Motivational Mondays!!!!

This week on Motivational Monday's I am featuring a super fantastic woman that I am lucky to call my friend!!! She is the most dedicated person I know!!! She works her butt of and you can definitely tell by her amazing progress!!!! This girl goes to the gym 5-6 times a week and she works out like a BEAST!!! Anyways I am writing about her because I am seriously motivated by all her amazing work  and I hope she gives you even a slither of motivation as well!! So down below is a little about her!!! Also if you want to keep up with her progress check out her instagram here or type in Paulette_dl12 on your instagram app :)

Meet Paulette 

Starting Weight: 286

Current Weight: 252

Even at an early age I had issues with my body, I don't think I've ever "hated" my body, but was never taught how to take care of it. I would eat huge meals and late night snacks even when I was in grade school. After h.s. with no one forcing me to workout *I was in band so that was my physical activity* I just kept adding on the lbs. Never fully knowing the amount and the type of food I was ingesting. But after stepping on a scale and realizing that I was the heaviest I had ever been, almost nearing 300lbs I knew I just had to do something about it. I started researching diets and fast ways to lose weight. That was def not the answer. After reading what many posted on IG, FB, and Tumblr I realized this needed to be a lifestyle change, I had to reteach myself what to eat, how to exercise, to learn how to do this to help my body and not hurt it. I started eating healthy, drinking water and trying out IG monthly challenges. Thanks to this, my determination, and the support of my friends in 5 months I've successfully lost 34 lbs. It has def been a struggle to fight temptations and horrible eating habits, but seeing how my clothes fit differently, how people not only friends and family have noticed my change helps motivate me. But it is definitely the desire to live a healthier fit life rather than just be "skinny" is what helps wake me up every morning and run

XoXo,

Ana 

Good Morning Gorgeous!!! :)

I want to wish you a sensational Saturday full of lots of happiness and adventures!!! =) I just wanted to remind you that even though people say mean things to you, there is no need to believe them. YOU are BEAUTIFUL and AMAZING!!!!!!!  I was bullied as a kid and even in my teens…. I believed them for a really long time and I felt bad about myself. But you know what nothing they ever said was true. Sure I was overweight but my self-worth was no less than anyone else’s. I am beautiful and amazing and many other wonderful things….. they made fun of me and teased me and did mean things to me. But anything they ever did wasn’t because there was something wrong with me it was because THEY were the ones with the problem NOT ME… THEY were the ones that had low self-esteem and thought that being mean to someone else and putting them down would make them feel better. But guess what I did, I said ENOUGH is enough and I stopped believing them… next time they said something mean to me I didn’t believe them and guess what happened? I took all their power away from them and eventually little by little it started disappearing…. In one of my counseling courses I learned something that has been with me ever since…. My professor said “NOBODY can make you happy, sad, angry, put you down, make you feel bad, step on you, or anything… UNLESS you give them permission to”.…. So live by those words from today on… Don’t give those bullies the power and permission to make you feel bad about yourself…. 

XoXo,

Ana

Perfectly Pink Fridays: Outfit Edition

^^^^^ Okay show of hands... how many people just fell in love at first sight? I know I did!!!!  My goodness I hope someday my closet will look like this!!!! I am so excited that I started blogging on blogger again!!! It's been a while and I have definitely missed it!!! So what is on the agenda today? Well I am absolutely in love with Polyvore and I create lots of cute outfits all the time!!! These outfits will hopefully be in my closet someday!!! Maybe not from the exact store!! But in some way or form they will have some resemblance to them!! I hope you find some of my outfits super cute as I did!! Maybe you will fall in love with polyvore as I did and you can share some of your outfits with me? =)

XoXo,

Ana

Motivation Monday :)

Good Morning Lovely!!!! I hope today is absolutely magnificent!!! Okay let's face it monday's are usually bleh. But lets change it up a little and get some motivation! This past weekend I finally got over my plateau that I have been suffering from for the past 2-3 weeks and it's OVER!!! Can you say HALLLELUJAH!!!! I thought I would share some things that keep me motivated!!!

1.  GOALS!!! Goals keeps me from wandering from going into the I give up on the weight loss journey road! They keep me accountable and with something to look forward. :)

2. Looking at inspiring pictures on tumblr, or pinterest!! Sometimes when I am feeling blue. I like to look at pages on the world wide web that make me say AHHH I need to keep going because, well simply because I see that picture and it makes me want to get up and exercise or eat that carrot instead of chip!!!

3. Prepare, Prepare, Prepare!!! Every Sunday I prepare our food for the week!!! This gives me some motivation to eat the healthy food I prepared which keeps me on track!! It also makes me look forward to trying new recipes and have all week to search for them!

4. Looking at old pics of myself. Nothing says way to go girl than looking at past photos and seeing what I have accomplished!!!

