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Fat Babes 2k19

If you have a starting weight of 200lbs or more, reblog this post, please! Looking for more bloggers that I can relate to a bit more than our already physically fit peers 😋

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My almost 100 pounds difference.

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What do boundaries feel like?

It is not my job to fix others.

It is okay if others get angry.

It is okay to say no.

It is not my job to take responsibility for others.

I do not have to anticipate the needs of others.

It is my job to make me happy.

No one has to agree with me.

I have a right to my own feelings.

I am enough.

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How to become a better runner? How to become stronger and increase the distance? Any tips?

💖I have 9 BEGINNER tips for you:

1. Make yourself a weekly workout plan (organize your easy runs, interval trainings or speed trainings and a weekly long run), I recommend checking out Sage Canaday’s training plans if you do not have a coach: http://www.sagerunning.com/training-plans/. His plans range from 5k to an Ultra Marathon! Definitely start out with the shorter ones!

2. Create a specific goal for training, maybe set up a race (5k or 10k). These goals will motivate you and you will feel really good when you accomplish them!

3. Make sure you have 1 long run (no more!) every week, set your speed and distance according to your own level.

4. Make some short and fast sprints (only if you’re feeling like it) at the end of your easy runs (for example a 4x100m sprint is a good start, each sprint is approximately 20-30 seconds, after each sprint jog for 45-90 seconds, and then repeat it up to 4 times).

5. Become comfortable in that uncomfortable zone where you feel uncomfortable and maybe a bit of pain (if you feel injured, do NOT run, and finish immediately! Exercising through injuries will lengthen your recovery time and pain!) (For example: progression runs where start running slower and then go faster every 1 km for).

6. Incorporate some hard intervals into your training plan (they are the key for building speed!) Adjust the intensity and pace according to your own level.

7. Incorporate tempo runs into your workout plan! (That uncomfortably comfortable pace for an extended period of time without stopping), this means that you can still catch a few words if you really need it, but you still feel intense and that you have to push yourself! Pace again, according to your own level.

8. Add a little bit of strength routine into your weekly routine (the best ones are the ones that include body-weight exercises). I do my strength routine 3-4 times a week and for core/abs, I do a daily 10-15 min routine.

9. After all this, give yourself a day off for one day of the week! It does not mean that you stay in bed or on the couch for the day, just because you’re not running, that does not mean that you can slack off. You can still move and do a very light walk or a short workout (10-20 min) but the purpose of this day is that your legs can recover from all the running, and also that the mind can recover. If your body feels like it needs to stay in bed, GO AHEAD, just listen to your body!

That’s it for now! Good luck! 💖

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reblog to be showered in her willpower, beauty, and patience. watch those pounds wash right off. you can do it, pretty ⭐️

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Shout-out to people studying with a mental illness.

You’re doing this with half your brain tied behind your back and that’s pretty badass

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“Half your brain tied behind your back” is truly the most accurate description of my life I could possibly imagine

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I’m not embarrassed to say I came out of that workout, got in my car and had a cry. Physically I was there for that workout but mentally I wasn’t. My mind was elsewhere and without that, well the workout was a struggle.

Still I’m going to highlight the positives to counteract the negatives:

I got in the gym when that voice in my head was telling me to stay laying on my bed.

That’s 4 days in a row I’ve worked out. Doesn’t matter how long or intense they were, I’ve got a streak!

I hit all my goals on my Apple Watch

I’m sitting here not upset with myself but upset with my mental health and that’s the difference! My mental health is part of what’s up with me, it isn’t all of me.

I’ve drank over 2lt of water today!

So yeah, here I sit with tears in my eyes but this isn’t a defeat, it’s a moment of reflection and understanding. It shows not every workout will be or has to be perfect, what counts is I got up, got on my gear and worked out for 35 mins!

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