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Anyone know any body pos bloggers/vloggers that also address weight loss/fitness?

I'm really tired of seeing videos of people making their blatant fatphobia as concerns for health. They're not concerned about your health. They're pissed you don't meet their standard for fuckable. That's literally it.

I just want to see some people who treat their loss or fitness as a privilege. Also not shit on people who are obese. Because fuck that.

I'm losing weight literally because I think it will benefit my body more and allow me to be the athlete I always wanted to be. And it is more of a side effect of my goal to celebrate my body through fitness. Because I want to be an Amazon.

Or a dragon.

So if I find any body pos fitness or anything I'll try to share. Because this is fucking bullshit.

Side note: my resting HR has gone up since being sick and I've gained like five pounds. I'm more concerned about the HR. And blood pressure. It could be because I was fighting off my strep pneumo (and consequently coming down with strep pyogenes aka strep throat) or it could be because I was stressed the fuck out from missing work. Or because I was eating a shit ton of salt. #oops.

Gonna see if I can run some and maybe go by the gym. Since my brain doesn't want me to and I think I feel a depressive episode coming on. Gotta make use of this energy while I have it lol.

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I FINALLY DID IT

It was slow (13:32/mi). But I ran for 15 minutes straight to come up with a whopping 1.1 mile run WITHOUT STOPPING OR TAKING WALK BREAKS. I don’t think anyone could appreciate how big of a deal this is for me. This beats my personal best for amount of time running (about 8 min) and allowed me to finally freaking run a mile like I wanted. I would honestly be more pumped if it weren’t for the allergy pills I took.

OH THAT’S ANOTHER THING! I never once coughed. Hell, I wasn’t even breathing that hard (cuz I was fucking SLOW). So my combo worked. But I am happy to report that the almonds did not upset my stomach.

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Oh boy

Hello all

So, as I said, I didn’t get to make a new post until 2017. And I just want to point out that it is REALLY hard to have any semblance of a healthy diet when your birthday is the day after New Years. And your birthday dinner is the traditional lasagna and chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting. And for once no one forgot about it. *insert sigh emoji here*

But on a positive note, for my birthday I did get a punching bag! It even comes with hand wraps and gloves. I’m excited like no man’s business to get it set up somewhere. I want to teach myself kickboxing (and by teach myself I mean watch videos on YouTube) so I have a sport that I can get into that lets me channel my aggressions into something healthy. 

Because it’s hard to look badass while running when you can’t even keep going on the treadmill for long periods at a time and you basically only shuffle there anyways. #still can’t run to save my life

Speaking of running, I saw that there is a color run in March relatively close to where I live. Am I going to be ready in time? HELL NO. But it lets me know there are 5ks close to where I live at other parts of the year. I regret not being able to run the Reindeer Romp in town but if they have another 5k (which I believe they do) I want to be able to do it. Or to be able to do treadmill races. Ultimately I’d like to be able to run modest distances for charities. 

I also cannot wait to get my license so I can drive myself up to my gym before the buttcrack of dawn so I can go to the gym. Now, that realistically means leaving my house by about 5:30 AM. If I do that then I get there at 6, get my hour in and have enough time to rinse off and get to class. Some days I have more leeway as I have a 9 AM or 9:30 AM class as opposed to an 8 AM class. And Wednesday I have a day I can have a lot of wiggle room as I don’t have class until 1:00 PM. Oh yes. That means I can go for long runs, group classes and maybe even yoga.

I hate yoga. 

I don’t think it’s the stretching part that bothers me as I absolutely love stretching and usually can be found in some weird sitting or lying position anyways... I think it’s the slow hippie attitude. And I know that’s for my spirit or whatever. Still, I think I need to get into that part because it will help my anxiety and stress. I just wish it wasn’t so freaking mellow all the time. I mean, don’t tell me to envision gentle streams or something in that weird voice. Tell me to think about some cute motherfucking duckies. In a Samuel L. Jackson voice. And tell me to think they are like Rambo. This would please me as I make myself a human pretzel. 

Also, I’m looking forward to having my license as it gives me a sense of independence. God knows I need it. I won’t be forced to be around the toxicity at home as much and I think it will be good for me. I don’t know if I bring it out in them or if I just react to it and further it, but I truly believe that having to spend less time at home with my grandparents will mean that I am going to start having a lot less stress. And I don’t have to worry about classes running over because the only person who has to wait on me is my own bitch-ass self. It’s extremely liberating. I can go to the library and study or I can go work-out or I can simply go drive myself over to the park and go for a nature run. Realistically, it will most likely be me studying... you know, because I have a fuckton of classes. 

I’m also looking forward to getting to pack all that I need into my bag and taking it with me in my car and leaving what I don’t need at that exact moment in the car. That’s right! If I want to take textbooks with me to study, I will not have to carry around their bulk and then some all day! I can leave them and go get them at a later time! Gone are the days of cramming everything into my backpack and then stuffing my work out clothes in it as well! I can literally have a gym bag set aside so that when it’s time to get in, I’m only carrying what I need. My hype for this shit is unreal, you guys.

After I finish with this post I’ll be writing all my goals and my shopping list down in the planner @shyvalentines gave me for my birthday. Holy crap, y’all! I literally could not have picked out anything better- A schedule portion, a fitness portion, a meal planning portion, an inspiration/diary portion, important info, you name it! AND IT’S SO UNBELIEVABLY CUTE!!!! Like bless me! I’m slightly a bit afraid of writing in it because it’s seriously adorable and my handwriting is literal trash. 

Another shoutout to my friends @brynnabeth and @13friends4ever for being so supportive and sweet. I literally could not ask for better friends than the three people mentioned in my post. All three are some of my closest friends and they all support me and help me in so many ways that just astound me and make me feel so very grateful for them. I go to bed knowing I am blessed because of them, even when my day feels like it is only been filled with pain and anger. 

