On Track

I am trying to stay on track with my weight loss journey.  I have kind of avoided the gym for the past month, not entirely sure of the reasons, just haven't been motivated to go to the gym.  I have been staying on my healthy eating kick (with an occasional candy/pie/cookie treat) and I'm officially down to 140lbs.  It's a huge accomplishment for me to be down 12lbs from my highest weight of 152lbs in late April.

I'll post some progress shots soon.

Starting Up Again

I wanna keep up with my weight loss blog.  I want to keep myself more accountable in terms of my eating habits and exercise.  I have the LoseIt app on my iPhone to track how many calories i'm eating and burning.

My maximum weight was 156lbs.  I was at 154 during April when I wasn't home and eating crap food everyday.  I am currently down to 149, and have started going to the gym about 2 weeks ago, and radically changed my eating habits.  I want to get down to 125 and wear some of my old clothes.  I cut out soda/pop (whatever you choose to call it), I don't eat chocolate, try to limit candy, and I've cut down my calorie intake to 1400 or less per day.  I decided that I'm going to the gym every night I can, after work or before depending on what time I happen to work and where, since my work and gym are in the same mall usually.  I have a gym buddy and I plan on sticking with the gym thing (since I'm paying $50/month for a membership)

And since I'm restarting my weight loss blog again, I need new "before" photos.

So here's my before photos. taken May 10th 2013.

pant size: 9    Shirt Size: M/L

Bust: 36"     Waist: 32"     Hip: 40"

Height: 5'6"     Weight: 149lbs

Taking it a day at a time, and hoping to stick to it.

1.5 weeks later...

I'm still kind of keeping up with my weight loss plan, from my starting weight of 150.5 since i restarted my weight loss plan, I've lost a whole 6.5 pounds, and about an inch or so off my waist (the larger part at my belly button, at my natural waist it's still about the same.  My usualy routine at the gym includes about an hour on the elliptical and whatever else I feel like throwing in there at the time.  My goal weight is about 128 pounds, which for 5'6 could seem a little small, but in the 10th grade I was 5'6 and 120 pounds, so 128 isn't too far off of that.  I was a size 3 when I was 15, I'm working on getting back to that slowly.  I'm trying to eat a lot better, I still go out to sushi every week or so with the boyfriend, and I try not to eat as much there, or stick to protein shakes when I'm feeling hungry after that so I don't go overboard on my calorie intake, a protein shake will tie me over and if anything some fruit, a salad or something quick like rye toast is what I usually go for.  I made some sugar free cinnamon rolls today, and I had one with a sugar glaze (kinda defeated the purpose of the sugar free part a but, but it means my diabetic mother can eat them too)  My current drink of choice is blueberry lemonade (made with Tetley Blueberry Ginseng tea that I keep a jug of in the fridge, a splash of lemon and a sweetener) it's much cheaper than starbucks iced tea lemonade ($2.75 or something for a small)

my main goal out of all this though is to at least fit into some of my old jeans, so I have more of a selection when it comes to pants (i have 3 pairs that technically fit me, but the skinny jeans don't have the right stretch in them so I'm down to 2 and a lot of shorts) I would like to at least fit back into my size 5 jeans, my black star jeans were my favourites (the back pockets were stars)  the only problem is my bum is too large to fit into them, i'm sure if I work down my bum I can fit into the majority of my pants better. it's always been my hips that were the problem.  my upper half has mostly stayed the same except for a slightly larger bust that is.

so getting straight to the point, number one goal here is smaller from the waist down. Up top i'm not so concerned with, my arms aren't flabby, my chest is an okay size.  I've just not been happy with the waist down.

