Mind Over Matter

Not letting food control me any longer!

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  • Name: Chantal
  • City: CANADA
  • Country: CA

My Weight Loss

Height:
Start weight: 225.00lb
Current weight: 169.60lb
Goal weight: 150.00lb
Lost to date: 55.40lb
Remaining: 19.60lb

My Calendar

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Before After

Loooooooove

He said he loved me last Thursday!! lol I have to admit that I had no clue we'd fall in love so fast and so hard...although..we talk so much and so often together that it was to be foreseen =P It was great though...we were talking a lot and then we just gazed into eachother's eyes and i smirked and said : so..when exactly do you plan on telling me?? He smirked back and said..what? That I love you? ;)  hehe It was pretty darn cute

My long weekend was full of junkfood and wine. lol gulp..oops..but it wasnt disastrous. I didnt over-eat or anything and it was only for 3 days. Now im back to my normal eating schedule =D Thanksgiving was alright i suppose...but i think i'd of been happier closer to my man ;) Heck, we texted eachother every night for a few minutes and once every morning..it was cute..and last night we took a healthy walk together (he walks an hour every night girls!!!) and talked about everything. I even confessed that i didnt like the colour of his car...lol..im so mean...but yeah..this guy even told me that he's never been so sure about anything before when it comes to him and I =D I'm guessing this is a great sign????

During my lunchbreak ive decided to workout again. I'm down 2-3 pounds but it's not because ive been exercising =P So im trying to kick it into gear...somewhat ;)

I'm pretty psyched about the cirque du soleil show "Corteo" that DBF is taking me to..but he's told me he'll be on call that Saturday so they *might* tell him to work that night. I'm really hoping that everything will go well. I'm also trying to juggle exercise, badminton, friends, groceries/laundry, family and bf at the same time. It's hard. I should probably not see DBF tonight and go grocery shopping..do my laundry..and maybe even see a friend and call my parents...but then i wouldnt be able to see him for 2 consecutive days!! OH THIS CRUEL WORLD!! LOL

Thx Shells for your winter coat suggestions =D I think i'll get myself a nice Columbia 3 in 1 jacket though..they're so neat and pretty and practical!! Plus they have them in awesome colours and its not that popular here cause of the price........sooooo...hmmmmmmmmmm.. ;)

Happy hump day gals! Dont forget to move and eat your veggies =P




Thanksgiving weekend

I'm kinda sad that I have to leave tomorrow morning to see my family until Monday..meaning I'll be far from my love =( Plus it's too early for me to invite my bf to go see my family...lol Sooo..I'll be strong and resist the urges to call him or stuff my face in yummy pumpkin cookies *drool*

I'm thinking of popping the big L word tonight when i see him..but I plan on just describing how everything is with him first..like...the way he looks at me...holds me..kisses me *fans herself* lol focus girl, focus! I'm so glad to have a gift for expression, he seems to appreciate it =D

On the diet front, well, ill grab some subway after work because i need to pick up my bus ticket for tomorrow and my mom's pictures at the pharmacy..buuuuuut..I might go do all this during my lunchbreak =) Would be the smart thing to do to save time. DBF is suppose to drop by 6:30ish and I still need to sweep the floor, vaccum a lil and shower and eat. lol Darn, see what happened?? I strayed from the convo again. lol What are you girls gonna do with me?????

I'll be a boring inactive blogger until Tuesday so plsssssss dont forget me! ;P I'll still do the crunches and think about you all!!

Lamo song

Angela, hold yourself from puking pls. lol. This is real mushy..........
I love it....


Crunchy

My first day of crunches went pretty well =D Thx to all those videos 97gstchick's posted on her blog

I'm having trouble eating like a normal person..I'm wrapped up in housework lately so my supper is reduced to ..erg..tomato soup?!! WHAT??? lol Apparently when I don't think about weightloss I start shrinking because lately my pants have been falling off me =( But..geeze..I need to start eating real meals like Shelleys!! (omg did you read her blog?! She cooks all these really cool meals..I'm so jealous..lol)

