Why do you use makeup?

Have you ever thought about that? Why do we as women wake up every morning and put on makeup? Do you think that you aren’t beautiful enough? Do you want to accent certain features of your skin? Whatever the reason may be we all do it.

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I bet you send so much money and time picking out your makeup. Let me introduce to you Younique. This brand is everything you’ll ever need and so much more. Younique’s miss is to uplift, empower, validate and ultimately build self-esteem in women around the world through high-quality products that encourage both inner and outer beauty. Yes, I truly took their from their website. And I took it from there because I want to be all of those things!

 As a young professional I want to feel my best and look my best. I make healthy choices when it comes to eating and drinking, I work out around 4 times a week, I surround myself with amazing people and now I’m starting to really care about my face and how beautiful I want to look and feel.  Check out these amazing pictures I found while searching on Pinterest yesterday.

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I’m currently hosting an online party for these amazing products, check it out! All you have to do is click on Shop From This Party Now. I would love to answer any questions you have. 

I truly believe this is an amazing company

and I think you should try it!

Change is beautiful

Hello there! It's been awhile again, but this time I have a really good excuse as to why I've been so MIA (missing in action for those who don't understand this lingo). Lets just say that I've been MIA because of changes. So many positive changes. I don't even know where to being!! So lets just start with a selfie shall we!

Well now that you see that I haven't really changed much I can update you on all of the changing in my life!

So it looks like the last time I posted was March 11th, what the heck Alisia!! I cannot believe its been that long. Since then I baked my first cake, A & I went to Florida to visit his mom (my first vacation with his side of the family), I earned a promotion AND A & I moved in together!!! FINALLY

Talk about a little stud.

They came up with the coolest game! Beach Bowl!

Family time on the beach

On our way to dinner on the last night

We had a blast! The weather was amazing and we made so many great memories. Have you ever been to Fort Myers?

Photo bomber over here

What's new with you?

Tell me what you've been up to! 

Fat Burning Run

Happy Friday everyone! There’s no better way to start off the weekend than with a good run. I’ve been playing around with speed and incline on the treadmill and found that this workout has been the best to get the heart rate up and get the body sweating. Typically I run in the morning around 5:30 before work, I feel that gives me energy throughout the day and it’s what has been working for me. If working out in the evening works for you, then make sure to have a light snack before doing this workout.

 Make sure to stay hydrated and have some fun! Put on your favorite Pandora station and just run. You will love the results you see when you do this HIIT workout along with a healthy eating plan. 

Let me know your thoughts on this workout! 

What else do you want to see on here?

What's your fitness goal?

One step forward

Time to get back into sharing my stories, my reviews, my passions and my life changes. I know I have been extremely slow on blogging the last year or so, but I am trying to make it a priority to get back into it. A and I are going through a lot of changes right now and I would like to help anyone that is going through the same thing. One of the biggest changes right now is getting into shape. We are not doing just a diet, we are doing a lifestyle change. Let me tell you, this is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. It takes every fiber of my being to wake up every morning at 5:15 and go to the gym. Not only go to the gym and walk on the treadmill like I used to, but go to the gym and sweat it out.

I want to share our journey with everyone who thinks they can’t do it. You can do it. You have it in you. You just have to make small changes. Yes it’s so hard to say “no” to happy hour, wine, girls’ night, laying on the couch, delicious chips and dip, beer, partying, wings…you name it. It’s hard. However, when you start saying “no” to those things you will start to see changes. You just have to decide how bad you want it.

Going forward I will be documenting our journey. It will be hard, it’s been hard but I know we can do it. And I encourage each of you to do it for yourself as well. It all starts with a little step forward. 

Terrible - 21 Day Fix

I have been absolutely terrible at keeping up with my blog. For the New Year, I want to try to blog more! I have the time but I guess I would rather spend it cuddled up on the couch next to A.

One thing that I am very proud of A and I is that we are making healthier choices. We started working out and eating healthy. The biggest help has been 21 Day Fix! I don't know if any of you have tried it, but 21 Day Fix is amazing. No this is NOT a sponsored post, it's just how I feel about it. The point of the program is to get you to understand portioning your meals and that working out doesn't have to take over your life. The program comes with different colored containers of different sizes, each container represents a certain food group. And it comes with 7 different workout videos. The workout videos are only 30 MINUTES a day....that is NOTHING. Anyone can do these videos and you can see true results.

Along with the 21 Day Fix, A and I have been using our Fitbits. We want to monitor how much movement we have each day. It's great because we compete with each other and with other friends that have a Fitbit. And now to totally sound like a crazy person, I log all my food into MyFitnessPal. For those of you who don't know what this is, the app helps you keep track of what you are eating. Not only can I keep track of what I am eating, but I can also sync in my Fitbit steps. The steps get converted into calories burned and I can see where I am each day.

If you are looking to get into shape like A and I are, you should be using at least one if not all of these fitness tools. Who doesn't want to look good!? A and I are going to Florida at the end of March so I want to make sure I look amazing in my bathing suit....not like I did in Mexico over Christmas. Lets not talk about that because it wasn't pretty.

I will catch you up on what has been going on since my last post.

Have you heard of 21 Day Fix?

Do you use 21 Day Fix?

Do you use your fitbit?

Have you ever used MyFitnessPal?

Tell me your opinions!

Five on Friday

Today is the first time in a long time that I'm linking up with Liz for Five on Friday. It feels so good to be back. It feels so right.

...here we go...

Favorite Song

I am so obsessed with this song. I think it's a great song for women and even men. It's all about loving yourself. Yes, I am in a relationship but I think loving myself is extremely important.

Favorite Quote

I Instagramed this quote earlier this week because I needed a reminder that I need to just be me. I need to love myself before someone else can love me and I need to accept my own beauty. Lately I've been struggling with loving myself and just accepting myself, so this quote is a good reminder. 

Favorite Haircut

Along with needing to accept myself, I need a change. I think the best resolution for me needing change is cutting my hair. It took me about a year to grow my hair but now it's time to chop it off. I'm thinking to do this cut, what do you think?

Favorite Dinner

One day this week I just wanted a salad so I went home from work and threw together what ever I had in the fridge. The salad consisted of spinach, goat cheese, sunflower seeds, dried cranberries and an apple. The dressing was a mixture of balsamic vinaigrette and poppy seed. Delicious.

Favorite Cosmetic 

Now this isn't a picture of my eye, but I got eyelash extensions last week and I'm finally starting to like them. No I don't just like them, I love them. I think they look amazing. It takes me two seconds to get ready for the day now that I have these lashes. At first I hated them but now I really like them. 

Have you ever heard the song I like?

What do you think of that haircut?

Have you ever tried eyelash extensions? 

What's your favorite throw together salad?

Confidence

Where do I begin? I don't even know where I left off to know where to begin. I will say that I am going to attempt to start blogging again. Now this is huge for me because I haven't been very good at sticking to things. However, I'm trying to turn a new leaf in my lift. I think it's very important for me to explore different avenues and this avenue will be filled with the most random things. Food, pictures, stories, memories...everything and anything that pops into my mind.

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And for the first time ever, go ahead judge me for what I post. I don't care. 

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This is where confidence comes in. You see I lost a lot of my confidence a few months back. Why? I'm not really sure. I think it had a lot to do with reading other amazing blogs and comparing myself. And then seeing pictures of amazingly perfect people on Instagram and Pinterest and comparing myself. I need to put my foot down and just accept me and be confident in myself. Who's with me!?