If you're a weight lost blog, reblog this.

But it makes so sad to repeatedly come across all these thinspiration blogs where bloggers literally write that they won’t be happy until they lose weight. So many of these girls (and it is mostly girls, but I’m sure there are guys out there who feel the same) are 13 or 14 and way too young to feel that way about themselves. It’s horrifying.

And the thing is, that really isn’t where the issue of lack of happiness lies, although it might be one factor to make them feel happier-losing weight and gaining confidence.

I really don’t want to preach and I know I’m being a hypocrite because when I was 16 I started to feel the same way, even though I had absolutely no reason to and it’s something I have to battle repeatedly. It just gives me some insight into how terrible it must have been for everybody around me to see how badly I felt about myself because it’s awful seeing these girls that I don’t even personally know bash themselves so hard.

It isn’t as easy as just deciding to love yourself, but that’s the note I’m going to leave it on. Everybody deserves to be happy.

Tanked Inspiration.

Eileen Fisher: Racer-Back Long Tunic in Linen Silk Jersey with Silk Habutai (Smoke) from eileenfisher.com

How better to celebrate a pretty intense arm work out than with some tank top inspiration; Eileen Fisher makes some of my fav. tanks and cami’s out there. 

I’ll personally be keep track on the back of my hand. It means that others will potentially be able to see it, but that should only encourage me more. No tallies, no prying questions. Whiteboards in your room or the kitchen are also a good idea if you’re not fond of writing on yourself.

The purpose of this is to show yourself how many times you slip up, and then prove to yourself that you can fix it. If you eat something you should have or don’t exercise for a couple days, don’t despair; you can repair the damage the next day. If you don’t have tallies, good. Keep it that way. You should hate those tallies. You should never want to see them. 

Good luck, and keep your hands and boards clean. :)

My dash is always dead. I need to follow more. 

I’ll follow anyone who is pro-health and has a healthy goal.

JY's Lean P90X workout day 6!

GPOY

So excited! I don't think I'll be buying that much equipment but I WANT TO HANG UPSIDEDOWN TOOOOOO!!!!

I’m somewhere between 5’4” and 5’4.5”, and yeah, I guess I’m happy with it. I’d like to be a little shorter (only certainly not this weight and shorter!). I’ve always like being short-ish :)

I know its super chemically and bad for me… but its my favorite little diet cheat right now :)

Day Three - A picture of your thinsperation. What features do you like about this person?

I’m not really into the whole “thinspo” thing, but I guess this would be my ideal realistic body. I’ll never have hips and a little waist, nor will I ever have a large chest, and that is a-okay with me. 

I’d say that these girls are “normal” skinny (though the one on the far right seems to be pushing it a little). I’m not trying to look emaciated..just smaller than I do now! I’m not far from this, but certainly not there yet.

fuck being sick. fuck new teeth growing in. fuck braces and getting them tightened. 

i’ve lost 9 pounds. i havent had solid food since thursday and i can barely take down liquids. my gums are swollen and bleed every time i brush my teeth and my entire mouth is in a lot of fucking pain. to top it all off i have my period.

i never cry, but because of the pain, i’ve cried every single day since thursday sometimes more than once. fuck.

I fear that I won’t be able to keep it off. No one in my family (blood relation) is overweight to the point that they would be called “fat,” but no one in my family (except for maybe my dad) has the same passion for food as I do. I can out-eat every boy I know, and even my dad at times! And I always go for the unhealthy things. Sometimes I just want to say, “Forget weight loss. I’ll just eat however much I want and be whatever weight I wanna be!” But I know I wouldn’t be happy if I was heavier. Definitely trying to readjust my relationship with food during this challenge!

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Phase 1: 4 weeks 

Week 1: 

Monday: Core Synergistics

Tuesday: Cardio X

Wednesday: Shoulder & Arms, AB Ripper X

Thursday: Yoga X

Sunday: Rest 

Monday: Cardio X

Tuesday: Yoga X

WEEK ONE IS OVER! 

And I am getting back on track with my nuitritions too! 
I am beginning to trust myself with food again. Tomorrow, I will start again on track with Shoulder & Arms, Ab Ripper X. =D

Week 2 tomorrow! 

Breakfast Tomorrow

I’m going to Creation with my family tomorrow. I’m going to have to live with them in a camper for 4 days, and eat every meal together, plus snacks and desert. How am I supposed to lose weight if they are watching my every bite? :p

To the anon, who asked for a pic………

107 pounds :)

The treadmill we have is so old. None of the buttons/counters work anymore and the belt keeps sliding to the side.

I’m too broke/cheap to get a membership though :| Wish I just had an elliptical in my basement :p

1 yogurt diet: 63kcal

1 espresso without sugar: 2kcal

Total: 65kcal

Running: the best medicine for this bullshit world.

fuck yeahhhhh

omfg I’m so happy right now 

I still want to lose more weight, but this is beyond encouraging!

Running: the best medicine for this bullshit world.

What I just shared has put me in such a bad mood. I am going to try and eat nothing for the rest of...

So here’s a picture of my woman for motivation.

Can’t let myself get discouraged if the scale starts doing its crazy fluctuating thing all over again. I have to get into the gym today, but I have a call-in for work and wanted to only go if I knew for a fact that I didn’t have to go in for work, because I don’t have time if I go workout now and then have to go to work. I’m feeling blaaahh. I was all excited because the scale said 145.1 a couple of days ago, but it decided to say 145.5 yesterday and then 146.5 today. It’s this fluctuation that I can’t let get to me. I have to stop myself from climbing on top of the scale every day, make sure I’m eating right and drinking more water, and tell myself that if I’m doing the best I can, then I’ll get to where I want to be. Grr. It’s hard to be positive.

Everyone’s beautiful. 
But if you take a photo of a person and aspire to look like them at some point in your weight loss journey, there is a high chance of you being disappointed.

Your body’s unique.
Of course, there are body types, and generalizations, but there is no way you can look at someone else’s body and expect to look like that at that weight.
Reasons: 

• Muscle tone
• Body fat percentage
• Bone structure
• Random genetics ( I have a huge ass, all the women in my family do )
• … and tons of others. 

That’s one of the things that I think is so rewarding about this weight loss journey. 
You’re basically freeing yourself, recreating yourself, defining yourself :)

And no amount of thinspiration can tell you how the outcome will be :) 
Your body is so different, so special, so unique :)  

What I just shared has put me in such a bad mood. I am going to try and eat nothing for the rest of the day… FUCK THEM! He will be my inspiration to look amazing and shove it in his face…

WIT: 6/28 (and June goal reflection)

Last week my plan was to start Turbo Jam at the same time as I finish off the last month and a half of P90X - but you know what? This is my first time through P90X since I had the baby. Hell, this is my first time off the COUCH and being ACTIVE since I had the baby. Let’s be realistic. Core Synergistics today kicked my butt and the reality is that Cardio Party isn’t going to happen, not it I want to push through and do the BEST on the P90X workouts. So Turbo Jam is getting put on the shelf until next week in an official sense. Which doesn’t mean I won’t do a few workouts here and there, but I’m not going to officially start until I’m done with P90X, at which point I think I’d rather do Turbo Fire, so if anyone wants to buy Turbo Jam from me, let me know. I may be up for selling it :-)

Otherwise the workout was great. I’m stronger than I was the last time I did it, which means the walking push ups and even the staggered push ups were not only possible, but I was able to count how many I could do. In addition, because I’m eating better, I felt better doing it. Score!

My son, who is amazing, and wonderful, and marvelous (as you’ve no doubt gathered), woke up just as I started. So I gathered him up and he crawled around my Supermanning / Bananing body. Then he crawled around me, chewed on blocks, laughed at me, and tried to mimic me. It’s good times and they were had by all. I am blessed with a good natured baby, but that doesn’t mean he sleeps through my workouts :-)

I hope you’re sticking to the workouts you’re set on doing and if you’re considering P90X or Turbo Jam or even Shakeology - shoot me an email or a message. I’m happy to let you know my thoughts. I’m down 20 pounds from the start and feel amazing. I want the same for you.