I'm thinking of getting off work a lil early to go to the pharmacy which is super far from where i work and live. Some are closer but my prescription is there =( I need to call first...first..to check what time they close and to check if they actually registered in their system that my doctor put a "repeat once" if ever i needed to take it again. Wouldnt it be crappy if i went through all the trouble to get there to find out that I cant even get a repeat?! Erg..thats why i wanna be organized about this. lol After im suppose to have a decent fish and veggie supper and wash the dishes and kitchen while it cooks....before heading off to badminton with my girlfriend who so desperately yearns to hear about my bf. lol

I won't get to talk to him much but he's suppose to email me tonight and he'll come see me on Thursday night before I leave for thankgiving (the canadian one.lol) It's his first time at my place so im trying real hard to clean up real good and make it look awesome. lol Although...it's nothing compared to his place.

Hope you gals have a crunchy day!!!!!!

Here's a lamo song that I can't stop listening to......(Angela, hold yourself from puking pls! lol!!)


Heavenly weekend =D

Hey gals!!! My pants this morning feel looser...why don't they make profesionnal black pants belt ready?!! I never understood that. So I guess I'm shrinking!! YAY!! Last Saturday was amazing. My guy picked me up at 1:30 and surprised me with flowers We then rode to the Park and we walked hand in hand on lil trails in the woods....it was beautiful!!! I'll post some pics tonight =D We talked, we laughed, we were silent. It was all good He even brought 2 water bottles..what a sweety!! I payed the Quiznos for him since we drove kinda far and with the price of gas nowadays, I found it fair....but asked him first if he was confortable with it. lol We watched a bit of tv and also watched the national Lampoon's xmas movie...freakin hilarious. lol It can never get old. Buuuuuut...we mostly cuddled and kissed and talked about everything -------I've never met a guy like him. We have similar values and goals and dreams and we understand eachother already. We have this beautiful complicity ...we read eachother so well...we're compatible in every way possible..and oops...I've fallen in love with him. Just like that. After 3 weeks of taking my time and being careful. Of course I can see some of his flaws but they're really all not that bad ..although I'll see more of them with time =D Girls.....you would NOT believe all the sweet things he's told me with such sincerity. It makes me want to pinch myself...just to make sure I'm not dreaming all of this. It's exactly the kind of love I've always wanted and ...wow..I just *know* we'll last

Now for weight related stuff!!!!!!
I've joined 97gstchick's crunch challenge =D I need to be crunching more and it's a great opportunity for me to do this. Sooooo..Thx girl!!!! I've noticed that my weight has been quite stable and for a reason......I actually no longer obsess with the number and I'm quite comfortable being the size that I am =D I haven't stopped eating healthy or exercising...I'm just not as strict as before.

To end my post........

Why can't we adjust the size of the pics we add anymore?!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP!
and oh..have a great week girls


Youtube

ok the YOUTUBE application kept deleting my post for some reason so here it is

I've had this song stuck in my head for a while now...so I've decided to be mean and make you listen to it =D Now we can all have it stuck in our heads. lol




2 posts in a row!!

I'm soo darn happy it's ridiculous. I've actually been walking with a silly grin on my face

Tonight I'm gonna take it easy or I may go out..I'm still undecided. Tomorrow I'm planning an afternoon/evening with my guy...I'm thinking of a nice stroll in the park near his place with our cameras to take pics of ourselves and the pretty colours =D Hopefully we wont get TOO distracted and only take pics of one another *giggles* Then some coffee or tea somewhere cozy...after we could go out for dinner somewhere..then makeout for the rest of the night. lol...what do you gals think? Is it too simple? I feel comfortable enough with him for all of the above...although it took me 4 dates before being comfortable enough to eat in front of him?! I'm so weird! LoL

Ok ok, enough about men ;P You gals have been laughing at me in your blogs haven't you!!! hehe =D YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. LOL

I'm actually eating reasonably these days but I should be more serious about exercise. Walking and playing badminton just doesn't cut it for me anymore. My body wants more of a challenge =( Darn...it's a shame really..I'd love for it to react to walking everyday and playing badminton a few times a week. lol God I'm lazy But I do love going to the gym..don't get me wrong..I just need a lil more motivation to go.

Soooooo...I hope you girls have a good weekend !! Did I mention that my man is taking me to the Cirque du Soleil?? (cool artsy circus) Although that's not for another 2 weeks =(((((((((((

Update

Hey girls =)

I'll be reading up on you all and commenting tonight so I hope you've been good!

