JustJess

Well I am back almost 2 years later XD. I am living in Japan again, and I have had my weight go all the way up to 242 lbs but I have it down to 198 at the moment. From now I will talk in KG and CM as that how I roll now. I have been feeling my solo efforts to lose weight slipping in the past couple of months and, with Christmas round the corner I want to redouble my efforts before I eat my way back up to 100KG >> I see that the new 4 week challenge is in 5 days and I am all about that! But first here is where I am at: as of Dec 12th (my last weigh in, have really been slipping this past week!) Weight: 90.4 KG Height: 163cm Bodyshape: Pear Body fat: 44% Body water 40% BMI 34. MFP: kitsukittennya I have worked pretty hard to lose 20KG and now I feel like I am slipping into those bad habits. I want to nip that in the bud. I have signed myself up for a 5K race in March to keep me accountable in my activities. I also have a MFP and a fit-bit which work as good reminders throughout the day. I am hoping by returning to this group of wonderful people I can get the extra oomph I need to make it to the next level.

looks good I'mma gonna follow along :3

Dropping in with a three day in Report 1 Portions Despite the jaffa cake incident(see battle log) the portions have been going pretty well. I've not needed to snack these three days and despite my Shark weeks I've been able to avoid chocolate bars, substituting them with flapjacks (not great but better than a 200 g bar f dairy milk) 2 Do the thing This however has been a failure due to being ill on Monday and then recovering from sudden shark attacks. I'm going to see the doctors tomorrow to try and get this sorted out quickly. 3 Card block Being sick in the house has really helped me curb my card spending! So far so good. 4 Study Study Study Again not so great, but tomorrow is another day. these first few days have been a slight disappointment and I feel a bit cheap putting it all down to illness. But my challenge is to do something about it and that means keep going.

Hi fellow student and January challenger flunkee checking in here. hope you're having a good first week. i'll be following along

Hey guys, long time no blog. My last challenge got left on the back burner last month with life deciding to throw things at me. So I'm starting again and ive got my new thread all set up and im ready to go go go but... Its day two and already my body has decided to betray me. Yesterday I woke up early made scrambled eggs on one slice of brown toast and went to class. I wasn't feeling great but I could survive. I had some tea and water with me. Class dragged and I couldn't concentrate. I decided to go sit in the Language centre, just for a little while, then I'd get on with lesson prep for the afternoon. I dunno what happened but I wake up and hour and a half later and I'm a mess. I'm tired, pale as a sheet I can't talk or walk properly. My boyfriend had to walk me home. At home I vegged on the sofa half asleep and rank my tea, some tomato soup and a box of jaffa cakes (instant regret) I had spiced chicken with rice and veggies for tea. Im so mad about the jaffa cake incident I don't even remember eating them clearly its a kind of blur. Today has been no better I have been worried for the past two weeks as shark week has been avoiding me. It came today with a vengeance. I feel like I've been punched in the gut by the hulk or something. My everything hurts and I want to curl up and cry all day. I've had a cappuccino and a flap jack when all I've wanted to do is stuff my face with chocolate and cake.(not going to though) The idea of doing anything active today is too much for me. I did manage to drag myself down to the campus so I wouldn't miss my dissertation meeting and attempted to wash the dishes (I managed 60% before I needed to lie down). I'm just feeling really annoyed at my body and really sorry for myself at the same time. Doctors on thursday to see why my body is betraying me, so I've got that going for me I guess.

Hi I'm Jess! on my second challenge but its more of a rebooted first one. look forward to seeing people around

Moving on and moving up Case Two I am annoyed at how easily I fell off the wagon seeing as this was my first challenge. I think I underestimated how easy it is to slip into old habits and how quick to blame yourself turns to "Well I've ruined everything now so I may as well eat this whole cake". But my challenges for case two, I hope, have reflected what I have learnt from this one.

So last challenge didn't go too great. I got two choices: One cry and bitch about how I done fluffed it up again Guess which choice I'm going with? Losing weight, changing yourself getting fit. All these things are pretty damn hard and they wont happen overnight. I finally get that now You'd think I'd of figured this out but no, I only thought I had. So this time I'm doing things differently. I'm going to take failing out of the equation. I'm going to go to easy simple challenges that I can commit to even if the world ends tomorrow. 1, So here's the deal. I'm dropping calorie counting don't need it. Instead I'm going with portion sizes. I'll be using the "hand as a guide method" I've got no excuse of over eating if my measuring device is permanently attached to my arm. 2, Do a thing every day. Walk for twenty minutes, dance like a loon in the living room go to a gym class I don't care but as long as I do something that's active and extra to my normal routine I'm happy. 3, Leave the card at home. This is becuase I Spend sooo much money of coffee MIRL So I'm hoping if I don't have the cash I cant drink the coffee. Simple. 4, Study study study. I'm a final year Japanese study I need to start acting like it. I have two days with no classes that currently are used up with sleep or me panicking to rush an assignment in the day before its due. I want to dedicate a whole hour of these days to studying extra Japanese stuff. So these are my goals. Do they suck are they awesome? You decide!

