Aha! I am finally posting this Sunday Health Post early in the day! Usually, I am in the afternoon scrambling to write it, otherwise it just will not get written. {Score for me!} Hopefully the rest of today will follow of in such a good manor. I mean, I woke up with sunlight streaming into my window and a clear, blue sky in my vision. There is not much that could taint my attitude about that right now. Spring is finally on it's way! {Please do not let my regret saying that later this week. What the hell is snow, anyways? Harhar.}
Did you guys set your clocks back already? It's officially DST (Daylight Savings Time) and unless you live in a place such as Hawaii and Arizona (except the Navajo Nation), you might want to jump on it. The transition happened at 2 AM {It's not like we're sleep or anything....}. I do not feel exactly...bad about the time change, but come tomorrow morning I might. I will be waking up on my school's time and not my own, which is a major difference. Waking up on my time means that I wake up so peacefully; doing it on my school's time makes me cranky. Let's see, though! Haha.
*If you missed out yesterday, I created a new twitter and e-mail for this blog.
*I also updated my 'Contact Me' page and added one thing on my 'About Me' page.
*My sidebar--I edited that as well. A word was not parallel {This is the grammar/English Nazi in me.}, so I needed to change that. I ended up changing the font, too.
*I am getting excited because as Spring Break comes up, so does the time that my family will be getting a cat! Yay!
*If you guys have any tips about what to get with a new kitty (especially when they are declawed), please share them.
*I do not support the act of declawing cats {I see it equivalent to someone chopping off the rest of our finger from our knuckle. Ouch.}, but our complex is requiring that we do it in order to have one. I'd be extremely happy if we could find one that already is, but it's not likely.
*As the spring arrives, I am thinking that I will start posting travel tips to certain places that I have been, like Florida (my second home), Georgia, and Tennessee (only after I return back from my second trip during Spring Break).
*If you have any places that I should go to when I am in Tennessee, please do share!
I am unsure how to explain how this week went. I worked out once--ONCE. Moreover, I think that is fair because I have been horribly sick. {For some reason, I am not getting any better.} My eating has been decent seeing as I am slowing down my pace and forcing myself to quit eating once I feel "at that point". I have prevented myself from feeling stuffed a lot simply by doing that. Oh! And on Tuesday, I went to go eat at Xochmilco with my friend, Treasure, and my mum. That was the first time EVER that I did not clean my plate. I actually had a take home box and everything. However, since life hated me that day, I forgot it at the table. I was darn near in tears that day, but once I realized that I should be proud of myself for not overeating--although I was seriously contemplating it--I felt fine again.
That little moment made me think about the whole point of me trying to eat healthy and exercise: to lose weight! I understand there will be moments that I do cave in and binge. Those are the only moments that I should feel bad about what I did. I should never feel bad about saying no to overeating and stuffing my body. I finally listened to my body, and although I lost out on a quarter of my food (but so worth it), I repaid myself by being nice to my body. That's a new perspective that I am going to keep as I travel down this lane of getting healthy.
This upcoming week, I am thinking that I'd like to seriously get back working out! I am sick still, but darn it, I do not care. I miss working out and feel bad whenever I do not. If the weather continues to stay as it is, then I can see my mum and I starting to walk outside again. I've only done that twice so far. {One of them being during the bitter freaking cold. I don't know if I was insane that day or...}
Hey, hey, hey! I'm back from my weeklong vacay to Florida. It was absolutely aaaa-mayyyy-zing! I am currently having vacation withdrawals (y'know what I'm talking about), but because I am so darn nice, I will share with you all what my vacation was like. It won't be that descriptive, and this post will mostly be filled to the brim with Instagram photos, but it'll be something. :) While you read (and see) about how much fun I had, I will be sitting by my bedroom window with a spoon and peanut butter, bawling my eyes out as I wish to be back in Florida.
One / The view going to Florida was spectacular! That photo above proves why I adore road trips so much more over planes (although I really love love love flying in the air).
Two / When I first got to the resort, I went onto the porch (that had the perfect view of the pool and tons of palm trees) and kicked my feet up. It was great! Just relaxing in such a serene environment is wonderful; plus the smell of chlorine (I'm a fish) gets me all giddy, so it was a win-win situation.
Three / Westgate is the resort that my family is bought into. This time around, we stayed at the Lakes' (Westgate Lakeside Resorts). I absolutely adore this place! I've only been to a handful of the other ones (including one in Gatlinburg, in Tennessee; the others were in Florida), but this one has won my heart. It is super clean, has tons of amenities, and feels just like a resort should make you feel. Plus, they have pool parties every. day. Honestly! How much better could that get?
