Hajni's Diary: I will do it because I can

hajni said:
Had a great work-out!! I switched it up a little bit. I did the body slide for 5 min to get my heart rate going ,then I did some arm exercises on the machines, then ran 1 miles on the treadmill then hit the elliptical on an interval, level 6 for 30 min. At about 20 min on the elliptical I thought my heart will leave my chest but I pushed through it.
Came home, had dinner which was cereal tonight (love cereals) and now almost ready for bed.

I am not going to look at the stupid scale until Monday, I promised myself. It is not going to stop in my tracks when I am doing so well.
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Sounds like you had a great work out:D

I use to use the elliptical on the programs all the time and they were one hell of a work out!!!I think the mountain one was the worst!!!

Good idea abt the scale:)

Im glad to hear and see and sence so much positivity outta :) Way to go...you are so rocking it lately!!!
 
Yesterday, Friday I was just too tired to do any strengthtraining, so I just got on the bike and did 45 min.
Still ate within my calories.

Today is looking nice outside so I will probably run in the park later on. I have a million and one household chores today, laundry, cooking, cleaning, small things I can't get to during the week. It will keep me busy for a while.
I am planning to take a nap in the afternoon, we'll see if I have the chance.
 
Sunday:
We went to Albany for the whole day and rewarded myself with a piece of clothing for doing so well with my weight-loss. (not so well according to scale though. It is still holding steady at 150.0 as of this morning). After we got home, hopped on the elliptical for 45 min. I set it (for the first time I had it) to one of the weight-loss programs which took 30 min and then I did another 15 on the level of 5.
Although I was out all day, I did very well with food : didn't eat a thing!!
Had a great breakfast, egg-beaters, toast, goat cheese, grapes..
then a small salad and an apple for dinner.

I am looking forward to tomorrow's weigh-in but not expecting some huge loss, I would be happy with a 149 even...
Since the loss of the baby, my hormonal balance is more out of whack than it ever was, it has been 45 days since the D& C and I had spotting for about 25 days. I have no idea where I am in my cycle, maybe I am having some water weight.
Last Monday after the great 149.8 weigh-in, my weight just went to 150.2-150.4 and stayed there no matter how hard I worked. I don't know how to take that. I didn't have an "off" day, I didn't binge, I stayed within 1300 cals and exercised 6 days out of the 7. I also monitor my salt intake and I have not gone above 2400mg/day.
So who knows?
I am not going to let this stop me though. There is always next week, next month...etc. I know the hard work will pay off!!!
 
Monday weigh in : 149

If only every one of my wishes would come true just like this!!!! :smilielol5:
I would start playing the lottery today!!

Well, it comes to a 0.8 lbs loss, which is still lower than expected but at least a loss.
 
Congrats on your loss. A loss is a loss no matter how low or small it is. Of course i went in the wrong direction on the scale but i think thats cause of tom arriving into town for the first time in 4 months since Cameron was born and Anyways.. keep up the work and then you will be at your goal in no time. I can't wait to be able to say i weigh 149 or even 200 for that matter. Only 38-41 more lbs.. ugh.. come on weight go away.. lol
 
Thanks Ladies,

I had a killer work-out, I did 40 min on the circuit training and then 30 min on the elliptical in interval setting. It really kicked my butt today.
I have my motivation back , I know I can do this.
I am looking at it this way: I lost 4.2 lbs in the last two weeks if I average that out, it comes to 2.1 lbs/week which is pretty good. Looking at it this way really helped me get into the groove again!!

Did very well with food, right on target.
Now for the challenge : MIL and FIL have a wedding anniversary on Thursday with a big get together and we need to bring the dessert. Figures. We'll see how I will do but I think I will do good.
I know the last time I lost my 15 lbs, I didn't cheat during the 8 weeks and it seems that if I cheat just even once, about one week's worth of effort goes out the window. It really doesn't worth it for a slice of cake.

Tomorrow is exercise at home and Wed. I had to go to my second job after work so I will do my exercise in the morning. Thurs. will be rest day I think.
 
