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Hello Everyone! I just want to thank you all for taking time reading my blog. I just want to share my 6 fall essentials to you.
Plaid shirt (similar here)I believe that this shirt is always a must during this time of the year and plus, this can be a go to outfit for everyone. You can actually wear this all year round.
Outerwear (similar here) This is a must for this season because as we know it, it is only chilly at this time of the year. You do not need to much of a cold support. This can be a stylish outwear for you in your closet.
Ankle boots (similar here) This booties are good to wear when transitioning from summer to fall. The length of this boots is just right for this seasons chills.
Michael Kors bag (similar here) This color is really for fall/winter look, it is always a good idea to have one for your wardrobe.
A woman who has been an inspiration to me. I can kinda relate because we are the same age and also a mom of two. I admire her for she has come a long way. Now, she is know for as the wealthiest woman in America, she is fit, she has a beautiful family of her own. Wouldn’t you be inspired with that?
Not just that, she is a very stylish person too. I love all her styles, she can put on any clothes as simple as a T-shirt and jeans and it will still look classy.
It’ll be my birthday next week. So I was just contemplating about myself and have her on my vision board as my goal. At least close to it 🙂 I am happy to where I am right now but I know I can do better in terms of staying fit, improving my career preparing for our children’s future.
How about you? Do you have a person you look up to?
Happy Friday everyone!
Simply,
Christianne
Happy Wednesday!
I have not worn anything like this before, but like I said on my about page. I am in that stage where I’ve been trying out different style. I just wanted to see if it looks good and it did. I really liked the outfit. So stylish! The material is okay, I think it would have been nicer if it is satin.
You can wear this making or when getting some cocktails with your girlfriends and some day time parties.
Details:
The outfit – I bought it from shein
Shoes – Nine West
Clutch bag – Kate Spade
Earrings – Avon ( it matches the outfit)
Sunglasses – Forever21
When it is summer time, as a family, we love going out to the park or anywhere close to where we live. We always make it a point we use up all the good weather outdoors, because when the weather gets cold… All indoors activities again.
We always love going to the National Harbor. It is only 10 mins away from home and they have a lot of things to do there for everyone, people of all ages.
As you can see, I wore this very simple casual outfit, because with Aidan. OMG! he loves pulling of my shirt. I had to wear something that is comfy and child proof outfit. Plus, I just realized when putting on the clothes, all 3 of us have shades of pink. Lovely color to wear in the summer time. As you can see, My husband is not in the picture because he is our official photographer.
I hope you all are having a great summer!
Details:
Blouse – TjMaxx
Shorts – Gap
Shoes – Converse
crossbody bag – Tjmaxx
sunglasses – Forever21
Adi
Dress – HM
Shoes – Old Navy
Aidan
Shirt and jeans – Carter
Shoes – Converse kids
Happy Friday!
Simply,
Christianne
Photos by: Novel
Do you have something in your closet that you have for years and still loves wearing them over and over again. This blouse is one of them. I got these 7 years ago and the beauty of this blouse never fades. Do you agree? I just mix and match it with whatever I have in my closet. I do believe that every woman should have their statemwnt blouse like this one.
Details:
Blouse (old)
Jeans – Target (mossimo)
Shoes – Charlotte Russe
Clutch – TJmaxx (Jessica Simpson)
Sunglasses – Forever 21
Wishing you all a very nice weekend!
Simply,
Christianne
Photos by: Novel
Hello friends!
Sorry I have been able to update you on my fitness journey for the past two weeks. We are still adjusting since my mom left on the 22nd of July. I am still trying how To figure out a workout schedule and routine. I haven’t been able to do the nike training for 2 weeks now. What has been working for me was, if I am with the kids, I just do a lot ab workout. Because I will not be able to workout with equipment if my son is around. Very unsafe, because he moves around it. I also was able to do some Zumba along the way, while they are playing in the room, I’ll do that. Even at times, my son will want me to carry me. Then he will be my weights 🙂 of course I move gently when I am carrying him.
