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.03.31.09.

weight: 125.4 lbs (7 am)
body fat: 26%
water: 51.5%

went to the dr yesterday and while undressing i noticed for the first time that my boobs seem to be deflating. it may just be a trick of my mind, but it makes me sad.

going to try to hit the gym for a bit tonight. tomorrow we have kball practice for our friday team. i don't really want to go but i know i need to for the sake of the team. ugh. our first game is this friday, so i'll only be able to get to the gym today, thursday, and saturday. i'll try to go on sunday, but with their shorter hours i'm not holding my breath. maybe i'll see if i can meet up with bevin or something and go run trashmore on sunday. maybe sabrina will go with me.

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.03.30.09.

weight: 124.2 lbs (7 am)
body fat: 26%
water: 51.5%

i was so excited yesterday when i got up. granted, i slept in until 4 in the afternoon, since we hadn't gotten home until like 4 am that morning from DC, but still. the scale read 24% body fat exactly! then i got all dehydrated during the few hours i was awake and now it's reading 26% again. :( i felt like i had started to make some progress, but no. not really. oh well.

i won't be able to go to the gym today because i have a dr appt this afternoon which will likely leave me cramping and bleeding and generally feeling awful for the rest of the day, so i'm going to go grocery shopping instead.

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.03.29.09.

weight: 124.2 lbs (4 pm)
body fat: 24.5%
water: 52.5%

we didn't get home until around 4 am from the kickball tournament. i put on a mask and passed out. didn't wake up until nearly 4 pm when bryan finally got up himself and started making some coffee.

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.03.27.09.

forgot to mention

yesterday i wore to work a pair of khaki's i've been holding on to for years, on the off chance that some day they may fit again. they not only fit, they fit well. no muffin top or anything. i'm so proud of myself! :D

i gotta get in gear and finish those jeans i was working on, and the overall shorts for the TKO.

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weight: 124.8 lbs (7 am)
body fat: 25%
water: 52%

waist: 26"
hips: 33"
butt: 39"
thigh: 23"

was very stressed at work yesterday and ended up eating a bunch of junk food for lunch. after work i hit the gym and did an hour of elliptical and a half hour of treadmill. i was good and exhausted afterward and slept like a log.

i won't get a chance to make it to the gym for probably the next three days. we have a meet & greet tonight for our friday division then first thing tomorrow we head to dc for a tournament. we're planning on heading back saturday night, but i'm not sure how much i'm going to feel like going to the gym on sunday. i'm probably going to feel awful sunday morning, so likely i won't make it back out to the gym until monday.

unfortunately, it's raining today so walking at lunch is out of the question. my hip is bugging me so stairs may also be out of the question. i just popped a few ibuprophen and we'll see if that helps at all. if it does, i'll just do the stairs over and over. if not, i just won't have dinner. i brought a bunch of healthy stuff today but it brings me almost all the way to my caloric cap for the day, so if i can't work any of it off, that's going to be about it.

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.03.26.09.

weight: 124.6 lbs (7 am)
body fat: 25.5%
water: 52%

didn't get to the gym yesterday. ate ok, but not great. may make it to the gym today, but i'm not going to hold my breath.

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.03.25.09.

weight: 124.8 lbs (7 am)
body fat: 25.5%
water: 52%

didn't think i was going to make it to the gym last night. had to go help b with his mom, who had been released from the hospital too soon after surgery. after things were stabilized i went to the gym and did an hour on the elliptical, burning off the taco bell i had for dinner.

i will not be getting to the gym tonight to do circuit training. we are supposed to have practice for the friday team, but it's more important that eric and bryan go, so i'll be watching their mom while they go to practice. instead, i'll do two laps of the campus at lunch.

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.03.24.09.

weight: 125.8 lbs (7 am)
body fat: 26%
water: 51.5%

hit the gym last night to do some upper body weights and a little cardio. didn't want to push it too hard as my left elbow is still not 100% from where i tried to give blood. i feel like i got an ok workout, but i'm not sore at all today. time to bump up a few of my weights.

tonight i'm going to try to go back and do some cardio for an hour or so. i put in my regular meals in DailyPlate and it says if i do all the exercising i'm intending today and just eat what i normally do, i'll actually come out at -300 calories for the day. meaning, i will have burned 300 more calories than i've consumed. guess that means i have room to eat more today! yay!

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.03.23.09.

weight: 126.2 lbs (7 am)
body fat: 25.5%
water: 51.5%

i ate like a total pig yesterday. started off the day well with an apple and some yogurt, but then had two arby's melts, half a hot dog, and a few bites of pasta salad at the fields and still had a bowl of chicken helper for dinner when we got home. ugh. my stomach hurt from eating so much in such a short period of time.

i'm doing better today, and b said i can go to the gym after work. still, i've done the stairs 6 times already, plus two miles at lunch.

