Any Christian weight-losers out there?

i need advice. i am starting the giovanni diet tomorrow, and i will stick with it. encouragement please?

fresh start today. no more snacking. no more bad foods. back to eating good & walking. i need to stop using my surgery as an excuse to not do anything. all i’ve been doing the past 3 weeks is snacking and sleeping. well, working too. so i’m excited for this month. i haven’t weighed myself in a week or two & like i said, i’m going to try to go this entire month without weighing myself. it’s probably not going to happen, but i’m going to try!

i’m about to get ready to go for a walk right now. not sure about jumping right into 3 miles, but i’m going to take it one lap at a time!! wish me luck!!!

Flat Tummy

Rich in digestion supporting ingredients, this smoothie will help prevent bloating and digestive stress that can sabotage your tummy flattening efforts.

• 3/4 c. papaya
• 3/4c. sliced peaches
• 1/2 pear, sliced
• 1 tsp fresh ginger
• 2 mint leaves
• Water to thin

Skin Saver

Antioxidants in berries are known to help to fight wrinkles and other skin ageing signs.  Berries are also a great way to control blood sugar that can sabotage your complexion.  This smoothie also contains Omega 3, to fight inflammation, as well as vitamins E and C, both renown to help the skin.

• 3/4 c blueberries
• 3/4 c pitted cherries
• 5   strawberries
• 1/4 avocado, peeled and pitted
• 2 tsp wheat germ (optional)
• 2 tsp ground flax seed
• Water, to thin

Peanut Butter Energy Booster

This protein-rich and minerals-filled smoothie will give you long-lasting energy.  Cinnamon will help to control your blood sugar so your energy level won’t crash too quickly.

• 1 big banana
• 1 scoop of natural hemp protein powder
• 2 tsp of natural peanut butter
• 1 handful of fresh baby spinach
• 1/2 tsp of cinnamon
• Water, to thin

Bone Lover

This vitamin-rich green smoothie contains calcium, magnesium and other bone building minerals to keep your bone strong and healthy.

• 2 bananas
• 1 handful of chard leaves
• 1 handful of kale leaves
• 1 tsp of green matcha powder
• 1/2 cup of homemade almond milk

Immune System Booster

Rich in vitamin A, C and zinc, this smoothie can increase the production of white blood cells and antibodies to get your body ready to resist this season’s infections.

• 1/2 c. mango cubes
• 1/2 c. cantaloupe cubes
• 1/2 c. fresh pineapple cubes
• 1/4 c. chopped pumpkin seeds
• Water, to thin

Natural Skin Tanner

Studies have proven that a beta-carotene rich diet can make your complexion glow, and that particular skin tone is usually considered healthier than a regular skin tan. This smoothie can help you get that healthy glow without risking your skin lying under the sun.

• 1/2 cup of cantaloupe cubes
• 1/2 cup of papaya
• Juice of 1 orange
• 1/2 cup of carrot juice (or water)
• 1 small knob of fresh ginger

Antioxidant Power

Feel the power of this detox foods-rich smoothie.  Very rich in antioxidants, this smoothie will help to support your liver to detox naturally and help your body stay healthy and young longer.

• 1/3 cup of blueberries
• 1/3 cup of raspberries
• 1/3 cup of pomegranate kernels
• 1/4 cup of beet juice (optional)
• 1 banana
• Water to thin

I’ve never done this before, or if I have I’ve never actually held myself accountable at the end of the month…so here goes. Small goals for now :)

• Lose 2-3 Kg- If I can get to 66kg by July (2kg loss), I’ll be happy. This one is a must.
• Go to the gym 4+ times a week- I’m really, really hoping I’ll be able to afford a membership, if I can’t, I’ll change this goal.
• Eat as clean as possible, all day, every day- This one will be so hard. I have such a huge problem with binge eating. But I’ll go a day at a time.
• See my psychiatrist every week- No backing out or giving up.
• Only weigh or measure on Fridays- No sneakiness, it only dissapoints me when I do it too often.

Tomorrow was bad, today will be better. I won’t wait until July to start again. Let’s go :)

Can you imagine? I have 100% control over what I eat. That kid has what? maybe 15%? that’s being generous. 

