I feel good now

I was thinking, yes I was. I was thinking what if I had a chubby girlfriend. Now personally I have nothing against chubby, hell I actually like some chubbiness. But let’s assume that I was one of those shallow bastards who didn’t like chubby chicks. Lets not even assume chubby. Lets assume fat. Yes, lets assume fat. Lets say I had a fat girlfriend whom I was very fond of. But I wished she were thinner. I mean I wanted to be able to go out with her and with my friends without getting embarrassed, ya know. How do I tell this fat girl that hey love, you know I am nuts about you but it would make me so much happier if you were 30 pounds lighter. How?

Then lets assume I were a member of this blog too. I’d mention it to my girlfriend. I’d say why don’t you join, love. She would not show much interest. But in my haste and hope and because I wanted it oh so bad, I’d start writing on the blog that my fat girlfriend was now in competition.

This is where Jennifer and her band player boyfriend enter the picture.

Yes yes it was a long setup to a cheap blow. But I wanted to do it for a long long time.

Pissed off

Ok.
I have been doing pretty good on my diet.
I have been working out.
I drink lots of water to flush my system.
No change.
I think my body likes to be fat.
How do I change its mind?
Help!!!!

We're toast

Aaron went out shopping yesterday and bought himself new workout clothes, and then today went grocery shopping and is now conducting a healthy cooking marathon, he's made healthy gumbo and mushroom soup from my Weight Watcher's cookbook, and I think he's going to make 3 or 4 other things (peanut soup, mushroom beef barley, carrot) before he's through. I've tasted everything the bastard cooked so far and it's all delicious. He'll have enough tasty healthy things to eat all week. We're toast, I hope everyone pulls out their A game for this week, we'll all need it.
I also did some shopping, I opted for healthy food requiring less prep time. I've found that I keep buying fresh stuff and having it ready, but then not being home for dinner. So this week my strategy is that I'm going for more frozen/canned stuff. And if I need something fresh I can just nip down to the overpriced market around the corner for it instead of having it on-hand and then ending up going to Subway or somewhere instead.
He just let me try the carrot soup. That fucker can cook.

Get a load of this

This is weird. I just got back from the gym. I ran for like 30 minutes. Then lifted weight another 30 minutes and then ran back 4 blocks uphill to my apartment. I have not only lost the 2lbs I had gained but an extra lb.

I guess Thursdays are my worst days for weigh-in.

I am the Champion!

Oh yeah!
Not only did I kick all your fat asses this week with my modest performance, but I'm comfortably wearing a pair of pants today that didn't even fit me when I bought them on sale last year, when I was 10 lbs heavier. They are a lovley brown with red and beige pinstrips. One of the two pairs of winter weight pants I own, and both the same size, so I can finally stop freezing my ass off (literally) on the way to and from work.
This just goes to show that slow and steady wins the race my tubby friends.
I'm having another appointment today, seeing a doctor who does a lot of sports medicine to determine whether I'll be needing an MRI (thank the lord for socialized medicine - if you disagree with me you can take it up on my blog, this is no place for politics). So hopefully the end is in sight for my knee pains and I can get back to blasting my quads and have a little more to eat.
At the moment I'm out of sorts, hungry, I have the start of a headache, I'm tired and grumpy and while I've already been at work for an hour, I still have 12 hours to go before the end of the work day, with an excrutiating knee exam in the middle.

I gained

I have gained a couple of pounds since last Thursday. Let's drink to that.

Sigh

So i've lost a big fat 0% as well. I'm just glad i'm not gaining. However, as some of you may have read in one of my comments, i tried on the bridesmaid dress. Let's just say the skirt is a bit big, but the top is a bit of a problem. The zipper does do up, however, it's tight as hell and will surely bust open if i attempt to sit in it. So i have less than 4 months to squeeze into this thing. No more fucking around, no more treats here and there, i have no choice. I have to be able to wear the dress. As well if you want to find me, i'll be at the gym every evening for as long as i can stand. I'm screwed.

Pink Cheeks

Apparently I took my "I can eat without pain" weekend a little too far. I suck a big fat 0%.

On a better note...I joined a gym today. It's small but it's within a 2 minute drive from my apartment and it's open 24 hours. Can't beat that. Plus it's only $25 a month and no contract.

