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Your workouts are just amazing :) - Sorry about your foot though - I know how much frustrating injuries can be, especially when you're on a such a role and you just can't do what you want to do. Keep it up and get that foot rested and you'll be back in no time.

Good luck with the new weigh ins. I'm sort of thinking I'm going to reduce mine as well. Right now I'm about every other week because I just don't need the extra discouragement - especially when it's due to small things like water retention or TOM. I'd rather keep chugging along and checking in now and then to make sure I'm on the right track.
 
To chime in with everyone else Jes, you are beautiful :) You remind me of Kajol Mukherjee, one of my favorite actresses.
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Hey Jess!

Sorry to hear about your foot- that's a real bummer...hopefully taking a day or two to let it rest will help!

Regardless of the injured foot- damn girl- your work out is great! 50min of cardio and then circuits! wow!! You're doing awesome!

I totally agree with you on the weighing point. I'm like you, I weigh myself every day and i set up goals for me to reach- when i don't reach them, it's devastating...I like to think that seeing a +lbs on the scale makes me work harder, but some days I think it's just making it harder for me to work- it can completely deflate me.

You're doing great girlie!! I hope this weekend you can take it easy on the foot, meet your workout goals, destress, and also have a super great time :)

Take care! *hugs*
 
Hope your foot feels better! I love your circuits. I keep wondering if you make them up yourself? ...I know how it feels to be injured. And I completely understand you about the scale. The scale is discouraging, and I only want to weigh in my once a week too. I was doing it every other day this past week, and it's messing with me. Great Great job on your workouts!
 
Friday, March 4, 2011
- Rest day

Saturday, March 5, 2011
- 30 minutes on elliptical
- Jogged 5 miles

Sunday, March 6, 2011
- 30 minutes on elliptical
- 20 minutes on crosstrainer
- Circuit #1 x 3:
* 25 lunges
* 30 leg raises
* 20 push-ups
- Circuit #2 x 3:
* 30 jumping jacks
* 30 crunches with 10lbs
* 30 squats with 10lbs
- Circuit #3 x 3:
* 20 mountain climbers
* 3 60-second planks
* 20 balanced crunches
- Circuit #4 x 3:
* 20 burpees
* 45-second of scissor kicks
* 30 hip extensions
- Weights:
* Chest press: 2x10 with 45lbs, 3x10 with 30lbs
* Pectoral fly: 2x10 with 45lbs, 3x10 with 30lbs
* Seated row: 2x10 with 45lbs, 3x10 with 30lbs
* Tricep press: 2x10 with 70lb, 2x10 with 80lbs

Awesomeeee workout this morning. I felt it was very well balanced.

Now I'm off to work from 10AM-7PM. I'm already exhausted. I'm going to come home and just crash. Eating has been spot on. I've been in the 1200-1600 calorie range.

My foot is finally 100% so workouts are going to be kicked up a notch this week to make up for all the rest days I took last week. It's going to be an amazing weekend.

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I will reply to all you lovely ladies when I get home from work this evening <3333 And catch up on your diaries!!
 
Happy to hear your foot is better and that eating has been spot on! 16 days now for the factory of awesomeness :) Good job on the workouts!
 
I finally have some time to sit down and catch up.

Jess: Thank you! <3

AriannaErin: Thank you! Like I KNOW weight fluctuates but when you just see a number higher than you expect, it just really bums me out so once a month it is!

Xenon: Lol I get told that all the time from Indian people =P Thank you!

Alta: Thanks girl!! My weigh in days are now going to be the 1st. It's just better. I stress too much over numbers. The circuits are made up by me. The exercises I learned from my personal trainer when I had one. He made me do soooo much more but those are the ones I can remember. I need to pull out my logs from when I was working out with Jared so I can remember the other exercises so I can change it up a bit. Your circuits are wayyyyyy killer than mine!!! I would die if we worked out together lol

Jill: Thank you always for the kind words of encouragement. It always means a lot.

Tally: Thank you!! I can't wait till Cheesecake!! Lol

Just have some random thoughts on my mind…

- I realized I have time to save my body. I feel like right now I'm fixing all the "damage" I've kind of done to it. It's still salvageable. Last night after I got home from work and I set out on my run, that's how I saw it. Every step I took was just one step closer. I'm sculpting my body one day at a time. I can do it. It was such a beautiful night and I was just so thankful that I was able to go out and go running. I love running at night. I always just feel like I'm kind of gliding. My steps are lighter. I can't explain it. But I just love the feeling of getting ready and heading out. Never really sure what route I'm going to take or where I'm headed but just me, my thoughts, and my music. I feel at peace.

