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Week 8 Challenge: No Fast Food! (Cumulative)
Day Fifty-Four:
End of the Week Reflection:
Welp, yesterday was not that bad... Only 1250 calories with 28% overall fat and 10% saturated. So yesterday, I had my usual breakfast. Lunch was leftover beef stew. Snack was chips... I know it's bad but I'm still freaking okay. Dinner was steamed chicken, 1 cup rice and 2 cups cooked baby bok-choy. So not bad. But not great. Could have been better. Sodium was up because of the chips. Water was right at 2.5L though thankfully.
End of the Week Reflection:
The challenge for me this week is harder than I thought. Because I had the fast food joint is RIGHT next to my program. AND I'm stressing. Apparently, when I stress, I eat. Gah.
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jelly belly88
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BAM!!! POW!!!BANG!!!!SMACK!!!!WACK!!!!
Now breath!!!LOL!!!!! I Kicked your Behind so you would relax alittle... You just gotta relax. You will be fine at that testing!!! Pick up a book to read about EXcel. Therefore you don't over eat.
I hope all goes well and i thinkyou will be fine. No more Worries. Have a GREAT Day and drink that WATER
Now breath!!!LOL!!!!! I Kicked your Behind so you would relax alittle... You just gotta relax. You will be fine at that testing!!! Pick up a book to read about EXcel. Therefore you don't over eat.
I hope all goes well and i thinkyou will be fine. No more Worries. Have a GREAT Day and drink that WATER
Initial_C
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Summer Challenge Recap:
Week 9 Challenge: Less Red Meat (Cumulative)
Current Weight: 261 (down 1 pound... I'LL TAKE IT! )
(1) - Portion control/low cal & low fat diet
(2) - Journaling on my Fitday account
(3) - Making sure I get 2.5 liters a day of water
(4) - Exercising at least 3x a week (most likely M/W/F and alternatively T/Th/Sat)
(5) - Must Eat Breakfast Everyday
(6) - No Eating Three Hours Before Bed
(7) - Move More
(8) - Less Salt
(9) - No Weighing Until Monday
(10) - Dance More
(11) - Wake Up
(12) - No Fast Food
(2) - Journaling on my Fitday account
(3) - Making sure I get 2.5 liters a day of water
(4) - Exercising at least 3x a week (most likely M/W/F and alternatively T/Th/Sat)
(5) - Must Eat Breakfast Everyday
(6) - No Eating Three Hours Before Bed
(7) - Move More
(8) - Less Salt
(9) - No Weighing Until Monday
(10) - Dance More
(11) - Wake Up
(12) - No Fast Food
Week 9 Challenge: Less Red Meat (Cumulative)
Current Weight: 261 (down 1 pound... I'LL TAKE IT!
)Day Fifty-Five:
Okay, so let's be honest here... I haven't really been posting in my journal or staying true to this challenge in the recent weeks. I've been making the minimum posts and sorta just dragging along. It's cause I've been depressed and stressed about many things in my life lately. First thing is my health. Around my birthday, I realized I had PCOS and my doctor told me she found a lump in my breast. Then my job finding program started which made me busy while I had to do lots of tests (bloodwork, ultrasounds and papsmear). And then finally, last week I got a call about a job I applied to... which is great... except it's very stressful and I had to spend alot of time to prepare myself for this pre-screening test I had to do.
Okay, well, the tests came back. First of all... My bloodwork. My cholesterol is a bit high. Midly high. It's 5.4 but ideally it should be 5 or under. Also, my good cholesterol is too low and my bad cholesterol is a lil too high. So I have to eat less saturated fats and eat more unsaturated fats. My sugar level (average of the last 3 months) is 5.1 which is good. I'm now in the normal range. Unfortunately, my uric acid is pretty high. I guess cause I've been having alot of beef lately. That's okay though, this week's challenge is to cut back on red meat to help lower my uric acid and cholesterol. As for my ultrasound... They did find cysts in my ovaries but they were small and few. My doctor told me they MIGHT be functional and naturally are supposed to be there. However, he wasn't too clear on it. He's faxing my results to my endocrinologist who I trust more. I'll see her in December... At least I know I don't have huge cysts in my ovaries which is good enough for me. Breasts are okay from the technician's response. So the only thing I'm waiting for is the pap smear which I don't expect any abnormalities.
