Heidipye's journey

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heidipye

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No more pie for Heidipye!

Hello and welcome to my weight loss diary :) ! I guess I'll begin by answering the questions Lisa asked in the intro thread:

-- How much weight do you want to lose? I want to lose 15 pounds and KEEP IT OFF! And I want to build muscle and get in better shape.
-- What is the timeframe for reaching your target weight? Ideally lose all of it by Christmas (2 months from now), but if not I want to have lost at least 10 pounds by then. So that means losing at least one pound a week, and preferably one pound every 4-5 days.
-- How do you want to accomplish your goal (what methods do you want to use)? My plan is to eat 1000-1200 cals per day, plus the number of cals I burn at the gym. I want to go to the gym 4-5 days a week for at least 30 mins. I will eat a high protein, low refined sugar diet, and cut down or totally eliminate junk food.
-- Who or what can support you in reaching your goal? The people on this forum I hope :eek: ! Seriously guys, any support, encouragement, and advice will be greatly appreciated here!
-- How realistic is your goal? Totally realistic if I stick to my plan and don't get discouraged and lose control if I have a minor setback on occasion.
-- When will you start? I will start tomorrow, or I guess today, since it's almost midnight. After I finish this it's off to bed and I'll be on my diet when I wake up.

Another thing I like to do is to give myself a 12 hour eating "window", typically from 9am to 9pm, and not eat anything before or after those times. Sometimes a 10 hour window (10am-8pm) works too.

Right now i'm planning to focus my diet around seven or eight main foods: fruits, veggies, eggs, nonfat yogurt, cheese, chicken, and oatmeal. after a workout I may have a protein bar, or some cereal or bread or something. But my idea is to stay full on foods that are high in protein and/or low in calories. I'm also a chocolate lover :eek: so I'll allow myself one or two small pieces a day.

While my short term goal is to lose these 15 pounds and get in better shape, my long term goal is to establish permanent habits that will allow me to maintain my body at a lower weight without having to think about food and dieting all the time. I have a tendency to fall into compulsive eating behaviors, either eating too much or too little, and I want to break free of those tendencies too.

Ok, that's all for now. I'll be back tomorrow to post the results of my day. Thanks for reading and bye for now!
 
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Looking good! Just remember to take things one day at a time!
 
heidi.....good luck on your goals! You sound like you have realistic goals and are focused on taking good care of your body!!!! I'll keep checking in to see how you are doing. You can do this!!!!!!! Love, julia
 
hey heidi, your plan sounds really great. you'll get tons of support from me. *hug* i look forward to seeing your progress!!
 
Thanks so much for the support, newbride02, tall girl, and scrappy :D !! I've been exploring this forum more, and there are so many awesome success stories here! It's really inspiring and makes me want to stick with my plan and lose weight the right way. I have a question for anyone to answer - how much hunger do you deal with on a typical day? Are you hungry all day, or just before meals, and has your hunger level changed during the course of your diet? I'm not sure how hungry I'm should be feeling. I'm going to post what I've eaten today:

10am - 2 hardboiled eggs, 1 string cheese, 1 carrot - 280 cals
12pm - yogurt - 170 cals
3pm - oatmeal with milk and banana - 320
530pm - 1 apple, 1 string cheese - 190
several pieces of gum throughout the day - 30

That's 990 so far. i've done an hour of walking. i'm kind of hungry and I'll eat something small later this evening. What do you guys think - how's that for a day's menu?

Ok I'll be back later with updates. Bye for now!
 
hey amndpu, you posted right before me so i didn't catch your post there. I appreciate your support so much and you know you'll get the same support from me! *hugs back* We're both on our way to reaching our goals. woohoo :D !
 
I think you should try to keep calories at about 1150-1400. If you go too low your body will think you are fasting and try to store the extra calories resulting in not as much of a weight loss. Good job though.
 
