Sunday, January 13, 2008
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Hello Everybody,
As some of you may know, I have realized how fat I've become and I want to change that. I'm challenging myself in a way I haven't before. I have made the following steps to committing myself to a new fabulous, healthy, desparately needed lifestyle that only a wake up call has brought my attention to:
1. I bought a recumbent exercise bike and I exercise 30-60 minutes at various levels 7 days a week for the next 10 weeks of the school term. I am being more active and proactive and reshaping my life to fit exercise in it.
2. I'm eating what the food pyramid allows, with less carbs here and there. I don't want to have a strict diet, but I am avoiding more unhealthy foods with sugar and caffeine as my weaknesses. I'm pretty good about food and more worried about staying active.
3. I am keeping a diary of my meals, my feelings, my goals, my opportunities for improvement, my measurements and my weigh loss and energy levels. I'm focusing on documenting those feelings of irritation, laziness, despair, or inspiration and joy at my acheivements. I am documenting my losses too which is exciting (but more on that in a minute).
4. I am trying to get a video up of my first week's experience. From shopping, to weighing in, to riding, to the pains and aches. I failed to get a working version of this my first week but this bulletin will come in a video form usually.
5. Kris is also exercising with me. We are getting more sleep, eating well, and attempting to keep up with our weight-loss/fitness challenge this term together.
6. And finally I'm writing to beg all of you, people who I care a lot about, to help me. I have tried and failed too often. I found excuses. I made myself believe it wasn't a problem, but the more inactivity, the more stress in my life, and the more I ignore my problems, the more they inflate- not go away. I haven't been accountable to anyone. I can't afford a personal trainer. I need exercise partners but schedules don't work. You are more likely to succeed if you have partner. Kris and I failed at running because I have feet problems for which they prescribe rest(which made me fatter) or water/biking exercise. But here I am asking you to witness and encourage my successes however small because I'm desparate to feel better about my body. My wake up call has come. Some things work better for other people. I'm going to document mine at my Youtube website under the name sophgruff. I'm not embarassed about asking, I'm more embarassed it got this far without my noticing and no one telling me ( but who really would you know?). I'm hoping making the videos and hearing people's thoughts will help keep me motivated, accountable, aware, and successful!
Email me please!! I'll send out bulletin updates (hopefully in video form) and hopefully I'll get some of your support and encouragement and suggestions. This is my 10 week challenge, and I officially started a week ago. Already I've seen results!!!!
My improvements for Week 1:
I lost 13 inches total from my bust/waist(3.5 in)/hips(3 in)/thighs( 2 and 3 inches)/arm/calves!!!
As some of you may know, I have realized how fat I've become and I want to change that. I'm challenging myself in a way I haven't before. I have made the following steps to committing myself to a new fabulous, healthy, desparately needed lifestyle that only a wake up call has brought my attention to:
1. I bought a recumbent exercise bike and I exercise 30-60 minutes at various levels 7 days a week for the next 10 weeks of the school term. I am being more active and proactive and reshaping my life to fit exercise in it.
2. I'm eating what the food pyramid allows, with less carbs here and there. I don't want to have a strict diet, but I am avoiding more unhealthy foods with sugar and caffeine as my weaknesses. I'm pretty good about food and more worried about staying active.
3. I am keeping a diary of my meals, my feelings, my goals, my opportunities for improvement, my measurements and my weigh loss and energy levels. I'm focusing on documenting those feelings of irritation, laziness, despair, or inspiration and joy at my acheivements. I am documenting my losses too which is exciting (but more on that in a minute).
4. I am trying to get a video up of my first week's experience. From shopping, to weighing in, to riding, to the pains and aches. I failed to get a working version of this my first week but this bulletin will come in a video form usually.
5. Kris is also exercising with me. We are getting more sleep, eating well, and attempting to keep up with our weight-loss/fitness challenge this term together.
6. And finally I'm writing to beg all of you, people who I care a lot about, to help me. I have tried and failed too often. I found excuses. I made myself believe it wasn't a problem, but the more inactivity, the more stress in my life, and the more I ignore my problems, the more they inflate- not go away. I haven't been accountable to anyone. I can't afford a personal trainer. I need exercise partners but schedules don't work. You are more likely to succeed if you have partner. Kris and I failed at running because I have feet problems for which they prescribe rest(which made me fatter) or water/biking exercise. But here I am asking you to witness and encourage my successes however small because I'm desparate to feel better about my body. My wake up call has come. Some things work better for other people. I'm going to document mine at my Youtube website under the name sophgruff. I'm not embarassed about asking, I'm more embarassed it got this far without my noticing and no one telling me ( but who really would you know?). I'm hoping making the videos and hearing people's thoughts will help keep me motivated, accountable, aware, and successful!
