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dedicaition:

The Tone It Up girls have finally come out with their own protein! And I am honestly in LOVE and I really really really wanna give it a try :)

What makes it so great?

First of all, it’s only made with 6 ingredients: 

*organic sprouted whole grain brown rice protein

*organic whole grain brown rice syrup solids

*organic vanilla (flavor)

*organic guar gum (thickener/stabilizer)

*organic Stevia (sweetener)

*sea salt (flavor enhancer)

Aside from that, it’s:

• 100% natural
• certified USDA organic
• certified gluten-free
• raw
• vegan
• non-GMO
• hypoallergenic
• “complete protein”
• sugar-free
• fat-free
• low in sodium & cholesterol
• dairy-free
• lactose-free
• soy-free
• corn-free
• rich in antioxidants

Seriously. You guys.

And so I went on their OFFICIAL WEBSITE to check out how much it was - and it’s $23 for 20 packets of 20g each.

Can this be any more perfect?

If Your Life Makes You Fat, Then Maybe You Should Just Be Fat

isistiberiuscat:

another day, another stupid article about how something that happens to most people in everyday life is ZOMG MAKING YOU TEH FATZ.  today, it was an article on one of the blogs i read (i forget which one) about how having a screwed-up sleep schedule can mess up your metabolism.  ok.  i think most people know that it’s not super healthy not to have a regular sleep schedule.

there’s an article like this pretty much every week, if not every day.  eating dinner somewhere other than a dinner table is making you fat.  having red walls in your dining room is making you fat.  not sleeping at the right time is making you fat.  sitting at your desk while you work is making you fat.  BREATHING AND BEING A HUMAN IS MAKING YOU A BIG FAT DISGUSTING SLOB.  ugh.  i’m just fucking done with it.

i know how to be healthy.  i know that ideally, i need to devote an hour or so a day to movement.  i need to eat mostly fruits and veggies, supplemented with whole grains.  i need to drink water more than any other beverage.  i need to get enough sleep.  i need to take my vitamins.  i need to walk instead of drive.  i need to not ingest a lot of sugar.

but you know what?  life does not always provide us with ideal situations.  sometimes i’m going to go through a period of time when i don’t get enough sleep, like when i’m finishing up an article, or writing my dissertation, or, god forbid, if i ever have a child.  there are times when i’m traveling that the healthiest food option available to me is pretzels and powerade.  there are times when i have to drink a coke or two because i need caffeine and coffee makes me throw up.  there are times that i can’t afford to buy fresh fruits or veggies, or when i am so strapped for time that i have to rely on frozen dinners.  there are times when i’m out with my friends and i’d rather order french fries instead of a salad because THAT’S WHAT I FUCKING WANT TO EAT.  there are times when we all eat dessert.

in other words, if being thin means that i have to behave perfectly, and police my life down to the nth degree, then FUCK BEING THIN.  if i have to live so rigidly that i can’t enjoy my life in order for society to not discriminate against me and treat me like shit, then FUCK SOCIETY.  it’s not me who needs to change, it’s you and your bullshit.

kate moss famously said that nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.  i profoundly and completely disagree.  further, sometimes pulling a week of all-nighters to produce a really amazing piece of writing is better than skinny feels.  sometimes blowing off the gym to go to the beach is better than skinny feels.  sometimes staying all week at the hospital with a sick relative is better than skinny feels.  sometimes working a desk job 40 hours a week in order to not get evicted from my apartment is better than skinny feels.

life is more important than being thin. people are more important than being thin.  if you can’t understand that, then you need to take a moment and rethink your own humanity.

