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suenos
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Posted: 29 May 2006 07:57 pm |
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl wrote: Well I'm coming off of a four day binge that has run me pretty ragged....... I suddenly feel like there's no excuse for how I look and that perhaps I shouldn't show my face until I'm at least halfway decent again. Ever feel like you want to crawl under a rock?
Been there, felt that, found a rock to crawl under and dragged the pizza box with me. This is gonna sound a little odd - but remember this feeling. For the longest time when I was about to start a binge I would try to fight it but was always overcome by thinking about the "good" - how "good" the food was gonna taste, how "good" I was gonna feel while eating it, how "good" it was gonna feel to just sorta give up. I mentally said "I just don't care" about anything else.
The last time I ended a serious binge I concentrated on how awful I felt when it was over. I hung on hard to that memory - not to beat myself up with but as a defense against future binges. Concentrating on the "bad" associated with the aftermath of binge rather than the "good" associated with giving in to one has gotten me through many a touch and go situation. I don't think I'm explaining this well. I'm not saying to walk around feeling bad about yourself, but to use this post-binge feeling as self protection against future tempation.
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Krystin
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Posted: 29 May 2006 10:05 pm |
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl wrote:
Lows:
A really really bad cold
a long binge
and I met a girl my husband dated in highschool who was about 5'2", 100 pounds, blonde and really cute.  I felt so mortified just meeting her, I couldn't help wondering if he wished that he had married her instead :( (oh not to mention she's a succesfull business woman who owns a chain of hair salons)  . I just can't shake the feeling of being a failure. I'm almost in tears as I write this. I've let myself go so badly! It's bad enough I'm not contributing financially right now, I'm also hideous! I haven't been so ashamed of myself in so long, seeing the someone my husband could have been with has really opened my eyes to how horrible I really am... I suddenly feel like there's no excuse for how I look and that perhaps I shouldn't show my face until I'm at least halfway decent again. Ever feel like you want to crawl under a rock?
This is my first time passing through your diary and I wanted to congratulate you!! A personal goal of mine is to one day realize, accept, and truly believe (without spending 20 minutes a day in the mirror repeating affirmations :D) that my self worth is not dependent upon my pants size... and I wish this for you, too.
Your husband didn't marry that girl, he married you! You are a great mom and a beautiful person... and you will meet your goals... one day at a time. When one day is too long, take it one hour at a time, or one minute at a time. You are worth it!
Keep up the great work, I can't wait to see more of your progress! ~Krystin
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 30 May 2006 06:32 am |
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suenos wrote: Been there, felt that, found a rock to crawl under and dragged the pizza box with me. This is gonna sound a little odd - but remember this feeling. For the longest time when I was about to start a binge I would try to fight it but was always overcome by thinking about the "good" - how "good" the food was gonna taste, how "good" I was gonna feel while eating it, how "good" it was gonna feel to just sorta give up. I mentally said "I just don't care" about anything else.
The last time I ended a serious binge I concentrated on how awful I felt when it was over. I hung on hard to that memory - not to beat myself up with but as a defense against future binges. Concentrating on the "bad" associated with the aftermath of binge rather than the "good" associated with giving in to one has gotten me through many a touch and go situation. I don't think I'm explaining this well. I'm not saying to walk around feeling bad about yourself, but to use this post-binge feeling as self protection against future tempation.
It makes perfect sense suenos, what do I hate more than being on a diet? The crashed feeling I get after I'm NOT on my diet. I've realized now that to me my diet is no longer about just losing weight it's about me feeling healthy and having enough energy to keep up with my son. Even though he's not mobile yet, it makes it hard on him when mommy doesn't have enough energy to get up and play with him, when I'm exhausted and can't hardly get out of bed in the morning. When I'm "good" and stay on my diet I have energy, I feel great! My whole family is happier and healthier.
Krystin wrote:
This is my first time passing through your diary and I wanted to congratulate you!! A personal goal of mine is to one day realize, accept, and truly believe (without spending 20 minutes a day in the mirror repeating affirmations :D) that my self worth is not dependent upon my pants size... and I wish this for you, too.
