Here I am! Rock you like a Hurricane (hehe)

Beautiful Hair!!! :D!!!....It doesn't look like you are going trick or treating!! ...:D!...Your mom is cute and silly...no worries!! :D!!!
 
Hey there! Happy Monday!

Hey guys! Its been awhile since I have been on here and got things off my chest hehe.

Lets see… what is new… well…. Not too freakin much! Been doing so so on my diet lately. I have slacked a bit on that….. I remembered how good not so good foods taste . BUT… starting yesterday I really buckled down again and will be watching things very closely from now until thanksgiving…. And then again from thanksgiving to Christmas. I am going to enjoy holiday food… without gorging myself… but until then I will be strict with my diet and calorie intake!

Here was my food yesterday:
Breakfast:
1 whole grain hotcake w/ tiny bit of butter NO SYRUP
1 egg with some shredded cheese, 2 strips turkey bacon, dry English muffin
2 Cups of Coffee w/ cream

Lunch
Light wheat bread w/ chicken breast lunch meat, 1 slice of cheese, spicy mustard ( 185 calories)
Peanut Butter Nature Valley granola bars ( 180 Cal)
Life water ( ½ bottle)

Dinner
Salad: portabella mushroom, grilled chicken, feta cheese, walnuts, sliced apple, salad spritzer ( 10 calories dressing spray)

Dessert: Warm apple Cider ( organic, no sugar added) w/ cinnamon

I had a great workout yesterday as well. I ran 3 miles outside with my running club and there was an intense hill at one point! I then went to the gym and it was leg day. I did lunges, squats, leg ext, leg curls, and calf rasises. I then proceeded to run another mile on the treadmill and do abs.

Felt awesome to really push it last night! And I am sore today that’s for sure!!
GOT NEW RUNNING SHOOOOEEEES!!! Nike Pegasus shoes and some new stretchy running/yoga pants. I am set!

Also, this Saturday is my 5K race… I am so excited. My boyfriends mom is coming to watch me run which makes me SO NERVOUS. Haha…. but the 3 miles we ran yesterday were part of that course… so its not terrible… but the hill is a killer!!! I think im gonna try it tonight!! Missed you all!!! :) weight is hanging in there at 126.5…. I had just eaten again though… so who knows!!! I need to get my butt up in the morning and get a real weight for once!!!

Later guys!
 
skkroll said:
Your hair is rockin girl! Change is good - I just went from brunette to blonde again (can't tell ya how many colors I've had in my hair... my mom is a hair stylist tho!). PLUS if I'm workin on this new body I gotta have the complete make over! lol! I was going to ask you... since you've been in a 5K before..... did you run outside before the race? Or just treadmill? I'm using the treadmill right now to get ready but do you think I should run outside? I'm not sure if there will be a big difference. The 5K for me is in November... I still have about a month of training left. Also any tips on what to do BEFORE the race??? Thanks!!!!

~ Sarah
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I would def get outside and do some running! Totally different feel thats for sure! :) i actually like it more... and i use to hate running outside.

I just got in my car and set the travel spedometer thingy to zero and drove a distance till i knew how far 3.2 miles was and then i drove back and ran it.
 
Hey girl! Just checking in on you! Love the hair and I'm excited for your race this weekend! You are goin to rock it! Post some pics!
 
Hump day... Hooray

Im really down and out today. A few reasons I guess.

The main reason is because I actually tried to do something GOOD for myself and my life today…. and got the door slammed in my face. See, right out of highschool… rather than listen to my parents about accruing debt, etc… I decided to get a million credit cards and buy a new car, etc… and now here I am almost 5 years later… paying for that with a poopy credit score due to living beyond my means when I was younger… and not being responsible. I went to my personal bank today, with whom I have had a great standing relationship…. And they refuse to give me a debt consolidation loan. Why? Well because my credit card throught them is over the limit.

WELL NO SHIT! That’s why I want to consolidate everything and get things paid off. God. Seriously…. How do you get ahead when no one wants to give you the chance. I guess ill just have to go slow and steady for now and hope I can get things in shape and rebuild my credit a different way.

The other thing that is bothering me is that I am not sure why but I am stuck at this weight. I cant move at all! I mean thank god im not gaining… but heck I have about 10 lbs id like to lose yet. So I have really reigned in my eating again and its like starting over again….. but that’s when I was successful… so I am going to try and pretend like im starting all over again.


