Bah backlogged

I have some posts that I have been working on, with tons of pictures. But there are a lot of pictures that I have to go upload and comment on! 

A few things are going on in my life at the moment. This summer, I am proactively trying to make it exciting and keep myself from being bored. I'm setting up loads of projects for myself, and generally keeping myself busy and somewhat productive, although I'm spending too much time watching TV. I'm trying to figure out a hobby for myself, not only to keep me occupied, but also to try to rediscover myself. One of the things that I lost in my long term relationship is who I am as a person, and what I like to do. I used to have tons of hobbies and skills, and they sort of... disappeared as I got older. Reading, going to conventions, cosplay, drawing, hanging out with friends even. I've definitely lost touch with my friends and while I love hanging out with my boyfriend, I don't think it's healthy to only hang out with the boyfriend. I've been reaching out to my buddies and trying to keep in touch and hang out, something that I found hard to do in high school, and even harder to do now. 

At least I'm trying, and being able to talk and connect with people I've known for years and haven't gotten a chance to form a meaningful relationship is great! It's always nice to have people to hang out with, anyways.

With all the fun I have been having, my eating habits have gone to shit. I went to Vegas, pigged out. I went to a wedding, and of course I pigged out. I've pigged out pretty much any occasion I could, and then I wondered why my clothes were getting uncomfortable. You people still in your teens... rejoice that you can eat whatever you want without worries! When you get to my age, you have to actually OMG start paying attention to what you eat because you're less active, old, more stressed, got a slower metabolism, and you're probably still eating like you did in college or high school and snorfing down whatever crosses your path. Oh, to be young again... I was 115 pounds in high school, and while I haven't gained a huge amount of weight, I'm now 121 pounds and I would like to be back where I was in high school, preferably less. Since the modern world gives us technology that lets us be frivolous, of course I downloaded an app to track my food and my calories. Not that I am very good at keeping track consistently in the first place...

Not bad for the first day, right? I'm trying to stick to a few rules: no eating after 7PM, reduced candy and sweets, eat the bulk of calories at lunch, eat breakfast, and make an effort to stretch every day because I am definitely starting to feel like rubber that has been in the sun for too long. 

I'm setting my goals at an ambitious 102 pounds, but really I would be happy at 105 or so. I'm not crazy about my calorie budget, but keep in mind that I am short, so 1500 really is maintenance calories for me. 

The face of the day! I'm getting obsessed with using taupe eyeshadow to create an easy daytime smokey eye! It looks really effortless and pretty, and a refreshing alternative to using brown. Since my hair and skin are cool toned, I feel like taupe looks more harmonious on me than brown at the moment. This was the first time my sister said that she was drawn to my eyes and that they really stood out. Impressive, because I am not shy with the black eyeshadow, lashes, and the black eyeliner! 

Also memorable: At the beginning of the year, I decided that I would support my boyfriend with his no fast food ban. I firmly broke that today and ate Jack in the Box and it was probably one of the most delicious things I had. And so cheap! My brother got the $4.99 All American combo, and I think that is probably not only one of the best deals EVER, but pretty darn delicious. I know people scoff at American fast food. I personally have friends who pride themselves in never eating McDonalds and never even setting FOOT in the restaurants... but I guess I'm just like the masses contributing to the fast food empire. And it doesn't hurt to eat such things once in a while. Just avoid the chicken nuggets. I don't understand the point of processed chicken when fried chicken is already heavenly.