“You have to learn to get up from the table when love is no longer being served.” — Nina Simone
Whatever you desire is already connected in some way to who you are and what you now have. Find that way, follow the connection.
I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn’t think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. The truth was, nobody gave a damn. Like most teenagers, I was far too self-centered. When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others’ opinions of me, I became more confident and free.
Brunch…It will take me all day to eat this entire salad😩 #vsg #gastricsleeve
Ok.
Stop.
Take a deep breath and put your thinking cap on.
I’m going to hit you with some wisdom, k?
Take your weight loss calorie goal, and just toss that number out the window. We’re not going to talk about that right now. We’re going to talk about that minor (or major) freak out we sometimes have when we’re having a really good week, eating really well, then we lose our damn minds and stuff our faces with delicious delicious junk food.
2000 calories is about what your body needs to maintain your weight and keep all your organs doing all those lovely keeping you alive things that they do. Your body burns all those calories at rest. That means that while you’re sitting on your ass, walking to the fridge and back, scrolling through tumblr, etc etc.. your body is making you breathe and make new cells and shit and burns those 2000 calories.
To gain a single pound, you’d have to eat another 3500 calories on top of those 2000. Thats 5500 calories. 5500 calories is a fucking lot of calories, okay? Lets take a look at what 5500 calories looks like.
- One slice of a large pepperoni pizza from pizza hut is 330 calories. You’d have to eat a little over 2 entire large pepperoni pizzas to hit 5500 calories.
- One crunchy taco from taco bell is 170 calories. To eat 5500 calories, you’d have to eat 32 tacos.
- One double cheeseburger from mcdonalds is 440 calories. 12 of those is 5500 calories.
- 21 cheetos are 160 calories. 714 cheetos are 5500 calories.
Was whatever junk you ate probably a bad choice health-wise? Probably.
Did you ruin all your progress? No.
Did you even eat enough to gain an entire whole pound? Nooope.
Are you going to survive, drink some water, go for a walk or run in the morning, and forgive yourself? Yep. You are.
Know why?
Cause shit happens.
But we move on, and we stay determined, and we get fucking results because thats how bad we want it. You started this journey, and you’re going to finish it. One bump in the road is just that. A little bump in your road.
So, k. Stop freaking out. Forgive yourself. You had a bad night but you’re going to make better choices next time. Now go drink that glass of water, take an advil, do some exercise, and remember that you’re a badass fitblr too full of determination to have any room for fucks to give.
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This fucking post. So much yes!
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Love this!
This is the ignorance that I came across when I searched “dark skin” on Twitter.
For those that don’t know, Raid is roach spray. A brand of bug spray. And Windex is glass cleaner.
This guy apparently feels the need to get bug spray when he sees a “dark skin.”
I asked him why he doesn’t feel the need to get Windex for “light skins” because I feel like light skinned women never really get mocked for their skin tone, and it’s all the same. I mean, both are Black women.
Dark skin women are always targeted because society pegs them to be gross and undesirable. If you really want to be ignorant, same something about both shades or shut up…
I just wish people would stop referring to Black women as “dark skins” as if they are a species.
After I replied to this obviously ignorant guy, another Hispanic girl tweeted saying that thanks to him, all the “dark skins” were cutting themselves.
And she attached the last photo you see.
Why is being a darker skinned women something to mock?Why is it being treated the same as seeing somebody with their pants on backwards?
Why are they treated like they’re wearing a “DUNCE” hat?
I don’t see what’s funny.
M.A.
this is just fcking sad shit. i wouldn’t have even engaged that dude. i think some people should be left to wallow in their ignorance and then reap the destructive rewards therein. he’s been brainwashed, pure and simple. fuck. him. and move on.
Hair Straightening is Preference! Doesn't Always Mean Anti-Blackness! →
LOVE THIS!!!!
My choice to go back to relaxing or texlaxing had nothing to do with forgetting my roots, trying to look European, attempting to fit into some illusion of beauty or not wanting to look “afro-centric”. It has nothing to DO with lack of self-esteem, self-hatred, anti-blackness or lack of cultural pride. It’s about personal preference. Being natural or unnatural does not diminish blackness, black loyalty or pride in any way as some people like to contend.I’m glad someone is saying it
