Jessica's journal
jessicakahn606
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Hello everyone! My name is Jessica! I'm 21 years old and weigh 200 pounds! Based on my height I'm 70 pounds overweight! I hope to lose this weight over the course of two years! I started college straight out of high school and quickly gained the freshman 15! Every year I've seen the scale go up and I'm tired of it! I have tried loosing weight before but I gave up to quickly! I felt like I was working so hard and I wasn't getting results fast enough! It's hard as a struggling broke college student to eat healthy and I am hoping this app helps! I have logged on for six days straight and have been doing 15 minute workouts with an app known as Fitstar! I feel like I'm finally in a good emotional place to start losing weight and keep the weight off! My Uncle also recently was diagnosed as having diabetes. Diabetes runs in my family and I don't want to be the next victim! My grandfather has had it for his entire life but then he started to work out and was able to get off the medication! In a way he is my motivation! If he can turn his life around at 75 why can't I? If I can start being healthy now I'm hopeful to make it a habitat for the rest of my life! My hardest part isn't really the calorie counting or the workouts but motivating myself after my slips, mistakes and failures! I hope this journal will motivate me not on my good days but on those days that I feel like giving up!
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Jessica I am wishing you the best!
I don't know why but this is the third time today that I am recommending this to someone. Start the day off with a bowl of oatmeal. For a financially struggling college girl who wants to lose weight it is a perfect match. A couple cents a serving and all of the goodness to start your day and your metabolism right its awesome and has helped me shed pounds in the past. Don't buy the packages of over sweetened stuff, just buy a big back of oats (i use quick oats and add water then microwave for 2 minutes) and make it first thing in the morning. Dice up half an apple and add some cinnamon and it almost feels like cheating your eating plan.
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Thank you so much!!! I will have to try this!Jessica I am wishing you the best!
I don't know why but this is the third time today that I am recommending this to someone. Start the day off with a bowl of oatmeal. For a financially struggling college girl who wants to lose weight it is a perfect match. A couple cents a serving and all of the goodness to start your day and your metabolism right its awesome and has helped me shed pounds in the past. Don't buy the packages of over sweetened stuff, just buy a big back of oats (i use quick oats and add water then microwave for 2 minutes) and make it first thing in the morning. Dice up half an apple and add some cinnamon and it almost feels like cheating your eating plan.
Good luck and please remember to keep posting your updates.
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This past week has been pretty great!!!
My weight has gone down by 2 lbs and I was able to met my calorie targets each day. I was also able to workout for four days out of the seven. Since this was my first week using MFP I am pretty proud of myself. My week is a little weird since I started using this app on a Wednesday. I have joined another group which is a 8 week fitness challenge!!! In this challenge all members pick a group based on their favorite color. Each week starting February 1st I get points for my team for eating right and working out! I have to change my weigh in day and the day of this post to be on a Monday. If any of you reading my journal want to join this group there is a link at the bottom of this post. I think that a group challenge is just what I need to stay motivated. I am a little worried about this upcoming week because the Spring 2016 semester just started for me and I also work part-time. It is when my schedule starts getting busy that I find it difficult to eat healthy and exercise. I know it is possible but at times it is much easier to be unhealthy. One of my goals this week and the rest of the semester is to manage my time better. I know this week will be a challenge but I hope I can keep this up.
The biggest challenge I faced last week was starting my workout routines! I am so out of shape its upsetting. I am using another app called Fitstar and even their smallest 7 minute workout is difficult. I know I am just starting to workout and it will take some time before I am use to doing it. I often found myself lacking motivation to start a workout so I tried a bunch of tips that I found online. The one tip that I found to be the most helpful was to get dressed in my workout clothes. Once I was wearing the outfit I felt like I should exercise because it would be silly if I was just wearing the clothes and didn't use them.
I have also been using quotes to motivate me. This week's quote is "A diamond is a piece of coal that did well under pressure" -Henry Kissinger
Here is the 8 week challenge if anyone wants to join....
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/111763-8-week-fitness-challenge-starts-feb-1-2016
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Congrats on the two pound loss. Its a great start!0
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Oatmeal... FOREVER!! Oh yeah, good work! Keep it up.0
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I think its about time I check in again! Thank you for the post Chaagy and 50extra!!!
