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October 2012
I started at 195, but have yet to find a real before picture. This was about a month after I started
I have 13 pics in my gallery
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Restart attempt #4238
Hey guys! My name is Jill. I'm 21 years old and 4' 11'' (and a quarter!), which means my goal weight is a ridiculously small number that hardly seems real. At 123 lbs I'll have a healthy BMI, so right now that's where I want to be.
I previously had lost about 35 pounds following Spark from January of 2011 until about May. After the semester ended I lost my momentum and stopped, but managed to lose another 5 pounds throughout the summer. Shortly after transferring colleges and moving ...
Hey guys! My name is Jill. I'm 21 years old and 4' 11'' (and a quarter!), which means my goal weight is a ridiculously small number that hardly seems real. At 123 lbs I'll have a healthy BMI, so right now that's where I want to be.
I previously had lost about 35 pounds following Spark from January of 2011 until about May. After the semester ended I lost my momentum and stopped, but managed to lose another 5 pounds throughout the summer. Shortly after transferring colleges and moving from home I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in September of 2011. Although it was not incredibly life-threatening, it changed my entire life, forcing me to leave school and come home to deal with surgeries and treatments. Since then I have been working and going to school near home and of course, losing and gaining in a terrible cycle. By May of 2012 I had only 15lbs left to lose and now here I sit in November looking at not only those last 15, but ANOTHER 15 added to that! I need to find my motivation and get back on track. Right now (11/5) the measurements/weight you see on my page are not accurate, because I really don't feel like changing everything when I know I can get back down there. I basically have no choice because I am running out of things to wear lol.
I have NEVER been a healthy weight. Okay, maybe when I was like, 3. I have seriously been obese since the dawn of time. I was the exact same height and weigh LESS now than I did in 6th grade! (Yeah, I haven't gotten any taller.) The thought that some day (perhaps even in the near future!) I might even be considered JUST overweight is so shocking and amazing I just about die whenever I think about it. (Happened! 3/15!!! But lucky, I did not die. Unfortunately I've gained and I'm a a few pounds over again! :( )
I have recently come up with about a MILLION goals, too many for the entire side panel to handle, so here they are:
1. Be able to jog a mile (then 3, and then 5!). I want to kick a skinny girls ass in a race. I want to make people question their perceptions of what it means to be "fat." You can be heavier and be in great shape!
2. Do (at least) 10 REAL push-ups.
3. Have a healthy BMI by Spring of 2013.
4. I want to pass that presidential fitness test they made us do in high school. I will literally go back to my high school and do the damn test. I am going to be able to hang from that stupid bar like all the other girls!
5. To go on walks and hikes, or even just up a few flights of stairs with my fit friends and not either slow them down, or have to talk the entire time to mask the sound of my heavy breathing (thus making me more exhausted).
6. I want to be able to have fun at the beach, not spend the whole time tugging my shorts and shirt down and feeling awkward and lame for being the only one not in a bathing suit.
7. I want to go to the gym with my friends and not be embarrassed about my weight, or how sweaty and red-faced I get.
8. I WANT TO WEAR CUTE SHORTS WHEN IT'S 90 DEGREES OUT. I am DONE with capris and bermudas!
9. I want to go out and actually get some male attention. I am SOOO SICK of being the girl in the background, just trying to pretend I am involved in the conversation and not totally alone and ignored.
10. I want to say yes when people ask me to get dressed up and go some where, because I absolutely know that I have something cute to wear, and that it WILL fit. I could even go dancing, because I wouldn't be afraid of looking like an idiot and sweating so much!
11. I want to see a freaking "S" on my shirt size for once in my life!
12. I want to never look at another plus size article of clothing ever again. Specifically, I don't ever want to see a large pair of pants hanging on a rack in the store, and then look at the tag and realize I am TOO BIG to wear them.
13. I want to be able to wear light-colored pants and horizontal stripes!
14. I want to be able wear those cute, fitted yoga pants that all my friends wear outside of the house, instead of being that weird person dressed in jeans and an over-sized sweater at 7 AM breakfast in an attempt to mask my lumpy ass.
15. I want to go out to eat and order a TON of food and eat it all (okay so maybe just like, once a year) and have people thinking "Where does she put it all?" instead of "Well that explains a lot."
16. I want to have one of those pairs of jeans that you've had "forever." I'm sick of having to toss out a favorite pair of jeans (and by favorite, I mean the only pair that not only fits, but doesn't look like it was made for a mom of 5 in 1982) every few months because the inner thigh has wore away.
17. I want to not have any more freaking goals, because I am just so damn perfect that there is nothing left to achieve!
I'm really big on measuring. I find it interesting (and sometimes frustrating!) that two people can weigh the same amount but can look completely different! So, here are my stats (so far)!
1/6/11 Starting weight:
195 (probably higher, my scale is always less than the doctors, and I had already begun working out a couple days before)
waist: 35
hips: 48
chest/rib cage: 36
upper arm: 15
pants size: 18
2/21/11
182
waist: 34
hips: 47
thigh: 28
arm: 14.5
3/30/11
172
waist: 32
hips: 45
thigh: 27
arm: 13.25
5/7/11
162.8
waist: 30.75
hips: 44.25
thigh: 25.5
arm: 12.75
chest: 33
1/31/12
155.6
waist: 30.5
hips: 43.5
thigh: 25.5
chest: 32.5
arm: 12.5
4/13/12
142.2
waist: 28
hips: 41
thigh: 24
arm: 12
chest: 31
My lowest weight was in May 2012 at 138 lbs.
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Member Since: 10/23/2009
SparkPoints: 9,795
Fitness Minutes: 8,302
My Goals:
Too many to for this little spot to handle, they're listed in my intro section!
My Program:
I am currently counting calories 7 days a week (with the occasional skip day) and doing at least 30 minutes of heart pumping exercise 5 days a week. 3 days a week I go to an aerobics class, and the other 3 I usually use the elliptical, or sometimes a DVD to mix it up. I'd also really like to start the Couch to 5K program (again) and improve my running ability (basically anything would be an improvement lol).
Personal Information:
I love music and animals, reading and watching movies! Oh and bowling and ice skating and games...and cooking and gardening...and eating (well duh). There are very few things I dislike.
Other Information:
I would love to have a few people to hold me accountable (and vise versa) and chat with on a regular basis. I'm on virtually everyday, so send me a message!
I have been taking progress pictures since I started my "journey," but up until recently (4/16) I haven't really seen a difference. Now some times I get confused when I look in the mirror! I'll be adding some progress pictures now, a little at a time.
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