Booty and Belly Day! What did I do?

Hello everyone.  Yes I know I have been a complete stranger.  Crazy week last week with some family health issues but all is getting back on track now which means I can get on track with blogging now.  ANYWHO!  I have a weightloss countdown started that ends on Memorial Day which in my head is the official summer kick-off day.  We have 120 days until then to get our summer bodies together y'all!  Mon, Weds and Fri are my abs and butt days.  I have found two great killer workouts on Youtube on Buffie the Body's channel http://www.youtube.com/user/Bootynomics. 

Here are the abs

And here is the butt

As most of you know she was a video vixen now fitness expert and she is amazing!  I love, love, love her vids and fyi, that ab workout is a BEAST!!  I have already seen improvement from the butt workout after only a couple of weeks so this will be my workout for now until my body plateaus or I get bored.  Ladies try this and let me know what you think.  I'm sure you won't be disappointed!

Snippet of my photo shoot

Sorry for being away for a while again.  There has been some family matters that really needed my attention but now that those are being dealt with, hopefully I can really give my blog some attention and *crossing fingers* some YouTube vids up.  This past weekend I had the pleasure of doing a photo shoot with my amazingly talented sister Kendra of www.kendralynece.com photography.  Here are a few preview pics with the rest coming soon.  :)

Get the Puck Out of Here

Forgive me for having not blogged in almost a week.  This is something that I am demanding from myself to be consistent on.  But anywho.  Last week I went to my first hockey game with a few of my friends.  As you read in one of my last posts, one of my New Years resolutions was to start getting more socially active.  I went out after some hesitation and had a BALL.  When I got there I made it a point to count how many black people I saw because less face it, black folks and hockey don't always come together, lol.  I am making it a point to live outside of my comfort zone this year and experience life like never before.  I challenge any of you that may have the same stay at home syndrome as me to just GO!  It may not be where you would normally go and it may be somewhere completely new, but take it from me, life is too short to not try something new and have fun while you're at it.  I have also learned that white people love Journey's "Don't Stop Believing".  I found out on my FB page that I've committed a cardinal sin by not knowing the entire song verbatim, lol.  It's now my duty to learn this song before I catch a beat down from my white friends.  Lol.  If you got nothing else from this extra sleepy post of mine, I hope that you at least got to live outside of your comfort zone because you never know the kind of fun that you may be missing out on.  Until next time....
Oh and for the record the count was 15, lol.

Random Acts of Kindness Movement 2013

Hello everyone.  I hope that the second day of the year is treating you well and that you are giving it your all too.  Around November I had an idea for myself to begin a Random Acts of Kindness Movement for myself.  I have been blessed by so many people between family, friends and strangers that I figured I really wanted to make a conscious effort to return the good back to others.  The idea is pretty simple for whatever month you are on, you have to do that many random acts of kindness.  January = 1, February = 2 so on and so forth until we get to December where you are doing at least 12 randoms acts of kindness.  I was recently blessed with the opportunity to help someone and the high that I got from it was so overwhelming.  It doesn't even have to be a big thing either.  It could be something small from shoveling a neighbors yard or helping an elderly person to their car with their groceries.  You could also volunteer to babysit a friend's or family member's children so that they can run some errands in peace or have a date night.  It's really whatever you decide to do.  So many times we get caught up with our own problems and plights and if we just took a second to think about somebody else and actually turn that into an action, we would see so much in our own lives change.  I think this also takes some of the time and opportunity off of peoples hands to be mean and cruel and observe people being kind and actually try to attempt being kind themselves.  I really hope that this turns into something life changing for yourself and the people that you touch.  I will periodically do check in posts with the some of the acts that I have done to hopefully provide some ideas, motivation or inspiration.  If you choose to join me in this, I hope that you do the same so that I and others may get the same as well.  Let's change our worlds!

Are you ready for 2013?

Happy New Year everyone!  Are you ready for 2013?  Many people come up with resolutions to finally change the behaviors and habits that they have talked about changing forever.  They make the same resolutions year after year because they all have the motivation for about the first week and a half and then they drop out.  Are you actually ready to put in the hard work and dedication even when you are ready to digress in April?  I personally have decided to come up with a list of goals for 2013.  The resolutions that I have come up with are nothing too serious like taking myself to a movie at least once a month and to become more social and active.  Don't let the next 365 days be wasted merely on what sounds good for a day.  Make yourself a list of goals for 2013.  When you see yourself start to check things off of your goal list, you become more motivated and apt to set more goals and achieve them.  I made my list a few weeks ago which include things like hitting my ultimate weight, goal, discover new fitness options, complete as many 5/10K's as possible and to get my blog and a Youtube channel started among many other things.  I have also updated my personal goal chart to reflect those things and when I would like to achieve them throughout the year.  I encourage you all to really sit down and think about what you are willing to contribute to 2013 and to really challenge yourself to be dedicated.  365 days is a lot of time to change your life!