The Visalus shakes are still delicious. I'm actually shocked I have been sticking to it so well. Now if only I could stick to my exercise as well. I have lost 9lbs, and lost 2" around my waist! YAY!!!!!
I got bored with the eliptical and with walks and jogs in our neighborhood so... I'm starting Jillian Michael's Extreme Shred & Shed DVD. We'll see how that goes. I've never used any of her workout DVD's before and my first attempt at it I only made it 15 minutes in. It's a 45 min workout. Kind of a fail, but that sh!t is hard!!!
I find that it's harder to stick with a workout that bores your or that you just absolutely hate so I'm hoping this doesn't become one of those workouts. We'll see. I'm working my way up to finishing the entire 45 minutes and then I will tackle the second and harder workout on the DVD.
50-60lbs to go by December!
Erin
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Photo of the Day! 4/8/12
Back Row from the Left:
Brandon, Karen, Shane, Michael, Courtney, Adam
Front Row from the Left:
Me, Amber, Kaitlyn, Ashley
Ghost in the Machine Fans!!!! GitM played a roller derby fundraiser and it was AWESOME!
Product Reviews: JWOWW Lotions
So, this is about tanning lotions. Yes, I tan indoors and outdoors. Yes I know the risks, blah blah.
I'm sure you're all aware of Jersey Shore, whether you watch the show or not, the cast is almost always in gossip magazines and on TV and it's a HIGHLY popular reality show on MTV. Well, Jenny "JWOWW" put out some tanning lotions and they are flying off the shelves. I actually bought the lotion before I'd even watched the show. Last summer, I bought the JWOWW Blackk Bronzer lotion (there's also a JWOWW Gold). It worked sooooo well. I definitely saw results, and got very, VERY dark. I bought it because it was on sale (most everything I buy is on sale!) and I also got $10 off the sale price (awesome!). I believe it retails at about $50, but mine was on sale for $35 and then I got the ten off that. It smells okay, definitely has that tanning lotion smell.. but I don't really mind tanning smells. After one week using it (going about 4 or 5 times to tan), I saw really dark results. It lasted me for that entire summer and I still have some left for this summer. I would, and probably will, purchase again!
A couple of days ago, I bought the JWOWW Shimmering Body Lotion. It's an after-tan and after-shower lotion. It's about $15-20 (depending on where you go) but since I bought mine at my salon and had my "Ultracash", I got $10 off, so it was really cheap! It says "Pearadise Breeze" is the scent, and OMG... it is probably one of the best things I have ever smelled. I love it. LOVE LOVE LOVE it. It gives you a shimmer to your skin, not a chunky glitter look, but kind of the same shimmer that you find in a body powder or bronzer powder. I will MOST DEFINITELY buy this again and have become obsessed with trying all of her lotions!
Erin
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Amanda did my makeup!
Excuse how rough I look. It was a late night lol..But anyway, Amanda came over and did my makeup the other night and here's what she did: She used Palladio Dual Wet & Dry Foundation on my face. Which I looooooooved. I didn't even need concealer to cover any blemishes or dark circles and it gives a powder finish, but not cakey at all. I'm not sure what blush or lip gloss she used, or the brand of eyeliner, but it was a purple eyeliner (if that helps). For eyeshadow, she used Maybelline's Color Explosion palette in Amethyst Blaze and the mascara was Hard Candy's Curl Up and Dye. I'll ask her and try to come back and edit this. But anyway, she put the eyeshadow way under my lower waterline, which I loved, I thought it really brought out my eyes. Anyway, she did a good job and I wanted to show you guys! :) Erin
Monday, March 12, 2012
Getting in Shape!
So.. in the complete randomness that is my blog... I have decided to start posting about getting into shape. It's not going to be easy but, I will make it happen! I have already decided that 2012 will be my year for changes, so... it's time to start changing.
A little background... I've never been "skinny". I've always had curves, and the smallest I have ever been (in my teen/adult years) was a size 3/4. At 5'0", that's not really "skinny". The biggest I have ever been was a size 15/16. That's a pretty big difference on anyone but especially someone so short. More often than not, I'm around 6-9 in pants and dresses. Which was fine with me, I knew that most of it was my huge hips and Kardashian style body. HAHA! I've always had a big butt and boobs ever since I hit puberty, but my waist was always small and my arms and legs were small to average. My senior year, I graduated high school wearing 8's and 9's. By that Christmas, I was wearing 6's and 7's, and got down to a 5 without even doing anything different. After a few years, I was back around a size 8, wearing mediums and smalls on shirts and pants. Still no biggie to me. Then right before my wedding, I gained 10 pounds. From stress I guess. 10lbs on someone this short, looks like 20! After our wedding, the weight started coming off no problem. By that summer, I was down to a 6 again. I was so happy. But of course, over time with random eating and exercise habits... I got back up to 9 and stayed there until late summer/early fall of 2010. In September I was a size 12. The biggest I had been in YEARS. With Halloween coming up, I did NOT want to buy a bigger costume.
