Stay Classy

05/04/2013

Oh My Gosh!

I feel like its been forever since I posted. Things have been busy with me.
Working full time and studying part time is hard maintaining your creative loves especially since I have just started working out again.
Back at the gym and I am working out to the point of nausea apparently that's the way to go.

I'm on a dating site and so far I have zero dates. Yep that's right no takers for this young lady.
If you could ever have anything in the world magnify your insecurities then that would be online dating. I'm getting rid off it once my access runs out.

It would be nice to meet someone the old fashioned way, but to be honest I don't know what the old fashioned way is.

I should have been born in the 1950-1960's when men wore suits even the gangsters wore suits none of this pants under the butt shit we see everywhere, or guys that wear skinny jeans or gf jeans what is that seriously.

Why can't men and women be classy, and equal at the same time would the world be so fucking bad if that happened really.

Looks like I'm on a rant tonight so I'm going to stop it right there.

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XO Kitty

Clean & Kind Life style

Today's Date 17/03/2013

I have been pro-active with my goals since my last post, I have increased my water intake to 1.5 litres a day which has positively increase my concentration at work. I've switched out my diet to one that is more plant based with a weekly dose of fish. I've done my research and I'm well equipped and confident that I will get all my nutritional needs by the meals I will be making. All the food I will be eating is fresh and wholesome so its also very clean.

My decision to mainly eat a plant based diet is really based on loving my body and giving it really good fuel. As as suffer of IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) My body responds really well when I don't eat processed foods, dairy products and meat. I don't get any abdominal cramping, gas or reflux and I tend to sleep better too. Then there are the environmental and ethical aspects of choosing to consume little to no animal products that just make sense to me and makes me feel happy.

What am I going to eat ????

What am I going to eat you mite say if your not going to eat any meat, dairy and eggs. Well there is many things I will be eating I'm a little excited about it to be honest so many things that I will be trying too.

Wholegrain, legumes, beans a staple for any one that's not eating meat or just wants to be healthier. Things like brown rice, chick peas, quinoa, cous cous, wholemeal pasta, beans, lentils, nuts, seeds. I will also be eating a lot of vegetables like dark leafy greens, broccoli, zucchini, eggplant, sweet potato, carrots, garlic, ginger, onions, tomatoes, corn, mushrooms, capsicum, you get the picture. As well as some white flesh fish once a week, tofu occasionally and the odd quoin meat substitute if i want something similar to meat or chicken.

Where will I get my iron, protein and calcium from?
Well I am glad you asked. My protein iron and calcium needs will be gotten from the above foods, there are alot of grains, nuts and seeds that have alot of protein. Dark green leafy vegetables have lots of calcium as well as fortified soy milk and cereals.

What have I been eating lately?

Today for lunch I ate a green stir fry I guess is what you would call it. It was basically leek, zucchini, mushrooms, garlic,parsley, brown rice, sweet soy, green beans and sesame seeds.

Today I ate for dinner pasta al la Kitty. It was basically Hello Kitty Pasta (yes I'm that girl) garlic, parsley, zucchini, mushroom, herbs and a simple basil pasta sauce.

Xox Kitty

Weightloss - Accepting your Overweight

Today's Date 09/03/2013

Today I almost feel apart in a clothing store as I looked back at my reflection I was mortified by what I saw.

I am obese. BAM! When did this happen I know I'm overweight but I really didn't notice how much overweight I really was. When your overweight it affects your whole body from the amount of tissue your carrying to where the weight is positioned on your body. It affects your bones, muscles, skin, hair, your breath, your digestive system and even your mood and your organs.

Its much more that I need to lose weight, I really need to think about my body and what I can do to make it healthier and happier. What I can do to put it back in a natural sync as appose to where my body is at the moment.

My body is crying out to be healthy and for a long time now I have just given up but this year my doctor is concerned that I have POCS (google it) because my body has stopped having a period.

I really don't want that to be my reality especially because it can stop your from being able to have a family. I have never really thought about wanting to have a family, but I have know thus far I am in no way healthy enough to endeavor that path.

I thought about the things in life that I want to achieve this year and so far I am making a effort to
1. Save money
2. Be more challenged in my job by studying
3. Increase my ability to be challenged, increase memory, attention and problem solving by starting brain training through luminosity.

My next steps are to apply myself and get organised to lose the weight that is affecting my whole body and quality of life as I want to have a long life full of adventure not a short life full of regret.

I have to admit I did feel sorry for myself today, but I am proud by the fact that I did not cry.
Then I got angry at myself for putting myself in the position that I am in today. The biggest thing I have realised is that I have a addiction to food and I over consume food depending on my mood or to be frank just because. Now I have to make a decision do I want to be healthy, have nice skin and a normal digestive and reproductive system not to mention a better more balanced mood or do I want to stay the way I am and be constantly wishing for a change.

Well contray to popular belief you can't wish yourself anything. You can't snap your fingers and be at your goal weight. Nor can you live on diet shakes or pills either.

