This is the video where I’ll tell you guys how I lost 10 pounds.

First of all, I want to say that I am NOT a dietitian.

Every body is idiosyncratic

which means that every body is unique.

What techniques work for me may not particularly work for you.

We all just have different body types

and this is just how I lost ten pounds.

So let me start off with the general stats of my body.

Late 2011 I was around 115 to 113 pounds.

My weight is always fluctuating most bodies do.

And now 2013 I am a hundred pounds or ninety-eight to a hundred pounds.

Before you freak out, this is quite normal for my height.

I am 5’ 1” and my BMI is 18.5.

I am not underweight, and I’m actually a lot healthier now.

This took me over a year to lose this weight

and maintain my weight right now.

So it’s not going to happen overnight.

So don’t expect it too.

Number one

Take a picture of everything you eat

I know it sounds ridiculous This is actually really important

because just the conscious effort of taking picture of your food

stopping and hold your appetite for 5 seconds.

It makes a big difference.

You kind of conceive what your diets was like

I personally use am IPhone app called Eatery

It’s super, super slow because people created it

have kind of left the back burner out

but it’s still functioning, and it’s something I use religiously

I took over a thousand meals on that thing.

And it’s been helping me a lot to moderate what I eat

and so if I eat an donut on Monday I wound remember that

I ate a donut until Friday when I can eat another donut

You know you start gathering data about yourselves and just truly learning what it is.

Take picture of the good meals that you eat

and the really crappy foods that you are eating.

I found that documents to my food really make me excited for my meals

because I kind of I view foods as a treat

If you don’t have an iPhone, just take pictures with your cellphone

Upload that into your laptop maybe every month

and just come to see what you ate

It’s no different than writing down the food

but I just think that taking a picture with your cellphone is a lot easier.

Number two

Carbs (carbohydrates) to me are the devil

I am quite aware that there are good carbs

AKA complex carbohydrates that are good for you

and breakdown slower in your body

And there’s also bad carbs like refined carbohydrates

That’s a really soft wonder bread Carbs that are freaking delicious

As I person just try to avoid carbs as best as I can

because I person would rather use my calories on proteins, veggies, fiber

You know just other things that aren’t carbs

If I really think about it

I probably eat carbs maybe once or twice a meal

I always try to make one meal my day just completely carb-less.

There’s addicting components in carbs

I just try my best not to fall into the cravings.

I found that I gradually wean off carbs

I stop ordering fries at restaurants

Get a side salads instead

You already treat yourself out because you are eating that freaking yummy burger

There’s really not need to overindulge in that pile of garlic fries

Even though it’s really good

Your body’s going to thank you after

When I’m eating pizza I won’t eat the crust

even though that’s my favorite part especially if there is garlic dipping sauce in it.

When you’re eating sandwich, take a one slice of bread off.

So it’s kind an open-face sandwich

And when I am deciding which bread to flip off from the sandwich,

I always make sure I keep this side of bread that is soaked with yummy sauces

Whether it’s light mayo

Or like honey mustard Something like that

I just keep that side and throw the rest of the carbs away

They’re very subtle changes but gradually

they're going to help you wean off the carbs and just be a lot more healthy.

Number 3 remix your meals

that means that recipes are unconfined to what it says on the paper

or what already comes to your meal

remember you can modify your recipes

you can add things in and take things out

For example, instant noodles are one of my favorite meals

You know it’s kind of a staple of a college student

But I do with my meals is that I break off half of the noodles

So I just use one-half

And then I put everything in on and you know

I'll add zucchini or I'll add broccoli or spinach, kale or tofu

just anything to add more nutrients to my meal

All that veggies and fibers

Just gonna fill you up faster

You’ll realize that you don’t really need all the noodles

So Although you are eating a sodium-packed meal

My personal things is I just try to avoid carbs and that’s what worked for me

Whatever mediocre meal I am cooking at night

I’ll just add some broccoli on the side or some steamed veggies.

