Health Motivation Maybe?

Need help getting up to exercise?
Maybe you don't exercise regularly but you know you should. Or maybe you're having a low day and not feeling the energy.
If you want to feel amazing, a healthy glow, a flat stomach, skinnier legs, and awesome energy you have to exercise and eat healthy.

Forget about diets, they hardly work, get a lifestyle that will last.

CONTROL YOUR HEALTH, DO NOT LET YOUR HEALTH CONTROL YOU.

SO EXERCISING? Just get it done. Find some inspiring videos if you have to, read more blogs or medical studies, but nothing will make up for getting up and exercising. It may not be easy, but it will become easier, as it becomes a habit.

Our society is totally unhealthy and unfortunately I am on that end of the spectrum. I have decided to make a change. I have definitely tried before to start a healthy journey, but I get sidetracked because It seemed so hard. Finding healthy food is tough around where I live, and they are expensive. For exercise? I consider my travel to school on the NYC transit system a exercise. I'm usually going out early in the morning so I have no time for a jog, and when I come home it's too late to go out plus I am tired.

But what I have learned is that when you really want to do something, you find a way. So..
Find a way.

The desire has to come from within, and we have to be our own motivation to start and continue a healthy journey.

We have unlimited amounts of fast foods, but then the healthy foods are hard to find -_- . hmmm I wonder why most of the population is overweight.

HAVE SOME SELF CONTROL PLEASE.

We need to start taking control of our own bodies, and taking matters into our own hands. THAT'S HOW WE ACHIEVE ANYTHING IN LIFE.

These are a couple of videos that motivated me soooo much. I just have to get it done.

My goal: Get fit, stay fit. The healthy way.

My steps to health?

1) I have joined a dance club at my college. They are pretty awesome, non judgmental, and I feel great dancing with them.  I have have a family that loves to dance, so I have danced at parties, and I have taken dance lessons before when I was younger so I am okay at dancing. I have two issues though, I have a hard time remembering the moves right away. While everyone is already doing them, I have to go home and practice them so that I can come next practice ready to move. But I know with practice it will get easier, And I need to be confident in the moves, adding some attitude.

2) Eating smaller portions. Our stomach is only as big as a balled up fist. So a lot of the things we eat are too much for us, and we don't even know it. Of course our bodies are going to stretch if we feed it more than enough. Eat the amount you need, other than that, It becomes gluttony.

3) Incorporated Jogging again. I will take up jogging again, I love the way it feels after you have been jogging consistently for a few days. just starting, it is a pain, but over time, it becomes an obsession, and I can't wait. I have gone out already with my nephew and niece, and just jogged around a large court at a park about 10 times.

4) Health isn't only about your weight, there is also inner, and outer health.

Inner health: I am reading the Bible, praying more frequently, spending time with God. I am also learning to love myself the way I am, to accept everything about myself, including defaults. I am trying to have more self control, self motivation, and self love, and acceptance. Following the commandment " Love thy neighbor" It isn't easy, but it is one of the most important ones! God says so.

Outer health: Also translated as outer beauty. Taking care of my appearance, my body, skin, and hair. I have developed a new hobby, Make up. I am loving it. I don't use make up, I hardly wear lip gloss, but I have become fascinated with make up and the colors, and variations.  I bought make up brushes, eyeliners, mascara, lipstick, and eye shadows. And I have been playing around with make up :).

I also just got bangs. They frame my face beautifully, but I am still not used to them. They make my forehead itch, and they feel like curtains. I got a relaxer on m hair, IDK why but I did. I like the way it looks, but I miss my curls, and I have to be extra careful with relaxed hair. I am even afraid to get into a pool this summer.

As I start felling better, I start to look better. I went shopping for shoes and clothing, and think I have been looking real cute these past few days.

One thing I had to realize was that I have to be healthy, for me, not for anyone else, and I have to love myself for me, and what I wear doesn't have to look good to anyone but me.  If I like it, then I wear it. If I have something to say, then say it because my words matter. They matter to me. Confidence ;)


Love on others xD Believe in Yourself.

Beauty Quotes:

BeautyForYouToKnow:

"Tinted moisturizers are good foundations because they can moisturize your skin and at the same time act as a concealer"

"Pick clothes that flatter your body, but don't go too far. People get the wrong impression if you show too much skin"

"Do not over-exercise and fast much because it will slow down your metabolism."