Four / On Tuesday morning, it was hot and I was feeling good. As you can see, I didn't wear my jean jacket (shocker!), and I was really proud of myself. Besides...it was too hot to wear it anyways, but y'know how crazy I can get...
Five / Just an early morning selfie that I took. My dang, look at that hotttaaay. ;) Six / ANDDDDDD, here comes the freakinglyamazingsuperdarnexciting part. Yes, I just mushed that all into one word - you mad, guhl? Cool beans. My family and I took a helicopter ride. Remember how I said I adore flying in the air? Yes. Best. stuff. EVER. It was honestly amazing to see a lot of Orlando from up in the air. I sat in the front (next to the pilot) and it was awesome. We were twisting 'n stuff. I highly recommend giving a helicopter ride a try. It's really worth it! The only thing I'll say you will hate is that it will seem like it ended far too soon (no matter how long you're up there for). Plus, our captain was pretty darn funny. Love love love, laugh laugh laugh. It was all good.
Seven - Eight - Nine / These are all views above parts of Orlando from the heli ride. The first photograph is what the captain called the "Beverly Hills" of Orlando. The second photo is just a random one that I shot (pretty awesome, eh?). Last but not least, the third photo was from when the captain was tilting the heli all crazy like. I was all, "YASSSSSS!" Seriously. I could not stop grinning.
Ten - Eleven - Twelve / All of these photos (plus the following ones) are from Ripling's Believe It or Not Museum. First off, let me tell you how we first came across it. We were driving down International Blvd. towards the helicopter place, and, well...my dad suddenly said, "What the [expletive]?" all the while doing double takes towards the [very tilted] building. Like is it sinking? The hell? Yeah...we started freaking out good until we caught sight of the name.
Thirteen - Fourteen - Fifteen / Just a continuation from the photos above. I highly recommend you check out Ripling's. It is hilarious. Some of the stuff, I could not even think about - like, "whaaa? the hell?" My favorite part from this place was most def the part where you walked on a bridge, and it was like the room was rolling (I forget what it's called, but y'know what I mean). Oh! And there was this step off to the side (that you were able to go onto), and my sister and I each put a foot on it and it just...dropped. Lol it was crazy!
Sixteen - Seventeen - Eighteen / Same stuff. A creepy lady, the world's "tallest man", and some creepy dude that I was really afraid to pose with. HAHA. Seriously. It was mad crazy, like he looked weirrrd (not real, but nevertheless weird).
Nineteen / I went horseback riding. What can I say? I love horses. :) My horse was named Abby, and she was so sweet. HAHA. Yeah, no (sort of). The only problem was that she kept trying to chew off her reign, and uhm, no. Not gonna happen while I am on you, dahling.
Twenty / I snapped this photo during an early morning walk with my mum and sister around the lake, to the other pool, and just around the property. I loved the view - so gorgeous! Twenty-One / What did I say about it being gorgeous? This is a photo I got at the same place. It was so pretty (I cannot believe I took that photo - hehe). This photo makes me want to go back. Darn you Michigan, darn you!
Twenty-Two / We (excluding my dad) went zip-lining. It was...how can I put this? SUPER AMAZING. That does not even sum it up. Honestly. The adrenaline that raced through me, the feeling of being adventurous. It was crazy. Better yet? Well, I zip-lined over 30 feet alligators at Gatorland. Yup, yup. I'm such a bad a-s. ;)
Twenty-Three / That's me, my mum, a little girl and her mum we zip-lined with, and my sister.
Twenty-Four / I decided to take a snapshot of myself before going out and having a few beeyuhs with my family...just kidding. I had fruit punch. ;p HAHA.
Twenty-Five / Before we went to Wet 'N Wild. That water park is awesome! Oh, and I swam in the rain. Best. Day. Evuhhh. I only need to dance in the rain, but yeah...my sister was "too embarrassed" for me to even attempt doing that around her. HAHA. I wish I would have.
Twenty-Six / I told you I was a little fish. As soon as I got back to the resort, I went to hop back down in the pool. Swim fishhhyy, swimmm fish! (Haha, ignore that.)
Twenty-Seven / On Thursday, at on of the pool parties, my mum took this photo of me. I hate the way I look, but oops, oh well.
Twenty-Eight / I took this photo on Thursday. It was so serene, I would like to go back, please. Somebody buy me a one way ticket to Orlando? Yes? I'll buy you some Xochi's (yes, I shall bribe you will food. ;)
Twenty-Nine / My sister (with her tongue stuck out?) and I before we went to Outback. Yuuuum, that food was delish.
