Amber's Diary

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Amber2

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Well, hello there everybody! I'm taking the big plunge and starting up my own diary instead of just reading all of yours!:p So here's my story.... (I'll warn you now, once I get started I tend to ramble a bit!)

I used to be one of those lucky people all the other girls hated. I was 125 lbs and 5'8" - and could eat anything I wanted (which I did!). Then, I met my sweetie and a year later I'm pregnant. I gained 55 lbs total through the pregnancy! But I didn't worry, I thought it would just all melt off when the baby was born, after all, I'd never had to worry about weight before! Well, all that "melted off" was 10 lbs... and there I was. No knowledge about proper diet or exercise and terribly depressed. Over the past 3 years I've educated myself about diet and broken my fear of the gym, but it feels like I try so hard and the needle on that darn scale won't budge, so I give up and go back to my old ways.... Anyways over the last 3 years I've lost about 5 lbs a year, which is better than nothing, but I'm tired of not fitting into my prepregnancy clothes! I have friends that have had babies after me, and they're back to normal already!

So. Here's the stats:
HW: 185
CW: 160
GW: 135

I've been wondering... Is it possible to be addicted to a place? If so, mine is definitely good old 7-11... Slurpees, chips, cigarettes... If I could just ban that place out of my life I would be the healthiest fittest person you ever met!:D

So. My goal this week is to drink more water, at least 80 oz a day (I don't know, how much am I supposed to shoot for?) and set a date to quit smoking. I've also started wearing a stepometer to see how many steps I usually take per day, and next week I'll set a goal to up it....
Today, it tells me: 6956 steps (I think you're supposed to try for 10,000 right?)

Anyways, thanks for being patient with me and my long-winded stories... It feels good to just put my thoughts down. I'm looking forward to joining the journey with you guys...
 
Ok..first of all...coming from a respiratory therapy student...I would suggest you do stick with your gut about quiting smoking...I think that would be the best thing for you to do. Second of all...I was told yesterday by someone that I thought was great advice...Once you notice failure then that is the first step. at least you know that you have tried and it didnt work. but obviously you havent given up hope. coming here everyday....every other day has helped me tremendously. I read other people's diaries and think i can do this...and I had a bad day the other day and everyone was right there on my toes making sure I didnt give up. So keep up your good thinking and I think if you quit smoking you will be a winner in my book!! Good luck girl!
 
I totally agree with you... Last year my fiance and I quit smoking for 9 months... Then he started again and I followed right behind him. While I wasn't smoking I was outside running (without feeling like I might topple over dead!), I was eating better because I could actually taste healthy food and didn't need high fat greasy items to actually taste something, and I felt more confident about myself in general. I've had this feeling that everything else hinges on quitting. I'm also only going to be a student for six more weeks, then back off to the real world for me and I don't want to take my bad habits with me. I want to start over and be someone my daughter can look up to...
 
HEY! Can't wait to see you get going! You are going to do so great - good thing you started yourself a diary... i wish you absolutely the BEST of luck.. I'm working on my 'baby fat' too! I know what you mean, while everyone else's seems to "melt off" WHY DOESN'T OURS? Hey? It sucks - but you can do it! Just believe you can (as cheeeze as I sound) . :) Yay! CHEERS! :D
 
Coming here is your first step- I've never been able to stay on any sort of plan by myself for longer than a few weeks(at best), and I've been workin on the skinny thing now for almost three months- haven't had any fast food since I started, have lost 24 lbs, and haven't given up!!:) I'm convinced it has everything to do with all the great supportive people on here, and I know you can do it to. Looking forward to talking more!!
 
Hey everybody, it's been awhile - high stress time, finals start in a couple weeks and I've been papering the town with my resume.... There's so much to think about, tests, what will happen if I don't get work - I confess I've been putting myself and my health on the back burner.

So now I've caught this nasty cold, and I can't help but think if I'd been taking care of myself, I wouldn't be this sick! Overall, I've basically been trying to balance my eating - you know, if we have pizza for supper one night, the next night I just have a salad. My pedometer tells me I average out about 7,000 steps a day, so eventually I'm going to put a goal in place to up that.

MY BIG NEWS!!!!!
I've set a quit smoking date for this Saturday, April 1st (no April Fool's going on here!) My plan is to do a detox weekend, put my juicer into overdrive, nice hot baths, read (for fun, no Income Tax Act or Quantitative Methods for me!) and try to put all the worries about graduating away for the weekend. Sounds blissful, doesn't it? We'll see if my three year old is willing to go along with the plan! haha

Hopefully cleaning out my system will help me get over the quit smoking jitters faster, and who knows? Maybe I'll lose a pound or two in the process! (Here's hoping!);)
 
Way to go with setting that date! I was the type of smoker who said I would quit everyday, but it wasn't until I quit cold turkey that I finally was able to stop. I went from 2 packs a day to 0. I was extremely irritable for 3 days, but it was worth it! You can do this! Good luck!
 
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