23yo - 6'0"
SW: 250
CW: 178
GW: 165
UGW: ?
[list of current goals]
I'm a graphic designer, a body painter, a feminist and a vegetarian. Watch me lose it.
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*goes and dies of embarrassment because I probably know you in real life*
And if I do know you from the movement, hit me up on here or FB so I know who you are haha <3
- Pre-dawn breakfast and run
- Shower, clean car, prep food
- All day body painting workshop by the fabulous Wiser Oner
Ughhhhh so stoked. Love my job. I’m literally going to spend my entire day painting graffiti on @inspired—motivated and one of my coworkers. asjfalksfja;slkfjas;lkfjas
So many pictures will follow.
Yes, it was a real conversation, even though everyone thinks it’s fake. I like nearly died and told everyone else on staff and blogged about it the second I got home.
For the first month it had like 7 notes. It’s been about a year, and now it’s all over Facebook. Sooo….
I used to be an art teacher, yes. I loved the kids but didn’t like dealing with the other stuff (lesson planning, discipline, the bureaucracy) so I left to be a full-time artist.
I finished teaching my last class in July, although I might go back to it at some later point.
(That post is about a year old.)
The post that will not die. I’m past 150k notes on Tumblr and it’s on Facebook now.
I’m getting a little worried that the students might be identifiable, or that people I know start following me on here. Merp.
Ahaha! I just saw this on facebook, didn’t even realise it was your post!
*crawls in a hole and dies*
I’m way too socially awkward to deal with the fact that I’m all over my own news feed. I seriously don’t know how to even act right now.
The post that will not die. I’m past 150k notes on Tumblr and it’s on Facebook now.
I’m getting a little worried that the students might be identifiable, or that people I know start following me on here. Merp.
- Finally back into the (inspired) fitspo routine. Had my first really good workout today post-workcation! Mile run warmup, hour of Zumba, then legs. Oh yes!
- Added garlic and probiotics to my daily supplements (which besides these includes a women’s daily, omega 3, glucosamine, L-glutamine, calcium, and B12.)
- Ordered kombucha SCOBI. My house is about to become a fermented tea micro brewery.
Not making enough progress on the career-side of my life the past week, but I blame the fact that I’ve been dealing with taxes. Next week’s goals will be to solidify some times to meet with the artists I want to work with and get a few more stable gigs. Onward!
I need to jump start my productivity. Every day I will:
- Eat exactly 1900 clean calories (my weight loss level)
- Go to the gym (including active rest days! No excuses!)
- Do one career related thing
Seems easy, but my work schedule gets nuts so it honestly looks kind of exhausting. Today I will have to find time to go to the gym, contact more artists to collaborate with, and get my website live again.
Tomorrow it’s gym, cooking, reading, solidifying dates to meet with the artists I wanna work with, and generating a list of potential new clients.
Fucking game face time.
More of my face spam. Me, artist Angela Roberts, and our lovely model. This photo is motivating beyond words.
BODY: back to clean eating after a weeklong alcohol-and-junk binge. No weight gained, but progress was seriously slowed. My muscles feel like shit, but I’m so motivated to lose the last 20!
CAREER: more gigs, more workshops, more studio time, more networking, more more more!
LIFE: less Tumblr, less Netflix, more of what will get me to where I want to be!
February 2011 - February 2013
Dallas NABPC - New Orleans Mardi Gras
70lb difference
I love my job, but it’s painful to realize that losing weight has, by itself, been even more helpful in my success than improving my skills as a body painter. How screwed up is that? Two years ago not a damn soul noticed me. Last week it was compliment after compliment after free drink. It’s hard not to feel weird about it, honestly, even if I’ve enjoyed the change.
I don’t really think I was prepared for the emotional weirdness of weight loss, but here it is. The photoset that sums up the past two years of my life more than anyone else.
This is what my job looks like. This was a mix between a professional development conference and a business trip. DC, New Orleans Mardi Gras, Lafayette, Gettysburg.
I just wanted to put these up here as a reminder to myself. I have an amazing job with amazing “colleagues” around the country. Artists, models, photographers, and certified alligator wrestlers.
If I’m unhappy, it’s no one’s fault but my own. I need to work hard and keep my eyes on the prize.
Because that’s apparently what you do when you’re a body painter. Goddamnit I love my job. DC turned into NOLA for Mardi Gras then a quick east coast tour, painting and drinking.
Without context, I’d like to sum everything up in the following quote from someone I won’t name as we got drunk off our asses.
“These are the sort of people you can get blackout drunk with and not worry about it. I mean it’s not like they’re really dying to take your wallet or draw on you. They do that for a living. They’re going to put you back in your hotel room and leave a note explaining what happened for when you wake up. These are quality people.”
Already have 4 days worth of food prepped and packed, now just gotta pack clothes and I’m off. Running every morning, painting every day, going out every night.
I love my job! Work Hard Play Hard!
2.5 miles.
And I feel like wobbly noodles right now. Sweaty wobbly noodles.
But I did it!
I just want to reblog this because when Rose originally posted this 7 months ago, I thought it was such a long run and I was so proud of her because I had never run this far before!
Now look at us. My 5k time is under 32min and she ran 4 miles straight a few weeks ago.
WE. ARE. FITLBRRRRRRRR
