Healthy Me

It’s been fun!

This is not my only tumblr account, and over the past month, I’ve grown tired of juggling two logins. Yeah, yeah, I know you can make more than one tumblr on the same account, but I didn’t want to. 

My first tumblr is this tumblr, a weightloss tumblr. I made it so that I could bask in the support network that you can’t really find anywhere else, and post honestly about numbers and sizes that would really feel out of place on an art blog. I didn’t think it was any of my comic’s readers’ business what I was putting in my mouth, and didn’t feel like they’d be interested in photos of things I’ve cooked, or riveting stories about how little self-esteem I used to have. It was an outlet that filled a particular need, and my issue now is that I don’t know if I have that particular need anymore.

Since September 2010, I’ve been literally working my ass off. As of today, I’ve lost 57.6lbs total, gone down from a size 24 to an 18 in pants, and from XXL to M-L in shirts, and I’m still going. I’m happy with life, and even though I still have another 60lbs to lose to be at the weight I want, I know I will get there. I’m happy with me. And so, after a certain point, I had to re-evaluate my tumblr habits.

When I open up my dash on my weight loss blog, I am greeted with photos of food, inspirational quotes, people’s personal meltdowns and triumphs and most notably (at least in terms of sheer volume), creepy ‘thinsperation’ pictures. I cannot fathom what is so appealing about posting up pictures of girls who are little more than skeletons and then aspiring to BE them, or like them. It weirds me right the fuck out.

On top of that, the kind of attention I get on my weight loss blog is beginning to make me uncomfortable. I am NOT my weight. That is not the only thing I have in common with people, and I am not comfortable with the idea that, to some of the people that watch me, that’s all I am. I am an artist. I draw. I do comics, graphic design, illustration. I’m good at it. If people want to know anything about me, they can find out by watching my drawings, or enjoying the things I share. Knowing what the scale says when I step on it doesn’t mean a thing, and it provides no hints about what kind of person I am.

When I open up my dash on my sketch blog, I am bombarded with gifs, memes and glorious art and photos—things I actually enjoy. 

So no contest, right?

In a way, this little ramble is kind of an apology to both places that I intend to post this. A sorry to those who follow my weightloss tumblr because I’ll be closing it down in the next week or so, and a sorry to those who read my sketch blog, which can be found here. With no place to talk solely about my personal life anymore, it is totally going to spill over onto my sketch blog. I’m okay with that. 

Super productive today!

Just had a badass lunch—a 100cal pack of hummus with garlic pita crisps, plain 1% yogurt mixed with a quarter of a cup of quaker harvest crunch (yum!) and some ginger mint green tea. 376 calories total.

I’ve also laid out the next three pages of my comic, am planning out dinner, and working out a workout schedule for the rest of the week that Cory can agree on. 

Plus, Hanna soundtrack purchased. <3 Lovey, awesome, badass music. Thanks Chemical Brothers! <3

Where have you been all my life?

Made an amazing discovery at Costco a week ago. Wait for iiit…..!

TURKEY BACON

Yeah. Awww yeaaah.

So regular low sodium bacon is like…115 calories per slice. If I want three pieces, 345 calories. Holy crap. That’s a lot for just three pieces of bacon!

Turkey bacon tastes just as good as bacon (if not better—I may be biased, though, since turkey rules), the slices are actually bigger and a bit thicker than regular bacon, and they are only…20 calories each. TWENTY.

My whole breakfast was 345 calories—an egg, two pieces of toast, a little bit of margerine, pepper and three pieces of turkey bacon, combined to make the most delicious sandwich ever. If I had used regular bacon, it would have been 630 calories. That is quite the difference. 

It is little discoveries like this that make losing weight that much easier. I’m not giving up things I love—I’m replacing things I love with other things that I love more, that just so happen to be better for me. <3

Gym membership acquired!

Okay, so yesterday night, Cory and I popped over to the GRC and signed up for their one month all-inclusive plan. We figured we’d take the best plan for the first month, and then see how much use we get out of all the amenities, and then cut back accordingly.

They gave us a schedule (as well as cards that open all the doors), but I’m having a little trouble deciphering it—yeah, I can see when  all the classes happen, and whether or not they’re included or something you pay extra for, but I cannot, for the life of me, figure out when which rooms and pools are available for people to come in and do whatever without interrupting classes or lessons. :S Tonight we’re going to work out for the first time when Cory gets home from work, so presumably when we go in we can ask for an orientation tour. That’s gonna have to be how it is, I guess.

Anyhow, once we signed up, it became apparent to us that we’d need locks for our lockers, and that Cory also needed some running shoes, and also shorts—the only shoes he currently owns are all work boots with steel toes—not super great for working out in. :P A trip to Walmart got us everything we were looking for, and now we’re all ready to go. I’m thinking we’ll probably do a nice workout, and then chill in the pool/hot tub for a bit before going home. I am very, very psyched for this. Once I’ve got an idea of how things work, I’m thinking of getting in on some Zumba and/or Cardio-Kickboxing classes. Both look awesome. :D

Exciiiiiteeeed!!!

Getting out gym memberships tonight. Very excited! Eeeeeeee!!!

That is all.

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FOR RECOVERY PURPOSES I HAVE UNFOLLOWED EVERYONE AND I AM NOW STARTING FROM SCRATCH.

REBLOG THIS ONLY IF YOUR BLOG IS DEDICATED TO HEALTHY WEIGHTLOSS, BEING FIT, ENJOYING LIFE AND LIVING IT WITH POSITIVITY.

Smart smart. I did the same thing. Follow me. I rock.

I’m a freakin’ rock star!

That would be me!

:) me too!

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