- I overdid it a bit yesterday. I don't think I ate enough. I burned off more than I ate. After my 5 mile run (which was after working from 10AM-7PM), I got into bed and I was just EXHAUSTED. SO tired. I was feeling super nauseous and just sick. Not enough food and just being super tired was not a good combo. Just for a moment I thought "OMG I can't do this. I can't!!!" But no. I have to remove "can't" from my vocal. I CAN do it. I WILL do it. THE END.

- I think I forget this a lot but I've already made some strides. I remember the highest I ever was 196lbs. Just a few lbs shy of 200lbs. That was a rude awakening for me. I'm at 170lbs now. I know I just recently started working out daily and cleaned up my diet again but I did lose those 26lbs. May not be super recent but it's a dent. I remember when I originally started out I wanted to lose 60lbs. I'm almost halfway. If I made it this far then I can definitely make it the rest of the way.

I can do this. It may not be super fast but I will do it. I know I gave myself until August to lose the weight but I have the rest of my life. I want to continue to challenge my body and just take it one day at a time. I remember someone asked me why I was aiming for August. 1.) It's a good amount of time for me to lose the weight at a good rate 2.) I start law school in August. I really wanted to lose the "chunk" of my weight by then so when school starts, I'm just having to maintain my weight. Right now I just have plenty of time to actually put forth the dedication and effort to the gym 6 days a week.

This month I'm going to take away the focus from the numbers. I LOVE running. I love challenging my body. I LOVE working out. That's what I enjoy and that's what keeps me going so that's what I'm going to focus on this month.
 
That's exactly how I feel about running. That's exactly how I feel about life. That's exactly how I feel about weight. :iagree:!

...and yes, that is a huge accomplishment in itself already. Your mindset alone is a huge accomplishment. Fitness for the mind is more challenging than it is for the body. The body just does what the mind tells it to. I love the gratitude you feel for running,..I understand it and feel the same. Enjoy your workouts!! (And your circuits are pretty killer! You just also inspired me to write down the circuits we do with the trainer, so I could keep it for my records if he isn't ever in my life.)
 
That's a great attitude!! I feel like the scale should be used for encouragement or something to help keep you in line. Not the ultimate definer of what we have done though! Sodium, hormones and all those other things can totally make it go up and down.

I feel like if you KNOW you have been eating well and you have been working hard then of course weight loss will come in time. I feel like even more then the scale the one thing to really listen to is your mind! It will tell you if you have been doing it right or wrong.

I haven't been able to get an accurate weight for a bit but my mind knows I haven't been eating the wrongs things and my mind knows I have been working out hard. So eff the scale for now. I'm content.
 
You're doing great girl! And I think you've made some excellent points! You CAN do this, and you WILL! Like you said, you've already lost an AMAZING amount of weight, and you can keep going! You will reach your goal, but you have time! It's not going to happen over night, it will be a journey! And you're starting to change your lifestyle, you not making temporary changes, you're making life long changes!

Keep up the great work, and you have such a positive attitude! it's great when you can have those "ah-ha" moments, where things click, and you can feel serene about everything!

You have a good head on your shoulders! You got this girl!
 
Loved your thoughts Jes :D Especially the part about fixing your body. I also set a goal to lose weight for school. I think you can totally achieve what you are working toward, I find that having your mind in the right set is really what gets you far and you seem to have that down to a tee. :) Great Job!
 
I've had a pretty crappy week. I didn't really push myself and my eating was just downright shitty. I ate ~2000 calories every day and my workouts were pretty weak. I'm not sure what happened. I wasn't very motivated. I think it has to do with not working out before work. I kind of became lazy and slept in and then hit the gym after work. I need to start hitting the gym before work. It also just keeps my eating in check.

Monday, March 7, 2011
- 30 minutes on elliptical
- 20 minutes on crosstrainer
- Jogged 1 mile

Tuesday, March 8, 2011
- 30 minutes on elliptical
- 20 minutes on crosstrainer

Wednesday, March 9, 2011
- Rest day

Not a good day for me. I was just so down and negative. My attitude was very, "I can't do this. I'm always going to be fat". Very crappy day. I ate like shit and I didn't exercise.

Thursday, March 10, 2011
- 30 minutes on elliptical
- 20 minutes on crosstrainer
- Jogged 5 miles

AMAZING workout. I kicked ass today. I CAN do this. I WILL do this. No giving up. So what if I had a bad day? I'm back on my game today. My body is so worn right now. I love this feeling.

