Boots No7 Protect & Perfect Serum

The sample I received of  Boots No7 Protect & Perfect Serum from influenster was fairly decent. I have extremely sensitive skin and break out pretty easy. I am always hesitant to use new products when it comes to my face.

I was impressed with it at first, but then slowly started to break out. My face got all red and burned a little bit. The instructions tell you to use if twice a day, I would recommend that if you have sensitive skin like mines, that you use it once to every other day.

The results were awesome. My skin was noticeably clear and softer. I would recommend this to everyone. My only advice, other than use it less, it to wear a good SPF with it.  It's a little pricey, but it's not as expensive as products you see in sephora or influenster. Target.com tends to have it on sale, so keep your eyes peeled!

#GetADVANCED #FrostyVoxBox #Influenster

End of month progress - August 2014

The month is coming to an end and summer is almost over. Change is in the air and it feels amazing. Summer in Georgia seems to last forever. The mornings start out cool and crisp while it gets hot and humid during the day. Halloween and fall decorations are starting to litter store shelves. Cinnamon brooms are hoarded near the entrances of stores, forcing that pungent spicy scent to burn your sinuses. Starbucks unveiled their pumpkinless pumpkin spice lattes earlier than usual. Yup, this is my favorite time of year. I am looking forward to it getting colder and Thanksgiving.

This month has been a bit rocky for me. I started off with an ulcer that left me with little to no energy to workout. Not to mention, I had to eat frequently so my stomach wouldn't be empty. No worries though, as soon as o started feeling better I got back in to kicking ass in my workouts. I didn't really bother with weighing myself much this month. I was pretty sure my progress wouldn't be where I wanted it to be. So I already set myself up for disappointment. I didn't eat as strict as I normally do, and just said fuck it. Staying within my calorie limit, of course. Lol.

Today I weighed myself and found out I lost 4lbs since my last weigh in. Which was at the beginning of the month. I am pretty proud of myself. Even though I didn't eat as strict, I still pushed myself to work out hard. Even on days I wasn't feeling like it. I met my first goal, to get under 200 lbs. Now it's time to finally push myself harder than I ever have. To get to as healthy as I possibly can. I wonder where I will be in my progress by the end of the year? I'm excited!

August 30th -          June 29th

August 30th

August 1st

July 7th

June 13th

Wednesday , August 20th

I felt like it was time for another photo progression photo. I'm very optimistic with the way things are going weighloss wise. I'm super close to where I was back in 2012! The difference this time is I feel like my body is a lot more lean than last time. In 2012 I focused a lot more on my diet and some workouts. This year I am waaay more focused on fitness. Seriously though, 3 to four hours a week of circuit training and weight training!? Peace of fucking cake!   On the weekends I tend to add in running or walking a couple of miles. This time around has been so much fun! It helps that my husband works out too. He's always been a skinny dude, with a very fast metabolism. This year he's put on close to 30 lbs of muscle and fat. What's weird is pretty soon we are going to meet up in weight. He's currently 180 something  and I'm close to 199. I'm interested to see what we look like at the same weight. Haha. Freaky.

August 20th 2014   -  July 7th 2014

He'll probably get mad that I posted this. Lol. First pic is in 2012 and the second one is in Early July this year!

Burpees... Yowza

So as each day, week, month passes by I have more energy to do more workouts. For awhile I was doing one round of circuit and weight training. Then after awhile I added a second round circuit.  The second round was just five to six minutes of jumping jacks and or 100 more pushups.

Today I switched it up and did  burpees and 15lb kettle bell swings. That shit was intense and I loved it. I have a feeling that I am going to be sore as hell tomorrow. I tried doing burpees in the past and couldn't push myself back up. Lol!  This time around I had so much energy and adrenaline that I surprised myself.  I look forward to trying new workouts I couldn't do in the past!

Beautiful Saturday at the farmer's market!

I won a 20 token credit for the local Forsyth Farmer's Market here in Savannah Georgia!  I was and still am pretty excited about it! Lol.  I just love the area and how friendly all the vendors are. If you are ever in Savannah or live in the area, you should definitely check it out. They have locally grown veggies, fruits, honey, coffee, sweets, pastas and bread!

With my 20$ in tokens, I got local honey, fresh focaccia bread and roasted pepper & ricotta ravioli!  Not really good diet food, but I couldn't help myself. Pasta and fresh bread are my weakness! It was amazing! So was the honey on the focaccia bread!

Yum yum

I was a little worried that my stomach ulcer slowed down my weight loss process. But I was wrong!

Drinking a ginger root beer zevia!

stomach virus? no big deal!

