too high of a goal. But Fortunately I lost 5lbs and got down to 154, which is pretty comfortable to me. But I want to hit 140.

Octobers goal: Weigh 150 by Halloween! That gives me a 4 lb weight loss target. 1lb a week!

HOPEFULLY ALL GOES WELL!!!