Fatazz to Badazz!

Jenniferag

Jenniferag

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Hey all!!

I'm Jennifer, I'm 25 now but when I was around 10 years old is when my overweight journey started.

I was the only fat one in my family and I still am. While my olders brothers and sisters turned to drugs and parties I turned to food. I think after seeing what they were going through i.e. cops, getting grounded and getting in trouble I figured food would be a good thing to occupy my time verus the drugs.

Well by 16 I was 235 pounds and friendless. I was so miserable, lonely and had NO self worth!

One day we switched to Comcast and the ironic thing is that the television which had for years helped me with my weight gain would also help me with my weight loss. I found the Exercise section on Demand one day and became obbsessed with the dance videos!

I started to do 4-5 of them a day because I didn't have a job and always loving dance it didn't feel like work to me. I would do one hour, watch t.v. and then do another one! I slowly dropped to about 185 where I hovered for a while and then dropped to 170 where I would stay stuck for years.

Ask me now and I don't know but I did manage to get to 150 3 years ago and then slowly went back up to 160. At 160 for a while I went through a bad spell and got back up to 170.

When the scale reached 173 I promised myself I would not undue ALL that work I had done and that's why I'm here.

I've been learning A LOT about nutrition and workouts and after adding interval training and changing my diet to eating 5 small meals a day I've lost 12 pounds in 6 weeks so I'm now 161.

My goal weight is 135-140. :)

Yesterday was an awesome day which is why I decided to start my diary on a good note!

I ate awesome all day, breakfast was 1 slice of wheat toast, small amount of PB and a banana.
Snack: 1 apple and slice of cheese
Lunch: homemade low fat chili with tons of veggies.
Snack: raw almonds
Dinner; 1/2 roasted turkey breast and sweet potato.
My day ended up being about 1200 calories with........... wait for it....................... 740 calorie WORKOUT :)

I felt so pumped and so today I feel pumped to!

Tonight is jogging and I can't wait!! I really don't like jogging but I know that when I'm done it'll be all worth it! Hopefully I'll be able to look back on this diary and remember my thoughts during this journey.

Quote of the day: That which is bitter to endure may be sweet to remember
 
Hi Jennifer, you're doing so well! I think you're fantastic, and so motivated.

I was one of the ones that got into drugs at an early age, but got my act together and beat a bad addiction at 22 thank god! Then I got married, had kids and became fat!

That's life hey... we all have our things to deal with :)

Keep up the great work mate,
Jess :)
 
Thank you Healthyjess!!

I'm definitely motivated! I have SO many fun things I'm looking forward to this year and I want to be really fit for them :) I've been fat forever and I just have a few goals for myself. I want to be able to do a pull-up (never been close) and instead of people looking at me and thinking "yup, she's enjoys cheese burgers" I want them to think "Wow, she takes really good care of herself!"

So... yesterday was another REALLY good day! I ate great!
Breakfast was: as usual my slice of wheat toast with PB ( my favorite thing ever), a few slices of turkey and cheese.
Snack: apple and cheese
Lunch: home made chili
Snack: banana with more yummy PB
Dinner: more chili I stuck with my small protions all day and ended with around 1100-1200 calories.

I did a boxing workout last night and some jumping rope which I have recently discovered is actually really fun! I burned almost 500 calories :)

I am going to New Jersey to visit my fiancee's side of the family in September and I REALLY want to weight 135 or 140 by then.

My biggest fear right now is that I'll stop losing weight. That's always happened to me, I will lose great for the first 2 months and then plateau.......I don't want that to happen. It freaks me out just thinking about it.

If you guys have any tips to not plateau I would be glad to hear them!

Tonight is an interval workout with bodyweight and then interval jogging :) Wish me luck!!!
 
Okay so another day gone! Yesterday wasn't as good.... I went to change into my workout clothes after work and realized I didn't pack my effin top! GRR.
After my drive home sitting in traffic I was so irritated I didn't go work out....... besides the Giants were playing and I started watching........ bad idea.

Breakfast- slice of wheat toast with PB, turkey and cheese (my usual) :)
Snack: pear and raw veggies (carrots,snap peas and broccoli)
Lunch: grilled chicken sandwhich on wheat with lettuce, tomato and onions
Snack: cheese stick
Dinner: grilled turkey slices with stir fried veggies and soy sauce :)
Ended the day with 1100 calories but sadly................ no workout!

