Sunday, June 20th, 2010 | 91 Comments

I’ll skip the usual “god not Sunday ” rant!
I was feeling crummy this morning but went out and walked 4.8 miles around downtown DC which turned that frown upside down

So today I got my engagement & wedding rings back from being re-sized!! They were too big now~ but I was scared of jumping the gun of getting them re-sized; in case I gained back any of the weight I had lost. So I waited~ and waited~ and now it’s been nearly a year!! But I didn’t gain any back So Mike and I both got ours re-sized (he’s lost nearly 40 lbs this year! :whoafreak

It feels so wonderful to wear my engagement ring again~~!! I had stopped wearing it nearly 6 months ago because it started to fly off :F My wedding band I’ve been keeping on by wearing a smaller ring my grandmother gave me, blocking it from falling off.

And I want to congratulate any of my friends who are still using livestrong.com too!! I still use it too, out of habit , and out of obsessive need to track things because OCD is fun hahhaaahhaaa! But it’s been 1 year since I found that website & it really did change my life. My ring size is a full size smaller now~ couldn’t have done it without livestrong

OK, so sometimes people ask how I can manage to take such long hot baths (the kind suggested in magazines, especially in diet pages,) and here’s an example how! I read magazines! I not only read them I mark outfits I want to scan in a whatnot too. I bring a nice big cup of cold green tea or cold apple vinegar drink and I always use a bath salt or bubble bath~ I just love baths! I always have! It’s my #1 way of relieving stress too! If I have a seriously crap day I’m gonna end it with a long hot bath. The other day I was in there for 80 minutes!

Most of the diet bath topics suggest staying in a sweaty hot bath for at least 30minutes~ Kumicky is seen here demonstrating reading Popteen in the tub! Haahaa~

30 minutes to 2 hours… I’ve NEVER made it 2 hours, I’d assume you’d have to add some hot water to the tub again! haahaa! I tend to shoot for an hour but on average I’m usually at 45 minutes

Also using an iPod to play music helps! I have one of those cheap $5 portable speakers in my bathroom for my old iPod nano. I put on relaxing music or even nature sounds. One in particular is just a 40 minute track of night sounds (crickets, frogs ) haahaa and when it finishes I know I’ve been in the tub for 40 minutes! And always bring in a cold water or other zero calorie drink with you~ please don’t pass out OK!!!

Wow, 38% make it an hour! Next is 27% at 30minutes. Who are these crazy 8% of people lasting for 3 hours though!? LOOOOOL maybe my life’s too busy for such hopes!

I have to admit I’ve used my cell phone a lot during the long baths, haahaa~ I know it’s foolish because my blackberry isn’t waterproof, LOL! Sorta pressing my luck sometimes~ But I tend to hang over the side of the tub and type away on emails and surf CROOZ blogs ‘n such!

I also do leg massage in a hot bath because I feel it’s the easiest time to help bring down the day’s swelling! You don’t need any cellulite roller or anything either~ just twist and massage~ I SWEAR this keeps my legs looking skinnier than when I DON’T do it! Plus it really relieves any stress and soreness in your legs. :good: 5 minutes of the massage should do the trick! It does take a few days of doing this before you’ll notice a difference though.

You can also do a little light exercise to pass the time like Jun here! haahaa~~

Haahaa and I ALWAYS take a long hot bath after a day of overeating~~ it really settles my stomach too.

While on the subject of dieting (sorta) I thought I’d share these funny suggestions of using the color blue to control your appetite!! Blue is supposed to be a naturally unappetizing color because not many foods are blue in nature!! Well~ so they say So here are some suggestions from Popteen!

• Buy blue dinnerware for eating off of!
• Wear blue-shaded sunglasses while eating!!
• Add blue food coloring to your food such as rice!!!

I changed my computer’s wallpaper at work to a blue shaded wallpaper….. I can safely say this DID NOT curb my urge to snack at my desk in any way, shape, or form! HAAHAA! That said, I never have found that blue cotton candy flavored ice cream very appetizing looking and I feel pukey when I see kids eating it! ha!

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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 | 104 Comments

A few comments about Rina Carolina, Popteen’s youngest new model (age 12, she’ll be 13 in July) made me want to blab a little about her. :good: I know I had a sorta twitter discussion concerning her last month.

梨奈カロリーナ [Rina Carolina] is an Italian x Japanese model Popteen introduced this May. She was an immediate addition to the spreads in Popteen’s June issue. I recall her May spotlight because she had a Rinka Barefoot dreams hoodie I didn’t realize she was so young until the June issue, LOL.

Here’s her May Spotlight

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