Hey guys. So I have a question. Is 110 lbs an appropriate weight loss goal for someone who is...

but then my ibs made me exhausted and my heartburn flared up like a motherfucker.

its been like this all week.

how am i going to lose weight if i cant excerise because im too exhausted and sick to do it??!!

whatever. im going to go sleep my symotoms away.

Having one of those days where I feel like I’m getting no where. I feel quite heavy and  sluggish, it’s so weird because I’ve done nothing to make me feel like this. I hate going to bed feeling fat. It’s really not like me to feel like this at all.

I promise I’ll stop being so melodramatic soon, followers!

my boyfriend is in the marines, and all this long distance is making me have emotional cravings. I’ve been having some very good days and some very bad days, I just need to get some motivation to get back. The thing with me is I always work out, usually 2-4 times a day, but at the very minimum once, but no matter how many times I work out, if I eat something bad, it throws me off for a couple of days, and just keeps making it easier to eat junk the next day.

I guess what the point of this is, does anyone want to be a texting buddy or something? I need someone to yell at me and keep me on track. ?

But I just pulled all my fat so It looked like I was skinny. it looked good…. heyoo summer goal! hahaha

anyways, I’ve lost 5 lbs in about.. 2 weeks, without exercise. Just food-eating change haha. Summer+healthier food+ being able to work out + blahblahblah= losing weight. Yeah buddy.

5’7” 113.5 lbs

“It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop.”

- Confucius. :)

I can’t stop thinking about the chocolate mousse in the fridge.

WAAAAH!

I can’t wait to use it! It’ll be so much easier to keep motivated now.

Hey guys.  So I have a question.  Is 110 lbs an appropriate weight loss goal for someone who is 5’2”?  I just wanna confirm that I’m not going too low.

What do you think?

Tues: Snack 2

Okay, so it’s finally sunny, and I finally have the motivation I need to get in shape. I found a really interesting workout routine in Fitness Magazine, and it seems pretty straightforward. It consists of 8 toning exercises and cardio for three weeks.

• Week one: 2 sets of 8-12 reps of each exercise, twice a week on nonconsecutive days, and five days a week of cardio for 25-35 minutes.
• Week two: 3 sets of 8-12 reps of each exercise, three times a week, and five days a week of cardio for 35-45 minutes, doing the cardio before the exercises.
• Week three: 3 sets of 15-20 reps of each exercise, three times a week, and five days a week of cardio for 45-55 minutes doing the cardio before the exercises.

I feel like this, plus eating regularly, will actually get me in shape and get me excited to exercise more for the rest of summer. Also, I know I need more of a routine during the summer because otherwise I’ll just sit around lazily.

This starts out tomorrow, wish me luck! :)

And did day 8. I have never worked out for this many consecutive days before in my life. Ever. The most I had ever worked out before was two or three times a week. Now that I’ve started doing this and I’ve gotten into a routine with it, I know that I have to do it every day, no excuses. I guess it also helps that I won’t let myself take a shower until after I’ve done my workout. ;) I have to shower every day, and I should do my work out everyday, so it only stands to reason that if I want to shower, I have to make myself get off my behind. 

Today has been a lazy day. I slept in until 11 (which I haven’t done in quite a while), and then just sat around watching Doctor Who. I just finished the series with the Ninth Doctor, and can I just say that I think Christopher Eccleston is delish? David Tennant and Matt Smith are attractive (granted, I’ve only seen a few episodes with Tennant, and none with Smith), but I’m pretty sure Nine will be my favourite. x_x Let me go ahead and reserve the right to change my opinion once I get all caught up, though. 

They were DELICIOUS! And since they weren’t fried they were nearly fat free. Delicious! If anybody wants the recipe just let me know! :)

Next recipe to try… chocolate zucchini cake… mmmm ;D

Height:5’4

CW:121

GW:115

GW:110

UGW:105

When I was willing to spend the rest of my life being unhappy I was at least proud of my breasts. I used to be a 40DDD and now the measurements get smaller and smaller. I’m becoming a little obsessed.

The one thing I loved, my large, soft breast are deserting me. I keep using all of these online calculators to find out what size I should be wearing. I’m so afraid to actually walk into a store and have them measure me. I don’t want to have small breasts.

And there is NOTHING WRONG with having small breast. I’m not trying to say anything about anyone with small breast—you probably rock them like a boss—but I realize that my weight was such a problem for my self-esteem and when I did find something to like about myself I went all out. As a plus sized woman I could always say that I had a beautiful chest and now that I feel like it’s slipping away I’m freaking out.

