WIT, picless :(

 I’m changing stuffs to weigh in Thursday…seems to be the day where I actually see a change. I forgot that last week and the week before, but I checked my stats (all of them that I measure), and I always see a difference on Thursday. So weird.

Anyway, there’s also that no cutting challenge I’m in. Pleased to say, scissors have not touched my hair since (not very hard for me, though. I only ever trim anyway when they do touch my hair…), however, my bangs are now always in my eyes (literally, I’ve got bang hair poking the shiz out of my eyes every day.) It’s ok, though ‘cuz I kind of want to grow them out until I get my hair to a certain length (idk which, yet), then I’ll go bangsies again. (I'm thinking, maybe full apl, or bsl? Idk)

Updates on any and everything:

I did a catering event on Saturday. It was fun, and I would definitely do it again. The best part was probably that I didn’t have to wear any special attire, so I could just wear jeans as usual and all was hunky-dory.

Also, Friday, I went to the mall to get apps ‘cuz I need another job. I plan on staying at the deli, I’ll find out what hours I officially work on Monday, but by the time you read this I’ll know for sure…ish, I think. I can’t wait. I’ll be working at Forever21. I’ve been wanting to work there for a while: firstly ‘cuz that place is awesome, and secondly because I want retail experience. (I’m tired of being a cashier in the food business, but probably won’t mind it much in the clothing world, mostly ‘cuz I won’t be tempted to eat food since it won’t be there to eat.) And I’m pretty good at not buying five million pairs of jeans I don’t need. However, I do need two to replace a couple no, three to replace three that I won’t be able to wear anymore because of unfortunate tears…some from wear, others from God knows what… egh. Digressing.

So, that’s about all that’s been up with me. I’m currently in the middle of a conditioning/oil treatment, so my hair regimen is also pretty in-tact. I’m finding though, that I only have to work with my hair once a week instead of twice like I posted before, Idk what was up with my hair then, but it’s back to normal.

Oh, but I lied, my next post today will have pics of the modeling thing I did for this class. I mean it's not like, photoshoot modeling, obvs, and you'll see how good these people were, at least, I think they were good. 

But work yesterday was fun. We did paperwork, watched a training video ( it was slightly cheesy, but that was still fine, I enjoyed it), had a tour around the store, learning about the different "girls" who represent our departments. And wouldn't you know the one right up my alley - they even had a Sporty girl, with yoga mats and fitness-y clothes, Oh, I can't wait! I didn't see any fitness shoes though, but that's cuz freakin' no one wants to work out when it's cold - at least, not in my state, but I'll get to that later. 

We had a li'l break and went to starbucks - luckily, right downstairs! hahaha! working at a mall may prove to be too convenient, lol!. 

I have a couple pic-treats for you lot during my next post, promise. There's one I think you'll love a lot, especially the ladies. ^_^ 

After our break, we trained in on registeres, and worked the rest of our shifts. 

I go back in today ata five and work 'til close. I work four to close on friday, then maybe I'll have my schedule for next week. They said I'l likely get more hours, too. SO HAPPYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!! I seriously need a job where I can get hella hours, lol. 

Kk, that's about it for me now, bubye. 

Wrong order, lol...

I made my first video yesterday, about how I made onigiri (successfully) for the first time, but I’m still not sure I want to put it up online, first of all: The lighting still wasn’t enough (I might be able to take care of that before it goes up, like, edit it on my lappy), but then I got all exasperated ‘cuz on the second try, I actually got my onigiri on the camera 

Looks nummy, huh? 

Huh, that is a bit bright though.

(I misjudged how far I needed to aim it the first time)…there was a somewhat awkward delay where I have to start talking about seaweed, so I think I’m just going to try and make vids of other things first, and also…I’m going to use makeup, ‘cuz I didn’t have any on today, lol. All day long, which isn’t terribly unusual for me, but I like putting makeup on.

Anyway, I don’t know what I’m going to vlog about first, but now that I know my camera’s quality doesn’t suck the ass of majorness, I can confidently say that I don’t need to go out and buy a special one just for vlogging.

 I’m just gonna play with my …whatever a mac comes with for editing software, and see what I like about it, or what I don’t, then go from there. But I seriously need to cut down on the amount of crap I have in my camera. So many old pics when I need to be putting new ones in here, lol Most are from when I just began trying ulzzang style makeup.

Eh…That’s about it for now, I guess. I’m just trying to transfer the pics from my camera to my computer. Last I checked, there were like four more minutes of transferring left…started with eight, but it might be over.  I just deleted like 200 pics. There were far the hell too many.

