A Tiger's journy to happiness

TigerMisty · 12-26-2006, 01:15 PM

Well this is it..... No more making excuses or blaming others.... (okay well maybe I will still blame the Ex-Husband....just a bit... but come on... that allowed... right?) I am going to lose this weight!

Well I guess this is the BORING part where I tell my sob story..... I never had a problem with my weight growing up. I was always slender and active. It was not until I had my daughter (9yrs ago) that I started to have a weight problem. At the tail end of her pregnancy I gained like you would not believe. My weight before pregnancy was 130-135 (I am 5"5) and at 9mos prego I weighed a whopping 175. With in a few months I was down to 150 and stayed there until I had my son (6yrs ago). At 9mos prego with him I was up to 195 (not that it counts for anything but he was 10lbs 8 oz two weeks early.... ) and I really never lost the weight...... at all...... in fact I did the opposite..... I gained and gained and gained. My highest weight was
260. Not a proud moment for me. I was wearing a size 22/24. Now after the loser husband had an affair and we divorced (don't worry.... I won't get into that whole story here... that’s for another board or a really great therapist...) So...I look in the mirror and I see a very pretty gal.... I think I m pretty... and I LOVE WHO I am... I am as silly and obnoxious as they get.... but when I see a picture of my self I want to vomit.... I am not kidding...All I can think when I see a pic of my self is "Am I REALLY that fat?" I just don't see it when I look in the mirror... but then again... I think I have trained my self to only look at my face... and not the rest of me... ... ... ... ...

So I decided to just start making "better decisions" on my eating habits and lost 30lbs in 4 mos..... And at that same time I thought..... umm.... dieting isn't stressful enough all on it's own.... let's start dating people too...... and in comes Eharmony...... so I am dieting and dating.... dating and dieting... and my weight loss stops...... (could it have anything to do with all that eating out? humm... I wonder.....Naw... the stars just must not be aligned... yeah.. that's it) Okay... so the weight loss completely stopped..... and I stared dating someone "seriously" (and on a side note.... OMG this man is handsome and all kinds of sexy!!!!) So the serious "dater" soon becomes my Boy Friend and I mentioned my weight loss journey and he casually mention that he did the low carb thing for a while and lost 20 lbs pretty quick.... so I thought I would look into it. I did some readying.... and some digging.... and came to the conclusion that Adkins was the best low carb option for me.......

One week ago today I started induction.... and it has gone pretty well... I have had a few mess up's accidentally, and one mess-up that I knew I was doing but didn't care..... When I started induction I was 225lbs... And today's weigh in was 218. That's 7lbs in 7 days.

So, this is me... you will get the good.... bad... silly.... quirky.... and very much rambly (is rambly even a word? well I am going to make it one) all here in my journal..... I encourage you to join me... lurk about... laugh and my funny mishaps... and TRUST me there will be many... but most importantly please feel free to leave any comment either positive or negative.... I need a few cheer leaders... (no uniform required... unless you want one) and also need some tough love from time to time......

until tomorrow.......

TigerMisty · 12-27-2006, 08:35 AM

Oh wow.... I left out the E in journey..... see..... you can laugh at me already!

I hate Sonic and at the same time I LOVE them. See.... they have the BEST fountain drinks....... (and on a side note.... don't EVER see the movie The Fountain... one of the WORST movies EVER made......) Anyway.... I tend from time to time to go to Sonic to get a route 44 diet Dr. Pepper...... I haven't been in the last week, since starting Atkins, but had a wild hair that I needed to go last night. So I pull up to order and what do I see.... they have a new Raspberry banana shake! That is just SOOOOO not fair.... I love banana type shakes..... Chocolate and Banana, Strawberry and banana, and now a raspberry banana... ... .... ... Oh I wanted one.... But I was good..... I didn't cave in to my wants..... Because I want my hot body back more then I wanted that shake...... and I guess that is just what I have to keep reminding my self of..... I want my body back MORE then I want any kind of sweet or "goodie" .

