New Year?

About a whole year. No excuses....

So about two years I've tried to become vegetarian, but I would give in after 2-3 days. But April 2015, I told myself to not give in and I've been vegetarian since now! I didn't chose this lifestyle because its becoming "mainstream", it was just a part of me that felt bad for the animals in the food industry. I've been watching documentaries about what happens and I think the third time for me, clicked.

Going vegetarian, I have lost a good amount of weight. Not saying that if you don't eat meat for 4 months, you'll lose weight, I just saying a small percentage of giving up meat guided me to eat more veggies and fruit in my diet. Instead of chicken parmesan, I would pick eggplant parmesan. I exercise more, ever since I got a gym membership. What also motivated me for the gym was because I was paying for it!

I still got a lot of work to do if I want to maintain and lose more weight that I put on in the beginning of the semester (FRESHMAN 15 IS REAL). Thank goodness we have a gym and mountains to climb at my college.

I've set a goal for myself to lose 30-40 pounds and lean off junk food and eat more fruit and veggies! Some good motivation is following vegetarian and exercising pages on instagram.

Thats it for now..update will be next month!

Alexis Medina


Keep moving forward.

AHH! COLLEGE!

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Watch this!

College is starting soon for me! I'm very excited! Sorry I haven't posted in a long time but I promise to post at least once per month, if I don't…I'll buy you all a nice mango.

It's good to set goals for yourself, I do that all the time whether it being on -losing weight or whatever, I try to set goals for myself so I can be happier and be successful. I am setting goals when I start college and that is to start eating LESS junk food. I lovveeeee junk food especially pizza and donuts. Don't get me wrong it tastes delicious but I need to stop eating it consistently because it negatively affects my body. So, I am trying to lean away towards it. How? Well I am going to only buy healthy foods at dining halls and at the grocery store. Occasionally I'll have a treat day but I'll do it every sunday (for now), then I can change it to be one sunday every two weeks, and so on. For breakfast, I'll buy the one with no artificial sugar and oatmeal, and some fruit too. I love fruit, but I need to start eating it more. I need to also stop eating fatty snacks and buy healthier ones. I hate how healthy food is expensive and junk food is so cheap. I wish it was the other way around but we can't have it our way. I think I might invest in Naturebox, because i looked on their site and they sell good food.

My Goals For College:

 -Eat Healthy
-Go to Class
-Study
-Exercise with my sister
- Do Homework/Projects
-Lose 15 pounds before 2015
-Lose a pants size (or more)

I hope you guys have a good school year for those who are starting college, high school, or middle school and all you with jobs or without! MAKE THE REST OF THE YEAR COUNT!!!

Remember - KEEP MOVING FORWARD!!!!

Obstacles to Jump

Hey guys,

April was a bad month, I ate horrible food. At the end of the month, I was tired of scrolling through instagram and twitter and tumblr, wishing I was those skinny models or people who exercised and ate healthy daily. I wanted to look like them, but I had to stop mopping around eating all the food I could absorb and do something!

I find some workout clothes and began with one blogilates video "Call Me Maybe Squats". I began the workout and although I gave in a couple of times, I finished the workout, ALIVE. I was proud that I finished it. The next day, I started packing healthy lunches, eating in moderation, and drinking more water. I told my mom to buy fruit and oatmeal and other super foods to keep my body healthy. After school and work, I would began my workout. I started with one exercise video per day, then I moved to two, and then three. I increased the amount of time I worked out and I started seeing progress. Not in my body but my ability to keep up with the instructor.

I got rid of the negative influences, and began to follow health blogs that would motivate me and build my confidence. I know I have a long road ahead of me, and hopefully I will succeed to the best of my ability.

-Keep Moving Forward!!!

-Alexis

Starting Strong.

Helloooo!!!! Okay so last month, I will admit, I was pigging out a lot. I chose the wrong choice and I am making up for eating wrong, not exercising as much, etc. So its March, and I am starting to excerise a lot before I take my showers. I am working out my obliques, abs, arms, and legs. I am focusing more on my arms cause according to my father I have "football arms". They're massive!!! So  I am trying to get rid of them before my senior prom or graduation. Losing it will help me feel A LOT better. I ended up not trying out for my soccer team, not because I wasn't training, but because the coach plays favorites and I would get benched every game. But, I decided to manage, I would go to every game, but I wouldn't have to go to any of the practices, so that's a plus! At least, in my head it is.

