Daily Log: Week 7 Days 5-7

Day 5


Breakfast: Lucky Charms with 2% Milk
Lunch: 1/2 fried chicken breast, corn, bread and butter, chocolate chip scone
Dinner:  Spaghetti with parmesan cheese
Snacks: Potato chip cookie
Water:  2 liters
Exercise: 45 minutes of Just Dance on Wii


Day 6


Breakfast: Lucky Charms with 2% milk
Lunch: spaghetti with parmesan cheese
Dinner:  Grilled chicken, wild rice, reeses cookie, water
Snacks:
Water:  2 liters
Exercise: 45 minutes of Just Dance on Wii


Day 7


Breakfast: eggs, bacon, hash brown, chocolate muffin, water
Lunch: Lucky Charms (dry)
Dinner:  Turkey sandwich on white bread, pretzels, fat free vanilla custard, water
Snacks:
Water:  2 liters
Exercise: 3 modified routines, 120 crunches


In other news, I have no idea what exercising will look like this weekend- it's my birthday Sunday and I'll be going to my grandma's house for the weekend. As it were, I asked for fried chicken on Sunday (the request was made a few weeks ago) on the grounds that I hadn't had it pretty much since school started and for once it actually sounded good despite not being my favorite food. I have now had it three times in a single week. We'll still have it Sunday- I don't want to disappoint my little cousins who love fried chicken- and it'll still be better than any I've had so far, but still.

Daily Log: Week 7 Days 2-4

Day 2




Breakfast: 2 biscuits, eggs, home fries, water
Lunch: Bread
Dinner:  Turkey sandwich on white bread, fat free chocolate custard, water
Snacks:
Water:  2 liters
Exercise: 1 hour of Just Dance on Wii

Day 3




Breakfast: Strawberry NutriGrain bar
Lunch: taco salad  (chips, meat, cheese, olives), vanilla ice cream, water
Dinner:  Chicken McBites, French Fries, water
Snacks:
Water:  1 liter
Exercise: 1/2 hour of Just Dance on Wii

Day 4




Breakfast: Lucky Charms with 2% milk
Lunch: bread
Dinner:  cajun turkey sandwich on wheat, pickle spear, oreo pudding, apple, water
Snacks: Chocolate heart
Water:  1 liters
Exercise: 2 modified routines, 80 crunches

Weekly Progress Report: Week 7

Well, there's another week done. Time for a progress report!

As per last week's decision, no pictures until the monthly reports now. Straight to measurements, then.


Bust: 37" (No change)
Chest: 33.5" (No change)
Waist: 36" (No change)
Hips: 42" (No change)
Thighs: 23.5" (-0.5")
Calves: 15.5" (-0.5")
Upper arm: 13.5" (No change)
Forearm: 9.5" (-0.5")

I have to admit, I was starting to get a little bit worried as I was going through my measurements (in order they're listed) and getting several "no change's" in the categories I seem to see the most change in. Admittedly I haven't been eating great this past week and probably would have deserved it, but it still made me kinda sad. But then my leg measurements FINALLY went down a little, and that made it all worthwhile! And my forearm measurement went down some too, so it was all good.

Daily log:

Breakfast: Lucky Charms (dry; I seem to have misplaced my spoons)
Lunch: Bowtie pasta with parmesan cheese, 2 garlic breadsticks (big mistake!), apple, chocolate peanut butter cookie, water
Dinner:  Bread, Potato Chip Cookie
Snacks: 
Water:  2 liters
Exercise: 3 modified routines, 120 crunches


I honestly can't remember if I've talked about it before here or not, but I have garlic intolerance. (It's a little different than a garlic allergy, and I technically have a mild form of that as well, but only when there's a whole heck of a lot of garlic on the air.) Basically it's like lactose intolerance where I get massive digestive problems if I eat too much garlic. The problem is that it's really hard to judge how much is too much, and I thought the breadsticks today weren't too bad. They were. I've been having issues all day today since then, and it made me not too hungry at supper, hence the smaller meal.

Daily Log: Week 6 Day 7

Breakfast: Strawberry Mini Wheats in 2% Milk
Lunch: Grilled cheese, tortilla chips, water
Dinner: Chicken patty, mashed potatoes, apple, sesame sticks, chocolate peanut butter cookie, water
Snacks: N/A
Water:  2 liters
Exercise: 2 modified routines, 10 minutes of Just Dance on Wii, 80 crunches

Daily Log: Week 6 Day 6

Look! I'm on time for once!