So I've been having an issue with a weak stomach/ stomach virus since last week. I haven't been able to exercise properly since then and it has a bit frustrating.  I have, how ever been able to eat good.

I slipped back into eating not as healthy but staying within my calorie limit.  I switched back to eating clean and smaller portions. I feel better, and hopefully soon I will be well enough to get back into working out. I miss running and lifting.

But I am super close to my first private goal and my first over all goal!

And here's some food porn:

3 month arm progress. (photos)

July 29th           June 29th

I've always kicked myself in the ass for not recording progress of my arms in the past. I have always had insecurities about my arms, and really never cared about wearing tank tops in public. But I've been working really hard and I am extremely proud of my progress so far. I know I have posted some pics but I am uploading them again and today's picture for comparison.

June 13th 2014

July 7 the 2014

August 1st 2013

July 10 2014

Well, I wrote this long entry and for some reason my phone copied and pasted the last entry instead of the one I just wrote. Ack, super freaking frustrating. 

Any who, sometimes when we work hard to lose weight, it doesn't really turn out the way we wished. Skin gets loose and flabby. Sometimes we lose fat in areas we don't want to lose fat in. Like in the boobs. So far I have gone down a whole cup size. Seems like there's a possibility of going down another cup. 

September 2013                            July 2014

But on the up size I am almost down another pant size. I started this journey at a size 16, and am currently in a size 14. By the end of the month I should be able to fit my size 12 jeans comfortably.  They are currently a little tight on my thighs and hips. When I first started this journey I was wearing a size 22 and got down to those size 12 jeans. I was also almost able to fit a size 10 at my thinnest.  

I'm proud of myself for making it to the halfway point of my first goal. So far I have lost 15 lbs and I have another 15lbs to go! This time around seems alot easier. Each week that goes by, I gain more and more energy to work out.  

photos - July 7th 2014

Good morning friends, had an ass kicking workout today and figured I'd upload some pics to look back on later.

My breakfast / post workout smoothie!

1tbls flax
1/4 cup oats
1 capsule of raw vitamin b complex
2 tbls amazing grass protein powder
*not pictured*
1 banana
1 cup organic spinach
1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1/2 cup fat free lactose free milk
1/3 cup water

Sweaty and messy hair. The transition between circuit training and weight training. Feeling great!

coffee coffee coffee!

Coffee is my addiction. So much so, that I get super angry if I don't have my coffee. My head will hurt and I'll be in a rotten mood all day.  The first thing I think of when I wake up is coffee and the last thing I think of when I go to sleep is coffee.

This is why I decided to cut down on coffee. I went an entire week without coffee when I had a bladder infection & stomach bug. The first day was miserable but after awhile I didn't miss it as much. Now I have a caffeine sensitivity and can't really handle drinking it every day. 

I switched to decaf coffee and I still get the enjoyment of a hot cup of awesomeness. The smell of coffee is intoxicating, and it soothes me when I am stressed. I don't think I'll ever give it up 100% but I do think cutting down is a possibility.

I don't like to load my coffee with sugar or milk. I'll only drink it black. I'm not a big fan of sweet beverages.

wait, whaaat?

Apparently the tracker I was using to track my weight back in 2010 was a my fitness pal tracker.

So weird. No wonder I couldn't use "myrahhh" as a username and had to go with "_myrahhh" this year. Rofl!

So I entered my current weight

Holy shit.

wibbly wobbly flabby wabby stuff...

I drank a lot of coffee yesterday afternoon and now I can't sleep. So I decided to look at weight loss instagram motivation pages. It's nice to see the natural body during wight loss rather than the Hollywood version. Some bodies are flabby and some bodies get easily toned. My problem spots have always been my arms, stomach, and thighs. More so my arms. I have posted through out how I hate my wibbly wobbly flabby wabby arms! It's thinking like that, that makes me a little self conscious. Fuck that thinking. I've come a long way thus far and I've toned my arms from doing a lot of push ups and weight lifting. I wish I had kept my before pictures of my arms so I can compare them. I got disgusted at my own arms and deleted them a while back. But I did take a pic back on June 13th that a can compare to later. So here's to breaking down those self conscious walls and building a happier "me".

June 28th

June 13th

June 13th

June 13th

2014 progress

I've been pondering if I should fire up this blog for awhile now.  Since my last post I had gained a good amount of weight. I wasn't happy with the way I was looking so I decided back in late March I would get back into working out and eating better.

For 95 days I have been using the my fitness pal app. I started at 225 and I'm currently 212. This time around I am a lot happier working out and eating. I have been focusing on circuit training, weight training, yoga and some cardio. As for calories, I am consuming 1400 calories.

Late 2008/2009ish        mid may 2014

Late June 2014.    Early June 2014.