As far as food intake. This S health is really helping a lot, I can keep track with my food intake and how many calories a day, water intake, how many steps I have taken (this one was not that accurate because sometimes I do not have my phone with me, so I know I have walked more than what that app calculated for me).
So far, I only gained 1 lb in that 2 weeks but the good news is, I have lost a little bit on the arms close to half an inch and 1/2 inch around my waist, thigh is the same. I guess all my ab workout paid off, I also use the tummy trimmer, it’s like a corset it is suppose to give shape. I also lift 6 lbs weights usually when the kids are not around.
Yesterday, I woke up early, then I was able to do the 30 min elliptical for cardio, ab workout and some weight lifting.
Overall, I know I am improving, my food intake has been healthy, my husband also noticed that I am improving, I notice it too. And I feel good about it.
As far as my workout buddies:
Silvia and Gauri has been working out good, they send me snap chats after their workout so I know they are keeping track. As far as Lena, I haven’t asked her about it. On the next post I will give you picture updates also with our measurements.
I hope we all inspire you. Shout out for all the moms out there who are on the same journey. It is really hard specially when you have small kids, I just realizing it. Because for 2 years we had helped from our parents to take care of the kids so it was really easy for me to keep up with that part. Right now, I am trying to work out on a best schedule to fit in my workouts.
Happy Monday!!
Simply,
Christianne
Hello dear readers! It is Sunday once again and I am here to introduce to you my other fitness buddies. As I have said on my previous blog that this journey is for us ladies at work. We are here to inspire and encourage each other to be a better version of ourselves. In here you will see different body types with different goals to achieve be it to lose inches or weight or both. The ultimate goals is improving our lifestyle by eating healthier food and exercising.
Meet my buddies:
Silvia
Weight: 120 lbs
Height: 5′.03
Arms: 11 1/4 inches
Waist: 28 3/4 inches
Thighs 22 1/4
She is my first fitness buddy at work. I introduced her the nike training app and she has been using it since then for about 6 months now if I am not mistaken. We challenge each other which is good, sometimes we will snapchat each other to show our workout routine or post workout selfies.
She eats a lot of meat and veggies. And every ones in a while sweets, she loves drinking coffee I must say. She is very active too, she runs, plays soccer, goes to the gym. She also swims.
Her goal is to maintain to be fit and improve her muscle tone.
Lena
Weight: 139 lbs
Height: 5’4″
Arms: 10 1/2 inches
Waist: 30 1/2 inches
Thigh: 24 inches
Lena is also very active, she goes to the gym and she eats a lot healthy food. I always see her munching on her veggies and dips.
Gauri
Weight:151 lbs
Height: 5’2″
Arms: 11 inches
Waist: 30.8 inches
Thigh: 25 inches
She is also into improving her lifestyle. She loves drinking coffee but she also loves drinking water which is a good thing, she tries to balance them. She loves to eat, but the good thing about it is she is into fitness now. She got herself a personal trainer recently and has been doing good with it. She is trying to lose weight, ever since she started with her trainer. She already lost 7 lbs. way to go G! She is also getting married this November.
As for me, so far so good, last week I only missed 1 day of exercise. I have been doing the nike training get lean program and It is 5 days a week. There was one day that instead of doing the Nike training my girlfriends and I went for a free Zumba class at the National Harbor. Oh it was so much sweat and fun! There was a lot of people, the weather was perfect and you can see the sunset because it was from 7-8pm.
As for my food intake, I had been eating a lot of sweets I must admit by I have been good with my calorie intake. I always input it on the S health, I also have to admit I have not been good with water, average intake was 5-6 glasses a day. I have to do better than that. I usually drink lemon water.
For a recap for last weeks, there was not inch loss for me but I lost another 1 lb. my goal is 126 lbs so one more lb to go. I really need to tone, that looks much better when I am toned.
This was my tummy 21 weeks ago when I was consistent with my workout.
Watch out for another update on our journey for a fit and healthier lifestyle.
I hope we inspire you.
Simply,
Christianne
Their photos was posted with their permission.