Breakfast: Cinnamon Melt, Hash Brown
Lunch: fried chicken breast, baked potato, corn, water
Dinner:  pork, roll, chocolate peanut butter cookie, water
Snacks: Potato Chip Cookies
Water:  2 liters
Exercise: 1 modified routine

Daily Log: Week 6 Days 2-5

Four days at once. Megafail.

Day 2

Breakfast: 2 biscuits, eggs, home fries, water
Lunch: bread, ritz snack mix
Dinner:  Baked chicken, wild rice, broccoli, water
Snacks: Ice cream cone, strawberry poptarts
Water:  1 liter
Exercise: None

(NOTE: I ended up getting sick Thursday afternoon and throwing up most of lunch and the ice cream cone. Therefore, I was picky at supper, and then super hungry afterward, and ate the poptarts. That's also why I didn't exercise.)

Day 3



Breakfast: Strawberry poptarts
Lunch: Grilled cheese, pretzels, fat free vanilla custard, water
Dinner:  Peanut butter and cinnamon sandwich, cereal with 2% milk, molasses cookie
Snacks: No-bake cookies, small amounts of pork jerky and fish jerky (long story...)
Water:  2 liters
Exercise: 2 modified routines, 80 crunches

Day 4



Breakfast: Strawberry poptarts
Lunch: spaghetti with parmesan cheese
Dinner:  spaghettios
Snacks: N/A
Water:  2 liters
Exercise: 3 modified routines, 120 crunches

Day 5



Breakfast: Strawberry poptarts
Lunch: spaghettios
Dinner:  Spaghetti with parmesan cheese, apple
Snacks: small french fries from McDonald's, small shamrock shake
Water:  2 liters
Exercise: 3 modified routines

Weekly Progress Report: Week 6

Well, another week has gone by, and all I have to say is that I didn't do as well this time. I think because I was so happy with my end of the month results, I got a bit lax with watching what I ate and stuff, and I didn't stick with everything as well, and while I didn't lose any progress, I didn't make a whole lot either. Not to mention I'm late with this. Meh.

Anyway, I've decided I'm just going to do pictures monthly. Yup. So here are measurements, then.


Bust: 37" (No change)
Chest: 33.5" (No change)
Waist: 36" (No change)
Hips: 42" (-0.5")
Thighs: 24" (No change)
Calves: 16" (No change)
Upper arm: 13.5" (No change)
Forearm: 10" (No change)

See? Not that good.

Daily Log:

Breakfast: 2 chocolate chip pancakes, eggs, hash brown, water
Lunch: bread, popcorn
Dinner: 1/3 turkey sandwich on dark bread, pretzels, fat free vanilla custard, water (I wasn't hungry at supper. It hit me later in the day.
Snacks: Strawberry poptarts
Water:  2 liters
Exercise: 1 hour of Just Dance on Wii

Daily Log: Week 5 Days 5-7

I just suck this week.

Day 5

Breakfast: Strawberry Mini Wheats with low fat milk

Lunch: turkey sandwich with colby jack cheese on white bread, chocolate chip cookie, water

Dinner: Pasta with parmesan cheese, water

Snacks: N/A

Water: 2 liters

Exercise: 1 modified routine, special thing (explained at end of post)

Day 6

Breakfast: Strawberry Mini Wheats

Lunch: spaghetti with parmesan cheese

Dinner: 1 fried Catfish filet, corn, steak fries, corn muffin, water

Snacks: N/A

Water: 3 liters

Exercise: None (fail!)

Day 7

Breakfast: NutriGrain strawberry bar

Lunch: spaghetti with parmesan cheese

Dinner: breaded pork chop, mashed potatoes, peanut butter cookie, water

Snacks: snickerdoodle cookie

Water: 3 liters

Exercise: 2 and a half modified routines, 1 hour of Just Dance on Wii

Okay, about the special thing on day 5. It was like 52 degrees here (Fahrenheit) and my friends randomly got the notion that we needed to go do a polar plunge in the creek that runs by our school. So we ended up walking twenty minutes out to the swimming hole just to jump in freezing cold water and get right back out so we could walk twenty minutes back freezing, numb, and dripping wet. So it's not as strenuous exercise as I might normally do, but I'm counting it as equivalent to 20 minutes of cardio because of all the shivering.


EDIT: I forgot to mention I also did 120 situps respectively in these three days.

Daily Log: Week 5 Days 2-4

On time? Whatever is this "on time" of which you speak?

