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John 15:12-13 () "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. ESV #Bible http://www.mydailybible.org/dv/esv/2016-01-30.htm

Changing your eating habits..(2011)

You know how people constantly say its all about portion control. Funny thing it actually is!! Tho some fail to mention the process to train our brain and body to do so. For me I mentally made a list on what "I" needed to stay away from or limit my portions. Bread Tortillas TAkis Hot CHeetos Sugar So I admit I was a fast food junkie bad!!!!!! I still was but just cut my portions in half. (instead of 2 double cheeseburgers I'd eat one) instead of two tacos I'd eat one. I mainly did this with the bad unhealthy food even when i would eat at home. Sugar and sweets I cut those out completely no soda no candy. The only sweets I allowed myself to have were special k bars or my instant oatmeal for breakfast. Bread and tortillas were another thing I stayed away from. I also changed my breakfast habit I was never a breakfast person! My first meal of the day would be like a 2pm. I also ate salads more and increased my veggie intake a little. I remember eating a lot of tuna as well but with saltine crackers no bread. Like I mentioned before fast food was still apart of my life at that time but it was tough bc no one took me seriously and kind of made fun of me bc I would eat the inside of one taco and leave the tortilla and leave the bun of a burger. That was a huge test for me and I feel people around me not taking me seriously made me that much more determined to stick to my new eating habits. Mind you this was over a course of 2-2.5 months that i started this and I noticed results fast!
In mid January i was down about 20ish lbs and I honestly couldn't believe it. I finally had some kind of progress as far as dieting which was something I had never done! So I was like breads and sugary stuff is what contributed to me being a fat cow. So I kept that mentality. In mid January I decided to download an app on my ipod a calorie counter "myfitnesspal" It was sort of a game for me haha i would look up what foods i was about to and if it was too much calories i wouldnt eat it lol. that helped me for awhile...it only lasted awhile now i only get on to update my weight bc it keeps track of that as well. CRAVINGS? When I would crave something I would give into my craving but only eat a portion of it. Like if and when i craved breads I would eat half of a bun or half of a slice of bread, or when I wanted a candy or something sweet I would eat half of it. What I learned from my failed diets in the past that if I deprived myself from something I would crash and fail because I wanted to eat something I told myself I wasn't. I wouldn't get cravings often but when I did I gave in to them. I still do this today. Im not perfect I go off track every now and then but the most I've gained back during these two years is 4 to 5 lbs.
But the most it will last is a week. Bc as soon as I change my eating habits I drop the lbs I gained. There was a few things I deprived myself from but only bc I knew I needed to. and that was French fries hot Cheetos!!!! Those were like the biggest things for me. I loved my hot Cheetos I ate them every day in my obese days lol! All that lasted for 2011. And all in one year I lost over 30 lbs. By eating better and exercising (not all hardcore tho) IN my next post ill share my eating habits for 2012 and split up the exercising into 2 posts.. fyi i didnt do hardcore workouts or drink diet pills this was all by eating differently.. I'm not saying this is the perfect plan but its been for me. I gradually changed my eating habits and slowly implemented a mini workout routine. Ive seen many many weightloss stories online and it personally at one time made me think mines wasn't as good enough as theirs thats why I took a long while to share my progress.. But every weightloss journey is a success because you are no longer the person you were when you started. So keep that in mind, it may take you longer or a shorter time to reach your goal or have some progress but dont give up. MOST of my biggest supports came from online!! ig twitter blogger.

When you get tired of being the fat one..

