You have ZERO excuse!! GET OFF YOUR ASS AND WORK!!!
Having the courage to start is the hardest part. She obviously worked hard for this.
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I don’t get enough fitspo of real people on their journey on my dash. Love!
I want that shirt
30 DAY SHRED RESULTS
ok so im kinda nervous about posting this as my before pic is horrendous (as they always are)
this is me from april to may, gone from 128 to 122 not a massive loss in pounds but iv lost quite a few inches!
clean eating, no junk and running a few times a week!
hope you guys like them, I’m super motivated right now! day 3 of insanity today!!!!
wow girl this is stunning
Amazing!
Amazing response (:
aw haha omg thank you :3
^^^ amazing response yes and anon spelled youre wrong, it’s you’re :)
Rebloggin because I think anonymous hate mail is pathetic and chicken shit, and I LOVE that response.
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I love all the motivational posts here on Tumblr but we don’t see enough pictures of overweighet people exercising. The reality is that we’re not all fit yet but that doesn’t mean that we’re not doing our best to reach our goal. I have so much respect for people who make efforts, no matter what their size or shape is, that I thought I would dedicate them a post.
I love this :)
This made me smile.
Love it
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What the Hell are these things? Oh, they’re muscles. Funny.
I wrote about my journey about losing weight earlier. This note is in addition to that, about getting fit.
I struggled all my life with being overweight and always wanted to be smaller. I was never fit, I never had muscles. Since I never had muscles in the past, it wasn’t something I strived for, not something I thought about (just focused on decreasing my size). I also was never into sports or being active. Not as a child, not as an adult. I wasn’t very coordinated or good at any of it. Team sports never appealed to me, as (I know now, but not then) I don’t have a competitive personality. As an adult, I could handle doing short walks during my lunch hour, and that was it. So anyways, I never focused on being really fit.
Fast forward to last fall: through healthy eating, some personal life changes, and my lunchtime walks, I noticed I finally got down to what I considered a normal size. So, I was like, “what’s next?” I finally was ready at looking into getting fit. The main blocking issues: with being a single mom who works full time, I didn’t have extra money to spend on exercise classes/gym memberships and I defiantly didn’t have any time to spend away from the homestead. Plus, and this is a big one, I’ve always hated being active in front of other people. Hate it, hate it, hate it. I find exercise very personal (side note: I think that’s one reason I enjoy blogging: it helps me get out of my comfort zone). And then I turned into a mindless consumer: right when I asked myself, “what’s next,” I was flipping channels on the TV and QVC was selling a Total Gym. Yes, the same silly gadget that Chuck Norris and Christy Brinkley endorse. I was mesmerized. I lost my mind. I bought it. It is great. It costs less than classes and gym memberships. I used it three times a week at about 20 minutes a pop. And….I started noticing definition. Weird, way weird. I began to look different. But most importantly, I felt different. I felt strong and I felt like I finally started to own my body, instead if it owning me.
Around the time my body started to define, a good friend from out-of-state came to visit. He was into yoga and I asked him to show me what he knew. And I was like, “I can do that.” So, I got a couple of DVDs and started practicing every once in a while. I liked it, but wanted more. It didn’t occur to me to find yoga on the internet. Duh! Once I found some good sites, I was hooked. I also got a couple of yoga aps for my computer. They are also most wonderful.
Yoga. Yoga. Yoga. I love Yoga.
Once I began to ramp up my practice, I also cut out most animal products from my diet. I consider myself a Happy Herbivore. Maybe it’s the combo of the two: more yoga and a diet change, but my muscles became bigger and more defined. Plus, since muscles burn more energy, I eat more now than I ever did on any diet. I never knew I could eat more if I was fit. Funny to find this out so late in life.
I never thought I would have strong arms, I never thought I would have ab muscles, much less back muscles…..that I can actually see. The practice of Yoga encourages me to challenge myself and improve myself in a gentle way. I completely am in love with finding new ways to use/feel my muscles during Practice. Another benefit of Yoga: it calms me, it helps me focus. It’s like a big brain chill. And trust me, my brain needs to chill. I feel the best I’ve ever felt. I never thought I could feel this way.
I finally feel connected, connected to myself. And that is pretty sweet.
Namaste
PS - the pic on the left is from 2009 and other is recent.
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