Jen's Diary of Random Stuff.... Take Two!!

ASo who all is sick of the heat? ....I am!! It's so freaking hot! :ack2: You know it's hot when your upper lip and the backs of your knees sweat when you're just sitting there..lol! Today I'm catching up on laundry.... I swear it never ends ...and sorting stuff still. I ran a few errands earlier, before it got scorching hot. I'm so glad I did that, because I do NOT wanna go outside now..lol.

We don't really have anything special going on for the 4th of July at our house. My ex has the kids, so we'll probably just lay around tonight and watch movies. Oh, and listen to our neighbor ( who I wouldn't trust with a sparkler) shoot off illegal fireworks...haha! Hopefully all his limbs remain intact tonight. *fingers crossed*

I'm doing great on my calories so far today. yay! :D


[quote name="le_squish" url="/t/52857/jens-diary-of-random-stuff-take-two/220#post_832369"]I hope the move in is going well! It's always a bit scary making big steps like that, but things will adjust. Having a big event like that I know can definitely throw off a diet, but I always try to get more exercise in to off set it, and having to move around furniture and unpack boxes definitely provides those extra opportunities! Great job on your progress so far and keep up the great work! :)
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Thanks Squish! I think things are starting to settle down now. So, that is nice. I definitely burned a lot of calories moving stuff. I'm not counting on a loss on Saturday, but it would be nice..lol.
 
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AHah! I saw "heat" and had to reply. We are neighbors, I am in Wisconsin and just dyinggg of this heat!!!! Our 3rd day in a row of 100+...blegh. I feel your pain!!

But good in you for being good with your calories anyways :)
 
AI will be skipping my weigh-in this week.... well my "official" weigh-in anyway. I'll probably still look out of curiosity. (I can't help myself :D) I will be weighing-in on Thursday of next week. Chef and I are going to weigh ourselves that morning to determine who won our little contest. I'm pretty sure he's going to win. I've been having some retention problems. It's starting to come off now, but I'm still up a pound from my last weigh-in. Oh well. I'm extremely happy with what I've lost so far, and after we get back, I will be continuing on with my weight loss. I'm a little worried about how much I'm going to gain in the 5 days we are in Cleveland, but I'm trying not to stress too much about it. Just going to try to enjoy the mini-vacation. :)


[quote name="AvaTea" url="/t/52857/jens-diary-of-random-stuff-take-two/220#post_832453"]Hah! I saw "heat" and had to reply. We are neighbors, I am in Wisconsin and just dyinggg of this heat!!!! Our 3rd day in a row of 100+...blegh. I feel your pain!!
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Hey, neighbor! :) This heat is just miserable. I'd like to think I've sweat off like 5 lbs this week, but I know I didn't..haha! Keeping my fingers crossed for cooler weather next week! :)
 
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AOk...I couldn't resist posting this..haha!


[COLOR=FF00AA] I've lost 30 lbs!!!! [/COLOR]

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CONGRATS JEN!! :hurray:


Such a great accomplishment! Well done, you!


I will toast (in moderation, of course) to your continued success! :biggrin: hehe!


Great job!
 
AThanks Greg and Verobc!!!! Just wanted to pop in real quick today. I've been running around like a crazy person all morning! I have so much to do before we leave on our trip tomorrow! I won't be back til Tuesday probably... Hopefully I don't gain too much. Hope everyone has a great weekend! :)
 
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If you see this before you leave not likely I am sure you are already gone!!! Have a nice and safe trip!!!! See you next week!
 
Just catching up with your diary. So motivated by your approach. Well done on the big 30. I need to hit 33 to reach my goal so brilliant seeing you do it.


Have a brilliant trip. You deserve an awesome time.
 
AThanks Verobc and dayoneguy!!! I did have a great trip. It was nice to get away from all my responsibilities for a while. Oh it was also nice to eat like a little piggy again..hahaha! :piggy: I gained 4 lbs while I was gone. :eek: ...and it was totally worth it! :D It's back to the grind today though. Hopefully I'll have a good chunk of that retention off by Saturday's weigh-in. I hope everyone else is doing good. I will have to catch up on diaries soon... I feel like I've been away forever! lol!


Oh... and Chef did win the contest. I DIDN'T have to do anything disgusting either. yay! We are considering starting a new one that will end on his birthday at the end of October. This one we'll be a tad different though. We're thinking about working as a team and working towards something. For example if we lose so much, we'll go on a weekend getaway or something fun. We're still throwing around ideas.
 
