Hottie with a Naughty Body

Hi, I'm new, and I'm not really sure how this site works exactly so I'm
just kind of going to do my own thing and hope for the best!

So here is the key information for me...
1) I want to get to a healthy weight where I feel comfortable and
healthy (right now I don't feel that way)
2) I really have no support for this in my life currently due to
recently moving so I am hoping to find it here


Here's a quick bio: I am not naturally a small girl. I'm tall 6'0 and
if I had to descirbe my "body-type" it would be athletic. I grew up
playing sports my whole life and was always quite fit. 14 months ago my
life was great I was a varsity rower was in love with my body I was
about 167-170. I felt great! HEALTHY! FIT! I could see some muscle. I
loved it. Then beginning about a year ago my life started to fall apart
and my body took a beating. I was pretty depressed and stopped caring
about pretty much everything. So I gained weight and lost all my hard
earned muscle.

well... I want it back! I got up to about 195 and over the past month
have lost 5 pounds. So currently I am 190 but my motivation is lacking.
I can't figure out why but last week I woke up and my will power
disappeared not to mention shortly afterwards things that I thought
were behind me seek to be resurfacing.

So I need some help. I'm planning on doing a journal on this message
board to keep me on track. If any of you amazing cyber-people can
contribute to my success at all I would love it and I will try to
return the favour! So if anyone would like to be my friend I look
forward to hearing from you!




--
MKB

Well, I love the subject line, but people might not read your post thinking
it's spam from a "personal" ad. Just because I'm responding to your post
doesn't mean I need a date!!. Are you a redhead? ;-)

Anyways....What is your "specific" goal. I can't stress how important
this part of starting any diet really is, you need to have a specific goal.

Ex: By June 1st, 2007 I want to weight 150lbs.



"MKB" <MKB.2h50ak@news.weightlossbanter.com> wrote in message
news:MKB.2h50ak@news.weightlossbanter.com...
>
> Hi, I'm new, and I'm not really sure how this site works exactly so I'm
> just kind of going to do my own thing and hope for the best!
>
> So here is the key information for me...
> 1) I want to get to a healthy weight where I feel comfortable and
> healthy (right now I don't feel that way)
> 2) I really have no support for this in my life currently due to
> recently moving so I am hoping to find it here
>
>
> Here's a quick bio: I am not naturally a small girl. I'm tall 6'0 and
> if I had to descirbe my "body-type" it would be athletic. I grew up
> playing sports my whole life and was always quite fit. 14 months ago my
> life was great I was a varsity rower was in love with my body I was
> about 167-170. I felt great! HEALTHY! FIT! I could see some muscle. I
> loved it. Then beginning about a year ago my life started to fall apart
> and my body took a beating. I was pretty depressed and stopped caring
> about pretty much everything. So I gained weight and lost all my hard
> earned muscle.
>
> well... I want it back! I got up to about 195 and over the past month
> have lost 5 pounds. So currently I am 190 but my motivation is lacking.
> I can't figure out why but last week I woke up and my will power
> disappeared not to mention shortly afterwards things that I thought
> were behind me seek to be resurfacing.
>
> So I need some help. I'm planning on doing a journal on this message
> board to keep me on track. If any of you amazing cyber-people can
> contribute to my success at all I would love it and I will try to
> return the favour! So if anyone would like to be my friend I look
> forward to hearing from you!
>
>
>
>
> --
> MKB

sirch wrote:
> Well, I love the subject line, but people might not read your post thinking
> it's spam from a "personal" ad. Just because I'm responding to your post
> doesn't mean I need a date!!. Are you a redhead? ;-)
>
> Anyways....What is your "specific" goal. I can't stress how important
> this part of starting any diet really is, you need to have a specific goal.
>
> Ex: By June 1st, 2007 I want to weight 150lbs.

I agree about the subject line -- wasn't sure what to think :-).