I’ve let my breasts be the only thing about me that was beautiful for so long. What do I do now?

—Taylor, 193lbs

Still haven’t weighed myself. Tomorrow.

Exercise: 4 miles to and from school, a 45 minute bike ride and a mile walking into town.

Food: 

Breakfast: Strawberry yoghurt, strawberry fruit flakes, cornflakes

Lunch: low fat cheese, low fat spread, ham, low fat crisps, low fat coleslaw sandwich

Dinner: salmon salad

Drinks: Water, teax3, diet coke 

skinnypurple: before and during

still about 9lbs to go

ok

I placed 1st in weight loss for my branch and 3rd overall, including 6 other branches.

I’m feeling pretty great about it! I think im going to post a video tomorrow. :) :) OH YES!

Tues: Snack 2

Photo

“Spend more time on you.”

Advertising Agency: DDB, São Paulo, Brazil
Creative Directors: Sergio Valente, Marco Versolato
Creaters: Ulisses Razaboni,Marcos Abrucio, Cassio Zanatta, Rodrigo Almeida
Photographer: Daniel Klajmic
Illustrator: Quad Studio

I admit it. My “Kung Fu Panda Party” this weekend and inviting my nephew to sleep over was all an excuse for ME to enjoy one of my favorite movies:P Last night we watched the first movie and tonight we are going to see the 2nd at the drive-in!!! Last night I pre-made cauli-fried rice using 1 head cauliflower, 2 Tbsp each finely chopped celery, red pepper, orange pepper and red onion to give the rice a little “jeweled” look and added flavor along with 2 scrambled eggs. I sauteed everything in sesame oil and seasoned with sesame seeds and sea salt. This made it EXTREMELY easy to pass up the rice from the take-out place:D I did have the cream cheese bite from 2 wonton for a little extra treat and YUMM. Over all it was an amazing dinner and even the kids used chop sticks LOL Today I plan on having a great “induction” day so that I can save my treats for the drive in tonight. I’m taking fresh strawberries, string cheese and cinnamon-coated almonds and will probably get a cold press iced coffee from Caribou sweeted with splenda and cream as a special treat and to help me stay awake for the movie:P I’ll post a pic tomorrow from tonight:) LOL Great weekend!

I’m sooo determined right now to lose weight and a yummy yummy figure, I been wobbly for to long! I looked at the before and after weight loss tags on tumblr today. so inspiring. if they can do it can do it. I have so many reasons to lose weight and get fit. So i’m gonna do it.

So watch this space for before and afters.

i’ll get right on that.

I woke up early this morning and decided to do another weigh in.  I had been trying to do them just once a month, but lately I’ve been checking a bit more frequently as I’m close to dropping out of the morbid obesity classification.

I hopped on the scale and it read 385lbs.  That means that since September 3rd of 2010 I’ve dropped 150 pounds.  Once I lose another 3 pounds I’ll no longer be morbidly obese according to BMI.  I don’t really agree with BMI, but when you have as much weight to lose as I do, you look for all the positive trends that you can.

I start the new job on Wednesday and approximately two weeks after that I can go to the doctor and get this Reflux or whatever has been causing my yearlong mucus problem checked out.

Figures! I boast about it and what happens? I have a dream that I intentionally went over my points as I slept and wake up mysteriously a lot heavier than I was the day previous! Remind me to stop weighing myself everyday — it’ll save me the small disappointment >_<; — But hey! I did lose some regardless, and I’ll take whatever I can get. Also, I got to take progress pictures for my first 10 pounds of loss, so that’s exciting as well. You won’t get to see these pictures until the end though! I’ll probably take some where I’m clothed normally once I get to the halfway mark just so you guys can see, but for now? I’m using these highly unflattering pictures to motivate myself to change for me! 
Anyway enough about that — here’s the stats: 

Wouldn’t it be SO amazing if we could in reality have...

Skip out on this produce due to the high amount of pesticides.

Dirty Dozen 2011

1. Apples
2. Celery
3. Strawberries
4. Peaches
5. Spinach
6. Nectarines (imported)
7. Grapes (imported)
8. Sweet bell peppers
9. Potatoes
10. Blueberries (domestic)
11. Lettuce
12. Kale/collard greens

Exchange them for these.

