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10-14-2005, 11:48 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 7
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well, guess i will start my online journal
I am new to this group, but am definitely not new to dieting. In high school I was never fat or skinny, just one of those average kids. Then, I went into the Marine Corps, and they put me on weight control for being 2 pounds over the weight max ( I weighed 149lbs, and my body fat % was 27). In weight control, they weigh you weekly and take you body fat % weekly. Every Friday we took a PFT (physical fitness test), where we ran 3 miles, did the flexed arm hang (females) and did situps. When I first started I was running 3 miles in around 40 minutes, did 70 seconds on the flexed arm hang, and did around 50 situps in 2 minutes. After 6 months on weight control my weight was still around the same, but I was down to 18% bf. I was running 3 miles in 25 minutes, doing the flexed arm hang for around 2 minutes 30 seconds, and doing 100 situps in 2 minutes. I was in awesome shape, was wearing a size 5 jeans, and just was spectacularly happy with the way I looked and felt. Well, they took me off weight control, and I ended up getting pregnant. With my first pregnancy, I gained an aweful 70 lbs. I was mortified when I weighed in at 220 lbs. I couldn't believe it. I did lose alot shortly after, I seemed stuck at 180 lbs for ever it seemed. That's when I began basically starving myself. I would eat 1 meal a day, and other than that the only thing i consumed was alcohol (living up to true Marine style....lol). I was more interested in partying than eating, and I wanted so bad to become thin again. It took 6 months of eating unhealthy, drinking too much, and my self esteem lowering to next to nothing before I was able to get back on track. I still went out and partied, but, alot less, and did more dancing than drinking. I would eat 2 meals a day instead of 1 (which now with age I still know is not good, but was better than 1) and I had more energy. I started losing weight. I actually got down to 155 lbs. Which was a drastic improvement. Well, I learned my lesson with the first pregnancy, and I gained less weight with my following 3 prenancies, but even still, I can't seem to lose weight. I have spent the last 3 years going up and downhill so often it makes my head spin. I go from diet pill to diet pill trying to find that "miracle pill" that will get the weight off. Guess what.......it isn't out there, because if it was I would have found it. All the claims they make are a load of dog doody. So, back to square one. Looking at myself in the mirror and going gawd, what has my body become? I am now 160 lbs. I lost 5 lbs over the last month, by just becoming a little more active and snacking a little less. I took my measurements today and calculated my body fat %, and am at 32%. (It mortified me to look at that number). I also started a new program today called slimquick. I did research on it, and have read good reviews, and yes, i know its not a miracle pill, but it is a fat burner. They put a sample diet in the pamphlet that comes with it, which specifies basically 5 small meals per day, and 2 doses of the f.b. It also tells you to exercise 4 times a week, with 3 rest days. I will post a pic of myself after i have hubby take one for me. I am dead set on getting my body back into shape. (preferably not the shape it is right now.....i don't like round). I am also going to be weighing myself every friday (just like when I was on weight control) and doing my body fat. I will also post my waist, thigh, and hips measurements on here so everyone can know what my progress is like. (Oh, and even though I despise drinking water, I am drinking the nasty stuff......lol) I already cut out soda except on rare occasions, but I guess the juices have to go also.
Here are my beginning stats
Weight-160lbs
BF%-32
Waist- 32.25 in.
Hips- 40.5 in.
Thigh- 22.5 in.