Well last night I was watching a wee bit of TV and came across the Dallas Cowboy Cheer leader tryouts.... and I watched...... I am not one of those gals that say.... "real gals don't look like that" and then hate them out of envy.... All I could do was think... Geez.... I want to look like that! I don't care how much work it takes.... I want to have a body like that!!! Now, no worries.... I know that I most likely won't... but I can get pretty darn close and it's not a bad goal to work for.............. So my next "job" will to be to find a picture of one of these Dallas Cowboy cheer leaders and superimpose my face on their body for some GREAT motivation! (okay.... so it sounds a wee bit psycho......but hey... what ever works... right?)

So... For breakfast.............
3 scrambled eggs w/
1 tbs heavy whipping cream
1 tbs spoon sour cream (1 carb)
2 tbs avacado salsa (1 carb)
1 Sasage patty

Morning snack:
Chocolate Royale Atkins Shake (2 carbs)

islesgirl · 12-27-2006, 04:57 PM

Hello TigerMisty. Even before I read this post from you I noticed how pretty you are. So you can keep believing it. You have such a pretty face and you look quite young. How wonderful that your boyfriend knows about low-carbing! Have a successful and happy day! 'Til next time.........

islesgirl (Sue)

TigerMisty · 12-29-2006, 10:28 AM

Well I slacked off Yesterday and no journaling for me..... shame shame... well today in a new day...... I am proud of my self though... I went to the movies last night and drank my diet soda and fought off the temptation of popcorn.... which for me during a movie is a MUST.... oh well... I just need to think of something else to sneak in to munch on... maybe some jerky????

Well for breakfast I had scrambled eggs with some peppers..... (1carb)
and had a piece of sugar free gum... (1carb). Lunch is a double cheeseburger (bun less of course) on top of 1 cup of lettuce, a few cucumber slices, and some olives. I am counting that as (4carbs….) Hope that is about right….

But I am getting a smidge frustrated with my scale and my clothes... The first week I was doing great... I lost 7lbs.... and this week I haven't lost anything yet...... and I feel bloated like a blimp..... (very unattractive....) But I will not let this discourage me..... I will keep moving forward. I still haven't added exercise to my new WOL... and I need to... I am going to am for that next week....

Brian, my sweetie sexy man, came over last night and we had "our Christmas" (he lives in a different city.... 2.5 hours away) He was so good to me... he spoiled me rotten! And he bought me jewelry..... Extra brownie points for that.... AND it wasn't tacky jewelry... so even more brownie points there.... He was wonderful... (It’s been a long time since someone has done that....) And this weekend me and the kiddos were invited to spend new years eve and new years day with Brian and his brothers family... and the accepted.......So I am meeting some of the family....... BIG move.... I am a bit nervous... but also really excited....

And welcome Islesgirl.... You are a Sweet

. Thank you so much....... ! Young.... well I am young at heart..... and will forever be 25! I refuse to ever be a day older then that...lol..... 25 is a great age.... still young enough to have fun and be a wee bit silly and wild but at the same time have some maturity under your belt and responsibility.

Well that is it for now.... (I think I have turned this into the Life Diary and not just weight loss..... oh well.... what ever works, right?)

TigerMisty · 12-30-2006, 08:44 AM

So it's Saturday and I am at work..... that’s just not right.... but oh well... after I get off work it is off to the boyfriends brother's house.... I am all kinds of nervous.... I hope they will approve and like me.... I am so nervous, mostly because of my weight.... If it wasn't for my darn weight I would think that I am a pretty darn good catch.... but this weight just really messes with my head. This guy is NOT someone who would ever date "bigger gals" in fact his ex is beautiful and tiny and well.... a body to die for. Some days I STILL wonder why he is so into me.... And even though he can see past my weight (and I am grateful he can) Its doesn't mean that his family will..... I think this is one of the worst feelings.... hating something about your self SOOO much....... anyway... I just hope it goes well.......

So for dinner last night is was red Snapper grilled in some olive oil and then a sour cream avocado salsa cream on top... pretty yummy...... I also snaked on some pepperoni.....

Breakfast was some turkey slices, a bit of mayo, pepperoni slices and 1 oz of cheddar cheese.

not sure what lunch holds for me.........
okay... I need to get back to work.... till later....

