If You Fail Try Again...

Had a great day today, scale is still in my favor so far :) Tonight after work I went out to my moms for her towns fireworks. They started late but it was a good show. It was raining when I first got out there but by the time they actually started, around 9:45ish, it was just drizzlin. I love sittin out on the pier on the lake watchin the fire works. I take that every year over the crowded ones at the park here in my city. More chill of an environment.

They had a big feast before I got there so I ate a little. Took little "samples" of a couple things.(maybe 1T of each bad thing) Bad things being, bow tie pasta salad and german potato salad. Otherwise filled my plate with bell peppers and corn/black bean salsa my step sister made. Yummy! Took some of that home with me for lunch tomorrow. And a 1oz chicken tenderloin that was mesquite flavored. Did have a .5" by .5" square of carrot cake and 2 Bud Lights as well.

Well hoping to make it to the gym tomorrow after work for a last chance workout. Weigh in on Monday so gotta give it one last effort. I have to go into work an hour and a half early tomorrow, theres a big function so I have to help plate everything....
Thank god I just wrote that cuz I just realized I set my alarm for my normal time! Opps that would of sucked if I was late! :)

Well better be gettin to sleep!!
 
Oh! Before I forget, I wanted to share with you guys one of my "inspiration" photos. This picture was taken of me in 2007 when I was in my last year of culinary school. I was serving at our restaurant on this day. I was down to about 180 in this pic. The lowest I was in forever! Then I went to Germany, came back and put it all right back on. Grr. I wish I would of just kept going! Anyways, this picture is on my bathroom mirror to remind me of where I want to be. Do any of you have inspirational photos??
 
Just a quick update. This week has been great food wise, haven't really gotten much exercise in though. Hoping to change that today after I do my lauandry. I also start working the 5:30am shift tomorrow. Soooo not looking forward to that. Going to try to go to bed really early. Talk to ya'll later.
 
Photo looks great Ash! I am sure you can smash 180!!

Keep up the great work!

<btw....love your toes!>:biggrinjester:
 
Oh Flumes you didn't go for the toes!! :) I hate feet! lol Trust me, if there was a way I could take a pic of my scale without my feet being on it I would.

So this has been a wierd week. I have learned that if I divert off of my tuna, crackers, yogurt, fruit "cheap-@$$ meal plan" I have going for myself boom! I gain weight.
Now I am completely blaming it on sodium.. the death of me i swear. Because its not like I went out and had McDonalds or something. I lovvvvveee sushi ok. So I had sushi 2 times this week. I get smoked salmon rolls- rice, nori, avacado, salmon, cucumbers. I dip the rolls in 1 packet of regular soy sauce (light soy sauce tastes DISGUSTING to me... at least the 3 brands I have tried.) So roughly what 1-2oz of soy sauce over 2 days makes me gain 2lbs in those 2 days?! With no other changes to my diet... Grrrr. If anyone has any idea of something else I can get to dip my sushi in that would be awesome. I would go plain jane but I need the rolls to be moist. I hate eating dry sushi.

So anyways gonna down the water, take a few walks and hit the gym. Maybe it will all even out by Monday... I got my fingers crossed! It IS Friday after all. Even if I got a -0 this week, I would be happy. I just don't want a gain... not this early in the game!
 
I was reading in someone else's diary this week too, they did sushi and gained!!! I think Salt is definitley the culprit here! ..water it out! You'll be good in a couple days :)
 
I looove sushi, good thing I can't afford it very often :rolleyes:

How was week 2 for ya/? Meh, for me. Gotta keep goin!
 
Well... week 2... I lost a whopping .2 .... Wow. No pic, I had to work at 5:30 so I just hopped on the scale quick this morning and forgot to take a pic. Week 3 shall be much better.

