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Words With Lisbeth: It's Not All Hugs and Kumbaya

lisbethdarsh:

It’s not all hugs and kumbaya.

CrossFit has a wonderful community component. A fantastic, supportive environment where people cheer each other on and the last place finisher gets applause too. That’s something that’s missing in our everyday lives and so we yearn for it, and we cling…

maptohealth: Sports Nutrition Whether you are a competitive athlete or just enjoy working out, what you eat will affect your performance. An eating strategy can support your training, performance and overall health. Your body needs the right carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals and fluid to fuel it for exercise. Even if you’re not competing in a sport with a finish line, eating right can help you train harder. It can delay the onset of fatigue and aid in your recovery from a work out. With the right diet you can achieve peak performance. Learn more about eating for sports and performance: Eat Right for Sports and Performance  Eating Before Exercise  Eating During Exercise  Eating for Recovery  Vitamin Needs of Athletes 

maptohealth:

Sports Nutrition

Whether you are a competitive athlete or just enjoy working out, what you eat will affect your performance. An eating strategy can support your training, performance and overall health.

Your body needs the right carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals and fluid to fuel it for exercise. Even if you’re not competing in a sport with a finish line, eating right can help you train harder. It can delay the onset of fatigue and aid in your recovery from a work out. With the right diet you can achieve peak performance.

Learn more about eating for sports and performance:

(via comfortableandfit)

A Letter

Family and friends ever get on your case about your new healthy lifestyle? Send them a letter like this and I guarantee that will stop!

Hi all, 

If you’re on this email chain, it means that I love you and want to keep you informed of my life and my life goals (and I need your help!). As you all know, I have made quite a few life changes in the last year and have adopted a much healthier lifestyle for myself. While many of my choices have gotten better, I still have a few weak spots that I need to work on and peer pressure can always get the best of me. So a few thing I’d like to address:
1. Drinking.
If I say no to going out and partying, this is usually a very calculated decision. Drinking=Calories! Drinking=Late night food! Drinking=My whole week of planning, good decisions and workouts flushed down the drain. 
So please don’t tell me I need to let loose and have fun.  I know when I need to let loose (and believe me, I do!) and I’m figuring out other (healthier!) ways to do so. And when I want to go out and drink, I definitely know who to call :)
2. Dining out.
I get it - I’m annoying. “Can I get this on the side, hold the dressing, what is this cooked in….etc etc” I already know I’m annoying - I don’t need it pointed out to me and it makes me feel bad about my decisions (not to mention it highlights all of the things I’m CHOOSING not to indulge in). 
Also - restaurant choices. I can eat most places BUT there are a few fine establishments that I can’t find a thing on the menu to eat. So if I say no to a restaurant, that’s usually the reason so please support me in this and let’s pick somewhere that isn’t going to stress me out! If this is an issue for you, please ask me to do other things besides eat out and all sorts of tension and awkwardness can be avoided.
3. Crossfit
If I’m going to crossfit and that’s the reason we can’t get together, don’t try to convince me otherwise. It’s not going to happen. Enough said :)
As you all know, my weight is something that is a constant struggle for me and I feel like I am finally getting a grip on it. It is also something that I will have to constantly be mindful of for the rest of my life. I know my quality of life is better and I feel better about myself when I’m thinner and my plan is to live the best possible life I can. My motto these days (thanks Laur) is “What do I want more?” And at this present stage of my life, this is the thing I want the most. I want this more than any night of drinking or amazing meal and I hope that as my friends you want this for me as well.
I’m a goal oriented person and they say the easiest way to reach a goal is to share it with others (hence this email - it will keep me accountable!).  I have 3 months and 25 more pounds to lose.  It is going to take dedication and A LOT OF WORK! So your support in helping me reach my goals is very much appreciated. If anyone has any questions, you know where to find me. 
Thanks for reading and all my love!

TRUTH

rfgr26:

When did food stop being just food?

Paleo this, clean that, vegan this, healthy that.

These categories, dividing lines, are exclusive.  If you’re not in, you’re out.  If you’re not good, you’re bad.  If you’re not healthy, you’re unhealthy.

I just don’t think it’s that black and white.  And I think labeling any food as ‘bad’ is setting us up for unhealthy relationships with one of the simplest, most vital parts of our being. 

It’s just food.

History of the Girl WODs: Anything that left you flat on your back,staring up at the sky asking “what the fuck happened to me?” deserved a female name

—Greg Glassman, founder of CrossFit (via thatbloodytiman)

(via my-intention-is-happiness)

marissalosesit: I think about this constantly (not an ex or anything - just various people I used to be close with) because this actually happened once recently. Since I’d last saw her (someone I used to care a lot about but had a nasty fight with) I’d lost 25lbs, totally changed my hair, started a sleeve and for once wasn’t dressed in painty studio clothes. Jaw. Dropped. Then a big awkward smile. It was the best feeling in the world. And then I got to pretend like nothing was different and I didn’t notice the stupid look on her face. YES. YES

marissalosesit:

I think about this constantly (not an ex or anything - just various people I used to be close with) because this actually happened once recently.

Since I’d last saw her (someone I used to care a lot about but had a nasty fight with) I’d lost 25lbs, totally changed my hair, started a sleeve and for once wasn’t dressed in painty studio clothes.

Jaw. Dropped. Then a big awkward smile.

It was the best feeling in the world.

And then I got to pretend like nothing was different and I didn’t notice the stupid look on her face. YES.

YES

(Source: i-used-to-be-a-believer)

fleurmeetsfitness:

soulofapoet:

fleurmeetsfitness:

odiedragon:

elitedreamer:

wouldthatmakeyouloveme:

vampiresarehot:

skinnyminniehopes:

fleurmeetsfitness:

This girl is the reason I finally decided to start living a healthier life.

This is such an inspiration. Amazing huh?

woah amazing

 wauw, I want this too.

oh my goodness :3

The only amazing thing about this picture is that she looks better in the “before” picture!

Uhuhhhhhh. I looked better being morbidly obese? I looked better with frequent lower back pain, being unable to climb stairs with any kind of ease, wearing a size AU22/US18, and on my way to an early grave? Yepppp, your perception is pretty skewed, my friend.

HA. Oh yeah because FAT equals DEATH. I’m so sorry, I forgot my fat is slowly killing me from within. No offense, but you definitely had more shape prior to losing weight. I mean, if getting thin was you goal, uh, you reached it? But you really WERE beautiful before. And being unable to climb stairs and having lower back pain means you weren’t getting physical activity which, hello, you could have done without being so obsessive about becoming SOOO skinny! Keep telling yourself that you didn’t lose weight just because that’s how people think you should look. 

Seriously I am over this, this ended ages ago, why are you even reblogging? Don’t “no offense” me. Have some cajones. I “had more shape”? I can tell you for a fact it wasn’t “shape”, it was rolls of fat. I love how you’re judging me because I could look at myself in the mirror and call a spade a spade and want to do something about it. And I am not “sooo skinny.” I still have body fat, and more then that, a lot of muscle which I’ve worked hard for. Before ‘skinny’ I am fit and strong and healthy and happy and fuck you for judging me for that. Take your fat acceptance far away from my blog, thank you very much.

YOU GO GIRL! Fuck all the haters!