Clean Fifteen 2011

1. Onions
2. Sweet corn
3. Pineapples
4. Avocado
5. Asparagus
6. Sweet peas
7. Mangoes
8. Eggplants
9. Cantaloupe (domestic)
10. Kiwi
11. Cabbage
12. Watermelon
13. Sweet potatoes
14. Grapefruit
15. Mushrooms

What To Eat To Lose Weight Fast...But Safe!:

http://wee.fm/5pcp Cool post - What To Eat To Lose Weight Fast…But Safe!

In the June issue of Allure (sorry male readership), this was a headline tucked in next to January Jones, seated with a bunch of other predictable women’s magazine headlines. Obviously women’s health and beauty mags have the insipid habit of recycling the same bullshit with a new annoyingly sensationalist title slapped on it. I almost skipped it entirely, expecting annoying tips like, “Take a bit of cake and then pretend to sneeze and spit it in a napkin. Then do 5 jumping jacks just to be sure you don’t gain weight from any of the crumbs!”

Joking aside, and being at a loss for content ideas (which is NEVER funny to a blogger), I read the article. 

It didn’t totally suck….or it didn’t suck totally. While it still maintained some of the hyper obsession with being a bony sack of a human, it discussed how thin women are the ones who make healthy eating a routine, something that belongs to them, instead of being on a diet. ”The word diet connotes a limited-time affair, but thin women have made eating well a routine: It’s simply something they do day in and day out.” 

Of course, I would have probably used different verbage (e.g. “healthy” instead of “skinny chicks), the number of annoying and/or borderline disordered-eating tips were minimal. 

“The word diet connotes a limited-time affair, but thin women have made eating well a routine: It’s simply something they do day in and day out.” Well duh. The idea that there isn’t some “loss” period and then “maintenance” period is solid: it has to be the eating/exercising changes you make and live with that cause the weight loss and land you at the right weight for you that make having a “maintenance” mode irrelevant. You’re already there. Tracey Jackson (who wrote Confessions of a Shopaholic) was quoted on this: “Once I stopped going on diets, I not only lost 20 lbs, but I kept it off.” 

OK, so what are some of the tips?

• Thin women cook (yep. easier to control ingredients and working for your meal mans you appreciate it more, honestly.)
• Portioning some of whatever you cook for lunch the next day in tupperware right away (keeps you from eating seconds but also makes sure you have a healthy lunch the next day).
• Indulge within reason: You’re never going to have a period in your life when you’re not going to want the occasional cookie or bowl of pasta…you better build that in as part of your routine or you’re destined to fail or yo-yo. 
• Be prepared: this is more or less challenging depending on where and in what environment you work. When I was working in a midtown manhattan high rise, it would have been possible for me to get basically any type of food in 10 minutes or less. But I tried to keep better snacks around for when I got hungry to keep from deciding a 2:30pm cupcakes was a good idea. Turns out, carrots or almonds work just fine…

Probably the most important piece of advice, though, is that you should avoid eating processed foods and sugar substitutes as much as possible. 

Diet soda is not a good look and, while I totally NEED to have peanut m&ms in my life once in a while, i feel best when I avoid processed food and sugar. So Beware of the 100-calorie pack. In a study cited in the article they noted that subjects who had raw fruit instead ate 20% fewer calories in their snacks—see, my kiwi and pineapple obsession isn’t a bad thing…even if I’m starting to turn green.

So while I wish the focus would be on how you can heave a balanced and healthy approach to food instead of “what skinny chicks are eating,” these are pretty valid points. 

What do you guys think? How effective are these ideas in helping you maintain a healthy look and outlook/image?

PS. You can follow me on twitter here.

I’ve recently, or not so recently leaned up and slimmed down to 160, from 185(it was mostly muscle), and I currently stand at 5’8”. I am in love, love, love with my current physique. I shall continue to stay clear of the gym, and stick with my 2-4 mile run 5 days a week, and what ever I rack up on the mileage via riding the fixie. Additionally I’ve decided to toss pushups and sit ups into the mix, but not as routinely. I guess, the biggest struggle is figuring out a diet that works for me, since, for whatever reason my body is never hungry, ESPECIALLY after working out. This is weird? It’s tough to remember to eat, Argh!

What To Eat To Lose Weight Fast...But Safe!:

http://wee.fm/8ja1 What To Eat To Lose Weight Fast…But Safe!

watch the movie “food matters”.  it is on netflix instant.  it will change the way you think about food, medicine and health.