Last night I went line dancing for the first time ever! It was actually a lot of fun… and a huge challenge for me! I learned that I am not coordinated at all!!! There was a 70 year old lady there that was WAY better at the dancing than me!!! It was ridiculous! It was a lot of fun though and it stretched me so it was a good thing!

I am planning to start playing indoor soccer in about 3 weeks… I am pretty excited about that… it will keep me entertained and another way to stay in shape during the week! A new exercise… this should be fun!

My food intake yesterday:
Breakfast:
Lg Coffee w/ sugar free cream and splenda
Jimmy dean lite turkey bacon bowl- 230 cal
Sm coffee w/ sugar free cream and splenda

Lunch
8oz glass of water w/ 1 scoop of 100% why protein powder ( 120 cal, 1g sugar)
Reduced fat Peanut Butter and applebutter sandwich- 290 cal

Snack 1:30- 4 corn chips w/ bean dip
Snack 3:40- 20 unsalted almonds
Snack 4:30- light wheat with 1 tbsp applebutter
Snack 5:45- ½ cup chopped walnuts

Dinner
Grilled chicken breast and slice of cheese sandwich- 180 cal)
Carrots & Crasin medley- 140 cal
Dessert- low fat granola bar 90 cal

A lot of snacks that afternoon…. That’s for sure. Other than the corn chips they were not terribly unhealthy

But anyways…. Little bit of a bummer day. I am looking forward to getting out of work and going for a nice run…. That would be WONDERFUL! I missed my workout terribly yesterday… so I look forward to today.
Leave me love peeps… rough day
 
Hey M, hello from Kuwait.

I'm borrowing my roommates laptop and thought I would check in and see how everyones doing.

Doing pretty good here. I don't have a scale to weight myself but can tell that I have lost a couple pound anyways.

I see your doing great as always. Keep up the good work girl. Love the new hair. Look great.

Well I'm going to go update my diary, so I'll talk to you later.
 
M_Marie said:
I would def get outside and do some running! Totally different feel thats for sure! :) i actually like it more... and i use to hate running outside.

I just got in my car and set the travel spedometer thingy to zero and drove a distance till i knew how far 3.2 miles was and then i drove back and ran it.
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...that's exactly how I measure my miles!! :D!!!....
 
Awww...girl...let me tell you...Accruing debt while you are young is almost STANDARD in this society, where everyone is living beyond their means!...I know I have a lot of it, and it did used to get me down,...until I put everything on an automatic payment system in which I don't see or hear about that crap Almost At all! :D!

...It makes the biggest difference....really..!!...Have you seen "The Secret!"? ...it really is all about the Laws of Attraction..and what we focus on mentally ..whether it be getting rid of debt, paying off debt,....not wanting to be in debt....at the end of story...the underlying word is debt...so what the Universe manifests for us...is DEBT & more Debt!

....you should definitely watch it if you haven't already ...and you'll see ..things will start working themselves out. I would call and try and make payment arrangements with the cards, and tell them that you are low income, and that you lost your job (which I'm sure they are hearing constantly right now with the state of our economy)...and most are willing to work something out in which they stop or withold the interest, so that a minimal payment towards the principle can be arranged on a monthly status....OR ELSE, you tell them "WHAT DO I CARE ABOUT CREDIT, WHEN YOU HAVE NO JOB TO PAY FOR ANYTHING...I MEAN AT THIS POINT WHO CARES...?!?! SO YOU EITHER HELP ME...OR I JUST STOP PAYING COMPLETELY...NO JOB means NO MONEY...no money mean NO PAYMENT TO YOU...!!...I hope you understand...can we talk to your supervisor?!?!


...it worked for like 3 accounts of mine....BAM...they stopped the interst and arranged a much lower premium monthly,...and now it goes to direct principle chiselling away at the balance. Much better than giving it all to interst. Anyway, it's worth a shot.

...I'll tell you this much though, after selling houses for 4 years, I learned that one of the worst things that a person can do to their credit is use a "debt consolidation company" ....in terms of buying a house and getting a loan ...that is equivalent to = BANKRUPTCY!...no bueno... not to say that those types of credit histories never qualify, it's just to say that their lives are made even more difficult...not to worry though...cause we each find a way out of our cubby holes we dug ourselves into...you'll see...

