The Diet

End of the TheDVDBabe Mailing List = Resumption of my Diary - thedvdbabe.bravejournal.com

2008-10-01T19:44:00.001-04:00

Thanks to every one who expressed interest in this mailing list!It's now over, because I'm in a position I can post to my diary again!http://thedvdbabe.bravejournal.com/ Yay!Amy

The DVDBabe Mailing List: Summer 2008

2008-08-21T17:37:00.000-04:00

It has been a little while since I updated. I actually forgot about the mailing list until someone reminded me. Sorry. So, obviously I'm still alive. I have run into some health concerns, but nothing like a near death experience. Unfortunately, the concerns are enough that I'm now taking steps to lose weight. I'm hardly wasting away though, I've lost 15 pounds since the spring, bringing me to

TheDVDBabe Mailing List - Spring 2008

2008-03-26T18:39:00.001-04:00

Ideally I'd like these updates to come more than once a season, but I guess that if this is the best I can do, then it's the best I can do. It's really been an up and down year on all fronts. At work we've had problems to navigate, but we managed to work through them. It was really tough at the time, there were several different, conflicting, ideas in play, and it really did become quite nasty.

Surprise!

2005-03-18T07:03:00.000-05:00

Posting by email isn’t working very well at all. Some posts come more than once, some not at all! I guess double posting is better than none, but then I need to go in, and change it. On top of that, the double posts seem to come hours later! It’s tough to check for that. Maybe I’m doing something wrong, or maybe Blogger is. I’m not keen on moving to a new service, but how long can I put

Oscar Party Night

2005-03-01T10:47:00.000-05:00

It is fun hosting a party in your home. It is not fun preparing your home for a party. With a big screen TV come big screen obligations: hosting an Oscar Party this year! I’d hoped to get out of doing any hard work, but, I didn’t. Thomas and I spent half of Saturday rearranging furniture, making sure there were good ‘lanes’ and places for people to sit and places for food to go. There

Something New

2005-02-23T14:07:00.000-05:00

Last night I did something new: I actually went to watch Thomas play basketball! The gym he plays at actually has an area were spectators can go, and I wasn’t the only one. (I was the fattest one, of course, but that’s normal when I’m not hanging out with Ian). I was there with a couple other girlfriends of guys Thomas plays with. We chatted absently; mostly they were there because they like

The Cell and the Daytona 500

2005-02-21T19:03:00.000-05:00

Thomas was busy over the weekend, so Tommy came over to watch the big screen for a little bit. He’d seen the screen, of course, but hadn’t really been able to sit down and appreciate just what it means for the cinematic experience. We popped on ‘The Cell’, which is one of his favourite movies, and watched. ‘The Cell’ is one of those movies that really divides people. The director is

Testing

2005-02-18T15:28:00.000-05:00

Okay, testing to see if I can post via email from work.If so, sianara Bravejournal, welcome back Blogger!And for the record, I'm 381 pounds as of Wednesday.

The Fast Food Crawl

2004-08-12T10:48:00.000-04:00

McDonald’s: Big Mac Combo Burger King: Whopper Combo Harvey’s: Big Harv Combo (Fries and Onion Rings) Wendy’s: Bacon Mushroom Melt Combo None of the orders were supersized, I wasn’t sure if I’d have made it with THAT much Coke! Next time I might try ordering just food and less drinks. Because Wendy’s is right beside Krispy Kreme (there is a God), I had a dozen doughnuts to finish the

Sunday July 11

2004-07-14T10:02:00.000-04:00

Breakfast: 2 bowls of sugar crips, one bowl of raisin bran, 6 eggos with maple syrup Morning snack: 500 ml of strawberry yogurt, 3 blueberry muffins, 2 glasses of orange juice Lunch: 2 big macs (regular, not double), 2 large fries, 2 large cokes and 1 apple pie After lunch: ½ dozen Krispy Kremes, bag of chips Afternoon snack: ½ dozen krispy kremes Dinner: 1 four-for-all pizza (Pizza

Saturday July 10

2004-07-14T10:01:00.000-04:00

Breakfast: dozen Tim Horton’s doughnuts (assorted) Morning Snack: cherry yogurt (one of the 500 ml tubs), Granny Smith Apple, 3 plums Lunch: The Ian Combo: Double Big Mac, Large Fries, Large Coke, 20 Chicken McNuggets and 2 apple pies. Afternoon snack: Couple of Mars bars Dinner: Large Canadian pizza from Dominos. ½ large pepperoni pizza from Dominos, bag of sour cream and onion chips,

Canada Day (July 1, 2004)

2004-07-02T13:45:00.000-04:00

Canada Day Breakfast: Bowl of Sugar Crisp Bowl of Fruit Loops Bowl of Mini-Wheats Gotta have a balanced breakfast! Brunch: The Golden Griddle. Not the best buffet going, but it’s not bad. Ian and I went plate for plate, Thomas brought me 5, Char brought Ian 5. Plus dessert Lunch: KFC at our place. Ian and I were still full from Brunch, so we ended up picking at the meal mostly. We did

