Weight Loss Monday's: Week 21

    I feel incredible, it's like I'm on top of the world and nothing can bring me down. This past week has been really good, I've actually accomplished a lot, most of which I had been putting off for a while.
       I got a lot of work done, and I'm hoping to get more done this week, I'm aiming for this week to be even better then last week.
     So for my diet and exercise, both went well, I got in more exercise last week, but I did fail in the trying to eat less chocolate category.  Overall i exercised more, ate less, and drank more water.
       My favorite part of the week related to my diet and exercise was finding my favorite breakfast once again. Here recently for breakfast I would eat two whole grain waffles or two pieces of toast, but I was finally able to find my favorite breakfast food- Cinnamon French Toast Sticks.
     I know it's not the healthiest food, but it satisfies my hunger, and I don't end up bingeing on something else within an hour like I do with other breakfast food choices. I usually eat about 6 cinnamon sticks, and with it I have a glass of milk and a bottle of water and then I don't eat again till Lunch time.
      Another major thing that happened this week is that I was finally able to find something to help with my leg/calf  cramps. I had been taking a magnesium supplement to help, but it wasn't really helping so I got a potassium supplement and it has worked wonders. Apparently you're supposed to use magnesium and potassium together to help with calf cramps, and so far it's helped.
    To be honest I actually think that's all, it was a good week, boring, but because of that I accomplished a lot. Sadly I have not lost any weight, but I can't really be sure because I'm super bloated right now. I noticed Yesterday that I look like I've lost weight around my shoulders and my collar bone, and that's usually the first place I notice weight loss.
    So that's all for today, I'll be posting again tomorrow and on Friday. Stay Creative my lovelies, I'll post again very very soon.
                                        XOXO,
                                              Lori Ann
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Weight Loss Monday's: Week 6

     It's no secret that I have trouble losing weight, I started this weight loss series then I quit. But now I'm back and refuse to fail, because I'm not losing weight for someone else, I'm doing it for me. A lot has happened over the past few months, things that prevented me from losing weight and that made me stronger and willing to fight for my health.
    So it's time to fight back, and I was actually surprised to find out this morning that I had actually lost a pound of what I had gained. That made me super happy, and i'm not really sure how I lost it. I mean I know it's only 1 pound but still, that's 1 pound down with only 55 more to go. Then after I get that 55 gone I'll probably lose another 10-20 pounds, I know I'll lose at least another 10, and then after that I'll decide if I want to go further.
     I also went to the doctor on Friday, this time a Cardiologist and he said he didn't want me on the medication the other doctor had me on because I'm too young for it. So he changed my medication, and he also got me and appointment with another doctor for something I'll tell you about some other time. I also found out why I had been sleeping so much is because of the medication i was on.
    So health wise that's all, there really hasn't been much going on.
  Weight Lost This Week: 1 pound
   Weight Loss Since April 2012:  35 pounds
      I also made a new decision to add something to this series. I'm going to start putting my measurements on here once a month. So I guess the first week of every month will be when I do it. I had never measured myself so I did the other day. Here's the results.......
   Bust:    40in.
 Waist:    34in.
   Hips:    45in.

     Well that's all for today, Stay Creative my lovelies, I'll post again very very soon.
                                                                                                 xoxo,
                                                                                                     Lori Ann
      Also contact me:  
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                                   Twitter:   @LoriAnnBoyd

Words: Week 9

 It's Friday, and you know what that means it's time for 5 Words. And luckily for both you and me there's no long introduction this week. Here you go....

Substrate-
1.) A substance or layer that underlies something, or on which some process occurs, in particular.
2.) The surface or material on or from which and organism lives, grows, or obtains its nourishment.
Arete- A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
Grandee- 
1.) A Spanish or Portuguese nobleman of high rank.
2.)A person of high rank or  eminence.
Erroneous- Wrong; incorrect.
Blight- A plant disease, esp. one cause by fungi such as mildews, rusts, and smuts.


    Well that's all for this week, Stay Creative my lovelies, I'll post again very very soon.
                                                                                                 xoxo,
                                                                                                     Lori Ann
      Also contact me:  
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                                   Twitter:   @LoriAnnBoyd

My 13 New Years Resolutions

    Happy New Year!!!! So it's officially 2013, which means it's time to once again make a list of things I want to accomplish and break most of them by the end of the year. Today's post will be short and sweet I won't waste your time with long explanations, you'll end up with an explanation on most of them eventually. So let's get started.....

