If I were a boy..

I would wanna be a drag queen [teehee]. If you haven't been to a drag show or watched Ru Paul's Drag Race [BTW-- this season, Latrice is MY GIRL!], you haven't truly lived [that's an exaggeration, but nevertheless]~ I went to a drag show at Hamburger Mary's and it was so much fun [more fun even, when you've had a Long Island and a Mojito!]. I was with my girls and we danced in our seats, we tipped a queen or two [the one time I've actually had dollar bills in my wallet], and sang/danced along to some fabulous songs; it was truly a fabulous/hilarious night.

Now that my weekend has wound down and I'm trying to avoid studying for my exam tomorrow morning I thought I'd give the update and the final photos [for the juice diet anyway].

Final weight loss: 6lbs
Final size loss: 1.5 pant size [I'm in between sizes, so sue me]
Final looks: [photos below, don't judge-- and yes, I changed bathing suits, it is not a different person like those stupid Hydroxy-cut commercials... which you can probably tell because in this set of photos, I'm not 45lbs lighter and super tan]

I need a prof. photographer; but I think I look a tad smaller

Little less belly fat~

Without working out arms, it's basically the same.

***Side note: you may have noticed there's a back shot missing. Let me save you the time. My fat ass is the same. No need for you to see that sight twice~

Final words: Reboot juicing diet is not for the faint of heart. It did not boast to make you lose 30lbs in 30days, however, their website shows mainly large lbs losers on the juicing diets. The reality is it doesn't matter what the diet, if you cannot keep it up consistently and you do not work out enough, it may be all for naught~ I have learned my expensive, time-consuming, discouraging, reality-inducing dieting lesson!

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• Whatever else?

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Does that make me old..?

• Liking Ones: Sunsweet prunes
• Listening to oldies music
• Missing the 90s
• Thinking that quite a few of the people in my generation are complete manner-less, "born in a barn", "raised by wolves" idiots
• Seeing a nicely dressed elderly woman at WalMart and thinking, "I like her shirt" [which is where I thought of the title, because let's be real, the thought scared me]
• Wanting peace and quiet instead of eardrum deafening techno shit [yeah, I said it, sue me. I don't consider it worthy of the word music]
• Liking to read [which apparently people don't do much of anymore]
• Feeling reminiscent when I see a photo of an VCR or portable CD player
• Disliking rambunctious children
• Napping... all the time
• Forgetting where I parked the car or put my glasses or why I walked into a room...
• Having a deep love for kitty cats [more like: does that make me a crazy cat lady? we have 6 cats at home]
• Making lists so I'll remember to do things I can't just keep in short term memory [because my STM is useless]

Clearly, I'm feeling like my age is creeping up on me. After being sick and fatigued Tuesday through Wednesday, I felt like my body was falling apart and I was [gasp] aging ungracefully! So I bought some primer [Hard Candy brand, which is amazing btw], a face mask, and looked up the best ways to lose weight in your face and tone up [hello 9 8oz glasses of water a day, little salt, and lots more exercise/strength training] and hopefully that will relieve some of my worries.

PS. I SWEAR I'll have final diet info/weigh-in info/photos up on the blog by the weekend [I've been sick, studying for exams, and working, so it's not like I'm trying to avoid it]. Plus, I wanna share the small amount of progress I've made!]

Ciao <3

Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut..

and sometimes you have a random illness or sick day that no one at the Health Center can explain! [story will begin shortly, don't get antsy~]

Today marks THE OFFICIAL END OF MY 30DAYS of JUICING and apparently, my dieting life wanted to go out with a bang! So this morning, I was in class and had this crazy feeling like I didn't have any blood flowing to my extremities [legs/arms]. I excused myself twice to get up, walk around, walk in the sunshine, try to shake the feeling.. came back to class and suddenly my head was swimming and I left class early. Went to my room, laid down, legs were aching like crazy, felt freezing, and had some OJ and half a sandwich to try and see if that would make the symptoms subside. Had to get up and go to an exam, felt okay on the walk there.. got in the classroom, sat down, head started swimming, felt like all the blood left my body and I had to reschedule my exam [thank you Professor for understanding why I gave you a quick explanation and proceeded to walk quickly to my room before I fell to the floor].
Long story short, I made it to my room, napped, felt a little better, ate and made an appt for the Health Center. Once I told them all my symptoms [and they checked via urine test{PS. eww to that whole experience that never gets comfortable... handle on cup would be nice, HELLO?! I don't have an aiming instrument like boys.. but I digress}to see if I was pregnant, which PSS. I'm not, which I knew already] they were as confused as a cow on astroturf. Temperature was high [101.5] and my BP and HR were a little high, but I had no nausea, no pains, and I had no clue I was running a fever.. So their diagnosis? Possible virus, idk what to tell you because your symptoms are strange, come see us immediately tomorrow if you feel worse [not an exact quote, but close].


Moral of the story: Sometimes you feel like a nut [AKA maybe a hypochondriac] and sometimes you won't get answers to prove either way. Soooo.... don't get sick :D

To add to that, final diet photos will be up tomorrow night, because tonight I will be resting and any activity is too much activity for me. Frankly, and let's be real, I might have taken a pregnancy answer better than no answer at all. 

• Pregnancy: you know it's there, you know [generally] what goes on, and you have 9months till it's over [and 18years after that to ponder why you did it in the first place! lol].
• Random illness that's never happened to you before that no one can explain: you don't know when it's coming, why, or from where, and no one congratulates you for having it~

Have a great, not sick/crazy week and thanks for following<3

It's the Final Countdown..

[can you hear the music in your head? seriously, how cool is that?]


Here's the thing: It is the legitimate final countdown for my diet [2 days] and my 4yr college degree [35 days]... and I am so thrilled.

Random but adorable-- I saw THE CUTEST frog outside my residence hall last night on duty!

So cute that I cannot stand it!!

So as this diet winds down to an end, I just wanted to let it be known that the juicing Reboot diet is not as easy as it may look or seem. Furthermore, having unrealistic expectations going into can set you up for disappointment and possible failure.I went into this diet, believing I could drop about as much weight as I've gained in the past 4yrs... and that was a mistake because it left me frustrated throughout the diet and the results were never enough for me~ I have to date, lost 1 pants sz, 5.5lbs and part of my sanity my hatred of exercise. What I lost on this diet [aside from the hope that I'd do it forever and $75 {my half of the purchase} plus $30 {of my own budget} in express shipping], I gained in perspective of my lifestyle and a new-found respect for exercise and the progress of results.

Please take this from me: Make changes in your life/diet/workout/whatever that you can keep up with and do not set unrealistic expectations because your body [and your mind] can only handle so much before they'll throw it back at you. I've certainly learned my lesson and I'm so glad I've had a following on this blog to keep me going and keep me in check. I will not let you down and I will not stop blogging [my life is way too crazy to keep to myself].

Have a great week and keep on keeping on <3