conclusions sunday?

did you think i forgot about you guys?! ehhh…

ha. ha. i keed. i totally didn’t but this weekend from friday to just this moment has been a whirlwind of cuhrazedness.

until erica reminded me about it i had actually forgotten about conclusions friday. oh. me. gawd. i know. i’m sorry.

still friends? k! great :) in that case we’ll make it conclusions sunday!

1. wheat bran + oat bran makes a ridiculously large and voluminous breakfast.

1/3c oatbran, 1/4c wheat bran, cin+stiv+maca, 1/4c egg beaters, 1 scoop biochem vanilla pro powder, 1.75 tbsp better n peanut butter.

holy volume.

2. snow days are also known as days you venture out and get all of your errands done while everyone else is pretending like they can’t function inside.

3. when i said i hoped maca powder would bring back my mojo, that was your cue to offer up your single brothers, husband’s friends, long lost cousins, dog walkers…

you get the picture.

4. always carry a fork in your pocket. just in case you’re hungry for lunch while you’re out running errands.

5. april should consider renaming her low carb protein bars “shoveling fuel”

6. “vegetarian sushi platter with brown rice” is also another way of saying “ very expensive carrots and asparagus rapped in seaweed on top of white rice chunks”

  

7. john mayer is good in concert.

8. john mayer is effing amazing in concert when your bestie “knows a guy” and when he brings you to your wallet friendly free seats 6 rows from the side of the stage.

 

9. i understand why john mayer scores so many chicks..

…just sayin..

10. going skiing for your first time ever is not a good idea the night after a concert on 3 hours of sleep

11. four + feet of snow is a. lot.

 

12. and i thank my lucky stars i don’t live upstate.

13. two hour lessons on the bunny slope also known as an incline is exhausting. as is getting on your skiing shoes, finding your way around the ski resort and learning how to pizza pie your skis. doing all of this on two hours of sleep makes for a very cranky bus ride home and a very tired unhappy skier camper.

14. sleep deprivation also makes for great dinner ideas at 11PM when you get home. so great that you repeat it the next day for lunch.

sweet punkin protein omlette

3 jumbo egg whites, cinn+stev+vanilla extract, 1 scoop tjs vanilla soy protein powder, inside omlette: 1/4c canned pumpkin + 1 laughing cow wedge.

15. not working out since thursday means that spin will not be my friend come tomorrow morning.

16. i’m exhausted and my google reader hates my face right now.

poo. this conclusions sunday was not creative! i’ll be back tomorrow night after work with some regularly scheduled postage :) hope you all had a wonderous weekend.

i’m off to get some school work done blargh!

what are your conclusions from the weekend?

q&a set tree

heyyyy girrrrrl. (and guys? i don’t know if there are any guy readers..)

how are you guys?! i’ve been so busy lately and i really wanted to relax and blog last night but it was tres necessaire that i worked on my paper that’s due friday. so instead of writing about all the good things i’ve been stuffing my face with lately, i wrote about my internship and the “external and internal environment of the work space” thrilling right?

by the way can i just tell you for the record that it took me 2 hours to get to work yesterday morning. yep two hours. it’s a good thing i had elvis duran & the morning show and a hot cold bowl of cookie dough oats to keep me entertained..

by the way i don’t think the driver next to me appreciated me snapping shots of myself during these shinanigans.

…i should have a bumper sticker that says “food blogger on board. will take pictures of food and self while driving”

two foot potholes, cars driving into two foot pot holes, roadside flooding, and ra-tards on the road do not make for optimal 9am arrival at work.

anyways the rest of the workday went swimmingly i might say and the ride home wasn’t nearly half as bad as the ride there. so upon arrival to my casa my appetite was a-miss and i just went with what i was yearnin faw.

ya feel me.

veggieeeze and cottage cheeeeze. yes paleeeeze

i figured i’d take this opportunity or just procrastinate showering and dragging my butt to class in this “snowicane 2010” and answer the last remaining q&a’s that i know you’ve been waiting on the edge of your seat for ;)

What do you tell yourself when you want to take that "extra piece of chocolate"? Sometimes it's so hard to fight cravings!

