Jenny's Weight Journal

Food Log continued:

Dinner
Subway 6" turkey on wheat. Toasted topped off with lettuce and lite mayo
Bottle of water
Half a bag of lays sour cream and onion chips
 
I'm wrapping up another day. All went pretty well for me. I did my exercises. Ate "healthier" and moderatly. I got bored and ended up cleaning my bed room. I did laundry...washed my own clothes and bed sheets....


I want to start counting calories...or atleast try it any way lol...but I am not sure how many I should be intaking. I know the average intake for woman is 1940....my intake for the day was 1585...but i burned off some where around 400 so i am at 1185 calories for the day. If any one knows how much I should be looking at please tell me. I would greatly apperciate it.

I ended up drinking 5 count them 5 bottles of water today. I am so proud of myself. Water drinking was never easy for me when I was younger. You would have to force me to drink it. Now I love it.

I also posted new before pictures. I figured that if I was starting all over again I might as well post new pics. So check um out if you get the chance.

Well I am off to bed...it's been a long day...Night alls!
 
Food Log:

~Breakfast
Bowl Of Special K w/ 2% milk (out of skim)
1 Bottle of water

~Lunch
2 Breadsticks
Small Chef Salad w/ tbls of ranch
3 packs of crackers
1 bottle of water

Music Log:

30 Seconds to Mars - Fantasy
Aerosmith - Sweet Child Of Mine
Three Days Grace - Pain
Aerosmith - Angel
My Chemical Romance - Teenagers
Blink 182 - All The Small Things
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
All American Rejects - Move Along
Good Charlotte - I Just Wanna Live

Exercise Log:

150 reg sittups (2 sets of 50 reps)
30 butt ups using gymball (2 sets of 15)
30 Push ups using gymball (2 sets of 15)
40 inner thigh squeezes (2 sets of 20)

I have done about 30 minutes of exercising today....I still need to do 150 more sit-ups, my walking dvd, and use my toning ropes...that should bring me to an hour or so....Will do the rest of these after a little breather.


I was talking with Doug (a guy I work with) he knows that I am trying to lose weight. He asked me of what I am trying to aim for. I told him that I want to get down to 160 first then go to 135-125. He said that he thought that that was a little drastic. I'm like Doug... someone my height and body type the average and healthy weight is in the 120-135lbs. I also said to him that I need to lose 60-75lbs to get in a healthy weight range for my height.


Well I am going to go relax for a bit before I do the rest of my exercises.
 
Food Log Continued:
2 pieces of wheat bread
1 small helping of noodles and mashed potatos (i know not the healthiest meal but it's what we had...and all we have in the house...need to go grocery shopping)
1 bottle of water

Music Log:
Good Charlotte - The Anthem
Blink 182 - Always
30 Seconds to Mars - From Yesterday
Augustana - Boston
Good Charlotte - The Little Things
All American Rejects - Dirtly Little Secret
Evanescence - Broken
Papa Roach - Scars

Exercise Log:
150 sit-ups
Toning Rope Exercises 30 reps for each one
**New arm exercises...4 of um using 3lb dumbells 20 reps for each one**
 
Good Morning Good Morning....another beautiful day outside. The 80-90s heat finally broke a few days ago. The temp will get to the mid 70s...at night...low 50s...the skies are clear..the sun is out....again what a beautiful. I am getting ready for work right now....Next week this time I will be up and about at 6 or 7 (depending on the day) to get ready for school. Normally I would want to stay in bed and sleep till 10-10:30...but I feel totally refreshed and ready to go. I do feel a little sore in my shoulders...I asume that the soreness is from my new dumbell exercises that I added yesterday. Every time I walk into the bathroom that scale is glaring at me....I so badly want to weight myself but I must way atleast a week....Monday I will weight in...Monday. If I do it now I will just be disappointed....

Well I gotta finish getting ready for work and eat some breakfast...(the most important meal of the day :D ) I will talk with ya alls laters!!!
 
Food Log:

Breakfast:
bowl of special k w/ 2% milk
1 bottle of water

Lunch:
Small Chef Salad (just lettuce and cheese)
4 packs of crackers
1 bottle of water

Snack:
1 biscuit w/ tsp of butter

Dinner
OLIVE GARDEN!
salad
minestrone soup
3-4 breadsticks (i know not good)
chocolate moose desert (I CAVED IT LOOKED SO GOOD!)
2 glasses of water

Now: 1 bottle of water


Exercise Log:

200 sit-ups (4 sets of 50 reps) using gymball
40 butt ups (2 sets of 20) using gymball
40 inner thigh squeezes (2 sets of 20) using gymball
30 push ups (2 sets of 15) using gymball



I posted some pictures of my weight gain time line...check it out....
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/before-after-between/15284-new-before-pics-starting-all-over.html
 
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Good evening all! It's been a long day. And to show for it (well sorta) I got a bad headache. It has faded some since I took some asprin but it's still there. I didn't do really any exercises today except for 50 sit-ups. I think today will be my off day. Tonight I went and saw a movie that the theater. I got to drive my little bro and all of his 15 year old friends along..."fun fun". My sister is home for the weekend so that will be fun. Monday is my last day of freedom before I start school...This past week has taken forever...why couldn't the summer have gone like that? On tuesday I have my Orientation into my major and discover why I had to spend $600 on books!! Then starting tuesday I will be offically into my 2nd year of college!!