Your husband didn't marry that girl, he married you! You are a great mom and a beautiful person... and you will meet your goals... one day at a time. When one day is too long, take it one hour at a time, or one minute at a time. You are worth it!
Keep up the great work, I can't wait to see more of your progress! ~Krystin
Thank you Krystin, it's good for me to hear that. I don't know why it is that when you're heavy everyone seems better, happier, prettier than you are. I get this feeling that even when I do lose weight that I'll never quite measure up. Maybe I never will...
Today is going well, I've been good so far and made some good decisions nutrition wise. It feels good to be back on my routine, I feel like I'm coming out of a fog and can see clearly for the first time in four days.
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 16 July 2006 07:03 am |
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Hey, just checking in, been on and off the diet, trying to stay on the wagon! My computer is on the fritz so I haven't been able to post lately. Not having the online support has slowed my progress, but hopefully I'll get a new computer soon!!!
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 3 October 2006 09:06 pm |
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Well, I'm back up to 245, but haven't gone over that. I'm having such a hard time sticking to a diet plan, the compulsive over-eating is so hard to get over. I'm considering therapy. My problem is obviously more than eating the wrong things and lack of exersize. For my weight I'm in decent "shape" I can still run, I don't get winded easily, I have a lot of exersize, I have a son! And I try to walk daily. I know it's my diet that's bringing me down, and the weight is starting to really effect my energy levels. I've tried a lot of things to help myself, and my diet plans are really well thought out. It started out an emotional thing, but I don't think it really is anymore, it's an expected rush of dopomine that my body "needs" or at least expects, without it I feel tired and sad. I give in because I start to get so tired and depressed, my house work doesn't get done, I'm short with my son, it just doesn't seem worth it after awhile. Eating healthy should give you more energy and elevate your mood, but it doesn't seem to work for me. I know you have to give it awhile, and I have, over and over. This might sound like excuses, but it's not, this isn't me saying that I quit, it's me saying," I've got to try a different approach, this one isn't cutting it!"
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 23 October 2006 11:56 pm |
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| I'm having a tough time staying to any diet plan at all, everytime I go on a diet it just ends up worse. Right now I'm just trying to keep healthy things included in my diet and trying (trying is the key word) to eat as little sweets as possible. I ordered some hoodia off of this site and I'm hoping that will help, I'm at my wits ends, I don't know what to do!
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 25 October 2006 09:49 pm |
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Yesterday-Day 1 Hoodia Hoodia-
For those of you interested in this supplement; yesterday went really well, I mean really really well. I didn't have any cravings and I didn't want to binge. I've only used it one day so we'll see how it goes. The effect I've had so far is disinterest in food, I don't feel necessarily "full" but I'm not hungry. When I think about food I'm just not that interested in it. Now that I think about it there was a banana cream pie on my counter last night and I barely noticed, I was just going to write that I hadn't been tempted face-to-face with sweets last night, but I was face-to-face and so Un-tempted that I forgot it was even there... Usually when I start a diet plan I wake up in the morning starving, but this morning I wasn't even a little hungry. I would estimate I ate between 1400-1600 calories yesterday.
I had a pretty busy day yesterday and didn't manage to get my walk in, but I thought about it and again bugged my husband about the all elusive tread-mill. We bought the baby a Halloween costume (he's going to be a dog  ) it's really cute. We even bought Halloween candy for trick-or-treaters last night and I wasn't tempted. Hopefully I can resist until after it's gone!
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 26 June 2007 05:16 am |
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Alright, well it's been quite awhile since I've posted. I've been keeping busy, I've been working full time at our local hospital and I'm about to take my test to become a phlebotomist on the 28th of this month. In case you're curious, my weight loss is going great. I was having a real hard time and ballooned up another ten pounds before I found what really started working for me. Now I'm doing great, I wouldn't say weight loss is absolutly easy, but I'm now losing weight with much less effort and much faster than ever before. I've lost a total of 24 pounds and plan to keep on going, the longest I've had a plateau for so far has been three days and I'm really happy about that. It's great working at the hospital because I set myself weigh days and only weigh there, not at home. Right now we're getting ready to celebrate the 4th of July which is a pretty big deal in our small town and we have 5 days starting on the 30th of fun filled activities to celebrate our nation. My son is old enough to really enjoy it this year and I'm very excited to have some fun with him.
