Jennifers Weight loss Journey!

Wonderful Ab Workout

Monday, December 3, 2007 00:07:15

Here is a wonderful 15 min. ab workout that I use!

I love it!

This is copied info from another site!

Here are 20 ideas to reinforce your healthy lifestyle and to keep you committed to permanent weight loss.

Exercise 30 to 60 minutes each day. If time is limited, exercise for several brief periods throughout the day — for example, three 10-minute sessions rather than one 30-minute session.
Eat three healthy meals during the day, including a good breakfast. Skipping meals causes increased hunger and may lead to excessive snacking.
Focus on fruits and vegetables. Top off your morning cereal with sliced strawberries or bananas. Stir berries or peaches in yogurt or cottage cheese. Liven up your sandwiches with vegetables, such as tomato, lettuce, onion, peppers and cucumber.
Weigh yourself regularly. Monitoring your weight can tell you whether your efforts are working and can help you detect small weight gains before they become even larger.
Don't keep comfort foods in the house. If you tend to eat high-fat, high-calorie foods when you're upset or depressed or bored, don't keep them around. Availability of food is one of the strongest factors in determining how much a person eats.
Plan a family activity. Get the family together to go for a bike ride, play disc golf or kick the ball around in the yard.
Eat healthy foods first. Eat foods that are healthy and low in calories first so that when it comes time to enjoy your favorites — sweets or junk food, for example — you won't be so hungry.
Pay attention to portions. Serve meals already dished onto plates instead of placing serving bowls on the table. Take slightly less than what you think you'll eat. You can always have seconds, if really necessary.
Create opportunities to be active. Wash your car at home instead of going to the car wash. Bike or walk to the store. Participate in your kid's activities at the playground or park.
Sit down together for family meals. Avoid eating in front of the television. TV viewing strongly affects how much and what people eat.
See what you eat. Eating directly from a container gives you no sense of how much you're eating. Seeing food on a plate or in a bowl keeps you aware of how much you're eating.
Vary your activities. Regularly change your activity routine to avoid exercise burnout. Walk a couple of days, swim another and go for a bike ride on the weekend. Seek out new activities — karate, ballroom dancing, cross-country skiing, tennis or Pilates.
De-stress your day. Stress can cause you to eat more. Develop strategies that can help you relax when you find yourself becoming stressed. Exercise, deep breathing, muscle relaxation techniques and even a good laugh can ease stress.
Eat at home. People eat more food in restaurants than at home. Limit how often you eat at restaurants. If you do eat out, decide what and how much you're going to eat before you start and have the rest boxed to go.
Plan healthy snacks. The best snacks include fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy products. Fruit smoothies, sliced fresh fruit and yogurt, whole-grain crackers, and carrot and celery sticks with peanut butter are all good choices.
Start your day with a high-fiber breakfast cereal, such as bran flakes, shredded wheat or oatmeal. Opt for cereals with "bran" or "fiber" in the name. Or add a few tablespoons of unprocessed wheat bran to your favorite cereal.
Walk for 10 minutes over your lunch hour or get up a few minutes earlier in the morning and go for a short walk.
Plan a week's worth of meals at a time. Make a detailed grocery list to eliminate last-minute trips to the grocery store and impulse buys.
Look for a distraction when you're fighting a craving. Call a friend, put on music and dance or exercise, clean the house, pull weeds in your garden, or run an errand. When your mind is occupied with something else, the cravings quickly go away.
Reward yourself. Losing weight and keeping the pounds off is a major accomplishment. Celebrate your success with nonfood rewards, such as new clothes or an outing with friends.

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Aching!

Monday, December 3, 2007 00:06:10

Good day everyone!

Yesterdays workout were so intense! yeah for that, but nay for the soreness today. I might have did to much! I'm Aching!

I went to Youtube and did a 15 min. Ab workout and a 15 jumping Workout! I thought at first they would be pretty easy, but at the end of it, I was suprised!

I also got in a 3 mile jog and 90 oz of Water!

Goals for today:

90 oz of water

3 mile walk

Arms

Have a great day! SMILE

*Jennifer

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Inches!

Monday, December 3, 2007 00:05:00

Well I just updated my Body Log! Uggghhh... Inches Gained from my slacking! 5.5 inches all around! I'm not going to let it bother me. I know that I can turn this all around if I don't give in to my couch potatoe, wanna eat everything, wanna do nothing, negative attitude. Well i'm glad I got that out. hehe I'm trying to be postive, honestly! I have 2 sides of me the one that wants and the one that doesn't care. Wow how can this be, because both go to the extreme opposites.

