Scales are not Friends!!

     As all the experts say, scales are not our friends. For a perfectly good reason because most people will step on a scale right after a work out and expect results then when the scale shows them the same weight as before  they are discouraged.

 

The reason that I don't like to check the scales is that, like others, I am disappointed.

Even though I'm not looking to lose any weight I get mad because it says the exact same number as it did the month before, I'm trying to get bigger!! I don't think the scale understands. However, guys keep in mind that when you check the scale it wont be 100 percent  accurate and will range about 2 pounds above or below your average weight. Think of the water, food, and toxins you have lingering in your body, so don't get discouraged! You're doin great!

Sometimes you will begin to feel like you are hitting a  plateau mix it up a little. I like to add in ( or take out)  some cardio, Try HIIT  to begin with to begin your workout and it will have you sweating bullets. You can try different machines that you don't normally do. Sometimes when I go with a friend or my sister, they will do other things so I try what they do and it's pretty tricky at first because  I haven't done it before. I found that when I set a goal that requires me to work for it I will work harder. For example, instead of a goal of trying to do x amount of push ups or x amount of pull ups; I will have a goal to do something larger, like a headstand for starters. Then, I sit back and think.... What do I need to do to achieve this goal?

A strong core, and strong arms and practice. I practice daily and a few times a day, I also work out a couple hours a day so as of today I have no problem doing these. My next goal is to be able to do a forearm stand, then a handstand. Lately, I'm loving yoga so my goals are revolving around it.

Now that I know that I can accomplish my goals, and that I'm seeing results, I love the gym and working out and its almost an obsession of mine. Always have a good attitude about it and the workout will kick  some serious butt.

Remember it takes time to see results and for others to see these results.

I promise that it is worth it and it always will be.

 

XXO Leeser.

 

Stay Golden

 

 



Things get better.

Life can be a real downer sometimes ya' know?

Before you start reading, keep in mind that this is started off with a topic but runs into a slight rambly rant toward the end. I believe the second half of this post is the most important part, I had trouble putting it into words but its the honest truth from me.  I also started munching on  chocolate covered espresso beans soo... I got jittery.

  

 anyway... Whether its mentally getting to you from stress from work, school, friends or your one and only.

It's not the time to be stressed out by the small things, it's Summer! This is your Life so live it! Yeah, things happen that are going to suck, they will make you feel as though you are nothing, mean nothing, and can do nothing but this is when you show them that you are AMAZING! You can do anything you put your mind to.

  Lose your job? Maybe that job wasn't meant for you doll, this is your chance  to go out and show yourself who you are, how hard you are willing to work for what you really want. To show everyone else what you can do. go out and be AMAZING!! 

    Maybe you don't have the most friends, maybe your friends really suck. Yeah I said it. maybe you have sucky friends. Nobody should be with anyone, relationship wise or not, that does not help them build themselves higher then where they are now. With that being said, don't only go out looking for those people who will build you up, go out looking for the people that you can build them up too.  

    What if you don't have the money? The world kinda revolves around the stuff these days huh? it sure seems like it to me. It's okay not to be rich, it's okay to not be able to go out every weekend because you can't afford it. your time will come when you will be able to go out and buy the things that you want, and it will be 100% worth every penny, because you will know what it took for you to get it

     Sometimes sad things happen, maybe you may  have lost someone special; your mother, father, sister or brother. maybe someone else a friend or significant other, an aunt or uncle, someone who decided to listen to you when you were at your lowest. They may have been waiting for the day that they return, maybe they had cancer or age was working against them, maybe they were taken from this world from nowhere, they were here one day and gone the next. I believe they are in a better place now. Whether you believe in heaven or hell, an after life, or nothing at all. I believe that it is better then where we are today, with the wars and starvation, the cancers and inequalities, the rich and the poor; the life after this has to be better then where we are today. It has to.

 Except, we are here today, we are alive and well, a house to keep us sheltered, food to keep us fed. Life is worth living and unless its time for us to leave this world, we will and should want to be living because this is the only life we get.

 

Before I forget, this is what I live by, as an eighteen year old who struggled to know who she is, as a girl who went through high school and middle school trying to fit in when it wasn't meant to be, an outcast, an oddball. I want Everyone to know life is beautiful. Life is worth it. You are worth it. It's okay not to fit it, it's okay to be yourself. You cant be anyone else even if you wanted to.  I know that there are people who go through life trying to fit in, trying to make friends. As far all I know its Teenagers, girls and boys who believe so little in themselves that they believe anything that someone will tell them. sometimes its negative, things like your worthless, you're ugly, you're weird, no wonder you don't have friends. Then there are people who don't believe that these tings happen. they just say " There's a reason they don't have friends", " They put this on them selves, if they wanted to they could have friends", "  People don't get bullied anymore."

You know what?  Yes. There is a reason why these kids don't have friends, why? Because every friend that they have gotten turns and disappears. They don't stay around. They arnt loyal as a friend should be.  If they wanted to they could have friends. Yeah, that's true as well, but sometimes its better to be your own friend then having a dozen fake ones. It's like that for me anyway.

  People get bullied. they get bullied every day and they will for the rest of forever, that's the sad truth. They may not be getting slammed in lockers any more but emotionally everyone is getting bullied.

   This is what's wrong. Society is killing our teenagers, media says one things while our minds say another. We must be skinny! we must drink six dollar drinks! We must spend hundreds of dollars on makeup so we can look a certain way. We have to wear clothes from the top stores, the clothes that look so worn but we will pay 50 dollars for a pair or high waisted shorts that look like crap.

 I may be ranting a bit now, this could and should be another post but if you are still with me now thanks.

  Everyone. You are beautiful, you are wonderful, you are enough. You have to tell yourself these things because you need to believe it yourself.  you have to be happy!! believe in yourself! because I believe in every single one of you.

 

Stay lovely.

StayGolden

and

Be AMAZING!!

 

xo Mel.