shooped!

exactly what I thought as I read the book.

(Source: ihavefitwithinme, via rightwayforlife)

Freaking delish with a cup of almond milk fo breffas.

What do you eat for breakfast if you’re in a rush?

…for work, because my work clothes have become annoyingly big on me. Not like, HUGE, but enough to where I had to buy a belt to keep my pants up, and people were telling me my pants looked big on me and stuff.

I was half excited and half nervous because, sure I was losing weight, but just maybe I hadn’t lost enough weight to fit into a size down, and that would be so depressing.

Guess what??

I dropped a size! In two months, I dropped a pant size and it feels a-freaking-mazing.

Starting size: 18

Current size: 16

Picture coming soon!

Those abs!

(via rightwayforlife)

My running buddies: Brooks’ Ghost 4.

Tell me: iPhone? special running app? What do you have to have for your workout?

Because this last week was kind of a disaster, I’m skipping Weigh in Wednesday and opting for a more motivational post of Before and Afters!

I think it is important to feel like a badass before a workout. My braid mustache helps tremendously.

I don’t regret splurging on tools that will make me a healthier me. It’s a ten dollar water bottle but doesn’t it make drinking water so sexy? (Also, isn’t my desk super cute?)

One thing I started doing was consistently eating (or, in my case, drinking) breakfast. Back in the day, I used to make really delicious smoothies with scoops of peanut butter. But then, I decided to cut down on the satty-fatties and came up with this beauty:

I call it the… *drumroll*…

Bananas And Stuff Breakfast Smoothie

1 large banana

4 strawberries

1 serving of your favorite non-fat Greek yogurt (I like Stonyfield Black Cherry!)

3 large cubes of ice

1 cup uncooked oatmeal (is it okay to eat uncooked oatmeal? o.O)

1 cup fat free milk (more or less to make it the consistency you prefer)

Throw it all in the blender, crush the ice and then liquefy! The one above has a couple raspberries just to make it look fancy for the picture, but you can really add whatever you want. If you blend raspberries in it, it gives it a tartness I don’t really care for, so I tend to leave them out.

What kind of fruit do you recommend in a smoothie for breakfast?

This post has been started already like 9 times.

Honestly, I don’t know where or how to start. I feel weird about starting a blog because I’m usually a reserved person. And, the intention of this blog would be to talk about an issue I’ve had my entire life.

So, here goes…

I need to lose about 85 pounds.

I want to lose about 85 pounds and I’ve already lost about 16 of those suckers.

I decided I wasn’t messing around anymore and got super serious December 1st, 2011. I started running. I eat less beef, pork, sugars, and fried crap. I eat more fish, veggies and drink a TON of water. And every Wednesday since, I’ve weighed myself. My weekly weight loss averages around 2 pounds. (But then I went to Austin for a weekend and gained like *cough* 4 pounds! *cough*)

Since then, though, I am 16 pounds lighter. People notice, so that’s kinda cool. I feel much more energetic, I look forward to working out, and I love shopping for workout clothes. It is such an awesome feeling.

So, I want to share my experiences on this journey to get fit to help people struggling with the same problem, and this just seems like the perfect way to do it.

Here’s a “before” pic for shnitzengiggles and because that’s what all the cool weight-loss kids are doing:

This was taken May of 2011 at my heaviest. I’ll be uploading “during” pictures here and there. Hopefully the “after” picture involves less rolls! :)