Slow and Steady

Well not much to report other than I am down .8 pounds! I am now at 191.4, so I will hopefully be well into the 180s when I visit my brother in 3 and a half weeks in west virginia!
this week I bought new running shoes, because my Shox were giving me shin splints.  I absolutely LOVE them!

Tonight, since it is a Bye week with Texas Tech football, my friends are hosting Alcohololypmics, I know such a college thing to do! haha  But I saved my weekly points for this! We are having a big beer pong tournament and it should be fun to have some quality time with my friends.  My friend Burt is my partner, we are team America.  Who can boo at America, right?! I will post some pictures tomorrow of our outfits, but just a small preview, Im wearing a cape, no big deal!
Tomorrow will be spent at the library because I have two test on Monday, back to back after a long day at work.  Should be super fun right? BLEH! but Monday night I really want to go to Zumba, so that I can relieve some stress. 

Bad Weekend

So on Thursday I had a meeting to go to so I didnt make it to my WW meeting.  So I WI on my own scale at 192.4 so that is a loss of 1.2, yay!
But this weekend has been so bad.  Thursday we went to Chimy's,  a local college bar instead of going to Zumba becuase one of my good friends car was broken into that morning and she was having a rough day.  well I ate some of thier nachos, and I shouldnt have! I also had way to much to drink.  Friday night we went to a friends BBQ and I ate bad there also, ugh! but I didnt drink.  Yesterday, saturday, we started tailgate at 7 am and I drank way too much between the home made sangria I made and all of the beer from flip cup.  Partner this with not eating all day until 430, and you have a WASTED Jeanne.  I didnt even make it to the game, I went home and slept from 630 until 2 am, then from 4-9am.  Now I am studying all day for the 2 test I have. UGH! losing weight is so hard to do in college.
Goals for this week:
1. eat better, no more mcdonalds, like I just ate!
2. no more drinking, lay low this weekend, or drink soda when we go out.
3. Work out Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday!
4. ROCK my Classics and investments tests!

Have a fabulous day Blogging world!

annnnnnnnnd....!!!

…IM BACK!

Well so much has changed since I’ve written on this blog, so this post is going to be pretty long. 
Lets start from where I left off….

        So at the beginning of August fly back to San Antonio, TX to be a bridesmaid in my long time friend’s wedding.  I had so much fun.  Friday we did the bachelorette party on the river walk down town.  We went to dinner and had DELICIOUS Mexican food then went to Howl at the Moon, which is a piano bar.  It was am absolute blast!

On Saturday we had the bridal brunch and the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.  Sunday was the big day and we went to the reception site early to help decorate.  The decorating part was very easy because the bride and her mother are very OCD, so everything was VERY easy to set up.  We went to the church after to get ready and to calm the bride down.  Soon it was time for the ceremony, which was beautiful.  It was crazy to see a girl who I’ve known since kindergarten walking down the isle and making vows of marriage.  I am not anywhere near ready for this moment in my life but it kind of opened up my eyes that this would be happening soon, EEK!!

Bride and Bridesmaids!

quatro amigas por vida!

The next day my mom and me and Jessica went to IKEA in Austin so that I could buy furniture for my PRECIOUS new condo in Lubbock. I then went to the airport and flew back to Portland for my last 4 days of work.  My last week in Portland was a whirlwind of packing and rushing around getting things done. 
       On Friday the 13th there was an intern BBQ and afterwards one of the interns and I went to a winery in Hood River, OR called the Naked Winery, it was a blast! It was $5 for 18 different wines and they all have provocative names.  You should check it out!
       The night my mom flew in to Portland to help me finish packing.  Bright and early on Sunday morning my mom and I started the long drive back to Texas.  On the First night we drove from Portland to Reno, NV.  The next day we drove to LAS VEGAS! My mom and I had a blast, I blew $100 on gambling we saw two shoes (Vegas the show and the Beatles tribute show) we had drinks, and ate out, and just had a lot of quality mother daughter time.  It is amazing how in just a few short years I have become best friends with my mom rather than just her daughter.  I definitely would be lost in this world with out her! (LOVE YOU MOM!)

me and Mom!

