Round Two Because of the Tattoo

Hi.

This is the new tattoo. It requires a bathing suit or a razorback tank top to be seen.

I don't wear razer backs. Razorbacks show off where I carry my fat the most: my arms. Not to mention the back fat, the underarm fat, etc. etc.

But this tattoo is pretty sweet. It reads, "With quiet words I'll lead you in and out of the dark" and has a dove underneath. It represents peace, knowing things happen for a reason, and is a promise to all my future clients (I'm in graduate school for clinical psychology with a military emphasis. Hoping to work with trauma).

So now my dilemma. I want to show off this sucker, but that means arm fat.


Nope. That means getting back into the swing of things and tackling this beast again. Sure I've been in and out of the gym, gone on the occasional run, and haven't lost all of my hard earned muscle, but I"m not the fat skinny girl I once was.

Now I'm kind of like the power-lifting body that can't exactly lift much of anything. A lot of my bad ass strength has gone to the wayside.

BUT. I have a 10k, a wedding, and a triatholon coming up in 3 weeks, 1 month, and 3 months respectively. As Dr. Seuss said, "The time has come, the time is now."

So going back to the age old question. What now. What has worked? What hasn't? And what, for the love of God, can I do that I will stick to and be the fat skinny muscly under fat girl no longer.

Plan #1:

-Cardio first (yuck.) since I've got races and want to look little at the wedding. Er, uh, littlerish.
-Normal split of upper and lower. Whatever feels right that day. Not going to be strict.
-Conscious dieting. I will curl over and die if I try anything strict. I LOVE FOOD. And counting calories is also a death sentence for me.

That's it. KISS. Keep it Simple Sweetheart. Let's start there. Wish me luck!