jpass, the lifestyle change

brazenlysasse said:
Hey there Jpass
I just wanted to pop into your diary and say hello. Thanks so much for stopping by mine and giving me support. You are doing really great considering how many obstacles or temptations seem to pop up at you. 55pounds is awesome, I can't wait to see that on my ticker..lol
Nice to meet You
Michelle :D
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Hey thanks for stopping in here! Yea it's been a long journey and I'm still going at it. But it's all been worth it!

Yesterday was pretty good, I did end up going on a light 20 minute jog. I also did 30 pushups, which is all my arms could take then.

Today I woke up late, around 1pm so I didn't eat breakfast. I hate skipping meals! I made a lean cuisine panini for lunch, with a handful of baked lays. I won't keep eating lean cuisines when I go back to school on Wednesday, as a lot of them are pretty high in sodium. I'll be taking it easy today, so probably no activity. My friend wants to eat dinner. I have no idea what we'll eat but I'll be sure it's nothing bad!
 
Hey there jpass. It seems you really like those baked lays!! I've never had them, are they pretty low in fat? I'll look for them at the grocery store this week.
Your story is really inspiring! It also sounds like you are dedicated to your work out, good for you.

Keep up the good work, and please keep posting.
 
CindyB said:
Hey there jpass. It seems you really like those baked lays!! I've never had them, are they pretty low in fat? I'll look for them at the grocery store this week.
Your story is really inspiring! It also sounds like you are dedicated to your work out, good for you.

Keep up the good work, and please keep posting.
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Hey thanks for posting! Yea they're a great substitute for the greasy potato chips out there. 15 chips gives you 120 calories and 2g of fat, no saturated fat. There are also a few flavored ones out there. They'll add a tiny bit more fat but they're still way better than any others out there. There are also baked doritos and such.

Well for dinner we ended up going out. I got a grilled chicken sandwich with swiss cheese and honey mustard. Had a few fries and onion rings. It's a no brainer to say they aren't healthy but I kept it in moderation. Back to the gym tomorrow!
 
Hi jpass, thanks for posting on my diary!
Wow- you've already lost a lot of weight! I'll have to pick up some baked lays next time I'm at the store. I'm a sucker for salty/spicy carbs!! I'm not into sweets or soda much, but I can take out a box of Hot & Spicy Cheez-it's (well, I used to anyway)
Have you tried the baked Cheetos? You can have 35 of them for about 130 cals.
 
JeremyRice said:
welcome back j pass..

you got some work to do brotha
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Hell yea I do. You've done a hell of a job man, congrats. I'm still getting caught up on your journal.

Anyways, it's been a hectic few days. I had to return to school early. I had applied for a higher position, but forgotten to turn in my resume so I figured I was taken out of the list of candidates. But my boss called me on Monday and said I was still eligible for the job, so I packed in a hurry and came back on Tuesday. I've gone through the interview process, which went very well, and now I will find out in a few weeks. Other than that, RA winter training has started.

All it is is basically my staff and I, and all other staffs on campus, go to these ridiculously long speeches in between eating crappy meals at our D-hall. This sucks, because the reason I live off campus is so I can better control my eating because I buy my own food. But I shall control it the best I can. Here's a breakdown of my meals today:

Breakfast
  • Bowl of Mini-wheats and skim milk (~300 calories)

Lunch
  • Applesauce
  • Sandwich - sourdough bread (240), roast beef + ham (~55), swiss (160), mustard

Dinner
  • 2 thin slices of roast beef
  • Broccoli with cheese
  • Applesauce

Dinner 2
  • Chicken breast with bbq sauce (120)
  • Baked Lays (120)

That's a little over a thousand of what I'm able to count. I don't think the first dinner added that much. I am a little hungry, but I'm unable to get any real exercise til possibly Monday. Other than that, I am walking around campus all day in between these speeches.

This semester feels good! I'm hoping to get down to 240 by the summer. Hopefully I can do this!
 
brandyw said:
Hi jpass, thanks for posting on my diary!
Wow- you've already lost a lot of weight! I'll have to pick up some baked lays next time I'm at the store. I'm a sucker for salty/spicy carbs!! I'm not into sweets or soda much, but I can take out a box of Hot & Spicy Cheez-it's (well, I used to anyway)
Have you tried the baked Cheetos? You can have 35 of them for about 130 cals.
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Hey! Yea my journey's been great, and it's still going. Yes I've had baked cheetos and doritos. I usually buy them to mix it up a bit from the plain old baked lays, but I try to keep it to a minimum because they'll act as a gateway chip to worse chips if I keep eating them. :drool5:
 
It's been a while since I posted. Last week and this weekend I had a very time consuming schedule. Sadly, on Sunday I did drink alcohol. That won't happen often, but my roomates were all back so we decided to celebrate.

