Kristi's journey to a healthy lifestyle

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Same here! I'm glad to be back again. I'll head over there later and look (lurk) around :troll:

I liked it so much that I moved in! I'll be back here to visit once in awhile, but it looks like I found myself a new home. :auto:
 
I haven't talked to you in forever. I'm back. lol I was just checking in to see if your ever get on here anymore.
 
I haven't talked to you in forever. I'm back. lol I was just checking in to see if your ever get on here anymore.

Hey! I was actually going to write to you this week. You have re-motivated me. I got on here last week to re-read my old stuff and when I went on your page to see that you have been going strong, I was so excited!! I saw your progress pics...um....amazing! Go you! I moved over to anotherdietforum .com ...a little spin off from this site. It's small but intimate.

I am about to take my measurements and that's why I got on here. I wanted to find my measurements before I got pregnant (My baby turns 1 tomorrow!) to compare them with what I am now. Dun Dun DUN. A little scared.... but ready to throw myself back into this with all the gusto that I used to have. Ready set GO!

Thanks for stopping by. And thanks for sticking with it. You are doing so great!
 
Hey! I was actually going to write to you this week. You have re-motivated me. I got on here last week to re-read my old stuff and when I went on your page to see that you have been going strong, I was so excited!! I saw your progress pics...um....amazing! Go you! I moved over to anotherdietforum .com ...a little spin off from this site. It's small but intimate.

I am about to take my measurements and that's why I got on here. I wanted to find my measurements before I got pregnant (My baby turns 1 tomorrow!) to compare them with what I am now. Dun Dun DUN. A little scared.... but ready to throw myself back into this with all the gusto that I used to have. Ready set GO!

Thanks for stopping by. And thanks for sticking with it. You are doing so great!

I understand I didn't even check this site for over 6 months. Just 2 months ago I decided to get back on track when I was 190lbs. I was stuck at 190 for a long time...always seems to happen around summer lol maybe its the jeans & long sleeve shirts I end up wearing...and the fact that I do go swimming in public. It's hard to get that 240lb body image out of your head even when your smaller.

I'll check out that forum! WOW your baby is a year already..Thats crazy I swear you just were preggo. lol thanks for sharing & stopping by my journal!

Good Luck hun! I'll be checking in on ya : D
 
Tuesday 6-1-10

My daughter's first birthday party was on Saturday and turned out to be a success! Fun was had by all. We had a slip n slide, kiddie pool, and lots of water guns to go around.

And I cooked enough food to feed an army. :p It might as well have been Thanksgiving around here! On the menu: Corn soufflé, Southern style green beans, boudin, rice dressing, homemade mac and cheese, 2 honey hams (one slow cooked and one cold from the fridge) rolls and the fixin's (mayo, mustard, pickles, cheese), hot dogs and chili, veggies and dip, animal crackers and a gazillion little pink cupcakes! :eek: I'll post a few pics from the party in a bit.

The day after the party I almost didn't get on the scale b/c I was afraid of the damage... and strangely enough I lost a pound! So, Sunday's weigh in was 209.

I guess the real damage was done yesterday (Memorial Day)... I took the kids to my dad's to go swimming. My dad BBQed and I brought the leftovers that I didn't already freeze and I munched all day long. :cool: This morning I was at 211.5. Rah! Well, what's done is done...time to move on. I did see a picture of myself on my dad's fridge from exactly two years ago when I weighed 235. It was Memorial Day 2008 and that was the day that I decided to quit ignoring my weight and to face it that I was fat and needed to do something about it! I'm not close to my goal weight but at least I've lost 25 lbs. since that day :)


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Weight: 211.5

Breakfast: 2 eggs; half whole wheat sandwich round(50 calories); 1 wedge light laughing cow cheese; diet green tea

The following is due to Excuse #874: Not much in the house except leftovers from the party and have not gone grocery shopping since. :rolleyes:

Snack: 1 serving triscuits, ham, 1 slice havarti, 2 small plums; diet green tea

Lunch: 2 rolls, half piece of boudin, half serving of light vanilla yogurt, 1 small plum, diet green tea.

Dinner: nothing yet. I feel gross. Hopefully I'll find something healthy around here and I'll be motivated enough to get some exercise in. My house is a wreck and I'm feeling yucky today. To be continued....
 