Present BMI - 25.1
Goal Weight - 135
Goal BF - 18
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10-21-2005, 07:10 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 7
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starting week 2
well, when i stepped on the scale this morning, i was very excited. i knew i had lost something just by the way my clothes were fitting. when i put on my jeans, i didn't have the "fat roll over". my jeans actually fit the way they were meant to. i just hadn't known if it was weight i lost, or just inches. i have been doing very well on the diet, taking the fat burner pills as i should, and eating the 4-5 small meals a day. it was a little hard a couple of days, because i am taking a phlebotomy class that goes 4 days a week, and its hard to remember to grab food before i leave. (i do have to get 4 kids ready to go, 2 to school, and 2 to a babysitter). but, i have remembered my water bottle everyday. i have been really proud of myself this last week also. i have been drinking almost totally water. (i had 2 sodas during the course of the week). i also have been staying away from the sweets (for the most part). the one sweet that i can't seem to stay away from is gum. i like chewing it and don't think i'll stop. haha. there was also a night where my hubby almost killed me. he made pizza (one of my favorite foods) and i wanted it soooooo bad. instead, i had salad with bacon bits, tomato, ranch dressing, and mushrooms. it does take alot of willpower for things like that, but hubby is supportive. he has no problems with making something different for me, when he knows he makes something i can't eat. next grocery shopping that i do though, it will be a lifechanging experience for everyone. they are all going to be eating to go along with my diet. hubby actually suggested that. the only thing that i will still buy for the kids is cookies and snacks stuff, because i don't think that taking sweets away from the kids would be right, they are kids, and they do eat things besides sweets. heck, we can't cook frozen vegetables without giving them a couple of the frozen ones.....lol. i know my kids are bizarre, right? lol anyway, the stuff that i buy for snacks for them, don't really affect me, because i don't eat them anyway.
ok, for my stats this morning, drum roll please........
weight- 155 lbs
waste- 31.25 in.
hips- 40.25 in.
thigh- 21.75 in.
body fat total- 30%
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10-21-2005, 07:34 AM
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#3 (permalink)
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Guilford, CT, USA
Posts: 68
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WOW! go Knot! Keep it up..pretty soon those 5;bs lost will turn into 10..turn into 15..it's just one big ball that's rolling 
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10-28-2005, 09:15 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 7
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another week gone by
stepping on the scale this morning was somewhat pleasant. but, not as exciting as last week. i really thought i lost so much more weight. but i was wrong. but, when i taped myself, i got the shock of a lifetime. contrary to the weight lost, my inches lost this week are unreal. for me anyway. gives me the excitement to make it through another week. woohoo, go me go me....lol. this week, i have stepped up my exercise a little too. i am still doing the workouts every other day, but i have also, when watching tv at night, been doing some crunches and leg abductions and inductions. i know that those are the main areas that i need major help in, so they are the main sections i'm focusing on for extra toning. i do have to say, that i went to the bar on wed. there was a guy there that i hadn't seen in about 2 months. the last time i seen him, he literally told me i looked like crap, and i was fat, etc. on wed when i seen him, he was like dang girl, your looking good. i don't think he recognized me, because i told him it was funny that last time he seen me i was fat and nasty and now i looked good. i walked away from him, feeling quite pleased with myself. a little later he came up to me and apologized for saying the stuff last time. that, in itself, made this whole diet thing worth while. i like to "in your face" to people who think they are so much better than you because you are overweight. the owner of the bar asked me why i was dieting, he said i looked good just the way i was. i told him it was because i hated the compliment of "you look good.....for having 4 kids". i want to be told that i look good, period. anyway, down to the nitty gritty of my measurements.....lol
weight - 153 lbs
waist - 30.25 in.
hips - 39 in.
thigh - 21.25 in.
body fat % - 27%
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11-04-2005, 10:00 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 7
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well, another week gone by, and i have to admit that this week was horrible for me. i seem to always be hungry this week. well, since about wed. or so. yesterday i was horribly depressed feeling, and all i wanted was to eat and eat and eat. although i did control myself from that, i am not sure how many more days of feeling like that i can take. all in all, i guess that it hasn't taken that big of a toll on me, because my weight stayed exactly the same, which is so much better than gaining, but not as good as losing. i am hoping that this week will go so much easier. its kinda hard when i am the only one in the house that needs to lose weight. and then my kids have a ton of halloween candy just lying around (chocolate, uggghghhhhh). self control, self control, self control. i can do it, but its so not easy.
well, here are my stats........yuck
weight- 153 lbs
waist - 30 in
hips - 39 in
thigh - 21 in.
obviously not much change this week
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11-04-2005, 11:55 AM
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#6 (permalink)
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Guilford, CT, USA
Posts: 68
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Status Quo is still kinda good..it's the other way you should be concerned with 
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