June 13, 2004: The Canadian Grand Prix

2004-06-14T13:32:00.000-04:00

I had three bowls of Sugar Crisp for breakfast. I had a cantelope for brunch. I had two Bacon Mushroom Melts from Wendy's for lunch, along with 2 biggy fries and biggy Cokes. (Gotta LOVE the 'biggy' name!) During the Canadian Grand Prix with Ian. I had two large pizzas, 12 doughnuts and a bag of chips. For I just had soup, it's all I had room for! Of course, I topped it off with some ice

Last hockey game of the season: June 7, 2004

2004-06-08T16:19:00.000-04:00

This isn’t a log of everything I ate yesterday. This is just a log of what I ate during the hockey game. Ian threw down the gauntlet. One large pizza per period. And I did it. I was so stuffed afterwards it was AWESOME

No more daily food logs!

2004-05-19T13:30:00.000-04:00

Wow. They were fun at first, but taking the time to do them every day got to be a bit grinding. Who wants to take the fun out of food!? So it remains to be seen what I'll be doing with this space.

Thursday May 13, 2004

2004-05-14T09:09:00.000-04:00

Breakfast: 3 bowls of Sugar Crisp. An apple Drive to work: 6 Nutrigrain bars All day snack: jelly beans Morning snack: Coffee, Mars bar Lunch: Hamburger/Fries combo from greasy spoon. Mars bar, Coke (and, of course, jelly beans) Afternoon snack: Coffee (long day), Mars bar Dinner: 8 Pizza pockets (the

Wednesday May 11, 2004

2004-05-13T09:02:00.000-04:00

Wednesday Breakfast: 3 bowls of fruit loops, a couple bananas, orange juice Drive to work: coffee, three doughnuts Morning snack: Cookies and a Coke Lunch: 2 slices of pizza, Coke, Snickers x 2 Afternoon snack: Cookies and Coke Other afternoon snack: Snickers One more afternoon snack: more cookies Dinner: Turkey and Bacon sub, chips, chocolate milk. Dessert: Bag of Oreos Evening

Tuesday May 11, 2004

2004-05-12T09:44:00.000-04:00

Breakfast: 3 bowls of fruit loops, 3 bananas, orange juice Drive: Coffee, 3 maple dipped donuts All day munchies: bag of candy corn in my top drawer Morning snack: Coke, giant Caramilk bar (I wonder if anyone has realised that I’m buying that many?) Snack in meeting: 5 cookies (they were fantastic!) Lunch: Turkey/Bacon sub, chips, coke. Snickers Afternoon snack: Coke, Snickers

Monday May 10, 2004

2004-05-11T11:16:00.000-04:00

Breakfast: Fruit Loops, bran muffin, cookies, orange juice Drive to work: 2 Snickers At work: coffee, chocolate chip muffin Morning Snack: can of coke, Mars bar Just ‘cause: giant Caramilk bar to support some kid’s soccer team Lunch: 2 slices of pizza, Coke, chocolate almonds Afternoon snack: can of coke, Mars Bar Just before leaving work: bag of chips (sour cream ‘n’ onion) Drive

Sunday May 9, 2004

2004-05-11T11:15:00.000-04:00

Breakfast: 8 Eggos with syrup. 2 Bowls of Fruit Loops. An apple. Several chocolate chip cookies (I didn’t really count. Maybe 10?) Snack: More chocolate chip cookies. It doesn’t occur to me to count them until I’ve eaten them. Also some chips. Lunch: I went to McDonald’s and got the ‘Ian Special’: Double Big Mac, Large Coke and Fries, 20 McNuggets and 2 Apple Pies. Finished up with

Blogger Revisited

2004-05-11T11:14:00.000-04:00

I see the Blogger missed me and added new features. I'm sticking with Bravejournal for my main diary, but I think I'll keep this place as a food log.

2004-03-17T16:22:00.000-05:00

New Diary Sorry Blogger. I've got a new diary: http://thedvdbabe.bravejournal.com

2004-03-12T13:32:00.000-05:00

My Second official weight gain post Okay, so it’s been two weeks since my first official post. It still feels weird to write about being fat. It’s weird being fat. There’s no way I’d do this without Ian asking me to. My last post I missed out a very important detail. Just how fat was I? Well, the last time I weighed myself was Feb 24th at Charlotte and Ian’s place. They have this enormous

2004-02-26T11:41:00.000-05:00

Ian says that he is always writing about the weight he’s gained, the food he’s eaten. He says that he likes to relive the experiences, and enjoys going back to reread them. I’m not sure that I understand, but I’ll try it, and see what happens. So, this is my first official ‘weight gain post’. Don’t worry, I’m not sure what that means either. This is difficult to write, I don’t really know

2004-02-02T14:45:00.000-05:00

I guess I’m officially fat now. Not that I know what makes someone officially fat per se, but I’m sure we can run down a few key facts: 1) I am 251 pounds 2) I outgrew all the clothes I owned. I borrowed some from my friend while I buy some more of my own (size 20s!) 3) I no longer worry about what I’m eating, and just enjoy it

