Sundays are my one day off... So I always have a large amount of things I need to do before I can spend my day off how I like to... relaxing! This morning I slept in a bit so when I finally woke up I needed to get moving. I almost forgot to weigh myself. I always weigh myself first thing Sunday morning, before I eat or drink anything.
So I stepped on the scale today, held my breath like every week. I finally looked down and seen I was 220. It took a second to register that I lost 7 lbs this week. I legit got off and got back on to make sure it wasn't lying. 7 lbs in one week! That's a pound a day. I honestly don't even know where that number came from, but I'm so happy about it!!!
I worked out really hard Saturday after work. 5 miles on the elliptical! The sweat from my head was on my hair and was dripping down my back... And it felt so GOOD! I went with my cousin, so it was awesome to have a workout buddy. She really helped me push myself. I'm afraid tomorrow when I go to the gym, I won't be able to push myself like that.
I also ate really good all week. Fruit, veggies, chicken, salad, etc.
But I'm a firm believer that losing weight is
1/3 diet, 1/3 exercise and 1/3 determination! I really want this! I want to know that when someone is talking to me they are hearing ME! Not thinking about how such a "pretty face" got so fat!
I set myself goals after every weigh in... Sometimes they are weight related, sometimes they aren't.
This weeks goal is: Drink more water!
I only drink diet dr. Pepper with dinner and drink water the rest of the day... But I honestly don't drink a lot. Just little sips all day. I want to drink 3 of my water bottles full a day. That's 60 oz of water a day!
I'm happy for a successful week this week and hope for another next! :)
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Friday, April 12, 2013
The down-low on my "diet" aka lifestyle change
Last year, after I graduated beauty school I decided to try the Atkins diet. There's a few reasons why I decided to choose that particular diet.
#1- I had heard of many people losing a lot of weight by following that, and of course, I wanted to lose lots of weight too.
#2- I have never been a big sweets person, but I have always loved my bread and pasta! And obviously loving that got me to the weight I was, so I figured my first step was to cut carbs out of my diet.
#3- I liked the idea that I wouldn't have to count much of anything. I knew what I could and couldn't have.
#4- Cheese! I could still have cheese on the Atkins diet. And I love me some cheese.
#5- I felt I could still eat dinner with my husband. Whatever it was that he wanted, I could make and just eat the meat and veggies.
I was on the Atkins diet for about 3 months religiously and dropped 31 pounds. You definitely can't be mad at a number like that. I figured out a lot of ways to still eat my favorite foods. Tacos (in a bowl instead of a tortilla), Chicken Parmesan(breaded with a mix of crushed pork rinds and a packet of ranch dressing mix... And of course minus the pasta) Steak (without the potatoes, instead a big helping of sautéed mushrooms and a salad). But after 3 months, I found the diet incredibly hard to stay on because I missed certain foods. The foods I missed weren't carbs like bread and pasta but instead fruit, and yogurt. I wasn't even a big fan of either of those before that... But all of a sudden I had a craving for those foods. So I did what I've always done and quit the diet and went back to Olive Garden as my favorite restaurant. I gained back 5 lbs of what I lost in about 9 months.
On February 18th, I decided what I needed what a lifestyle change, not a diet. I wouldn't get my answers in a fad diet. Because of the success I had with Atkins, and because I knew carbs aren't good for your weight anyways, I am still doing it low-carb/low sugar. I still do not eat pasta, bread, or rice. But I do eat fruits, yogurt, nuts, and other things that you shouldn't eat if you were following the Atkins diet induction phase. I also eat a tortilla on my taco now if I REALLY have to have it. If I do eat a tortilla, I just make sure that its the only carb that I have for awhile.
The other thing I have started to do is....*drumroll please* WORKOUT. This is a huge accomplishment for me. Huge. I hate exercise.... The thought of me going to the gym and sweating my pounds away is always the last thing on my mind when I say I want to lose weight. Also, the gym is very intimidating to me. I feel awkward and out of place. Have you ever noticed that the majority of the people at the gym are in good shape? I always been like I'm being judged at the gym. But, I have tried to concur my fears because I don't want to lose the weight and have flabby skin. So to the gym I go! 4 times a week... And I do cardio and weights.
My first day there was rough, I was on the elliptical for .75 miles and had to stop. I couldn't even do a mile. I was disappointed and embarrassed. I went over to do the weight machines for my legs. Doing the weights come easy to me. I'd much rather do those than cardio. I push myself to the highest weight I can do so I can feel sore the next day. Sore is good for me. It means that I actually did something at the gym. After I did the weights I went back on the elliptical and did .25 so that I could leave knowing I did a mile. Since that first day, I've slowly worked my way up to 3 miles on the elliptical. I don't watch my time... I know I am slow. I simply make sure I hit those 3 miles without stopping.
Since I've started my life change on 2/18, I have lost 16 pounds according to my last weigh in on Sunday 4/7. I have a lot more to go, but I think I'm on the right track.
#1- I had heard of many people losing a lot of weight by following that, and of course, I wanted to lose lots of weight too.