I have been asked a lot of times what product I use to get my tan, so here it is. I wanna look tanned because I have spider veins that I want to hide. I am fair skinned and those green spider veins are so visible. So I found this product few months back and I have been using it since then.
This product really gives me a nice tan! It really masked my spider veins. What is even better is that I do not have to be under the sun And can get tanned in few minutes. Another good thing about it is that it last for 1 week.
The was another question, do they stain? Yes if you will put in your clothes right after application, it stated at the back label that it dries after 60 seconds but to be sure I put on clothes after 2 minutes. I also use surgical gloves instead of my hand so it won’t stain my palms. (Make sure you are not allergic to it if you plan to use one).
Another thing, if you want to add more color you can apply it again the next day. So as when you are satisfied with the color then you don’t have to apply anymore.
If you have been following my blog sometimes you’ll see me light skin and sometimes tanned.
I hope this review helps.
Happy Friday!
By the way, Stay tuned to my mini series on Sunday. I have fitness buddies I want you to meet.
Simply,
Christianne
Since I have talked about the How to Get Lean Plan last week on my blog. I thought about being consistent with this healthy lifestyle. I already have a plan in place I just have to start doing it. I am actually doing it (exercises and eating healthy), I just have to be consistent with it.
Why do I want to do this? First, I want to be a good example to my family. Secondly, being in a healthcare field, it is an eye opener for me to see younger patient which are sicker than my 90 something year old patients. From there you can tell who took good care of themselves when they were younger. Thirdly, I also have different diseases that runs in my family (like cancer), that is why I am trying to improve. lastly, I want to be a better version of me.
What do I want to achieve? Be fit, Be toned! Specially on my mid section, I was already close to it but then again my consistency was not there. This time in this mini series, I will make it live as to encourage myself and my readers that this is it. I know I can do this! And when I started doing this exercises, I noticed I am more energetic, I don’t get tired easily. Which is a good thing, as a working mom.
I am here to spread health and fitness, health is wealth!
I would also like to mention, that this wouldn’t be possible without my mom and my husbands support. Thank you!
Just want to share this too. During workout, sometimes my daughter will exercises with me, practicing her gymnastic skills. Now that is good mother and daughter bonding, training them young.
So Here is my open diary for this fitness journey. Every week I will update you guys with my progress. Like I said I am here to be an encourager and be a good example.
I began this journey on July 8, 2015
Weight: 130 lbs
Height: 5’6″
Measurements in inches:
Arms: 11
Waist: 29
Thighs: 22
What did I do on the 8th?
I signed up for my S Health from my Samsung phone. I believe other phones also have different apps like this. On there I was able to keep track on my food and water intake and steps that I made for the day. So far, I am on track. I actually lost 2 lbs already. I only needed to lose 3 more lbs to reach my goal and then that is it, I need to tone.
I still use my nike training app, I really love it. It has 3 programs to choose from that you can follow week per week. One program is usually 4 weeks 15-30-45 mins workout plan outlined. It has videos to follow so to make sure you are doing the workout right.
I tend to eat at least 2-5 fruits a day, I put a lot of protein on my diet. I still eat rice at least once a day. And I am still working on being able to drink 8 glasses of water everyday.
I also follow this ladies on instagram. They have been my inspiration because I can relate to them, they are also moms like me. @milesaubrey @inaraymundo95 @kim_fairley.
For this health and fitness regimen. All body types are different so do what you think is best for you, and if you have health issues. Consult your doctors first.
Last Friday, I was also in search for workout buddies. It is always good to have people around you with the same goal. Because you encourage each other. So when I was talking to my co workers. They liked my idea, so they said they would like to participate with this lifestyle journey.
I will keep you guys updated once I have all their information. This is gonna be exciting! We are still brainstorming on how we can further motivate each other.
Our group will consist of all ladies, with different body types and different habits and exercises that we follow, different diet. So that most of you can relate.
They have agreed for me to post they measurements too and their pictures to see if they have progress. So, happy reading…. Join us in this journey for a better version of Us.
Simply,
Christianne
