I'm going to post my diet journal here, b/c i heard it works =)

HI guys

I'm a 18 year old girl who's currently a freshman at college. My whole life, i have been trying to lose weight, and i just thought i might write my feelings and stories down here to reflect on how i should love and accept myself while changing myself for the better.

I will also be posting my daily eating log here, i heard this really works! we can all post our food log here together and keep each other on track!

for me, i have been struggling with my weight pretty much my whole life. I'm 5'3'', 139 lb right now.  at my heaviest i was 170 pounds and probably only 5'2'' back then.

I think i have no one to blame but my own bad eating habit. this year i'm eating on a college dinning plan so i definitely need to watch what i put in my mouth. sometimes i eat because i'm lonely or bored. but i have gotten a lot better recently in avoiding those traps.

for me i want to lose weight because it has been affecting my social life and how i feel about myself. i was never very confident. i never had a boyfriend before. in general, i think my weight has affected how i think, and at 18 years of age, i think it is time that i do something to make myself happier.

i don't know how many of you are familiar with that feeling, but it really hurt me a lot to realize that i could have been more confident if i had  more faith in my body. it sounds superficial and stupid, but this is how it is for many girls in their late teens, i think. i don't want my social life to suffer because of my weight any more. i want to love myself more.

my goal is to go down to 130 lbs by November 5th. i have a high school reunion that week, and I want my old friends to see that i have changed for the  better.

if anyone wants to be a weightloss body, please post here we can work togheter! =)

thanks for your time reading this post.

--a girl who really wants to change, for the better

Hey there, I can be your buddy!  I'm 19, in my second year of college, and need to lose the weight that I gained back over the summer.

yay that would be awesome!

i weighed in at 138.8 last morning (didnt eat dessert with dinnr) but gained back at 139.4 this morning.

i will skip dessert tonight so that i can be at <139 tomorrow

today i ate bagel, peanut butter, choclate chip pancake +syrup and cereal for brunch, LOL i have to say, its kinda bad that im listing them all out

gotta cut sugar!!!!

btw my aim is [deleted, please find on my profile]. caitling can u add me on aim, and just send me a message so i know that u r my calorie count buddy? (same goes to anyone else who's interestd in being a buddy)

thanks!

I just added you as a buddy can cc. 

thanks!

today:

well last night was a disastor

one of the girls in the suite next door was having her birthday, so we all went over to celebrate with her and she insisted we have cake....i had a piece of chocolate chiffon cake without frosting.

CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO DECLINE FOOD IN THESE KIND OF SOCIAL SITUATIONS WITHOUT MAKING IT AWKWARD?

THANKS

i stayed up the whole night studying because i have a midterm today, sigh! i think i bombed it.

so this mornign i weigh 141.4 lbs,  because 1) the piece of cake 2) i had too much chocolate yesterday 3) i drank like 3 cups of coffee that night

tomorrow i am hoping to hit 139 again. i finished eating all my meals already because i know i have a busy afternoon @@

so caitling, what is ur stats like? how talk are you and how much are you looking to lose?

You can say, "No thanks, I'm on a diet," or you can pretend that you have an allergy and shouldn't risk it.  Or in my case, I just really don't like cake. 

I'm 5'7.5 (I just recently grew the half so I'm proud of it) and I'm in the 130's (no scale) and I want to get back down to 120 which I was until summer and temptation came along. 

good for u caitling

today i weighed in at 142 lb but i knew i drank a lot of water before i weighed, so i will just have to hope for the best tmw! =)

How often do you weigh yourself?  It's recommended that you only weigh once a week, otherwise you'll be seeing all of these little fluctuations.

hi caitling

for some reason i can never send u messages, it always tells me i already sent my top limit even though i didnt send any yet

my email is [deleted, plz find it on my profile], if you dont mind we can email each other

ya i weigh myself everyday. it helps with my anxiety

my weight keeps yo-yoing though, today it is 142.2 @@ but i will just keep eating healthier and healthier

yesterday i had lots of chocolate and pancake with syrup, so i guess i cant really complain about the gain

Hey syzhu :]

Our stats are pretty much the same, I'm 5'3 and 137 lbs.

I also totally feel you about not wanting your body to put restraints on your life anymore; I'm the same way. I don't think it makes you seem superficial, there's a difference between wanting to be confident and being obsessed with a scale. 

I'd love to buddy up with you!

hey unique1193 thanks for wanting to be my buddy!

see, there is something i dont understand--i've been eating right (1500 calorie perday ) and exercising (400 calorie perday), but my weight, instead if going down, is climbing up!!!

i weighed 142 lb yesterday and 142.2 lb this morning...what ???

does anyone else have this experience? doing all the right thing and it is still going up?

hey guys, i guess i really have to be honest with myself.

all those days that i said i was eating healthy? well , i wasn't, not really.

i grabbed chocolate chips and ice cream cones on my way out of the dining hall , had candies from my friends, and never counted them. not intentionally, just forgot.

from today on, i will be honest.

today is the 1st time i really recorded (to my best ability) everything i ate. i hope i dont end up being a weightloss failure

breakfast

--half a bagel (150 cal)

-1 slice of weight watchers whole wheat (50 cal)

-a spoonful of PB and a spoonful of J (200 cal)

-warm strawberry in sauce (150 cal)

-20 chocolate chips (100 cal)

-a bowl of hot chocolate with some whipped cream (200 cal)

sub total

850 cal

lunch/dinner (i ate late today and i hope to sleep early, so no need for dinner today)

chinese food (a spoonful of rice, a spoonful of noodle, one small piece of beef, brocoli, 2 small pieces of chicken)--300 cal

salad w/o dressing--50 cal

2 candied apples--300 cal

apple cider--50 cal

warm strawberry in syrup--100 cal

chocolate chips (20)--100 cal

sub total

1000 cal

TOTAL FOR THE DAY:

1850 cal

in fact, i am pretty ashamed of myself now. but i dont want to cheat myself any longer. i did not miss any log today and this is waht i am facing.

i swear i can be a healthy eater!

can you guys please give me some feedback on how i can replace some of the food with healthful and low calorie food so my intake stays at 1300 cal?

thank you!