Happy 4th everyone!!!
Last edited on 26 June 2007 05:21 am by OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 30 June 2007 01:11 am |
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My family took me out to dinner last night, we had Chinese. We were celebrating because I passed my phlebotomy test first in the class. I'm so glad it's over, but at the same time I'll really miss my class mates and teacher. I start my prerequisites in the fall and I'm really nervous, these are the classes that really count, the RN program is really competitive and a 4.0 would serve me well.
I wore a skirt yesterday, an above the knee skirt, it was really nice, I haven't worn a skirt in years! I'm really hoping to hit 224 by the 4th of July, every pound counts, but I'm still having problems, no matter what I seem to do I can't get down a dress size. Maybe I need to step up my workout, this is really going to sound like a horrible excuse, but I just don't have the time, maybe I will after I finish my externship this summer, right now I just can't take any more time away from my son. Going to school and working full time is hard enough with a toddler.
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voodoodoll
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Posted: 30 June 2007 04:04 pm |
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hey, congratulations on doing so well in your test  its so cool you now feel confident enough to wear a skirt and you are making great progress with your weight loss! good luck and keep it up x
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 16 July 2007 10:34 pm |
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Thank you so much for the encouragement voodoo, it really does help.
Some bad news today, someone in my phlebotomy class overdosed and passed away last night, I have a lot of guilt surrounding this, I knew she was on drugs, I didn't approve of her taking the class because of it, but I didn't try to help her.
Otherwise everything is going well. I'm continuing to lose weight and I feel pretty good about myself. My externship starts next week, and I'm really nervous about that, I'm going to be really tired, it's four ten hour days with a two hour commute and the night before I begin I work midnight to seven. Wish me luck!
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Hisgal
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Posted: 17 July 2007 03:43 am |
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Some bad news today, someone in my phlebotomy class overdosed and passed away last night, I have a lot of guilt surrounding this, I knew she was on drugs, I didn't approve of her taking the class because of it, but I didn't try to help her.
There are always things that I wished I would have done. Always! Don't beat yourself up over this one..........maybe you could have helped, but maybe she wouldn't have listened to you! Drugs are wicked things, and she might not have paid attention to anything you said while on them. 
All you can do at this point, is to be more ready to speak up next time. You can't go back and undo, what you regret not doing. But, you can prepare yourself to help someone else, the next time you are given the chance. There are people everywhere, who need help.......be there for the next one! We aren't perfect, just forgiven! 
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 30 July 2007 05:45 am |
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thanks hisgal for the support.
I finished my externship for phlebotomy on friday, all I have to do now is wait for my certificate in the mail. I signed up for my classes in the fall and I'll be starting the R.N program in '09. I'm hoping my husband will start classes soon too, I'm hoping he'll pursue being a respiratory therapist.
Tonight is my last midnight shift in a row for this week, so I'll finally have a day off, I haven't had one since I started my externship, but suprisingly I'm not slowing down at all. I'm hoping to hit 221 tonight, I've been staying pretty firm at 222 and I'm hoping to break this plateu. Any who, time for a nap.
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 31 July 2007 01:45 am |
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Well I'm losing weight again, it was quite a shock to look at the scale and see 219, I've been at 222 for so long. I'm glad the scales finally moving again, I get doubtfull when it stops, I start thinking "will I lose anymore weight?" "Am I eating too much?" but turns out you just kind of have to wait it out.
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 10 August 2007 02:20 am |
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Here I am hanging steady at 219, I had icecream one night and pie another so I wasn't expecting the scale to move, but for the last three days I've stayed on track and hope to see it move again soon. I've found a lot of success letting myself have a bite here and there, indulging once in a while but not going over board. Any of you that seem to be having the same troubles I was think about that, it may make weight loss slow but it's also made it easier to stick to and easier to incorporate in my life.
