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Just in case…
some fellow readers over here were looking for me but couldn’t find me, I’ve long been over at the new website Blog To Lose and I’m loving it.
Come check me out at the new website because I don’t want to leave anyone behind!! Also, leave me a message if you are still blogging over here [...]
Monday, Monday…
Another Monday, my how time absolutely flies! I had an excellent weekend - and I actually was able to eat EXTREMELY well over the weekend too, despite the deliciously yummy food that was cooked. My Uncle is a phenomenal cook and it’s like the biggest treat to get to eat his cooking whenever we visit. [...]
I can’t wait…
until I can wake up in the morning and NOT think about food! I’ve been wanting to blog about this for some time but just put it off for some reason or always had something else more pertinent to write about. A fellow blogger’s post got me thinking about this again and I decided it [...]
QOTW: What causes me to (over)eat?
EMOTIONS! You name the emotion, it’ll probably give me the desire to eat. Well that’s not entirely true. I don’t eat on my OWN (by myself) when I am happy or some form of happy, positive emotion. I only really eat when I am WITH people and feeling happy, positive emotions. However, I’ll eat on [...]
This is gonna be quick…
but I just wanted to say THANK YOU for all the support from this community, both on here and from weightwatchen.com! I was terribly frustrated the other day and with the help, advice, guidance, encouragement and support from y’all I have completely re-grouped - I feel stronger than ever with a plan that I feel [...]
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- About Me:
- Hi, my name is Kristi and I’m a 23 y.o graduate of the University of Texas. I’m that classic girl that has always struggled with her weight. I reached my highest weight my senior year of high school, weighing in at around 230 lbs. Large, I know. I strangely had no idea exactly how large I was until I started to lose weight (this was a blessing AND a curse). Through the help of a diet pill, strict food diet and exercise I managed to get myself down to 200 lbs. I was very proud of myself and ready to continue on the war path but freshmen year of college was calling my name and so were the freshman 15. Yup, I gained that. Put me at 215 lbs end of freshman year and yoyoing between 205 - 215 lbs all the way through my second year of college. This was when I first decided to join Weight Watchers. My mother proposed we do it together. It was summer, I figured why not try it out. The weight literally fell off of me! I didn’t feel like I was doing anything, just counting those points and it was so easy and the weight just fell off. It was amazing! I was almost to my 40 lb marker (169.4lbs, giving me a grand total of almost 65 lbs on my total weight loss journey) when I had to change migraine medications. Suddenly I couldn’t lose that last .4 lbs, I couldn’t lose anything. I was eating the same exact meals, working out 5 days a week, hadn’t changed a single thing about my diet and exercise and I was gaining weight. It was the most frustrating and depressing experience. First 5 lbs came back on, then 10 lbs and eventually with the pressures of my last year of college, my performance choir, my job and facing graduation, I stopped attending meetings and even really trying to count points. I am now back up to 190 lbs and I will not allow myself to gain any more weight than this. I have already taken the first steps toward gaining back my health, smaller body and ultimately reaching my final goal (135-140lbs). I joined 24 Hr Fitness as I was not able to attend the university gym anymore, have got myself a personal trainer to get back into the swing of things and am trying to squeeze that (second) first WW meeting back into my schedule. Well I did join 24 Hr Fitness, hired a personal trainer and promptly herniated two discs in my lower back while working out with my trainer :( This put me out of commission for 4 1/2 months! I am just now getting back into the swing of things. I am only now able to start walking around the block for exercise but I have started attending meetings regularly again!
I really have come to LOVE blogging. I blog for several reasons but I think the main reason I blog is to keep me accountable. I know that one of my main weaknesses is emotional eating, namely bored eating. I do fine with normal meal portion sizes, its when I am by myself with nothing to do that the food sabotage begins. I am hoping that instead of eating, I will bring myself to the computer and blog it out, write out my boredom.
I also hope that through blogging and reading other people’s blogs I will gain some of my confidence back. I was the MOST confident large girl around and due to that, I didn’t know my size other than I was “a little overweight.” Losing weight made me the most body conscious person and I absolutely hate it! I mean, I have confidence for sure I still have confidence to the point that I will go to the pool or the beach in a bikini, no problems. But I am constantly aware of myself now. The funny thing is, looking back at pictures of myself from 2 years ago when I was at my lowest weight, at that time I was so not satisfied and I couldn’t wait to lose more, now I look back and say “Damn, I looked good!” So I hope this time around I will really see myself, see the progress I’ve made, use the body consciousness to a positive degree.
Finally, like the title says, I am doing this for me. In the past something has always fueled the weight loss. Be it graduation and going off to college or I’m sad to say, looking good for that special someone. It’s not about any of that this time around. It’s about me loving myself, being comfortable and happy with myself. Afterall, if you don’t love yourself, no one can and no one can love you the way you can love yourself. So all of this is what I hope to achieve. Today IS a new day, and I WILL become a new lady!
Kristi's Stats
Age: 23
Height: 5'7"
Highest Weight: 230
Start Weight: 191.6
Current Weight: 192.2
Total Weight Loss: 37.8 lbs
- Plan of Choice:
- Weight Watchers
- Website/Blog:
- http://blogs.weightwatchen.com/ladykris/
- Workout Philiosophy:
- I'm a gym rat ALL the way
Goals/Timeline/Rewards
Ok so this page is a work in progress but I have a couple notes jotted down in my journal so I figured I’d go ahead and add them here. My goals are EXTREMELY rational, slow, taking it a step at a time. I just don’t want to set myself up for something unrealistic and then be all sad if I don’t meet them. So I did the research and I think this is a good time line for me. If I meet these goals a head of schedule, then excellent! But this is my healthy timeline.
