If you've been following me for a while, you may remember that I made the decision to start running last spring. My ultimate goal is to be able to run a 5K. For a while there, I was updating everyone every week with my progress. As you might have noticed, I haven't done one of …
Tag: weight loss
Dealing with Plateaus
As I've found out, this weight loss journey is not always going to be full of upward momentum and big successes. There's going to be both ups and downs, and the rough patches are all just part of the experience. I've been dealing with one of those rough patches lately, as my weight loss has …
Adventures in Clean Eating
I talk a lot about treating yourself and making sure that you aren't being too hard on yourself, especially in terms of healthy lifestyles. I will gladly have an ice cream now and then or indulge in french fries when I want to. While I still plan on keeping an open mind about food, I …
My Thoughts on Body Shaming
Today I wanted to talk about something that I have been thinking about for a while: body shaming. I've mentioned this a little bit in other posts, but I do think it's an important issue that deserves its own post. While we as a society do need to work on being kinder to each other …
What I’ve Been Loving Lately
I hope everyone is having an amazing Friday! It's almost the weekend, finally! Today I wanted to share a few of the things that I've been loving lately. This list is a mix of food, fitness, and fun. I know I've been focusing a lot on weight loss and health on the blog lately, which …
Reaching Another Milestone: 40 Pounds Lost!
As you can probably guess from today's post title, I have reached another milestone on my weight loss journey and officially lost 40 pounds! If you've been following my blog for a while, you may remember that I had lost 30 pounds back in May. Let me just say that these 10 pounds that I …
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Why I’ve Stopped Calorie-Counting
If you have been following my blog for a while, you might remember that I've been using MyFitnessPal to count my daily calories and record how many calories I burn during workouts. When I first started this weight loss journey, I started seeing a nutritionist, and we worked together to figure out how many calories …
Switching It Up!
Lately I've been really into switching things up in terms of my diet. I'm definitely a person who gets obsessed with certain foods, but I'm also making an effort to try new things and check out different ways of doing things. With today's post, I wanted to share a couple of new things that I've …
Why I Don’t Like the Phrase “Cheat Meal”
I hope everyone is having an amazing, relaxing Sunday! For today's post, I wanted to talk about something that I've been thinking about for a while. I think at this point, everyone has heard of cheat meals and going off your diet for a day to eat whatever you want. Every weekend my Explore page …
Running Update #10
I hope everyone is having a great week! Since I am running up to 14 minutes at a time now, I definitely wanted to update everyone on how I've been doing with my running training. At this point, my running workout consists of running 14 minutes, walking 6 minutes, and then running another 14 minutes. …