I've recently read some good articles about popcorn (with no butter of course!) and nutritional yeast which makes me want to start adding it to my diet. I've recently been trying to add more omega 3 to my diet which seems to give me a lot of energy and is also supposed to be great for your heart. My goal for the next week is to start drinking a cup of herbal tea everyday because of it's great anti-oxidant powers.
I'll post a weigh in tomorrow, so stay tuned! I was called into work so no days off for the weary, I was hoping to get an evening walk or ride in but that's out of the question now. Maybe I'll park far away and walk the halls a few times. The nurses look at me funny when I power walk around the hospital, but I have a desk job I have to get up and move!
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 10 August 2007 10:06 am |
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Woohoo!!!
I weighed tonight and I just had to post!
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voodoodoll
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Posted: 11 August 2007 03:57 pm |
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| hey, just had to say congratulations! wow, 33lbs is amazing! x
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 13 August 2007 07:12 am |
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Well, last night I had a really nasty run in with some icecream. My husband keeps buying sweets and it's making it really hard for me. I think it's good that my diet is flexible but I notice that my weight loss is really slowing, I need less indulgence and more "good" days. Other than that everything is going great, my excersize routine needs work still but I took a great walk this morning involving a killer hill that felt great. I've been doing 50 crunches every night but I don't know if it's doing any good, my stomache is a wreck. I'm also body brushing in the hope that I'll regain some firmness, especially in my abdominal area.
Maybe I'll get a walk in tomorrow too, I think some added excersize is just what I need. And my son really loved it, I bundled him up and put him in his little push car, and drove him all over the neighborhood.
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 14 August 2007 04:00 am |
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Yesterday was great, I stuck to all of my goals and didn't cheat. Today has been good, I had some coffee with cream and sugar this morning with breakfast and I worry that might slow up the scale. I'm not too worried about it though, I was up all night on the graveyard shift and needed the lift. Now I'm off until Thursday which is good because I really need to catch up on some house work. I'm praying that at some point before it gets dark that I get the energy to go for a walk, but so far it doesn't seem in the cards. I still need to go weed the garden, so that counts as something right? I need a nap, I'm exhausted! 
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 16 August 2007 03:05 am |
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I had another nasty run in with my arch nemisis: ice cream. My husband bought a three gallon tub of it! I know it's my job to say no, and that I'll always be confronted with it but I just wish that once in a while I could get a break from having to say no. If it's not there I don't have to say no, I won't go buy it or anything.
I haven't weighed in yet so I don't know if my weight is suffering because of it. I do feel yucky and bloated though. Today is good, I had a big breakfast in hopes that tonight when confronted by icecream I'll feel fuller and have more even blood sugar.
I haven't gotten a walk in lately. I've been adding herbal tea into my diet with pretty good success. I'd still like to drink a little more but it's been hard with the hot weather, I think, "I should go get a cup," and go "ugghh! But it's so hot!!!"
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 19 August 2007 08:23 am |
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Well I've really let loose and I've been eating really badly. I need to sit down and re-evaluate my diet and remember my goals.
1. to set a good example in eating habits for my son.
2. to live longer.
3. to look nice in a bikini.
4. to not shop in the "big girls" section.
5. to feel better.
those are my goals simple and sweet.
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 1 September 2007 10:38 pm |
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The September weight loss challenge is over and I've had some success. I lost six of the ten pounds I set for my goal loss. I originally lost eight pounds but gained two back. Hopefully a new challenge starts soon.
I finally have a treadmill!!! My sister in law was getting rid of hers, so I lucked out. I've been walking twenty minutes every other night, which isn't a lot but does get me in a sweat. I'm trying to work up to more slowly, I've been burned out on excersize before and I don't want it to happen again.
I'm staying firm at 219, I haven't gained or lost for awhile so, hopefully I'll see some movement on the scale tomorrow night when I weigh in. I've been staying true to my diet mostly (I did have a couple of sips of my husbands ice coffee last night  ). I've recently been trying to cut down on my fats, because even while I stay within my calorie limit I feel like I'll lose more with less fats and besides who wants heart disease?
