When Life Push You to the Edge

The Goal isn't to beat your opponent; you need to simply refuse to be Beaten.

Hello Beautiful
Good morning or good evening wherever you're at. I am happy you are here. Today I felt like writing down my thoughts regarding the topic of when life kind of pushes you to the edge or for me against the wall.

Think about it this way...oppressor (life) holding you by the neck where you are trying to get your last breath and you don't know if you will survive.

"You can't make decisions with a foggy sight."

Against the wall is a move that the oppressor takes advantage because he/she thinks they have the power of the situation. It is all about the feeling of success and that dopamine feeling where you feel like you have succeeded and won the battle...whatever it is.

Well, life is the same, literally. The every day life can be quite hectic due to the demands for survival or meet the need or want. Now think about how much stress you have put into your psychological bank in your brain. It is very hard to breath, make sense, and even express any thoughts; let alone decisions.

This is why I want to focus this post on the decisions. When we go through these difficult days that we have such "funk" that clouds our minds and our decision making, let's take one step back and silence all the noise in your head. It's like when you are in a room full of children and they are all running around and screaming, and you're trying to speak with someone and you can't hear them or comprehend their statement, you find it difficult to think straight. Well this is the same way I feel when having one of those days.

The one step back will allow you to step out of the noise, study the issue and find the root of the problem. Once you have figured that out, you're able to make 2 steps ahead which allows you to obviously jump the one with the noise and feel good that you overcome it.


So, on your next "Funk" mood, remind yourself that "You can't make decisions with a foggy sight." Allow God to help you get back into the positive mind and once that is taken care of, then all the problems will solve themselves. And did you notice that by doing this, you're not in control anymore, but God.

I personally have control issues, but that's another whole can of warms. Let's focus on getting the Funk out of us, and then work on more sticky grounds.

I hope this insight can help you have a brighter day. See you in the next post!



XOXO

Rosalidia

Post Workout

Hi!!

I usually don't write at this time because it's my time to wind down for the day and is when I get my daughters' stuff ready for the following day. However, tonight is The weekend and decided to write you now because I wanted to share how the workout went and is still fresh...ask my muscles right now....sore😫 but a good sore because I feel great!! 

Let me tell you, that P90X is no joke. See? These are no-brainer moves that we may know already since the dawn of time. The difference is the tempo and holding it for few seconds. 

Some of the moves I couldn't follow strictly just because I couldn't, lol 😂 I had to follow the instructor's sister (daughter had to work) because she was doing it the newbie way. 

And to shame me even more, my daughter was waaaaaay better than me 😧 I couldn't keep up with her either. But the most important thing is to keep moving. Tone down the move but do it, don't just stop.

I hope you have a fabulous weekend and let's chat in the comments below.



XOXO
Rosalidia

P90 WHO???

Good morning!!!

TGIF peeps! I am so happy is Friday because my body is just not made for 5 work days. If we could have 4 days that would make all of our lives much happier and easier, right?!

Okay, back to reality... Today we will be having another workout at the club but mainly for men. However, it doesn't mean girls are not allowed because I surely will be there. What I am a bit scared of is doing the P90X...yikes!

This workout is mainly for men because is iiiiiiiiiiiiintense! All you see in the website is muscled men so it can kind of scare some people, including me, But remember the post I wrote about Challenging the SELF???

Well my friend, I said to myself that I was willing to do this, and the only way I can push myself even more was a haircut, lol. You may say, "a haircut???" Well, yes! I went for a bob, but long enough to do a ponytail for when I workout. Another reason why I decided to go short is because this cut can make me look a bit rounder in the face if I don't make healthy choices. 

I love makeup, hair, and nails and how I look is important for me...in certain event that is, lol. So if I want to look good, I must keep this healthy trend so I can look even more beautiful. Okay that sounded stuck up, I promise I am way far from being one. Although 😳 some people may think so, but who cares.🙅 You and I will work at this slowly and the main thing I keep reminding myself is balance because I don't want to go full force and then stop all together.

The purpose of this is to make it a habit so our bodies would crave it and it becomes a routine and perhaps an auto-pilot response. So, we will see how tonight goes and I will follow up with you guys.

See you in the next post.

XOXO

Rosalidia

Challenge the SELF

Good morning!!

So yesterday we had our very first exercise class at the Herbalife club and I gotta say, it went pretty well! It was only 5 of us counting the trainer, but that is very good being the first day. I honestly didn't think that no one was going to show up. I thought it was going to be my mom and I alone with the trainer.
I am very thankful that the trainer offered herself willingly to help us out. She is the type of woman that loves hardcore exercises and tomorrow she will be back for the boys. My mom just mentioned that she would like for the guys to also have exercise classes, and she offered to teach that one also because she has done P90X and mentioned that she can keep up, yikes!

I have only done Insanity once for 3 weeks and had to stop because I hurt my back due to my car accident years ago. Her oldest daughter said she can do P90X the "easy" version, lol. So I told her that I will start with the daughter.

