Jena's Journal.

[MissJenaKay]

I've fallen behind a day on updating my journal but here are my totals for both today and yesterday.

July 30th

Calories - 1696
Exercise - 299
Net Calories - 1397
Fat - 44
Carb - 240
Fibre - 22
Sugar - 90
Protein - 96
Sodium - 3303

Today

Calories - 1556
Exercise - 299
Net Calories - 1257
Fat - 55
Carb - 211
Fibre - 12
Sugar - 88
Protein - 51
Sodium - 1813

[MissJenaKay]

Today was weigh in day for me and I'm very excited to say that I've lost 1.8 pounds in the last week. C:

Today I didn't eat too terribly well, but I tried to get up as close to my goals as possible. However, I'm starting to run out of dance exercise routines on my tv and so I'm trying to decide what other kinds of exercise routine programs I can find on there to keep from getting bored. Then again, there are more dance routines, they're just ones I'm not interested in (Burlesque dancing and anything with the word "sexy" in the title. Lol). I'm thinking of maybe trying to figure out when there are instructional workout dance classes at the Ray when I go back to school. I may not be very good at dancing, but it's certainly more fun to me than doing calisthenics and other sorts of cardio work. Besides, with all the lunges and whatnot built into dancing, I feel like it's a good strength workout as well. My only thing is that I cannot stand to be seen when I dance so it's looking like dance classes might be beyond my comfort zone. I've also noticed that I always have a pretty high sugar intake, even on days I eat the most healthily.

Today's totals::
Calories - 1522
Exercise - 334
Net Calories - 1188
Fat - 34g
Carbs - 177g
Fibre - 13g
Sugar - 89g
Protein - 130g
Sodium - 2190mg

[feelin-great]

Today was weigh in day for me and I'm very excited to say that I've lost 1.8 pounds in the last week. C:

Way to go - you should be proud of yourself

[MissJenaKay]

Way to go - you should be proud of yourself

Thanks! I am! C: I victory danced around my living room for a little while. C:

[musculArgirl2]

Go Jena! definitely do the happy dance. Good for you!

[MissJenaKay]

Thanks. C:

[Boss Man]

Happy dance = more potential fat loss; so keep happy dancing

WELL DONE. Small acorns and all that.

[MissJenaKay]

Small acorns, Boss?? Lol What??

Today

Calories - 1789
Exercise - 523 (did some kickboxing today)
Net Calories - 1266
Fat - 61
Carbs - 167
Fibre - 19
Sugar - 57
Protein - 145
Sodium - 3922 (really high today for some reason)

I tried kickboxing today to mix things up and I regret it. I can't throw punches with the correct form I guess and so now it aches in the middle of my back. Also, the rotation of my hips and the kicks somehow made my knee hurt. Lol.

[Boss Man]

It's an old saying, mighty Oaks grow from little Acorns, thus your small weight loss is an acorn that can lead to the end result, the mighty Oak of good body compsition .

[MissJenaKay]

Ohhhhhh. That makes sense now, Boss. C:

Today

Calories - 1494
Exercise - 446
Net - 1048
Fat - 29
Carbs - 164
Fibre - 18
Sugar - 71
Protein - 149
Sodiium - 3247 (This is high today :c)

[Boss Man]

The Sodium is a bit higher than you normally have, but it's not high. You're only about 52-54% approx of normal GDA, so it's not a massive issue, especially for one day, so don't worry about it.

[MissJenaKay]

Thanks, Boss, I'm trying to keep it under 3000 though, that's why I said it was high.

In other news, I went to the library today for the first time in a long time, to use the internet since I don't have any right now. It was kinda nice, but I was doing research towards the trip I'm planning on taking next June with a girl I went to school with annd the price of things it putting into sticker shock a little bit. Flights alone are going to be somewhere araround 1500 dollars, so I'm gooing to need to save aaround 3k dollars to make sure everything with this trip goes well and I have spending money. I desperately need a job, especially since this year, school stuff is more expensive. A lot of stuff is rough right now and I'm struggling to get some solid ground, but I'm hoping I can get things relatively sorted soon. As a note on my totals today, I took a break from working out today because I woke up really late.

Today's Total

Calories - 1302
Fat - 52 (higher than normal today)
Carbs - 146
Fibre - 7 (really low)
Sugar - 50
Protein - 66
Sodium - 2054

[MissJenaKay]

Today I've been doing a lot of thinking and I'm stressing out about my weigh-in on Monday, I'm afraid that I'll have gained or something even though I've been trying to do things right.

Today

Calories - 1559
Exercise - 426
Net Calories - 1133
Fat - 50
Carbs - 179
Fibre - 12
Sugar - 80
Protein - 96
Sodium - 1782

I've noticed that my sugar intake seems really high almost every day, even on days when I haven't eaten any sweets or anything remotely close to sweet. I don't understand it.

[MissJenaKay]

I've been really stressed out and confused and kinda irritable feeling lately and I don't know why. I don't like it.

[feelin-great]

I've noticed that my sugar intake seems really high almost every day, even on days when I haven't eaten any sweets or anything remotely close to sweet. I don't understand it.

There is a ton of sugar in a lot of processed foods - even things that you would have no idea had sugar in them. It is insane!