In conclusion, this is the first post of 2017 and these are my thoughts as I sit shivering on my couch.

TLDR; I am a huge sap with fitness goals and a strange reason to like having a car.

Sincerely,

S.

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Such a great morning for Khaleesi, Nix, and me. We walked for about thirty minutes and it was such a gorgeous morning. I'm actually excited to take them back out later!!

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What does one do when they wake up aching with a severely upset stomach from a binge?

They drink coffee and water, take a pain killer or a Magnesium pill, wait until their stomach calms down before they go raise some money for Australia (and I guess get fit lol). #RunForAustralia

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So...

Fit bit says 2.2 mi, Zombies, Run! says 3.06 km, and Charity Miles says 3.1 mi. All are GPS based mind you. Going with the middle ground, here are the stats.

2.2 mi in 39:55

Wow, that looks terrible. Points I'll add in my factor:

- I haven't been exercising lately so this was my first day out.

- its 84 F with 69% humidity

- cars

Things that I could have done better:

- I probably could have ran more of the stretch. It was 100000000% a mental thing

- went earlier when it was cooler (5 degrees may have made a difference)

- drank more water before I left

- used my inhaler 30 min before instead of immediately before

- not worn all black

Overall, I think it was a decent start to ease back to fitness. When my muscles quit twitching I'll stretch.

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Almonds

I woke up early this morning with the intent on being out the door relatively early. I needed to drink a decent amount of water and take some allergy pills so I could breathe comfortably while I attempt to run probably less than half a mile of my 3+ trek. I even got the inhaler out because I know that cold air is the enemy. 

But did you know if you take two allergy pills and two ibuprofen on an empty stomach that you get nauseous pretty quickly?

Logic then dictates that you eat something so you don’t get sick. The problem with logic, though, is that my body is not logical. If I eat even two hours before I do any sort of workout, I will throw up. So, I am hoping that 28 little almonds will not throw everything out of whack. Thus far they have managed to make my nausea go away. But only time will tell about the other. I have about 30 minutes before I head out. That’s the amount of time I give for my pills and albuterol to begin working. I’m upset about taking my inhaler, however, if I can get in semi decent shape (not weight loss wise but cardiovascularly), then I hope to avoid the winter cough again.

Every winter I come down with some sort of cough that lasts from December until April. And when I mean cough, I don’t mean a sort of clear your throat inconvenience, I mean a full on adult version of whooping cough on all the ‘roids. And absolutely nothing on God’s green Earth will stop it, synthetic or natural. But for the first time in my life last year, I didn’t get the cough. But I was also doing 30 minutes on the elliptical and then some weights (yet the scale still wouldn’t budge- a story for another post). So, it is my hope that I can replicate the same results at home.

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4.85 km

Hello! Everyone's (least?) favorite flaky fat runner here!

So, today I decided to do the above distance. Now, let me tell you it wasn't a spur of the moment thing. You see, I had a dream the other day about running a virtual race around my town (approximately 10k, I believe, but I haven't looked it up) with a friend. And we were doing good. I ended up getting about $1,000 donated to a charity (I want to run for charities, hence why I even started running). Well, after I woke up, I was so proud of my dream achievement. It reinspired me to work on it IRL. So, this whole week I've been saying, "I wanna do 3 long runs!" Now, today is Wednesday. It is also my brother's birthday. Weekends are usually no go for me because my couch potato fam. Monday and Tuesday were iffy. Monday, I was busy running errands and never got the chance. Yesterday, however, was spent going all over the county trying to find a vet to fix a dog without forcing me to go bankrupt. These people were ready to charge me $300-500 dollars. THIS ISN'T EVEN MY DOG. I finally found a place to take him next week, btw. Let me tell you, I will be a raging bitch then because I will have to be up at 4.

So, that left today. And I thought "Why not?" So I mapped my route. Down to the church, all the way down the street, up and around the neighborhood then back to my place. The perks about living in a semi-rural area is that the streets are long. Hence the 4.85 km. And that was exciting because that is so close to 5km and I'd love to do a race this year! So I turned on "Zombies, run!" and set off. Now the first 5 minutes weren't bad. They were warm up minutes. I walked them. Then I began to run. Now, Samsung Health says I ran eight minutes. I say bullshit, I definitely ran longer. But I ran until there was probably an eighth of a mile left to the church. My app chimes in "1km done in 11:53"."Okay, this is fine. We will do intervals." No, this was not fine.

I turned around to start back up the street from whence I came and I noticed the wind. I noticed it really well since it was hitting me in the face. So I struggled. I probably made it somewhere between 1/8th and 1/4th of a mile before I had to start walking again. I then hear the app go off again. "2km done in 24:01". I chalked the extra time up to wind and kept going. As I neared my street I was tempted to call it quits. But I didn't. So I started off running again. I made it about 1/4th of a mile before I started to wheeze. By that point I said "Screw it, I will walk". And I did. It was a lovely walk. I got to pet a dog. I listened to my app and got super confused about the mission. I acquired a bunch of stuff including a rocket launcher (obviously not IRL).

But about halfway through I remembered how I read an article I read said sprinters used their quads, marathoners used their hips and glutes. Okay. Cool. So I tried to focus my power from my hip flexor muscles. It felt... weird. Alien. Wrong. My stride was forced to be longer and I disliked that greatly. I also noticed it helped to highlight all my numerous imbalances. But it did help me correct my right leg which tends to turn out at the knee to the point my foot is at a 45°.

I see merit in it, I really do. And I will work on that movement more. But I know my hip flexor muscles are laughably weak.

Also who the eff is runner 5 really???