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AToday is my mom's birthday... and instead of cake, she wanted brownies and ice cream. So I'm making those right now. OMG do they smell good! :drool5: It's going to be so hard to not eat more than one tonight. After eating whatever I wanted for several days, going back to watching what I'm eating is HARD! It'll be worth it in the end though!



New Goal.... lose 19 lbs by October 31st! (3 of those pounds are still my vacation retention) It's totally doable I think. I'm looking forward to reaching a new goal! :D
 
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Jenny!


Say 'no' to the brownies! As hard as it is (trust me - I know), you'll feel so much better and confident after the next day or so
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Brownies are another big weakness of mine (although.. ANY sweet is a weakness of mine! hehe) :p


Today, someone at work brought in these chocolate/peanut butter cookies. My boss leaned over to me and was like, 'Greg, I know you don't indulge, but these are AMAZING! Nom nom nom!' .. lol, thanks, boss!


I didn't succumb, but it was tempting, I'll be honest! :biggrin:


I was going to take some after I was finished (for my lax day), but no surprise - the plate was empty.


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Good luck getting that annoying retention weight off, Jen!


I'm starting to break through my own, but I'm having to sacrifice my typical Sunday cheat days as a result - which is hard, since I'm living alone and have quite a good amount of food in my house right now.


But, it makes me feel even more confident about my resolve when I finally get through the day and begin a new week without 10+ pounds of new retention weight to work off!


I expect I'll be back in the 180's before the month's out!
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Best wishes to your Mom on her birthday, btw! With many more to come! :hurray:
 
A[quote name="Frogged" url="/t/52857/jens-diary-of-random-stuff-take-two/220#post_833313"]Jenny!

Say 'no' to the brownies! As hard as it is (trust me - I know), you'll feel so much better and confident after the next day or so :)

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Well, I did have one last night, but that's it. I ended up being a little bit over on my calories last night, but not by much. So, I'm ok with it. Plus the brownie was DE-licious! Sweets are my weakness...especially chocolate. It's soooo good!

I hear ya on the retention weight... it's a major pain in the ass. The scale is going down though, so it's coming off, Slowly. lol! I was hoping to be back to where I was by tomorrow's weigh-in, but it'll probably be the middle of next week. As long as it comes off, I won't complain. lol!

Glad to hear you're making a breakthrough on yours ...giving up your cheat day sucks though. I don't know if I could do that. I still have bad stuff during the week... it's just not as much as I would like sometimes( who am I kidding...ALL of the time..haha). So not having a day where I can eat whatever quantity I want would..... uh... let's just say nobody would want to live with me..hahaha! :blush5: I wish you all the luck though, Greg! Would love to see your 180's goal this month!! :)
 
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AWeigh-In day! 3lbs gone! 1 more pound of my vacation retention to go, and then I'll be back to where I was. Yay! :)
 
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Hi Jen,

I love reading your diary. I'm very impressed with your constant weight loss, but not in a rush. That's my goal for myself. I am starting at a higher weight than you are right now (even though you didn't post your weight I can tell by the pictures) But I'm hoping to make a lifestyle change and not be on a diet.


Anyways, thanks for sharing and best of luck with that final vacation pound!
 
A[quote name="PEC" url="/t/52857/jens-diary-of-random-stuff-take-two/220#post_833468"]Hi Jen,
I love reading your diary.  I'm very impressed with your constant weight loss, but not in a rush.  That's my goal for myself.  I am starting at a higher weight than you are right now (even though you didn't post your weight I can tell by the pictures)  But I'm hoping to make a lifestyle change and not be on a diet.  

Anyways, thanks for sharing and best of luck with that final vacation pound!
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Thank you, PEC!! I couldn't agree more about making it a lifestyle change and not a diet. Good luck to you! :)


I definitely contribute my success this time to not going on a hardcore diet. When I go on "diets" I automatically feel deprived. I feel like I can't have this or that, and it drives me insane..lol. When I deprive myself I usually end up falling of the wagon within a few weeks. This time around, and back in 2009/2010 when I lost 45 lbs... I've eaten what I wanted. I eat chocolate and ice cream and chips...and whatever I want, as long as I have the calories to do so... BUT I also only eat a serving of it and not half the bag/carton. Which I admit is extremely hard to do. Somehow, from some deep down place, I've managed to summon up the willpower to stop at one serving. I've gotten to the point that I can feel ok with having just a little bit, rather than none at all or the whole container. Before I would of been like ..."well if I can't have half the carton of ice cream, I'm just not gonna have any!" *stomps feet and makes a pouty face*....OR ...."Screw this! I'm just eating it all!" ...haha! Of course seeing the actual weight loss, and having to pull my pants up because they were falling down every 5 seconds helps with motivation. I also use the app MyFitnessPal on my phone...and I really think that has helped me this time too. I love it, and highly recommend it!

