Monday, January 30, 2012


January 30th-Feburary 3rd

  • Become religious with taking my vitamins (fish oil, calcium and vitamin D, and my daily supplement
  • Try to work on my internal clock by getting to bed earlier. 
  • Learn about stretching, know the best stretching moves, and DO the stretching
  • Start to get back into my green smoothie breakfast routine
  • keep working strong on my body! 


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I am a bit nervous for tonight! After I run around at the office store getting school crap it's going to be time for class. I am taking two classes tonight: core and more and spinning (again, hah). It's with the same instructor so I wonder if she is going to think I am crazy. But, I really wanna get back to it! I been a day away from the lovely gym and I am craving it! I just need to learn to stretch before hand since I been so sore. I wouldn't be sore if I would just stretch beforehand! 

xo,k. 

Thursday, January 26, 2012

01262011:211PM
QUICK HEALTH TIPS: Goya Plantain Chips



Craving something salty? These plantain chips are perfect for getting rid of the potato chip craving! They are perfect for munching, sprinkling on salads/soups or can be used as a garnish!


You may ask what makes plantain chips any better? Well, they are lower than Lay's Classical Chips in:
  • Total Fat
  • Saturated Fat
  • Sodium
  • Fiber
  • Vitamin A
Plantain chips have NO Polyunsaturated fat or Monounsaturated fat (which is a bit of a downfall- as poly and mono unsaturated fats are the good fats). The only thing is the plantain chips are higher in carbs. I guess there has to be one downfall! 

These chips are one of my favorite and you only need a little bit until they fill you up! Plus you can snack on .3 more grams on these than you can on Lay's Potato Chips.

Get Snacking!
xo,k.
01262012:155PM

Back to the school grind. I been feeling so worn out, and it's only been the first week. If it is not working out it's school work and if it's not those two it's catching up on relaxation! But when I hope to relax it turns into studying Tumblr's health, fit, working out tags! 


For lunch, I had chicken/vegetable soup since it was so cold outside. I banned myself from hot chocolate for now so I need some sort of thing to warm me up that isn't green tea (I had 24oz of green tea this morning). 

Instead of crackers I sprinkled banana chips. I love banana chips since they take away your potato chip craving without all the extra calories, fat, and sodium. 

While I was warming my body up I was calling about 15 fabric manufacturers to ask for samples for a class. 

Oh the misery, and oh the misery that is going to take upon me tonight.

 Tonight is Body Blitz. I am so sick of working out right now. But this my last day of working out! This will be a total of 4 days of classes for 60 minutes.

Tomorrow I will be at work. Saturday and Sunday I can get a 45 minute work out in and the rest will be homework. 

Already sick of being school busy :/. 

xo,k. 


Tuesday, January 24, 2012

01242012:1018PM

Yesterday things sort of all clicked. I was on the spinning bike peddling to Academy Is. Peddling as fast as I could. But, I made sure I did not loose focus. When I am spinning, I feel like a machine. I felt at peace with my body. Trying to keep unison with all muscle groups to keep focus on not falling off the bike while peddling my ass off in position 2 (the standing position). I thought to myself, "Why have I not been working out sooner?". 

Truth is: Fashion and tumblr scared the weight off of me. Before nutrition and fitness I was obsessed with fashion. I am a fashion major after all. What would one expect out of me? But, I was 145 pounds at 5'1. Fat was hanging off from unwanted areas. I remember trying to wear body con dress but because of my obnoxious love handles the dress would just look bumpy instead of smooth. I understand there is a quick fix to this and that would be Spanx! I was in the fitting room of Khols with my boyfriend's mother that was handing me spanx after spanx of all different kinds to try on. Yeah, it took away the issue, but I looked in the mirror and told myself "I should not use nylon to cover my insecure parts. If I am going to wear a body con dress, I am going to have no bumps without spanx. I felt that spanx was just an excuse to not realize the issue at hand. It was a cover up. Therefore, I returned all the spanx at their specific places and told my boyfriends mother that "I don't need them. It's just a sign that I should loose the weight". 

That was the first step to realization. It's just crazy to look at me now from what I was. From what my eating habits were. When I am at my grandmother's house there is a gas station down the street. Grandma eats horrible so there would always be junk food in the house. I would chow down a whole bag of munchies and actually leave the bag right by my bed. In the middle of the night, I would get up and just eat the rest of the munches and actually eat while being half-asleep. Oh, all the things I did wrong.

Looking back at my journey, and looking back of what I gave up was totally worth it for the place I am in now. Yes, I understand that this sort of mind frame can easily turn into a sick mind frame. But, I won't let it. I have always loved my body. Even when I was a bit heavier. I never hated it. I never hated how I looked. I accepted my body in all shapes, because my body is not what matters. What matter's is who I am and my face. My body is just materialistic and is becoming what it is because I want to look good in a bikini (which was the original reason- now I am doing this more for my health). As a fashion major, I rely heavily on visual. All our bodies are a peace of art that we reflect to the world. Why walk around in hate for ourselves when we have the control to change everything? This journey has made me learn that: there is NO reason to hate yourself or complain about a certain part of your body. After all, you have all control of your body. If you hate something about your own body or your life then change it. If you do not take action to change your life then you have no reason to complain. Changing your life is the easiest thing. There is no limit. 

Everything comes back to full circle and brings me back to last night spinning class. This is me now. I have a long way to go still as this is now my new life. Keeping my body in shape. It's the only body I have. I figure spend the 30$ in a gym membership now than thousands of dollars of medical bills later on. 

This is all hard work. But, this is all worth it. This is a step to happiness. That's all that matters. 

xo,k. 


Monday, January 23, 2012

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Back to school and onto the routine! 

Unfortunately, I kind of screwed myself with not giving myself a break. The ONLY break I have is from 915-11. It's during the WORSE time too. The salad bar is not open and all the campus is selling is doughnuts, muffins, and bagels. I try to stay away from bagels because of the overload of carb. So, I settled with an apple and green tea. Even though I am so hungry. I don't know what to eat! 

I am living with my grandma until Monday to Thursday. So, this handicaps me of a clean, organized kitchen/fridge. This is when my diet gets hard. But I am not going to let the complications to ruin me. I need to think of a morning routine that I can fuel up on! I am now on the hunt! 

Only class until 3pm then I plan to go to spinning! I am so excited to get my booty kicked again. I miss the gym. Surprisingly. 

Friday, January 20, 2012

01202012:1134PM


This Friday Fit Inspiration collage is dedicated to: 

  • My want to build endurance & strength. 
  • My dedication to getting this body in order to go: lingerie shopping and feel confident in a bustier!

Just got out of work, staining my teeth white now, and then going to bed for the gym in the AM. Then a comfort-health-food night with a friend! 

xo,k. 




01202012:1226PM

Woke up this morning and saw 120.2 on the scale! AH. To me this is HUGE. I do not remember the last time I was 120! Only .2 before I can get the hell out of the 120s! I am going to start taking scale photos to just keep track.

I am so exhausted from this week. I still have another closing shift to go to at work: 130-1030. SO LONG. It's okay. It's my last closing shift for hopefully awhile. But, I should not complain about my exhaustion since it got me to 120.2! 

When I get home from work tonight I'll post friday inspiration collage, and tomorrow I am going to make up my work out schedule for this week coming up. It's also back to school week. Blah :/. 

xo,k.