Day 2



Breakfast: 2 biscuits, eggs, home fries, water
Lunch: Turkey sandwich on sub roll, pretzels, fat free vanilla custard, water
Dinner:  sweet and sour chicken, grapes, sesame sticks, chocolate chip cookie, water
Snacks: 1/2 Caramel iced donut
Water:  3 liters
Exercise: 3 modified routines

Day 3



Breakfast: NutriGrain strawberry bar, honeycrisp apple
Lunch: Grilled cheese sandwich, pretzels, fat free vanilla custard, water
Dinner:  bread, purple grapes
Snacks: Popcorn
Water:  2 liters
Exercise: 2 modified routines

Day 4


Breakfast: Strawberry Frosted Mini Wheats with low fat milk
Lunch: spaghetti with parmesan cheese, pinata apple
Dinner: Grilled ham and cheddar sandwich, molasses cookie, potato chips, water
Snacks: n/a
Water:  3 liters
Exercise: 4 modified routines, 120 crunches

Monthly Overview: Month 1

I made it! It's hard for me to believe that four weeks ago I was just starting this. Now I get to report to you all the progress I've made in those four weeks, and I have to say that I'm very excited to get to do so.

As with the Weekly Progress Reports, I will be starting by posting the pictures. I've finally gotten smart and I'm labelling the pictures now, so if the formatting goes all to heck like I'm sure it will, it won't matter.

I can't say that I can honestly see a whole lot of change just by looking at it, but that's okay, because measurements are next, and I can definitely see the change there! (NOTE: This month, the first number is overall change, and the second number [X" this week] is the change from this week only. I have yet to decide if I will always do an overall, a monthly, and a weekly, or just do a monthly and a weekly each time.)

Bust: 37" (-0.5", -0.5" this week)

Chest: 33.5" (-2", -0.5" this week)

Waist: 36" (-2", -1" this week)

Hips: 42.5" (-2", -1" this week)

Thighs: 24" (No change)

Calves: 16" (No change)

Upper arm: 13.5" (-1.5", -0.5" this week)

Forearm: 10" (-1", -0.5" this week)

Total all-over inch loss (this serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever except to boost my self esteem): 9"

I'm pretty darn happy with that. Okay, so I would have liked to have lost some off of my flabby legs, and also to not have lost any off of my bust, but I can't have everything perfect, can I?

Now, I'd also like to list some totals for this month. In the past four weeks, I have exercised 26 out of 28 days, and estimating 10 minutes per modified routine/video exercise as well as 10 minutes for the one time I did situps/pushups, I have done 13.5 hours of exercise. I have also drank 75.5 liters of water, not counting water drank at some meals where I was not drinking from my 1 liter mug.

My official goal (30 minutes of exercise per day+3 liters of water per day) was exceeded by half an hour for exercise when bi-weekly rest days are scheduled in. My goal for water fell short by 8.5 liters.

My overall feelings toward this month are very positive. I started strong, I stayed strong for the most part, and my efforts have shown. I'm staying optimistic that in the following month, I can continue to stick with it and progress even further on my path toward a healthy weight and lifestyle.

Finally, today's post would not be complete without my daily exercise and dietary log.

Breakfast: 1 plain pancake, eggs, hash brown, water

Lunch: bread

Dinner:  Spaghetti, garlic breadstick, sesame sticks, smores bar, water

Snacks: 2 now-and-laters, 1 snickerdoodle

Water:  3 liters

Exercise: 3 modified routines

Thanks for being here! Hopefully I'll see you here next month!

Daily Log: Week 4 Day 7

Yes. Once again, I failed to update last night. I'm not going to do two at once this time, though, because today is the day of my first monthly overview, and that's pretty darn special! I'm excited for that later tonight, but right now, here's yesterday's daily log.

Breakfast: Eggs, bacon, hash brown, water
Lunch: 1 Honeycrisp apple, french bread
Dinner: pasta, steamed broccoli, butterfinger pudding, sesame sticks, water
Snacks: snickerdoodles and small candies (I didn't keep track like I should have- I was at a Valentine's Day party and ate too many cookies. The end.
Water: 2 liters
Exercise: 2 modified routines

Daily Log: Week 4 Day 6

What? I'm on time? Amazing!


Breakfast: McDonald's Cinnamon Melt, hash brown
Lunch: Hardee's small french fries, water
Dinner:  Spaghetti
Snacks: 2 Snickerdoodle cookies
Water:  2 liters
Exercise: 1 hour of Just Dance on Wii

See, this is what laundry days do to me- I don't eat very well because I am at the whim of my grandmother. That said, I feel absolutely no remorse on the cinnamon melt this morning. The McDonald's restaurants in my hometown stopped carrying them ages ago, and when I saw it on the menu here, I was very surprised (to the point where I actually asked the cashier if they really had them; luckily for me they did). Also, I will probably be eating a lot of Happy Meals in March- the girl toys are My Little Pony, and I absolutely adore that show. I'll go for apple dippers instead of fries, though. Most of the time.