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steph145
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Posted: 1 September 2007 10:59 pm |
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20 minutes looks like nothing when you put it on paper..... but I hear ya! I know what that amount of time is like when you have extra pounds and don't live in the gym. I agree with you on not wanting to get burned out, 20 minutes is GREAT considering it wasn't spent on the couch!!!
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 2 September 2007 10:04 pm |
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| Thanks for the encouragement steph. I don't know if it's actually acurate but the treadmill has a feature that shows how many calories you're burning, and a twenty minute workout shows up on the treadmill as about 100 calories depending what speed I'm going and what the incline is at. I should double check that with the excersize counter on this site and see if they're close.
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Posted: 3 September 2007 12:46 am |
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Hey Once Upon a Thin Girl! I've been reading your posts, and I admire your tenacity.
I found the following link in an old post by Nir, and I am so happy that I found it.
You may feel that it would be helpful to you, as well.
In my Sept 1 post is where i write about how I plan to use this information, and you might be interested (or not).
Anyway, this is an interview with Tom Venuto of the Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle program that supports Calories Per Hour, and in it he explains how we can have certain days (like every 4th day, for instance) when we increase our Calory and Carb intake to around maintenance for our current weight in order to trick our bodies into not slowing down metabolism and going into starvation mode, thereby sabotaging our diet and causing plateaus in our weight loss. He calls it zigzagging, and explains that our weight loss downward slope will remain steady, without plateaus, if we use it. I love the idea, because i can now plan days when i will have ice cream or pie or cake or whatever, and not feel guilty at all, knowing that it's all working toward my weight loss.
This is the link if you are interested. Just copy it and paste it in your browser's address box
1) visit this link: snipurl.com/seminarBFFM
2) press the PLAY button
And many thanks to Nir for making it available.
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 3 September 2007 08:04 pm |
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| Thanks so much for the link. I think I've started to discover on my own a lot of what the burn the fat feed the muscle teaches so I'll definently be looking into more of his links. It's hard finding the right combo, but some days I just eat the right things and have no cravings at all, and I know I'm eating the right amount to lose weight and be healthy, i can just "feel" that it's the right amount.
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 7 September 2007 08:31 am |
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I finally went shopping and spent some money on me, on girly stuff, on stuff to make me feel pretty. My problem has been that for so long I've felt so ugly that I haven't even bothered to try to improve myself. Now that I'm losing weight I actually want to look better. So I went to the salon, enjoyed myself a little and got girlied up.
I'm not happy with my body shape, my stomache is a big problem, but lately I have felt a lot better in my own skin. I actually feel somewhat attractive. This is a big thing for me, I've felt like quasimodo(sp?) for so long.
I'm at 217, it seems pretty hard to get below this number, I'm not sure why. I've had plateaus before, but this one is just sticking.
I've been working out pretty faithfully, even if I only get ten minutes a night, I do it, I suck it up and work out. If I feel like I might only get a short workout I try to make it pretty intense to make up for it.
I haven't posted calories in awhile so maybe I'll try that:
corn pops with whole milk- 330 calories
100 calorie bar
goat cheese with crackers- 280 calories
fruit smoothie- 190 calories
100 calorie pack
chocolate yogart- 140 calories
100 calorie bar
3 tamales with salsa- 650 calories
pop tart bar- 140 calories
total- 1940 calories
I know that seems like a lot, and some of you are probably going how does she lose weight off of that, I'll tell you, I'm still breastfeeding and that burns an additional 300-500 calories a day.
I walked on the treadmill for 15 minutes and stretched. Not much, but better than nothing.
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 9 September 2007 12:25 pm |
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I am breaking out so bad right now, I'm not sure why, stress possibly. But at least I haven't been stress eating...
cereal- 200 calories
protien bar- 140 calories
Burritto- 300 calories
100 calorie pack
yogart 70 calories
soup and bread- 900 calories
total- 1710
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 11 September 2007 06:26 am |
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| So I am so stumped, I've been at this same weight way too long, I've tried doing maintanence calorie days, I've tried lowering my intake, upping my intake, I've had high calorie days, I just won't budge, I keep shifting from 219-216, but nowhere lower. I don't know what to do. Any suggestions?
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suenos
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Posted: 11 September 2007 07:21 pm |
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Well, since you asked....