Today already I've slipped and had a TERRIBLE craving for chocolate so I had 1 chocolate bar for 260 calories!! EEEEEKKK!
It's amazing how much more calories mean when you know you have to stay at the gym for another hour to work it off.

But I do plan on doing that tonight....... heading for my boxing class and might stay for 2 instead of 1.

If I can stay for two I would burn 800 calories!!!!!!
I'm going to dig deep for this one! Wish me luck!!!
 
Go for it!! You will feel so much better about having that chocolate bar if you do - even doing the one class will make up for it though so as long as you get there! I am around the same weight but my goal date is a little closer so I will enjoy following your journey. To break out of a plateau I had to work out in the mornings and at night and be really careful with my calories - also a lot of water helps! Keep it up your doing great!!
 
Last night was AWESOME!! I did 2 back to back boxing classes and burned 1011 calories!!! WHAT??!?!?! Boo YA! lol

The classes were so much fun and I felt so amazing! I ended up eating about 1500 calories so I burned off way more than I even ate for the whole day :)

We're having a potluck at work today, there will be meatballs, lemon bars, chili, salads and all kinds of yummy!
My motivation for not eating any of it is that I'm supposed to go dancing tonight with friends and if I binge I'll feel like a fatty all night.

Bad side note though, my mom called and said my dad is in the hospital with a strange fluid around his lungs making it hard for him to breathe. They are going to pull the fluid out and hopfully it's just an infection and nothing worse.
If you knew my dad and how unnaturally strong he is it's so hard to hear of him being sick.
He's super man!

So cross your fingers for him and me today :)

Thanks guys!

Oh yeah: so far today
Breakfast- wheat toast, PB and banana
Snack: raw veggies and cheese
Lunch: only 3 meatballs, raw veggies and salad with no dressing
 
ARGGGG!!!
My weekend was TERRIBLE!! I didn't lose any weight this week because I ate back all the calories I lost with exercise during the week.
I had drinks on Saturday night and after getting tipsy I ate Jack in the Box!! EWW!!
Then the next morning I felt so sick from drinking we went to breakfast and I needed greasy food to soak up the booze so I had a big waffle and sausage.

I'm actually really sick this morning, I feel like I'm going to yack all over my work desk. I hate eating that way!!

Back to the grind and hopefully I didn't gain anything with my terrible weekend....... why do I do that?!!?

I worked SO hard all last week and it just goes down the drain in two days!

I'm going to wallow in my self loathing now LOL
 
This week is so-so. I've worked out every night so far and burned around 600-800 calories every time........ but I'm in a HUNGRY stage or something!!!

I've been hungry all the time......... all week so far!!

WHY???
Breakfast: half wheat bagel with a tiny bit of cream cheese and an HB egg
Snack: pear and the other half of my bagel
Lunch: chicken with veggies and sweet and sour sauce
Snack: 1 slice wheat toast with grapes.

I'm at about 1200 calories right now which is too much for me..... I'll probably eat 400 calories for dinner which means I need to burn off around 700-800 calories at the gym tonight.

I'm feeling pissed at myself and tired....... not a good combo for the gym. I'm hoping a burst of energy will come to me soon.

I'm going to put on some music for inspiration...... music always seems to pump me up!
 
Music is a great idea! I did 6 hours of cleaning with a mate yesterday (she has an organic cleaning company) and took my iPod. I didn't even realise it was time to go at the end and I actually had fun, well except for getting caught dancing in the mens loos with the mop :blush5:
 
Healthyjess- that is so funny! Embarrassing story for me as well..... I was playing harry potter on the Wii.... *blush* it's a guilty pleasure of mine. There I am brandishing my "wand" at the TV as the character is screaming spells and I glance out my sliding glass door and my next door neighbor is staring at his window at me....... pretty sure he now thinks I'm a nut ball!!!

Anyways....
I haven't gained any weight but only lost 1 more pound all this time. It's totally my fault though..... I've been really busy and eating bad on the weekends!

I have renewed strength now though and I'm back on track!
I actually did a total of 5 workouts last week burning a total of 3100 calories! Almost a pound burned.