Daily Log: Week 4 Days 4-5

Oops again. Last night I blame a spontaneous movie party for my not posting.

Day 4:
Breakfast: Strawberry Awake cereal with low-fat milk
Lunch: egg and sausage on pretzel-bagel, fried potatoes, water (I actually didn't finish any of this because it all tasted less delicious than I had anticipated.)
Dinner:  Roast beef on sub roll, potato chips, brownie, water
Snacks: Popcorn, 1 bite cookie dough, 2 starburst.
Water:  3 liters
Exercise: 3 modified routines

Day 5:

Breakfast: Strawberry awake cereal with low fat milk
Lunch: Pizza Hut: 1/2 medium pepperoni pizza with no sauce
Dinner:  1 Honeycrisp apple, 1 slice whole grain bread with strawberry jelly
Snacks: 1 Dove dark chocolate square
Water:  2 liters
Exercise: 2 modified routines

I feel like I'm starting to get a little lazier about my exercise sometimes, and I feel bad about that, but at the same time I'm pretty proud of myself, because I've been at this for almost a month and have really stuck with it for once. On the bright side, tomorrow is supposed to be a rest day because I'm at my grandma's house all day, but I'm actually going to do Just Dance on the Wii with my friend once I get back, so that'll make up for some lost time. Also, two of the girls in my dorm told me today that they could tell I was losing weight, so that just made all of this worth it!

Daily Log: Week 4 Days 2-3

Bad Marci.


Day 2:

Breakfast: 2 biscuits, eggs, home fries, water
Lunch: spaghetti with parmesan cheese, 1 serving of mixed berries
Dinner:  Spaghettios
Snacks: Popcorn
Water:  3 liters
Exercise: 1 hour of Just Dance on Wii


Day 3:


Breakfast: 1 honeycrisp apple, Nutrigrain Strawberry bar
Lunch: 2 spoonfulls peanut butter
Dinner:  Spaghettios
Snacks: Popcorn
Water:  2 liters
Exercise: 2 modified routines

Weekly Progress Report: Week 4

Well, that's three weeks done. A week from today will be the first Monthly Overview. Yay!

Picture time, then. Last week on left, this week on right.

I think that worked, at least. Anyway, measurements time.

Bust: 37.5" (No change)

Chest: 34" (-0.5")

Waist: 37" (No change)

Hips: 43.5" (No change)

Thighs: 24" (No change)

Calves: 16" (No change)

Upper arm: 14" (-0.5")

Forearm: 10.5" (No change)

And last but not least, my daily log.

Breakfast: 2 chocolate chip pancakes, eggs, hash brown, water

Lunch: Honeycrisp apple, Nutrigrain Strawberry bar

Dinner:  Turkey sandwich on sub roll, pretzels, fat free vanilla custard, water

Snacks: 1 homemade turtle

Water:  3 liters

Exercise: 3 modified routines

I'll see you next week for the Monthly Overview! I'm pretty excited- I've not been keeping track of total changes and things, so I'll get to find that all out at the same time as you.

Daily Log: Week 3 Day 7

Breakfast: Eggs, Bacon, Hash brown, water
Lunch: Spaghetti with parmesan cheese
Dinner:  Chicken tenders, mashed potatoes, gala apple, chocolate cookie, water
Snacks: N/A
Water:  3 liters
Exercise: 2 modified routines +1 hour Just Dance on Wii

Yup. That happened today. And my friend and I are planning on doing Just Dance every other day or so, so that'll be a nice change in exercise routine.

Daily Log: Week 3 Day 6

Yes, shock and awe! I'm posting on time!

Breakfast: Nutrigrain Strawberry bar
Lunch: turkey and provolone on multigrain bread, potato chips, toffee cookie, water
Dinner: Turkey sandwich on sub roll, pretzels, fat free vanilla custard
Water: 3 liters
Exercise: 3 modified routines

Weird. I legitimately don't remember eating a sandwich at dinner, but I know that's what I had to have eaten.

Daily Log: Week 3 Days 3-5

I'm such a fail. Sorry.

