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Being ...

♥ My handsome boyfriend ♥ Saving for travels ♥ up & coming Valentines Day ♥

♥ Pups Mindy & Coco, & Kitty's Denis, Shell & Patches ♥ bright nail varnishes ♥

♥ pretty rings ♥ breakfast smoothies ♥ spinning classes ♥ Family ♥

♥ Bridesmaid excitment, wedding plans & dress fittings ♥

Happy Monday

So true ;)

But regardless of the above and all of the other funny circumstances life has & brings,

I have a feeling its going to be a fabulous week of living, loving, laughing,

earning, giving, sharing, celebrating and commemorating.

Dont have a good one, have a GREAT one ♥

Dare to ...

Dare to Dream, Believe, Live, Laugh, Love, Forgive, Praise God, & Dwell in Possibility

6 ways i blow off steam..

When I'm in a heated situation, caught up in a negative moment or just plain frustrated, these are ways I use to blow off a little steam, re-cooperate and simply fall into a place of relief & positive re-assessment.

★Turn it on up! Listening and singing along at the top of my lungs to an all time favorite song. Gets me giddy, upbeat, caught up in the song and not whatever else is going on around me “Never fails”

★Breathe & get your stretch on. Mind, body & soul are all connected. It’s always made sense to me to just breathe deeply and strike a yoga pose. I’ll plonk myself down or across the middle of my living room or simply close the office door for some meditation therapy. “Powerful stuff!”

★Take a hike. Disassociate from the moment completely. Walking away sometimes helps for me to remove myself from the ‘negative space’ or the ‘ora’ around me. Whether it’s a walk to the next room, walk around the block or a walk along the beach. “When I need to take it easy”

★Boot camp that body. Yes exercising of course!! And I’m not talking walk… I’m talking; intense breath stealing, sweat producing exercise! Boxing, running, swimming, cycling, weight training, aerobics. Any type or form. Exercising not only improves blood flow giving the body more energy but it is also know for releasing endorphins - positive and happy chemicals and ‘state of mind’. Healthy body, happy heart, peaceful mind.   “Bonus”

★Get your nerd on. Read a good book. If not a book, a magazine. If I choose to read a magazine at the time, I make sure it is an interesting article that I’m going to pay attention to and read it until the end. Watching TV or flipping through pages and looking briefly at images leaves space and time for your mind to wonder and think and feel emotion you’re trying to divert from. The whole point is to be completely part of the story; engaged, focused & attentive to every word.

★Simply assess and analyze.  Sometimes one is not able to divert the frustration or anger and you need to deal with the situation or problem then and there. Find a quiet place and give yourself a moment.  Change your mindset and strive for a clear point of view and solution to find a place of harmony.

“Anger, rage and frustration can be most unhealthy to the body, leading to high-blood pressure, strokes and heart attacks, as well as the entire body, physically and emotionally, being affected adversely.  In a study of almost 13,000 subjects, it was found that individuals with the highest level of anger had almost twice the risk of coronary heart disease and three times the risk of heart disease than people in the study with lower levels of anger and anxiety.  Therefore, it is crucial to human health and well-being to find ways of dissipating the feelings of anger and anxiety through healthy ways.  These emotions should never be suppressed, just expressed, alleviated, dealt with or settled in a better way for overall better physical & psychological health, relationships and friendships, other people and interactions”  [©helium]

Therefore, these ways I’ve found to blow off steam, yet simple and sometimes obvious, are rather critical to being a happier, healthier me. Dealing with stress and anger effectively result in having an overall better life and attitude towards life, people and situations

Fitness Freak

With me recently 
leaving my full-time job for something more part-time to give me time to prepare for leaving to work in USA or CT & to look at studies for the year ahead and next, I have had so much time on my hands it’s been fabulous!!

Time for ME! Time to breath, spring-clean, get life in order, spend time with family, spend more time with friends, and spend most of all quality time with my man! I’m finding myself again, discovering, & re-discovering my love for life, my passions, goals, hopes and dreams!

