So tonight I'm trying sugaring 'cuz I just don't want to shell out $50 bucks every time I want to get waxed. Plus, it hurts like a sunuvagun and it's awkward having someone...you know...down there. So, cheaper, less painful, more private, and it's supposed to last longer than waxing. So I'm giving it a try.
Here's the link to the video I used to make it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2BLZgIKuXI&NR=1
I burned my first batch, so I've got my second one cooking right now. Hopefully I don't get too distracted and burn this one, too.
Well, it's definitely not over done. I just tested it on my arm and it's not coming off like it's supposed to. I've read a lot of thing that say it's supposed to be great on legs but more painful (though not as much as waxing) on underarms and bikini area. I suppose it'll probably take a little bit of practice to get my bikini area since I'm doing this on my own. That's the area I'm testing tonight because I just shaved my legs and underarms this morning.
But can you imagine the jubilation if this actually works?! OMG! Not having to shave anything for SIX WHOLE WEEKS! This is gonna be great.............................................................please work.
And my new realization. I'm a beauty junkie. I never wanted to admit it 'cuz I didn't want to be one of "those girls." You know, the ones who have to go to the bathroom every ten minutes to check if they have on enough lip gloss or carry a straightener around in their purse for fly aways. Nuh uh. No thank you. Then I realized, if I do things effectively enough, I won't HAVE to take all those breaks and constantly be worried about how I look. What if I trained my hair to not hate me? What if I didn't have to be worried about not having time to shave my legs the day of the pool party? What if I took care of myself and didn't have to worry about which face wash is better for acne just because my body isn't full of acne-producing toxins?
I've got the hair and skin under control, so here's to my new venture on sugaring. I'll let you all know how it goes. Obviously, there will be no pictures of this test run. ;)
Some random ramblings of a woman who's passionate about just about everything that happens in this life. Health is my major soapbox. My family is my joy. My Savior is my reason for everything, and I hope his light and love shine through in everything I do and say.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
9/11
I know I already posted once, today, but this day deserves a special post.
Thank you, Lord, for protecting us. Thank you that no matter what happens, the real victory is yours. Thank you for the faithful men and women who have stood by our country through everything. Keep us mindful of what really matters. We, your children, always need to remember that it is a spiritual battle. It's not about politics or religion. It's a battle between love and hate. Help us to always show your true heart through all the deception of the enemy.
Give special comfort and encouragement to everyone who lost a loved one on 9/11/01. Protect our military and bless our country. Amen.
Thank you, Lord, for protecting us. Thank you that no matter what happens, the real victory is yours. Thank you for the faithful men and women who have stood by our country through everything. Keep us mindful of what really matters. We, your children, always need to remember that it is a spiritual battle. It's not about politics or religion. It's a battle between love and hate. Help us to always show your true heart through all the deception of the enemy.
Give special comfort and encouragement to everyone who lost a loved one on 9/11/01. Protect our military and bless our country. Amen.
New challenge needs a new diet
So....I approached this whole hcg diet thing with much skepticism and dubiousness - I hope that's a word - but I have decided that I've worked my butt off, quite literally, and eaten healthy for years, now, and I still have fat deposits all over my body that I want to get rid of. I can't stand almost being in a size seven and still having enormous love handles, a prominent "mommy tummy" as I like to call it, and saggy butt cheeks covering all the nice muscle tone that I've built up. I've tried a lot of different things, nothing harmful, nothing "weird," so I decided to go ahead and try this out.
My mom has lost a TON on this and I'm not just talking about weight. TWELVE, yes, TWELVE inches off her abs. WOWOW!!! She's lost inches everywhere, but that's my problem area, so that's the information I retained. :)
Anyway, I have always said I will not discount anything until I've read all the information on it. I'm not one of those people to simply pass off an idea just because of the way it looks or sounds. Ya know, don't judge a book by it's cover.
.............Ok. So I was interrupted, had to go to work, spent the night at my mom's house so here I am back at home, continuing this post and loading. Gross. (mmm...potato chip)
I don't remember the last time I have eaten so much food at one time. (mmm...donut) According to the way the diet goes, it makes sense, but it makes me so uncomfortable to be eating this type of food and so much of it. I was embarrassed to even buy this crap. (mmm...cheese) Twinkies, coconut cream pie, cookies and peanut butter, pork chops, frozen pizzas, buffalo wings, candy bars, anything with high fat content. (mmm...donut) I am so grossed out right now, but my mom has done this three times already and she's had nothing but success so I figure it can't hurt to try, right? (mmm...cheese)
I took the shot this morning. I couldn't even feel it. I felt it more afterward, but it didn't really hurt.(mmm...chips and cheese) Just kind of a feeling of being uncomfortable in my butt cheek.
