Jessi's Journal ~ Comments Welcome!!!~

[kimwim8]

Hey Jessi! Nice job with the cucumbers (believe me - I know how hard that was!)

I'm a believer in weighing when you want to. I do the same thing. If it's gonna drive me nuts to not weigh in on a particular morning, then I do it. I just only log my weight on Monday mornings.

 

[ScoJo15]

Jessie,

Just wanted to say hello and welcome to the WISH boards...even if I am a couple weeks late on catching up with your journal

We have a couple things in common....1st 1/2 marathon this January, your 1st 5k is on the 29th, mine is this weekend the 15th and we are both Lost fans! Here is to hoping that we can stay on track for a successful WDW Half and that Lost doesn't leave us hanging too much this summer

Great job on losing 4.5 inches, 2 lbs. and running 4.6 miles without stopping! I'm so jealous! Keep up the great work!!

 

[kmp1191]

Welp...I did it! I tried to talk myself out of it but I wasn't successful. I did the strength and sculpt workout from the BL!

~jessi

you worked out w/ Bob.....MY BOB!!! he's been calling me for two weeks now and i just told him to shut up....i'd get with him when i had 3 seconds to myself!!

congrats on the 2 lbs that you're not counting....i think i found them for you...they are on my butt!! (havent' worked out in 2 wks!)

keep up the good work!!
marie

 

[mrsschlep]

Ok...I know I keep saying I am going to post everyday...but I keep getting sidetracked... We have been so busy... we painted the basement this weekend!! I am so excited!! We are redoing our basement so I can eventually open my own day care... that meant knocking down a wall between the finished part of our basement and the garage. SO we are now garageless but have a really big room for me to watch my kids! 2 weeks ago the garage door and the really ugly sliding glass door came out and our new pretty french doors went in and now it's painted!! There are a couple walls that need a second coat but painting is such a workout that I couldn't muster up the energy to do it yet!! Easter was ok. The kids had a great time looking for their baskets and eggs that the easter bunny hid...DH and I went for a run and went the full 5 MILES this time!!! It took us 70 minutes including 2 potty breaks and a stop to shake my ankle out. SO I 'm thinking we were at about a 12 min mile pace?? Then we went to the inlaws for dinner where I drank WAY too much wine and ate too many desserts! Home made canollis(sp?) and homemade cream puffs and homemade chocolate PB eggs...need I say more?? Oh and lots of wine...I'm actually still feeling a little woozy...but hey I made it through dinner with the inlaws, lol! So here's the stats:

Starting weight - 206
Current weight - 172
GAIN this week + 1
Total lost - 34
lbs til goal - 17

So I gained a pound instead of losing 2 but I'm sure that wine has a lot to do with that! I'm not too worried about it. I have invited myself to do the BL with you ladies this week... we'll see how that goes.


Kim...I'm trying to only weigh on Mondays because I get so obsessed with that darn scale that I weigh myself like every day. I'm ok with weighing every now and then as long as I'm not obsessing.

Scott...thanks for stopping by, I hope you had a sucessful 5K this weekend!! I am so excited to be training for the WDW 1/2! I will do anything to go back to Disney...even if I have to run 13 miles!! Shhhh...don't tell DH I tricked him into going back sooner then we were going to. I made him think it was his idea to go...hehehe . Oh and Lost...you know they'll leave us hanging this summer...they do it every week. It drives me nuts!! You have probably already heard this and I'm not sure what the connection is but Dorothy's uncle's name was Henry Gale from the wizard of oz and the mayor flew around in a hot air balloon. Maybe they crashed on a 21st century OZ...lol.

Marie...I think my 2 pounds found their way back to me and they even brought a friend. So your butt is now free from my 2 lbs...thanks for watching over them for a couple days.

 

[kimwim8]

I have invited myself to do the BL with you ladies this week... we'll see how that goes.

So, you're in for the Mon, Tues & Thurs too? YEAH!



Bob's gonna have his hands full with us this week!!

Congrats on getting your basement all spruced up for your own daycare! God bless ya, woman!

Great run, too! I can't even imagine that at this point..but I'll get there. Keep on going!!

