tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12179117476788618752023-06-20T21:01:48.281-07:00Big BeingsMy thoughts on being bigjanika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-80664534143688706942013-06-03T13:56:00.001-07:002013-06-03T13:56:14.938-07:00SlackingI feel like I need to write an update. I have been keeping up with my YouTube channel more than my three blogs. Do I feel bad? Why yes of course. But at the same time I feel okay about it all because a blog isn't a job, it should be fun and not a thing to check off your to-do list. <br />
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I know some bloggers get paid and they do it for the money, which is nice, but I want to do it for fun. It's something that I want to enjoy and don't ever want to feel like I HAVE to write..<br />
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Well, I am slacking on a lot of things in addition to my blogs. I started the new year with some exercising routines, and then I fell out of it. Currently I am trying to buy a dancing video that will get me to dance my way to a healthy lifestyle. I am looking at a few on eBay, since Zumba is not in my price range. <br />
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I really can't wait to get started, I feel like dancing will be so much fun. Something I can learn to do while exercising!<br />
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Please do let me know if you do any fun dance workout videos!! Thanks!!janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-19979600259004197582013-01-14T11:17:00.000-08:002013-01-14T11:17:41.432-08:00Weight GainYesterday I weighed myself and realized that I had gained 8 pounds. I already knew that I had gained weight because I could tell my pants were snug. <br />
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"What does this mean" I thought.<br />
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It means that I really need to watch what I'm eating and try to be more healthy, but then again this was the case years ago.<br />
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One of my new years resolutions is not necessarily to lose weight but to be healthy! Restricting myself from eating too many sweets and drinking soda, stuff like that.<br />
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I have been exercising lately, nothing to really say I'm going to lose weight, but to stay healthy.<br />
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It means that I shouldn't gain anymore weight because I'm going to watch what I eat and what I do to my body.<br />
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It means that my choices reflect what I look like and how I feel.<br />
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It means that with these 8 pounds that I gained, I would have to work harder to tone down than I did 8 pounds before now.<br />
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It means, if I had kept to my last new year's resolution I wouldn't be here.<br />
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But with everything that I have to face, 8 pounds more, I am still hopeful for a healthy and happy life with who I am (and that is key to trying to be healthy, accepting yourself, and being positive).<br />
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What are some thoughts that run through your mind when you look at the scale and see that the number has gone up? janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-8049916826708953622012-10-04T17:50:00.002-07:002012-10-04T17:50:14.996-07:00Ladies, Just STOP!I have been reading blogs, comments, and just hearing people talk and thinking OMG, why do we do this to one another.<br />
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I am guilty of it, and I want to say that I'm sorry if you are the victim. I want to discuss this because I believe we can change our ways!<br />
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What am I talking about?<br />
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I'm talking about plus size women bashing skinny women and skinny women bashing plus size women.<br />
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I'm tired of hearing skinny women call plus size women fat. It's pathetic, it's not like they don't know that they are plus size. <br />
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I'm also tired of plus size women calling skinny women bit**s because they are too skinny or skinny in general. <br />
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Why can't we just stop bashing on one another. We have men bashing us, why can't we be on each other's side and stand together to move women forward, not take a step backwards.<br />
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It's sickening to see it on tv, to see it in life, and to be the person doing it.<br />
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When I say I'm guilty of it, I don't mean calling someone a skinny bi***, but I mean just saying things like, "Oh she's so skinny she doesn't have worries about her weight". Why should I belittle your experience, your hardship to get to where you are?<br />
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Please be considerate of others no matter your size and their size. We can try our best to understand one another and not be against each other. <br />
