Jen's Diary: To 180 or Below...and Maintenance!

Guess that's a legit excuse for not using the treadmill...

Sorry to hear about cousin. I hope you get some good news and she recovers quickly. My dad had a stroke back in 1999 and a few others since and other health issues. You'd think that along with family members with diabetes would get me moving. Then again it's the same with my iron, I should be taking iron pills daily (one of the reasons I'm often low energy) but I don't, even with my fear of needles and knowing that one of my aunt's has to take needs for iron. I really need to get my act together and get healthy, I don't want those issues!

Glad you are back on track today and the kids are being good :) Keep it up!
 
Thanks, icychic! :)

As of right now I'm going on 10 hours of extremely tedious and mind-numbing work tasks. My brain is completely fried. I like these tasks, but it's literally the same 4-10 mouse clicks over, and over, and over, and over.... for hours. ahhhhh! Chef has the Bears game on though, so I'll probably keep doing these until I go to bed.... or officially lose my mind. Which ever comes first. lol.

Calories were around 1300 today. Overall, it was good and productive day. :)
 
It's a rainy dreary day out. The kind of day where you just wanna curl up with your blanket and nap all day. I'm not feeling very productive to say the least. I did work a little bit though, and got some laundry done. So, that's good at least.

Kids are going with their dad tonight, so I'll be doing more work later. Tomorrow and the next day are half days of school because of parent teacher conferences. Sooooo.... I'm going to be pretty busy the next couple days.

Calories were good yesterday at around 1350. So far so good today too. I did not weigh myself this morning. I think I'll wait until Saturday. That's been my normal weigh-in day, so I want to get that back on my normal day.

I hope everyone is having a good day. :)
 
It's the WEEKEND!!!! yaaaaaay! I didn't think it would ever get here. lol!

The kids are with their dad, and Chef is at work, so it's just me and the dog today. It's quiet and wonderful. :)

I was good on calories all week up until last night. I went over by about 300 and ended up around 1600. Which isn't really that bad. Monday through Thursday I kept it around 1300 everyday. I didn't weigh myself this morning though. I know I'm retaining water, and it's almost that TOM, so I know the number won't be one I like. I'm not going to ruin my motivation by seeing a crappy number. I'm doing good and I feel good, so that's good enough for me.

I think tomorrow I'm going to start working on drinking more water. It's something that I'm HORRIBLE at, and desperately need to fix. I also need to work on the dreaded exercise thing. Every single time I start exercising I go up on the scale, and it's so incredibly demotivating to me. I know it's good for me. I know it will eventually even out, but it seems like it takes forever... and it pisses me off!:banghead: So, I always end up stopping. I've come to the conclusion this week that I need to stop focusing on the number, and just do the things that I know are good for me, and quit looking at the scale so much.

Tonight I'm going to look for my exercise dvd's. I think I have a Jillian Michaels one, a yoga one, and maaaybe a Pilates one. I'm going to buy another Pilates one if I can't find mine. I have the treadmill too, and I recently just put a bunch of new tunes on my music player, so I'm good to go there.

I'm also going to start watching my sodium. I've been indulging in some salty snacks lately, and I'm pretty sure that's why I'm retaining water. I'll miss you, salt. :(

Today I'm just working and enjoying the peace and quiet. Nothing big planned for tonight. I think were just going to have dinner and rent a movie.

Goals:
Stay around 1300 calories, weigh myself only once a week, exercise for at least 30 minutes-3-4 days/week(I'm starting easy on this one..lol), drink water and pretend that I like it... until I actually do like it. :) I would like to be 190-195 by the end of the year. I'd like to put a lower number than that, but with the holidays I know I need to be realistic here.
 
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Goodbye Mr. Salty.

The water weight stuff is frustrating, but oddly that's exactly why I do weigh almost every day so that I can let my math smooth everything out into a concrete picture.

But as you said, if you do the right things for a long enough time, the weight will come down.
 
I'm about to start working. I need to get in at least a couple hours today to keep on schedule for the month. I've been cleaning all morning, doing laundry, all that fun stuff.

I also plan on doing the treadmill or some kind of exercise for 30 minutes tonight. At the rate I'm going it will probably be after the kids are in bed, which I'm not crazy about because Chef will be home, and I hate being watched ...but whatever.. haha!


