Jess's Diary

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JessLynn

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I guess I should start off by giving a little background info. I'm 5'8" and never weighed over 120lbs. Then I got pregnant. I was exhausted and hungry the entire 9 months so I took that to mean that I could eat whatever I wanted and not exercise. Well.. I gained 75lbs. :eek: After the baby was born I decided to nurse her and I reasoned that I could not diet while I was nursing. So here I am, almost a year after finishing nursing and I have not lost a single pound. In fact, I gained more weight. I still get questions about when the baby is due. :rolleyes:
I've gotten to the point now that I can't take this extra weight anymore. It's harder to do things and I'm always tired. I've had a baby so I can live with the fact that I will probably never get back to 120 or ever wear my size 4 clothes again. I just want to be at a healthy weight and feel better.
I think the best way for me to lose the weight is through exercise. I just with there was more time in the day. I usually do house wrok during my daughter's nap. I think I'll start using that hour to exercise.
So here I am. I'm ready to do this. I can do this. :)
 
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Good for you, taking your weight back into your own hands! All it takes is a little willpower, and yes, a lot of exercise ;) but we know you can do it. Keeping track of it online and having others support you makes it all the easier!
 
welcome!!! what are you planning to do for a change in your diet/exercise? Let us know how we can help you stick with it ;)
 
Welcome!! I know you will like it here, i haven't been here long myself but everyone here is wonderful!! I know what you mean about the post preg. weight. I gained 75 lbs also and kept gaining. My grandmother alway's told me "Your eating for two now so get good and full" and boy did I! I ate anything and everything! I know you can do this.. We can all do this!!
 
Beagle- Thanks for the support

amomono-Thanks! I can use all the help and support I can get. I plan to make exercise my main thing. Right now I do not get any. I plan to exercise during my daughter's nap. I have a stairmaster and tons of workout videos. As far as food goes I plan to cut out fast food and sugar foods, like cookies.

christinanva-Thanks! I know you can do it. Together we can both drop the weight.

Thanks for the support everyone. I had a this whole long entry typed out and then it disappeared when I went to post it. I'm sure I'll retype it later. :)
 
I did it...yesterday I worked out during my daughter's nap time. I was so tired and I just wanted to lay down and take a nap myself... but I didn't. yay me!! :D I got in a whole hour on the stairmaster plus a little bit of weight training. I did okay in regards to calories untill dinner. We ended up with pizza for dinner, but I did cut back on the amount I ate. I only had 2 slices, which is an improvement for me.
Today I plan to again workout during my daughter's nap. Tonight is also my night off from mommy duty :) so I usually get an hour on the elliptical.
Now I just need to keep this up for more than a couple of days.
 
OK it is now 2 days in a row that I have worked out. I'm off to a good start. Yesterday I got in a 1/2 hour on the stairmaster and 1 hour on the elliptical. I'm not sore today so I know that I did not have enough resistance on the machines. I wonder if that makes a difference? I'm sure it does. Right now I'm just happy I made it an hour with out passing out. :) Maybe after a week or two I can up the resistance. I did okay calorie wise. I managed to stay around the 1200 range.
Today I plan to use the stairmaster and maybe do some walking. I would also like to stay at or under 1200 calories for the day. I think if I carry a water bottle around with me it will give me something to do everytime I'm bored and think about eating. I don't understand how I can be bored, I have a toddler to take care of. Maybe it's more stress eating. Whatever it is, I plan to stop it. There is no point in eating if I'm not even hungry.
 
Yesterday I did one and a half hours on the stairmaster. That makes 3 days in a row of exercise. I just need to make sure that I keep is up during the weekend and make sure no fast food or pizza this weekend. I keep expecting this miracle and the weight to just jump off. I know it takes a while and I can't expect much after just 3 days, but I still wish that I could see a difference. I just need to stay motivated. If I keep this up then the weight will come off. I know it did not take me a week to put it on so I just have to remember that it will take me more than a week to take it off.

"To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first." -Shakespeare
 
Hi Jess I'm sure you will see a difference soon.. Dont give up!! My first week of diet and exercise I gained 5 lbs. But I was told that was probley where I was gaining muscle and after you do that then you will start to lose... (so they say)
Take Care!
 
christi- Thanks for that!! I hope that is true. I do remember reading that the more muscle you have the more calories that you will burn. So I will hope the reason that my weight is not dropping is that I am losing fat and gaining muscle.

What a stressful weekend I had. Everything went wrong. First my inside cat got outside and got in a fight. He lost, so he got some nasty wounds. I had to take him to the vet on Sat and then I have to take him again next Sat. I have to hope that he does not get any infections or diseases from his wounds. Plus, I had to spend the money I was saving for Christmas on his vet bill. I thought I would be ahead this year. Then I decided to get my hair cut. My hair was down past my shoulder and I decided to get it cut to a length somewhere between my chin and my shoulders. Well.. the stylist had other ideas... I have no hair left; it does not even cover my ears. I have never had hair this short. On the plus side, it did not take me any time at all this morning to style my hair. I have also gotten a lot of compliments at work. So maybe this will be a plus. My daughter is still teething so she was in a very, very, very bad mood al weekend. Everything made her cry. Then I found out this weekend that an ex of my husband has a friend like one street over from mine and now she knows where I live and she even stopped over at my house this weekend with her new boyfriend. They had the nerve to come walking into our backyard and start harassing us. Totally stressful because she did not know about my daughter and now she does and wow was she mad. I really have no idea what they thought would happen when they stopped by. She just got engaged so I guess she wanted to rub it in. It's not like any of us are friends. They parted on bad terms and we have always had to keep our phone number and address a secret because she harassed us. I mean come on it has been 7 years and they were not even married, they dated for less than a year. Get over it already. Every time she ever saw me before I was very tiny, so of course she had to make some comment on me being overweight. I know I should not let it get to me, but it's hard.
So this weekend totally threw my diet. I did work out on Sat but Sun the only exercise was running outside with my daughter and cleaning my house. I also ate very badly this weekend. I'm trying to get away from this emotionally eating. Today is a new week so I'm not ever going to think about the weekend, I am going to focus on the upcoming week. I know I can lose more than a pound this week.
 
Yesterday was an okay day. I got in plenty of exercise, I even got to do yard work. My muscles feel like they are getting tighter, I don't feel as soft as I did. I think that is a good sign. Today should be a good day. All the Halloween candy is gone and there is no junk food in the house. The only thing I'm worried about is the fact that I have to work untill 1:00 instead of my usual 9:00, but I won't use that as an excuse to slcak off my exercise. :D
 
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