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I've told my cousin Cara this before,

but when I envision myself in my future house,

I keep seeing myself in dresses.

GREAT dresses...

I see myself with a happy-go-lucky singing-with-the-birds

Snow White type of life once I buy my house.

But now, I tend to romanticize things... I'll prolly end up in nasty old sweat pants everyday :-(

I CAN DREAM THOUGH!

And maybe if  I dream hard enough, it'll become real.

I'm all about following your dreams these days.

If you want to try something, then do it! We're young!

We have the whole world at our fingertips! You're the only thing holding you back.

:-D

 

So that's the attitude that started me out this year, it's why I'm still pursuing the weight loss "dream"

(instead of always *thinking* "I want to be thinner..." and "when I'm older I'm not going to be like this" TAKE ACTION!) And (though it may not seem like a lot, it is to me) I've lost 11 pounds and I'm going for another 15 :-)

 

Also, I've always really admired the girls who have fashion blogs, who have made it into their career, and who are doing amazing and beautiful things.

Well, even though I don't need another career, I am going to do my own part to actually work towards having what I admired in them.

Why just sit back and be jealous of something that with a little (or a lot!) of work you can have!!!

 

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So this coming week we shall be prepping to go on vacation... yay!
So in honor of that, I just want to throw out a few "dream" outfits that I think would fit perfectly for the days ahead :-)

comfy, flowy, sweet, and easy to move around in.

the simple skinny jean in one of my favorite colors :-)

What better than a stylish flat to run around all day in?!

;-)

Casual and stylin.

I hope you all have a happy Monday

Ta!

~Liddy~

A New Decade

Today is:

My Birthday!

I like Birthdays. Don't you? 

I did have to work today and that was a new thing for me, 

the last three years I've been either in college or tutoring at college and in both cases I had

this time off for Christmas break still! (and I could specifically request that I *didn't* have to work on my B-Day)

Once I got home though, I had a nice time with my mom and a delicious dinner with German Chocolate Cake *dies*... later we played cards and chatted! It was just what I wanted it to be. 

I'm 20 now... in case you didn't get it... ;-)

Onto my "not really a diet" diet!

It's going well. I like it because it keeps me accountable and helps me feel okay about when I have a piece of cheese. 

Sure, that isn't the most effective way to loose weight, but I'm learning that just because I gave in and ate a little sugar, it doesn't mean that I'm lost and have to "start over" with my "diet".

I haven't weighed myself, and this is honestly hard. 

I am used to weighing myself every week or two, and now that I'm really trying to be conscious of what I eat, I'm especially curious about if I've lost anything.

Maybe for the first 2 months I'll "weight-in" every two weeks instead of 4, just to see if I'm being effective enough, or if I have to buckle down more. 

I'll know in two weeks if I've been making any progress or not. 

Pics to come? We'll see ;-)

For now, I have to go, because I have a busy few days ahead of me and I really should be asleep...

~Liddy~

New Year, New Day

I figured, why not start out this new year with a picture that matches my outlook. 

Bright and cheery, looking forward to what is coming,yet totally nostalgic.

My eye sight has been going down hill for the past year or so, something to do with sitting at the computer for too long ;-)

and I just want to say, that if I really do have to get glasses eventually, I want to be able to have glasses like these, because they're amazing, and maybe not that color, but deff that style.

So in this new day, I have stumbled upon a wonderful blog, and it's given me the push I needed.
I already had a want to get in better shape,
but seeing her journey and her thought process really gave me the boost that I needed.
Her name is... Roni, and she made a blog about her weight loss.

She also put in here, how she was so successful at it, and her three tips helped me, and I hope that they'll continue to help me.
I'm going to do a project a little bit like hers.

3 Steps to a Healthier You (according to Roni, my new BFF)

1. Self Acceptance,
 (aka: this is me, this is the only body I have, and it's beautiful, so I should treat it like it's beautiful)
2. Changing your Mentality
(going "off diet" is no longer a "thing"... because what ever you eat makes up your "diet"... so don't binge just because you've "gone off diet")
3. Move More
(finding something you love to do, that helps you move more, and make a decision to do that more)

So Here goes. I'm starting this, and I figured that this is a great time to do it because it's the start of a new year, and I'm going to be 20 this week (a nice round number on which to start something).
I'm going to blog about it too... I'll try to still keep up with the fashion part of it, but for now, please understand that this is really at the front of my mind. I have to practice a strong will, something I've never been good at.

Here's what is GOING TO HAPPEN (I capitalize that more for *my* benefit than for yours)

I will weigh myself at the start of each month... and on that weigh date I will also post an updated picture.
Don't freak out, I'm not going to post pics of me in my undies. That's not my style, but I will be wearing like a tank top and exercise shorts (I have to start using them for *something*!)

I will update weekly on how things are going with my diet, and weather I've been strong or not,
I figured this would be a good thing, and would help keep me accountable.

So here starts the journey,
I hope that you guys can get a little out of this too.

~Liddy~