// I don’t like the word “SKINNY” //

I like the word toned. 

I like the word fit. 

I like the word muscular. 

I like the word healthy. 

Skinny puts too much pressure on people in society. It makes us feel like we have to be skin and bones to be beautiful. It’s my personal opinion that words like toned, fit, muscular, and healthy don’t confine a woman or a man into being all the same. We are all different and our bodies do not look or work the same way. 

So I don’t want to be skinny. I don’t want a thigh gap. I want to embrace the abilities that my body is capable of and see how toned and fit I can become while still being healthy. 

What about you? 

// Feelin’ good!//

So I actually woke up early around 7:45 and went to the gym today. I got there about 9:00 after a bit of procrastinating (eating breakfast, tumblr etc…) However, I worked it out for 2 hours and I feel so rejuvenated right now! I have decided to evade from weighing myself until I have been at this consistently for a whole month. I think I won’t be discouraged if I do my first weigh in after a month. 

Also, I had this total epiphany, or call it what you want. I was going hard on the elliptical and kept thinking “God, these women think they are so hot, I want to be skinny like them”. Then it hit me. I don’t know anything about these women, why am I saying this? I bet if 9 out of 10 of them were overweight at least once in their life and earned their body they have now. Instead of being worried about what others think of me while I am working out, I am going to let these women inspire me. I don’t want to be jealous because that will get me nowhere. I commend these women for their hard work every day and I hope someday I can think in my head “Man I am lookin’ good and I earned this body through hard work and motivation.” 

I would love to hear your thoughts on this subject. Do you ever feel like this? What makes you motivated to keep going? Ask me anything, I will definitely reply to you! 

Brittany 

// 8/17/11//

I burned 800 calories today doing cardio for one hour. 

Breakfast: 

1 egg scrambled - 80 calories  

Yogurt - 80 calories 

8 oz of orange juice - 100 calories. 

I know this is not a lot of calories but I am legit out of food! Which means I need to get there asap because otherwise I will start going through the drive through…

Lunch:

2 slices of whole wheat toast - 150 calories 

2.8 oz of tuna (drained)- 80 calories 

Vanilla yogurt -80 calories 

Sugar free jello - 10 calories