tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78486509738818704352024-03-12T22:58:50.991-07:00My Little Adventure;Laniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759052387750192725noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848650973881870435.post-90877864609176077482014-06-09T19:12:00.001-07:002014-06-09T19:12:40.524-07:00Throw it all together. <p dir="ltr">Ever go to the grocery store and load up on veggies; then they go bad? This week I decided to not waste it. I went through my fridge and took out everything that was about to be bad. Threw it all in a pan--except the asparagus-- and cooked it down. Put a little teriyaki and sriracha in there and bam! You have dinner. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I decided to put it on some noodles and it turned out great. </p>
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Green, yellow, and red pepper<br>
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Groud beef 80/20 (usually I get leaner but accidentally picked this up)<br>
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<p dir="ltr">It was so tasty. :) </p>
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What moisturiser do you use? <span style="color: #ffa538;">Benefit's Total Moisture </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First I want to say oops on last week for the lack of posts. I started working finally. I was so exhausted when I got home every night. Getting your body back into standing for 8-9 hours a day is intense for a little while. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This weekend started out like any other weekend. I had to drive back to work because I accidentally brought something home that I wasn't supposed too. Then me and the hubs went grocery shopping to get stuff for the chili we were making for the Superbowl. We went to the gas station and then we started heading home--I guess this is where you're going to get why I'm making a post about it-- when we were getting onto the interstate we heard a thunk and then the music stopped playing. At first we were like 'uhhh?' then I realized what it was. Anyone want to take a guess? Go ahead. Guess. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ready to find out if you were right? Well when the guy was loading the groceries into the car we were talking about Hawaii and I put my phone on the top of the car while I was listening to him. So then I got in the car and we drove to the gas station. Yup. It made it to the gas station. My husband pumped gas, and unbeknownst to us my phone is just sitting on the top of the car probably screaming "HELLOOOOOO.. aren't you going to notice me sitting up here?!" Looking back, why didn't he notice it sitting up there?! (Sitting here today, I can still blame everyone else but me for it happening. haha) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was funny though because the music kind of kept cutting out, and I wanted to change the song but decided to just deal with it. If I had gone to change the song then I would of noticed something wasn't quite right. Anyways, enough of thinking of the what ifs. Point is I'm an idiot and left the phone on the car. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So we were getting on the interstate and we heard it fly off, the music stopped and my heart sunk immediately as I looked in the side mirror and saw it flipping in the air. I wanted to cry, how could I of been so stupid?! I begged my husband to go back for it because well it's my phone! I didn't want someone getting ahold of it if it had survived the road--it didn't but the point is still there-- So we did. We went back for it. I got out of the car and ran into the middle of the road to pick it up. If some of you reading are screaming at me telling me I'm stupid and I should of just left it--nope. couldn't leave it. Plus it wasn't exactly super busy so no cars were around. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Oh it was in pieces, it had definitely be ran over a few times, but I felt instantly better once I had it back in my possession. Of course I lost it when I called my mom to tell her I had no phone. It was just crazy. I couldn't believe it--still can't believe it. Later on that day we go to the Verizon store</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to buy me a new phone. We had bought the insurance! So a mere 5 dollars a month plus the 99 dollar deposit I got a new phone! Oh the relief when he told us that we had insurance. It was like a light bulb went off in our heads "Oh yeahhh!! I remember it now" We bought it originally for my husband when he goes out on the boat in case he drops it or loses it or something but nope. It was me! I was the one who needed it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had a good sized get together with some friends--lots of alcohol and watched the game. My house had to of been the loudest on the block. We are huge Hawk fans. From that first snap, we knew. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My husband and I are from Washington and have always been fans, even in 2006 when they went against the Steelers--but we don't talk about that game. We're just happy that after a great season that we just had, they were able to bring that trophy home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I finally decided to switch it up. Up until yesterday I was </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">still</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> wearing Tauped by Sonia Kashuk. Well today's a new day! I'm still into the more 'normal' colors right now and I really liked the wearing power of Tauped so I went with the only other Sonia Kashuk polish that I have. This one is called Blank Slate. It's a deep grayish-blue. As an accent color I chose Gold Rush from GAP. I've used this color before and it is gorgeous. It has a great wide brush on it but it looks a lot better in the bottle than it does on the nail. Only because in the bottle you can see a lot of the blue's and purple's in the color, but instead on the nail its more of yellow and light green. Nonetheless it's still a great color. Again I used Sally Hansen's Double duty as a top coat. It worked out great for me last time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The one complaint against Blank slate is that it's a lot more streaky than Tauped. It's almost as if going over the nail polish again with the brush less coated makes it streak and take away polish that was already there--does that make sense?. So the brush had to almost be completely soaked in polish for it to get a good coverage. But it's easy to work through and other than that no issues. I'll edit the post later to tell you how long they lasted on the nails. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Why would you want to be just skinny? When you are losing weight your goal should be to be healthy. Healthy is not the same as skinny. Before someone jumps down my throat here, if you are <b>losing weight</b> you would not be naturally skinny. Naturally skinny people should--in my opinion--also lift weights, gain muscle mass, and eat healthy. If you're naturally skinny, good for you! I was you at one point. Up until the age of 19, I weighed 125-130 pounds on my 5'10'' frame. I had that nice thigh gap that everyone wanted and frankly, I don't want to go back. Now I weigh 160 pounds, no thigh gap, and I want to be healthier. Hell, if I get healthy and I don't lose any weight, or get my thigh gap back, great! I just want to have healthy habits. </span></div>