Need to Find a Motivator

I clearly don't have a huge drive to stick to a plan, but I'm getting better at it.. I started going to the gym again, and I haven't done that in a while.. The big kicker to getting myself back to the gym was the fact that I got up to about 150 pounds and I didn't fit into my size 7 (stitches sizes) jeans, or my boyfriend's old jeans for that matter, which I did fit into at one point.  It made me sad, so I asked my mom to bring me to the gym with her, we make appointments with trainers in Brampton because they are so much nicer there, and we work out a bit at our regular gym up the street.  I am trying to cut back on my junk food, and eating healthier and smaller portions, Last time I checked my weight I was down 5.5 pounds, and that was on Wednesday I think.  I am going to the gym tomorrow, and trying to work on getting down to about 120-125, hopefully by Thanksgiving (the Canadian one)

Weight Loss Contest

I joined a contest at my gym today.  The first 50 people from each gym get to sign up.  I didn't get to weigh in yesterday, so I started today.  I have a new starting weight and still a goal weight of 120lbs.  I know I'm not fat in the eyes of many people, but I'm kinda squishy.  I probably wrote this in my first post, but I hate my stomach, thighs, hips and butt.  For the contest, I weighed in at 140.4 pounds.  according to my LoseIt app, if I stick to my calorie budget, I can reach my goal weight by the 15th of March, which would be awesome because if i'm 120 pounds by then I can get my tattoo on my hip for my birthday and a piercing (I want to get my belly button pierced, but only if my stomach is flatter.)

I would also like to point out that since I last wrote about my weight which was in november, I was 144.5 pounds, so I'm down 4 pounds already.  The sad part is, I ate like a pig this holiday and I didn't gain weight, like WTF?! alrighty then.  I guess that's good right?

I persuaded my sister and her boyfriend to come with me to the gym today, then I went for lunch/dinner (it was 4 when we ate, but we all hadn't eaten yet) and then I went to my boyfriend's house, and we went to buy books and movies at the mall. and I got a root beet float. not great (there was an ice cream puck in it), but tasted pretty good anyway :P and we made cupcakes. they were awesome.  But I really have to try not to eat too much crap if I want to lose the 20 pounds by the end of March.

First Weigh In

Alright, so here are the basics that you need to know.
When I was in grade 10, I was 120 pounds, and 5'6 the picture on the left is me in 10th grade. stomach flat, not super wide, butt- nice size.
I'm starting this whole weight loss thing at:
Age: 18         Weight: 144.5 lbs
Height: 5'7     November 3rd 2010.

My starting measurements are:
Chest: 36"
Waist: (natural) 34" (belly button) 37"
Thighs: (L) 21.5" (R) 22" [not sure why the left is a half inch smaller than the right...)
Upper Arms: (L) 11" (R) 11"

Today it is November 7th 2010 (well the measurements are for today anyway)
Weight: 142.5
Chest: 36"
Waist: (N) 31.5" (B)35"
Thighs: (L) 22" (R) 22"
Upper Arms: (L) 10.75" (R) 10.75"
That's a difference of 2 pounds and 9.75 inches so far.
I've been going to the gym with my mom.  We do 30 minutes of cardio and then circuit training for at least an hour.  In the 3 days that I've been going to the gym (Wed. Fri. Sat.) I've lost weight.  I've also changed my eating habits.  I consume about 1100 calories a day and I don't eat chocolate, candy or chips, I have no caffeine whatsoever (allergies suck) and i'm trying not to eat white bread and rice (when I do it's in small amounts).

I dislike my body.  I took this one last summer.  my stomach bulges out, my thighs are huge and my arms are questionable.  I am working on changing it.  I want to get back to the 10th grade body (except for the A-cup part)  I want smaller hips, thighs, butt and stomach.  The chest could be a tad smaller, but maybe 2 inches smaller without shrinking the boobs would be nice.  I'm hoping that by December, I'm my ideal size (which is a 3 - I want to fit in my favourite pair of jeans from the 10th grade, they are just waiting in my dresser) I am currently a size 5-9 (depending on where I get the clothes from) my jeans that fit me are a size 7, the dresses are a size 7, but my size 5 dress pants fit me fine. Working on getting it all smaller.  (maybe one day I can finally wear that black dress I got for Christmas in 8th grade to something.)