Also right now I'm the lowest weight I have been in about 10 years. That feels really good! :)
 
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Originally Posted by jen_renee

Also right now I'm the lowest weight I have been in about 10 years. That feels really good!
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Isn't that such an awesome feeling?!
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I can't wait to say the same for myself!


Also, I had the same problem with wanting half the bag/carton of junk (still do sometimes) and now that I've started to adjust I am starting to notice how much better I feel with just having 1 serving vs what I used to feel like when I had such big helpings. I have that satisfaction of being able to indulge a little bit but now without feeling sluggish/tired/bloated! It makes so much sense, it's hard to imagine why I used to eat so much of so many bad things before considering how bad it made me feel. The reason I ate like that in the first place was to make me feel better about something and it always made me feel worse, but for some reason I just kept doing that to myself.


Anyway, it's great reading about your changes and your progress!
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AVacation pounds are gone! yay!! :hurray:


[quote name="le_squish" url="/t/52857/jens-diary-of-random-stuff-take-two/220#post_833554"] Isn't that such an awesome feeling?! :)  I can't wait to say the same for myself!

Also, I had the same problem with wanting half the bag/carton of junk (still do sometimes) and now that I've started to adjust I am starting to notice how much better I feel with just having 1 serving vs what I used to feel like when I had such big helpings. I have that satisfaction of being able to indulge a little bit but now without feeling sluggish/tired/bloated! It makes so much sense, it's hard to imagine why I used to eat so much of so many bad things before considering how bad it made me feel. The reason I ate like that in the first place was to make me feel better about something and it always made me feel worse, but for some reason I just kept doing that to myself.

Anyway, it's great reading about your changes and your progress! :)
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Thanks, le_squish! I feel so much better too! It's funny because the times that I do overeat now, on my cheat days, 99% of the time it ends with me holding my stomach going....."oooommmggg...why did I eat so much?!...and how did I eat like that ALL the time before?!" haha! And I seriously don't know how I did it. It's not a good feeling. lol! Anyway....thanks for dropping my diary! :)

[quote name="loseweightblues" url="/t/52857/jens-diary-of-random-stuff-take-two/220#post_833586"]Hi there I am Don. I am a health  conscious guy that has been into a massive weight loss program and achieve the desired weight I wanted. I am now into helping people in their quest of losing weight because I've been in the same situation and want to have an exchange conversations with you. I want to learn from you and share my own thoughts as well.
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Oh, Don... I would love to exchange a conversation with you, BUT...ya see... I noticed that you posted the exact same message pretty much all over the forum. Which makes me feel less special :(, and makes me think that you have a big can of spam-a-licious goods to sell. BUT, thanks for the comment! ;)
 
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Originally Posted by jen_renee

Also right now I'm the lowest weight I have been in about 10 years. That feels really good!
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Congratulations! I haven't had time to read the entire journal, so not sure if you answered it.. but who won the competition!? You or Chef?! And what was the punishment?! (Unless it's x-rated.. then you can just say he fed you icecream or something, lol!)

Keep taking pictures, too! It really does help! And I know that feeling about holding your stomach.. mine has shrunk quite a bit, and I simply can't handle the amount I was eating before! I end up, literally in pain, if I overeat.. so I'm a lot more cautious about it! It was EXTREMELY hard in Cyprus though.. all you can eat buffet food that tasted amazing. endless sweets and treats.. ugh. I'm going to go back there when I'm 80 and kill myself with chocolate!!

Hope you're well, m'dear!
 
AWas great on calories yesterday and today is going pretty good as well. Hoping for a good loss on Saturday! :)


[quote name="Sarah1983" url="/t/52857/jens-diary-of-random-stuff-take-two/240#post_833742"]
Congratulations! I haven't had time to read the entire journal, so not sure if you answered it.. but who won the competition!? You or Chef?! And what was the punishment?! (Unless it's x-rated.. then you can just say he fed you icecream or something, lol!)

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HAHA! Chef won the contest. He beat me by 1.54%. I didn't have to do anything gross or x-rated! lol! What he wrote on his bet was VERY sweet, and basically said that he wanted us to continue on with our journey of getting healthy together. But boy, oh BOY... did he ever have fun torturing me for months with the prospects of something horrible. lol! It was good fun though, and definitely a good motivator!
 
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