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