 

[kmp1191]

(i'm just following kim around today...HI KIM!! )

I can TOTALLY relate to the house renovations!! Good job on getting so much done!! You will feel 100% better when it's all over.
Oh, and welcome to BOBFEST '06...(that's what i"m calling it!) we are going to do awsome with it and look great when we are finished!!
Hey, no problem watching out for your 2#'s.....I think they had a little fun while they were here cuz they reproduced and left their offspring w/ me. next time tell them to behave!!

 

[ScoJo15]

Scott...thanks for stopping by, I hope you had a sucessful 5K this weekend!! I am so excited to be training for the WDW 1/2! I will do anything to go back to Disney...even if I have to run 13 miles!! Shhhh...don't tell DH I tricked him into going back sooner then we were going to. I made him think it was his idea to go...hehehe . Oh and Lost...you know they'll leave us hanging this summer...they do it every week. It drives me nuts!! You have probably already heard this and I'm not sure what the connection is but Dorothy's uncle's name was Henry Gale from the wizard of oz and the mayor flew around in a hot air balloon. Maybe they crashed on a 21st century OZ...lol.

First of all, way to go on the 5 mile run!!! 12 minute pace is really good...you were probably even quicker than that when you factor in the breaks that you took..nice job!

I also kind of tricked DW into going in Jan...we keep adding "days in the parks" to the trip have you been to lost-forum.com? They have all kinds of analysis on every aspect of the show. At least we are finding things out this season!

Keep up the great work!

 

[mrsschlep]

I really tried to talk myself out of the first official day of BOBFEST '06! We had a very busy night...I had my day care kids til about 5:30 and DD9 had her first softball game at 6. Since I wasn't quite ready to go when hubby was leaving I decided I would walk to the ball field which is about a mile away. SO I walked pushing DD2 in her stroller...my legs were sooo tired and I almost turned around and stayed home but I knew DD9 was counting on me to be there. We didn't get home til after 8:00. I really just wanted to sit on my big ol butt and eat ice cream with everyone else... but I knew that I had to come on here and report whether or not I met up with Bob. I am happy to say that I passed up the ice cream and did the strength and sculpt workout. We have another softball game tonight so I hope I can find time this afternoon to meet up with bob again instead of later at night when I am pooped!


Marie...my renovations have been going on since last July!!! I can NOT wait til they are finished. We are in the process of purchasing our house. We have rented here for almost 6 years...and the owners agreed to sell to us, which is great but things just aren't going very smooth with the subdivision and plans and titles and stuff like that. It's very frustrating...as we are trying not to spend any of the money in our accounts because we aren't sure if the mortgage company is keeping close watch on this or not. We have been in the process since last May!! I'm sure this whole thing won't seem so bad when we're all said and done but it just a real big pain i the rump right now!! Oh and by the way...I forgot to mention that your tile looks fabulous!!!

Scott...I did consider those potty breaks with my time...I probably gave myself a little more time in the bathrooms then I was really in there...but who's counting??(besides me...lol) I think I have been on those lost forums...just not in a while. DH told me last night that there is no new episodes for like 3 weeks!!! WTH??? They have been taking an awful lot of breaks this season!! Oh... I was checking out your website and saw that you took a trip to philly. I am like 25 miles north(?...I really don't have much sense of direction...) of philly. DH and I were actually at Live 8 too!! That was so much fun!


Well here's my food intake from yesterday...

b-fast - slice of easter pie (...really yummy italian thing...kinda like a cold quiche...ham, pepperoni, cheese and egg)
lunch - carrots, celery, and brocolli with some veggie dip
dinner - 2 encore salisbury steaks and brown rice
I had some easter candy too throughout the day but I am starting to get grossed out from it because I have eaten so much of it this weekend...
I also drank 72 oz of H2O!! I walked a mile pushing a stroller and did Bob!
All in all not a bad day!

 

[kimwim8]

I think you had a great day, Jessi! Great job on all you accomplished! I felt the same way about Bobfest 06...I didn't want to have to post that I didn't do it (and I'm not a good liar!) so I did it. I did the one with the handweights for the first time...it was a GOOD workout!! I have completely been ignoring my upper body, so I'm planning on doing that twice a week now...and tonight I'll do the high intensity cardio. I skipped out on the cool down last night...just wanted to lay on the couch to cool down!

Your runs are awesome...I can't wait to get to that point. What kind of sneakers do you have? I want to go get some new ones.

Hi, Marie!