I’m blessed that my parents raised me at a normal weight. Child obesity is running rampant. I want to have this healthier lifestyle so that when I have children, I can teach it to them.

How about you?

If you’d like to join the weightloss challenge starting today, send an inbox so I can make you a group member and we can all do this together.

BEFORE PICTURES ARE GOING ON NOW! 

i need a good workout and im out of options to do at home.

That calculates the amount of calories I burn?

I’m super excited to try it out!! I have everything hooked up, and although I don’t have a lot of time to log activity for the day, it’s already working pretty well.

If you missed my last post, the fitbit is a 3-dimensional pedometer that tracks steps taken, distance travelled, calories burned, and then sends the information to a website that analyzes it for you. Check out www.fitbit.com if you want to learn more!

Anyhoo, just thought I’d share. It’s tinier than I expected, but I hope it works! I have it clipped to my bra right now 8) Take a look!

I’d like to follow!

My Favorite Tools

for the past week it’s been so bad. :( i’m so upset at myself. and there’s no one i can tell to make it feel better… well, except tumblr of course. okay, i’m gonna go on a super strict diet starting from tomorrow. and exercise as frequently as i can.

sometimes i hate having a full day internship + summer classes. it’s so difficult to find time for myself. i hate being a student. :(

This one’s really good (y)

Breakfast:

Small bowl of porridge with 4 strawberries (120)

Lunch:

Pret Salmon and avocado salad without dressing (400)

Tea:

Jacket potato with 2 seafood sticks, half an avocado and a little cheese /with salad leaves (420)

Snacks:

100g dried mango (300)

Calipo ice lolly (100)

1 rice cracker (10)

Total approx: 1350

FIRST WEIGH IN TOMORROW, I DON’T THINK I WILL HAVE LOST ANYTHING BUT FINGERS CROSSED.

i went to the doctors the other day because they think i have mono and i havent had an appetite lately, im 125lbs now and i was pushing 140 something during the winter.

is it sad that i hope i have mono, because its made me lose weight?

Yes.

Right now. Its never to late.

I have a date tonight.

What do you do to keep from eating?

23 more pounds to go. See ya homies. I’ts treadmill time!

is anyone from toronto or anywhere near? id love to have a texting pro-ana/mia buddy 

She’s so puuuurdy ;/

I just ate so much. I was so hungry. I had a plate full of pasta, 2 pieces of garlic bread and a big ass salad with french dressing. FEELIN LIKE A FATTTTTTTY plus im planning on going to sleep soon ugh even worse. need to workout tomorrow.

its really depressing that according to this particular site

even with eating 500 calories a day and working out 6-7 times a week

it will still take me til august to be at 120lbs

sigh sigh sigh

this is not good news

I haven’t been able to vit into this sundress since summer of 2009! I’m quite ecstatic. :D

Ignore the neon pink sports bra.

— Kristine Weber

she has 15% body fat and her abs look amazing! 

I’m not looking for people to turn around and go “you look fine”, “you’re not fat”, “why skinny? go for curvy.”

But, I look in the mirror and physically hurt by what I see. I hate every ounce of flesh that moves on me, everyone bit you can grab and go “look here, another piece of fat”. I know we need it, and I know I’m not fat; I feel it. Statistically I’m healthy. My BMIs fine, my muscle:fat is fine. But that’s not enough for me.

My sister gets so angry when I say I want to be skinny. But I can’t help it. If I could carry off the curves and know I’d feel proud and happy I would do that. I would strut my stuff and show everyone I didn’t give a fuck. But I know I won’t be happy, and I’m trying everything I can to be happy now. I am fed up, of this rut. This endless, stupid fucking rut. My Grandma made it perfectly clear I don’t have any reason to hate myself or be depressed.

So, I’m changing what I hate - starting with the weight. I’m giving myself will power, and when I don’t have it I’ll conjure it up from somewhere.

I will change. You’ll see. 

Not in an anorexic way. :)

Going out with friends completely killed my “no junk food” thing. Had pizza, milkshake,...

Thank you so much!! It is actually inspirational to be told you’re inspirational, it feels great to be recognized by other people. You should keep in mind that I don’t follow the ABC diet strictly, I just use it as to know what intake to aim for each day. Stay strong and good luck, sweetie! xx

I did really badly today, went out to eat and I didn’t realize what I was eating was so bad. I’m going to do everything perfectly for the rest of the week.

