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My name is Shaina, I am 21 years old living in San Diego.
When I was in high school I was not overweight, however I was heavier than I am now.
Being 5’6 and 135lbs is not overweight. I never thought that I needed to lose weight at all and was always happy with the way I looked. I gain all of my weight in my hips and thighs and always just attributed that to being curvey/a woman - not overweight. I would just think nonchalantly “oh ya, i have big thighs nbd.” I started being more conscious of my weight my junior year of high school, but as you can see from the picture of me taken on the left (age 19, freshman year of college) I did not do anything about it. My freshman year I moved 500 miles away from home and was finally on my own. I am paying for myself to go to school (in the form of loans) and decided to live it up and get the biggest meal plan possible at my school which we refer to this as the “fat kids plan.” I got 60 meals a semester at the dining hall and 1200$ to spend on campus dining. Our options included - Taco Bell, Panda, Sbarros, Daphnes (but I have greek food), a disgusting sandwich shop, Rubios, etc. ALL CRAP. There was a salad bar, but I never ate there, of course.
A typical meal for me in the dining hall would be salad, pizza, pasta, french fries, fruit, a waffle, a bowl of cereal, frozen yogurt, cookies IN ONE MEAL. If i spent my money at the market, I would buy frozen burritos or lasagna, chips candy etc.
My second semester I got a boyfriend who was a complete twig and ate like shit. He would always have goodies and it was so hard not to eat them with him. When i voiced my opinions about wanting to eat healthier he would then proceed to eat the treats in front of me and tell me i couldnt have any. He would always complain that I didnt go to the gym enough, but idk when i would have had time since he made me spend every free minute with him.
What lead me to weight loss?
Break ups. We had a terrible relationship and when we broke up I felt a new sense of empowerment. I rode my bike to school every day and with all of my new free time I went to the gym 5 days a week. I had a gym buddy (who is now the biggest slut/bitch I know) but we motivated eachoter. She had just gotten out of a relationship too so it was nice to have a support system.
I got back together with the douche bag. He turned 21, he cheated. Yes okay technically we werent back together but he lied to my face and was pretending that we were going to be okay all the while “keeping his options open.”
I moved out, and finally after a year and a half told him NO. Stopped responding to him and decided I was better than that. Best decision i’ve ever made.
On the downside, I no longer had 7 roommates, all of my friends went home for the summer, I had no job, no food, no money. I started smoking and eating all of the time (whatever food i had, cheap stuff like sundaes from mcdonalds). I met this boy (current boyfriend) and we started going to parties together. all of the time. rage. haha jk - anyways, I wasn’t sure how much i like this guy or where I wanted it to go but it was nice to not be alone in my apartment day in and day out with no car and nothing to do. We would drink (a lot) and drunkenly eat burritos (a lot). It was a great time, but my health went out the window. About a month later it hit me, i need to be healthy! I need to feel and look amazing. I figured since i had so much free time i might as well be productive and use my gym membership to the gym i lived a 1 minute walk away from. I fell in love with that boy and we both started working out a lot trying to look the best for eachother. I lost all of the weight from mid july-august that I had gained and got down to 115 (the lowest weight ive been since like 9th grade). I counted calories religiously 1200 a day. I went to the gym 5-6 times a week and I also did cardio (I currently do no cardio).
Note: For all of august, I did not drink at all.
On September 2 when I went to Identity festival, a rave/concert I got an MIP (2 weeks before my 21st bday!) because I didnt realize I couldnt drink like I used to and passed out in the girls bathroom. Yep, I got arrested. I went to court and the DA made a plea bargain and im currently completing 50 hours of community service (by april 9) and its going to be turned into an infraction, not on my record, and no license suspension(I also have to pay 450$). If you drink and stop, dont drink too much when you do again, your tolerance will go down!
For the past 6 months ive been about 118lbs and have been maintaining through 3-4 times a week at the gym and consuming 1600-2000 calories. I have a job, and am going to school full time. :]
Its almost summer so im going to be focusing more on gaining lean muscle mass instead of fat. My area of concern is primarily my thighs. My stomach will come with a clean diet. :]
Any questions? healthy-lissome.tumblr.com/ask](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0jx76CYlv1r0eekpo1_500.jpg)
My name is Shaina, I am 21 years old living in San Diego.
When I was in high school I was not overweight, however I was heavier than I am now.