Friday:


Breakfast: Strawberry Awake cereal with low-fat milk
Lunch: extra sharp cheddar cheese, apple, bread
Dinner:  spaghettios
Snacks: N/A
Water:  2 liters
Exercise: 2 modified routines

Saturday:



Breakfast: Strawberry Awake cereal with low-fat milk
Lunch: Culver's- Bacon cheddar burger, chocolate raspberry custard, water
Dinner:  Pastrami on rye, apple, water
Snacks: N/A
Water:  3 liters
Exercise: 3 modified routines

Sunday:


Breakfast: Lucky Charms cereal with low-fat milk
Lunch: cornbread, lemon cookie, apple
Dinner: pasta, 1/2 slice garlic bread, water
Snacks: 5 mint creme oreos
Water:  2 liters
Exercise: 0 modified routines

Today was a massively lazy day for me. I spent the morning incredibly dizzy, then was partying it up and ate a bunch of cookies. It won't happen again, I promise. (Mainly because I'm out of oreos now.)

Daily Log: Week 3 Day 2

Breakfast: Eggs, home fries, two biscuits, water
Lunch: Subway: 6-inch turkey breast on flatbread with lettuce, olives, oil, and lots of salt and pepper; apple chips
Dinner:  grilled cheese, pretzels, fat free vanilla custard, water
Snacks:
Water:  3 liters
Exercise: 3 modified routines

Weekly Progress Report: Week 3

Well, would you look at that! I'm actually posting something when I'm supposed to!

I've made it through the first two weeks just fine (other than a little knee pain, but it's nothing too major) and I'm on to week three. How exciting! Now, on to the pictures and good stuff!

Again, last week on the left, this week on the right (unless I screw something out and can't figure out how to do it, in which case the first of each two will be the earlier.)

Well, I think I got that all set up right. Maybe. Anyway, time for weekly measurements. Note that the changes reported are from the previous week, not from the beginning. Total changes will be reported at the end of the month.

Bust: 37.5" (No change)

Chest: 34.5" (-1")

Waist: 37" (No change)

Hips: 43.5" (-1")

Thighs: 24" (No change)

Calves: 16" (No change)

Upper arm: 14.5" (-0.5")

Forearm: 10.5" (No change)

I'm pretty happy with those changes, to be honest. I'm starting to get a little curious about weight loss, but there's not much I can do about that.

Now, on to my daily log. 

Breakfast: Eggs, sausage, hash brown, English muffin, English breakfast tea, water

Lunch: Beef goulash, mashed potatoes, grapes, coconut cookie, water

Dinner:  Turkey sandwich on white bread, pretzels, fat free vanilla custard, water

Snacks: 1 homemade turtle

Water:  3 liters

Exercise: 3 modified routines

This is only the second time in the past 6 1/2 months that I've drank something other than water (if you don't count communion at church and milk from cereal, which I can't throw out because I'm in a dorm). I have to admit I'm pretty wound up tonight because of it. The reason I cheated was because our school is in the middle of International Focus Week, an event designed to emphasize cross-cultural missions and Kingdom advancement around the world. (Yes, I go to a Christian college. If this upsets you, I'm sorry to hear that, but I will say that I won't use this blog to preach to/at you at any time. That has nothing to do with staying healthy and losing weight. All I ask is you also don't criticize me for my beliefs in the comments.) Part of the festivities today was a traditional English breakfast, which of course was served with tea, and so I cheated to get the full experience. Lunch, for anyone who was wondering, was food from Kosovo, fixed by a girl at our school who is actually from Kosovo, and dinner was just normal.

That's pretty much all there is to say on the matter, so I'll see you all tomorrow (assuming I remember in the evening)!

Daily Log: Week 2 Day 7

Behind again. Fail.

Breakfast: Strawberry Awake cereal with low fat milk
Lunch: Bread, strawberries
Dinner: Peanut butter sandwich, mashed potatoes, gala apple, chocolate chip cookie
Snacks: 1 homemade turtle
Water:  3 liters
Exercise: 3 modified routines

Daily Log: Week 2 Day 6

Again, I didn't get it up the night of. I'm sorry- I was incredibly exhausted all day yesterday and didn't have the energy to get the post ready.


Breakfast: 2 eggs (scrambled), hash browns, 2 pieces white bread toast with butter and jelly, water
Lunch: N/A
Dinner: Chicken livers, corn, steak fries, corn muffin, water
Snacks: N/A
Water:  1.5 liters (I failed so badly!)
Exercise: rest day

Daily Log: Week 2 Day 5

Breakfast: 1 bowl dry Lucky Charms
Lunch: 1 serving Cashew Crunch NutCrisps, 2 spoonfuls peanut butter (Probably about 1.5 tbsp)
Dinner: Popcorn, 1 large dill pickle, 1 serving extra sharp cheddar cheese
Snacks: 1 Christmas Lifesaver, 2 mint creme Oreos
Water:  3 liters
Exercise: 2 modified workouts

Yes, I admit it. I did a lousy job today. But tomorrow I'm getting better food to eat in the dorms and restocking my fruit/milk. Tomorrow is also a rest day on exercise, so expect me not to exercise tomorrow. (I chose to do only two sets today because I've done something weird to my knee and it was really hurting.)

