Jeanette: Mid-week update--last week of FEBRUARY!

Greetings!

This week I have done well.  The weight continues to come off, albeit slowly.  Monday I did the hill (dubbed the "hill from hell" by Sandy Rayborn), but it wasn't enough.  Isn't that cool?  The first time I did it I thought I might die.  Now, I felt like I needed to do more.  So I had her drop me off on Hill Road and I ran to the school.  It was good!

Tuesday I was crazy pants and forgot my gym shoes!!!  I was walking in the gym with my bag, and it felt suspiciously light.  It was already late because of PLC, so  I came home and did yardwork (blessed high 50 temps!)  My tulips are coming up :)

Today (Wed) I had a meeting downtown and it was our last day of good weather.  We got done early, so I went to the Greenbelt and ran FOUR MILES STRAIGHT!  Four miles without stopping!  For some people that's not much.  And soon, I will be laughing at how little that is.  But for me, right now, that's a lot.  I was very proud!  And then I took Ibuprofen.

Food has included:  lots of green smoothies and toast for breakfast, and black beans and eggs.  Lunches/dinners have been salads, egg salad in a pita, salad from Elk's Lodge, doc's chili and Shannon beans with applesauce.  Snacks are apples and a few cashews.

Today after my run I saw 185.6.  My goal is 184 by Sunday.

Just keep swimming!!!!!!!!  In three weeks I will get to go to Arizona for Spring Break!  YAY!!

Jeanette....OUT.

Michelle Monday 24 February 2014

Food

3/4 cup grains w/blueberries and slivered almonds
1/2 pita with veggie loaded tuna salad
eggplant and chickpea with garlic yoghurt and pickled veggies
Snack: 2 oranges

Exercise

Walked 3 miles

Tuesday

1/2 pita with veggie loaded tuna salad w/1 orange
veggie loaded eggwhite omelet with turkey bacon toast and labneh

Exercise:
Walk/run 3 miles
bike ride 2 miles

Wednesday

1 cup Brazilian black beans and one orange
lettuce with taco salad mixture atop
1 bowl of corn flakes

Exercise:
Walk 2 miles
Bike: 4 miles
Hiked Shaw butte with Rachel Gardner

Jeanette: End of Week Six

Well hello there.  I'm sure you've been waiting anxiously to see how I fared this week on the scale after my big 20 pound victory over the Utah weekend....

I did great!  I had a volleyball game on Thursday (we won--I think we're going to be competitive and do well this season!)  Then Friday I worked hard at the gym.  I ran 10 laps, lifted weights and did lunges, ran 10 more laps, did my weight routine again, and ran 5 more laps then finished with my weights.  I am trying to combine strength training and cardio both.

Saturday my knee surgery knee was hurting from all the fun this week, so I took a break.  I ate really healthy though--egg white/veggie omelet for breakfast, salad with chicken for lunch, and a green smoothie with toast for dinner.

As of this morning, I have lost 22 pounds!  Here is proof and two photos of my progress.

JUST KEEP SWIMMING!!!  Next week's goal:  184!

Jeanette--OUT

Jeanette: Mid-week update, 2.20.14

I did it!  I weighed in at 188.8 (I also saw 188.6) after my trip to Utah.  This is a tremendous personal victory.  It marks exactly 20 pounds; yay!  But it also was a testament to how I fought against all the yummy temptations on my trip.  My family really worked hard to help me, and I am very grateful.  Yay!

After that victory, I've done okay.  Tuesday I ate a lunch provided at our AVID meeting consisting of salad, chips, and 1/2 a chicken and bean burrito.   That might not have been the best.  Then I ran 3.4 miles (almost without stopping, still working on that), so that was good.

Then Wednesday, I was so tired and hungry!  I ate spaghetti squash and salad for lunch, but I had a long meeting after school and Young Women's that night.  So, I didn't go to the gym.  Then....I had refried bean/taco mix with green beans for dinner AND THEN I ate a bag of popcorn.  Oy.

Ok, so I knew I overate.  Also, I stayed up late (past 11) because I had another meeting AND I didn't work out (triple bad threat).  But I was really sad to see that I was back up to 192 last night and 190.0 in the morning.  I was hoping not to ever see the 190's again.

I guess I just have to remember this is a journey and to keep working hard.  Today I ate a breakfast burrito and apple, spaghetti squash with salad and green beans, and lettuce wraps.  I went to my volleyball game (we won!)  Tomorrow I will eat well and work out at the gym.

Just keep swimming!!