Thirty / A selfie? Does that count when I take it in the mirror? Yeah, yeah, I guess it does. I dunno. I got the dress from eBay, but it's from H&M.
Thirty-One & Thirty-Three / I loved that Outback was by pond. It was a gorgeous view and I could not help but capture a couple of photos of it.
Thirty-Two / A full body shot of what I wore when out to eat. Like I mentioned above, it is a dress from H&M, a jean jacket from J. Crew, some Payless flats, and a across the shoulder bag from Burlington Coat Factory. Yep, yep. I was chillll (and cute!).
Thirty-Four / I held my new baby cousin (girl), Maricel on Saturday when we went to go visit my cousin, Amber, in Georgia. She is the oldest by two minutes and oh my gosh. She looked like a baby doll! I wish that I would've did an up-close photo of her, but I want to respect Amber's privacy by not plastering photos of her babies all over the net (I'll leave that up to her). But still, the twins are adorable! Thirty-Five / Cielo is part two of the twins, and she is so cute! Can you see how much she looks like doll. Oh, and her name means Heaven in Spanish.
Thirty-Six / Just a view from going back to Michigan. I believe we were in Tennessee?
Thirty-Seven - Thirty-Eight - Thirty-Nine / I took all of these on the road back to MI. The view was gorgeous.
Forty - Forty-One - Forty-Two / The view of the mountains, and a shot of my dad as he drove.
Song Choice: 'Under the Bridge' by Red Hot Chili Peppers. C'mon now, what's not to love about the RHCP? Especially this song. I adore this tune so so so much, and I think you will too once you give it a listen (or if you already have heard it considering that it's oldddd). I feel as if I am on an oldies tune streak...I don't know, don't care. I DON'T CARE, I LOVE IT!Give it a listen below.
I cannot stand when I can hear somebody chewing and swallowing. / I understand that this can hardly be helped (if you're not chewing with your mouth open!), but it still bothers me. Like, stop chewing so darn loud, and hey! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOU SWALLOW. Especially if it's crazy quiet in the room. Oh gosh. No. Just kill me.
I cannot stand when people talk to me when I am either reading or listening to music (earphones in or out). / Y'know...it's not like I am busy or anything...(note the sarcasm, dummy [yeah, not referring to you all, sweet, sweet readers]). Seriously. One of the worst things that you can do is disrupt me. I am obviously trying to tune you out, yet you feel it's necessary to have a conversation with your mum, your best friend, the pig, and your pet fish. Get out and shut up. Oh! And let me throw you a little disclaimer: I am not responsible for what I say (or what attitude I give) to you when I have my earphones in. I am attempting to tune the world out and you're just messing up the flow.
I cannot stand when people don't know what not to joke about with me. / I am the type of person that can laugh about anything. Anything. But when someone decides to crack a wise one on something that they know I am a touchy about, or they make a joke (and I laugh) and decide to keep making jokes about it even though they're going too far. Yeah, nope, not cool.
I cannot stand when someone goes to a party with me and doesn't want to dance. / There is this one person that I refuse to go to anymore parties with. She is always, "ewww! why're you dancing like that? let's go stand over there. that's a whorish dance." Oh my gosh! Why did you even come to this party!? [insert expletive] If I want to dance like a slut (which I don't, y'all), then I will. Because, guess what? I'm at a party and I'M GONNA HAVE FUN.
I cannot stand when females order me to get them something when it's my time of the month (as if I am a-ok), yet when it's theirs, they suddenly are dying. / No. I absolutely REFUSE. Like, you're going to get your bum up and do it yourself.
I cannot stand when I (or somebody else) tells a joke (that is so easy to get), and it has to be explained to the person the joke was told to. / I...I cannot...
I cannot stand when people judge (i.e. "she is fat!" or "why is she wearing that?") / Okay, first of all, let me start about the weight insults. You. can. shut. the. [expletive]. up. Honestly! Don't worry about how much somebody else weighs! It's their body! They're beautiful whether they are 300 or 100 pounds. Shut your face and worry about what you look like. And, oh yeah, judging in general - what's your point? Hmmmm? It's not your place to judge. Not everybody wants to dress like you, or wear their hair like you. Some people want sleeves (tattoos), while others love piercings. Get over it. Everyone has the right to be different.
And that, my friends, is seven things that I absolutely, positively cannot stand. And if, for any reason, you do some of these things...