Daily Log: Week 2 Day 4

Breakfast: 1 Chewy Smores granola bar
Lunch: 2 biscuits, eggs, hash brown, water
Dinner: 1 serving spaghetti
Snacks: 3 mint creme Oreos
Water:  3 liters
Exercise: 3 modified workouts

I also wanted to let you know ahead of time that starting this Monday, every other Monday will be a rest day for me when it comes to exercise. This is because I spend every other Monday at my grandmother's house doing laundry and making my bi-weekly grocery store run, and there's really no good place to exercise at her house. Besides, it's good to have a rest day every once in a while. I'll still stick to the water and the trying to eat healthy, so no worries there.

The other good thing about being at my grandmother's house this Monday is it will be my first shopping trip since I really decided to crack down and do this, so I'll be able to buy healthier foods for me to enjoy here.

Daily Log: Week 2 Days 2-3

Posted on day 4. Yes, I got behind. And I don't have a good excuse for it. But I did (for the most part) keep up with my actual fitness end of things.


Day 2
Breakfast: 2 biscuits, eggs, potatoes, water
Lunch: 2 slices sourdoubh toast with butter and blackberry preserves, 1 package Ritz Snack mix, water
Dinner: turkey sandwich on white roll, pretzels, fat-free chocolate custard, water
Snacks: 2 Reeses miniature cups, 1 mini box nerds (I need to stop eating candy so much... ugh.)
Water:  3 liters
Exercise: 2 modified workouts

Day 3
Breakfast: Nutrigrain strawberry bar
Lunch: spaghetti-o's, rice krispie treat
Dinner: 1 serving spaghetti, 1 order Sonic Cheddar bites
Snacks: popcorn, 3 Mint Creme Oreos in milk
Water:  3 liters
Exercise: 3 modified workouts

So I did too much snacking the past couple of days, and I feel bad about that. But I really do have to get rid of some of this food so it doesn't go bad (Oreo's, I'm looking at you). And I'm going to try and limit myself better in the future. In unrelated news, I discovered after I had eaten the Oreos when I went to drink the milk that apparently my milk had gone bad. Delicious. Now I'm hoping it doesn't make me sick.

Weekly Progress Report: Week 2

Well, I've made it to the start of week two! It almost seems like I've been doing this forever. But I'm going to stick with it until I reach my goal.

Anyway, It's time to post pictures and measurements to start the week out! I'll be posting the previous week's picture to the left, and this week's picture to the right.

Well, other than the better camera, you can't really tell much difference, but I didn't expect to be able to either. Now, on to the measurements.


Bust: 37.5" (No change)
Chest: 35.5" (No change)
Waist: 37" (-1")
Hips: 44.5" (No change)
Thighs: 24" (No change)
Calves: 16" (No change)
Upper arm: 15" (No change)
Forearm: 10.5" (-0.5")

Most things stayed the same, but I have gone down a little in the waist and forearm departments, so that's good. Hopefully I'll see even more improvement as time goes on!

And finally, the daily log for the day.


Breakfast: 2 pieces french toast with syrup, eggs, water
Lunch: 1 individual package Ritz Snack Mix, 1 serving Kellogs Mixed Berry Fruity Snacks, 1 serving Cashew Crunch NutCrisps
Dinner: 1 battered fish filet, 1 garlic cheese biscuit, grapes, 1 M&M cookie, water
Snacks: 3 Reeses Miniature cups
Water:  3 liters, 16 oz
Exercise: 3 modified workouts

That's it for today; here's hoping for a productive new week!

Daily Log: Week 1 Day 7

This should have been posted last night. But then I was drawing lots of ponies and wore myself out and forgot. Yup.

Well, I've made it through the first week! And now I'll get to see if I've made any improvement. I guess we'll find out tonight!


Breakfast: Eggs, 2 strips bacon, hash brown, water
Lunch: 1 serving spaghetti with parmesan cheese
Dinner: Chicken fried steak (?), mashed potatoes, corn, oatmeal chocolate chip cookie, water
Snacks: 1 homemade turtle
Water:  3 liters, 16 oz
Exercise: 3 modified workouts

On the chicken fried steak, that's what they told us it was, but I swear it was a processed chicken patty. Oh well.