(via heisenbergsays)

girlgrowingsmall:

*bows down in respect*

(Source: thrustr)

The Vampire Diaries TV Workout, Season 3 Edition

Equipment needed: TVD episode, optional hand weights, bottle of water, mat or carpet

• 5 situps every time Elena says she loves someone (add two if it’s whispered, 3 if it wins her an argument)
• 10 jumping jacks whenever Ian acts with his eyes (prepare to be tired)
• 5 pushups whenever there is Original on Original backstabbing and/or plotting to backstab
• Jog in place for any sexually tense scenes between Damon and Elena
• 15 bicep curls for whenever Stefan accidentally acts like he has a soul
• 10 chest flies whenever Bonnie is the ONLY FUCKING VOICE OF REASON
• Make out with the screen whenever Alaric graces it
• 10 crunches for any gratuitously shirtless and/or wet and/or half naked people
• 10 crunches for every time we get a lingering shot of someone angsting
• 10 lunges for seemingly random parties/balls/galas/founders shindigs
• 10 lunges for ~~secret meetings~~
• 10 of your least favorite activity every time you get distracted by “plot” and forget to keep moving
• If you find yourself bored, make up more rules as you go or jog in place

I have only watched up to 3x15 so these may be a little out of date. Got any more ideas? Think this’ll keep me moving the whole episode?

Weigh-in and Check-in: 4/7

Starting weight: 199lbs

Last weigh-in (3/11): 183 lbs

This week: 181 lbs

Awesome!! About 20 pounds in three months is incredible. As many times as I’ve said I was going to start dieting and exercising, I’m really doing it this time. It feels amazing.

It’s really not enough weight loss for almost a month, but it was a shitty month for my healthy habits. I got a cold halfway through March and it didn’t totally go away until last week because I was working and playing so hard the whole time. I was working 60ish hours a week through almost the end of March, and there was just no time for working out.

I am really excited to get back into it. I’d like to hear from some ladies who work full-time jobs and still manage to work out regularly. Do you find doing it after work to be easy? I don’t. Last week I went bike riding once or twice and it felt so good to get back into it but it took a LOT of willpower. I leave at 7 and don’t get home until 6. When I get home I just want to hang out with my husband and pretend I have a life before getting up at 6 again.

Any suggestions? It’ll help if I do get hired at this office (I’m temping there), because they have an employee gym and it’ll be so easy to just change right after work and work out and THEN go home. I’ll miss the 5 o’clock traffic that way, too. But until then… do I just have to suck it up? I guess so.

Anyway, April is going to be way better than March. I can feel it already. And honestly, it’s just awesome that I didn’t GAIN weight last month. Hooray!

So, any ideas? And how is everyone’s spring going?

Used to scoff at those who lived for the weekend, but god damn this is a good Saturday

++My dad is out of his radiation treatments and starting to regain energy! The doctors think he’s all healed but we won’t know if the cancer is gone for another three months.

++Still lost weight (1.5 lbs!) even though I haven’t worked out nearly at all the last two weeks because of my crazy schedule

++Might get hired at the place I’m temping at. Start the process next week, and my boss is pretty sure I’m gonna get it. They have a gym I’ll be able to use!!

++Went thrifting for the first time in FOREVER cause Tampa thrift stores kinda suck but had an amazing haul- two slouchy blazers for work, a hot pink pencil skirt, a black button down from FCUK, some nail polish, a book, and photo frames for $20. wat.

++Beer midday and sweet potato ravioli for a late lunch

++Bike ride later! 7 mile trail in Florida spring weather = bliss

++FINALLY FUCKING OVER MY COLD. It helps that I stopped smoking cigarettes, I think. On that note: QUIT SMOKING! woo. I wasn’t addicted but it was becoming habitual. So yay.

++Excellent food, wine, pot and then sex last night. I love Passover, Schwartz-style.

++The fact that I could do this for the next hour and not run out of things to be happy about! Here’s an abbreviated version of the rest: public radio, big music festivals, free newspapers, painting my toenails, my new hairdo, my kitties, planning on decorating my cube at work, suddenly being a person with a cube??, being at my job for two weeks and already they’re letting me train someone (I think that means I’m gonna get hired), greek yogurt and tons of great produce for the week, my brother is safely in Japan, planning my move to Orlando, visiting my Orlando girls next weekend!!, my girl Lauren got the job she wanted and is moving even closer to me! friendship weekends!!, and SO MUCH MORE OMG. 

This post brought to you by a perfect Florida day, a cold bottle of Yuengling, and rock n’ roll on 88.5 WMNF. 

Life gets crazy (for the record)

So I started this whole health journey when I was unemployed. I partly needed something to do and a reprieve from the stress and depression that came from job hunting. And then I got one job. And then two. And for a few weeks I was working nearly 60 hours.

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