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So why should you join me in my goal to become healthy instead of skinny? Well, why not? Why would you want to do all this work and not have anything to show for it--except the weight loss. Healthy also doesn't mean big and bulky muscles. Everyone has their own version of healthy. My healthy may not be healthy for you. Everyone's body is different. The fact that people even say " I want to be skinny " makes me mad because you shouldn't. Skinny isn't always healthy. <b>Root for your health, not just being skinny. </b></div>
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Maybe I should tell you guys my definition of healthy for myself. Reading this post back it may be a little confusing for someone. My vision of healthy for myself is to have a good amount of muscle on my body. I want to tone my body. I'm not overweight. I do not have a goal weight frankly because I am not overweight. I want to be healthier and if I lose weight in the process, well that's okay, and if I gain weight cool. Being healthy is eating better and introducing workouts into your daily routine. </div>
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What's your version of healthy? Is it quitting smoking? (good for you if it is, cause that is a 100% healthy decision) Is it laying back on the alcohol? Working out three days a week? What? Tell meeee! I want to knoooowww! :) </div>
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I'm not going to lie, trying to find the pieces that go together gets overwhelming after a while; but it's a little exciting each time I find one that matches. I was listening to music, the whole time so I wasn't just sitting there in silence-<i>-that would be boring</i>. The main goal of it was to get off the couch and away from the TV. I haven't started work yet and each day besides my daily workout, cleaning the house, and going outside to play with the dogs, I basically just sit on the couch and watch TV. It's annoying, really. I wish that my neighborhood would be more walk friendly. There is basically no sidewalks, and a million cars parked on both sides of the road. So your basically walking in the road if a car were to choose to be going down the road and I don't like the idea of driving somewhere to take a walk.<br />
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I got off on a little tangent there. Back to the puzzle. It was really entertaining, I feel like it could be something I could do with my husband if he wanted. I'm exited to finish it--pray there are no missing pieces-- glue it together and then hang it on the wall. The image is just beautiful and I love when I've seen puzzles as art in other places it's nifty. Besides, I get art for 8.99. Who can beat that? I guess I could if I got a cheaper puzzle--<i>were you thinking that too?</i> <br />
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When was the last time you did a puzzle? Do you enjoy them? or think they're boring? Laniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759052387750192725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848650973881870435.post-72551571258656422702014-01-22T12:20:00.000-08:002014-01-27T16:24:55.624-08:00Nails of the week: Sonia Kashuk's Tauped<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cue awkward hand holding of the nail polish. I haven't actually painted my nails in months, and I mean months. I kept getting the worst nail polish that would chip almost instantly and that turned me off nail polish. I've had this one for a while--it got packed in Hawaii, and I love the color. When I went to paint my nails I wanted a pure nude color and this is the only neutral shade that I had so I settled. Well, settling was the best decision I've made this week because I love the color. The staying color is great as well. I used Sally Hansen's double duty for a top coat. I have been wearing it for 4 days now and I only have minimal chipping. A lot of it happens in the shower or while I am washing dishes--we have no dishwasher, yuck I know-- but if I compare it to a lot of my other nail polishes this one takes the cake. </div>
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I have used instadri but that one creates a lot of bubbles on the nails and that just irritates me so I stopped using it near the end of the bottle, just threw it away. I won't be buying another one either. I'd say the picture is pretty close to the real thing. I love the color. It's suitable for everyday wear, pretty professional, and not off putting or too in your face. </div>
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The one complaint I do have is the bottle is a defective one. The brush is crooked, it comes out of the lid at about a 45 degree angle. I have to force it into the bottle. I easily could of returned it to the Target I bought it from and got another, but it's not that big of a deal. It makes applying it a little awkward at times but I can still apply it pretty well. </div>
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I applied the polish on the 17th, and I took it off on the 26th. There were two chipped nails, and most had the top rubbed away with little teeny chip marks. So overall I'd say it did amazing. Almost 10 days without any huge chips.<br />
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What color is on your nails right now? Laniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759052387750192725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848650973881870435.post-61729623857773669102014-01-21T13:32:00.003-08:002014-01-21T13:35:24.850-08:00Tuesday Workout;<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have you ever woke up, jumped out of bed, and just been really excited to get sweaty? No? Me neither. This morning I woke up, spent about an hour in bed checking Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, THEN I got up and told myself I wasn't working out today because <i>I just didn't feel like it</i>. Hah. Since when do I listen to myself nowadays? So I turned on the ps3 switched DVD's and hit start. You would think at this point I would be working out right? Nope, I had to search my house for my workout watch and the chest strap. It took me about 15 minutes to find both and I thought that it was actually quite funny.<br />
