Let me start off by introducing myself. My name is Jennifer. Im from the Chicago suburbs. Ive lived here my entire life. Which is 29 years. Turning the big 30 this year.
Ive been married for almost nine years to a man Ive been with for 13 years. He was my high school sweet heart.
He is my best friend and my biggest supporter.
Ive been overweight my whole life. Subsequently Ive spent most of my life trying to lose weight. I wanted to write this journal to have people to share in my successes and failures too.
Im currently at 327 pounds. I started at 339 in January. Im currently down 12 pounds. Which is not the best I can do, but Im happy with it anyhow.
Im ready to go full steam ahead. Ive been exercising consistently since January. Im now up to 45 minutes on the treadmill. I think thats pretty good for someone in the 300s.
My struggles for the last couple months have come from the food part of my plan. I was always hungry and then eating too much. Ive found that by adding more protein Im not as hungry. This helps me stay in my calorie range for the day.
My current plan is to eat about 1700 calories a day 6 days a week. I try to get 30% of my calories from fat, 40% from carbs and 30% from protein. I really struggle with the protein because I only eat chicken and turkey. And I dont eat them often. I use fitday to keep track of everything for me.
On the 7th day I have a free day. I try not to go to overboard, but this day helps me not feel deprived of anything.
I exercise 4-6 times a week. Right now Im only doing cardio, but I will be adding strength training in the next couple of months.
Trying to lose 200 pounds is too overwhelming and I really cant comprehend losing a person. Ive decided to break it down in to smaller goals. My first goal is to lose 60 pounds. Ive already lost 12. I am aiming to lose this by the end of September. Right now that would be 1.9 per week. Im going to try my hardest so reach this goal. My husband and I are going on a cruise
for our 9-year wedding anniversary and I want to look as good as possible. 
I will try to post often on my current situation. Saturday is my weigh in day. Wish me luck.
Ive been married for almost nine years to a man Ive been with for 13 years. He was my high school sweet heart.
He is my best friend and my biggest supporter. Ive been overweight my whole life. Subsequently Ive spent most of my life trying to lose weight. I wanted to write this journal to have people to share in my successes and failures too.
Im currently at 327 pounds. I started at 339 in January. Im currently down 12 pounds. Which is not the best I can do, but Im happy with it anyhow.
Im ready to go full steam ahead. Ive been exercising consistently since January. Im now up to 45 minutes on the treadmill. I think thats pretty good for someone in the 300s.
My struggles for the last couple months have come from the food part of my plan. I was always hungry and then eating too much. Ive found that by adding more protein Im not as hungry. This helps me stay in my calorie range for the day.
My current plan is to eat about 1700 calories a day 6 days a week. I try to get 30% of my calories from fat, 40% from carbs and 30% from protein. I really struggle with the protein because I only eat chicken and turkey. And I dont eat them often. I use fitday to keep track of everything for me.
On the 7th day I have a free day. I try not to go to overboard, but this day helps me not feel deprived of anything.
I exercise 4-6 times a week. Right now Im only doing cardio, but I will be adding strength training in the next couple of months.
Trying to lose 200 pounds is too overwhelming and I really cant comprehend losing a person.
Ive decided to break it down in to smaller goals. My first goal is to lose 60 pounds. Ive already lost 12. I am aiming to lose this by the end of September. Right now that would be 1.9 per week. Im going to try my hardest so reach this goal. My husband and I are going on a cruise for our 9-year wedding anniversary and I want to look as good as possible. I will try to post often on my current situation. Saturday is my weigh in day. Wish me luck.
I jumped on and looked down and could not believe my eyes. 323.2!! That is a 4-pound loss!! I have not been at this weight in a year. I was very proud of myself. Hard work really does pay off. This also means I need to maintain a 1.75 loss every week to make my goal. This takes a little pressure off.
I also got to change my clippie to the fifteen one. 
I warm up for 10 minutes, gradually raising my heart rate. I then walk at my target heart rate for 30 minutes and finally a cool down for 5 minutes. Im currently able to walk at 3.2 for 30 minutes. I started at 2.5 for 15 in January. Im happy with my progress.Im going to be adding swimming to my work out next week. My gym has a great pool.
Thanks. Yes, I'm thinking of it as my time to finally having control of my weight. This will be the first time of my life.
I wanted to be normal like everyone else. I now know that eating anything you want is not living normally. I also know that Im one of those people that will have to watch what they eat for life. Im okay with that. I want to do everything I can to improve the quality of my life. I love my life and want to live it as long as I can. Im lucky that I dont have any health problems due to my weight. However, I dont want to stay at this weight to find out if any are going to develop.
way to go!!!!!
I want to thank everyone for posting and reading my journal. Its means a lot to me to have supporters out there.
Now I need a break. Well, it was good while it lasted.