I've thrown out the junk in my cupboards and I'm going to the grocery store tomorrow to stock up on salad stuff.

Results for Thursday February 23rd, 2006

0.58%
Yes children, I lost another pound. Slow and steady wins the race my dears! I'm thinking if I continue to lose a pound every week then every week my percentage gets higher, I can live with that.
I'd like to thank my lovely boyfriend for not taking me out for dinner last night. I'd like to not thank my lovely boyfriend's lovely father for taking us to a lovely restaurant on Tuesday. I'd like to not thank the people at Terry's Chocolate Oranges for making such a tasty product. I'd also like to not thank the person who lost their metropass this week prompting me to take transit everywhere. But most of all I'd like to thank myself for being such a good influence on me.
I'm going to have to step up my game this week to beat the prolific weight-loser I live with. He and I made a side comptetion and lets just say that I'd love to win that prize, but I wouldn't mind losing it so much either.

New Member Time!!!

There has been some talk that my lovely boyfriend should join our little competition... PP and Ash have both been saying that he should get in on this from the start. Well, while we were out shopping this evening he told me that he's ready to hop on board and put his money where his mouth is, and his fatty foods where his mouth is not. Yay! All welcome Heroin Aaron! I don't know if he's going to do that much trash talking on the blog, but he's very capable of blowing all you bitches out of the water on weigh-in day, so buckle down next week fatties, you're in for some stiff competition.
While we are at it, I'd like to point out that Princess Pessimism is now the proud owner of a bathroom scale and could also join the competition. There's no better time than the present!
See you all in the cold light of the Thursday morning results.

I am struggling

My new routine is tough and I havent got used to it yet. I spend an hour commuting to and from work. I have to walk 7 blocks downhill in the morning, which is no exercise. On my way back I have to walk 4 blocks uphill which is better. When I get home I am tired. Some days I dont go home but just wander around in downtown in search for a good place to eat. I just got here so I still get excited about being in the city and finding new places.

The gym here sucks. I am transfering my membership to Seattle Y but when will I find the time? I also have started studying. Although I do enjoy studying (strange as it may sound) I get tired mentally and physically.

My life has become very hectic. I am really struggling with sticking to a good fitness routine. I have to give up on downtown restaurants, not go to any bars so as not to drink, somehow find the time to workout and somehow find the energy to study AND exercise.

Monday, monday, monday

I'm feeling good today guys, I ate relatively well on the weekend, with the exception of some chocolate.
I bought new pants and some new shoes on Friday, which made me feel a whole lot better. I'm working at a casual office where everyone is very stylish, so the douchebag office wardrobe I had before doesn't cut it here really, besides most of that stuff is not fitting anymore anyway. Walking around with your pants dragging on the ground and saggy ass sucks, you'd think that it would be very satisfying, and it is for a few minutes when you put them on in your room, but walking around that all day makes you feel like you're wearing a potato sack and doesn't give any incentive not to over-eat. So I bought some pants that fit well right now and are little on the tight side so I can shrink into them.
I'm hoping for a good week, ladies, who's with me?

Monday, monday, monday

I'm feeling good today guys, I ate relatively well on the weekend, with the exception of some chocolate.
I bought new pants and some new shoes on Friday, which made me feel a whole lot better. I'm working at a casual office where everyone is very stylish, so the douchebag office wardrobe I had before doesn't cut it here really, besides most of that stuff is not fitting anymore anyway. Walking around with your pants dragging on the ground and saggy ass sucks, you'd think that it would be very satisfying, and it is for a few minutes when you put them on in your room, but walking around that all day makes you feel like you're wearing a potato sack and doesn't give any incentive not to over-eat. So I bought some pants that fit well right now and are little on the tight side so I can shrink into them.
I'm hoping for a good week, ladies, who's with me?

Someone Had To Forget

I can't believe I forgot to post. Shit. Things have just been crazy here.

First things first. I did lose 3 lbs. I don't have the formula at my finger tips so I'm not sure what that equates to percentage wise yet. I'll figure that up later. Right now my head is pounding.

