Friends on a Weight Loss Journey

Fast

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome to our crazy blessed life) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:45:00 +0000

So, I am doing the Daniel Fast with my church. I am allowed to have fruits, vegetables and whole grains. I am on day 9 and have lost 5 pounds. It is a 21 day fast so we shall see if I can keep off what I lose after I add back in other foods like protein and dairy.

Whew!

noreply@blogger.com (J(ohnny), E(ma), T(im), A(nissa) R(ajala).......Jetarajala) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:20:00 +0000

I took off all the weight (2 lbs) I gained on vacation.

Now, to work on a dinner menu for this week that would be a compliment to my workouts.

Here I am again.....

noreply@blogger.com (J(ohnny), E(ma), T(im), A(nissa) R(ajala).......Jetarajala) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:24:00 +0000

Except this time, I have the support of my husband. Perhaps this year will be the year it comes off..........

Trying really hard.....

noreply@blogger.com (J(ohnny), E(ma), T(im), A(nissa) R(ajala).......Jetarajala) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:27:00 +0000

I did so bad over the weekend, that I was bound and determined to make some progress today (which I am), but my mind is telling me to eat more right now because I'm coming down from my weekend OREO high. Ugg!

Must get through the next few hours.

205....

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome to our crazy blessed life) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:24:00 +0000

Yeah, the scales totally went the wrong way. I am trying to walk on the treadmill everyday and watch my calories. I am also posting to Sparkpeople.com
I need to lose 6 pounds with a quickness because my reward for 199 is to go get my eyebrows waxed. If you saw them you might tell me to stop eating because I am in desperate need! :)

Biggest Looser

noreply@blogger.com (J(ohnny), E(ma), T(im), A(nissa) R(ajala).......Jetarajala) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:00:00 +0000

I know, 2010 and two years later and I weigh the same thing. But, my family after 5 years of asking, having finally ALL agreed to participate in our own version of the Biggest Looser.

Hopefully this gets us on the right track! Plus, I want the POT!

LOL

Around and around we go.

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome to our crazy blessed life) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:48:00 +0000

I wish I was focused and wanted to lose weight as much as I think I do. I often call my self names and feel bad about myself but it is obviously not enough to make me not eat that extra piece of cake. I am an emotional eater. The last couple of months have been tough emotionally. I keep gaining instead of losing.
Hubby has a video shoot in a couple of weeks so he and I are trying to limit sugar and white flour. Of course everything we have in our fridge and cupboards have sugar and/or white flour. Except for the fritos of course.
We are heading to the store tonight to stock up on some healthy food. I am afraid he will lose 20 pounds in the next two weeks and I will lose 2 weeks! :(
I am going on day 4 of 1500 calories a day. Wish me luck!

Wii Fit in September

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome to our crazy blessed life) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:35:00 +0000

I have challenged myself to do Wii Fit everyday in September for at least 30 minutes a day. So far so good!
Sept 1- 45 minutes
Sept 2- 45 minutes
Sept 3 - 30 minutes

I want to do it every day. :)

{TWD} Honey Peach Ice Cream

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome to our crazy blessed life) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:08:00 +0000

Woo hoo!! It is still Tuesday my time and I am posting.

Thank you to Rainbow Brown at Brown Interior for choosing this delicious recipe.

Things I learned from this recipe:
-I need an ice cream maker, I tried doing it by hand and gave up and went to bed. Once we got past the gummy layer on the top it was pretty good but still kind of icy
-I need a Kitchen Aid mixer....just because
-Nectarines are a good substitute for peaches and don't have to be peeled
-I should have washed out the ice cream container before throwing it in the trash to freeze this in instead of the giant bowl that is taking up my freezer at the moment

I thought this was pretty tasty as did both of my mini tasters. Hubby said "Oh! There's the peach!" It tasted vanilla to him with an aftertaste of nectarines but he said he liked it.

Will I make this again? Maybe but not until I get an ice cream maker!
Pictures to come. I taught my first class at the college I work at tonight after working a full day. So, I am tired.
Bake On!

