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Week 2- My Why

July 18th, 2010

Today’s Weight 264.2 I was down 1.4 pounds.

I have been stabilizing at 1.4 pound lost a day which I’m comfortable with.  Hopefully this week it will be the same.  The report for the week:  I lost 14 pounds and 17 inches total.  I am starting a new week which is so exciting.  I am eating fish and broccoli with salad this week. Last week I had Chicken, cabbage and salad.  So I decided to change it up a bit.

My Why…

My weight gain started first when I got pregnant twice and gained 50lbs; 25 pounds each pregnancy and I was 190.  Then I moved to Texas and I lost my second born child Josiah-Jordan Kenji Myles to a drowning accident and I gained 80 pounds because I ate my grief and was going through emotional turmoil.  It has been three years since the death of Josiah and I am now in a position to move on.  I can now release the weight I’ve gained from grieving because I am better now.  So the first 80 pounds I lose I’m calling “grief” weight and I am so happy to lose it because as I get smaller I feel better and joyful; I think about how blessed I am to have experienced Josiah versus how horrible it was to lose him.  Then I will tackle the “pregnancy” weight  and lose 50 pounds.  My goal is to be 140 pounds once this journey is over.

Olivia Myles

Day 7

July 17th, 2010

Today my morning weight was 265.6 so I was down 1.4 pounds today. I ran into a lot of temptations today since it was Friday.  First at work my coworkers had cake.  Then I went to a family gathering and they had fried fish and pasta.  It smelled so good but I wanted to keep up the weight loss so I didn't eat any Read More...

Day 6

July 16th, 2010

This morning when I weighed my self I was 267- Down 1.6 pounds. I worked out yesterday so I was hoping to have lost at least 2 pounds but I'm still happy for the loss.  I was also very emotional, not sure if it was because I am om the diet or if I was just emotional.  I tend to be a "crier." I usually cry in most movies and about things "non-criers'" wouldn't cry about but yesterday I was extra sensitive Read More...

Social Psy. in my Life

July 16th, 2010

I went home to San Francisco two weeks ago to drop my son Isaiah off to spend the summer with my mother and other family members. Isaiah had a blast because we drove from Texas to California and he got to see Arizona, New Mexico, other parts of Texas that he hasn't seen before.  We stopped in Los Angeles at my best friends house Read More...

a Funny Story about me

July 14th, 2010

This was a Journal entry for my Social Psychology class, I thought it was a great story and wanted to share. I was Directly Influenced by a commercial of Snapple Drinks when I was about 13 years old. The commercial simple stated, “Snapple it’s the best stuff on earth” at the time I had no idea how influential this commercial was on me Read More...

Day 5

July 14th, 2010

Today I weighed in at 268.6 I was glad to see the scale going down. Yesterday I ate 500 calories of salad with balsamic vinegar, chicken, cabbage, grapefruit and Melba toast.  I also had my morning coffee and lots of water. I wasn't as tired yesterday but I did have grapefruit instead of strawberries plus I didn't work out yesterday Read More...

Day 1-4

July 13th, 2010

7/10/10 I started the HCG Diet and decided to keep an online journal about it so here it is... Day 1 279.2. Day  2 I was 274.6. Day 3 I was 273.2 Now I am starting... Day 4 and my morning weight was 270.0 The first two days was "gorge" days so I ate a lot of food.  Yesterday was my first day on the 500 calorie diet and I was surprised at how well I did Read More...