What To Eat To Lose Weight Fast...But Safe!:

http://wee.fm/8ja1 Check this out from my friend Tracey’s blog

Wouldn’t it be SO amazing if we could in reality have vitamins for love, happiness, health and luck? 

Found this too CUTE!

Breakfast:

Today was my mom’s birthday party/present day!!! I took her into the city to go see a show- we saw Avenue Q. We got a HUGE lunch at Junior’s… so I assumed that would make me go over my calorie count. I don’t think that measurement is accurate though, because that was a HUGE cheeseburger… anyway, I left some calories at the end to keep it flexible. I ended up not eating a real dinner because we ate a late lunch (like 2) and that cheeseburger was like…. a pound of meat (hahaha).

Don’t worry- I ate ice cream when we got home =P Did lots of walking around the city. My feet hurt, but it was such a good day!!

Follow me on my weight loss journey!!

Mocha Milkshake!! Only 100 calories and 3 fat!

1 serving Breyer’s 98% fat free ice cream

1 teaspoon Maxwell House Sugar Free Mocha

splash of sugar free torani vanilla syrup

3 tablespoons (.2 C) nonfat milk

My Old Before And AfterI am NOT eating a healthy meal right now.

It says a tablespoon of mayonnaise, but you don’t have to...

I honestly think that a healthy weight loss does not have to consist of boring plain veggies, fruits, and lean meats… or just the typical “eat salad everyday”. Dress up your food a bit, add some spice, seasoning, and flavor! Of course, choose wisely! 

It’s the boring food that get most people of track and leading back to the less healthy choices. Make your weight loss experience worth while, because it takes a lot of time. So take the time to make amazing foods that’ll keep you going until you reach your weight goal and even the rest of your life!

Be creative lovelies! 

So I got crazy excited last night, because I was 117.0, which is 0.2 lower than I was that morning! Normally I go down by about a lb overnight. So why this morning was I exactly the same? Anyone got any idea’s?

I hit 128 pounds today!

That means I’ve lost 9 pounds so far. (:

Sorry I’m really bad at updating this blog. :(

so cute!!

Breakfast:

• Maple streusel oatmeal w/ soymilk: 173
• Two scrambled eggs: 140 calories

Lunch:

• Tony and Alba’s cheese pizza (2 slices): 474 calories

Dinner:

• Chicken salad (lettuce, grilled chicken, parmesan cheese, 2 egg whites, and croutons): 269 calories

Snack:

• Green tea w/ Splenda
• Chocolate Banana Peanut Butter protein shake (this was delicious, but I made way too much and felt sick later): 443
• Annie’s Cheddar Bunnies: 140 calories

Total calories: 1626

Exercise:

• Walking with weights (1.35 miles): 237 calories

Total net calories: 1389

things i want to be able to wear:

1. new shorts! i bought them today (they were uber marked down on clearance, and i couldn’t help myselfff)  i went to Target to find some new bras, and after i tried on a bunch and gave up i found these shorts and didn’t want to waste any more time trying them on. they only had size Large.

Okay, now i’m going to venture on another direction:

the idea of my ass fitting into a size Large in Juniors is unheard of, okay? all of the women in my family have very very large backsides(we’re 100% whitest of white). i’m always a size 12 and its always super tight on my butt and thighs and then lose in my waist. when i started putting on weight, it all went directly to my stomach which started fitting into my size 12s and ventured into size 14 occasionally. 

so now i’m losing weight, losing my tummy, not losing my butt. which is okay. its certainly who i am and i’m not willing to give my junk up entirely. however i’m totally looking forward to having a nice, smaller, toned backside to show off in nice floral shorts that i just bought.

back to the shorts. they only had large. i figured i might as well buy them as a goal. well, i got them and tried them on and they fit. “fit” means they go on my body, which is something noooo size large anythings do. so that was a huge acomplishment for me. however, they are skin tight.

i can’t even explain how impossible it is for a large to fit on my butt. like, i can’t. and it does. but i want to feel great in them! i’d never wear them in public like this, so i want to feel comfortable and great in them

so that’s goal number one.

2. my size 12 jeans. i bought them really tight and i could never wear them because it almost made me sick how tight they were (i’m broke okay) its so stupid that i can’t wear them now because they’re 12s and i can button them but they’re so tight on my stomach still, and i want to be able to wear them! it will be a really great moment when i can comfortably wear those.

3. i had another one what the hell was it.

3.

3.

3.

3.

I sometimes wonder if I’d be less afraid of rejection if I weren’t so large. 