(But I still love you. :)
Song Choice: 'I'll Sleep When I'm Dead' by Set It Off. Okay, the beginning of this song is creepy (it's a lullaby), but I actually love it (others might not). This song is really one of my favorites at the moment. It's different...and that equates to awesome for me. :D I think you should give this tune a listen.
It's the truth. I am a silly, nice, adventurous girl that loves to live life to the fullest (or at least tries). But what people (yes, online and real life) fail to realize about me is that I am not perfect (nobody is). They assume that since I am just this"teen girl", I do not have any problems. I have nothing that constantly worries me...bothers me. That I do not have any issues in my life; no reason that I should not be happy. My parents love me, I have a sister that I can confide to, I have "friends", I have tons of clothes, and I live in a nice home. But that is just the part that people assume about my life. Well, in reality, I do have problems. Maybe not as bad as an eighteen, twenty, or thirty year old, but problems nonetheless. Problems that I do not feel should be overlooked. My problems are just as important as anyone else's simply because they exist and they bother me. Think about this: it's not fair to say that a thirty year old with anorexia is more important than a sixteen year old with it, so why should the problems of a thirty year old be more important than a sixteen year old?
It gets quite frustrating to hear that I do not have real problems by some. Sure, it may be tiny to you, but to me (with whom it matters), it is pretty darn big. And these problems that I am encountering (mind you, these are things that I struggle with daily) bother me so. darn. much. To name a few: I have frequent, and painful migraines; I cannot really express myself due to the fact that, a lot of times, nobody listens to me; I do not have any "friends", but one good associate due to me cutting off many because they are not the type of people that I want to associate with (I guess I'm maturing some, guys); I struggle with my eating habits (I need to eat healthier, but I may eat some days, while others I may not at all); and I feel like the one thing that I had that was always there for me is gone - my dog, Missey (while she was not able to speak, there was the comfort, and the fact that I always had her when I had nobody else to go to).
Some of these things I am working on. Actually, I am trying to work on all of them. I take Tylenol for my migraines, but sometimes that does not work. I try to breathe, unclutter my mind, and start over with trying to express myself when I start to feel flustered and frustrated. I try to stop being such an introvert (with people that I do not know; I am nuts once I feel comfortable with you) and open myself up to meeting new friends. I try to eat on a somewhat schedule (every four hours), and if I am itching for a snack, I eat a cucumber. And for the last problem, I don't know what to do. But that answer will come to me overtime (hopefully). Until then, I will keep doing what I am doing. I have to keep myself motivated and not let these problems overwhelm me. I refuse to let it sink me. I am fifteen with a few problems, but these problems are what makes my world a little bit (read: a whole lotta) rougher than it could be. But life isn't perfect; there are bumps in the road everywhere. I just have to stay thankful for my health, my family, and what I do have. I am even somewhat thankful for the problems that I do have because they allow me to grow stronger, and help me evolve into the young woman that I am growing to be.
The moral for this post? Don't belittle anyone's problems because their problems may be gigantic to them, just like yours is to you.
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Maybe I should have noted that this would be more of a "serious" post. Oops? Haha. What I wrote about is something that has been bothering me for a long, long time, and I just needed to express it.
Song Choice: 'Under the Bridge' by Red Hot Chili Peppers. This song is one of the classics that I have recently began to love. I think everyone should listen to this; it's really good and easy listening. Give it a listen below!
Hi, lovelies! How has your Sunday been so far? I hope great. As you might know (of course you would, that is the only thing I've been chatting about), I am going on vacation to Florida today through next Sunday. Don't worry, though! I have pre-scheduled an entire weeks worth of posts that I think you may like [love?]. Some are more serious, down-to-earth posts, while others are amusing. I will not be checking anything blog related while on vacation, though, as I need a little refresher. The only thing that I will check occasionally is my email, but that is because...well, I swear by that (sue me). But that will be very seldom. If you want to catch real time photos, look out for them on my insta. I'll be posting tons and tons and tons! My family and I are planning on going zip-lining, jet-skiing, horseback riding (!), and swimming with dolphins. I am super geeked and cannot wait to get to Florida! Once back, I will share some vacation tips, recommendations (maybe), and other stuff about my vacation.
See you all next Monday! :) x
Song Choice: 'Girlfriend' by Avril Lavigne. Who remembers this tune!? I know that I do! And the remix feat Lil Mama. Oh my gosh, this used to be the song. It was also the song that began my obsession (read: strong love) for Avril's music, style, and just her in general. She is my idol, after all. If you have never heard this, then you have been living under a rock and get away. If you have, give yourself a little nostalgic feeling by pressing that play button below.
