Hello and happy second day of the year! I hope today’s has been amazing for you all, just as it’s been for me!

Today was my last full day of vacation away from home. I’ll be heading back tomorrow, leaving my extended family and returning to normal life (except I’ll still be on break till next Tuesday). I’m sad to say goodbye to my close family members, but I’m also glad to be going back home and getting back to my routine. I’m so excited to be able to eat healthy once again and exercise with my regular equipment. Speaking of working out…

Today I completed about an hour and a half of intense leg and flute workouts. I was so proud of myself for getting through the whole thing, even though I wanted to give up so badly about halfway through. What helped to keep me motivated was that some of my family exercised with me; I absolutely love having workout buddies, as they oftentimes motivate me to work harder and go all out.

Tomorrow I likely won’t be able to workout, since I will be traveling. I should hopefully be able to on Friday though!

Have a fantastic evening and I’ll talk to you later. Today’s a magnificent day to be happy!

Hello my lovelies and happy new year!! Welcome to my first post of 2019. I’m so happy that I get to share this year with y’all!

2019 has begun on a fantastic note today. I got a good night’s sleep last night after staying up until quite early this morning. Me and my family had so much fun last night… we have some crazy stories to tell and remember in years to come. Overall today was great!

Another way I started this year out right was that I worked out for about an hour today. Honestly, I wasn’t feeling like exercising, but I am trying to teach myself I won’t want to workout sometimes; that shouldn’t stop me from doing it, though. I’m working on pushing through harder workouts to make it til the I’m done, not til I’m tired or don’t feel like it. Today I pushed past those boundaries and completed a very sweaty, hard, out-of-breath ab day. I was very proud of myself for pushing through the pain and negative feelings I was having at first, and I ended up having a very nice workout.

In a couple days, I’ll be able to resume my typical healthy eating. As I said a few days ago, the family members I’m staying with don’t eat the healthiest, and I can’t control what is served (I’m very grateful for them to host me though ❤️). As of right now, I can try to eat healthy-ish but the options are very, very limited.

As far as my goal of mindfulness and self care, I practiced this throughout the day by taking a few minutes to just think. The new year always brings me a sense of peace and hopefulness, and taking time to reflect helps to keep me living in the moment. I also did a bit more complex, pampering skincare routine than normal this evening, which was absolutely lovely 🙂

Even though I haven’t been living extremely healthily during this last week, today I reminded myself to stay positive and confident about myself. Sometimes the best thing you can do for yourself during times of doubt is to just not be hard on yourself. I could easily tell myself that I’m lazy for not working out much this last week, or that I will constantly start to crave all the junk I’ve been eating more. But what benefit will that give me? Nothing. So why put yourself through the extra stress when you can encourage yourself instead? Rather than saying that I’m a failure and not good enough, I chose to remind myself that even though I may not have done my best lately, I can still get better from where I’m at. With some hard work and dedication, I’ll be able to reach my goals even through these rougher days! Also, just because you might have eaten unhealthily or not exercised for as long as normal does not mean you are less of a person. There will be hard days. There will be says you have an unexpected schedule change. There will be days you and your friends go out to a pizza restaurant for dinner. That’s okay!! Don’t beat yourself up for little things. If you eat two cookies, great! You’ll survive if you have a little junk food occasionally. The most important thing to remember (for me, at least) is that making healthy choices is a lifestyle. And you know what that means? Life changes day to day, as can some of your habits. As long as you’re making to conscious choice to overall be healthy, it’s okay to treat yourself sometimes.

I’m so glad that this year began with today. I feel like I’ve laid the foundation for a good year, and I’m thrilled to see where life leads this year.

I’m so thankful for my family and the opportunities I’ve had to spend time with them this week. It’s been so fun getting to see people I haven’t seen in a while and catching up with them. I love everyone I’ve spent winter break with!

I hope 2019 has started wonderfully for you, and that this is your best year yet. Happy new year! 🥳

This year is a magnificent year to be happy!