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Anyways, I did level one of Killer Buns & Thighs today. Let me start off by saying Eff that workout. Holy crap. 6 minutes in, my legs are screaming and begging me to stop. There was a few moves that are also in Extreme Shed & Shred so those I was relieved by because I knew how to do them and could do them pretty confidently. I took quite a few breaks and had some interruptions through today's workout. At around 12 minutes I sat down because I felt like I was going to pass out. I rested for about 3 minutes--that time is not included in the picture. My mom called at around 20 minutes. I paused the video and grabbed water about 5 times.<br />
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My legs are my number one problem area that I have. Number two would be obliques. This video is of course targeted with the legs and with some cardio intervals. I like this DVD very much, it's difficult, it takes a lot of effort, and it hurts. All things that I like when I workout.<br />
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I didn't want to workout this morning as I mentioned earlier, <i>I didn't feel like it</i>.<b> I did though</b>. This is me becoming a better me. Not listening to my head, listening to my body and what it wants. Listening to my body is the whole thing. So work through those road blocks, I'm doing it, you can too.<br />
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Maximum: 190<br />
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Fat Burn: 03:59<br />
Fitness: 38:11<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oh, and I'm not sure why I cannot directly reply to comments on my blog. It's not giving me a reply option, so if you comment on my blog, I will reply to you. You just have to check back cause I'll just add another comment onto the post. </span></b>Laniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759052387750192725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848650973881870435.post-85917609269013415072014-01-20T14:40:00.001-08:002014-01-21T13:35:35.482-08:00Photo of the day. <div dir="ltr">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday in itself was a day that I had planned on working out, BUT it ended up being an emotion filled few hours that turned my whole day. On my way to sign all the official paperwork and get the drug test paperwork, a rock came up and hit my windshield, cracking it. It's not too bad it's about a quarter size in the <i>middle</i> of the windshield. When I say middle, I mean <i>middle</i>. Smack dab in the middle of it. Perfectly in center. My car is less than a year old and it's already been in an accident( I was not involved in that accident ) and now I cracked the damn windshield. I handled myself pretty well I think, I didn't let it upset me too much since there was nothing that I could do about it except now I have to get it fixed. So I get to where I need to go, sign all the paperwork, and leave. In the parking lot, I decide to call my insurance to see if they'll cover it getting fixed. I find out that <i>maybe </i>it'll be covered<i>--he didn't even give me a real answer-- </i>but since we moved states our insurance is going to go up. Basically it's going to double, and I mean <i>double, </i>not nearly double, and not almost double<i>. </i> I wanted to scream. I was thinking to myself, thank god that I just got a job or we would NOT be able to afford that. So I get over that heartbreak, shed about two tears and get back on the road to go home for a few to figure everything out before I have to go find the place for the drug test. On my way home, I run over a piece of someone else's car. It was a little metal rod and of course I didn't even see it, all I do is hear it hit the car. My heart drops, I start cursing to myself and gosh darn it, now I'm dragging it down on the road. So, of course I pull over, look around my car and find it punctured the plastic under my car, right in the front. It's lodged in there pretty good and it took quite a bit of effort to get it out. I finally get it out, get back into my car and I'm just done, completely wiped out, I break down right there in the car on the side of the road. I start thinking to myself, don't do this. Everything is okay. Everything will be okay. The car is okay ( even though I was worried something would start leaking, it didn't. ) It's just a car--I personify my car so hard, hate leaving her places, love my car, it's my baby so saying that didn't help-- and I finally get myself home. Thankfully the rest of the day was pretty much uneventful, as I couldn't even handle anything else. It may not seem like much, but all of this happened within an hour on the first day of my husbands short underway. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I felt like I let myself down a little with the workout, I feel like I didn't push myself hard enough during the workout. I kept telling myself "you can do this, work harder, don't give up" and I got through it but it was really hard. Part two has a lot of squats and my knees were not liking it, I've had knee problems before so I always watch it. I wasn't going to let it get in the way of my workout though so I pushed myself but I made sure that they weren't hurting, they were just uncomfortable. The first time I did part two I burned 548 calories in the same amount of time--around 52 minutes-- so I'm taking that as I didn't push myself as hard as I did the first time. You know what? I shouldn't think about it like that, I got up there and did almost an hour and I pushed myself damn hard, I wanted to give up after 17 minutes, my head said just do 20 then you can stop. Obviously I didn't listen. I worked through it, and it hurt. I did a great job for my recent struggle and I won't think about it again like that. Every workout is a good one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel good. When I was in the shower after the workout, I was shaving my legs and man it was hard to stand there and lift a leg and lean down to shave. Everything has been hard to do, my legs hurt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh, and this may be a TMI for some people, but I looked at my butt this morning and at all the little dibbits there and then after the workout, I looked at it again. It looked a lot better. Of course it's not going to be an immediate thing and if I look at it now, I'm sure it'll look like it did this morning. But I have noticed that if I do this workout or any workout that has a lot of leg action or on leg day I can see the change in my butt rather fast, but it won't last if I stop doing it, does that make sense? For example, the last day I worked out my butt was more round than it was today. So I think that that in itself is motivation for me to keep working it, cause it looked nice. hah. I'm loving it. </span></div>
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Laniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759052387750192725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848650973881870435.post-78870259420150779172014-01-16T19:38:00.000-08:002014-01-16T19:38:01.045-08:00Turkey Taco Thursday!<div dir="ltr">