 

[mrsschlep]

Thanks Kim...I skipped the cool down too! I like to do my own stretching afterwards...as I don't really like Bob's cool down very much. Don't tell him that though...he might make me work harder. I might have to try your cool down method sometime...it sounds much easier
I have a pair of New Balance sneakers...they are the first ones I have owned and I love them! But I'm not much of a sneaker guru... I always look for the ones that are on sale. Kohl's usually has great deals!

 

[mrsschlep]

Yesterday's menu:

B-fast - easter pie
lunch - veggies with dip
dinner - chicken with twice baked potatoes and peas

I also had lots of candy and not enough water....only 36 oz!!

I had so much candy that my teeth are killing me and my stomach hurt so bad last night. I felt like such crap.... I stood Bob up, but I WILL do him this afternoon while the little ones are napping...uh...that didn't sound right, but you know what I mean. Today I'm going to try really hard to resist all that candy!! And can someone tell me why I bought all MY favorite easter candy for my kids and for some reason thought it wouldn't tempt me???

Hey...and i'm not sure whose night it is, but I think I need Sven tonight! Can you send him over when you're finished?? I need a night off Thanks!!

 

[kimwim8]

Hey Jessi - Sven's yours for the night! I'm going out shopping after I get my hair cut, and DH will be home to take care of things there....so Sven is on the next flight out this morning!

Don't give up because of yesterday. It's ok to have those kinds of days every once in a while. Is there any way to get rid of some of that candy? Are the kids eating it?

I usually give it a week or so, then I figure out what they aren't eating & I bag it up & take it to work (or send it with DH). That gets it out of my sight & my temptation level goes down!

But, either way...you can do it. Just ignore it...chocolate and candy & stuff like that will all be around when you get to your goal, and you can reward yourself with it then. That's what I keep telling myself!

 

[ScoJo15]

Jessi - Put that candy someplace where you won't see it ... out of sight, out of mind....
Didn't you mention somewhere that you are running a 5k soon? just checking...

Also, Live 8 was fun, but very crowded!! We loved everything about Philly and had an amazing time there....can't say we ventured up to Schwenksville, but I'm sure it's nice there too!! Lost will be back to normal in May, leading us up to the 2 hour season finale (involves Desmond in a big way)...can't wait!!

Good luck and keep up the good work!

 

[mrsschlep]

Thanks guys! I went to bag up the candy and put it high up in the cabinet and guess what I found?.... Valentines Day candy that I was hiding from my self!!! So in the trash it went and the Easter candy replaced it! lol! I did eat the last 2 homemade pb eggs that MIL sent home with us. But they're gone now...

Bobfest update... I did the bootcamp a little while ago...HOLY COW!!!! I think we are going running tonight too. DH and I really need to come up with some sort of schedule... I have Marathoning for Mortals but we haven't started the training schedule yet. Water Aerobics is done next week so I think we will use Tues and Thurs as our run days with our long runs on Sat or Sun depending on baseball and softball schedules. I am still going to try to get to my aerobics classes on Mons and Weds too.

Ok...Here's what I ate today (so far...)

b-fast - grapes
snack - string cheese
lunch - egg salad sandwich, salt + vinegar pringles, 2 pb eggs

I'm not sure what's for dinner tonight...I'm thinking maybe fish with a mushroom sauce, steamed green beans, and some brown rice....

And so far I've had 60 oz of H2O today!!!

10 DAYS TIL MY FIRST 5K!!!

 

[kmp1191]

Good job on hiding the candy...you won't find it until Halloween!! Also your food intake (besides the pb eggs) looks great!! I love string cheese...buy it for the kids, but they don't like it....so i get it all to myself!!!
I think when your water aerobics is done, that your training on those days would be a good idea. I love running w/ my dh...although we haven't been in 2 weeks...

So, how bad was Bob tonight, and how good was Sven??? I don't even look at the Boot Camp one...I barely make it through the High intensity workout!!! I like the Stretch & Sculpt the best....actually, i just like sitting there watching him stretch & sculpt!!!

Where is your 5K at...i'm sure I read it, but i forgot.
Have a great day!!
marie

 

[mrsschlep]

Bob was tough on Wed!! I don't think it was any worse then the high intensity cardio...you could do it!! I woke up so sore yesterday though(I think it was a combo of Bob and the 2 miles I ran that night)... nothing Sven couldn't workout for me though. Thanks for letting me borrow him Kim!! The 5K I'm running is on a trail right by my house...it's called Perkiomen Valley Strides for a Cure. They will have the times posted on a website after the race...I will post a link after the race.