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<br />janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-61637722231414635802012-08-05T07:08:00.002-07:002012-08-05T07:10:12.642-07:00The World Needs UsIf you are feeling down and not up to doing anything I hope this post will brighten up your day!<br />
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There are times in our lives when we feel like there isn't much for us. There isn't much to do or much to say. No one that cares for you and no one you really care for. You feel hopeless and icky. You don't want to do anything or go anywhere, you don't want to see anyone, or talk to anyone.<br />
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STOP!<br />
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Simply pick a great motivational song and while you're at it, make a whole playlist of positive and energetic songs! Think positive! Think about all the good times you've had and use those memories to inspire you to live a better day. You and I owe it to those who aren't here anymore that would like to be. We owe it to them to live a great life, live in the moment, and cherish it all!<br />
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Feel good, whether if that's dressing up and putting on some blush! It might be cleaning up your home or meeting with some of your best people, FAMILY!<br />
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Family is a must see on a weekly basis for me! My family is my everything!! Super supportive and great!! <br />
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The world needs us!! PLUS SIZE AND ALL!!! I really hope that this message hits you somewhere in your bones and you start moving your body to stretch and feel better!<br />
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I've had days like this and this is how I deal with my negativity. I think that we need to be more positive, don't think about your pounds, who said that pounds was the correct way to label a person if they are normal or not?<br />
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Only you can make yourself feel better because you're too stubborn to listen to those who are trying to make you feel better. You're annoyed with everyone including yourself and the world. Only you can make yourself upbeat, stretch, and more positive.<br />
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No one wants to be a negative person, not even you, so stop being so negative and think positive! Positives attract!<br />
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The world needs us, us all to survive!!<br />
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<br />janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-56145364766534814002012-06-25T13:12:00.002-07:002012-06-25T13:12:49.807-07:00My New Exercising RoutineI have come to realize over the years that I hate to exercise!! It's sweaty, boring, and too much work. What I do love to do is play sports but I don't have the time to get everyone together to play with me, most sports that I like to play I can't play by myself. I have come to realize that I love dancing, especially by myself!! It sounds so silly but it's what I do. I do it all the time!!!!!<br />
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I have come up with a plan, once I get my room straightened out I'm going to dance some fat off my body. I want to lose some weight so I can be in shape! Being healthy is what I really need to focus on right now and because I am so busy I'm not really able to do so. I have been putting a lot of other people before me, I really need to start focusing on myself and my health!!<br />
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I hope that by dancing as my exercise I can learn some new moves to be more flexible and better on the dance floor!! lol<br />
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I have tried Zumba before and I like it, but it's not for me. Too fast and I can't keep up. I think what I'm going to do is come up with my own dance routine and just try that out with some fast songs that I like! That way it's structured enough so that I know that I'm actually doing something other than just moving my bum back and forth! lol<br />
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Let me know what you do for exercises!!janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-92113628661667538912012-04-15T21:01:00.001-07:002012-04-15T21:02:19.809-07:00Empowering Plus Size WomenThis past weekend I attended an empowering conference. It was to uplift multicultural students! In all the thoughts and ideas in my head I thought about not only the race and the disabled but also the plus size. I thought to myself and wondered how empowering it would be if there were conferences to empower women of plus size?<br />
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This may already exist but I have never attended or heard of any. They may have slipped my mind.<br />
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I think there would be so much to say, so many figures in society to tell us their stories and inspire us to feel good about ourselves just like everyone else does.<br />
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People may look at you thinking that you are wonderful and you might not even know it!<br />