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So usually my husband and I will get a pound of each ground turkey and ground beef, half them and then mix them together. It's our way of lessening the fat more even though we buy 97% ground beef, it's a little healthier to mix the turkey. This is not a half turkey/half ground beef taco. It's a 100% turkey taco. </div>
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One medium sized tomato (I took the seeds out)</div>
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Brown the meat, while the meat is browning I took this time to cut the tomatoes, spinach, kale and Jalapeño. After the meat is done browning add the taco seasoning and a little water. I used the time it takes to simmer with the seasoning to warm the Tortillas in the microwave. 30 seconds in the microwave with paper towel on top. Then all you gotta do is piece it together. </div>
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I tasted it without any sour cream or sauce and it was delicious so I didn't add any. I ate it just like it is in the picture. I had two of course. I <u>estimate</u> the calorie count to be around 250-300 per taco. The tortilla alone is 120 but everything else after that is pretty low calorie. I didn't use all of the meat that was made so I probably ate about 1/4 of a pound of ground beef in the two tacos. </div>
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Side note about Kale: This shit is delicious. I went to the store today to get my weekly produce and I picked it up for the first time since I have been seeing it everywhere in all sorts of recipes and holy moly, it's delicious. Tummy is happy. :) </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have probably applied to at least <b>100</b> places since I moved to Cali a month and a half ago. I have heard back from 4 by email saying something along the lines of "we appreciate you taking the time out to apply, but unfortunately <i>you suck</i> and you won't be getting the job" I'm just kidding, companies would never say that; but it's kind of how it feels to be rejected by email, <i>youknow?</i> I mean, I appreciate it completely because then I know not to hold my breath about that job, but it still kind of sucks. I also applied for companies that I have worked for before and they were the ones to call for an interview--<b>of course</b>-- and hell yeah because I know how to do that job and that's easier for me. I interviewed at one and the shift wouldn't work for me, but they really wanted me to apply for the part-time position, I'm not looking for part-time. The second person called me on Friday, had an interview yesterday, and they told me today that I got the job! I go in tomorrow for all the paperwork and stuff, but I am now feeling a little bit better about myself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm not one to let my husband handle all the bills and right now we are drowning in them, this blog will not suffer because I have discovered Bloglovin'--details on <i>that</i> in another post-- and now that I don't have to write about only one thing I feel more into it and I love writing. I'm getting positive feedback on my blog and even though it's small, I still love it. I'm feeling like I can go places with it and connect with people. Anyway, I digress. I have a job now and I'm really happy about it. I don't know when I start yet, BUT I can still be happy about it! :) and besides getting out of this house for a few hours a day would be a breath of fresh air. </span></div>
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Laniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759052387750192725noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848650973881870435.post-25117839244725887222014-01-14T11:52:00.000-08:002014-01-14T11:53:06.319-08:00Motivational Wednesday/ Personal Struggle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I looked through my collection of motivational photos on my computer this morning I stumbled across this one. Since I've been having such a hard time with the motivation, I almost didn't want to do a motivational Wednesday this week because it didn't feel right; then I realized that's even more of a reason to do it. I need the motivation this week. I need the pick me up. I need to know that I'll make it through this; and no, it's not easy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've never hit a wall like this before over the years that I've been trying to better my health. I think that getting over this--or through it-- will mark that I have changed as a person into a better one. I won't give up and I can't give up. I'm not quitting this time. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />It hasn't been easy. Especially not lately. I know this post isn't like the usual motivational Wednesday's. The thing is is that I haven't been doing too much too fast or anything. I think I'm just getting discouraged because I'm not seeing results and in fact I've gained 8 pounds--and I'm sure it's not in a good way ie. not muscle mass-- so I'm not doing something right. I'll stick with it, I know I will. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just gotta keep going. If you read my post yesterday, you know that I've been telling myself 'just give it a half hour, get up and do something for a half hour' That usually gets me through the workout. I'm trying to say that even though I am discouraged, I haven't given up. I haven't stopped working out. I haven't stopped trying, and that's what it's all about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm sorry that this wasn't very motivational, I hope that you approve of my honesty. Let me know how you stay motivated, please. </span>Laniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759052387750192725noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848650973881870435.post-49911772621987086912014-01-13T15:10:00.001-08:002014-01-13T15:10:49.533-08:00Tuesday Workout!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the past week, I've been using my Jillian Michaels Extreme Shed and Shred DVD. Man is it a good workout. I do part one, on one day and then part two the next day. Today I did part one, and I was dying. I've been very discouraged and haven't been wanting to workout; but I keep telling myself 'just give it a half hour' and I did. I'm happy and sore and everything but I feel very good. I've done part two before so I mentally have to get myself ready for that because part two is just so much harder for me. Every workout for me has been really difficult lately, and I find that that is a good thing. I'm getting up and I'm doing it. I'm not listening to my brain that's telling me not to do anything, to just relax and work on it tomorrow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total Time(minutes): 39:59</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Average Heart Rate(beats per minute):164</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maximum Heart Rate(beats per minute):190</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The way I see it, is a majority of people who fail with their fitness goal or dream is because they do too much, too fast. They decide one day to change in a good way. They do that by drastically changing something/everything. Make small changes. If you drink 4 sodas a day aim for 2, if you drink large amounts of alcohol try changing it from 7 days a week to 4 days a week to start. Then as the weeks go on, lower the intake of whatever it is. If you stop all of it in one day the body does not react well as its used to having it and therefore it has an opposite effect of what you would like. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Earning a healthy body is not done overnight therefore your choices should not be put into action overnight. Take it slow. Even if it doesn't seem like much, it helps you and do not give up! Every little thing helps. Hell, getting up and walking around your living room every commercial break helps and that's a small thing to do. </span><br />