Hajni! You're on a roll! If I just had half of the motivation you have, I would be doing good!
 
hajni said:
I have my motivation back , I know I can do this.
I am looking at it this way: I lost 4.2 lbs in the last two weeks if I average that out, it comes to 2.1 lbs/week which is pretty good. Looking at it this way really helped me get into the groove again!!

I know the last time I lost my 15 lbs, I didn't cheat during the 8 weeks and it seems that if I cheat just even once, about one week's worth of effort goes out the window. It really doesn't worth it for a slice of cake.
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:party:YIIIPPPEEE for motivation back:party:I hear ya about the being good and staying on track consistantly, it seems for me now just one lil meal or one lil step outta place screws me up and isnt worth it any more.Even though I have alot of tweaking to still do what I have been doing has been workign it seems and has me on a healthy path that gets thrown for a loop once i step outta line just a tiny bit...

I am realizing to it just isnt worth it...
 
For some reason this morning I FEEL LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS!!
I feel good, energized, positive and very motivated!!

I can't wait to get done with work (it just started. ouch) and go home and exercise. My food is planned for the day, tomato soup and baked tofu sandwich for lunch and egg salad with lavash bread for dinner. Calories today came to 1300. For breakfast I had two waffles with better than p.butter, jam, a banana and whip cream... would you call that a diet food:drool5:? and it was all 370 calories!!!
When I feel like I could eat something else after dinner, I usually have one of those sugar free popsicles (15 cal) and it seems to satisfy me before bed time.

The 2 mile run I signed up for is coming up this weekend on Sunday, time flies. And then the half marathon walk I signed up for is coming up on April 26th.

I KNOW I CAN GET TO 140 LBS, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT!!! I WILL DO THIS BECAUSE I KNOW I CAN.
 
Ok, so today was the day I was supposed exercise at home. I changed my mind, got home from work, got into my work-out clothes, extra layer and went the park near me (like 1.5 miles away) and run 3.5 miles, there are some uphill and downhills in that, it took me 45 minutes and I felt great once I was done.
Kept on track with food, had a nice egg salad for dinner I even fit one of those sugar free puddings into my menu today and still came to 1250 cals.

Tomorrow is going to be a little tough, in the morning I have to exercise as I will be at my second job from 4.00pm till 8.00pm probably. I will get on the elliptical for 45 mins. That's the plan.

Hope everyone else is having a great day.
 
kept on plan and I only had get up like 30 min early as I left my keys at work last night, and since I am always the first one to get there in the morning I had to wait to leave my house until somebody else opened up the place.

So I did my 45 min elliptical. I put it on one of those pre-programmed weight-loss things, boy I had to stop after 13 min. It started from level 4 and went up to level 12 (the highest on my elliptical)and back down and started to go up again and I just couldn't handle it. I just put it to level 5 and did the rest of the time that way. I will do these programs one of these days because it is good to switch up the good old routine ,but today was not one of those days. :puke:
So I have to go grocery shopping after work for the party tomorrow and then go to my second job. Lucky me. And of course I forgot my dinner , so I won't eat anything until I get home. Lucky me twice.

My weight is doing the same stupid fluctuation as it did last week. Up 0.4 lbs, 149.4 and holdinig there steady. I have no idea why that happens, oh well, i will just keep on chugging along.
 
Last night before I left for my second job I grabbed a slim fast bar and a banana because I figured i will come home famished and then hit the fridge and there goes my hard work.
Well, the plan worked , came home at 8pm, had a yogurt and went to bed. My calories came to like 1150 or something like that for yesterday.

Today is rest day. I have the party to go to after work so no exercise and i just couldn't talk myself into getting up at 5.30 today after working late last night.
I complained to my boss (the second job) that I do great cardio work-outs, but the strenght-workout needs to improve, my arms and legs etc. Lucky me, he is an avid exerciser and mostly concentrates on weights so he offered his help to teach me. There is a gym same distance away from both of us and we are going to sign up for a month so he can show me what I need to work on and how. After that I can do it on my own. Sounds like a great idea, free trainer advice!!! Now we just both have to find the time...

i saw 148.6 lbs on the scale today which made me sooo happy, this is all I needed not to indulge tonight. I am going to stick to my menu, bringing over my own food (tvp, banana, yogurt) and I have a 1/2 c. ice-cream (breyers double churned sugar free vanilla) allowance in there as well.

