Monday, April 23, 2012

I laaaaaaaaakkkkkk cheeese....

     It's been a very, very looooong time.  I am still taking ZXT, haven't really lost anything more, but I haven't had the time to start working out yet.  I am holding firm at 140lbs so far.  Still can't complain, my appetite is still down, and I still don't have any evil side effects.  I will continue.
     Work has become insanely busy, and people are just impatient.  I am not sure but I think most of our customers believe there is a magic fairy that does there orders as soon as they hit checkout.  I apologize if you are that person... No, no I don't.  People are ridiculous, and I am not just talking about bridezilla's.  I am also a firm believer in nasty email day...  It's almost like working in a restaurant, that table that inevitably thinks that they are the ONLY customers in the place.  All our customers think they are the only ones who have ordered.  Anyway busy is good.
About to make myself some obnoxious blue hair, and work on someones custom logo.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Sunday Boredom.

So this is how my Zumba endeavor went.
Ebay Scam.
Claim Filed.
Refund.

Ordered from legitimate website, it's on its way!

I know as with everything I am totally behind.  So here's my progress for the last two weeks in a nutshell.  My morning weigh-ins are now at 142lbs.  Yes that's 10 pounds from when I started.  I am not watching what I eat and I am not exercising yet.  I do believe though at last update I was headachy.  I found that I was able to solve that with Gatorade.  While drinking water all the time is great, it seems that my body needed a dose of sugar.  So I went to Gatorade, in case I was dehydrated.  Within a few minutes of downing 16oz of it, the headache subsided.  My blood pressure is also not so high anymore.  I think it is the combo of the ZXT and the actual meds.  I haven't felt like a truck hit me in almost a month. I am still up in the energy department, and still no trouble sleeping.  Come to think of it, I haven't needed to nap in a few weeks either.  The regularity is a plus as well.  I still don't drink very much soda, and my snacking/boredom eating also seems to be under control.  All in all I feel good!

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Legitimate One Month Trial Part 1

The Beginning Can Be Found Here clicky!

As promised, Day 3:
Today was just a little bit different, I wasn't hungry at all.  The insert says I do not have to take these pills with food, which is good considering the complete loss of appetite.  However, I did eat a 1.3 oz package of  Keebler cinnamon toast grahams.  I only drank about 1.5 bottles of water, had some chickeny noodly sort of soup...they just don't make lipton like they used to.  I had some sauted pierogies for dinner and half a can of soda.  Finally the detox started, at about 10pm.  And no I don't think I have to draw a picture of what this means.  :)  I also had a surprise weigh in, 148, yes that's 4lbs in 3 days.

Day 4
I finally got around to taking my measurements early morning, and no I am not comfortable with sharing considering I actually invented a new one.  I call it "pouch."  I didn't do much snacking today just had lunch, Turkey and swiss on an onion bagel, had cereal for dinner.  Yes I like cereal lol.  At this point though I did notice a slight headache.  I didn't drink as much water as I should have this day either, topping out at 1.5 bottles again.  Also I haven't had the right mg of my BP pills either, which was perscribed for the migraines as well. Or it could have been the ZXT.  :(  Then again I figure I should have felt symptoms when I started taking it, not 4 days later.  I did pick up the right script that night, and was taking proper mg again.  Also detoxed again this evening. ;-)

Day 5
Still had the headache when I woke up, not good.  I actually had to take the migraine meds, after aspirin failed.  I weighed in again, just bc I have no will power, this time the scale said 145!  Same routine, pills, no oatmeal but I did have a light snack.  Lunch of chicken fingers and honey mustard yum!  Now, I didn't eat dinner, lunch was late, so I opted for drinking.  This was an interesting experience... It's not recommended to drink while on ZXT, but "if you have to" take the pills at least 1 hour prior.  I take mine in the AM so it wasn't that much of problem.  I didn't feel any different, it didn't make a happy concoction , didn't really do much for the headache either.  I wasn't out all night, only until about 10 drank another bottle of water and pretty much passed out, Thank You headache.  I woke up around 2:46 as my nightly detox was late... and low and behold I felt fuzzier than when I went to sleep.  I only had 2 pints in case your wondering how much I drank.  it was weird, may have just been tired.  I took my BP pill late and crawled back into bed.

Day 6
I realize it's only noon-ish now and will finish this update later.  I ate breakfast - cereal of course, discovered that my cat who won't eat milk, cheese, or meat, likes Lucky Charm marshmallows.  Go Figure. I am currently cooking some manicotti for lunch, have a moderate appetite, and plan on drinking again tonight.  i'll let you know how that goes.  :)

Now for the less technical stuff, Since taking ZXT I have lost 7lbs.  I feel great during the day, I have no trouble waking up in the morning anymore.  I have absolutely NO toruble sleeping at night either.  I have loads of energy, and my armpits don't itch anymore lol. (see candida and bee pollen).  Also the detoxifying part I keep refering to isn't terrible.  I am averaging once a day now, which is a HUGE improvement, but we don't need to get into that.  Its not uncontrollable, I don't have to wear depends, or carry spare pants with me.  I have also done the 2 things I have wanted to, cut out soda, and drink more water!  All in all I'm enjoying this, it may not be for everyone but I feel it's working for me.  I know this may be a boring read, but I kind of wanted to do a "real person's testimonial."

