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18 June 2015

Ok, so this is why I don't put TOO much stock in "weight". My weight has gone up... but my measurements HAVEN'T. I haven't been perfect on food or exercise as far as keeping to a regimented schedule. However I have been doing yard work almost daily (and not light weight yard work either but heavy duty, getting in and breaking a sweat yard work). I am getting back to the bike machine, push-ups and crunches. This weekend I am going kayaking! So excited to finally get the kayaks back out on the water. Barely did any last year.

I do have some health issues going on and am hoping to get some answers today which is why I haven't really been on lately. But I hope everyone is continuing to see success in their weight loss or fitness journeys! (I feel like I can't just say weight loss any more as my size is staying the same and weight is going up as I build muscle which is what I wanted.)

<3

Weigh-in: 160.0 lb

lost so far: 40.0 lb

still to go: 10.0 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

(3 comments) gaining 1.6 lb a week

04 June 2015

Whew what a whirlwind few days.... or rather week I guess.

My birthday was last week so I am now 25. I've been going, going, going and haven't kept up with logging my food. I know I have gained a little weight because I have been endulging in cake and stuff. But I am not really sorry. It was fun, and yummy, and I can get back at it now.

Besides, when my boyfriend surprised me with a home-made lemon meringue pie I couldn't really say no. :P

The only thing I do regret is not keeping up with my workouts. It's amazing how quickly I backslide. I was up to 6 miles on my bike machine and last night I was lucky to hit 4. My goal is 10. So tonight I will aim for 5.

Not going to keep starving myself though honestly... I am starting to care less and less about size as I am a nice size and shape. I just want to feel good and be healthy. So I am upping my calories a bit and being a little less crazy about that. I need to focus more on WHAT I put in my body rather than calories.

This weekend is the highland games and it's supposed to be SUPER hot out, so Saturday I will be enjoying the sun in my shorts and a tank top. Sunday I have GOT to get out and do some yard work. The buttercup is taking over the side yard. So that will help burn some calories.

Hope everyone has been having a great week!

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23 May 2015

Measurements:

Where: May 2nd / May 23rd

Upper Arm: 12.5" / 12"
Bust: 35.5" / 34.5"
Waist: 29" / 27.5"
Hips: 39" / 38"
Butt: 42.5" / 40"
Thigh: 26" / 24.5"
Rib Cage: 31" / 30"

If I am doing my math right, that's 9" of body mass lost? I think.

Weigh-in: 154.0 lb

lost so far: 46.0 lb

still to go: 4.0 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

add comment losing 4.0 lb a week

20 May 2015

Good Wednesday morning FS people!

I am feeling a little better today than I have all week and felt like just touching in, partly to remind myself of why I am struggling this week. This has been a truly awful week for me.

Sunday:
One of my friends eloped with her deadbeat boyfriend who is abusive, older than her, using her for money, and to top it off from pictures it looks like she may have a slight baby bump.
Ran into another "friend" at a concert (the local orchestra performing with the Seattle Rock Orchestra doing a whole night of Beatles music). She was obviously on some kind of uppers and I know a few years ago she used to be addicted to quite a few. She has been having serious relationship issues so I am not surprised. But then she takes me around back and ambushes me with a professor/musician that I had a major falling out with who was just about as thrilled to see me as I was to see him. Then she kept me talking for 20 minutes after being incredibly insensitive to what I have had going on in recent months to do with the classical music scene here.
My boyfriend left that night to go on a week long vacation with a female friend of his, and we haven't been together very long so that is hard for me.

Monday:
Not enough sleep.
Crazy, passive aggressive, male coworker who is a ticking time bomb of attacking women for "rejecting him" decided that he was going to start s*** with me because my boyfriend had come by the office Friday and he had heard about it and somehow this makes me another woman "rejecting him". (No, this is not rational or explainable behavior, he just seems like the type to wind up on the 10pm news having gone on a shooting spree and he really scares me.)

Yesterday:
Still not enough sleep.
Didn't talk to boyfriend on phone Monday night or Tuesday morning like he had said we would so was feeling snippy and vulnerable (mind you it's also that TOM and I am super hormonal, crazy and on the verge of tears every couple hours as is). Talked to him last night and wound up making it a much more serious heavy duty conversation than I had meant to. I think things are ok but I wish I had kept my da** mouth shut.

Today:
Decided to try to turn the week around as my hormones are dying down a bit. Stepped on the scale to see what the damage was since I haven't been as consistent as I intended to be with workouts this week. Surprise... I was 156. I am not logging till Saturday in case this is a fluke, but if it's not then yay I have lost 2 more pounds.
Also, may be doing an early birthday celebration with my oldest and best friend of 13 years this weekend since I am turning 25 in a week and a half. So we are planning either to go swimming or maybe for a hike or something. So that should be fun, healthy, and help get my mind off stuff.
Also, the BF wants to spend Memorial Day together.

I also have had to be in contact with my ex for two days as he will be coming back to work for the same company this summer and I have to coordinate things with him. Which I am not happy about, and I think my BF was a little uncomfortable about too. :/

So... with all of that I am trying today to remember one of the more important transformations I am going through that physical health is only a part of. I am trying to learn to be kind to myself. To believe I am WORTH loving (a concept I have always struggled with). To believe that I don't have to be perfect every day, all the time for people to care about me. Also, to stop beating myself up if I miss a workout or something. I tend to tell myself I am a failure. If I am trying so hard to care for my body though, I need to apply that to my whole self.

With that, I hope that everyone here is able to love and support themselves and to be kind to themselves. <3

~Jaimie

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18 May 2015

Ok, so I start my mornings at the office pretty much the same every day. I get to work, eat my breakfast and sip my coffee while continuing to wake up. I keep the health and fitness page of pinterest open in the background while I check my emails and make a list of what needs to get done that day, periodically going to scroll down pinterest to keep my mind on a "pro health" track. This helps me fight of the urge of "instant gratification" of eating junk (that is kept readily available in the office unfortunately) by reminding myself of not only my healthy eating goals of fueling my body primarily with REAL food, but also my fitness goals that depend on it.

Well, today was such a day and I scrolled past an article I have seen a billion times and never clicked on because it just seemed too simple a concept. Today though for some reason I decided to finally see WHAT the advise of "3 miles or 30 minutes every day" was based on. I know that myself, like most people, feel like if I don't treat it like boot camp it probably won't work.

Well, not only did I recognize the struggle described in the article, but the woman who gave this advice struggled the same as me with the very same physical problem I have (injured knee that acts up and scares you when working out, hence the reason I won't ever do a 500 squat challenge or any nonsense like that).

I seriously advise taking the two minutes it would require to read this little article. It's nothing earth shattering or major, but some seriously simple, cut and dry advice from someone who lived it.

3 Miles or 30 Minutes Every Day

Hope everyone has a great week and feels good about the healthy changes we are all in the process of making!

~Jaimie

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