INSTAGRAAAAAAAAAAM!!!

I know some of you may be anti social networking but boo you have to check out Instagram. Yes this is a weightloss blog and give me a minute to make the connection between the two. I started my Instagram account just for poops and laughs but when I started following deactivated fat girl that's when I got hooked to the fitness side of the site. There is soo much going on and it is awesome!! Recently some of the people I follow/stalk decided to put together some weight loss challenges and I'm gonna advertise the two I will be competing in!!

The Phuck Yo Scale Challenge
This challenge was started by @mrsfitgirl and basically you don't keep track of your weight you pull out of those jeans you bought and couldn't fit or you used to fit. You measure your achievement by the fit of those pants in the end! It starts Monday December 31st and end at the end of the month. 30 days can stand between you and those "skinny" jeans.

The Great 48
Now this one caught my attention because 1. They have prizes and 2. There isn't an entry fee. Who in their right mind would pass up a contest with no entry fee and awesome prizes?! Especially when you already win by just losing the weight it self!! This challenge was started by @deactivatedfatgirl and @its_iriel

Come on people do one of these because who knows when there's gonna be another opportunity for you to get rewarded For the hard work you do for yourself! :)

There's an app for that!!

Recently I decided to see what's apps are out there for weight loss and yoga and I found so much!! Of course theirs LoseIt, which I love, and like 300 more. The apps I personally downloaded and use are LoseIt, My Diet Coach,
Look at your Weight, Sworkit, Noom, and Weightloss Quotes. This may seem like a lot of apps but they all have something different to offer.

LoseIt
This app is tha bomb dot com! You get to set goals, update your weight, log your food, and the best part ever is that you get to add your friends and track each others progress!!

My Diet Coach
This app helps you win the mental battle of diet and excersie by reminding you of your goals and encouraging you to stay on track. Now this app has so much to offer. You can set alerts for common times when you have the urge to eat and don't really need to. So around midnight I get a message that says drink water and wait 5 minutes to see if your actually hungry.

Look at your Weight
Basically this app calculates your BMI ans other fancy things.

Sworkit
This app provides many different circuit traning workouts for every part of your body. Love it!!

Noom
The Coach gives you daily tasks to help create positive lifestyle changes for long-term weight loss. These tasks guide you through a scientifically-backed weight loss plan that provides informational articles, fun challenges, a daily Noom score to track how you’re doing, activity reminders, plus easy and convenient food and exercise logging — the keys to successful Weightloss. (From the site lol)
 
Weightloss Quotes
Self explanitory.

Last but not least there's Instagram and yeah it may seem weird since instagram is Twitter for pictures but listen there is sooo much going on that I will be posting a new blog post just about it next. :)

Stay Fit,
-SGA

Get Slim Quick or Nah??

So everybody has seen the numerous fad diets and the ways to lose weight fast. So me being the procrastinator I am decided that I will try some of these so called secrets to weight loss. With the help of my weight loss buddy Anza we are going to crack some of these secrets. So today we are gonna do a body wrap.

Body wraps result in weight loss, skin firming, target cellulite, and detoxifying. The ingredients in a body wrap work together to produce various desired results. Certain salts are said to detoxify and remineralize; various herbs are said to restore health in numerous ways. Seaweed is known for its skin tightening and slimming properties. The best body wrap ingredients are all natural and 100% organic.

I get bored easily and I'm always down to try new things so I decided to do this. Bad decision I lost about 2 inches of water weight and almost passed out lol. So Anza and I are extremists and I read that we needed a heatingpad on for 45 mins. So me being and frugal decided to just sit in the sauna for 45 mins. Oh Chile it took me back to summers in Mississippi!! I was so not prepared for the heat especially since we were just outside and it was only 12 degrees at most. (Kind of a hot day for winter) Anyway after 10 mins she wanted to take a break lol and she from Georgia so I thought she could handle but nah. It took 15 minutes for me to take a break and we didn't stay in for the whole 45 mins because I don't know bout her but I couldn't stand it any longer. I swear I was sweating from everywhere!! It was hard to breath and the dang on plastic wrap was sweating off. Stayed in the sauna for 30 minutes and that's all we could do.

