Workin' on your Fitness

I really enjoy writing posts about health and fitness. Makeup and beauty is one thing that is key to looking great, but to really look your best, being healthy and feeling great about yourself is so, so, SO important to me.

One thing I haven't really talked about is workouts to do at home because as a teen blogger, I don't really go out to the gym.

If you have heard of them, Beach Body has made some of the best home workouts that provide some of the best results that are proven. If you haven't heard of Beach Body in particular, then perhaps you've heard of P90x? Well, they are the makers of that.

Insanity Workout

This one I highly recommend to the girls.  With long bursts of max-intensity exercises with small periods of rest you can burn up to 1000 calories in an hour! And if you stick to it, you will burn fat and gain lean muscle. No bulk up, just lean, toned muscle.  This workout switches from aerobic to anaerobic exercises which keeps you challenged and interested. The best thing is that this workout requires NO weights or equipment and you can do it right in your living room! This workout is perfect for getting ready for that bikini you've been dreaming endlessly about. Don't deny it, I know you're dreaming about that bikini. Get 60 days of Insanity for 3 monthly payments of $39. 95, that's actually less than the gym! 

Look, she's freakin' smexy! 

P90x2

It's P90x... 2, people! I recommend this one for both girls and guys, but guys especially. P90x is known for giving you hard, toned muscles, but P90x2 also builds your balance, agility, core strength, and athleticism. It even gives you a customisable Nutrition Guide that helps you succeed even more. It contains 12 amazing workouts developed by professional sports trainers that will leave you feeling great and looking great. It even focuses on breaking your plateau. I never knew there was a way! This workout is great for getting ready for summer, or just for completely your New Year's resolution. So get out-- oops, stay in and get the results you're looking for! For 3 monthly payments of $39.95 you get 13 DVDs (12 workouts & How To Bring It Again), a nutrition guide, a fitness guide, and a workout calendar. It's totally worth it. 

You see, man? It works! 

Ultimate Reset Cleanse

This isn't a workout, but it aids in weight loss and maximum health to go along with you workout routine. I really do recommend this one to girls especially. It helps to revive you body to optimal health without depriving your body of the nutrients it needs. The Ultimate Reset goes through 3 gentle phases to Reclaim and rebalance your body. Release those harmful toxins in your body, and Restore your body. Remember, your body is a temple. There's no starvation or harsh laxatives included in this cleanse. Instead of depriving and stripping your body of key nutrients, it supplies your body with all the necessary nutrients. In 21 days you'll have more energy and focus, better digestion, and a better, happier mood. It will help you with your weight loss goals and make you feel a whole new kind of GOOD. 

You get six essential supplements: Detox, Mineralize, Optimize, Oxygenize, and Revitalize; One-on-One support from online team members, two DVDs that walk you through how to start, Ultimate Reset Program & Nutrition Guide Book that give you some fantastic eating plans, "Cleanse Caddy" travel pouch so you can bring Reset with you, and the Reset Bracelet to remind you of your goals. 

XOXO

Magic Spice

I was reflecting to my past for a few moments today and I remembered something totally important and magical! I remembered when I was reading Xiaxue's most recent blog post about how she lost weight using a diet pill. 

I remembered that...

There is a natural appetite depressant pill out there that nobody (well some people) know about! It's a surprise really, but believe me it works! 

It is... 

Cinnamon! 

Yeah that's right! That spicy, sweet, wonderful spice that you put on the most fattening and unhealthy things-- okay let's not go there. But here's the catch. I won't suppress your appetite effectively if you just sprinkle it on your food and such. You need to take it by a capsule. Just two little pills full of pure, unprocessed cinnamon taken every day. 

How does it work? 

It 'levels out' your blood sugar so your body doesn't have those cravings for sugary and fatty foods and you don't have those annoying blood sugar spikes when you all of a sudden feel really, really hungry even though you just ate an hour ago. So, basically  it makes you feel satisfied with what you've eaten. Even if it was just carrot sticks!It also raises your metabolism since you don't have that eat sugar and crash experience anymore! So you turn into a fat burning machine!  

Why you should believe me? 

You should oh so very much believe me because I had a very personal experience with cinnamon pills. My mom bought them because she was trying to lose weight the natural way and heard on some talk show that cinnamon caused you to crave less and eat fewer calories. So, she went out and bought a bottle of cinnamon capsules. I thought they were cool sounding and I wanted to test out the effect. I didn't want to lose weight at that time because I was normal, but I wanted to see if it was a scam or fad or not. So I took two capsules every morning. 