But I don't particularly agree about the specific goal -- or at least a
goal of a particular weight or deadline for weight loss. I never had
one, and lost well over 100 lbs. My goal was just to lose some weight,
get more fit, and see where it took me. I figured that (a) any loss
would be a good thing, and (b) I'd see when it seemed like I'd reached
a weight that I and my body were happy with. Worked for me :-).
Seriously, I think there's some risk of setting time schedules that are
overambitious and then becoming discouraged if they are not met. This
is a reason many diets fail.

If one is going to set goals, I think behavior goals make may more
sense -- making dietary modifications, exercising, etc. These can be
quantified or made more specific as desired -- e.g., "walk 2 miles 5
days a week", "eliminate sugared soft drinks from my diet", or
whatever.

Chris
262/130s/130s

Thanks for the suggestion... I'm going to need to think about this one
abit...

The title of my message is actually an inside joke a friend told me
once... I thought it was such a great statement so I stole it! lol! And
no I am not currently a redhead... DARK brown as we speak...

So my goal.... I'm going to have it a two-parter...

First Goal: 180 by Dec 17 (that's 2 pounds a week)

Second Goal: 170 by March 1




--
MKB

On 12 Nov 2006 14:29:45 -0800, "Chris" <braun_chris@mindspring.com>
wrote:

>
>sirch wrote:
>> Well, I love the subject line, but people might not read your post thinking
>> it's spam from a "personal" ad. Just because I'm responding to your post
>> doesn't mean I need a date!!. Are you a redhead? ;-)
>>
>> Anyways....What is your "specific" goal. I can't stress how important
>> this part of starting any diet really is, you need to have a specific goal.
>>
>> Ex: By June 1st, 2007 I want to weight 150lbs.
>
>I agree about the subject line -- wasn't sure what to think :-).
>
>But I don't particularly agree about the specific goal -- or at least a
>goal of a particular weight or deadline for weight loss. I never had
>one, and lost well over 100 lbs. My goal was just to lose some weight,
>get more fit, and see where it took me. I figured that (a) any loss
>would be a good thing, and (b) I'd see when it seemed like I'd reached
>a weight that I and my body were happy with. Worked for me :-).

If it worked for you, great, but some (many?) people do better with
specific goals. I would not do well with your approach.

>Seriously, I think there's some risk of setting time schedules that are
>overambitious and then becoming discouraged if they are not met. This
>is a reason many diets fail.

Quite right, but this is not a reason to discard ALL time schedules.
From my reading, one pound a week is a reasonable goal for most
people. For me, NOT having that goal would be discouraging and I would
be likely to give up. At one pound/week (on average), it might be
several weeks before I could really see progress given the antural
fluctuations.

>If one is going to set goals, I think behavior goals make may more
>sense -- making dietary modifications, exercising, etc. These can be
>quantified or made more specific as desired -- e.g., "walk 2 miles 5
>days a week", "eliminate sugared soft drinks from my diet", or
>whatever.

Again, if that works for you, great. That would be a disaster for me.

--

"Chris" <braun_chris@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:1163370585.278368.303020@m73g2000cwd.googlegr oups.com...
>
> If one is going to set goals, I think behavior goals make may more
> sense -- making dietary modifications, exercising, etc. These can be
> quantified or made more specific as desired -- e.g., "walk 2 miles 5
> days a week", "eliminate sugared soft drinks from my diet", or
> whatever.


Another thing that's supposed to work better is to use "do"s, rather than
"don't"s. i.e. make the goals about increasing things more, or doing more
of. (eg. More exercise, More fruit.) Rather than decreasing or avoiding
things. (eg Lose weight, don't eat fat). This helps to make the whole
process more positive.

