Janvier's Weight loss Diary

Good work over the weekend - sounds like you did great! Your workout looks intense - you must have been sweating buckets! Keep it up and I'm sure you will reach your goal by Christmas!
 
chubbygirl said:
Good work over the weekend - sounds like you did great! Your workout looks intense - you must have been sweating buckets! Keep it up and I'm sure you will reach your goal by Christmas!
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I really did kick my butt last night, it felt great to be sweating those buckets. I don't know if I was retaining water but I'm back down to 125, which is still 1 pound up but I'll continue to keep up my work outs and see some more results hopefully.

I'm a little stressed out today, I feel like i'm always whinning, I'm sorry but I need to vent a little... I had a friend move in with me about 4-5 weeks ago, she needed a place and I needed some help with my mortage so we thought it would be great- but our friendship seems to not be going well now that she moved in...we hardly talk, she already didn't pay me her rent, her boyfriend who she "broke up with" is alwayssssss there, he constantly leaves his shoes right in front of the door so if I'm coming home I can't get in or I trip on them and its just annoying to see him before I go to bed and when I wake up and when I have a day off- its like I can never just relax at home and I keep seeing him eating my food and drinking my drinks- and she doesn't say anything to him and she cerntainly isn't replacing anything either. Its not even like I can say at least I'm getting some help on my mortage so I should put up with it. My washing machine broke and its going to cost $350 to fix it and today she said she needs it to be fixed....um...you didn't even pay your rent and I should dish out my $350??? It feels a little better now that I complained lol.

As for my diet and workouts, I'm doing good today. I worked my butt off last night working out and I plan to do it again today, I started using some 3 pound weights and I can't believe they make such a difference, I am SO sore everywhere, its great! I haven't been this sore since I first started working out. I've been doing squats too, I mean I lost quite a bit of weight so I'm lucky that most things tightened up but some...(boobs and butt) did not tighten as much as I hoped :( but thats why I'm working on my squats and my thighs and butt are super sore, I'm loving it. So I will work on that and abs hopefully from now until christmas. Here was my meal plan for the day:

Breakfast:

2 cups Special K Blueberry cereal with 1 cup skim milk and 2 cups of coffee with splenda and skim milk

Snack:

apple and silhouette yogurt with all bran buds and bottle of water

Lunch:

2 slices dempsters bodywise white bread with 1 tbsp no sugar added apricot jam- I also brought soup but am not very hungry (maybe its roomate stress lol), coke zero

Snack:

small salad and bottle of crystal light

Dinner:

Chicken carbonara by Lean cusine (I'm giving the sweet and sour chicken a break tonight) with steamed veggies.

Work out:

15 mins elyptical, 20 mins tredmill, 30 mins Hip hop abs with weights
 
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Last nights work out went really well, I did 25 minutes on the tredmill, 15 on the elyptical and 30 minutes of hip hop abs with 3lb weights. I plan to do it again today.

My meals went well today too, here is what it looked like:

Breakfast:

Mushroom omlette (1/2 cup cheese and chives egg beaters and mushrooms), 1 packet of cream of wheat and 3 slices of extra lean bacon

Snack:

silhouette yogurt with all bran buds and an apple

Lunch:

Uncle Ben's bistro express rice

Snack:

diet passionfruit sparkling soda

Dinner:

I'm back to my sweet and sour chicken by lean cusine and steamed veggies

Workout:

Same as last night.


I am ready to see my hard work pay off.
 
This week has been going great so far, I don't know if I lost anything because the batteries in my scale died but I am really hoping all of my hard work is paying off, I have been really kicking my own ass this week with workouts, pushing myself, not letting myself give up and sweating buckets! I was actually brushing my hair this morning in the mirror and i was like omg my arms have muscles in them!!! My 3 pound weights are giving me a smidge of definition. Last night I went on the elyptical for 20 minutes on level 3, I did 25 minutes on the tredmill doing 3.8 and I did 30 minutes of hip hop abs with my weights and half way through my stomach was killing me and i knew i had 15 minutes left and I was thinking if I keep going i'm going to die from these stupid cramps, but i just slowed it down a little and kept going and finished strong! I was pretty pleased with myself lol. Things are going well with my diet as well, I have been sticking, resisting temptations and have no been snacking. Here is what I ate and will be eating today:

Breakfast:

1 cup red berry special k and 1 cup blueberry special k with 1 cup of skim milk and 2 cups of coffee with splenda and skim milk

Snack:

silhouette yogurt with all bran buds and an apple

Lunch:

2 slices dempsters bodywise bread with 1 tbsp no sugar added jam and campbell's to go chicken and mini pasta soup

Snack:

coke zero maybe a small salad as well

Dinner:

Some kind of lean cusine and some kind of veggies lol

Workout:

same as yesterday
 
Janvier said:
This week has been going great so far, I don't know if I lost anything because the batteries in my scale died but I am really hoping all of my hard work is paying off, I have been really kicking my own ass this week with workouts, pushing myself, not letting myself give up and sweating buckets! I was actually brushing my hair this morning in the mirror and i was like omg my arms have muscles in them!!! My 3 pound weights are giving me a smidge of definition. Last night I went on the elyptical for 20 minutes on level 3, I did 25 minutes on the tredmill doing 3.8 and I did 30 minutes of hip hop abs with my weights and half way through my stomach was killing me and i knew i had 15 minutes left and I was thinking if I keep going i'm going to die from these stupid cramps, but i just slowed it down a little and kept going and finished strong! I was pretty pleased with myself lol. Things are going well with my diet as well, I have been sticking, resisting temptations and have no been snacking.
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Awesome work! Way to really push yourself with your workouts! Your doing so great! I don't know how you do it when it comes to snacking but keep it up and give me some tips - that's my only downfall I think. Can't wait till you get some new batteries to see your results! Are you taking measurements too? Keep it up and way to go!:waving:
 
chubbygirl said:
Awesome work! Way to really push yourself with your workouts! Your doing so great! I don't know how you do it when it comes to snacking but keep it up and give me some tips - that's my only downfall I think. Can't wait till you get some new batteries to see your results! Are you taking measurements too? Keep it up and way to go!:waving:
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Thanks Lisa! I have been trying really hard this week, I just need to keep it up, thats my down fall, But i'm trying to stay positive and tell myself I can keep it up. With snacking I really fill up on liquids before I eat, I think it helps me get full faster, and when I'm "hungry" after dinner I will go back for a bit more veggies or just tell myself to stop it because I JUST ate and have some tea or diet soda. Maybe keep some bite size fruits and veggies around like grapes and berries or baby carrots or celery sticks to have when you get snacky and give into those instead. Before the weekend I saw a recepie on here for green banana fries where you use them instead of potatos and deep fry them, so on the weekend I tried it but baked them insted with a little pam spray and sprinkle of salt and they were SO good! Tasted just like fries and all it was is a banana! So that kinda snack would be helpful too. You can do it, it just takes time to break bad habits. Its funny that you asked about measurements because I measured last night for the first time since I started losing weight, all i did was my waist (belly button) and thigh. Waist was 29" and thigh was 17" but with thigh I have no idea what part of the thigh to measure so I gave up with the measurements lol. All I know is that I have come a long way with inches because I started off wearing a snug size 14 pant and i'm wearing size 2 pants today that are lose on the waist.
 
Wow size 2 that is amazing! Your plan is awesome and thanks for the snacking ideas. Have a great weekend and thanks for the nice words you wrote in my journal, very sweet!
 
Thanks ladies! I started off in a size 12-14, I mostly wore 12, and they were too small to button, they would usually zip and I would just leave it unbuttoned either because they couldnt or if they could they would dig into my stomach when I sat down so I wouldn't button and just wear a long shirt to cover it...Its pretty surreal when I think back about it. I have really come a long way and I think I get so caught up in getting to my goal that I don't take the time to be happy or thankful that I lost so much and that I can actually button up my pants! This weekend was definitly difficult for me, I was retaining all of my water and I was super bloated and uncomfortable, I even went up 3 pounds dispite really sticking to my diet. I was so uncomfortable that I didn't workout until sunday night and my mom advised that I take a water pill since I was getting so discouraged about everything and did it ever work! I am still peeing every 30 minutes today and I am back down to my 124 even after gaining one pound last week and I'm no longer bloated so I am very relieved. Yesterday was my first day of going to the gym in the mornings, so I woke up at 6 and went, worked out for 25 minutes doing half my time on the stair stepper and half my time on one of the bikes, then in the evening I did 20 minutes on the elyptical and 25 on the tredmill, I wanted to do hip hop abs but it was already midnight at that point and I want to keep up my gym in the mornings so i went home and got up again this morning at 6 and did the same workouts! I am really happy that I'm putting in an effort for the mornings because I am SUCh a night person and just getting up for work at 7am is impossible most mornings. I officially have 24 days left to get to my goal which is 9 pounds to lose and that seems really unrealistic, so I decided that I will try 110% but if I even lose 4 lbs by then I will be very pleased and try to lose the rest by my birthday which is the 31st of january. If all goes well and I lose the 4 lbs by christmas I will be down 70 pounds in one year which would be awsome. So my fingers are crossed and my game face is on lol. My meals are going well here is what I had yesterday and today (same meals):

