GRE..dun dun dun dunnnnnn

Okay, As I embark on this new journey of my life another thing occurs. I am current or shall I say was studying ro to take my GRE. I am also in the process of applying to scholarships as well. Hopefully I will get it because these scholarships will cover my expensive such as housing and what not lot. I have been praying that I do well. The problem that I am facing is a lack of focus for this test. I take the test November 28th at 10am. Wowzers. the first 2 weeks I was studying for like 1-2 hours. Now for the past 2 weeks I have been at a stand still. Pray that I can get that energy back up and study for this test. My goal is to score 1200. That is a pretty high score but I believe that I can do it. Now I have three weeks to make this a realize. Pray that my application, and my essays were what they are looking for and select me for this scholarships. I always get super nervous when I am applying for something. Mainly because I do not know what they want and I do not know if I fit with what they want. I hope there is a happy ending to this. But if it is not everything happens for a reason and I will push forward. Thanks for reading. Be blessed!

new fitness: The Ab Diet

Ok As you know I have been trying to lose weight. Its crazy. I have almost been that "thin girl". I was curvy but at a small frame. And I want to say a couple of months after I gradauted college I started packing on weight. And I didnt know what to do. I mean I have been that thin girl who had a fat mentality. By that I mean, I always was eating, but I had a fast metabolism. I beleive working in a office and sitting doen and not being able to be as active as I was in college and high school had a big role in my weight gain. My mom and dad couldnt tell me how to lose weight because they look great. The both are thin. I mean based off genetics I am suppose to still be thin, right? I was that girl that the Monique would talk about. So eating healthy was something that I needed to learn to do.

Cutting out sodas, coffees, and sweets wasnt hard for me because if you know me you will know that I am obessed with my teeth, I have never had a cavity, and I HATE chocalate and candy. And in regards to coffee, sodas and softdrinks, I have always been a water drinker, mainly because water is free and drinking too much sodas and coffee stains your teeth.  If I do eat sweets, 9 times out of 10 I don't finish it.Oh and I dont really drink alcohol because I know it will make you fat. My theory is this if I am going to get fat, I want to get fat from food, dont a drink. You are probaly reading this and thinking how is she fat. Well I only eat once or twice a day. I truely only eat when I am hungry. And I am learning that I need to eat more in order to lose weight. As you all know earlier this year I began my new fitness plan. I got a trainer, and I did well. I use to think that I ate a lot but later ;learned that I actually dont eat enough. The trainer and I did great, but I fell off, when I didnt lose the amount that I wanted to lose.

 Food and I had a long going relationships. But I decided to get back and get right with eating healthy and trying to lose weight. Although mainly people say that I look great. I feel fat. I am the adeal average woman size. But I have never been the average woman size so I am not feeling that. For me I would like to be a size 7 jean and a size 6 in dress pants.  Right now I am currently a size 12 in jeans and 10 in dress pants. I am not feeling it. I was remeasured a couple of weeks ago at the gyn down here in St.Louis,Mo and I have lost so far 3.3 percent of my body fat, 13 pounds, 10 inches off my total body in the past 2 months. My goal is to lose 22 pounds , drop my BMI to a healthy level, and  have a 4 packs of abs, and of course to be healthy.  I would like to lose this 22 pounds by the end of December but I dont think I will be able to do it. I say this because since I am not that big, it is harder for someone to lost  weight verse someone who is larger than you. I am right now consider slightly over weight, and if I lose the 22 pounds I will be at a healthy weight level for my frame and height. So my goal is to lose 15 pounds by Dec. 31, 2011 and by the Feb. 28th(which is my 25th birthday) to have reached my goal and lost 22 pounds and if you add those 22 pounds with the weight that I have already lost it would have been a total of 35 pounds lost. Hopefully by Feb. 28th my abs would have began to start forming.

 Who doesnt want abs like Janet!
 I have bought the ab diet for women, which was actually referred to me by a young lady on facebook. The food and goals that they give you are the same advice that my trainer in Virginia gave me. So I am excited to start this diet and begin the exercise. The program is 6 weeks, a lot of people have lost up to 25 pounds in 6 weeks. My goal is to lose 10-12 pounds in 6 weeks and/or 15 pounds by week 8. I would also like to lose  8 more inches off my total body as well. My stomach is pretty flat, but I am really interested in weight/inches lost in my hips in thighs. I know that I am probably adding more insult to injury by saying that becuase I am an African American woman and I am also half Jamaican but I think having a large butt like niki ninq or however you spell her name is nasty(on me) I dont mind being curvy, but a small curvy that is all. You may not agree with that statement, that is fine you are entittled to your opinion. Just don't comment on my blog about me feeling this way.

I begin the diet diet this up coming monday. Wish me luck.

I will update you guys like this: Starting week. Week 3, Week 6. Week 8, Week 10, Week 12, Week 15 & Week 17. I may reach my goal before Week 17 but hey who knows.The plan is only 6 weeks but I plan on doing it back to back and then the following 5 weeks I would be trying new exercises and different recipes.

 
I bought these two books off amazon. Check it and see if you like it. It got a lot of GR8 reviews!!!

Fantasize

What an amazing duo. A one of my many favorites from this group. I hope they one day do a reunion.

woman to woman:def poetry

I always liked this poem. I rememebr the first time I saw/heard this poem. I believe I was a freshmen in high school. I laughed then and I am still laughing now. Forgive cussing but the content is good nonetheless. I hope you all enjoy it and like it as much as me.