Jen

LurfysMa wrote:
> On 12 Nov 2006 14:29:45 -0800, "Chris" <braun_chris@mindspring.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >sirch wrote:
> >> Well, I love the subject line, but people might not read your post thinking
> >> it's spam from a "personal" ad. Just because I'm responding to your post
> >> doesn't mean I need a date!!. Are you a redhead? ;-)
> >>
> >> Anyways....What is your "specific" goal. I can't stress how important
> >> this part of starting any diet really is, you need to have a specific goal.
> >>
> >> Ex: By June 1st, 2007 I want to weight 150lbs.
> >
> >I agree about the subject line -- wasn't sure what to think :-).
> >
> >But I don't particularly agree about the specific goal -- or at least a
> >goal of a particular weight or deadline for weight loss. I never had
> >one, and lost well over 100 lbs. My goal was just to lose some weight,
> >get more fit, and see where it took me. I figured that (a) any loss
> >would be a good thing, and (b) I'd see when it seemed like I'd reached
> >a weight that I and my body were happy with. Worked for me :-).
>
> If it worked for you, great, but some (many?) people do better with
> specific goals. I would not do well with your approach.
>
> >Seriously, I think there's some risk of setting time schedules that are
> >overambitious and then becoming discouraged if they are not met. This
> >is a reason many diets fail.
>
> Quite right, but this is not a reason to discard ALL time schedules.
> From my reading, one pound a week is a reasonable goal for most
> people. For me, NOT having that goal would be discouraging and I would
> be likely to give up. At one pound/week (on average), it might be
> several weeks before I could really see progress given the antural
> fluctuations.
>
> >If one is going to set goals, I think behavior goals make may more
> >sense -- making dietary modifications, exercising, etc. These can be
> >quantified or made more specific as desired -- e.g., "walk 2 miles 5
> >days a week", "eliminate sugared soft drinks from my diet", or
> >whatever.
>
> Again, if that works for you, great. That would be a disaster for me.
>
> --

Well, fine. I did say "I think" in what I wrote. There's no need for
you to agree.

Chris
262/130s/130s

GREAT!!

The reason why a SPECIFIC goal is important is because you'll
know where to go to succeed, and it will give you focus.

A strong foundation is the key to building any life style change
which is what we're really talking about if we want to "stay"
Healthy and Fit.

I think your goals are truely achieveable and realistic.

Brunette, ay.....

"MKB" <MKB.2h6s3z@news.weightlossbanter.com> wrote in message
news:MKB.2h6s3z@news.weightlossbanter.com...
>
> Thanks for the suggestion... I'm going to need to think about this one
> abit...
>
> The title of my message is actually an inside joke a friend told me
> once... I thought it was such a great statement so I stole it! lol! And
> no I am not currently a redhead... DARK brown as we speak...
>
> So my goal.... I'm going to have it a two-parter...
>
> First Goal: 180 by Dec 17 (that's 2 pounds a week)
>
> Second Goal: 170 by March 1
>
>
>
>
> --
> MKB

I think it more important to have a specific set "plan" versus a goal...
if your plan makes sense and you follow it then it will equal success.
Although my goal is 170... I'm not positive because to me it is more
about what my body feels like and how its functioning then the number
on the scale. I want to be fit. I want to look in the mirror and say to
myself I have a rockin' body! I don't own a scale and don't plan to,
weighing myself periodically at the gym is fine for me. Therefore my
grain of salt wisdom is numbers don't mean everything, its how
confident you are with your own rockin' body that counts!

So after some further thought I take back my time/weight goals... my
goal is simply to stay dedicated to my plan as long as I feel is
needed!





on to other things here's my food journal for Sunday Nov 12:
9am: 1/2 c. All Bran Flakes, 1/3c. plain low sugar low fat yogurt, 12
strawberries, Tea
3:30pm: 1/4c. sweet potatoes, 1 low-fat turkey burger with pesto and
mushrooms
7:00pm: 1 sm. piece lasagna, 1/2 plate salad, 1 piece w.w. bread
9:30-12:00pm: 2 handfuls of chips (approx 25) (about 300 calories),
approx 15 pistachios, 3 glasses of pop, 3 shots of rum, carrots and
cucumber and dip

Protein: 2
Startches: 4
Fruit: 1
Veg: 3
fat: 2
dairy: 1

water: 7 glasses

Review: this wasn't a great start due to the fact work was CRAZY busy
and I didn't have a chance to take a break for lunch (I'm a waitress)
also I got home to find out we were having a board games party it was
way too tempting to sit with tons of food ont he table and not nibble!
BUT I did eat limited amounts compared to if I wasn't watching
myself...




