Friday, March 19, 2010

Weight Loss - JJEM and Controversy

First of all, I know I aint fat, but I do want to shed some pounds...but then again, who doesnt?
Now, I'm 5'6" and im 111 pounds and I know its not THAT bad, but when you're surrounded by really skinny asian people, it starts to affect you're self-confidence.
So me and 3 other friends came up with JJEM which stands for our names. My nickname is Manny even though my name is Charlotte...long story, just just...dont ask. So it stands for Julie Jamie Eunice Manny and its our diet pact. Now SOOO many people freaked out about this! They started saying "oh you guys are skinny! thats not healthy!" Shoutout to Lady Masamune who said "diet pact, pregnancy pact, suicide cult." Thats so not true!
So this is JJEM, we are supposed to eat breakfast, eat a full lunch, and skip dinner or something (according to my teacher, instead of skipping dinner, just eat yogurt and a banana for lunch) and then exercise for a half hour every day. Now, I dont know about the other JJEM members but I get SOOO hungry after treadmill time that I have to eat so what I do is I eat so early its not considered dinner. I know its cheating! But I have to eat, everyone does! We know that, we arent going to starve ourselves! Trust me.
So (shoutout to Emily W. and Lady Masamune) they told our English teacher who is sooo mad at me and Eunice. Thanks a lot, guys.


So, almost ALL girls are self conscious about their bodies. I know most reading this post are! We are exercising, which is good even if you dont lose want to lose weight. I lost 4 pounds in the last week by a couple times exercising, because when you're young, it really really affects your metabolism so its super easy to lose the first 10 pounds.

DIET TIPS:
1. Dont eat after 7:30 because you're food wont digest. Fruit is okay.
2. Dont forget to exercise, it helps more than you think and exercise helps you keep away from fatty foods.
3. Eating disorders are NOT NOT NOT cool, seriously, nobody likes a skeleton...and its not healthy either! When you grow up, you'll regret it. Because then you'll be sterile and half-dead and in a rest home because everyone who used to love you will get so fed up, you'll be abandoned.
4. Dont forget breakfast! If you arent a breakfast person, eat a couple granola bars and some milk or a smoothie/milkshake. If you are, eat cereal (im a total cereal person) or oatmeal or pancakes or waffles. Enjoy breakfast, it boosts your metabolism. JJEM members CANNOT skip breakfast or they are kicked out.
5. Dont go on diets. You need a little fatty food, a little chocolate once in a while. I know some girls who live on salads. As my English teacher pointed out, you need protein and potassiam and vitamins to live! And its better to get them naturally than from pills and tablets. Plus, diets never work, you always go back to your original weight. Ive been dieting for 2 years, its never produced results. Exercise works, but only if you do it every day. NO EXCEPTIONS.
6. Try not to watch fasion shows or modeling shows if you are already self conscious. It makes you frustrated with who you are. I know I cant talk, because my self-esteem sucks but those shows lower them even more.
7. Dont focus on just your weight...other things matter to...like personality and makeup and clothes .... - My English teacher gave me a wonderful example. "GOD FORBID an accident happens and your legs are paralyzed or smething, is your life oveR? No, because jut because you arent physically perfect, you still have your mind and your heart.
8. WATER AND SLEEP - Okay, I really have to follow my own advice and sleep cuz its almost midnight and im writing this, but sleep is so basic and so good for youu like im not even joking! Sleepng helps you with skin (you dont break out as much), weight, everything, attention span too! Water, you also have to drink a lot becase if you dont drink enough, the little you do drink will be retained, you'll be bloated. Again, I gots to follow my own advice. Water is good for a LOT of things (all health-related). Like water not only helps you lose weight, but for those with dry skin, water helps keep your skin hydrated. its also good for people with oily skin, just drink water, guys, it helps A LOT.

So those are my diet tips to all those who are against trying to tone and lose weight, we arent unhealthy. Thank you to Ms. Massoudi for all the wonderful advice and GO JJEM!

7 comments:

  1. that's y ms massoudi got mad??-_-
    hahahaa and yah I need to get more sleep.....

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  2. yeah thats why she got mad...
    and sleep is SOOO good for you!

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  3. Haha actually Lee was the one who said "diet pact, pregnancy pact, suicide cult".
    But honestly, you guys do NOT need to lose a single pound. I wouldn't say it if it wasn't true. I'm pretty sure you guys are at an average weight at the MOST (and as a matter of fact I have a suspicion that you guys are all UNDERWEIGHT). And I agree that eating healthy and exercising is GOOD for you, but trying to lose weight when you're already at a low weight is not.

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  4. why would they a freaking teacher?

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  5. to anonymous, i dont know why they told! ughh
    lady masamune, lol, lee said it? mk, but we want to lose weight, but thats normal at our age pretty much. its not like we are scary unhealthy or have eating disorders (im still not sure about eunice's bulemia) but yeahh, we exercise and eat and stay away from fat and sugar.

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  6. phew (and i get hungry too manasvi!) these r good rules to follow by [: wut kind of exercise do u do?

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  7. julie! haha i treadmill
    it says so~

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