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.03.22.09.

weight: 124.8 lbs (9 am, sunday)
body fat: 26.5%
water 51%

the battery in my pedometer died yesterday and i can't seem to take it out to see what kind it is to get another. i'm bummed because i was doing really well yesterday.

we did end up going out to wanna b's but not until 11 pm and we ended up staying until after 1 am. we had two half plates of cheese fries, and i didn't feel the least bit bad eating them.

ok, well i felt a little bad about it. it was WAY past my 8 pm food curfew so i knew i was going to wake up feeling sick (which i did). if it weren't for the lateness of it, it wouldn't have mattered one bit.

so today is the day of our division tournament. i'm going to go have a yogurt and either an apple or some grapes for breakfast. i'm going to take my nexium and drink a bottle or two of water, and try not to get too dehydrated at the fields and feel sick at uno's afterward.

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.03.21.09.

weight: 124.8 lbs (9 am, saturday)
body fat: 26%
water: 51.5%

hit the gym first thing this morning, did 45 minutes on the elliptical and a half hour on the treadmill.

haven't really been hungry much today. just had some grapes and yogurt. was planning on having something at wanna b's but now it's 10 pm and there are no signs that b will be home from working on jimmy's car any time soon. oh well, guess that's all i eat today. just have to remember to eat something tomorrow so i don't get sick at the fields.

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.03.20.09.

don't put it off

today i'm hoping to go do a couple laps around the campus on my lunch break. i don't know if i'm going to be able to get to the gym tonight, so i figure i'll be proactive and go walk. that way, even if i can't make it to the gym, i'll at least have done that much. i've already done the stairs three times today, and i'll try to get in three or four more.

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getting it done somehow

last night i had planned to go to the gym for some cardio, but bryan ended up needing a ride to kickball instead. since i couldn't leave him there with no ride, i ended up doing laps around the park instead of going to the gym. i didn't get done nearly as much as i had hoped, especially considering i'd eaten two bagels with cream cheese during the day, but at least i did something.

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weight: 125 (7 am)
body fat: 26.5%
water: 51%

waist: 25.5"
hips: 33.5"
butt: 39"
thigh: 22.5"

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.03.19.09.

blood letting

we had a blood drive yesterday at work, and as usual i tromped my way over first thing this morning to try to give. i started to have success, then had a major, epic failure.

my iron was completely high enough and i was so excited. i ate some oatmeal raisin cereal for breakfast, and a couple mini blueberry muffins, and a whole bottle of water, so i was feeling pretty good.

i was the first person of the day and i got a woman that i think was new and hadn't done much sticking before.

let me point out that my veins are giant and blue and right near the surface. they are like #2 pencils in my arms. you would have to be a complete n00b to miss them.

somehow, it appears she missed.


blood squirted all over my shirt then she started digging around in my arm, trying to rearrange the needle! i started saying "OW OW OW OW!!!" and really wanted to tell her to "take it the heck out! i'm going to...." and the next thing i know, a bunch of people are standing over me, trying to wake me up, calling my name, asking if i know where i am... i swear i fell asleep. i took a nap. i had a dream. my arm hurt like crazy and there was blood all over me. i started crying uncontrollably in the chair.

i have NEVER had that happen. i ended up volunteering for two hours, bringing people drinks and escorting them to the food table when they were done giving. i am so upset that my iron was finally high enough and someone else screwed it up for me.

for the rest of the day i felt warm and exhausted and i had a headache. i nearly fell asleep on my desk several times. we were supposed to have kickball practice after work, but i got home, handed b the keys and spent the rest of the night resting. i had some carrots and celery sticks and popcorn for dinner, then fell asleep on the couch before 10 pm.

i'm feeling better today, but i have a big bruise on the inside of my left elbow.

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waffling

there are bagels and cream cheese in the kitchen. i already ate one, and i really want another, but as it stands i'm going to have to go to the gym to do more than an hour of cardio just to work that off, and i still won't have any room left in my diet to eat dinner. :(

but i'm really hungry and i don't want to go to the gym feeling like this. i'll work really halfassed.

maybe i'll just have a bagel then hit the gym and not eat dinner... or just have a little canned chicken for dinner...

