Thursday, March 31, 2011

summer to do list:
seattle and get some boiling crabs
steveston at their fish n chips hut, and to grab food n drinks at their cute harbourside restaurants
lying at the beach. every. single. sunny. day with my doggy =)
biking/walking the seawall!
my girls want to go to deep cove
tofino!
the aquarium, and eat at that cute little restaurant by it in stanley park
granville island! must visit sandbar and sit on their rooftop patio and indulge in their muscle mania.
high tea with michelle.

all in all, i want to be outside every minute of every single sunny day to soak up the maximum number of rays that mr. sun will feel to donate =)

im studying at school, and i've parked myself right by the floor to ceiling window. it is absolutely gorgeous out... i want to be at the beachhhh.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

today i ate:
3/5 of an instant noodle package
3 bites of steak
an orange
dried fruit
1.5 cookies..
some fries...............blehh

tonight, i'm doing core synergistics of my p90x. it is NOT easy, despite it looking the easiest out of the routines. i'm anticipating death for the other ones.

p.s. 1.5 weeks till my first final, and the pep talks to keep my stress/emotional levels down are in full force.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

even though it makes me wince to post what i eat (and i bet you feel the same way having to read it), i'm going to do it on a daily basis. painful as it is, i need to be held accountable.
so today i ate:
preserved plums
large chocolate milk
vegetable soup w crackers
coffee
sushi..
rice krispy..
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there are so many picturesque places in the world, but some just make you stop for a while and think for a bit..

so serene and tranquil.

i love looking at pictures of places where the mere image of the place stimulates your senses as if you were already there...


Monday, March 28, 2011

......................... :(
weighing in at 115 lbs

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Okay, I've got to tell you something. I haven't been completely following what I've so enthusiastically laid out in the last 2 posts. And I'm a tiny bit ashamed to admit it.

BUT that's what I'm writing here for right? One more place other than the hushed-up secret cracks in my brain for where to immortalize my fails and successes.

so I did wash the dog..and I did attempt p90x..but nonetheless, not to the degree with which I should have gone with it. But something is better than nothing right? I will keep going at it.

perfect practice makes perfect
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something that's on my mind.

a friend recently wrote a blog about how plastic surgery was basically an overnight fix to help improve someone's self esteem. now this is a close friend of mine, and when i was about to fly off to do plastic surgery, I very laughingly and openly told her. now let's note that the point of her post was to say that if someone was to get work done, we shouldn't be so quick to judge. which is a good sentiment on it's own. but she goes on to say

"... Those with low self esteem don't always feel like people are stopping for them. They feel as if they are no more than a dust of life... and imagine going through life like that every single day. Feeling like you're practically nothing is difficult... and it's not like you can suddenly drink some energy drink to give you a confidence kick off..".

why good friend, I disagree! I have never felt like no more than a dust of life! In fact, I loved myself for all of what my momma gave me, perhaps a little less so for the not so perfect bits, but comfortable with myself overall. Of course, I had some days here and there I was not so confident, but for the most part, I felt that I was a goodlooking lady!

now i think my surgeon did a good job, and I am pleased with the results. but leading up to it, I never had the mentality that if only this was different, I would stop feeling like nothing. I just knew that that particular part of me wasn't perfect, but its imperfections never bothered me on a daily basis. I was in the country to travel, and I knew I would be stopping in the city where the best plastic surgeon of the country was. sooo...what the heck right? you live once, and I had the money and time, so in i went.

of course, some people very well may have very low self esteem so they resort to plastic surgery as a last option. but from my experience - and from looking at friends and acquaintances that have gotten work done - the majority of these people are already well put together girls. These are not girls that feel like they're invisible and disregarded. of course, someone with confidence levels of 100 % + 1 may arguably not go under the knife. but who has that? and all the time? my point is that not everyone who goes under is looking for, or in need of an overnight, life changing, self esteem kick. they may very well be more along the lines of: i have the capability to tweek the imperfect, so why not?


love, b

Thursday, March 24, 2011

lift-off


in honour of the last post, tonight, i'm going to wash and jog with the dog, and do laundry.
tomorrow, 5:50am wakeup and p90x begins.
i'm also going to make my way to the tanning salon to give myself a feel good boost. i truly have been disgusted with my body for the last few months, and my body woes just aren't going away...in fact, they're getting worse. I've never been this big and unproportioned in my life, and for the first time in my life, i'm having trouble accepting myself.

i will be posting start, in-progress and finish pictures so hold me to my word and let's keep this going.


restart

i'm going to start writing here again. this time, i feel like i need to get some more personal issues off my chest..and i am going to use YOU as a progress report. at times, it's not going to be pretty, but i'm looking to change that. So, let's get some things going around here!

i want to incorporate:
  • a daily jog routine with my dog
  • a habitual wakeup time at 5:50am (to do the jog with my dog, and start my day bright and early)
  • finally get the body i've been wanting for years! (come on, i'm supposed to be in my prime here. and lately, i've been especially letting myself go. yuck to a 12 lb weight gain..i'm actually embarassed)
  • finish off this semester with the grade range i'm aiming for..i feel good about this so far!
  • save my money! i honestly don't know where it goes. especially when i'm at school. $50 turns into 3 dollars in 2 days there, it's ridiculous and totally avoidable. (i'm not even talking about textbook purchases here, just coffee, snacks, parking...)
there are more, but let's get some of these issues up and running before we tackle the rest.