 Welcome back to my channel and welcome back to another collab video. This time this video is hosted by Barrett pastor If you haven't checked out her YouTube channel, I highly encourage you to do so. She is hilarious She puts out fabulous WW content with a little bit of a twist and I love her channel She's fairly new to the YouTube market and it's nice to be able to promote such a fabulous newer channel So make sure that you check her channel out down in the description box Also, all of the other channels participating in this collab will be down in the description box as well So make sure that you take a moment and check them out as well So today's video is a fun one not my typical meal prep or recipe video This one is about getting to know my channel So I'm going to be answering for you some of the most common questions that I get as far as my YouTube channel goes Some of these questions are things I get all the time Other ones of these are some random information facts that I feel that you should know about my channel So if you want to hear all about what the Jens WW journey has to offer all you have to do stay tuned So I've got my list here and let me answer all of your most frequently asked questions So here's my list and let's get started question number one How old are you? How tall are you? What is your start and what is your goal weight? So I am 43 years old. I am 5 foot 9 inches. I do not have a goal weight at this time I am waiting to see how I feel. I don't necessarily agree with WW's goal weight charts So I want to make sure that when I feel good about my body and the weight that I'm at That is what I'm going to consider my goal weight So I'm not going by the WW chart and I am not one that wants to share necessarily my starting weights I feel that that is a very personal just know that I get 33 smart points a day So I have a higher starting weight than those of you that are a lot closer to your goal weight So that's what I'm going to say about that. So question number two. What part of your body? Do you feel most self-conscious about? Oh gosh, this is a good one Most of my body I'm self-conscious about honestly But the one part of my body that bothers me the most is my back So I do have quite a bit of back fat and I know that you can't spark the spot target losing weight You can't spot target working out But yes, my back fat is the area of my body that I'm most self-conscious about I try to wear a bra that has a wider band so that it helps constrict a little bit of that area And it's just something that I'm going to have to live with until I get a little bit closer to my goal weight And I'm hoping that that kind of goes down a little bit as I do get a little bit closer to my goal weight Question number three. I want to lose 25 pounds if you've lost that much what first change in your appearance So I have lost roughly 20 pounds, so I've not hit the 25 pound mark yet But what I'm noticing most in my appearance is just my overall body frame is smaller I've actually had people start to notice I had a couple girls at work make a comment that it looks like I've lost weight So that's always nice And I just feel like my clothes fit a little bit better and just overall my body size feels a lot smaller Which is great considering that I've only lost 20. So the next question is what is my tip to drink more water? That's funny. Here's what I have sitting next to me. So I'm actually a huge water drinker I typically drink the big, you know 32 ounce Starbucks cups of water I drink usually three to four of those while I'm at work I will to give you my biggest tip if you're not a water drinker is to add some Flavoring use the water enhancers whether they're the liquid form or the powder form that helps you get in your water But don't go too crazy because a lot of those water enhancers do have calories Anywhere from five to ten calories So if you're drinking two four six of those packets or sets of drops a day It can add up to one to two to three smart points So my trick is I will either add water enhancer to about if I'm using the liquid form I will add it to two glasses a day if I'm using the powder form I take one of my water enhancer packets and I divide that up between two of my big water cups And that's it all of the rest of the water that I drink throughout the day is Unfavored that way. I'm not overdoing those water enhancers You can also add things such as lemon lime oranges cucumbers frozen berries You can add all of those things to your water as well, which definitely helps make water a little bit more appealing But I enjoy water. I typically drink it out of a bottle I don't know what it is about it But I like to drink water out of a bottle a little bit more than the next question is do you do YouTube full-time? And if not, what do you do so? No, I do not do YouTube full-time. I wish that would be an awesome goal down the road But no, I do YouTube part-time in my spare time I actually work full-time at a university here in town and I am a human resource manager So it is definitely a very busy often times stressful job I don't have a lot of time at work to do YouTube or social media things I know a lot of you have been asking for a day in the life at work It's just a little hard for me to film, but I'm working on it But yes, in fact, I work outside of the home as HR manager And yes, I would love to do YouTube sometime down the road full-time So the next question what state do you live in? So I live in Washington State I live in Spokane, which is about five hours east of Seattle, Washington Most people know Seattle, but don't know Spokane. I've lived here most of my life I was actually born in North Dakota, which a lot of you asked me where my accent comes from I don't think I have an accent, but several of you have asked me and I'm venturing to guess that comes from being born in North Dakota However, we did move to Washington State when I was five I have lived in both Montana and Idaho as well, but I always seem to make it home to Washington That's where my mom is and I love the area that I live in. It is gorgeous It is so great for outdoor activities. We actually live out in the country on three acres So we live on the river where we can ride our four-wheeler. It's kind of my jam I love Washington State for sure. Now, I wouldn't move to relocate for a career, but so far so good We've been able to stay in Washington. So this next question is a good one Does it upset you when people give you a thumbs down or leave a bad comment? Yes, it does So I have preached this a couple of times on my channel already, but let's first talk about thumbs downs So I honestly in my opinion have never seen a YouTube video that deserves a thumbs down We work really really hard on our videos It takes a lot of time to not only film the video but edit the video and make sure that we're even thinking up Good content to share with you. So when you give us a thumbs