Lose 20 pounds

Other than the obvious, my doctor tells me I can avoid all sorts of pills and medications if I drop 20. It does not sound so drastic, or so hard—until you try.

First step is to clean my kitchen so that I can cook in it like a real person.

I’ve lost 12 of my 20. Packing my lunch has been really helpful with keeping me on track. I had some chocolate-chip cookie madness today, but one day isn’t going to ruin anything. The important thing is to NOT QUIT trying.

Hi people, maybe it should be obvious when you become obese, but my entire life I have been overweight… it just so ‘happened’ that this year I gained 50 pounds. It feels like it happened soooo easily, and now I’m afraid that if I work to lose the weight again, it’ll just come back. But on the other hand, I don’t want to be unhealthy. So this time I just want to focus on being healthier …

As of this week I weigh 142lbs. I’ve been under some stress for a while but I’m not sure if it contributed to some of the loss last month (Oct) but I think it did.
Holidays are coming up, yummy turkey, stuffing, cakes, mmmmmm! But I never worry about holidays, never gained weight from it either. Most of my dishes are simple, I make sandwiches out of the leftover turkey.

Starting Weight: 191
Goal Weight: 160
Current Weight: 193.6
Gain/Loss: -1.0
Total lbs. Lost (+/-): -2.6

This week’s goals:
1. Eat breakfast and drink milk with it. (or water)
19. Try to take a weight training class, and look in to an “active” FYE class.
30. Journal and follow Seventeen’s Body Peace treaty/activities & their Dream Journal.

Continuing goals:
3. Have a fruit or vegetable with every meal.
5. Limit myself to one dessert a day.
6. Limit myself to one soda at the dining hall per day.
8. Use the nutritional information on the dining hall website to make smart choices.
9. Drink more water! Use flavor packets to spice it up if necessary.
13. Go to make-up karate classes.
15. Attend karate on Mondays & Wednesdays.
27. Reduce stress by keeping organized to-do lists, setting up a study schedule, and completing assignments ahead of time (not the night before).
28. Keep in touch with old friends through Skype, Facebook, e-mail, texts, and even snail mail.

Also, I want to make it a habit to log on to 43T every day after breakfast so I can remind myself of my steps and also remember to keep my other goals in mind.

whooo hoo

I switched to a vegetarian diet in September and stuck to it for 2 months…I got back on my carnivor diet though a couple of weeks ago and have still dropped a few pounds…I’ve lost 8 since september-started at 142 and now I’m at 134. My goal is 122 :)

I make better food choices and snackity-snack less if I EAT BREAKFAST!! I know what one of next week’s added goals is going to be. :)

Just given up the cancer sticks (cigs) and have an insatiable appetite. Trying to stop the inevitable weight gain by chewing gum

I keep forgetting why I want to do this. When I think about losing weight, I usually go, eh, I’m not that fat, I don’t really need to do it.

So again, let’s remind myself:

1. Easier to sit in meditation position: a) when meditating, my legs won’t hurt as much, b) don’t have to carry around little stool to the temple to meditate, c) most importantly, I won’t have to keep shifting and then lose my concentration. Think how wonderful that would be! Think of how much my legs hurt now! Imagine when that’s gone! Imagine how much less self-conscious I will be when meditating if I don’t keep switching positions, and trying not to bump into my neighbor as I’m switching!
2. Be able to wear whatever clothes and style of clothes I want
3. Shopping for clothes is easier, will more easily find clothes my size, and hence, spend less time/money shopping for clothes!
4. Look better in whatever I wear, hence saving time when dressing in the morning!
5. Look better in photos. Never know when there’s an event where I might wanna look good. Better lose weight now, rather than try to lose 10 pound in a week.

Okay, Sandra. Next time you don’t know why you should lose weight, imagine your legs hurting when you meditate! Imagine wearing any clothes you want!