One thing I would say to any younger readers this was not safe. Anyone under 18 should not do this without adult supervision because it is very easy to not know your limit I knew mine and got put when I started to feel funny. Which was a good thing, had I stayed in I may of fainted the heat is not to be played with.

Body Wrap Ingrediants,
Lavender
Olive Oil
Fresh squeezed grape fruit
Thyme
Mint
Plastic Wrap
Many different at home recipes this is just the one I used.

Check out my Wii weigh in photo!!!

I do...I don't...I have no idea!!

So recently a friend of mine posted to the Facebook page and said going vegetarian will help me achieve my goals. Me being a meat lover said I can't do it but there are benefits. Plus juice fasting has made me love vegetable so maybe I should try??? See still undecided but I did some research and here is what I found.

Did you know these facts?

• Vegetarian foods are a major source of nutrition for most people in the world.
• Vegetarians have lower rates of heart disease and some forms of cancer than non-vegetarians.
• Vegetarian diets can be simple and easy to prepare.

What are the health benefits of a vegetarian diet?

According to the ADA, vegetarians are at lower risk for developing:

• Heart disease
• Colorectal, ovarian, and breast cancers
• Diabetes
• Obesity
• Hypertension (high blood pressure)

This is because a healthy vegetarian diet is typically low in fat and high in fiber. However, even a vegetarian diet can be high in fat if it includes excessive amounts of fatty snack foods, fried foods, whole milk dairy products, and eggs. Therefore, a vegetarian diet, like any healthy diet, must be well planned in order to help prevent and treat certain diseases.

What is the healthiest way to become a vegetarian?

Some people stop eating meat "cold turkey." Others may prefer to make dietary changes more gradually. However you choose to make the change, you can begin to achieve the health benefits of vegetarianism by significantly cutting down on the amount of meats consumed, and making vegetables, fruits, legumes, and whole grains the focus of your meals. The ADA suggests the following tips for following a vegetarian diet:

• Choose whole-grain products (e.g. whole wheat bread, brown rice, or whole-grain cereals instead of refined or white grains.
• Eat a wide variety of foods.
• If you eat dairy products, choose non-fat or low-fat varieties.
• Use eggs in moderation.
• Limit intake of sweets and high fat foods.
• Use a regular source of vitamin B-12, and if sunlight exposure is limited, of vitamin D..
• Many vegetarian foods can be found in any grocery store. Specialty food stores may carry some of the more uncommon items, as well as many vegetarian convenience foods.

 -SGA

Retail Therapy <3

I went shopping with my friend Destin'e and she was having a bad day and every girl knows that retail therapy is the best way to mend any situation. That's why boys always buy presents when they want to get back in your good graces. Anyway we went to a store and we started trying picking up things.

Many of you don't know this but I decided to not buy any clothes until March. I feel like by that time I will be at the size I will stay for some time. I walked into the store and totally forgot all about this. -__- Damn you Destin'e!

I picked up dresses and skirts and tops all in smaller sizes than I would normally wear!! And guess what?? Them bitches fit!! Except this one top that didn't fit in the breast area but hey that's not something I can fix.
There was a dress a very beautiful black dress and up until this point I knew that everything I picked up was just to check my size. Have you ever seen those Pier One commercials where the stuff talks to people?? That's what that dress did to me yall and I spoke back and picked it up...in a size 12!!

Just for those of you who don't know I have been a comfortable size 16 for a while except for like the last year when I gained 20 lbs of relationship weight. Damn you boy!!

Back to that dress! When I put it on I just felt so...I can't really explain the words because it just fit perfectly I didn't have to struggle with the zipper I didn't suck it in it just fit. Have you ever had that silent moment of peace where every other issue in life just doesn't matter for that one moment. Well trying on and fitting that dress was mine. Of course that moment peace passed quickly and it turned into excitement lol. I looked in the mirror forever and took pictures which I will include for your viewing pleasures :)

Long story short I feel in love with a dress but I didn't buy it. Why you may ask. I didn't buy it because when I return in March if that dress is still there I will get it in a size 8.

