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