Get fucking fit. Stay that way.

Danielle. 22. DC. College. Inspired.

[newbi3]

Rainy Day

Sorry I haven't posted this week. It's been pretty busy, but I made time to work out! I don't remember what I did what day but I did yoga once, my physical therapy a few times, and worked out on the elliptical and did some weights and abs. Today I'm either going to do yoga or the elliptical again. I honestly might do yoga because I need some good stretching and it's shorter than my hour on an elliptical. Also I've got a lot of homework to do and projects to work on and it's nice and dreary outside. Perfect yoga weather. Wish me luck!

[gymandhealth]

Keep Calm And Gym!

[newbi3]

School time!

I starting this school year by waking up and working out on the first day of classes. My roommate and I are supposed to be working out everyone Monday, Wednesday and a day on the weekend. I let her sleep today though because we had a small party yesterday and she's hard to wake up anyway lol. I just did some yoga in my room this morning and I might go back to our gym after classes. Monday I burned 200cal on the elliptical and did some stretching. Last night I just did my physical therapy exercises and stretches. I'll probably do them today too because I've been slacking. I've been generally sticking to my vegetarian diet. My period cravings came back though and I did cave and eat some fried whiting and pepperoni. But I think I'll be good. These cravings were easily satisfied unlike the last ones, so hopefully this just get easier and easier.

[fiti-vation]

[femmewitch-deactivated20190613]

[ahealthblog]

Yoga improves regulation of the stress hormone  ➡ http://www.ahealthblog.com/stress-release-yoga-sequence.html

[newbi3]

Moving is Stressful

I was going to post this post last week… Then I planned during the weekend… But hey I’m posting it today! As of two weeks ago I was 8 pounds away from my August goal weight and I was so happy.

I noticed the small changes in my body though. My love handles are almost non existent and my stomach is the flattest it’s been since freshman year. I can feel my abs, but I can’t see them yet like I want to. I’m honestly not expecting much change to happen until I’m making my meals 24/7 because cooking at my parents place is a hassle and I end up buying food more often than I want to. But I have reduced portion sizes and snacking and consumption of sweets, so I’m really happy about that.

Eventually I want to do intermittent fasting and meal replacement shakes that I make myself. I’m just really happy I’m finally meeting my goals.

Oh and in terms of exercise I’ve come up with a plan kind of. I’m going to workout a minimum of 3 days a week. Of those days I have to run and do strength training for sure. So what I’ve been doing so far is running and walking 1.5 miles, 100 workout plus jump roping (the number of jumps coincides with the number of jumping jacks), and yoga and 500 jump ropes.

This week and last week my exercise has been lacking because of stress from searching for an apartment and packing and trying to clean my room and basically leave little trace of myself at my parent’s house. I really want to move out for good so I’ve been really worried about not leaving a lot behind. But hopefully this weekend my friends and I will get the ok to move in and that will be a lot less stress.

Oh! Last thing I watched What the Health, which is a documentary on Netflix. It’s essentially another Food Inc., but with a broader impact message. I’ve been trying around with eating less dairy products (I already don’t drink milk anymore) and I started eating less meat daily, but this wonderful documentary has me pledging to be completely vegan by the end of next year. Huge change, i know, but it’s definitely worth it.

So posting is gonna be sparse until everything is settled because I really won’t have time but I’ll try to do little things like jumping rope and definitely PT.

[newbi3]

Progress is being made!

I meant to write a post last week after I ran twice, but I got busy and forgot (story of my life). But today I ran and did my physical therapy exercises and a few others. I've realized that I have to run about 3 times longer than I currently am to burn the calories I want to. I can run a mile in about 10 minutes which makes me happy so I started scaling back in order to improve my endurance and form. I also can't run that mile without getting that stupid ass cramp under my ribs. So, apparently I need bananas (which I hate) but potassium is supposed to do the job and prevent the cramp from forming. I'm gonna see what I can eat or take to prevent me from eating a lot of bananas. Once last week and today I ran and walked a mile and a half. I ran a whole lap and every lap after that I walked 100m and ran the other 300. I feel like of I could work up to doing that for 2 miles or 2.5 miles I could burn the calories I want to in order to lose the weight I want to. Oh and I weighed myself today completely nude and I'm 148 lbs which is 8 lbs away from my August goal. My end of the year goal is 130 and hopefully I can do that. I think it's doable as long as I drink more water; exercise regularly; and eat less meat, carbs, and sugar.

