About Me and JACGLW

Hello, and welcome to my blog, "Just a College Girl Losing Weight." I know it's not the most creative title, but I'm not here to be creative right now. I just want to share my journey with you.

My name is Marci, and as the blog title suggests, I am a freshman in college. I've never been particularly in shape, but my last year of high school, I managed to lose 12 pounds. Up until Thanksgiving break of my first semester of college, I had not gained any weight, but when I weighed myself at home over Christmas break, I had gained 1.6 pounds, and gained another 1.8 over the break. It may not be a whole lot, but I'm about 30 pounds overweight as it is, and this was the last straw. I have officially decided I am going to work my butt off until I get into a healthy weight, and I am going to have the internet as my witness.

Thus, I am starting this blog. I attempted last night to start the same blog on the blog hosting site where all my other personal blogs were hosted, but for reasons unknown to me, when I tried to log in today it had been suspended for violating terms of service. I'm not sure what terms of service I violated, but rather than muddle through trying to get it all figured out, I'll just post a blog here instead.

My goal weight for right now is 130 lbs. This weight has been within the "healthy" range for my height on most of the charts I've seen, so that's my goal. I have about 30-35 pounds to lose to reach that goal. I have no set time frame; my only goal is to see things through until I'm healthier. While I'm at college, I have no scales to weigh myself on (at home I use the Wii Fit since it's pretty accurate), and due to incredible shyness when it comes to my body and exercise, I refuse to exercise outside my third floor dorm room or when my roommate is present. Luckily, the floors are pretty thick here and I shouldn't be disturbing anybody too much. Also, my campus is on a large hill (the most straightforward route from top to bottom has 77 stairs), so that's a source of exercise as well.

How I Plan to Use This Blog to Lose Weight


Weekly progress posts: Once a week, on Wednesday nights, I will have a "beginning of the week" post. This post will include a list of my measurements (my main way of tracking my fitness without my scales) with decreases/increases from the previous week listed alongside, and a photo of me wearing the same outfit each week, next to the picture from the previous week for comparison. I will also include the information included in my normal daily log (see below).

Daily Log: I am planning on keeping a daily log keeping track of what I eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, as well as how much water I drink and how much exercise I do. The goal here is to begin eating smaller portions and healthier food, exercising at least 30 minutes a day, and drinking at least three liters of water. These will be posted at the end of each day.

Monthly Overview: Once every four weeks, the night before the weekly progress report for the following week, I will post a monthly overview. This will include overall measurement changes as compared to the beginning of the month, total exercise logged, and total amount of water drank for the month. I will also upload the photo for the week next to the photo of the beginning of the month, for comparison.

Sporadic Weight Measurements: These have no set time frame, as they depend entirely on when I make it home, but whenever I am at home, I will take a weight measurement using the Wii Fit (all weight measurements will be taken in the morning immediately after I wake up and use the restroom). I will post my current weight, change from the previous session, and change overall at that time. Over the summer, I will make this a part of my weekly progress report whenever I am at home.

Your Help: If you're still reading this, and are planning to watch my progress, just allow me to take this time to thank you. I really appreciate the support you're giving me by watching this. That said, I would also like to ask you a favor. Comments would be greatly appreciated. Let me know you're out there watching me. Encourage me when I'm doing well. Give me a kick in the backside when I'm slacking off. My whole purpose in writing this blog is to hold myself accountable to the entire internet, so knowing that there's people there to hold me accountable is exactly what I need.

Well, that's pretty much all I have to say on the matter, so it's time for me to start my journey. I would love to have you on board. Thank you, and have a nice day.
~M/KS