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(Tue. 6/8/10) FOOD/WEIGHT:

Today's weight= 209

Breakfast: 1 small pink lady apple, triscuits, cheddar cheese, 1 C. milk (half c. 1% half c. 2 %)

Lunch: Amy's Organic Split Pea soup, 1 slice colby jack cheese, tricuits, 3 oreo cookies, 2 % milk

Dinner: Brown rice, roast, steamed peas; milk to drink

....I started out with a decent portion (1/3 C. brown rice, 1/3 C. peas, small piece of roast and a spoon of gravy) and then I went for 2nds and then 3rds...and didn't measure anything :( And I ate 2 pieces of bread with it. I also probably had 4 or 5 C. of milk along the way. Booooo!

Exercise: Rode 7 miles on my recumbent bike for 30 minutes. I was dragging b/c I usually make it to 10 miles easily if I'm on there for half an hour.


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Wednesday 6/9/10
I reaped the consequences of my 3rd helping of dinner last night. Weight= 213.5 I wasn't surprised at all. Another big downfall was my milk consumption and it's possibly also water weight from the soup and roast/gravy (I seasoned them both with cajun seasoning...high salt content). Tomorrow I am starting calorie counting. I have made a habit of the food journaling and now it's time to get serious.
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Wrote that ^^^ this morning (this was all written yesterday 6-9-10)and then decided not to wait until tomorrow to get serious. I got on my recumbent bike and rode. And rode and rode and rode. And rode some more. I rode 46 freakin' miles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It took me 169 minutes and 3 seconds. I started at 12:30 p.m. and finished at 4:30 p.m. I took a few stretch breaks, fed my daughter at one point (surprisingly she entertained herself for 2 hours), took 2 pee breaks, a water refill....etc. But for the most part I rode straight through. I cried when I was finished, not from exhaustion, but because there was something really emotional about pushing my limits like that.

On September 23, 2008, right before I found out I was pregnant, I rode the farthest that I ever had on the bike--32 miles. I did that in 97 min. 33 sec. Today when I reached 32 miles I was at 115 min. 25 sec. So I was a little slower but I definitely paced myself better this time. I think my average was 16 mph this time around. I was mostly either going 21-26 mph and above (a few times i hit the mid 30s) and then to rest I would drop it down to about 10 mph.

Right now I feel like I met an athlete inside of me that's been dying to come out. I may not look like an athlete but today I feel like one.
 
I caught up on some episodes of Biggest Loser on Hulu while I rode the bike. Watching Bob can get me through just about anything!! :loves:

I am on episode 12 and still don't know who the winner is so if anyone reading this knows, please don't give it away!! :)



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After 100 minutes the timer restarted so add a 1 in front of my time!!!

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Written on Saturday:

I am still recuperating from that ride! I came down with a head cold and I'm not sure if the two are related but I haven't done a whole lot of exercise since then.

Exercise: 5 miles/20 minutes I didn't exert myself but I didn't want to skip another day so I just went pretty slow. I plan on going a few more miles this evening.

Oh...and I'm just not talking about what number I saw on the scale this morning. Last night= overindulgence.:blue:

Last night my hubby, C, picked up 15 lbs. of boiled crawfish, with potatoes and corn, and we had his sis over for dinner. When it comes to boiled crawfish I have no control. Anyone else get all crazy like that around certain foods? The same goes for chinese food. It's like walking into a death trap! Anyway, I ate 5 lbs of crawfish (this is weighed before they are peeled and everything), 1 sm. potato, sm. corn on the cob, a gazillion crackers--35 to be exact...420 calories in JUST crackers....yeah, I'd say I over did it :( , and fattening dip for the crawfish...mayo, ketchup and seasoning. BLAH! I thought I was dying of salt poisoning when I woke up this morning! Then I almost died of sadness getting on the scale.

I tried to make up for poisoning myself by eating lots of fresh fruits and veggies today. Though I did feel like a bottomless pit all day after overdoing it so badly last night. Gotta shrink my stomach back to normal!!!

