Standards of Beauty

I think I have heard more over the past few days people bashing their frames and remarking on others bodies. I think I hadn't heard conversations like this in a while but lately I feel like I'm hearing it more.

This is my PSA. Just do you. Do what you need to do to be healthy and successful. I wish the western ideals of beauty could be shot down. I believe a woman is at her sexiest curvy and healthy looking. Nothing wrong with a little extra middle right? I'm saying...all bodies are different. Genes aren't always our friends but we can work with what we got. If you aren't happy with your frame, as I was, I went ahead and changed it. And I'm at an all time low (yes I'll be saying that for a while) and I'm happy. I could stop here and be fine. Weight loss is luckily a side effect of Paleo but I'm healthy and lean. I walk, I eat, I drink water. Nothing out of the ordinary here! :D

I wish we could quit the fat/thin talk and just appreciate ourselves as we are....beautiful women.

Standards of beauty change, beauty is a social construction which changes and grows and depending on what country you are in, is completely different than the US. I think we need to challenge the social construction of beauty and standards of beauty here by showing what real women look like and act like. There is no perfect body. We are all different and we are all beautiful. I do believe there is an article out there about the garment industry and how the sizes are not consistent. I think we need to look at the way in which clothes are not consistent for women. I was a size 10 at Gap but size 12 at Old Navy. This was not fun for me because I always felt like I wasn't good enough or I wasn't trying hard enough to loose weight but I know that wasn't true. Now I'm over it. I'm over what everyone else says, even though the compliments are very nice, I'm over the media dictating how I should look.


That's my PSA for today.

Paleo on a budget

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Meeting goals

Now I have officially met 2 of my weight loss goals. Break 150 and get to 145 for a few days. Slowly but surely I have net both of these goals. I am officially the lowest weight I have been in years!!!! Yayayayaya! I wish I could say I wasn't excited but I am. Except for the no clothes that fit part. Most of my work pants are too big. This is another privilege conversation. I have to access and privilege to go out and get what I need to wear to work. And because of my unearned white privilege, the fact that I'm wearing jeans again today (different jeans), might be overlooked. The discomfort for me is knowing I have clothes I'm going to need to get rid of and I've had a lot of them for years but I know it's time because I can't wear pants that make me look like I'm out of the Mc Hammer music video (parachute pants anyone?). Luckily jeans allow for more versatility in terms of fit. I can wear all my jeans and they look fine. Dress pants, not so forgiving.

Privilege with Paleo is something I debate in myself constantly. I worry about my peers and their perception of me, what I eat for dinner, how I talk about the food I ingest when asked. I'm very intentional about my speaking points as to not marginalize anyone with class microaggrressions. I'm constantly thinking and wondering how Paleo, a lifestyle I have come to enjoy and found to benefit me, could benefit others on a stricter budget. I might start looking at a Paleo on a budget idea and see if I can put together a comprehensive guide for paleo on a budget!

Stay tuned for more talk of weight loss, menu planning and budget paleo! Thanks for reading :)

Debated posting this

  

***The pic of the bathing suite was yesterday and the one on the right was in September. 

Really debated this posting because I'm not so sure how I feel about the world seeing me in a two piece but I'm kind of proud of it. I'm officially down 13.1 lbs!!! I feel amazing and am so proud of how far I've come. I'm just amazed at the transformation. 

Paleo really is a miracle worker. I think it probably saved my life.

Loving it.

This is truth!

Been awhile

t-4 days until we are no longer getting food from the dining hall! I've been stocking up and trying to get as much as I can while I still can. I'm pretty excited about this summer and exploring new menus and spices. It'll be pretty awesome. I anticipate using our crock pot and exploring recipes from various paleo bloggers. We were suppose to get a small grill but that isn't happening. Maybe one day. Currently our freezer is stocked and ready to go and the farmers market is going to be my best friend every week. Eb thinks we need to get some fish so that'll happen soon. OOOOO and bone broth!!! We are going to be making that, so good and so excited to make!!!!

I'm just so stoked about the food possibilities! We can experiment in the kitchen and start blogging food and pics! 

The best part about the dining hall closing for the summer is we really get to detox from fried foods (fries) and other things that we can only get from the d-hall. It'll be nice to take a break from EVERYTHING non-Paleo and we can boost up to 95% Paleo! So excited.

Stay tuned. Hopefully I'll have something great soon :D

Pretty stoked!

Loving how different my body is looking thanks to Paleo!

Updating the blogger world

Life has gotten pretty busy with closing and commencement coming up but I wanted to spend a few minutes updated everyone!

Paleo is still going great. It's become second nature again, after the recommitment. And this week (4 days) I've lost 1.5 lbs. Pretty great, huh?

I'm having a lot more success this time around I think because I've really given up rice (for reals). It doesn't even taste the same anymore. I don't really remember what my desire was to have it all the time.
So now that that habit is broken, we are working on the coffee habit. I'm currently at 2 cups a day. Four years ago, I was drinking 3-4 a day, laced with cream and Splenda, so this is much better, now i have some whole milk or half & half (not exactly Paleo) and raw sugar only. It's a mindset, a change in your thoughts and how to you consume food/drinks. So needless to say coffee is the only think I have not let go of and I do want to get down to 1 cup a day but until closing is over....it'll have to wait :)

I'm going to be busy busy but know I'm with you in the spirit world! Be on the look out for more updates!

Be well