My conversation with fatty

Hey you,

It's me. Yeah we've been together for like 11 years now. You snuck up on me. Attached yourself to me. Said we were in a committed relationship (although I told you I wasn't interested). You seduced me with chocolate, and chinese food and then redisguised yourself in healthy food like peanuts and low fat potato chips. You know exactly how to get what you want.

But I've had enough of you. Other members of your entourage tried to get at my mom, my sister, my cousins, my friends. One by one they are realizing your kind are just no good for us. We deserve better.

In fact there is something you should know. I kissed a healthy lifestyle....AND I LIKED IT!

No offense to you or anything. I mean it's me. Really. I'm sure somebody will want you. Therefore you can take your stuff (i.e. the fat on my hips/thighs, family history of hypertension, diabetes, etc) and GO!

Don't worry about me calling you wishing for our long lost days together. I'm sure I won't want you back.

Love you no more,

Mandy

My update

OK so the scale really isn't budging in the past week. I've been back from vacation and haven't been logging my calories as usual. I haven't been drinking any water (ANY) and so I've been bloated like crazy. It doesn't help that my period is coming so my weight is swinging. Here is what has happened....

Weight before vacation- 154 BF 40.6% (62.52 pounds fat 91.47 pounds muscle/water)

Weight after vacation- 162 BF 41% (66.66 pounds fat 95.93 pounds muscle/water)

Weight this morning- 160.2 BF 41.3% (66.16 pounds fat 94.03 pounds muscle/water)

So it seems overall that I've gained 3.64 pounds fat and 2.56 of muscle water)

I think I may have gained some of the 3 pounds but I really don't think I gained that much in two weeks. Bother Bother....But I came up with a plan

8 week get-it-over-with-already-plan

To do:

1) Keep my current 3 days a week workouts with my trainer but add 3 additional workouts to increase my exercise output from 1.55 to 1.725

2) Eat 1300 calories per day on average (I like to have a range that way if I eat more on one day I can just eat less on the next)and blog what I eat on each of those 56 days.

3) Calculate the calories in a food BEFORE I eat it. This keeps me even more accountable.

4) Blog my weigh ins on youtube each Monday for the 8 weeks.

5) Plan to drink 8-10 oz for breakfast, 20 ounces while at work, and another 8-10 when I get home (although not the recommended 80 ounces it is a start and will at least curb the bloating).

Goal:

I plan to lose 16 pounds during this period. According to my calculation (Harris Benedict Formula)

BMR*activity-eats

1426*1.725-1300=1159

with a spread of 1159*7=8118.95/3500 ( I should lose 2.3 pounds per week). I underestimated the number of calories that I burn per day (BMI) to make sure that if my metabolism slowed down a little the calculation should still be on par.

OK so I'm starting Monday. I'll post my first youtube video then (Sunday in the states).

I enjoyed the journey but sometimes you just have to get it done. I am now ready to just get it done. This will at least get me to 139.

Mandy

In Need of your opinion

OK so I plan on starting to do video blogs and posting them on my youtube account about my weight loss journey with weekly weigh-ins. What do you guys think? If I started one would you watch. And another question. Should I wait until my period passes before I start one. I am soooo bloated right now. LMAO.

BTW I just wanted to add a question to you guys.

What is the maximum amount of weight that you lost in one week? (I'm not talking about that first week when what you've lost is water weight. I'm talking about the pounds that you lost in one week after you had an established program.)

i'm Back

Really enjoyed vacation. Didn't count calories or work out last week except for one workout with my personal trainer last Monday.

Really looking forward to my workout with my personal trainer on Tuesday.

I've been reading the Secret lately and have a question.

Does anyone out there think that obsessing about weight and having "fat thoughts" led (even partially) to their becoming overweight?

154; Still going down

On vacay this week in Pattaya. Really enjoying myself. Weight still coming down. Life is good!

155; Coming down Coming down

Hi guys,

Just wanting to let you know that I weighed in at 155. Yippee.

Same day; Different perception

I've been thinking a lot about gratitude and there are so many things I have to be grateful for.

1) My book that will come out of this process.
2) The fact that I know what to do.
3) The fact that I have the courage to do something about my weight.
4) The fact that once the weight is gone it won't come back because I understand all of these things.
5) I have a healthy body! My blood pressure is low, I don't have high cholesterol. I am blessed!

What do you have to be grateful for?

Nothing new

I moved out of my old apartment building so I don't have access to my old scale. The one that I have has me at 158 but I know that can't be the case. I'm still on my period so perhaps it is just water weight but I look at myself and I can see that I'm thinner. Plus my clothes have me looking great. They fit me loose. I don't know. But I'm still pushing. I got a personal trainer last week. I worked out for 3 sessions. I learned that for the most part I am pushing myself as hard as a personal trainer could but this person basically holds me accountable for the workouts. For a girl in the 150's my waist is great. I can even see the beginnings of a six pack. He does have me lifting weights so perhaps some of it is water but maybe some of it is muscle. I feel smaller and I think I look a lot better in my clothes but the 158 thing HAS ME BLOWN!!! But I can't stop now. I ordered 9 more sessions from this guy so I might as well keep counting, KEEP CONSISTENTLY EATING LESS AND INVENTING LOW CALORIE SUBSTITUTIONS, keep PRAYING, and keep pushing through the workouts.

WISH ME LUCK AND FOR THOSE THAT CAN PLEASE PRAY FOR MY SUCCESS THIS WEEK.