So...I actually registered for my account a couple months back. Unfortunetly I didn't start to change my habits until a couple weeks ago. I'll actually post my official start date as 8-7-2006. When i weighed myself at my parents house on 8-1-2006 I was at 287. Then I had weighed myself on 8-14-2006 at my boyfriends house and I was at 268. Seems to me the scales are calibrated differenty. Cause there is NO way someone can loose 19lbs in one week. But I will consitantly be weighing myself on his scale until i get down to my goal weight. My days are pretty busy as i do work 2 jobs. But...at my day job we have a gym in the office. So during lunch i've been doing 40 minutes on the eliptical on a level 5 resistance. On the weekends I have been going to the gym i belong to and doing the same thing. I want the weight off so bad that i'm planning on working out 6-7 days a week. I refuse to fail! As for my diet I've been doing 3 meals a day. Kinda switching it up each day and i will start to document them tomorrow. So with 117 more pounds to go to my goal weight i'm in for the long haul. But I'm going to stick with it...and cant wait till i fit into my size 10 pants!! That's all for now. I look foward to supporting all of you! WE CAN DO THIS!!

I totally feel you, i do the whole three meals a day too, my trainer has told me to do six little meals a day do prevent from eating later in the day but that doesn't work for me because if i eat little of something that's going to make me crave more of it. GOod to know im not the only one, keep it up, we can do it for sure! By the way from your picture i would of guessed you at about at least 150 pounds, you have a nice thin face.

Hey misslovley! Thanks for the reply I only eat 3 meals a day because that's really all i have time for. We really should be eating 5-6 but who has time for that?! When i was 19 I was in similar situation as you. Well maybe I was 20 i cant remember. But i had seen a personal trainer for about 3 months. I started at 246 lbs and when i stopped seeing him i was at 190. (actually looked pretty good) I too have a large frame but i weighed 150 in high school and want to be down to that again!! You can definetly loose the weight before new years! You're young and seem to be pretty darn determined. So dont slip and you'll get there for sure Oh and that's just a good picture of me...i do have a chubby face! I'll attach a better picture. I'll also attach a photo of me when i was 190.

change of plans it's not letting me upload pics right now. i'll have to do it later!

Congrats on seeking the long haul attitude, you will have great things happen with that mindset.

Best of luck to you on your way to your dream weight.

Welcome to your diary Angie
You have a great attitude! It's so empowering taking control of ourselves this way, isn't it?

It is a long fight - but we will WIN!!

Welcome! and Goodluck You seem like a very positive person and you're right..

WE CAN DO THIS!!

Thanks every one for your positive replys! Check in with me often..I need all your support!

lol well i try to take pictures from angels so it makes me look thinner lol now that doesn't even work anymore, i have let go of myself so much it's crazy so im ready to kick some serious butt :P

Oh and when i was around 17, 18 i was around 180 and with my large body frame that made me look around 150//160, in shape , so i really hope to be back there again, i mean im sure you remeber the feeling of being thin and feeling good and looking good, as do i , and i want that feeling back really bad and im ready to fight for it .

Hi!!!! Welcome!!
You are doing awesome and congrats on making the decision to change! I eat 5-6 meals a day, but it was really hard at first. I had to think of it as 3 meals and 2-3 snacks. I just making sure I'm getting a protien source, a complex carb and a fruit or veggie. It sounds worse than it actually is. A great snack is a small yogurt, a handful of granola and some berries. Protien bars are awesome. My fav. EAS-myoplex light caramel peanut! But do what works for you!! It's all about making the changes that best suite your lifestyle, and that you can stick with. Your'e right..... we can do this!!!!

okay.......so my first journal entry for my food intake.

8/16/2006

Breakfast
1 apple 65 cal, 0 fat, 17 carb, 0 protein
1 cup cottage cheese 160 cal, 1.5 fat, 10 carb, 26 protein

lunch
chicken fettucini lean cusine 280 cal, 33 carb, 7 fat, 21 protein
Sugar-free fat-free pudding 31 cal, 7 carb, 0 fat, 1 protein

dinner
chicken lettuce wrap 290 cal, 13 fat, 24 protein, 20 carb
tomato 31 cal, 0 fat, 1 protein, 7 carb

Exercise- 40 minutes on the eliptical at a level 5 at 60 speed

So i guess I need to eat up the calories a little bit...im only at 857?? I didn't even realize till i wrote it all down! I'll do better today

Its great that your office has a gym! for me getting there is half the problem. It seems like you are doing really well keep it up!

So every morning that i wake up...i feel better than the last day. What an awesome feeling to take control of something and dominate. This probably sounds strange but I'm actually loving the challange. Success is sweeter when the task is so big Alexia, I know im really lucky that we have a gym here. It's really nice and suprisingly im usually the only one in there! A couple times a week theres a couple other girls that i run into in there but i've got it to myself the majority of the time. So my food intake for...

8/17/2006
Breakfast
1 cup cottage cheese- 160 cal, 1.5 fat, 10 carb, 26 protein
Quaker oatmeal weight control- 160 cal, 3 fat, 29 carb, 7 protein

Lunch
Swedish Meatballs lean cusine- 289 cal, 7 fat, 32 carb, 22 protein
Pudding (fat-free, sugar free)- 31 cal, 7 carb, 1 protein, 0 fat

Dinner
Subway club sandwich( no mayo, no cheese)- 320 cal, 6 fat, 47 carb, 24 protein

So that's 951 cal for the day. Getting better. Im not even sure how many I should be eating. Maybe a little bit more. It's so hard when i dont have the time to eat and i dont feel hungry! But...I'll try harder. Also, I'm starting my 6 week challange on 8-21. Im sooo excited! I've decided that im going to start taking a picture every 6 weeks. This way i can document my weight loss in photos. I think this will be good

Idohair02 - you are on our October team.

Thought I'd come say hi in your diary.

HI