Calorie Intake: 2061

Calorie Output: 2195

Net Calories: -134

Long time eh? So my progress is going terribly! I’m still only 131lbs!!! Can someone plz tell me what I might be doing wrong???

The one I wore to prom my junior year fit pretty comfortably, which was a surprise. When I wore it to prom, I felt sick after 45 minutes. It was a WAY-too-big size 14, but I loved the dress, so we got it and had it taken in a ton. Either we had it taken in too much or I put on a few pounds by the time I wore it, because I could barely breathe in the damn thing. Now it fits around my chest perfectly, but it’s much too loose at the waist, and I remember it being very tight all the way down that night. Huzzah.

The weird strappy-back number I wore to winter formal sophomore year was definitely too loose. I tightened the straps as much as I could but nothing could make the torso fit properly without sliding around.

The black, zipper-less, short, stretchy dress I wore to winter formal senior year fit the best. I probably only weighed about three pounds more than I do right now when I wore that one. The fact that it stretches rather than zips definitely changes how it fits, too.

My mom showed me my freshman yearbook picture today and holy cow, my face was so fat. Even in junior prom pictures, when I thought at the time that I was at a pretty ideal weight, my face looked really fat compared to how it is now.

It’s nice to see those little non-scale victories. (:

Breakfast: 

• Jimmy Dean Turkey Sausage and Egg D-Light bowl: 230 calories

Lunch:

• Gardein Burgundy Trio: 360 calories

Dinner:

• Chicken breast cooked in Soy Vey: 203 calories
• Organic brown rice: 78 calories
• Green Giant Just For One broccoli and cheese sauce (3/4 package): 30 calories

Snack:

• Green tea: 0 calories
• 90 Calorie Peanut Butter Chewy Bar: …. 90 calories
• Green Giant Just For One broccoli and cheese sauce (3/4 package): 40 calories
• Classic Zone Perfect Bar, fudge graham: 210 calories
• Green tea: 0 calories

Total: 1241 calories

Exercise: 

• Curves: 550 calories
• Walking: 135 calories

Total net calories: 556

Though surely it will go fast if that’s the case, right?

I have to go to a bridesmaid hair trial on my lunch, so I literally had to make up a sundae to go so I can eat it whilst I’m there.

Breakfast:

2 Quorn sausages (free)

3 slices unsmoked bacon medallions (free)

baked beans & scrambled eggs (free)

green tea (free)

Lunch:

42g crunchy bran (HEX B)

Onken mango & apple fat free yoghurt (free)

banana (super free)

honey & peanut butter (5.5 syns)

Snacks:

1 tub of mango (super free)

2 apples (super free)

So the 120 project is underway! And according to the scale, I’m down seven pounds! Success! I haven’t felt this good about myself in quite awhile. I still have a ways to go, for sure, but if I can keep this up, I’ll meet my goal by August for sure! =]

Tonight was seriously one of my most favorite nights of the summer. I’ve definitely got some writing material (whether it’s gonna be a vignette or a poem, I have yet to decide) so I don’t want to write about it right now and use up all my words. But it was awesome. And I’m smiling. Totally content. Life is good.

So its a full week since I started my weight loss adventure.

Overall I feel I have done well- I’ve stuck to it for once at least!

I’ve not done any excercise this week apart from my usual zumba class and I went for an hours stroll in the park saturday. This week I want to introduce the exercise as I think I can control my hunger a bit better now

SW 11st 6.5 

CW 11st 2.75 (that’s a loss of 3.75lb!!! woohooo!) I’m really pleased with that! I want to try and match it agin this week with the introduction of exercise or at least start to see a change in my body.

GW 9st 

I took photos again and there really is no difference apart from a little on my tummy from the side - I will post pics maybe every 4 weeks or when there is a notable difference

my height is 5’3”

arm 32cm, 32cm

thigh 64cm, 63.6cm

tummy 99cm, 96cm

waist 81cm, 80cm

hips 108cm, 108cm

Even though my pictures down really show much difference, I have lost a few cm here and there, yey!

