lose sixty pounds

It’s been a year, but I now wear a size medium in tops and a size ten in pants and jeans! Yeah! A relative came up to me over Christmas and stated how skinny I was getting. A couple of other people also told me that I looked thinner as well. I haven’t returned to karate yet for the year, but I still do “The Firm” workouts which are pretty fantastic. From my waist to my thighs are my biggest problem areas. Any suggestions?

I’m about 5’3, around 175lbs ( or more, I’m dreading the scale) and I’m 19 years old. In two and a half weeks I will begin my sophomore year at College. Now, my freshman year was not that great due to many reasons, one of them was me being overweight. I have always hated the way my body looked, especially now that I am at my heaviest. I am just so sick of looking in the mirror and not liking what i see back at me. I am sick of buying cardigans to hide my arms, I am sick of being second or third choice. I want to love my body, the way I look, and the way I feel. I feel as if my weight has been the biggest thing holding me back from being out there to the world. So my plan is to do the master cleanser. I will do it for at least fourteen days and hopefully while I am at it I can kill the weed addiction which definitely fuels the fat with all of the munchies.
I can do it, I know I can.

i have always been athletic but i quit ball cause of knee injuries i dont have gyms to go to and i really dont have wieghts to lift im in a little tiny town but i want to get back in shape

I have now lost forty pounds (approximately). I have this thing with seven pounds that wants to yo-yo up and down. I have now raised the bar. I want to lose thirty more. That would put me at 127 (after the remaining thirty pounds). I want to wear those sexy dresses without feeling like a stuffed sausage!

I bought my graduation dress today.
I feel really pretty in it :-)
That is exciting and makes me feel happy.

I’m halfway done with this goal, and I know for sure I can get the other half accomplished. This is a great halfway milestone, and is a great motivation!

Wednesday, 4/2 176 25 POUNDS!
Friday, 3/28 179.4
Saturday 2/23 186
Saturday, 2/9 190
Thursday, 1/31 192.2
Thursday, 1/17 195.6
Saturday, 1/12 197.4
Wednesday, 1/9 201

Friday, 3/28 179.4
Saturday 2/23 186
Saturday, 2/9 190
Thursday, 1/31 192.2
Thursday, 1/17 195.6
Saturday, 1/12 197.4
Wednesday, 1/9 201

Tonight I went to the gym. Since I got there forty-five seconds after it opened at 6p., both elliptical machines were occupied. I was stuck with the StairMaster for twelve ugly minutes. What a bitch that machine is, huh? Anyway, after twelve minutes, an elliptical machine freed up. It was my chance. Except a girl leaped off a stationary bike as I was walking toward it! I asked her, politely, if she wouldn’t mind aking the open treadmill instead, because I physically cannot run (much to my chagrin and because of multiple knee surgeries, I might add) and she can. We compromised; she stayed on for ten minutes while I lifted weights, and then it was my turn.

My goal was to stay on twenty minutes. After six minutes, I thought about giving up. I decided to get at least to ten. When I got to ten, I wanted to give up, and I spent a minute thinking about, so I was up to eleven. I found some power songs* on my iPod and forged on. And I made it. Two days in a row for thirty minutes of cardio. I certainly hope to make it tomorrow, too!

*“Crossroads” by Eric Clapton, “Down” by Pearl Jam and then “Shook Me (All Night Long)” By AC/DC to finish strong!

I have gotten off track on this goal. I have not gained any weight back, but I stopped losing for awhile. I would like to think that I am back on track now, and there are a few reasons I’d like to share:

• I have 5.5 weeks until my graduation, and I will not be going home in those 5.5 weeks, which is generally my biggest stagnation point. Graduation is a big motivator for me, as well as…
• My friend’s wedding, in which I am a bridesmaid, which is on June 14. I am going to be in a lot of photos, and I’d like to like the way I look in them. This is her day…I don’t want to be focused on feeling fat, but only on her and making her comfortable and able to enjoy every moment.
• I have come to the difficult realization that Emily, though she is my best friend in the world and I love her more than any person not Russ or family, she is not a good workout buddy. When I workout with Emily, I feel obligated to work at about 60% as opposed to 100%, and I am too easily swayed to leave early or to have a negative attitude. Therefore I am having to go it alone, or if we go together, really set my mind and body to doing my own thing.
• If I land this job (and I hope I do, because it’s ideal in every way!) I will be in a bathing suit for several reasons: the child loves the pool, so we will go a lot, the father is going to certify me in SCUBA, and we will be taking a trip to Maui. Who wants to go to Maui and be thinking about her body instead of her surroundings and doing great, fun, active things? Not me.
• I have been inspired by my other best female friend Katie to compete in relay triathlons. I cannot run, but other people can, so I can sign up to bike and swim and hand off the running part to someone who only wants to run. I had no idea one could do that. Cool, huh? I’d like to be competing in July.
• One of my goals is to buy a big girl wardrobe, and that will only make sense to do when I have lost this weight. I am not about to spend big bucks on important articles of clothing (a trench coat, a little black dress) in a size that I don’t want to be in in the first place.

I am going to try as hard as I can, and all the support I can get would be so greatly appreciated. I know I can do it! I’m setting a mini-goal of 15 pounds before graduation on May 3.

Em and I are menstruating. We’re on the way back from a truly unfortunate chopping trip, Em wants something sweet, and we stop in at Cold Stone Creamery (it’s an ice cream establishment)

We’re in line. I am figuring out what I want. Maybe I’ll get a KID’S size of what I’d normally order. Maybe I’ll get just one scoop of ice cream with no frills. Maybe I should get the gross-sounding fat-free ice cream they have for people in this very same situation.

The 16-year-old boy asks Emily what she wants. Emily orders. He looks at me.

“I’m fine. I’m not having anything tonight.”

They both asked if I was sure, and I said that I was. And the feeling of being in control and of determination to lose weight felt way better (and lasted WAY longer) than any satisfaction I would have gotten from the Strawberry Blonde I might have ordered.