Just wanted to give you all a quick update on my fitness goals.  As many of you have already read, I weighed a little more than 197 pounds at the beginning of my journey.  Since then, I have been a bad girl, indulging in unhealthy foods as I celebrated my fiancé's birthday as well as my own.  I spent an entire week (from July 15th - July 21st) binging on steak, pasta, fried foods, cake, ice cream, and the list goes on.  Definitely not a great idea when you are trying to lose weight.  I'm pretty sure my body hates me right now! Even after this gluttonous period I managed to drop a couple of pounds.  I weighed myself this morning, and was so excited.  I am down 3 pounds!!! Yay me!   In order to reach my goal weight, I intend to be more disciplined.  I am going to continue to workout 3-4 times a week but I am also going to increase the amount of time that I spend at the gym.  The biggest struggle that I will focus on is watching what I eat and limiting my portions.  S...

As my tag line suggests, I am all about loving and embracing your curves.  I am in a place where I have accepted my perfectly imperfect body. This was years in the making, however. I didn't always feel confident in my own skin. Before I became pregnant with my daughter, I only weighed about 135 pounds. At the end of my pregnancy in 2010, I weighed a whopping 201 pounds. Ever since, I have struggled with maintaining my weight. My weight has ranged between 170 - 200 pounds from that point forward. I have cried, binged on food, exercised, cried some more, intermittently fasted, cried again, and so on.  It didn't help that I had loved ones telling me how fat I had become. So my self-esteem was definitely lacking. I'm sure some of you curvy ladies can relate. It literally took me five years to accept that I had more curves than the average person and that I would probably never be as small as I once was. Although I have embraced every curve and roll that I have on my b...

Thickfitness Day 1:  There's only so much that I can film without looking like a crazy person inside of Planet Fitness. Let's face it, I definitely didn't want to be judged in the so-called "Judgement Free Zone".  Because of this, I refrained from recording everything. Anyway, please feel free to make suggestions on my regiment.  Once arriving my routine included the following: Selfie - I strictly did this for research purposes. LOL Stretch 15 Minutes on the Elliptical: Average Speed-5.2 Arm Day: Lat Pull Down, Tricep Push Down, Chest Press,  Seated Row .  I did 3 sets of 10 I did a few ab machines... But not really LOL 15 Minutes on the Treadmill: Average speed- 4.5; incline- 1.5 Stretch My goal is to go to the gym at least 4 times a week, hopefully you all we help me to stick to this goal all Summer long. Have a great day! ...