down, yeah, it's discouraging for sure But I also know that there are a lot of haters and trolls out there and I know for me I get a lot of the same numbers of thumbs down and we can see analytics I don't know if you guys know that but we can see if our thumbs downs come from those that are subscribed or not subscribed Most of mine come from those that are not subscribed, which is fine by me I would prefer that they don't subscribe But of course some of them do come from subscribers and I wish we knew why so that we could change our content Or give you a little bit more of what you want if you do feel like you need to give us a thumbs down But yeah, it's discouraging. I'm turning over a new leaf where I'm not gonna worry about it I'm gonna put out the content that I know that you guys love and to be honest my thumbs up Outweigh my thumbs down a million times to one So that's that with the thumbs down and as far as the negative comments I don't allow them. I will block you remove your comment and you won't be able to leave them on my channel anymore I want my channel to be a positive place. I'm here for support for you guys I want you to support each other and I'm not going to tolerate negative comments. So honestly, I've probably only received Then handful in the whole time that I've had my channel and I have promptly deleted those comments and blocked those people from my channel Again, just to ensure that it stays positive So if you're one of those people that does give thumbs down or leave negative comments Don't because we put a lot of time into our videos and truthfully if you don't like the content that we put out Don't watch it. The next question is how do you give yourself a pep talk when you've had a bad day in? Life or with the program? So this happens to me a lot Like I said, my job can be really stressful there as you know If you follow my channel have been plenty of way ins that have not went the way that I preferred and you know What I'm a super positive person I always look at the why behind the negativity Negativity, so is it something that I could control if it is then I try to fix that especially when it comes to WW it's typically something I can control if it's not something I can control like mother nature or Something at work then I let it go and I just focus on the positive things in my life because to be honest I feel extremely blessed to have my dogs my husband my family and all of you So I just focus on the positive things and I just give myself a pep talk that could be worse There's I'm sure a million people worse off than me My life is not bad and I can overcome this just like I've overcame everything out The next question is do you exercise and do you do it regularly? Yes or no? So at this point, no, I do not have a regular exercise regimen. It has been winter here and I have felt Zero motivation to exercise, but spring has arrived and it is gorgeous outside right now So now that the snow has started to melt off I am going to be walking outside Where I live and I also do walk around a lot at work because I work in a university I'm going to and from a lot of the different units for employee issues or to help managers with things So I do get some exercise at work But yes, I'm going to be implementing a lot of walking and I will be having a regular exercise routine So of course, I'm gonna take you guys along with me And I'm going to share my exercise plan with you as well. That will be in an upcoming video I know that you can do ww strictly on food because the weight that I've lost has been strictly on food But I know that in order to remain nice and tight and not be flabby Especially if you have a lot of weight to lose Exercise is important. So the next question. I love this. Do you ever sneak food or not count it and act like you never ate it? Duh, I think all of us do that But what's funny about that is even though we don't track it our body tracks it So regardless whether we lie to ourselves or lie to our tracker our body doesn't lie And it knows the food that we've consumed. So I have been really making a valiant effort to not Lie and to honestly track my food if I overeat I try to track it so then that way I can see my weeklies go down I'm also trying as you know on my day that I do use my weeklies, which by the way, I use them every week on Saturday I'm trying not to go over my daily and weekly points so that I'm not overindulging That's one thing that I do struggle with so by honestly tracking even my indulgences I can see exactly the number of points that I'm using so yes, of course I have done that but no I do not plan on doing that moving forward and The last question which is a bonus question is what is one youtuber that you watch outside of your niche? So I watched so many of the WWW youtubers I love so many of them in fact a lot of them are in this collab and a lot of them will actually be in a collab That I am hosting towards the end of April so make sure you stay tuned for that But I also I also do watch a few people outside of my niche so outside of the WW arena So I do watch Amy Macedo So she does do some what I eat in a days, but she does not follow WWW as well as some fashion types of things I also watch Alex on learning to be fearless She does a lot of like fashion hauls and beauty hauls and things like that and that's I mean I I guess that's about it Oh, I do watch obese to beast and he is a workout fitness guy But of course he doesn't follow WW but you guys should check it out He's lost over a hundred pounds and yeah, he's got some great tips and tricks on his channel So of course I watch the majority of WW but yes, I do have a few of my favorite that are outside of my niche So that's it guys. Thank you so much for joining me and learning a little bit more about me and my youtube channel I am all about WW my channel content will never change It is going to be WW primarily But I know that a lot of you like to see vlogs and some other fun twists thrown in there here and there So of course, I'll be incorporating some of those videos as well a huge Thank you to Ferret for hosting this collab again Make sure that you check out her youtube channel as well as all of the other channels linked down in my description box below If you're new to my channel Welcome if you came over from another channel Please comment and let me know what channel you came over from and if you're one of my youtube friends and family and you go To another channel, please let them know that I sent you make sure you hit the subscribe button Also the notification bell that way you're notified every single time I upload a new video Give this video a thumbs up comment below Let me know what you thought about getting to know me and of course if you have any other questions That I could answer for you Please leave those down in the comments below and of course, I'll see you guys in the next video. 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