How tall are you? Do you like your height?

I am 5’4. I don’t mind my height, I’m kind of average. But I wouldn’t pass up the oportunity to be taller if someone asked me :’)

Going out with friends completely killed my “no junk food” thing. Had pizza, milkshake, and iced tea. But thats quite alright, cause we walked around town all night & played soccer at 1am. I’ve missed them so much. I haven’t seen Lindsay in a year, and Vito and John since November. Also got to see my art teacher and Steveeeeen. Who I haven’t seen in a year as well. I’m making the best of this summer before everyone goes back to college again. It was a good night of shenanigans. I’m so sore now. Plus side, I went out and bought a soccer ball.. so I can go out and kick that around when I want exercise. :)

HCG day 4 (part 2)

I see a lot of posts about how “when I lose weight, I’m gonna shit sprinkles and rainbows!” Or, “When I lose weight, I’m gonna be the girl everyone loves~”

Wrong!

If you’re boring fat, you’re boring skinny. If you’re depressed fat, you’ll be depressed skinny (you might get the “weight loss high,” but it fades real fucking fast). A lot of these have more to do with confidence than weight. Fixing the outside will not fix whatever is going on in the inside. If you think losing 50 pounds is going to make you the bell of the god damn ball, you have one empty life. Nothing in your life should be based simply on physical appearance. If people don’t want to be around you because you’re not “hot” enough, you don’t need to be around those people. You can be loved at whatever size you are, if that’s a size 2, good for you, a size 20, go for it. And stop delaying living your life until you get this magical damn size. Don’t wait to dress how you want until you a certain size. DO IT NOW.

Women have many varied body types. We can’t all be like the women in the magazines because they have a specific body type. You have to work, and love, what you have. You can be cute fat and you can be an ugly ass munch skinny. Stop trying to make “fat” and “skinny” synonyms for “bad” and “good.” They’re descriptive words about a body type, not someone’s personality. SO KNOCK IT OFF.

Alright, I’m not sure how this works, but I’m going to try a daily thing..? Calories.. Workout..ect.

out for a light run ?(?????)?

Last Week: 162

This Week: 161.4

Weight Lost This Week: 0.6 lbs.

Total Weight Loss to Date: 27.1 lbs.

Good enough. As long as the downward trend continues, even if its incremental, I’m happy. And now, I’m logging off and hitting the road. Running post mortem to come soon!

PSA of the day- Everyone should read this article. Everyone. It explains in plainer language what I spend all day trying to communicate to patients about how sugar & food affect your body. Excerpts: 

What Sugar Actually Does to Your Brain & Body

“Glucose is a simple sugar that your body likes. Your cells use it as a primary source of energy, so when you consume glucose, it’s actually helpful…

…On top of that, fructose consumption negatively changes the way your brain recognizes your consumption. This is because your brain resists leptin, the protein that’s vital for regulating energy intake and expenditure (which includes your keeping your appetite in check and your metabolism working efficiently). As a result, you keep eating without necessarily realizing you’re full. For example, a soda containing high amounts of fructose (which is most non-diet sodas) will do little to make you think you’re full even though you’re taking in large amounts of calories…

 …processing low-fat food makes it taste like crap. Companies understand this, and so they add a bunch of sugar (and often salt) to fix that problem. This process essentially exchanges fat your body can actually use for fructose-produced fat that it cannot…

 Burning off a fast food meal would require exercising for most of your day.

If you want to learn more about how to eat sugar healthily, click on through! 

Breakfast:

Honey nut cornflakes (178)

Lunch:

Fruit salad: 1 banana, 5 strawberries, 5 raspberries and approx 25g dried mango (209)

Tea:

2 stuffed peppers stuffed with: prawns, cherry tomato, cucumber and a little feta cheese. (306)

Exercise: Slow pace 2.0mph walk for half an hour (-83)

Current net calories = 610

I managed to stay strong this morning. I still have money in my bank account and I fought my crazed...

By tomorrow I will be back on track. If I gain this week, so what. I can safely say I never want to feel like this again.

I am writing these three days off as evil, evil days that I will remember when I want to eat something crap. Because nothing good comes from it. Only guilt and weight gain.

