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jessicaschenkel82
jessicaschenkel82 Posts: 11 Member
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Hi my name is Jessica. I am 5'1 and my journey started at 160 lbs. I am currently at 152 and my goal is 120! I still have a long way to go, but I am motivated and determined! I would love to meet new, supportive people with similar health goals!! In return, I would love to provide you with the same support! :)

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  • BcMuscles
    BcMuscles Posts: 109 Member
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    jessicaschenkel82 wrote: »
    Hi my name is Jessica. I am 5'1 and my journey started at 160 lbs. I am currently at 152 and my goal is 120! I still have a long way to go, but I am motivated and determined! I would love to meet new, supportive people with similar health goals!! In return, I would love to provide you with the same support! :)

    Welocome
  • Quajin
    Quajin Posts: 4 Member
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    Welcome!
  • johnd4076
    johnd4076 Posts: 181 Member
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    Hi, would be happy to add ye :smiley:
  • BcMuscles
    BcMuscles Posts: 109 Member
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    You can add me as well
  • jaimestewart1980
    jaimestewart1980 Posts: 47 Member
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    Feel free to add me and we can keep each other on track! :)
  • IronDogJourney
    IronDogJourney Posts: 117 Member
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    You can add me if you like!
  • jesscoff320
    jesscoff320 Posts: 50 Member
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    Hi Jessica. I am also Jessica. I am 5'6. I started at 196. I am currently at 172. I want to get to 130. I am going to see you a request. I haven't been super active on MFP but I'm remotivayed and I want great people along side of me. Once they added the like button it kinda lost that personal touch and motivation so you will get more comments and motivation from me most day verses just likes. The next few days are going to be rough as my I have a family member who will likely pass in the next day or two and we are taking my 16 year old baby boy (chocolate lab) for his final vet visit later today. But if you accept my invitation I will be an excellent motivator next week.
  • paxvobiscum1996
    paxvobiscum1996 Posts: 21 Member
    edited November 2017
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    Hi Jessica! I started back to biz ness with my workouts and eating well on Monday. Would love to have some fresh motivation to get me back to my goal weight by Feb. 22nd!!
    You can add me!
  • blanca3030
    blanca3030 Posts: 17 Member
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    Sent you a request! I'm also 5'1, started at 175lbs in Febuary and am currently at 115lbs :)
  • vhepp5
    vhepp5 Posts: 55 Member
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    Hi I have just begun the journey...goal is to lose 30 lbs and keep on track. I'm an emotionally eater and going thru a lot so trying to keep out of the kitchen lol. Looking for helpful friends too
  • SouthernMamaUnderConsruction
    SouthernMamaUnderConsruction Posts: 2,724 Member
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    Hey Jessica ! Feel free to add me. We are pretty similar in goals. I'm doing low carb and I am starting my 5-6 day regiment Currently on day 4
  • Tomboys510
    Tomboys510 Posts: 2 Member
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    jessicaschenkel82 wrote: »
    Hi my name is Jessica. I am 5'1 and my journey started at 160 lbs. I am currently at 152 and my goal is 120! I still have a long way to go, but I am motivated and determined! I would love to meet new, supportive people with similar health goals!! In return, I would love to provide you with the same support! :)

    Hi Jessica,

    Welcome and congrats on taking the first step towards a better life for yourself. If I may, the goal is to make the necessary life/habit changes as it applies to nutrition and exercise. The byproduct of these relationships is your weight number.

    Too often-and I am every bit as guilty of this, if the weight number becomes the goal, we do what's necessary to achieve that number. However, once we reach that number, we go back to our old ways and gain all the weight back. To make matters worse, the emotional roller-coaster of the weight loss and then the ensuing weight gain often leads us to pack on even more weight.

    The physical action of losing weight is merely a numbers game; you burn more calories than you consume. However, we're all different on what the best methodology is to achieve that. Some people are really good at limiting their daily caloric intake (insofar as it's over the minimum threshold required to sustain a normal functioning body). In contrast, some are really diligent and have the time to increase their daily calorie burn. Most of us are somewhere in between where we have to trim a little off our daily intake and add a little to our daily burn.

    Understand, there's two action-plans that need to be determined; there's the one for weight loss and then the one for weight maintenance.

    Best of luck in your journey and keep us posted.


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