Food yesterday was not good admittedly. I was totally stressing and basically looking for something fast and convenient. As such my calorie count was 1750 with 40% being overall fat and 16% being saturated. I had my usual breakfast but it was my lunch at Taco Bell/KFC that ruined it for me. I have the crunchwrap supreme and hot wings. I totally overdid it due to anxiety and stress. Dinner was alright thogh. I had rice, ox tongue with a lil gravy and cooked lettuce. Oh and two mini fudge popsicles.
I've been doing horribly lately but I'll try alot harder from now on! p'-'q
Okay, well, the tests came back. First of all... My bloodwork. My cholesterol is a bit high. Midly high. It's 5.4 but ideally it should be 5 or under. Also, my good cholesterol is too low and my bad cholesterol is a lil too high. So I have to eat less saturated fats and eat more unsaturated fats. My sugar level (average of the last 3 months) is 5.1 which is good. I'm now in the normal range. Unfortunately, my uric acid is pretty high. I guess cause I've been having alot of beef lately. That's okay though, this week's challenge is to cut back on red meat to help lower my uric acid and cholesterol. As for my ultrasound... They did find cysts in my ovaries but they were small and few. My doctor told me they MIGHT be functional and naturally are supposed to be there. However, he wasn't too clear on it. He's faxing my results to my endocrinologist who I trust more. I'll see her in December... At least I know I don't have huge cysts in my ovaries which is good enough for me. Breasts are okay from the technician's response. So the only thing I'm waiting for is the pap smear which I don't expect any abnormalities.
Food yesterday was not good admittedly. I was totally stressing and basically looking for something fast and convenient. As such my calorie count was 1750 with 40% being overall fat and 16% being saturated. I had my usual breakfast but it was my lunch at Taco Bell/KFC that ruined it for me.
I have the crunchwrap supreme and hot wings. I totally overdid it due to anxiety and stress. Dinner was alright thogh. I had rice, ox tongue with a lil gravy and cooked lettuce. Oh and two mini fudge popsicles.I've been doing horribly lately but I'll try alot harder from now on! p'-'q
jelly belly88
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Just remember, You are WORTH it!!!! Get back on track and look forward. Of course ylu'll fall of the bike evry now and then. Whether it could be from rocks on the road or someone pushes you off.LOL!!!! Just get right back on and start rididng again.
Hope you have a GREAT Day and drink them 2.5 liters of WATER!!!!! You can do it
Hope you have a GREAT Day and drink them 2.5 liters of WATER!!!!! You can do it
MissJellyBelly
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Wow IC! 47lbs lost? Holy Moly! I need you to rub some of that on me, hehe. Great job. Came by to check on you and to steal some of your motivation. haha Hope you are having a great summer. Hugs
Cannon 2006
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It is so hard to diet through stress, but you can do it C. Don't stress too much on the good cholesterol. Its really easy to bring up with a little fish or if you don't like fish, fish oil capsules. If you can make it through the crazy times like this C, you can do anything!
Kaitie
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I'm so happy that all your tests came back normal. *phew*
Don't beat yourself up about a little slip up here and there...I guess you could think of it as plateau prevention right? You've shaken up your diet a bit so now you've tricked your body into continuing to burn off the fat. Just get back down to business and everything will turn out ducky
Don't beat yourself up about a little slip up here and there...I guess you could think of it as plateau prevention right? You've shaken up your diet a bit so now you've tricked your body into continuing to burn off the fat. Just get back down to business and everything will turn out ducky
Initial_C
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JellyBelly - Thanks jelly. It's hard getting back on the wagon when one's depressed though I must admit.
Scarlett - *huggles* Thanks hun
Miss JellyBelly - You're BACK! YAY!! *huggles*
Cannon - I love fish. Problem is it's hard getting fish. Fish tends to be quite pricey sometimes.
Kaitie - heh. Hopefully. I dunno though. I'm not as confident anymore....
It's hard getting back on the wagon when one's depressed though I must admit.Scarlett - *huggles* Thanks hun
Miss JellyBelly - You're BACK! YAY!! *huggles*
Cannon - I love fish. Problem is it's hard getting fish. Fish tends to be quite pricey sometimes.
Kaitie - heh. Hopefully. I dunno though. I'm not as confident anymore....
