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17 Apr 12 at 4 pm

jennalee-weightloss:

a-speel:

I HAVE HIT MY 100lb MARK!

I started my weight loss journey on August 26th, 2011 at 325lbs.

I am now 224.4lbs as of April 17th, 2012.(318lbs is my closest starting picture.)

I am 6’ 3”, 18 years old, and I have always been fat. I owe that a little to genetics, my whole family is pretty much big people, and the way I grew up. I didn’t have any friends throughout elementary and middle school. I was the kid who sat during recess and read a nice book instead of playing with other kids. Do I regret that? Not at all. But I do believe it caused my metabolism to be ultimately slow, seeing as I never really did much exercise until I started losing the weight now, when I’m 18. Also, I was watched by grandparents until I was 12 who always fed me fast food.

Despite this, I started lifting weights in high school a bit. I can leg press 1200lbs. I have always had perfect blood pressure and cholesterol. So don’t you dare think that fat people are always unhealthy. I am living proof that they aren’t.

My waist went from being 51” to 38.5” 

My shirt size went from XXL to L

My pant size went from 44”x34” to 36”x34

I have some loose skin on my arms, thighs, and stomach. I’ll deal with that in my own time.

I’m making this change for myself. I want to be the best “me” I can be. :]

Seriously inspiring. You are amazing! :)

You’re awesome!

(via alifelongromance)

So I kind of surprised myself today in terms of exercise, I got myself up at 8.04 and actually did the 30 Day Shred.

Jillian Michaels 

Well no I don’t. I just hate how unfit I am and the fact I felt like I was going to pass out half way into the DVD. What’s worse I remember from last year what my body is going to feel like tomorrow. Hell. 

But I did it, and hopefully I’ll find the motivation to do it tomorrow as well. I also walked to and from the cinema which is an hour each way. 

My eating wasn’t fantastic, but it wasn’t horrendous. I decided I won’t weigh in this week, I’m going to leave it until next Monday.

I also didn’t do any drawing which means I’ll have to finish it all tomorrow :( Oh well it’s my own fault.

helpmehealthy replied to your post: Sorry I have been absent … again. My birthday…

we are in the exact.same.boat. aha. but I’m starting again tomorrow too, so good luck, you aren’t alone! :)

Uhh I just completely lost it with my eating, everything just went to crap. I guess we’ll both be working a little harder from now on, but at least we are doing something now before any more weight is put on :) I assume you had a good time in Munich?

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15 Apr 12 at 11 pm

balancefully:

I never liked spinach until I made an adventurous decision to buy some at the grocery store anyways… and turn them into Oven Baked Spinach Chips

Now, spinach is my new best veggie friend. It tastes sooo ridiculously good. Let’s start baking!

Ingredients
• Bucket load of spinach leafs. I am talking about handfuls here!
• A bit of extra virgin olive oil, to coat the leaves. You don’t need a lot - for 400 grams of spinach leaves, I used 1 tablespoon of oil.
• Herbs. I used pepper, curry powder, red pepper powder, garlic powder and thyme.

Directions
1. Preheat oven at 120°C / 250F,
2. Rinse and dry the spinach leafs,
3. Place spinach in a large bowl, pour in some olive oil to coat the leafs,
4. Add herbs, toss it all around,
5. Place some baking paper on a tray, and lay out the spinach nice and evenly,
6. Pop them in the oven for 15-20 minutes. Keep checking on them until they’re crisp!

I could eat buckets of this stuff. Yum! Enjoy your crispy veggies. :)

(via fitter-than-a-snicker)

tags: fitblr  healthy  food  spinach 
balancefully:

I never liked spinach until I made an adventurous decision to buy some at the grocery store anyways… and turn them into Oven Baked Spinach Chips. Now, spinach is my new best veggie friend. It tastes sooo ridiculously good. Let’s start baking!Ingredients• Bucket load of spinach leafs. I am talking about handfuls here!• A bit of extra virgin olive oil, to coat the leaves. You don’t need a lot - for 400 grams of spinach leaves, I used 1 tablespoon of oil.• Herbs. I used pepper, curry powder, red pepper powder, garlic powder and thyme.Directions1. Preheat oven at 120°C / 250F,2. Rinse and dry the spinach leafs,3. Place spinach in a large bowl, pour in some olive oil to coat the leafs,4. Add herbs, toss it all around,5. Place some baking paper on a tray, and lay out the spinach nice and evenly,6. Pop them in the oven for 15-20 minutes. Keep checking on them until they’re crisp!I could eat buckets of this stuff. Yum! Enjoy your crispy veggies. :)

Sorry I have been absent … again.

