Family history

So, my grandmother (on my dad’s side) needs to go on dialysis, in order to take a certain medicine for her heart. She has had a heart attack, has type 2 diabetes, and now she has fluid in her lungs.

My other grandmother (on my mother’s side) passed away last July of a heart attack, and was taking medicine for her high blood pressure up until then.

My grandfather (on my mother’s side) had a quadruple bypass in the last fifteen years before he passed of cancer.

My grandfather (on my dad’s side) passed due to carbon monoxide poisoning causing him to have several small cardiac events. 

And here I sit, 150lbs overweight, and borderline diabetic.

I need to get my act together, ‘cause my future ain’t looking too good.

1 week ago

so… how ass backwards is it that (according to some of the research I’ve seen) that men prefer a woman around a size 12 and that women think they should look like a 6 and that the average size for a woman is 16? 

so the women that men are really attracted to won’t think they’re attractive and thereby decrease their attractiveness (in attitude or behavior) because they don’t believe that men will find them attractive due to their size which is untrue because men really like a woman around a size 12? 

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE? 


low self esteem is not sexy. don’t buy into the hype. love your body. if you don’t love your own body-you’ll not take care of it. healthy is the new sexy… whatever the size. 

confidence… there is nothing sexier than that. 

models below left to right sizes 8, 12, 14

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1 month ago

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1 month ago

Dear Voice-in-the-back-of-my-mind,

I hear your excuses and negativity.

But I don’t believe you.

1 month ago

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1 month ago

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2 months ago
plusonefitness: EVERYTHING gets better with a new, positive perspective. 

plusonefitness:

EVERYTHING gets better with a new, positive perspective. 

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2 months ago

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2 months ago
plusonefitness: Two reasons why this is great: It’s applicable to fitness (all areas of life really) and these are lyrics from Florence + The Machine, one of the best groups in recent years. 

plusonefitness:

Two reasons why this is great: It’s applicable to fitness (all areas of life really) and these are lyrics from Florence + The Machine, one of the best groups in recent years. 

2 months ago

peacelovefitness:

The key to a nutritionally sound vegan diet is variety. A healthy and varied vegan diet includes fruits, vegetables, plenty of leafy greens, whole grain products, nuts, seeds, and legumes.

vrg.org, veganhealth.org, and pcrm.org are all wonderful resources filled with recipes, shopping lists, food plans, and endless nutrition articles which make it easy to transition to vegetarianism and veganism!

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2 months ago