I wound up with a very nasty infection in my jaw on the left side after the wisdom tooth extraction. My face has been swollen, I've had so much pain...I couldn't eat on that side and my face throbbed. My ear throbbed. My head throbbed. Even my teeth and gums throbbed. I had crap coming out of the incision sight...I was running a fever. Very nasty all around. That is why I lost weight...not my preferred method mind you. My jerk of a doctor finally got things under control and the antibiotics are finally helping so I'm feeling better. But that is why I've been MIA. I've even neglected my own blog this week.

*Sigh*

Here's to a better week!

Patheticity

I lost 0.21% of my weight. So kill me.

Weigh In

Alright, I lost one pound this week thus resulting in a .56% loss. Shitty, but a loss none the less. As well i've been slaving away at the gym this week, taking various classes and trying new things. My nutrition plan has also gotten underway this week, so i am expecting to beat all you slackers next week :)

Results for Thursday February 16th

Here it is, my fabulous result. 0.58%. It's not much but I'm pretty pleased. First, not losing last week was a bummer, second, my weight during this week had creeped up there, and so, to get back to my start weight for the week and then go down another pound is no small feat, and third, the pound I lost this week was my twentieth since the start of this competition. Yay!
My results could have been better this week if I hadn't been busy and therefore unable to cook healthy meals, if I hadn't eaten chocolate fountain, or the mountain of sushi on Valentine's day, if I hadn't had two lunches yesterday as a result of meetings at work, if I hadn't broken my knee on one drunken night in 2001 - I have been completely unable to exercise this week and last. I have a doctor's appointment on Saturday, I want some Xrays and some answers! In total, it's amazing that I'm doing so well considering I'm doing all this on diet alone. And yes I do realize that I could go up to the gym and do arms or go to the pool, but I've just spent what little spare time I have lying around with a heating pad on it.
20 lbs! Yay Jennifer!
My resolution for this week is to go grocery shopping, buy more healthy food, and eat it. I will also get some Xrays and some answers, and I will try to get up to the gym and blast my guns! Although, I will not swim, for a variety of reasons.
0.58% Beat that, you lardy lardy fatties!

Exercising on the Cheap

I was reading an article in the paper titled "Exercising on the Cheap." I thought it may be helpful for some people who do not have access to a gym. Most of these are common knowledge, but what the hell.

*Take the stairs every chance you get, even if it's just one flight
*Park farther away from work, or the mall or wherever
*Buy a dog from the humane society or borrow one (this one made me giggle, it somehow does not seem as reasonable as the others)
*Turn on your radio and dance in your home
*Go to the library and borrow workout videos/DVD's
*Use the lowest stair in your home and create your own step workout
*Pair a fav tv show with situps (i'd have abs of steel if i did this)
*Check local rec centre for any exercise or team sports you can join for a reasonable price
*Got rope? Jump it for a total body workout
*Laugh
*Carry around a computer bag or backpack weighted with 5 or 10 pounds
*Use a stability ball while at work or watching tv or reading, works core muscles
*Find out if your local gym offers discounts to local grads
*Laugh

Happy Valentine's Day, Lardass!

So if you think that you are having difficulty staying away from the chocolates and cinnamon hearts today, you've got nothing on the troubles I have. They are having a freakin' chocolate fountain party in my work area. I'm serious the chocolate fountain is going to be against my desk, I'm going to have to yell into the phone to get any work done this afternoon and there's no way I can avoid eating the chocolate. Bastards! Don't they know that I 'must beat Ashley!'? I hear it's really tasty too, maybe if I just eat the fresh fruit and not the cookies it won't be so bad - but who am I kidding...

Kale with Balsalmic Vinaigrette

This is a Weight Watchers recipe that I made for the first time last week, and it was so good, I want to make it all the time now. No surprise it contains Balsalmic Vinegar. Tonight I'm trying a red cabbage recipe.

Drizzle of olive oil
6 shallots or equivalent in onions
1 tbsp Balsalmic vinegar
1/2 tsp dijon mustard
4 cups chopped kale, steamed until just wiltd
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp freshly ground pepper

In a large non-stick skillet, heat the oil. Saute the shallots until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add 1/4 cup water, the vinegar and mustard; bring to a boil. Cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Stir in the steamed kale; toss to combine. Sprinkle with the salt and pepper.
Per serving:
70 cal, 3g total fat, 0g saturated, 0mg cholesterol, 120mg sodium, 10g total cabs, 5g dietary fibre, 3g protein, 100mg calcium.
Points per serving: 1.