Hi Karen

noreply@blogger.com (J(ohnny), E(ma), T(im), A(nissa) R(ajala).......Jetarajala) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:12:00 +0000

Okay, I started a kick boxing class. Not that foo, foo kickboxing in the regular gym. I started kick boxing classes at my kids karate academy. Okay, one the instructor is really cute (score), two, after taking the class I realized it was exactly what I've needed for the past 5 years (score) and three I don't have to worry about the kids because they are right there on the other side of the gym (score) and four, the boxing gloves they give you stink (minus score).....I'll have to look into buying my own.

So, the way I'm pretty much scoring all over the place....LOL!

Now, if I can only convince the dentist I don't need a root canal and the nutritionist chocolate chips really are good for you.

hello.....helloo.....helloooooooo

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome to our crazy blessed life) — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:13:00 +0000

tap tap tap....is this thing on?
Yeah, it has been awhile since I have been over here. I joined sparkpeople.com and really like the food tracker and exercise tracker. Now if I actually did any exercise......

Yesterday I decided I was going to stay under 1600 calories and exercise. I made one of those goals which was the calories. I did great and I convinced myself that I would do the same today. Um....yeah. I woke up to sewage water spewing in my basement, had to call the plumber to rototill the pipe. So, what do I do? Play MarioKart and eat everything in sight. I feel cruddy, I can hardly breathe.
How the heck do I get motivated to actually exercise and not eat everything in sight?
Who knows.
Blah.

Motivation

noreply@blogger.com (Lisa) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:13:00 +0000

This morning I went through some old clothes and pulled out a few pairs of pants, each in a different size. They are my motivation pants. Sometime in the next couple weeks I'm going to take pictures of me in each of these pairs of pants, and trust me, the 2 smaller sizes will not be pretty. But I need to have a record of what I look like, not being able to get those pants on and how it feels. Then, when the DO fit (and eventually are too big) I can look back and see how far I came and compare the feelings. It's hard to believe that these pants fit me at one time. I know I've gained weight over the years, I've seen the numbers on the scale increase. But since I've been overweight my entire life, it's like I can't see the difference - I just see fat. Don't get me wrong, I look back at high school and early college years pics and can definitely see the weight gain. In my head though, my body image is still the same. What do they call that? Body dysmorphic somethingorother. Whatever it is, I know it's a HUGE issue I have to deal with in order to be successful.

What does your weight do for you?

noreply@blogger.com (Lisa) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:22:00 +0000

I came across this question when looking for some weight loss inspiration and it really got me thinking. What does my weight do for me right now?

It holds me back from doing things I want to do.
It lets me hide.
It gives me an excuse not to do things.
It lets me get away with comfort eating- I'm already fat so what's it going to hurt?
It allows me to be the introvert that I am - I just try to hide and not have to deal with people I don't know.
It allows me to fail - It gives me an excuse as to why I don't do anything with my life.

I also came across the couch to 5k program. I've seen it several times, but always thought, not me. I'll never do that, even if I lose the weight. Well, why the hell not? See, that's just using the excuse not to do things.

I think I'm getting ready to maybe finally do it this time. It's like I'm CONSTANTLY thinking about losing weight, how I can do it, what I need to do, etc. So I'm going to post more and hope we can all keep each other motivated. I've got some more posts lined up, but I've always been so bad at blogging we'll see if I actually get them up, LOL!

Oh, and you guys should post a list answering that question I started with. Good or bad, what does your weight do for you?

This Week

noreply@blogger.com (J(ohnny), E(ma), T(im), A(nissa) R(ajala).......Jetarajala) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:03:00 +0000

M-nada
T-nada
W-20 mins walking
TH-20 mins walking

Anissa's Log

noreply@blogger.com (J(ohnny), E(ma), T(im), A(nissa) R(ajala).......Jetarajala) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:36:00 +0000

M-nada
T-zilch
W-20 mins (so far)
Th-nada
F-nada
S-60 mins

Karens fitness Challenge Week of 10/12-10/18

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome to our crazy blessed life) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:28:00 +0000

10/12- 2 mile walk It took forever due to my children "riding" their bikes along with me. Bobby took them to the park though so I got about 15 minutes of heavy intensity.