My birthday weekend of unhealthy eating has kind of turned into the past two weeks of me reverting back to my old ways and eating whatever the hell I wanted, pretty much everything I ate was incredibly unhealthy, I just didn’t care what I put in my mouth, the amount of calories I have consumed … I don’t even like thinking about it. Being back home from uni has been hard for me in terms of my eating, even though there are healthy options in the fridge there are also loads of unhealthy options and it seams I just cant handle this. I am going to have to do something about this though, I’m going to be at home throughout the summer, I can’t be eating like that then.

Uhhh, I need to sort myself out. I’m just doing fairly badly in general lately, not just with eating.

I need to change, sort things out, I don’t like the way I am living right now, I want to be more productive, happier with myself.

So tomorrow is Monday, and will be another fresh start for me.

I am going to get up before 8am tomorrow, so I don’t waste my day sleeping then I’m going to do the 30 day shred, which I know will absolutely kill me, but it is about time I do some exercise, this weight is not going to go with just healthy eating. I’ll then eat some oatmeal with a banana for breakfast. Shower. Draw a bit more, I need to finish the commission I’m working on by the 18th. Then if the weather is okay, I’ll walk to the cinema, which should take about an hour. I’ll buy some fruit from Tesco for lunch to eat in the cinema, then hopefully walk back again. I’ll try to finish my drawing when I get back. Oh, and clean my room. Sounds like a pretty good day to me, if I actually do all of it :)

Okay, from tomorrow I’m making things better for myself, hopefully this will go well.

fearlessfitspo:

About a year and a half ago I didn’t even realize I had gained weight until I noticed my pants weren’t fitting anymore. I was oblivious to the point of thinking the clothes were shrinking, rather than me getting bigger. I went through a long period of wearing mostly dresses and skirts because I was so ashamed I had let myself get bigger, and thought buying new pants was accepting my weight gain instead of dedicating myself to fitting into them again. Eventually though, I did buy new pants and it wasn’t the size 3 on the tag that made me feel bad, it was the fact that all my other pants were too tight to even get all the way up my legs, let alone buttoned.

Since then I was unhappy with myself and trying to change things for the better, but I wasn’t giving it the dedication it needed. Then, after this last winter break, I decided enough was enough, and I kicked things into high gear. Now I eat clean, go to the gym three times a week, run twice a week, and walk the two miles to and from school whenever I have the time.

The result? I feel good about myself, my body is defined, I am so much stronger, and as of yesterday, I can now fit into my 25 inch waist pants that I feared I’d never wear again. I have twice as many jeans, a bunch more skirts, dresses, and shorts, and so much pride for my hard work. I assumed that if I ever fit into my pants again it would bring tears to my eyes. Instead I felt a hardening of determination to continue to improve.

miss-mountaintop replied to your post: Weigh in.

I bet most of it is water/poop weight!! Give yourself a couple days of clean eating and lots of water before you step on the scale again and I bet it will all be gone!!

Hopefully! That is very sensible, here’s hoping my weight will get a little closer to last week’s weigh in rather than this weeks :)

loveyourselfcompletely replied to your post: Weigh in.

Water weight. Bloating. Too much sodium. That time of the month. Drank too much water yesterday. Constipated. Stomach still full. There are SOOOO many factors. I’m sure you didn’t gain that much. But even if you did, you are beautiful and strong. :)

I am hoping it is a mixture of water weight and too much sodium. Either way some of that weight will be gone by the end of this week! Thank you very much :)