--As far as your weight being stuck...Awww...you are perfect!...Butttt I know that as you get closer, the feelings of perfectionism creep up and we are yet unsatified with our acheivements because our progress does become stagnant and we become insatisfied....I was thinking the same thing you were, about telling myself that I am "STARTING OVER"...because it was then that I had more control over my eating style.

...You are by far one of my favorite peeps here....So motivated, and Determined, Smart, and Caring, and Beautiful (Inside & Out), who cares about herself so much, that it often causes insatisfaction, yet without that...You wouldn't be the amazing intellectually aware woman you are today!!! :D!

...You are the SHIT WOMAN!!!....Have a great race this weekend!! :D! ...Can't wait for pics!! :D!!!...I'll be running on Sunday!!...I'll think about you!! :D!

....also....DAMN...hell ya...INDOOR SOCCER?!?! Cool!!! :D!!!...way to dance it up with the 70 year old ladies....:D!!!...
 
Hello! Just stopping by to see what's going on in here :)
I'm sorry to hear about the debt problem. I'm not really sure what to say, but everything has a weird way of working itself out. I know a couple of great people who managed to pull themselves out of terrible situations. I really hope things will work out for you. Have you asked your parents to help you out?

I also love your hair :) And your eye color is so pretty! Very bright :)

Hope your week gets much better! Hang in there! What goes down must come back up =)
 
Early Morning for me...

Zephyr, thanks so much for the compliment! There is only two other people in my WHOLE family with blue eyes! My grandfather had them and my one cousin…. And that’s out of 13 aunts and uncles I have and 30 some grandkids! Crazy!

So, yesterday was a good day, minus I am SO crampy and felt terrible! I went to the gym anyhow though. Yesterday was biceps, abs, and cardio. Our cardio was 30 minutes on the Cybex machine which I had set at an incline of 7 and a resistence of 30-35. After I was finished up there I stopped at subway to get dinner for myself and my hunnie. I had a turkey and ham sub and watched Kenny vs Spenny on comedy central.. that was fun hehe. I got to bed fairly early so that I could be sure to get up this morning and work out. AND I DID! I got up this morning and got to the gym by 5:15 and worked out until 6:45. Today I ran a 5K on the treadmill and it took me 27:25 and then it was leg day. I did lunges, squats, adductor and abductors. We also worked abs again… different focus and then hit the showers so we could get ready for work!

Food Intake yesterday:
Breakfast:
Egg mcmuffin sandwich from mcdonalds (290 cal)
Sm. Fruit and yogurt (130 cal)
Lg Coffee w/ cream and splenda

Lunch:
PeanutButter and Applebutter sandwich (280 cal)
Peanut Butter granola bars (180 cal)

Snack 1:30- 1.5 Rice Crispy Treat
Snack 4:00- can of green beans (40 cal)
Snack 4:30- 18 almonds ( unsalted), diet coke

Dinner:
6 inch turkey and ham on wheat sub (280 cal)
Applesauce w/ cinn ( 50 cal)
Granola bar- 90

If I hadn’t worked out it would have been a higher calorie day for me… but with my work out I think I am good to go!

Well have a great day guys!
 
Hi mel, i knew it would be you to resurrect my journal. You are absolutely phenomenal in your gains! No only has your body transform making you hot, but you were beautiful to boot! I wish weren't 4-5 hours away, but you never know i may road trip with a friend there to meet a friend who attending school there and we can do a run together! Thanks so much you keep me in you heart and always checking up on me. you are truly a friend even though our relation ship ahs been all electronic. keep it and 115 will be there soon enough, but personally i think you are hot hot hot! as you are now. But i know how it feels to have a goal and want to achieve so go girl!
 
Melissa,

Sorry to hear about the debt thing - I think most of us have been there at some point. The good thing about it is that it is a wake-up call for you, and it is good to get it when you're still young. It will make you get your house in order and start living within your means.
I hit the same point but not until my mid-30's shortly after we bought a house. We just let the credit cards spiral out of control.
My bank did give me a line of credit to consolidate my debt, and I actually paid it off relatively quickly.
Now my wife keeps our budget, and we are always in the black (except for the mortgage which doesn't count). It is a different kind of lifestyle, but very low stress. :)

Do - talk to your credit card companies and try to arrange something. They will often take less on the theory that some is better than none.