Jeanette.....OUT

Michelle Tuesday-Thursday February 18-20

Tuesday
3/4 cup grains with blueberries, almonds


Wednesday
Eggwhite omelet with avocado and 1/2 piece toast
1/2 orange, 1/2 apple
Vegetable soup over spaghetti squash

Thursday
black beans/lentils
an orange
1 teeny tiny banana muffin
taco salad

Exercise
Biking 4 miles with backpack of groceries
Hiking Phoenix mountain preserve, biking 6 miles, swimming at pool
Hiking North Mountain, swimming

Jeanette: President's Day Weekend Utah Update

Well hello.  I'm back from my visit to Utah.  It was fraught, I repeat, FRAUGHT with temptations that aren't around when I'm in my little house controlling every little thing that comes in the door.  It started on the drive out...McDonalds, chips--cheesy Pringles and Cheetos (my favorite), chocolate chip cookies (my favorite!), gummy bears, white bread....and included homemade bread, chips and salsa, sugar cookies, M & M's, brownies, pudding, meatloaf and mashed potatoes, sourdough sandwiches, oh my gosh.

Well, that's mostly everything I didn't eat.  Things I did right included packing my own food:  low-fat wheat thins and cooked chicken pieces, apples, skim milk cheese sticks, carrots, broccoli and cauliflower, and whole almonds.

I ran twice, both of which included uphill portions.  I ate eggs and toast at breakfast and taco salad for lunch (I did have some chips, but tried to limit it).  I ate some of the meatloaf and potatoes, but tried to fill up mostly with salad and green beans.  I ate some of Val's homemade bread, but only a piece.  I had 1/4 of the yummy sourdough sandwich and gave the rest away.  I ate 10 Cheetos and 3 Pringles in the car today, but I said no to all sweets and packed my own salad with chicken for lunch/dinner.  I did not eat out once.

Here's to seeing a good number in the 180's tomorrow!!!  I hope, I hope, I hope.  I really tried hard this weekend.  I'm tired and hungry and grumpy, and my kitty is in a biting mood.  Rawr.

 This is me after my run in Santaquin President's Day morning.  I ran up a hill and it was really beautiful, but I thought I might die.  Can you tell?

And this is my motto.  I cannot gain this weight back again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jeanette....OUT

Michelle Monday 17 February 2014

Food:

eggwhite omelet with veggies and salsa, juice of one grapefruit
snack 1/2 apple and a string cheese
Ground turkey and grains over spaghetti squash with salsa and homemade ranch
snack ground lunch leftovers
Green smoothie and toast

Exercise:
4 miles walking

Michelle Sunday 16 February 2014

Food:

Green smoothie with toast
Ground turkey and salsa over spaghetti squash
lentil soup

Michelle Saturday 15 February 2014

Food:

green smoothie and toast
Shannon beans, grilled asparagus, 1/2 avocado,
3/4 cup grains and blueberries

Walked three miles

Michelle Friday 14 February 2014

Food:

black beans and salsa
Salad with grilled chicken, piece of bread and peanut butter
eggwhite omelet and salsa, 1/2 avocado

6 mile bike ride

Michelle Thursday 12 February 2014

Food:

eggwhite omelet w/toast
a cup lentil soup + 1 sweet potato
3/4 cup hot grains with blueberries, almonds, almond milk, brown sugar

6 mile bike ride (2-3 mile rides)
3 mile walk

Michelle Wednesday 12 February 2014

Food:
eggwhite omelet and toast
green salad with cilantro chicken cubes
snack: 1/2 string cheese + 1/2 apple
1 cup vegetable soup over carrot and zucchini

Night hike up North Mountain with Rachel Gardner and Laura Packard

Michelle Tuesday 11 February 2014

food;

1 cup black beans and salsa
1 green salad with veggies, avocado and homemade ranch
green smoothie

Walked 4 miles, rode bike 3 miles

Michelle Monday 10 February 2014

CRAMPO!!!

ate:
1/2 cup vegetable soup
.5 avocado
green smoothie and toast
5 bite sized cubes of grilled chicken

Rode bike 2 miles

For Michelle

Poor kid.  Hang in there!!

Jeanette: Sunday and Monday, 2/9-10

Just keep swimming....Just keep swimming....

Sunday I had really hoped to see 192.  I was 195.0 last week, and I had these hopes that I would somehow get into the 180's by the time I go to Utah Feb. 14.  (That's a stretch, I know.)

So, I worked with the scale and fought it a bit....but I saw 192.8 for Sunday morning!  Woo hoo!  That's a net loss of 2.2 for the week.  I'll take it.

I told myself all weekend that I could have popcorn on Sunday.  Popsecret Homestyle popcorn with a green smoothie is one delicious treat.  It is, however, very hard to know how many calories is actually in the bag of popcorn.  It's like rocket science.  In the end, I decided it was probably about 350 calories.  I have no idea if that's right or not.