--
MKB

MKB wrote:
> I think it more important to have a specific set "plan" versus a goal...
> if your plan makes sense and you follow it then it will equal success.
> Although my goal is 170... I'm not positive because to me it is more
> about what my body feels like and how its functioning then the number
> on the scale. I want to be fit. I want to look in the mirror and say to
> myself I have a rockin' body! I don't own a scale and don't plan to,
> weighing myself periodically at the gym is fine for me. Therefore my
> grain of salt wisdom is numbers don't mean everything, its how
> confident you are with your own rockin' body that counts!
>
> So after some further thought I take back my time/weight goals... my
> goal is simply to stay dedicated to my plan as long as I feel is
> needed!
>
>
>
>
>
> on to other things here's my food journal for Sunday Nov 12:
> 9am: 1/2 c. All Bran Flakes, 1/3c. plain low sugar low fat yogurt, 12
> strawberries, Tea
> 3:30pm: 1/4c. sweet potatoes, 1 low-fat turkey burger with pesto and
> mushrooms
> 7:00pm: 1 sm. piece lasagna, 1/2 plate salad, 1 piece w.w. bread
> 9:30-12:00pm: 2 handfuls of chips (approx 25) (about 300 calories),
> approx 15 pistachios, 3 glasses of pop, 3 shots of rum, carrots and
> cucumber and dip
>
> Protein: 2
> Startches: 4
> Fruit: 1
> Veg: 3
> fat: 2
> dairy: 1
>
> water: 7 glasses
>
> Review: this wasn't a great start due to the fact work was CRAZY busy
> and I didn't have a chance to take a break for lunch (I'm a waitress)
> also I got home to find out we were having a board games party it was
> way too tempting to sit with tons of food ont he table and not nibble!
> BUT I did eat limited amounts compared to if I wasn't watching
> myself...

This sounds like a good approach. And you did pretty well managing the
party food, though it would be great if you could drop the pop from
your diet; it's a classic empty calorie food (assuming it's the kind
with real sugar :-) ).

What about a plan for exercise? Have you thought about that yet? It's
a pretty important part of the whole deal.

Chris
262/130s/130s

actually its kinda funny! I NEVER drink pop... like maybe 1 glass every
3-4 weeks I just don't like it very much... Sunday night was an odd
night indeed!

As for excersise check out my second or 3rd post in this section I
outline my strength training and cardio...


*Review of Monday*

10am 1/3c cottage cheese, 12 strawberries, 2 thin pieces ww bread, 1
fruit/veg juice
2pm 1 piece veg lasgna
5pm 1 apple
8pm 1 bowl pumpkin curry soup
9:30pm cottage cheese and strawberries, Tea

water: 5 glasses

P: 2, St: 2, Veg: 2, Fruit: 4, F:1, Dairy: 0

Today was ok for eatting. Usually I would be crazy hungery after
eating so little in a day but I was just so busy it didn't matter.
Since yesturday was a stat. holiday (Rememberance Day Canada) the
restuarant was slammed (busiest day I've ever worked) I ended up
working 10.5 instead of my scheduled 8! Anyway so I finished there and
headed for the gym only to see a sign posted saying it closed early for
the holiday. I felt quite disapppointed since I feel REALLY motivated
at the moment! I think this website is doing the job I had hoped it
would... making me accountable for my actions to someone other then
myself. Having to review what I need and show it to others is really
making want to achieve my 'steps to success'

anyway goodluck today you all!




--
MKB

MKB wrote:
> actually its kinda funny! I NEVER drink pop... like maybe 1 glass every
> 3-4 weeks I just don't like it very much... Sunday night was an odd
> night indeed!
>
> As for excersise check out my second or 3rd post in this section I
> outline my strength training and cardio...

