January 2011
96 posts
Anonymous asked: In 2011...the battle will no longer be constant; you'll have won it. Start thinking of a new blog name since that's the case! ;) <3 the end of 2010 mystery kindness anon-er
December 2010
112 posts
A year ago today,
I stepped on a scale in the bathroom of my best friend’s little apartment in the city. 176, it read. I knew I’d gained weight in the past four months, but I didn’t really realize just how much. It was such a high number from where I’d been just that August (151) that I couldn’t even believe it. I went out that night in a sparkly sweater and a size 12 skirt which was...
Anonymous asked: In 2011...the battle will no longer be constant; you'll have won it. Start thinking of a new blog name since that's the case! ;) <3 the end of 2010 mystery kindness anon-er
this morning I woke up convinced I was sick.
Then I moved and realized no, I’m not nauseous, I just have sore abs.
…..I need to do crunches more.
A conversation with my mother:
me: Mom. Honestly. Do I look bigger since I got home?
mom: (stares at me for longer than is comfortable.) From the neck down, you look about the same. Your face is bigger and more bloated than it was when you got here, you don’t look as defined in the cheekbone area.
me: (sadness.)
So this is both good and bad. Good because she is listening to me and actually telling me if she notices a...
someone want to make a magic potion that means I...
I would pay some good dollars for it! (or pay you in love. because I’m sort of a poor college student….) :)
But I have been running more than usual and that’s pretty awesome. I actually weighed myself a few days ago and I am somehow, magically, maintaining. (Although I did eat a lot of Estonian sausage last night….hence my feeling of overwhelming bloating and hugeness....
Today is the Tuesday after Christmas, aka,...
Here I go.
I’m about to go for a run! 6 miles, not 10, because the 10 mile loop is covered in ice and snow from the weather we’ve been having. I’ll do 10 next week, though. Bleh. I drank a lot of margaritas last night and my stomach is mad. at. me. but I’m going to make it run anyway. (This is twice in the past two months that I have felt nauseous from tequila and...
the snow has stopped but the wind is ridiculous.
I’m not going to run today. Even when I walk to my car and back I am hit in the face with rogue snow.
But tomorrow, wind or snow or rain or shine, I am going to run 10 miles. Even if it means I must sit in a steam room for hours and hours to warm up later. It’s happening.
Hope everyone’s holidays were awesome! I am not on the internet much, which is nice, but I’m missing...
I love Christmas.
I love new running shoes.
I also love gift certificates so I can buy some clothes that actually fit! My first instinct was to save it for my goal weight, but I know that will be in at least 4 months, and I am tired of wearing clothes that frustrate me. You gotta dress what you got! Maybe having fitted clothes and shopping will also help motivate me to keep on truckin’ and power through the...
Merry Christmas, Tumblr!
I am going to enjoy myself and eat delicious things and drink some delicious drinks and spend time with the family. I am not going to over eat but I am going to enjoy myself and let myself eat the things I want. (You should too!) It’s a holiday. I’m going to have me a Christmas cookie and a whole lot of champagne and wine. (This year, other than being the year I lost 30ish pounds, will...
Back from my run!
I went with my dad and one of my best friends, L.
She is a runner. She ran cross country in high school, is very fit, stylish, athletic. I have always been a little intimidated by her awesomeness especially when it comes to fitness and running. Two years ago, me and my few closest friends including L went on a run. I couldn’t make it one mile. I complained that it was hot and terrible and...
I am up at 8:15.
I have had my GoLean and milk.
I am about to change for a run.
I am going to run 4.5 miles.
Yayyyy Christmas Eve!
Late night hours are bad for my diet.
Instead of feeling really badly, I am going to find the positive: at least my late night snacking consisted of a post work out meal of oatmeal and some peanuts and some crackers.
over my calories, but not by a TON, and I DID GET TO THE GYM TODAY! yayyyy! Very. Good. I am going to work out again tomorrow. This is getting real.
Anonymous asked: Just saw your christmas picture post. You have the cutest body ever! what you have NOW is what I want. My friend has the same body and I always think she looks so adorable. This may sound creepy or like i'm hitting on you lmao but im serious.
Anonymous asked: Just saw your christmas picture post. You have the cutest body ever! what you have NOW is what I want. My friend has the same body and I always think she looks so adorable. This may sound creepy or like i'm hitting on you lmao but im serious.
I am not weighing in today because
it is that wonderful time of the month where I am like ten pounds heavier (ok usually only 2) and it will only increase my crankiness, so I am just not.
I am, however, officially going to stop eating excessive amounts of fried things, even if other people order them. (Dear Liia: food that is on someone’s else plate does not MAGICALLY lose its calories. Love, Liia) I want to finish 2010...
when it is cold I think my body wants more food.
is that just an excuse?
Maybe.
But I swear, I’m constantly STARVING.