So, back to vlogging: I know everyone starts somewhere, and I’ve wanted some of my blogs to be vlogs, (don’t worry, I won’t make you sit through what you’ve already read), and I thought a reaction vid would be great, ‘cuz I swear, me on the internet…I always find things that make my face look funny. Like I was looking at someone I’m subscribed to’s feed (about to see their uploads, ‘cuz I hadn’t watched in a while), and instead I saw the “bands make Minnie mouse twerk” vid…

Nuff said.

But then I think, maybe I shouldn’t vlog until I know what I want to vlog about, right? I’ve found people’s vlogs where they thought “Ooh, I”ll start vlogging on the tube of you, and all will be grand”, so I check out their vid, and find it’s the only one they’ve uploaded in half a year. …Among the things I find to be not cool; that definitely is. I mean, at least they gave it a shot, but I'm just saying -  I don’t want to be one of those. 

I also know that once you upload something, you’re not getting it back, so you have to make sure that you aren’t going to say -or do - anything you might eventually regret. That’s for anywhere in the internet, but especially vlogs because once people see it come out of your mouth, well, you already know.

There’s so much to consider, and yeah, I want to do it, ‘cuz I think it’d be fn, but…oh, I just have to go ahead and do it is all. But first, I want to have a solid idea of what I’m going to be uploading. Lots of people do makeup, makeup is nice. Others cook. I enjoy cooking. Others just talk. I like to talk. And vlogs are perfect, because unless there’s someone with you, it’s unlikely that you’ll get interrupted.

I’m gonna stop rambling now…

Kbye  ^________________________________________________________^

I henna'd my hair ^_^

but you'll have to excuse my messy hair pics, lol.

         Well, editing went terribly…I was fiddling around and…pressed the wrong button…well, no matter. It’s not like I planned on uploading those vids, anyway.

What I do have for you is this: results from my henna-ing project.

It didn’t turn out exactly the same ‘cuz since I followed the directions and didn’t make it a watery mess, I instead made it a gloopy mess, and didn’t’ get every area of my hair covered, and it’s kind of hard to tell when both your hands and hair are messed up with henna.

So here’s me bef ore the project:  

So that’s me before I did anything to it, my bangs wouldn’t stay down, so…that’s why, lol.

Lies, that’s the henna I used. Probably not the best, but it didn’t make me go bald, either. (This is the second time I've used it, too. 

That’s the henna all mixed up like they said it should be – in a paste.

I really like piggy tails – oh, see count chocula in the background?

Nvm my cleavage...

You can’t tell too well in this pic, but parts of my hair are still just dark brown, so it kind of looks like I’ve got highlights.

Next time, I’m just doing it the messy way again…And a proper oil treatment. I love doing oil treatments.

For a couple days after this, I was looking for my coconut oil – which I usually use for this, and forgot I put it in the fridge ‘til I found it there this morning. I use this organic one, you can get it at whole foods. I just happened to be in my old neighborhood for a while, and stopped in at tjmaxx, where they were having a sale on it. I had to buy the last two there. :P. 

Welp, that's all for now, New post tomorrow, but it'll be rambly, I can tell you that now. 

Hey guys, WIW and pool pics

Well, for my weigh in and %check wednesday,

I've had no weight gain, but no % change, either. I won't get discouraged though, lifestyle changes take a while to actually happen, but I think I'll try and up my exercises, because I keep seeing cool ones on different sites, tumblr, and youtube among them that I think I should try.

(what I really want though, is some weights, not barbie ones, either.) My family used to have a real weights set before we got all nomadic again...Seriously, we move too much. Probably habit, though, 'cuz I used to be an army brat, so we were always moving anyway.

So, anysnooch, thought I'd show you guys the pool pics, I only took a couple 'cuz right after I took them, I hopped in, too. In these pics, I was still wearing pants, I just had them rolled up, lol. (they were loose pantalones.

And Aiden really can't see without his glasses, so, that hsould explain that, as well. Next time, though, (I'll probably need to swim again on saturday), I'll get pics of our pool and sauna.

 I was doing leg lifts and he was my weights!

the water looks really blue, huh? But after a while, we had to go heat up/dry off in the sauna. It was so pleasant!

