Posts by jennelaw

What a downer!  I went to the gym and had my measurements done for the first time since last month.  Weight hadn't really changed, which was no surprise.  However, the girl that did the measurements last month hadn't set the high-tech scale accurately and had botched that and the measurements.  (I was afraid she had pulled the tape too tight....)

So, not only do I not have any real measure for progress since all the measurements went up, but I had been relieved that at least my body fat percentage was at an acceptable level.....not so much!  According to the new computations I had even lost muscle!

I have to really get into high gear - especially seeing that the BF was 37.4%.  Really log everything every day and put more effort into what I've been doing.  I'm just going to look at this as a motivation to get back on track.

Friday weigh in - no change!  Oh well.  No gain, no loss.  Since I haven't been as good as I know I should be, I think I just need to be happy!

As for this evening, the prayer will be "lead us not into temptation and deliver us from snack size candy bars!"

Well, sick turned into REALLY sick and migraine!  However, the weekend wasn't a total loss.  We baked homemade pies on Saturday (and my first foray into homemade crust!)  By the time we were done, we were too tired to eat any that night and yesterday I had a migraine so I just had a tiny bite of two of them.  I went home mid-morning and got all the rest of them and brought them to the office.  Had a small piece of the pecan and gave all the rest of them away.  All of the fun and enjoyment, none of the calories!

Salsa - welcome back!  I'm jealous of your trip - sounds like a blast!

Happy Monday!  It is finally nice and cool here and I love it!  Yesterday we went and got some gorgeous orange, yellow and burgundy mums and put them out on the porch with my little scarecrows.

Went and bought a new pair of work pants this weekend since the rest of them are falling off.  An 8 petite!  Yay!  And, they fit perfectly which hopefully means that in the next month I will be trading them in for a 6.

I'm starting to miss everyone!

wbbuff - I'm with you on the breakfast meetings.  Today is boss's day and one of the girls brought in doughnuts.  Passed on those and ate the breakfast I brought from home.  Tomorrow is a co-worker's birthday and we are doing a breakfast - potatoes and sausage, etc.  Since I already know how good they are going to be, I'm sure I won't be able to show any willpower!

Oikay, I have found my happy place......

I hate exercising.  I mean don't like a single thing about it....don't like to sweat....don't like the burn in the muscles.....don't like it, Sam I Am.

However.....I realized today during my pre-lunch workout that if I visualize every bounce and twist, every exercise as burning one tiny little fat cell and think of the machines that I hate the most (which are, coincidentally, working on my most problem areas) as my favorites then the whole experience becomes so much more productive.

How do you guys find motivation on those "hard to get it done" days????

Last week - 146.something.

This week - 145.6!!!!!!!  Yay!!!!!!

Goal for next week, 144.9.

On a really good note, this has been week three at the gym and I have been faithfully going at least three days a week (four most of the time, this week was a little more hectic than usual.) And I'm also walking at least a mile in the evening and got hubby to walk with me.  I'm also fairly back on track with the eating.  I'm going to have to be extra diligent next week with TTOM, but I'm psyched!

Great job everyone!!!!

Anyone ever crave red meat?  I don't eat very much meat of any sort (not for any real reason, just don't eat a lot of it...) and the past two days I have been craving red meat SOOOO bad!  Had a hamburger patty with melted cheese and sauteed veggies, no bun for dinner last night and ended up having another one tonight.  Maybe I'm getting a little anemic again????

Anyone else ever crave something like that (besides sugar, LOL)?  I read somewhere that when you have food cravings for things like that it's usually because your body is trying to correct some deficiency.  Can anyone share any light on that?

Sorry I missed weigh in on Friday - it's been insanely busy here too!  Scale said 146.4 which is still fluctuating from my lowest of 145.9 last week.  I'm having some sort of inflammatory flare right now and I'm swelling up like crazy!  I'm also holding a lot of water and very bloated.  I guess I'm going to keep pounding the water this week and hope that there will FINALLY be some progress this week.

