One-Forty-Five

One gal's goal to lose weight the natural way. Engaged. Virginia, 31 YO SW: 225 GW: 145 Height 5'4" Journey re-started 7/20/2020

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Fall is here.

I'm planning to come back. I NEED to come back.

Honestly I haven't weighed myself, but I don't feel like I've gained a lot. My main issue over the past month or so has been NOT having time to eat, instead of eating too much. I can't tell you how incredibly busy and stressful the beginning of school was.

I hate teaching online with a passion, but I also value my health. That's not going to matter in January when grades 3-6 are slated to go back in person. We'll see what happens though.

Point is, my busy days are less hectic now and I've gotten into a better work/life balance routine over the past week. Am I still busy? Yes. But I need to get back into exercising and tracking my food!!

On a sad note, my babcia passed away on Saturday, my dad's mom. My dad went to Poland a few weeks ago to take care of her because she fell again and had to have surgery. She passed away peacefully in her sleep, with the backdrop of COVID restrictions and protests for women's and LGBTQ rights happening in Warsaw. I wish I could have been there for the funeral, but it's just not safe to go right now.

See you all next week 🍂🍁🎃🍁🍂

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Took another rest day..

Tomorrow starts another crazy week, and I needed another night off.

I'm still under for the week, and that's the most important thing.

Food not pictured for today: Cheese Flight from Wegmans and Relax Riesling.

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NSV

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Weekly Weigh- In

HW: 225

CW: 209.6

Total lost so far: 15.4 lbs

As always, I'll take progress pictures and measurements at the end of the month.

I wish my progress was going faster. But if I really think about it, I haven't been running, and I haven't been consistent. I've taken a lot of rest days. Well-needed rest days because of the start of school... But still.

It just really goes to show you how stress manifests in your life. I had faster progress over the summer, but that's kind of like a "duh" statement. And, I think if we had a regular, non-pandemic school year, I MOST DEFINITELY would not be this stressed.

Our enrollments for band and strings are so low at all of my schools. I'm worried about my job. I'm scared. I'm anxious.

I don't think they'll let people go.. I just hope we can get back to normal sooner than later.

Brunch: ham, egg, cheese, everything bagel, coffee.

Life, eh?

Just keep going.

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Also, just want to say I'm not disappointed with myself.

NSV: I got these jeans in January at my highest weight, because all of my other size 16 pants were tight on me. I wore these jeans yesterday and they were so baggy that I think I can retire them for now.

I'm going to keep them so I can do one of those shots of skinny version of me holding out the jeans and demonstrating how much weight I lost.

Yesterday was the first time so far that I've FELT like I lost weight because my clothes are fitting differently.

This is just the beginning! Slow progress is still progress.

[one-forty-five]

Weekly Weigh- In

HW: 225

CW: 209.6

Total lost so far: 15.4 lbs

As always, I'll take progress pictures and measurements at the end of the month.

I wish my progress was going faster. But if I really think about it, I haven't been running, and I haven't been consistent. I've taken a lot of rest days. Well-needed rest days because of the start of school... But still.

It just really goes to show you how stress manifests in your life. I had faster progress over the summer, but that's kind of like a "duh" statement. And, I think if we had a regular, non-pandemic school year, I MOST DEFINITELY would not be this stressed.

Our enrollments for band and strings are so low at all of my schools. I'm worried about my job. I'm scared. I'm anxious.

I don't think they'll let people go.. I just hope we can get back to normal sooner than later.

Brunch: ham, egg, cheese, everything bagel, coffee.

Life, eh?

Just keep going.

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Zumbaaaaaa so freaking fun!!!

I did this video:

It's got some 90's bops in there!

Food not pictured: red borscht with white beans, and a fiber one brownie.

I may eat something before bed if I get hungry.

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@losingitinvirginia

These are the noodles! Chapagetti is a portmanteau of spaghetti and Jajangmyun, which is black bean noodles. They are savory and kind of sweet, not spicy.

I got them at Wegmans, but I've also seen them at H Mart and Lotte. Not sure if you have those stores in VB- there's a big Korean population where we live. Which is awesome, because Korean BBQ is life!!!!!

Also, fun fact-

Big cup of coffee to start my day! I really hope we get snow this year, last year we hardly got any. I think it's cooler this year already compared to last year. 2 years ago it didn't start feeling like fall until October!

I'm going to see Jola, my Polish work-mom, today. Pronounced Yola. She's making me borscht and bigos!! Yumm. She's also making yeast cake, so I'm skipping breakfast because I know she's going to stuff me. I've been helping her with training for our school district since she's a substitute.

