Dear Readers,
I apologize for not being on here regularly. I will not be able to continuously write entries until our Internet is hooked up. I have been writing them though. AND! my current weight is 230.8!! So, sometime after Christmas I'll be able to upload all my entries from days past.
Thanks for sticking with me, I really hate not being able to check in. I'm currently using my fantastic library's computer. So, look for the new entries coming soon.
Thank You!
Sarah
Monday, December 21, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Things to get into
Wow. What a week this has been! down four pounds and feeling so fantastic! Now, I haven't weighed myself since Friday. I made a promise to myself that the weekends will be relaxed. It's actually more of a way to avoid chronic stress headaches. Slow and low.
BUT! I hope that when I weigh in again on Monday it's still a lowish number.
Yoga in the morning is doing so much for me, I can't believe it!
Woo!
Anyway, I hope you're doing well! :)
Sarah
BUT! I hope that when I weigh in again on Monday it's still a lowish number.
Yoga in the morning is doing so much for me, I can't believe it!
Woo!
Anyway, I hope you're doing well! :)
Sarah
Thursday, November 12, 2009
DAY 3 & 4: COMPLETED (3 pounds gone already)
Weight: 234.8 lbs
Pounds left to lose: 68.8 lbs
Days left: 7 Months, 26 Days
Mantra: "I'm not depriving myself, I'm giving my body only what it needs."
WEDNESDAY/ DAY THREE: COMPLETED
Weight: 233.2 lbs.
Pounds left to lose: 67.6 lbs.
Days left: 7 Months, 25 Days
7:13 AM--
I'll begin my workout in 7 minutes, and wanted to say before I start and forget, Wednesday was completed except that I wasn't able to have a vegetarian lunch and I ate dessert at Dinner. :( But, I'm still focused, so that's good.
9:39 AM--
Finished breakfast and exercising. Yum and Aah. Feeling good as I've already lost 3 pounds on this program. Yay!
4:49 PM --
For lunch I ate this soup from "Subway", it was good but, it only had 80 calories and 0.2 grams of fat. So, about 2 o'clock I WAS STARVING! but we had nothing I could eat so I stuck it out until 4:20 PM when I wanted to eat the table. Instead I had half of a sandwich with 2 slices of lunch meat and 1/2 teaspoon of mayo. It was on double fiber bread, too. It was roughly 200 calories. Breakfast was about 400. So, today I've consumed roughly 680 calories. Not Acceptable. I need to fuel the tool. Besides, I've drank nothing but water and Diet Coke. Oi. Not even 900 calories. We'll see how dinner goes.
9:34 PM--
Well, if dinner didn't bring my caloric intake up, nothing can. We had pizza. It was yummy but, I felt greasy and gross while I was eating it. Not to mention, I ate dessert again. I need to learn to have some willpower against these sugary foods!!!
Sarah
Pounds left to lose: 68.8 lbs
Days left: 7 Months, 26 Days
Mantra: "I'm not depriving myself, I'm giving my body only what it needs."
WEDNESDAY/ DAY THREE: COMPLETED
Weight: 233.2 lbs.
Pounds left to lose: 67.6 lbs.
Days left: 7 Months, 25 Days
7:13 AM--
I'll begin my workout in 7 minutes, and wanted to say before I start and forget, Wednesday was completed except that I wasn't able to have a vegetarian lunch and I ate dessert at Dinner. :( But, I'm still focused, so that's good.
9:39 AM--
Finished breakfast and exercising. Yum and Aah. Feeling good as I've already lost 3 pounds on this program. Yay!
4:49 PM --
For lunch I ate this soup from "Subway", it was good but, it only had 80 calories and 0.2 grams of fat. So, about 2 o'clock I WAS STARVING! but we had nothing I could eat so I stuck it out until 4:20 PM when I wanted to eat the table. Instead I had half of a sandwich with 2 slices of lunch meat and 1/2 teaspoon of mayo. It was on double fiber bread, too. It was roughly 200 calories. Breakfast was about 400. So, today I've consumed roughly 680 calories. Not Acceptable. I need to fuel the tool. Besides, I've drank nothing but water and Diet Coke. Oi. Not even 900 calories. We'll see how dinner goes.