After 2 days in Vegas we hit the road again to get to Albuquerque, NM.  On Thursday August 19th, I was FINALLY back in Texas for good.  We got to my condo and started setting things up bought my new bed and just had some nice family time.  Friday is when I stared back to work on campus.  All of y friends were doing recruitment for our sorority (Alpha Delta Pi!) so I didn’t get to see many of my friends right away.  The following week (Aug 26th) I started my senior year in college, (EEK!!) It was definitely a scary thing; I am so close to living the ‘big girl’ life.  On the Saturday after school started we went out to celebrate one of my very very good friend (Blair) 21st birthday.  Her mom rented us a limo we went to on the border for drinks and dinner then to Louie Louie the local piano bar.  We all had a blast, and of course way too much to drink, but hey we had the limo to drive us home!

       The following weekend we had our first football game against SMU (Southern Methodist University for those of you who aren’t from Texas).  We tailgated and then went to the game.  The officials were reporting that on the field it was 140 degrees.  Needless to say, my pasty self got very sunburned but we did win, and that’s all that matters, right?

       This past weekend we had an away football game vs. New Mexico State, and we ate pizza (bad I know, you don’t have to tell me twice) and drank and cheered the team on.  We also won that game, yay WRECK ‘EM TECH!!

me and my Best Friend Trevor <3 :)

       That brings me to this week.  I have studying to do but all I can think about is…. TEXAS TECH VS. U.TEXAS on Saturday.  We already have a plan, start tailgating at 7am until 2pm then bring a cooler and drink outside the stadium until 5 when they let us in and then cheer the team on when the game starts at 7pm.  It will be a long day but days like this are when I LOVE being a red raider.  I would not miss any game this season for the world, because it is my last football season as a student. 

Did I miss anything….??
UM YES!!!

Big Milestones:

1. Onederland!
2. 20 pounds lost!
3. 10%!!

I am so proud of myself!!
My weight right now is 193.4, woah.  I can’t remember a time when I was less than 200 pounds, which is crazy!!  I have been going to zumba regularly and running to prepare for the Race for the Cure on October 2nd. 

Here is my typical week of exercise:
    Monday-Zumba or work out with Tori
    Tuesday-Zumba
    Wednesday-C25K in the morning
    Thursday-Zumba on campus with the girls
    Friday-off
    Saturday- Zumba unless it is a football Saturday
    Sunday-Zumba

Big upcoming events:

• Oct 2nd-Race for the Cure 5k
• Oct 8-12- Dallas for the Texas Tech v Baylor game/Texas state fair/fall break
• Oct 16th-Red Raider Road Race 5k
• Oct 22-24th-Fly to West Virginia to visit my brother for the West Virginia v. Syracuse game
• Oct-29-31 go to college station, TX for the Texas Tech v Texas A&M football game/Halloween
• First week in November: homecoming week, which means float building all week
• Nov 12-14:ADPi mother weekend, mom’s in town!
• Now 19-21: mom and dad in town for the Texas Tech v. Weber State game
• Thanksgiving/driving back early for the Tech v U. of Houston game
• Dec 10th finals start

Holy cow!!! I am a busy bee that is for sure!! ☺


Sorry this is sooooooooo long but I am going to try to keep this updated more regularly now.  I just never had time to compile all of this, but I finally did!!

BAM IT! :)

Today was WI day!
Starting weight: 214.8
Weight July 28th: 202.0
Current Weigh Aug 4th: 200.2
This weeks loss: 1.8
Goal Weight: 146
Total Loss: 14.6
Weight left until Goal : 54.2
I am so glad I lost this because I am finally done with losing and gaining the same 4 pounds like I have been doing since the beginning of June.  I was kind of afraid that I wouldn't do that good because I didn't get any workouts in after Saturday because I have a cold from my late night run.  I ended up staying home from work on Monday and I kind of pigged out but luckily I made smart choices while I was doing this. 
I am so excited to be going home in 2 days, I miss my family and my friends back in San Antonio a lot, I have been super homesick these past 2 months.  
I probably wont update until Tuesday, since I wont be flying back to Portland until late Monday night. 
Have a good week/weekend y'all!

