This weekend I flew to Toronto to celebrate Pride weekend with my friends. I wore shorts (I NEVER do that) and tiny summer dresses all weekend long and never had a single moment of body-hatred. When we were out dancing and some cutie grabbed me from behind to dance, in my brain I was like, "Go ahead, grab my hips" and I…
Hi friends!! I've been logging for a few months now and I've found myself beginning to disengage and slack off. The boards have a lot of April challenges going on and I'm thinking it might be fun and easier to stay accountable to a smaller group! My weight has been bouncing between 138 and 140 all month. I'm going to…
Hi everyone!! Are there any other new runners in the Boston area? I'm really interested in running a "mini marathon" at the end of August. The Common Man's Marathon is 2.62 miles and designed for everyone, not just the super fit! I think it would be really fun if there were a couple MFPers there to run with me!…
Yesterday I ran 5 miles in just under 55 minutes! I ran my first ever mile about a year and a half ago. A month or two ago I hit my goal of a 10 minute mile for the first time. The first time I ran 3 miles I felt like I had had a break through... I can't believe that this chubby asthmatic girl is running at all, much less…
As a person who has been chubby for most of her life, I am really ready and eager to be done with the fat thing! I've been a little obsessed the past few months: weighing my food, falling in love with the gym, researching nutrition, finding new low cal recipes. It's on my brain 24/7 but in a good way! Not like when I'm…