Happy New Years Eve!! 2018 is about to end (for me it’s currently 11:57 pm), and I’m ready to ring in the new year!

This year has been packed full of surprises. Many amazing things have happened to me this year, and I’m so glad those changes have brought me to where I am today. I’ve developed new relationships, experienced so many new things, and overall grown as a person. This was the first year I made an effort to change myself positively in ways such as exercising more and eating healthier. I’m so happy about how I’ve lived out this year, and I hope 2019 is even better.

As far as my New Years revolutions, I’m planning on doing several things. One being that I want to keep up my exercise habits, and try to workout at least 30-40 minutes per day (other than on rest days). Another resolution I’ve set for myself is to eat healthier, both in types of foods and amounts. I’ve struggled a lot in the past with eating very little amounts (not on purpose, just without even realizing it). I’m working to eating bigger portions of healthier foods, rather than smaller portions of less nutrient-rich items. My third resolution is to be more mindful and put a large focus on self-care. I feel like I am definitely not as focused on my mindfulness as I’d like to be, and I want to take time each day to reflect and be thankful. The final resolution I’m making for myself is to put forth more effort into growing relationships and increasing my self confidence. I want to be bolder and braver next year; I am setting my goal to be the most self-assured version of myself possible, and I am thrilled about that.

My goals are for no one but myself. I want to be my healthiest, happiest self in 2019, and I feel like 2018 has given me a great basis for that. I’m so thankful for everyone who’s helped get me through this year, and for every blessing I’ve received. I’m going to make more of an effort to show compassion and bless others throughout next year, as I want to be that person to bring a smile to someone’s bad day.

I hope you all have an amazing rest of 2018, and 2019 is much better for you than you could ever imagine. I’m looking forward to seeing where this new year will lead us all ❤️ Happy New Years! Stay safe, have fun, and get this year of to a wonderful start!! I’ll talk to y’all next year 😉

2018 was a magnificent year to be happy, as will be 2019!!

Hola amigos! At the end of this weekend, I hope you can say it’s been fantastic for you. Especially if you’re on winter break like me!

I’ve been able to hang out with my family again today. I love how much fun we’re all having together, and I’m trying hard on not focusing on my lack of exercise. It’s helped me to be more mindful as far as controlling where my thoughts go; the reason I’m trying not to think about this is that I know if I constantly think about not being my healthiest, I’ll dwell on it and not enjoy my limited time here. I know I’ll get back to my schedule once I’m home, so I keep telling myself to not worry too much about maybe not doing things as I normally would.

Tomorrow is the last day of 2018! I can’t believe how fast this year has gone by. I feel like it was just January 1st… time is quite a bewildering force. I’m going to discuss my New Years Resolutions tomorrow, as I’ve been thinking hard about them recently and have decided on what goals I’ll be setting for myself.

24 hours from now, we’ll have 5 mins left of 2018. This year has held many surprises, both good and bad; but I can confidently say that this has been he best year of my life, and I’m excited to see what 2019 will bring.

I hope today has been fantastic for you, and I hope tomorrow (being the final day of 2018) is the best day of this year for you. Today is a magnificent day to be happy!

Aloha! Happy weekend!

Today has been another family-filled vacation day. It’s been amazing to get to spend quality time with the people that I love, whom I typically don’t get to spend this much time with. I still didn’t get anymore exercising in today, but as I said yesterday, I’m okay with that. I don’t want my healthy lifestyle to dictate how I spend time with family I rarely have the opportunity to be with 🙂 I’ll totally pick it back up once I’m back home, but as for now I’m not worrying too much about it.

Tomorrow I’ll be traveling to another family member’s home, and I’m not bringing my exercise equipment with me. If I do anything, I’ll do one of my faster workouts that need none of my equipment.

Today, as is every day, is a magnificent day to be happy! Have a great rest of your evening!

Hello and welcome back to my blog!

Today has been a super fun day. I’ve spent this evening hanging out with one of my closest family members, and I’ve enjoyed it so much. I didn’t have time to workout, but I’ve accepted that these next few days will likely not be filled with as much exercise as I’m used to. I never get to see my family this much, and I’d much rather take advantage of the time I have with them than workout.