As promised I wanted to start a series of posts about my weight loss journey. I haven't had a chance to write them up ahead of time like i planned so I'm just just starting this one and we shall go from there..
I've always been a chubby girl since I was younger in elementary it wasnt until
I was about 10 or 11 that I realized i wasn't a skinny petite little thing LOL. It never bothered me to the point where I wanted to do something about my weight so my weight slowly kept Increasing. Even in hs i tried to lose weight but I was never consistent or motivated enough.
I got picked occasionally but not to the point where I felt I needed to lose weight. In 2007 things just got worse i can't even say how much weight I gained in three years bc I honestly didn't keep track...looking back at the few pictures I have i still can't believe how bad it got. It wasn't until thanksgiving 2010 i decided it was time for a change. I got a reality check it wasn't the one I wanted and I don't know why their comments hurt me so much but they did it was two of my younger family members, they made a comment about my plate mind you they didn't tell me to my face I hear it from my niece and nephew later on that night. I'll never forget that night I broke down because the fact that those two individuals had something to say about what I was eating or what was on my plate just pissed me off. Ive always been one to not eat in public or at family gatherings I've always been ashamed to eat that's just how I've been. So the one time I actually was comfortable was that day in 2010 and for what to get talked about. That night i decided you know what enough is enough. Ima show these a holes they wanna talk about what I eat or how I eat okay ill give them something to talk about. I then knew what I had to do to and I knew I had to make some changes in my diet I finally had the motivation I needed..it's taken 2 years and 70 lbs but the only way you can succeed in losing weight if you believe in yourself have people who believe and you most importantly be determined!! You can't depend on someone to be determined for you have to do it alone. That's one thing I learned these past two years people will try to test you to see If you will break but you can't let them win.
For the record these past two years I NEVER took diet pills, or became a gym rat. Yes i did exercise and but mainly changed my eating habits A LOT! From nov 2010 to jan 2011 I lost about 25 lbs. in my next post I'll explain how I changed my diet I'm not saying its for everyone or i guarantee it will work. But this is what worked for me and not once did i cave or give up. I'm not at my goal weight yet but I'm about 20ish lbs away from it. I wanna be able to share what helped me because only people who struggle with their weight know the emotional toll it takes on you yeah I never let it bother me being a fat girl. But deep down it did I was so unhappy with myself it just took a long time to realize it.
This pic is progress shot I guess you can say since I haven't reached my goal weight. But I wanted to share with you a little something to intrigue you And stick around since I'm writing a whole novel on here LOL ;) I've only showed a handful of people this pic I'll share it eventually haha. But yes I look like I'm about to give birth:( (I don't have kids)
Hopefully I'll see you next post I promise it's gonna be up in a couple days. :)
Xo
**typo pic was oct2010 and progress shot was nov 2012.. Whoopsie.

New everyday face routine

So as promised(a day late sorry) here is a little makeup post, I have been really into this look idky. I haven't really been into doing my eye makeup so this is how ive been wearing my mu. So i just apply elf eyelid primer to my entire eyelid next for liner I used three different eyeliners two liquid elf liquid liner and milani eye tech extreme liquid eyeliner in blackest black and a pencil Eyeliner for my water line I do my foundation using a liquid one today's choice was revlon photo ready foundation in 004 Nude Mac concealer and milani powder foundation (02 Fresco) to set it. For my brows i used my holy grail mac browset in girl boy. I use the tiniest bit of bronzer to contour havent gotten the whole blush and bronzing thing down just yet:)L

lastly for lipstick i used whatever lipstick i have handy today i had Revlon lipstick in 001 lilac
Mascara I completely forgot to take a pic of it. But I used Lancôme definicils which is my all time favorite mascara.
I think thats pretty much it. Hopefully you enjoyed this little post.
Xo

peekaboo!!

Hey lovelies it's been forever! Ive fallen off the blogging train once again I have nothing to blog about... My nails were long but not all one length so i didnt wanna blog and get a comment about my uneven nails lol. Well this week they just started breaking so I'm back to stubby chubby fingers. :/
Don't really have anything to haul bc I havent really needed to buy anything beauty related, much less have extra dinero to spend so blahh. I can't leave the blogger world just yet even if I wanted to... Life just gets tough sometimes and blogging isn't always everyone's cup of tea.. Either you blog or read. I'm not a devoted blogger I don't think I ever acquired that trait. Lol 10/22/2012 Well from the lines up above you can tell that Ive attempted to blog just never bring myself to finish them and publish them I have 12 drafts?!?! 12?! LOL i fell off blogger big time..I wanna get back into it especially since I'm almost at my goal weight!!!!! As you know I hope you do if you follow me on ig.. and on here i started my weightloss journey in nov 2010. Its been a tough journey but definitely worth it I want to do a whole post or a series of post about the whole journey and how i lost the weight..The only reason i wanna share with my readers is because I was inspired by so many success stories online and I wanna be some ones inspiration/ motivation to chose a healthier lifestyle. I never in a million years thought i'd be where i am today. a few weeks ago i just started sharing my weight with others... thats something Ive always kept private because i was always ashamed of my number:( Not anymore!!!:D its a great feeling to hear people say you're soo skinny ( NO IM NOT BUT COMPARED TO HOW BIG I WAS I WOULD CALL IT SKINNY TOO) the last time i was called that was when i was in elementary LMAO. SO be on the lookout for those posts I may start early just because i have so much to talk about..I wanna share everything that helped my in my journey in hopes it will help you all as well.. As far as my eyebrow obsession believe it or not its not as bad as it use to be.. thats why the lack of brow posts:( I just have no motivation blogging and i don't like it. I do read and keep up with a few blogs here and there but mainly where you;; find me is on ig.. leave your UN in the comment section so i can follow you if i dont already:)