Thanks for reading!
K

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Decided to create a new blog dedicated the journey of my healthy transformation, including motivational and inspirational shiznit. I’ll admit that a timid sensation occurs at the thought of a fellow student or friend discovering my obsessive curiosity and engagement within fitspos and thinspos, which is why i’m constructing a fresh blog in hopes of them not finding out…otherwise i may just cry a little inside.
 I’m not sure why the dominant feeling of insecurity rushes in.. probably because I find it to be more of an autonomous and personal thing, but of course I don’t mind exposing this side of myself to a whole bunch of strangers.

i don’t know what’s making me say it, but, i feel as if i’ve been in a funk… not exercise-wise because i’m doing great with that. i still haven’t had the energy or should i say, the want to jog on my alternating days. being in florida this time of year is just ridiculous. between the heat, humidity and the ever-constant, yet sporadic rain, it’s almost impossible for it to be decent enough for a great run. between october through march is great, but, not so during the summer months. i guess it’s work and the lack of sleep. i don’t feel completely rested when i have to be up. which makes me irritable.

i went over on my points yesterday. again, no big deal. i still have some left from my weekly queue. although, i did kind of feel like a failure for doing so. i used 42 pts instead of my daily allotted 34. it kind of makes me feel like i won’t lose weight this week. but, i don’t want to slip into that mind frame because then i’ll go way over and really not lose.

anyway, even though i feel that way, i can really tell that the dvd workout i’m doing is working! i can see a big difference in my arms - less flab, more muscle tone. and my things. i definately have more muscle there. it encourages me. part of me just wants to be thin, forget the muscle tone, but, then i know that the more muscle you get the more calories you burn while resting. proven fact! so, i continue to work out. i need to get a bit heavier of weights for certain parts of the workout!!

so, i’ve discovered that i’m ok with following a diet for a few weeks, then i get bored. does that happen to anyone else? is anyone else doing weight watchers? i can follow it to a T for those twor or so weeks then i don’t know what to eat. i get tired of making the same thing or microwaving all the same meals. it just gets OLD. yeah, there are a ton of fruits out there to eat or try that are zero points, but, what if i don’t like it? or what if i do? and then the season is wrong. i know, i’m going into way too much detail about nothing here. haha.

but, seriously, i need to recipes and some other quick snack ideas. please!

The scales. I need to not weigh myself until the end of this week. Usually it helps give me an extra push every day but the past two days have just made me cry. Which is DUMB. I know it’s just a number and the scales are evil AND I’m doing the things I need to do to make my body healthier. I just don’t feel any difference and now I can’t even see any difference. Stupid fucking fucker of a fuckity fuck fuck scales.

Only 1 more pound away from my first GW! :O

Do you guys have have little rewards for every GW you achieve? Do you think it helps motivate you? What are some of your rewards?

I went to weigh in this morning, totally expecting to gain. It is Gain Week after all. (I used to gain/lose at a bi-weekly rhythm for whatever reason.) I was pleasantly surprised when I did not only lose, but I lost 1.4 lb! I’ve reached my 5% goal at Weight Watchers (again – after having to start over after my relocation to the US) and I nearly made it to my June goal:

my butt hurts.

And it’s all Jillian’s fault! Haha nahh I don’t hate her yet, but give it some time and I reckon I’ll cringe every time I hear her voice! I finished my first day of the 30 day shred and it was pretty tough. By the end, my arms were shaking and my butt feels like it’s going to fall off.

Like the cool kid I am, I used cans of peaches for my hand weights since I don’t own any (yet! my boyfriend has pretty pink ones he found in his room so tomorrow I’m going to steal them off him!) The peaches were only 825g each and I think Jillian uses 5 pound weights so next time it’ll be a bit harder.

As well as 30DS, I also did 80 more crunches, 50 bicycle crunches, 40 reverse crunches and 40 toe taps.

Had a pretty healthy day too:

• Breakfast: 1/3 cup of porridge with brown sugar and non-fat milk
• Lunch: Chicken wrap with avocado and a smidgen of sour cream. I also had an apple
• Afternoon snack: 2 slices of orange
• Dinner: Lamb cutlets (2 very small ones with the fat cut off), roast pumpkin, beans, capsicum, wilted spinach and mashed potato
• Dessert: Vanilla ice cream with honey and banana

I was planning on doing C25K W2D1 today as well but I slept in til like 12:30 and ran out of time. I did manage to go for a half hour walk with my mum and little sister though.

Tomorrow I plan to do the C25K and 30DS then I’m heading off to the boyfriend’s house for dinner and to watch him play basketball. Fingers crossed they have something healthy for dinner!

Hope you all had a wonderful day :)

xx

I'm not even posting my intake today

I am going to do skinny girl diet. It’s pretty much the end of the day and I don’t want to wait till next Monday so I will just work off the extra 60 calories I ate today, so then everything can get on track. Has anyone had any experiences with SGD?

guys, c'mon. i'm wired on energy. like caffeine overdose!

So I finally did it. I worked out a little. I started Jillian Micheals Fat Burn DVD and my EasyCurves. The Fat DVD I only did warm up/cool down and 2 circuits but everything added up to 30 mins so I am thinking I’ll work my way up to all 7 circuits.

B-Special K

L-3chicken selects and a yogurt

D-left over mashed potatoes zucchini shredded chicken and a bite of  Stromboli (it sounds like a lot but it was a tiny amount of everything)

S-none

E-EasyCurves A and 2Jillian circuits

Even my glasses are sweating.

Ew, I’ve eaten so much today and I’m not going to get to go to the gym tonight. It’s also waffle night with my friends, urghgjhgkjeht! I hate this so much, why can I be so lucky where I can eat whatever I like and not gain 20 kilos :’(!

Don’t mind me I’m just whinging because it’s shark week and I’m bloated and yuck and just craving chocolate and ice cream really badly.

One question before I finally go to bed:

In Vegas for the half marathon it will be around 50 degrees and the race is December 4th. However, I have no idea what I should be wearing so I need some help. Like a type of special shirt? Shorts? Should I wear like spandex under my shorts? A long sleeved and then short sleeved shirt together?

So I guess, what should I be looking for to wear in 50 degree weather at the beginning of December, running in the evening 13.1 miles in Vegas?

Intake:
09:45 - Sun dried cherry tomatoes in oil [58]

Total: 58

Exercise: 

Total:

Net intake:  

why can’t you buy my fucking clothes already?

I’ve lost 4 jeans sizes. which means NONE of my clothes fit.

which means I have to buy NEW ONES, WHICH I CAN’T AFFORD

because you won’t buy my old shit

fuck you.

As you probably have surmised, it was terrible. No fucking painted nails for me (nail polish challenge). Tomorrow I will do this!

The thing is I’m always like: “Oh it won’t matter.” Well you know what, inner me, it fucking will. When you’re obese and trying to lose more weight than ever you’ll regret this forever.

Bear and I took a 4 mile walk tonight. Needless to say, walking in flip-flops was the worst idea...

shoot me an email!

tiffany-tpl@hotmail.com , sunject line: San diego trainer. <—just so I don’t accidentally delete it!

I’m going to stray from Insanity ramblings for right now and say I just realized if my chest were a tad bigger, I’d perhaps feel a little better about how I look. I know that’s shallow and not healthy to think that way, but I’m 18, people. My grandmother has bigger tits than I do.

No, no, I won’t be getting a boob job. It’s just kinda grating on me that my perception of my own femininity is growing increasingly negative because I still feel like I’m nine years old up top. I’m not completely flat, but hey, I’m not going to deny the magic of having a nice rack.

