Jenny21

So I have been eating fairly healthy but I have lacked in the exercise department. Yesterday I had a Lean Cusine for lunch, chicken soup or dinner and quite a few snacks. I ate a can of mandarin oranges, some baked lays chips and a tuna sandwhich. It was 11pm last night and I was craving some carbs (hense the sandwhich) and I feel a little guilty about eating so late and so many carbs. O well. Tonight I am going to exercise. I haven’t done any kind of workout in about a week and I need to get back on track. Today is a new day =)

So yesterday was pretty good for me diet wise. I had a Lean Cuisine for lunch (cheese ravioli) and a baked chicken salad for dinner. Monday night I left my light on in my car so yeserday it would not start. I called AAA and they gave me a jump. Havent tried to start it today but I think it will be ok. I did not exercise yesterday. I haven’t exercised in a few days but I have been eating healthy. Need to get back on track with working out. Any tips? Don’t have much to say today. Just another boring Wednesday at the office

Had a wonderful and long Labor Day weekend. Woke up this Tuesday morning feeling pretty good. I got dressed for work and put on a pair of grey slacks that are usually a little tight. Not today! My pants are not tight at all! I have been on a diet for a week now and I am starting to notice a little more room in my clothes! I am very happy with my progress =) Well let me recap the weekend for you guys….

 Friday: Went to work. Ate a Lean Cusine for lunch. Finally went grocery shopping. Ate a nice spinich salad with chick peas, bell peppers, cucumbers, cherry tomatos and fat free ranch dressing for dinner. Did not exercise.

 Saturday: Did not do much on this day. Cleaned my house a little bit and did some laundry. I don’t remember what I ate for lunch but I had some healthy snacks on this day. Ate some Italian Wedding soup for dinner. Did not exercise.

 Sunday: Ate an omelete with onions, peppers, spinich and a little bit of monteray jack cheese for breakfast. Yes I said breakfast. Had a granola bar for lunch. Ate another spinich salad for dinner. Did not exercise.

 Monday: No work today!!! Labor day! Ate a granola bar for breakfast. Went to see my boyfriends family. Then went to have drinks with some friends for the holiday. Did not really eat anything before I went out drinking. Huge mistake. I had 5 light beers on an empty stomach. Went home around 9pm and was not feeling very well. Threw up for like 5 minutes when I got home and then I felt A LOT better. I needed to eat some carbs to soak up my beer, so I ate some baked lays chips and a chocolate chip muffing. I know not the best thing for my diet but I was starving and did not feel well enough to actually make something healthy. Washed it all down with some water. After that I went to bed. Did not exercise again.

So I did not exercise this weekend but I ate very healthy (except for my beer day) and I have lost some weight. I don’t know how much because I did not weigh myself but my pants are nice and loose this morning! Yay! I feel less bloated than I did a week ago and I am happy that I am starting to see some progress. How was your guy’s long weekend? Did any one have a little too much to drink like I did?

Yesterday was wonderful. I feel so proud of myself. I went to work like always and had my breakfast (coffee and cigarettes lol) and I ate a vegetable lasagna for lunch. It was full of veggies and probably a little too much cheese. But hey it was delicious and not that many calories. I felt really bad all day and very sore/weak because of my monthly visitor. The day was dragging on so long but by the end of the day I felt pretty dam good. I got home around 4:45pm and my house needed a little bit of cleaning. So I cleaned for about 45 minutes. I swept, did dishes, cleaned the toilet and cleaned my cats litter box. Then I watched a little bit of t.v. while playing with my kitten probably around 30 minutes. Then after my show was over I got into my exercise clothes and did another 30 minute FitTV workout. This workout was my best so far. I had more energy and could keep up with the moves the whole time. I felt so proud of myself. I did not stop moving the whole 30 minutes and was sweating profusely. After that my boyfriend came home and asked me why my face was so red? I told him I worked out and he said he was very proud that I have been working out for the past 3 days. It makes me happy when he notices that I am really trying and offers me support. For dinner I ate a small garden salad and a side of brussel sprouts. O and by the way, I have been drinking only water! And a lot of water (at least I think so) besides lunch when I have a small glass of juice. Well that was my progress for the day. I am going to continue to workout throughout the weekend and eat healthy. Me and my boyfriend are going grocery shopping tonight and I have made a grocery list of all the wonderful food I am going to eat this week. My goal for the week was to do 30 minutes of exercise 4 times this week. I have already done 3 days of 30 minutes so I am going to try to do 30 minutes a day 7 days this week. I feel really good about working out and I think I can do a little every day until I build up my endurance. Stay positive