Shooting for a well-balanced workout tomorrow. 30 minutes on elliptical, 20 minutes on crosstrainer, jog 2 miles, body circuits, and some weights.
 
gohomejes said:
AMAZING workout. I kicked ass today. I CAN do this. I WILL do this. No giving up. So what if I had a bad day? I'm back on my game today. My body is so worn right now. I love this feeling.

Shooting for a well-balanced workout tomorrow. 30 minutes on elliptical, 20 minutes on crosstrainer, jog 2 miles, body circuits, and some weights.
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Great job getting back to it! I've had a week sort of like you where I just wasnt' feeling it and I'm hoping to get back to it tonight (well in about 5 minutes) because I know I feel great when I've done a really good workout - it really is a great feeling and I know it will help motivate me to keep at it. Reading your post really helped :) - No giving up here either!!
 
I also get really bad once my exercise stops so I totally get that feeling! I'm glad your getting back to a positive attitude! It takes a lot of mental energy to get back to the positive side and you totally did it!!

I like to write a lot of my reasons in this journal. For me I get to a point where I just don't know if its worth it to keep working and eating well and I stop. Then I ignore everything like the scale or the fact that my jeans are getting too tight and then a couple of months later I attempt to get going again. I can't quite remember why I stopped.. so for me the journal is something to fill with good things so that when bad things come about I can remember what I have done.

Also I really wish I would have kept it while I was ballooning up just so I would have at least stepped on the scale a couple of times. I must have been in a completely different mind set.. but I learned from it and I'm doing it all over again and this time I will be writing in the journal a year from now about how awesome it is that I kept going and I made it a year of eating healthy and doing well and that I never want to stop :)

We live we learn and we improve!
 
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Just have some random thoughts on my mind…

- I realized I have time to save my body. I feel like right now I'm fixing all the "damage" I've kind of done to it. It's still salvageable. Last night after I got home from work and I set out on my run, that's how I saw it. Every step I took was just one step closer. I'm sculpting my body one day at a time. I can do it. It was such a beautiful night and I was just so thankful that I was able to go out and go running. I love running at night. I always just feel like I'm kind of gliding. My steps are lighter. I can't explain it. But I just love the feeling of getting ready and heading out. Never really sure what route I'm going to take or where I'm headed but just me, my thoughts, and my music. I feel at peace.
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This was one of my biggest set backs. I'd always say I'm almost 35 yrs old. That it's too late for me. I"m closer to 40 than 30, so what's the point? The years I should be smaller and be enjoying life are gone by..........but they're not! I was SO wrong! I have time to save my body and enjoy it! Took me soooo long to realize that, that I've let 2 yrs slip by, let 50lbs creep back on.
 
I haven't been to the gym since FRIDAY. FRIDAY!!! I won't be back in there until tomorrow. That's FOUR days off!! AHHH!!!

I was sick. I have been in bed since Saturday night. I was feeling kind of crummy on Friday but I was still functional. I woke up on Saturday and I felt like I had gotten hit by a train, a few semi's, and a few buses but I couldn't call in sick to work. Every time I swallowed I felt like I was swallowing a thousand shards of glass, I was super congested, and I was feeling really warm. I was going out of town for work that day to do interviews though so there was no way I could call in sick. I knew I had a fever before I even left. I had a fever the entire day. By the time I got home at 8PMish I was just...DEAD. I have NEVER felt so crappy. I was freezing. The temperature in my car was 85+. That's insanely hot. Usually 75 is too warm. But even with 85 I wasn't warm enough. I was shivering and my body was just limp. I had a 102 fever. I had that through the entire night. Sunday I was just pretty much asleep all day. I called in sick today and I just rested/slept.

I feel so weak. I went downstairs to get water and by the time I got back upstairs I was so winded. I just feel really weak. The plan is to get back in the gym tomorrow after work. I work from 11AM-8PM and then gym around 9PMish. I know I'm going to be slow but that's okay. Just going to take it nice and easy. I'll be back to my usual level of intensity in no time.

I also decided to weigh myself since it's almost halfway through the month and 167. Lowest yet but I also think that has to do with the fact that I haven't really ate much since Friday. I've mainly been on liquids, soup, and some toast. I think once I get some actual food into me again I'll feel stronger.

I shall update this tomorrow after my attempt at the gym.
 
Feel better. :grouphug: Lots of tea, and rest, and water! I would probably lay off the gym tomorrow too if you feel like this. You're going to deplete your body of the energy it needs to fight to get better. Just rest. That's the best you can do for yourself right now. Come back strong when you are 100%! I know how that feels to be so long out of working out though.. :)
 
Hope you're feeling better! When I get sick i turn into a whiny brat. No gym, no healthy foods, not a good thing comes of it... Hope the gym treats ya well! :)
 
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