Anyways.

If you read my last post, you’d know that my on/off boyfriend saved an all-black kitten from a tree earlier today and that it would’ve been mine had my mother supported the idea (big surprise— she immediately said no). Apparently the little guy never returned to his milk bowl so no one gets to keep him.

Sad panda. Sad fucking panda. 

Ugh.

current weight: 137

goal weight: 125 + a bigger rack

I need to get a jump start on this diet (whatever) I’m starting. I need advice, tips, encouragment?? shit idk, anything to help me kick my butt into gear.

work out ideas?

diet ideas?!

ANYTHING?!

Feeling nauseous and light headed today. Hoping it’s from having my sleep interrupted so much last night. The neighbors were having a party, and it was quite loud.

Breakfast- Omlette made with 1 egg, 1 egg white, and two mushrooms, 1 piece of whole wheat toast with butter, a peach and a glass of diluted cranberry juice

Snack- 4oz sugar snap peas

Lunch- Salad made with 1.5 oz spinach, half a small avocado, 1/2 cup black beans and 2 tablespoons salsa

Dinner- I ate way too much tonight. For some reason I was absolutely starving, and considering how shitty I felt today, I let it slide. I ate A LOT of the ground beef and yogurt dish my mom made, some cucumbers, and about 1/4 of a Healthy Choice Traditional Lentil soup. I also munched on a small handful of pita chips and pretzels each, and had a bite of an eclair. I know I don’t post my calorie counts on here, but I do keep track…but today I just don’t feel like it.

Did 45 minutes on the elliptical to work some extra calories off, and did 3 sets of 10 bicep curls on each arms, plus ab work.

12 glasses of water, 1 cup green tea.

Hoping to feel less icky tomorrow!

I felt like I needed to write these down. They needed to be concrete, something I could really hold myself to because I could read them every time I get on the computer. So, here are my goals for my improving my health right now. This is really all for me. Tumblr is just the easiest place to get these out of my head in a quick manner.

1. Don’t eat after a certain time of night.
I’m going to designate 8 pm/after dinner. Brushing my teeth at this time will help prevent me from late-night eating.

2. Take 20 minutes to eat each meal.
By setting an alarm, I can ensure that I spend the full time enjoying my food. Not inhaling it means that a) I can give my body time to process my fullness level, and b) I will thoroughly appreciate what I am eating since I won’t be rushing.

3. Eat when I’m hungry, don’t eat when I’m not.
This one is kind of a problem with me because I like patterns. I like to have my daily routine where I eat breakfast at 10:30, lunch at 3, and dinner at 7. The problem is, though, that I’m not always hungry at those times. I need to break myself of that. In this case, I need to listen to my body, not my mind.

4. Start my yoga DVDs.
Doing yoga on a regular basis makes people more aware of their environment, or more mindful, if you will. I think being more mindful when it comes to food is really important. It’s nourishment, not just taste. Mindfulness can help shed light onto this seemingly simple idea that is often overshadowed by our culture’s love for food, food, and more (often not very nourishing) food.

5. Really think about what I’m eating.
This goes along with mindfulness and extending my meal time. If, during every bite, I focus on what my food’s texture feels like, what it’s aroma smells like, and just exactly what it tastes like (including subtleties), what I’m looking do to through yoga (extending my awareness) and taking more time to eat are going to come pretty easily. Also, I think this is an important part of being a good cook. Noticing the earthy tones of whole wheat, the sour-sweet taste juxtaposition of plain yogurt with strawberries alongside the smooth-crunchy(seeds) texture juxtaposition. Noticing little things really enhances appreciation.

6. Reward myself.
I’m going to set a weekly goal and reward myself ONLY if I accomplish it. Be it buying myself a Freshen’s smoothie because I’ve managed to not eat after work all week or getting a pedi because I’ve managed to lose a couple pounds. I think this is the most important, really. Short term goals mixed with self-determined rewards are sure to produce good results.

SOOOOO leggo. Let’s see how this goes.

Not really much to say about today that I haven’t already posted ;)

Lunch with my mother and sister was lots of fun. Got a bunch of healthy foods from the store. I’m loving my new yoga/workout pants. Swam, walked, and worked out with the Wii Fit. Had a really yummy dinner for under 400 calories. And now I’m feeling really relaxed and at peace :)

Bear and I took a 4 mile walk tonight. Needless to say, walking in flip-flops was the worst idea ever. I will forever keep running shoes in my car, for this purpose only. Hopefully, this will become a habit of ours. I really want US to get in shape together. I couldn’t do it without him, and I would hope that he needs my motivation as much as I need his. Also, I’m trying to watch what I eat, for inside purposes. My meals today consisted of an almond granola bar for breakfast. A salad with diced chicken, jalepenos, banana peppers, cherry tomatoes, and low-cal italian dressing, as well as two breadsticks. Another granola bar for snack. And I made grilled cheese and potato salad for mine and Bear’s dinner. We then ate a cosmic brownie later. I need at least one sweet thing a day. I have a really bad sweet tooth when it comes to chocolate, and it’s my reward (in small amounts), so I refuse to give it up. Tomorrow morning will consist of the same granola bar, lunch will consist of the same salad, and I am not sure what dinner will be. But this is a lot healthier than the way I’ve been eating lately. 

If you ask why I’ve decided to start exercising, your answer is: I went to the aesthetic weight management doctor with my brother the other day, they put me on a scale (just for the hell of it), and it took down all of my information (BMI, Weight, Body Build, Health Level, Basal Metabolic Rate, Age of Metabolism, Visceral Fat, Bone Density, Muscle Weight, Water Levels, etc.) This was one of the neatest things that I’ve ever encountered, because never in my life have I seen any of this laid out before my eyes. I was very healthy, low/average range on most things, high/average on visceral fat, had a decent amount of muscle density, good bone density, BMR was exactly average, but my age of metabolism was awful. Tammy (the doctor lady) told me that I need to start exercising, “No matter how rocking of a bod you have, because you look damn great”, as she said. But I need to lower my age of metabolism and lower my visceral fat by a small amount, and definitely up my muscle mass. So, exercising is key. And I couldn’t do it without Bear.

Suggestions?

RELIGIOUS INSPIRATION

TRUE RELIGION : Sammy $240 from truereligion.com

This is my first inspirational post. It’s pretty cold here at the moment and while I do own a pair of jeans they’re nothing special. These jeans, however, I love and helped get me through my workout tonight! I LOVE wide leg jeans, I think there’s something about that them that looks so smart. They’re the perfect jean for transitioning between casual friday and a night on the town. So cute with stilettos peaking out the bottom.

• 100 jumping jacks
• 100 sit ups
• 50 leg lifts (each leg)
• 25 push ups (on the knees)

hey guys.

so i have not weighed myself all weekend but i have a feeling i went back up. no fun.

normally i would be at the gym right now but its monday and i am so unmotivated. and i know i should not use excuses.. but. whatever. HA.

so i was thinking of maybe ZUMBA-ing today or just working out on some ab-alicious workouts since i get bored zumba-ing alone… :( lol!

BUT i just wanted to let you guys in on a little secret, well its not a secret.. but ok so recently i have switched m gym routine up, i used to do 30 minutes of cardio, and 25 minutes of toning.. well that got really boring..so now i am doing 20-25 minutes of cardio 15 minutes weight lifting and 10 minutes of abwork/leg toning and it KICKED MY ASS.. since i have such a crazy work schedule i dont get to th egym as much as i want, so i went two days in a row on wednesday and thursday and did all my work out stuff i just mentioned.. on friday i felt like i got hit by a truck because my thighs were so sore!! but saturday my abs started to hurt and i could feel my stomach tightening up!! just talking about it makes me want to do more ab workouts today! LOOK i motivated myself!!!!

Do you guys know any of any sweet ass ab work outs i can do at home???


