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I’m finally moving out of my house! (I hope). I found an apartment for my best friend and  me, and it’s looking like that will work out. SoooOOOoo to go along with this change of life events, a huge step forward, I want to set some goals for me personally.

My first goal is to weigh 125, to keep myself under control through the stress of the next few weeks. It’ll take longer than a couple of weeks to get to that goal, but as long as I keep it in my mind I’ll at least have a start! That is my main goal starting today, hopefully everything will turn out as planned.

July 1st, yesterday, means it’s officially been one year since I changed my eating habits. So much has happened, challenges, accomplishments… I’d love to write a long journal but I haven’t much to say.

This site and the people on it have been an amazing help, the tools and support along with the motivation from reading other people’s journeys.

205+ pounds to 130… I love wearing size 2 in l.e.i.’s, all of this work was so worth it. Here’s to another good year!

Only 11 more pounds until I meet what I hope to be my goal of 130. If I don’t feel good enough there.. then I suppose I’ll lose some more, but at this stage every pound makes a difference. That will also mean 75 pounds lost since July. It’s taking more time for the weight to come off, but I’ve been even more sedentary than normal and I hope to start walking more.

Since exercise was never a mean for my weight loss, I’m very out of shape. You’d think weighing less would make it easier to do things, and in some cases it is, walking up stairs, up hills, lifting things but I still get very winded and tire easily. I honestly hate exercisting, but while I’m waiting for a position in a hospital as a phlebotomist, I hope to get a job maybe in a super market stocking shelves or the like, just to get some exercise in along with some cash. A good trade off I think.

I have virtually no clothes to wear, just two pairs of pants and one or two t-shirts that fit me anymore. I’m afriad I’ll be disapponted at what size I’ll be if I go clothes shopping, I know my size 8 jeans are getting loose, but I can’t tell if it’s because I’m smaller or because they’ve stretched out. Being a size 4 would be amazing sometime in the future, but I’m hoping to fit into some 6’s. I have to get rid of this lingering chub, but I know I will eventually. I’m glad I’m not controlled by my scale, I only look when I know I’ve lost or at least maintained,  and I don’t feel that I’m granted leeway to eat more if I do see it go down, it makes me want to keep it up when I see the dial down a few notches.

It doesn’t feel like I could have some so far, and the end of one journey and the beginning of another has arrived so fast. Once I feel comfortable with myself, I want to stay that way for life. I can’t imagine going back, but I do know if I do gain a pound here or there, I’ll be able to take it off without any problem.

Just 11 more pounds, and we’ll see from there.

I just wrote a giant blog, and the saving system failed. I gave a lot of advice that people have been requesting, so I’ll be re-writing it soon. I’m busy with online classes, but if anyone wants to talk, my AIM user name is doktornein and I’m almost always online. I’ll try to respond and make it not too awkward otherwise we can email or just communicate on this site.

I’ve had a terrible sweet tooth this past week, and I’ve been satisfying it. Thankfully I haven’t gained any weight, but I haven’t lost either. I’m glad to have maintained, I thought for sure I’d be up a few pounds. I think that I convince myself that I eat more than I actually do. But I’m going to be back on track! I’ve planned my dinner and I’m not going to do any snacking, and I’m done with sweets.

Good luck with the rest of the week, everyone!

Is it possible to ever get arms thin once they’ve been stretched out? I mean once the fat is even gone, will the skin remain? I’m scared toning won’t be enough, I don’t want flabby arms, and I’m hoping that I’m young enough that once I DO get all the fat off that I’ll be young enough that the skin will go back in place. Or is this just wishful thinking? I’m hoping surgery won’t be my only answer.

Any first hand examples of arms that have natually gone back to a slim state without surgery? I’m getting a little worried, but I’ll start working out soon and burning some fat. I think this is my best bet for now.

Thanks for any help

Gone. Totally gone. I’m so excited! I’m just about to go into the 140’s! For the first time since… oh god I don’t even know. It’s been so long… I never thought I could get this far. I had accepted that I would be over weight/obese for life. But here I am! And I am NEVER going back. Only 20 or so more pounds to go!

 I hope everyone is doing good. It’s been snowing here in Seattle, and it’s about to again tonight I love it, we never get enough snow here! I’ve been pretty seditary but it’llprobably motivate me to go for a few walks.