well first of to be honest i consider myself very lucky because unlike most of my species (the female on that is) i’m not really a chocolate person. whaaat. yep. i just don’t really crave it! now wait before i get rando comments that say “well why do you use cocoa powder and make chocolate smoothies sometimes, etc etc” i never said i don’t like it i just don’t really love it. which i know helps out the cause for sure. but other things that are my weakness? i think they’re soft and ooey gooey baked goods. banana bread? soft cookies? mmm it’s very hard for me to say no to them. but  to be very honest (which you know i always am) i’ve just learned over time to find “healthier” ways to “cure the craving” or just say no. i think it goes with the feeling of grossness that i’ll get after i indulge and i think to myself it’s just really not worth it in my head. plus that’s when you guys come in! because you’re always giving me insanely helpful recipes to healthify things that may not have been so healthy in the first place. sugar cravings i compensate for with tons of cinnamon & stevia in yogurts, and cottage cheeses and ice cream? well who needs ice cream when you’ve got a blender, protein powder and xanthum gum.

check this baby out.

i’d like to call this neapolitan smoothies (and yes i pronounce it nep-o-lay-tion. and yes i know it’s the wrong way to pronounce it)

left: 1c usvab, 1 scoop biochem vanilla whey, ice & gums (lotttttts) with 1 tbsp of trader joe’s unsweetened cocoa powder stirred, sloshed and spooned up. umm hello ice cream?

right: even better. 2 scoops biochem vanilla whey, 1/3c frozen strawberries, cinnamon&stiv, 1tsp almond extract, 1c water, ice & gums, on top of 1/3c cooked oatbran, all topped off with 1 tbsp of unsweetened cocoa powder.

and that my friends is ice cream for breakfast.

to be honest and i know this sounds “completely health freak cliché” i crave veggies, i crave laughing cow & hummus, and cottage cheese. and no i wasn’t always like this but i guess overtime your appetite and food cravings change along with you!

how did i get into weight training?

hmmmmmmmm this was a tough question. i thiiink i really got into weight training when i was vballin it up in college. we had training/weight lifting plans that we had to complete in the off season and that’s really when i learned about sets, and reps and dumbbells and barbells and machines and muscles, ya know the whole shibang.

but i think when i started to love it was after my weight struggle that you already know about. i felt weak for so long and i remember the first time i bicep curled a 15lb dumbbell i seriously felt like xena the warrior princess. it felt so good to feel strong again and that’s when i really started to google different exercises, creep on other weight lifters at the gym and play copy cat, and snag ideas from exercise tv, and other great websites like yours!

i honestly couldn’t imagine not weight lifting now. not just because it’s transformed my body and for the first time my pancake shaped bottom has got a little liftage and i won’t like i do check it out time to time..

…hey if you played a sport for half your life in spandex with a pancake @$$ you’d feel the same way at even a slight hint of liftage..

but for those of you interested in getting into some weight lifting i highly recommend it! it’s so fun and really makes you feel like a strong confident woman at the gym. and let’s be real here who doesn’t want to feel like that! not to mention knowing that you could beat the crap out of someone or lift your office poland spring jug instead of the men are both pretty cool feelings.

i say the best way to get into it is to start slow, take a class at your gym that incorporates weights and then when you’re feeling good enough take some of those moves outside of the class. and use google! it works wonders and will make you look like a pro when you’re doin it up in front of all those juicin meaties at the gym.

just be sure to refuel properly with lots of protein after! and don’t be afraid to flex in your mirror from time to time and appreciate your hard work ;)

alright well by this time i was hoping that my school had decided it would be beneficial to cancel classes. but of course not. so that means i’ve got to shower, rain boot it up and trek my butt into the city for 2 hours of economics. woo hoo.

hopefully in the midst of writing my 5 page paper tonight i’ll be able to check out what’s been going on in your lives as of lately! so please excuse my lack of commenting for the past week or so. it’s been a struggle!

i’ll be back tomorrow if work is cancelled if not i’ll be back saturday night or sunday because saturday i’ll be on a first time ever day ski trip with the bestie! just pray i make it out alive.

questions! have you ever been skiing? if so any tips for a first timer would be fabo :)

and if you have anymore questions for me pa-lease don’t hesitate to drop one like it’s hot!

iherb ya huuurd

what’s up gawjies ;)

while i wish i was at home in the comfort of my own house watching stressing over lost i’m actually in class right now. attempting to read your blogs via my almost dead batter blackberry and probably tweeting about how i’m the only one in class eating. actually by the time this was scheduled for postage i’ve already consumed my dinner and i’m thinking about tomorrow’s breakfast.

anyways that’s besides the point.

a couple of weeks ago i was the oh-so-amazingly-lucky winner of averie’s 50 buckaroonies to iherb.com giveaway.

when she told me about this i literally peed my pants. i’m not kidding when i say this could have been the top 10 best days of my life.

