i would just like to say that
fatallover:
since i’ve been back for the past six days i have…
- gone to the gym 4 times
- felt my muscles being stretched and pushed
- sweated my way through every bit of my new xmas workout clothes
- developed a glow-like look to my skin
- been overall more happy (thank you, endorphins)
- made better decisions in the dining hall
- received support from my roommate
- become slightly more confident and comfortable with myself
I’m so hoping for this next week. It’s going to be hard getting back into it at school with the enthusiasm I have right now. With four art classes, my RA job, my ONE extracurricular, and internship searching, I’m going to have to work extra hard to make sure that I make it to the gym, which is on the opposite side of campus from where I am.
(via fatallover-deactivated20110327)
All of the fitness blogs I follow seem to be posting rules they are making for themselves for the month of September.
I’m going to do so as well, because I need them. Booooy, do I need them. I feel like I have not been doing well he past few weeks (although apparently I look like I’ve still lost weight. I dunno. I kinda stopped weighing myself). I need to get back on track, now that I’ve started school again (YAY).
So, here we go.
- Work out 6 days a week (time doesn’t matter-as long as I do something).
- No more fatty, fried, greasy food (looking at you, pizza).
- Salad at very meal.
- Two SMALL cheats a week (this means anything I want, as long as it is in moderation. I can go over calories for it, IN MODERATION) at the most.
- Count calories and protein-ony those two.
- Weigh in every sunday, shoot for 1-2 lbs a week.
- Don’t freak out if nothing changes. This isn’t a race, it’s a lifestyle change.
My goal is to be at 140 by Christmas, which means I have about for months to loose 30 lbs. Totally possible.
nutritionista:
I hate to be all blahblah I hate labels blahblah (because, I mean, who’s ever claimed to LOVE labels?), but I really do hate diet labels. Whether you’re talking about labels like vegetarian, or pescatarian, or labels like Atkins, or South Beach, or Paleo, etc., just… eat what you eat and LET IT BE.
As long as it fits this criteria, I couldn’t care less if you eat meat or not, if you’re down with dairy, if you’regluten-free or eat ALL THE GLUTEN. I don’t care if you eat bugs or balut. If you want to be vegetarian six days of the week and gorge yourself on meat on the seventh? YOU DO YOU.
(If you want to eat fire, eat fire. Just be safe.)
I had a few friends in college who would always go vegan during the month of February just because it was something they did. They didn’t brag about it, or tell people how “vegan” they were. They just… stopped eating meat and dairy, and other animal byproducts. That was it.
One of my friends recently put it like this:
Who gives a flying fuck what you eat and what sort of diet dogma you follow? I’m so sick of the labels, as though knowing that you’re a vegetarian somehow gives me useful information about your personality. (It doesn’t.)
I like meat, I eat meat. I don’t ONLY eat meat, which means sometimes I eat “vegetarian” meals. After Pad Thai for lunch, I had a bowl of cherries for dinner. OH MY GAH, AM I VEGAN?
Your food choices don’t make you a more or less worthwhile human being than anyone else.
You know what defines your humanity? The shit that you would take with you if society collapsed right now. Your bravery, ingenuity, courage, creative thinking, leadership, compassion. If civilization ground to a halt, what would you have to help the world out?
Eating Kashi for breakfast gives you ZERO, metaphysically. Thin people aren’t better than fat people because when the shit goes down, this gives you no advantage. (Technically, you’re probably at a disadvantage, but I digress.) So work on your fucking personality, instead. Work on your mind. Read shit - and don’t feel fucking superior for doing it. Listen to your fellow humans, learn how to think for yourself. Give your money away, figure out what fucking matters.
Eat how you’re going to eat and shut up about it.
And hey, if you are pretty married to your label, then at least know that it doesn’t have to define you. And it shouldn’t.
(Source: yourhealthista)
Dear the-khoawesome
Thank you for following!!!
I’m sorry, everyone, if I’ve been so incredibly inactive lately. I was going hard and doing really well up until summer hit. At school, I didn’t even really need this tumblr tokeep myself accountable.
But now I’ve hit a plateau at the 175-177 range for about a month and a half. It was bound to happen, but I’m still getting really frustrated. I’m going to try increasing my intake by about 200 calories, bringing me up to 1,600 a day, 130g protein. I work on my feet 10 hours a day plus my workout, so I think I may not be getting enough. If this helps at all, I might try taking a week off at the end of July while I’m on vacation (eating maitenence calories [still with high levels of protein] and not working out more than walking)(taking advice from the brilliant Mr.smarthealth’s page on plateaus).
I’m also going to start updating you more, as much as I can with my job. Maybe having my followers to vent to a little will keep me from going so cray-cray (as Jojo says) about my weight. Because it’s not about numbers, it’s about my health. And I’ve lost a lot already. I just have to remember that.
It’s not about numbers, it’s not about numbers, it’s not about numbers.