For school, I am trying to eat healthier by packing more fruits, intaking protein and veggies as well. But my mom is making it very difficult, because she keeps buying all this sugar, junk food and soda. She's forcing it down my throat because she "spent" money on it.

I'm considering to being vegan, only until I graduate, unless I like becoming a vegan, I'll keep going. I don't know, I haven't decided fully.

Well, I hope you enjoyed my brief update!!! See ya soon!!!

REMEMBER:

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

Fruits and Set Points.

Yummy.

I have been trying to eat more fruits, but today I couldn't resist when they said "we are ordering pizza". PIZZA EQUALS LIFE GUYS. Anyways, I pigged out today, but I drank more water over the past week, and I feel like I am losing a bit of weights with just eating right and occasionally pigging out. I added more greens to my diet such as kale and spinach. I blended some smoothies and drinks to replace some snack cravings and lunch which I will say helped a lot. I am slowly stepping away from chips and candy. I don't really drink soda anymore I stick to water, and lemonade and I am trying to lean off of juice because that has a lot of sugars in it.

On my instagram and twitter, I post what I have been eating, for instance I made a fruit platter with strawberries, mango, blueberries, raspberries and oranges and can I say, making something that looks delicious will make you want to eat your creation. I have been making good-looking fruit bowls and I just want to eat it again. I am trying to get into the habit of eating good foods for my body and lean away from the carbs and sugars.

Today in Psychology, I am learning about like weight, hunger, blah blah blah. I learned about a set point that your body has. "A set point is a theory that states everyone's body has a genetically determined range of weight and temperature that their body will try to maintain to stay at optimal health. This means if Susan has a weight set point of 136 pounds, her body will try to stay around that weight. If she eats less and exercises more, her body's metabolism will slow down. If Susan eats more and exercises less, her body's metabolism will speed up. This does not mean Susan can't ever weigh over 145 pounds or under 120 pounds. It means that her body will attempt to compensate for Susan's eating habits in order to stay in that range. 

Proponents of this theory encourage individuals to stay at their body's set point and to accept it despite social pressures to be thin. They believe that the reason people have difficulty losing or gaining weight is because their weight goals are outside of their set point range.
Read more: http://www.alleydog.com/glossary/definition.php?term=Set%20Point#ixzz2sbANHkDC"

I hope thats help.

Remember guys KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

SEE YA IN MY NEXT UPDATE!!!

Here I Am

Hello guys, I am back!

I have been MIA and I am sorry I didn't update for 10 DAYS!!!!!

I am going to start off where I left off. Guys, I am proud to say I lost 4 pounds!!!! I am so happy.  I am exercising more and dancing and eating healthier (kinda).  I am doing more arm workouts because I hate my arms. I have been doing Cassey's arm workout videos and they have been making my arms sore. I have also been dancing which works a lot of my muscles. I just turn my iTunes to shuffle and dance to the song that plays. It really has been helping me and I am sweating a lot.

I am trying to lean more towards healthier foods. I have been eating more oatmeal and fruits and yogurt. But today, I had some ice-cream and popcorn….Not proud of that. I am going to go on a junk food free  diet for a month. I have soccer tryouts and I haven't ran in about two weeks because it has been snowing crazy and I have no gym memberships :(. Inside blogilates for the win, haha.

Well, theres my update for today!

Keep moving forward!!!!!!

- Alexis Medina

Sleep Deprived

Hello Friends,

I had a sleepover yesterday with my fellow jews and I didn't bring my computer, so that's why I didn't post a blog yesterday.

I am going to have to make this blog short!

RECAP:

Breakfast:

-Honey Bunches of Oats
-Milk

Lunch:
-fell asleep…

Dinner:
-2 slices of cheese pizza
-tomatoes
-cucumbers

Snacks:
-popcorn

See ya and keep moving forward!