Things have been really weird lately and I’ve been super busy. But I thought I’d come on here and let you all know that I’ve been binge free for a week today! I know that may not seem like much, but for me it definitely is. Now I just gotta say on top of it haha!
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→ 17 Apr 12 at 7 pm
→ 17 Apr 12 at 7 pm
A lot of girls ask me how to get rid of the ‘pooch’ or fat on their abs (specifically the lower abs)…. I thought I’d share the answer for those of you who were struggling with this issue or curious, but haven’t asked =)
“I have some fat on my stomach that will not go away! I do tons of crunches and other ab exercises, but it doesn’t make them any more tone or defined. What exercises will help make it disappear and give me abs?”
There is no such thing as spot-reduction in regard to fat loss. You can’t choose where your body loses fat. It happens systematically all over and is usually determined by genetics. The only way to lose the tummy is to lower your TOTAL body fat. You can do this by eating clean in a caloric deficit, doing cardio and lifting weights. So no, there is no abdominal exercise (not even 100s of crunches!) that can whittle away belly fat. It takes solid nutrition, hard work and patience. =)
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→ 17 Apr 12 at 7 pm
→ 17 Apr 12 at 7 pm
Yes, yellow squash with spaghetti squash. (Taken with instagram)
These are my fave veggies. YUM.
On the way home my mother expressed to me once again that she thinks I need to talk to a therapist about being happy, my social anxiety and my eating habits… Writing that out makes my problems seem more real. Anyway, I actually agreed this time because although I can’t admit it to anyone else, I can admit to myself that I need a little help in my life. Even though my mom and the rest of my family are completely in the dark about the big things, the fact that she thinks that I’m depressed is a bit of a wake up call. Today she said to me, “I don’t want to look back on this time and regret not doing more to help you.” This whole thing is extremely scary and foreign and I don’t think I’ve ever had a more personal issue brought up with my family. This is going to be uncomfortable and weird but bringing the light to my problems and talking to a professional will hopefully help.
It went pretty good and I definitely have some things to work on. Good workout too! Afterward, I had to get a new racket because mine was so torn up. Nevertheless, I’m liking tennis haha.
My family got floor seats to a basketball game last minute which includes free dinner and drinks so my eating wasn’t as good as I would have liked it, especially for my first day. However, I did not binge which is the important thing! Today, I’m bringing it! I have my first tennis lesson which I’m a little nervous for but hey, it’s a workout!
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→ 16 Apr 12 at 6 am
→ 16 Apr 12 at 6 am
It’s a strange thing, living a life online. Sometimes it’s great, sometimes it’s less-than-great, and sometimes it’s embarrassing. Shameful, even.
Maybe embarrassing is the better word. Or, in more than one word, “sometimes it’s embarrassing because you just sort of stop running or caring and you don’t want to face the people that know you’re trying to live a healthy life because it feels like you let them down and you just want to delete your blog and forget it ever existed.”
Until last week, I hadn’t run in a month and a half. I gave up spring marathon ambitions, I regressed on my eating, came back to healthy eating, and regressed again. It’d be easy to blame the work I was putting into the book or the European vacation, or whatever or whatever, but I won’t. I know how to do this. I know what it takes.
My dad has told me since I was little. “Don’t talk about the things you’re going to do; just do them.”
He’s right.
As a people, we err on the side of making plans. Grand plans. We talk about what we’re going to do, and how cool it’s going to be, and how we’re going to get better, and how far we’re going to run, and how skinny we’re going to be. And it makes us feel good. And people are impressed with our goals. And we like that feeling. And then we settle for just thinking about them.
It’s been a great three and a half years on this blog. But it’s time to get back to the basics.
It’s Monday. Day one.
Less talking. More doing. More life.
I love everything ^
Ben is my ultimate idol
(Courtesy of searchingforbliss.tumblr.com)
I promise to…
- Start my day with a healthy and filling breakfast
- Drink water with every meal and in between
- Not buy triggering foods
- Not put myself in triggering situations
- Brush my teeth after dinner
- Primarily buy snacks in single-serving sizes
- Always have produce in my fridge and make a habit of eating it regularly (minimum 3 servings per day)
- Snack on foods that are high in fiber and protein
- Eat every 3-4 hours
- Sweat once a day for at least 30 minutes
- Journal what I eat (LoseIt is very helpful) and be HONEST about entering EVERYTHING
- Distract myself when I’m tempted to binge and distance myself from food (for example, list the reasons why you’re trying to lose weight while focusing on the POSITIVE)
- Write down my feelings in a journal or on tumblr if there is an emotional root to the temptation
- Treat myself (either something small everyday or something a little bigger once a week)
When I first saw this I thought “This is interesting but way too meticulous and hard” and I x-ed out of the page. Ten minutes later I realized, the point of the challenge is to be challenging. This is going to be extremely difficult for me but that’s the point. Lets go!
Ten minutes in I already had blisters. :( This is not okay.
