I suck a blogging...

Title kind of says it all, does not it? Well time to get into my slight laundry list of  reasons why I have not been blogging like I said I would:
1.) Sister caused a bunch of drama while she was here so I just did not have the energy to sit down and pen all the things going on... just way too much!
2.) I spend a lot of time helping with my dad's medical stuff: appointments, prescription advocate groups, getting scripts written, having him go get blood work and other tests done.
3.) Main reason, I am absolutely lazy.... yeah that pretty much sums it up.
   Just thought of this one:
4.) Really have nothing too exciting to blog about so I need to change that!

So this is how I plan to change that: I am going to start blogging about my weight loss journey... or what I hope to be a journey and not just a huge flop on my part. I really do want to lose weight, in a healthy way, so maybe if I force myself to report to something then I will feel more obligated to actually stick to it. I am also going to tell my mom about this blog so hopefully she will help keep me on track and maybe make on of her own so we can really start to do a buddy system.

 Now for the facts about me.... I'm 21 years old, 5'6", and weigh 240.8 pounds (a lot I know!), my BMI (Body Mass Index) is (according to the CDC website) is 38.9 which makes me obese. Honestly, I am quite ashamed of myself that I let myself get this bad, isn't that what we all think when we find out that we are seriously overweight? A "normal" weight for someone my height is between 115-154 pounds. Now I do not necessarily agree with that, one reason is because of my body structure, I don't think that I would look right at 154 pounds, I have broad shoulders and people with broad shoulders who are kinda skinny/thin, whatever word you want to use, usually look kind of odd.
   My currently goal is to loose 40 pounds, that will bring me down to about 200 pounds, it is still a lot but for me it is a good goal. I do not want to start with a goal of like 100 pounds or something that I feel I could not attain; ideally I should loose 86 pounds but lets start with half that, shall we?
   The goals I am setting for myself to do on a daily basis is:

•  to walk between 1 and 2 miles a day, this should be easy since it will also help exercise my dog and I live about 2 blocks from a park with a track (lets just hope the Florida heat doesn't beat me down!)
• I'm going to listen to the Mayo Clinic on this one, they say an "adequate" amount of water for a woman to drink is 2.2 liters or 9 cups, Mayo Clinic water consumption . If you live where it is hot and humid, this is the best thing for you to do anyway so two for one! lol
• one thing I will not do is tell myself that I cannot have something, I think putting restrictions on what you can and cannot have is just setting you up for failure. So instead what I am going to do is keep a food journal of all the things that I eat and drink, that way I am held accountable for what I put into my body
• I love to cook, so obviously I love food (mostly sweets!) with that said, I am going to try and find ways to make what my family and I eat healthier. Like less butter, more olive oil, more veggies, healthier versions of desserts that we like. If I find a recipe I like then I will definitely share it with you!
• Last thing I am going to do is to post on here every day about how much I exercised, what I ate, how much I drank and what I drank, with weekly weigh ins. Since this is starting on a Friday my weigh in day will always be Fridays and I shall try and find a nice catchy title for each update.

This seems like such a daunting task but I am done with being over weight and unhappy with myself. It's time that I started to really try and change myself before it is too late and I have too many health problems. Wish me luck everyone! <3

Long time.... no blog

I feel absolutely horrible about neglecting this blog, epic, *EPIC* fail on my part :/ BUT! We are here to change that today, woot! So... lately I've been watching A LOT of the $20 Makeup Challenge tags on youtube and have really been interested in what people choose and how they choose it, how some actually go out and buy the makeup and other's shop their stash; so I've put a lot of thought into this and decided that I want to tweak the tag a bit and show how many options there are to it. SOOO excited!!!! I went through my stash last night and thought of about five, possibly six, different variations I could do just out of my collection.
     One thing I noticed is that people aren't really using brushes because they all have brushes that are too expensive to add; well luckily for me, I have a little travel set of brushes that cost me $5! There's a powder brush, shadow brush, angled brush, brow/ lash comb, and a sponge tip applicator. A tip I would have for this challenge is make your make up work for you! Choose products that will do two or three different things, that can save a lot of time and money! I'm really looking forward to these videos! Will do a blog post on all of them individually then an overall experience. Can't wait!!!! XD

Tuesday: Looking for New Artwork

It's Tuesday, kinda excited I have the next two days off from babysitting and am going to be working on a new look to film a tutorial on. Anyway, I have been looking into getting some new art work for my bedroom. I have posters up but I wanted something a bit more grown up then the Cheshire cat, Jack Skellington, a random drawing of my dad's. There are these Van Gogh posters from Wal-mart, have been eyeing them online, and one of the is Starry Night. Now I LOVE Starry Night, it is probably one of my most favorite paintings and it just brings back memories of me gazing at a copy in my art teacher's class in elementary school and thinking, "Wow." Plus, I love the episode of Doctor Who, believe David Tenant was the Doctor then, when they went to see Van Gogh then took him to the future and into a museum that was showing his work. The man was simply a genius, kinda proves a find line between genius and insanity, doesn't it?
   But I have been wanting some new art work so can anyone recommend anything? A shop on Etsy or something? I would greatly apperciate it :)

Everyone is artist, we get the ability to take the canvas that is our lives and paint our lives, our dreams, our fears. Everything that is us. How will you paint your life?