Breakfast:

1 packet of cream of wheat, 1/2 cup scrambled cheese and chives egg beaters with a side of salsa

Snack:

1 banana and silhouette yogurt with all bran buds

Lunch:

Campbell's chicken noodle soup and diet cranberry soda

Snack:

Crystal light

Dinner:

Lean Cusine chicken spegetti with added mushrooms and steamed broccoli

Workout:

Tredmill, elyptical and hip hop abs and gym in the morning.
 
You're going to knock those 4 or 9 lbs off before you know it. It has to be exciting to be so close to your goal. congrats on what you have done so far.
 
Hi,

I am new to this forum and I just have to say look great, I wish I was where you are it would be such a great feeling. You go girl and keep up the good work.
 
Thank you so much mrskt20 and shazza for the support. Shazza you will get to a weight you are happy with, if I can anyone can for sure!

Everything was great with food last night, I had half a mango after dinner with a cup of tea while I put up my christmas tree. But I felt so sick to my stomach and extreamly bloated all evening so I ended up not working out and I decided to let my body rest this morning as well since I felt so awful. I think the rest helped, I don't feel 100% better yet but do feel much better, so hopefully I will be back to working out tonight and in the morning. The good news is that I went down a pound so I have 3 pounds to lose to get to 120 or 8 pounds to lose to get to 115. I'm getting a little hope back. I did well with food today, I'm trying to eat the same thing everyday this week to see if that will help settle my stomach aches, heres what it looked like:

Breakfast:

1 packet of cream of wheat with skim milk and splenda and 1/2 cup of scrambled cheese and chives egg beaters with a side of salsa

Snack:

Bottle of water, 1 apple and silhouette yogurt with all bran buds

Lunch:

Campbell's chunky chicken noodle soup

Snack:

Crystal light

Dinner:

Lean cusine- maybe their chicken spegetti (so yummy!) with steamed veggies on the side

Workout:

20 mins tredmill, 20 mins elyptical and 30 mins hip hop abs. stair stepper and bike in the morning.
 
Good morning Janvier,

Hope your feeling 100% again! Having a sore tummy is the worst! I get that lots too and it's so uncomfortable. I usually get it when I eat something greasy or just too much fiber. Awesome work on being down another pound! Only a few more steps till your at goal - I can't wait for you, how exciting!
Have a great weekend, I'm going to put up my tree this weekend and spend some time at home. Chat soon.
 
chubbygirl said:
Good morning Janvier,

Hope your feeling 100% again! Having a sore tummy is the worst! I get that lots too and it's so uncomfortable. I usually get it when I eat something greasy or just too much fiber. Awesome work on being down another pound! Only a few more steps till your at goal - I can't wait for you, how exciting!
Have a great weekend, I'm going to put up my tree this weekend and spend some time at home. Chat soon.
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Thanks Lisa, I was feeling much better over the weekend, I had Friday off which was so great. I made an appointment with my doctor because the tummy aches seem to happen weekly. I didn't do wonderful over the weekend, snacks got the best of me Saturday night but I redeemed myself with food on sunday and got up at 6am sharp and worked out for about 35 minutes before work and burned 300+ calories and I felt great! I had a work christmas party last night and I was really nervous about going just because I knew nothing there would be good for my diet and I was so right! I tried to eat healthy all day and eat my lunch kinda late so that I wouldn't go to the party starving and i wasn't but when I looked I had to taste pretty well everything! I only avoided the deserts, which I was proud of, I couldn't even say what they served because I didn't bother to look! It was a buffet dinner and I didn't eat a lot but everything was deep fried. I had calamari- actually I went back for seconds! Crab cakes, spring rolls and wontons. By the time I got home I was sick like a dog! I was soo nauseated and bloated and honestly just felt like I was going to die! I haven't had deep fried food in about a year and did it ever do a number on my system! I still feel like keeling over today. I couldn't work out last night or this morning as planned so I feel gross. But I am going to be back on track tonight, I realized its now more then a mental thing that I have to stay away from greesy food, I just can't tolerate it anymore. I mean its great to have something unhealthy once in a while for fun but maybe not so much or such a variety of it at once. There is a secretary's lunch at work on Friday and I kind of wish I didn't RSVP but at the same time I shouldn't miss out on work activities just because I'm losing weight, so I made the decision to go and just make much healthier choices and really kick some butt (my own lol) before christmas sneeks up on me. I am really in need of groceries but they will have to wait until Friday (pay day) so here is what I had today...