And tomorrow I will:

• Walk the dog for at least an hour
• Re-start the 30 day shred
• Go to the gym
• Eat healthily

*really been looking for an excuse to use this gif

Warm shrimp salad!

I used my goat cheese buttermilk salad dressing and the spicy grilled shrimp from last night to make a really yummy tangy *protein filled* salad!

174 calories, 6 carbs, 4 fat, 28 protein!

Recipe here:

http://piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/scrumptioussalads

I Will Get There

I’ve got that old familiar feeling, you guys.  It’s called delayed onset muscle soreness.  I had it yesterday too but I wanted to talk about it today since by now it is actively frustrating me. 

Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is what happens after you exercise harder, or with more weight, or generally do something your body isn’t used to.  Here’s some science about building muscle.  First off, skeletal muscle is basically like a braided rope.  The rope is made of smaller twisted fibers, right?  Muscles are made up of groups of muscle fibers held together by connective tissue.

When you exert your muscles with strenuous activity you are actually injuring yourself, causing microscopic tears in the muscle fiber, this is called “microtrauma.”  If you’ve ever heard that broken bones grow back stronger than before, it’s similar to that.  The body repairs the muscle fiber and increases its mass to make the fibers more resilient to damage.  It takes a few days for the body to repair the muscle, though, and during that time you’re probably going to be experiencing some amount of DOMS.

Eccentric movements are chronic offenders when it comes to having particularly heinous DOMS.  Sumo squats and I, we have a long history of DOMS together.  Squats are the perfect example of an eccentric movement; for example the quad lengthens as you squat but it also has to contract to support the weight of the bar and allow you to squat slowly instead of collapsing into the ground. 

There’s no real way of treating DOMS other than letting your body do its business.  The best way of preventing DOMS is by gradually introducing new movements and adding weight slowly. 

If you’re experiencing DOMS after a tough workout, don’t let it discourage you!  It’s not an injury that will keep you from training, it’s not your body falling apart.  It’s your body getting stronger.  But you need to allow yourself to rest.  If you train hard like I do and get horrible DOMS, active recovery with cross training (swimming, walking, yoga) and ice baths can help.  Take your prefered NSAID like aleve or tylenol AFTER exercise, not before, drink a lot of water, and get plenty of sleep.

When you feel better, get right back to work.

So I just stated a simple little diet this past week starting on june1st and guess how much I’ve lost. 4 FREAKING POUNDS!! I currently weigh 171.4. last week I weighed 175.4. This is pretty insane to me right now, You don’t even know. Funny thing is I ate out last night for my moms birthday, I had vegetable chow mein. I ate more vegies than chow mein but still. I had 5 glasses of water at dinner so that probably helped too. So I bet you’re wondering “what kind of diet are you on??” Its super simple. all I did this week that was different was not eat grains and starches. which means bread, rice, noodles… lol, oats, cereal and other things like that. pretty much all I ate was fruits and vegetables for the most part. I can’t have meat so I used a protein drink for the majority of my filler calories to meet my daily requirement of 1800 calories a day. That just proves that you don’t have to starve yourself to get the results you want. Just make healthier choises and you’re good to go. guess how much I worked out also? The whole week I burned about 500 calories on the treadmill. I seriously barely worked out. #good week

out for a light run ?(?????)?

Day 2 outcome

• Soy milk, strawberries, bananas, and almonds for smoothies
• Special K protein drinks for after running
• Yogurts
• Total Raisin Bran
• Fat free cottage cheese with pineapple
• Arnold Palmer iced tea/lemonade
• Weight Watchers ice cream bars
• Chicken breast
• Mio water flavor
• Fiber One bars

I don’t remember what else I got but I’m sure there were a few other things. I tried to get things that said light, fat free, or something of that sort. I’ve got some ham and cheese for sandwiches. I also got a couple Lean Cuisines and a frozen pizza in case I don’t feel like actually making something, but I always have a couple of those things around.

This week I plan on-

• Running on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday- I’ll probably stay on week one of C25K the whole time and move on next week.
• Starting to learn some portion control- measuring out portions and then making note of what a cup of this or two tablespoons of that actually looks like so eventually I won’t have to measure things.
• Yoga a few times if I feel like I need it- 15-minute Gaiam DVD.
• If I can find batteries for my Wii Balance Board, I’ll be weighing in with that sometime this week and probably doing the fit tests on there.