Music Monday

'ello all my music lovers out there! That has to be the cheeriest I have sounded all day :/ It unfortunately has been somewhat of a shitty day (pardon my French) and all I want to do right now is cry my eyes out... BUT! I am working through it by jamming out to an AOL radio thingy that is playing Feel Good Drag by Anberlin, and I have to say, Anberlin is AWESOME! Just the perfect mix of emo/ screamo and rock.
    I go through these phases where I do not listen to music at all, well not at all but I rarely listen to my MP3 Player or the radio unless I'm in the car with my parental units and then it's usual country or like oldies... well not oldies but like old Elton John. If you live in the Tampa area and listen to the station "The Eagle" then you know what I am talking about.
   Anyway! Back on topic, teehee. I had been going through one of my music fade out phases and I do not know why I ever did that to myself! Music is the perfect way to just really connect with your emotions and whatever it is that you are feeling at that moment. We've all felt it too, whenever you're just having a bad day and a song comes on and it's like, LIGHT BULB! That's exactly how I feel! Or just gives you the perfect song to just hand bang to or dance around all crazy. I have had that epiphany moment so many times when it comes to music it's not even funny, ok maybe it is a little. :)
    I have heard a song before that just so perfectly fits my life at that moment it is somewhat scary. Take Taylor Swift's song "Ours". I feel like that perfectly fits my relationship with my boyfriend because it just seems to chronicle our relationship. People judging our relationship, thinking they know best but my choice is him... So... the moral of today's post: Music is AMAZING! Never live your life without it and branch out to other genres or artists and you may find a song that becomes your anthem in life. Like Katy Perry said, "Baby you're a firework... it's always been inside of you and now it's time to let it through."

Taylor Swift's "Ours"
Elevator buttons and morning air
Stranger's silence makes me wanna take the stairs
If you were here, we'd laugh about their vacant stares
But right now, my time is theirs

Seems like there's always someone who disapproves
They'll judge it like they know about me and you
And the verdict comes from those with nothing else to do
The jury's out, but my choice is you

So don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
And life makes love look hard
The stakes are high, the water's rough, but this love is ours

You never know what people have up their sleeves
Ghosts from your past gonna jump out at me
Lurking in the shadows with their lip gloss smiles
But I don't care 'cause right now you're mine

And you'll say don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
And life makes love look hard
The stakes are high, the water's rough, but this love is ours

And it's not theirs to speculate if it's wrong and
Your hands are tough but they are where mine belong in
I'll fight their doubt and give you faith with this song for you

'Cause I love the gap between your teeth
And I love the riddles that you speak
And any snide remarks from my father about your tattoos will be ignored
'Cause my heart is yours

So don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
And life makes love look hard

And don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
But they can't take what's ours, they can't take what's ours
The stakes are high, the water's rough, but this love is ours

 Please never forget that this life is your journey, and your journey alone. Don't try to follow another person's path in life. This life is yours and no one else's, don't let someone else try to tell you how to live your life. <3

Sunday: New Week, New Begining

So it's Sunday! First day of the week so the perfect day for me to really start blogging again :) It's almost one o'clock here and I haven't really accomplished a lot today, but that's not really a bad thing, is it? Sunday's always seem like such a lazy day and this is the first Sunday that my family and I haven't been like go, go, go! My dad is taking the day to rest up, which is good. Anyway! One thing I have done today is give my pets a bath. I have two pets, one cat and one dog. My cat's name is Garfield, yes he is a chunky monkey just like the cartoon one and same colourings :) My pup's name is Astro, like off the Jetsons. Just finished up giving them baths and why they were not very thrilled about it they will be when they realise they're no longer stinky, lol. Astro seems to bathe a bit easier, though he hates the garden hose but he's too big for the tub :/ I think his favourite part is when it's over and I tell him shake and he shakes all the water off, lol. His tail wags so much when he gets to do that and when I'm towelling him off. He's sun bathing at the moment. Garfield on the other hand cries during his bath times and it had been forever since I had given him one but he was WAY over due for one. He's sitting on the table out in the patio, putting his fur back in place. He didn't really let me dry him off like pup did, so be it.
 Let's see.... next on the agenda for the day is to try and start working on a look for a tutorial, I really miss making videos. And I need to finish up my work for school this week. I am an on line college student with the University of Phoenix and I really like the classes! I'm working towards an associates degree in business. I have a few more questions to round out the week, then two assignments, then going to get a jump start on my readings. So... anyone who is reading this... any requests for a makeup tutorial or something for me to blog about?

Remember, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.... how will you begin your journey?

A Journey of a thousand miles beings with a single step...

My name is Chelsey and I want to invite you join me on my journey to discovering who I am. I don’t know exactly what this blog will be about, I am just kind of winging it at the moment, lol. Some of the things that I will talk about on here are books, music, movies, my two wonderfully silly pets, my adventures in cooking, makeup, and just life in general.

            A little about me… hmm… well I LOVE to read, books have been my best friend for the longest time J Currently I am reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, I’m not very far into it yet. I just finished Cujo which was good but somewhat depressing :/ I do love music, just about anything but rap/hip hop. I just cannot get into it and I prefer my emo/scream/ alternative music, lol. A lot of my posts maybe about makeup, I am a makeup junkie (we should have a support group!) and I love experimenting with it and trying new looks and what looks good on me. I do have a Youtube channel but have neglected it of late, hopefully that will change soon.

I’m not really sure about what else I should say so…. My name is Chelsey and this is my first step on my journey of a thousand miles to find myself, will you join me?