9:34 PM--
Well, if dinner didn't bring my caloric intake up, nothing can. We had pizza. It was yummy but, I felt greasy and gross while I was eating it. Not to mention, I ate dessert again. I need to learn to have some willpower against these sugary foods!!!
Sarah
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Day Two: COMPLETED
Weight: 235.8 lbs.
Pounds left to lose: 69.8 lbs.
Days left: 7 Months, 27 Days
8:41 AM --
Finished yoga workout. Got up late though. My alarm went off at 6:15 AM as planned but, I turned it off, turned on the light, stretched, and next thing I knew It was 7:09 AM. I'm still pretty tired from not going to sleep until eleven. Breakfast time.
10:38 AM--
Had my breakfast and got to eat what was on my menu! peanut butter toast. It was good and filling, I ate it on double fiber bread and the peanut butter is all natural, oo la la. Anyway, soup for lunch again today. I like that soup. Glad to have realized that I lost half a pound today.
1:19 PM--
Ate my soup for lunch with cheese crackers and a piece of lightly buttered bread. Not bad, not bad. I ate a piece of pizza. Really regretting that. But! I've been drinking nothing but water and boy, do I feel weirdly clean!
8:14 PM---
Dinner was chicken rings and cheese fries. I didn't eat all my fries though, and I drank diet soda but, I feel bad about eating all the 'Rings. We'll see what Mr. Scale says tomorrow. Hopefully it's not a bad rap, hopefully it's only a few ounces. Can't believe I've already lost half a pound! Yay yay yay! :O)
Bedtime will be early tonight due to being tired circumstances.
Sarah
Pounds left to lose: 69.8 lbs.
Days left: 7 Months, 27 Days
8:41 AM --
Finished yoga workout. Got up late though. My alarm went off at 6:15 AM as planned but, I turned it off, turned on the light, stretched, and next thing I knew It was 7:09 AM. I'm still pretty tired from not going to sleep until eleven. Breakfast time.
10:38 AM--
Had my breakfast and got to eat what was on my menu! peanut butter toast. It was good and filling, I ate it on double fiber bread and the peanut butter is all natural, oo la la. Anyway, soup for lunch again today. I like that soup. Glad to have realized that I lost half a pound today.
1:19 PM--
Ate my soup for lunch with cheese crackers and a piece of lightly buttered bread. Not bad, not bad. I ate a piece of pizza. Really regretting that. But! I've been drinking nothing but water and boy, do I feel weirdly clean!
8:14 PM---
Dinner was chicken rings and cheese fries. I didn't eat all my fries though, and I drank diet soda but, I feel bad about eating all the 'Rings. We'll see what Mr. Scale says tomorrow. Hopefully it's not a bad rap, hopefully it's only a few ounces. Can't believe I've already lost half a pound! Yay yay yay! :O)
Bedtime will be early tonight due to being tired circumstances.
Sarah
Monday, November 9, 2009
Day One: COMPLETED
Today's weight: 236.0 lbs.
Pounds needed to lose: 66.0 lbs.
Days left: 7 Months, 28 days
7:35 am --
Just finished my workout not even 10 minutes ago. I feel good, save for the fact that I didn't do all the ab workouts. I had a hard time doing the "Punch Crunches" and instead did "Knees up Crunches" to substitute. I'm going to make it my focus next week to work on being able to complete at least 10 "Punch Crunches". This week I'm focusing on making it through without cheating my way through. I'm off to go make breakfast.
Todays menu says: Eggs, toast and protein shake.
8:05 am --
Really? already? Sheesh! I just finished breakfast and guess what? I'm already getting heckled. "Tsk tsk! a shake for breakfast? well this won't last long!" from my mother. And "Hm. That's a small portion of bran." from my father. Yeah, they already said I have to "Eat with the family" because my dad's on vacation and it'd be nice to be together at the table. Bah! We'll see how lunch goes. I'm having my soup no matter what.
