New Extensions and a bit of chatter and goals.

Hello Gals!

This may be a little bit of a long and waffle-y post so bare with me a little bit!

I said that I was doing something different with my extensions so this is my big reveal! They turned out so well that I was quite shocked. I did not think that the dye would take to them quite so well but it did so I'm happy.

This is the original colour of them just after washing them with the pre-colour shampoo (by La Riche Directions if anyone wants to buy it. It comes highly recommended by me).

This is the dye. Yes, I went for PINK! Haha. I was really inspired by some of the Black Diamond gals and their pink and silver or pink and blonde hair and some of the comments on my previous posts about my extensions helped me along with the decision. I have to say that the colour of the dye is just amazing! I really wish it was practical to have my whole hair that colour.

This is the extensions during dye-time. Although the pot says to leave it on only around 45mins I always find that that is never enough with La Riche and I tend to leave it on for about 3 hours. I have read that this is completely fine because of the fact semi-perm dye is conditioning so that's what I did with the extensions as well.

This is how them look while in, except the lighting on my camera makes my hair look blonde! It is still silver though haha. I was really pleased with how it turned out, if you'll excuse the herpy-derp face haha.

Now I want to quickly touch on my current fitness goals! I'm going to a festival on the 8th of August called Boomtown Fair that I've been wanting to go to for a while. I finally got tickets and I have to say I'm sooo excited! I can't even begin to tell you. In celebration of this (if celebration is the right word) I'm wanting to lose about 20lbs before I go so I can wear the summery clothes and feel comfortable in it all, along with the fact I've decided to dress-up for the first night as Alice in Wonderland and, lets face it, no one wants to see a chubby Alice now do they? So here are my little diet and fitness goals.

- Get back to following the Blogilates fitness calenders and work out 6 days a week.

- Eat clean and healthy food.

- No more take-aways.

- Cut down my sweet habit (I have a huge sugar addiction at the minute and eat sweets everyday... eep!). I want to only eat them once a week.

- Lose 20lbs by the 8th of August.

- Drop a Dress Size by the festival.

So there we go! Have a great weekend Gals!

11/11/11 wishes.

Happy 11/11/11 everyone ! This is the only time this particular arrangement of numbers will appear in our lifetime so I think we're experiencing something special. Not only is this date beautiful but tragic too; it's Rememberence Day, the time to remember all those who fought for our country in any war past or present. I won't say much because I don't think there is anything I could say to really put across how admirable it is to have given the ultimate sacrifice for us.

Instead I thought I'd give my hopes I've been thinking about on this lucky day:

1. I'd like to be able to stick to my diet, become fit, strong and happy with myself.

2. I'd like my boyfriend and I to have a successful and happy move and finally get to living an independent life of our own.

3. To finally recover fully from my illnesses and be able to go back into work and keep a job without relapsing.

What are your hopes or wishes on this special day?

On the topic of weight loss, I had a bit of inspiration in the form of an old Ageha magazine last night. I was totally inspired by a whole spread they did on weightloss:

These are from the November 2007 issue. Everyone knows that 06/07/08 was my favourite gyaru era. I love these issues of Ageha; the issues at the moment don't inspire me with such excitement like they used to. I'm a bit stuck in my old ways! I feel like my dad haha.

I'm so excited about tomorrow! We're going to a UK Hip Hop event at the Norfolk Showground and my favourite UK hip hop artist is going to be there. It'll be the first time I've ever seen him perform. I'm excited like you can't believe. I've not got much to say so I'll leave you with one of his tunes.

A diet inspiration.

 As some of you may know, I'm a member of Soompi.com. I love Kpop and Kdrama and their fashion and fitness forums are really helpful and always full of good advice.

I was recently on their Health & Fitness board when I came across the following thread
My Successful Diet Story

I was completely and utterly inspired. She's pretty much my size now when she started, perhaps even a little smaller and her size when she finished is pretty much my goal! It's just amazing to see the change in someone put in front of you like that. It really made me re-evaluate the way I eat. Every 5 minutes I say I need to diet and then I end up being tempted by chocolates or sweets. I need to follow her example and go from an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan!

I thought I'd share with you my Diet Inspirations; the people who's body inspires me the most.

Izumi Mana

Yumachi

 Himena

These are the 3 women who's bodies inspire me the most. I know most people think Yumachi is "too thin" but I think she's so increadibly beautiful. I hope that some of you found this motivational but please remember to keep healthy on your weightloss journies. Don't let yourself go hungry or push yourself too hard. Your happiness is the most important thing and you'll never be happy if you hurt yourselves!

I might be a little bit M.I.A. for a while as at the moment I have a bunch of stuff in my personal life I need to do. I went to The Prince's Trust on Wednesday and it went very well but I have to go about trying to find a payment plan or, as a last resort, getting a loan to secure the rest of the funds for my apprenticeship. I've been running around like a headless chicken, phoning the college, my prospective employer, The Prince's Trust and a bunch of other government schemes trying to find a lead in all of this and I've barely had time to sit down and chat with my boyfriend nevermind plan and write a blog entry. I will try to keep you all updated and post when I can though so dont disappear!

April 2011 Egg and some diet stuff.

Egg's April 2011 issue has really done it for me this time. There are pages and pages of co-ords that absolutely knock me flat.

I love the Camo shorts and the black and white top co-ordinates in particular.

A diet concept.

This past week has been a complete nightmare. I've been laid up in bed with a horrible illness unable to move, eat or sleep properly. It really has been horrible but some things have really made me think. I was able to bathe for the first time in 6 days yesterday, with the help of my boyfriend and the change was amazing, weight wise I mean, I'd lost just over 7lbs in 6 days. Obviously this isn't healthy and I'd rather have not lost the weight and not been ill but seeing that change has made me think it's about time I took a more serious approach to my diet and my body.

So far I've lost just under 50lbs. 

Then

(purple jumper)