 

If you want to lose weight safely and effectively, one key factor is identifying your body’s metabolic type. In this brief article, we will take a closer look at one of the three metabolic types: the Carb Type.

Basic Characteristics of Carb Types

If you are identified as a Carbohydrate Type, your appetite tends to be weaker than Protein and Mixed Types. Carb Types are usually satisfied with just a minimal amount of food and don’t think too much about food until hungry. Carb Types may go for longer periods without food consumption. This may lead to starvation mode. This method of decreasing the body’s metabolic rate can make it make more difficult to lose weight and can lead to obesity. They have a high tolerance for carbohydrates and starchy food. This can be harmful, since it can lead to conditions such as diabetes, insulin resistance and hypoglycemia. Moreover, Carb Types tend to be more dependent to caffeine than other metabolic types. Oftentimes, dependency on caffeine suppresses their appetites more, leading to nutrient deficiency.

Ideal foods for Carb Types

The ideal diet for Carb Types should include more carbohydrates than fats or proteins. But this doesn’t mean that protein is not needed. Healthy options are low-fat proteins such as whitefish and white meat poultry. Carb Types can choose from various healthy carbohydrate sources and eat them in sizable portions than any other type. Keep in mind that Carb Types convert carbs into energy much slower than Protein Types. This doesn’t mean that they can binge on carbs.

Preventing Insulin Increase

If you’re a Carb Type with the objective of losing weight, one thing that you should be concerned about is having increased insulin levels. Insulin stores fat and larger amounts of it in your bloodstream will make it quite hard for you to lose weight. It is important to keep your insulin levels at bay.

Choosing Healthier Carb Sources

Go for low-starch vegetables such as salad greens and broccoli. Decrease your intake of high-starch carb sources such as grains, breads and pasta. If you feel sleepy, sluggish or hungry after eating a meal, you may have consumed more grain than recommended. Increase your protein intake and reduce the amount of grain in your next meals. 

Choosing Dairy Consciously

Carb Types are slow in metabolizing dairy. You can determine if dairy is a good option for you by checking your reaction after dairy consumption. It would be best if you limit the amount of dairy in your diet if you feel fatigued or sluggish after your consumption. Here’s some good sources of calcium.

Keep in mind that anything in excess can lead to weight disorder. Control your food intake in portions suitable for your metabolic type if you want to lose weight fast. For more safe, natural and effective strategies designed for your particular metabolic type, read the Diet Solution Manual, a powerful and highly proven diet system by acclaimed nutrition expert Isabel De Los Rios.

I’m Hayley and I am 21 years old.

I have began to realise that I haven’t been eating the right things at all so I have decided to do the 40 day challenge. My housemate is half way through her challenge and she has done so well!

The 40 day challenge has one major rule: eat healthy. So I am cutting down on the sugary snacks (my ultimate weakness). I’m not very happy with my weight at the moment but I have decided to bite the bullet and face the fact that I can look better. The truth is I want to be confident with the way I look. There was a point when I was 18/19 years old when I lost a lot of weight but remained unhappy with myself. In this challenge I was to focus on being happy with food and feeling comfortable in my own skin. 

I will document every single day of this challenge. I will write down what I eat, how much I weight and what kind of exercise I am doing.

Wish me luck

I’d like some more lovely, healthy fitness/weight-loss tumblrs to follow.

Tell me some of your favourites, please? :)

My first day back at the gym, IM PUMPED. :D

And if I accidentally shout‘fuck you’ don’t take it personally. I just hate you.

I started the beginner course today on the wii,

It was just a 20 minute work-out but I actually felt like it was doing something and that it could be something I could very well keep up if I get up early enough on a morning before I go to my boyfriends house.

It kind of works your brain as well as your body which is good, having to think about what you are doing etc. but I really enjoyed it :)

Now I dont really have weight to lose per say… but I do need to tone and I do think that this will work!

Super happy :)

Good morning Monday! Yesterday it was too hard to plan my meals because I was eating with family and didn’t know what I was going to eat or when or how much. But today I am back on track and planning all of my meals and snacks. 

I’m kicking off the week like I usually do, with an egg-white omelette and some good coffee. I seem to need something sweet at the end of each meal so I’m trying to always have strawberries on hand  and have one of those instead of something naughty! 

My Omelette: 

• 1/3 c egg white
• 1/4 c tomato
• 1/4 c chopped bell pepper
• 1 tbsp chopped onion 
• 1/8 c kidney beans
• 1/4 c fat-free cottage cheese
• ketchup
• 1 tsp nutritional yeast flakes
• salt + pepper

So satisfying, and under 200 kcals! Sometimes I add a slice of vegetarian bacon chopped up. 

Well. Fell of the wagon again. When did weightloss get this hard? I don’t remember it being this hard. My downfall this time? Homemade birthday cake and beer. And two free work dinners with set menus in one week. 

My problem is. If it’s there, I can’t stop myself. I properly can’t. It’s compulsive. If there is food/drink on the table in front of me I get occupied by a latent spirit that shoves the unhealthy goodness into my open and waiting mouth. 

But, I started this fine Monday morning with a big bowl of porridge and a banana and i’m feeling good. I moved house this weekend (again, sigh) and I think the new conditions are good for weightloss. For the last month I was living with my best friend in a very “share and share alike” situation. She’d make dinner and leave me some. She’d buy some sweets and offer me some and tell me to help myself. I’d come home and she’d have a huge, delicious meal waiting for me. And it was all so lovely but not good for weightloss. The new apartment is with strangers, Italians, and I doubt very much it’s going to be the same help yourself vibe (at least I hope not). So hopefully this will be good for my language skills and my body. 

Oh, by the way, I didn’t move houses for weight loss (in case it seemed that way). Her father is working in America for the summer and her mum was over there with him, so I was keeping her company in the empty house. But, her mum doesn’t like the place so she’s coming back early. No more chill time with the best friend and no more free rent = sad face. 

Hope you’re all doing well. I assure you even though i’m not posting as much I am trying my best to keep up with all your blogs. 

xx

If I want to get out of it completely (meaning, if I want to leave the gym), I have to write a letter stating so and hand it in at the beginning of July. 

All things considered, I go to a really good gym—but I think it’s time I check out some new ones. 

This week, I will go gym-hopping! Ha! 

Basically, I will check out some gyms in my town, maybe a couple in the next town over (where my aunt lives) and see what’s up. 

I’ve heard of some really good gyms with better rates than the one I go to (it costs me about $50 a month and I’ve heard of a few other good ones that cost about half of that) and since my college’s fees sort of went up this year, I think I am gonna have to go check out some new gyms regardless of if I want to or not (which I sort of want to, anyway). 

In the end, a gym is a gym, so… Guess we’ll see how that goes! 

Wish me luck in my search! :) 

I loved my vacation but in the end it was really hard to keep all my healthy habits up. We ate out more, etc.

And I weighed in today I was 93,1kg. 2 kilos gained.. :D

BUT! I swear I look skinnier than 3 weeks ago, even though the gain! :)

And now I can back to my healthy life again. Plus working out!! Though I hurt my ankle in the plane yesterday so I have to take it easy for a while.

Anyways I’m back.

thats right i have booyah :) very happy - still got a long way to go but definately getting there!

Cravings for food

whilst in too much pain to work out :’(

Who would have ever thought 8 days would be so hard?! I took yesterday off from 30DS and came back to level 2 today. OMFG—That bitch is crazy. I was yelling all sorts of curse words at the tv this morning. Poor neighbors. lol Ok so I couldn’t do like any of the moves. Its different from level 2 because she doesn’t actually show you what your doing first…you just do it. It took me a few reps to actually grasp the motion of the move. I HATE the fact that most of the strength is combined with cardio! As a result I found myself stopping and panting and not even making the full range of movement. Thats what I get for not starting out with a cup of coffee right? Oh and I HATE HATE HATE HATE lunges and plank. I always change the moves to a squat or bicycle crunches and this whole level is based around plank. 