So I've got one more day of "loading" and then it's on to the low-calorie part of the diet and hopefully not too long before I start seeing some real changes in my body composition. (mmm...donut)
I can't even really think right now. My body is so concentrated on dealing with this huge influx of food. So I will update all of you when I start to feel normal again.
My mom has lost a TON on this and I'm not just talking about weight. TWELVE, yes, TWELVE inches off her abs. WOWOW!!! She's lost inches everywhere, but that's my problem area, so that's the information I retained. :)
Anyway, I have always said I will not discount anything until I've read all the information on it. I'm not one of those people to simply pass off an idea just because of the way it looks or sounds. Ya know, don't judge a book by it's cover.
.............Ok. So I was interrupted, had to go to work, spent the night at my mom's house so here I am back at home, continuing this post and loading. Gross. (mmm...potato chip)
I don't remember the last time I have eaten so much food at one time. (mmm...donut) According to the way the diet goes, it makes sense, but it makes me so uncomfortable to be eating this type of food and so much of it. I was embarrassed to even buy this crap. (mmm...cheese) Twinkies, coconut cream pie, cookies and peanut butter, pork chops, frozen pizzas, buffalo wings, candy bars, anything with high fat content. (mmm...donut) I am so grossed out right now, but my mom has done this three times already and she's had nothing but success so I figure it can't hurt to try, right? (mmm...cheese)
I took the shot this morning. I couldn't even feel it. I felt it more afterward, but it didn't really hurt.(mmm...chips and cheese) Just kind of a feeling of being uncomfortable in my butt cheek.
So I've got one more day of "loading" and then it's on to the low-calorie part of the diet and hopefully not too long before I start seeing some real changes in my body composition. (mmm...donut)
I can't even really think right now. My body is so concentrated on dealing with this huge influx of food. So I will update all of you when I start to feel normal again.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
New challenge for the month
Hey everyone!
So 2 weeks ago, Monday, I left for California and had an AMAAAZING time helping the poor and homeless. It really opened my eyes to some different situations, broke some political mindsets that I had and my heart for the people. I've found a new passion for helping those who are hopeless and destitute, and I hope that I am always able to help those less fortunate than myself.
We worked with the Dream Center in LA Tuesday through Friday and did quite a few things. One of my favorites was what they call "Project Prevention." CPS actually works with the DC and lets them know when there is a family that is about to lose their children because of poverty reasons: no bed, not enough food, no hygiene products, etc. So the DC loads up a ton of stuff in their truck and takes it to these families so that they can keep their kids. This does not apply to situations of physical or substance abuse, or anything that would put the children in danger. It is strictly in situations where the parent/guardian is unable to adequately provide. They deliver on a weekly basis and we helped deliver to some families that had been with the DC for a couple years. You might think that after that long they are beyond hope, but I don't think God ever looks at us and says, "Well, you've had enough time. Too bad."
He's always there, always waiting for us, and that's what we should be to those around us. Completely selfless love to the people, and obedience to God's commands are the things to which I've dedicated my life since going through this experience. Will it inconvenience me, sometimes? Probably. Will I always want to do it? Probably not. But the Bible clearly says, (Jesus)"If you love me you will obey what I have commanded." He didn't say, "Obey me for a little while, and then if you don't get anything out of it, or if you don't see a difference, you can stop."
So, I've started a new work schedule for the school year and I'm hoping that this will free up some time for me to work with my church to kinda do the same as the DC did for those families, but I'd like to pinpoint the "tent city" that we have in this area. It breaks my heart that these people who have fallen for the conventional financial advice are now unable to rise above it because of the economic crisis of our country. A lot of people would probably say to me, "It's their own fault they're there. Why should I help?" And if you are a fellow Christian, I would challenge you to search your Bible to see if there's any place it says to ignore the poor because they put themselves there. It doesn't even tell poor people that they don't have to help other poor people. It simply says to help the poor.
Jesus said, "The sin of this world is that they did not believe in me." He didn't say it was immigrating illegally, he didn't say it was doing meth, he didn't say it was being abusive. It's simply that they don't believe that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and NO ONE comes to the Father except through him. That means, all political, racial, and ingrained mindsets aside, there are people that need our help and as Christians it is our command from God to set ourselves aside, pick up our cross and follow him.
Ok, so now that I've gotten that out, back to the workouts.