so this week I lost 1.1 pound. Which is still amazing in my eyes because my goal is one pound a week. I have now lost 3.5 pounds which makes me smile. I am so glad I joined the group challenge mentioned in an earlier post. I am the proud leader of the green team and it really has helped me not only log in but work out as much as I can. I owe so much to this group challenge! I worked out 5 out of seven days but I did manage to burn 3,500 calories. It took a lot of work but I did it! Of course I ate some of what I lost but it felt like I earned some bonus food! this challenge has also helped me increase how many fruits and vegetables I eat. I am now eating 2 fruit servings and 3 servings of vegetables daily. I have also started drinking 64oz of water daily. I have almost completely rid myself of soda. The amount of progress I have made in changing my lifestyle is incredible! I have a 20 day log in streak but one of my friends on here has logged in for over 400 days! Now he is a motivation!!! I have to say this is by far my best weight loss experience because of the community of people on here. I think my worst day of the week is always Wednesday. I work from 8-3:00 and than drive to school and take two three hour courses from 4-945 pm. I don't end up getting home until 10:30. Days like this always make me want to eat out and I think I am more likely to choose junk food than something healthy. I think I might end up just having to change my work schedule because it feels like too much in one day. I keep finding myself checking my weight almost daily and I really want to build myself control and only step on that once a week. By doing it daily I always end up upset with myself because the weight changes so much at different times during the day. It just ends up making me feel like I am not losing weight fast enough or that I am gaining when I shouldn't be if the number goes up. The part of my mind that always convinces me to step on that scale is doubt. Its like I have this fear that I wait a week to weigh myself I will gain the 3 pounds back. Its just a mini-fight I have with myself almost daily. I also have found out that brownies are my weakness. I can say no to pie, cake and even candy but not brownies for whatever reason. I don't feel so bad when I eat healthy and have one. It's just sometimes I can't just eat one. I taste one and want the entire tray. There my own personal fitness kryptonite!!! lol My fiance has been so supportive so I love him for that. He isn't too overweight. He is only now starting to get a bit of a gut but he doesn't want to start his own journey yet. He says he will in a year or two but that is what I said when I first started college. I guess we all have to chose when and why we start this journey for ourselves. I only hope that I might be an inspiration him to start sooner rather than later. Otherwise he will wake up four years later 70 pounds overweight like I did. He has started cutting back on soda with me. So I am very proud of that. I personally wish I had someone a few years back to help get my lazy butt up and out of bed. I do feel proud of myself for keeping up with this for so long. My mom has told me time and time again that after 30 days any task will become a habit. I hope that is true because I am only ten days away from making some very healthy habits. Another difficult thing that happened last week was my grandfather was talking about how I can easily become the next diabetic in the family.... I have been use to being active and thin so it is easy for anyone who has known me can see that I have gained some weight. It just hurt because I am already trying to change my weight and eating styles to avoid that outcome for myself. I know it takes awhile for people to notice the change and the weight loss but it still hurts. We were in the middle of dinner to so that meal left unfinished. I think he didn't mean to upset me because he also has diabetes so he knows that it can be difficult to live that way. At the same time I really wanted to be a jerk and tell him to mind his own weight issues. I didn't and I am proud of that but it was very tempting. My grandma of course told him that he ruined dinner and a bunch of other things I will not repeat. So go grandma. My fiance also defended me after I said "It's true, I could easily be the next one who gets it." He was more polite than my grandmother. So I will end this post with the quote of the week I found " It takes 4 weeks for you to see your body changing. It takes 8 weeks for your family and friends to see your body changing. It takes 12 weeks for the rest of the world to see the change." So, I have a lot of work ahead of me but I know I can do it! 0 -
Great Start....You have this!!!!! Love your Quote idea. I think I'm going to try using that more often!!!!0
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Keep up the good work! I was around the same starting weight when I did my undergrad after my freshman year. Luckily, the weight fell off pretty easy when I got away from the all you can eat cafeteria haha. If you want any broke college girl tips, let me know! I am there too, and I got a few tricks. 0
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Often the things that hurt us the most, do so because they have a kernel of truth to them. It sucks. Blaming Grandpa for "ruining" dinner is immature. You ruined your dinner. If your diet is healthy and balanced why would you stop eating because someone is concerned about your health?0
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@kettiecat okay it is clear that you did not read my first post. Which is fine but on there it says that I have started this journey because I want to avoid becoming a diabetic! So yes there was a "kernel of truth" as you put it. Also in my first post I say how my grandpa is my motivation because he has diabetes yet he has just now started working out and he is 75. So, imagine the person who has inspired you knocking you down a little! It does in fact hurt. I am sorry you view me as immature for saying he ruined dinner but I firmly believe that there is a time and place to talk about health issues. When we are gathered for a family meal laughing and having a great time it kind of kills the mood! So yes, dinner was ruined because after my grandparents fought we all sat in silence. The reason I stopped eating was not because the meal was a bunch of junk food like you assume but because I tend to eat more when I am stressed or upset emotionally. My grandpa is also attempting to lose over 200 pounds so any meals I have with him are well balanced. We are all here to get healthy for one reason or another! you can still find me immature if you want but I am making a positive life change, doing what is best for myself by not eating in situations like this and focusing on doing better so my grandpa can visually see the results. That is why I chose the quote that I ended my post in. This form is for support and motivation not name calling. The fact that you are 33 and calling a 21 year old immature shows that I am not the only immature one around here. So, unless you have advice or something supportive or kind to say please stay away from my journal! There are a ton of people on here you can help. People you might actually like and want to support so go find them. People who are older and more mature. And if you find another journal and find something negative to say have some self control and post nothing. I wish you luck on your journey! 0
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Way to go on getting your water, veggies and fruit in daily! That can be a tough one for some people. (mine in particular is veggies. I'm definitely a fruit person!)