To Workout or not to work out? that is the question!

So last night I went for a run on the track at Fort Vancouver Highschool. I only ran for about 20 min becuase I was getting really tight and my knee (with the slight tear in my LCL) was starting to bother me.  so I got about 4 activity points, was hoping for about 7 but I'll take what I can.  After working out I went to Fred Meyers (grocery store) to pick up some stuff for the recipie I was going to try out. 

WW whole cheat chili mac

Ingredients

	12 oz uncooked lean ground beef (with 7% fat)
	1 medium onion(s), chopped
	14 1/2 oz canned stewed tomatoes, Mexican-style, undrained
	1 1/4 cup(s) canned tomato sauce
	2 Tbsp canned green chili peppers, diced, drained
	2 tsp chili powder
	1 tsp ground cumin
	1 cup(s) dry whole-wheat elbow macaroni
	15 oz canned kidney beans, rinsed and drained

Instructions

• In a large skillet, cook beef and onion until meat is browned, about 10 minutes; drain off fat. Stir in undrained stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce, chili peppers, chili powder and cumin; bring to a boil.
  
• Stir in uncooked macaroni and kidney beans. Return to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer until macaroni is tender, about 15 minutes. Yields about 1 1/4 cups per serving. 

 I did mine with ground turkey.  This was FABULOUS! and 1 serving is only 4 points!!

But after my run I realized it was a bad idea to go run at 8pm wearing a tank top and shorts while it had cooled and was breezy.  I am all sniffly, and my throat hurts and my whole body aches.  This is no fun :( I really want to workout today but I think that with the traveling and the wedding coming up this weekend I need to rest so that I am healthy.  :(

I am planning on going to my "Latin heat" class at the gym tomorrow.  it is LA fittness' version of Zumba.  

Have a good Sunday night, y'all!

oh weekends...

Well as I stated before I am in Vancouver, WA (a suburb of Portland) for the summer.  well my time here is coming to an end in 2 weeks from tomorrow.  So much is changing in the next couple of weeks. 
This week I have to pick up my bridesmaid dress on Wednesday.  Fly to San Antonio on Friday and go to the Bachelorette party.  Saturday is the bridal brunch and rehersal, sunday is the wedding, and Monday I fly back to Portland.  The following week I have my Goodbye lunch with my department, then I have to drive the 70 miles to the headquarters in Bingen to do my exit enterview and attend the end of summer Intern BBQ with the CEO on Friday the 13th.  That night my mom flys in to help me clean/pack up the car and we leave on Sunday the 14th. We are hoping to drive to Reno by sunday night.  Monday we are driving to vegas and stopping.  Tuesday will be spent in Vegas and I am looking forward to getting to spend time with my Mom! Wednesday we will drive to Alborqueque, NM and then finally get into Lubbock, TX by Thursday night to move into my Condo. I have to be back at work at 8am on Friday the 20th while my parents put together my furniture and help unpack my stuff.  Saturday will be unpacking and relaxing.  Sunday I say goodbye to my parents and I have to work.  man, this is going to be a loing 3 weeks becuase school starts the week that I get back into Lubbock!!

Now that I have bored you with my plans for the next three weeks, I just want to say I have been so annoied the past half a day becuase the pipes at my apartment have been messed up and  backed up the sinks in my kitchen and so it was DISGUSTIUNG! but they just got it fixed and I am a much happier camper.  I am now going to head to the gym and then go pick up some food from Fred Meyers for the week.  I may even rent a movie but Im not sure yet!

Hope your weekends are fabulous!

I think I can I think I can...I KNOW I CAN!