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Here we go for 2014 everybody, and what else is better than talking about last year? hahaha. I'm just kidding, but I AM going to tell you what I used the most last year. The best of my entire makeup collection. I found myself drawn to these products the most and I believed that they did the best on my skin. The only thing that is not pictured is my beloved Rimmel Stay matte powder because I have mentioned that at LEAST a million times by now. :) and on we roll!</div>
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Benefit's Bella Bamba: I'm not going to lie, I think that the packaging is nothing but annoying. It's bulky and big for basically no reason; BUT I love the color. The gorgeous pink with gold flecks of shimmer. I love that the payoff on the brush is just the correct amount and it's not crazy pigmented from one swipe. Absolutely beautiful color.<br />
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NARS Torrid: This was the first NARS product that I ever purchased and it led me into my deep pocketed love affair with NARS products. If you were going to compare Torrid to Bella Bamba, it's a lot more of a deep orange, so it's a coral color with gold shimmer. I love NARS packaging--who doesn't?-- because it's just so clean and simple.<br />
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MAC Melba: This blush has been my go-to blush for the past month. It's completely matte--no shimmer-- and it leans more to an orangey coral than just a straight up coral. MAC blushes are always super pigmented and with this one I find it just lovely that it's so pigmented little to no work goes into putting my blush on in the morning which is just what I need most mornings.<br />
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MAC Plumful: Perfect deep color for fall and winter even if it's not cold outside. I find the more layers you put on the more of a purple it becomes and that makes it my decision to how heavy or light I put it on. Also it's pretty long wearing if you don't eat or drink anything.<br />
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Clinique's chubby stick Mega Melon: Perfect coral color, not too bright, not too orange, just an all around lovely color for the lips. I reach for this color more than any other lip product I own as it is a perfect compliment to any of the looks that I wear. It just adds a little color but it's not distracting. Love that it's a twist up as well. <br />
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Urban Decay Naked Palette: I know you must be thinking "gosh darnit! can't I get one yearly favorites without a darn naked palette:?!" and I'm going to just say no. For my deep brown eyes the colors in this palette really make them stand out, most specifically Toasted and Smog are great colors if you make one of them the base and build out from there. As you can tell, I've pretty much been attracted to toasted as it is full pan alert. Also a shout out to Sin a great champagne color.<br />
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theBalm's Nude 'Tude: This palette also has great colors in it. I'm going to just speak about Sleek though because it is the one color that I use every single day, and I don't ever change this in my routine. I use sleek as to line the waterline as it is a deep brown but it doesn't give the same look at a black, it's a lot softer and makes completes my eyes. <br />
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Neutrogena Healthy Skin Brightening Eye Perfector: Love the packaging, love the applicator, love the amount of product it has. Love the coverage that it gives for undereye and the occasional red mark. Just all around love it.<br />
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Rimmel Match Perfection: I originally bought this when I was a few shades tanner BUT even when I use it now it somehow brightens my entire face and makes it look a lot more put together. The coverage on this concealer is more on the heavier sides versus the Neutrogena is more of a lighter coverage.<br />
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Maybelline Rocket Volum': I just recently did a first impression on this mascara--<a href="http://alainakayy.blogspot.com/2013/11/first-impression-rocket-volum-express.html" target="_blank">link here</a>-- and ever since I did, I've been using it frequently. It separates the lashes very well, is light and not too heavy. I'm not going to go too much into it since I did that post on it.<br />
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Maybelline Mega Plush Volum': This mascara has a very wet formula but it doesn't clump together as much as it should and doesn't weigh the lashes down. It curls very well and holds a curl when you do actually curl them. All around great mascara.<br />
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Covergirl Clump Crusher: Very dry formula, I can't tell you the amount of times I've poked myself in the eye with that brush while applying it. I have never had a clump while applying this. I should mention that I do not overload my eyes on mascara, if you saw the first impression on the Rocket Mascara then you'll see that I do not apply a lot of mascara at all. I just like my lashes to be separated and elongated, I'm not a person that needs them to be seen from across the room. That being said I do do several coats and since it is very dry it takes a lot more coats to get the same desired result.<br />
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Revlon Colorstay Liquid Eye Pen: Very easy to apply, I've been using the same pen for a while now, and as it gets used the first coat is a bit liquidy but then you can just apply another and its golden. It hasn't always been like that I think I just need to get another pen as it may be running dry.<br />