This is from whenI went to drop some documents off at the uni. I went to my old neighborhood after 'cuz I wanted to try the recipe that failed...you guys remember the one. But look! I found the holy grail of MAMA Ramen!!!!! I got a couple packs, but there was no ducky flavor!!! :(

I tried to put this pic on fitocracy after I made the black rice, chicken and kimchi meal. It was DEEEELICIOUS!!! But now I seriously need more of my kimchi. You wouldn't believe how fast I go through that stuff!!! It's so sad...really sad... I can't help it though, I really can't. Did I mention it's healthy? But you wouldn't believe how many calories are in the black rice. Even though nutrient-wise, it's even better for you than brown, well...minimally, but to me, it tastes better. It's chewier, anyway. 

So tonight, now that I have sticky rice, I"m going to soak the black rice, use some of that water to cook my sticky rice, and make chicken rice balls, 'cuz that'd be freaking awesome. Come to school with purple rice. Not like anyone'd see it, but that doesn't matter. I'll just smile to myself about how awesome it is, lol. ^___^

Pools and saunas are AMAZING

Sorry in advance for the lack of pics and this being a full three days late...

Hey, guys. Today (Saturday...) wasn’t so stellar ‘til I got home, had some food, did my workout, and went to the pool/sauna, which I tweeted about recently. ^_^

To start off, I woke up early, headed in to work, forgot my phone, only to find out that we’d each get to work a whopping 3 hours…I split my shift with a coworker, because we’re that slow…one of my other coworkers was there, he left a lot sooner, but I saw him playing his djembe  (sp?) drum in the café. He lives super close.

So, anyway, since the girl I was working with took the first three hours, and we weren’t both allowed to be clocked in, I went home to grab my phone. I figured that since I need to study, anyway, I’d grab my laptop and accounting book so when I got back, I’d study til it was time for me to start again.

(I'll put pics of it up later, I forgot my phone's connecty cord.) 

Well, I thought it would be a great idea to take my bike in ‘cuz I thought I knew a shortcut. Mistake one) wearing heavy backpack while trying to bike…Mistake two) I haven’t biked in a while, so I actually didn’t know a shortcut at all.

I still got to work before I was supposed to start again, but that was not fun. The brat guy was there, and despite having issues with him, I’m fully capable of being cordial. He’s not the brightest tool in the shed by any means, so …yeah… (People who know me know that I HATE stupid with a burning passion that shall never be quenched...sorry...wait...no I'm not. >. >) That was easily the longest three hours of my entire life.

I went home after we tore down (and by “we”, I mean “I”, because he literally does nothing but put condiments into boxes and tell everyone else to "find a place for them, but keep them together"... .) with a migraine from hell, in a bad mood, but I relaxed, anyway, and Aiden and I eventually hit the sauna. 

Then we went to the pool ‘cuz he was curious about the water, which was uncharacteristically warm , so we both swam for a while. Then we went back to the sauna (we were only in there for like, a minute, the first time.)

My workout today was …well, it was ok, I lost count, so I ended up doing a full 20 reps more than necessary, but that’s ok. Just means more strength. I have to do more next week, anyway, so I can get used to it now. I felt results on our way down to the pool, BOY does this workout WORK my legs. I have to add more variety to my abs and arms workouts, though, ‘cuz I don’t feel them at all/as much respectively the day after, like I do with the leg ones.

This could be because I used to work the living BLEEP out of my abs when I lived in the dorms. I was doing full hundreds, and other ab workouts. It was great, you could feel the muscle under…all of my…pudge…but still, the muscles were being worked, and I think maybe I just have to modify my workout schedules so I can feel my results.

I really enjoy feeling my results, gives me a sense of accomplishment. Also, in theory, anyway, one eventually sees results. Results are good. But now I’m just rambling.

My left ring finger kind of hurts, though. I don’t know why, it just does. I can’t remember doing anything dumb to it, but sometimes I’ll just have a random finger cramp on me while I type. Probably bad finger posturing…is that even a word? Well…word says it is…whatevs. Anysnooch, maybe I should invest in an ergonomic keyboard. My mom has one that she’s used for years. They take a while to get used to, though.

K, I think I’m done rambling your eyes off for today. 

Finally back with a new post.

And I'll have another up after class, which luckily doesn't start for about 20 minutes.  (pics will again have NOTHING to do with my postfessional...)

Egh. Hi, all. Back with some adjustments.

I’ve still been eating my banana a day, but I’ve come to the realization, that I’ve been eating too many calories, which is why my weight hasn’t budged, despite being active…er.

So, anysnooch, I’m lowering my calories, but my body didn’t like that yesterday. I think it was too sudden. However, I’m confident that it’s going to work, and I’ll get used to it.

As for my activity, this no excuses November thing is still coming along nicely. I enjoy it, especially the burn during my exercises, despite how much I might complain about it at the time. The next day, when I’m still sore – I know something’s been done right, and that’s very rewarding. Hee hee, my muscles are getting toned! YEAH!!!!!!!