So this past week I tried the Wendie plan and I lost 2 pounds. So I am only up 1 pound since the beginning of June. I have been working hard and I am hoping to be below that once I am back in Lubbock in less than 3 weeks now.


I worked out really well this week and I am just going to try to focus on eating what I want while staying in my points rather than focusing on eating as low of points as I can because I feel like that is why I haven’t been losing as much. I haven’t been eating very many of my weeklies and I am hoping that eating some will help me to lose some more weight in bigger chunks. I am averaging about .9 pounds a week, which isn’t bad I just want to lose more!

No plans this weekend as usual since I don’t really know anybody here in Portland. I am going to work out tonight and work on packing for the wedding in San Antonio next weekend while watching TV/movies, and relaxing this whole weekend. I am getting antsy to get back to Texas and hopefully I can keep the momentum with my WLJ!

I bought a food scale this week to keep myself more accountable and I can already tell that my portion sizes were off. So here to a good week end of tracking and relaxing!

Starting weight: 214.8

Weight July 21st: 204.0

Current Weight: 202.0

Goal Weight: 146

Total Loss: 12.8

Weight left until Goal : 56

LOVE working out!

These past couple of says I have been going to bed semi early because I am so tired from working out so much! this is good though, I don't get much sleep when I am in Lubbock during the semesters because I have a pretty active social life.
Thursday was my night off from the gym, thank goodness!
Friday-worked until 2 went grocery shopping got some more veggies! I went home and changed for the gym.  I wanted to try to do a repeat of the day 3 week 3 of C25K (I did about 15 min of it) but my knee was hurting me so I did 30 min on the elliptical instead.  I also did some machines and some nice stretches.  all in all at the gym I earned 7 activity points.  I also got to Skype with my friend Jenny who is studying abroad in south east Asia.  she is 14 hours ahead so it was like she was in the future!
Saturday I woke up early and went to heather and got my hair done...LOVE IT!!
Here's some before and after pictures!

Before...

 

After!!

 

then Saturday afternoon I went to the gym and did 30 min on the elliptical and earned 7 activity points.  I think I earned more because I was doing intervals and so I had the resistance up higher making me heart rate be higher.  THEN Saturday night I did something I never thought I could do.  I made spaghetti squash, like I cooked it and scraped it and everything.  It was quite an accomplishment.  and to boot it was delicious! o points for the squash, 1 point for 1/2 cup of pasta sauce and 3 points for the chicken, not a bad meal and SUPER filling!

Sunday(today): I woke up and went to a  new church, even thought I am only in Vancouver, Wa for a couple of more weeks and only one more Sunday, I really felt called to go to church and I am so glad I did.  I really felt God in the room and the message really spoke to me.  This put me in a really good mood so I went to the gym this evening and did 45 min on the elliptical doing intervals the whole time.  I really pushed myself and burned 900 calories! I felt fabulous! I had some extra points today so I treated myself to some Panda Express orange chicken and fried rice.  I know it is not the best choice but I had the points and we are aloud to splurge if we plan it in!
I just feel really good about this week and I want to keep my workout momentum going! I am going to Cardio Kickboxing tomorrow night and then Tuesday night is my night off from working out so that I don't have a lot of water/lactic acid retention for my WI on Wednesday. 

come on body, work with me here!!

Well. This was not the week I was expecting. Let’s recap


Wednesday (14th) WI…gained .4, went out and had a few drinks. Used 36 points (27 DP & 9 WP)

Thursday (15th) 30 day shred earned 5 activity points used 23.5 points (23.5 of 27)

Friday (16th) relaxed! Used 23.5 DP (23.5 of 27)

Saturday (17th) shopped and relaxed! Went out on the town for a birthday and had drinks! 30 day shred 5 activity points. Used 35.5 points (27 DP and 8.5 WP)

Sunday (18th) relaxed, got bridesmaid dress altered, it was almost a size to big! Used 29.5 points (27 DP 2.5WP)

Monday (19th) worked all day, then tried to do day 3 of week 3 on C25K, but again could only get through half my legs hurt so bad! 4 activity points earned. Used 24 points (24 of 27 DP)

Tuesday (20th) joined LA fitness walked/jogged until class began about 40 min, then did a Latin heat class where we took no breaks, an AMAZING hour of cardio! Earned 14 activity points. Used 30 points (27 DP 3 WP)

Summary: 28AP, 23 WP.