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weight: 124.2 lbs (7 am)
body fat: 27%
water: 50.5%

so, now i'm really confused. i'm losing weight at a steady pace, but i'm not losing any fat? :/

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.03.18.09.

weight: 124.8 lbs (7 am)
body fat: 27.5%
water: 50.5%

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.03.17.09.

tempted

jill brought in these mini blueberry muffins today... they're only like two bites each and i could easily eat the whole box. i stuck with one serving (so far) but man do i want more... i know b wants to go out to karaoke tonight so i'm making sure i have enough room left to eat something while we're there. i'll probably just get the veggy plate again. :( i really really want a cheeseburger.

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arnold classic

bryan and i know a couple that are into bodybuilding together. they recently went to a bodybuilding event called the Arnold Classic, and i was just perusing their pictures.

now, these two are in great shape. she's this tiny little petite thing with a toned, tight little body, but not so muscular that she looks manly. she's still curvy, but you can tell she takes good care of herself.

compared to the girls at this event, though, she looked downright chubby, and that kinda freaks me out. i mean, jen is like what i strive to look like and to see her standing next to these women that looked like men... it was kinda scary. i don't ever want to get to that point.

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weight: 125.4 lbs (7 am)
body fat: 27%
water: 50.5%

didn't get to the gym last night because b needed the car, but he has said i can go tonight. i'm hoping to get in at least an hour of cardio, if not more. i ate too much yesterday and feel like i really need to work it off today. plus, it's st. patrick's day, so we're supposed to go out to karaoke and i want to be able to eat something this time and not freak out about it.

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.03.16.09.

only partly thwarted

no gym for me tonight. b needs the car to go install danny's engine. maybe i'll pull out those ankle weights stuffed in my closet and do laps around the house. lol

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weight: 126.6 lbs (7 am)
body fat: 27.5%
water: 50.5%

i don't understand how i have lost weight, but my water hasn't changed and my fat has actually gone up. that would have to mean that i've lost muscle mass, but i went to the gym for 6 days straight. how would i be losing muscle mass? yargh...

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.03.15.09.

over doing it

i got up yesterday morning and worked my butt off. from there on out i felt like i deserved a little treat. i had taco bell for lunch, i munched on bologna slices all day, and even got in a medium caramel apple cider at starbucks when we stopped to get bryan a coffee.

thankfully i still came in under goal for the day, but just barely. now i feel bad. i worked so hard then threw it all away. i'm never going to reach my goal in time eating like this...

so today i'm going to have to cut back. i'm not going to the gym, since it's sunday and my body needs to rest. kickball is rained out, so no exercise there. i'll be heading out to joann's in a bit here, so i'll at least get some walking in, but that's about all my activity for the day.

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weight: 127.2 lbs (9 am, sunday)
body fat: 27%
water: 50.5%

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.03.14.09.

walk it by yourself

got up this morning and hit the gym. did 20 minutes on the treadmill, 30 on the elliptical, and another 25 on the treadmill. i'm exhausted, and less than halfway through the day i'm at more than 11k steps. w00t!

i'm so hungry, though... should probably have a sandwich but i really really want taco bell. considering how many calories i've already burned off today, i kinda feel like i earned it.

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on a roll

i went to the gym last night after work before meeting up with bryan at danny's. i did 45 minutes of lower body and a half hour on the elliptical. amazingly, my hip doesn't hurt today as much as i thought it would after all that. my glutes, however, are quite upset at me. i'm going to take that as a good sign.

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weight: 128.0 lbs (9 am, saturday)
body fat: 27%
water: 50.5%

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.03.13.09.

these boots... er... tennies... were made for walking

yesterday i did over 11k steps! yay for those two miles i did at lunch! i'm sure the 5 trips down and up the stairs didn't hurt either...

today is lower body weights day. i think i may look in my bag of tricks and find a workout that involves resistance and low weight instead of machines. my calves still hurt from doing so much walking, and my right knee and hip are nagging me today from the two mile power walk yesterday.

bryan is supposed to go to danny's again to finish installing the engine (got it hung last night) and i'm supposed to meet him there. he was going to drive me to work but stayed up too late last night and couldn't get up in time this morning, so i've got the car this time. i don't have to catch a ride to danny's, though i will probably need to meet him there to give him a ride home. i brought my workout bag with me and i think i may just go hit the gym near danny's while b is working then go pick him up when i'm done.