Food Log:

Breakfast:
Bowl of special K w/ 2% milk
1 bottle of water

Lunch:
Pub burger w/ cheese ket. mayo pic and let (I know not very healthy)
1 bottle of water

Snack at the theater
Cookie Dough Bites
1 bottle of water

Now: bowl of fruit loops w/ 2% milk



Well I am gonna surf the site before I head of to bed to try and sleep out this headache and block out the noise from my brother and 2 of his friends that are spending the night tonight (it's going to be a long night!!)

Night alls!
 
Good Morning. Man my first chance to sleep in and not get up early I am up at 8 for no reason at all. So instead of getting out of bed I just layed there and watched tv for a hour. I think my mind has an alarm clock in it now. After getting up at like 8:30 every morning for the past week has kinda set the clock on auto and it has no snooze button on it....darn lol My parents are going food shopping today so maybe I will actually have all of my healthy foods again. My sister came home yesterday and the first thing she said when she was in the kitchen.... "why is it that when I am home there is nothing to eat in this house?" lol So I have yet to eat anything. I am not really all that hungry...even though I know I should eat something because Breakfast is the most important meal of the day :D Well I gotta start doing house work...one of my many things I must do today. Talk with ya all laters!
 
Well good evening all! It's been a long day for me. I over slept this morning. I thought I had my alarm set for 7 this morning. I needed to be out the door by8:15. Had orientation at 9 this morning. My mom came in and woke me up at 20 till 8 this morning and was like "Jenny??? don't you need to be up??" I must have either a) turned off my alarm in the middle of the night b) never acutally set the alarm or c) it went off at 7 i turned it off and feel back asleep and don't remember it lol!

I had orientation this morning. I start class tomorrow. I have class at 10:30...and won't be done till 7:50!!! Wednesdays are my late days. In order to make time for my exercises during the day and have time for homework and a job I must use my time wisely. (which isn't my best quality) You know when you were in elementary school and you would get your report card for the quarter and there would be a section dedicated to:

Uses time wisely
and other sorts of crap like that?

Well I always had a check mark next to that :( I was a day dreamer...what kid at that age would want to spend their free time in school to do homework...which was meant to be done at home :p

I think I am going to get up early on the days I have class late and do my exercises then. During my breaks between classes I will be doing homework and eating lunch...maybe even find the time to make it to the gym/rec center which is open to all students.

I will be working saturday and sundays during the day so there goes my weekend afternoons. Which leave me some week day mornings and week day evenings to do my home work and exercise. Man this is going to be a lot of work. If I don't post much you know why. But I will try to keep all of ya updated.

No food log today...been to crazy of a day to write all of that stuff down...my mind is spinning so I can't even remember what I was doing an hour ago lol But I did exercise...here is my exercise log....


150 reg sit-ups w/ 4lb weight ball (3 sets of 50 reps)
150 oblique sit-ups w/ 4lb weight ball (3 sets of 50 reps)
30 push ups
40 inner thigh squeezes
10 inner thigh squeeze lifts using gymball (very hard on my knee only could do 10 of um)
40 butt ups (2 sets of 20 reps)
2 arm exercises with 3lb dumbells 20 reps on the one and 30 on the other

And I walked 1/2 a mile in about 10 minutes. I was going to do the full mile but my knee started bothering me plus the mosquitoes started to pester me and my dog.

I managed to drink about 90 oz of water today. So I am happy. I haven't been drinking as much water over the past few days like I was...been busy with a lot of stuff...lol

Well that's all for now...need to go to bed so I will be well rested for tomorrow if I am to get up early and exercises before my 10:30 class...gotta leave the house by 10...but then again i need to get gas...so had about 10 15 minutes to that...so I will need to leave by 9:40ish lol...will get up at like 7:30-8ish depending how many times I hit the snooze button lol!!

Night alls!!!
 
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Good evening all. Man has it been a long day! I started school today. I got up extra early to get some exercising in before I had to leave. So up at 8:30...left by 10...class at 10:30. Had lunch at Mc Donalds with some classmates. Then had class at 1:00. After class ended at 3 I had a 2 hour wait before my next class at five...between my 2 hour break I read a few chapters for my classes and made up study cards. My class this evening is suppose to run till 8pm but my teacher said that we would rarely go the full 3 hours. We would us the extra time in a study group if we would like or go home...our choice. Then I drove home and ate dinner and did some exercising...about ready to go over some home work.