10/13- Didn't happen we went to the new library instead.
10/14 -

10/15 - 30 minutes fast walk

10/16

10/17

10/18

OMG, I Can't Stop Laughing

noreply@blogger.com (J(ohnny), E(ma), T(im), A(nissa) R(ajala).......Jetarajala) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:57:00 +0000

I'm reading How to Eat Like a Hot Chick and while it's not really scientific, it is a light hearted way to look at eating. Yesterday, I ate like a hot chick.

Fitness Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome to our crazy blessed life) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:43:00 +0000

Ok ladies!
I don't know if you are keeping up with this site or not.

If you are, let's have a fitness challenge this week.
The challenge is to exercise 5 of 7 days for at least 30 minutes a day.
Post either in a new post or in the comments on how you are doing.

I am quite poor right now so the prize will be in how good you will feel at the end of the week!

Challenge starts tomorrow 10-12.

noreply@blogger.com (J(ohnny), E(ma), T(im), A(nissa) R(ajala).......Jetarajala) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:26:00 +0000

I'm glad to see your still posting here. We should have a motivational challenge.

Up for that?

I gained back what I lost when Tim was back.

ah crap

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome to our crazy blessed life) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:51:00 +0000

I seriously have to do something about the weight. I had some woman next to me at school (that I thought was a lot bigger than me) today tell me about a plus size consignment shop. That is way out of hand.

Why?

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome to our crazy blessed life) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:37:00 +0000

I have to wonder why it is so difficult for me to lose weight. I have seen others do great just to gain it back. I have been uncomfortable with my weight since 4th grade when a little girl looked at me and said "Do you consider yourself fat, cuz I do!" Of course at the time I was already wearing a bra and she was a flat little pancake. I wonder if there was a little bit of jealousy there that she wasn't getting boobs. But, it stayed with me.

My Jr. year of high school is when I really started to plump up. We had moved, had a lot of other things going on in our lives, my boyfriend from my first high school said he showed my picture to a fried who said I was really fat. I will admit, it wasn't the most flattering picture around.

The first time I remember losing a bunch of weight I had hit 173. I started working at Gitano Factory Outlet store and was moving all of the time. I didn't do anything and lost at least 20 pounds. Then I discovered I could walk down to the food court and buy cookies.

When I started college I was a healthy 145 and a size 9. Of course my roommates were about a size 2...maybe a 6. One of them made a very hurtful comment about my weight and that has stuck with me too. She probably doesn't even remember doing it. Freshman year I walked everywhere. The cafe was not really an issue for me but then I started working at Burger King again. But, because I walked everywhere I don't remember gaining too much weight that year. Also, I lived in Yosemite the summer after Freshman year and hiked every weekend. This could be where some of my serious problem started.
My friends and I would hike 18 miles, have minimum food for the day, go to the general store and each get a pint of Ben and Jerrys. We would sit in a wide open field, rest and enjoy eating the entire pint. It wasn't just me! Our entire group was doing this together. But, We were active all the time.
When I came back to school I was in fantastic shape but still weighed in the 140 range and was still a size 9. I was still walking everywhere as I didn't have a car BUT I started dating Bobby. We went out to eat a lot and this is where I really started gaining. We were both busy with school, I was not nearly as active as I had been and when we got to hang out it was usually over food. Of course any time we hung out with friends we were eating as well.
By the time we graduated my weight had crept up to about 160. I was now a size 12 and very unhappy.