That October, I started the QuickTrim 14 Day Cleanse. I will be completely honest here, the first 2 days.. you will mostly be on the toliet and it will make you feel raw. BUT, after that the other 12 are not so bad. I had an odd experience with that cleanse. I lost two pants sizes, but gained two cup sizes in my bra. Which, to be honest, was pretty freakin' cool. I was back down to an 8/9 and I kept eating healthier and working out for two weeks after that and was down to a 6/7 again. I yoyo a lot I guess. On Christmas, I was wearing size 6 black skinnies and felt sooooooo sexy. I was curvy, but healthy. I actually had an entire bloodwork and all physical check up that month and was in the perfect range on every single thing. They said I had some of the best results they had ever seen. So.. that was awesome.
2011-Well, after the holidays.. and the eating, drinking and laziness--I was back to a 9. Ugh. Then my bestest friend in the entire world moved away, and things were getting stressful at home and with my family... and at work.. and before I knew it, I was in a 14 by June! I was mortified and digusted with myself. I know that sounds petty and vain, but I just couldn't believe that 6 months prior, I was the healthiest and most confident in my life and I was angry I had let myself go to that point. My neighbor (Amanda) and I decided to start working out and drinking way more water. We started out doing 1 hour of the eliptical, and alternating either weight lifting or core exercises and ab stuff about 3-4 times a week. Before long we were doing 30 min eliptical, 30 minutes weight, 30 min eliptical, 30 minutes abs ..2 hour workouts EVERY night. We MIGHT have taken 1 day off a week. But we were both seeing such good results. From June to August, I lost 20 lbs. Yay me right? Well, it didn't last long.
In November, my kitchen decided to die on me. Our stove top and the oven quit working properly, the dishwasher stopped working and the microwave died as well. We rent, so ...it's not our responsibility to pick up the bill on that. Well... those were not replaced until the end of February. So not only did I gain the "holiday weight", but I also gained tons of weight from having to eat out constantly. Brandon and I both gained. By February I was at my heaviest and biggest size of my life. 16. I was so mad, and for the first time in my life, I had a belly. I have never felt so bad about myself and my self esteem was just shattered. When none of my pants fit and I had to wear sweats and go shopping... and 10s, 12s, and 14s wouldn't fit--I just burst into tears. When I put on the 16s, I was miserable. Not even happy to have pants that fit because I couldn't get past the size. then ...probably the lowest point in my self image EVER: a stretchmark on my stomach. WHAT THE #@$%!?!?!? I have had to deal with stretchmarks on my hips, my boobs, thighs... but NEVER on my stomach. I went beyond disliking or hating myself into pure loathing.
Well, in February I decided to change that. I have started the Body by Vi 90 Day Challenge. It's from the company Visalus and it's shakes. You replace two meals a day with shakes. OMG are they yummy! They smell like cake batter and taste kind of like it. My favorite way to have shakes is with no sugar hot chocolate mix and/or bananas. I've started doing the eliptical again, but it's harder without my workout buddy. I'm hoping I can get back to where I was and with dieting and exercise get down to a 4. I want to get down to wearing my old clothes and stay a size 4 for an entire year and then stay that size for as long as I possibly can. That's my goal. Let's hope these shakes help. They're super healthy and really amazing for your body, so even just that alone will make me healthier.
Don't get me wrong, I want to be "skinny", but I want to be healthy more. Also, I want to be sexy for my husband. I mean, I know he'll love me no matter what, but I know he's happier when I'm happy with myself and that he's more attracted to me when I'm feeling confident.
The goal... lose 60-70lbs by December. Can I do it? Hell yes.