As much as I hate seeing any kind of weight gain, whether it’s 1/2 a pound or 5 pounds, I always remember that I’ve lost a total of 46 pounds so far. That’s 46 pounds of hard work and determination. So what if I’ve slipped up and gained a few pounds? If I can lose 10 times that much, then I can do anything. I may not be skinny yet, but I know I look a hell of a lot better than I did at 190.

So today I decided that when I reach my weight loss goal in the middle of September, I’m going to reward myself by buying tickets to Coachella, Bonnaroo AND Austin City Limits 2012! (maybe even Lollapalooza if the lineup is absolutely unreal!) That will be the perfect end of school and weight loss reward to myself.

Watching the Bonnaroo coverage is making me want to cry. I should be there right now! Such a great lineup. Well, better start saving my money now. This is going to be one expensive reward!

Well - as I thought - not such a great week.

336.8lbs - down only 1lb from the previous week.

Making sure I push myself harder this week.

1031 calories burned walking 2.53 miles in 50:00 minutes.

Hello, Hello!

So, it’s been a while. My sister got married yesterday and so life at my house has been a blur! Not in a bad way, just been pretty busy getting bossed around and… hah just kidding. Well, not really. ;)

It’s been about a month since the semester has ended and I have made a couple of changes in my life ( or at least in the process). I guess I should start with a story of what happened to me a few weeks ago.

For the past couple of summers, my parents get a gym membership to utilize the pool and to keep my brother busy. The funny thing is, is we never got these memberships to build a healthier lifestyle really… just something to keep my brother off the video games and out into the sun. Well anyway, about two weeks ago, I strapped on my “workout clothes” and made my way to the gym to reactivated my membership. After so, I went to the locker room towards the scale. Now, this is hard for me to confess this, but I figured if I talk to other people (or just type out my feelings) it might help me gain a boost of some motivation. Anywho, well the scale read a whopping 233 lbs. Now… people that know me find that number hard to believe because it’s hidden behind my height, but noticable or not… that is still very unhealthy. Well, I was furious for some reason. I mean, somehow I knew it in the back of my mind all along, but for some reason my mind went into this weird racing frenzy. I don’t even know how I got up the stairs to the workout equipment… it was like my body and soul  were separated and my mind had made the decision that all of this had to end… or eventually… I would be the one to end. Now, that sounds drastic… but it’s the truth. So, it’s been two weeks since the “work in progress” transformation and so far I have lost 9 lbs.

 This is probably nothing to many people, but to me… it’s everything. This is just the beginning and… sure… there will be mistakes, but people make mistakes… even the skinny people ;) The only person who can fix this is myself. 

There is more to this story, but I just feel myself rambling all over the place. So, to be short and sweet… I have decided to transform this blog into one that records my struggles and successes with fitness, health, and weight loss.

Anyone else who is struggling with this as well, I greatly respect you. Many people don’t realize how hard it is for people with these issues. They don’t understand that it’s not just the pounds weighting you down. So don’t listen to the clueless judgement around you and let’s do this together! And if your not struggling with this but know someone struggling with obesity and weight loss, just know you could be a strong advocate in changing their life. Well anyway, whoever is listening (if anyone is) I thank you for reading this. Hope you stop by again! 

here goes nothing :)

cw: 66.1kg / 145lbs

i am only 100g away from going under 66kg. it would be GREAT if i could just hit the 65s next week cos i’ve been fluctuating between 66 - 67kg over the past 3 weeks!

in any case, i’ve realized i shouldn’t beat myself up over not being able to exercise the past 3 days. my body needed a break, so i shouldn’t feel bad :] plus!! when i quit my job (4th july!!) i’ll be able to spend everyday in the gym making full use of my membership. hehe. i’m so excited for that. :)

hope you guys had a good weekend too? :)

Forever thunder thighs? I’ve kind of come to love em’ through the running and lifting. Definitely got a long way to go though on toning them. 

I’ll update my stats and everything tomorrow morning. I’m exhausted and I have work early tomorrow.

