Pounds to go Please!

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Hi there!

I thought it was about time I introduce myself! Soo here it goes! I am looking to lose about 15-20 pounds (hopefully before school starts again in September)....all the weight I gained in my first year of University. I know people are always talking about the freshman fifteen.....and I never thought it would happen to me, but it did! Now I have to pay for all those pizza slices, greasy cafeteria fries and the drinking! Ive been reading a few posts over the past few days and everyone seems to be very helpful and supportive which is great! Sometimes I think a little support can go along way, especially on those bad days. I usually get in about 30-60 mins of cardio a day, and I just recently started with some weight training. I also noticed that just about everyone tells you to drink more water..so with that I went out and bought some of those crystal light single juice mixes, which are only about 5-10 calories per 500mL and are soo good!! I think I drank just over 2L of water yesturday, which was amazing for me!! lol The past few days have been going alright, Ive been eating healthy and getting my cardio in there. I find that my worst days are on the days that I dont work....I think I need to pick up a hobby, one that is not eating! Anyone have any suggestions??! lol :confused: Anyways, I am about to go eat some breakfast..I am going to have two eggs and a glass of milk and then I will plan out the rest of todays menu!!! Just wanted to say Hi!!! :) And thanks for reading my thread!
 
Today has gone alright as far as eating goes. I went for a walk this morning for about an hour and then did a half an hour on the treadmill. I also did some ab work...but im not sure exactly how many crunches you need to do to consider it an ab workout?! :confused: Anyways...
Its almost 8 oclock and Im starting to feel munchy, I thought I would write about it instead of going to get something to eat. Sometimes I feel like when I eat something I consider bad I just give up for that day and start to eat anything I want....but instead of doing that Im just going to drink some water, watch a movie with the girls and then go to bed!! :eek: Well just thought I would get that out lol!!
 
Wow - sorry i missed your first entry :) Welcome to your diary.. :) Lots of things can become a hobby... think about things that you really enjoy doing - even volunteering if you've got some spare time ...

Good for you for writing about your craving rather than giving in to it... atta girl... :) I think any crunchmore than you did yesteday is a workout.. :)

Anyhow glad you're here - look forward to reading more from you
 
So far today things have been going alright. For supper I made an awsome tuna salad with Italian dressing...it might sound bad but it tastes really good, and I also am drinking my water mixed with crystal light singles!! Yumm! I am giving this low carb diet a shot, I've only been on it for a few days, sometimes I feel the urge to have a big bowl of cereal, a very big weakness of mine!, but I've managed to work past it! lol Does anyone have any low carb meal ideas?? I would love to hear them?!?? I haven't done any cardio yet....I am hoping to get to it in just a bit! Anyways Im out for now!! Thanks for the replies!
 
welcome, and good work so far!!! I have a south beach diet book, it's not necessairly a low carb but a good carb diet... When I get home I'll give you a list of reciepes let me know if you like any of them.
 
Aww guys I screwed up and now I feel awful. I have been doing soo well these past few days and then I don't know what happened but I just started munching! I am so dissapointed right now, I hate feeling this way. Each week I feel like I do well... and then I do something like this to mess all my hard work up!! I don't know what to do, I just find it so hard maybe because I don't have the will power to say no to all the junk food in the house. I ask my mom not to buy it but she says my brothers like it and they are not on a diet. I don't know how to keep away! Any ideas?!
Well anyways, tomorrow is back to square one! :(
 
Today is a new day and I am feeling better about things since last night. I had a talk with my mom and we decided to take some of the junk and put it into the fridge in the garage, that way its still there for the boys but more out of sight and hopefully out of mind! Its July first today so it feels like a new start, I am going to try my best to keep with my diet and stay on track. Anytime I feel like I have a craving to eat junk and munch Im coming here and writing it down! So you may see me here a lot writing about how I want that big bowl of ice cream or that piece of chocolate cake!!
Anyways, I have my meals planned out for today, tonight I am going to make my awsome salad and Im going to keep up with the water!! I am also going to get some cardio in there this afternoon also. :)
 
ask your mom to get some snack type foods that you like, that way you won't feel so deprived... Diets don't work if you are feeling deprived... so you want to substitute with something that you really do like...

I'm a melon addict, especially now.. my fridge is packed with chunks of watermelon, cantelope, honeydew... it's so incredibly sweet and it's good for ya too..
 
One day of bad eating does not wash away all your good days. Check this link out. You might find some good ideas.



Get back on track as soon as you can and you will feel a lot better. Good Luck!
 
Hey there,
Well today is going good, Ive been eating healthy and I feel much better. I weighed myself today also...and I weighed in at 137. So Ive lost a total of three pounds which makes me really happy. I also got some cardio in today, I did 40 mins on the treadmill and then went for an hour stoll earlier this evening.

Thanks Pineola I checked out that website. I think when I eat its usually out of boredom not hunger. The next time I feel the need to munch Im going to try a few other things first! Maybe Ill just take a walk or something.

Also when I was at work today my mom was awsome and put most of the junk food in another area of the house, not where I usually go for food. Im hoping that this will also help. And if I do happen to start munching I only have fruit or crackers to chose from!

So anyways Im looking forward to tomorrow, I work in the afternoon and then Im going to go to the gym after!

Thanks for the support!
 