Food Log:

Breakfast:
1 bowl of special k with skim milk (ate about a 3rd of it though)
1 bottle of water

Snack:
Speical K snack bar

Lunch:
1 bottle of water
3 crispy chicken snack wraps w/ honey mustard (mc donalds)

Snack:
Special K snack bar
bottle of water

Dinner:
Dinty More Beef Stew 1/2 a can (which is only 90 calories for half a can)
1 bottle of water
1 peanut butter sandwich



Exercise Log:

Morning:
150 reg sit-ups w/ 4lb weight ball (3 sets of 50 reps)
30 push ups
40 butt ups
1 arm exercise with 3 lb dumbell (30 reps)

Evening:
150 oblique sit-ups w/ 4lb weight ball (3 sets of 50 reps)
40 inner thigh squeezes
10 inner thigh lifts
1 arm exercise with 3 lb dumbell (30 reps)

No music log...couldn't keep track lol

Well that's all for now...gonna work on some homework...
 
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Hello all...man what a week it as been and it's not even over yet...and once it is over it starts all over again. As you all know I started school this week. Man what a difference it is going from 2 days a week to going 5 days a week. My head is just spinning in circles. I can't seem to shut off my working brain. I have learned some interesting things over the past 4 days. I keep playing it all over and over again in my head trying to make it apart of me I guess.

Did you know that the heart beats on it's own impluse. The brain does not control it's regular beating. And if you take the heart out of the body it will continue beating on it's own for a period of time. The brain only controls how hard and how fast it beats when you are excited or paniced or when you are exercising. Also when the heart is beating there is a slight delay in the beats. bump-bump The reason for this is that if both impulses 'beats' of the heart went at the same time no blood would be allowed through the artries meaning no blood flow. So there for there needs to be a small delay in between the impulses giving you the bump-bump.

I find this all so fasinating. I can't seem to shut it off lol. I am also learning about joints and such.

Did you know that back in the 50's when the first knee joint replacement was made it was made just like a hinge, but it failed. Doctors discovered that there is a slight rotation in your knee that allows you to walk. Yes your knee does rotate but it is just the slightest bit that you don't notice it. So the doctors modified the joint replacement and put a pivot thing on the hinge allowing the joint to rotate the slightest bit to allow you to walk.

Exercise log:
150 reg sit-ups w/ 4lb weight ball
150 oblique sit-ups w/ 4lb weight ball
30 push ups
40 butt ups
40 inner thigh squeezes

Food Log:

Breakfast:
1 bowl of special k cereal w/ skim milk
1 bottle of water

Lunch:
1 bowl of chili soup
1 peanut butter sandwich
1 bottle of water

Dinner:
subway!
6" turkey sub on wheat w/ prov. cheese lettuce and lite mayo
bag of lays baked chips
1 bottle of water
 
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Man what an interesting weekend it has been. lets see....I work all day saturday then saturday evening I went to one of my friends wedding reception. It's so werid to see some of my friends from high school and people that I have know all my life getting married or engaged or having babies. I'm not use to it all. I got all dressed up which is like a once a year thing for me lol. I ended up taking a picture of me before I left just to have documentation of the fact that I was wearing a skirt!! I posted the pic in my before and after forum if ya wanna see it.

I can believe of how time passes so quickly. It just feels like yesterday I was entering my freshman year of high school. Now I am a sophmore in college. Some of my friends are engaged. My sister is graduating from college this spring...and possibly getting engaged. My younger brother is a freshman in high school now and has his 2nd offical girlfriend already. A friend of mine got married. Some of my sister's classmates are married and have kids already. It's just all so werid. Where has the time gone?? I haven't seen most of my high school classmates in over a year. I will be graduating from college in 2009 which is just odd! Where did all the time go??? If anyone knows the answer to this...and if anyone knows and understands what I am going through please tell me! I want to know when this is going to end!!


This weekend I have added something to my list of "no no's" for my knee. Dancing at a wedding in flipflops!! Bad idea. I spent most of last night in pain. The only way I could get comfortable was in the fetal position and holding one of my hands between my bent knee (which applied some pressure to it) So today I did no exercise except that I worked from 12-4:30. Tomorrow I don't think my knee will be agreeing to exercising either...but I guess I will just have to wait and see...
 
