Motivation

Motivation friggin sucks. 


I am lazy as hell. I am very content sitting in front of my PC all day playing video games. Unless I have work to do, I'd rather do absolutely nothing.

This causes problems in my wanting to you know, be active.

Once I'm in a kick on being healthy and whatnot, it takes a lot for me to stop. But to get there takes a good 3 weeks to a month until I feel invincible. 

Anyone out there feel the same? I know I can't be alone. I mean, even just doing some ab work takes a lot for me. Why is this? I really think it's just because of my spoiledness with dancing all my life, never having to work out to stay slim. But I need to stop making excuses and just get off of my lazy ass.

How do you stay motivated? Please share so that I could for once actually stick to my plans.


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toodles

The Typical and Expected Healthy Post

So here's the thing--

Most people that know me outside of social media know that I used to dance quite a lot growing up. In fact, other than school, dance was my life. I didn't really go out that much with my friends. My time was spent at my dance studio and going through various cities in the US going to dance competitions. Those were most definitely some of the best times of  my life. But I had always loved singing also. So I got into the music theater program for college. I went from dancing 6 hours almost daily to only an hour and a half 3 times a week. Barely anything compared to what my body was used to. Not to mention, I have terrible eating habits from years of being able to eat whatever I want and not seeing it affect my body.

Until college. Where I gained about 30 pounds. Yeah, the freshman 15, and then some that never left. Now you could say that I was to blame, which is true. I could have used the few couple of hours I had where I wasn't at school or working to go take more dance classes, or I could have eaten salads and tuna but let's be realistic here. 

Which brings me to where I am today. A dance teacher who wants more than anything to be able to fully showcase dance and ask them to do things I can do myself. But my body won't let me. So from now on this blog is a testament to my journey back to dance health.

I know what you're thinking: "Another weight loss blog? Geez, how many of those have I seen before?" True. but humor me and follow along. It'll be entertaining, I promise! So here's the quintessential Before and After picture....as in what I used to look like at the beginning of college to what I look like now. See? Already a difference between other people's blogs and mine. :)

Now the goal is have a new Before and After collage by the time my birthday comes around, May 17th. This WILL happen. I've been lazy about this for such a long time. But things are going to be changing around a lot soon and before that can happen I need to get my self confidence back and feel better about myself. I'm realistic about the fact that my body will not look the same as it did when I was 18, however there's no harm in trying my hardest to get back to it anyway.

So follow me! I promise not every blog is going to be about weight loss because that would be BORING. But yeah. Awesome. Anyone else on a getting back in shape journey? Let me know!


Love and toodles,

No Makeup and a Puppy!

So already I've been bad about writing here. I'm sorry!!

Anyone that follows me on Twitter, which if you don't you should, Mike and I got a puppy! We adopted her from http://ocnetpets.com for anyone in the Orlando area. Her name is Temperance, after the amazing character in the TV show Bones, and she's a 2 month old German Shepherd mix. 

Seriously, how could you not love this face!!

Last week, I mentioned that I would go an entire week without wearing any makeup whatsoever. Mike didn't think I'd be able to do it because I love my makeup so much but voila! I did it! And I gotta say I do feel better about my appearance because of not wearing it for a week. As silly as it sounds, I now have the confidence to know that leaving the house without "putting my face on" will not make people look at me funny and alas, the world did not end. Not to mention I think my skin really loved me for taking extra good care of it. I do miss the fun of putting on makeup though but unless I really FEEL like it I don't think I ever NEED to wear makeup anymore. See the difference? :)

Ladies reading my blog I urge you to give it a try! See what happens!

Until next time, I'm hoping I can record a cooking video very soon. I actually filmed one earlier last week but it honestly didn't work out too well. But I promise, this week is it!

Peace love and pixie dust,

No Makeup Challenge!

So on Saturday, I believe, my boyfriend Mike and I were discussing my incredibly low self-confidence and said "You're so beautiful yet you don't see that in yourself. I bet you can't go one week without wearing any makeup at all." To which I said "Is that a challenge?" Thus, this week.

As of yesterday, including today, I have not worn any makeup at all! And...it is a bit terrifying because although I do love makeup for its artistry and it's just a geeky girly thing I'm into, I must admit I do hide behind it because I do not find myself very attractive without it. Therefore, that is the ultimate goal after this week. To feel confident in my own natural self.

I challenge you out there to try to do the same! Let me know in the comments below what you think and check out my vlog to hear more of my thoughts, among other things. :)

Bye lovelies!

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Si Se Puede!

Here I sit, in my sweat, from a run and it feels --good. 

I mean, really good. The Aftermath of it at least. While I'm running, I'm thinking to myself " Why am I doing this?!" But then I remember that I have goals to get back in shape and I have a 10 mile run with some very special people in about a month. 

So many changes have happened in such a short amount of time, but they're all so damn great! I'm a dance teacher, I'm training to become a travel agent with an agency full of friends, I have more time to do things that I love. And I get to share a home with my amazing boyfriend, to which I say if there is anyone reading this thinking that their significant other cares about them more than mine does, you are mistaken. 

I'm a flipping lucky woman and it's about time I start appreciating it all. No more sulking. No more feeling sorry for myself. 

First off, starting Monday, I will not wear ANY make up whatsoever for an entire week; which for me is a huge deal. I think I've always hidden behind my makeup more so because of self-confidence issues than for just the fact that makeup is beautiful and an art form. Hell, I'll even record a YouTube video without makeup. I can do this! 

I encourage all you ladies to do the same. To remember how absolutely beautiful you are without makeup. Natural beauty is the real kind of beauty. There's only one you.