Being 5’6 and 135lbs is not overweight. I never thought that I needed to lose weight at all and was always happy with the way I looked. I gain all of my weight in my hips and thighs and always just attributed that to being curvey/a woman - not overweight. I would just think nonchalantly “oh ya, i have big thighs nbd.” I started being more conscious of my weight my junior year of high school, but as you can see from the picture of me taken on the left (age 19, freshman year of college) I did not do anything about it. My freshman year I moved 500 miles away from home and was finally on my own. I am paying for myself to go to school (in the form of loans) and decided to live it up and get the biggest meal plan possible at my school which we refer to this as the “fat kids plan.” I got 60 meals a semester at the dining hall and 1200$ to spend on campus dining. Our options included - Taco Bell, Panda, Sbarros, Daphnes (but I have greek food), a disgusting sandwich shop, Rubios, etc. ALL CRAP. There was a salad bar, but I never ate there, of course.
A typical meal for me in the dining hall would be salad, pizza, pasta, french fries, fruit, a waffle, a bowl of cereal, frozen yogurt, cookies IN ONE MEAL. If i spent my money at the market, I would buy frozen burritos or lasagna, chips candy etc.
My second semester I got a boyfriend who was a complete twig and ate like shit. He would always have goodies and it was so hard not to eat them with him. When i voiced my opinions about wanting to eat healthier he would then proceed to eat the treats in front of me and tell me i couldnt have any. He would always complain that I didnt go to the gym enough, but idk when i would have had time since he made me spend every free minute with him.
What lead me to weight loss?
Break ups. We had a terrible relationship and when we broke up I felt a new sense of empowerment. I rode my bike to school every day and with all of my new free time I went to the gym 5 days a week. I had a gym buddy (who is now the biggest slut/bitch I know) but we motivated eachoter. She had just gotten out of a relationship too so it was nice to have a support system.
I got back together with the douche bag. He turned 21, he cheated. Yes okay technically we werent back together but he lied to my face and was pretending that we were going to be okay all the while “keeping his options open.”
I moved out, and finally after a year and a half told him NO. Stopped responding to him and decided I was better than that. Best decision i’ve ever made.
On the downside, I no longer had 7 roommates, all of my friends went home for the summer, I had no job, no food, no money. I started smoking and eating all of the time (whatever food i had, cheap stuff like sundaes from mcdonalds). I met this boy (current boyfriend) and we started going to parties together. all of the time. rage. haha jk - anyways, I wasn’t sure how much i like this guy or where I wanted it to go but it was nice to not be alone in my apartment day in and day out with no car and nothing to do. We would drink (a lot) and drunkenly eat burritos (a lot). It was a great time, but my health went out the window. About a month later it hit me, i need to be healthy! I need to feel and look amazing. I figured since i had so much free time i might as well be productive and use my gym membership to the gym i lived a 1 minute walk away from. I fell in love with that boy and we both started working out a lot trying to look the best for eachother. I lost all of the weight from mid july-august that I had gained and got down to 115 (the lowest weight ive been since like 9th grade). I counted calories religiously 1200 a day. I went to the gym 5-6 times a week and I also did cardio (I currently do no cardio).
Note: For all of august, I did not drink at all.
On September 2 when I went to Identity festival, a rave/concert I got an MIP (2 weeks before my 21st bday!) because I didnt realize I couldnt drink like I used to and passed out in the girls bathroom. Yep, I got arrested. I went to court and the DA made a plea bargain and im currently completing 50 hours of community service (by april 9) and its going to be turned into an infraction, not on my record, and no license suspension(I also have to pay 450$). If you drink and stop, dont drink too much when you do again, your tolerance will go down!
For the past 6 months ive been about 118lbs and have been maintaining through 3-4 times a week at the gym and consuming 1600-2000 calories. I have a job, and am going to school full time. :]
Its almost summer so im going to be focusing more on gaining lean muscle mass instead of fat. My area of concern is primarily my thighs. My stomach will come with a clean diet. :]
Any questions? healthy-lissome.tumblr.com/ask
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These Strawberry Cheesecake Bites are simple and so, SO good! A low fat cheesecake filling is stuffed inside of hollowed out strawberries and then dipped into graham cracker crumbs. All the flavor of strawberry cheesecake and just a fraction of the calories. Perfect to fill in that sweet tooth at any time.
Ingredients:
- 4 oz of low-fat cream cheese, softened
- 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar (depends on how sweet you want the filling)
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 10-20 strawberries ( quantity is your choice )
- 1/4 cup of graham crackers crumbs
Instructions:
Rinse strawberries and cut around the top of the strawberry. Remove the top and clean out inside with a paring knife if necessary. I found most of the strawberries already had a nice hollow center so that step was not necessary. If you want to stand your strawberries upright ( like in the picture ) slice a bit off the bottom.Combine cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla with a mixer or by hand. Add cream cheese mix to piping bag ( you can use a Ziploc bag ) and fill strawberries. Once strawberries are filled dip the top in graham cracker crumbs. Devour and fall in love. Enjoy! You could also drizzle or dip strawberries in chocolate if desired.
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