I hope you’ve all had a wonderful day. Today’s a magnificent day to be happy!

Happy Thursday! Welcome to or back to my blog. I hope today’s been great for you!

As I’m still out of town and staying with family, my typical workout schedule and eating habits are still being disturbed. Because of this, I feel like I’ve eaten 50 pounds of unhealthy, junky food and gotten no nutrients out of it. 😦 I honestly cannot help it though… the people I’m staying with are providing everything (for which I’m so great full, please don’t get me wrong), but they aren’t the healthiest of eaters.

It’s been so weird having to change aspects of my healthy lifestyle, and this has just reminded me how much I have begun to rely on and enjoy eating healthy and working out regularly. I didn’t have the time to exercise any today, and I missed it a lot.

Tomorrow I will hopefully have the opportunity to exercise some. I want to make the list of the finals days of 2018!

I hope you all have a great rest of your day and I’ll see y’all tomorrow. Today is a magnificent day to be happy!

Hola friends! Happy day-after-Christmas! I know it’s kinda sad after Christmastime is over, but I want you to have a great rest of 2018. 🙂

Today has been a windy, stormy day. It’s currently pouring rain and thundering a lot… the lightning is also occurring quite often. It’s been a fantastic day, though; I had a really fun time with my family today and I was able to fit in a little arm workout! I exercised for maybe 20 minutes, which I know isn’t a lot compared to my usual routine… but I’m still glad I had time to complete the little I did. It did seem harder though, likely because my Christmas celebrations weren’t filled with the healthiest of foods. That’s one big think I notice… when I eat junk food, I have waaaay less energy and I crave even more junk food, whereas when I’m eating healthier I tend to not want junk food and I have so much more energy. I’m going to try to eat a bit healthier the rest of this week, but it’s hard when you’re on vacation. I’m going to do my best, though!

I hope you all have a great rest of this Wednesday and I’ll speak to you tomorrow. Today is a magnificent day to be happy!

We wish you a merry christmas…

Feliz Navidad….

On the twelfth day of Christmas…

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way…

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!! 🎁🎄

I can’t believe today is Christmas! That’s crazy. I don’t feel like it is. But today has been absolutely amazing for me, as I hope it’s been for you as well!!

I went on a small road trip, leaving this morning, to go see my family. It was fun riding around with my pets and family. Once we got to our destination, we celebrated and ate and played games together. It was so much fun!

As you probably expected, I didn’t workout today. I did bring my supplies for when I do want to workout here, but obviously that wasn’t today.

I hope Christmas 2018 has been fantastic for you and I’m so happy I got to spend today with those I love most. Merry Christmas!!

Today’s a magnificent day to be happy!

Merry Christmas Eve everyone! I hope this day has been filled with wonderful memories and experiences for you.

Today, being Christmas Eve, I’ve been busy running errands and whatnot. I’ve also been packing, as I’m going to be staying with some family for a bit. I didn’t have much time available to workout (plus, it’s christmas Eve… I rather spend this time with family anyways), so I just did maybe twenty minutes of light leg work.

This evening was when me and my immediate family opened our gifts. It’s so fun seeing people’s faces light up when they get a present they have wanted and will enjoy. I love that so much more than receiving things… giving to others is like a gift to myself 😉

I’m excited for tomorrow, as I’ll get to see some of my family members that I’m closest to and will spend all day with my family. Christmas is my absolute favorite holiday! Something odd though is that I haven’t felt that much in the Christmas spirit this year fir some reason. Of course I’ve still enjoyed it, though!

I hope this Christmas Eve and tomorrow will be amazing for you and whomever you may be spending it with. Make me,prices, enjoy yourself, and have fun! After all, it only comes once a year when everyone is feeling this merry.

Have a very merry Christmas and I’ll see you tomorrow! Everyday is a magnificent day to be happy, but especially Christmas Eve!!