Signing up for study hall again this challenge ^^

Semester 2 is upon me. (I thought it was next week but nope it started on Monday Derp!) I've pretty excited for this semester it will be my LAST EVER! My dissertation is going well (i think) I just submitted my call for papers and I hand in my German Essay tomorrow. Even Japanese class was fun today (a rarity) and although I have portfolio tasks looming and a test on Monday I'm feeling pretty ok with study life at this moment. On the subject of Japanese I really need a battle partner to compete with. I love competing it really motivates me to know that someone else out there studying better than me. Especially if they'd like to start a letter correspondence (my main weakness it reading/writing) Gimmie a holler if you are up for it! Also I start my life writing class tomorrow which I am so excited about. its gonna be a pretty small class too so I can geek out about all the biographies about being displaced that i've been reading lately (seriously Ive got like five books in my bag for discussion tomorrow ^^)

The weigh in for week three is pretty abysmal as I foretold. 99.3 KG 53.3 Body fat 5 34% water 32 BMI (but im not sure that is right it could be a seven I weighed myself pretty early this morning and my notes are chicken scratches.) I'm hoping a little of this is pre-shark week weight but I've been terrible all last week. With travelling and working I've been getting food on the go instead of prepping like I KNOW I should. I've been stress baking which of course turns into stress eating. All my motivation to go to the gym has just died a death and I'm really not sure how to start again. Today I developed an eye twitch due to lack of sleep or stress or something. I looked into portion controls yesterday but then I blew it today when I had a huge burger for lunch. Everything just seems too crazy hard right now and then i get stressed and sad and angry at myself. I should be able to do this everyone on here is able to do this. Why cant I have the self control to not put everything in my god damn mouth >>

Sorry for falling off the grid without so much as a peep. ive been really busy with travelling and deadlines and working *blergh* Diet flew out the window, challenge goals lay forgotten in the dust and I lost my fitbit bracelet on a train *cries* I am dreading the weigh in tomorrow but i need to pick myself up and jump right back on the horse. I cant decide if I want to shell out for another fitness tracker on not. : / it helped me to get my steps up to 10,000 or more a day and i like "winning" when i beat those goals but I dunno if I can really afford another one especially if they can apparently get lost so easily. Can anyone recommend something similar in a lower price range that i could try perhaps?

Celebrate with me study hall! I got an interview to be a JET (this means working as an ALT in Japan) My BF also got an interview ^^ I'm so excited and thrilled right now

In the UK you cannot call the police on noise complaints. We are dealing with the local council. The neighbors are pretty not fun and don't care that they are loud. Going away for the weekend though so we will get peace then ^^

Its happening more and more recently. The urge to go and break thier door down is immense. My BF didn't sleep at all last night because of it and so he cancelled our lunch date to sleep

Nan tou ka naru! You'll do it somehow

Bad weekend for food. I got invited for a home cooked meal by my Chinese friend so I have no idea what I ate but it was delicious and probalby not the healthiest on things. In good news I have gone and signed myself up for Spinning classes twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Week One Report. Calorie Tracking: 5/7 I managed to stay on target or below everyday in the week but the weekend I know I blew it. Bread limit: 6/7 Everyday was two slice or under except friday where I had to eat a panini (or starve) Gyming twice a week: 1/2 but hoping to make up for it by going three times next week Bedtime: 4/7 the weekend again was terrible and there was Thursday night where my neighbor played music til three am. Wake up at 8 am: 3/7 Very poor need to improve on this point Weigh in: 98.9kg Body fat 52.7 Water 35% BMI 36 I'm a little disappointed but a loss is a loss. Here's to week 2 Measurements [ to be completed Tuesday Morning]

Handed in my Creative writing Portfolio today. The critical essay was a nightmare (finally done 2 hours before the deadline). Japanese and translation classes tomorrow and ive not prepped for them yet. Hoping I can squeeze it in before class in the afternoon. How was everybody's weekends?

got my results form my german exam. Didn't fail! Good times people!

Went to pilates yesterday and today my everything aches so i guess I must have one something right. Also my fitbit has been celebrating more so Im hitting my walking and calorie burning goals more regularly! Also just handed in my assignment and got 96% in my german exam today is pretty awesome!

So im usre that the website hates me as it keeps crashing and posting blank posts instead of what I wanted to write. If this continues I'm gonna have to write me stuff in word the copy paste it to save my fingers lol. Here are the measurements i promised myself on tuesday >.< All are in inches and all from the left side of my body (I'm a leftie) Height: 64.5 Neck: 14 Wrist: 6 Arm: 14 Nipple: 41.5 Underboob: 36 Overboob: 38 Waist: 37 >1" Hip: 48.5 >1.5" Thigh: 28 Belly button: 40> 1" Ankle: 6

Dropping in to say hi cos you seem pretty cool and stuff. We used to have a cat called fleabag when I was a kid. A relation of yours?

Hi! its going ok. I'm staying under my calorie goal and I have signed up to a class at my university gym for this evening. The only snag I'm having is that my neighbors have started their loud parties again so I've been unable to stick to me bed time these past two nights which has meant i've been getting up later. (cant sleep if your walls are vibrating with terrible music) I also seem to have started skipping lunch, not on purpose but my eggs keep me full until about two-three pm and then ill have a class and be starving in class at around four, so im looking for portable lunch ideas that are quick and easy but still healthy.

Sorry the website went down when i posted this. I wanted to ask people what they had for healthy quick and cheap lunches. I'm concentrating on weight loss for my first challenge and I' looking for simple lunch ideas that can replace the sandwich. thanks