Losing weight...

Well this has been a journey and all my followers I thank you for being apart of this time in my life and the comments are very appreciated. Your comments help me cope and keep me inspired to keep losing more weight.

This week has been such a long week. I have been so busy with school and money has been a little tight. When money is tight, I cannot buy all the delicious and healthy foods to eat. Why is healthy food so expensive? However, I have been walking a lot this weekend the weather was beautiful.

Lots of things have changed for me during this weight loss process. I feel more confident about myself. Shopping is more exciting. I can shop in any store and feel more confident in dressed and skirts. I also bought a new bathing suit and by the time I go away, I should look perfect in it if I continue dieting and exercising. I can use the tools that helped me lose weight and get stronger to conquer other obstaces in my life.

Goals....

So since I have been so busy with school and have been neglecting my diet based on 1200 to 1500 calories per day and exercising 3 to 5 days per week, I have decided to set certain goals for myself.

My main goals right now is not to stress myself out with school and neglect my diet. I have said before, when I am stressed out, I tend to want to eat everything in sight. One thing I can do is eat and pig out with vegetables and dip or fruits instead of cakes, chips and soda. Another main goal is to get back to working out, even if all I can do is walk. My secondary focus is to get back to tracking my food and drinking my water. I'll also try to start logging my weekends, too...

With that said, I'm extending my time frame to hit my goal weight. It's just not about that "magic number" anymore. I wanted to hit it somewhere around July or August in all honesty, there are just too many unknowns for me to know when I am going to be able to get back to full-on weight loss mode. Why stress myself out over it? I am still planning on hitting goal this year. Not having a goal date makes me feel I do not have a specific date to look forward to. I have always been a type of person who enjoys reaching goals, and why not make goals for my weight lost. I believe it will make me work extra hard. That gives me 3 months to lose 25-30 lbs, and just in time for the summer.

11th week; birthday weekend

So I am on my 11th week on my diet. It has not been an easy ride. I have lost a total of 12 lbs. However, on my bad weeks I did not lose any weight. I think that I could have lost more weight but I am happy that I stuck to my diet, incorporated exercise and tried to stick through it. This weekend is my birthday. I actually am nervous for my birthday. I have never done a diet on my birthday. Of course I want a piece of cake and I am going to have one, but I am not going to crazy. Well at least that is what I say now. The semester is coming to an end, and I have so much work to do. I did not attend the gym. But I did continue to follow my 1200-1500 based calorie diet and walked in the park for an hour every day. I am happy that I actually walked since I did not go to the gym. Something is better than nothing at this point.

Next week I am really going to crack down. There is only three weeks of the semester left and I want to lose at least 10 more pounds. Summer is coming and although my goal was to lose 30lbs by the end of semester; 20lbs would be just as fine. Summer will be here shortly, and I know I can lose 10 more pounds before my vacation in July.

10th week; the aftermath

Well I went to Boston and had an awesome time. It was only for a few days but I did so many things. I went to downtown Boston, did a little shopping, site-seeing and of course had to eat. It really was not that hard to eat lite and not over stuff myself. The weather was beautiful and was very hot. I don't know if I am the only one, but in the summer I really do not like to eat heavy foods. I usually stick to grilled meats and salad. So it is usually easy for me to lose weight during the summer. So I did do my diet and my exercise consisted of walking everywhere. I did not know where anything was in Boston and because it was so nice out, I decided just to walk. It was a great trip and I was so proud I stuck to a good diet. However, since I have been back I only been to the gym twice. I have been so busy with school and all these projects,papers, and test are due. I have been trying to work hard to complete all my classes, and pass this semesters. I have been neglecting my gym duties, but continue to do my diet. This week that is coming up I plan on going to the gym more than I did this week, but if I do not I want to go at least 3 days. I have been so focused and busy with schools and it is so hard with all the other things dealing with school has been in the way of my gym schedule. I also plan on weighing myself on Monday. I am excited to see how much I lost.

9th week; I am stronger than ever

This week has been my best week to date. I realized once I put my mind to losing the weight it really does work . I lost 6lbs this week! I am so excited and proud of myself. I cannot wait to see how much more weight I am capable of losing. This week, I told myself I would follow a 1200-1500 calorie based diet. I would not allow myself to cheat and be strict on myself. I have not ate sweets, chips, bread. It has been very hard but it worked, and I shead the weight. I have been packing my lunch and not carry money to spend on million calorie snacks in vending machines. I also eat about 3-5 servings of fruits and vegetables. I also drink about 8-10 glasses of water. Also, I recently joined the gym. It has become a routine to go to the gym everyday for about 1 hour and a half. I have really enjoyed it and have been working out Mon-Fri. I am so proud of myself this week, and hopefully I will have better news next time I blog.

However, I am going to Boston this weekend. I heard they have really good resturants. But, I really am going to try to stick to my diet plan and do a lot of walking while traveling the city. Wish me luck!

8th week; still going strong

well last week, I did not write on my blog because I got the week off and got caught up with catching up on all my school work. I am still busy and have lots to do for school. It cae to me when I am stressed out and feel overwhelmed I turn to food as a comfort. So you might noticed I did not follow a diet. You absoltulely right! I was doing so much work for school I became overwhelmed and I would then use food( such as the good food, like chips cakes, soda etc.) to get my spirits up. Anyways this past monday(march 22nd) I began my diet again and I joined the gym!! I am so proud of myself; I been going for about an hour and a half everyday. I feel great and know I will begin to see changes in my body by exercising and dieting. I cannot wait to see my end results. I am now looking foward to summer! :)

7th week; I am in it on my own

This week I was very motivated to continue doing my diet. I won the biggest loser contest last week against my co-workers. Throughout the week, I was doing my diet and following strictly a 1500 based calorie diet. I was working hard, and was psyched about my weigh in on Friday. I think I enjoy losing the weight and getting a reward for losing weight. I usually spend the money on a reward I enjoy like getting my nails done or my eyebrows. Well, it did not work out like that. It was one of my co-workers birthday, so my co-workers which I am doing the contest with decide amongst themselves that they would skip the weigh in because everyone was going to munch out. I thought it was unfair and no informed me about this until I asked on Friday about our weigh in. I care more about losing weight than the money or winning the contest in the end. It is much more to me than that. I really depended on my co-workers as motivation and inspiration to lose weight. I thought if we worked together as a team, we could help each other stay on task and not want to munch out. I seem to be the only one taking it serious, so starting next week I am going to be doing this on my own. I have the self determination and will power to succeed on my own!