GPYOW - flower in my hair edition.
Haven’t done this in a long time!
Stay beautiful fitblrs.
My name is Lauren, but you can call me Lo. I am 19 and I just had weight loss surgery. A little under a year ago I reached my highest weight, my depression was off the charts, and I could barely participate in the activities that people my age did. I am a college student and as my classmates started having the time of their lives, I sat at home working on my impending death. There is a program I want to do where I go to Jerusalem and study for 4 months through my school and a Europe trip that is a month long and in my current state, I would not be able to go. So I decided to get my life together. I started working with doctors towards getting Lap-band. I have worked my butt off to lose the weight before I could get the surgery and even after surgery it is no quick fix, and it only helps with portion control. On 9/28/2010 I got the surgery and I have lost some weight. Follow me on this journey as I get the rest of weight off and I live my life in the drivers seat.
Starting weight: January - 315
Weight before surgery: September -271
Current weight: 220
Goals: 255[X] 250[X] 245[X] 235[X] 225 [X] 215 [] 205 [] 200 [] 190 [] 180 [] 170 [] 150 [] 145 [] 135[]
Total weight loss: 95 pounds
Total weight to go: 90 pounds
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Taking control
• Weigh Ins
• Rewards
• Measurements
• Obese to Beast/Progress
• FITspiration
• Why I did Lap-Band
• Ask me anything
Taking control
Weigh in Wednesday
I am not sure when my last weigh in was because I forgot to put a date on that post but here we go.
Highest Weight: 315
Last Weigh In: 230
Today 3/30/11: 227
Loss: -3 lbs
Total loss: 88 lbs
I feel really good guys. I am the smallest I have been in almost 3 years. I have one more week left of this semester, so I will be able to start posting more soon. :]
Until I miss you guys a lot!
I have some pretty big news
Warning: This post is long, filled with my rambling, trying to organize my thoughts. Any input or thoughts would be cool.
I just changed my major to Exercise Physiology with and Emphasis in Program Design and Prescription. Now what I am trying to figure out is whether I want to minor in Culinary Arts, or get two clusters (basically 2 mini minors) in (1) Foods & Nutrition, (2) Photography or… (3) Culinary Arts. My dilemma is do I really want to give up Photography? I mean I can always take photography classes later in life and everything. Here is the problem really, I am going in to Dietetics and the programs need specific classes that are offered through my major, then the other requirements need to come from my minor. My major itself only offers 3-4 nutrition classes and the rest is just how the body works and Bio and Chem…. which I need to get into the dietetics program… ANYWHERE.
Then If I do the foods and nutrition cluster I will have 3 nutrition courses (one of which is required of almost every program) and 2 foods.
Now depending on the program I want to do… culinary classes do help with a lot of the programs in California. However, the main program I am going to aim for is in Utah and doesn’t really require that. Then another thing is I need to get a internship to graduate, and to get into a dietetic graduate program. Some programs want you specifically working with foods. Some want you to just do something relating to your major. So the thing with this, is that I could do an Internship with Disney through their culinary program (maybe), and hopefully an internship with the people I got my surgery at.
Actually I would have to do the 2 cluster option because I have the take Nutrition of the Life Cycle for all the programs.
My school has a wretched cap on credits and I actually have to declare what I am going to do before I am over 60 credits, then I have to make a plan for exactly what I will take every semester and get it approved. So I have 2 weeks before the semester is up…
So that is how long I have to decide. I am a little stressed and needed a way to organize what I am thinking. Oh and with this change, I will be in school until 2014 and then a 2 year graduate program so I will be done in 2016 it is looking like. I just couldn’t see myself doing anything with Sociology any more and it has been bugging me all semester. What has kept me from changing to Exercise Physiology major or Health Science major is all the science. I have never been good at science or math, so I thought there is no way I would be able to do this… but you know what? I think I can do it. I am a little overwhelmed. One of my classes will be a total of 5 credits and it is Organic Chemistry, but I think I will be so much happier in my job if I work a little harder in school. Plus all of this stuff is so fascinating.
Moral of the story is: School is hard, I will be here forever and what you really want will take work.
Stay sweet.
And let me know what you think?
Here’s an update:
Life is crazy, but keeping it trill and losing weight!!
HW: 315
Weight Starting This Semester: 250
Last Weigh In: 234
Today’s Weight: 230
Total Weight Loss: 85
Total Weight Loss Since Being Up At School This Semester: 20
So this is where I have been… even though my classes don’t officially end until April 7th, I had some short term classes and they all end this weekend and then teachers like to not overwhelm us with tons of finals at the last week, but then we get them the last couple weeks of school and it just makes the last weeks of school way stressful. Then on top of that I got the flu earlier this week, and had a fever and just was not feeling so great.
I can’t promise I am going to be consistent in the next couple of weeks, I have a final not this week but the following, then tons of homework and projects. School is killing me. Then I get a week off, and I come back for Spring semester!
Anyways… Pretty stoked about another weight loss. It’s nice when you haven’t been checking in a while and then you see some lower numbers that you don’t ever remember seeing!
Hey guys!!
I am sort of kind of back, I mean the next couple weeks are going to be crazy as I get closer to finals and all that jazz… but I did finish the main thing I was stressing over. So yeah, but I missed all you guys. I am trying to catch up on my dash.
My eating has been good, and my working out hasn’t been ideal, but I have been so busy and all that jazz.
Missed you guys.
Life is so stressful
I am sorry I am going to continue my extended MIA period.
I will be back hopefully soon.
Stay sweet.
I went to a dance party
and punched danced my rage out. It was great. Danced all night.
However the guy that I brought left, which was uncool.
But this was me anyways.
And according to myfitnesspal.com I burned a total of 1244 calories. I did not stop. It was great.
When I’m trying to diet
Yes! I’m gonna get fit like
Then I see a brownie and I’m like
So I eat it and then I get pissed at myself like
But then I realize I can just start again tomorrow so it’s okay
(Source: kailandbullshit, via locrain)
It’s official.
Today I stepped on the scale….
and I weighed in at 234 lbs
Which means… I HAVE LOST 81 POUNDS.
Who’s has two thumbs and is doing a happy dance? This girl!
Edit: I accidently said 334…. I am 234. I am way tired, sorry guys!
Oh and I am smaller then when I started college in 2008.