#2- I have never been a big sweets person, but I have always loved my bread and pasta! And obviously loving that got me to the weight I was, so I figured my first step was to cut carbs out of my diet.
#3- I liked the idea that I wouldn't have to count much of anything. I knew what I could and couldn't have.
#4- Cheese! I could still have cheese on the Atkins diet. And I love me some cheese.
#5- I felt I could still eat dinner with my husband. Whatever it was that he wanted, I could make and just eat the meat and veggies.
I was on the Atkins diet for about 3 months religiously and dropped 31 pounds. You definitely can't be mad at a number like that. I figured out a lot of ways to still eat my favorite foods. Tacos (in a bowl instead of a tortilla), Chicken Parmesan(breaded with a mix of crushed pork rinds and a packet of ranch dressing mix... And of course minus the pasta) Steak (without the potatoes, instead a big helping of sautéed mushrooms and a salad). But after 3 months, I found the diet incredibly hard to stay on because I missed certain foods. The foods I missed weren't carbs like bread and pasta but instead fruit, and yogurt. I wasn't even a big fan of either of those before that... But all of a sudden I had a craving for those foods. So I did what I've always done and quit the diet and went back to Olive Garden as my favorite restaurant. I gained back 5 lbs of what I lost in about 9 months.
On February 18th, I decided what I needed what a lifestyle change, not a diet. I wouldn't get my answers in a fad diet. Because of the success I had with Atkins, and because I knew carbs aren't good for your weight anyways, I am still doing it low-carb/low sugar. I still do not eat pasta, bread, or rice. But I do eat fruits, yogurt, nuts, and other things that you shouldn't eat if you were following the Atkins diet induction phase. I also eat a tortilla on my taco now if I REALLY have to have it. If I do eat a tortilla, I just make sure that its the only carb that I have for awhile.
The other thing I have started to do is....*drumroll please* WORKOUT. This is a huge accomplishment for me. Huge. I hate exercise.... The thought of me going to the gym and sweating my pounds away is always the last thing on my mind when I say I want to lose weight. Also, the gym is very intimidating to me. I feel awkward and out of place. Have you ever noticed that the majority of the people at the gym are in good shape? I always been like I'm being judged at the gym. But, I have tried to concur my fears because I don't want to lose the weight and have flabby skin. So to the gym I go! 4 times a week... And I do cardio and weights.
My first day there was rough, I was on the elliptical for .75 miles and had to stop. I couldn't even do a mile. I was disappointed and embarrassed. I went over to do the weight machines for my legs. Doing the weights come easy to me. I'd much rather do those than cardio. I push myself to the highest weight I can do so I can feel sore the next day. Sore is good for me. It means that I actually did something at the gym. After I did the weights I went back on the elliptical and did .25 so that I could leave knowing I did a mile. Since that first day, I've slowly worked my way up to 3 miles on the elliptical. I don't watch my time... I know I am slow. I simply make sure I hit those 3 miles without stopping.
Since I've started my life change on 2/18, I have lost 16 pounds according to my last weigh in on Sunday 4/7. I have a lot more to go, but I think I'm on the right track.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Lets get acquainted...
Alright, so here's a bit more about me...
Like I said I'm 25, married and a hairstylist. I'm on a weight loss journey because I've been "curvy" my whole life. I grew up in the city of Chicago, and the majority of my family is overweight as well. For as long as I can remember I wanted to be skinny, I wanted to be on a diet too. When I was a teenager, my dad was a pretty big guy, all of a sudden he started eating right and going to the gym. I'm not sure how much weight he lost... but I'd guess it was over 100 lbs. He looks fantastic now, and still eats chicken every night, works out 6 days a week and doesn't drink any pop. He was an inspiration, the only problem was, I didn't get as inspired as I should have. I didn't eat right, lose weight, work out. I just simply watched him and thought "wow, I want to do all that" but soon after I started to try different diets. I tried south beach, I tried drinking slim fast twice a day, I bought diet pills watching the scale hoping someday I would wake up and be skinny. But I didn't want it bad enough, I know that now. The thing is, I didn't ever get teased for being overweight when I was young, at least not to my face. But I learned at a young age that baggy clothes hide your weight. I wore hoodies ALL the time! I can honestly say I don't ever remember fitting into a normal size. I was out of juniors before I turned 10.
Anyways, I got married to the love of my life at 18. He was a U.S. Marine, and I moved to Camp LeJeune, N.C. That is about 1,000 miles away from Chicago. I left everything.... Family, friends, my whole life. And I turned to food. We were struggling financially, and I was struggling emotionally. Cheap food is rarely healthy food. So after about a year there, I stepped on the scale and seen the number 267 and I pretty much died inside. I am only 5'3. My BMI was 47!!!! Over 35 is morbidly obese. MORBIDLY OBESE... The way I understood those terms is that my weight was so bad I could actually die. But still I didn't start losing until last year. My husband has never said I was fat, ugly, or anything. Actually, what he said was "I love you the way you are" and "your beautiful and your body is beautiful" I appreciate that he loved me despite my weight, but at the same time, my weight was a problem for me. And I needed that to sink in enough to get off the couch and do something about it. I am now 227... BMI of 40(still morbidly obese) and I have a lot to lose... But slowly I'm doing it.