One thing at the top of my list is to get back into gym and on the road again cycling & running, getting lean, fit & the healthiest I've ever been! My recent purchase of the book titled "Skinny Bitch" uncovers all the facts and truths about what food, chemicals, hormones and junk we continuously put into our bodies on a daily basis! From coffee to meat and everything in-between! This is helping me to gain knowledge, direction and to formulate the best healthiest eating plan - that isn’t a "quick fix / diet" but rather a long term food lifestyle choice. For me personally, diet & exercise have a snowball effect on each other. Once I am eating healthily & have a good relationship with food I find I am more obliged and motivated to exercise.. And the more exercise I do or the more fitness goals I want to achieve, the more motivated I become to have a healthy body & good balanced diet!

Being at the gym every day this week so far has been amazing! A few new Addidas gym items & a new watch have got me all giddy and amped to go out & take on my daily exercise regim. I think sometimes we need that. Something just to get us going! Not only do I have a great support system with friends around me gyming & having goals of their own fitness wise, my biggest motivation is entering races! There’s nothing more encouraging than working towards an event.  I have thus far entered for a trial run, mountain bike race, forest marathon and a triathlon and I have only done a run & a cycle once if twice in the past!
So I’m setting my goals high and getting very excited
to tackle all the above.

Spinning classes are my best friend at the moment, the rush, fast pace, endurance, strength and interval training is just too groovy! 3-in-1, how about that :) Running I do on the road, at the gym and best of all on the beach! Swimming is my only less than average strength but I guess we all have to start somewhere, and I have a swimming program to follow too which will get me where I want to be. I’m quite excited to take Justin on a mountain bike track this weekend. Would be awesome to train together so holding thumbs he enjoys it & get ADDICTED!
For now my toning and weight training is going to be kept minimal doing a super circuit once a week and powerplate routine 1-2 times a week. Its only been 4 days and I feel like I can take on the world. Feeling the burn, but loving every second of it !!!

Whatever it is you want to do achieve or have,
grab it with both hands and don’t look back ♥

Keep Calm and ...

So after a stressful and worrying day today I decided to go the classic keep calm route :) These helped me through the day and can hopeful inspire you to keep calm, keep on going & stay positive! 10% of what happens to you in life is uncontrollable and undetermined, 90% is how you react & the outcome there of!! Don’t let people, things, situations or circumstances undermine you, affect your happiness & or ruin your day/week! SMILE, be optimistic and make the most of every moment, no matter what curve balls the world throws at you!

Dress for your shape

Hour glass? Busty? Pear shaped? Boyish figure and dont know what type of dress would best suit and compliment your figure? I have compiled a tip for each to head you in the right direction! So when youre shopping for next best look, remember these :)

 ★ Boyish Shape: Look for dresses with details like pleats and frills to give the appearance of curves.

 ★ Hour Glass Shape: Look for dresses that accentuate your waist.

 ★ Petite: know your body shape (you can be petite and have a boyish shape, petite and have an hour glass shape, etc.) look for no fuss options that come no longer than 2 inches below the knee to avoid looking like you’re playing dress up in your mommy’s closet. Heels are your BFF.

 ★ Pear Shaped: Look for dresses that bring the attention to your smaller upper body while avoiding busy patterns or loud colors that emphasis your bottom half.

★ Top Heavy: Go for dresses that have sleek bodices with open necklines (v-necks, sweetheart, u-necks) and that have some flare at the bottom which will visually balance your bottom half with your buxom top half.

 ★ Flabby Arms: Go for dresses that have flowy fabrics that drape around the arms. Short sleeves are very tricky to pull off with full arms because they often end right where the arm is fullest–instead either go sleeveless, 3/4 sleeve, or long-sleeve.

★ Plus Size: Know your body shape (you can be a plus-sized boyish frame or a plus-sized hour glass, etc.) But stay away from fabrics that are too loose and hang away from the body to avoid adding on visual pounds.