Yesterday was not that bad. I had eaten a chicken salad sandwhich for lunch with a kiwi. I went home and did another FitTV 30 minute workout. I have not gotten a change to go to the grocery store so I had nothing in the fridge. My boyfriend came home from work and was starving. We only had $8 for dinner that night so it was hard to find something that we both can agree on. We ended up getting a $5 pizza from Little Ceasars. I know pizza is bad for you but I really had no choice. We are extremely broke right now and I do not get paid until Friday. I am looking forward to going grocery shopping on Friday, therefore I WILL be eating healthy. I am going to buy lots of great food for me and some crap for my boyfriend. I am going to put all the fatning food he eats on the top shelf of our cabinent. I am only 5′1 so I can’t reach the top shelf without climbing up my granite countertops. O and about the pizza, I only ate 2 small slices. Normally I would eat probably 4 but I kept thinking to myself, this is bad for you and you should not be eating it. So I ate slow and watched my portions. My boyfriend kept asking me if I wanted another slice or some breadsticks that he had got but I had the will power to say NO! I know it doesn’t sound like a big accomplishment but for me that was really good. I did not overeat and I refused temptation. I was hungry a couple hours later but didn’t eat anything since my dinner was high in calories. I ended up feeling crampy around 8pm and ended up falling asleep. I woke up this morning at 7:30 and guess who came for a visit? Aunt flow. Wonderful. No wonder I want to eat chocolate so bad this week lol. Even though my monthly visitor is here I am going to resist my urges and still work out. Can’t wait to go home and lay down for a little while. Then exercise. I’ll report back tomorrow =)

So yesterday was a pretty good day. I ate a Leane Cusine pasta lunch with some apple juice. I went home and actually worked out!!! I am so proud of myself for actually having some kind of motivation to do something. I ended up doing another FitTV workout called Gillads Bodies in Motion. It felt really good and I did not stop moving for the whole 30 minutes! Even during the commercials. Yay for me. That was my fitness goal. I am trying to do 30 minutes 4 times this week since I am just started to work out again. I ate pretty healthy for dinner last night. I had a grilled chicken pita with lettuce, tomatoes, onions and a little sour cream for some flavor. I did not eat any kind of carb besides the pita bread. A couple hours later my boyfriend was hungry again even though he ate an italian sub with fries and soda (what a supprise) so he decided to go to 7-eleven for some snackes. I told him that I was on a diet and I did not want anything. He came back with about $15 worth of junk food (chips, cake, cookies and all kinds of crap). It was so tempting to watch him eat all of that yummy stuff and I eventually gave into some of my craving. He was eating a huge piece of cake and I had about 4 bites of his cake. That was my vise for the day. Otherwise I think I did very well. What do you guys think? How can I cope with my boyfriend eating all that fatning food infront of me without giving into temptation? Does anyone have a similar spouse that refuses to eat healthy? I would love to hear your comments on this one.

So I’m still having a hard time getting motivated. Yeserday I had company over and we ended up going to dinner at 9. I did not end up working out and I ate some fried fatning food at dinner which was delicious and too irresistable. So now I’m sitting here at my desk looking down at my tummy and feeling guilty. I know I should have ordered a grilled chicken salad with fat free dressing but I haven’t gone out to dinner in a long time and I just had to splurge on the buffalo chicken wrap.

 I am extremely bored today at work and I am surfing the internet on everything healthy. I haven’t had any food in my fridge for a week (since my rent is due) so there has been nothing healthy in my house. Which is definately part of the problem. Well my boyfriend should be getting paid today and I think we are going to go grocery shopping !!!! Finally !!! Well this could be a great kick off to my diet. If I buy all healthy food and veggies, I should have no problem eating healthy. I always eat a Lean Cuisine for lunch and I am thinking about salad for dinner this week? So here is my idea (please let me know what you guys think of my menu this week)

 Of coure Lean Cuisine for lunch and I’m going to buy fresh spinich (to relpalce lettuce), cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers and whatever else looks good in the produce isle. Since salad is going to be my dinner mainly… I am thinking about getting some salmon to bake in the oven so I can have some protein. Also some tuna and chick peas. I’m thinking fish is great for those healthy omega-3 fatty acids! High in protein low in fat. Also I am going to buy some low sodium/fat soup for the nights I do not want to eat salad. I am going to buy lots of veggies for my salad and also some extra for some snacking. I am also going to buy some hummus to dip my veggies in for my snackes. So what do you guys think? I think that sounds pretty low maintenance and extremely healthy. Do you guys have any other ideas to spice up my salad or any other healthy snackes? I am also probably going to buy a couple of the 100 calorie packs to crave my sweet tooth.