I will post about how I am losing the weight next post!
If there's anything else you would like to know, feel free to ask! I'm an open book on here.
Like I said I'm 25, married and a hairstylist. I'm on a weight loss journey because I've been "curvy" my whole life. I grew up in the city of Chicago, and the majority of my family is overweight as well. For as long as I can remember I wanted to be skinny, I wanted to be on a diet too. When I was a teenager, my dad was a pretty big guy, all of a sudden he started eating right and going to the gym. I'm not sure how much weight he lost... but I'd guess it was over 100 lbs. He looks fantastic now, and still eats chicken every night, works out 6 days a week and doesn't drink any pop. He was an inspiration, the only problem was, I didn't get as inspired as I should have. I didn't eat right, lose weight, work out. I just simply watched him and thought "wow, I want to do all that" but soon after I started to try different diets. I tried south beach, I tried drinking slim fast twice a day, I bought diet pills watching the scale hoping someday I would wake up and be skinny. But I didn't want it bad enough, I know that now. The thing is, I didn't ever get teased for being overweight when I was young, at least not to my face. But I learned at a young age that baggy clothes hide your weight. I wore hoodies ALL the time! I can honestly say I don't ever remember fitting into a normal size. I was out of juniors before I turned 10.
Anyways, I got married to the love of my life at 18. He was a U.S. Marine, and I moved to Camp LeJeune, N.C. That is about 1,000 miles away from Chicago. I left everything.... Family, friends, my whole life. And I turned to food. We were struggling financially, and I was struggling emotionally. Cheap food is rarely healthy food. So after about a year there, I stepped on the scale and seen the number 267 and I pretty much died inside. I am only 5'3. My BMI was 47!!!! Over 35 is morbidly obese. MORBIDLY OBESE... The way I understood those terms is that my weight was so bad I could actually die. But still I didn't start losing until last year. My husband has never said I was fat, ugly, or anything. Actually, what he said was "I love you the way you are" and "your beautiful and your body is beautiful" I appreciate that he loved me despite my weight, but at the same time, my weight was a problem for me. And I needed that to sink in enough to get off the couch and do something about it. I am now 227... BMI of 40(still morbidly obese) and I have a lot to lose... But slowly I'm doing it.
I will post about how I am losing the weight next post!
If there's anything else you would like to know, feel free to ask! I'm an open book on here.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Everyone has to start somewhere, all that matters is that you actually START!
It feels fantastic to put on a shirt that you haven't worn in awhile and finally see a difference in yourself! For about two weeks now, my family has been saying to me "Oh, You're losing weight" or "You're getting smaller" but I haven't seen a change. I haven't even seen a slight change and trust me, I've been looking. Today I put on a shirt I haven't worn since last spring/summer, and I was pleasantly surprised by what I saw looking back at me in the mirror. There was a definite distinction between my boobs and my tummy. Before it was more like it was all globbed together(if you're overweight you know what I'm talking about). It felt great to FINALLY see a difference in myself! It was much needed after my episode at the store yesterday. This is what happened, I get to the store all ready to buy a few pairs of Capri's and maybe a pair of skinny jeans. I grabbed 5 pairs, and went off into the fitting room. I had 2 size 22(yikes, I know) and 3 size 20's.... and they were all too big! I was stoked.... until I grabbed the size 18's and they fit perfectly in the waist and the butt, but on the legs they were so unflattering and baggy. So, Yes... I went down a size. But I didn't have a thing to show for it. What good is it to go down a size if still can't buy clothes that look good on you? Anyways, in my frustration with that I decided I was determined to leave my shopping day with something... so I bought a sports bra for the gym. A cute one at that. I figured if I couldn't find what I was looking for, I mine as well buy something for the gym to make me feel good.
Anyways, I'm Samantha. I'm 25, happily married, a hairstylist, and in major need of losing about 75 lbs. My highest weight was 267(that was a true moment of terror) but right now I'm 227! My goal weight is 150. I'm 5'3... 150 is considered borderline overweight. But I've been fat my whole life. WHOLE LIFE. So, I don't think I'll ever be the skinny girl... I just want to be healthy... oh and fit into a two piece bathing suit!! Anyways more on my weight loss goals and how I'm dieting later!
Anyways, I'm Samantha. I'm 25, happily married, a hairstylist, and in major need of losing about 75 lbs. My highest weight was 267(that was a true moment of terror) but right now I'm 227! My goal weight is 150. I'm 5'3... 150 is considered borderline overweight. But I've been fat my whole life. WHOLE LIFE. So, I don't think I'll ever be the skinny girl... I just want to be healthy... oh and fit into a two piece bathing suit!! Anyways more on my weight loss goals and how I'm dieting later!
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