Initial_C
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Week 9 Challenge: Less Red Meat (Cumulative)
Day Fifty-Six:
Yesterday was alright... I TRIED to eat something in the morning before my pre-screening test but I was UBER-nervous. And it made my stomache feel queasy so I didn't eat much. My pre-screening test went alright... So when I got home I was pretty relaxed. I went out with my best friend and her bf and we got some dim sum. Didn't eat alot though. Just a couple pieces. Dinner was lobster chow mein. More lobster than the fried noodle though. I had some air-popped popcorn without any butter or salt. And then I polished off the rest of my birthday cake. So yesterday's total was about 1450 calories with 29% fat, 13% being saturated. Water was only 2.25L though. Sodium is a lil higher. But alright.
Sodium is a lil higher. But alright.
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Initial_C
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Week 9 Challenge: Less Red Meat (Cumulative)
Day Fifty-Seven:
I tried... I REALLY tried. But today was UBER-DEPRESSING. So I binged.
Okay, so firstly, my pre-screening test that I thought went OH SO WELL apparently didn't cause they didn't call me back for an interview. And I dunno why! I thought I was qualified. I did the test well and everything. Sigh. They told me EXPLICITLY that if they liked my test results and found my education/experience was matched with their requirements, they'd call me today or else I can assume they've moved on. So I guess they've moved on. So I'm kinda depressed about that cause I really wanted the job... But I'm trying to think maybe it just wasn't meant to be and stuff. It's in a bad location anyways... Far west end of the city that's known to be kinda rough with lots of shootings. Still though... I knew the risks. I still wanted it.
Secondly, my boyfriend is starting college on Monday. So he's gonna be packing up and going away on Sunday. The college is about 2 hours away. It's silly cause we're in a long-d relationship... But I know that our talk time will be greatly hampered since of schoolwork, the lack of computer-internet and all. We used our computers for most of interactions cause it's basically free. We just hook up the webcam and our mics and voila. It's better than a phone. I can't even call him if I wanted to... The phone is so crappy that all we hear is mumbly gargling noises. So we had our last convo before his big move on Sunday. He'll be busy til then doing alot of stuff such as packing, dropping off documents and papers to offices, getting passport photos done and the like. Woe. I miss him already.
So I totally binged on a WHOLE bag of Smart Food cheese popcorn. Woe. So I ate like 2250 calories today. Most being fat. Ah. My only claim to fame is that at least I drank my water... a lil over 4 liters of water.
So I binged. Okay, so firstly, my pre-screening test that I thought went OH SO WELL apparently didn't cause they didn't call me back for an interview.
And I dunno why! I thought I was qualified. I did the test well and everything. Sigh. They told me EXPLICITLY that if they liked my test results and found my education/experience was matched with their requirements, they'd call me today or else I can assume they've moved on. So I guess they've moved on. So I'm kinda depressed about that cause I really wanted the job... But I'm trying to think maybe it just wasn't meant to be and stuff. It's in a bad location anyways... Far west end of the city that's known to be kinda rough with lots of shootings. Still though... I knew the risks. I still wanted it. Secondly, my boyfriend is starting college on Monday. So he's gonna be packing up and going away on Sunday. The college is about 2 hours away. It's silly cause we're in a long-d relationship... But I know that our talk time will be greatly hampered since of schoolwork, the lack of computer-internet and all. We used our computers for most of interactions cause it's basically free. We just hook up the webcam and our mics and voila. It's better than a phone. I can't even call him if I wanted to... The phone is so crappy that all we hear is mumbly gargling noises.
So we had our last convo before his big move on Sunday. He'll be busy til then doing alot of stuff such as packing, dropping off documents and papers to offices, getting passport photos done and the like. Woe. I miss him already. So I totally binged on a WHOLE bag of Smart Food cheese popcorn. Woe.
So I ate like 2250 calories today. Most being fat. Ah. My only claim to fame is that at least I drank my water... a lil over 4 liters of water.
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Hi C:
Sorry to hear about the job. But as you say it was probably meant to be! I'm sure that something better will come along. I applied for a long term position instead of supply and haven't heard anything yet and I'm probably not going to either it sucks when you don't hear anything. As far as binging. tisk tisk tisk you know better! But I've kinda been on my own bing lately as well.