So I ate a bag of the most delicious popcorn ever on Sunday!  Which was good, because I cried a little (mostly because I'm hormonal and hungry--a bad combination) when I had to say no to the most delicious looking chocolate cake and sugar cookies in Relief Society.  Seriously.  Then, not to lie, I cried a little when I got to eat my popcorn. 

The Relief Society cake looked kind of like this.  Only it had a pink layer of yum in the middle and fudgier delicouser frosting on top.  Kill me now!

Eatingwise the last couple days:

Breakfasts
egg white omelet with tons of veggies
1 cup vegetable soup with 1 toast
1 egg with 1 Tbsp ff mayo and veggies in a whole wheat pita with an apple

Lunches
bean burrito from freezer, applesauce
salad with corn, black beans, salsa, and bbq chicken
spaghetti squash/sauce and peas

Dinners
Lentil soup and salad
popcorn and a smoothie
salad and Doc's chili

Exercise
treadmill 30 min, elliptical, bike (almost 1 hour of cardio)
rest
jogged Meridian to Linder roads plus more!  (close to 3 miles?)  nice weather :)


BTW:  I was 192.0 this morning and 191.4 after running outside today.  YAY!  I'm hungry.

Jeanette....OUT

Michelle Sunday 09 February 2014

Slow week--didn't see the progress I'd hoped for

Food today
1 cup veggie soup
baba ghanoush, ground turkey, yoghurt
Sunday treat

Next week had better bring better results!!!

Michelle 07-08 February 2014

Fri salad with 4 cubes of grilled chicken, oatmeal with blueberries, .5 avocado, apple
Sat 1 cup cooked grains with blueberries, veggie soup over julienne carrots, .5 avocado, 1/2 cup cooked grains w/blueberries.

Walked and jogged 3 miles both Friday and Saturday

Michelle 03-06 February 2014

Food.
M chocolate cupcakes with whipped cream
T salad, smoothie and toast, spag. squash and veggie soup
W salad
Th oatmeal w/ blueberries, chili verde w/ beans, spag. squash and veggie soup, 1 avocado

Exercise
M  2 mile walk
T  2 mile walk
W 3 mile walk
Th  Hike with DaNell behind the Campbells house

Jeanette: First Full Week of February!

Well.....I am trying hard to "just keep going" even though I lost the contest last week...and it's hard!  Honestly, some days I feel great and it's okay, but other days I want to eat everything in the house, including my kitty (with bbq sauce and fries).  Just kidding...but seriously.

To combat it, this is what I keep thinking:

On the plus side, I am getting stronger.  I am running longer, lifting more easily, and not hurting as much after working out.  I also can tell I've lost almost 15 pounds, and so can others.  That's fun.  I am wearing my smaller pants.

But I am not even into the 180's yet!  I'm not even back to the number I saw this summer!! I have a really long ways to go.  I think the weather might be part of the problem.  It has been unseasonably cold and snowy and yucky outside.  I want to exercise outside some days and not have to go to the gym everyday!!  I wish I could see the sun more.  I keep thinking I will be fit when it's warm.  And basically, it's never going to be warm. 

Well anyway.  Here's what I've been eating besides kitties and groundhogs:

Breakfasts:
green smoothie and toast
breakfast burrito
1/2 cup brown beans and 1 stuffed Poblano pepper concoction

Lunches:
Salad....and chicken
Salad......and Shannon beans
also lettuce wraps

Dinners:
Salad....and chicken (and bbq sauce and black beans)
Lettuce wraps (and peas)
Spaghetti squash and applesauce

Exercise:
30 min treadmill (up to 7.5)
running on the indoor track
weights
rowing machine
stair-stepper
lots of stuff at the gym :)

Just keep swimming!  Jeanette...out.

Victory Speech

Well, I really didn't expect to win...I really didn't. 
1.  I attribute my win to an unexpected poopy in the toilet first thing Sunday morning.
2.  I'd like to thank some lady named "Heather" who inspired me with an article about poop. 
3.  I guess I'd also like to thank Basha's grocery store for being so darn far away from my house...maybe that 6 mile walk on Saturday did something good (I think it mostly got the poopy generated for Sunday morning to which I attribute the win).