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*waves* I'm back Jen! Hope you and Chef are well <3
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Hana!! Yay, so glad you're back! Chef and I are doing great. We're both on the diet wagon, and we haven't killed each other yet, so I think we're good...haha! Aww.. no, I love him. He even drew me a bubble bath the other night. Can't really complain about that. :)
 
Hey, I love your goals all laid out... for a week , for the remaining of the year! I should do the same! Your weight for the end of year sounds totally achievable! You just have to resist Thanksgiving & Christmas feasts!!! Good luck!
 
Thanks, Justina! I'm going to do my best to resist those holiday goodies. :)


Calories were around 1300 today. I did the treadmill and I had water. It was a good day.
 
Yesterday and today both went well. Calories were around 1300 both days, and I had water both days. I did the treadmill today.

I am pretty tired right now. I stayed up late last night working, and got about 4 hours of sleep. I'll be heading to bed very soon. :sleeping:
 
Thanks, Sweetie :) I did get a good 7 hours of sleep last night, so I'm feeling much better this morning. :)


I am bummed this morning though. I'm out of milk, so I couldn't have the breakfast I've been having all week. Quaker Warm & Crunchy Apple Cinnamon Granola. That shit is YUMMY. I absolutely cannot stand oatmeal because of the texture, but this stuff I love. I might be slightly addicted. My only complaint is that the packages are not very big at all. I always have to have something else with it.

I'm currently wasting time until I have to go pick my mom up from her aqua therapy appointment. After I do that, I have to come home and work. Boo!

But, I leave you with this cute furry bunny. Why can't I look this cute with a round belly? Not fair. haha!

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awwwwwwww!
 
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Yesterday was a pretty decent day. Calories were around 1400.

The sun is shining, and the snow is melting! Yay! It's a beautiful day. I have to leave in a few minutes to go get my mom and take her to another appointment. I should just get a chauffeur license, because between her and the kids that's all I do...lol!

After the appointment I have to work, and then go get the kids from school. I think when we get home I'll hop on the treadmill and get that done and out of the way. Because after that, I have to do: dinner, help with homework, dishes, possibly laundry, showers, put kids to bed, get school snacks ready, and then more work. I need a vacation... :willy_nilly:

I feel pretty good though. I didn't do any PMS binging like I usually do. I'm going to weigh myself after my TOM is over on Monday or Tuesday. I usually have a good whoosh around that time, so hopefully that still happens. I would love to see a number that's back in the "100"s. :)

Goal for today: Drink more water!
 
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Calories yesterday were around 1350, and I also did the treadmill. I did not drink enough water though. :( I'm going to try to do better with that today.

I'm getting antsy about weighing myself on the scale. Chef weighed himself this morning and was down several more pounds this week, so I'm really happy for him. It's nice to see him making an effort to get healthy. He's seeing a difference in the mirror now too, and let's just say he's getting a little cocky about it... haha! In a cute way though! He's usually quite down on himself, so it's nice to him being a little more confident. :) Plus it makes it so much easier to stay on track when we're both trying to be good.

Tomorrow we're having a little 'date night'. We have to pick up a few things in Traverse, so we're also going to watch a movie and have dinner while we're there. I'm going to try to have one of the lower calorie dinner options, and no popcorn at the movie theater. It's going to be rough, but I know I can do it. :)

I hope everyone has a great weekend!
 
I vote for sneak in a healthier snack to lessen the temptation of popcorn. I hope the scale is nice to you.
 
I went a little bit over on calories at dinner last night. It wasn't horrible, about 400, but more than I would of liked. I avoided popcorn at the theater, and we walked a LOT yesterday. So I think it evened out.

I bought a cute new winter coat yesterday. Yay! I've been wearing the same one I have had for years, and well it's just a tad big. :) I looked for boots too, but no luck on that one. I couldn't find any I liked at the stores we went to, so I'll have to check some other places next time we go.

Today is just cleaning, laundry, and work. Yippity skippity doo. :rolleyes:
 
I weighed myself this morning and I'm down to 201. That's a three pound loss. I'm sooooo close to ONEderland again! Yeeeeeeeah! :D

I know I was just there a few months ago, but it'll be nice to be back again. I'm hoping to see it by Saturday. If I don't it's fine.. I'll live. I'll pout and whine for a few minutes, possibly curse at the scale, but ...I'll live. :)

I hope everyone has been doing good. I've been pretty busy the last few days, and my schedule is all messed up the rest of the week. Hopefully I can get to diaries soon.
 
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