Subs have basically been out of work since March 13th, which is a shame. The subs are used to passing out copies of papers to kids and shuttling them to lunch and recess, not operating technology like Google Slides and video conferencing software. So today I'm going to help her navigate some of the tech, especially the video conferencing tool we use, before she starts subbing soon. Win win!

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Picture dump from today.

BRING ON THE WEEKEND!!

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Tonight's workout was dedicated to RBG. Stay strong so we can fight back.

Did 3 videos:

3 mile Walk with weights

Abs workout

Hips and Thighs workout

Theme of today's meals: carbs!

Chapagetti with fried egg.

Pasta with sauce made with plant butter, oat milk, spices, and parmesan.

Baked chicken parm, penne, salad.

Not mad about it.

I'd say today was a success. You know, besides RBG dying and changing the course of history forever because Supreme Court Justices are in those positions for life and Trump is going to nominate a super right wing nut.

You know besides that, pretty good day.

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I actually did 6 videos tonight.. Lol

I was looking forward to my workout all day today: cardio and strength with my weights and stretchy band.

These are the other 3 that I did. I skipped the warm up and cool down parts.

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Tonight's workout was dedicated to RBG. Stay strong so we can fight back.

Did 3 videos:

3 mile Walk with weights

Abs workout

Hips and Thighs workout

Theme of today's meals: carbs!

Chapagetti with fried egg.

Pasta with sauce made with plant butter, oat milk, spices, and parmesan.

Baked chicken parm, penne, salad.

Not mad about it.

I'd say today was a success. You know, besides RBG dying and changing the course of history forever because Supreme Court Justices are in those positions for life and Trump is going to nominate a super right wing nut.

You know besides that, pretty good day.

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K came in the office and told me RBG died right before I was going to start my workout.

Shit.

I took a few minutes to cry. 2020 is the worst year ever.

Wtf is next?

God help us.

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Did this fun workout tonight!

Definitely not as intense as the Leslie Sansone videos I've been doing, but 100% fun. I got all my steps and calories!

Actually, I stand corrected y'all. I got 4 minutes of peak heart rate! I haven't been getting any peak with Leslie. Nice!

I keep on flip flopping between 209 and 211. When will I finally break through?

I guess I didn't eat that much today? My meals were very filling- lots of fiber.

Ok off to shower and then have tea before bed. Toodles!

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The rest of my day in pictures.

Lunch from earlier: leftover chicken fajitas, yellow rice black beans.

When I was in Miami and still in college, I used to teach violin lessons at my students houses. There was one mom who ALWAYS fed me. Whether it was picadillo, the richest hot chocolate ever, arroz con pollo, or flan... It was all amazing. She taught me how to make DELICIOUS Cuban black beans.

From my brief research on adaptogenic herbs, the teas on the left popped out to me. I was going to get the ashwaghanda "adaptogenic" tea on the right but it was 13 DOLLARS. To hell with that.

Dinner: my Polish work-mom called and told me to come pick up food 😂. She said she was bored.. I picked up a cooler full of kotlety mielone. It's basically like Polish meatballs, but the shape is more like a fat burger. She also gave me some red cabbage, carrot, and onion salad. So good, reminds me of home.

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Good morning!

Quick snack between sessions!

If you're thinking that I wore the same shirt on Monday then you're right 😂😂. I only wore it for a few hours, it's not DIRTY. It just seems like a waste and unnecessary laundry. Anyone else do this??

I need better time management outside of work hours. Before-COVID, I would make sure to be at the gym by 7, and I mostly stuck to that. I'll set a new time for myself. I think earlier is better so I don't have situations where it's 10pm and I haven't exercised yet!

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It's 10:37 and I'm in bed. 😁

Spicy gochujang chicken and noodles for dinner.

If I would have gotten all my steps today I wouldn't be over in calories, and because I'm SO CLOSE it's making me really tempted to bang out a quick workout video and get it done!!

Ugh Jess just RELAX.

I don't use the little "relax" feature on my Fitbit often, but it helps. Just did the 2 minute breathing exercise and it was wonderful.

Feeling comfy and sleepy. Goodnight!

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I don't know if I'm going to have time to exercise tonight.. One of my schools has Back to School night from 6:30 to 7:30....

Balance. Stress. Time management.

OK decision made: Taking tonight off so I can be stronger tomorrow. 💪

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Same brunch as yesterday because it was so yummy 😋 Changed into sweats now that I'm done for the day, at least with video stuff!