Being free from school is very boring. I have no energy and all I eat is like yoghurt. Haha. Wtf?! I wanna learn something. :p
Off to a masquerade party! Gonna be so fun. Not!!
Vanity Pounds: The last 5-20lbs you want to lose, NOT because your body’s unhealthy, but because you want to look a certain way.
Health & Vanity are two different things. I’m not judging you for your vanity pounds, I don’t like mine either. But they are NOT to be confused with healthy weight loss.
The problem with vanity pounds: everyone’s body is healthy at a certain point (mine is healthy within 10-15lbs+ of where I am, and within 5lbs-). The body LIKES being there. It’s not stressed about where it’s energy is coming from, it’s getting exercise, nutrients, sleep, love and it’s happy, happy, happy.
BUT… if it feels threatened with unhealthy behaviors (eating too little, ahem, -1000 calorie eaters or exercising too much (making too big of a deficit), it will enter starvation mode and start to release hormones, cortisol and other bo-chemistry weapons to preserve the energy and SAVE itself from YOU.
It is possible to lose those vanity pounds... but you need to do it healthily. Your body needs to feel nice & taken care of so that it doesn’t MIND losing an extra 5 or 10. If it’s not FREAKED OUT that you’re trying to starve it, it doesn’t release those hormones or signal your metabolism to slow down. It knows it’s okay. Those last 5-10lbs will take longer to lose, so relax & give yourself time to get there, okay? You already know how the story goes the other way, don’t you? Gain, lose, gain, lose, gain, lose….
This is how body love works for weight loss: You love your body. It loves you back. You HATE your body? Well, it will fight you with everything it’s got. And guess what? In the end, your body will WIN. It’s one tough mother f*cker.
So, those of you who are having trouble with those last 5-10lbs: relax. Slow down. Eat well & amp up your exercise INTENSITY, but don’t exercise MORE. Lowering your calories too drastically, or exercising too much (more than 5-6 days/week for an hour): this will break down your body, not give you enough recovery time, release hormones and NOT get you where you wanna go. Add strength training for tone & muscle, don’t overdo your cardio and make sure your body KNOWS it doesn’t need to fight back.
Cool?
- Chichi Kix
This is so so so important.
In this moment, it’s very important for me to read this and be reminded not to starve myself. I gained back my lost pounds since I lost them during the fall. I started eating whatever I wanted again, was stressed and didn’t work out. Now summer’s coming up and I’m starting to feel self-conscious. Can I lose 10 pounds in two weeks? Heck no. Can I change my lifestyle? Yes. I will be healthy. I will eat right. I will work out. Not for the sake of my appearance, but for me and my well-being. That’s the only thing that matters. Nothing else.
(via fuckyeahfitspiration)
So friggin mad at my supposed to be best friend. I’m just not going to keep contact with her anymore. She’s not a real friend.
Could I be more bored?!
My internet is so slow it’s killing me. I need to watch cougar town. I AM FINALLY FREE FROM
SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!
OMFG so so whiny right now. I would
like to just sleep but I have to finish my report, send it in and then go hang with some amicas. SCHOOL’S OVER!!!!! :D
In one more hour I will consider myself to be officially done with high school!! PPPRAAIISEEE THEEEE LOOOORD!!
LAST FREAKING DAY OF HIGH SCHOOL!! I’M SO PROUD I MADE IT THROUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