Email me please!! I'll send out bulletin updates (hopefully in video form) and hopefully I'll get some of your support and encouragement and suggestions. This is my 10 week challenge, and I officially started a week ago. Already I've seen results!!!!
My improvements for Week 1:
I lost 13 inches total from my bust/waist(3.5 in)/hips(3 in)/thighs( 2 and 3 inches)/arm/calves!!!
This felt like a really great win this week!
This was my first weight in so no concise results yet because I just bought the scale. But I won't give my weight- just my losses which is what I'm focusing on!!
I feel way more energetic and excited about my exercise bike, I even exercised twice one day. I exercised 8 times this week.
My opportunities:
Drink more water
Lose 2+ lb.s
Lose 5+ inches
Gain energy
More strict routine of sleep/eat/homework
MAKE MY VIDEOS for weekly saturday updates
I'm feeling really proud of myself and I want to invite you all to see my own little version of The Biggest Loser. This is an experiment and not a new years resolution. I hope to hear from you all soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love you all,
The new Sophie
This was my first weight in so no concise results yet because I just bought the scale. But I won't give my weight- just my losses which is what I'm focusing on!!
I feel way more energetic and excited about my exercise bike, I even exercised twice one day. I exercised 8 times this week.
My opportunities:
Drink more water
Lose 2+ lb.s
Lose 5+ inches
Gain energy
More strict routine of sleep/eat/homework
MAKE MY VIDEOS for weekly saturday updates
I'm feeling really proud of myself and I want to invite you all to see my own little version of The Biggest Loser. This is an experiment and not a new years resolution. I hope to hear from you all soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love you all,
The new Sophie
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7 comments:
Good job, boogy! You're really motivated, working hard, and doing a fantastic job! I know you'll get the changes you're looking for, and feel great about your accomplishments. Way to make it happen!
Yaaay for Sophie! Way to be dedicated to your workouts, the inches are falling off! I went to the gym today too. I think you are motivating me!
OK! mmmhmm girlfriend. i too am doing a Get FIT class through the YMCA, working out & i'm teaching water aerobics & swim lessons :D but the class is pretty cool, we meet with a dietitian, and work out 3 times a week doing different things, i'm working out with my friends, one is in the class the other is in the later class. but one of the big things they stress is not weight loss, they don't worry so much about weight!!! its all about losing inches, and building muscle! which i read you are doing excellent at. SODA BAD!! Jalapeño bagels... good? i don't know. i hope so. i heard weight watchers is a really good program because its not a diet, it just teaches you to eat normal healthy foods.
well damn it! I'm proud of you! Just stick to your guns and stay focused on what you really want to achieve, its hard to stay on track all the time, but the best way to keep yourself from totally bailing on your whole plan is to indulge yourself once in a while. Maybe even make a certain day you "Naughty Day" where you get to have a forbidden fruit... (or hunk of chocolate)... then during the week you also have that to look forward to! Good luck to you and I am always here for support!
Love yous!
I'm 100% behind you. I need to do more situps - I need to play more basketball. It's interesting that you know what you're not supposed to do but do it anyway. You have to do this for yourself - not anyone else. I love you and will help you any way I can. Seems like the word"fat" doesn't really fit - seems derogatory. Consider it a medical condition that you are trying to correct - like obese or "plump". Fat makes me think ugly and Sophie, you are beautiful.
Love you!!
A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step (or somesuch misquoted shite).
You da Woman, Soph! I've had the same "but no one told me" panic myself. We brilliant, curvaceous ladies can use our Mind Powers for Ill. I know I carry an internal image of myself that is beautiful and sexy (as it should be) but those cold jolts of reality (ie photos/videos/SCALES >:( can come as a shocker, when they collide with our internal vision. Having said that Loving ALL of yourself is essential to realizing change.
YOU are the mediator, YOU call the shots and people love you enough to accept you for whatever size you choose to be. I'm proud of you for declaring cacaloo on being unhealthy/uncomfortable.
I will cast my lot with yours (one Big Booty to another) and we will widdle down to more concentrated Awesome in no time!
thanks you guys! thanks mamie! curvaceous is right. it's funny because kris doesn't tell me i'm fat or ugly, he thinks i'm beautiful so i believe him, but i forget to be real with myself. i have goals and just because something is comfortable doesn't mean i should stay that way, in fact it is more uncomfortable than i let myself believe and i just tolerate it. thanks you guys!
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