A little background... I've never been "skinny". I've always had curves, and the smallest I have ever been (in my teen/adult years) was a size 3/4. At 5'0", that's not really "skinny". The biggest I have ever been was a size 15/16. That's a pretty big difference on anyone but especially someone so short. More often than not, I'm around 6-9 in pants and dresses. Which was fine with me, I knew that most of it was my huge hips and Kardashian style body. HAHA! I've always had a big butt and boobs ever since I hit puberty, but my waist was always small and my arms and legs were small to average. My senior year, I graduated high school wearing 8's and 9's. By that Christmas, I was wearing 6's and 7's, and got down to a 5 without even doing anything different. After a few years, I was back around a size 8, wearing mediums and smalls on shirts and pants. Still no biggie to me. Then right before my wedding, I gained 10 pounds. From stress I guess. 10lbs on someone this short, looks like 20! After our wedding, the weight started coming off no problem. By that summer, I was down to a 6 again. I was so happy. But of course, over time with random eating and exercise habits... I got back up to 9 and stayed there until late summer/early fall of 2010. In September I was a size 12. The biggest I had been in YEARS. With Halloween coming up, I did NOT want to buy a bigger costume.
That October, I started the QuickTrim 14 Day Cleanse. I will be completely honest here, the first 2 days.. you will mostly be on the toliet and it will make you feel raw. BUT, after that the other 12 are not so bad. I had an odd experience with that cleanse. I lost two pants sizes, but gained two cup sizes in my bra. Which, to be honest, was pretty freakin' cool. I was back down to an 8/9 and I kept eating healthier and working out for two weeks after that and was down to a 6/7 again. I yoyo a lot I guess. On Christmas, I was wearing size 6 black skinnies and felt sooooooo sexy. I was curvy, but healthy. I actually had an entire bloodwork and all physical check up that month and was in the perfect range on every single thing. They said I had some of the best results they had ever seen. So.. that was awesome.
2011-Well, after the holidays.. and the eating, drinking and laziness--I was back to a 9. Ugh. Then my bestest friend in the entire world moved away, and things were getting stressful at home and with my family... and at work.. and before I knew it, I was in a 14 by June! I was mortified and digusted with myself. I know that sounds petty and vain, but I just couldn't believe that 6 months prior, I was the healthiest and most confident in my life and I was angry I had let myself go to that point. My neighbor (Amanda) and I decided to start working out and drinking way more water. We started out doing 1 hour of the eliptical, and alternating either weight lifting or core exercises and ab stuff about 3-4 times a week. Before long we were doing 30 min eliptical, 30 minutes weight, 30 min eliptical, 30 minutes abs ..2 hour workouts EVERY night. We MIGHT have taken 1 day off a week. But we were both seeing such good results. From June to August, I lost 20 lbs. Yay me right? Well, it didn't last long.
In November, my kitchen decided to die on me. Our stove top and the oven quit working properly, the dishwasher stopped working and the microwave died as well. We rent, so ...it's not our responsibility to pick up the bill on that. Well... those were not replaced until the end of February. So not only did I gain the "holiday weight", but I also gained tons of weight from having to eat out constantly. Brandon and I both gained. By February I was at my heaviest and biggest size of my life. 16. I was so mad, and for the first time in my life, I had a belly. I have never felt so bad about myself and my self esteem was just shattered. When none of my pants fit and I had to wear sweats and go shopping... and 10s, 12s, and 14s wouldn't fit--I just burst into tears. When I put on the 16s, I was miserable. Not even happy to have pants that fit because I couldn't get past the size. then ...probably the lowest point in my self image EVER: a stretchmark on my stomach. WHAT THE #@$%!?!?!? I have had to deal with stretchmarks on my hips, my boobs, thighs... but NEVER on my stomach. I went beyond disliking or hating myself into pure loathing.
Well, in February I decided to change that. I have started the Body by Vi 90 Day Challenge. It's from the company Visalus and it's shakes. You replace two meals a day with shakes. OMG are they yummy! They smell like cake batter and taste kind of like it. My favorite way to have shakes is with no sugar hot chocolate mix and/or bananas. I've started doing the eliptical again, but it's harder without my workout buddy. I'm hoping I can get back to where I was and with dieting and exercise get down to a 4. I want to get down to wearing my old clothes and stay a size 4 for an entire year and then stay that size for as long as I possibly can. That's my goal. Let's hope these shakes help. They're super healthy and really amazing for your body, so even just that alone will make me healthier.
Don't get me wrong, I want to be "skinny", but I want to be healthy more. Also, I want to be sexy for my husband. I mean, I know he'll love me no matter what, but I know he's happier when I'm happy with myself and that he's more attracted to me when I'm feeling confident.
The goal... lose 60-70lbs by December. Can I do it? Hell yes.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Bad Makeup Night!
So the other night...Amanda and I decided it was a good night to look bad. We couldn't decide if we were going for hooker troll appeal, or vegas tranny showgirl appeal... but um.. yeah. One thing's for sure... we look BADDDDDDDDDDDDDD! :)
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