Well things have been going good. I worked this afternoon and did some walking on the treadmill before hand. For some reason Im feeling extra tired today, I think it could be from doing weights yesturday at the gym, Im a little sore. I weighed myself agian and it said I am at 136.5, so thats an extra half a pound down! Its not much, but it still makes me pretty excited! I have tomorrow off so I am planning on sleeping in a little then going to the gym in the afternoon. This low carb diet plan is going well also, I haven't had any carbs (like bread or cereals) for a few days now....Im also thinking this could be why I am also tired? But anyways, Im pretty tired and off to bed! Bye!
 
omg why did i not find you earlier. you are me. like seriously. 15-20 pounds before school again, only going out a couple nights a week. i think that made me feel 10 times better lol to know i'm not the only one!! the low-carb diet is probaby why you're feeling tired. i wouldn't be able to do that diet, i love fruit and oatmeal/cereal too much lol. i dont think i can go a day without an apple or something.

congrats on the 3 pounds thats awesome!! you're well on your way :) i htink you can definately get 15 pounds lighter by the time you go back to school (when are you going back?)
 
Welocme to the forum!!!!

just reading over your journal, I love the tuna and italian dressing.. it is my favorite. I put the tuna, cucumbers, olives,tomatoes in a bowl and mix it all up. and of course top it with italian dressing.YUMMY!!!!

Anyhow, You are doing good so far and keep it up. I always have then cravings. So I went to buy low cal, low sugar, no sugar treats. they got puddings, jellos. icecreams 7 etc... You just gotta take your time to read the labels. Therefore you are less likely to binge on all the junk food.

Don't ever limit your foods, just have smaller portions and use some substitutes. Sorry for writing so much. Have a GREAT day and Congrats on your Loss!!!!! Don't forget to drink your WATER:D
 
So far things are going good today, I had to work this morning so I haven't had a chance to go to the gym, but I will get to that after supper. Ive been doing 20mins on the stairmaster and 20mins on the elliptical lately, plus weights and abs...its going pretty good but I would like to make it 30mins on the elliptial, I just don't feel like I have the energy. I am also starting to take a high potency B complex, which smells kinda gross...I don't know if that is normal lol?! The low carb diet thing is going alright, except I cheated yesturday and had some watermelon and strawberries :S, I wish I didn't but I guess its better than junk. I also read somewhere on how to make these like salami rolls with light cream cheese, the sounded really good, Im hoping to make them sometime soon!

Thanks jelly belly for the advice, those low sugar jellos and icecream sound awsome, maybe once I add more carb to my diet I will go for that icecream! lol I don't even know do they have lots of carbs in them??
And to summer we can do this before school starts again! I start around the beginning of Sept I think, so we have about two months! Whoop Whoop haha
 
Everything is going alright so far today, I work later tongiht and just finished 40mins on the treadmill. I feel bad today because I think I ate to much cheese lol....I had like three of those kraft packaged slices and some cheese whiz on celery. Although I think I can have it, im not sure I was supposed to have that much :S lol. I think I will stick to maybe a slice a day since Im pretty sure cheese is pretty high in fat. It was like 6% fat and 13% saturated. I know this prolly sounds so silly but Im just trying to do things right. Anyways, I start working my second job next week, which adds an extra 40hrs...since its full time, to my work schedule. Im hoping this will keep me busy and I will be able to stick to my diet even better since I will be making my meals in the morning to bring with me. I weighed myself yesturday again.. I really have to stop doing that, and it said I weighed 134!!! I was soo excited, but Im going to wait another week before I weigh myself again, it seems almost too good to be true! lol Well thats all for now! Byes
 
So yesturday I cheated...I felt awful all night. Before work I had like three bowls or cereal...THREE! And I am supposed to be doing this low carb diet. I wasn't going to write it down in my journal, but I think that if I write it down and just admit it then maybe I won't do it again...I dunno. I guess my plan didn't work, I said that if I felt a carb craving coming on that I would come on here and right it down, but I didn't. And its funny too, because as soon as I poured my first bowl of cereal a part of me said "its not too late just put it back in the box", and I almost did...but I didn't. I weighed myself today, to see the damage, and to my surprise I still weigh the same, so I am happy about that, but still I don't want anymore slip ups. I know a bowl of cereal isn't the worst, but when you have three I think thats where the trouble starts. At least I stopped with that and didn't keep on munching because I felt like I screwed up the day. Today has been going well, I went on the treadmill for an hour and did some cardio thing I read in my fitness magazine. Anyways just wanted to right that down and confess!
 
Today things are going alright. I just finished supper and am planning on going to bed early, I have to be up for 545 tomorrow and for the rest of the summer pretty much, since I start my new job. I went on the treadmill today for 70mins. In my fitness mag I was reading articles about people and their weightloss and it was talking about how they did cardio for like 60-90mins...so I thought I better step it up a bit...it wasn't that bad either, I had some coffee before hand and I think it helped a bit. Anyways food wise everything has been good, I haven't had any cereal lol or really any carb for that matter...and I went to a bbq last night and didn't touch any of the chips, cake etc..even though the bowl was beside my chair, so I was pretty happy about that. Well just wanted to write in!
 
Sounds like you've had a good day... well done...

ouch that's an early start to the day...get lots of sleep tonite and ahve a great day tomorrow..
 
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