Those stats seem good right? Well…WRONG! Verdict from the scale…2.6lb gain :(

Yesterday I weighted in and after that I could have given up, and gone and eaten my whole apartment but instead I went to the gym and did day 3 of C25K (that I couldn’t finish before) and I stayed on the treadmill for another 5 min. The last run all I kept saying in my head was skinny skinny skinny, because I need some motivation! I did some weights also and ended up getting 6 activity points

Wednesday 7/27 menu:

B-bagel thin, laughing cow cheese (2)

S-90 cal granola bar (2)

L-ham and cheese sandwich (3) carrots (0)mango(2) frozen grapes (1) WW key lime pie yogurt (1)

D- arbys jr deluxe value meal (11) (still hungry ugh!) sliced chicken breast sandwich (3) hostess 100 cal cakes(1) jello pudding (1)

(Stayed within my points)

Today’s menu:

B: bagel thing, laughing cow cheese, WW string cheese (3)

L: Pita Pit (Chicken, ham, spinach, avocado, Swiss, whole wheat pita) (9), baked sour cream and cheddar ruffles (3)

D: not sure but I have 12 points left and I’m trying out the Wendie plan so I can have 1 WP today so I can have a 13 point dinner!

I hope that eating more veggies and working out more will finally pay off next week, my motivation is running low :(

TGIF!

Yesterday was a much better day; I was determined to not let my slight gain wear me down!

I also did something new last night. I cooked, yes I COOKED fresh veggies. I can’t cook, but last night I made a delicious dinner! For about 6 points! I was super full!

I had grilled chicken, a roasted onion alternative bagel with French onion laughing cow cheese on it and a cooked vegetable medley of zucchini, yellow squash and green beans. I grilled the chicken with some season all on the George foreman and the veggies I sliced and sprayed a skillet with olive oil and put some Mrs. Dash’s original (to try to cut down on my sodium intake) and I just cooked them. It took maybe 20 min max and was DELICIOUS!!

I am soo proud of myself!!

I worked out last night and got 5 AP by doing 30 day shred day 2. I don’t have hand weights so I used 2 cans of ravioli, I’m not planning on it eating it anyways it might as well have some use before I donate it to a food drive! I didn’t even end up eating all of my DP yesterday; I ended up with 3.5 left :)

Tonight I am going to do Shred again then have a big salad with black beans and chick peas and chicken and some garlic toast. And I’m thinking of renting a movie and just relaxing, since I don’t really know anybody here yet. I may sit out on my patio and read a book since I enjoy the warm (read warm...not hot haha) evenings in Washington, since they are just hot in Texas.

One month until I go back, and I cannot wait! I miss everybody so much!!

Have a fabulous weekend :)

Das Boot!

Hello!


Well yesterday was my WI and I was hoping that it would be better, I gained .4 :( putting me at 201.4 I am trying to be more honest with myself and one of those steps is knowing what I’m doing wrong. So I’m going to look at my WLJ so far and see what is going on…

Week 1- 214.8

Week 2- 209.2 (5.6 loss)

Week 3- 207.2 (2.0 loss)

Week 4- 209.4 (2.2 gain) *Moving!*

Week 5- 210.0 (.6 gain) *moving/starting new job*

Week 6- 206.6 (3.4 loss) finally in a habit, and working out

Week 7- 201.0 (5.6 loss) started Zumba

Week 8- 204.0 (3.0 gain) went back to TX for a weekend of drinking, eating and wedding

Week 9- 203.0 (1.0 loss)

Week 10- 202.0 (1.0 loss)

Week 11- 202.2 (.2 gain) went camping with interns, had no control over menu, but LOTS of hiking

Week 12- 201.0 (1.2 loss)

Week 13- 201.4 (.4 gain)

I have lost a total of 13.4 which is an average of 1.12 lbs lost per week. BUT for the past 6 weeks I have been “stuck” between 201.0 and 204.0. I want to break through this sooo bad!