Honestly the one thing that sorta jumps out at me is your exercise....since you're breast-feeding and need to keep your deficit fairly small, it seems like you may need to look at not just the frequency - but the duration/intensity and type of exercise you're doing.
Second thing is just consistency in diet. I'm guessing you've been looking at the same weight for about a month? That's a fairly short period to have " tried doing maintenance calorie days, I've tried lowering my intake, upping my intake, I've had high calorie days"....
Seriously I think you might start to see more consistent results it you just picked an amount of food that's high enough for breast-feeding, but low enough to still create a deficit - and stick to it for several weeks. If your intake is high enough you probably don't need to either zig-zag your calories or include a full maintenance day....zig-zagging calories works best when the the low days are really low (probably much lower than you want to go while breast-feeding) and having a frequent maint. calorie or refeed day tends to work better at a relatively leaner weight...maybe (for sanity's sake if nothing else) just have a single day a week where you get one higher calorie treat or meal, but still stay below maint. calories.
So, my suggestion would be: If you can maintain a small but consistent deficit through your food intake, while adding at least three-four days a week of intense physical exercise, lasting between 30-60 mins a session, balanced between weight resistance and cardio - baring some unknown medical complication, there's no reason you shouldn't start to see a slow but regular weight loss again. Whatever you decide to do...good luck & congrats on the 30+ pounds lost so far!
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 21 June 2008 08:46 pm |
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Start Weight 250
Current Weight 213
Goal 150
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 23 June 2008 09:43 pm |
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Breakfast-two packets instant oatmeal-260 cal
Lunch-slimfast-180 cal
Snack-coffee-200 cal
plus about a cup each strawberries and grapes
no dinner yet
20 minute walk- minus ~ 100cal
Last edited on 24 June 2008 12:03 am by OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 27 June 2008 05:08 pm |
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Weight this morning 209!
Last edited on 27 June 2008 05:10 pm by OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 28 June 2008 07:11 pm |
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Okay weigh in day. Still 209 but I'm good with that, I weigh less than I have in a very long time, lets see it's been over two years since my son has been born, so yeah, I haven't weighed this little since my son was born. I'm wearing a scrub top today that used to be snug around the middle and now it's lose, I'm on cloud nine!
A cute guy hit on me the other day, I mean not just flirting but really hit on me! That hasn't happened in so long. Yay me!
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 28 June 2008 10:49 pm |
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| I want to take a walk so bad, but because I live in California and we are at dangerous air quality levels I'm not going to. I've walked the halls a couple of times at work today but it just isn't the same. I'm really bored too. Oh and my thighs hurt from doing a lot of squats and a walk would be just the thing to stretch them out. Ugh.
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 14 July 2008 10:01 pm |
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I'm not going to break this down into meals because it feels self defeating considering I really don't have a set breakfast lunch and dinner, so here goes, just a straight list.
slimfast 170
yogurt 110
coffee x 2 300
2 cups cherries 74
1 homemade burrito 500
banana 105
total 1259
doesn't seem like very much but yesterday I had some of my sisters 21st birthday cake and a glass of champange along with some other high calorie things so I'm making up for it a little.
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Nir
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Posted: 15 July 2008 09:06 am |
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl wrote: I'm not going to break this down into meals because it feels self defeating considering I really don't have a set breakfast lunch and dinner
I can so relate to that! For example today I'll be going to the gym, perhaps 6.30pm-9pm? so there will be pre-gym and post-gym eating, but there won't necessarily be any more distinction
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 19 July 2008 12:18 am |
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I'm glad someone else can relate to that sort of predicament Nir, honestly you wouldn't think it's that big of an issue until everybody decides to go out to lunch and they say, "hey why are you only eating a snack, don't you eat lunch?" When I try to explain why everyone thinks that I'm on a crash diet or that I'm starving myself.
Today so far:
Coffee x 2 300
banana 105
turkey sandwich with bacon and avacado 550
Planned for later:
Yogurt 110
Slimfast 190
Italian Salad 200
total 1405
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 19 July 2008 11:03 pm |
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Last night there was an extra slice of cake and a scoop of icecream that wasn't supposed to be, but oh well...