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We too can look and feel good about ourselves. We need empowering stories to keep us motivated. Sometimes it's hard to stay in one viewpoint, once you get frayed it's easier to lose sight of what you want. With these workshops it will uplift any of our doubts and keep us strong, keep us going on.<br />
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If any of you have attended conferences or workshops to uplift plus size women let me know! I would love to hear all about it!<br />
<br />janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-12806577703299821822012-03-23T08:08:00.003-07:002012-03-23T08:15:43.707-07:00The Warm WeatherI don't know if the warm weather is what makes me crabby and want to scream or if it's because of me being plus size that just makes it so much worse. I like the warm weather, on most days because you see the sun and it makes me want to dress up nice and all, but then again it makes me sweaty and hot and crabby so then I end up not getting dressed and just wearing simple things like a capri and a t-shirt. <br /><br />For some reason, still trying to figure it out, I always get so crabby when warm weather rolls around. I think it's because I hate feeling sweaty, I don't like anyone to touch me, and I complain a lot, lol. It's funny now, but not later. <br /><br />Another thing about summer is that I have to help my parents garden and sell veggies at the Farmer's Market. That is fine, but it gets really really hot and the day just never knows when to end. <br /><br />I think that being plus size you have more weight on your body and when it's hot it can get really tiring. This isn't the case for all plus size men and women, but for me, I do get pretty tired and lazy pretty fast. It may be the weight, it may be that I don't like wearing shorts to show off my big thighs and I don't like wearing tank-tops to show off my flabby arms, so it makes it worse because I feel super hot and annoyed of what I'm wearing. Do you have a similar situation?<br /><br />So you tell me, do you get crabby when the warm weather rolls around? And if you do, why do you think so?janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-12597535424432162162012-02-22T10:52:00.000-08:002012-02-22T11:32:22.670-08:00"Obese People"In one of my classes we were talking about Supersize Me. I had to reply to a classmate's post. This is what she had to say:<br /><br />"One of the most memorable scenes for me was when Morgan was talking about the obesity problem in Texas and the camera panned behind the counter in a Houston McDonald’s to show two obese employees.<br /><br />I admit, I had a strange fascination with the clips of fat people. Even though obesity is common, it still strikes me as abnormal. Do these people know what they look like? As a formerly large person myself, I know now that I did not have a true image of my appearance. Looking back, I am embarrassed about what I wore. And I get embarrassed for these people. Do they know that stretch pants show every dimple of cellulite?<br /><br />Now, as a normal-weight person, I am determined to avoid becoming fat again. The obese people look so uncomfortable! The older I get, the more challenging it is. But I can buy clothes in a regular store, swim with my kids, and fit in the bleacher seats at a Packer game. I value these simple pleasures, and have compassion for those who are missing out.<br /><br />I also found the artwork disturbing, yet fascinating."<br /><br /><br />Here is my reply:<br /><br />I’m sorry but I find this post to be offending. What you said about “obese people” may be true but not everyone can help their obesity. Everyone is different. And you’re right, not everyone knows they look the way they look because it’s about what is on the inside. They feel good therefore, to themselves they look good. Just because someone is large in figure doesn’t mean they aren’t happy with themselves. I hope you don’t take this as an attack but I just don’t want anyone to be offended. And who’s to say that obese people aren’t healthy. I know several people who exercise and eat healthy and they are to the Doctors, obese. Your experience may be different from others. It seems like now that you are “normal-weight” you are looking down on these “obese people” and I’m sure they wouldn’t appreciate it. <br /><br />Who is being wrong here? Seriously? How can you say that? We don't want you're sympathy. I'm so disgusted with this woman.<br /><br />Later on when my professor read this, she wrote: <br /><br />"I agree with Jenny that the word choice of "abnormal" and "embarrassed" is offensive. We never know what has led people to their current situation. Also, like Jenny, this isn't an attack to say don't share your opinions, but reconsider your word choice and how you frame your points.<br /><br />For instance, as someone from New Orleans who lost my childhood home to Hurricane Katrina, I know I'm very sensitive to people saying people shouldn't rebuild the city or were stupid not to evacuate when the truth is that lots of people did evacuate and still suffered tons of damage not from the storm itself but from the failed levees. <br /><br />I hope that makes sense--the goal here is for empathy and understanding rather than sympathy or pity for those different from us."