I thought this was interesting.

In a couple of my posts and even in a v-log I mentioned that hydration is really important. Now I am horrible at hydrating, it's not even funny how horrible. So tonight I decided to Google the benefits of hydrating, and they're pretty important.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Benefits-Of-Adequate-Hydration-Are-Mind-Boggling&id=899372
Have a look at that

Doctor's appointment today

Saw my orthopedist today for the plate and screws in my ankle. All is perfect, everything's completely and perfectly in place. My screws and plate won't be moving around or anything, ever, and they'll never have to come out. Such good news. There was a little bit of grinding in my bones but he said he doesn't see it ever giving me a problem. Marine Corps, you better love that. I sure do. :D

Stay motivated, I'll write more tomorrow.
-Jarrah

Not completely about the Marine Corps.

It's dawning on me more and more with the day that people have no values anymore. Among the people I know who are Marines and future Marines, there's a lot more respect from them for people that don't even deserve it. Then again, I'm not one to decide what someone deserves. Either way, the way people are nowadays drives me crazy. Lying, cheating, stealing. It's everywhere, among nearly everyone. If you've seen Ears, Open. Eyeballs, Click. Chapter One: Receiving, you probably remember SDI SSgt Nichols mentioning that a Marine never lies, cheats, or steals. Marines also uphold honor, courage and commitment. Now why in the world is that generally restricted to people who save lives? Why can't everyone have some sense of right and wrong that's remotely accurate. It's terrible. I have very little faith in humanity anymore. It's a wonder I want to defend the freedoms of these people. I'll end my rant here, I just needed to get that out. Thanks guys.
Stay motivated!

-Jarrah

Why the Marine Corps, and some moto for fatbodies.

I started seriously considering and thinking about the Marine Corps when I was about 12-13. I was in middle school, and there was a girl who's brother was in Marine Corps bootcamp. As soon as she told me about him, I started eating, sleeping and breathing "Marine Corps". Come to think of it, maybe I was just sleeping and breathing it, because I've been overweight since I was a baby. Anyway, I started researching. I saw just how much pride Marines have in themselves. I've never been the most confident person, and that probably roots from the fact that I was always overweight. So when I saw how much respect Marines had for themselves, I really wanted to be able to say I had that too. It wasn't about the uniforms, or the benefits, or the pay. Funniest thing, I was in the car with my Recruiter the other day and we mentioned pay. I had completely and utterly forgotten that you get paid in the Marine Corps. I never once thought about that, because it didn't matter to me. (Now of course I'm completely excited to get paid for it.) But I digress..

When I hear my Recruiter say he's mentioned me to his boss, I get really excited. I always tell him "tell them I'll ship tomorrow if they'll let me. I'll take any job, Reserve or Active, just let me go." It's no secret how bad I want this. On top of the pride of the title, I'm going to have even more when I get to show every single person I know that I did it. I've been told countless times that I was too much of a fatass to ever get into the Marine Corps, or even the ARMY. Yeah, that's a stab in the gut, right?

The things that come with being a Marine are just added perks to me, just making it and earning the title alone is my life goal. So, the moral of this long and drawn out story is: don't give up on anything. There's nothing worse than giving up on yourself when you don't have to. You live for yourself and you can be whatever you desire to be as long as you desire to work for it. And to those who are struggling and desperately trying their hearts out to lose weight, enjoy the work you're doing. Don't ever get fed up or frustrated, love every second of it. Because every second you're trying your hardest, you're that much closer to proving to yourself you can do anything. We all have people we want to prove wrong, but you need to strive to prove yourself wrong above all. I'm telling you, you can do it. Stay freaking motivated. 

-Jarrah

Live webcam chat on Stickam

I'm on www.stickam.com/minajarrah right now, come in here and talk to me. It's noon and I have no plans, Recruiter's at the St. Paul Rodeo today.

Hop to.
-A.Jarrah

Before and After pics

Before:
...That poor bench. Hahaha.

After:

Still got some work to do.

Dieting tips?

There are plenty of people out there wanting and needing to lose weight, regardless of what they do for their career. Here's a few of my biggest tips.

- Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Flush out all the nasty stuff in your body and keep yourself functioning.

- In the words of SSgt Nichols, be committed, not inspired. That's why most diet and exercise plans fail. You look at these people that lose weight, get motivated for a week, and give up. Weight loss takes time. I'm the most impatient person on Earth, it's a struggle.

- Don't eat sugar. You don't need soda, candy, chocolate, smoothies, your morning coffee. You just don't.

- Carbs will not be a good friend of yours when you're eating sandwiches and rice and pizzas. All that starchy stuff is going to pack right on.

- I drink Emergen-C. Those fizzy vitamin packets that you see in the commercials? Yeah they taste like ass but it gets the job done. My main reason for taking them was so I'd get the energy and B vitamins to feel good, so I'd want to PT.

- Sleep like a normal person. Don't go to bed at 0400 and wake up in the afternoon. Not only is that a ridiculous waste of a day, but your body wasn't meant to be up all hours of the night. That's why we're not nocturnal. (I say this as I'm up WAY past my reasonable bedtime.)

- My biggest mistake: eating out of boredom. You eat to live, not live to eat.

I'll post before and after pictures for you. Let me warn you, I'm probably one of the biggest tomboys you'll ever see. I am indeed female. Baha.

-A.Jarrah