I'M SO EXCITED! I get to start my certification for personal training on the fifteenth of this month when my hubby gets paid. WOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
But while I was in Cali I fell off the exercise bandwagon and I haven't had the initiative to crawl back on. It even stopped for me when I fell off, beckoned for me to pick myself up, and then waited as I refused and sat in my pile of laziness and junk food. lol
So, September is a BRAND NEW MONTH and I'm following www.bodyrock.tv's challenge of not missing a single day of working out. Phew! That made me tired just writing it. And please understand that this does not count your rest day. Six days of working out followed by an active rest day. That means maybe a short walk, or stretching, or something like that. Don't just sit on your butt and eat oreos all day.
So today is day two of the challenge, and so far I'm doing pretty darn good. My legs are sore, I've already started to see a difference in my arms, and I've got a TON of energy.
Plus, I'm getting my videos set up soon. I just have to buy a cord to transfer videos and pictures from my camera to my computer.
Bodyrock.tv is down right now, so I'll post up the workout later with a description of what I did to tailor it for my own needs.
So 2 weeks ago, Monday, I left for California and had an AMAAAZING time helping the poor and homeless. It really opened my eyes to some different situations, broke some political mindsets that I had and my heart for the people. I've found a new passion for helping those who are hopeless and destitute, and I hope that I am always able to help those less fortunate than myself.
We worked with the Dream Center in LA Tuesday through Friday and did quite a few things. One of my favorites was what they call "Project Prevention." CPS actually works with the DC and lets them know when there is a family that is about to lose their children because of poverty reasons: no bed, not enough food, no hygiene products, etc. So the DC loads up a ton of stuff in their truck and takes it to these families so that they can keep their kids. This does not apply to situations of physical or substance abuse, or anything that would put the children in danger. It is strictly in situations where the parent/guardian is unable to adequately provide. They deliver on a weekly basis and we helped deliver to some families that had been with the DC for a couple years. You might think that after that long they are beyond hope, but I don't think God ever looks at us and says, "Well, you've had enough time. Too bad."
He's always there, always waiting for us, and that's what we should be to those around us. Completely selfless love to the people, and obedience to God's commands are the things to which I've dedicated my life since going through this experience. Will it inconvenience me, sometimes? Probably. Will I always want to do it? Probably not. But the Bible clearly says, (Jesus)"If you love me you will obey what I have commanded." He didn't say, "Obey me for a little while, and then if you don't get anything out of it, or if you don't see a difference, you can stop."
So, I've started a new work schedule for the school year and I'm hoping that this will free up some time for me to work with my church to kinda do the same as the DC did for those families, but I'd like to pinpoint the "tent city" that we have in this area. It breaks my heart that these people who have fallen for the conventional financial advice are now unable to rise above it because of the economic crisis of our country. A lot of people would probably say to me, "It's their own fault they're there. Why should I help?" And if you are a fellow Christian, I would challenge you to search your Bible to see if there's any place it says to ignore the poor because they put themselves there. It doesn't even tell poor people that they don't have to help other poor people. It simply says to help the poor.
Jesus said, "The sin of this world is that they did not believe in me." He didn't say it was immigrating illegally, he didn't say it was doing meth, he didn't say it was being abusive. It's simply that they don't believe that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and NO ONE comes to the Father except through him. That means, all political, racial, and ingrained mindsets aside, there are people that need our help and as Christians it is our command from God to set ourselves aside, pick up our cross and follow him.
Ok, so now that I've gotten that out, back to the workouts.
I'M SO EXCITED! I get to start my certification for personal training on the fifteenth of this month when my hubby gets paid. WOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
But while I was in Cali I fell off the exercise bandwagon and I haven't had the initiative to crawl back on. It even stopped for me when I fell off, beckoned for me to pick myself up, and then waited as I refused and sat in my pile of laziness and junk food. lol
So, September is a BRAND NEW MONTH and I'm following www.bodyrock.tv's challenge of not missing a single day of working out. Phew! That made me tired just writing it. And please understand that this does not count your rest day. Six days of working out followed by an active rest day. That means maybe a short walk, or stretching, or something like that. Don't just sit on your butt and eat oreos all day.
So today is day two of the challenge, and so far I'm doing pretty darn good. My legs are sore, I've already started to see a difference in my arms, and I've got a TON of energy.
Plus, I'm getting my videos set up soon. I just have to buy a cord to transfer videos and pictures from my camera to my computer.
Bodyrock.tv is down right now, so I'll post up the workout later with a description of what I did to tailor it for my own needs.
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