Heather February 21, 2012
Two Secrets to Fat Loss:   Sleep and POOP                                                                                                   
Ok. I am going to give you all my nutrition secrets. People come to me for “weight loss”, however you CAN NOT lose weight until you: 1. Sleep through the night without getting up to urinate. 2. Wake up with an urge for a bowel movement or have one within an hour of waking and/or two bowel movements a day. SLEEP: It doesn’t matter how much water you drink prior to bedtime, of course be a bit realistic, your bladder is big enough to hold water through the entire night. Your REM (rapid eye movement) sleep is THE most important aspect of a healthy life. Your body needs to restore, recovery, rebuild and re-energize and if you wake up in the middle of the night you are interrupting this process. Most people wake up exhausted every morning, and grab their cup of coffee for energy. Please email me for my hand out to support you with conscious tips to restore your natural sleep patterns. POOP: Everyone’s favorite subject because everyone does it. To lose weight you HAVE to poop. Fat doesn’t just fall off your gut, it has to come out. The ideal bowel movement is first thing in the morning, formed, solid, floating, dark, complete, and doesn’t smell too much. The other ideal is experiencing this type of bowel movement after every meal. Yes, this is an ideal goal for all. If you experience constipation or diarrhea, you have the tendency to be chronically tired and gain weight easily. You do not have to live like this, please visit a health care practitioner or give us a call. Sleep tight & poop right, Heather

Jeanette: Sunday, 2.2

Today was fast Sunday.  After church before I ate, I actually saw 194.4 on the scale, which is a total weight loss of 14.4 pounds.  WOW!  And, there were six people at church who asked me if I got a haircut or color today.  Funny, huh?  Funny because that is what usually happens first when your weight loss starts to become obvious.  People can tell something looks different, but they aren't sure what it is....so you get a lot of, "Did you get a haircut?" questions.  I was glad to have a lot of those today because I know I'm losing weight.  Here, I'll take a picture.

Does my hair look that different?  Or is it that I'm getting SKINNIER??

After church, I told myself I could eat.  Then I will continue dieting and exercising big time tomorrow.  So....

I ate:

2 bowls of cabbage salad
3 handfuls of chocolate chips
12 wheat thins with cheese from Amsterdam
1 bag popcorn
1 smoothie

Well, I ate a lot today, but here's to starting again fresh tomorrow.  I need to win Round 3!

Jeanette, OUT.

Round 2: And the winner is......

Sunday; Feb. 2, 2014:

Groundhog Day (six more weeks of winter, except for in Arizona)
Superbowl Sunday (Seattle vs. Denver.  Hope they have good commercials)
Fast Sunday (starve, then eat like a piggy after church)
Round 2 Weigh-In Day

As you can see, it is a very busy day this 2 of February 2014.  The biggest question--the most important event, the competition that the world is waiting for and watching--WHO WILL WIN THE ROUND 2 WEIGH IN?  Jeanette-Bring-It-On-Griggs or Michelle-Kick-Some-Rear-End-Du Bois?

Over the last two weeks, Jeanette lost 4.6 pounds for a Round 2 percentage of weight loss of 2.3.  Excellent work!  Total weight lost so far:  13.8 pounds.  Outstanding!

Unfortunately for Jeanette, her weight loss wasn't quite enough to secure the victory this round.  Michelle's persistent starvation, steely determination, and crazy long walks earned her the title of the "Biggest Loser, Round 2"!  (See her victory speech in a later post.)  Michelle lost 5.4 pounds for a Round 2 percentage of weight loss of 2.8.    Fantastic!  Total weight lost so far:  13.4 pounds.  Truly superb!!

Round 3 will be the last competitive round, and then Jeanette and Michelle will start working together.  Both girls have done a phenomenal job so far.  Congratulations on your victory Michelle!

 

 

 

Jeanette: Sat. 2.1

Well hello there.  Happy Saturday!  Ah, Saturday.  Wish I was in warm weather, but at least the inversion has passed and I got to go for a run outside today.

Breakfast:
1 egg/egg whites and tons of veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, red/green pepper, zucchini, cilantro, spinach) omelet

Lunch:
Spaghetti squash with 1 cup spaghetti sauce (with ground turkey, lentil/barley mix, and tons of veggies)
Salad (cucumber, feta, tomato, carrot, homemade ranch and a few croutons)
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce

Dinner:
1 green smoothie (including spinach and cucumber)
1 wheat toast with almond butter
5 wheat thins with almond butter

Exercise:
I ran the whole length of the path and around the park from Meridian to Linder roads.  I think it's about 2 miles (maybe a little more).  Don't know if I've ever done that.  Yay Me!

I am reminding myself to be patient and KEEP GOING, because even though I am seeing great numbers that keep dropping on the scale, I still see a lot of fat in the mirror. 

Be patient.  KEEP GOING!!

Michelle Saturday 01 February 2014

vegetable soup over spaghetti sauce
smoothie and toast
.5 avocado

Walked 6 miles r/t to Basha's grocery store for exercise