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weight: 128.4 lbs (7 am)
body fat: 26.5%
water: 51%

waist: 26" (right AT 26". ready to start working my way down to 25")
hips: 34"
butt: 39.5" (once i can get solidly past that .5" mark, i can call this 39")
thigh: 23" (i'm not sure this is ever going to change)

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.03.12.09.

done!

last night i made it out to the gym to do some weights and cardio. unfortunately bryan got some bad news yesterday about the job he wanted to get, so i didn't want to stay long. i only did two sets of each exercise instead of three sets, then i cut my cardio down to 15 minutes instead of 30. even so, i was there more than an hour.

i won't be able to get to the gym today since we're going back out to danny's again when i get off work, so i'm wearing my pedometer again and doing the stairs. intern girl is gone today, so i can go faster and get a lot more done. she walks a lot slower than i do. i've already done the stairs three times today and i went out at lunch to walk. this time, since it was just me, i was able to get in two full laps in just about a half hour. last time we only fit in one lap in that time. i'm going to take some time to cool down, have some water, and stretch out so hopefully i don't hurt as much as i did yesterday.

my calves are still sore but after doing so much walking and stretching today they're much better. may have to pop a couple ibuprophen before bed, though... my hip didn't like power walking on pavement for a half hour.

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weight: 129.0 lbs (7 am)
body fat: 26.5%
water: 51%

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.03.11.09.

cry me a river

i've been trying to get in at least three bottles of water per day. some days i'm able to fit in as many as 5. i'm seeing an improvement in my morning weigh-in; i'm way less dehydrated. i've actually had to start pacing myself so i don't just plow right through all my water in the first half of my day, leaving me with nothing left to drink for the second half.

i suppose it's helping me get more exercise as well, because suddenly i'm having to run to the bathroom every 5-10 minutes.

TMI? possibly. but really, who reads this but me?

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weight: 128.8 lbs (7 am)
body fat: 26.5%
water: 51%

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moving right along

my calves are killing me today! ugh!

i didn't make my 10k, but i got to ~8860, so that's good. if we had done a second lap at lunch i totally would have hit my mark. maybe i'll suggest that today... hopefully intern girl will bring her walking shoes today. yesterday she only had some big clunky heeled loafers so we had to go slowly. we still did little over a mile in about a half hour. lunch break is an hour long and i think if we picked up the pace, we could totally do it twice and still have time to eat something. maybe thursday...

i'm going to try to hit the gym tonight to do circuit training on the machines. w00t! maybe i'll do the bike for cardio this time. normally i stick with elliptical or treadmill, with cross-trainer thrown in sometimes for variety (but boy does it make my heart rate skyrocket!) but i haven't done bike in years. we'll have to see how my calves are feeling by that point.

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.03.10.09.

stepping out

earlier i made our new intern do the stairs with me, and now i made her walk the campus with me. i'm at alMOst 5k steps for the day. we're going to do the stairs twice MOre today at least, which is about 500 steps per shot.

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bad in a good way

yesterday i went to the gym for the first time in a couple weeks. i wasn't able to go last week, or possibly the week before. i forget. i've been trying to get better about going more often.

anyway, i did something scary last night: i used freeweights.

it's not so much that using freeweights is scary, although it is a bit. it's more a matter of the freeweight area is where the big, grunting, sweaty, hulky guys hang out. i was, for the most part, the only woman in there. one or two meandered through with a trainer, but none stayed long.

i did my entire upper body workout there, sans dips and lat pulls which you can't really do with freeweights, then i went back downstairs and did a half hour on the elliptical. my hip has not let me forget that quite yet.

my elbow is kinda nagging me today from the skull crushers and tricep kickbacks i did, and i'm generally a little sore in all the areas that i thought i'd be, but not as sore as i kinda hoped, so i guess i gotta up the weight next time.

i was hoping to hit the gym again tonight and do some cardio, but i will be helping bryan install danny's engine instead, so i wore my pedometer today and am doing the stairs every couple hours and hopefully the mile+ campus walk at lunch. i'll try to hit 10k steps today, even though i won't be able to do it all at once.

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weight: 129.2 lbs (7 am)
body fat: 26.5%
water: 51%

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.03.09.09.

weight: 128.6 lbs (7 am)
body fat: 27.5%
water: 50.5%

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.03.06.09.

weight: 125.4 lbs
body fat: 27%
water: 50.5%

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.03.05.09.

weight: 126.2 lbs
body fat: 26.5%
water: 51%

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.03.04.09.

weight: 125.6 lbs (7 am)
body fat: 29%
water: 49.5%

i didn't drink much water yesterday, so i woke up dehydrated this morning. seeing that 29% body fat is disheartening, even though i know it's not true.

i told b i want to go to the gym tonight. he agreed and said he wants to go as well. i suggested that he should go this afternoon while i'm at work, then i could go when i get home. he said that sounded like a good idea, but we'll see if it actually happens. more likely, he'll go home and take a nap until it's time to pick me up from work, then he'll want to go after i'm done. :(

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