Greetings! I've been watching what I eat and exercising for about only about 9 days, but whenever I've had nutritional questions and have done an online search in these few days, I would ALWAYS be directed here.
I'm (newly) 21 years old
and go to U. of Cincinnati. I've been carrying around a few extra pounds since puberty hit and I found out that I have my mother's thighs. I did low-carb successfully in high school, but couldn't keep with it, and gained all the pounds back within a year of losing them.
I started LiveJournal in April of last year, and I recently reread all my entries, and was so disappointed in myself every time I'd read entries that claimed "I'm going to lose weight, and this time I REALLY mean it!"
So I've committed to losing my 25 extra pounds, hardcore. I got Jillian Michaels' "Winning By Losing" and it's been my exercise companion (I LOVE not having to do a lot of cardio!
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This weight loss journey is more than becoming thin and healthy, though. I've realized that I just coast through life, doing what's easy without pushing myself toward the goals I want. When I lose this weight, I can prove to myself that I can achieve difficult goals, that I can change bad habits into good ones, and that I have the self-dicipline to achieve ANY difficult goal that I want.
A little to lose, but a long time coming
