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runforfun529

runforfun529

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I am a 14-year-old girl from Cleveland, Ohio. Don't worry, I'm a very old 14 though. I won't go messing up your forums with any little girl stuff no worries. Anyway I did cross country/track/soccer/fastpitch for a pretty long time. But this year entering high school, I did not have time to do anything major anymore. I am in the high school band which practices about 10 hours a week and I got an opporitunity to go to college at the age of 14, hmm... guess what my parents made me do, cross country or college . So now I have added on a couple extra pounds *cough* 15 *cough* and we have a school trip to Florida in about 5 months. I'm looking forward to prancing around in a nice little bathing suit. I weigh about 140-145 and even though the scale is right next to me I'm afraid to get on until my family is upstairs . (its a talking scale). So thats most of it about me.

Alright now for the questions:


1. How much weight do you want to lose?

This is a toughie. I have decided on 20-25 pounds as my ideal weight loss. This will put me at about 115-120 which will not be too skinny, but skinny enough to meet my needs. :)


2. What is the time frame for reaching your target weight?

My time frame is about 4 months. Our school trip to Florida (which we stop at 4 different water parks) starts on March 28, 2005. That is my definate end date :).


3. How do you want to accomplish your goal (what methods do you want to use)?

For Nutrition- I will not go on any specific "diet". What I will do is just set goals to cut down on my bad eating habits. For example first I will try to cut out my daily school breakfast (sausage and cheese bagel) and replace it with a breakfast at home (fruit, oatmeal, etc.) After that I will hopefully be able to pack my lunch with nutricious objects.
For Fitness- I will hope to slowly increase my fitness schedule. It will mostly consist of running as that is what I am accustomed to and I am training for track. Hopefully I will be able to be reaching my peak right as track is starting. :)


4. Who or what can support you in reaching your goal?

I'm not sure if my family will support me (yes very sad) but I hope that you all will.


5. How realistic is your goal?

Pretty realistic, I hope *gulp*


6. When will you start?

I will start tomorrow (already started running today, but nutrition...)
 
HI there,

how is your goal coming along - are you staying on track or taking a break over the holidays?
 
sorta quit a little bit there when I didn't have time to do anything, now I'm back on track trying to get my nutrition and exercise in check :)
 
Saturday, December 4, 2004

Alright today I am officially restarting this diary :) I have much more motivation now that I see how I look :mad: and I want to get better. I don't want to die at the age of 35 from medical problems and I want to actually look decent in a bathing suit.

I now weigh about 145 pounds and I would like to get down to about 120. Instead of trying to lose 25 pounds as a whole I am just trying to lose it in groups of 5 pounds. When I lose 5 pounds I'll treat myself to something special (probably something like a new CD or a journal or a cute new shirt for my new size). At the end I'm going to Florida with my friends so it must all be off by March 28.

Alright so as for today:

Breakfast

Fun-size snickers bar (I had to, my last one for a while)
Orange Juice


Lunch

A baked potato with no butter and sprinkled with reduced fat cheese


Dinner

A PB&J sandwitch
Baked potato


I really need some new low fat recipes to make and I really need to throw away all the junk food. The bad thing is that I am only 14. Therefore I cannot drive to the grocery store nor do I have the authority to what gets thrown away in this house.


Exercise

Only about 1.5-2 miles. Took me 25 minutes. I couldn't really run too much as it was dark pretty early. I also had a softball game and I'm planning on doing some ab workouts in a couple of minutes.

Overall today didn't go too bad, I just can't wait for tomorrow
 
Sunday, December 5, 2004


Breakfast

2 hard-boiled eggs
1 tbsp fat-free miracle whip (only 15 calories/1 tbsp. you should try it if you haven't yet)


Lunch

PB+J
Salad


Dinner

Tuna fish
2 cups of noodle soup in chicken broth

A lot of water in there


Exercise

only about 1.5 to 2 miles cause i had an unsuspected visiter right before I went to go running and by the time i got out there the sun was very close to down. Well anyway, I did some run 2 driveways, walk one to help build my sprinting.


Overall

Not too bad today, I just need to see how hard it will be to maintain my diet at school, shouldn't be too hard, but considering I never used to eat lunch anyway and then would binge on some kit-kats, it is gonna be tough. I'm counting this as one of my non-exercise days as it just didn't really help too much :)
 
hi there,

looks like you are getting back on track...
Ask whoever does the grocery shopping in your house to get some healthy stuff for you, such as low fat plain yoghurt, fruit and veggies and then take some of those to school. That way you don't have to rely on the junk in the vending machines.
 
