What’s going on?
Woah! I got a ton of new followers overnight! 
Where did y’all come from? Is it because this picture is blowing up with the reblogs again? If you want to know more about me, this is the place. (It’s rather long and disorganized.) If you wonder why I don’t automatically follow you back, this is why. If you feel you fit the criteria, please let me know, here or in my ask I love making new friends. If you know you don’t fit, introduce yourself anyway! I can still be your friend!
(Do I need a new waving gif since my hair is gone?)
In other news…
- Today I’m
skipping school using one of my 3 remaining sick days that don’t roll over. I’m dropping off my schools Soles4Souls collection then driving to Georgia to my parents’ house with a stop at a thrift store or two on the way.
- I won’t be on much today or this weekend because of this.
- Don’t forget about the CD swap!
I’ve gotten a few addresses already. Remember that you have until next Wednesday.
- Tomorrow is the Warrior Dash! I’m going to go with regular socks because some of y’all made a good point about knee socks getting wet and heavy. Jeremy and my coworkers, knowing how accident prone I am, are all convinced I’m going to get hurt, so my goal is just not to get hurt.
- Today I weighed in because I wanted to take all my measurements (for the first time since Mar. 26) and I weighed 130.6. I don’t even know how that happened. I was 3 pounds heavier 2 days ago. I thought I was eating enough. I never have bog drops like that except right after a day or two of excessive eating. I haven’t been that low in over a year. It also means I’ve lost 39 1/2 pounds since my high weight.
- On a related note, this morning I felt like my abs look better than they did those brief moments I was at my prior goal weight of 127. I may be slightly bigger now, but I’m definitely fitter.
- Now I need to do my push ups & abs, get dressed, and pack so I can get out of here.
Have an awesome weekend, everyone!
warrior-fitness:
I’d like to clarify something right up front. “Weight Loss” is NOT the same thing as “Fat Loss.” The term “weight loss” includes any number of things your body can “lose” (which I’ll explain shortly) and usually refers to scale weight. ”Fat loss” - in most people’s use of the term - refers to…
great, informative explanation!
WIW- I’m back to Wednesdays since OPFABS seems to have died.
For all those new to the program, I also post some other measurements besides just weight because that’s a better record of my maintenance.
High weight: 170 lbs
Starting: 147.6 lbs, waist: 28 3/4, stomach: 36 1/2
Last Monday: 133.2 lbs, waist: 26, stomach 32 1/4, body fat % 19.8
Today: 133.4 lbs, waist: 25 7/8, stomach: 32 7/8, bf: 19.7%
Still maintaining like a boss, though not quite as small as I prefer.
If When I get my secret eating under control, I know this will be no problem.
In other news, I got my first dirty comment on one of my youtube videos- one where I was doing jumping jacks for some tumblr challenge. Now I’m off to go block the sicko.
Her stomach gets a lot smaller but her boobs get bigger?
Sorry, ladies. That’s not how it works.
Don’t set yourselves up for disappointment by striving for a body that’s unattainable through natural means.
Only a tiny fraction of women can have a flat stomach or defined abs AND still have a large chest.
If you’re one of those lucky few, go for it, but most of you will have to choose.
Just don’t feel like your body is less perfect because you don’t have both.
edit:
ohgeebee replied to your link: How can people think this is a legit before & after and give it 5k notes?
Maybe she got a boob job?? Haha idk doesn’t seem real to me.
I’m not saying that it’s not actually her in both pics. If it is, her weight loss is commendable. It’s just not possible to have results like that without surgery, and some people seem to forget that and then lament their inability to have both a flat stomach and boobs.
When you hear a song on the radio and think this is a good workout song.
30. Progress
I was going to take a new one, but I decided to go with this comparison.
The top picture is our two families on my 24th birthday, so that would have been 2006. James was 8 months old.
The bottom is from April 2011. (I’m close to the same weight.) James was 5, Daniel 2, and Toby 5 months.
Though I’m the same weight, look at my running mileage from last April compared to this one:
The difference in my total mileage is even greater:
Progress comes in different forms.
We also progressed from living in a trailer to owning our own home.
abitofsilliness:
And thinner…then fatter…then a little thinner…then A LOT fatter….
thankyoujimmyfallon:
Thank you, Facebook timeline, for being a well-detailed account of exactly when I got fat.
pretty much. I find a lot of my before pics on facebook.
OPFABS Week 5 Recap
The challenge:
Bold= my comments and modifications.
enoughfluff:
This week I challenge YOU (pikachu) to:
Find time this week to go on an exciting adventure. Grab your hubby, kids, mom, best friend, significant other and go on a hike. Don’t have any hiking trails by you? FIND ONE and DRIVE THERE. It will be worth it, I promise. Bring lots of water for hydration, some yummy snacks like granola and banana and explore the world! This challenge can be held off until the weekend if needed, I know we have crazy, hectic lives.
We actually just went hiking just over a week ago, so this won’t be happening. It’s very time-consuming and not possible during the week since we both work and we have other plans this weekend. In fact, I’m pretty sure we’re going canoeing. That should count.
- If you watch TV, I’ve got a challenge for you. During EVERY commercial break do ONE of the following: 10 jumping jacks, 5 push-ups, 5 squats, 5 lunges, butt-kicks for 30 seconds, knee-highs for 30 seconds, OR shadow boxing for 30 seconds. Mix it up a bit every time and this will not only reduce your TV time (I’m pretty sure you’ll hate TV by the end of the week), but it will get you moving! Feel free to sub any exercises for ones that you prefer, but keep them around the 30 second- 1 minute time frame.
I really never watch TV. We pretty much just watch movies.