2004-01-06T15:48:00.000-05:00

Ah, New Year’s resolutions. Another broken promise to lose weight so I can be happy. Not this year. This year, I’ve learned that I can, in fact, be fat and happy! So, my New Year’s resolution this year: just be happy. That’s it. It’s so simple, I don’t know why other people haven’t come up with it themselves. Whatever it takes to make Amy happy is what I’m going to do this year. Just for

2003-11-13T13:08:00.000-05:00

194 pounds. That’s the last entry I have for my weight. 194 pounds of big fat Amy. That was down 6 pounds from the all time high of 200 pound, super fat Amy. And yet, that was also a turning point in my life. I remember weighing 200 pounds. It was the worst day of my life. How could I have gotten so fat as 200 pounds? I had a double chin, a huge stomach, rolls on my back, a sagging butt,

2003-10-01T16:13:00.000-04:00

Forgot about my Blog. I guess I haven’t made enough posts for it to become a habit yet. Of course, my diet has been sort of derailed, so what’s the point? That’s right, I’m not longer losing weight. And you know what? I don’t care. That’s right, I’m fat, and I’m happy.

2003-06-26T11:27:00.000-04:00

Well well well. Things have gotten a little interesting around here. First of all, I’m down to 194 pounds. Not a stunning loss, but certainly forward progress at the battle of the bulge. But, I’ve met someone. His name is Thomas, he used to work at Michelle’s store he went off to England for a year or so. He’s cute, I’d met him before, but was involved, so it was never anything but in

2003-06-03T14:48:00.000-04:00

Revenge of the diet! It’s not much, but I’m finally losing weight again. 197 pounds is still pretty big, but I’m down 3 pounds now. Char’s been cooking great dinners for us. They never seem to be ‘diet food’, and yet the calories aren’t really all that high. She uses spices and fresh ingredients, so there isn’t a much oil or something. She explained it, but… I didn’t quite get it. I’m

2003-04-16T10:37:00.000-04:00

Oops. I guess I kind of forgot about my diet diary. Or, perhaps I just forgot about my diet. I try not to obsess over my weight. I know it’s not healthy. On the other hand, being fat isn’t healthy either, is it? I know it’s cliché, but I really can’t believe that I’ve let myself get to be this big. Charlotte was busy last week with an art exhibition, so what do I do? Instead of keeping

2003-01-24T12:54:00.000-05:00

I gotta admit, Charlotte is doing an excellent job of preparing healthy meals. We’re not eating specifically ‘low fat’ or ‘low carb’ or anything. Just well balanced ‘four food groups’ kinda stuff. She’s been experimenting, and most meals are pretty good, and she can actually fix stuff (sometimes) if it’s no good. Of course, now I can’t blame her for my bad eating practices. I still have fast

2003-01-10T13:54:00.000-05:00

Joyous times! Charlotte is finally cooking healthy food! She got some lowcarb/lowfat cookbooks and is using them to prepare dinner. So far we’ve had just a couple of them, but they’re good, and, hopefully, good for us! I hate to blame my weight on anyone, after all, it’s ultimately me who puts the food in my mouth. But it will be easier to do this when I don’t have to watch Charlotte eating

2003-01-03T11:40:00.000-05:00

This has to be the world’s only diet log where every entry has someone gaining weight. Ugh. Happy New Year: 189 pounds. Now that the holidays are done, I hope to make a serious effort to shed some weight. My clothes are getting a wee bit tight on me, and I’d really hate to have to buy new fat clothes! I’ve talked Char into trying some new recipes that should help both of us drop some weight

2002-12-04T15:39:00.000-05:00

Still no progress on the diet front. I'm fatter than ever now: 185 pounds. Of course, I feel skinny around Charlotte, but who wouldn't? I like her. She's a lot of fun, but she's always making too much food to eat. I don't have the willpower to say no! She'll be looking for an apartment in the new year, so I'll start dropping weight then. Jeri said her diet became much easier once

2002-11-21T11:14:00.000-05:00

Okay, I haven’t really started my diet yet. I know… I know… excuses don’t do anyone any good. But, well… I just haven’t had a time to get things sorted out. Plus, Charlotte is always making great stuff to eat! I love the food she cooks, I can see why she and Ian are so fat! If I don’t watch out, I’m gonna be looking like her before too long. It’s funny though, the more I talk with her about

2002-11-14T15:53:00.000-05:00

Okay, I’m 183 pounds. A BMI of 28.7 on my 5’7” body, which is officially overweight, closing in on obese! So how did this happen? I was fit in high school. I did track and field, cross country, played basketball, I watched what I ate. I was always trim, around 125 pounds. When I went to University, of course, I got more into the ‘party scene’ than the ‘sports scene’. I piled on the

2002-11-08T15:25:00.000-05:00

Test

2002-11-08T15:20:00.000-05:00

I’d always considered doing one of these online journals to track my diets. I’ve seen a few women do them, and thought it would be a good idea to do one of my own. But I’ve never been into computers enough, and wasn’t sure who I’d be writing to! Anyway, now I’ve got a roommate for a few months, Charlotte. She got a job at an art gallery working with my friend Michelle who I met while as