For a more detailed about me, click here. I’m 5’5. Here’s my journey to a better me. Progress FoodWeigh Ins Stats/Goals/Poundage Workouts HW: 240 CW: 239.0 GW: 160ishTumblr (3.0; @battleforbalance)http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0f3ad52e97b1c90ca323b529e5123155/tumblr_mn5f3zGIBr1rqlia6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://buffyshot.tumblr.com/post/50985602278/lindaillerstam-back-biceps-done-i">buffyshot</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>@lindaillerstam: Back & biceps done! I</p> </blockquote>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51196390030http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51196390030Thu, 23 May 2013 22:30:26 -0400<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://graceebooks.tumblr.com/post/50098621757/we-as-a-culture-really-intensely-need-to-get-over">graceebooks</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>we as a culture really intensely need to get over this idea that having positive feelings about yourself is a negative character trait</p> </blockquote>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51195844128http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51195844128Thu, 23 May 2013 22:23:21 -0400<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://youngblackandvegan.tumblr.com/post/36557909791/jonesalicious-so-after-belle-and-the-beast-got">youngblackandvegan</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jonesalicious.tumblr.com/post/34883064850/so-after-belle-and-the-beast-got-married-they-have">jonesalicious</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>So after belle and the beast got married they have to buy all new furniture since like half their castle turned into people</p> </blockquote> <p>Beauty and the Beast 2: The Trip to Ikea</p> </blockquote>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51115876032http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51115876032Wed, 22 May 2013 21:48:41 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b668940449567523772900424b40fdf4/tumblr_mm1xrqTxvJ1r0ix14o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51115420661http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51115420661Wed, 22 May 2013 21:43:07 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0369a6f69193a38ac0919d320ba02df5/tumblr_mn4gaubldl1rnfejco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fitnessisfitfor-me.tumblr.com/post/50947282429/fitgirllivinginabikini-why-because-a-s-s">fitnessisfitfor-me</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fitgirllivinginabikini.tumblr.com/post/50947094233/why-because-a-s-s">fitgirllivinginabikini</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>why? because a s s 👌</p> </blockquote> <p>!!!</p> </blockquote>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51115333060http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51115333060Wed, 22 May 2013 21:42:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f8d2fad78eb337c0226442c54a227f8d/tumblr_mn03pxp0I51qggymso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51114896405http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51114896405Wed, 22 May 2013 21:36:41 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d0cc6d080fe2301ddc1de232eb21a51a/tumblr_mn6iks1O5P1ri5op8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51114394652http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51114394652Wed, 22 May 2013 21:30:28 -0400end of essay: u feel me??http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51114307246http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51114307246Wed, 22 May 2013 21:29:23 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4d629e87b18ecdf29902104f72fcb085/tumblr_mmqxiwEunI1s785f6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ifyouwantitgoforit.tumblr.com/post/51109213056/officially-in-love-with-marc-fitt">ifyouwantitgoforit</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>officially in love with marc fitt</p> </blockquote>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51114074034http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51114074034Wed, 22 May 2013 21:26:26 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb3ythXYqV1rptdgao1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51085318081http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51085318081Wed, 22 May 2013 15:01:09 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/70440bc0ff0572f057a815510dadb931/tumblr_mn7csl1vOf1rnfejco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51085211498http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51085211498Wed, 22 May 2013 14:59:33 -0400“Women are afraid of meeting a serial killer. Men are afraid of meeting someone fat.”<br/><br/> - <em><blockquote> <p><em>When Strangers Click</em>, a 2011 documentary about online dating.</p> </blockquote> <p>It reminds me of that famous Margaret Atwood quote: “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” <span>It also reminds me of </span><a href="http://sexworkerproblems.tumblr.com/post/51007834423/misandry-isnt-real-and-youre-erasing-the-experiences">something written by one of the mods of Sex Worker Problems</a><span>: “Misandry irritates. Misogyny kills.”</span></p> <p><span>I mean, it’s just <em>true.</em></span></p> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tealeafprincess.tumblr.com/">tealeafprincess</a>)<br/><br/><em>“Misandry irritates. Misogyny kills.”</em><br/><br/>That’s it.  That’s it right there.</p> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://oddpicturesoddpeople.tumblr.com/">oddpicturesoddpeople</a>)</p> <p>On a slightly more lighthearted note, this reminds me of Louis CK’s bit on dating: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umc7BFEhWz0"></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umc7BFEhWz0"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umc7BFEhWz0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umc7BFEhWz0</a></a></p> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fatasstofit.tumblr.com/">fatasstofit</a>)</p></em>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51085151920http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51085151920Wed, 22 May 2013 14:58:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/561d5bf7ca6e33dffa0c58d4fbda4830/tumblr_mmr7zhXuJj1rby04wo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51085137479http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51085137479Wed, 22 May 2013 14:58:22 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/266ad3422c1f538aa1214d1583d9a017/tumblr_mma1j9Cp1O1qhyw1ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fashionl0ve.tumblr.com/post/49732860400/xx">fashionl0ve</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>xx</p> </blockquote>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51084962309http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51084962309Wed, 22 May 2013 14:55:34 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f3b7de393947ce47b37bb08b3cb79d76/tumblr_mmrb823Hx01s20tudo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://shesb0mbb.tumblr.com/post/50387743571/http-daniadania-tumblr-com">shesb0mbb</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://daniadania.tumblr.com"></a><a href="http://daniadania.tumblr.com"><a href="http://daniadania.tumblr.com">http://daniadania.tumblr.com</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51084877282http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51084877282Wed, 22 May 2013 14:54:13 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2de92253808efa63aa11fc7f231dc9ee/tumblr_mn7q22iiay1r6w0ddo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/65ff9d60e337655f6b1767b00ebcfab3/tumblr_mn7q22iiay1r6w0ddo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://triteleia.tumblr.com/post/51083474397/my-body-isnt-perfect-and-it-doesnt-need-to-be-i" class="tumblr_blog">triteleia</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>My body isn’t perfect and it doesn’t need to be. I am more than the number on my jeans and the food I ate for lunch. I am intelligent, funny and compassionate. I choose to be happy and to love myself despite my flaws because I have a bright future and it is a future I want to embrace, not shy away from. I don’t want to diet and exercise my future away or cry myself to sleep because I hate my thighs. I want to get lunch at strange coffee shops and travel around the world and not worry about if my stomach is flat. I want to be successful and fall in love and eat donuts. Fuck my eating disorder because I want to live.</p></blockquote>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51084657507http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51084657507Wed, 22 May 2013 14:50:42 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/afe346d29df649446a88b720d3abfd56/tumblr_mn7cswhPjc1rnfejco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51084629714http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51084629714Wed, 22 May 2013 14:50:15 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4e87d1aa669d678dcb3dd2203ac1fef6/tumblr_mn61uk7E7u1qm3165o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51084596974http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51084596974Wed, 22 May 2013 14:49:44 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d6e2594207cdb58c3b0b85f3963f2786/tumblr_mmlkjiroFD1s8504io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51053017930http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51053017930Wed, 22 May 2013 01:52:58 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me3k23hOFM1rfvgz1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51052891522http://battleforbalance.tumblr.com/post/51052891522Wed, 22 May 2013 01:50:11 -0400