…sad i know.

now immediately i thought to myself “holy crap that means i can buy 50 bucks worth of popcorn kernels!…”

and then i realized wait you’re going to spend fifty free dollars on popcorn? no way jose. so i started to get my research on and after loading and unloading my virtual shopping cart about 60 thousand times i finally maxed out my money with some pretty stellar-ific purchases.

so i thought i’d share them with you ;) and also dedicate this post to my yogini vegan ball makin new popcorn lovin coolest mama in arizona and give her a big virtual namaste for randomly choosing me to win.

first up?

navitas naturals maca powder

now since i heard the fitnessista talk about maca powder for a while now i’ve had my eyes on a bag of this baby. but it’s tres expensive! i remember when i first wanted to get it i asked the people at whole foods how much the bag was. when the words $29.99 came out of the helpers mouth, i almost dropped my basket. no spank ya. so when the op came to score some for basically free, you know this was the first item in my cart. not to mention iherb had it cheaper then wf did.

i love. malty? yes. perfect on everything. pair it with cinnamon & some cocoa powder and you’ll find yourself in heaven. popcorn & apples are my fav and i find myself sopping up the rest of the powder on the plate or bottom of the bowl with whatever i possible can. including my fingers..

bonus? word around the street is that it will help your mojo.

single girl right hur needs help with that.

….i let you know how it goes wink wink

secondly as if one powder wasn’t enough i double powdered it up

navitas naturals mesquite powdskie

to be honest i have no idea why i found the need to put this in my shopping cart. i think navitas just took over my brain and i found myself superfoodin it up. so when i opened my box and i remembered this was in there i thought to myself “what the eff am i supposed to do with this!”

copious amounts of hours of research later i just decided to wing it. and so i opened the bag, gave it a wiff (is that word not gross or what) and started sprinkling dumping it on anything and errrrrythang. i found myself putting it on apples, and pears, and in oatmeal and smoothies & yogurt and just eating it by the spoon (haha kidding of course or am i..)

anyways the point is that i like! its not bbq-y so don’t think you’re gonna open the bag and find a hot wild west cowboy pop out to grill you up some mesquite flavored chicken legs. instead you’ll find a sweet fairy pop out and suggest you pair it with cinnamon.

;)

…..i’m like a powder crack h….

braggs babe-ay.

in a nutshell they need to start a braggs aaa (aminos addicts anonymous)

even when i’m “not in the mood” for a salty seasoning i find myself reaching into the cabinet to spray. on what? on everything. i even think my dog would taste like braggs at this point..

will i be feeding this addiction on my own dollar? hell yes.

and who wouldn’t want berry flavored protein powder..

in life i’ve always wanted to dabble with berry flavored protein powder. but for fear of “wasting” 15 bucks or so, i usually just stick to the standard vanilla.

but when someone else is paying for it? uh hello time to experiment. and damn girrrrl am i glad i did.

i officially am addicted to biochem berries. yes it does have a bit of a protein taste but it’s been spicing up my protein life like no other and i will for sure be buying more of this on my own hot dollaz.

anyone else have any flavored protein powder suggestions pour moi? share ‘em!

lastly i had a few bucks left to spend and this was in fact the challenging part. how would i be able to max my money out (yeah i’m good like that) and still get good quality products that i would find use for.

that my friends is when i invited bob to the party

now these kids don’t need any explanation.

usually i go with the standard trader joe’s toasted oat bran and as soon as i finish my largely sized canister of it, bob will be finding it’s way in my pot.

wheat bran? love you! ever since i professed my love for all of april’s recipes, wheat bran is a staple in a large amount of them so including this for a nice n cheap price was a double bonus.

 

so all in all my shopping spree was all that a girl could have wished for. positives all around except for the fact that i wish it was for $100 bucks and not $50..

…so if anyone is interested in gifting me $50 bucks for another shopping spree, well i promise i won’t turn you down ;)

question! what are some new products you’ve recently tried and been lov-in lately?

the treadmill thumper

hi friends!

awkward posting time no? well times of postage will have to be rando due to my jam packed life as of lately. no complaints there i promise. but we’ll just have to take what we can get right? right!

last night after a shrimpie overdose, a bowl of popcorn & an hour of food prep preparing my meals for today i took my seafood popcorn veggie cutting coma-ed self and hit the lights.

approximately 6.75 hours later my phone was screaming at me to get up and get out! in one hour it was time to riiiide.

so slugged into the b room, slapped my contacts on, threw on my swanky wildwood “eat tofu not us” t, started my car, chugged an emergen-c, munched an april inspired low carb protein bar and somehow found my way to the gym.

i usually get to the gym about 10-15 minutes before spin to claim my bike and ride the elliptical easy peezy to get my heart rate monitor prepped for class..