Daily Log: Week 1 Day 6

Breakfast: 1 bowl Strawberry Awake cereal with 2% milk
Lunch: 1 serving spaghetti with parmesan cheese, 1 rice krispie treat
Dinner: Turkey sandwich on white bread, pretzels, fat free vanilla custard, water
Snacks: 1 red velvet mini cupcake, 1 fun sized hershey bar
Water:  3 liters
Exercise: 3 modified workouts

Daily Log: Week 1 Day 5

First I should probably explain about the exercise. Last night, once it was too late for me to really experiment a whole lot, I discovered Jog.FM, a website that suggests music for you according to how fast you want to walk/run a mile. I decided that since exercising to music is supposed to be so good for you, I would try to find something to match the pace of my workout video. Last night all I managed to find out was that it was about 128 BPM, but this morning I looked up some songs I liked that were around the right tempo and made an exercise playlist on Playlist.com to go with the video. Unfortunately, a lot of the songs were off just enough to throw me off, and I spent a lot of the time I was exercising to the video pausing to skip to a better song. After that experience, I decided it would just be easier to do the same exercises without the video. This has had a lot of benefits for me now that I've tried it- a lot of my songs are actually faster paced than the video was, and I tend to get into them enough to dance around a bit, increasing my work. I also pause for marching less and stick keep up with things more, and since I'm counting more carefully than the woman in the video was, I had time for four sets of exercises instead of three each time. This is what I'm referring to below and here on out as my modified workout.

Breakfast: Biscuit with blackberry preserves, Strawberry NutriGrain bar
Lunch: Vegetable soup, apple slices, 2 slices whole wheat bread, water, 2 small pieces chocolate fudge
Dinner: Honeycrisp apple, 4 peanut butter sandwich crackers, 1 serving Cashew Crunch NutCrisps
Snacks: 1 homemade turtle
Water:  3 liter
Exercise: 1 video routine runthroughs, 2 modified workouts.

Daily Log: Week 1 Day 4

Saturdays are good days for me. I have more time to work with, more energy, and just more motivation. Of course, there's also brunch on Saturdays, which leads to less than perfect eating, but still I think it was a good day all around.

Breakfast: 1 package Strawberries and Cream instant oatmeal (prepared with water), 1 serving crunchy cashew nutcrisps.
Lunch: Apple, 2 chocolate chip pancakes, bowl of mixed berries, water
Dinner: 1 serving Brown and Wild Ready Rice, 1/2 can black eyed peas
Snacks: 1 serving peppermint pretzels
Water:  3.5 liters, 8 oz
Exercise: 4 video routine runthroughs, 100 crunches, 50 modified pushups

Daily Log: Week 1 Day 3

Well, I have to admit I didn't do the best job today. I ended up going to the cafeteria at school for lunch, which I never do, but I ate pretty healthy there. When I got back to my room, though, I was feeling very dizzy and nauseated, so I didn't feel safe to exercise and nothing healthy sounded stomach-safe. Unfortunately, Taco Bell is one of my stomach-safe foods (which I have to admit is pretty bizarre) and when others were making a Taco Bell run, that was what I chose for supper. I did get some exercise in once I started feeling better, but overall it wasn't my best day. I'm just going to have to keep on track and not let this happen too often.


Breakfast: 1 bowl Strawberry Awake cereal with 2% milk
Lunch: turkey sandwich on white bread, small fat free vanilla custard, water
Dinner: bread, two soft tacos from Taco Bell
Snacks: 2 starbrite peppermints, 1 honeycrisp apple, 2 starburst candies
Water:  3.5 liters, 8 oz
Exercise: 2 video routine runthroughs

Daily Log: Week 1 Day 2

Breakfast: 1 biscuit (no toppings), eggs, hash brown, water
Lunch: Apple, white bread, fat-free gelatin cup
Dinner: 1 fried catfish filet, corn, pinto beans, one biscuit, water (my grandmother took me out to eat tonight, so I splurged a little.)
Snacks: 2 pirouette cookies, 2 starbrite peppermints
Water: 4 liters, 4 ounces
Exercise: 3 video routine runthroughs

Beginning Report: Week 1

Well, here is where my journey starts. This is day one. And it's time for me to share with the world.

Let's start with pictures.

 

They're not the most flattering of photos, but that's kind of the point of "Before" shots, isn't it? These were taken with my iPhone because my camera was dead, but hopefully I'll be able to use my normal camera for the rest. Anyway, these are my official "before" pictures. ta-dah. Looks like I've got a lot of work to do to get myself into shape. Now, on to measurements.