5. Writing stuff down!!! Nothing gets me more motivated than logging onto my blog or opening my journal and just writing!!! It always makes me happy and makes me feel like I am ready to take on the world!! :)

What motivates you?

XoXo,
Ana

I'm Back and a little update :)

It has been many months since I've posted on this blog!! I must say I have missed it very much!! :) But don't fret my friends I am BACK!! :) When I left I felt lost and in a place where I just needed to take some time off. Although I have yet to find what I am going to do with the rest of my life. I can tell you that I am in a way better place!!! I have been running a weight loss blog since about October. Of which you can see here. Since then I have started eating healthy and exercising more often. I did have lots of time to think about what I am going to be doing with this blog. Although I will be keeping it's previous posts like Little Reasons to Smile, Hippity Hop to the Beat Wednesday, I love lists Thursdays, and Perfectly Pink Friday's. I will be slowly adding new content like for example I want to write more about weight loss,  struggles, motivation, and inspiration as well!! :)

XoXo,
Ana

Some Inspiration.....

Hey guys!!! I hope your week is going really well!!! As many of you know I have a tumblr blog named Get Fit and Live Healthy that I reserve all my fitness inspiration and healthy eating stuff on. You can check it out here. But I thought I would share this fitspo blog that inspires me everyday it is called That ARThletic Girl. She has the cutest and most inspiring fitspo art that I have come across.  So I thought I would share with you guys some of my favorite stuff from her blog that inspires me!!! Hopefully it will also bring some inspiration to you lovelies!!!!

XoXo,

Ana

P.S. You can also click on any of the pictures to get the her blog!! :)

Hippity Hop to the Beat Wednesdays!!!!

As you know, I love NOAH!! Haha I just cannot get enough of all the songs he sings!!! This week I decided to share a song that I am LOVING!!! It's Pumped up Kicks by Foster the People but it's sung by Noah!!! At first I was not really fond of this song but as I listened to it again I realized it was catchy and the lyrics were pretty good even though they were a little weird lol but  I really started loving it!!! So I hope you enjoy it!! Let me know what you think??? Have a song that you absolutely love??

XoXo, 

Ana 

Perfectly Pink Confessions

While I love sharing my inspirations, goals, dreams, and random musings with you lovelies. I don't usually write much about reallllly personal stuff about me. I feel like fitness and weight loss is going to be a common reoccurrence on my blog. Let me start by saying that I have always struggled with my weight, probably not as bad as I am now but it's always been a constant struggle. I have never been comfortable in my own skin, even though at times I act like I am. Don't get me wrong I am a confident young woman or rather I have learned to be confident, but I live in a world that sees my weight as a liability and quite honestly a "choice". I was never the popular girl in my class and other kids made fun of me. In high school it even went as far as a guy letting me believe my crush liked me, to get a kick out it and laugh at me.  During P.E. I was always the slow girl and when I tried to be on a sports team my coaches never took a second look at me. I don't want you guys to feel sorry for me because this has made made me a stronger and better person, but I do however want you guys to know my story. While I don't think that I have helped my weight I also don't believe it's been a choice. I would never have chosen to be made fun of, to feel at times like I don't belong, and sometimes feel like just RUNNING away. So as I said I've struggled.... and up until now I have never tried(at least for very long) to change the struggle. Until a couple of months ago, my Fiance and I decided to embark on a journey to try to be healthier. Our grocery carts went from having cheetos, doritos, cokes, and candy to having vegetables, fruit, whole wheat, sugar-free puddings, and chicken( that wasn't breaded(mind blown). Believe me it was quite a change!! For the first time in a very long time I was actually motivated. So I want to share with you guys my daily/weekly struggles as I enter into this new chapter in my life where I lose weight, get fit, and live a healthier lifestyle. I know it will not be easy and at times I may even feel like quitting but I will make a promise to myself that I will not give up and give it my all.

XoXo,
Ana

Hippity Hop to the beat wednesdays!!!!

Hello!!! I hope your week is going super amazing!!!! This week I am really digging American Boy by Estelle feat. Kanye West!!!! It always makes me want to dance!!! I just heard it sung by a girl on the voice and I was like OMG LOVE IT!! =P I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!!!! 

XoXo,

Ana 

Perfectly Pink Fridays: A little update :)

As you guys know, I am embarking on this really hard journey of being fit and eating healthy. I am going to be truly honest and say that I have been slacking it!! :( But the good news is I am getting better! I finally decided to dust my tumblr account off and add some fitness inspirations on there. I will be tracking my progress and sharing recipes on both accounts. Rather than all things Perfectly Pink my tumblr will just be fitness and healthy eating. If you want to take a look, you can check it out here. I hope all you lovelies are having a super wonderful friday!! :) So I am leaving you with a little inspiration for the new week!

XoXo,

Ana