I'm busy with badminton, work, laziness and mr lover boy.....but i know, excuses excuses!!! hehe

I seriously need to meet up with my guy for some Zzzzs or something because we're kinda beat lately. lol Met up with him again last night He DOES sound like a keeper Chargail hehe hence why it's making me a lil nervous...I had started to believe that I was never going to find one! lol We're so open and honest with eachother...it's an amazing feeling. =) I even dreamed of him last night...geeze This is beyond a crush..it's a much more meaningful bond that's taking place and I'm ready to hold on tight and enjoy the ride!!!

My friend cancelled for badminton tonight so this is basically the first time I'm gonna go play without my girl!!! But, I feel ready and I'll even take advantage of  the freedom to play from 7 till 8:30 instead of 9:30 since I still go to the gym during lunch hour and need my beauty sleep. lol

Hope you gals are moving this week!! You're all in my thoughts =D

Stretch mark cream???

Ok..so we may not talk about this often but it's a reality. We probably all have stretch marks..be it before or after childbirth. It's when your skin reaches its breaking point, like when you pull on a rubber band until it SNAPS.

So..yeah..I have old marks from when I was younger so they don't show as much but man are they ever there!!! I've been doing some research on this and found a cream that *could* minimize the look and feel of them, even if they're old : Trilastin. www.trilastin.com . Ok, it's not cheap nor a miracle cure. BUT, it apparently has great results in under 4 weeks and has even greater results after a 6 month treatment. So what do you guys think? Should I go for it? =P

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As for weightloss, i'm not budging : still 169. I've had a great anorexic (Erg!) week last week due to the flu....had to force feed my poor self dry toast and soup so I wouldnt wither away. I had it real bad =( Now I think my beau has it....great..lol.. I'm still going to badminton and running, though. I even ran 5KM in 36 minutes last week. Is that good? lol All I know is I had a steady pace for 30 minutes and ran for my life the other 6 mins. hehe

I had a movie date at JF's condo last Saturday and it was wonderful =) Cozy and sweet. He's definetely different from all the men I've dated before....he's a sweetheart and respects me and wants me to know that he's interested by not moving things too fast.  It's actually nice for a change. I'm really starting to like this guy....and omg, you should see his condo!! My apartment looks like dirt compared to this. lol And *gulp* it was so clean. I'm starting to feel a tiiiiiiiiiiny bit intimated here. lol I'm gonna try to see him sometime this week..because..lets face it..seeing him once a week is DEF not enough ;)

*floats away* Hope you gals are having a wonderful day!!

Slack-no-more!!

Ok, this time I mean buisness =P I'm gonna start going to the gym again...badminton has encouraged me to stop running..does that even make sense?! lol Badminton is not too challenging for me since i'm so use to more exercise so I'm incorporating running back into my routine as well as ab work. Strenght training? Not this week but I'll start again next week every tuesday and thursday.

As for food, NO MORE JUNK. I've been living THE life but man do i feel fat and bloated. I feel much better without diet pepsi, pizza and ice cream. Without a second's hesitation. Sooooooo new action plan, I'm back to no dessert (except for fruit and yogurt) and will focus on fish, chicken and especially veggies!! Last night I had fish with fresh zuchinni and carrots zapped in the microwave *drool* It's easy to do so I might even have that again tonight =) I've also bought some almonds as a snack in the afternoon I think i'm on the right track!!!

As for my shy guy, things are going good so far.  I *could* see him tonight but maybe I should just rest and relax and take some much needed alone time =D And clean my apartment......only for an hour, though.  We're still on for Sat. night so i'm kinda excited about that ;P He was suppose to work Sat. night but since he's the boss he asked another boss to let him go on Sun. instead. Yay!! He's such a sweety. I know it's a dumb thing to notice but when i got in his car the inside light went off so i couldnt buckle my seatbelt and without even having to ask him, he opened the light for me ;) I'm not use to men noticing things like that. It's a great feeling. hehe

I hope you gals have a good one!! I started my day off with positive thoughts, oatmeal for breakfast and the intention of working out this lunch hour and maybe even going for a walk after dinner! =)

How did you start your day off??

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