My goal this year is to lose the unhealthy weight this is affecting my body and making feel and look so disgusting and ill. My goal is for my body to function normally again, to have clear skin, soft shiny hair and a healthy body that is strong and toned.

I have no intentions on looking like someone who is not me or fitting in to a specific size of jeans. I just want to be the best version of me I can be and I want to be the healthiest me I can be too!

Watch this space my journey will be well document hear in my blog the good the bad and yes the ugly side of losing weight and gaining my life back.

Xox Kitty

Inspirational Wednesday

Today's Date 05/03/2013

Hello My Lovelies

I wake up Monday to Friday and I get up and get ready to go to work and think what's my day going to be like today. I sometimes even have a spring in my step thinking that I can make someones life a little easier. Lighten the work load and make a positive impact.

Then there are days when I wake up and I'm on autopilot and my day has morphed in to one blur, then I am exhausted and just ready to get home and I'm wanting it to be the weekend.

How familiar is this we always go in to our jobs with good intention and you can easily be dishearten or overwhelmed by the stresses and obstacles that life can throw at you.

These are not things that are likely to stop whether it be in your work, relationships or just life in general things come at you like BAM and you have to be ready.

How can you change the situation and turn things around so that you can tackle the unexpected chaos and challenges that fill our days.

Well its all about attitude, attitude, attitude!!!

Positive is definitely a word that you constantly hear all the time and its very true that a positive attitude is important.

But what I'm talking about is a proactive attitude.

Pro activeness has the essence of being positive but also the independence of saying I'm going to tackle anything that comes my way and I'm going to turn it around and make it work for me.

Every time you encounter an obstacle or challenge you are not going to instantly think, "how can I make this work for me" or "what can I do differently to get through this situation".

Its all about changing the way your think about and of how you see yourself in these situation and making a conscious effort to believe that you have the capacity and capability to take on and carry out tasks that need to be done.

Train your mind to believe and know you capabilities push yourself to uncomfortable limits and watch yourself transform from someone who sinks in the deep end so someone that's diving in and swimming laps.

Its definitely not going to happen overnight its a behaviour that needs to be learnt and a mindset that you need tell yourself over and over again  until its as natural as breathing and even then its a matter of not becoming complacent but knowing when to push your boundaries that little bit further.

Xox Kitty

 

Fall/Winter Lust Have #2

Today's Date 03/03/2013

www.citychic.com.au


I have found myself scrolling through the City Chic website again. Once again I have found two new outfits that I'm lusting after.

I love these two peplum dresses they are just gorgeous and feminine. I love the purple color and bright belt it makes a change from plain black. I'm also in love with the black lace its just beautiful and adds something a little extra to a otherwise simple dress.

Blah Blah Blah

Today's Date 03/03/2013


"A Smooth Sea, Never Made a Skilled Sailor." Author Unknown.


I really like this quote. Its kind of a metaphor for life.

I see it as the challenging and unknown situations in our life are what build our character without challenge we can never grow and never fully become in life the person we are meant to be.

Korres Wild Rose Lip Butter

Today's date 26/02/2013

I have been splurging a little lately on the Mecca Cosmetica Australian website and what I decided to splurge on may surprise you as not many people like to spend almost $20 Australian dollars on a lip butter.

 I just had to try this one as I had herd many good things about it from many beauty blogger.

The lip product I decided to try was by Korres. Its their Wild Rose lip butter and I fell in love with this product from the get go.

The first thing you notice is the packaging very cute and quirky.

Then as you open it up you eyes first meet with a deep rouge rose colour and then a beautiful wild rose perfume fills your senses.

I applied this product with my pinkie finger its texture is so creamy and it transfers to the lip rather lovely leaving a hint of a tint behind giving your lips a fullness and sheen.

The feeling of this lip butter is heaven on dry lips as it makes them feel moisturised.

The only thing I didn't like about this product was that its in a pot and not a tube but I can get over applying it with my pinkie.

The price $18.95 it is a little steep but the product in my own opinion is well worth the price tag as I find it to be my most luxurious lip butter that I own and makes my lips feel so moisturised and kissable.

XO Kitty

Let's Get Organized

Today's date 24/02/2013

I made excuses for why my savings account was always empty and why my bills where always paid late. Why sometimes I skipped meals or perhaps ate baked beans or pasta bake for a whole week straight.

I would say things like "I don't earn enough money" or "I really do need my gym membership" that I haven't once attended but pay for every month. Not to mention buying things on my credit card or just because they where on sale.


Then I decided to take a big step back. I looked at my pay slip and saw how much I was earning every month. Do you know what it wasn't that I needed to earn more money I just needed to get organized.

I started by writing down my monthly income then I wrote down all my expenses for the month and the dates that everything was due to be paid. Then I wrote all these down on my calender so I can visually see what expenses where due and how much it was each month.

The items like my rent, car loan and savings I had my employer pay a specific amount in to a separate account where these would be directly deducted from and the rest of my money went in to its usual account.

Doing this meant that I could then budget with the rest of the money I had left and I found that after I had paid all my expenses every month and put money away for savings I still had some cash left over which I would leave in my account for emergency cash.