You may ask why am I sharing this with you if all I have dedicated this blog (the little bit that I've done) has been just makeup. Well my friend, let me get a little deeper. I have come a long way and I have to say that I may look good with makeup, but if I don't have good and healthy skin, then my makeup sooner or later will reflect that.

See, makeup may look flawless when you apply it, but if you're a mommy like me that likes makeup, you cannot be re-touching and it will  not be as flawless as in the beginning of the day. When I do my makeup, this mask needs to hold close to 9-10 hours. When I leave work I pick up the girls, get home and help my oldest with homework, cook or if not my husband does it for me, take them a shower, tuck the oldest in bed, rock the baby to sleep (I figured this will be the fastest way to knock her out, lol), plus I get to hold her and feel her on my chest. These days I don't get to do that much often due to work.

I am thinking to do a whole separate post on skin care routine or just the raw side of beauty in the near future. But right now, let's focus on one thing, the workout because I may be quick to master makeup skills, but when it comes to exercise...I am not that great and drag it to the point that because I've put soooo much thought to it, I don't end up doing and sometimes you just gotta do it (the NIKE way).

Share in the comments below any tips that can help me overcome any negativity regarding exercise, or perhaps meal plan because I surely suck at that too, lol. See you in the next post.

XOXO,
Rosalidia

Health & Fitness....Uuuhh NO!

Hello everyone
You may be impressed why am I writing about fitness if this blog is all about the makeup I do, but keep reading because I want to share a piece of how I took this topic.
So I've always been full figure, even since I was a baby. All my baby pictures you can see my round cheeks and thick thighs.
The nutrition in Cuba is no so much focused on what ingredients you're giving to a child like I do with my children...counting how much fiber, fruits, veggies, etc they are taking in each day. But in Cuba is about survival. You gotta eat whatever there is because if not, you'll starve.

Well, my family, and with that I mean my mother (who I love dearly tho...) has always been a humongous nagging mosquito about my weight. Always telling me not to get fat, don't eat that, watch your weight, etc. And let me pause right now and explain. I detest the word FAT. I taught my daughter that such word is a bad word, it hurts people's feelings. If there is no other feature that can identify a person in a conversation, than use the word big. And even still I feel bad because I am in the same boat. But I can't find another way to teach her. I always encourage her to see other things in people. Even if the skin colors are different, there is always something special about everyone.


Okay... back to me! I became resentful and didn't want to hear anything about the topic and which it affected my relationship with my mom, although other factors were part of the closeness with each other, but I'll leave that for another post.

Right after I got married in 2008 with my lovely husband who is my best friend, my mom came across with Herbalife. Someone from our church talked to her about it and she became a distributor. In the beginning I was skeptical about it. Then my oldest sister did it and she lost all her pregnancy weight and more. Although we have very different body types, I decided to give it a go.

I was really going by the book. Doing the healthy meals, taking all the pills I had to take and I lost about 10-15lbs in 2 months. I was feeling great! I got pregnant and stopped taking the pills and drinking the shakes.

Years passed by, my mom was the same nagging mosquito regarding the topic and I would just ignore her. I went to school, and graduated. Then, I had my second child. I am more mature and a lot more educated...in my career. Not so much in fitness, but just the basics that perhaps everyone knows about.

My mom opened her own club few months ago and I decided willingly to help her promote her business on Facebook, because I was not going to allow her to pay for someone to do it for her. Today, a young lady from church will come by and host an exercise class for us. We are excited because it's our first class and we don't know what to expect or who's going to show up, but hey, we got to start somewhere.

Well, after I gave you a bit of the background, here is my point...I am NOW willing to focus on my fitness and my physical appearance. I always used to say "I wish I looked like that...I wish I could lose..." Today I am not wishing anymore. I am willingly to do this with my mom and all the people that will be involved in this journey. I know it will not be easy, but it's NOT impossible. And the reason this is so important for me is because I don't tend to socialize with anyone, especially do exercise with anyone else, but alone. I am willing to open up to others. And I believe that writing about it will help me stay focused because I will owe you and myself. Failures will take you to success but I don't believe in getting stuck when I fail.

So with that said, I will come back and update you on how it went last night. Thank you for reading my thoughts because we are all in this TOGETHER!!!


XOXO,
Rosalidia

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Morphe 35N Palette - Is the BRAND Worth the HYPE??

Hello beautiful
Today I'm bringing you this video because after so much hype with this company and let me tell you, I've been impressed by the posts on Instagram and I gotta say that the pigmentation seems pretty deep. However,  I know a lot of editing and color saturation game in photoshop and many editing apps. So I wanted to try one of the palettes and see for myself how good these eyeshadows are. Well my friend, I HAVE to say that Morphebrushes has done an awesome job delivering a product that has high quality and affordable at the same time. I hope you enjoy this video and if you did, don't forget to subscribe.

XO,
Rosalidia