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E.L.F eyelid primer: Hands down, no competition best eyelid primer I've ever used, I would even say best eyelid primer on the planet. I've used 18-25 dollar primer and this 1 dollar primer blows those out of the water. My eyeshadow stays put, no creasing, no nothing. I even have the champagne one that adds shimmer behind it and that one is just as great. Elf products are worth so much more than they cost, if you haven't tried I would. Seriously amazing. <br />
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I hope you enjoyed my best of 2013, what are yours? Link your posts below or just go ahead and tell me! If you like my posts, don't forget to follow! Hope you'll become a frequent reader! Laniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759052387750192725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848650973881870435.post-2179349061504096662014-01-01T12:22:00.000-08:002014-01-01T12:22:00.118-08:00Motivational Wednesday #6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I originally saw this post on Instagram and it spoke to me in many many ways. I love how the quote ends with 'sweetie' making it really sincere, and sweet. I'm not <i>completely</i> trusting that Marilyn Monroe said it because it's 2014--<i>now</i>-- and people can add any name to any quote. But it doesn't really matter who said it, I just love what is being said. It's pretty self explanatory, with whats being said, I just feel like so many people need to know this and they have to really believe it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nowadays we have so many outlets--media, online, bullying-- telling us that we're not okay the way we are. And some people in the spotlight are trying to change this, it's just not nearly enough people to outweigh the negative. Even though I don't personally know you and your goals, I know damn well that believing in yourself is the best thing anyone can do for themselves. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I do hope that you enjoy these posts, and they will continue every Wednesday throughout this year. I welcome any feedback that you may want to give. Thank you for reading, and I hope you become a frequent reader of my blog. :D </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Okay, so 2013 has come and gone in a blur. Over the course of these 365 days a lot has gone on in my life, I've moved 3 times, driven across the country twice, gone through a deployment and much more. I figure what's a better place to look back on my year than here? I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did living it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2013 was an extremely horrible year for me with my blog. It got a new name from 'The Journey of my Adventure' to 'Alaina Kayy', which is almost the only positive thing that has happened. I gained about 10 followers this entire year which is just terrible. But I had to discover the time and the passion for it again and moving around and dealing with everything just came first. This blog also started as a makeup only blog when it started and it has since moved to a fitness and lifestyle blog as well because Makeup isn't my only passion. 2014 is going to be a better year for this blog, it can't get any worse than this year with all the broken promises and false come backs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the year 2013 I moved from Hawaii to Virginia, then from Virginia to California--is that technically 2 moves? I bet it is hah. When we left Hawaii it was bittersweet. I hadn't seen my mom in almost 2 years, I was done being stranded on an island; but I also had a great job with great people and I had a rhythm in my life. Being military, it's just life to be uprooted and move on but I hadn't experienced that in my adult life. As a child I was moved around as well, but that only lasted until my father retired when I was 9 and I don't really remember moving much before I was about 10. In Hawaii, I did lots of outdoor activity as well: always hiking, going to the beach, tanning. Moving from Hawaii to Virginia with a two week stop in between to Washington state was kind of like shock. From hot to cold to hot again and knowing I wasn't going to be in Virginia long kept me from making friends besides the people I worked with. In Virginia we lived in this really crappy apartment which we found really quickly and we had pretty much no furniture since it was being transported from Hawaii to California</span>. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was just terrible, hah. I'm so happy that we were only there for 4 months</span>. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was completely a positive thing moving from Virgina so I'm not going to go into anymore information on that one. From Virginia to California was really stressful because the weather when we left was terrible, it was icy and snowing and just awful, and we had to DRIVE through it. When we finally got here I had to find us a house--no sharing walls, no sharing parking, no sharing anything!-- that had a big enough yard for our two dogs, and was up to our standards. We're here for a while, at least three years, and I don't want to move around every year. It took us 10 days after getting to Cali to find our house and move in. We had our furniture 3 days later--it had been waiting in Cali for 3 1/2 months previous to us getting here-- and everything was falling into place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My husband left late in 2012 and he came back in the middle of 2013. Experiencing a majority of the deployment in 2013. I would never say that it was easy; but I wouldn't say that it was terribly hard. My perspective on this life that I have chose to live by being with my husband is that I have to do what I have to do. There is nothing that I can do about what my husband has to do, where he has to go, and when he has to do it. So why should I dwell on it? Why should I get myself all worked up over something that I have no control over? So I don't. My schedule was very easy, I didn't do what people expected me to do, I didn't add a million things into my schedule to keep me busy. I went to work 5 days a week at least 7-8 hours a day, came home and relaxed, I went on hikes with friends, went on runs, and spent a lot of time with myself. Now don't get me wrong, I had my bad days. I had days where I thought I couldn't handle it anymore and all I wanted to do was go home. But that is not me. It's not easy to keep going on some days but I don't give up. Those days will pass, and they did. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sold my first car which was very hard on me, as I loved that car.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had to say goodbye to my animals for 6 months, and as of this moment I only have 2 of the 3 of them home with me. So I also got to say hello to my two dogs, I have them back with me.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Grandmother passed away under very sad circumstances.