It just makes the components of a meal just a lot healthier

You will feel a lot better about yourself seeing some color in your meals

And just those baby steps that are gonna help you

Don’t really worry about the calories.

I never count calories

I used to count calories in high school,

and thats when i was the biggest

It was so bizarre

Focus on what kind of nutrition you are eating, you just make everything a lot smoother and easier

Four Water is your best friend

I have this canteen for probably a year now

And it’s kind of my safety blanket

It’s always around 24/7

It’s always next to me when I am filming

I am at school Next to my bedstand

when i wake up you know

I get thirsty in the middle of the night

I just start chugging the water

Try to sip water maybe three or four times an hour

And you’ll realize that most time when you’re hungry,

You either just thirsty or you just bored

So water can be your best friend

Ditch the soda and ditch the juice and

I stopped drinking soda probably in high school and that helped a lot

You might as well just eat the actual fruit because although some juices have some vitamins in it

You lose all the fiber which is what burns the calories when you are digesting it

Juice is essentially just liquefied sugar

So if you are looking for the vitamins or nutrients

I would say you just to eat actual fruit because then you get filled up

You get vitamins and it’s just nice to chew on something rather than

just you know just shoveling and drizzle down your mouth

I prefer chewing it

Five Exercise

Of course you need it

I’ve heard somewhere I don’t remember where that losing weight is eighty percent

of your diet and twenty percent of exercise

I think exercise is important if you want to have a toned sexy body

If I am not going to do cardio I’ll just stay indoors and do Blogilates

which is one of my favorite Youtubers

Her name is Cassey Ho and she has great workout videos

that are around five to nineteen minutes long some of them

And I just do it at my room and I try to do that probably four to five times a week

That’s for strength training

And I absolutely love her

She has this vivacious and bubbly energy

And she does the work out with you and she talks with you entire way and she just I just love her

I think she’s the one who keeps me going to exercise

So you’re ever watching this Cassey I want to say thank you for molding my body to what it is right now

I used to cardio in the summer so that’s why I was using treadmill all the time

I would run maybe two to three miles three to four times a week

but I stopped doing that because it’s so cold to go onside to the gym

I know it’s a stupid excuse but I think holiday really kind of fatten me up and make me a little bit more lazy

I probably back into the group that once weather warms up

But I find that listening to music and exercising didn’t help me at all.

Music just wasn't enough of a distraction to me

That’s how much I hate working-out

I would usually just put a youtube players on my smartphone

and I just watch youtube videos as I working out.

Another trick is to walk everywhere if you park your car somewhere

Forget the parking lot that’s right next to CVS

Go and park all the way to the end where the trees are

Or where I don’t know some giant cow plantation is

Just park as far as you can and walk to the drug store

Every step counts

It’s all about gradual build-up

Usually if I’m craving something on in workout

I’ll start painting my nails or something

I'll do my homework I’ll pound a really long sip of water

I think your body is always playing tricks on you

It’s always saying that oh you’re so hungry

You want this cupcake

No you don’t need that cupcake

You are in control of your own body

And if you want to lose ten pounds you can do it

You know how to lose weight

No one wants to hear it but it’s essentially the same thing

You gotta change your diet and you gotta exercise

Those are the main two things

These are the little small changes I made to my life

I’m not saying that I did these “BAM” overnight"

I think I start developing each rule around

I don’t know five to six months apart

If you mess up one day it's ok

It’s okay to mess up

You know you are human you have needs and cravings

But just don’t give up

Every meal is another chance to you know fix your diet I suppose

If you have any diet tips down below

Feel free to let us know

and remember if you don’t agree with something I am saying

I am saying to you guys that I am not a dietitian

I am not a doctor not a physician

I am just a normal girl who did these things to lose weight

If you have instagram

My user name is IMJENNIM

You can follow me if you’d like

So I’ll talk to you in my next video

and see you later Bye