I was whining one day about how fat I was and she said "I am tired of hearing about it. If you're that miserable do something about it but I don't want to hear about it anymore!" I was kind of mad but realized she was right. She was actually being a really good friend by smacking me in the face like that.
I am a little fuzzy on which program I was on first Prism or Weigh Down. I gained weight on weigh down and felt like a horrible Christian. But, I did lose on Prism. Take away anything tasty and that will happen.
By the time we moved to Tennessee I was back down to 150 pounds. Now in this time I had already had gall bladder surgery.
Only a few months after we moved to Tennessee I got pregnant. So any dieting aspirations went out the window. I was so sick I actually lost weight in my first trimester. After I had my Munchkin I was thrilled that I went right back down to 170 and thought I would lose the rest quickly. When I got pregnant again 15 months later I was still at 170. When that Monkey came along I topped the scale at right around 200 pounds. I wasn't happy about it but thought it would go away like the first did. The weight did not melt off this time.
I had an emergency C-section with my 2nd child and it took a lot longer to heal. I did some Pilate's with friend and I am fairly certain I overextended what I should have been doing at that point. It is now 4 years later I my stomach muscles have not fully recovered.

I am still tipping the scales at 203.5. That SUCKS!
It sucks because I do not want to pass my crappy eating and lifestyle on to my kids. It sucks because I don't want to get out and hike or play tennis or walk. It also sucks because I have been walking our dog at least two miles several times a week and just keep going up.

I am tired of being the fat girl and hearing my skinny friends talk about how fat they are. I am tired of feeling like people are talking about how fat I am even though I am sure everyone has better things to talk about than how I got so fat.
It sucks because my clothes do not fit right. I have size 16 jeans that are too tight and size 18 that are falling off. That is the only pair I have bought because I refuse to buy anything bigger.

I feel like I have to do this all alone. I don't have support and really I want someone else to do it for me. I can' t afford any kind of program or the gym and frankly I would probably lie to the person weighing me and tell them their program wasn't working for some reason.

I probably sound like a complete headcase.
I want my children to be active and healthy. To not worry about what they are putting in their mouths all of the time and not to have to worry about their weight.
I want to be able to wear cute clothes and cute jeans. Not big ol fatty jeans.
I want to go out with friends and not always be the fat girl in the group.

Ugh. So here is the thing. I want to lose 20 pounds by Thanksgiving. Think I can do it? I have all the head knowledge I just really have to put it into practice. That is 14 weeks away. 2 pounds a week is healthy right? That would take me down to 183.5 and probably make me comfortable in my size 16s again.

Ok. Off to sparkpeople.com to look at menus and figure out how to lose 20 pounds.

Temptation gone

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome to our crazy blessed life) — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:10:00 +0000

Well those delicious Klondike Pretzel ice cream bars are no longer being sold in any of the stores I frequent. So, that is one temptation gone.

How to Eat Like a Hot Chick

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome to our crazy blessed life) — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:06:00 +0000

This was one of my books on my list to read. I picked it up last Friday at the new Barnes and Noble and read it in about 2 hours on Sunday.

It is written by 2 girls that have never had kids, sleep around, and go out drinking. With that description you might think it is a horrible book but you would be wrong. :)

I really enjoyed reading it, even though it had the F bomb in it more than once. It was all stuff that is common sense but written in a way to be funny and entertaining. Their whole idea is eat what you want but remember all of us girls under 5 foot 9 don't need 2000 calories a day like the food pyramid says. So, eat what you want but if you eat chocolate cake for breakfast eat a pound of spinach for dinner.

It was more about self esteem though too and kicking yourself in the hiney for talking down to yourself.

It was a quick read and I am glad I read it even though the two girls come from a different place than I am in right now.

Yeah me

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome to our crazy blessed life) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:44:00 +0000

I walked a mile tonight while hubby played with the kiddos at the park. It took me 4 songs on my mp3 player but that is ok. Feelin good!

Couple of Books

noreply@blogger.com (Welcome to our crazy blessed life) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:02:00 +0000

I would like to read:

Secrets of a Former Fat Girl

How to Eat Like Hot Chick

I hope they will be motivating and not make me want to quit.