Thanks for the advice, runforfun. I might end up doing that anyway if I keep getting too hungry. I ended up with 1400 cals including my dinner, which was:
egg white and veggie omelette - 190
yogurt with berries - 110
cereal - 110

My only exercise was walking but that's ok. I'm feeling really good right now, positive and motivated :) . It's 9pm and my stomach feels empty but not hungry. That's a good way to end the day. If I was going to bed full it would mean I ate too much and if i had hunger pangs they would keep me awake. So wish me luck for tomorrow, and good luck to all of you too! Bye for now!
 
hi heidipye, YAY for doing well today!! i'm so happy for you. i know you'll do great tomorrow as well. keep it up. :D
 
ha how funny amndpu you were posting in my thread while i was posting in yours :D . You keep up the good work too!
 
Hey!!!
Sounds like you have a great plan.....I would try not to eat after 8....unless you plan on exercising at 10:30 at night...lol....And rember WATER....WATER....WATER
I just know your gonna do awesome!!!!
 
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Everyone else is so much more organized than me!! You will definately make the 15 pounds by your goal. Totally! Stick to your guns!!
 
wow. like everyone said, you have a great plan and sound ready to go! great job with getting organized and focused!

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wow people here are so great - you keep posting in my thread even when i disappear for a day! thanks so much kccruz, honeybee, amndpu, and t'is4me! well, yesterday didn't go as well as it should have. i ended up eating 2000 cals, which isn't disastrous but won't make me lose any weight :mad: . i'm embarrassed to have messed up so soon, but i've promised myself that i have to be totally honest in this journal and that means admitting my mistakes :eek: . today is a new day and it's going better so far. here's what i've eaten:
- big egg white and veggie omelette with low-fat cheese - 340
- apple - 80
- few pieces candy - 100
- dry cereal - 160
- 1/2 protein bar - 140
- gum - 20

that's a total of 840 and it's almost 4pm. i should be able to stay within my limits today. i really need to get to the gym but i just dont *feel* like it. blah. i know that's no excuse, and i'll feel better if i go. it seems like for me, if i skip more than a few days in a row, the urge to exercise goes away, but if i exercise everyday, my body craves it. i also love swimming but i feel self-conscious in a swimsuit. it's sort of a catch-22 like that. i don't want to swim b/c i feel self-conscious but swimming is something that will help me lose weight and not feel so self-conscious. meh, i'll just go running or rollerblading instead.

ok, have a great day everyone! :D
 
I weigh over 300 lbs....And when I go walk it is usualy around morning rush hour traffic.
And when the wind blows hard and CLINGS to my big belly...I get a little self conscious....but then I think..." I dont give a rats ass what those people are thinking about me!....Im "fighting" for my life here."...And then I pretend I am on "BIGGEST LOSER"..and I have to win for my team...lol..It sounds so funny but it works for me!!
Because if I have to worry all the time about what people..( who I dont even know)..think about me....then I am never gonna lose weight!!!
Its all about you and what you are trying to do for yourself. Noone can do it for you.

I am like that...if I miss a couple of days of exercising..I get in "no sweat "mode.
But we gotta snap out of it.....and MAKE ourselves do it.......ugghhh..lol
 
thanks for sharing your wisdom kc - you are totally right! i am doing this for me, not the people at the pool! who cares what they think! and i would guess that many of them feel self-conscious about their bodies too. i think your "team attitude" is excellent. i grew up playing on sports teams so i totally have the team mentality too. and the great thing about teams is that being on one makes you push yourself way harder than you would on your own.
speaking of teams i'm so excited for the next group competition here to start! whoever came up with that idea is a genius! and yay! - i broke the exercise rut. went rollerblading for 30 mins, then did some stretching and calisthenics. i'm feeling much better now, and so glad i went. as for food, since last post i've had dry cereal (220), and candy (50). so a total of 1110 if my math is right. i will probably eat again, but it won't be much.

ok bye for now!
 
Just a reminder.....when you dont eat enough..your body goes into starvation mode....which means its not gonna give up any weight.....and the more and harder you exercise..you need to eat more.....And where the heck r u getting this candy???lol
Throw it out and buy some fruit....or something like fat free cream ice cream pops.
Make your environment a "safe" place...
 
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