Good on you, when i was 14 (it was only 6 years ago) I put on a bit of weight and my mother put me on a fast burner style diet because it was cheaper than buying healthy food. I lost the weight but also lost my energy and concentration! Now that I've put on weight again (through laziness and bad food choices), I'm going to lose it the right way! Make sure you get plenty of veges!!!
Heres an easy healthy recipe for you to try, your family will probably enjoy it too, maybe you could cook dinner for them one night.
6 chicken thighs (boneless or bone in if you dont mind getting your hands messy while eating)
1 tin of chopped tomatoes (seasoned or unseasoned)
small punnet of tomato paste (approx. 3 tbsp)optional but it adds more flavour
1 finely chopped clove of garlic or
1 teaspoon of crushed garlic
1/2 - 1 cup of grated low fat cheese (such as edam or low fat chedder)
Lots of pepper

Brown the chicken in a saucepan in a small amount of vegetable oil. Add the garlic and toss through the chicken. Add the tomatoes and the paste. Bring to a boil, then turn the heat down to a simmer. Leave covered for about an hour - 1hr and 20mins. Check on it frequently to avoid burning on the bottom of the pan. You may need to add water at somepoint. When you are satisfied the chicken is cooked though add the pepper. pour in to a casserole dish and top with cheese, grill uncovered until its melted. Serve on rice or by itself.

Even tinned tomatoes are full of nutrients and antioxidants and are of course low fat. If you want to add some veges to the equation, frozen corn kernals and peas are ideal, add then when you add the pepper.
 
Well I haven't really been following and I have put on a couple of pounds (only one or 2) so I decided to try this over again. Starting out is always the hardest for me.

So far today I have eaten:

Buttered bagel (yes, I know, bad for me, but the other choices were bagel with cheese and bagel with cheese and sausage)- about 300 calories??? not sure on this one, estimating

Tuna Fish- 160 calories

So that is 300+160 which is about 460 calories. (1040 calories left)


Other things I will probably eat:

3:00 pm - a baked potato or some carrots (if we have any)
5:00 pm - ^^Whatever I don't eat then
7:30 pm - Whatever my boyfriend's mom makes for dinner... its usually something like chicken or pasta. Nothing too bad, I don't eat much there anyone. I also may be coaxed into drinking a sunkist.

Exercise

My plans were to run. I don't think I will be able to run today because its about 10 degrees and it snowing pretty bad outside. I may do some pilates or something later tonight if I can find time in between studying and talking.

Goals
  • Exercise at least 4 times this week
  • Keep calories under 1500
  • Lose 1 pound this week
 
I haven't been able to run the past two days, and I did slip in a couple bad things (snickers are my weakness) but I have been trying to. They plowed the streets today so in about... an hour or two I will go running. I ate some cereal for about 250 calories so far, and I'm not hungry at all.

Lets hope I don't eat too bad at this party tonight.
 
I think the fact that I am busy is why I can't post here enough. Well anyway, I just weighed myself and I started off this thing weighing 146.8 pounds and I'm down to 141.3. Not too bad if I say so myself considering that I went on vacation for a week in there and was able to stay away from most junk food.

Well anyway, I still have 21.3 pounds to go and I will be so happy. I hope to do it in about 20 weeks or so, before next school year starts. That would be phenominal.

Well today so far:

Breakfast
I had these bran flakes. They are really good, although they aren't name brand. I like them better than the name brands though, and they cost less :p well anyway, that is about... 200 calories or so. Not too bad for a good filling breakfast.

Exercise
I wish this one was easier. I have a bad sprain in my ankle so I can't run for abotu 2-3 days or so. It happened last monday. I am planning on doing a pilates tape today and tomorrow. And then some sit-ups and such. Let's hope I can run in the track meet on Wednesday and not make a fool of myself. :eek:

Well for lunch I'm HOPING to eat something pretty descent like a PB + J sandwich with some carrots.

-Tori
 
welcome back. I wasn't around when you were online before, but good luck with meeting your goals!
 
Welcome. You're right, you are an old 14 year old. You sound like me when I was 14, which was about 7 years ago :eek:. I was also in marching band-I was in really good physical health during that time from all of the practices. I was still overweight, but definitely in good shape considering. You can definitely lose 20 pounds before school starts again, and trust me you want to do it while you're young. I'm so sorry I carried all of my weight in high school and through 3 years of college. I'm hoping to reach my goals by the time I graduate from college so I can go into adulthood without weight worries. See you around the forum!
 
I'm stopping counting calories, it takes too much time. I'm just eating what I know is good for me. That means I won't eat McDonalds, but I won't get sad if I eat more than 1400 calories a day.

Today I had:
Blueberry Morning Cereal for breakfast
Salad with Italian Dressing for lunch
Sandwhich with low fat bread and turkey and ham for snack.

Oh and I weighed myself today and I am down to 139.8 lbs. I broke the 140 mark and that means I also lost 1.5 lbs this week :)
 
Today:

Breakfast:
Blueberry Morning

Lunch:
English Muffin and some chips (bad I know)

Snack:
Smokies (was playing poker at a friend's house)

Dinner:
Hotdog/English Muffin

Exercise: my off day, but I did go outside and play for an hour.
 
good luck I am 15 and I am trying to reach the same goal drop the 20 pounds by september the start of a new school year. to be honest I want to drop it before then so when I catch sales I can purchase clothes for the next year. just a thought would you like a support buddy that can talk with you through e-mail because I need someone and we around the same age and almost the same goals ...
 
sure, sorry, I kind of dropped it, I'm at a plateau and it really stinks, I gained 4 pounds and I have been eating right and everything. Oh well, there's always next week.
 
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