Sorry to hear about the job. But as you say it was probably meant to be! I'm sure that something better will come along. I applied for a long term position instead of supply and haven't heard anything yet and I'm probably not going to either it sucks when you don't hear anything. As far as binging. tisk tisk tisk you know better! But I've kinda been on my own bing lately as well.
reach4Astar
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hey, you know what, sometimes life just sucks!! It is the down times that make us apprisheate the happy ones, and who knows why you didn't get that job, but maybe it is because you are destin for better eh? We never know what the future holds, but remember this, you are the only one who can determine how you will let things effect you, your happiness is in your hands, so decide to be positive, pi** on the rest, don't beat yourself up over it, just learn from it and move on, hey you drank your water, be happy about that. I would bet there were times in the past when you did not even do that, (i know i didn't) As far as your bf goes, well that is hard and I feel for ya, my hubby went off to school for 16 months and i felt like crying but i lived, and now i know i can handel being alone and i acutally enjoyed finding my indepndence again,( here is to girl power), remember you were a whole person before you met him and you are still a whole person with out him, but it is ok to miss him and pine over him, that is what love is all about, so revel in it listen to sad songs, put his photo in your car and talk to it, make out with him on the phone , but stay true to you and stick with it, you can do this, you are strong and we are here for you,embrace your dreams let nothing stand in your way !!! later on reach4Astar ( PS See my Quote below, it rocks)
We never know what the future holds, but remember this, you are the only one who can determine how you will let things effect you, your happiness is in your hands, so decide to be positive, pi** on the rest, don't beat yourself up over it, just learn from it and move on, hey you drank your water, be happy about that. I would bet there were times in the past when you did not even do that, (i know i didn't) As far as your bf goes, well that is hard and I feel for ya, my hubby went off to school for 16 months and i felt like crying but i lived, and now i know i can handel being alone and i acutally enjoyed finding my indepndence again,( here is to girl power), remember you were a whole person before you met him and you are still a whole person with out him, but it is ok to miss him and pine over him, that is what love is all about, so revel in it listen to sad songs, put his photo in your car and talk to it, make out with him on the phone , but stay true to you and stick with it, you can do this, you are strong and we are here for you,embrace your dreams let nothing stand in your way !!! later on reach4Astar ( PS See my Quote below, it rocks)
MissJellyBelly
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Hello chica! Thanks for stopping by to say hello. You'll do better today! Stay strong.
jelly belly88
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Hey you!!! Have a Great Day and you better be drinking your WATER
Kaitie
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^I think I'm going to call you 'The Water Girl'
Initial C: Two years ago I taught in a supposedly great school district. Great music program etc. The prinicipal hated music teachers and subsequently screwed me over. Now I knew the bad circumstances going into it, my gut told me not to do it but all I saw were the dollar signs. It was the worst job of my life. I was stressed all the time, worried about tenure, stupid parents beotching at me all the time--it was hell. After getting the royal screw I took a job in a neighboring school district...one that has a reputation for being terrible. I have never been happier. I plan of finishing my career there I love it so much.
Here's the moral of my story. It wasn't the right job for you. Who knows what hell you've been spared (or harm) by not getting the job....consider yourself lucky that you weren't placed in a job that wasn't the best job for you. Sucks hearing that...but boy have I learned the freakin' hard way. The right one will come along.
Initial C: Two years ago I taught in a supposedly great school district. Great music program etc. The prinicipal hated music teachers and subsequently screwed me over. Now I knew the bad circumstances going into it, my gut told me not to do it but all I saw were the dollar signs. It was the worst job of my life. I was stressed all the time, worried about tenure, stupid parents beotching at me all the time--it was hell. After getting the royal screw I took a job in a neighboring school district...one that has a reputation for being terrible. I have never been happier. I plan of finishing my career there I love it so much.
Here's the moral of my story. It wasn't the right job for you. Who knows what hell you've been spared (or harm) by not getting the job....consider yourself lucky that you weren't placed in a job that wasn't the best job for you. Sucks hearing that...but boy have I learned the freakin' hard way. The right one will come along.
Initial_C
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Thanks guys...
I've decided to quit C's Super Summer Challenge... I only have a week to go... But at this point I feel like "who am I trying to kid?" Some days I'm not even trying. I feel very depressed. In fact, this entire month sucked beyond comparison. I've decided to just cut my losses short. And just try to re-find my motivation somehow. Hopefully then I can get to my 50 pound weightloss magic number.
I've decided to quit C's Super Summer Challenge... I only have a week to go... But at this point I feel like "who am I trying to kid?" Some days I'm not even trying. I feel very depressed. In fact, this entire month sucked beyond comparison. I've decided to just cut my losses short. And just try to re-find my motivation somehow. Hopefully then I can get to my 50 pound weightloss magic number.