Monday came and I decided to hit it hard with healthy eating and a trip to the gym!!!!!!!!!!.... er that was before I woke up still feeling the effects of the alcohol. It took me a while to get going so I never did eat breakfast. I went to the school bookstore and got my books for the semester. Actually they didn't charge for nor give me one of them so I have to sort that out later. Today was awesome, I'm proud of myself!

Food Intake
  • Lunch: Sandwich ~ 450 cals(sourdough bread 240, swiss cheese 160, roast beef + ham 55, mustard)
  • Dinner: Chicken breast ~ 110, BBQ sauce ~ 50, Dinner rolls ~ 240, Mixed veggies ~ 120, Scalloped potatoes ~ 200
  • Total: ~ 1170
Exercise
  • Running: 14 minutes
  • Elliptical: 25 minutes
  • Bike: 25 minutes
  • 30 Situps: Using exercise bench ( > 90 degree angle) with weighted ball

I had planned to run 2 miles but it's been a while so I'll be back up to par tomorrow. Food intake was a little low yes, but I did have the alcohol so I have to balance it somehow. Also I'm trying to add in some weight training, so hopefully some days I will have the time to do so.

Tomorrow is the first day of classes, which for me kicks of bright and early at 8am. I haven't had an 8am class since my first year here :smash: Hopefully it's not too bad.
 
im still a lil concerned with the amount u eat brohem..

try and eat around 2000 cals a day especially considering the exercise ur doing
 
Don't worry, today will be a little better. So far for breakfast I had mini wheats with skim milk. Lunch was gooood. Got a panini w/ ham turkey and swiss on it, with some honey mustard to dip it in. Also had 2 pieces of buttered bread, a banana, and some applesauce.

I'm about to head to the gym once my roomates get back from classes. Then it's dinner time. Can't wait to eat! :hurray:
 
I am so tired. I hit the gym hard again today.

Food Intake
  • Breakfast - Mini-wheats with skim milk ~300 calories
  • Lunch - Panini (sourdough bread, swiss cheese, turkey, ham, honey mustard), 2 slices of bread w/ herb butter, 1 banana, applesauce
  • Dinner - 2 turkey burgers with swiss cheese ~720 calories, Ore-ida french fries ~120 cals, sweet peas ~60
  • Total COUNTABLE calories ~1200
Please note that I am unable to count calories from my lunch. A guesstimate of the paninis that I always eat are around 600 calories.

Exercise
  • Running - 25 minutes
  • Elliptical - 25 minutes
  • Bike - 25 minutes
  • 30 situps on a workout bench
  • 20 pushups

My legs are pretty tired right now. I may have to tone it down tomorrow, maybe not though. I'm able to get a lot of sleep tonight, so hopefully I'll be fully rested for tomorrow. I really don't have much else to say! I had my first day of classes and they went alright. Classes start nice and late tomorrow so I'm off to sleep soon.
 
Ok, things are changing.

Food Intake
  • Breakfast - Mini-wheats with skim milk (~300)
  • Lunch - Same panini, banana, 2 pieces of buttered bread
  • Dinner - 2 Chicken Breasts (240), BBQ sauce (120), 2 rolls (240), corn (60), baked lays (240), Propel fitness water (60)
  • Total countable - 1260

Exercise
  • Running - 25 mins
  • Elliptical - 25 mins
  • Bike - ~15 mins

Here's what's changing. At home, I sat around and did nothing til I went to the gym. At the gym I would do all that I do right now (25 minutes on 3 exercises) and also I added in swimming a mile at the end of THAT. But at school, I'm sleeping less, up walking around all day, and taking in more information each day. THIS causes me to become much more drained than normal. Combine that with heavy exercise and you have one sore dude. My legs were so sore after working out today. That's not how you should feel.

SO, realizing all of this, I will be cutting out the bike entirely, and possibly reducing the elliptical to 15 minutes if needed. This allows me also to focus on weight lifting, to build more lean muscle. Lean muscle is very good! So it's not a huge loss. One of the best thing I'm doing is walking to campus from my apartment. It's about .6 miles and I walk it 2-4 times each weekday. So with a more active regular lifestyle, I can easily overdo it at the gym. So I'll be refocusing my exercise plan, and possibly cutting back on my diet a tiny bit. (Probably cutting out the buttered bread).

And hopefully this will lead to continued weight loss, and more energy for the daily activities. Cheers all!
 
