Fit Body, Active Mind

Hi Im Alice! SW:286, Weight Watchers Lifetime Member, runner, lifter, curious eater, yoga lover, smoothie addict, and all around geek!

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TGIF!

Started my day by roasting cauliflower with sour cream and onion seasoning. Good snack to munch on tonight!

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It Has Been Awhile!

Okay so I did not fall off the face of the earth. I had a period of time where I let my hopes go way up for something and when It was denied to me, I got very upset. I am not currently working and have been battling unemployment to help me get a grant to go back to school for training. There were so many hoops I had to jump through and it took up a lot of my time when I was not helping out with family things. 

I wrote up a 5 page training proposal and was told by my school that I was accepted into the program barring I could get the funding from unemployment. I am not a very book smart person and school has always been hard for me. When all of this came up so fast, I was very overwhelmed.  Then as fast as it was all offered and ready to start.............................................the funding went belly up. 

So this got me in a bit of a slump. I did not go off my weight watchers plan. I actually put my energy and anger into my workouts. I started back up with my HIIT sprint training and upped my weights. I do not handle disappointment well but handling it this way is better than eating the disappointment thats for sure. I will post my weigh in from Monday in a little bit. I like posting them here because it makes me feel like I am accountable to someone, even if that someone is the great big void of the internet. 

This is a new week. I like that the meeting topic this week focused on being Awesome. I need a little awesome right now!

I also need to go grocery shopping but that is a whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooole other task!

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Made Overnight Oats for the first time! I was pleasantly surprised. Whole thing was 6pp!

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Ok so I did weigh in. I feel so much better!

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Question

For my fellow Weight Watchers members, have you ever gone to a meeting but skipped weighing in? How was it for you? I’m thinking about that for tonight.

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I haven’t gone to WW and not weighed in yet, but I always find the meetings to be helpful; especially if I haven’t lost weight that week. It gets me motivated again!

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I love my meeting! I'm hoping tonight is a good one. I am just exhausted and really need it tonight. I think I'm going to weigh in and just deal with the feedback from the scale. I'm feeling a little better about it after clearing my head.

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Question

For my fellow Weight Watchers members, have you ever gone to a meeting but skipped weighing in? How was it for you? I’m thinking about that for tonight.

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I’ve never done that I didn’t even know they allowed it. May I ask why you’re skipping the weigh-in? There have been weeks when I gained but it motivated me to do better.

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I am at goal so I only have to weigh in once a month. I feel like I am getting very fixated on the number and with a lot of outside stresses going on I don't know if I can handle seeing any number today. I am probably going to weigh in. But yes, once you hit goal you are able to take the option to weigh in just once a month.

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Question

For my fellow Weight Watchers members, have you ever gone to a meeting but skipped weighing in? How was it for you? I'm thinking about that for tonight.

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I know I don’t say this enough but thanks for following me. it means a lot.

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Rough.

Today started off so good! But then it went south fast. I had a great walk and an amazing workout. I think lifting brought up some thoughts I had been choosing to ignore. Wound up in tears on the way home. Good lord part of tonight has been rough.

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Picture from A Beautiful Body Project.

Seeing as there are so many pictures of girls with flawless, fair skin all over tumblr, I just wanted to share this picture I saw showcasing the a body slightly different from the ones we see over this website, which is the one of a woman after her pregnancy.

I think this is beand I believe it does deserve at least a bit of recognition because this IS an absolutely beautiful body.

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August Give-away!!! 🎨🎨🎨

I really enjoyed doing the promo last month so I decided to do another little one for August! 

This time I chose some lovely colouring books for adults, these are fantastic to just take 20 minutes out and chill out, I’ve added some pencils and chocolate and some English Tea for a proper time out ☁️☁️☁️

Promo Rules!

1⃣ Will run throughout August 

2⃣ MBF me, misskitkatcupcake  

3⃣ Reblogs only count, but you can reblog as many times as you like

4⃣ I will ship anywhere in the world

5⃣ Winner will be chose at random

Wanna see my other things elsewhere? Instagram - Fitbit - MyFitnessPal

Wanna see my weight loss progress pics? 70lbs down right now

I will reblog a few times between now and the end of the promo

Best of luck!

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August Give-away!!! 🎨🎨🎨

I really enjoyed doing the promo last month so I decided to do another little one for August! 

This time I chose some lovely colouring books for adults, these are fantastic to just take 20 minutes out and chill out, I’ve added some pencils and chocolate and some English Tea for a proper time out ☁️☁️☁️

Promo Rules!

1⃣ Will run throughout August 

2⃣ MBF me, misskitkatcupcake  

3⃣ Reblogs only count, but you can reblog as many times as you like

4⃣ I will ship anywhere in the world

5⃣ Winner will be chose at random

Wanna see my other things elsewhere? Instagram - Fitbit - MyFitnessPal

Wanna see my weight loss progress pics? 70lbs down right now

I will reblog a few times between now and the end of the promo

Best of luck!

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Quick Question

Has anyone tried the Trader Joe's Cookie butter and how was it?

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Rough nights as of late

I did not sleep well last night. It seems to be more often than not that I am having nightmares. I wake up with a sudden jolt, look around to make sure I am awake, and try so hard not to remember what I had just seen in my dreams. It is making sleep very difficult for me. I love my sleep. I do not know what is causing this. But it seems like every other day I am having three or four terrifying nightmares at night.

I did not want to go to the gym today. I had no motivation to do any of my workouts. I only went because of the sheer routine of it all. However, once I got there and got into my routine I was so grateful that I made the choice to go.

At first I thought just driving there was all I was going to be able to do. But then I made it into the locker room. Then my stuff made it into the locker. Then I made it onto the treadmill. Next thing I know, I half an hour has gone by. All my cardio was done. I made it to the arm weights. 20 minutes have gone by and I did my favorite workout routine there. I felt so good!

I don’t regret going to the gym. But I know I would regret it if I skipped it. Thank God for routines! Keeping with my routine is what helps me keep my fitness today. Now if only tonight will be a nightmare free night, I will be a happy girl!

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After a 7.8lbs loss a .4 gain is not bad! Not going to let it worry me. I hope all you guys have a fabulous week!

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Movie Survival!

It used to be I would get a bucket of popcorn and dumped a big box of Milk Duds into the bucket. That tasted amazing but did nothing but add to the scale. Today I am bringing precut strawberries and a bag of Skinny Pop. My movie theater is good to me. They understand I have a few food allergies that cause me to carry an epi pen and sometimes I get anxiety over cooking oils in the popcorn (being rushed to the hospital in the throes of an allergic reaction and overweight is not fun!! but that's for another post!).