I'm doing 2 workouts today to try and lose some weight for next week. I'm keeping up with my interval workouts as well as jumping rope! I'm really loving doing that.

I've noticed A LOT of belly fat loss when I'm jumping rope only a small section jumps up and down with me..... the rest stays put! YAY!

Breakfast today: whole wheat english muffin with PB and one light yogurt
Snack: 1 wedge of cheese and turkey slices
Lunch: chicken tortilla soup
Snack: Apple and cheese
Dinner----- no clue yet!! LOL

Workouts- 1 hour fast walking on lunch... burns about 200-250 calories then my boxing workout tonight- burns about 500-600 then I'm working A LOT of arms this week... trying to do my last bit of tone up before a wedding this weekend!

Loving life more and more now that I'm sticking with my workouts!!
 
Hey great work getting back to it!! I sometimes let those 2 bad days ruin my whole week but you bounced right back!! Keep it up!!
 
Great work mate, man, over 3000 cals burnt in a week, you're a machine!!! I can't wait till the jiggling gets less for me too :)
Lol at you playing Harry Potter on Wii! Neighbours can be so nosy!
I'm DYING to get Harry Potter LEGO...

I bought some great workout DVD's yesterday, so I'm going to start today. You've totally inspired me!
 
I definitely still have tweaking to go with my diet...I feel like I should be losing more weight than I am but I'm thinking my food intake might be off...either too little or I'm eating more than I think I am...

But I do love my cardio ha ha that I don't have a problem with.

I love workout DVD's they are so great for when you don't want to leave your house. I find I push myself harder to when following along with someone VS doing it by myself as well.

Let me know if you like the ones you got, they might give me more ideas :)
 
LOL love the diary title. I think I need to get into the workout DVDs too for when I dont have time to go to they gym. Thinking of either get the Biggest Loser or a Taebo video.
 
I don't know if my so-so weekends of eating is what is throwing off my weightloss but I haven't lost anything else.... my work pants are very loose though so maybe I'm losing inches and not weight?

I started another thread asking for tips on plateauing....hopefully I can fix what I'm doing wrong.

I usually don't work out on the weekends but I'm starting a new goal for myself that I'm going to do something active 1 day on the weekend as well. I think that'll give me another push to start losing more weight.

I hate how frustrating everything has to be :(
 
Hey yall!!

Last night was unexpected but new and VERY fun! My fiancee got me the Brazilian Butt Lift DVD's and they are SO fun!
I did the Bum Bum one last night, the lead guy is REALLY energetic and kind of flamboyant but really fun to follow along with ha ha

My bum is definitely sore today! I thought it was kind of neat because it comes with this guide where you pivk what shape you are and then it tells you which workouts to do to help the most with your shape.

I'm a hourglass but my bottom half is bigger than my top so they have me being some cardio DVD's with the bum shaper ones. It was definitely high impact and I was sweating like crazing!

Before I did that I did 30 mins of interval jump rope. That was really fun and it was nice to get outside for a change :)

Today so far was just my usual breafast
whole wheat toast with PB and some yogurt.

I have a wedding to go to tomorrow so I'm going to get a fake tan tonight lol First time ever doing it so we'll see!! I just don't want my skin to match my white dress!

Thanks guys!
 
Hey everyone...

Having a terrible day today...... I've eaten pretty good, I'm on point with my calories but I haven't lost any more weight. I'm at 10 weeks with exericising A LOT and eating smaller portions and everything and I've only lost 11 pounds. The first 4 weeks I was losing a lot.
I'm so confused now on my calories and how much working out I should be doing....I just don't understand.

I really thought that this time I had it... like everything was finally going to work for me and the weight would keep coming off this time.

I have so much to look forward to and I feel like I'm not going to hit my goal weight by next summer now.

I'm going to put on some music and try to get out of this funk.....I'm definitely working out tonight.....hopefully it'll lift my spirits even though right now I feel like it's useless.

Breakfast: whole wheat english muffin w/pb and a light yogurt
Snak: 1 slice wheat toast with tiny mayo and sliced turkey, 1 wedge of cheese
Lunch: grilled chicken on wheat with tiny mayo, lettuce, tom and onions
Dinner: I think I'm having turkey breast with stir fried veggies.
 
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