I know that I have been very unmotivated this week about my eating and working out but I feel like as if I have had an epiphany (I don’t know if I spelled it right). Its Tuesday and I am going to start my week off with a new sense of healthy eating and exercise. I plan to work out at leat 4 times this week. Probably around 30 minutes a day if I do a video and 60 minutes if I go walking (as long as it is not raining). The weather here has been very bad this past week so I haven’t had a chance to get outdoors. Again guys I can really use your tips. Please help me stay motivated !!!! I appreciate you reaing Can’t wait to hear what you guys come up with.  

Just wanted to say thank you for the tips you guys gave me about working out. Had a pretty lazy weekend. I am having a hard time getting into the motion of working out again. I was going to go walking this weekend with my boyfriend but it was raining all weekend! Since the weather was bad, I ended up doing a bunch of nothing. We ended up taking naps every day and just having some down time. I did not eat very bad this weekend which was very good but I still didn’t exercise. Well thats basically all that I have to say. I am still open to workout tips

So its been a while since I’ve been writing… but I think I’m ready to give this another shot. The last couple of months have been hard for me but I’m sick of being fat. This week I have found myself trying to work out twice. I did a workout video but couldn’t finish it (both times). I only ended up working out for like 20 minutes and that made me feel very dissapointed. I REALLY want to loose weight but I somehow keep making excuses. I’m so broke that I can’t afford to go grocery shopping so me and my boyfriend have been eating plain rice and pasta and the occasional dollar menu dinner. Financially things have been really hard and I think that has something to do with me being unmotivated. My boyfriend has just got a better paying job so I hope that things will start looking up for us. I want to eat healthier and exercise waaayyy more. Im going to do a small amount of grocery shopping (hopefully) this weekend and just buy lots of veggies. I’m thinking salad every night for dinner with grilled chicken breasts. My workout goal is to do at least 30 minutes a day 4 days a week. I have to start slow since I am so out of shape (and I smoke cigarettes). Working out is hard for me. I have no workout equiptment and I feel embarassed for anyone to see me, even my boyfriend. I have some episodes from FitTV recorded on my DVR and I have 5 pound dumbells and a jump rope. I live in a small apartment. I always have good intentions to work out and  I start to do it, but I get so exhuasted and can never finish. Does anyone have any workout ideas for me? I think I would like to start walking my neighborhood. Thanks for reading =)

I havent written in 2 days and im not really in the mood to. But I am going to write a little something. Wednesday I did very well and worked out for 30 minutes. I hate a meat-free salad for dinner and didn’t snack at all (except for a juicy pear). 

Thursday morning I had a doctor’s appointment with an allergist so I was going to come into work late. I ended up staying ALL day. I had to call work and tell them I was not coming. I thought I had an alergic reaction to beef and was getting eczema and therefore got a rash all over my body. It turns out, its not eczema and they have no idea what could have caused it. Therefore, I got poked and pricked all day long. They did 3 skin biopsy’s on my arm and did some blood work. My appointment was at 9:30am and I didn’t get out until 1pm. The doctor could not get blood out of me and priced me 7 times (each time was unsucessful). So after the doctor’s office I had to go to the lab to get blood work. They got my vein on the FIRST time!!! Can you believe it? The doctor can’t do it but this lady could? Well it really sucked my whole day and I ended up eating a chicken sandwhich from Wendy’s. I just layed around all day doing nothing (I did not feel very well) and did not exercise or eat dinner.

 Woke up this morning feeling better but stressed. One of my co-workers has cancer and is going to be out for months. Guess who gets to do her job while she is out? ME!!! Great, now I have twice the work and the same fucking pay.. Came early to the office and stayed late to make up for my lost time yesterday. Ate a slice of pizza for lunch (office party) and I might work out tonight. Well everyone have a good weekend. I’ll report on Monday.