Today at work, I was being trained for a new posistion and in the month and a half that I have worked at the hospital I had the 4th person come up to me and talk about there weight and how unhappy with there bodies they are. I don't know why people feel so comfortable sharing such intimate secrets about themselves with me, but it makes me happy... and makes me feel like I need to be a role model for all of them and start being more serious about my own weight loss. I can spout off information about calories and working out all day, its actually putting it into effect where I get tangled up. So today I did something about it. I created a weight loss challenge at work! Its a 6 MONTH challenge, and so far in 1 day I got 7 people signed up!

I picked 6 months after listening to my new "members" and my own experience. Every one of us has been in a challenge before and once its over we all have gained it back plus some. So I figured, 3 months was too short why the hell not just go for 6. :)

We are getting a dietician from the kitchen to be our official "weigh in" keeper so no one feels embarassed. Hopefully I can get a few more signed up tomorrow and all the rules and everything worked out to start next week. (everyone wanted a 1st of the month start date and I was like WHY WAIT?! and their like oh yea, guess you're right :) )

Jess I'm still here with you 100% babe! Don't think I'm gonna ditch out on you!

I am so tired of being at this weight! Its time to start a new regiment of Work, Train, Sleep! I gotta get to my goals and I'm being too passive about getting there!
 
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I LOVE that you started a challenge at work, congrats! I work with a few people who could definitely stand to lose quite a few lbs, but I can positively guarentee that they would NOT do something like this with me. Oh well, I can do it for MYSELF, and if I have a few people that support me, thats all I need :)

And I don't think ya ditched out on me! Ya just don't post as much as me, lol. I just feel like if I DON'T post often enuf, I'm gonna freak out and eat everything in my fridge. Eeek, fershur, lol.
 
WHEW! What a day it has been already! A girl I work with asked me yesterday to go to the gym with her today, so I got up early and went and cancelled my Snap gym membership so I could sign up at my work gym. I couldn't believe how they didn't even question me when I walked in and said I wanted to cancel. Didn't even try to make me stay there. I thought that was quite odd.

So went to The Zone at work, signed up and the awesome trainer that runs the gym walked me through every single machine they had. Something Snap never did. There its just give us your money and your on your own unless you pay for trainer time.

When I mentioned to her that I started a challenge in my department her eyes lit up. :) She is 100% behind me in my quest to help out my co-workers and myself. She gave me a bunch of photocopies of recipes and articles that she said I can hand out to my girls to give them as much encouragment and help that they need.

I am pooped! Working with her she pushed me so much further than I ever have pushed myself and she had me DRIPPING sweat within no time. It felt awesome! I thought I was going to die, but in a good way! :) Can't wait to go back tomorrow for another beating!


Its also nice that the girl I was there working out with was also dripping sweat. I have had many gym partners over the last 4 years and all most all of them have not broken a sweat when going to work out with me. Its nice to see that shes serious about this as well and is actually TRYING!

I hope that everybody's week is going great, I'm going to eat some lunch now and maybe take a nap! :) I'll try posting more frequently! Love you all!


PS I never actually put my weight for the week after my .2 loss.... it was 230 even. Forgot that I didnt take a pic so probably should update with my actual weight some where!! :)
 
When I quit Fitness19 to join Anytime Fitness it was the same thing- I said I need to cancel, they said ok, sign here. how stupid! Offer me a good deal, or try to find out why I'm leaving, SOMETHING. But its cool, Anytime is a way better gym and they do the free training sessions every now and again too.

I hate working out with people, mostly because they do like 20 min of cardio and then stand there until I'm done. I'm there to sweat, dammit, not bs.

Alrighty, have a great day tomorrow! I'm goin out with a few friends, but WILLLLLL be going to the gym later :)
 
I know what you mean Jess, with people who walk at a 1.0 for like 10 minutes and just want to text on their phones the whole time (TRUE STORY OF A FRIEND OF MINE!).. and then the next day around all of our friends was like "I'm soo tired and sore from my workout last night!" What??

Thats why I always drive seperately also. If you're done working, you can go home when ever you want..its not my time you're wasting.

Anywho! :) Have fun with your friends!

I am sore already from my workout today. My arms are killing me. No arm workouts tomorrow lol. Gonna hit the hay. Have a good night everyone.
 
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