114

I’ll always reblog that GIF. Until I can do it too.

One day …

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Using my wall calendar to to track my workouts (as well as my weight. (Yeah, yeah I weigh myself everyday. Get off me!) The don’t break the chain thing really works! The more check marks I see, the more I’m encouraged to just. keep. going.

Saturdays are my rest days. Y is for hot yoga, B is for boot camp, R is for running, W is for walking.

Cute! Bright, fun workout gear definitely increases my likelihood of actually hauling my butt to the gym/yoga studio/sidewalk.

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First Official WIW in over a year!

Height: 5’3.5”

Highest Weight: 168 (March 23, 2010)

Starting Weight: 164 (March 1, 2010)

Re-Starting Weight: 140 (February 2012)

Last Weigh-in: 134.2  (April 11, 2012)

Current Weight: 133.8

Change This Week: - 0.4 pounds

Total Change: - 34.2 pounds

Even though, I lost .4 pounds this week (Woohoo!) typing these numbers out for the first time in a long time is kind of a bummer. At my last WIW (In February 2011) I was 126.2. And now a year later I’m almost 10 pounds heavier. Blarg. I really need to stop looking at where I was and focus on where I’m going.

I’m coming for you 130 …

Bathing Suit Motivation

Sailor Girl Swimsuit

Bought this bathing suit in a size small a month or so again to motivate myself to get it together for the summer. It’s sort of worked before (twice!). This bathing suit however is obscenely expensive. I’m sort of embarrassed that I spent almost $175 on a bikini (It was on sale, OK?!) But I bought a Juicy Couture one piece swimsuit waaaaaay back in 2008 and it’s held up incredibly well - hopefully I’ll get a lot of wear out of this one as well. That is … if I can squeeze into it this Summer.

I’d like to wear this when I’m in Puerto Rico over Memorial Day weekend, but as that date approaches it’s looking less and less likely. I’ll try post some pictures of myself in it this weekend … it ain’t pretty y’all. :-/

Asked by tiredofstartingover tiredofstartingover

hihi you make me smile :D How has it been going lately?

And thanks for asking! It’s been going pretty well the last few weeks - back on track with my workouts and eating. Although I haven’t seen the results on the scale … YET.

And congrats to you again on making it to 127! That’s crazy! So proud of you!

Reblog this if you’re a sista’ who’s a fitbla’!

mygoalis140:

Black or African American and living towards a healthy lifestyle! I got message earlier asking if I knew of any, and I know there are more than 3 of you out there! Get to rebloggin’!

Hey! Me! oh me! I’m a Chocolate-American!

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Asked by the-genevieve the-genevieve

hey love, thanks for the follow!!! will support you in anyway that I can during your journey through this thing we call "life"! :)

Thank you! :D

Asked by hellocurls hellocurls

Heyyyy you!!! (Do you even remember me by now?) I just read your post and - don't worry!!! With a little more work, you'll get back to where you were before!!! I'm sure of it! I'm dealing with the same thing right now and I'm confident I'll get to where I wanna be if I build a daily routine. You can do the same!!!

Hey lady! Of course I remember you! Glad we’re both (sort of?) back.

And you’re so right about getting back into the routine. Right now I’m struggling to look ahead and not behind me. Instead of focusing on what I need to change with my diet, work outs, etc. I keep looking back to last year when I was at my lowest weight. I’ve been down on myself for “messing up” all that hard work that I put in by gaining a little weight back. It’s dumb and crazy unproductive.

HOWEVER, every day that I’m back in this it gets a little easier. :) We got this!

Failure

I think part of the reason I’ve been hesitant to post again on tumblr (aside from my stupid busy schedule) is that I sort of feel like a failure.

I’m not 125 pounds anymore. Heck, I’m not even 130 pounds. Last month, for the first time in more than a year, I saw the scale climb to 140. I wanted to cry. 140 is the weight on my drivers license. The weight that I lied and said I was when I was nearing 170 pounds. The day that I finally got below 140, I was ecstatic. I promised myself that I’d never see that number on the scale again.