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My husband got into a wreck with my new car, everything was okay, no injuries, but that was a journey in itself getting that car fixed. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My husbands car had issues upon issues that his dad graciously fixed for us while they had it and it didn't get fixed until 4 days ago.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went through 2 jobs with two different companies.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now I am searching for a new job and wishing one of the many places I applied to would call me already! ;p </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I enjoyed my year this year. I hope you enjoyed reading about it and if you have done a post like this please let me know. I wish you a very Happy New Year and look forward to all the great things we do next year! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>Laniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759052387750192725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848650973881870435.post-48241251566183985412013-12-26T12:30:00.000-08:002013-12-26T12:30:21.657-08:00A Very Merry Christmas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Guess who's home?! My two doggies are now home with their momma! They came in yesterday so Merry Christmas to me! I'm happy to have them home with us finally. My in-laws were absolutely amazing and took care of them for the past few months while my husband was in school. We knew that we weren't going to be in Virginia long so we decided to make it easy, find a little apartment without having to worry about the dogs. I was not sure when I would be able to see them again, and I'm very lucky that it wasn't even a month of being in California.<br />
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Both me and my husband are from Washington state so his parents drove his car from Washington to California. It's around a 22 hour drive, sounds easy right? Well, my husband car has been having issues that they had thought they had sorted out. 8 hours down the road the problems began. My husband's father is a certified mechanic so he drove 20 out of the 25 hours that they were on the road in case any problems would happen. They of course made it here, but it took longer and was really stressful for them, blasting the heat the entire time. It ended up being a blown head gasket. So they didn't push it, took it slow and now we were together for Christmas!<br />
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Adjusting to having the dogs back is weird. Going from a home that is completely quiet to all the sudden full of energy is just nuts. Rogue(pictured above) is seven so she is a lot more calm and content laying around and just chilling and Le'a is nearly three so she is FULL of energy jumping around constantly testing us. Le'a is a hound mix and Rogue is a lab mix.<br />
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I'm very happy, it'll be a few more days before the posting regains. I decided to skip Motivational Wednesday this week because it was Christmas and I am enjoying my family time.<br />
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I hope everyone's Christmas and Holiday season is truly blessed!<br />
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday's everyone!Laniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759052387750192725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848650973881870435.post-36112901024329636012013-12-23T14:17:00.000-08:002013-12-23T14:18:46.187-08:00Pico De Gallo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey guys! I'm feeling a little under the weather today. :( No worries though because I'm here to share with you a super easy Pico de Gallo recipe. Anytime I go to a restaurant and I can get Pico on anything, I'm down. I love it, it's so fresh with just the right amount of spice and so easy!<br />
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Three small tomatoes<br />
One Jalapeno<br />
Half a medium sized red onion<br />
A handful of cilantro<br />
One clove of garlic<br />
Water (if you prefer it wetter about 2 tbsp is enough for me) <br />
Salt and Pepper to taste<br />
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Dice onion and tomato into small pieces. You can leaves out the seeds of the tomato if you prefer, I half did that in this picture. Cut Jalapeno in half length wise and core out the seeds. Then cut into small pieces. Roughly chop cilantro and mince the garlic.<br />
Combine all ingredients into a medium sized container, add water, and put in the fridge for about an hour. <br />
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<b>Best served chilled. </b><br />
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See! So easy. All it requires is lots of chopping, not cooking or anything! One of my favorite foods. :) Laniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759052387750192725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848650973881870435.post-85290221767810296462013-12-20T15:59:00.000-08:002013-12-20T15:59:00.388-08:00First Impressions: Yuko Anti-Frizz Shampoo and Conditioner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I received this sample in one of my many beauty boxes that I was subscribed to at one point. I really never tried any of the products so they have been just sitting since I received them. I spent all the money, so I have to try them out right? The Yuko Anti-Frizz shampoo and conditioner was the lucky first product that I have to try out. I used them this morning right after I finished my workout. I have extremely curly hair that tends to be very dry and frizzy so naturally this would be a great product for me to try.<br />
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The amount of product that comes in these packets would be about two weeks for for me since I only wash my hair every 2-3 days. I used the same amount of shampoo as I did conditioner and I didn't feel like I didn't get enough conditioning. I let it sit on my hair for about 5-7 minutes.<br />
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The first thing that I noticed is that the shampoo is very thick. It was almost the thickness of the conditioner which is very different since the shampoo's that I use are usually a lot thinner. I feel like the thickness of the shampoo definitely added to the ability to lather. It lathered almost instantly with very little work from me. Lots of bubbles and I loved it.<br />
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Second thing I noticed was the scent; very sweet almost like candy. At first I didn't really like it, but then I caught myself wishing that I had a body wash with that scent because it was heavenly after you get used to it. It wasn't very strong, it was just different than what I expected. <br />
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The conditioner was average thickness but immediately after I rinsed my hair it was insanely soft. Right now with my hair completely dry it is still very soft. So I definitely feel like it held up.<br />
