Weight loss

First off, I would like to announce the winner of the Candy Doll Shading Powder Giveaway! Congratulations to Dita from Indonesia!

I have had a lot on my mind recently, with preparing for graduation in December and the weight loss that happened during my Achalasia. I have since recovered from my surgery and am able to eat normally again, but now I have to keep off the weight! I think that has been on my mind the most, and while I want to talk it's hard for me to put it into words.

My weight has always fluctuated through the years. I remember being a size 9 by the time I was in 4th grade and being bullied for being bigger than the rest of the kids (mind you that's also the time I hit puberty). I fluctuated from a size 9 to 15 (30"-35"ish) range since then. I guess you can say I became a clothes hoarder, because I often wouldn't know what size I would be one year to the next and just kept everything I had. I am now at a healthy size 7, which is about a 28" waist.

I recently dug through my old clothes (especially jeans) that don't fit and decided to give them away to charity:

I still haven't gone through everything, but this is just to show the general amount of clothes I needed to get rid of due to the weight loss. It is nice that I've lost the weight, but at the same time I feel like I've lost part of myself. I sometimes feel ashamed that all the time I saved my clothes, and now I can't wear them because they're too big on me! Buying a whole new wardrobe has been a daunting task and a very expensive one. For someone who doesn't work (and not really allowed to - my dad pays for all of my college provided I do my best in school meaning I can't work), I have to rely on the monthly allowance I'm allocated for school and food. My mother has been very understanding and has been helping me through this process, but my father doesn't really understand and that hurts a lot... but what can you do?

It also makes me sad to look back on old pictures of me. Here's a comparison from a photo from 6/2010 and from 8/2012.

I believe I was at my heaviest around 2010-11, being just a bit over 200lbs. I've lost over 60lbs since last year, and want to continue on that path. I want to get to 130lbs, which isn't really that far off.

I started going to the gym this week and plan on being there 5x a week for at least an hour. I really want to get rid of the loose skin that's accumulated on my arms since I do ParaPara and it's preventing me from wearing smaller jackets! If someone knows any good exercises for getting rid of arm flab, shoot me a comment! :)

Other than going to the gym now, here's some other things I've been doing:
- Eating 5 small meals a day. Don't eat to get full, just to be satisfied.
- Make your own food! It's cheaper and you know what's in it.
- Wear heels/wedges everyday! My legs have gotten very toned just by doing that, plus I look really cute in them ;)
- When driving, park your car really far from where you want to be. It helps to get you to walk further and incidentally more exercise, especially if you're wearing heels ;)

I'm not really sure if I'll get any comments on this post or what type of comments I'll get, but anything that can help boost my confidence in this weird time or some exercise advice is very appreciated!

Thank you to everyone that decided to read this post!

Review: Naked Skin Weightless Ultra Definition Liquid Makeup in Shade 4.0

Hey everyone! Sorry for not posting for about a month, I've been caught up in my courses at summer school. I wanted to remind everyone that my Candy Doll Shading Powder Giveaway will be ending in 2 days, so please enter it if you haven't already!

I finished my beloved Chanel Perfection Lumiere Foundation that my boyfriend got for me, so I've been on the hunt for a new foundation to try out. I got a sample of Urban Decay's Naked Skin Weightless Ultra Definition Liquid Makeup to try so I decided to share my results with everyone. Will it be my new go-to foundation?

My weekend outings~

This weekend I went out to a few malls to work on some projects for my Fashion class this semester. I thought I would share my personal photos from over the weekend! Although not of anything from my projects since that's secret, but maybe in the future I'll share them ;)

Since I have had to buy a completely new wardrobe since my surgery, I have decided to start dressing more like the style seen in Happie Nuts along with retaining the VANQUISH style I've been following for about a year. I absolutely adore Nicole Abe since I first saw her in Ranzuki, so I'm continuing to follow her now! Hope you all will see the inspiration in my outfits from now on.

7/7:
Tony and I were originally planning on going to a new market out in LA but we decided not to. However, he had the idea of going to Fashion Island in Newport Beach, CA instead since it's local and they have great people and dog watching there!

