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

Way to go!! Thanks for sharing your weight loss journey! It's really inspiring! And, I love your quote!

I can't wait to read that you've reached your goal of 135!

Cheers!
Amy
 
Tuesday:
Today is a beautiful day, I will do my run in the park after work. Can't wait. The weather here will be rain from now on for a week or so.

On track with food, co-workers decided to order lunch from a local deli and I said, no thanks, just ate what I brought with me.
Staying on track, nothing deters me.

Update: I felt so tired after work that I had a hard time talking myself into a run so just decided to walk. I started walking and on the downhill areas I jogged, still finished the 4 miles in about 50 min. The stress at work is catching up to me, I feel extremely tired the last couple of days, hopefully it goes away or I might just have to take some time off exercising.
Kept on track with food, 1300 calories as planned. Drank my water as well. Saw 143.8 on the scale this morning... can't wait to see under 140!!
 
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Saturday:

Things are getting busier at work by the moment, no time for anything. Now I am working from home as well after my regular work hours.
Still on track with food, although I had two rest days this week.
Weight is at 144.6 right now, have some extra water weight because I am ovulating.

Going to the gym today, tomorrow is 8 mile walk with my friend.
Grocery shopping has to be done today and taking care of laundry.

gotta run.,
 
Sunday:

Just came back from my 8 mile walk. I feel tired and great at the same time.
Lunch was a small salad and pumpkin-salsa soup.
Working on next week's menu and exercise schedule. One afternoon I need to go to my friend's house to help her file her taxes, another afternoon I will be going for a walk to a tower with another friend.
My friend and I talked today and she thinks 135 lbs would be too low for me. She says I look great now and she is afraid I would look too skiny at 135. I listen to reason so I am going to evaluate once I reach 140 (I was 143 this morning). About another 2-3 weeks.

As the things at work getting more and more busier I will probably won't be able to concentrate much on weight loss anyway, just keep maintaining.
 
Tuesday:

Had to take a rest day yesterday, worked till 6.15 pm:puke:
Started early today as well, but managed to get to the gym. 35 min strenght and 20 min bike.
Right on with food although last night I cheated a little bit with some pita chips but I didn't eat a lot of it.

anyway, very busy at work, afraid I might not have much time to go the gym for a while, i will use my home elliptical and treadmill when I can.

Gotta run.
 
Sunday:

Still here. Still going, but not as strong. Work took over my life. I only went to the gym twice this week, although I did exercise yesterday for over an hour on the elliptical and today I went for a walk in the woods.
I am sure there is no loss this week as I went over my calories as well about twice this week. Had pizza the first time in about 7 weeks. Didn't eat myself silly full or anything but definetely not good either.

Oh well, that's ok. I am doing well today food wise, so we'll see this week.
 
Monday night here.
Ok, back in full swing here.
Went to the park and ran an extra mile total of 5 miles, took me about 58 minutes. My boss got me running shoes ( I had to exchange them for a 1/2 size bigger though) and boy they felt soooo good!!! So much better than my old sneakers.
Also kept on track with calories, 1300 cals and all my food is planned for the rest of the week.
I think I am right on track again.

I had 0.6 lb gain this morning since last week, not really that bad. My mini goal is to reach 140, and then see. I guess about 2-3 more weeks and I will be there.

Tomorrow I need to do the exercise in the morning since I think we will have visitors in the afternoon.

Gotta run
 
Wednesday morning:
142.6 lbs this morning!!!

This certainly gave me some more motivation!! Tonight is gym night.
Had a bagel with cream cheese and banana for breakfast.

Work is really busy, one would think it helps in weight loss but it really does not. I have to focus on figuring my food out for the day because I am not good at just eating and entering my cals later because I would certainly overeat.
 
Hey girl, Man i miss chatting with you. I wish your job would slow down a bit and we could chat more. Alex is home from the hospital now so while i'm busy taking him to appts after 2 hours of pt/ot he's done for the day and then i just have the boys at home. I am taking a 6 unit online class for school so that i do at night but other then that i'm good. I hope you are doing well. good luck with getting to your mini goal.
 