My face looks chalky, I think...well, I used the wrong blush...eh.

Today is arms day, which means pushups, though. I suck at them ‘cuz my shoulders always hurt, but I think if I just keep doing them, maybe my shoulders will get stronger? (It’ll also help if I don’t carry so much crap in my bags, but I need the two heaviest things in there. I’ll figure something out about that.

The reason I thought about lowering my calories in the first place, though was partly (minimally, to be honest) because I wasn’t losing weight doing whatever it is I was doing at the time, and majorly because I read a blog by this woman….oh, I think it’s Black Girls Run, where she talked about how the 2000 daily recommended calories thing was kind of super dumb. Then she broke it down, that the reason so many people trying to lose weight on a 2000 calorie diet were gaining instead is because their bodies don’t require that many.

No, I'm not trying to picspam of myself, just...needed pics...and that was there...so..yeah...

I wasn’t trying to eat that many calories in a day by any means, I promise. I was doing between 1650 and 1800, just after seeing what my calorie count logs after a week were (I kind of forgot about the app for a while, so I pinned it to my start – guess which phone I have, lol), and that told me why I would either gain or stay the same on my weigh in days. I was eating to gain or maintain the weight I’m trying to get rid of. (Note, I have NO intention of finding this chizz once it’s gone, lol.)

So, I went through a bunch of calorie calculators online, and they all told me that I was supposed to be eating just a bit less to lose. Then I had a brilliant idea (well, it might not be brilliant, but it’s an idea that doesn’t go below 1200, anyway.) I looked into basal metabolic rate calculators. If you only need so many calories to exist, and you exercise on top of it, you can eat those calories back, if you want. I’m not sure if it’s the best plan, but if you only require x amount to maintain weight you want, then only eat x amount to get there on top of exercising sounds like a winner to me.

So, I’m going to try that and next weigh in day, I’ll see where I’m at. I’m still gonna take my measurements though and check if my body composition has changed any. I’m really super excited about this. Next step is to eat 80% clean, then boost it up to 100%. I currently have no idea how clean my diet is, but my assumption is that it’s not very. I seriously need to start eating the black rice more often, since it’s a delicious complex carb. (side note: it tastes great with kimchi and chicken, doesn’t matter how you do it. Mine was seared and boiled.)

But back to my exercising, I like fitocracy, it’s a wonderful supportive website for people who want to get fit – like me. You can log and track your workouts, and save them as routines. Except for my leg workout, I tried saving that as a routine and got an error message, even though I saved the other two successfully on my phone. …oh well. It may just have to wait ‘til I get to an internet source ( I’m typing this at home with no net…)

Also, I did a bit more research just to make sure I’m not spewing absolute filth onto the internet, and yes, eating at a target bmr may not kill you, but it can end up not being the best thing for you, either.

Now it’s story time. Back when I was living in the dorms, and I was first trying to get rid of my bc weight, I started eating less, but what I did eat was healthier options, shit Id like one of those salads I was eating right about now, spinach, eggs, Tabasco, and/or red wine vinegar, depending on my mood. Sometimes I’d add croutons for crunchiness, but that’s beside the point…

I wasn’t counting my calories until we got a nutritionist, who told me that I should be. I just never thought about it much before then. So, anyway, I started tracking, and noticed that daily, I was eating less than a thousand calories. (I also didn’t know what a target bmr was, so I wasn’t trying to eat at one of those, either) That explained the weight loss, of course. I didn’t feel like I was starving myself, and I didn’t get any of those anorexia issues people tend to get when they eat such few calories. I’m not advising that anyone go off and do that, either. That was bad me being bad, because afterwards, I kept at it for …a while, ‘til the weight loss stopped (I’m guessing I ate like that for maybe a couple months). Then I read online that I was supposed to up my calories, so I did cycling, where I’d eat more on some days, and less on others.

Srsly, super delicious. 

Then I just stopped tracking, and put weight back on like a dumb butt.

So, back to my point – track, see what works for you, but keep in mind that the guidelines are probably there for a reason.

Oh, but I just made gochujang chicken stew last night, and it turned out pretty nice!

Not much, just crunchberries

well, liquid crunchberries, at least.
I"m supposed to be heading out soon, so I can't give you much today.

Here's a couple of pics.

I got a carmel brulee frapp with strawberry syrup. It tasted like crunchberries. well, liquid crunchberries.

that's all for now, I have to get ready for a thing that I'll blog to you guys probably on monday. ...If it's still happening.