<br /><br />I'm so glad that she agrees with me!!!janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-26973773457452352992012-01-15T00:14:00.000-08:002012-01-15T00:30:09.422-08:00Inner BeautyTonight I went to the bars with some family and friends. It was a chaotic night, lots of drunk people, arguing, upset people, and laughter. I found myself looking at women and thinking, wow she dances really strange and that chick thinks she's really good at dancing, that one looks really nice! I just kept going on and on in my head about other people and then I looked at the people I was with and realized the same thing. They dance funny, they look nice, they think they're good at dancing too. I have always thought that about myself, but what I didn't realize that I realized today or tonight, is that no matter who you are and what you look like, you will feel good, sexy, and beautiful on the dance floor. You feel good about yourself, you think everyone is watching you because you're good looking and because they're interested. Whether this is true or not is not the case, what we feel inside is shown on the outside. People may look at us (like I looked at others) and think that person is crazy or whatever, but it doesn't always phase us. We still feel what we feel. <br /><br />I then realized that no matter how I look on the dance floor, as long as I took time to get dressed and put on makeup, I was going to feel good, sexy, and like I have the world in my hands, whether I am fat or not. Skinny women feel that same way and looking around and from my own experience so do the plus size women, so did the cute lady in the wheelchair. <br /><br />It's all about inner beauty, how you feel, what makes you feel this way. It's the surroundings of music playing in the background, your outfit, the makeup you took time into putting on, the perfume you chose, the lipstick you're wearing, each curl in your hair. You feel this wheather others think it to be true or not, so I'm wondering, if I wasn't a plus size girl, would it really matter? I would still feel inner beauty, I would still dance as crazy weird as I do now and feel as wonderful on the dance floor as I do now, so what's the difference if I was big or not? <br /><br />My health you say? Who said I wasn't healthy being plus size?janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-17115030570900086942012-01-08T21:53:00.000-08:002012-01-08T21:58:54.381-08:00Being GoodI have been good at working out for the past week. Making sure I work out at least half an hour and if I'm too sore to do it one day, I can skip. Now I'm not saying skipping is good, but for a beginner (someone who hasn't worked out in a very long time) it's a good thing to keep slow and pace yourself. I don't want to overwork my muscles and I don't want to crash. I'm still taking classes and working so I have to make sure I'm up for that as well. I don't want to be too sore to not be able to carry heavy stuff or go up and down the stairs at my work place. <br /><br />Keeping it consistent helps too. Working everyday for half an hour is good, until I can do more than I will boost it up to an hour and more difficult exercises.<br /><br />Last week I did pushups, full on pushups and I was so happy! Haven't done full on pushups in forever!! Thanks to the bf for helping me and pushing me to do it. I learned in yoga that it's not all about sweating, it's more about the exercise. <br /><br />Another thing that I have been following is that I should not starve myself, I can eat whatever I want but limit myself to portions. So I can eat whatever I want but in smaller portions that what I have been doing. This works! Whenever I crave something and I'm like, no I am on a diet and need exercising, I just think to myself, don't cut yourself out of the things you want to eat, just limit the portion!<br /><br />It does really help!!<br /><br />Let's keep being motivated!! I feel like this year I will accomplish a lot of things!! :Djanika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-9375786198535390682012-01-03T16:11:00.000-08:002012-01-03T16:17:01.000-08:00My Same New Year's Resolution BUT BetterEvery year, just about, I have been putting this on my new year's resolution list: to lose weight.<br /><br />I have failed every time.<br /><br />But this year I have come up with a plan, along with the bf, that I will lose 70 lbs. by the end of the year. It doesn't matter how I do it, but I have to do it.<br /><br />Now this is actually only one of the few things on my list.<br /><br />I wanted to be more realistic, and reading and looking at that number you may say that it isn't realistic, but for me I see that it is.<br /><br />In the past I have always wanted to lose weight and haven't been doing the right thing by specifying how much. I always say lose weight, but how much is actually losing weight, what if I just lost a pound? Would that be fulfilling my new year's resolution?<br /><br />This year I have gotten to be more specific in specifying how much. This'll help me determine how to go about doing so. <br /><br />The bf has a goal of losing weight as well, so we have come up with a plan that we will work-out together and work-out twice a day, once in the morning and once at night!<br /><br />Let's hope we both go through with it!!!