-SGA

P.S. email me if you need anything skinnygirlattitude@gmail.com

The Re-up

Nope not Nicki Minajs new CD but InSanity. As you all know I tried Insanity about a month and a half ago and due to time constraints and trips I have repeated week 3 about 3 times and I still havent gotten through the week and then I just stop completely. So I'm gonna start over from day 1 starting tomorrow the great thing is I get to do this with 2 of my SISters and about 5 friends so I will be in great company!

Just to remind you. :) My goal was to lose 50 lbs. by my birthday which is March 5th. Right now I weigh 205, this reminds me I have to update my ticker, and my goal weight is 170. Well with 35 more pounds to go I am kicking it into to over drive this month. I have a goal that I set for the end of the year and that will put me at a comfortable 190! I haven't weighed anything in the one hundreds in quite some time so I'm pretty excited to see this mini goal achieved this month.

I'm excited to be in the one hundreds again!!
Hopefully my journey inspires you to get moving to a healthier lifestyle.

-SGA

Weight Loss Challenge!!!

I have been very blessed to have this Blog really take off!! I have readers from India, France, Spain, Germany, and of course U.S.A. Now that I have a very diverse audience I want to get you all involved!!

Like my Facebook Page Skinny Girl Attitude!! 

So we have about four weeks until the end of the year and I KNOW some of my readers made a resolution to lose weight during the beginning of this year! I personally want to lose 15lbs. before the year is over which means I will only have 20 lose for my goal of 50! So this is where the challenge comes into play!

Weight Loss Challenge

Make your goal! You can tell me what is it or not its up to you!

Make sure it is a realistic goal!

You have until December 31, 2012 to complete this goal!

When you accomplish the goal the only thing I ask is that you either follow the blog or like the Facebook page! 

If you need anything from me don't be afraid to ask I will try to help in any capacity I can!

I would love for everyone to take on the challenge!!  

Trust me its easier and way more fun if you do this with a partner!!

Thanksgiving Break!

So I'm on Thanksgiving Break and my school gives us a week off. This seems like such a great gesture but nope its kind of horrible. I am trying so hard to stay on my diet but every where I go there's FOOD!!! I mean every day all day my mom wants to make breakfast lunch and dinner... I mean its too much food, after juicing for a while I can't handle heavy foods at all I feel so full and run down.

Southern cooking is nothing like fruits and veggies lol I mean they find a way to even fry those!! So I'm kind of rambling but all of this is to say that I am trying hard to stick to my diet but its not working.

It's hard to be out of my element and my routine and everyone wanting to take me to lunch and dinner or cook for me. I actually want my juice or at least I want veggies. For me the juice fast actually helped aid in a life style change. Not just a get slim fast plan.

My diet isn't working but I still do insanity and I have even gotten my health ways to influence one of my sisters friends to lose weight. We did insanity together and had a juice and she seemed really motivated to lose weight. Insanity kicked her butt tho lol she was not ready!! Well I'm gonna go for a run and sorry about the delay to this post.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Juice Fast Day 1-4 0.o

Soo I'm supposed to be on this Fast but it really hasn't been going that great. Day 1 was cool I felt the urge to chew so I just made salad of the things I would be juicing. Day 2 I walked out the house for class and left all of my juice for the day at home so all I had was water and I found almonds. For most I'd the day it worked but I eventually ended up in a dining hall eating waffles smh. Day 3 started off great and then I realized I had to go to work. Now I work at the concession stands for all of my Universities games and trust me there is nothing healthy there at all. I think water has fat in it lol. But I did lose 1/2 a pound so hey I'm kinda doing this right.

Today is Day 4 and it has been very successful :) That's all I have to say on the subject.

Oh yea here's a picture of me now.

Juice Fasting...

