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13 January 2013

WooHoo! 6.5 lbs!

Weigh-in: 181.0 lb

lost so far: 8.0 lb

still to go: 46.0 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

(1 comment) losing 0.8 lb a week

09 January 2013

Recovering Nicotine addicts: I need your help! I quit smoking 20 weeks, 6 days, and 2 hours ago. I was an average pack-a-day smoker (to a pack and a half a day) until my last year or two, I was close to two packs a day. I am 23 (24 in April) and smoked for nearly nine years. Obviously lighter smoking in the early days, but that didn't last long. When I quit in August 2012, I did not think I would face weight gain. I was small (jeans size three) and active and other than being a smoker, very healthy. When I started to gain the weight, I didn't think much of a few pounds.. Then I started noticing certain shorts weren't fitting right, and certain parts of my body were showing that wouldn't normally be. Once I was into a size five, I still didn't have much concern because my weight would fluctuate from time to time, no big deal. Plus gaining a few pounds was way healthier than continuing the wrath of cigarettes. After about a month or so I noticed my morning and afternoon, "restroom breaks" weren't happening anymore. Period. I would go several days without being able to go .. I was working on a golf course doing grounds and greens keeping. I suffered from heat exhaustion once due to over-exerting myself on a 114 degree day (good ole' Oklahoma for ya). So my boss told me I needed to start taking salt pills and adding a tremendous amount of salt to my diet. I did as told, and made it through the summer. 20 pounds heavier!!! Then I switched to a country club (one of the best in the world by the way) and they fed their employees a BUFFET for lunch everday. So not only did I get a wide array of lunch options, but they were all free! And quite tasty.. Those size five shorts quit fitting and now all of the sudden I am in a nine - eleven! At this point I go into shut down-denial mode and continue my bad eating habits. I realized one day when I was on my third plate of LUNCH, that something was wrong with me. Then I had to get new pants for work, because I literally ripped the butt of one, while I was at work, and popped the button off of another. When I went in the fitting room and looked at my fat, disgustingly, intolerable body... I melted down... The size 13 khakis did not fit. I could not believe in the course of mere months (four to be exact) I had gained 40 pounds. Yes! Fourty stinking pounds!!! I saw a doctor (check up) the beginning of December and stepped on that scale. That did it for me.. I knew I had gotten heavy (heavier than my boyfriend, who was heavier than me in the beginning). I made a radical change in my diet, and lifestyle. I work out 6-7 days a week doing cardio and strength training. I eat maybe a fifth of what I was eating, portion wise. And 90% of the time eat things that are really healthy and good for me. I used to be small, and I used to eat healthy. That was once my lifestyle. The problem I am facing is getting rid of this weight. My restroom breaks are almost back to being regular (once to twice a day). I have managed to completely halt my weight gain since I started my tansformation, but I don't know what to do now. I think I have a different perspective on my weight loss than most people do. This took me 20 weeks, 6 days, and 3 hours to gain. 40 pounds. How do I get back to the old me? And why is it not happening as sudden as the weight gain?

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08 January 2013

I was thinking about a meal replacement shake for two meals a day. Anyone have any input? (What powders are best? Is it worth it? Will it help? Etc..)

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05 January 2013

I cannot figure this out! I run every single day. I do strength training at least three days a week. I push hard. I sweat and want to die. I eat smaller portions. I eat healthy food. I eat less and less. I drink water, and lots of it. No soda, no fast food, no junk food... No over-eating... Starved myself at holiday dinners (not really, just ate way way less than I ever have.. Thanksgiving.. Christmas, etc.) Why isn't any of this helping me?? What else can I do? What am I missing? What am I doing wrong? Frustrated today! Not giving up, just frustrated!!

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30 December 2012

Stepping on the scale and finally reading 182.5 made me ecstatic! I started at 186 and I would lose two, gain two, lose three, gain three, etc.. Finally this week I had not a single day of UPs! Everyday on that scale it was lower than the previous. My eating habits are a complete 180 from when I started this challenge. I was small (135-140lbs) and a pants size three (yes three!!) in May of this year. I was 140-150lbs and a size three to five all summer. Then when I quit smoking I gained 30-40ish pounds. Almost instantly. If you saw me, you would guess about 160 because I have a ton of unwanted muscle (due to a manual labor job on a golf course I held all summer) Nothing about my lifestyle changed except the not smoking. And because of that, my metabolism drastically slowed, and my food intake trippled atleast. Not exaggerating. So, my soultion was to maintain my semi-active lifestyle, and change my diet dramatically. Well, three weeks later and I have only dropped 3.5 pounds. Dissapointing, yes, but I knew I wouldn't see immediate results. I am thrilled at the fact that I have my eating under control finally. That was most important to me. So, now I have a treadmill getting set-up today. I plan on running my ass off every single day until this 50 pounds is gone!!! So refreshed today. Gotta keep this head high. It took less than three months to gain this weight, I sure as heck won't let it take that long to lose it!

Weigh-in: 182.5 lb

lost so far: 6.5 lb

still to go: 47.5 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

(3 comments) losing 0.5 lb a week

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