TigerMisty · 12-30-2006, 12:53 PM

Afternoon snack was 3 hard boiled eggs and 1tbs of mayo... (egg salad) but I don't think I was "really" hungry... I think I ate it because it was there and hey... egg salad is yummy... I need to work on that... knowing when exactly I am hungry and when I am just eating to eat........ and I don't need to eat something just because it is yummy....

Tigarlily1 · 01-05-2007, 12:01 PM

Where have you gone? I haven't seen anything posted from you in week almost! How's it going? How did it go at your bf's brothers house??

Hope you're still doing well!

TigerMisty · 01-08-2007, 01:46 PM

OH TIGER LILY... YOU ARE A SWEET HEART! Thank you for posting.... if it wasn't for your post I probably wouldn't be typing right now.......

Okay, so Boyfriends house was great..... I was doing pretty well the first two days.... making great decisions on what foods to eat.....all until New Years eve.....then out came the bottles of wine and that was it..... I jumped right off the cliff........ I thought "you know what, I already blew it... I will just stay off plan and get back on when I get home" yeah... well that didn't work.... I weighed in today and I gained back 7 lbs in a week! OUCH! I feel bloated and yucky and like I am a walking blimp.... So Tomorrow is day 1 all over again. I have been emotionally eating like crazy and it is actually VERY disgusting....... A few hurdles that I have to over come.... eating only if I am hungry and not just because something is yummy........ I feel so fat and gross right now I just want to puke...... but I am going to try not to be too hard on my self.... this is my first "restart"..... so tomorrow is a new day.......

12-26-2006, 01:15 PM	#1
TigerMisty Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland, Tx Posts: 470 Gallery: TigerMisty Stats: 225/221/135 WOE: ANA Start Date: December 19, 2006 Restart induction: 6/25/07	A Tiger's journy to happiness Well this is it..... No more making excuses or blaming others.... (okay well maybe I will still blame the Ex-Husband....just a bit... but come on... that allowed... right?) I am going to lose this weight! Well I guess this is the BORING part where I tell my sob story..... I never had a problem with my weight growing up. I was always slender and active. It was not until I had my daughter (9yrs ago) that I started to have a weight problem. At the tail end of her pregnancy I gained like you would not believe. My weight before pregnancy was 130-135 (I am 5"5) and at 9mos prego I weighed a whopping 175. With in a few months I was down to 150 and stayed there until I had my son (6yrs ago). At 9mos prego with him I was up to 195 (not that it counts for anything but he was 10lbs 8 oz two weeks early.... ) and I really never lost the weight...... at all...... in fact I did the opposite..... I gained and gained and gained. My highest weight was 260. Not a proud moment for me. I was wearing a size 22/24. Now after the loser husband had an affair and we divorced (don't worry.... I won't get into that whole story here... that’s for another board or a really great therapist...) So...I look in the mirror and I see a very pretty gal.... I think I m pretty... and I LOVE WHO I am... I am as silly and obnoxious as they get.... but when I see a picture of my self I want to vomit.... I am not kidding...All I can think when I see a pic of my self is "Am I REALLY that fat?" I just don't see it when I look in the mirror... but then again... I think I have trained my self to only look at my face... and not the rest of me... ... ... ... ... So I decided to just start making "better decisions" on my eating habits and lost 30lbs in 4 mos..... And at that same time I thought..... umm.... dieting isn't stressful enough all on it's own.... let's start dating people too...... and in comes Eharmony...... so I am dieting and dating.... dating and dieting... and my weight loss stops...... (could it have anything to do with all that eating out? humm... I wonder.....Naw... the stars just must not be aligned... yeah.. that's it) Okay... so the weight loss completely stopped..... and I stared dating someone "seriously" (and on a side note.... OMG this man is handsome and all kinds of sexy!!!!) So the serious "dater" soon becomes my Boy Friend and I mentioned my weight loss journey and he casually mention that he did the low carb thing for a while and lost 20 lbs pretty quick.... so I thought I would look into it. I did some readying.... and some digging.... and came to the conclusion that Adkins was the best low carb option for me....... One week ago today I started induction.... and it has gone pretty well... I have had a few mess up's accidentally, and one mess-up that I knew I was doing but didn't care..... When I started induction I was 225lbs... And today's weigh in was 218. That's 7lbs in 7 days. So, this is me... you will get the good.... bad... silly.... quirky.... and very much rambly (is rambly even a word? well I am going to make it one) all here in my journal..... I encourage you to join me... lurk about... laugh and my funny mishaps... and TRUST me there will be many... but most importantly please feel free to leave any comment either positive or negative.... I need a few cheer leaders... (no uniform required... unless you want one) and also need some tough love from time to time...... until tomorrow.......