I ended up cheating yesterday. I had left over mexican which I don’t think was too terrible. It was an enchilada filled with re-fried beans and beef. lettuce on top and a dab of sour cream. The kicker was dustin brought home an entire box of mrs. fields cookies…and i ate 3 of the damn things. like 18g of carbs and 200 cal a piece! We had a veggie kashi pizza and a big garden salad for dinner…I ate too much of that pizza but it only ended up being about 40 carbs total with the salad. I’m under on carbs but over on calories.I was just SO hungry yesterday…idk why??

I MUST get back into the game today! I put the cookies in his car lol I wont be tempted if I don’t see them. I’m trying to decide what to pack for lunch, gotta stop and get more lettuce again. I was considering a sandwich with a veggie platter—no dressing—like cucumbers, green peppers, and some carrots. Tonight will probably be left over chicken and asparagus with steamed cauliflower and carrots (its a steam fresh bag). Ive noticed that were tag teaming dinner now…He does the meat and I do the veggies, at least until he learns what I’m suppose to eat proportion wise.

Still no major side effects from spiro, other then my IBS is flaring up but honestly thats because of my stress level. When I’m REALLY stressed it gets awful…so I’m trying to chill out. I’m doing homework all this week…and exercising. This weekend I can relax a little—4th of July weekend and all. I get the 4th off paid so I think I’m gonna save that day off paid for the beach…I can always use extra cash. lol

Well thats it for today. Happy Monday and exercising to all my tumblrs.

Ps. the only way I can figure out how to enable comments is a question…so there?

My first day back at the gym, IM PUMPED. :D

Day Seven- Do your parents know you’re trying to lose weight? Do they care?

SOMEDAY! 

The equations for your base metabolic rate:

English BMR Formula:
Women: 655 + (4.35 X Weight in lbs) + (4.7 X Height in inches) - (4.7 X age)
Men: 66 + (6.23 X Weight in lbs) + 12.7 X Height in inches) - (6.8 X age)

Metric BMR Formula:
Women: 655 + (9.6 X Weight in kg) + (1.8 X Height in cm) - (4.7 X age)
Men: 66 + (13.7 X Weight in kg) + (5 X Height in cm) - (6.8 X age)

I’m not going to have a swimming suit body this summer, but I will next summer. Maybe I’ll even decide to get even thinner by then. I can’t wait to wear a bikini, even if it is a year away.

hello all of my new followers! 

please reblog if you want me to check out your blog if i’m not following you already!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m so freaking excited! I weigh 190!!!!!! 10lbs! (mind you, I lost this in 2 weeks not one) I was so scared I wasn’t going to lose anything because of a few f*ck ups, but wow, 10 lbs… I was not expecting that.

Hi! :)

No,my parents doesn’t know. My dad always talk to me about weight-loss,because i want to me do that…I think that i’ll be happy,but i’m not doing this for him at all.

My mother isn’t interested on weight.

Just some of my friends know about,because i don’t want they to say “oh great!”

binge binge binge

Lunch/Breakfast: Egg, toast and raspberries

Dinner: Pasta with marinara sauce and strawberries

Snack: Popcorn, grapes

Calorie Intake: 694

Calorie Output: 2365

Net Calories: -1554

I never notice on days that I’ve eaten less until I calculate my calories, it feels like I’m eating the same amount.

Going running at 6am :)

I’ve realized how important running is. My friend from work has been running everyday and eating what she wants, but choosing healthier foods and has been looking and feeling better than ever. (that’s not her though^ haha)

She has a healthy glow to her, her body is toning up in a beautiful healthy curvy way and she truly looks amazing.

Stay strong and push yourself to get off the sofa or out of bed and go running. You girls are all so beautiful and I want you to feel it too :)

another face change proof :) 

me -66lbs, in less than a year :)

it is worth it so yeah :)

can’t wait to weigh myself tomorrow morning. hope its not a let down. so close to hitting 66kg - i was 67.2 this morning, and i ate really well and killed myself at body pump today. increased my weights for squats and triceps like i mentioned, and it was absolutely fine! i’ve quadrupled the weight i use on the squat track since i started doing pump properly only a couple of weeks ago! i’m getting stronger. never been able to see/feel it like this before.

have moroccan oil all through my hair as a treatment and it smells DELICIOUS.

another face change proof :) 

me -66lbs, in less than a year :)

it is worth it so yeah :)

breakfast: oatmeal with banana, egg beaters and almond butter(200)
lunch(on the go): wrap with 1 tbsp cream cheese and tomato(150), cheese stick(70), yogurt(80)
snack: almonds(100), apple(80)
dinner: clam chowder(200), strawberries(50)
snack: sugar free hot coco(25)
TOTAL: 1055+error

To anybody out there on this weight loss journey I just want to reach out. I feel so alone, isolated, depressed, & distraught. I find myself crying almost every night now thinking all those years I messed up my journey. I’m now at the point where I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve restarted this journey over the last 5 years and have only managed to get bigger. I recently saw the guy I like at my cpr renewal course & when I got home I couldn’t help but break down and cry about how hopeless my chances are. He only knows a minute portion of just how much I adore him yet all my efforts so far have been unsuccessful. I feel as if every part of me is in pieces. Academically, emotionally, physically, socially….and not to talk of a nonexistent love life which has lasted over a year now. I deserve to be happy and confident. I need to prove that I can conquer my fears. I need this. I need him.

I am stronger than this shit. I will lose weight.

Pull yourself together girl, not again. 

Yes, this weekend was shocking in terms of food. But starting right now I’m going to be back onto eating healthy and hitting the gym Monday to Friday. I was doing well, in a messed up kind of way, I don’t want to keep hovering around this weight, I still have so far to go.

Well everyone, it's summer!

Hey Ladies and Guys :] 

As you know I am not the skinniest girl and I have been looking in buying something that I would be able to wear in the summer and keep cool that wouldn’t expose my fat thighs (they won’t be fat for very long mawhaha….) and I found MAXI SKIRTS.

Maxi Skirts are a nice trend for the summer because they are usually in light fabrics and in fun colors. I feel like they can go from day to night so I decided to do a fashion post on how I wear them.

…so….this is how I wear my maxi skirts. :] 

Outfit 1 

Top - J Brand - 29.99

Maxi Skirt - Ross - 9.99 (^_^ great price!)

Belt - Express - 2.99 

Outfit 2 

Top-Foreign Exchange -16.99?

Maxi Skirt - Ross - 9.99

Belt - Metro Park - 9.99

Thanks for stopping by. 

How is everyone doing?  Have any of you reached your goal weights/ goal bodies yet?  I know i surely haven’t hahah.  Just because we’ve reached summer does.nt mean it’s time to quit though!!!   ESPECIALLY if your like me and have’t reached all of your goals yet.

Lets keep going!! 

Make NEW goals!!!

Start out with smaller ones that will be easier to achieve. Things like , Eat a healthy breakfast everyday , or Consume less calories than you burn in a day , or lose one pound in a week!

Simple things so that when you reach them you will feel that much more motivated to keep going!

I was pretty upset when I realized i wasn’t going to have  my hot, sexy , summer body that i planned on having but that is NOT going to stop me!  And it shouldn’t stop you either!

 

Let’s (continue to) do this!!!! 

;D

binge-ing

So badly that I wanna cry.

I weighed myself this morning and I did lose a total of 5 pounds this week! That means I’ve lost a total of 10 pounds in just the few weeks I’ve been doing this. Which feels so good!

I’ve been keeping really busy. That’s why I wasn’t here at all yesterday. I am sooo close to being completely finished with my apartment. The living room and kitchen are all done and honestly, it’s never looked better. And last night I was so tired, I went to sleep easily with my muscles aching. It felt good.