Food:

Breakfast: 1 Clementine (small orange); half C. 2% cottage cheese; 1/2 C. blueberries; 100 calorie whole wheat sandwich round; 1 T. natural PB; diet green tea with lemon
(I made a pb and blueberry sandwich and used the rest of the blueberries in my cottage cheese)

Lunch: 100 calorie whole wheat sandwich round; sprouts blend (broccoli, clover, and mustard sprouts); sliced homegrown tomato (mmmm); 1 wedge light laughing cow french onion cheese; ham; diet green tea w/ lemon

Snack ?: small roll with ham; mozzarella stick; and grapes

Dinner: Grilled Fajita chicken patty; 100 calorie whole wheat sandwich round w/ light laughing cow swiss cheese; sprouts blend; thick slice of homegrown tomato; ketchup; steamed summer veggies; diet green tea w/ lemon


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Dinner was great. The burgers were made with ground chicken, cumin, oregano, chili powder, cajun seasoning, lime juice, finely chopped and pre-sautéed mushrooms and onions in olive oil, then browned in a cast iron skillet and then baked in the oven for 15-20 min. on 350

The veggies were in one of those microwavable steamer bags and included: squash, green beans, carrots, onions, red peppers. I just mixed those with some of the leftover seasoned onions and mushrooms.

I'll post a pic later.... :)

Here are the pics as promised..... The first one is of the crawfish that I overindulged in. And the other two are of the chicken fajita burgers.

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Today 6-14-10
Weight: 207.5. Time to update the ticker. I love moving my little dragonfly closer to the goal. :)

Yesterday we celebrated C's sister's 23rd b-day and my MIL made shrimp fettuccine, garlic bread, and lots of cupcakes and cake. I filled my plate with raw veggies (baby carrots, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers) and when I served my plate I put about 5 or 6 shrimp and a few noodles (and cut them up really small), skipped out on the bread and ate realllllly really slow. I was very satisfied and didn't want seconds or even desert! yay! After dinner I put Ivy in the stroller and strolled around the backyard for about 20 minutes. Toward the very end of the night I did cave and had half a glass of champagne and a tiny dark chocolate cupcake.

I just finished lunch and am about to hop on my bike and catch up on some more BL.

(146) Breakfast: 1 Clementine-35; half serving of triscuit thin crisps (7 crackers)61; low fat mozzarella stick- 50 water to drink

(500) Lunch: whole wheat sandwich round (100); 5 grape tomatoes(10); 1/2 C. sprouts(5); 1/2 C. cooked shrimp (104); 2 T. ketchup; = Shrimp sandwich......; 1/2 C. 2% cottage cheese (90); 1/4 c. Blueberries (41); water to drink...........ended up eating a few bites of my son's fettuccine alfredo noodles when he was finished...gotta stop that!(120) Water to drink
 
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Today 6-14-10
Weight: 207.5. Time to update the ticker. I love moving my little dragonfly closer to the goal. :)

Yesterday we celebrated C's sister's 23rd b-day and my MIL made shrimp fettuccine, garlic bread, and lots of cupcakes and cake. I filled my plate with raw veggies (baby carrots, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers) and when I served my plate I put about 5 or 6 shrimp and a few noodles (and cut them up really small), skipped out on the bread and ate realllllly really slow. I was very satisfied and didn't want seconds or even desert! yay! After dinner I put Ivy in the stroller and strolled around the backyard for about 20 minutes. Toward the very end of the night I did cave and had half a glass of champagne and a tiny dark chocolate cupcake.

I just finished lunch and am about to hop on my bike and catch up on some more BL.

(146) Breakfast: 1 Clementine-35; half serving of triscuit thin crisps (7 crackers)61; low fat mozzarella stick- 50 water to drink

(500) Lunch: whole wheat sandwich round (100); 5 grape tomatoes(10); 1/2 C. sprouts(5); 1/2 C. cooked shrimp (104); 2 T. ketchup; = Shrimp sandwich......; 1/2 C. 2% cottage cheese (90); 1/4 c. Blueberries (41); water to drink...........ended up eating a few bites of my son's fettuccine alfredo noodles when he was finished...gotta stop that!(120) Water to drink

I got lazy with the calorie counting at dinner time. The boy I babysit, (J), has been w/ his family for 2 weeks on vacation and came back today so it was kind of hectic around dinner time.... 3 hungry kids can kind of make you feel like you work in the restaurant business....