tomorrow ill be back i promise with a makeup up post which i will write up and finish tonight!!! xoxoxoxo

I don't know where I'm going in this post lol

Just a post with random thoughts...
I can't get into the whole blogger thing I'm not trying hard enough but it's so time consuming lol. I intended to do a post today but have not blogger pics in my phone or iPod :/major fail.
I haven't blogged nail posts bc I hates my uneven nails! I refuse to make them all even bc I'll just shorten the crap out of them. So I'm just suffering lol. I finally found the microbeads at Michaels im so stoked to play with them.:)
Guys are dumb especially young immature ones.. Don't do something to someone that you know damn well will make you regret it later! Yeah I'll make a person regret their actions!
But it don't phase me ha!
Anyways I'm im finally down to my last 30lbs I need to lose!! 50+ lbs lost since November 2010 I need to meet my goal before November of this year! I owe it a lot to stress bc of everything's thats been happening with my mommy whose been sicky poo all of 2012. She dropped her weight faster than me.. But I'm proud of her shes on a tiny dose of a diabetes med.. I guess thats one thing that I can say has been good this year for years I wanted to get healthy and loose weight and when I finally made the decision in 2010 my mommy was not having it I really wanted to push her bc I knew it would be a great move health wise.. But shes stubborn like we all are and yeah..
I just want to down last 30 + so I can finally said I did it!!!!!! :)
My eyebrows are doing their own thing lately they look crappy..
Here is my outfit of the day simple but totally runway attire. Hospitals are no fun much less the chairs :/

Forgive me if this post doesn't make sense. It wasn't really suppose to ;) I warned you ahead of time so if you made it this far thank you!!! Xoxoxoxox
Next post will be more appropriate.
Xo

NOTD Nails of the day... plus some of my favs.

So i posted this pic on ig a few days ago and I decided I wanted to share it with my readers.
This color is amazing its a bright barbie pink!!!
I find myself always reaching for this shade

it's such a beautiful color.




I have been really into these colors the past few months these are my most reached for colors. It's hard to do posts when it's going to be of the same colors lol!

A little something from a special somebody!

Hey lovelies here is the post as promised.
I received it on my birthday!! I had to go pick it up at post office. So of course Jessica had me follow these specific instructions which was an adventure for me.
Pick up package
Go home
Read blog post
then open my package/gift
I was soo impatient but I knew I had to follow directions before I get slapped lol
I didn't know she had sent me something till the actual day, and because she had to tell me go check your mail lady!!!! Lol

Here is the inside of the card in case you were wondering LOL

NYC Mattifying top coat- Matte Me Crazy
Sinful Colors in unicorn(yellow)and HD Nails (green)

ELF Glitter gloss- golden glitz

Shamballa Bracelet<3

Gold glitter bag
Hello kitty tissues (SO CUTE)
Nail goodies for nail art (fimo, file, striping tape)
Cross Key Chain
Bodycology body cream
Kabuki Brush that is AWESOME

I am so grateful for my sissy poo!
I loved everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me and Jessica have really gotten close this year she's been there for me at my worst times especially with everything that's been happening with my mommy. It doesn't matter how many miles apart one can be what matters is that you're a friend no matter how far you are. She's been there when I was alone bc I felt I couldnt turn to anyone else! She's never stopped caring she's been there since day one!! And at the end of the day that's what counts to me!!!! So thank you Jessica for everything for being a friend for my gifts for making me blog this list goes on lol! So because of her you know I am going to have some posts coming up with all the goodies she sent me!
Hope you enjoyed this post an don't forget to follow her blog and comment too she posts often unlike me lol!
Xo

Birthday Picture Haul!!