…also known as wake myself up.

today i had no problem doing that. why you ask.

well a certain man on the treadmill behind me decided that his 5:45am run needed to be heard by the entire gym. no scratch that. he wanted the people of china to know that he was running on a treadmill. picture this:

young guy about 30 latched his hands on to the top of the treadmill, death grip on top holding on for dear life and thunder footing his way along at a speed of about 5.8mph guesstimated. the second his foot hits the mill the entire gym shudders.

who needs coffee when you’re working out next to the treadmill thumper..

spin was great but the treadmill thumper beat seemed to follow through and set the tone of my day.

thump thump thump thump. 1 hour spin.

thump thump thump thump. shower, dress & put my face on in 30 minutes.

thump thump thump thump. race to my car, start my engine, mix my strawberry cookie dough breakfast.

car shots are so glamorous. 1/3c cooked oatbran in 1 1/3c water & almond extract, 1 container brown cow greek yogurt. refridgerated. mixed in 2 scoops biochem berries & whey protein powder next day.

scrumptous & lasted the entire hour and a half drive to work.

thump thump thump thump. my clacking heels racing to work to make it to the 9am staff meeting.

thump thump thump thump. my brain and mind lacking caffeine during the 2 hour and 45 minute staff meeting.

thump thump thump thump. racing to the bathroom and the school starbucks for liquid release and liquid stimulation.

and yes. one cup can make a difference. at least for my functionability in the work place. 

thump thump thump thump. goes my brain while i spend my lunch “break” not breaking so much from multitasking fork usage and eyes on role of media in health policy readings.

brock slaw, brock, carrots, zukes, 4 slices lightlife faux turkey, laughing cow swiss, tjs red pepper hummus, apple cider vinegar

also known as big dirty mess bowl.

thump thump thump thump. back up the stairs into the office, into meeting times two.

thump thump thump thump. sound of papers & folders a projects dropped on my desk. times 5.

phew.

thump thump thump thump. enter sound of intern trying to cut her apple with a plastic knife.

…are they sure they want me in charge of their projects?

thump thump thump thump. the clock kind of sounds like that but whoa is it 5pm already!?

…can i breathe yet?

nope thump thump thump thump must make it home alive.

my car engine sounds like the treadmill runner for the 40 minute drive home.

….my stomach sounds like the treadmill thumper too…

thump thump thump thump. sound of my heart when i realize i can shrimp overdose two nights in a row.

gross. my camera has a smudge. greasy food fingers fail.

salad with the works (aka lettuce, broccoli, b sprouts, caulis, stoplight peppaz, zukes) 1/3c canelinni beans, laughing cow swiss, tbsp roasted red pepp hummus sponsored by tjs, braggs & the best shrimpes on the face of the earth.

thump thump thump thump. the sound of my food tapping as i wait for my protein cake to “bake” and my tea water to boil.

1/2 serving tjs vanilla soy protein powder, navitas naturals mesquite powder, cin&stiv, 1tbsp canned pump, 1 egg white, & 1 tsp tjs peanut butter

thump thump thump thump. the sound of my heartbeat as i anticipate chris harrison rip these girls a new one.

thump thump thump thump. the sound of your feet as you can’t wait for this post to be over ;)

i promise to never thump post you again.

question! what were your thump thump thump thump monday moments? if you had any at all or that makes complete not sense.

a conclusion here and a conclusion there..

hey friends :)

happy weekend! did you think i forgot about conclusions friday? well you were wrong if you did! i actually thought about it all day yesterday. and then i thought about how i would so much rather being typing up conclusions friday then working. and then dinner came along, and friends time came along and conclusions friday got bumped. so that’s my excuse and i’m stickin to it.

conclusion one. sometimes conclusions friday will have to come a day or two after friday but i’m still gonna call it conclusions friday or the day after the day it’s supposed to be

conclusion two.

pink protein packed oats are pretty and delicious

1/3c oatbran

1 2/3c water

1/2c frozen strawberries

2 egg whites

1 scoop biochem berries & whey protein powder

1tbsp better n peanut butter

cinnamon, stevia & almond extract

tasted like valentines day <3

conclusion three. every saturday i’m going to wake up with doms.

