I just went on the scale again, just for the heck of it, and when is read 221, I gave it a dirty look and tried again. Then it said 215.5... Then I thought my scale was broken so I tried it again=215.5 and again=215.5 and again=215.5
I last weighed myself two days ago and I had lost 2 pounds from 220 (I actually rounded down when I put 220 as my start weight on the site. The first time I weighed myself after started my vegan diet I weight 221.5, so technically I had lost 3.5lbs.) Now, after two days, I have lost 2 1/2 pounds? That's certainly never happened before! (I am still stunned at the fact that I still haven't started my exercise program.)
I started eating a vegan diet after I read about how the animals are tortured when they are at the factory farms. All of the pictures and information made me become a strict vegan immediately. When I looked in my cupboards to find something to eat after reading the information, the only thing that didn't have animal ingredients in it were the fruits and veggies--and I didn't have many of those, lol. I compared it to culture shock, as if I had to move Englad because there was a nuclear disaster in the US (where I live). There would be a severe culture shock from the sudden change, just like me switching so quickly to a vegan lifestyle. It was very difficult for me at first.
Now, however, I enjoy finding vegan food to eat and actually prefer vegan foods to those with animal ingredients. I have switched my shampoo and toothpaste and am slowly switching over my cosmetics, shoes and other personal possesions because most all of them have animal ingredients in them.
I am almost worried at how quickly I will lose weight once I start exercising. I figured it would take at least a year to lose all of the weight, but with the way it's going (if it stays this way) I could reach my goal by summer. Please don't hate me, I actually don't want that to happen and if I could give this situation to any of you, I would. I'm not sure why I don't want it, but I was told for so long that it was safest to lose weight 1-2 pounds each week that it got embeded into my brain and now I actually believe it!
What do you all think about losing weight quickly? Are you for it or against it?
To help inspire me to lose weight, I go on art museum websites and look for paintings of women that have the physical shape that I want for my goal weight. Here's an example of one of my previous goal models:
As I look at people, just generally, I am questioning what I want my final weight to be. I calculated my ideal body weight and my body mass index on the internet and it said that the ideal weight for my body is 148lbs-162lbs. My current goal weight is 160 and I won't let myself go below 150.
I keep wondering if I still want that to be my goal weight, or even what that looks like. I dont' know what a size 14/16 looks like on a 5'7" woman (with a "guitar" shape). I really like this photo: (but I don't know if it would be healthy for my body to be there)
I just don't know if 160 pounds is what I want my final weight to be. I realized that I don't really care how much I weigh, I am more worried about what I will look like. I'm not sure why I'm worrying about it so much, but I'm wondering if once I get down to 150/160 I will be happy with my body and what I will do if I'm not. I've just never been there in my adult life, so I don't know what it will look like. I guess I'm just nervous...
Yesterday (well, it was yesterday as of 17 minutes ago) I got this urge to exercise (yay!). I took out my Yoga Booty Ballet tape--that I already have--and pushed play! I did about 15 minutes of the tape and got a good workout (considering that I haven't done any constructive exercise in about 2 years). My abs and tush are already showing changes (not to mention the burn I felt after the workout) and tomorrow I am hoping to do the tape again and make it a little bit further.
I just weighed myself (not expecting any change) and I have lost two pounds! Granted, I have given up all animal proteins and animal by-products, which probably has something to do with it, but I was some what stunned because I haven't really started exercising yet.
You know how I said that I just didn't want to exercise? Well I found some videos that got me really excited. Yoga Booty Ballet is Yoga, Sculpting and Ballet all rolled into one, but most of all, it's incredibly fun! I already had one tape at home and really enjoyed that, but I have now ordered all that they have available on DVD!
Here's a clip:
It's so much fun. I can't wait to get the DVDs and until then I will focus on getting better :)
I feel mentally ready to exercise and am already eating right, but I have a sensitive digestive system that I am having to heal and my tooshie is taking a beating for that. I am hesitant to start exercising right now because of that and want to wait, but I know that it will help. I also sleep during the say and am awake at night, so I can't just go out and walk. I also know that I am just making excuses not to exercise... but I don't know why. I really want to start losing weight and getting healthy; I just don't want to do the work that comes along with it.
Normally (or should I say, with other things), I have pretty good will power, but when it comes to exercising, I have absolutely none. There's nothing that makes me want to get up, pop in that exercise video and lift those dumbbells or do those situps. What usually helps is a good reason. Like with being a vegan, the animal rights thing was the key and with going green, it was the safety of the planet...I seem to have trouble doing things for myself. I need a good reason for exercising. What will it do for my health, other than just improve it? How will my heart benefit... more than that, how is my heat in danger now? What am I decreasing my risks of and why? I have a pretty good lead into how well my body is doing now: I usually just sit around and do the computer. There's also a very good chance that all of my muscles are very weak, given that I barely use them. All right, I admit it, that is a good reason... gosh I must be horrible, That still doesn't make me want to get up off my butt and exercise!!
I keep saying that is my exercising would benefit others, I would be all for it. Life if, when I bought a video, it donated 50% of the proceeds to charity... I love my body, I do, very much so, but there is just no rush and excitement in me to go through the exercise videos everyday to make it better. Do I have to start for that to work? I feel so horrible for treating my body like this and I want to make it healthy. It has done so much for me. I just wish that I could get up of my bootie and exercise!!
Hey everyone, my name is Natalie. I have decided to change my lifestyle and try to lose weight and get healthy. I have switched to a vegan lifestyle (no animal proteins or animal by-products), which, among other things, will provide me with the perfect food diet to lose weight. Once I lose the weight I can just add more protein, calcium and fiber filled foods to my diet and exercise a bit less and my weight will begin to level off.
My current weight is 220 lbs (a weight that I have unintentionally kept steady for the past two years) and my dress size is a 2x. I took some photos of myself recently and was horribly shocked at what I saw. I thought that I was slimmer than I turned out to be in the photos. It made me want to start exercising that very moment.
I am hoping to get down to 160 lbs and a size 14/16. I have fantastic support at home with my family, but I needed some unbiased support from outside my home. The only real challenge that I have is my will power. I have trouble actually getting up and doing the exercise videos.
I am hoping that this website will help and am looking forward to being here.