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As my hair was drying it was not completely frizz free and I didn't expect it to work miracles and have my hair be completely frizz free, but I do feel like it helped with the amount of frizz. It also gave my hair much more volume. Some people would say thats a upside. I don't like a lot of volume to my hair because I just don't have the correct frame for it I don't think. Of course people love my hair with lots of volume, but we all got our own opinions right. I'm not going to say that the volume is a negative.<br />
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At 18 dollars a 8.4 fl oz bottle I wouldn't say its the most expensive, but I wouldn't say its affordable either. I would consider purchasing the full size. But I'm going to see how much I like it when I run out of the sample before I get too ahead of myself.<br />
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<br />Laniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759052387750192725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848650973881870435.post-21117279465855560682013-12-18T16:51:00.000-08:002013-12-18T16:56:06.542-08:00Motivational Wednesday #5 & December 18th LEG DAY;<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since another year is coming to an end, many many thousands of people are going to wish to get fit, lose weight, eat healthy, etc. for their New Year resolution. Of course, only a few people will actually stick with it and do it. Now, a lot of people fall of the bandwagon because either they believe it will happen in one day or they start too drastically(i.e.. going out and running 5 miles in one day, completely cutting out caffeine) and so they quit.<br />
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Everything is a work in progress, but this quote says a few things: think about what you eat, work for what you've always wanted, you have control over your own body. Generally food that I crave, like McDonalds, will make me feel really crappy soon after I eat it. But when I crave a salad it never makes me feel bad after I eat it and that was a realization that I had to make on my own; and I do still eat McDonalds every once in a while because their fries are just so good. It's just not nearly as much as I used too.<br />
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Also junk food is just fluff calories, not good calories, not filling calories.<br />
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Today was dreaded leg day; and since that is my number one problem area I love to hate leg day. I chose to workout with blogilates again because it's just easy access for me plus her spirit and her doing it with me, keeps me going. I did Bikini Blaster 2 part 1 and the calf raises of part 2(I can never get the magazine thing to work for me so I just skip it.) and skinny leggings workout--both video's will be linked down at the bottom.<br />
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I did the skinny leggings workout first because I knew that the bikini blaster is difficult and I would do that last. I have a bad knee so I always watch all the bending with my right leg. That might be the reason as to why my left leg is stronger. I did pretty well if I say so myself, I didn't do the complete workout as she did, I stopped a few times to rest. Of course I paused the video so I did all the reps, just not all at once.<br />
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I would highly recommend the blogilates youtube channel, she is a great leader, very upbeat and happy.<br />
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Stats:<br />
Calories burned: 311<br />
Average Heart Rate(BPM): 156<br />
Max Heart Rate(BPM):183<br />
Fat Burn(Minutes): 3:39<span style="font-size: xx-small;">--I wonder why this is so low? </span><br />
Fitness(Minutes): 27:11<br />
Total Time(Minutes): 30:50<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhTxFOVAZtg" target="_blank">Skinny Leggings</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5aKvkvf5X0" target="_blank">Bikini Blaster pt. 1</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GLPpNEkswQ" target="_blank">Bikini Blaster pt. 2 </a>Laniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759052387750192725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848650973881870435.post-43332961930790467702013-12-17T18:08:00.000-08:002013-12-17T18:08:37.816-08:00December 17th;<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I finally got internet hooked up in my new place! I'm super excited about it because now I can use my desktop again and I just love this thing. Today my workout was from POPSUGAR Fitness from my workout binder. I had never done this workout before and I'm glad that I chose to do this one after not working out and being very active for the last few weeks.<br />
<a name='more'></a>Let me just say that I am very glad that I now live in a house and I don't share a wall with anyone. In Virginia we lived on a second floor apartment complex which had three stories. I couldn't do much jumping/cardio in the apartment because the floor squeaked and I felt bad for the person living underneath me just walking regularly on the floor to be honest--<u>it was that bad</u>. But here, I can jump up and down with all the power I have and not worry about anything. There isn't any jumping in this exercise but you're supposed to warm up with 5 minutes of cardio; and my cardio that I chose to do was jumping jacks, high knees, butt kicks, and jogging in place.<br />
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You're supposed to go through the entire thing twice or do each circuit twice in a row. I decided to go one time all the way through and then do it again; it took me about 15 minutes to do one walkthrough. So you must be thinking why is it only 22 minutes long then? Well, I quit after the side plank push-ups during the second circuit because I felt like I was going to puke. Not because I was working myself to the bone, but because I had way too much garlic for lunch and the combination of working hard and garlic mouth equals sickness for me I guess. I pushed myself really hard today and I'm happy with my 22 minutes. </div>
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Calories Burned: 226</div>
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Heart rate average (bpm) : 158</div>
Heart rate maximum (bpm) : 184<br />
Fat burn(minutes): 4:06<br />
Fitness(minutes): 18:01<br />
Overall Time: 22:07<br />
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This workout is very good and it does work the entire body. I'm happy that I chose this workout to kick me back into my routine.<br />
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<i>I tried finding the original article that I had printed but am unable to find it on their website. </i>Laniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759052387750192725noreply@blogger.com0