idabrown91's Journal, 10 October 2011

I wasn't always 127lbs! In 2010 I weighed somewhere in the 140's. That's the most I have ever weighed and I hated it. I can't find any pictures that would show how chubby I looked because I wore really heavy clothes all the time. I then ended up biking to work 30 mins and from work 30 mins for 5 consecutive days a week for about 2 and a half months and ended up weighing 135lbs.

The reason why I weighed so much is because I was in Katimavik, which is a youth volunteer organization where you live in 3 different provinces with 11 other young people and because there were so many of you and because your house only has a very limited budget for groceries I thought I had to eat a lot so that I didn't go hungry and feel weak all the time. I ended up eating way more than I even needed and at one point I volunteered at a nursing home, where there were continuous amounts of baked goods for all the staff to eat and rich home cooked meals at lunch. So as you may have noticed, my worries were very unreasonable!

Anyway after I got to 135lbs I went home in June 2010 and stayed 135 pounds until about March or April 2011. I started a food journal where I took down when I ate, what I ate, how many calories and how much sodium was in the food. After about 3 weeks I was down to 130bs.

However, while I was doing this (and working out every now and then), I went drinking and ended up drinking wayy too much. I ended up with a really bad hangover where I was either asleep or throwing up for the whole day. And I was originally, before that, 133lbs, and after that I was 130lbs. I stayed at that weight. In fact, I let myself relax too much and I plateaued for about 3 or 4 months. And then after coming back from a trip to Newfoundland (Canada)for two weeks, I lost a pound. I then got right back to eating healthy and exercising regularily and (once again!) I went drinking, got alchohol poisoning and my hangover left me at 125lbs. And once again I stayed at that.
That happened in August. I not only plateaued until around mid September but I gained weight because I had a few too many chocolate cravings all at once >_>.In mid September I was 127lbs and up until now I stayed at that. I should probably mention that I stopped drinking at all when the last hangover-weight-loss occurred because I don't like the fact that I havent lost a full 5lbs without destroying my liver a little bit. I would like to lose 5lbs on my own.

So then I decided to buckle down and get back to working out and eating healthy. I changed from recording sodium to recording fiber and I'm thinking about recording protien aswell with it. I did cardio for 5 days last week and it lasted about 30-45 minutes each time. 30 minutes is getting easier and easier so I'll probablybump it up to 45 or 60 mins after this week. I usually do strength training right after that. I have 3 areas of my body I work out at a time: Legs/ass, Torso, and arms. I can't wait to weigh in and see how much has changed!

Barriers:

I cannot stress to anyone how food is a VERY important factor in losing weight. In highschool I weighed about 130 pounds and tried losing weight by going to the gym for some cardio and then going home and eating whatever I wanted. It really doesn't work at all that way for most people! I should tell you that I stayed at 130lbs and didn't lose any weight at all from what I know of.

Sometimes I go through phases where I "don't feel like working out". I'm sure everyone knows the feeing. It sucks, I always feel guilty after missing a workout. There are a few ways I've approached this problem. I have made myself mindlessly do it. Where I mentally feel risistant and while I'm doing it I feel like a robot, and then afterward I feel like I didn't get anything out of it in regards to endorphins. There are other times when I feel lazy and I think to myself, I'm going to feel awesome after this, it's going to make the blood flow to my brain, my lungs will feel awesome (I have asthma), and I'll lose weight :) and then afterwards I feel awesome and glad that I did workout. And then there are times where I feel lazy but I think to myself that I'll workout for about 15 minutes, which is half the time I usually workout. I either feel like going for the full time after I get going or I stop at 15 minutes and feel unsatisfied, but not guilty and lazy either .

I've changed almost everything from white to brown in regards to bread, pasta and rice. I try not to eat bacon, or other fatty meats. I read labels quite often and while I don't record everything I see I take them all into consideration. I eat fat free and sugar free yogurt with frozen blueberries (the only berry I like).

What I usually have for breakfast is 1 cup of Fiber1, 1 cup of Cheerios and 1 cup of 1% milk. For lunch I usually have whole wheat french toast and scrambled eggs all made from 3 eggs. I don't add salt to anything that doesn't strictly require salt.

I found that modifying or substituting foods sometimes means you have to aquire the tastes for them, but then afterwards you really don't like what you ate before you changed it. For example: I used to eat white spaghetti and use white elbow macaroni for mac and cheese. I now cannot stand using white pastas at all anymore.

Anyway, that is my rant! Any helpful tips and strategies you have that you would like to share, please be my guest!

Diet Calendar Entry for 10 October 2011:
1697 kcal Activities & Exercise: Exercise machine (moderate) - 30 minutes, Resting - 12 hours and 30 minutes, Sleeping - 11 hours. more...

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