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12-27-2006, 08:35 AM	#2
TigerMisty Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland, Tx Posts: 470 Gallery: TigerMisty Stats: 225/221/135 WOE: ANA Start Date: December 19, 2006 Restart induction: 6/25/07	Oh wow.... I left out the E in journey..... see..... you can laugh at me already! I hate Sonic and at the same time I LOVE them. See.... they have the BEST fountain drinks....... (and on a side note.... don't EVER see the movie The Fountain... one of the WORST movies EVER made......) Anyway.... I tend from time to time to go to Sonic to get a route 44 diet Dr. Pepper...... I haven't been in the last week, since starting Atkins, but had a wild hair that I needed to go last night. So I pull up to order and what do I see.... they have a new Raspberry banana shake! That is just SOOOOO not fair.... I love banana type shakes..... Chocolate and Banana, Strawberry and banana, and now a raspberry banana... ... .... ... Oh I wanted one.... But I was good..... I didn't cave in to my wants..... Because I want my hot body back more then I wanted that shake...... and I guess that is just what I have to keep reminding my self of..... I want my body back MORE then I want any kind of sweet or "goodie" . Well last night I was watching a wee bit of TV and came across the Dallas Cowboy Cheer leader tryouts.... and I watched...... I am not one of those gals that say.... "real gals don't look like that" and then hate them out of envy.... All I could do was think... Geez.... I want to look like that! I don't care how much work it takes.... I want to have a body like that!!! Now, no worries.... I know that I most likely won't... but I can get pretty darn close and it's not a bad goal to work for.............. So my next "job" will to be to find a picture of one of these Dallas Cowboy cheer leaders and superimpose my face on their body for some GREAT motivation! (okay.... so it sounds a wee bit psycho......but hey... what ever works... right?) So... For breakfast............. 3 scrambled eggs w/ 1 tbs heavy whipping cream 1 tbs spoon sour cream (1 carb) 2 tbs avacado salsa (1 carb) 1 Sasage patty Morning snack: Chocolate Royale Atkins Shake (2 carbs)

12-27-2006, 04:57 PM	#3
islesgirl Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 313 Gallery: islesgirl Stats: 164 lbs., 5'3 WOE: Atkins Start Date: re-starting Nov. 19/08	Hello TigerMisty. Even before I read this post from you I noticed how pretty you are. So you can keep believing it. You have such a pretty face and you look quite young. How wonderful that your boyfriend knows about low-carbing! Have a successful and happy day! 'Til next time......... islesgirl (Sue)

12-29-2006, 10:28 AM	#4
TigerMisty Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland, Tx Posts: 470 Gallery: TigerMisty Stats: 225/221/135 WOE: ANA Start Date: December 19, 2006 Restart induction: 6/25/07	Well I slacked off Yesterday and no journaling for me..... shame shame... well today in a new day...... I am proud of my self though... I went to the movies last night and drank my diet soda and fought off the temptation of popcorn.... which for me during a movie is a MUST.... oh well... I just need to think of something else to sneak in to munch on... maybe some jerky???? Well for breakfast I had scrambled eggs with some peppers..... (1carb) and had a piece of sugar free gum... (1carb). Lunch is a double cheeseburger (bun less of course) on top of 1 cup of lettuce, a few cucumber slices, and some olives. I am counting that as (4carbs….) Hope that is about right…. But I am getting a smidge frustrated with my scale and my clothes... The first week I was doing great... I lost 7lbs.... and this week I haven't lost anything yet...... and I feel bloated like a blimp..... (very unattractive....) But I will not let this discourage me..... I will keep moving forward. I still haven't added exercise to my new WOL... and I need to... I am going to am for that next week.... Brian, my sweetie sexy man, came over last night and we had "our Christmas" (he lives in a different city.... 2.5 hours away) He was so good to me... he spoiled me rotten! And he bought me jewelry..... Extra brownie points for that.... AND it wasn't tacky jewelry... so even more brownie points there.... He was wonderful... (It’s been a long time since someone has done that....) And this weekend me and the kiddos were invited to spend new years eve and new years day with Brian and his brothers family... and the accepted.......So I am meeting some of the family....... BIG move.... I am a bit nervous... but also really excited.... And welcome Islesgirl.... You are a Sweet . Thank you so much....... ! Young.... well I am young at heart..... and will forever be 25! I refuse to ever be a day older then that...lol..... 25 is a great age.... still young enough to have fun and be a wee bit silly and wild but at the same time have some maturity under your belt and responsibility. Well that is it for now.... (I think I have turned this into the Life Diary and not just weight loss..... oh well.... what ever works, right?)

