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Hey there! I was just reading over the first page of your diary (gotta catch up!) and about the peanut butter...if you're upping your calories anyway, peanut butter is great. Yes, it's high in fat, but it has good stuff too, and is filling. A tablespoon with a banana or apple is an awesome snack or quick breakfast. :)
 
Thanks everyone!

I'm not sure tomorrow's weigh in will be any better than the weight today, all I can do is continue pushing forward and something WILL change! I didn't gain the weight over night. :(
 
I just checked out the pages on ball exercises you posted in Jennybabe06's diary. Great stuff. Thanks for passing that on.

Now if only I could do as many of those crunchs as she does! Wow, she's a crunch champ.
 
That's the attitude. Do the right things and the weight takes care of itself. I think the best attitude is to make the changes and the loss will happen.
 
Today's weigh in went as expected after watching the scale this past week.
Up .5 lbs from last Thursday. It's disheartening too, because I was down a full lb :( Oh well! I'll just keep trucking on. On another note, I put on a pair of jeans that I haven't worn since December, so something is going right, and my face does look thinner.

I had my well physical today and expect a good outcome of all things. I'll probably know in a week how my cholesterol and thyroid and any other things they test are.


Thursday Feb 8, 2007


Breakfast
Kashi Go Lean w/skim milk 230 cals
Fiber OJ 120 cals
=350 cals

Lunch
Yoplait Nouriche Super Smoothie
=260 cals

Snack
Cottage Double 130 cals
Grapes 6.0 oz 70 cals
=200

Dinner
Chix Casserole 370
Small salad 40 cals
Light Ranch 2tbsp 70 cals
Mac & Cheese 200 cals
=680 cals

Total Calories 1490 Daily


Exercise

Water 65 oz
 
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Well, today wasn't the best day, but it definitely wasn't the worst. I parked across campus and walked to class which was basically the only exercise I got outside of normal daily stuff. (e.g. sitting on butt and typing and using mouse).

Tomorrow, I have 8th Grade English to fill in for and I'm looking forward to it. I just hope I get to do something good with the kids. I might just run down to the gym and see what there is to do when I get my break.

I need to try out the HIIT plan tomorrow evening, but after the day at the school, I have to go to my other job for at least 3 hours and get caught up. I'm quite behind! YIKES!!! so I'm guessing the HIIT will be after work. .. wonder if I'll have time since I'll be working from 7:30-7:30 Crapola! I'm going to have to make time.

I also need to find some willing participants to allow me to tape record interaction between them and some friends so that I can do my Sociolinguistics project. Joy Joy!!

Lots of stuff going on. I'm going to be busy!
 
Just popping in to say Hi ! :) Don't worry about that .5lb gain, could be many things, we are also gaining muscle which weighs more and those jeans fit better so see your loosing inches! Its not always about a number and I know it feels like it sometimes hehe but how you feel :)
 
Happychubette said:
Gotta try that cereal everyone's talking about. Awesome food day anyway. You're so bubbly.
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Thanks, I'll take that as a compliment, not that I ever would have considered it an insult. But, I gotta take it when I can get it.. the bubbly that is.

Today has been a roller coaster ride... one of the catapult ones. YIKES!!

Seems one stressful event after another has been attacking me and trying to drag me down. .. I get on here, I see cheescake and lollipop and bam.. happy happy happy!

LOL!

As far as the cereal, if you mean the Kashi one, I love the Go Lean Crunch. It taste like Honey Smacks to me. It taste too good to be that good for you!


breezy said:
Just popping in to say Hi ! Don't worry about that .5lb gain, could be many things, we are also gaining muscle which weighs more and those jeans fit better so see your loosing inches! Its not always about a number and I know it feels like it sometimes hehe but how you feel
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Thanks! I am trying to keep in good spirits about it all and keep looking toward the long term!
 
I'm sure some of you have noticed.. I like to talk.. A Lot. So, that's why I have been bouncing around all night.. :) I'm exhausted though and need to get some shut eye so I'm rested for class tomorrow, but am waiting on the hubs.
 
Hey! I saw you went up 0.5lbs :( Seriously though I wouldn't count that as an increase - just a maintenance. Sounds like clothes are fitting you better and you see a difference in your face. I think like breezy said - sounds like the inches are coming off :) Keep up the hard work and it'll pay off. These little plateaus are there to keep us motivated... at least that's the only thing that keeps me going!!!
 
can we sya another .4 lbs increase on top of the .5? I can't believe it, I was doing better when I wasn't counting calories.