Today I am doing my laundry over at my parents so I will be hanging out over there today. I haven’t seen them all week and we’re really close so I miss them.

I’ll go through my dashboard tonight and get all caught up with you guys!

Hope everyone has a great day!

I was a little upset recently because my only gauge that I was losing inches (besides measuring lol) was watching vainly as my stomach has started to disappear. I’ve had my gut since I first got into this mess. I just wanted it to go away.

And it occurred to me that I looked in the mirror and didn’t see it moving this week. Cue depression and melodramatics.

Well… yesterday my mom was staring at me kind of hard like she was like inspecting me.

She told me that she could notice the weight loss in my arms, legs, and the rest of my over all body, not just my stomach.

And when I went over my boyfriend’s house he said to me, “You’re losing so much weight…” as he went on to poke and prod at the areas he noticed it at.

So I guess it wasn’t a bad thing, my body just kind of decided some fat from elsewhere needed to be gone too. I can drink to that!!! …. Some water anyway lol.

The Claim: Your Stomach Shrinks When You Eat Less

I’ve given up my bad eating habits. Before I would eat whatever I wanted, I never looked at nutritional facts. And I would eat when I wasn’t even hungry. Now I pay attention to everything and I eat a lot more fresh fruits and vegetables. I hardly ever drink pop anymore and when I do, it’s diet, I pretty much only drink water or at least Crystal Light.

Even though it’s hard sometimes, I’m fine with the things I’ve given up, it’ll be completely worth it in the end.

but I still don’t base my self worth on a number from a scale, and I pity those girls who do. 

Starting Weight: 150

Goal Weight: 120 by December 31 2011.

How i plan on doing it: Dancing, walking, jogging, Breastfeeding, Dieting, eating less fast food, drinking more water, exercising.

Day Twenty- Favorite diet?

I don’t believe in diets because they have the word “die” in it. I believe in changing my lifestyle by having healthy eating habits and working out.

Self-control. It’s just two words. Two little words stuck together, forever, with a hyphen. Self-control. Three syllables. Three vowels. A five word definition:

The ability to control oneself.

I need better self-control. Leave me alone in my house for longer than an hour and I’m munching on everything. A perpetual snacker. A perfect day of eating the healthiest food, taking in the right number of calories, doing a proper amount of exercise can be spoiled so easily with one measly breach of self-control. An entire day of making myself better is thrown away.

Only it never feels like one day. It feels like an entire week comes crashing down. As if those few minutes when I’ve thrown caution and self-control to the wind have ruined my entire life. And, after a few minutes, I close the bag of chips, or stop chewing on a brownie mid-chew, and think, fuck.

A classy word, I know, but it’s true. It’s instant regret. It’s instant shame. It’s instant self-loathing. Instant self-deprecation. Fuck.

Today I’ve been good. Today I’ve eaten exactly what I was planning to eat. No surprise snacks. No rifling through kitchen cabinets or the fridge. I’ve been good. I feel good. Proud, even. But one craving at the right moment could bring me down.

Self-control.

Such a simple word, but it’s the key to everything.

I cant remember the last time I was even “able” to binge. I honestly don’t even know what its like to eat a normal serving for a real meal anymore. I am constantly poking at my food, and then just getting so nervous I can’t even eat half of it. 

What stage of this ED am I at when I don’t binge anymore, because the idea of losing that level of control makes me shake just thinking about it. What’s sad is I WANT to eat a home cooked meal of my moms. I want to be able to eat an entire chicken breast and some healthy corn and not go on an emotional rollar coaster. But I can’t. I can’t eat it all, because my mind just tells me I’m fat, that that means I’m failing, and that I’ll never be pretty if I don’t contain myself and have some control. 

My mind keeps screaming fat fat fat, and failure whenever I eat anything. Today I got some yogurt, and I could only eat half of it because I honestly felt like I was instantly gaining weight. 

I don’t like this feeling, and feel trapped with these voices in my head. Maybe when I reach a lower weight, then I’ll stop. But i just cant.

things i did tonight...

I’m glad I balanced out being over calories earlier in the week, cuz I’m about 250 calories over today!!! I think I’m about to do a random work out, to try to make myself feel better about it. 

I ate a plate and a half of sushi, and you’d be surprised how much calories are in those little bastards!! I guess it’s all the rice, but jeez. I didn’t realize until after I had already smashed it, so the damage was already done =( !

But afterwards we also went to Baskin Robbins. I could have been a fat girl and gotten ice cream, but I got low fat frozen yogurt which was just as yummy and didn’t even think of seconds or anything.

Also, I think me changing my habits could also motivate my parents to get off their asses too! My mom is pre-obese and my stepdad has diabetes. We had a talk about how I’ve lost the weight and they’ve decided to give it a shot. Good luck to them!

So all in all it’s been a pretty good day. It’ll be better after my work out! Wish me luck. My butt muscles are crying right now from those squats. Hopefully my butt’ll get bigger with muscle when I keep on it ;D

Jealous.

lost exactly 5 lbs in the last 2 weeks. so happy. need to continue this.

Finally have a scale back, so I’ll be able to keep track more consistently.

Didn’t eat too well today though. I’m embarrassed to tell you guys what it was, but I’ll admit I was craving pizza and chocolate :/ Work was stressful today so I came home and pigged out even more. I need to learn to control myself. 

But tomorrow is a new day and hopefully I can make up for it by eating perfectly. I’m scared I’m starting to lose my motivation already. I need help keeping my willpower! 

My Plan:

• Wake up, drink a full bottle of water, then eat egg whites, a veggie sausage and a piece of wheat toast. 
• Go for a run, no matter what the weather. Come home, do a Nike Work Out on my phone.
• Possibly hang out with this kid from work. ;) Hehe. If not and it’s nice out, BEACH all the way. 
• Eat a late lunch: Chobani with Kashi Cereal, Berries and Cinnamon.
• Keep busy until work to avoid a binge!
• Work 6:30-10:30. Most likely WON’T go out after. Hopefully we don’t break tomorrow night so I don’t feel forced to eat, but if we do I hope we get ice cream instead of ordering food so I can just get frozen yogurt.

Jealous of all my friends seeing Taylor Swift tomorrow though :( WAH.

This was taken at a time when I was most comfortable with myself.

My face was slim, I had no back boobs, toned arms and very little stomach overhang.

I’ll be happy to be back at this by September.

She’s so fucking perfect. She is my inspiration for my body.

“there are only 2 choices: make progress or make excuses.”

-

ellen mikesell

which choice will you make?

 I have struggled with my weight my entire life. I once knew what it was like to be 140 pounds & I have seen the scale reach 310 pounds But i know in my heart i cannot stop my journey. I know I am beautiful but when i look in the mirror my mind says “why? Why did you let yourself go?” But i am picking myself back up & finishing this journey. Im ready to be healthy & happier than ever!

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Healthy Diet – A Guide to Weight Loss June 25, 2011 | Author: joegigs | Posted in Health & Fitness Listed below are some fat loss eating plan hints that will be followed anyplace, daily: 1. Make a scrumptious reduced mayonnaise by combining 1 teaspoon of Dijon mustard or satay sauce having a reduced yogurt. Read more at paksfun.com

 

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karaokee’d the following songs:

1. shoop by salt n pepa.

2. drop it like it’s hot by snoop dogg. and yes, i rapped the entire. substituting the bad “n” word for NINJA. caught some flack for it at first, but eventually had the entire bar goin with it.

3. “hold on” by wilson phillips because it’s the best song in the entire world and if you don’t like it then we probably aren’t friends or if we are then we probably shouldn’t be if you don’t like wilson phillips.

also, i got drinks bought for me because some guy told me i was the “meanest” girl at the bar because i wouldn’t flirt with him. when i did he still told people i was mean but then switched it to “feisty” which I can appreciate because I know I am.

