The Bearded Lady

be thin

cook for you

have long hair

wear makeup

be feminine 

be graceful

have sex with you

shave

diet

be fashionable

wear pink

love men

I’m officially down 23 lbs in 9 weeks. I never ever thought I could commit to weight loss. I feel so much better about myself. I’ve barely lost an inch off my tummy but that sort of comes along with PCOS. I’m sure with time I’ll start losing belly fat. I’m just so excited to actually be trying. To be pushing myself myself to get healthy. I’m proud of my fat little self.

Here are my personal suggestions for weight loss:

1. Plan your meals the day before. Like picking out clothes the night before. Plan your meals. Snacks can be more spontaneous

2. Powdered peanut butter!!!! I love peanut butter so much. My heart was aching in its absence. It’s high in fat and carbs. But powdered peanut butter is like 85% less fat and half the carbs. Plus pb2 has chocolate peanut butter, definitely good for my sweet cravings

3. Cauliflower! it smells like poop when it’s cooking but it can replace so many things. I make cauliflower tots like every other day. I think they’re almost better than tator tots! Also cauliflower rice. Fry up some cauliflower with chicken in olive oil. Add a hint of soy sauce and you have it made

4. Gym membership (not for everyone) I find when I’m at home, I just want to lay around and enjoy the comforts of home. I can’t get motivated to do any kind of exercise. Plus it’s way too hot to workout outside. If you’re like me, a gym membership is well worth the investment.

5. Treat yourself. I have one big delicious cheat meal a week along with a cheat dessert. (My cheat meal is never on my rest day) But through out the week I do occasionally have some small cheats. Like if I’m out with my mom we may get subway or sometimes I get a serving size bag of special k chips. But I adjust the rest of my day accordingly when I sneak in little cheats.

6. If your body isn’t feeling it, don’t push yourself sick. Some days I just feel like crap. Due to depression, PCOS, bladder problems, or whatever. I get to the gym and I’m just not into it. I typically do 30-40 minutes of cardio, on my rough days I do 15 minutes. On the machines I do half of what I normally would. My mind and body are super connected. If I feel bad physically I’m going to go into a slum and cry myself to sleep. And vice versa. Remember that no workout is a bad workout. You got up, you got dressed, you tried. That’s what matters

7. Myfitnesspal ❤️❤️❤️ without this app I wouldn’t have got this far. It’s a pain to log everything (that’s why doing it the night before helps) but it’s totally worth it.

these are cute (!!!), realistically proportioned, non-sexualized depictions of fat women’s bodies, in a recognizably standard anime style

these characters have big arms, round faces with double chins, wide frames (that don’t conform to the hourglass huge-hip/tiny-waist/enormous-boobs “acceptable fat” model), and are presented in poses that read as happy, excited, fun-loving, and even flirty (but again, not overtly sexual - these are obviously characters, not simply bodies for consumption) 

and they still look like they could be right at home on the pages of a shoujo manga

I’m posting this pic to show other ladies without breasts, that it’s really okay to be BREASTLESS!! I meet so many ladies that have a hard time dealing with the fact that they had to get their breasts removed and I want to motivate them. We survived breast cancer, so we have a whole lot to be thankful for!! Whether we have no breasts, wear prosthesis, had reconstructive surgery, or have one breast, we have LIFE!! We’re still beautiful regardless of how others stare at us, think about us, or talk about us!!

Thank you so much @mrdblanks for this “IMPLIED” nude look!! My husband loves this pic and he loves my scars and I love him!!