<br /><br />We really need to stay healthy if we want children in our future!! :Djanika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-11911274125046023122011-12-11T19:47:00.000-08:002011-12-11T19:53:04.737-08:00You Should Apply To Be A Plus Size ModelThis past weekend I went home for an early X-mas party with my humungous family and for the party I was wearing a skirt from Forever21, black tights to match my skirt, and a zebra printed shirt from Wal-mart. My sister told me that I looked gorgeous in the fake lashes and the zebra printed shirt. She also said that I always tend to look good and that I should apply to be a plus size model! It made me happy of course and think that maybe I should keep pursuing it. It's not going to happen on the first try, I'll have to keep at it and keep doing what I can do better myself and to get out there. I think that once school is over, I can pursue that more. I only have a semester left! <br /><br />I'm really happy that other people think that I should be a plus size model other than me. It would be such an amazing opportunity for me! I definitely need to shed off some weight so that I am more fit. I don't need to lose a dramatic amount of weight, just enough so that I can be fit and not flabby!<br /><br />I hope that I can at least accomplish that, and then maybe my chances of being considered will be higher!<br /><br />Don't give up! Keep trying!janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-33869299935195193182011-11-06T21:56:00.000-08:002011-11-06T21:59:31.261-08:00Jealous of Losing WeightI am so jealous of others losing weight. I know they deserve it because they work out and have been doing it for a long time in order to lose weight, but I am SO JEALOUS. I want to tone down and look decent, I feel like flab is just flowing. EWWW. That was too descriptive.<br /><br />Anyway, a few of my friends that I haven't seen in a long time have gotten so skinny and looking at them they look so good!!! Like seriously? I need to do what they are doing.<br /><br />So the BF and I have been gaining weight together and we just promised each other that no matter how busy we will be, we have to work out 3 times a week. If we can't do it on the weekdays, we will do it on the weekends!<br /><br />PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS! I NEED IT SO BADLY!!!!!<br /><br />I guess jealousy can motivate me too, if nothing else will.janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-37843383531544377332011-10-31T19:14:00.000-07:002011-10-31T19:19:22.649-07:00Stretch Mark DevastationWhen a person sees stretch marks on their body, it is so devastating.<br /><br />Lately I have been so busy that I forget to go to the gym or exercise. Since I have been back in the states I have only gained weight. So sad and disappointed in myself.<br /><br />I walked a lot in NZ, now I drive and have no time to go walking, plus no where to go to walk. I guess those are just excuses because I usually am lazy anyway.<br /><br />But I did want to exercise and do all those good things, I have seen so many people lose weight lately, it has inspired me to. But yet I don't do anything.<br /><br />Do you ever feel that way? See people and be motivated but just not motivated ENOUGH?<br /><br />When will it be my day to motivate myself or be motivated enough to lose some of this weight?<br /><br />Of course I am labeling myself as a plus size, but it doesn't mean I can't be plus size and healthy, it doesn't mean I can't lose weight and still be plus size! I want to keep some of my figure, but I definitely want to and need to shape up!<br /><br />The world will laugh and I will shed tears.<br /><br />These stretch marks are such a devastation.janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-34199162655925500442011-09-20T14:07:00.000-07:002011-09-20T14:12:09.906-07:00OOTD Plus Size StyleHi Ladies!!!!<br /><br />OOTD- Outfit Of The Day<br /><br />So on my youtube channel, I have been doing some here and there blurbs about being plus size and such, and that wasn't what I intentionally wanted to talk about, but I'm finding it more and more helpful for my viewers! I also stated in a few videos that I wouldn't be doing any OOTD videos, but seeing that a few of my viewers ask for it and that when I searched, there weren't many, I figured it would be helpful. <br /><br />That way I can get videos out there more and it would be something different for me and my viewers. I am horrible at coming up with videos, since my lighting is always horrible and I never have time to sit down and do videos. It's great for all of us!!! <br /><br />I hope that the gals that tune into my outfits don't hate it too much, lol. I tend to be boring and wear casual more than anything, but even casual can look nice plus size style!!!<br /><br />Learn to live in your body and love your body!!!<br /><br />I'll link my channel below if you haven't already been!!! :D<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/janika3689">http://www.youtube.com/user/janika3689</a>janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-61034307249949402452011-05-07T23:35:00.000-07:002011-05-07T23:39:31.787-07:00Big Beings Have It More DifficultI think that just because we are bigger than others people give us less of a chance. I hate that so much. And at the same time, I am guilty of it too.<br /><br />I feel like you have to prove yourself in order to be noticed or even given a chance. And by chance I mean for anything in general. You have to put more effort, you have to make sure that you do things right, make sure you're not on their bad side. <br /><br />Seriously? Just because someone is skinny does it automatically put them in a higher standard that someone who's slightly bigger or bigger in general???