Posts by redspecial

Thanks, runnabe15 and theswissmiss,

I think it's awesome that even teenagers and other young people know all about healthy weight loss. I have a lot to learn. Anyway, I want you guys to know how your advice has helped:

So, I logged my food intake. It's great! I ate till I was satiated and it's only 154 calories! It's unbelievable. All I had to do was get my mom to write down everything she put into the vegetable dish and then divide it by four (cuz I had one-fourth) and measure out the brown rice. It's really helpful; makes me feel accomplished already!

I'm gonna make my walking more useful. I go by at least two supermarkets, so I'll do some grocery shopping for my mom. I'm still uneasy about weights. How about this: I start school in less than a month, and I HAVE to take personal fitness the first semester (I'll be a senior and the class is required for graduation). So, I'll be doing some weights in school already, and I know our teacher breaks it up into "arms day", "legs day" etc.  So will that be enough? I'll be more used to exercise by then anyway.

I think I'll add to my cardio in a week's time. I have a stationery bike at home. So maybe try that? Also, I love skating, but I haven't done it in 6 or 7 years! So I'm gonna buy some inline skates if possible. I think as long as I have fun doing what I do, it'll be fine.

I'm not weighing myself for another week. Anyway, that's not important. I want visible results more than numbers.

I chose short goals: 120 by September 1.  Still I'm aware of my long term: 100 by mid-January I think. (I'm 4'11")

And I have to say again, it's so awesome to be satisfied with your meal and then find out it was only a little more than 10% of your recommended daily calorie intake. (Mine is 1400). Yay!!!