Breakfast:

1 packet of cream of wheat and 6 tbsp of scrampbled egg whites

Snack:

silhouette yogurt with all bran buds

Lunch:

Vitatop double chocolate muffin top (100 cals) and possibly a special K bar

Snack:

Coke zero and no sugar added jello

Dinner:

Lean cusine and veggies

Work out:

tredmill, elyptical and hip hop abs
 
Sounds like your having a pretty good day today! I know what you mean about the food tolerance thing. I just decided to have a double cheese Krystal and some fries and I feel terrible, my stomach hurts and I'm nauseous. This is a good lesson for me, I really need to stay away from the greasy foods. I hope you have a great afternoon!
 
I completely agree with you mrskt20, my stomach is killing me still from last night but it was a wonderful lesson learned. I won't be having anything deep fried for a lonnng time!

I forgot to mention this weekend my feelings were a little hurt by my family, my sister keeps telling me that I look "frail" which I honestly don't, yes I'm 123 but that is on a 5'1 frame, I still have a bit of tummy to go and I certainly have thighs to spare! But its upsetting me when she says that because she used to be the one I would go to when I need to talk about weight loss stuff, and I was talking to her about it all this weekend saying I really want to lose my 3 pounds before christmas and she told me that her and my mom think that I have psychological issues about body image! I was SO hurt that they would not only say that but behind my back! They have no idea what I have been through this past year, between losing my boyfriend who was my very best friend in the whole world and losing all of this weight- I had one of the worst years of my whole life and really relyed on them to talk to and to be there for me, and yeah I do have a hard time accepting all of the weight I lost because it is just hard to see the huge differences when I see myself every single day, its hard not to see that girl I used to be, that doesn't mean I'm frail or having psychological issues, it just means I need some time to get used to this "new me". I looked up healthy body weights for my height and the lowest it said I could be is 100 pounds thats not what I want to be at all, I want to be a healthy looking 115 and I don't think that is pushing it. It just sucked that they couldn't see that after being so over weight, and even being giving the title of "obese" by a doctor and completley changing that takes time to accept. Sorry for the rant, I just knew you all were the right ones to rant to.
 
Definetly the right ones to rant too! and I totally hear what your saying! I think it takes time for us to realize our new selves and I think it might take some time for the people around us too. Make sure you let them know how you feel and remind them that you are doing this for you - not for them or anyone else. It's not like you are starving yourself - you are eating well and exercising and it's making you into the strong person you want to be. 3 pounds away from goal - you should be so proud and your family should too - that's really sad they are not supportive - do they have their own weight issues? Don't let it get you down - that's probably what they wanted. Stand tall and strong and show them you can be the confident person you always wanted to be! I know it's going to take some time to accept all your accomplishments and accept how great you look - I am going through the same thing and it's just been within the last couple days I am starting to feel like a new me and in a new body I never thought I could have! Pretty amazing Janvier - don't ever doubt it! Keep it up - we will get these 3 pounds off before xmas!
 
Thank you for your constant support and advise Lisa! They do have their own minor weight issues, and thats why I always spoke to them about weight loss, but I guess they just can't understand what I have gone through- but your so right all of this is making me into so much more of a stronger person and I can't wait for my confidence to start building more... its getting there slowly but surely. Our changes are certainly accomplishments, your right, and I am really proud of us and we will both be waking up christmas morning 3 pounds lighter and a whole lot happier! I can't wait. Thanks again for the support I really needed it.
 
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