1. Lose 25-45 pounds.
2. Take the SAT and ACT at least once.
3. Get a job.
4. Open a savings account and save at a minimum half of each paycheck.
5. Finish 25 classes.
6. Start touring and visiting colleges.
7. Narrow down my list of potential colleges.
8. Read more, specifically from my list of books to read before going to college.
9. Start reading my E-mails and not just putting them in folders to read later. (Note: I have 4 E-mail addresses, and your e-mails are never put in folders, they always have been and will be read and replied to ASAP).
10. Blog at least 120 times in 2013.
11. Be more positive and less sarcastic to those around me.
12. Learn how to deal with stress and not allow annoying people to get to me so easily
13. Accomplish the things that mean the most to me this year and stop putting other people before my own needs and wants.

I decided to do 13 resolutions because it's 2013.

I'm sure you noticed that a lot of these are centered around my education and college. I'm actually planning a blog post soon where I talk about that, I'm just trying to decide exactly what I want to say in it. 

So that's all for today, i hope your New Year is off to a lovely start, stay safe, and be sure to bundle up if it's cold where you live. Stay Creative my lovelies, I'll post again very very soon.
                                                                                                 xoxo,
                                                                                                     Lori Ann
      Also contact me:  
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                                   Twitter:   @LoriAnnBoyd

I also wanted to share with you a quote I found today.

       "Make new mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes nobody's ever made before. Don't Freeze, don't stop, don't worry that it isn't good enough, or it isn't perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.

     Whatever it is you're scared of doing, do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever."

-Neil Gailman


P.S. I decided to move my weekly series 5 Words to Friday's, because I feel like it's more convenient because it means Weight Loss series on Monday's, 5 Words on Friday's, and then I can post during the week without being restricted. I hope you don't mind, I just didn't realize how inconvenient it was till I got ready to do this post and realized two of my series ran 2 days in a row.

P.P.S. I just realized this blog post  isn't exactly short and sweet like I thought it would be. Oh well, Happy New Year!!!! I hope you have a great year in 2013.

Update

   Okay as most of you know Monday I posted my Fall/Winter Favorites, and I wold you how it was going to be a series. Well I decided instead of 3 i'm gonna make it 4.

1. Fall/Winter Favorites
2. Fall/Winter Beauty Favorites and Trends
3. Fall/Winter Fashion Favorites and Trends

          And Finally, the last installment...

      4.Overall Fall/Winter Favorites


So as you know a new post from the series will appear every week. In between each installment I'll make another post. So are you ready? I know I am. I just wish this weather would decide what it wants to do.
                                                                                     Stay Creative,
                                                                                                      Lori Ann

Also contact me:  
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Facebook Apps I Love

   Okay so I decided I would dedicate this post to you guys by giving you an incite into my online life. Today I'm going to tell you about my favorite applications to use on Facebook. So let's get started.

1. Farmville- I've been using Farmville for years, my desire for playing this game has been a bit of a ride. A ride as in i'll play constantly for a few months at a time and then I'll stop all of a sudden and have absolutely no interest in playing the game. At the moment I've just got off one of my Farmville kicks and haven't played for about a month actually, I hadn't even realized it'd  been that long since I'd played.
2. Status Shuffle- Okay I don't know anyone who hasn't used this app. It's amazing, I love being able to go on there and I can choose either to just favorite it or I can actually publish it as my status. I'm obsessed, I probably use status shuffle to update my status about once a month.

                 My latest statuses used from the app.........

• The hardest thing is to fake smiles and say that you're okay when all you want to do is break down..#GettingALilBitStronger
• Sucks when you have a daytime life and a night-time mind
• Best things about being a writer: voices in your head is normal and day dreaming is mandatory.
• Sometimes we keep our heads down too much that we forget what it is like to look up.
• Hey all you people who make fun of depressed people, cutters, and suicidal people, you're the reason they do what they do and feel the way they feel. Think before you speak, you never know how much someone is hurting, and you're words may push them over the edge. (I added the second sentence to this).

  So I'm sure you can tell that from those above that this app has a wide variety of statuses. I thoroughly enjoy using this app and love the feeling I get when I post something and know that the person it's about reads it. Hehehe, I'm just a little bit naughty when it comes to revenge, I just choose to do it in a way that;s unexpected. Hello smart ass Lori. (LOL sorry, that's what my mom calls me sometimes).

3.CSI: Crime City- This is the app/game that i'm currently obsessed with, I don't know what it is I just enjoy solving mysteries.


       To be honest I thought I had more than that, but I guess I don't. I knew I had cleaned out my app's but I didn't realize that there were literally only three apps worth mentioning left, everything else I have is just things I occasionally use to kill time.
      So that's the Facebook applications I love. What are your's? Do we have any in common? Leave a comment below and let me know.
                                                        Stay Creative,
                                                                   Lori Ann

Also contact me:  
                             E-mail:      loriboyd15@gmail.com
                             Twitter:   @LoriAnnBoyd