2:00 pm--
Ate my soup, drank my water, had my choice of sides. My lunch was delicious! the vegetable soup is filling AND low-cal and low-fat. It's a heart healthy recipe, I it got from Taste of Home magazine. I can already tell a difference in my mood and energy levels. Can't "weight" to check the scale tomorrow! ha ha ha ha!
9:32 pm--
Okay, for dinner I had half of a cheeseburger. Awesome. Only place I screwed up was dessert, I had the whole little cup of custard. Oh well. I did really well today. Time to go to sleep and get up at 6:30 am tomorrow and do my Tuesday workout which is a lot of Yoga. *yawn* Nightie night!
Sarah
Pounds needed to lose: 66.0 lbs.
Days left: 7 Months, 28 days
7:35 am --
Just finished my workout not even 10 minutes ago. I feel good, save for the fact that I didn't do all the ab workouts. I had a hard time doing the "Punch Crunches" and instead did "Knees up Crunches" to substitute. I'm going to make it my focus next week to work on being able to complete at least 10 "Punch Crunches". This week I'm focusing on making it through without cheating my way through. I'm off to go make breakfast.
Todays menu says: Eggs, toast and protein shake.
8:05 am --
Really? already? Sheesh! I just finished breakfast and guess what? I'm already getting heckled. "Tsk tsk! a shake for breakfast? well this won't last long!" from my mother. And "Hm. That's a small portion of bran." from my father. Yeah, they already said I have to "Eat with the family" because my dad's on vacation and it'd be nice to be together at the table. Bah! We'll see how lunch goes. I'm having my soup no matter what.
2:00 pm--
Ate my soup, drank my water, had my choice of sides. My lunch was delicious! the vegetable soup is filling AND low-cal and low-fat. It's a heart healthy recipe, I it got from Taste of Home magazine. I can already tell a difference in my mood and energy levels. Can't "weight" to check the scale tomorrow! ha ha ha ha!
9:32 pm--
Okay, for dinner I had half of a cheeseburger. Awesome. Only place I screwed up was dessert, I had the whole little cup of custard. Oh well. I did really well today. Time to go to sleep and get up at 6:30 am tomorrow and do my Tuesday workout which is a lot of Yoga. *yawn* Nightie night!
Sarah
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Here we go! Monday is just a few hours away...
Okie Dokie everybody, tomorrow is the big day!! :) I'm soo excited! And I just can't hide it!
But, I should confess that I'm also scared. Of what? a weight loss program? No. I'm scared of the future. What if I DON'T lose this weight? What if I end up failing and giving up?
Nope. Not gonna do it. I'm NOT going to think this way. You know why? because that's just the part of me that doesn't want to succeed. The part of me that told me I was "healthy" at 250. I'm not that part of me anymore. We'll call that part of me "Grendol". Grendol doesn't want me to be happy, or to be healthy. Grendol hates it when I recieve compliments for doing something I've always wanted to do like getting a freelance writer job. Grendol above all HATES CHANGE. When I eat a carrot, Grendol gets mad because I would've usually gone for the carrot cake. In order to survive this weight battle and ultimately win, I must be like Beowulf.
I MUST KILL GRENDOL!!!
Yeah, I compared myself to Beowulf. Grendol's freaking out because that's something I've always wanted to do. It keeps telling me to "Erase! Erase! Erase!" but, I'm not gonna. I'm too hyped up on my excitement about tomorrow and my knowing that by July 7th, 2010 I WILL BE 170 LBS! I WILL BE THE REAL ME!!
For soo many years I've been depriving myself of the life and body I've always wanted, I've been hiding in the layers of fat but no more.
Tomorrow is a new day, a new week, and the start of a new life. If I can make it through this week, I can make it through this month, and this year.
Monday is a whole chance to try again.