Well, the way I read news I can't easily find your earlier post, but
I'll take your word for it :-). Sorry I forgot what you'd said. I'm
glad you're exercising -- it's really a help!

Chris
262/130s/130s

Tuesday Nov 14 Review
..................................

So I weighed myself when i got to the gym today since I was somewhat
guessing at my current weight I wanted to know my starting point, so it
turns out I weight more then I thought 197 to be exact. Its ****ty but
it'll be gone soon so it just means that it'll take me a bit longer to
get ot my goal 30 pounds instead of 20...
..................................
I ate pretty good in terms of calories and nutritional value but not
great in terms of LA's guide, too many startches not enough protein or
dairy, I was really hungry when I woke up this morning probably since I
didn't have much protein:

11am: 1/3 c cottage cheese, 2 pieces ww toast, tea

1pm: 8 dried apricots (100 calories) and 12 almonds

3:45pm: 10-12 cucumber slices with salt and pepper

5:30pm: 1 bannana, 1 sm. oatmeal cookie low sugar

7:00pm: cabage salad (33 calories, 2.2g P, .3 g Fat, 6.2 g C), Cumin
Yogurt salad 1oz (18 cal. 1.7 g P, 0.1g Fat, 2.5 Carb), Curried Potato
Cabbage Roll-Ups (10 oz serving, 277 calories, 8.1g P, 3.5 fat, 54.9
Carb), 1/3c ww rice

9:30pm: 1 piece cherry pie (damn Warren bringing home my fav kind of
pie!)

Protein: 1
Startches: 4
Veg: 3
Fruit: 3
Fat: 1
Dairy: 0


Gym: 50 minutes weight training+ cardio... I was sweating like mad! I
do 1 set then skip for 60 seconds fast then repeat! It keeps my heart
rate up the whole time and in between all my lunges its a killer just
to recap Tues+ Fri I do: split squats, side lunges, walking lunge with
twist (I carry a medicine ball for all leg work out in front of me
arms straight) then deadlifts, EZ bar rows, lat pull down, military
press, straight arm kick backs, then some light abs




--
MKB

"MKB" <MKB.2hbvfz@news.weightlossbanter.com> wrote in message
news:MKB.2hbvfz@news.weightlossbanter.com...
>
> Tuesday Nov 14 Review
> .................................
>
> So I weighed myself when i got to the gym today since I was somewhat
> guessing at my current weight I wanted to know my starting point, so it
> turns out I weight more then I thought 197 to be exact. Its ****ty but
> it'll be gone soon so it just means that it'll take me a bit longer to
> get ot my goal 30 pounds instead of 20...
> .................................
> I ate pretty good in terms of calories and nutritional value but not
> great in terms of LA's guide, too many startches not enough protein or
> dairy, I was really hungry when I woke up this morning probably since I
> didn't have much protein:
>
> 11am: 1/3 c cottage cheese, 2 pieces ww toast, tea
>
> 1pm: 8 dried apricots (100 calories) and 12 almonds
>
> 3:45pm: 10-12 cucumber slices with salt and pepper
>
> 5:30pm: 1 bannana, 1 sm. oatmeal cookie low sugar
>
> 7:00pm: cabage salad (33 calories, 2.2g P, .3 g Fat, 6.2 g C), Cumin
> Yogurt salad 1oz (18 cal. 1.7 g P, 0.1g Fat, 2.5 Carb), Curried Potato
> Cabbage Roll-Ups (10 oz serving, 277 calories, 8.1g P, 3.5 fat, 54.9
> Carb), 1/3c ww rice
>
> 9:30pm: 1 piece cherry pie (damn Warren bringing home my fav kind of
> pie!)
>
> Protein: 1
> Startches: 4
> Veg: 3
> Fruit: 3
> Fat: 1
> Dairy: 0
>
>
> Gym: 50 minutes weight training+ cardio... I was sweating like mad! I
> do 1 set then skip for 60 seconds fast then repeat! It keeps my heart
> rate up the whole time and in between all my lunges its a killer just
> to recap Tues+ Fri I do: split squats, side lunges, walking lunge with
> twist (I carry a medicine ball for all leg work out in front of me
> arms straight) then deadlifts, EZ bar rows, lat pull down, military
> press, straight arm kick backs, then some light abs
>
>
>
>
> --
> MKB

Even with the pie, I eyeball it at like 1100 calories. Isn't that sort
of low? And no real food except the cabbage rolls.