Parents..

After saying countless times that I am going to start something, I’ve decided tomorrow will be the most ideal day to do it. Yes a Saturday- weird I know right, an odd day to start a workout regime, a new life philosophy, and being a whole new person? Well yes I agree. But I decided that Saturday…tomorrow, is perfect. Two days before work starts and it will get me pumped. A few days before vacation, and it will allow me to stay on track while I am soaking up the rays in Aruba- and running on the beach there. It will give me precisely 8 weeks before going back to school, that is two months. Two months to change my life with a few tweaks here and there. Two months before I begin an intense Master’s program, and make a new life for myself, hopefully with a job on the side. Two months. I can do it. Motivation and determination baby.  I got this. 

Dinner!

Turkey burgers, side of guac, and green beans - 8 pointsplus

So today was interesting, I wen’t out for a jog this morning, just casually moving along ya know how we do. Anyways I got to the end of my road turned right, and low and behold, a grizzly bear is staring at me from 20 yards away. I sware, in that one moment I almost pissed myself. I had to think what I was taught in elementry school. my mental process went a little like “ok not stop, drop and roll. Don’t stand tall, and don’t run.” obviously I wanted to run so much but I sped walked down a side street and when I was out of the sight of the bear, I don’t think I’ve ever ran that fast in my entire life. scariest thing ever! unfortunately I only got half a mile in. good news is I found out I can run half a mile straight… with the right motivation.

Me…. April ‘09 and June ‘11 (last weekend, to be exact.  Posted a few days ago to my other (random/personal) tumblr as well.

So I guess I lost weight in my hands too….? Sounds wierd, but this ring used to not go past my second knuckle, and now its too big? Hey, I’ll take it!

Ignore the fact that my nails aren’t painted, I’m doing them RIGHT NOW.

Day 9 - Did people ever make comments about your weight in a negative way?

Let’s recall a few.

“Hey Brittany, did you put on some weight or is that a tire under your shirt?”

-some dick from high school

“Wow, you’re looking a bit pudgy, maybe you should skip the fettucini tonight.”

-Grandma

“Once you lose weight, you’re going to be so pretty!”

-ex-friend

“You’re fat so you’re ugly!”

-sister’s friend (age 6)

“Get away from me, fat whale”

-Max from middle school

the list goes on. 

Day 09 of 30DS: 

I STILL can’t do all of it. I feel like a loser. I can’t do all those push-ups, I just can’t do it yet. I fucking hate moving on in a routine before I can do 100% of it, but I can’t hold myself back. :[ Anyone else have this problem?

Tonight was the second night that I did Zumba! This exercise didn’t seem as difficult to do, but maybe that’s how Zumba works? Or maybe I’m just awesome and I’m getting more endurance? Haha. Who knows.

I know in a post earlier, I said no cake for me tonight for my mom’s birthday, and well, I kept that promise, but I did delve into some brownies & ice cream that we had. Blah. I was glad to Zumba at least a piece of that off right away.

For now I’ve been doing the 20 minute workout classes, but maybe I’ll eventually step it up to the 40 minute classes. I can see that being quite a workout. We’ll see. I do feel better for having done it again tonight, though! It really is fun!

I don’t know how to get my mom to become healthy with me. I’m so terrified that she’s going to die from a stroke or heart attack. Not just because she doesn’t eat right. She doesn’t even have a whole lot of weight to lose. She’s beautiful. But she smokes. She’s stressed out. She’s a bad insomniac. & she barely eats at all. She snacks more than she eats regular food, but for breakfast & lunch she’s rarely hungry. The other day, I made her breakfast without asking her, just so she would have to eat something. & then I packed her lunch. I’ve asked her to please stop smoking around me because I have asthma & I’m allergic to cigarette smoke. She doesn’t smoke in the house at all anymore. She finally quit doing that when every time she’d light up, I’d run into the room thinking there was a fire somewhere. But she still smokes in the car. I’m trying to get her quit doing that too, but she won’t listen. I just wish she’d quit. I bought her a book last year to help to quit. She read it, but apparently it didn’t help. /: If anything were to happen to her, I’d have no one. Although we argue sometimes, I love her to death (no pun intended) & want her to be around for a really long time. Blauuhh! Help!

Also, no exercise for me tonight. I guess tonight will be my rest night. I’ll exercise sometime tomorrow since Mom will be here to help with the yard sale. 
Weigh in is Monday. I hope I’ve lost at least one pound. I’d be happy with 2 or 3 pounds for sure though! Haha. I’ve been eating lots of fruit. It’s my favorite. Especially in the summer. I don’t think there’s a fruit that I don’t like…out of the ones I’ve tasted anyway. I need to try more veggies now. I keep trying tomatoes, & I just don’t like them. But I want to like them so bad! I’m starting to like cucumber a little bit. It’s just an odd taste. It freaks my taste buds out! I like lettuce. I like spinach. I need to try some celery again. I love green beans. Clearly I’m picky with my veggies. That’s one reason it’s been so hard for me to lose weight. I never knew how to eat right…I never likes vegetables. So now I just keep trying to make myself like them. Hopefully it will work!
I wish I could like fish too. /: I like chicken. Boneless, skinless chicken. It’s my favorite. That’s enough about foods that I like!

Oh! I watched Blue Valentine tonight. I think that’s what it’s called. It broke my heart & made me really sad! I hate when movies do that to me! I hated the ending. But I love Ryan Gosling. He’s beautiful.  

Now I’m sitting in bed listening to Ryan Bingham. Yay! (:

Sweet dreams.

xo
T 

PS: Don’t feel like proofreading..sorry for any grammatical errors. Haha! 

Breakfast

• Honey Bunches of Oats w/2% milk= 163

Lunch

• Tossed salad with vinegar= 65

Snacks

• 1/2 cup Apple crisp= 150
• Mango= 135
• 1 slice of vanilla cake no icing= 350-ish

Dinner

• 1 slice of Sam’s Club pepperoni pizza= 380

Total: 1243

Exercise

• Elliptical 50 min= 675
• 1/2 hour walk= 155
• Bicep curls
• Overhead tricep extensions

Total Burned: 830

It would have been a better day food wise if my mom hadn’t come home from work with cake that she got during an employee birthday party :P But we finished the leftover pizza in the fridge so I won’t be eating too much of that anymore either :)

They are making potato salad and fried chicken… I have nothing else to eat… :( it’ll be yummy but I’ll exercise tonight just in case… I don’t know :(

So apparently my parents are making daiquiris tonight which is supposed to make me excited but...Im going to skip on it this tim

i think people who lose weight quickly get stretched skin hanging afterwards or people who only lose weight with dieiting and no exercise. also i think people with hell weight also have loose skin afterwards which im really afraid of. i was thinking it should be like lose, tone, lose, tone, lose, tone .. yeah? what you all gals think? 

how to prevent loose skin after losing weight?

I’m fed up of it, and it can suck my tits.

no binging, no laziness; just exercise and motivation. 

these 120’s can GTFO of my life; and never return.

Seeing as though I’m on here, I thought I’d share a few things that I’ve been doing and that have helped:

- It is 100% possible to lose weight healthily, it’s slow but it’s the best option.

- Drinking water does help, I feel a lot more awake and energised than I did 6 months ago, I know this may not be completely due to a higher water intake but I’m sure it’s one of the factors…

- If you want a slice of cake at a birthday party, or a burger at a bbq, then just have it! It’s not gonna hurt, plus, its yum :) Also, eat it slowly to enjoy it more.

- Don’t give up all the bad foods you love, life is too short to restrict yourself.

- Walk! I have never, ever been to a gym, no really. I just swap the bus or a lift in a car for walking, no matter what the weather, if it rains I just shove on my wellington boots and grab an umberella! I also often get my bike out and ride places, or if I really want to get out but have nowhere to go, I go for a walk with my friends or boyfriend.

