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Hiatus
Hey friends and followers, changes are afoot.
Here’s what’s happening — I’m going through some personal things at the moment. I don’t want to go into detail about them, but there it is. Despite the fact that I get a lot of support and love on tumblr, I need to make some changes in my life and this is one of the changes I’m going to make — I’m stepping away from tumblr for awhile.
I need to take some time to sort myself out and spending all this time online isn’t allowing me to do that. So what I’m going to do it change my password and make it impossible for me to login. When I’ve got my self sorted out, I’ll contact support and ask to have my password changed back so I can have access again.
I know it seems drastic, but sometimes you need to do drastic things in life. I’ll be doing this in an hour or so. My page will remain up so that you can still access all the info in my sidebar.
When you see it you’ll… well, I wouldn’t want to ruin the surprise.
Spotted in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review today by a Facebook friend.
Q:I admire the fact that you have a good head on your shoulders. makes your blog tons better.
Anonymous
Q:HELP! Now that i've got your attention. I've been lifting weights (heavy weights) and adding a lot of protein in my diet. As a result I have gained huge biceps and arm muscles (i've been lifting for a while now). My waist composition hasn't changed at all but now my shirts have increased a size from a small to a medium. I don't mind but MOST my clothes are a small and i can't afford to buy new clothes. What do you suggest I do? How do i lose weight so i can be a small but yet keep muscle.
Anonymous
The same thing happened to me. I’m happy about the muscle and how I look, but I don’t want to have to buy new clothes! So I’ve lowered my caloric intake, lowered my carbs, focused on protein and shifted the focus to cardio for awhile. For more info, google “cutting phase.”
This post is to document a victory of mine, and it is also to serve as a bit of a confession.
This is me this morning. For the past few weeks, I have been consuming over 2000 calories a day. I have never intentionally eaten this many calories.
Ok, it’s honesty time.
Before I stumbled upon the fitblr community and was inspired to live a healthy life, I was stuck in a cycle of periods of severe calorie restriction inevitably followed by periods of bingeing. During this time, my weight bounced around between 126 and 185lbs. (I am 5’8.)
For the past year or so, and more so in the past 5 months, I have committed to being healthy in mind and body and to loving myself. But until a few weeks ago, I was still obsessing about calories and I was scared of having more than 1500 per day. I was afraid I’d ruined my metabolism with my years of restricting, and that if I went over that number, I would surely gain weight - or, more specifically, fat.
But I want to be healthy. I don’t want to be obsessing about numbers all the time, I don’t want to be constantly worried about whether or not I’ve gone over my calorie limit. I want to go out to social events and actually enjoy the company of friends, family, and delicious food rather than stress over my diet. I want to fuel my body properly, and I want to build muscle, which I certainly wasn’t doing at 1500 or less calories per day. And so I started consuming a minimum of 2000 calories per day.
In doing so, I found that I don’t have to count or obsess anymore. I counted for the first couple of days, to make sure I was in the right range, but I soon found that there isn’t a need to count anymore, because it is a very comfortable number that actually provides my body with the amount of fuel it needs, and so eating that amount comes quite naturally.
Not only do i feel like a great weight has been lifted from my shoulders, but I am also more happy with what I am seeing in the mirror than I can ever remember being. I can’t believe I waited so long to do this. I have known for a long time now that eating more was the answer, but I was so scared to do it. I didn’t give my body enough credit.
I’m so sorry for how I treated my body in the past, and I am so appreciative of it’s resilience and for all it does for me. I love myself and I promise to continue to nourish my myself properly.
I am so grateful to be on this journey with you all.
Source: amanda-actually
Q:do you want to be a mom? and if so do you worry about being able to breast feed? I've heard nipple piercings can cause problems with that (from forming scar tissue in the nipple)
I’m not sure if I want to be a mom or not, but if I do there’s a very good chance I’d adopt. If so, breastfeeding wouldn’t be part of the picture. And if I do have a biological child and can’t breastfeed, there’s formula. A lot of women can’t breast feed for different reasons, and there are other solutions. I’m not too worried about it though. I have basically no scarring.
And cake… Don’t forget the cake. I promise it’s not a lie <3
Source: sewfit
Q:Where do you find the gifs for your answers?
Anonymous
Me, Risa, and Mitasha have a secret lair we go to. It’s kind of like a mix of Neverland Ranch and the Disney vault, with some cats thrown in for good measure. You have to know a secret password to get in.
transcendingit replied to your post: size 0
I wear a size zero :(
I meant nothing against the body type, it’s just about what I’m personally attracted to!
Q:Public nudity?
Anonymous
no.