Sooner or later I started losing weight and FAST! In like a month or two I was a size 1 in juniors when before I had been a size 3 or 5. I did exercise a lot, but I always had to stay in shape, but I didn't change my exercise routine at all and I had never lost weight before. What I noticed was that I only ate two meals a day and no snacks. I never really had an appetite! My collar bones started showing way more, I had really prominent cheek bones, a totally flat stomach, and my size 1 jeans even got a little baggy! 

It got kinda scary because I couldn't stop losing weight and at the time I didn't know why. People started to think I looked too skinny and bony and I didn't want that. If I didn't stop losing weight I'd be a size 0 soon. I tried weighing out the options why I might be losing so much weight. I realised that ever since I started taking the cinnamon pills I had lost weight. So I stopped taking the pills and right away I stopped losing weight. I didn't gain any weight. I mean I gained a pound or too so I could get rid of the 'too skinny' reputation, but I wanted to do that. So, obviously it had been the cinnamon pills that did this! 

They really work guys! But, from my experience, don't take them every day if you're not trying to lose weight or just want to lose a few pounds or it'll get scary! Be careful and still eat even if your appetite is suppressed. Personally I think cinnamon is better than those expensive diet pills that are really dangerous! Cinnamon is eaten a lot and has no dangerous side effects unless your allergic to cinnamon. 

So, go ahead and try it out! But stay safe and practical! Good luck girlies! 

❤XOXO❤

Weight Loss Help

I often see a lot of Gyaru going crazy on finding a way to lose weight fast and effectively, but a lot of them often go to drastic and sometimes unhealthy measures to lose that weight. You know, gals, there are many other ways to lose weight without starving yourselves, taking dangerous diet pills, and drinking that weird lemon juice and pepper concoction. Seriously, don't do that stuff and I'll tell you why.

Don't Listen to the Fads

1. Starving/ Crash Dieting: The first thing many girls do when they first want to lose weight is starve themselves, which can be effective, but is totally damaging and wrong. Do you know how bad it is for your body to starve? First off, I caused many health problems such as: low protein levels, anaemia, heart problems, hair loss, brittle nails, skin conditions, tiredness, and pale skin. When you don't eat enough food for your body to function, your body goes into starvation mode, which is when your body senses itself being deprived so it stores whatever nutrients is gets as fat cells, this lowers your metabolism and slows weight loss. Also, if you ever stop starving yourself right away, your body will gain whatever weight it lost very quickly because your metabolism is down so low. So PLEASE DON'T do this! 
2. Diet Pills: I know all of you gals have seen the weight loss ads for diet pills in the back of gyaru mags such as: Ageha, Popteen, Ranzuki, etc... So you know that the girls on those ads look so photoshopped they don't even look human anymore? If the girls needed to be photoshopped before being put on those ads must mean that the pills don't have an extreme effect like they often claim. You should also be aware of the potentially dangerous effects of these pills: intestinal abnormalities (you know what I mean), abdominal pain, nausea, joint pain, extreme dehydration, anxiety, depression, metabolic syndrome, restlessness (insomnia, dizziness...), cardiovascular diseases. Those are just some of the effects. I'm sure you get the point that they are dangerous and not good even if they make you lose a few pounds! 
3. Fad Diets: I laugh when I hear about silly fad diets like the ABC diet, the Hollywood Fasting diet, and such because they are so STUPID! There is a gyaru website dedicated to the ABC diet. The ABC diet says that you should eat 400 calories on the first day and it gets lower and lower and then gets higher again after like one week I think. Anyways the ABC diet has the same effect as what I talked about in number 1! As for the Hollywood diet, which is a cleanse, raises your metabolism and flushes out water weight and toxins. Sounds good until you hear the unhealthy side effects such as: vitamin deficiencies, muscle breakdown, blood sugar problems, weakened immune system, increased bowel movements (Ew, gross, but true), loss of good bacteria in the digestive system, weight gain after fasting. 

