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YOUR STATS

1. What is your HW/CW/GW?
185/155/135lbs

2. What is your height?
5’4.5” or 64.5”

3. What is your age?
24

YOUR PROGRESS

1. How have you been losing the weight?
Good ole diet and exercise. 3 x a week weight lifting (heavy) 3x Cardio (20 -25 minutes) 1 day of yoga.

2. What part of your body first saw improvement?
The very first place I notice weight loss was around my ribs.

3. What is the body part least affected by your routine? (Trouble spot?)
ACK… My hips and stomach. It seems to be the last to go but I do tend to lose weight all over.

4. What do you consider the hardest part about losing weight?
It seems easier now… The hardest part was getting started!!

5. Do you have a specific diet?
No specific diet. I just eat relatively clean most of the week, indulge smartly every so often, and drinks lots of water and tea.

YOUR MOTIVATION

1. What is your favorite fitblr?
http://now-watch-me-work.tumblr.com/

http://muffintop-less.tumblr.com/

2. Who resembles your goal body?
Who ever this woman is: http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxdz2wrbeV1r9t69uo1_500.jpg

3. What is the best part about getting fit?
I use to have mild depression and now I am just a happy person. Also… Trying on clothes is WAAAAY more fun. YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE HOW MUCH ENERGY YOU HAVE WHEN YOU AREN’T CARRYING AROUND AN EXTRA 30 POUNDS. Seriously… Strap something heavy on you and see how tired you get!

4. What is the first thing you will do when you meet your goal?
Shopping.

5. Will you continue you change your routine or diet after you hit goal?
I might up my calories a bit since I won’t have to lose weight but probably not by much. My exercise routine will probably be more intense as I become more efficient.

5. Will you share your biggest fit tip?

If you are hungry, you are doing it wrong!
Find foods that are healthy and taste appealing to you.
Pre make your meals at the beginning of the week (lemon juice will make salads last longer. You can freeze healthy dinners in tuppaware.)
Don’t purchase ice cream or treats, go out to enjoy them. You’ll think twice about eating it when you realize you’re going to have to take a trip to Dairy Queen.
A 20 minute walk is still better than sitting on the couch.
Drink a lot of tea. It’s warm which makes you feel full, fragrant, and boosts your mood.

4 months ago 15 notes View high resolution

Diet Alone

I had to go Christmas shopping yesterday and today I’m going out with a friend so this provides a unique opportunity to try and lose weight with diet alone this week. I’ll probably be able to go to the gym tomorrow but I’m not sure what my schedule is going to look like after that, especially with Christmas eve and Christmas this weekend. Good thing I busted my ass last week!

Honestly, this month I was just hoping to maintain. December is one of the worst months for weight loss with all of the family gatherings and ridiculously long ‘to do’ lists. So far, my weight has been pretty good. I’ll be surprised if I see 155 but there is still some play with my weight going around so… we’ll see. Maybe I’ll just hit the home gym tonight so I don’t feel completely lazy.

5 months ago 2 notes

Bright everything today. Bright lips, bright sweater, bright scarf. :3

5 months ago 1 note

TEETH UPDATE!

Ok… First picture is Prior to treatment. I was missing 4 adult teeth as well as having one supernumerary tooth. HOW IS THAT FOR CONFUSING? I had extra teeth and missing teeth… I think you can see the extra tooth in the first picture and definitely where it was in the second. In the second photo is about a month after getting my braces on for the first time. I just got out of the dentist office after they removed 5 teeth. One being the extra tooth in the front, the rest being the baby teeth that didn’t have adult teeth under them. I made the photos black and white just incase anyone is squeamish, I think less red makes it a little more tolerable. The last photo I just took a few minutes ago, it’s where my teeth are now. All of the gaps have closed on the top, the only ones left are on the bottom but the missing teeth were molars so unless you’re looking straight into the back of my mouth, you won’t see them. Even then, they are almost closed as well. I am now halfway through treatment, the last thing they are going to do is bring the back molars forward. Next year when my braces are off I’m going to get teeth whitening.

Just thought I’d give an update on that since my weight loss has been pretty boring.

6 months ago 16 notes

6 months ago 35 notes

And now for the first segment of: YOU SHOULD EAT

I’m still fiddling with the infographic on weight loss but the more I do it, the more I think I should spend time making it say exactly what I want. In the mean time, here is something that might help!

9 months ago 9 notes View high resolution