Countdown to Health

After nearly getting to my goal weight and now dealing with chronic pain and illness, I am not letting my body down anymore. Battling endometriosis - chronic pain and fatigue. I know that losing weight and getting healthy will help my other health issues. I need to do this for me, I was so close once and I know what it takes to get there. This blog is a mix of personal journal, health and fitness, and anything that makes me feel happy or positive. Or sometimes just how i'm feeling at the time.

[dephus]

Sometimes you just have to die a little inside to be reborn again as stronger and wiser version of yourself.

Unknown (via ohteenscanrelate)

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Before I went vegetarian, I did not like broccoli and cauliflower, I had never tasted avocadoes, never thought about mixing in nuts and seeds with my food. Never really appreciated the sweetness of fruits and orange veggies. Before I went vegan, I had never experimented with dates and peanut butter, never realized that dark chocolate is so much tastier than milk chocolate and so much more satisfying. Never knew how ice cream and yummy cookies can be made out of a bunch of over ripe bananas, which you got for free. Never guessed how magical cashews are and how they can be turned into cheesy sauces or dips, or that almonds make the best white crumbly cheese. I had never really appreciated hummus, delicious homemade pesto and the yumminess of smoothies. I discovered chia and flax seeds, which are excellent egg replacers and thickeners, Who knew oats left to soak overnight could be so good? No, vegetarianism and veganism are not limiting. They just open you up to a whole new world. And the awesome feeling of knowing that you’re living healthily while leaving less marks on mother earth, and hurting no animals is irreplaceable.

Mary Lyse (via fightingforanimals)

[plantlette]

[veryfunnymemes]

[cleanhealthylife]

[theveganmothership]

For your milk……

If you are vegan you do not support this.

If you’re not an activist, you’re being passive, almost to the extent of benign negligence. And I don’t think we have that luxury any more. We have got billions of animals out there screaming. We don’t have the luxury of closing our eyes and shutting our ears. The time to act is now. - Philip Wollen

[amillionbillionmiles]

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[islette]

if you can’t beat them, dress better than them

[kittiezandtittiez]

[hexane-nightmares]

Holy fuck. I never really understood how they caught birds before, I assumed they had to sneak up on them. 

[commissarcuddles]

How was this even caught on camera?

[jinxamataz]

did that cat fucking put the thing in its mouth in midair so it could land on its feet

[shamelessscorpion]

CATS

[the-unstoppable-juggernaut-deac]

if i could pick any other creature to be if not human, it would be a feline of some sort. just…ridiculous.

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This came today - another mini #TENS unit from groupon goods. They have a LOT of this stuff, and it really helps me.

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Pet me?

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I'm too sick to take her to the groomer so I managed to give her a bath and comb her out. I cut off all of the mats and some of the most dark stained fur. She was such a good girl!

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My little peaceable kingdom.

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Layla says "Zoe, why are you talking so much? Can we be friends?" #dogs #dogsofinstagram

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My #cats with their @petbox. They knew it was for them!