Made a homemade white lasagna yesterday with spinach, italian sausage and homemade bechamel sauce.  Only had a small piece with a salad, but it was SOOO good!  Next weekend I'm going to try the butternut squash and sage one.  Martha Stewart is both a blessing and a curse!

Yay for cooler weather!

I made a huge pot of chili for dinner last night and brought some of the leftovers in for lunch today.  I am going to the gym, so that way I can eat at my desk.  I am feeling a little better since I put on a pair of size 8 pants that were a little tight the first time I wore them and are now fitting pretty nicely.  No matter what the scale says, there is definitely progress!  Perhaps some increase in weight due to muscle gain and water retention?

Other than that, just trying to wake up this morning.  The increase on the meds is making me super groggy and so dizzy that the past two nights I've almost gone face-first into the wall.  I keep trying for an earlier to bed night, but it's not happening.

Off to fix some hot tea!  Have a great day, everyone!

Kelly - opinions differ on my height.  One doctor said 5'4 and another said 5'5.  We agreed yesterday that I appear to be 5'4.5.  So, I've been going with 5'4 for calculating everything.  I'm not sure how accurate the measurements are since she pulled the tape measure much tighter than I pull it when I do them at home.  I'm going to have another one of the trainers do the measurements next week to see if they come in the same.

I think we're buying a house....went and looked at it last night, going to talk to the guy and make an offer today.

This is making my stomach hurt!  I want out of Barbie's crack house...but our mortgage payment will go up quite a bit.  It has hard wood floors and berber carpeting and my kids could probably make it look like crap in less than a month.  I don't want to have to pack up my stuff, either.

I don't do well with change!

Okay, now on day 4 back on track.  We went shopping with my mom this afternoon and had lunch at Macaroni Grill.  We got a salad and shared an entree.  I'm still SOOO full.  Definitely going to have something light for dinner.  You're right.  It feels so good to be back in the zone!  I went to Old Navy and got two pairs of shorts for $8.00.  I haven't bought shorts in forever! 

I talked to the girl from the gym and I think I'm going to schedule my fitness evaluation next week.  She said that I could manage the yoga and pilates with no real problem, and the morning classes are pretty empty so I could get lots of one on one. 

After the doctor appointment yesterday, I have a lot more perspective.  They increased one of my meds to help with my left leg dragging (and the side benefit is I will sleep SO good!)  And they determined I am having a sensitivity to one of the other medications which is mimicking a kidney infection - basically, it's causing an allergic reaction in my kidneys.  I had that problem with another one.  So, off that for now.  Finally, my red blood count was off and I'm anemic.  Explains a lot, huh?  The recommendation for now is to eat lots of red meat and green leafy vegetables and then do a re-check. 

Morning all - yesterday was a better day food wise.  I still feel weird and funky, but doctor is tomorrow.  So, one good day back on the wagon and today's going to be another one, right?

Have a great day, everyone!

Bad day yesterday....bad, bad, bad.  Went home sick at lunch and then proceeded to eat myself through the contents of the house for the rest of the day.  I have GOT to get motivated and back on track!  I think that was the closest to a binge that I've had in a very long time.  I went and had some blood drawn this morning and have another appointment with the dr. on Friday morning.  I don't know if something is out of whack with my medications or if I'm just spectacularly un-motivated. 

I'm trying to lose another fifteen before the big family get-together at Thanksgiving.  It doesn't help that my darling sister called the other day and she has lost yet another pants size.  I am really happy for her, but if I had unlimited time and funding for the personal trainer, food (and masses of diet pills) then perhaps I would have dropped my weight at an unhealthy rate also.  Oops - sorry, a little bitter there!  However, as much as I love my family, these are the same people that told me at the same holiday last year that I needed to get out of the kitchen b/c my @$$ was too fat for all of us to be in the room at the same time.  Can you just feel the love?  So, my approximate thirty pound loss will pale in comparison with my sister who has gone from a size 12 to a 6 since they last saw her and I will still be a fat -@$$ by comparison.

I think I have PMS.....