Commitment Goals
* Attend weekly meetings regardless
* Track points every day
* Blog weekly (absolute minimum)
* Positive self-talk every day
Personal Goals
* Slowly and responsibly strengthen my back
* Take a spinning class
* Run/jog on a treadmill for 30 minutes
* Run a 5K
* Become a WW leader (maybe even one geared towards young adults, but I’d love it either way!)
* Get ACE/AFAA or some comparable group fitness certification
* Teach group fitness classes at a gym
Weight Loss Timeline
* 10 lb weight loss by 7/31/08
* 10% (19 lbs) by 8/31/08
* Weigh in at 175 lbs by my 24th birthday - 9/21/2008
* Goal weight of 140-145 lbs - June 2009
Weight Loss Rewards
* Every 5 lbs = mani/pedi or a massage
* 10% (19 lbs) = mini shopping spree
* 30 lbs = new Coach purse
* Goal of 50 lbs (weighing in at 140 lbs) = glorious tropical vacation
Commitment Goals
* Attend weekly meetings regardless
* Track points every day
* Blog weekly (absolute minimum)
* Positive self-talk every day
Personal Goals
* Slowly and responsibly strengthen my back
* Take a spinning class
* Run/jog on a treadmill for 30 minutes
* Run a 5K
* Become a WW leader (maybe even one geared towards young adults, but I’d love it either way!)
* Get ACE/AFAA or some comparable group fitness certification
* Teach group fitness classes at a gym
Weight Loss Timeline
* 10 lb weight loss by 7/31/08
* 10% (19 lbs) by 8/31/08
* Weigh in at 175 lbs by my 24th birthday - 9/21/2008
* Goal weight of 140-145 lbs - June 2009
Weight Loss Rewards
* Every 5 lbs = mani/pedi or a massage
* 10% (19 lbs) = mini shopping spree
* 30 lbs = new Coach purse
* Goal of 50 lbs (weighing in at 140 lbs) = glorious tropical vacation
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Can you see the steam rising off me?!
lol...because I am STILL boiling and lost another 2.2lbs for a total of 6.4lbs!! Woo hoo!!! I can't write much because I am going to meet the girls for margaritas and Mexican food - OK it just happens alot when you live in TX, lol - BUT I will continue to be in control because nothing can stop me now!!! I'm boiling! Steam y'all later! lol...yes, I really just said that...I'm giddy off the weight loss...can you blame me?
Posted on July 23rd, 2008 at 9:30am —
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Still "boiling"
That's right! I'm STILL boiling! I was in COMPLETE control this weekend!!! We didn't end up going downtown Friday night because we were all kind of tired so it became a personal night (which I haven't done on a weekend in forever, and it was REALLY nice!) So I was OP all Friday!
Then Saturday, I lounged out at the pool for several hours and then saw The Dark Knight with Kayla (OK...that movie was AMAZING!!! We are going to see it again, but in the IMAX this time because it was THAT good! Heath… Continue
Posted on July 21st, 2008 at 1:06pm —
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NSV!!!
I had a HUGE NSV (for my anyways) yesterday! OK background info, I work for the University of Texas doing psychology and social work research. We write research projects and hope to be funded by the state and receive grant money to carry out the research we are interested in. I mean we rely a LOT on grants for the funding of employees as well. Anywho, we recently (back in April and May) went out for two grants. One tackling drinking cessation and the promotion of safe sex practices in women who… Continue
Posted on July 18th, 2008 at 11:00am —
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The "extra degree" WORKS!!!
Weigh In yesterday evening...I lost 4.2 lbs!!!! If that's not proof that the extra degree works and that once you move out of "hot" water to "boiling" water, things start happening...I don't know what is!!! I was SO excited!!! I'm telling you ladies, if you haven't already figured out what you can do for your extra degree, really evaluate it because it WILL make a difference!!! Well, I'm off to celebrate out… Continue
Posted on July 16th, 2008 at 11:00am —
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Gave the weekend that "extra degree"
And it's totally working you guys! My "extra degree" was that I was going to track every single bite that when into my mouth (and track on paper as compared to online). Y'all, not only have I tracked every day since I last posted but I've stayed COMPLETELY OP since I last posted. (No doubt that the honest tracking is keeping me OP - funny how things go together like that, lol). I'm REALLY giving it the extra degree and it is paying off beautifully!! I am SO looking forward to my WI tomorrow!!
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Posted on July 14th, 2008 at 11:34am —
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A picture for you...I printed this out and put it on my fridge. I can't actually take credit for the photo though, I got it from flickr and added the text.I loooovvvee your hair and wish you all the success in achieving your goal.
My favorites are the 100-calorie "Nutty Bar" rip-offs ... 1 point per bar, but there are 2 bars in a pack, and I can't eat just one!
I just looked at your pictures!! OMG, you are gorgeous!!! Even at your heavest weight, you still looked gorgeous!! You have done such a fantasitc job with your weight loss! You should be very proud of yourself!!! And I totally love your hair!!!! I attempted to grow my hair and it was just gross. I actually cut it all off this time last year. I'll post some pics soon so you can see. The main reason I grew it out was b.c I wanted to donate it to Locks of Love, which I did. But I looked really bad!!! Hope you had a great weekend. Talk to you soon!!
But hey, if I took the time to find out it could be a way to make that extra 200$ a month my household could use, don't ya think? Been brainstorming lately trying to figure out how to add to the family income...we should talk more about this...a partnership perhaps??
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