20 minute ellipticizzle (sprint 1 minute, climb 1 minute, recover 1 minute repeat)

• circuit one 3 times through

step ups	set of 15 each leg	10lb free weights
plie squat	15 reps 30 second pulse	20lb barbell
ab chops	15 reps each side	15lb kettlebell

• circuit two 3 times through

reverse lunge & leg lift	15 reps each leg	bodyweight
barbell squat	15 reps	30lb barbell

• glute pushbacks 3 sets 15 each leg (50lbs) alternating with weighted calf raises 3 sets 15 (55lbs)
• leg extension machine 3 sets 15 (45lbs, 50lbs, 55lbs)

conclusion four. i thoroughly believe finding a way to eat maca powder on everything will someone help me get my mojo back ;)

conclusion five. i believe it’s working. ::wink wink::

conclusion six. it’s pretty hard to eat and drive. it’s harder to eat, drive & take pictures of your food. it’s hardest to eat, drive, take pictures of your food, & bbm..

conclusion seven. this is the first friday in a very long time that you will sadly not be seeing sushi pictures.

conclusion eight. if i play my cards right you could potentially see those pictures tomorrow.

conclusion nine. and no sushi tonight has nothing to do with me getting my mojo back. dates with deej don’t count as mojo moves.

conclusion ten. i’ve found a new favorite lunch.

arnolds thin topped with 1/4 canned pumpkin+cin&stiv and 1/2c plus a little more of cottage cheese+cin&stiv

conclusion eleven. you will be seeing the above combo a lot. brace yourselves..

conclusion twelve. scoring swanky and chic nike white half zips from awesome bloggie giveaways is always fun…

  

thanks ashley!

taking pictures of yourself in your bathroom mirror is not.

conclusion thirteen. the representation of vegetable pictures in this post has not been equivalent to the amount i’ve been consuming..

conclusion fourteen. beano is my new best friend.

conclusion fifteen.  you guys are amazing. i know i know my last conclusion should be that i shouldn’t be a sap. but for real the response to my weight loss story post was over the top ridiculously heartwarming and totally left me speechless. i can’t thank you enough for all of your support. we don’t know eachother but we know eachother and in my heart i know that’s equally the same thing if that at all makes sense. so i just wanted to say thank you from the way bottom twenty thousand leagues under the sea of my heart. :)

please don’t enter this giveaway. it decreases my chances of winning this stellar swag bag

question! what are your conclusions from this week?

a story from me to you

so you wanna know about my weight loss do ya…

alright well since i’ve been blogging for a wee tad over a year now i guess it’s time to share the goods about me.

i didn’t even realize that i never shared “my story”

this may be long so it’s cool if you don’t read but for those of you that do here are some of your questions answered :)

so the big question huh? was i always so “healthy..” and the big fat answer to that is no. in fact i can remember back in the day in high school when i would hit up wendy’s 2-3 times a week with friends at lunch and order a cheeseburger meal, sometimes even a double cheeseburger. i was a pasta whore too. yep you heard right. i would eat pasta almost every night. and a lot of it. fettuccini alfredo was like my middle name. and ice cream? i was addicted! i would have a huge bowl like huge bowl every night. and the thing is that i didn’t even realize that all that food wasn’t so hot for my system. weight? exercising? what’s that? i was cool with me and that’s all that mattered. i was overweight for sure, probably about 20lbs overweight but it didn’t even faze me. i was happy, having a good time, just being me.

then i went to college and became a college athlete. now don’t get me wrong it was hard being a college athlete and we had 3 hour practices sometimes twice a day but my weight never went down. actually the exact opposite. i gained about 20lbs my freshman year of college. beer, mint chocolate chip ice cream + sprinkles, and bowls and bowls and bowls of cereal with a side of cheesy eggs made daily appearances in my “diet.” and i blew up and my spandex well they got tighter. if that was at all possible.. but i was having way too much fun to even realize that my jeans weren’t buttoning and sweatshirts were my only option

                                           

the summer i got home from my freshman year of college was really when i “started” my weight loss journey. i finally looked in the mirror and realized that i wasn’t cool with the weight i was at and then i wanted it off pronto. so deej & i hit up weight watchers and that summer i lost about 15-20lbs via keeping track of points and hitting the gym a little.

by the time i got back to my sophmore year of college i was down some lbs and feeling good about myself. people noticed, i was happy & i continued to learn how to manage weight loss via college cafeteria and still be able to party. i cut back on cheesy fries & mint chocolate chip ice cream and discovered the salad bar, grilled chicken and whole wheat bread. by the time soph year was over i was even down 5 more lbs! i was feeling groovy about myself. i even declared that i would get a boyfriend that summer.