So now I hope you think again before believing any of these fads and unhealthy methods to lose weight. Now, I'll tell you healthy ways to lose weight. Ways that won't leave you bedridden and rushing to the bathroom. (^_^) 

1. Every thing starts with exercise. My biggest love is cardo workouts, and I'm not recommending it to you just because it's my favourite. It's one of the best workouts when combined with diet and strength training. While strength training makes your body strong, toned, and muscular, cardio makes your body long and lean. Strength training can be done at the gym on machines or in your home with various floor exercises. Cardio workouts that will burn hundreds of calories include: bicycling (at gym or on a real bike), running (treadmill or jogging), dancing, aerobics, step-climber (machine or real steps), and kickboxing (my love!!!) 
2. A CLEAN and HEALTHY diet is key to weight loss. I seriously recommend cutting out meat every other week, this allows your body to flush out toxins. I'm vegetarian all time and it has great effects on me, not to brag (^_^). Also, cut out bad carbs for a while (not full-time, maybe every other month or so) such as, bread, pasta, and white potatoes; and sweets like muffins, donuts, and cookies. Eat the good carbs like fruits, veggies, and sweet potatoes! They are your friends! Eat good fats, as well such as: fish, real butter (believe it or not), milk, olive oil, cheese, and nuts. These foods all help to burn fat, as well!!! Also, you can treat yourself to something sweet once a week, just make sure to cut out something else you usually eat so you don't go over your calorie limit! 
3. Drink WATER!!! Water flushes out toxins, bad bacteria, raises your immune system, and allows your live to work properly and that means your metabolism raises. It also helps with with feeling of being bloated for it also carries out trapped water weight. It sounds boring, but it really works, trust me. At least drink 64 oz. of water a day. Keep big water bottles of water in various places like your car, purse, in different rooms of your house, etc... You'll drink a TON of water without even knowing! 
4. Have confidence in yourself! If you're always down on yourself, you'll probably overeat in frustration, but if you know you're going to be hot then you will drive yourself to get to where you want to be! Meditate to relax and picture yourself at your goal weight, tell yourself that you are beautiful and you're goal weight (whatever it is 120 lbs., 130 lbs, 110 lbs, etc...) do this 15 times and that will set your mind to it! Look in the mirror and say, "I'm getting there!" instead of going, "Ew, my butt could be smaller and my thighs are HUGE!!!" Have confidence, it really works!!! 

Now, if you're trying to lose weight, you should know that you can be healthy doing it! I hope this helped! I hate to see people succumb to freaky and unhealthy diet tricks! Exercise, eat well, stay hydrated, and love yourself! 

❤XOXO❤

Happy Nuts and Jelly Ads

So I downloaded some magazine scans today when I was supposed to be doing school work...... they happened to be Happy Nuts Dec. and Jelly Dec. I was flipping through all the pictures forgetting about some of the horrid ads at the back... like the weight loss ads, you all know what I'm talking about, right??? Yeah well both magazines happened to have some of those oh so lovely weight loss ads right at the back like always. I thought being thin was getting to be an obsession in the US and only the US, but I look at this and I see the US is not the only country with media body issues... The sad this is that some of the girls aren't even fat to start out, maybe a little flabby, but that's nothing a couple days a week at the gym can't tone up!! There is no need to look skeletal or look like death... I'm sorry, but there is a point where people should stop losing weight... these girls should've stopped losing weight at that point!! It makes me sad to see them like that! Now, I don't know if they have been made to look like that or what, but it's really awkward and unhealthy looking! I know some people think it's normal for asians to have a low weight since they have a naturally smaller structure, yeah yeah yeah. No one is going to tell me it's normal for people to look skeletal or anorexic! It's unhealthy! I know you've probably heard about this topic on other gyaru blogs, but I never really noticed how disgusting they were until today!!

Well here they are:

                            ^^^^^^Do you think it's normal for girls to look like this???? ^^^^^^^

Food Diary 3

So i said I wouldn't be blogging for a few days, but I'm back home now, and I gotta blog my weekly food diary (^_^) So here it is!! Remember, i only write the calories I consume now, not the calories I burn


Monday 324
Tuesday 142
Wednesday 333
Thursday 349
Friday 245
Saturday 160
Sunday 180


Total 1733 

Food Diary 2

So here is my weekly food diary that I post every weekend. I was going to start posting this entry every sunday, like i am today, but i'm not. I didn't get to posting it yesterday, so I did it today. I still be posting it every saturday. I also decided to just post the amount of calories I  consume, rather that the number I burn because I just find it too hard to calculate all of the calories I burn in a day since I do so much. 
So here's my consumed calories for the week:


Sunday: 317
Monday:342
Tuesday: 188
Wednesday: 276
Thursday: 251
Friday: 317
Saturday: 383


Count YOUR calories

Food diary 1

here's the amount of calories I ate and burned this week.. enjoy. I think it's useless, however.:

Monday:

consumed 255

burned 778

Tuesday

consumed 112

burned 354

Wednesday 

consumed 267

burned 436

Thursday

consumed 227

burned 483

Friday

consumed 327

burned 342

Saturday 

consumed 357

burned 472

Week Total:

consumed 1545

burned 2865