The scale is definitely going to fluctuate especially if you're checking multiple times a day depending on water retention, sodium intake, TOM, etc. If seeing the numbers fluctuate discourages you, I would strongly suggest to sticking to one weigh in day and doing so in the morning under the same conditions. Best conditions would be first thing in the morning after you use the restroom but before doing anything else and unclothed.
About Wednesday? What do you usually do for dinner and how much time do you have?
I enjoy reading the quotes at the end. I really like quotes!
Here's one for you: (You may have seen it around the forum but I like it because it reminds me of how I used to be.) I kept putting things off and having to start over. Had I done it right the very first time, I would already be a healthy weight working on my next goal.
“A year from now you will wish you had started today.”(Karen Lamb)
I look forward to your next post!
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I like your quotes too. Keep up the good work. I have also been told to eat more veggies and fruit. I have found I love those little cutie oranges. Easy to peal and so good. I also like cantaloupe, honey dew and watermelon. Can't wait for spring!!!!
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@WifiresGettingFit - Thank you for the support and advice! I am now trying to just weighing in on Sundays! I also love that quote! I haven't seen it on here so far. Oh yeah and on Wednesday I have 15 minutes... in between classes! So I have to try and bring something small... Last Wednesday it was a protein shake, the one before that sushi and before that a small thing of spaghetti. Any meal suggestions you may have would be great!
@cmr3399 and @leannamvaughan thank you both so much for the support! cmr3399 I am glad you like the quotes! I will also take any broke college tips you have leannamvaughan!!
@LottieStanley I love all the fruit you listed!!! Spring has amazing fruit selections now that you mention it! 0 -
Hello everyone!!!
It has been awhile! Today I have officially logged in for 32 days straight. This means I have done this for a month! I count that to be one of my first mini-goals I completed this week. I have also lost 5.3 pounds!!! I weighed in at 194.7! Which is great because I was hoping to lose five pounds in 30 day time periods. If I am able to do this I could be 135 in December which would be so amazing!!! If that doesn't happen! That's fine too! I just want to keep posting in December. If I am still posting it means I am still on my journey to be healthy and that is my real goal! This week was a little crazy. My kitchen was getting remodeled and so I didn't have water for two days. That really hurt the amount of water I was drinking. I am still doing pretty good with the veggies and fruits!!! It is the sweets that are killing me... lol! There was Valentines Day and a coworkers Bday all around the same time. I did have some bumps in the road due to that fact! So 2/32 days I was over my calorie count. The frustrating part about that was if I had managed my time a little better I would have been able to burn the calories off! I am proud of myself for keeping myself motivated even though I have fallen a couple of times. My mini fridge is now packed with fruits, veggies, nonfat greek yogurt, salads and protein shakes. For sweets, I have dark chocolate covered strawberries and bananas. I have some oatmeal as well. This is so much better than what it use to be!!! It's like I am surrounded myself with health and it has made a huge difference. I can seen myself getting smaller especially around the legs and arms. My skinny jeans no longer hug my legs! Instead of fat I see some signs of muscle. I guess with my body my legs like to get in shape first. I can only hope my stomach comes next! I have also created my own group! I did this for me but hopefully it also helps some others out there. I have been looking at this group and its members! We have 177 people yet so little journals compared to that. So many people have stopped their journey before it really began. I saw so many quit after a day or month around like 70. It was the people who posted the most that were still active! This is just one of the reasons I wanted to start a group! I post daily quotes, workouts, and health tips. I have learned so much because of this. For example, did you know lemons increase your metabolism? So you should add it to a cup of water every morning. If you want to join another group, feel free to check mine out. If not that's cool too! ;D I still love this journal! It helps knowing I have a place to express myself! My next weight mini-goal is 190! I think I will reward myself with some piece of workout clothing or something cool like that. Maybe a measuring tape so I can start tracking my inches as well as my weight. Until next time!
"Don't wait until you've reached your goal to be proud of yourself. Be proud of every step you take toward reaching that goal"
Here is my group if you wanted to check it out:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/112300-motivation-accountability-and-fitness-challenges0 -
Congratulations on your successes this month!0
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jessicakahn606 wrote: »@WifiresGettingFit - Thank you for the support and advice! I am now trying to just weighing in on Sundays! I also love that quote! I haven't seen it on here so far. Oh yeah and on Wednesday I have 15 minutes... in between classes! So I have to try and bring something small... Last Wednesday it was a protein shake, the one before that sushi and before that a small thing of spaghetti. Any meal suggestions you may have would be great!
You're welcome! Glad you liked the quote.
Hmm...maybe chicken wraps? They're pretty portable and easy to make. I'll keep trying to think of some more though.
Also just saw your update, way to go!
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