I did go for an hour walk and now I’m eating lots of hot soup and some walnuts and hopefully the protein/warmth will help me feel full.
That is the goal.
I can't wait to do my end of the year New Years...
on Tumblr and in my personal journal.
This year has been a pretty incredible one.
today is the day.
lots of fruits, lots of healthy choices, plus a run.
Hope everyone’s Christmas prep is going well. I’m ALMOST done my shopping! (Finally.) Shopping counts as cardio, right??? :)
I keep having great mornings, great starts with...
and then I eat you know, fried bananas for dessert or something. (Ok, a little bit of fried bananas is fine, but I am ending most days significantly higher than my calorie goals and that’s frustrating. Plus, I feel nauseous.)
Today, I had a big protein high breakfast, so I’m going to see if maybe that works and I can eat a smaller dinner.
I am GOING TO lose this break. I am GOING to...
8 miles?
done and done.
I walk/jogged but it was still awesome to get out there and know I CAN go 8 miles (slowly but I don’t mind) and I will be ok for my race in a few weeks.
My dad and I also scheduled some longer runs and shorter runs for the next three weeks. I missed my running partner SO MUCH at school.
This is a lame entry because I Am too cold to really type. I am now going to put on 100...
Well, I must be honest:
while we really planned to do an exercise video, we went to visit our family friend and got stuck there until midnight so there was no working out done last night. We really debated just doing one anyway, but I was so tired. Damn it.
But, we did promise we would make a plan for the next almost 3 weeks. I am going to Hawaii on January 6th and I want to make sure I look my best. I don’t want...
Ed Does Life: It's 2010 Folks →
eddoeslife:
Using ‘fag’ or ‘gay’ as a derogatory descriptor is beyond uncool. Most (I’d hope all but sadly it’s more likely just most) wouldn’t consider using the N-word to describe someone of African decent in such a manner.
It’s unacceptable. And a response that incorporates the word without slamming…
I am going to work out today I am going to work...
I am going to work out today I am going to work out today I am going to.
FMK. So middle school.
the end. (p.s. I had to urban dictionary what FMK meant. I’m cool.)
I forgot about how, when it's cold in your...
I want to put on my face lotion/pretty makkke up so I can get ready for the day but they are cold and while my brain says “suck it up” my face says “Do not put that cold stuff on me!!!!”
(I am so whine-y this winter. Less than a year ago I was bad-assing it in the snow, shoveling snow, making snow tunnels. That girl was cooler. I’m going to channel her and embrace...
congeeesssssssted.
why, nose. Why?
I am going for a run.
with my boy. (he promised not to mock me when I walk every half block because it’s 22 degrees and I haven’t run in 2 weeks. AH THE SHAME!)
this is what 4 hours of watching 16 and Pregnant does to me. Makes me so antsy, I MUST run. Well, this is the first time I have really wanted to work out since finals started! I’m gonna run with it. (hahaha pun. Run with it. hahaha.)
Best. Link. Ever.
southernsara posted this link on my last post. You type in your weather conditions and it gives you a running outfit. I am in love.
oh man, to all of you runners who aren't spoiled...
You are my heroes. It is 29 degrees here at home and I am supposed to go for a run. But I am having trouble walking to and from the car, so it has not happened yet.
How do you do it?!
I am impressed by you. Here is a million high fives for getting out there and doing it in the freezing cold. You are amazing.
I'm leaving, on a jet plane!
Back home to Philadellllphia!
So I won’t be blogging much today. :) Wish my poor stuffed up nose luck on the plane that I don’t get a crazy bad headache and cry horrible tears from the pain…bleh.
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Tumblr Tuesday
I never do this anymore.
I can never pick people, because I love oh-so-many.
So today I recommend Sarah. She had the brilliant idea to bring fitblrs together on facebook during the BLACKNESS of the Tumblr-break down, and I have had some AWESOME conversations with amazing people and that never would have happened without her brilliance. Plus, she’s ridiculously supportive and positive and...
I feel blob-like.
I blame you, finals and cold.
This Saturday I’m doing a 8 mile run with my dad. I WILL get back in the game. Any day now.
Once upon a time, not so long ago
I couldn’t imagine seeing 149 on the scale.
Now, I am five pounds below there and 149 feels high.
Sometimes I forget how far I have come. Sure, my goal weight is 20 some pounds away. Sure, it’s taking FOREVER for me to push past this 140-145 hump. But I am going to do it. And one day? One day soon, I will see 135. And eventually, 135 will normalize, just like 149 did.
But I want to...
You know what I just realized?
This is the first time I have been sick since I started this healthy living thing. (Cue crazy brain parts going: this is all because you have not been eating so well lately! and your room is dirty! look at all those piles of dirty clothes! they have punished you and made you sick, you procrastinator, you!)
Logically I know it is probably just the stress of finals catching up to me and that...
