Fitness and Health

I do not want to be skinny.

I just want to be healthy and fit for my body type. Just as I speak on dressing for your figure, I also believe that you have to know your God-given figure and try not to deviate too much from that plan. So here begins my fitness and health journey because let’s be honest- mama has put on a ton of weight and this is NOT a healthy look for me. As I grow more and more vintage and look to starting a family in the next 3-4 years (hopefully), I know with my fertility issues, that carrying on this visceral fat in my belly is only going to hinder an already challenging situation. So yes I want to lose weight and tighten up for aesthetic reasons but also to live a longer life, God willing.

First and foremost- I rarely toot my own horn but ladies and gents, I can kill a photoshoot by working the angles. I can make myself look far smaller than I really am without the help of Photoshop. (Although I recently have liked the transform/scale aspect in editing just to stretch me out a teeny bit but I digress.) I often look at my pics and think “Dang, I have not put on THAT much weight” and then I remember my mad posing skills and the fact that 80% of my wardrobe does not fit. I repeat… Does. Not. Fit! Then I go to see my doctor for my annual check up and he so bluntly reminds me that I weighed 154lbs in April of 2015 and now I am pushing 178lbs on a fantastic and lean day! Yeah- I’ve been eatin, I’ve been eatin, I get real greedy when i see cake, I’ve been eatin…. (to the tune of Drunk in Love)

So 2014 and 2015 were far more healthy and fit:

Because I always keep it real on my blog, I’m going to reveal the real, real via pictures I took last week of my body. I have not edited in any way, shape or form and these were taken with my iPhone in a spur of the moment trip to the restroom after my first ever SoulCycle class. But more on that later! Welcome to my current figure in all its glory because honestly I am still able to walk, run and am alive so it is not all that bad at all!

First time ever that I have a slight muffin top….. I became the Lil Debbie snack that I adore so much 🙂 hahahh

Being an athlete and a voracious lover of sports, I always ask myself- “How did I put on so much weight”?!?! And honestly before I can even answer myself, my eyes drift over to the package of Lil Debbie mini donuts, the receipt for the chicken wings and fries I had for lunch and the pictures on my desk of when I used to play football, and I am instantly reminded of the changes in my lifestyle that attributed to my transformation. It is pretty simple, I ate alot of nutrition shallow foods and I became a couch potato. Ate a lot, exercised a little. A lot went in and nothing came out (hahah)

So I am making a pact with myself and all of you! HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE! I am going to catalog my whole entire fitness and health journey on Comme Coco and I will keep it transparent as all heck. I will chronicle the good, bad and the ugly. My fitness IG page will also have videos of what I am doing: http://instagram.com/commecocofitness  My plan is to post a weekly diary of my workouts and food choices, I will be posting on my favorite workouts at various gyms in the area, my favorite fitness and health mobile apps, the right shoes for my flat feet etc….. If any of you are in the same boat, please share with me anything fun you are doing that I may like on this journey. I always want Comme Coco to have a community feel so I welcome ALL comments and suggestions 🙂

As I delve more into being a lifestyle blog, I think this is a natural way to do so. Because hell, this is my real ass life that I am living and what a better subject for Comme Coco than what I really AM doing. Duh?

Oh and in staying with the theme of being honest….. I hate running. I will not be doing that as cardio. I hate it with a passion. I will sprint but you will not find me doing any type of distance running. Real story; I was a pretty bad ass track runner in high school. I ran the 100m in a 13. My best time was under that but that was a fluke I swear. I ran anchor in the relay. I loved racing. But I hate running. I hate running so much that every time it was distance day for conditioning ie run a mile…. my ankle was always bothering me that day. And well because I was an integral part of our team’s success, I always got out of running that mile. I have never run a mile in my life. Ever. Sad right? So I think I am going to add that to my 2016 goals. By December 25, 2016, I need to have ran a mile. Well run/walk a mile. Oh man- I better stop typing and lace on my Brooks Adrenaline GTS 15 cause I gots ta get a movin!

Oh and final addition- I still very much love myself and am not depressed over this weight gain. I do not like it and I do not feel healthy at all but I still maintain a body positive outlook. I am still wearing denim cutoffs and form fitting clothing. I am just more conscious of dressing for this new figure!

Current Measurements:

• arms: 13 inches around      Goal: 11 inches by August 1, 2016
• chest: 36.75 inches            Goal: 35 inches
• waist: 35 inches                  Goal: 32 inches
• belly button: 37 inches        Goal: 34 inches
• Hips: 44                               Goal: 42 inches
• High part of Thigh: 27.5       Goal: 26 inches
• Middle part of thigh: 25        Goal: 23.5 inches
• Calves: 16.75                       Goal: 15.5 inches