So this week I am going to try the Wendie plan. Were you eat a certain amount of WPs to optimize weight loss. We’ll see how this goes!

I am so going to try to get my 20 APs this week. I haven’t gotten any yet but I am working out tonight!

Last night we went out for Kara’s birthday and I allowed myself to feel sorry for myself (after my gain) and have a few beers. I took a couple sips of Kara’s birthday boot!

Today I had to drive to Hood River, OR (about 63 miles) to where the headquarters of my company is for an intern lunch with the CEO. IT was fun! I backed a lunch incase our options weren’t that healthy. They had sandwiches and I ate half of one, and some fruit. I skipped the chips, cookies, and soda, GO ME!

Here is a picture of my drive back along the Columbia River, sooo pretty!

Imperfection is Beauty...

Man, what a day today! I had a few projects to work on today at work, YAY! but I still had lots of time to check out the weight watchers message boards, I even started a thread wanting to know how the different ladies met there special someone, it was fun to see how cute and in love these girls are!
At lunch I went to the Nautilus headquarters to give blood, which I felt good about because I HATE needles! they had trouble getting my blood to flow fast enough so they had to wiggle the needle a bit, which is why my elbow is so sore!

After that I treated myself to an iced skinny vanilla latte, only 2 points!After work I came home and heated up dinner, and watched the episode of 'HUGE' that I missed last night, not really sure I like the show, but it gives me something to watch while eating dinner.  After that I set out to make a blog!! I took a break to do day 1 of '30 day shred' by Jillian Michaels, I was so sure it wouldn't be that hard, but man I was sweating by the end of it! I ended up burning 500 calories in 28 min, yes that's how out of shape I am!!
Well here is my menu for today:
Breakfast:
    Alternative Bagel sweet Wheat- 1 point
    Weight Watchers Cream Cheese- 1 point
    Weight Watchers Cherry Cheesecake Yogurt- 1 point
Snack:
    90 calorie chocolate chunk granola bar-2 points
Lunch:
    Ham and Cheese Sandwich-3 Points
    Baby Carrots- .5 point
    Mixed Fruit- 1.5 points
    Weight Watchers Amaretto Cheesecake Yogurt- 1 point
    hostess 100 cal chocolate cake snack- 1 point
    Starbucks Grande Iced skinny Vanilla Latte- 2 Points
Dinner:
    Whole Wheat Pasta, grilled chicken, Broccoli-10.5 points
    Alternative Bagel-roasted onion with garlic bread powder-1 point
    Mixed Fruit-1 point
Daily Points Used: 26.5
Points unused: .5

With my work out tonight met my goal of getting 20+ Activity Points this week, I got 21!! yay!
I am not sure I will be able to post tomorrow because after work tomorrow I have WI/Meeting and then I am going to Prost! German bar in Portland to celebrate Kara's (My English TA while at Clemson) 28th Birthday.  I am limiting myself to 2 beers(but of course my favorite beer there is 4 points, but I am planning this in, and I am completely okay with dipping into my weekly points, as long as I am planning on it.  I don't like to dip into my weekly points when its because I don't plan or because I am bingeing). 
as for the WI tomorrow, I want to get to 'onederland' as they call it on the boards, which is below 200lbs.  I am sitting at 201.0 right now, and I have gotten to this exact weight about a month ago, but went back to Lubbock for a wedding and over ate and drank and gained 3 lbs. It took me the last 4 weeks to lost that 3 pounds, which is awful! but I am hoping that all of the working out I have been doing will help me get past this HUGE milestone, so Skinny vibes my way please!!

I hope everybody has a fabulous today tomorrow!!


"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." — Marilyn Monroe