<br /><br />Society is horrible. It's a contradiction, we hate labels but we label ourselves.<br /><br />I think that because you are bigger you have to try harder at life, and do more in life to succeed. It's how things are, and yes we have to get used to it and try our best, but it gets tiring (at least to me).janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-74796336941584660362011-04-21T03:52:00.000-07:002011-04-21T03:57:04.259-07:00No One Wants to Travel With a FattieI have come to realize that no one wants to travel with a fattie (me). I'm slow, I can't do everything they do, I'm just plane no good. And it's really sad. But I don't want to go hiking up a mountain and not talk and just walk up that huge hill, I want to go shopping and hang out and laugh and talk! I want to site see, not climb a frick'n mountain. <br /><br />No one wants to travel with a fattie, but I don't care! I have made it this far traveling by myself, why should I need to travel with someone? <br /><br />If you really knew me, you would know that I'm so heartbroken that I don't have one close friend here. Not one that I can really hang out with and tell them everything, the one that I thought I had, doesn't deserve my friendship. I hope one day she reads this, and knows exactly what I'm talking about.<br /><br />Anyways, for spring break I have decided that I will just relax, and if something spontaneous comes up I will leap at that chance! We will see what happens!! <br /><br />God is my way, and whatever way he leads me, I will take, even if it means I will shed a million tears before I reach it!janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-53756193761528157482011-03-28T15:30:00.001-07:002011-03-28T15:35:08.124-07:00Inspired to AspireSo, I have been obsessed with blogs lately, as I have tweeted! I am so into the different looks that these wonderful women have to share! I am not that creative and bold as they are, but I think that I have something to offer. <br /><br />Now my style isn't really anything, and I think the clothes wears me more than I wear the clothes. Of course I want to change that, and what better way to do that than blog about what I'm wearing and such! So, I hope to aspire other gals like I have been towards other blogs (lol I almost lost myself saying that).<br /><br />This summer I will be back at home, and hoping to get an internship, that calls for dressing up somewhat most of the time. I have already offered the bf the position to be my photographer because he wants the experience and thinks it would be great for his job in the future! So it all works out, I just need clothes! lol<br /><br />I hope that I can aspire others! I like what I like, and it's not really a certain style, I guess there isn't a label to my clothing, it's just whatever. <br /><br />When it happens, I hope you all enjoy!janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-72353838310178450512011-03-27T02:42:00.000-07:002011-03-27T02:46:33.264-07:00New Zealand Fashion for the Plus SizeOk, so I've been here for over a month, and I still can't find any stores that are catered towards plus size women that are AFFORDABLE! I found it so difficult to find clothes that would fit me in K-mart, or was it the fact that the sizes were all different and I didn't know what size I was looking for? <br /><br />I wish there were websites to just tell me where I can go shop for clothes for my big booty-licious body, LOL! But seriously, I'm getting a little tired of hunting for places, I just want to be able to shop for clothes I like, instead of having to find stores to shop....<br /><br />I have been inspired to take more pictures and blog more about outfits and so on! It'll be good practice for my style/fashion (not that I really have a specific fashion/style) I just wear whatever I like! Some how it works!janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-79255254110616359482011-02-11T12:39:00.000-08:002011-02-11T12:47:02.039-08:00Youtube VideosI've been doing a few videos here and there about plus size and all, and a lot of people watch them. I have decided that I will do more because I find that those are one of the most viewed, so that would be helpful right? I want to help others, so I will do more videos geared towards that subject. I'm really excited! <br /><br />I have just recently posted up a video about plus size websites that I love and are for socializing, community support, and entertainment, check it out at the link below!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHABpLnWViQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHABpLnWViQ</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHABpLnWViQ"></a>janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-34347686951371779542011-01-11T14:15:00.000-08:002011-01-11T14:21:38.621-08:00Modeling Obsession AgainOMG OMG OMG. I keep finding these great opportunities for modeling. Can I enter, absolutely!! And so can you, if you're reading this. It's amazing what a great opportunity this is, and since I don't see many Asian plus size models, this would be GREAT!!!! <br /><br />If I make it, I would be so excited and happy! It would help me money wise and career wise and all that great stuff. Of course I will have to practice my walk again, lol. Do I even have a walk???? (no) but doesn't mean I can't make one, start walking like a model. <br /><br />I just hope it works with my busy life. I will