Bust: 37.5"
Chest: 35.5"
Waist: 38"
Hips: 44.5"
Thighs: 24"
Calves: 16"
Upper arm: 15"
Forearm: 11"

Not a whole lot to say there. Hopefully we'll see a little change soon.

Now, for my daily health log.


Breakfast: 1 pancake, eggs, hash brown, water
Lunch: 1 serving "Brown and Wild" Ready Rice, 1 apple
Dinner: sweet and sour chicken, salad with ranch dressing, peanut butter cookie, water
Snacks: small bag popcorn, 1 fat-free gelatin cup, 2 fun-sized candies
Water: 3 liters
Exercise: I'm planning on using this video workout three times a day as my main source of exercise. I only got through it twice today, but I also helped a girl on my floor carry her belongings out to the car since she had to move out of the dorm, so I did get more exercise that way.

It's not entirely ideal, but it's a start, at least, and I'll do my best to improve over time. That's basically all I have to say for now, so until tomorrow, I bid you farewell.

About Me and JACGLW

Hello, and welcome to my blog, "Just a College Girl Losing Weight." I know it's not the most creative title, but I'm not here to be creative right now. I just want to share my journey with you.

My name is Marci, and as the blog title suggests, I am a freshman in college. I've never been particularly in shape, but my last year of high school, I managed to lose 12 pounds. Up until Thanksgiving break of my first semester of college, I had not gained any weight, but when I weighed myself at home over Christmas break, I had gained 1.6 pounds, and gained another 1.8 over the break. It may not be a whole lot, but I'm about 30 pounds overweight as it is, and this was the last straw. I have officially decided I am going to work my butt off until I get into a healthy weight, and I am going to have the internet as my witness.

Thus, I am starting this blog. I attempted last night to start the same blog on the blog hosting site where all my other personal blogs were hosted, but for reasons unknown to me, when I tried to log in today it had been suspended for violating terms of service. I'm not sure what terms of service I violated, but rather than muddle through trying to get it all figured out, I'll just post a blog here instead.

My goal weight for right now is 130 lbs. This weight has been within the "healthy" range for my height on most of the charts I've seen, so that's my goal. I have about 30-35 pounds to lose to reach that goal. I have no set time frame; my only goal is to see things through until I'm healthier. While I'm at college, I have no scales to weigh myself on (at home I use the Wii Fit since it's pretty accurate), and due to incredible shyness when it comes to my body and exercise, I refuse to exercise outside my third floor dorm room or when my roommate is present. Luckily, the floors are pretty thick here and I shouldn't be disturbing anybody too much. Also, my campus is on a large hill (the most straightforward route from top to bottom has 77 stairs), so that's a source of exercise as well.

How I Plan to Use This Blog to Lose Weight


Weekly progress posts: Once a week, on Wednesday nights, I will have a "beginning of the week" post. This post will include a list of my measurements (my main way of tracking my fitness without my scales) with decreases/increases from the previous week listed alongside, and a photo of me wearing the same outfit each week, next to the picture from the previous week for comparison. I will also include the information included in my normal daily log (see below).

Daily Log: I am planning on keeping a daily log keeping track of what I eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, as well as how much water I drink and how much exercise I do. The goal here is to begin eating smaller portions and healthier food, exercising at least 30 minutes a day, and drinking at least three liters of water. These will be posted at the end of each day.

Monthly Overview: Once every four weeks, the night before the weekly progress report for the following week, I will post a monthly overview. This will include overall measurement changes as compared to the beginning of the month, total exercise logged, and total amount of water drank for the month. I will also upload the photo for the week next to the photo of the beginning of the month, for comparison.

Sporadic Weight Measurements: These have no set time frame, as they depend entirely on when I make it home, but whenever I am at home, I will take a weight measurement using the Wii Fit (all weight measurements will be taken in the morning immediately after I wake up and use the restroom). I will post my current weight, change from the previous session, and change overall at that time. Over the summer, I will make this a part of my weekly progress report whenever I am at home.

Your Help: If you're still reading this, and are planning to watch my progress, just allow me to take this time to thank you. I really appreciate the support you're giving me by watching this. That said, I would also like to ask you a favor. Comments would be greatly appreciated. Let me know you're out there watching me. Encourage me when I'm doing well. Give me a kick in the backside when I'm slacking off. My whole purpose in writing this blog is to hold myself accountable to the entire internet, so knowing that there's people there to hold me accountable is exactly what I need.

Well, that's pretty much all I have to say on the matter, so it's time for me to start my journey. I would love to have you on board. Thank you, and have a nice day.
~M/KS