Friday Feb 9, 2007

Breakfast
Yoplait Nouriche Super Smoothie
260 cals

Snack
SB Diet PB cookies
100 cals

Lunch
1/4 Turkey & cheese wrap w/lettuce and tomato-- it was nasty, that's why I ate only 1/4 of it. 200 cals?
1 serving of mixed fruit 100 cals?
2 cups iced tea sweetened w/sweet n low.
=300 cals

Snack
Banana 110 cals

Dinner
PIGGED OUT for dinner
Sweet & Sour Chicken (Chinese)
Fried Rice

Low fat ice cream

***I have no clue how many calories I had, and I don't feel bad about it. =) Once meal in 2 weeks isn't bad. Plus, I got on the scale and I was only up by .2 lbs. =)

Water:: 35.9 so far today (6pm) Couldn't drink butt loads while at school. Just don't have the option to go potty every 20 minutes!


Exercise 2.1 miles treadmill, 25.30 minutes,
4 minutes warm up.
45 secs 9.0 speed (I thought, heck, why not try higher next time)
1 minute cool down ... at this point, 3.5 felt like I was crawling, so I stayed between 4.5 and 5 I believe.
30 seconds 9.5 speed
1 minute cool down
30 seconds 9.5 speed
1 minute 15 sec cool down
30 sec 9.5 speed
1 minute 15 sec cool down
30 sec (barely made it) 9.5 speed
This landed me somewhere near the 13 minute mark.

I then did a walk around 4.0 speed for a minute or 2 and then started jogging between 5.5 and 6.0 for a while and then slowed and then pushed it back up and slowed for a total of 25 minutes.
 
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Don't let the scale bring you down. Your weight can fluctuate so much, but it's those pants fitting that's important. (Last week between Friday and Saturday I had an almost 2lb difference--and I certainly didn't do anything to lose 2 lbs overnight)
 
Well, instead of getting my break, I was asked to fill in for another class. a 6th grade English and boy were they bad ... this class has been crazy too!

Which also means that I could not go and get some lunch so I'm stuck eating the school lunch today and have no clue how many calories. :(
 
Girl, I just ordered one of those scales from ebay myself. I am excited to get it. Right now I use the scales at my work and at the gym.

Anyway...I was reading what you've been eating and doing for exercise and that's bullshit that your weight went up. This is what I think:
1) it has something to do with TOM
OR
2) you are putting on muscle
You cannot have added fat to your body if you have been eating and exercising like you say you are. Your scale does give you body fat percentage, right? What is it saying about your body fat percentage? Also, maybe you should get a tape measure so you can take your measurements. Sometimes a person is putting on weight (i.e. the scale is moving up) but they are losing fat and gaining muscle, losing inches.

Also, your goal body that you are trying to get back looks great. I used to have a really, really nice body. I was actually a stripper, and not that I would want to go back and do that again (dealing with desperate horny men is SUCH a treat), but I definitely want to be in that body again. It makes such a difference in my self-confidence when I look in the mirror nude and see something nice. haha too much information? oh well... i know you know what I mean!

But you WILL get back into that body, just keep at it. And also, by the way, you have a really pretty face from your pictures. Just thought I'd let you know.
 
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Girl, I just ordered one of those scales from ebay myself. I am excited to get it. Right now I use the scales at my work and at the gym.

Anyway...I was reading what you've been eating and doing for exercise and that's bullshit that your weight went up. This is what I think:
1) it has something to do with TOM
OR
2) you are putting on muscle
You cannot have added fat to your body if you have been eating and exercising like you say you are. Your scale does give you body fat percentage, right? What is it saying about your body fat percentage? Also, maybe you should get a tape measure so you can take your measurements. Sometimes a person is putting on weight (i.e. the scale is moving up) but they are losing fat and gaining muscle, losing inches.

Also, your goal body that you are trying to get back looks great. I used to have a really, really nice body. I was actually a stripper, and not that I would want to go back and do that again (dealing with desperate horny men is SUCH a treat), but I definitely want to be in that body again. It makes such a difference in my self-confidence when I look in the mirror nude and see something nice. haha too much information? oh well... i know you know what I mean!

But you WILL get back into that body, just keep at it. And also, by the way, you have a really pretty face from your pictures. Just thought I'd let you know.
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Thanks, TOM is not for a few weeks, so I know it's not that, and I guess it could be some muscle, but it just seems strange that now it's going up and not down.

I'm going to try to get in cardio every day for next week and see what happens. I still have to finish my 8 miles for this week as well. I'm hoping it's just that I am adding muscle and losing inches even though the scale is moving up up up.

The scale does have the body fat/muscle and muscle is increasing and fat is decreasing, although I wasn't able to check it this morning.

Also, my husband keeps telling me the same things, don't get discouraged, I'm eating right and exercising etc. So, it's been a real help.


Today is going to be my second "first" attempt at HIIT and I'm going to try 8.5 or 9.0 sprint to see how long I can do that. I will be making sure the incline is on 0 this time. :D

Also, thanks for the compliments!
 
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