Wed...
I already posted b-fast and lunch
dinner... fish, canned g-beans, baked potato
snack...popcorn
water...120 oz!!!

Thurs... (I was such a grouch)
b-fast... pringles???
lunch...hard boiled egg, ring bologna, munster cheese, and crackers...and a cadbury cream egg
dinner...broccoli chicken casserole
then dd2 took a bite of cadbury cream egg and didn't like it...I couldn't just throw it away because they are my favorite...so instead I threw it away in my stomach...
water... 102 oz!!

So far today I have had...
b-fast... a bowl of wheat chex with 2% milk and a cup of mint green tea
I didn't have a chance to do Bob yesterday but I WILL do him today while the little ones are napping. Well...I'm off to find my will power and then hopefully the candy will stop screaming at me from the cabinet!! I would throw it away but the kids are still eating it...I'll give them a couple more days...

OH WILL POWER...... COME OUT, COME OUT WHEREVER YOU ARE!!!!!

 

[kimwim8]

You're doing good, Jessi. Don't get down on yourself! The Easter candy is a temporary issue. Like you said...wait a couple of days & let the kids know it's their last chance...then chuck it!! You'll feel soooo good after you do it!

I brought a big old bag of candy in today to the office. It was gone in less than an hour. And that was not even touching their Easter basket loot. That was all from the one egg hunt we did!!!

DD7 was so confused when she saw me put the big bag of candy in my thermal lunch box!! She was like..."um, mom....is that your lunch?" It was so funny!

I haven't tried the bootcamp yet either. My favorite is the sculpting one...but I do like the high intensity cardio too. Do you guys actually do the workout & then the 20 minute cool down/stretch? I've been skipping the stretch part & just doing some quick stretches when I'm done the workout.

Have a GREAT weekend! Stay strong. You can do it!!

 

[mrsschlep]

Thanks Kim!!!! I did strength and sculpt with Bob just a little while ago... and no I don't do the cool down with him, I do my own. I just don't feel like I get the full stretch with the pilates moves that he does.

 

[goldcupmom]

You're doing GREAT, Jessi!

Don't fret about the Easter candy. This too shall pass and you are doing so well that it won't make a lasting difference.

Hope you have a great weekend!

 

[mrsschlep]

Well it's been about 2 weeks since my last post... I have been away fighting with myself! Seriously, I didn't go anywhere...just been dealing with a lot of self sabotaging!! TOM started to show his ugly head this morning and then it all made sense. So the last 2 weeks my eating has been horendous...and I haven't really been exercising... I think when I weighed in on Monday I was up 3 pounds to 174. But I am not going to let it get me down anymore...

Oh yeah... I ran my first 5K last weekend!! I was a little intimidated with all the serious runners that were there. I tried to think that I just wanted to finish...but then I realized that I REALLY didn't want to be the last one to cross the finish line. Do you know, not ONE person walked!!! I did finish towards the end of the pack.... #153 out of 167 runners with a time of 34:24. The last runner crossed the finish line only 3 minutes behind me. All in all it was a great experience...can't wait to run my next one so I can beat my time!! I have also decided that running this race with my husband reminded me of giving birth to my kids.... his coaching skills that is... looking back I think it was great of him to keep encouraging me but while we were in the process I just wanted him to SHUT UP!!!! When we were finished our race, I did give him a nice sweaty hug and thanked him for everything he does for me...I even got a little teary eyed...I had just ran my first 5K! I ran the whole thing!! A year ago I couldn't even walk up the steps without stopping to catch my breath!!! If I can figure out how to post a pic I will.

So now on to my next dilemma... my ankle... it has really been bothering me when I run. I was thinking it might be a stress fracture...it seems I have all the symptoms. I think I did too much too soon. I went to the doctors yesterday to get it checked out... he thinks it may be the tendon and sent me for x-rays. I'm also not allowed to work out on it for 2 weeks. I never thought I'd be bummed about not being to exercise. I tried to tell my husband that I wasn't allowed to clean the house or cook dinner either...but he didn't buy it. Oh well...it was worth a try! We should have my x-ray results in 3-5 business days...sounds like they are sending a package, huh?

....well it looks like I have a few journals to catch up on...
I'll try to check in again later!!