Sarah
But, I should confess that I'm also scared. Of what? a weight loss program? No. I'm scared of the future. What if I DON'T lose this weight? What if I end up failing and giving up?
Nope. Not gonna do it. I'm NOT going to think this way. You know why? because that's just the part of me that doesn't want to succeed. The part of me that told me I was "healthy" at 250. I'm not that part of me anymore. We'll call that part of me "Grendol". Grendol doesn't want me to be happy, or to be healthy. Grendol hates it when I recieve compliments for doing something I've always wanted to do like getting a freelance writer job. Grendol above all HATES CHANGE. When I eat a carrot, Grendol gets mad because I would've usually gone for the carrot cake. In order to survive this weight battle and ultimately win, I must be like Beowulf.
I MUST KILL GRENDOL!!!
Yeah, I compared myself to Beowulf. Grendol's freaking out because that's something I've always wanted to do. It keeps telling me to "Erase! Erase! Erase!" but, I'm not gonna. I'm too hyped up on my excitement about tomorrow and my knowing that by July 7th, 2010 I WILL BE 170 LBS! I WILL BE THE REAL ME!!
For soo many years I've been depriving myself of the life and body I've always wanted, I've been hiding in the layers of fat but no more.
Tomorrow is a new day, a new week, and the start of a new life. If I can make it through this week, I can make it through this month, and this year.
Monday is a whole chance to try again.
Sarah
Thursday, November 5, 2009
70 pounds slimmer by my 18th birthday! 170 here I come!
"The opposite of action is not inaction: it is presence." A Yoga Mantra
So, today I'm spending some time really hashing out my workout routine for the next two months. I'd like to quickly clear up an error, November 7, is not a Monday. Therefore, I will be starting on November 9, which is. Thank you for your time.
Anyway, for the next two months I'll be doing a "20 pounds blast off!" routine. I know, I know. I always declare I'm going to start another routine, then something is thrown in the way, then I announce I'm starting a DIFFERENT routine, and etc. etc. so on and so forth.
Not today, Readers. No, this time I'm doing it. I've got only a few more months before my 18th birthday and if I'm gonna be legal, I wanna look illegal! I will be 66.6 pounds smaller. I will be sexier than ever before. I can do it, I will do it, and I will love it. I will work through every obstacle, I will ignore my want for 5 more minutes sleep, I will prepare healthy meals, I WILL NO LONGER DEPRIVE MYSELF OF THE LIFE AND BODY I DESERVE!!
If I am not 170 pounds by my 18th birthday, I will DELETE THIS BLOG. No sense having a blog about weight loss if you're not losing weight.
No more excuses. No more denial. No fatness.
Stay Fit,
Sarah
Birthday countdown: 8 months, 2 days
Weight: 236.6
Mantra for today: To begin is the victory
So, today I'm spending some time really hashing out my workout routine for the next two months. I'd like to quickly clear up an error, November 7, is not a Monday. Therefore, I will be starting on November 9, which is. Thank you for your time.
Anyway, for the next two months I'll be doing a "20 pounds blast off!" routine. I know, I know. I always declare I'm going to start another routine, then something is thrown in the way, then I announce I'm starting a DIFFERENT routine, and etc. etc. so on and so forth.
Not today, Readers. No, this time I'm doing it. I've got only a few more months before my 18th birthday and if I'm gonna be legal, I wanna look illegal! I will be 66.6 pounds smaller. I will be sexier than ever before. I can do it, I will do it, and I will love it. I will work through every obstacle, I will ignore my want for 5 more minutes sleep, I will prepare healthy meals, I WILL NO LONGER DEPRIVE MYSELF OF THE LIFE AND BODY I DESERVE!!
If I am not 170 pounds by my 18th birthday, I will DELETE THIS BLOG. No sense having a blog about weight loss if you're not losing weight.
No more excuses. No more denial. No fatness.
Stay Fit,
Sarah
Birthday countdown: 8 months, 2 days
Weight: 236.6
Mantra for today: To begin is the victory
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