The personality I used to have is completely gone. The confident in your face chick is gone! The show everyone my tits is gone. The I like everyone is gone.

Well… I know that being smaller isn’t going to miraculously change my life but perhaps it will change my approach. 

I fell down the past few days and am mustering up the nerve and confidence to go again. I’m not really mad at myself because I haven’t given up and it’s been 4 months since I started this journey. I don’t have a lot of weight loss to show for it, but I can honestly say that my mind is still where it needs to be. It’s not as focused as it could be but I say some effort is worthy of recognition. It’s better than ignoring it and doing nothing. Right?

Ugh. I hope so. I hope I don’t drop dead before I manage to get all of this under control. 

(deep breath)

So, tomorrow, I try again. Tomorrow I’m going to be on top of shit, be prepared. … no bullshit. I need to feel lighter and not so heavy. I think a lighter step would mean a lighter heart. 

Maybe?

Before you do ANYTHING else you need to run out and buy this:

Sure, the nutritional facts on the package may say that it has 190 calories per serving but this is a lie! The truth is that all dinosaur-themed products actually have negative calories!!! Yep, that’s right. Forget celery and apples, eat this stuff and you’ll reach your goal weight and be skinnaayyy in no time!

So Tomorrow I promise I’ll do measurements/weight and whatnot because I’ll be home! Back from California!

B-egg and toast

L-chicken fries and nachos

D-delishious chicken noodle thing

S-none

E-walking WAY up hill all over the San Diego Zoo

It says a tablespoon of mayonnaise, but you don’t have to add it :p At least it’s only a tablespoon!! Click it for the recipe and tell me what you think (:

YOU CAN'T GAIN MUSCLE IF YOU DON'T EAT.

I see all these posts from girls who’re starving themselves saying ‘Ohhh I’ll stop exercising I gained so much muscle weight I don’t want to gain weight’. 

1. If it would be able to actually gain muscle when you eat only 600 calories a day, What’s the point? Muscle tissue weighs more than fat tissue so you’ll look skinnier, plus muscle tissue burns more calories at rest so if it’d be possible it would only be beneficial

2. It isn’t even possible. Muscle tissue is a lot more complex than fat tissue, and the body needs more calories to maintain muscle tissue than it needs to maintain fat tissue. And think about fat tissue: Do you gain fat when you’re eating less calories than you use? NO. So why would you gain muscle tissue? You can’t build a house without material, right? So you CAN’T build muscle tissue when there’s no material (food). And when you burn 2300 cals a day (which is about what you burn when you just live normal and exercise for half an hour) and only eat 800 calories there’s no way you’ll gain muscle tissue because there’s just no material to build those muscles.
And no, there’s no such thing as turning fat into muscle. Think about it, why would your body turn fat into muscle when you’re eating less calories than you use? Making muscle is a difficult process for the body which takes a lot of energy. And maintaining those muscles takes more energy than maintaining fat. So why would your body use so much energy to make muscle tissue when there’s no energy in your body since you’re in ‘starvation mode’?  

You won’t gain muscle weight from exercising when you’re eating less than you burn. That’s a fact. Stop saying stupid things that make no sense because it’s pissing me off.

anybody use myfitnesspal?

I need friends :P username: squigglypuff.

Last time I was weighed, I was 267lbs

Roughly five days ago. when I was at a check up. I’m legally obese, and in PERFECT health. my heart is strong. I have a bad back yeah, but that’s because my tits that run strong in both sides of my family. I don’t have diabetes, and i’m fat, everyone says that “you fat, so what about your health?” or “that’s not healthy” yeah, well, I’m fat, and perfectly healthy. so next time you judge me for ordering an extra burrito, or getting regular instead of diet soda, why don’t you ask me about my health? because it’s perfect.

Why is it that I only EVER hear fat people say beauty comes in all shapes and sizes...

Maybe It’s just where I’m from but I have NEVER heard a slim or skinny person say that before, EVER!

Since Risa posted a progress report, I’ll post where...

Since Risa posted a progress report, I’ll post where I’m at. The left pic is the low-maintenance, enjoy-eating status. I just initiated my cutting cycle the past week. Eating well is more than half the battle, but honestly, it’s not the lifestyle I choose to live. I choose to eat well for a 1-2 month period before summer and then have a 1-2week period of critical eating. I’m starting month 1 right now. I love food way too much to keep it year round.

Follow me at jamesrat.tumblr.com for further progress and for tips for your own health and fitness.