Posts tagged "GettingFit"
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    19
    Aug

    Reality Check Time.

                   Body scan of 250lbs woman on the left and 120 lb woman on the right. Motivation!!!

                           [Woman on right is 250lbs. Woman on left is 120lbs.]

    I made a goal back in January that I’d never want to see my highest weight (which back then was almost 300lbs) on a scale ever again. I just stepped on the scale, and my weigh is 299.4. It kind of ripped my heart out. Mainly because I know I have not been doing everything I know that I’ve been needing to. And I know that I could make a million excuses, but all they’d be are excuses. I know I need to get back on the bandwagon and get this crap done. I *NEED* to get healthy. I made a promise to myself in January that “2012 would be the last fat year of my life” and I intend to stick to that promise. I’ll do what it takes. 

    I absolutely need to quite eating sweets and fast food. It’s all too easy in my crazy busy work-school-sleep, work-school-sleep (etc) schedule to just grab a burger or something between places. Or to eat a leftover pastry from work during my break. When I had started in Jan., I completely cut fast food and soda out of my diet, and just that alone made me feel like a million bucks. I lost about 10lbs from that alone. 

    I know that I’m capable of doing this, because I did so well up until a couple months ago. That’s why I started this blog, was so that I would have people stand behind me and cheer me on. I need to do this for me. I absolutely cannot keep living my life as a “plus size girl.” I’m 21, and I weigh 300lbs. NOT OKAY, ELAINE! You need to get your butt in gear and work off that butt of yours!!!! THIS is not about getting “skinny,” it’s about getting FIT and Healthy, and STAYING FIT AND HEALTHY!! You know you can do this, Elaine. No Excuses this time. Just get off your butt and move it.

  2. 17
    May

    Back on the Bandwagon

    I fell off the wagon, and woke up today feeling like I had to get on and stay on it this time around. Not only for myself, but to prove to the world that I’m not a quitter. That I can and I will. And that there isn’t anything, or anyone in this world that I will allow to stand in my way. I’m doing this for real this time. And for those of you reading this right now, I would super love some comments with some of the simple things you’ve done or are doing in your own weightloss/getting fit journey. 

    I have colorful index cards cut into different shapes and sizes with positive words on them taped around my mirror, and am looking to do more. I have statements such as, “I will not give up.” and “Because I AM worth it,” and “Because I know my potential is Unstoppable.” I’m looking for some more statements….so please share!!! 

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I am a current student at Regency Beauty Institute. I love Jesus with all my heart. I have been a plus sized girl most of my life. Got made fun of because I was too big to fit into the latest fashions and wasn't skinny enough to be in the "in crowd." I woke up one day January 1st, 2012 with this urgency to get healthy. This is my journey. This is my way of showing the world that I can do this. I'm getting healthy and fit for me, not anyone else. I want people to see my journey and say "if she can do it, so can I."
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