Hey all!! Man have I been busy. Between work, school, homework/studying, and exercising I seem to find that I have no time to post. I have been able to surf the site a bit but no post. By the time I am done with most things I am too tired to post and just want to callapse into bed. I haven't been sleeping well so I have been trying to go to bed earlier then 12. Which seems to help a little. It's been to crazy to try and keep a food log. With everything that goes on during the day the last thing I think of is to write down what I eat. I still haven't had any pop. So I am going on about maybe 3-4weeks w/o pop. Just water....i've been swimming in water lol!! I really haven't stepped on the scale I am giving myself till next week. Since my sleeping habits and exercising habits have been irregular I don't think my scale reading will be where I want it to be. I am liking school. But it is so demanding of my time. I am having to work a lot harder on my school work and studying time than I normally do. I can't let myself fall behind in my classes. I can't afford to be "kicked" out of my major and wait till next fall to be put back into my major classes. The sooner I get done the better.


Well I am going to relax a bit. Gotta get up at 6am tomorrow morning Woohoo!
 
Well hello to all...

i know it's been a while since i last posted. i have been quite busy with school and work and my job shadowing. I haven't been exercising like I should be. I guess the last thing I want to do with any free time is exercise. I could make the time if I really wanted to..but right now my life is way to crazy to add even more chaos.

Another thing that has kept me from exercising is my knee. Anytime I do anything physical that involves my knees (running, jogging, stairs....) It flairs up and hurts extremely bad. My mom is looking to see if she can get me to see my doctor on veterans day since I don't have class...and then from there I am suspecting surgery. What else can i do...


Well that is all for now...I got to get to bed...me gots class tomorrow...and i need to ice my knee again....

night alls!
 
Ok a little update for you all....

Monday is Veteran's Day. And since this is like a big holiday I have no class...well just because I have no class doesn't mean that I will be doing nothing.

On monday afternoon I am going to have my BoneScan done that I was suppose to have 2 months ago. For those of you that don't know what a bone scan is I will define it for you

I will go in about 1pm and they will inject a special dye into me. This dye is to make my bones glow. The dye takes roughly 3 hours to fully run it's course throughout the body. So I will have to come back in at 4 and then have the scan done. The scan it self takes about an hour.

a bone scan identifies new areas of bone growth or breakdown. It can be done to evaluate damage to the bones, detect cancer that has spread (metastasized) to the bones, and monitor conditions that can affect the bones (including infection and trauma).

Once this is all said and over with I will have to meet with my orthopedic doctor again to find out the results of my scan.

My mom has also determined to have the surgery on my knee to remove the plica tissue before the 1st of the year. (insurance reasons) and I also believe my mom is tired of hearing me complain about the pain all the time.

Me and my mom both believe that after I get the plica tissue removed my life will change.

Ever since I injured my knee back in the 7th grade which was 6-7 years ago it has given me constant problems. And then after I stopped playing basketball or any sports once I got into high school the weight started to pile on.

I have come to the conclusion that my knee has been holding me back. Ever since I got injured I had gained all that weight (plus a few additional life factors) I believe that once my knee is 100% good I will be able to kick my weight issue out the door.

Every time I get active my knee starts to flare up. And when it's not I am afraid to do anything because I think that if I do it will flare up thus bringing me to the point of no exercise.


So hopefully after I have the surgery I will be ready to go.


Well I'm off to bed.

Night alls
 
Good luck with the bone scan. Glad to hear from you. Can't wait til you are back to being comfortable & able to do whatever you want. You will get through all this.
 
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Good luck with the bone scan. Glad to hear from you. Can't wait til you are back to being comfortable & able to do whatever you want. You will get through all this.
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Thanks. Ya I haven't had much time to come here and post. School has gotten me really busy. I'm ready for december to be here...well sorta. I think it's too soon to be december but once december hits I will have a full month off of school. I am so looking forward to that. But on my break I need to work...it that will even be possible with my knee.

Well ttyl!
 
Hey all..man am i nervous...I can't seem to get rid of my nerves. I had my bone scan yesterday. It was pretty intersting. I could tell which was an anterior and posterior view along with right from left. So I knew what my left knee looked like...it looked so different from the right knee. I don't know if that is bad or if it's just because they are 2 seperate joints. All i know is that when the radiologist' were talking with one another to determine if the scan came out good they were talking normal and then they got kind of quiet. But hey when it comes to things like this I get paranoid. Maybe if I think like I did with my MRI everything will come out fine. With my MRI that I had this summer I thought that there was something definately wrong but it came out just fine...so maybe if I believe that my bone scan is bad then it will come out good....

I don't even know if I am making any sense what so ever. I couldn't sleep at all last night. With a combination of being restless, worried, nerous, and stressed I guess that is what you get.

I was told that my doctor could have my results by today but thursday at the latest...so now I must play the not fun waiting game.

I will keep you all posted about all of this.....keep me in your prayers that all is ok with the bone scan and I can just get my surgery over with and get on with my life.
 
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