Last week my boss took me out to lunch and I was hungry and I was going to eat something bad for me, but then I stopped myself and had a measly salad, no dressing. At the time it was a hard decision but thinking back I am so glad I didn't indulge and kept on track. That's what I will be thinking tonight.
 
Just one more thought for the day:

Have you ever felt that when you are trying to lose weight and you are making progress everyone around you trying to sabotage it?? My FIL called me telling me he is making chocolate chip cookies for tonight and when I said I don't think i am going to have any, he was getting upset with me like : " you can't tell me you are not even going to have one... one doesn't hurt..etc." and that he is going to be hurt if I don't eat the cookies???
Why do people think they know better what is best for you? yeah, it is one cookie, than i fall off the wagon and it becomes two and three and then no weight loss for the week.
When I was maintaining, this gatherings were fine, I ate sensibly, had dessert and watched for the next couple of days what I ate and were just fine.
But when I am in weight-loss mode, for me it is all or nothing situation. I can't be cheating every other day just a little bit of this and a little bit of that.
Not to mention FIL's birthday is coming up next week, same old overeating, desserts..etc.

To me the only way weight-loss works is to stick with my plan no matter what, no cheating, no deterring, never mind special occasions...etc.

I have been doing well, week 3rd into my challenge and I lost about 4.4lbs and I have another 8.6 to go. the sooner I get to my goal, the sooner i can return to maintainance mode where I can eat sensibly and exercise 3-4 times a week instead of 6.
 
Survived the party. I didn't touch the lasagna, just ate my tvp as planned, and my ice cream. I didn't touch any of the pastries, nor I felt like I wanted to. So I kept on track with calories today!! So proud of myself.
No exercise, just couldn't fit it in, so today was my rest day.

Tomorrow night is gym night. Saturday night we are going to a vegetarian meat-out so i think I will save up all my calories for dinner!!

Sunday is my run. Busy weekend.

Gotta go, bed time soon.
 
Pretty much lately I'm the one sabotaging myself! Grrr!!! :banghead:

Have a great weekend!
 
Friday night here.
I am glad the work-week is over for now. I had enough.

As planned I went to the gym, 30 min strenght and 30 min cardio(bike). Ate about 1300 calories today.
Oh, and I jumped on the scale today and it showed 148.4!! YAY, I am happy.
Now I just have to watch it tomorrow night and I should be ok.
I think also my monthly visitor is going to be here any day, I feel bloated and crampy. This would be the first time since Jan. 21st.

Gotta go, just too tired.
 
Saturday mid-day:
I went to the website: mapmyrun.com and looked up just how long the run is that I do in the park. It is exactly 3.67 miles (just called it 3.6 for now).
Today I promised myself I am going to shave some minutes off my regular 45 min. So I pushed through some of the tougher hills and when I looked at my watch I couldn't believe it : 40min30seconds it took me!!! A whole 4.5 minutes less than usual. What a great achievement!! (Ok, I know for some this is not that great deal, but for me it is .. :) )
I felt great after completing that run, I just proved to myself that everything is possible as long as I have my mind set on it.

Had a nice breakfast : home-made waffles from oatmeal. no lunch as I am saving my calories for tonight, the food will be very tempting since everything there is going to be healthy food (no greasy hamburgers or fries or hot-dogs..etc) so it will be hard for me to not overdo it. And I know too much of a good thing is not a good thing!!! :ack2:

Still have laundry to do and pick up the house etc. I already cooked for next week, and already have my menu together until Thursday.
Right on track!!!
(by the way, scale showed 148.2 today, will I make it under 148 by Monday?, I certainly hope so!!)
 
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