[fithoneys]

[melaninhoe-deactivated20180111]

at home ab routine now on my youtube https://youtu.be/WRXz62IeggY

[hateorloveus]

[ahealthblog]

Exercise is an easy and effective treatment for depression ➡ http://www.aboutdepressionfacts.com/exercise-for-depression.html

[melaninhoe-deactivated20180111]

at home ab routine now on my youtube https://youtu.be/WRXz62IeggY

[newbi3]

Guess who's back on track

Its been a fucking long time but I’m gonna try to post consistently again. But hiiii!! It feels so good to be back. Im gonna revamp this bitch and kick it into gear.

I’ve been making progress although it may not seem like to from my blog or my others. I started physical therapy near the end of the semester and the bummer was I couldn't run at all. Also I honestly forgot about posting that last post but it's not like I could run away... I have one more physical therapy session until I’m free to go. I’ve been working on strengthening the muscles that control and surround my knees, also working on my knee placement. My therapist has slowly gotten me back into running which makes me so happy. I ran a mile in about 10 minutes on Tuesday and hopefully I can get that down to about 5-6 minutes by the time school starts. I can’t wait to start sprinting again and especially long distance running. I’ve been doing slight ab and arm workouts too, so I’ll keep working on those.

Other than that I’m just trying to eat healthy and more veggies, less dairy, and less carbs. I think my weight is around 156, I’ll check when I go to my doctor. But I want to get down to 140 and maybe eventually 130 when I have money and time to devote to my body like that.

Gosh it just feels so good to run again.

[newbi3]

RUN

I’ve been feeling pretty chubby this week. High waisted pants + being bloated = not fun. So my weight has been getting to me. I’ve decided that I want to do more cardio and for my cardio I want to run, jump rope and swim when I can. I’ll be getting physical therapy after spring break and that mean’s I’ll be that much closer to actually sprinting for fun again. Right now, my goal is to jog a mile. Since I haven’t been running in a long time, this is going to take time obviously. So I’m trying to find a plan that I’m comfortable with and works with my schedule. I might modify one I found to run a mile in 4 weeks to run a mile in about 2 months. Which means I’ll be able to take about two weeks for each goal. I also know that cardio and high intensity helps me lose weight and tone up, and I’m going to use that to my advantage. I’m gonna start doing this when I get back from spring break, which means the 15th. Wish me luck and I hope hope hope hope I’ll post more to motivate me to keep doing this. 

[newbi3]

I’ve been horrible at posting, but that’s just because I’m lazy.

My friends and I have been working out at least 3 times a week with our friend who’s being out personal trainer. These past 2 weeks we’ve been doing a lot of swimming which is great. I’ve lost a lot of fat on my sides (aka love handles) and I feel really good. I still want to lose a lot more weight and tone up, but good things are happening. I’m changing my eating habits to include more veggies and less unnecessary calories. I’ll try to keep posting updates. xoxo

[newbi3]

Happy Halloween

It's a spooky day and I hope everyone has had a wonderfully terrifying day! I didn't work out all weekend nor today because I got sick. I got the dreaded l cold I've been trying not to get. It got worse today, but I'm drinking my like 4th cup of tea of the day. In celebration of Halloween I decided to make it a hot toddy. Hopefully I get better very quickly. Xoxo

[newbi3]

Food Wars

I didn’t have a better title for this one, but I did my workout yesterday and today. So that means day 19 and 20. It’s definitely difficult seeing as how I haven’t been doing it consistently also my knees are giving me some issues. I’m gonna call some therapists soon...

Today I had potatoes with veggies and a fried egg for breakfast along with cardamon cinnamon tea with honey and silk almond milk. For lunch I had a salad with hummus. My snack was kettlecorn popcorn, two fig newtons, and some trail mix I bought from Trader Joes. For dinner I had fried calamari and a burger with fries. Hopefully I get enough money from my paychecks to go grocery shopping because I really wanna stock up on veggies and do some nice things with lean meats/proteins and veggies. I want to eat less and eat healthier. Also, I realized I don’t much like silk almond milk, so next time I’m going to buy Trader Joes’ brand and see how I feel. Silk just feels too thick.

Now I’m gonna watch Shokugeki no Soma till I fall asleep xox