Posts by wisedrunker

Good job you looking great!...  hard part is done now is just a matter of time.. Enjoy the ride!!

Hey sorry to hear about what happaned to you..

Hopefully not all men are like that (who am i kiddin we are pigs :( )

Anyway, you the only one who can keep u motivated.  We are here to fuel you up and make sure u dont lose it.  But you need to do this for YOURSELF...  yes imagining the face of your ex when he sees you after you lose weight will be motivating (btw i saw my ex 4 days ago for the first time since i lost weight and her face was priceless =D ) and is part of the reason, but you gotta also do it because you want to be health.

You will see you wil have so mush energy in you that you gonna start thnking about juggin on going into bycicle trips or go swimming. 

Imagine going shopping and having to pick new sizes as all ur old clothes no longer fit on you..

There is a lot of reason to want to do this..  I was the laziest person in the world and I manage to get off my ass and do something.. If I did it, im sure you can do it..

Best start is this:

gather information...  get ur measurements so u know where are u starting.  Read and ask..   Learn why X foods arent good for you and why others are.  First days may be sucky, but once u start feeling great u will not mind those foods and eventually u r gonna like them (me eating broccoli? one year ago i would had swear that will never happen..  but i do eat it a lot now :D )

Try new things, have fun cooking.. Sometimes it will be bad.. sometimes u will discover something really good. 

Enjoy this journey as mush as u can, cause i did it and it can be fun.  Once you start and weight start going down, u will have excess of motivation.  then you can walk in front of ur ex and move along while he is standing there drooling and thinking on the mistake he make.

my goal was to lose 70 pounds.. I had lost 89 :D

but right now im just tryin to get 6 more to stay at 155, but being stuck at 161 for like a month now..  im going to the gym now too so i really dont mind being stuck as it may just be changin fat for muscles.

Good luck satsumas.

I started just like you.. One day i just felt like it was time to do it and i just did it..  10 months later i had lost 85+ pounds and im on my healthy weight.  Just keep gathering info (knowledge is power) and look for motivation..  Dont fall into a fad diets..  Have fun with it.  Explore new foods and new recipes and you will see it is possible.

Just think how cool it would be when people see u all skinny and think of their reactions..   U will see that it will become a reality.  And wait until u go to the store to buy new clothes!

Best wishes and im sure you can do it

in gallery as well

Good job those who had post before me ;)

u can see my before/after pictures as well on my profile :)

I can relate..  Im 5-9.5 and a year ago i was at 250.. I hate pictures cause i really looked as heavy as ever..  i could feel how my dad was disappointed at me every time he saw the huge belly i had..  He died 2 years ago while i was still at my heaviest..

I ate lots of fast food, at nights and had tried to lose weight a million times but nothing.  I always though "one day" i will lose the weight but that day never came..

One night (febraury 12 to be exact) i decided to try again.. only this time I started looking and researching..  I didnt wanted to know which foods were bad.. I wanted to know WHY those foods were bad to me.. I checked Youtube videos, looked for inspiration and I prepare myself mentally and emotionally to know that this was gonna be a long journey, that i wasnt gonna lose the weight overnight..  I went that night thinking of how good i wanted to look.. thinking on the reaction of the people when they see me all skinny..

Next day i woke up like a new person.  I started the diet and didnt look back.  I started eating veggies that i used to hate.  I didnt like Broccoli back then, but i loved chicken, so i had Broccoli and Chicken.  I had to learn to eat that stuff.  I saw it like, ok im doing a sacrify tryin to eat thi broccoli but at least i got the chicken i love.

i keep going on.. Eating Apples, Pears and all kind of fruits for snacks..  Eating Healthy meals..  Looking for new recipes.. I started to HAVE FUN with the weight loss issue.. I saw it like a game.  Every pound lost was a level gained and i wanted to be lvl 70 (World of Warcraft reference.. yah that contributed a lot to why i gained so mush weight).

Every time i go to the market, i bring something new and healthy to try out..  My diet consisted pretty mush of Breakfast, lunch and supper with 3 snacks.. The Snacks were usually fruits (with some bars like special k bars and stuff when i was on the go)..  fast foods was cut to minimum (stil had to eat twice a week but i start going to subway, quiznos, or just healthier choices).  No more fried food and chicken skins. and change everything i could to whole grains (pastas, rices, bread, muffins).

i start working out and running as well.. before i couldnt run 300 meters.. now i run 2 miles.

almost 10 months since that day.. im now at 162 lbs (level 88 for the geeks like me btw).. U can see my pictures and see how mush i  had change..  But I was just like you thinking just like you. and im telling you, you can do this.. You can change your mind and motivate yourself..  and it feels great..  Just imagine it, think about it, dream about it, read and learn about it, and HAVE FUN WITH IT.

Best of luck and sorry if my English sucks, its not my first language

Nothing wrong with Smoothies as long as u make them yourself with some Fresh Fruits, non fat milk or yogurt, etc.. 