Hey lovelies
Happy Tuesday
Well this past weekend was my birthday :) I was so grateful for all the birthday wishes I received from my twitter and IG fam and blogger fam too!!!❤
I'm not one to want to celebrate my birthday it just isn't my thing I'll do dinner or something SMALL but not a big over the top party where I'm the center of attention.... Despite my wishes my sister decided to have a little dinner for me.... I just didn't feel comfortable and I got upset at one of the persons who attended... It's always one who has to fuck up your day... Even though I wanted to cry my eyes out till i couldn't any more, I kept it together somewhat and just wanted to do food cake and be done with it.
Here's a pic of my cake:)


I feel bad or not taking pictures but I didn't intend on being in a pissy mood so that threw me off as far as picture and my whole attitude... Sucks because I really wanted to share with you all a little something of my life with you.. I'm a very private person i dont say a lot on here I keep it strictly about beauty things if it's not a tag haha. So I guess I have to try harder next time or.... Come at you with more posts!!! Here are the majority of gifts I received it looks like the drugstore beauty section threw up!!!:D I loveeeeeeedddd it!!!





Especially the surprise I received in the mail from my sissy face Jessica!!!! She sent me something in the mail, told me the day of my birthday to go check my po box and i was like OMGOSh!!!! Then she had these rules I had to follow get package come home read her blogpost then open it LOL it was so funny it was a birthday adventure! Here is the stuff the sent me!!!

Isn't it amazing?! Thank you Jessica again best gift ever it meant a lot to me that you thought of me and sent me something!! She send me so much love twitter IG text gift email lol you name it she sent me a birthday wish on shes so freaking cute!!!

(keep a look out on another post this week for the goodies my sissy face sent me)

I barely l managed to try out and look at my stuff sunday night I was just drained from the week before I guess I wasn't really up to anything except for finishing up the second book of the fifty shades series!!! So with new stuff added to my collection for sure ill be doing nail posts and some reviews here and there. I can't promise makeup looks because once again my face is starting to break out.:( I hate it!!
This was early birthday gift from my brother he gave me money so i had to pick up this bad boy after seeing it on blanca's blog Kat von D liquid lipstick in "Backstage Bambi" Check out blanca's blog it looks soo much prettier on her :)


So how did you all spend the weekend ? Lemme know!

Xo

Haul Time Again!

Another haul! I usually do my bargain shopping on the weekends.Some of these products were suppose to be included in my last haul, because the beauty supply store I went to I had been trying to track it down since last weekend. This beauty supply store has some great finds it carries nyx products which is rare in the ones ive hit up.

Things I picked up:
Dotting tool (FINALLY)
L.A. Girl black light nail polish disco brites- Funkadelic
Nyx Lip Liner Pencil- Pinky
Gabriella auto eye and lip liner in white and red
Ruby Kisses Brow Polish in the shade shimmering blonde (keep a look out for a dupe alert post)

I also went to a ..99 cent only store just to browse and didnt really find anything but the tinkle eyebrow shavers. As I stood in line to pay, I looked behind me just to be nosey on what the lady behind me picked up.. it pays to be nosy ladies!! She had some sally hansen nail polishes and nail pens! My eye balls probably fell out off because I was like OMGEEE! I asked her where she found them and she told me the aisle number. SCORE!!! SO i paid for my stuff since I was next in line and back to the aisles I went!! haha! I found them hidden but they were there Sally Hansen polishes and these pens. I didn't feel I needed the polishes since there was only like 4 shades and I already have one of them and two similar to the other shades. But those pens I just had to try!!!! There was only two shades Silver Chrome and Fuchsia Chrome. I wanted to grab several but I think the worse of things and thought maybe some would be dried out so I played it safe with just picked up two.
Hope you enjoyed the goodies I shared with you all hopefully this means more nails posts, and reviews!!! thanks for reading!
xo

5 minute makeup challenge

Hey lovelies so I have been wanting to post this but never got around to it. I've seen the 5 minute makeup challenge on YouTube for some time and I decided to try it and do a blog post. I've attempted it several times and got under 5 minutes but the last time it tried it I got 5:00:04 :(
What I used
Physicians formula tinted moisturizer
Milani powder foundation
Maybelline concealer
Sephora eye primer
NYC city curls mascara
Elf cream eyeliner
Mac eyeliner in engraved <---waterline
Mac browset in girlboy
Lancôme color design lipstick fashion icon
Elizabeth Arden palette
Blue paint brush to apply cream liner
Revlon eyeshadow brush
Eco tools to apply milani powder