So there's this blogger Miss Jia and she went on a 15 day fast after watching a documentary called Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. I knew nothing about juice fasting but I did a lot of research and watched the documentary myself and decided that maybe this was a good choice for me to also do a fast. I starter yesterday and I have already cheated when I went a friend's house around dinner time. But the thing thing is when juicing even after only one day the food didn't taste the same. I mean I put it on my plate ate a couple bites and didn't even want... Now this was strange because it was good food but it just I don't know seemed to be a little off so I just finished the rest of my juice that I had brought with me. Don't under estimate the power of fruits and vegetables!! I will post a link to the documentary and show a picture of my juicer. I got my juicer at Walmart and its a real small one but very affordable it was $39 by Black & Decker so on a college student budget that's like 3 night's of pizza lol!! Trust me its worth and you will see results but what you can NOT do is fast for 15 days or however long and then go back to your regular eating habits. Now that doesn't mean you can't have the occasional burger, pizza, or whatever junk food you like once a week. It just means that fruits and vegetables have to be the main part of your diet but I believe that you won't even want those things after the fast. I pray that your journey to weightloss be as fruitful as mine has been. :)

Black & Decker JE2060 Fruit and Vegetable Juice Extractor (Google Affiliate Ad)

Insanity!

So I have lots of friends trying to lose weight! Which is awesome so I was talking to some people on campus that I knew of course but were weren't necessarily friends decided we would all do Insanity together at 6:30 every morning. We started 2 weeks ago and in we are now in week 3 and in those 3 weeks I have lost 12 more pounds!! I mean seriously this workout is exactly what the name says it is Insane!!

Week 1 I thought I would give up the whole time but luckily I had these great people with me who were also working on themselves and in return helping me. I mean the first day I said Fuck this and sat down for a while. (If my parents or grandparents are reading this I said forget this!) But I saw my peers still struggling through them saying come on girl you got this and I got back up. I was the heaviest and we all took weight and measurements together like it was no big deal. No one even batted an eye when they saw my weight which made them the coolest folks around to me!

Week 2 I thought as the weeks went by it would get easier but nah it wasn't getting easier I was just able to do more and in return get tired by trying to achieve more than I did before. But Shaun T that's my dude even on the tv he can motivate you!!

Week 3 I still get tired but now there's things that I couldn't do week one that I am doing now and still there are things that I can't do also.

IF ANYONE ON THE MICHIGAN TECH CAMPUS IS READING THIS AND WANTS A COPY OF INSANITY I HAVE ON MY COMPUTER AND I AM WILLING TO GIVE IT TO YOU SO YOU CAN START YOUR JOURNEY TO WEIGHT LOSS!!!!!

My diet

So me and a couple friends decided to lose weight go on a trip to Vegas... Both them bitches slackin but nevermind that. The first thing I did was get my diet in check because my parents both are from the south so I fry a mean chicken dude so living and eating like that everyday wasn't gonna work out for me. Also if you don't know I'm a college student wo its kinda hard to make healthy food all the time but once I learned about calories I was good. I first began to cut all fried foods then added more vegatables and then...I cut out all red meat. :( I have a gym membership at my school that is calculated right into tuition so working out wouldn't be an issue after three weeks of this I lost 4 pounds. So I really thought I was doing something with these first four I called everybody I knew lol
Back to my diet. I downloaded this amazing app called LoseIt. It's the best app ever!!! Seriously yall like all you do is tell them how much you want to lose and they tell you how many calories you should eat a day. You can also track the calories in your food by logging what you eat and what you do all day. I mean the smallest bit of activity can equal more calories for you to eat or more calories that you lost. Did you know that bowling is excercise?! I went bowling and while looking for my other workout I found out bowling counted too!! The best part about this app is when I went to parties I could count my dancing all night as a workout to :) Ya girl can get down!
I found this great recipe for Brown rice cheese and broccoli homemade. From one fat girl to another this recipe is delicious don't sleep on it. Researching different healthy recipes means you can switch it up and not get bored with steamed vegetables everyday

I'm Fat.

So all of my life I have been bigger than other girls but not exactly fat... I mean I truly do have a big butt (badonkadonk) and big boobs. So I didn't have to hide my weight at all because that was and still is most of it. Anyway I started my journey weighing 220lbs wearing a size 16/XL and a XL top. I am exactly 5 feet tall and many people would say omg she must be huge but nah bitch I look good compared to other people the same weight and taller. So here's my before picture and over the course of this blog you WILL see me drop 50 pounds.