Don't - go to a "debt consolidation" company or service. You're probably better off going to Vinny the loan shark - but don't do that either. :)

As for your weight - is it possible that you have hit a plateau because this is the weight you are supposed to be at?
You are absolutely beautiful. You are in amazing shape. You are fit, toned and fabulous.
Maybe instead of focussing on the weight, now you should just turn your mind to focussing more on fitness. Not that you aren't fit - you're incredibly fit - but I think maybe it is a better direction in which to turn your attention at this point. Turn it into a positive (gaining speed, strength) goal instead of a negative one (losing weight).
It's just a thought - I strongly suspect that I am going to have the same problem as I get close to my planned goal, so I'm not suggesting what you should do so much as working out ideas in my head for how I am going to approach that situation when I get there.

I suspect that we will always find that there is something we want to work on about ourselves. I think this sort of journey has a tendency to turn us into perfectionists.
 
Hey there everyone! Wanted to write a little update in here so people can see what i have been up to. I actually have been super busy with being active. On Friday, i took a half day and decided to map out a run. I actually ended up running 8.8 miles...... it was incredible. I was obviously super tired and sore afterwards... but i loved every minute of it. I was so super proud of myself. Shortly after the proud feeling, was the dread. I reminded myself of the fact that the next day i had a 5K race to run. YIKKKKKES :willy_nilly:

So, saturday morning i ran my 5K race. That morning I was a bit sore and nervous... my one ankle was a little strained.....


I ended up getting my personal record that day. I ran my 3.2 miles in 25:31 My previous 5K i had run in 27:04... so obviously a decent improvement. Overall i finished 48th out 108 people.

The coolest thing ever was that i actually got an award. I placed 2nd in the womens ages 20-29 category!!!! 2nd place out of all the girls 20-29!!! :) I was so freakin excited!!!! :hurray::hurray:

I was really really proud of myself......

Here is the bummer...... and those of you who know me... you will know why this pisses me off... those who do not will say oh suck it up its no big deal water weight blah blah.

I gained 3lbs since last thursday :( WHAT THE HELL!!???? i ran 12 miles in two days and i GAIN 3lbs??? i want to lose weight dang it... or at least stay put!!!!!

darn it... darn it darn it.

BUT i am not going to focus on the negative....i want to focus on the fact that i accomplished so much this weekend.


attached are some pics from the race :) enjoy
 
Hi! How is everyone? Mega dead in this forum lately... makes you think... whats the point in making a special trip in here to log everything??? i already know what i did today.... no need for me to write it down for ME to read lol


Its all good though whatever.

Just to fill everyone in... ive been doing fine with my eating and working out. I am in long island this week so... not at home.

I did look online though and low and behold... my gym has a location less than a mile from my hotel that i am staying at!!! holy heck :)

so i am going to be able to hang out at the gym and work out while i am away :hurray: I am actually very happy about that because the hotel has no gym lol.

anyways, miss my boyfriend dearly already... cant wait to go home lol... and i just left this morning.

cant help it... i love him hehe:beating:
 
Hi Melissa :)

I don't know about you, but I think you were handed some very thorough advice yesterday. That could be reason enough to log in, no?

Now journaling everything you do and eat... I sort of fell off that wagon myself around here. I very rarely update my journal compared to how I used to be.
 
Congrats on your new record time in that 5K! That is awesome for you :coolgleamA: I wonder how long it'll take me to run mine.... I can't wait for it! I got my boyfriend to sign up and do it with me so I'm realllly excited for that!!! :)

And yes there IS a point in coming on here still... so many people come to your diary... keep writing! I guess it's not as important for you to write down what you're eating and how much you're working out (since you lost the weight that you wanted to) but we all love hearing from you :)

You continue to be one of my greatest inspirations!

~ Sarah

 
Hey Melissa!!
I've been reading your entries....very inspriational!! I recently lost thirty pounds and fell off the wagon a bit and gained back ten but I've been getting my stuff in order....my ultimate goal is to run a marathon so seeing you run a 5K makes me think SOMEDAY I can do it haha
 
M_Marie said:
Hi! How is everyone? Mega dead in this forum lately... makes you think... whats the point in making a special trip in here to log everything??? i already know what i did today.... no need for me to write it down for ME to read lol
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That's exactly how I feel. But I try to update anyway hahaha
 
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