I have a rough 4 months behind me. I was working on selling our business alongside with my side job (to the same purchaser). it was time to sign paperwork last Thursday and the deal fell through, details don't matter.
I was heartbroken and disappointed. Had a very hard time trying to make peace with it as it took so much time and energy...way beyond my work-hours, weeekends.. what not.
Anyway it is what it is.
Weight-loss : I have not exercised for over a week now, but stress took care of the weight : 142.2 lbs. I am actually having a hard time making myself eat something... I am not hungry at all and if I eat I can only manage a couple of bites of something and I feel full.

Hopefully I can get back on track soon. Maybe I will run in the park today we have very nice weather. I miss working out, miss the "I did great" feeling afterwards.
 
Hajni, sorry to hear you are going through some stressful times right now. I will say a prayer for you that things all work out.
 
Ugh sorry to hear that deal with work fell through. That always sucks to have something you put your heart and soul into fall through the cracks.

Keep up the good work and you'll get to your goal as well as hopefully business will get back into a good pattern. talk to you whenever you can. If you want you can always text me on my cell phone. If you don't have number still i'll email it to you. Ok hugs.
 
Hi ladies, thank you for the support.

I have some decisions to make in the near future regarding my employment...we'll see what happens.

I went to the gym last night and I did a so-so weight training, my heart was not into it plus i was interrupted by phone calls.
Weight is anywhere between 142.2-144.0. Depends on what I ate the previous day. I am not uncomfortable with this weight, I could lose some more but to be honest it doesn't worth a whole lot of work to me at this point.
My clothes are fitting me, in fact most of my pants are too big.
My wardrobe is just overflowing, I need to go re-organize, I have anywhere from size 16 to size 6.
I didn't give up on the weight loss totally, but I am not willing to put as much effort into it as I was before. Right now my mental state is more important I feel.
 
Hajni.. i can totally understand how you feel. your going through a lot of stress right now with work and everything that you have gone through recently with your emotional status. I hope that you don't leave totally from this site but i can understand you wanting to just maintain your weight loss.
 
I don't have the variation in sizes, but I have too many clothes. Mainly because some of the ones that fit great 10 lbs ago don't feel so well now. I hate to wear clothes that are uncomfortable.

There is nothing wrong with maintaining especially during stressful situations.

I thought 10 lbs ago that I would make sure that I wouldn't gain weight past that point. And, as I looked at the scale this morning, I about cried and wondered how those 10 lbs crept on.

Right now I feel like I'm a carboholic because that is all I'm eating and wanting to eat...I'm sure that has something to do with the 10 lbs.
 
When life gets tough, sometimes there is no better therapy than exercise. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. You can get through all of this and be even stronger for it. Keep us updated every now and then.
 
Thanks for all the encouraging words!!! It is nice to know that I have great friends on this site.

So update on me. I did make a decision about my employment : I QUIT. The stress was getting to the point of not recognizing myself. Finally I saw what my hubby has been saying for the past few months. It is not worth it. So I just quit and I feel a thousand times better.
Not sure which direction I am going just yet, currently working part time at my former side job. My health insurance is paid for and that was my main concern. Thinking about doing book-keeping, accounting, financial analysis for small companies who can not afford to have a full time accountant but need the services.

Due to the recent events I totally skipped exercising for about 4-5 weeks now.

Just re-started today, ran 3 miles on the treadmill. Boy I felt the difference. AFter one mile I was ready to die, my side was hurting I was out of breath, the works. But I pushed through it and finished the 3 miles. Tomorrow I will get on the elliptical and monday is running again.

I probably will exercise about 4 times a week. Also started tracking my food intake again today. I will have a weigh-in tomorrow morning, I haven't been on the scale for the past few weeks so I have no idea where I am but probably around 147 or so.


That's it for now. I should be back regularly with updates.
 
I was dead on with my estimated weight. 146.8 lbs.

So I gained about 5 lbs in 2 months. That's not good. Although with the stress and the mindless eating I did I am surprised it is not higher.

Had a great breakfast and later on I am going running to the park.
 
5 lbs in 2 months isn't that bad. with the stress you were under its a wonder you had anytime to eat or spend with hannah and hubby. sorry that you had to quit but at least your not gonna be as stressed. will email you later. lol typing with one had is hard
 
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