You have been working hard...You are doing a great job. I just wanted to pop in and say hi and see how you are. Have a great day (i figure it will be morning when you get this..lol)
Michelle :)
 
Thanks for the comment! It's 7am, and my first class is at 8. I am so incredibly tired it's not even funny :(

But I have a huge break after this one so I can sleep. I also don't have classes on friday so I can sleep all I want then :)
 
Okay! It's been a long time since my last post. I spent the weekend catching up with friends from around campus. This weekend wasn't so great diet-wise. Plenty of poor choices that I don't want to go back in to, but I did try to keep it in moderation, and today I came back swinging.

Food
  • Breakfast - Mini-wheats w/ skim milk
  • Lunch - Sandwich (sour dough bread, 2 slices of swiss, ham, roast beef, mustard) and a lot of baked lays chips
  • Dinner - 2 turkey burgers (2 buns, 2 pattys, 2 slices of swiss, ketchup + mustard) and some store bought french fries

Exercise
  • Bench Press - 135 (2 sets 10 reps)
  • Seated shoulder press - 70 (2 sets 10 reps)
  • Dumbbell Row - 60 (2 sets 10 reps)
  • Seated Dumbbell Curls - 35 (2 sets 20 reps)
  • Triceps pulldown - 60-65 (2 sets 10 reps)
  • Dumbbell Press - 80 (2 sets 10 reps)
  • Lat pulldown - 100-120 (2 sets 10 reps)
  • Running - 25 minutes

Feels pretty good to add weights in again. Since I can't do as much cardio as I want. It's ok though, as long as I'm walking to and from campus (~.6 miles) multiple times a day then I can see why an extra 50 minutes of cardio kills my legs. So all in all this will be my program for a while I believe. I'll continue to eat as healthy as I can while still enjoying what I eat. Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays will have me lifting and running, while Tuesdays and Thursdays I will probably stick with running and ellipticals.

After a while I may change my weight routine to focus on certain muscle groups each day instead of it being a big mixed bag. This should eventually help me gain lean muscle which will accelerate my awfully slow weight loss hopefully.
 
I hope the changes help with the acceleration jpass, It can be so frustrating when you are not getting the results that you feel you should be.
Take Care
Michelle :)
 
Hey buddy, keep up the good work. Have you tried doing some HIIT training to help with the weight loss? It may be more time saving than doing all the cardio you currently do. I found some good info about it here on this forum.
 
Thanks for the kind words guys! Today wasn't so great. It wasn't awful, but it sure wasn't my best. I decided to implement my weight lifting plan in early, so today I focused on legs. I cant remember all the exercises I did nor do I want to type it all up.

Food
  • Breakfast - Mini-wheats + skim milk
  • Lunch - same panini, 2 tacos
  • Dinner - Grilled chicken + fries from Chic fil a
  • Snack - Kit kat bar

Exercise
  • Multiple leg lifts
  • Bike - ~14 minutes

So yea the food intake wasn't great. I'll keep at it though. I'll be fixing my own meals for a while.

Since you brought up HIIT, that is sounding like a good idea to me. If I have time I'll look it up again and try to implement it.
 
atta boy

get to it!! try 3 weeks straight of low weight high rep...

2 sets of 20 ur first week then 2 sets of 20 week 2 then 3 sets of 20 week 3....

u will gain some serious muscle stamina..
 
Alrighty. It's been a while since I posted, but here I am. I took both of your advice, and tried doing some HIIT and light weight high reps. I started this on Wednesday, and it's now Monday and my legs still hurt from doing HIIT just one time. I want to do more, and I tried it today but my legs still ached. Is that right? I'm really interested in trying out these new dynamics to what I'm used to. I've only ever ran distance, so the sprinting is new, and I'm a really strong guy with no muscle endurance, and building that up is really fun. Anyways, over the weekend I ate like crap again but this time I am refocusing everything.

Food
  • Breakfast: 1 bowl mini-wheats w/ skim milk
  • Lunch: Panini (sourdough, 2 swiss, ham, turkey, honey mustard) and applesauce
  • Dinner: 2 chicken breasts, cooked in bbq sauce + some spices, 2 dinner rolls, and some sweet peas.

Exercise
  • Walked over a mile to and from campus
  • Focused on chest and back with weights, doing 2 sets 20 reps on 7 different exercises
  • Did about 1 1/2 minutes of HIIT before realizing my legs haven't fully healed, jogged 1/4 mile
  • Walked for about a mile more

So my cardio is suffering because my legs haven't healed yet. It's been a while and I really want to continue with HIIT. My upper legs kill me when I try running past jog speed. Hopefully everything will be better soon.

I think my problem is that my friends can easily convince me to eat out, so I've spoken to a few of them and told them that I won't be doing that anymore. I've bought plenty of food to make my own meals for a few weeks now. I'll be back in tomorrow to report on my day.
 
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