But on that morning last month - there it was again. 140 pounds. Fuck. I had come so far. After all that positivity I had shouted at everyone else - “You can do it! I did it! Heathy diet! Exercise! Hot yoga! Lentils!” Did gaining some of the weight back just mean I was full of shit the whole time? I don’t think so. I think it just means I’m human. And I got off track for a bit. I’m back on it. This morning I was 134.4 pounds.

Onward!

Asked by tiredofstartingover tiredofstartingover

Heeeeey. Thank you much for the sweet messages that you keep sending me. How are you? Why don't you post anymore? :(

You’re very welcome! I am so truly impressed with all the progress that you’ve made!

And I don’t post anymore because …. ugh. Life has gotten in my way. Trying to balance work, boyfriend, friends, writing, and a million other things has made it almost impossible to blog like I used to. Which is certainly why I’ve gained a bit of this weight back.

But in the last month or so I’ve discovered that just following other people’s weight-loss journeys helps me keep my own on the right track. Even if I can’t participate as much as I used to :) Slowly going to try to participate a bit more …

I’m baaaaaaaaaaaack.

And I’m sure all twelve or thirteen followers I have left are super stoked about it. ;)

Since I lasted posted (in March ’11, Ahhhhhhh!). I got as low as 122 pounds (in April ’11) and then stayed around 125-130 pounds throughout the summer and early fall. Healthy eating and regular exercise became intuitive for me. Not to brag, but I was killing this fitness shit. *hair flip*

And then Thanksgiving happened.

Occasional indulgences gave way to copious amounts of booze, french fries, pizza, and chocolate cake. Sooooo much chocolate cake. And because it’s hard to drag yourself out of bed at 6 AM to workout when you had 3 shots of tequila the night before, my everyday work outs became once every other week work outs. The last two months of 2011 were pretty much a non-stop bacchanalia . And I’m not going to say it wasn’t fun. Because Yum! Booze and cake, right?! But it’s not so fun anymore. Because now when I’m booty-butt naked and looking at myself in the mirror – I’m not all that happy with what I see, y’all.

Today I am 135.2 pounds. I’m going to Puerto Rico on May 24, 2012 for a friend’s wedding. I will reach my goal weight by then. Tumblr helped me lose more than 40 pounds last year. I think it’s time for me to get back to it, so that I can lose the last 20

katakalolosesweight:

Hello, my name is Katasha. I look like this.

I’ve tried to lose weight several times, but this time I’m committed. How do I know? Because I’m 23 years old, just graduated from college, and - to be honest - I’ve nothing better to do. This is the time.

I’m giving myself six months to lose at least sixteen pounds. Then, who knows? I might go back to Brussels to visit my brother.

Let’s do it!

I hope you don’t mind me reblogging this - I couldn’t find your ask. So stoked to see you again! When I finally decided to (sort of) end my tumblr sabbatical a month ago, you were one of the first people I checked up on and I was crazy bummed when you weren’t on my dash.

Welcome back! (Says the girl who doesn’t post anymore)

Busy, busy, busy.

I’ve been so busy the last couple of days that I haven’t been able to tumblr. Catch-up time!

I Love My Summer Bikini / Bathing Suit Body Challenge

GENERAL GOALS

To finally love my body.
To lose the last 10 to 15 pounds and finally get down to my goal weight of 114.
To make my butt … better. Tighter, smaller, rounder, higher, firmer. You know … all that stuff that awesome butts are.

DIET & EXERCISE GOALS

Workout 5 to 6 days a week
Eat 1200-1600 calories everyday
Eat more fruits and vegetables and less pre-packaged foods, especially soy meat substitutes and high-sodium ready-meals.
Cool it with the booze, already! Keep my drinking to a maximum of 2 drinks a week.