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Altar’d State: Fashion Focused, Cause Motivated.
Alternate Title for this Post: Shut Up the Fat Girl. Some people are born with this innate ability to appear stylish all the time. I am NOT one of those people. I have struggled with fashion as long as I can remember. Looking back at my old pictures is painful. Fashion doesn’t seem to come naturally for me, and struggling with obesity doesn’t help at all. I distinctly remember going shopping with my grandma for a dress to wear to my great grandpa’s wedding. I think i was 12? We went all over the place but just couldn’t find anything that fit or that we could agree on. We ended…
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BodyMedia Fit Review
Just over a month ago I got in contact with Body Media about reviewing their Body Media Fit Link Armband. Two days later I got a package in the mail containing the goodies! I’ve always been interested in products like this, especially watching Biggest Loser and other weight loss show contestants use similar products. I wondered if they really worked or if it was just hype. Before I did a full BodyMedia Fit Review, I wanted to give it a fair shot. So I used it consistently for a month. The first week or so it was different getting used to it. The armband works in conjunction with an online tracking system. They…
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Weekly Check In – September Goals
This morning I am enjoying a cup of french press coffee from our new french press we got from IKEA yesterday! It is really good. I actually drank it black! Crazy, right? We took the morning off church to recover from our trip to Chicago for the Pretty Muddy Mud Run. It was SO fun. I can’t wait to share all the pictures/video with you guys after I get them all edited and what not. Since writing my September goals I have been trying to keep them on the forefront of my mind. I hate setting goals and not reaching them, so I am going to start checking in with you…
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September Goals
Happy Labor Day! This week I’m traveling for work so my posts are going to be up whenever I can get to them. Right now I’m sitting at the airport waiting for our flight to board. I had a protein shake before we left the house, but I was feeling kinda hungry (plus we needed coffee) so we hopped in the Starbucks line. $12, a latte, a brewed coffee and 8oz of fresh fruit later… Seriously though, $4.50 for 8oz of fresh fruit? Ouch. Recently I’ve been shying away from the latte route at starbucks… I think the milk upsets my stomach. So today I got a tall brewed coffee…
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Racing, Shopping, and a Cute kid.
Be sure to check out my guest post over at Frolic Through Life today!! I’m talking about the mental changes I’ve seen since starting CrossFit! I’m also featured on the Fit Approach site today as well, so check it out! Time is flying by! It’s already Thursday afternoon? Geez… It feels like Saturday’s Color Run was just yesterday but it’s almost time for another weekend (YES!) and guess what? I’m doing another 5k this weekend! It is a local 5k put on by the Friends of Wentzville Parks. I’m doing this one with the jogging stroller, watch out! Payton is WAY more excited then me. She keeps asking “Mom, I…
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Losing Weight with Hashimoto’s {Part 2}
A little while back I shared about my story with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis as well as Part 1 of this reoccuring series on Losing Weight with Hashimoto’s. My struggle to lose weight, infertility, out of whack emotions, and cold intolerance helped my dr at the time diagnose my issue and got me on the right track with my medicine. That wasn’t the cure all that I had hoped it would be. I realized that if I really wanted to lose fat and gain muscle I had to accept the fact that this was an issue and I needed to work hard to fix it. I started running and trying different “diets” and lost…
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Three Things Thursday
Ahhh there is soooo much going on right now! Let me just share 3 things with you today. 1. How awesome are these Viewsport Fitfluential shirts?! I got my in the mail this week and put it to the test during today’s CrossFit WOD and sure enough… I showed my #PROOF those are my 4:15am tired eyes. Before! after! I need to get some more of these, they are so fun. Check out Viewsport for there different styles and sayings and use the code “viewsport” to save 15% on most shirts 2. I’ve been stuck at 196 up and down the last week or two. I was getting frustrated when…
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Non Scale Victories (NSVs)
Did you guys see yesterday’s post? I’m still on such a high from finding out that I’m one of the 10 Finalests. I have even more awesome news today! I am guest posting over on the Viewsport Blog! Make sure you check it out and share some love over there. Also- While you’re over there check out their awesome line of tshirts featuring Sweat Activated Technology. If you use the code ‘viewsport’ you can save 15% on most shirts, so grab one while you’re over there! Check out the awesome FitFluential Tanks and Tees they have too! In other news, I’ve had some pretty awesome NSVs lately! While the scale can…
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Losing Weight with Hashimoto’s {Part 1}
I’ve been Struggling with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis since my diagnosis in May of 2009. I wanted to share my tips for Losing weight with Hashimoto’s but I knew it would be a lot of information to share so I am going to break it up into a few posts. Here is Part 1! I have always been chubby, as long as I can remember. I started disliking clothes shopping at the time most girls started liking shopping. I never understood why I was different. My siblings weren’t really overweight. I was just always chunky. I wasn’t the most physically active kid. I considered myself more of an intellectual. At least…
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60 Day Fat Loss Results
Back at the end of May the company I was working for suggested the idea of a 60 Day Fat Loss Challenge. Of course I was totally on board. The stakes were pretty high with lots of money and prizes on the line. We were all in. It was this challenge that influenced our decision to start CrossFit, clean up our diet to be more Paleo friendly, and really focus in on our goals. The first week looked promising… I lost about 5lbs. Seems like it always happens that way… I’ll lose a bunch at first and then it just stalls. I’d like to blame a lot of that on my…