 I’m so satisfied right now~

I need to start making better food choices. Even if I’m not eating a lot, I still want to be eating better food when I do! My goal for this week: Eat proper portions, something fresh in each meal and HEALTHY. I want to be the same weight as I was when I last weighed myself (though might not be possible due to TOM). But I’ll do my best >:0

I lost a surprise 5 pounds this last week and a half I didn’t expect to have lost much, if not gain because the food I’d been eating hadn’t been the most healthy.  Maybe the calorie boost in my diet jump-started my weight loss when I started watching the kinds of food I was eating again. Though sometimes I don’t realize how little I eat, so though I ate some fatty foods, I probably didn’t eat much of it.

Who cares! I’m losing again, I had been semi-plateaued at around 159-160 for a few weeks. And now I’m just a few pounds shy of being in the 140’s. I don’t want to lose too fast, becasue I want to keep off my weight. I hope my belly chub starts disapating more soon, I think I’ll eventually have to do some pilates or some kind of toning program. Nothing too much, I can’t stand exercising lol.

I’m getting re-motivated to lose weight again, and really start thinking about it more. I’ve grown accustomed to a healthy diet, not eating meat, not drinking soda and avoiding many sweets. But I really want to do more. Maybe I want to be too thin, but I don’t personally know what weight would be best for my body. People tell me that 130 for me would be too thin, but I don’t think so. I want to have a flat stomach, thin upper arms and slimmer thighs. I’m 5′7″, so I’m not a giant but I’m not particularly short either. It’s hard, I don’t want to look sickly thin…but I do want to be small. I’m getting to the point where this is soon going to be possible. I’m going to have about a month break before winter quarter begins at the college, so maybe I’ll be able to become more active since I’ll have more time.

I know I’m getting close. I’ve lost 51 pounds in just 5 months through diet alone. My motivation hasn’t faded, and I feel more ready to lose weight than ever. I’m seeing great results, people are positively commenting and I can’t wait until I’ve reached my goals.

I haven’t been on this site much lately. I feel bad, but I don’t feel that I need it as much anymore. I’ve totally changed my eating lifestyle, and it isn’t a challenge to maintain. I’d like to be here to support others that are just beginning or are struggling in their journeys but with things going on, I don’t really have time now.

I’m almost to my first major goal. Almost 45 pounds gone, and almost to the point where my BMI is in the healthy range. Only 3 more pounds to go, and I’ll finally not be over weight. It feels strange, like I’m almost reaching what I’ve always felt as the impossible. But I don’t want to stop when I get there. I want to start a brand new set of goals, and finally set my goal weight. When I reach that, I think I’ll be more active here since I’ll be starting anew.

I feel so much thinner and happier with myself, but there are parts of me I still want to work on. This whole time I’ve never exercised or had a routine, and I never really want that. Maybe something unofficial like sit-ups in the morning, because I really want to tone my stomach. Having a flat tummy is one of my dreams, and it still feels a little far off. But I think I’ve proven to myself that anything I want is possible, I mean I’ve made it this far.

I’m proud of myself, and I’ll hopefully be active here soon.

I couldn’t wait until my weigh-in day to weigh myself, someone left the scale out so I stepped on, and I’m down two pounds! That’s 35 pounds lost total, and 5 more until 40 I’m so excited, I’m going to try and lose the next 5 pounds by the end of this month.

It’s been hard to eat well this week, but surprisingly I have. My dad decided to order two pizzas from my favorite local pizza place, but I stayed downstairs and didn’t have any or any of the leftovers the day after. Then the other day we went to Subway, and after he ordered his toasted cheese covered spicy Italian sandwich, I still ordered my veggie with no cheese. And last night, after I made myself a nice healthy wrap for dinner, he makes buffalo wings and tater tots I don’t know how on earth I resisted that either. But I did! And though its irritating that he keeps making fatty food right in front of me, it makes me feel proud that I’m able to make good choices. He almost made fun of me for not eating red meat and poultry, but then I quickly reminded him of how much weight I’ve lost. (Not made fun of me as to hurt my feelings, just joking around). I told him I’ve changed a lot of my diet just for my health, not because I don’t like it. I love red meat,   I was even very stressed yesterday and today… but I’m still sticking to it

Even if I don’t reach my goals by the dates I set, I won’t feel bad because I know I’m doing so well. I’ll reach them eventually!