Helloo. (:

Jessastar
Jessastar Posts: 234
edited November 8 in Introduce Yourself
Hello! (: I'm Jessa! I'm 18 years old.

I'm full of encouragement and help, and only wish to seek that same encouragement and help back. I've struggled with weight issues my whole life. From in kindergarten till now. It doesn't exactly help that I came from an Italian family and ALL they EAT is greasy food.. blec!

It didn't really occur to me that I was grossly overweight until my Fiancees older brother talked *kitten* behind my back saying "I have more fat rolls than a bakery" and another of his friends said "I didn't know you liked fat girls." Then I kind of lacked self esteem even more and constantly hated looking at myself in the mirror because I hated who was staring back at me.

I heard about this site from xsparkage.com and wanted to give it a shot since it seems all the good sites are expensive.. I have a weight loss goal of about 100 lbs, a little more actually. My biggest ISSUE is staying motivated and finding people that'll help me through it. My Fiancee helps me out and what not.. but the thing is he's a twig (sorry honey!)

My goal is to get at least 1/2 of my goal down by summer, and I'm hoping I'll stick with my routine!

But I really need new friends, I need all the help I can get.

Currently; working on a DVD called 30 day shred by Jillian Michaels. I work out to her twice a day and under a 1300 calorie diet.

So, Wanna be friends? :)

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  • crtnysmth310
    crtnysmth310 Posts: 4
    Heyy =]
    my name is courtney and I just started to use this site today. I am in great need of encouragement, so it looks like we have something in common. My whole family is big on going out to eat and stuff so it is hard for me to do it on my on. My bf is a twig...just like yours apparently lol and all my friends have no need to loose weight. :( so i am all alone...unless we can be friends and help eachother out! :) that would be awesome.
  • dealluver
    dealluver Posts: 45 Member
    I just started 30 day shred today! we can be shred buddies. There is a group that is doing it...may find more friends there too...add me if you like:)
  • Jessastar
    Jessastar Posts: 234
    Courtney: I am too, we can help eachother! I know what you mean though, usually everytime my family and I go out it's to Old Country Buffet and it just HAPPENS to be Banana Split Night (God my ABSOLUTE FAVROTIE dessert!) and my nonna(grandmother) always makes Tirimisu or Chocolate cake, or egg plant with fried chicken to give to us and it's just Ughh!
    I would loove to be friends!

    Dealluver: It's my 2nd day. I'm so sore my knees were about to collapse walking up my stairs! A group is doing it? ha. I haven't fiddled much on this site to even know how to work it. I just now found out how to make a topic! I'll look for the topic, might help me out more to do it! Jillian Michaels is one crazy lazy!
  • eliakrathore
    eliakrathore Posts: 36
    Hii! I've had a similar experience. One of my boyfriends friends implied that I looked pregnant. There are gonna be ****s like that everywhere, haha. One thing i've learned is that even if you lose tons of weight and look amazing (not that you don't already), they're always gonna find SOMETHING to ***** about. My goal is to lose 10-13 lbs by the summer :) feel free to add!
  • crtnysmth310
    crtnysmth310 Posts: 4
    Hahaha oh goshh. Trust me though, I understand completely. We actually have a country buffet called the green tomato right up the road that my parents absolutely love....its sickening. :P lol. And everytime I go to visit my grandpa he makes me one of his delicious home made cakes thats sooooo hard to resist. But I really want to be healthier and have better confidence. So I am done with all of it...now just comes the hard part :/ but hopefully we will be able to help eachother out!
  • Jessastar
    Jessastar Posts: 234
    Eliakrathore: Yeah my fiancee's mom said I looked about 5 months pregnent, course it wasn't a good day because I was on my monthly thing and bloated like CRAAAZY! & Yeah, I agree with you though. It's just when you hear it it's like "Well. kay. *shoot*" Ha. Good luck with yours. (:

    Courtney: I know what you mean! I also recently moved to a town where it's a bunch of fried chicken, pizza, and sweets everywhere I go. Including soda! And it's **** because the healthy stuff is over-priced.. one thing I felt it was easier for me, was if I get a food that was a little fattening.. i'd eat at least 1-2 bites and that's it. It's less of a temptation because I at least got to try it. plus one-two bites you can work off in no time.. however if I feel I can't stop I actually work out for another 30 minutes to burn it off.
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