Tips for New Aspiring Fashion Designers

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There are so many fashion designers with thousands of unique ideas. They come from all over the world. Some are lucky enough to know right from childhood they were meant to be designers and some grow a love for it as they get older. When we look at magazines full of gorgeous fashion garments, pictures of models wearing designer clothing and runway shows that give and take so much inspiration, it's easy to get hooked on the action filled fashion world.     It has created a generation where almost everyone wants to be a fashion designer.   That being said I wanted to give a few little tips to some of you who have decided to try a career in fashion design but have no idea where to start. It's not as difficult as it seems.
  Get Inspired Search, observe, and imagine. Search the internet, magazines, and anything that you know you love to see if you get an ideas. Inspiration can come from anywhere, the people around you, the sky, the flowers, literally anything. Observe the people around you, what they love , what they wear, and how they like to wear it. Observe colors that work together, observe everything.  Imagine your new design, and be creative. It might seem a little hard or overwhelming at first because there's so many things already out but if you have vision then it will certainly become easier over time. Your imagination will overflow with ideas.
Start drawing You don't know how to draw? Start by using templates or croquis.  You can find them and many more on www.fashion-era.com or Google.com. Just print them out and then trace them with layout paper and draw your design. It helps you draw faster and helps you get your idea down quicker. Remember, getting your idea down on paper is more important than getting every detail on the figure perfect. After a while you might not need the templates anymore. Then you can start adding some personality to your fashion design model. Maybe a cute hair cut and some outstanding jewelry or make her pose a unique way that adds character to the drawing. Like these few beautiful drawings:

  

Take Initiative Critiques are to improve your work, make the clothes, get the customers, sell the clothes Do not be afraid to show people your designs or to go to other people for opinions.  Remember you can learn from other people and you can always get better at drawing. If you have the guts, you can submit your work for evaluation or maybe for a job if an opportunity arrises. Or you can try having your own fashion line, by deciding on a brand name - registering it - learning to sew or hiring someone to do it for you and getting customers. You can decide where you want to sell, (online, home, small shop, ect..). To read more about fashion design visit the related articles:

• Dream Jobs - The Fashion Designer (rosaleengallagher.wordpress.com)

• Start using a fashion croquis (nextinfashion.wordpress.com)

• The Design Society (central.hcc.edu)

• Fashion Designs Sketches (fashiondesignssketchespsnj.wordpress.com)

Fashion Or Style

Do you have style or are you fashionable?

Believe it or not there is a difference between style and fashion. Fashion is not style and style is not fashion.

What is Fashion?

Fashion changes over and over again. You can be fashionable and where the newest fashion trends out there but never be stylish. Taking fashion too serious can possibly make you a fashion victim.

What is Style?

Style is .. Not being afraid to stand out!

Women of style usually have a trademark, and are recognized by it. Like a great black jacket, or maybe a mix of colors that look amazing on her. They're the ones that would take an item of clothing and wear it in a way that it was never intended to be worn.

Style is .. Knowing when to stop.

For example, many people love animal prints. The difference between stylish and tacky is wearing one, maybe two pieces, at a time. The secret to being well dressed is underdressing. Allowing you to wear distinctive clothing that stands by itself.

Style is .. Going with what works for you.

If it feels comfortable, then you are going to get a lot more wear out of it. Even though something is right off the runway, unless you feel confident in it, leave it alone.

Style is .. Not always obeying silly fashion rules.

Style is .. A good fit.

Keep an eye out for how clothing should fall. You should know where those pants should fall or how that jacket should hang on you. Also size is a matter that changes based on the clothing item, or the fabric, or the designer. Pants made by one designer in a size 8 might be a size 6 in another brand.

The Classics

There is a backbone to fashion known as "classic dressing." It allows a woman to remain stylish throughout every season of her life. These are the women that are not wearing outrageous fashion from the runway, or not following the fashion editorials on magazines. They have they're own signature style and know what looks right and what doesn't. Fashion magazines themselves never meant to be taken literal on every page.

Are you making fashion your own & making it style? Or are you following the rules of fashion? What do you think?

Source: "The worlds best-kept beauty secrets - Diane Irons"
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