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08willbegreat

Start Weight:	(10 Feb 08) 178.0 lb
Current Weight:	(06 Sep 08) 156.6 lb
Goal Weight:	130.0 lb

following: Weight Watchers
performance: losing 0.4 lb a week

My Bio: Being overweight has been an issue since 3rd grade, and stayed with me as a problem all through other big personal and professional challenges and victories. This issue has been the bane of my existence, and the one thing that holds me back from accomplishing all my dreams. So what's the hold-up, one may ask? Don't really know---but I've used and exhaused all excuses under the sun!! Lack of time, lack of discipline, no one to do this with, no support system, other goals and priorities, yada, yada.

So this year, my goal is to fight every impulse and excuse that takes me away from my weight-loss goals. This year appears to be different (even though I'm already 6 weeks late in implementing my resolution), but this year, according to my best friend, "is going to be different"--she feels it!! Well, so from her lips to fate's ears, here's my journey of losing 50 pounds, 8 dress sizes, and getting disciplined in leading a healthy life..!!

fatsecret member since: 10 Feb 08

08willbegreat's Weight History

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08willbegreat's latest member challenges

Run 15 Miles a Week!

status:	In Progress
currently:	Week 2 of 4
end date:	Monday 22 Sep 08
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	last weighin: losing 1.0 lb a week

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	last weighin: losing 0.6 lb a week

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08willbegreat's cookbook

cals: 528kcal | fat: 20.09g | carbs: 72.18g | prot: 20.39g

Vegan Pad Thai

Pad Thai vegan style.

cals: 116kcal | fat: 7.83g | carbs: 3.69g | prot: 8.15g

Frittata Primavera

Italian-style omelet with fresh vegetables, mushrooms and a touch of parmesan cheese.

cals: 321kcal | fat: 11.28g | carbs: 40.52g | prot: 15.62g

Spiced Lentils

Yummy as a side dish or as a main with a salad.

cals: 31kcal | fat: 0.34g | carbs: 6.04g | prot: 2.57g

Steamed Broccoli

If your broccoli always turns out too crunchy or else soggy and bland, here's perfect way to steam broccoli.

cals: 147kcal | fat: 2.26g | carbs: 31.11g | prot: 6.69g

Oat Bran Carrot Muffins

A big, moist and yummy muffin that's great for Weight Watchers.

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how do you attach a document in your journal?
I'd like to attach/include a pdf document in my journal---how do I do it? Please let me know. Thanks!

posted 12 Jul 2008, 14:24

To Infinity and Beyond Challenge
Week 6: Starting weight: 158.2 (2.2 lbs lost)

Saturday June 28th: none

Sunday June 29: : none

Monday, June 30: 130 mins (30 mins treadmill, 20 mins bike, 20 mins weights, 30 mins exercise dvd, 10 mins abs roller crunches, 10 mins more weights, 10 mins resistance bands)

Tuesday, July 1: : 60 mins total (30 mins elliptical, 15 mins bike, 15 mins weights)

Wednesday, July 2: 90 mins (30 mins treadmill, 30 mins bike, 30 mins weights)

Thursday, July 3:

Friday, July 4:

Weight on Saturday:

Total exercise this week:

Weight lost:

posted 30 Jun 2008, 22:24

WEEK 6 CHALLENGE
We must be on the same page!! This is so weird! Today, I was just thinking about compiling such a list myself!!! I've reached sorta half-way marker in my journey here and thought it'd be instructional and motivational for me to do this sort of thing! That's great that you've made this a challenge--now I'll have even more reason to put that list together!!!

posted 26 Jun 2008, 23:47

Team Galileo - To infinity and beyond

CHEEKS:

As far as your challenge goes, how about thinking of an exercise you can do on your own? I've found that relying on an exercise partner is often guarenteed to be our downfall!! If they bail, you'll be left feeling unmotivated than before! The way I've been doing with my morning gym-buddy these days is, I show up on my own--if she's there, good, but if not, I know what I need to do, anyway. So, think of what you have at your disposal and work on your own. If you don't have access to a gym, you can look up countless videos online on youtube and just follow along with those free videos on your computer. If you have a gym, then just tell yourself, you'll go there for just a slow walk on the treadmill...and once you get there, you'll find yourself motivated to do much more!

As for the lack of time to do exercises: how about re-structuring your schedule? One quick thing I can think of is perhaps take time away from internet (and fatsecret) and re-allocate that towards working out, even if you start with as little as just 15 mins!

Hope this helped. Let us know more specifically where your challenge gets harder to accomplish and we can all brainstorm, and set smaller goals, perhaps?

posted 25 Jun 2008, 21:03

Got water?
ok, back to me now Wink

LOL! I mean, my problem. I'm getting more concerned about this issue based on what you guys have pointed out. I did get lots of blood tests, incl. sugar, as well as urine analysis done recently. The doctor mentioend that everything is normal--in fact has gotten better. I am yet to see the results, though. So, here're some thoughts:

As a life-long vegetarian, I've never had much proteins, except recently, where I get lots of proteins through soy milk, tofu, nuts, a protein mix (that's 20g right there!). So, the question is, could it be possible that up-ing this protein amount is making me more thirsty? Could my kidneys be eliminating the excess proteins or could they be harming me?

What tests would I need to do to ensure that my protein content is fine, kidney function is fine, and water content is not harming me?

My PMO makes it harder to get an appointment or talk to the doctor easily...I'm hoping you guys give me some focused stuff to ask him about and have him check out, if he hasnt already done so. BTW, I should be getting my lab results tomorrow, so I should be able to look at the numbers and the kinds of tests done then.

Thanks!!

posted 25 Jun 2008, 19:31

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08 September 2008

So, are ya sick of hearing me go on about my b'day?? The aging-meltdown, the description of yesterday, etc.? NO? Well, then, here's the final install ...

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07 September 2008

Well, so my miracle-scale finally caught on and realized it was giving away free losses!!! So, this morning, I see a gain of 2 pds...now THAT makes sense ...

on diet Weight Watchers

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