12-30-2006, 08:44 AM	#5
TigerMisty Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland, Tx Posts: 470 Gallery: TigerMisty Stats: 225/221/135 WOE: ANA Start Date: December 19, 2006 Restart induction: 6/25/07	So it's Saturday and I am at work..... that’s just not right.... but oh well... after I get off work it is off to the boyfriends brother's house.... I am all kinds of nervous.... I hope they will approve and like me.... I am so nervous, mostly because of my weight.... If it wasn't for my darn weight I would think that I am a pretty darn good catch.... but this weight just really messes with my head. This guy is NOT someone who would ever date "bigger gals" in fact his ex is beautiful and tiny and well.... a body to die for. Some days I STILL wonder why he is so into me.... And even though he can see past my weight (and I am grateful he can) Its doesn't mean that his family will..... I think this is one of the worst feelings.... hating something about your self SOOO much....... anyway... I just hope it goes well....... So for dinner last night is was red Snapper grilled in some olive oil and then a sour cream avocado salsa cream on top... pretty yummy...... I also snaked on some pepperoni..... Breakfast was some turkey slices, a bit of mayo, pepperoni slices and 1 oz of cheddar cheese. not sure what lunch holds for me......... okay... I need to get back to work.... till later....

12-30-2006, 12:53 PM	#6
TigerMisty Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland, Tx Posts: 470 Gallery: TigerMisty Stats: 225/221/135 WOE: ANA Start Date: December 19, 2006 Restart induction: 6/25/07	Afternoon snack was 3 hard boiled eggs and 1tbs of mayo... (egg salad) but I don't think I was "really" hungry... I think I ate it because it was there and hey... egg salad is yummy... I need to work on that... knowing when exactly I am hungry and when I am just eating to eat........ and I don't need to eat something just because it is yummy....

01-05-2007, 12:01 PM	#7
Tigarlily1 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 10 Gallery: Tigarlily1 Stats: 186/181/125 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Jan. 2nd, 2007	Where have you gone? I haven't seen anything posted from you in week almost! How's it going? How did it go at your bf's brothers house?? Hope you're still doing well!

01-08-2007, 01:46 PM	#8
TigerMisty Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland, Tx Posts: 470 Gallery: TigerMisty Stats: 225/221/135 WOE: ANA Start Date: December 19, 2006 Restart induction: 6/25/07	OH TIGER LILY... YOU ARE A SWEET HEART! Thank you for posting.... if it wasn't for your post I probably wouldn't be typing right now....... Okay, so Boyfriends house was great..... I was doing pretty well the first two days.... making great decisions on what foods to eat.....all until New Years eve.....then out came the bottles of wine and that was it..... I jumped right off the cliff........ I thought "you know what, I already blew it... I will just stay off plan and get back on when I get home" yeah... well that didn't work.... I weighed in today and I gained back 7 lbs in a week! OUCH! I feel bloated and yucky and like I am a walking blimp.... So Tomorrow is day 1 all over again. I have been emotionally eating like crazy and it is actually VERY disgusting....... A few hurdles that I have to over come.... eating only if I am hungry and not just because something is yummy........ I feel so fat and gross right now I just want to puke...... but I am going to try not to be too hard on my self.... this is my first "restart"..... so tomorrow is a new day.......