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New Year!

Jenne — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:37:53 +0000

I can’t believe it’s already 2008! I’m still staying healthy, enjoying Tae Kwon Do, and planning to start running once the temperatures stay above freezing. I stopped weighing myself, but I would guess I’m around 170. I’m wearing size 14P consistently and sometimes 12.

Going Great!

Jenne — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:46:05 +0000

Things are going great, healthwise! I love Tae Kwon Do. I’ve given up wheat and gluten and feel better. Don’t have a lot of time to post, but I wanted to make a quick update.

The Latest

Jenne — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:40:09 +0000

I’m still in a holding pattern. Not getting fitter, but not getting fatter. Now that the weather is cooler, I’ll be getting more active. I’m planning to start American Taekwon-Do at the Y next week. It took me forever to find a class I could shoe-horn into my schedule. I’m still sad I had to give up bellydancing because of my schedule.

We’re hoping to do more biking and hiking now that it’s nicer as well.

The other thing I’m trying to do is come up with lightweight dried backpacking meals (vegan) that I can just add water to.

Still Working on Motivation

Jenne — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:42:10 +0000

I meant to get up this morning and run, but my son had two friends over and they stayed up until 5am!!! So I didn’t get any sleep. Trying again tomorrow.

NSV and 174-ish

Jenne — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:20:32 +0000

To be honest, I didn’t weigh myself at all during spring break. I still seem to be having success, though. The other day, I bought a pair of size 14 capris, with the intent of fitting into them “in a few weeks.” Turns out they already fit. They’re very cute. But the real non-scale victory (NSV) is that today at Boy Scouts, when they were giving me my leader’s Class B uniform (t-shirt), the parent said, “I’m sorry all we have is a large. I mean, we have extra larges…” In a way that made it clear that she believes I am a medium. Not too far off, actually. I was wearing the size M shirt I got at a conference last summer, because all of the Ls were sold out. At the time, it was too tight to wear in public, but today, it fits like a t-shirt should. It’s actually slightly loose!

I’m thrilled! I’m amazed. I never thought I would ever be successful.

Some of the things I’m doing include: walking the dogs every night, some Pilates, some yoga, some weights, and some running.

I’m Back!

Jenne — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:44:43 +0000

I’ve been gone for a week. Will update tomorrow!

De-Lurking Week

Jenne — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 20:36:15 +0000

I guess last week was de-lurking week. I would have participated, but I can’t read Captchas. You know, those horrible little pictures you have to decipher to get to post on a Blogger or Typepad blog? (I think my blog has them, too, but only if a comment fails other tests.) I need to just reactivate my Blogger account and use that to post comments, but I just wanted to register my hatred for Captchas.

Eating

Jenne — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:11:43 +0000

Since I’m doing about as well as can be expected with the exercise (working to fit it into family life, especially, and to make it fun,) it’s now time to look at the food again. I hate bouncing between plans like this. I have made a lot of progress this year, thanks to the classes at the university and the self-hypnosis tape, in how I feel about food, so now it’s time to really try to clean up my eating habits. I think I’ll use Weight Watchers Online (I really wish I could go to a meeting in person) for meal suggestions. I’ve successfully quit pop (go me!), so now it’s time to cut way back on the cappuccino. I have my own machine and make a pretty good cappuccino (if I had to rely on buying it, I would have quit long ago.) Maybe I need to put the machine away except on weekends. I don’t know. But I can’t keep drinking my calories.

Swimming

Jenne — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:27:57 +0000

I ordered a new swimsuit, that hopefully fits. I’m going to try to swim three times a week, starting with ten laps at a time. My right leg is out of alignment, so I need to find a sports trainer, physical therapist, or chiropractor who can help me fix it. I really want to run again, but I know I need to lose weight and fix this problem. Right now, the only thing I can do is swimming and very, very light walking.

Setback

Jenne — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:05:08 +0000

This is exactly where my knee hurts. Last night, it froze while we were on our way home from KC. OUCH! This is not the first time I’ve had this problem, and it makes sense, because I overpronate (weight), have knock knees, and have other alignment issues. I think I’m going to have to suck it up and find a place that sells jumbo-sized swimsuits in the winter so I can do water running and swimming until I can lose enough weight to do aerobics and running. If I can’t exercise, I can’t lose weight, and if I can’t lose weight, I can’t fit into my swimsuits.

I had considered going to the fitness center on campus, but I’m going to cut back on everything except walking until my knee feels better.