Review: Clinique Redness Solutions Daily Protective Base SPF 15

Like many other people, redness is one of my main skin concerns when it comes to my face. I was out at my local CCO (Cosmetics Company Outlet) and stumbled upon this while looking at Clinique products, so I decided to give it a try! Does it really cover up my skin redness?

Some random June LOTDs

It's already July, and now I have to try to play the catch up game with some outfits and makeup shots when I remembered to do them back in June. The pictures with the mirror were taken at school, some of them might be more simple since it's everyday. I love how the restrooms at my school have full length mirrors, which naturally fits because it's the Fashion and Business building!

6/21

Outfit Details:
Shirt: OBEY
Necklace: OBEY
Shorts: OBEY
Shoes: Yumetenbo - I used these in all of my outfits, they're just too comfortable! LOL

Review: Candy Doll Shading Powder + Giveaway!

Hello everyone! If you follow me on my Tumblr page, you might've seen that I already have blogged a picture about getting the new Candy Doll Shading Powder. I promised a review, and here we go! Stay tuned until the end of the review, where you have the chance to win your own.

IMATS Event Report & Gets

I'm such a bad blogger, I'm so sorry everyone! I've gotten caught up with doing summer school and hanging out with friends from out of town. I wanted to make a post of my re-cap of IMATS Los Angeles from last weekend, and also an announcement about my ParaPara panel at Anime Expo tomorrow!

ParaPara Dancing 101 will be celebrating our 6th year being held at Anime Expo! Here is the information about the panel:
ParaPara Dancing 101 at Anime Expo 2012
Sunday, July 1
3:30pm-5:00pm
Location: WS1 (515B)

Getting that out of the way, here's my pictures and experience at IMATS!

Circle lens review: EOS G-320 Sapphire from mukuCHU

Since I'm still recovering I thought I would be a bit more proactive and decided to do a review of circle lenses I purchased from mukuCHU.

Recovery - OBEY Sample Sale this weekend!

Hey everyone!

Just wanted to let all of you know that my surgery for Achalasia was performed last Thursday (6/7/12). My problem was slightly worse than what was predicted by the doctors originally, but luckily they could still fix it while they were operating on me. Because of this though, I had to stay another day and I returned home on Saturday afternoon and have been at home recovering since then. I am back to eating liquid foods and will be able to return to eating normal food in about 1-1.5 months! I am really happy about my progression so far, I went from being able to barely walk in the hospital to being able to walk around my neighborhood and feel fine.

I am really happy about how I have been able to recover, and I have two reasons for that. The first reason is that summer school starts next Monday, and if I didn't have the surgery at that time I wouldn't be able to go. That would've not only devastated me but also would've made me one super bored girl at home!

The second reason... working the bi-annual OBEY Clothing Sample Sale! I'm always very happy to work these sales, and now even more so since it's only been a month since I've left my OBEY internship. I'll be posting info and flyers below, so feel free to come! I have sample prices but I cannot confirm that these will be the same prices that will be at the sale since they tend to fluctuate at times.

OBEY SAMPLE SALE
Parking Lot Address (yes you must walk, but beware of Irvine Police since they love to ticket. Follow directions on flyer):
17875 Von Karman Ave.
Irvine, CA

OBEY Warehouse Address:
17462 Von Karman Ave.
Irvine, CA


Sample Price List *UNCONFIRMED* - there will be more items and prices might be different, just to give people an idea of what they'll be spending
Mens:
- Tees: $10
- Knits: $15
- Sweats/Shorts: $20
- Pants: $25
- Specialty Fleece/Sweaters: $30
- Jackets: $40

Womens:
- Tubetops/Bandeaus: $5
- Tees: $10
- Knits: $15
- Sweats/Shorts: $20
- Pants: $25
- Specialty Fleece/Sweaters: $25
- Dresses: $25

- Jackets: $40

LOTD 6/2/12

So I've been pretty depressed about my diagnosis of Achalasia recently and waiting for Monday to roll around so I can find out if I'm going to have surgery this upcoming week or not. If I don't have the surgery this week then I will have to wait until August since my schedule is very tight.

However, I got a package from Yumetenbo (DreamV) today that cheered me up! I'm very pleased with the quality of the items that came today, and decided to wear some of the items I received out to the Carlsbad Premium Outlets. The clothes I got fit well since I've dropped a lot of weight so it gave me some confidence :)