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I'm 16-years-old and 5'2" tall (or short, really). I've thought myself "overweight" for a good three years now, at the very least. I used to be really thin because I played sports everyday and surfed and was very active, but... not any more. In my emotional welcome post, I explained what tossed me into a bad depression and why I gained weight. That's irrelevant, though. I'm here to lose.
I weigh 130-135 pounds. I'm not sure; I'll find out tomorrow.
My goal is a small one because I do not want to become rail thin - I just want to look good to myself. So, I set it at a weight loss of 15 pounds. I’m aiming for a loss of 2 pounds a week... I already sort of started this process in the beginning of the year. I had a revelation during a melt-down, and I realized that I was tired of feeling fat. I joined a gym, went every day, lost 10 pounds. But now, I've hit this... barrier. I can't lose weight, but I'm not gaining weight. Well, it jumps from 133-135 every time I weigh in.
My plan is to pick up the original one. Cut back 500 calories a day and burn 500 calories a day for a total of 1,000 deficit a day. I stupidly thought I could stop counting calories, so now I'm here. Reaching for help.
I think I can do it. I really do.
(Annnd, psst.. Star, I think you can do it too. <3)
Today started off well enough. I had a jelly sandwich (150 calories) and strawberry yogurt (110). I made a salad (200 calories w/Italian dressing) for lunch.
I spilled dressing on my shirt.. that kind'a made me sad. D: Anyway, this is where I hit some problems. I knew I had a club meeting today, and there would be junk. There was. I caved. Root beer float (240).
Since I've decided to eat more often just smaller, I had some rice (204 w/soy sauce) and that's it.
I've only had water to drink, aside from the float. Which I totally regret.
Anyway, after the meeting, I went to the gym for about an hour. Burned 500 calories. I feel tired, and I think it's that damned float.
Or perhaps it's because I weighed in at 137, which was shocking since on Saturday, I was at 133 for sure. We'll see how things tamper out in the next few days.
Okay. I had a small bean burrito (260) for dinner and the another jelly sandwich (260).
Total for today: 1,424
Okay. So. Thanksgiving is coming up. Which is bad considering I'll be leaving FL to go to NC to visit family. I'll get to pick and chose my own meals since I'm vegetarian and the rest of 'em aren't, so that's good. What's bad is the fact that I'm leaving my gym. I've decided to run every morning and evening for twenty minutes in place of working out... well, let's hope I can make 20 minutes. They live high in the mountains and I'm a tropical girl. D:
Finally, the last order of business. Hi, Pequin! Thanks for the welcome!
Last edited by Another Soapbox; November 14th, 2006 at 12:30 AM.
Mishi, you're amazing. Don't get down on yourself for drinking a root beer float. You haven't had that many calories yet today, and you burned 500 of them already anyhow!
Once again, the day started out well enough. I packed a breakfast/lunch of another jelly sandwich (270) for lunch- I really like jelly - and some of these crackers and cheese for breakfast (240)
I ate some graham cracker cereal stuff (220) after school, went to my community service thing and consumed those teddy graham crackers (370). Apparently today = graham cracker day because I ate some more later on (120).
Yeah. That's good. I had french fries (458) too. D: I'm not gonna make excuses.
Today: 1,678
I did go to the gym though, per the usual. Stayed for the same amount of time, burned the same amount of calories doing different exercises than yesterday.
Today has been elghqaGHERH. I was REALLY late to school. I couldn't get a breakfast or food or anything, so I didn't even eat until after school. I went to Olive Garden. Had a bowl of salad (approx. 100), 3 breadsticks (420) and half of a cake (I have no idea?).
So. I'm just gonna say I'm at: 1,000calories for today. I'm going to the gym soon.
hey soap,
cake is a hard guess. I have seen cake at 250 calories and I have some some triple chocolate fudge stuff up in the 700 calorie range. Just offset the rest of the by the calories you have already taken in and should be fine.
I know It's been fooorever since I posted last. I'm currently in North Carolina visiting my stepbrother and family for Thanksgiving, and my computer time is very limited.
I've been watching what I've been eating the best I've could, but it's hard with three little children, two adults who act like children, and a stepmom who keeps shoving food in my face, particularly meat. =\
As for exercise, I've been... okay. I've ran a few times up and down the length of their mountain thing, but I've lived in Florida for two years now. It's flat. This upward running really does my legs in, and I usually can't run the next day. I also play with the kids a lot. Throw them about, run with them; that's gotta be some sort of exercise.
Yesterday I went snowboarding for about... five hours. We got there/on the slopes at 2pm, stayed to about 8-ish. I spent some time inside, which I summed up to be about an hour. Hence the snowboarding for five hours. It was soooo cold.
Anyway, I hurt. My whole body just aches. I have to hobble around to move. I hope everyone has a good holiday. This'll be my first Thanksgiving as a vegetarian. Heh. I'm making baked ziti, which will probably be the only thing I eat.
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hey soap,
cake is a hard guess. I have seen cake at 250 calories and I have some some triple chocolate fudge stuff up in the 700 calorie range. Just offset the rest of the by the calories you have already taken in and should be fine.
Yeah. Cake is a... yeah. Cake is hard. Since the meal itself was around 500 calories, I just made it to 1,000. It worked out okay. I had a bowl of cereal later that day, but that was it.
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