I'd like to explain this, cause i'm sure this sounds soooo weird. On one hand I can go weeks eating anything, not caring, no excerise, not weighing myself, on and on. I can go from that to. Oh no I shouldn't eat that, I got to excerise, excerise, excerise, and weighing myself everyday, lol, ok like 3 times a day.

I'm excited for weigh in on Sunday, lol, I have a hunch what it will be, Why can't I even suprise myself! hehe :)

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Doing it.. and doing it Well

Monday, December 3, 2007 00:04:11

Good Day Everyone!

I was able to get up today and jog 1 mile. Thats Great for me!

I got 3 miles done yesterday and 2 the day before. I hope to get another 2 miles in today.

Can anyone recommend any great workout videos ?

I think I'm going to start dancing for a workout! My girls love to dance around and this will get them feeling like they are involved in mommy's workouts

I didn't get my 90 oz of water in yesterday. I'm just going to try harder today. I have managed to stay away from the pop and junk food. So far so good on that.

I changed my hair color to red! I'm loving it! here is a picture....

I hope everyone is having a good day!

* Jennifer

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I need some EP friends!

Monday, December 3, 2007 00:03:14

I usually just blog so I can go back and review my progress! I sure would like some EP friends though! I could use the support!

EP has helped me so much with my weightloss journey!

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Motivated!

Monday, December 3, 2007 00:03:12

I'm officially motivated again! I walked alittle over 2 miles yesterday and I'm really excited about losing weight again. I started drinking lots of water and I hope I can stick with that. I'm excited about next Sundays weigh-in. I know that with hard work and eating right I can do this!

Blogging helps me stay accountable!

I'm hoping to lose approx. 2 pounds a week. I think that this is a very obtainable goal.

Goals for today:

Drink 90 oz. of water * Walk 2 miles * Work on arms

Have a wonderful Day!

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Back again. and again. and again

Monday, December 3, 2007 00:02:10

I find myself getting of track and then resorting back here for support to keep on. I'm glad I can chack my progress and see where I was when I was trying hard and where I'm at now that I'm not trying. I know that this is a goal I can abtain if I could just stick with it. I feel very out of control with my eating and its taking over in MANY areas of my life. Self-esteem, energy for my children, husband, ect. , Skin, on and on. I'm not sure why if I'm sooo unhappy I can't change things easier. I'm on a daily routine that seems so comfortable with little to no excerise. I was on the path where excerise was a everyday chore, but now, oh no very different story. I hope to start back with better choices and hope to make some progress soon.

Weight now: 192.4 Ouch ( I thought I was still in the 180's) Haven't weighed in sooooo long.

Goal Weight: 180

Weigh again next Sunday!

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I did it!

Friday, December 8, 2006 22:00:16

I made goal of 175! Actually a little under. Weigh in: 174.6

I'm not going to change my ticker at the bottom, but I am setting a new long term goal of 150.

I'm so excited and my jeans are fitting great also. :)

Is anyone else excited about the biggest loser being back on? I sure am! Oh boy, I love that show. How encouraging it is and how it makes me wanna work out. Well better get to working out.

*Jennifer
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I still got it!

Friday, December 8, 2006 23:09:20

I haven't had time to blog in a few days. I haven't had time because I have been working my butt off. lol

I'm really proud of myself. Even though the scale doesn't seem to be moving much, I can tell a huge difference in my clothing. :)

I have also been eating good, and that feels like a huge accomplishment there. I use to eat so much and then when I realized I had a problem I would go the exact opposite and try to starve myself in hopes of instant gratification. I never lost and most always gained because of this. I guess that stuff about your body going into starvation mode is pretty accurate.

Well I hope everyone has a great rest of the day and congrats to so many for trying to lose weight and get healthy. Thanks EP for such a wonderful site with wonderful people.

*Jennifer Comments(0)

Much Better!

Friday, December 8, 2006 23:04:13

Today has been such a better day than yesterday,

Today I managed to eat breakfast and I took my girls to the library. The library experience didn't go as planned, but all and all it was ok. I now need to get some excerise in and make sure to drink lots of water.

Today is my official weigh in: 176 pounds
that is 10 pounds this week!
I'm quite sure alot of the weight was water weight.

I feel like I need to make a few changes in my excerise routine and diet to get past this point in my weight.
I seem to get to this weight and have a hard time losing past this point.

I hope everyone is having a grerat day!

Excerise goals for today:

4 miles
30 min bike
3 sets of 10 reps (weights) Arms
ab machine 20 min.
90 oz water.

I will split this up and hopefully accomplish these goals in 2 hours of my day.

Jennifer

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