Dinner: 100 calorie whole wheat sandwich round (100); 1 wedge light laughing cow french onion cheese(35); 1/2 C. Sprouts(5); 5 grape tomatoes(10); 1/2 C. steamed squash and zucchini w/ pinch of salt(?)

Got hungry again a little later so I ate 1/2 C. leftover shrimp fettuccine and a small cupcake (red velvet w/ cream cheese frosting :cool: )---I KNEW I should not have brought leftovers home yesterday!!! I told myself that they would be for everyone but me and that I was not allowed to touch the fettuccine or the sweets. Hmph.

My calories were low anyway so I guess that worked out in the end.

Exercise: 45 minutes, 23 seconds/ 12 miles on recumbent bike.
 
Awesome! You ARE still over here! I thought you were only on that other forum and that you'd left entirely because I was looking for you under your old forum tag. Did you get the PM I sent? Anyway I started back here beginning of June but missed ya since looks like you've not posted since 6/14. Hope to see you soon on here :)
 
Awesome! You ARE still over here! I thought you were only on that other forum and that you'd left entirely because I was looking for you under your old forum tag. Did you get the PM I sent? Anyway I started back here beginning of June but missed ya since looks like you've not posted since 6/14. Hope to see you soon on here :)

Hi Lisa :)

I wish I could come back in here and have it be like it was 2 years ago. It's just that it's gotten so big with almost 7,000 members and I feel lost in a big open sea.

I do want to keep on supporting you and checking in here once in awhile but as for posting in this diary--it'll probably be few and far between. I miss the way things were!! But you are doing great and I'm so happy for you that you are enjoying it and making GREAT progress! I will see you around! :driving:
 
Wow, it's been a while since I've been in here! It was bittersweet browsing through, as it was such a different time in my life when I was writing in here. The last 2 years have been a time of major readjustments to being a single mom and going through a very long separation and divorce process.

I'd like to start writing in here again, so just a quick update:

Highest Weight ~ 235-240ish (May 2008)
Last recorded weight in WLF ~ 207.5 (June 2010)
Today's weight ~ 192 (May 2013)

Next mini-goal ~ 187
Long term goal ~ 135

Hopefully I can write more tonight and read through other journals to see what everyone else is up to in the weight-loss fitness world :)
 
Welcome back Kristi! Nice to see that despite the long layoff and what have obviously been some tough times, you've still managed to lose a few pounds since two years ago.

Keep us up to date on your progress.
 
Hi Kristi, first of all, I'm sorry you've had such rought times lately. I hope it all gets better for you. I'm a new-er member here so we've never met, but I do love seeing long time WLFers come back. Looking forward to getting to know you and seeing your progress. :)
 
I'm back....again! It's been 9 years since I began this journal and 4 years since I've updated.

I got remarried 3 years ago, and my husband and I started trying for a baby last year, and here I am 9 weeks pregnant! :)

I am mainly here to keep myself accountable with healthy eating and exercise bc over the last month I have let myself go, eating whatever and rapidly gaining weight. So here it goes....

When I tested positive for my pregnancy on Apr 1st, I weighed 211. This morning I was up to 219.4 :(

The good news is, I know how to take control of this with healthy eating & exercise! I'll write back later with what I ate today. I'm looking forward to checking out other journals. I'm sure it'd be nothing short of a miracle to find any of my old weight loss buddies still on here, but even if I do, I hope to make some news ones as well.
 
5/7/17 Food/Exercise journal entry
(219.4 lbs)

Breakfast
(365 calories•
48 carbs ~ 13 fat ~ 14 protein)

1 egg
1/2 tsp coconut oil
1 packet of Apple cinnamon oatmeal
1/2 cup whole milk
Satsuma orange
 
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Welcome back and congratulations on your pregnancy! I'm new here too and started my weight loss journal last week. I wish you the best on your journey and yes those first couple of weeks are the hardest lol but we'll get over that hump and start coasting soon!

Much health and wellness to you,
L2G
 
Hey hun, welcome back :) congratulations on your pregnancy - me and my husband are hoping to start trying next year so I'm trying to get healthy at the moment!
 
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