have to make sure that it all works with school and all, I'm not really sure why I'm even all worked up about this because I doubt I will be chosen, some hottie will be chosen, not me (there I go again, doubting myself). I'm sure someone who is really talented and really working hard on it will get it because I just started looking into this, and others may have been trying for years.. I don't want to take that from them. Who knows what will happen, I may or may not apply.janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-51160176306427340832010-11-22T10:44:00.000-08:002010-11-22T10:51:15.978-08:00ThanksgivingNow is the time for everyone to be around their loved ones and eat and eat and eat and eat! So, some ways to be safe about this matter is, make sure you're not over stuffing yourself. Eat enough so that you're not hungry, but don't eat to eat. Make sure you get what you want on your plate and not just grab everything just to have it. Slow down!!! Don't eat like crazy and keep getting up for more, don't be the first to get seconds if you do go for seconds. When you eat slow, you feel full with less food because your body realizes that you're eating and before you go up for more food, you already feel full. Make sure to not drink too much soda, juice, alcohol. Water helps everything go down easier and digest easier. Instead of socializing around food, socialize around activities. Instead of staying in the kitchen and hanging out with family and friends around the dinner table with food next to you, go to the living room and play some board games, put the food away so that you don't have that excuse of running to the kitchen for some quick snacks. <br /><br />I think this post will help me more than anyone else! :Djanika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-50797883166615582032010-11-03T10:18:00.000-07:002010-11-03T11:17:41.262-07:00My RealizationI have realized after watching a thing on youtube, that the world will come to being all fat/overweight people. Right now the US is 2/3 overweight, something that everyone should be really worried about. Is it because of the food the economy is providing? Is it because of the choices we make? Who is at fault? How can we say it is those who are overweight's fault when we don't know their situation? There a so many people with eating disorders, so many people with weight problems, whether being skinny or overweight, no one in particular is at fault. <br /><br />The thing that I realized with the fact that everyone may soon be overweight, is that fashion designers have no choice but to make clothing for the majority, which is fat people, overweight people, plus size (whatever you want to call it) in order to stay in business.<br /><br />Is it that fashion designers are welcoming the plus size or is it just because they need to make money?janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-15243384847856369422010-10-03T17:32:00.000-07:002010-10-03T17:41:36.480-07:00Lane BryantSo at our local mall we have a Lane Bryant store, it's been there for at least a year and a half, I've only been there once to check out what the prices are and the style and another time for a friend. I never looked at anything other than the price of the clothes, the one time I went in there I got a coat that the BF bought me! <br /><br />So today I strolled past it and then I decided to back up and go in, so the BF and I went in and there were signs showing $6.99 sale, so I went to the clearance section, which is always in the back and there it was, wonderful and stylish clothing for $9.99 and $6.99! I was in heaven jumping around and everything. The first time I was in the store I could barely find anything that fit, it was too big, this time around I found so many things that I liked but then it didn't have my size or my color and I didn't have enough time. In the end I bought three shirts, one earring, and a necklace, spending $28!!!! That's amazing because really those shirts each are worth that much!!<br /><br />This is my new favorite stores, even though I can't shop for things that aren't marked, I will for sure shop in the clearance, as I do at Old Navy!!! Today was a great day and I will be filming a haul video, so make sure to check out my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/janika3689">channel</a> with other videos pertaining to makeup and plus size clothing!!!janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217911747678861875.post-83619584886356455532010-09-13T20:03:00.001-07:002010-09-13T20:07:46.525-07:00Like Someone SaidLike someone said, I don't know where that person got it from and I'm sure this is known to many of you out there, but they (people) don't have to accept you, but they can not deny you! Live by that and you will be fine. I walk around trying to suck in my fat and I wonder, why am I doing it? It's making my life more difficult, they see me and know that I'm fat, so why do I need to make myself uncomfortable and squeeze it in when it doesn't work anyways? Be proud ladies and gentlemen, who cares if your jelly rolls jiggle just a little, as long as it's not sticking (literally) out there and saying hi. <br /><br />They do not have to accept you for who you are and what you are, but that does not mean that they can deny who you are and what you are, because you are who you are (does that make sense?).janika3689http://www.blogger.com/profile/08647573876842690661noreply@blogger.com0