On the bright side, I’m really proud of myself for burning off my breakfast and lunch. :) now I can just burn my dinner off in my sleep plus a little extra. :)

Night everyone!

My basic nutrition for the day. My boyfriend ate one of my...

I want to try fasting.

I’m going to the doctor Tuesday. Based on what she says about me losing weight I’ll decide if I should.

I read today that doing a 30-40 day fast will cure acne for life. I’ve always wanted to do a 40 day fast.

I guess we will see what happens.

Hello fellow people who read my blog sometimes

well hopefully if you are actually reading this you will learn some fascinating facts that I learned! Salt or Sodium can be the cause of why you cant lose weight!

And yes of course we all know NOT to eat a lot of salt but salt is in all take out food, all frozen foods and ALL SODAS and even more its ridiculous so I will totally explain why in a quick way!

SALT is addictive just like nicotine or even cocaine! , because of this when were full we may keep eating because salt can override your tummy full signals so then we keep eating and eating!

the reason scientists have just figured this out is because salt has ZERO calories so there was no real point in thinking it could be the cause of weight gain.

this is the reason why : excess salt can interfere with the livers ability to turn stored fat into energy.

that means that SALT keeps fat stuck on are bellies and are thighs!

Also high salt intake can increase your levels of insulin (a hormone that manages blood sugar by storing excess in fat tissue) the more insulin you have the more fat you store and the more weight you gain!

another fact of why salt can make you fat is that it can totally dehydrate you and you may end up packing on extra water weight, also dehydration causes your metabolism to slow down. which causes you to get lazy and feel extremly fatigue

So how do you fix all of this!

calcium,potassium magnesium,protein and good fat

the reason you should cut down on your salt intake is because it can also cause many different physical diseases such as kidney disease,high blood pressure etc.

so next time you pick up something with a sodium intake of like 300 you might wanna think twice the more salt the harder it will be to lose weight good luck!

I got this information from an article in a magazine if ya wanna know which one please ask!!

omg what even.

let’s shoot for saturday okay deal let’s do this.

IM LOOSING WEIGHT IN A HEALTHY WAY. I’M SIMPLY COUNTING CALORIES, DRINKING MORE WATER, NOT EATING SO LATE, AND OF COURSE EXERCISING. I’M TRYING TO EXERCISE AT LEAST FOUR TO FIVE TIMES A WEEK, WHATEVER I CAN GET IN. I WORK THREE JOBS AND DO HAVE A SOCIAL LIFE THAT BOTH NEED TENDING TO OF COURSE, BUT SO FAR MY WEIGHT LOSS PLAN SEEMS TO BE FITTING PERFECTLY IN THE DOWN TIME.

I HAVE TRIED TO LOOSE WEIGHT IN AN UNHEALTHY WAY BY NOT EATING, OR TAKING DIET PILLS, OR CLEANSING, BUT NON OF IT WORKED FOR ME BECAUSE I SIMPLY GAINED ALL THE WEIGHT BACK WHEN I WAS DONE. I HADN’T LEARNED ANYTHING BY STARVING MYSELF AND WENT BACK TO MY OLD WAYS.

FOR ME, ANYWAY, LOOSING WEIGHT THE IN A HEALTHY MANNER IS REWARDING, SATISFYING, AND PERMANENT.

Mine. I don’t really go to thinspo blogs so the only one I really have is mine. I do follow a few on my main Tumblr and I like them, but I try to make mine the way I feel that I would like it if it wasn’t mine. I try to post tidbits, and facts and stuff, along with updates, and pictures and my food stuff and progress. Idk if that’s a thinspo because I don’t really know what thinspo is, so yea… maybe that’s not what a thinspo blog is.

nom nom nom

Breakfast

oatmeal w/ banana

Lunch
taco chips
awesome margarita!!!!

Dinner
Crispy Chicken Wrap w/ yam fries
Dreamsicle mocktail

I didn’t weigh myself today. Waiting until Wednesday.

I have tried to post this multiple times but my laptop keeps crashing, so I’ve resorted to my iPod.

Although fruits and veggies don’t count, I used them anyway (They don’t count when your on a water diet)

Breakfast- One and a halve cups water

Lunch - Two strawberries and some