Laura Jade

LOSING WEIGHT LIFTING METAL & LISTENING TO METAL INSTAGRAM: LAURAJADE LAST.FM: SKELETONSAND -47KG/103.6LBS SO FAR

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I have pcos and seeing your story really makes me feel motivated. You are so inspiring and I might be crying a little right now.

Oh, don't cry! Too kind <3

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Love your blog <3 Helps me keep motivated <3

I'm glad :) x

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You are gorgeous and such an inspiration!!!!

Way too kind!! Thank you, lovely x

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you are so inspiring. i admire your strength <3

Too kind, thank you

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You're insanely inspirational. I love reading stories like yours! =)

Thank you so much :)

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Hey! I was just wondering how your tattoo has faired over your amazing weight loss? Because I'm a big girl myself I'm holding off on tattoos because I don't know how they're affected by a lot of weight loss! :)

Hey! My tattoos are still fine :) I avoided getting them on my thighs and upper arm for that reason but I have quite a few on my lower leg and forearms and they still look as good as the day I got them.

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Just an update for all who still (for some reason haha) follow me on here. Weight loss has slowed but body is still shrinking. Definitely a mental battle currently but I'm still going alright! 💪🏻👊🏻 When I first started, a 60" tape measure was still 5" too short to go around my belly button... -60kg/132lbs Instagrammmmm - @laurajade

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Hey I would like to know if losing weight made your periods come back? And do you still have pcos? X

Hey! Yep it did make them come back, and I get them pretty regularly now (well, regular for me - about every 30-35 days). I was only saying to my doctor yesterday that even though me getting them now is a good thing, I really do miss not getting them haha. I'll always have PCOS, there isn't a cure for it but as I keep losing weight / maintain a healthy weight, there is the potential to have all of the symptoms disappear. I have no idea how it's going to affect me having children, I won't know that until/if I ever start trying. I did just get the depo provera injection though so that should hopefully stop my period again lol. I'm just hoping that it doesn't make me stop losing weight though because I will be pissssedddddd.

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Ventured into the world of high bar paused squats today. My elbow/shoulder is fucked from low bar so I'm switching to high bar for a while until I do some sort of shoulder mobility stuff 😂😂 I've never done them before so we didn't go heavy. They felt stupidly easy though so I'm excited to do them again 😁😁😁😁 20kg x 10 40kg x 5 50kg x 5 60kg x 5 70kg x 5 55kg x 5 They were all (minus the 20kg x 10) paused for 3 seconds.

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That's awesome progress well done! :)

THANK YOU! :)

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72kg 2x3

BENCH GAINS!!!!!

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LAST NIGHT WAS VERY FUN. Devin Townsend. No words. What a dude. Could watch him again 100000000 times. I GOT TO SEE @lifefeaturinglauren AGAIN WHICH WAS REALLY GOOD. #cautiouslywet #damp #etcetc. I drank a lot. 100 beers. Exactly 100. Pretty much.

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PSA.

Don't bench when you're still probably drunk. You'll miss the rack and almost dump the bar on your face.

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ACTUALLY

I think I’ve changed my mind - I might occasionally use this. I sometimes have shit I want to ~talk~ about but no one to ~hear~ it so what better place lol

My all time favourite band got back together today. With their original line-up (minus one member) and holy god damn shit I am so excited I actually shed a tear.

I’ve planned to try and finish all of my online assessments tonight/over the next couple of days. Then all I need to do is do my work experience than I’M A PT! I have no intentions of working in the field for a long time though. I want to have finished losing weight / gotten skin removal blah blah before I embark on that career path but knowing I’ll have the qualifications is a good feeling. 

I haven’t looked at Tumblr since I stopped using it the first time so I have a lot of lurking to do hahaha. Yeeeeee. 

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You're doing such good progress and you're looking good! :)

Thank you!! :)

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Question: i just found out i have insulin resistance too? Does this mean im diabetic or something? Also how do you treat yours? Thanks xx

Hey. Nope not diabetic. I think it can sometimes be referred to as having pre-diabetes. Or I could've made that up. But it's not diabetes. Yet. It can easily turn into it though so it's better to get it under control. I was on Metformin but as my levels started to drop I stopped taking it. My weight loss has slowed dramatically since that though so I'm tossing up whether or not to start taking it again. It helped curb my carbohydrate cravings too which is always a good thing lol.

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HI! For some reason I have gotten a buttload of new followers notifications through email so thought I'd quickly update seeing as I don't use this anymoreeeee. I'm still losing. Slowly. But losing. I'm -56kg now (123lbs). I have about 13kg to go until I'm at my ~ultimate goal~ of being under 100kg which will put me under 30% body fat and in a healthy BMI weight range (even though my fucks towards BMI are zero). Once I get to that weight I'll decide if I want to keep losing or just maintain. I haven't ever been 'healthy' so we'll see what happens 💪🏻 I'll probably be MIA again now on this so follow me on gram if you give a shit 💩💩😁✌🏻️✌🏻✌🏻 @laurajade Also that photo; left is January 2014, right is yesterday (18/10/15)