I put everything in front of me so i wouldn't waste time digging out products from my makeup bag :)
It was definitely a task but really fun to do.
I started out with the moisturizer then used concealer for my under eyes and blemishes. Applied browset to my brows. Then I moved to the eyes
Primed my lids

I cant really remember what colors I used for the lid, but it was a light sweep of the two most use colors colors with the matte brown softy blended in the outer v applied the cream eye liner, then applied liner on my waterline with the Mac pencil.
The lipstick is a shimmery burgundy shade you have to add more layers to intensify your lips but I wasn't going for that I wanted it soft and sheer with a bit of shimmer.

I went back to apply Milani face power to set my moisturizer. And finished off with applying some mascara :)
And viola!

I should've taken a before pic at least but I was cut on time I sorta forgot haha!
Hope you enjoyed this post lemme see your 5 minute makeup face.... Try it it's fun;)
Xo

Funky fresh babyyy! Notd

Hey lovelies decided I jump on a do a post I'm tired of saying little lol I just try to jump on here as much and fast as I can to give you some reading material or some great cheap products I encounter.
I picked up this LA girl black light nail polish disco brites in the shade FUNKADELIC for .99 cents at a local beauty supply store.
It's a really fun blue, so far I'm liking it with two coats I was set, I also used the Seche Vite top coat.

Xo

Seven Deadly Sins of Beauty Tag!!

Hello lovelies,
I was tagged by the beautiful lonmonique.blogspot.com

1. GREED: Whats your most inexpensive item that you like, and your most expensive that you like?

My most inexpensive beauty product would be elf gel eyeliner (in black) for 3 bucks you can't beat it and it works great for me lasts all day!


My most expensive item would be my urban decay naked palette, i wish I would use it more often but I forget about it sometimes.

2. WRATH:What beauty product do you have a love/hate relationship with?

I would say bronzer only because my cheeks break out when I use anything on my cheek area so I hate it.

3. GLUTTONY: What is your most delicious beauty product?


These elf shimmer glosses I purchased them in a set last year and they smell so yummy!

4. SLOTH: What product do you neglect due to laziness?

The products I neglect due to laziness would be mascara, only because I hate to take it off at the end of the day haha and it requires a bit more baby oil and a tad bit more tugging

5. PRIDE: What beauty product gives you the most confidence.


I would have to say my browset from mac in girl boy. My brows are naturally really dark so if there was only one product was only allowed to use it would be this one I feel it tones them down and doesn't make them stand out as much when I don't wear any makeup.

6. LUST: What attributes do you find attractive in the opposite sex?

Sense of humor, knows his sports especially basketball, and pretty eyes. :)
7. ENVY: What item would you like to receive as a gift?

Um probably some inglot goodies only
because I can't get my hands on it unless online. I've heard great things about the brand and really wanna try it :)

Well hope you enjoyed my answers and I tag all of you! Even if you don't wanna do a post drop a comment with your answers!!!;)
X0

Mini haul

Hey lovelies, another quick post I had another one in mind but haven't had time to write it up I promised I was gonna post today so here is a quick little haul.
From target I picked up the Almay liquid foundation and concealer. Regular price it comes out to like 17-18 bucks and the deal was 14.29 butI got it on clearence for 7.14!! I I've been wanting to try the concealer but as much as I tried I couldn't resist this deal!!! Expect a review in a few weeks;)
I also went to dollar tree kinda bummed out because this location didn't have too much to choose from. I only found this Sally Hansen nail polish and the sun glasses too! Im a sunglasses freak I always misplace them I have like three pairs and can only find one at the moment!
Hopefully you enjoyed this see you soon!!!
X0

#NOTD GoGo girls say what?

Happy Monday lovelies!!!!!
I cant believe im slowly but surely getting back to my blogging grind yay!
Today's post is going to be a short one I am so excited because im trying my best not to bite or pick at my nails i want them to be long again. So I redid my nails the weekend the colors are beautiful i didn't do the best job but its okay because tomorrow more than likely they will be another color! I still decided to snap a few pics to share, not the best quality bc my lighting is whacky.

Ive been realy into red lately, red lips and now red nails! haha!

Sinful Colors- GoGo Girl, & Revlon metallic nail polish-Gold Coin
Hope you enjoyed this small post! HAve a great week!!
xo