I usually dont use any sugar of them..  I can trow half a banana if i want it to be sweet.

The Bars arent so bad.. I use either Special K, Fiber one chewy ones (They are 140 calories but TONS of fiber..i love the chocolate one) or Kashi Lean Bars...  I wont eat more than 1 per day, and i dont eat them every day..  Is just the perfect thing when i have to go out..  Special K snack bites have lots of vitamins too.

Eating trough the whole day is good too.. I try to eat every 2 hours in the day and then every 3 hours after supper. 0 So before u go to classes, eat a nice breakfast and carry a bar or an apple in your backpack...   (ill rather have the fruit but sometimes the bar is just easier).  It will keep u full enough so when its time to eat, u will eat less..  eat supper like a nice turkey sandwish with whole grain bread and lots of veggies on it..  then when u get back to ur apartment eat another fruit (in this case i would go for a citric one like orange or mandarins).  At dinner u wont eat as mush...

Also make sure to get whole wheat bread instead of plain one.. and about drinking, if you can do it, just drink water..  Dont drink your calories..  an Orange is better than orange juice... 

Think everyone can relate to this.  Losing weight sometimes seem likes a hard work and we expect to see those results right away.

Thats why we gotta celebrate every little step..  be happy when u need a different hole on ur belt, or when u lose 2 pounds, or when u lose 1 cm of ur belly.  When u break your own records running/juggin

Gotta make it fun...  Looks for new recipes, try new things..  Losing weight is more of a Life change style than a diet..  Right now i lost 60 pounds and need to lose 25, but im not even worried about it anymore cause im sure i wont go back eating what i used to, so it will go down eventually..

eat something light later tonight..  If you are not hungry, eat something, like a yogurt or another apple.

Go for a walk or joggin

Drink lots of water..  all those turkey breast and bacon may had add ur sodium intake =/

And more importantly, dont worry about it... Tomorow is another day so start it fresh.

I guess one day wouldnt hurt.  I understand you gotta be careful when you out your friends, or you will end up overeating, but once in a while its good to just do it.

Like 2 weeks ago i was camping on a beach for the weekend with some friends.  On the way back they were really craving for chinese food and talking of how mush they wanted it.   I trust myself enough now to go there, eat a moderate ammount of food, and then go back to eating healthy on the next meal.

I dont believe there is a problem with eating fruits. I mean of course if u eat 45 oranges it may be bad but thats cause you problably eating more stuff, and if u dont, then u not gettin other important nutrients to your diet.

I had hear some stuff about fruits like bananas, mangoes and grapes.  They may be too sugary specially for people with diabetes while others fruits like apples have no problem at all.  I eat 1 apple per day, half a pear per day and 1 orange per day.. but bananas i try to limit to 2-3 per week, when i want to eat cereal and use only half of it.

well first week 5 weeks i lost like 23 pounds.  That "Before Pic" it was actually like 2 months before i started the diet.   So maybe i lost some more between that pic and when i started but who knows :D..

Of course i had more weight too lose so i really was losing it fast..  Right now im on week 14 and losing about 2 pounds per week..  i started on Feb 13 (one day before valentines had nothing to do with it i swear!!) and to June 2 i had lost around 52 pounds.  but on the last month i had lost like only 10.

Anyway, all is really different now..  I wanna go out more often so people can see me and see their reactions..  I feel like people seem to be nicer to me. 

Maybe is because i lose weight.  Or maybe is cause im more happy with myself and more sure about myself so im smiling more and be nicer to people myself.  Ill think is the second one...

So forget about ur friend.. It is all in you..  do something about it!..  step by step and having fun along the way.   Every week i check my closet and try pretty mush all i see in there..  I even found my high school polo and tried it and it fits better now than when I was in HS :D...  Look for healthy and fun recipes you can make (like i eat a homemade mexican pizza for dinner like 1 or 2 per week!).   And if you ever break ur diet and eat something u should, leave it behind quick, dont feel bad about it, and come back strong and have  a nice healthy meal next time.

PD..  My English sucks i know, its not my first language but i try :D

My average is like 22g of fat per day for the last 2 months

So its possible... Now im having a hard time tryin to increase that number, which i should.  I need to get more nuts and EVOO on some salads.. 

60-70g of fat isnt so bad i think..  How many of those are saturated fats?

Looking at ur food, you will have plenty of fat from Butter.  How many eggs you eating?  I only eat Eggs whites now, with an ocassional boiled egg during the week.

my fav one are the Fiber One Chocolate Oats & Chocolate.  its really good and have like 9 Fiber.  Of course this is something ill eat like once a week.  But its beast eating a candy or something

The Other is the Special K Bar Vanilla - Probably my favorite..  But like the other bar, i rather use Fruits and stuff as payin 2 bucks for 5 Bars can get expensive =(