Let’s see if we can kick our mile time’s tail again shall we? A couple of weeks ago I asked you to record your mile time on Monday and beat it by Friday. Well now I want you to take the PR mile time from that week and beat by this Friday. If you don’t remember your time, then run a mile on Monday and beat it by Friday. The only competition here is yourself. If you can’t run one…walk one!
Not doing this Monday since today’s a running rest day or beating it on Friday since it’s a rest day, too, but I’ll run one tomorrow and maybe on Saturday or next Monday and try to improve.
- Have a sweet tooth? Instead of dessert this week, opt for fresh fruit instead. It’s sweet enough to smother that sweet tooth without breaking the calorie bank.
Normally I would skip this because I do allow myself treats, but since last week was so rough, I need to enforce some discipline. The only exception is tomorrow night we have a young couples get-together thing tomorrow and I’ll have one small thing. I’ll also allow dark chocolate if I’m really craving.
Fruit honestly does nothing for my sweet tooth. If I try to smother it with fruit, I end up eating both fruit and chocolate.
Let’s do this.
Reblog & Share.
Honor Code.
How I did:
- We went canoeing on Saturday and had an awesome time.
- I didn’t watch any TV the whole week, so this doesn’t apply.
- I killed my mile time.
- I only had desserts/ sweets as my pre-planned exceptions.
Good week!
Measurements:
week 1: 135.0, waist: 26 1/8, stomach 32 5/8, body fat % 20.3
week 2: 132.6, waist: 25 7/8, stomach 32 3/8, body fat % 20.4
week 3: 135.2, waist: 26, stomach 32 1/4, body fat % 20.4
week 4: 135.6, waist: 25 7/8 , stomach 32 1/4, body fat % 20.3
week 5: 134.8, waist: 26 1/8 , stomach 32 5/8, body fat % 21.0
this week: 135.0, waist: 26, stomach 32 1/4, body fat % 19.6 <— woot!
“Healthy questions” challenge day 7
Day seven: Do Did your friends and family know you are were trying to lose weight?
Jeremy did, of course.
I had mentioned once or twice to my mom about wanting to, but in passing, saying things like, “I really don’t want to buy any more pants until I’m closer to my old size,” while we were shopping.
I didn’t ever talk about it with anyone, though. Even when I was overweight, I was average compared to most people in my family and in this city (one of the fattest in the nation). Once I got in the healthy range, I definitely didn’t want people to know I was trying to because they wouldn’t understand at all why I’d even want to.
cleaningout:
This question comes to you from my mother, and a lot of people who send me asks. My mom WAS a yo-yo dieter, and every diet she’d ever been on recommended fruit and vegetables in excess…except some diets swore off “high carb” vegetables. She wanted to know what the deal was with this, so I thought…
1. There is no such thing as a zero calorie or negative calorie fruit/vegetable/food/etc.
I think this is one of the biggest myths. The rest of the info is great, too.
“Healthy questions” challenge day 5
Day five: Is there any specific event you want to lose the weight for?
Life is an event, right?
Or growing older?
How about raising my future children, if I’m blessed with them?
Or maybe preventing negative, health-related events from occuring?
“Healthy questions” challenge day 2
Day two: What is your MAIN reason for wanting to lose weight? (Be honest.)
First, it was too look better for Jeremy. I did not look like the person he married. It really wasn’t fair to him that I had gain over 30 pounds and he was just the same.
Then it became more about looking better because I wanted to.
Now it’s a mix between that and wanting to be healthier and live a healthy life.
Some of these don’t exactly apply, but I’m doing it anyway.
One - Your stats.
Highest Weight - ~170 lbs
Current Weight - 135.2 lbs
Two - How tall are you? Do you like your height?
5’6” I do like it. If I were any shorter, it would be hard to find jeans that are short enough, but if I were taller, I’d be too close to Jeremy’s height.
Three - What is your fitspiration?
Myself. I know what it takes to get to where I need to be because I’ve done it. I just need to hang on once I’m there.
Four - Your greatest fears about weight loss?
Feeling like it’s never enough. I’m also afraid that I’ll never really be able to maintain- that it’ll always be up and down.
Five - Why do you really want to lose this weight? Are you doing it for you?
These last few pounds/fractions of an inch are important to me because I only have this bit of extra when I’m not eating right and treating my body well. I want to lose them because then I know I’m being healthy.
Yes, it is for me.
Six - Do you binge? If so, explain why you think you do.
Sort of. I struggle with secret eating, which is usually when I’m not hungry and always beyond the point of hunger. It’s more slow and methodical than binging and it’s not always all at once, either.
Seven - Do your parents know you’re trying to lose weight? Do they care?
They know that I have lost weight. Some how my mom said that she didn’t even realize I had gained all that much to have much to lose until she stumbled across my blog and saw my before & afters. They are proud of my running.
Eight - Your workout routine?
I typically run every other day and do strength training 2x a week.
Nine - What do you normally eat?
It depends on your definition of “normally.” I don’t have any certain plan I go by. I try to eat mostly healthy, but that’s pretty vague and broad.
Ten - What is something you’re looking forward to doing when you reach your goal weight?
I don’t exactly have a goal weight. I have ranges (both for weight & waist size) in which I would like to maintain.
What I’m looking forward to most is not thinking about my weight/size constantly, not analyzing whether an outfit makes me look bigger or smaller but if it’s flattering. I’m looking forward to eating well with moderate treats because it’s good for me, not because I’ll gain weight if I don’t. I’m looking forward to running being 100% because I love it and not 75% love and 25% feeling obligated.
18. Before & After
I finally made up my mind.
