"You look fine, you don't need to lose weight"

Left side: me in 2010 at 196 lbs.. Right: me in 2013 at 165 lbs

I'm sure many of you reading this have heard these phrases once or a few times before.

"You look fine, you don't need to lose weight"

"You know boys love em thick!"

"You have a pretty face so you good girl"

"But what are you going to eat?"

"Why are you doing this for?"

These are questions that you will get hit with on a constant basis. Some from family and friends who support you, some who secretly do not support you, and some who want you to remain the same because they love you just the way you are. All of these questions are and will be detrimental to your weight loss journey. The only question you should care about is "why are you doing this?" And you should be the one asking yourself that question...

I'm becoming a Yogi!

I've always incorporated some type of yoga stretching into my workouts. Although, I never noticed how my flexibility, balance, endurance, and overall stress levels were improving! A few months ago, I regularly began doing yoga either in the morning or night daily. I started with positions like child pose, downward dog, mountain pose, tree pose, plank etc..

The thing with yoga is that it is not only a physical practice, it's a mental and emotional practice...



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Fat Loss Update

Some of you that follow me on instagram may know that I am participating in a weight loss challenge. Its called WATCH ME MELT. Its a 7 week long challenge that ends Halloween weekend. You win by taking a before and after picture in the same clothes...whoever gets the most "likes" win. So far here is my 3 week progress.

I lost 1% body fat and 4 lbs so far!

I notice a change in my hips, waist, and legs.

I started to add running, and Fitness Blender videos to my schedule. 

Also, continuing drinking that gallon of water a day has helped tremendously!

Is Weight Loss Geographical?

Hey lovely readers! As most of you know who follow me on instagram and myfitnesspal, im in Haiti on vacation. I have been here for over a week. The country is beautiful.. but thats not what I want to write about today. I want to discuss the weight loss I have been experiencing with minimal exercise