tips to drop a few extra pounds...

thinspiration...

Everyone needs a little extra push to make themselves drop those extra few pounds that don't seem to want to let go. I need to shake those extra winter pounds, thankfully they have been slowly coming off but not as quickly as I would like. Here are some things I do my best to keep in mind to help myself.

when should I wash that...

With the amount of different types of materials clothes are made out of, how are we supposed to know when and how to wash them? Well here is a little cheat sheet to help...

What does one wear to a local dive bar...

The nights with no plans or expectations are the best ones...

walking around nyc...

over spring break I had a lot of time to hang out in the city. Here are some pictures from just walking around the streets and my time at the MOMA.

hanging out at Starbucks...

Until recently I never got the phenomenon of sitting at Starbucks for hours at a time. The Thursday of spring break was possibly the coldest day we have had all week. And Thursday was the day I had an interview in the city at1:30 in the afternoon and had agreed to meet a friend that had graduated last year for dinner around seven. 

Senioritis

As the year slowly is coming to an end, and my college career will be over. A mix of emotions rush through me every single day. The tornado of emotions starts ripping through me the moment my alarm goes off in the morning, and doesn't stop until I'm fast asleep... And even then the emotions can haunt me in my dreams. 

white on white on white

my tabata workout...

why don't they like to lift...
Doing cardio at the gym is no problem for me and I don't have an issue going into the weights side if the gym and lifting either. But after talking with some of my friends they all have the same fear of going onto the "boys side" of the gym and lifting. After thinking about it, there is an intimidation factor of going and lifting where the guys are. 

trips on a whim...

I can hardly believe a year ago I was studying abroad. I was happier than I could have possibly imagined, exploring thigs left and right and never wanted to turn back. As we all konw all good things eventually come to an end. Thankfully that end of studying abroad, just made me thirstier for travel and adventure.

what to wear on the weekend...

To be totally honest, I never feel like putting any energy to what I wear on the weekends if I am just hanging around, doing homework or running errands. This weekend, while I should have been doing my homework, I decided to do other things.

whats in my makeup bag...

Who else remembers when mom let you put on makeup for the first time? I remember when I was finally allowed to go to school with makeup I thought I was hot stuff walking into the building. I was uber confident with my mascara and blush on that day. Turns out, some mascara and blush, doesn't cover it anymore. This is what my makeup bag looks like now...

Now with all the girls running around with their fake-baked tans, extensions, eyelash extensions and whatever else people are doing now, I have to somewhat keep up with them. So now this is what my makeup bag looks like...

who likes getting fitted for bras anyway...

Ladies, who can honestly say they enjoy getting fitted for bras? I know I don't. Over spring break I made the dreaded plunge to Nordstroms to go bra shopping. Now don't get me wrong, I love going to Nordies and will go at any chance I get, but the bra shopping on the other hand, not so fun. 

To be totally honest, I am a busty girl, I love it and hate it at the same time. I hate it because there are never "cute" or "fun" bras in my size, I feel like I'm stuck with the $80 bras that look like they are for my mom and her friends, not for a young woman out on the prowl. Lets be real, I don't want a guy taking off my shirt to see a granny bra, so not cute. On top of that, while all of my friends are telling me how great and cute the new Victorias Secret bras are, I not only can not relate to it, but laugh to myself because I could never fit into one of those bras. To add a little more humor to the VS issue, I just feel like the cup sizes, are not real, I have a suspicion that what they consider to be a "B" cup is actually an "A" cup. Oh and lets not forget... I do NOT feel like I look like this in the changing rooms trying on bras to find one that fits and is semi-cute.

working out doesn't have to suck...

So, who else made a new years resolution to get in shape in 2014? I know I did, I knew with swimming coming to an end, I knew as much as I wanted to keep eating anything I wanted to, it was unrealistic unless I wanted to be about a thousand pounds overweight. To be totally honest, I am of average height and average weight I'm five and a half feet tall and started my journey at 133 pounds, I do not NEED to loose weight, but my body is one thing I can control. Coming into a time of life where I have very little control over things like, what grades I'll get, what guys like me, who will hire me, oh and that future thing I like ignoring, I can control my body.