No wonder you went for the pie.

del

I guess that is true Del! I hadn't really looked at it that way! Thanks
..................

Wed Nov 15 Review:

Gym: Erg (indoor rowing) 4500m, every 250m 10 "hard", splits below
2:20, "hard" below 2:00
since i'm sure this means nothing to any of you it means I worked
frackin HARD!

Food:

- 2 eggs, 2 small pieces of flax bread, 1/2 c fat free yogurt
- granola bar (quaker oats)
- salad (romain lettuce, onion, tomato, cheese, low fat roasted red
pepper dressing, chicken), cabbage roll-up from last night
- Salmon with crushed walnuts and Light maple syrup on top, broccoli,
6oz glass 1%choco milk, rice pudding




--
MKB

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:52:53 +0000, MKB
<MKB.2hdq40@news.weightlossbanter.com> wrote:


>Gym: Erg (indoor rowing) 4500m, every 250m 10 "hard", splits below
>2:20, "hard" below 2:00
>since i'm sure this means nothing to any of you it means I worked
>frackin HARD!
>
>Food:
>
>- 2 eggs, 2 small pieces of flax bread, 1/2 c fat free yogurt
>- granola bar (quaker oats)
>- salad (romain lettuce, onion, tomato, cheese, low fat roasted red
>pepper dressing, chicken), cabbage roll-up from last night
>- Salmon with crushed walnuts and Light maple syrup on top, broccoli,
>6oz glass 1%choco milk, rice pudding

This looks like much more sensible eating than the previous day --
real food :-).

Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004

Hey Kids! It's Friday Night since I've been working alot yesturday and
today I'll recap Thursday and Friday all together!

THURSDAY

2 eggs, low-fat skimmed mozza cheese 2oz.

raspberries 1/3c., cottage cheese 3/4c.

15 Milk, Nile Spice Black Bean Soup, dried apricots

2 pieces Hawaiian thick crust pizza, 1/2c lowfat frozen yogurt

Protein: 2, Startches: 2, Fruit: 3, Veg: 0, Dairy: 2
This really wasn't a great day, it worked out to be about 1580 calories
according to my FitDay.com journal. Plus I didn't get to the gym.

FRIDAY

9:30am: 1/2c cottage cheese and 1/3c. raspberries
12:00: glass of milk
2:00pm: veggies egg white omlette
4:00pm: protein+ energy bar 200 cal
7:00pm: large tossed salad, 2 tablespoon light ranch, 4 low-fat chicken
fingers
8:30pm: celery, cottage cheese and salsa

Gym 30 minute weights

Not a bad day... I am pleased... I haven't felt very hungrey the last 2
days, not sure why just not...




--
MKB

So today was CRAP! CRAP I SAY!

I went to work at 8 am scheduled for 2 and ended up working until 8 pm!
I didn't bring any snacks or food with me since I wasn't supposed to
stay (someone phoned in sick last minute) so I ended up eating **** all
carbs no veg/fruit all day... my body is not pleased with me even after
a short time its used to vitamins and such I feel bloated and slow...

7:30 am Vector cereal
12pm: 1 piece french toast, triple berry, 2 sausages
4:00pm: club with cheese on white with fries and a 7up
8:30pm: at home... half a plate of salad (lettuce, tomato, onion,
peppers) and ham and cheese and tomato homemade quiche




--
MKB

Sorry I disappeared for a few days, I got really unfocused. I'm stressed
out and sad. Not a great combination for weightloss but I'm pulling it
back together!




--
MKB