- Tell people what you are doing. The more people that know, the more support you will gain and it will become a lot easier. I kept it hidden from friends because people would always say “Nooo you are fine, don’t diet!” but this isn’t a diet. It’s eating healthy for my body and treating it right, with the advantage of weight loss.

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I hope that somebody may read this and that it’s helpful, I feel like I’ve acheived so much in these months, and writing this now has stopped me from nipping downstairs for a late night snack that I don’t need. Which reminds me, eat when you are hungry!!!!

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Today is day 2.

So far, so good.

I did go a little over yesterday, but that’s because I wasn’t intitially trying to start. But when I looked at my calories for the day I figured it was good enough because it was only a little higher than 500.

Today my limit is 500 (or less).

It’s 5:40 PM and I’ve had 341 calories. (black coffee, lots of water, 4 saltine crackers, iced tea, more water, and a frozen dinner)

I feel great and today has been surprisingly easy.

Anyone else doing the abc diet?
Perhaps we should follow one another to keep ourselves motivated.

Wish me luck for the days to come!

15min TBL Circuit Training Workout

10min Standing Ab Workout w/ Jennifer Gilardi

My grandma made red beans & rice for dinner so I had about a cup of it with crystal light as usual.

can’t wait to get these when I get to my ugw. bullhead...

I know I don’t usually post “weight-loss” stuff like this, but bear with me.

I know a lot of people on tumblr are trying to lose weight to fit into clothes.

Your motivation is a really tight dress or a tiny pair of shorts.

While that’s nice and all, I highly encourage you to be careful. I’m not saying that all diets turn into eating disorders, but those that do develop into something more serious, it doesn’t end well.

Because honestly? It gets to a point where clothes don’t fit, and not in a good way.

The shorts in that picture are a size 00.

They don’t fit.

Because I ruined my body with nearly 4 years of malnutrition and starvation.

And that’s not pretty or dainty or sexy.

Looking like a child isn’t a good thing.

You don’t want the body of an 11 year old boy. 

Cause I actually have the body of an 11 year old. Not to be crude or anything, but I have no boobs, and no hips. And that really isn’t something to strive for. 

If you’re going to diet because you are overweight, and it is badly effecting your health, than please, go for it.

But don’t diet to get rid of curves. Because looking like a kid isn’t attractive.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to insult people who are naturally petite.

I’m just trying to discourage girls who are trying to lose weight in often unhealthy ways in an effort to fit into tiny clothes and have a small ‘dainty’ body.

Yeah, I know it’s cliche and way overused, but looking like a grownup woman with an actual body is a good thing. Love who you are. Don’t try to starve yourself smaller.

Please.

Thats what I’m telling myself- no new clothes till I’m 200 or less. I’m hoping that I can get down to this within the next 2 weeks! It’s SO hard for me to not go shopping- but I know that if I hold out I will be able to buy smaller sizes and shopping will be twice as rewarding! 

10 pounds to go! Wish me luck!

Much love!

Hi! I’m 23 years old and used to weigh 130lbs… after lots of life changes and poor diet choices I have gained over 40lbs in under 3 years. It is very embarrassing and painful but I blame no one but myself. I love to eat and I use food to fill me up when I am having any feelings that I don’t want to deal with such as: boredom…FOOD!, stress…FOOD!, loneliness…FOOD! This behavior has got to stop.

**Motivators**

I have family coming into town the weekend of July 8th, 2011 who are very critical. This diet is not for them but the kickstart of that weekend looming over me is going to be fuel for the fire.

I am also in my first wedding (other than being a flower girl) next May as a bridesmaid and am very excited about it. This is also a huge motivation for me to lose weight.

I understand that some people reading this may think this is an unhealthy amount of weight to lose in such a short period of time but I don’t care. I plan on using this blog to document my successes (and shortfalls) while holding myself accountable to my plan and hopefully have a little fun with it!

-A.

this before pic embarasses me so much.. but at the same time comparing these two motivates me so much to keep going and never give up. & never let myself look that way again..

5’9, from 185 to 157, lost 28 lbs

a total of 39 pounds down, 10-15 more to go! 

i got this!!! :)

WEIGHT LOG:

Starting Weight: 189.0 (Since the first day of my diet; I was 194.8 a week earlier)

Week 1: 184.4

Week 2: 181.4

Week 3: 179.8

Goal Weight: 135.0

can’t wait to get these when I get to my ugw. bullhead hermosa super skinnies. mmm.

Reasons to lose weight: to rock the hell out of a dress like...

Dinner @ Red Robin 7pm

•Ensenada Chicken™ Platter (salad and only one chicken breast- - i saved the other one for an omelet tomorrow morning)

• Water

We  walked around the mall after dinner and i had two See’s Candy Samples. =[ I knew i shouldn’t have but i did… NO MORE…

Morning: 120.6lbsNight: 122.2lbs =[

**P90x Plyometrics, 30 day shred Level 1 & Butt workouts**

this afternoon i had to buy new black pants for work IN A SMALLER SIZE because my old ones are now too big!! i haven’t even lost that much weight at all…but i must be toning up because not only was the waist of the pants really loose (and needing to be held up with a belt), but all down the leg was baggy. i actually looked quite shocking in them today. all those squats in body pump must be paying off!

off to power yoga tonight i think. need something slightly restful after the week i’ve had. then body pump on saturday morning - I’m going to up my weights again for squats and triceps.

around this little community we have here, tumblr?

do you feel a change?

you’ve been thinking to yourself, “when i get skinny, when i get skinny, when i get skinny…” but what if you don’t? because at 3 AM when stick-figures fill your dashboard, and your stomach is growling and all you can think about is that 4 cheese frozen pizza in the fridge and you haven’t eaten all day and you’ve been really good lately so what’s the harm…

and then you hate yourself and punish yourself and feel so low and worthless. but the next day is a new day so you keep up the mantra, “when i get skinny, when i get skinny, when i get skinny….”

but how about now? pre-skinny. what are you going to do now? 

maybe i’m at this point in my life where starving myself isn’t an option anymore. before i liked looking like a stick-figure. i was young and tiny and weightless and people wanted to protect me. now i’m 20 and i want to protect myself. i don’t want to be this little doe. i want to be a sexy woman. and i’m not there yet, i have a very long way to go. but i’m not doing it the old way anymore.

i’ve started to eat healthy foods, my fridge is stocked with fruits and veggies and my pantry has almonds and wheat pasta. i do toning exercises everyday and i go on runs when i don’t have to work. i have never felt better or looked better in my life.

i feel a change, tumblr.

people in this community have started to realize that they don’t need to be mindfucked every time they eat a bagel. the cycle can keep going or it can end.

UGH! I hate how I looked in my 2010’s birthday =/

Me alegra que ya no tengo esa panza fea =]

So tonight I made some grilled tofu steak things, but I wasn’t going to eat them yet because the rest of dinner wasn’t done being made. (Others were grilling chicken, making salad etc), wellllllll, it was after 9pm when everything was done. I was *going to go for a run, because I didn’t earlier, but it was hot until past dark/I can’t jog past dark around here, blah blah, so I missed dinner.

Question is: It’s now almost 1am, and I can’t sleep. My stomach is killing me with hunger, and I don’t want to slow my metabolism, but I also don’t want to eat and then fall asleep in an hour, turning it straight to fat. I’m craving everything, and resisting, but I don’t know if maybe I should have a glass of milk? It has protein anyway. Or we have these little grapefruit-cups, but they’re 100 calories, and no protein.. Where milk at least has some protein, and we have a no-fat kind.

Blah blah blah I’m hungry and I want to eat so my metabolism doesn’t die, but I also don’t want to gorge. Help :c

im in europe so my days r a little screwed but ill be here tilp the 3rd (i get back either 3rd or 4th)