Now before you can be successful doing this you first have to know where the heck your money is going. I did this by checking my every day account online and seeing every transaction I was making.

I would spend a lot of money on food. That's right food, I bought my coffee in the morning, fast food for lunch and sometimes even dinner. I skipped my payments to my credit card or bills that needed to be paid and so a lot of the time my account was in arrears so my bank would charge me fees every time and because I would pay my bills late I would then incur a late fee on those bills. It was a a bad cycle that had to be stopped.

My first step before organising my budget was stop purchasing things that I could bring from home like coffee, breakfast and lunch.

The next step was to speak with my bank and switch my credit card over to a low interest rate card that had a super low interest rate for the first six months and then a competitive low interest rate after that.

I then got all my bills out and called each bill provider and got a extension on each bill that was going to be paid late so that I would not incur a late fee or my service shut off.

I needed to go to my gym and cancel my membership as I could not find anyone else to take over my membership.

Then I made out my budget and set up a separate account for my rent, car loan and then a separate account for my savings and my everyday account had everything else in it. My calender showed the date that everything was due so I know exactly what gets debited from which account and on what day of that month that is.

It takes a few months for it to get going and for you to see and notice a difference but well worth it in the long run.

My Fall/Winter Lust Haves

Today's date 22/02/2013

Even though I am considered  "plus size" I adore beautiful cloths and fashion and I know what I like. Below are my lust haves for fall and winter 2013 from city chic a plus size clothing store in Australia.
www.citychic.com.au

Just a little disclaimer these images are directly from the City Chic website this is not me in any of the pictures its the model from the website.

My Fall/Winter Lust Haves

To My 20 yr old Self

Today's date 22/02/2013.

Dear 20yr old Self,

Child there are worlds you must hear me speak and you must change your actions immediately.

The sadness of your mum dying is going to hit you hard but you must feel it in the moment and then try your hardest to get past it and really LIVE your life.

Keep going to church and out with your friends. They all love you very much and you will find yourself incredibly lonely if you shut yourself off from your family, friends and god when you do.

Don't move out of home. Your dad is way to stubborn to admit this but he needs you. He is in way too much finanical hardship without you that he will have to sell up and down grade to a smaller house in the suburbs of Salisbury where he feels incredibly sad and lonely all the time.

In time your pain will pass and become less raw and open. You will wish that you never moved out. This will burden you for many years and will never fully go away.

I know you think that your ready for Sex but let me tell you something, your not a sex goddess. Your not doing it for the right reasons you will feel totatlly used and dirty and ashamed. Know that the only thing that will heal your heart is being with the people that love you the most your friends, family and god so pray, play with your dog take him for walks, keep going to church and say yes when your friends ask you out cause one day your will miss their friendship and be full of regrets.

Ok so hears where things get a little crazy. Your totally an akward person with other people and you espcially don't like conflict but your going to live a few places and your going to keep moving becuase your constantly be looking for a home to call yours and you will never find it. You don't realise that you need to change, that your actually the problem and you need time to grow up and sort yourself out to become a strong and confifent women. We are still working on this.

Step away from the computer and stay away from the internet. please stay active!

Lastly your not ready for a relationship so don't try and get in to one before your ready, trust me it ends in you feeling emotionaly dead from somone that only wants to control you and will do so by being a emotional bully.

Remember your stronger then you think you are!

Much love your 29yr old Self Xo

Suddenly 29!

Today's date 22/02/2013.

Its my birthday today. I'm suddenly 29. OMG! Its my last year of being in my 20's and let me tell you something I'm not really crazy about the idea. The next twelve months is just going to fly by so quickly, this time next year it will be OMG I'm 30. I feel like these past nine years since I turned 20 have just completely flown by. What do I have to show for it?

I own my home and I have a nice car but that's pretty much it. Its sad but true. I don't have a boyfriend. I don't have any children or any pets and I haven't lost any of the weight that I have gained in those years either. I'm not even where I want to be career wise.

I am hear at 29 years of age feeling like a complete and utter loser because I have not made enough of the past nine years since I turned 20. Why? cause she died. She was everything to me not only was she my mum. She was my best friend the person I told all my secrets to. The person that would stroke my back every time I was sick. It didn't matter how sick she was she always fought for me. Not hear she did it for me cause I was lucky enough to live when everyone thought I would die and for that I became her reason for living everyday. In my loneliest of moments she was always there to put a smile on my face and make me feel like the most important person in the world.

I can't blame her for dying. The past nine years was all me. Hoping and wishing things in my life would be different. As I chose to let it affect me, I chose the darkness because if was more familiar then the light. I chose to seek the things in life that was never good for me. To reminisce those feelings of comfort and love. My head was clouded by depression and sadness, I let it cripple my soul and stopped dreaming of things in life that I could achieve if only I set my mind to them and applied myself.

Hind sight is a very funny thing indeed, of all the things I wish I did differently. There is a lot of things I would say to my 20 year old self.

But that story is for another day. I'm suddenly 29 and going by all the wisdom I know now there is alot I'm going to do differently with the next nine years.

Its time to start dreaming big!