…and you know what? i did. ;)

that summer i went home and finally got my chance with the guy i had my eyes on since i was about 10 years old. my brother’s best friend. it was dangerous and caused a lot of problems with my family. but i thought i was happy. i continued to make healthy choices while enjoying the luxuries of my first boyfriend and struggling with the problems that it caused in life. i was losing weight, i was “in love,” i was “happy” ….?

i went back for my junior year of college and things slowly started to downward spiral. the gap between my family and i grew bigger, i was feeling smothered by my relationship and the only thing i found solace in was losing weight. people noticed i was thinner. i was happy people noticed. i was happy when i saw my pants get bigger and i became obsessed with the numbers on the scale. i thought i was healthy. but in fact i was the thinnest i had ever been and yet my life in general was the unhealthiest it had ever been.

by the end of my junior year i was barely eating. yogurt and cereal and 100 calorie packs were “meals” and i was always cold, i had dark circles under my eyes, i felt weak, i would spend 2+ hours at the gym & i still hated myself. but i loved losing weight. i was addicted to it and it kept my mind off of everything else in my life that i didn’t want to face.                   

my roommates saw what was going down and when i hit rock bottom they called me out on it. deej & jenna saved me one night and i spent that summer fixing myself, and fixing the relationships that i needed (friends & family at home) and getting rid of the relationships that were bad for me (my boyfriend and friends at school). i saw a therapist, i went to a nutritionist and i battled with food the entire summer. it was hard. probably the hardest thing i’ve ever done but when it was time to go back to my senior year i had felt stronger then ever.

the thing is that the entire time i was unhappy and sucking at life i lost only about 10lbs. i saw no real progress and i was only developing habits that made it harder to reach my goal in the end and not to mention were hurting my body!

i never did hesitate to drop my pants in the middle of newark though..

lesson learned.

my senior year i spent “healthifying” myself. i worked on my happiness, i focused on school, i got rid of the negative people in my life, and i started to work on loving me.

i scaled back on my hours spent doing cardio and focused more time on weight lifting. Lifting weights made me feel powerful and strong and beautiful. I started to read a lot more about good healthy  nutritious food and when I started to eat real food I finding energy to live life came hand in hand. the pounds came back and then slowly went off and i won’t lie that i didn’t think about it but i was happier and that was all that mattered.

from that point forward health became a passion of mine. health not weight loss. and with the healthification of my body and my mind, my physical shape started to transform. i wanted everyone around me to be healthy too and so i pushed and experimented with different foods in our house. eventually my family started to slowly hop on the bandwagon. we began to stock our fridge with soy milk, fresh veggies and whole grains, and the ice cream and 100 calorie packs slowly started to appear less and less. we hate whole, natural and clean food and we felt good about ourselves.

 

blog land found me some time about a half year into my first job out of college. and from that point forward there was no way i was ever going back. i found a new addiction. blogging. in a totally awesome and healthy way i learned so much about food and myself. and a long the lines my pants started to get loose too. which i can’t lie was an added bonus ;)

i’m proud to say now that i’m in my best shape ever and i taught myself it all. i’ve lost 50lbs over about 4 years and like most journeys there were highs and lows but like most things i take on in life i work my hardest, put my heart into it all and strive for the best i can be.

i was honestly really apprehensive to post this because i didn’t want to take away from the hard work that i’ve put in over the years and every day. weight loss is hard so hard. i work hard everyday to maintain my weight loss and kick my own butt at the gym because i want to. i love working out, i love eating whole, nutritious foods and i do this all because i love it not because i feel like i “need” to. i have no regrets about my journey and i believe that the downs i went through only made me physically and mentally stronger for the now. i’m my happiest and healthiest i’ve ever been and ain’t never goin back ;)

i know this was a long story and if you’ve made it this fast well you know i love your face. so i hope you enjoyed this my little story and you feel like you know me and where i’m coming from a little better. if you have any questions at all about my journey don’t hesitate to ask away :)

stay tuned for the next portion of q&a which will involve some weight lifting, cravings and any other shenanigans that you folksies are dying to know about moi! if you have anything else you wanna know please don’t hesitate to ask!

i wanna know your stories! share em people :)