Today so far
coffee 150 (this is a rough estimation, it's regular coffee with cream and sugar from work but I have no idea how many cals are in it) 
Pesto pasta with tofu and veggies ~ 650
planned for later (must keep to plan this time) 
1/2 cup raviolis 300
brocoli with cheese 250
Total (or what it should and hopefully will be) 1350
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heidiv
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Posted: 20 July 2008 10:07 pm |
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Sometimes just a little bit of a "bad" food is just what the doctor ordered. Complete deprivation of our favorites is just set up for failure.
Hey-GREAT JOB on sticking with the diet and exercise!! YOU CAN DO IT!
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 26 July 2008 09:02 pm |
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I'm so tired and stressed out lately!
today so far:
coffee x3 300
yogurt 180
broccoli casserole 400
half a yogurt 90
total (so far): 970
Last edited on 27 July 2008 02:37 am by OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 3 August 2008 02:13 am |
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This doesn't always work out so well for me, but here I go anyway.
New goals (plus some old ones that need to be re-energized)
Eat more fruits! (This is an old one and it worked wonders for me, it helped me lose a lot of weight. If you want to lose weight eat lot's of fruits and veggies, I added a cup of both a day and started losing weight a lot faster.)
Re-establish daily walk even if it's only for ten minutes (exercise is exercise)
Weekly weigh ins (I've been weighing too often and I think it depresses me)
More crunches (I think this helped my over-all appearance, but it stopped helping as soon as I got lax on it)
More fluids!!!
Cut down to one coffee a day
Use the crockpot more
Set surgery date because I don't care if my problem helps me lose weight, my health and over-all well being are more important to me
Last edited on 3 August 2008 02:15 am by OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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CrimsonAnimus
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Posted: 5 August 2008 05:35 pm |
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Looks good!
I totally agree with the fruits and veggies bit. There's just something about them, especially if you can eat them raw. I suppose it just goes to show that the foods that grow from the earth are designed to be optimal for our bodies.
Exercise has all kinds of benefits. I'm trying to work on this, too - even on my days off, I've been trying to go for small walks around the neighborhood. Keeps the metabolism going!
Good luck to you!
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 5 August 2008 11:45 pm |
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| For upping the exercise without out taking too much more time out of my already full schedule I've been doing sneaky exercise, I park far away, always take the stairs, and if it's a reasonable distance I walk, like usually I grab mail on the way home, now I park the car and make myself walk back to the mailbox to get it.
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 10 August 2008 01:13 am |
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Last edited on 10 August 2008 01:13 am by OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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MidgeH
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Posted: 10 August 2008 04:11 am |
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Excellent job on the 42lbs!
And sneaky exercise is great exercise!
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NurseBetty
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Posted: 11 August 2008 01:24 pm |
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Thanks for stopping by my page! I read through your diary and congrats on your success, you've made a major accomplishment here!
I figure everyone has their vices, mine is coffee. I love it so much I hate calling it a vice, I hope it didn't hear me!
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 11 August 2008 10:46 pm |
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Highlights of the day:
I can now fit a standard size towel around me (just barely but it does cover!)
I'm working a lot so my paycheck should be huge (I'm really tired but that is besides the point)
I finally lost a pound after a very long plateau, thank goodness!
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 13 August 2008 03:00 am |
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I'm not very happy today. Back up to 209! I don't know what to do. I've been good, but no change... Time to really start counting those calories.
Yogurt 160
Nectarine 63
Homemade pizza 400
Strawberries 45
Coffee X2 200
Spaghetti 550
Total 1418
My numbers seem right but the scale just won't go down! Any suggestions? It was a very carb filled day, maybe that's my problem...
I know I'm not getting in enough walks, I just can't seem to. I guess I'll have to buckle down.Last edited on 13 August 2008 03:02 am by OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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hoofprints
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Posted: 13 August 2008 03:25 am |
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ummmm...Go for the protein!  Don't worry about that one pound up....look how far you've come. You look and feel way better, you have a job....it's the strength of the journey not the destination. You're right count carefully, and it will come off.
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