I am real person, and I am really taking Zi Xiu Tang.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Legitimate One Month Trial

So, I am going to keep track of my new diet attempt.  I will be keeping track of what I have eaten, how I'm feeling, and of course, hopefully weight loss.  I am taking these Zi Xiu Tang
Yesterday was Day 1:
     For Breakfast I ate an instant flavored oatmeal packet, and some fruit snacks.  I then took the pills.  This was around 10AM.  I tried a flavored water, Mio Energy, bad idea.  Coupling this with the pills basically made me feel like my chest was going to explode and like I should be running a marathon.  Keep in mind I am on Blood Pressure Meds as well.  I switched to regular water, and was fine in a few minutes.  I wasn't hungry until about 3pm, when I ate a Turkey and swiss sandwich on an onion bagel.  When I got home at 6-ish I had about 8 combos.  I then cooked dinner at 8, Cheeseburger's with lettuce/tomato and a few fries.  All in all I drank 3.5 bottles of water and half a can of soda.  I am going easy on the caffeine until my body gets used to the Zi Xiu Tang.
     My official weight yesterday was 152lbs, I plan on weighing in on Sunday's once I have a set routine.  I felt really good despite the initial first jitters.  I had a ton of energy and wasn't hungry, as the ZXT has a natural appetite suppressant and also serves as a detox.  Being day one there were no stomach issues, I was also able to sleep the night through as well.

Day 2
Today:
     Again I had the flavored oatmeal and 2 pills.  Again I wasn't hungry until around 2:30pm, I had another cheeseburger and a few combos probably around 5.  I didn't really snack at all and had 2 bowls of cereal for dinner at 7.  I haven't eaten anything since, and have been working on my first can of soda of the day.  I did drink some ginger ale earlier, but there was no caffeine involved.  I am drinking Pepsi now.  This is good considering I wanted to stop drinking so much soda anyway.  I felt energized again, and again no stomach issues so far.
      Tomorrow I will take my measurements, and also do first round before pictures.  On to Day 3.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Beauty Products.

So far I feel I should mention some really great things I've discovered somewhat recently:
Amazing Hair:
Aussie 3 minute miracle.  It's a deep conditioner that doesn't leave your hair feeling like you've just deep conditioned it.  It leaves fried hair, or overdyed hair feeling AMAZING.  I will never go back to standard conditioner again.  It is usually less than $3 a bottle and smells fantastic.

Insanely Soft Skin:
St. Ives Sensitive Skin Apricot Scrub, yes the stuff with the rocks in it, followed by Fruit of the Earth Vitamin E Skin Cream.  Soft Skin instantly, and lasts 24 hours...Usually wash my face every morning, so it lasts from face wash to face wash.

Now some not so good luck....
I would also love to know if anyone else has this problem.
Recently, I have had itchy armpits from hell.  I have used clinical strength, sensitive skin, and natural deodorants.  Problem is anything including the aluminum ingredient causes the itch.  Natural deodorants, don't last half as long and, well make you smell.  Given the choice between itching or smelling? Neither :/
I've just gone a few rounds with Adidas aluminum free with cotton tech?  Discovered it makes my armpit skin peel.  *sigh*  Back to square one.

Operation skinny starts tomorrow, with the help of Zi Xui Tang.  An all natural Bee Pollen weight loss pill.  I have heard good things about them and am actually excited to see how it goes.  Supposedly no diet or exercise is needed.  Even though I am still anxious to see if my Zumba arrives, very leary considering I purchased it from a supposed USA based seller, and it has now shipped from china.  God only knows what will be in that package.

Yes, I bought a scale.  :-)
Official weigh in 150 lb by the house scale, 156 lbs by the doctors scale.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Untitled. Bc I got nothing.

     So, I am having Zumba drama.  Shortly after I purchased my new toy (see previous post) ebay informed me the listing had been removed due to security issues.  So If I haven't payed I don't have to, If I have payed and received it yay!  Well I payed for it on a Sunday.  Where does that leave me?  Wondering if I am getting the item, or a refund..  I've emailed the "no longer registered ebay user, and the address on the paypal account, to no avail.  However I noticed today the item has been marked as shipped?  So who knows what will be in that package...  In the meantime had also purchased another set elsewhere, and got no response or confirmation of that.  so today I cancelled the paypal request.  I think fate is telling me to just get fat lol.  Anyhow I am really looking forward to hopefully receiving it.
     I am still failing miserably at producing any sort of non digital art-whatsoever.  However, I did not fail at my very first pot roast dinner for this evening ^_^ Yum!
     I am still working on rehashing my IMVU catalog, that to is going very slow.  I have managed to get my hands on a copy of 3D Studio Max, so hopefully I can also start meshing instead of just retexturing.  After I figure out how to use it.  I want to have my catalog done by March 1st, so that I can start developing in a new month, we'll see how that goes.    

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Damn You Return Of Cable Tv

I'm just about 24 hours into having cable tv again.  And of course the Sunday morning line-up includes choice infomercials.  Ten minutes into one I end up with this:




*sigh*

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Missing Office Supplies!?

Sooo... for the longest time I have been wondering where all my pens have been going...

PS.  Daddy I'm sure you enjoyed this!  <3

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Absolutely Perfectly Me!


Tell me this tin lunchbox isn't absolutely the perfect place to stash and protect an external hard drive!?

Sunday, February 12, 2012

I am Lazy.

For Real.  I am a lump of laziness.  Once again I have gotten absolutely nothing accomplished except for up-ing a few levels on Alice: Madness Returns for PS3.  Right now it is 8:19PM and I have just decided to be productive.  Granted writing in my blog about how lazy I am, is totally not what I am supposed to be doing.  I promised a lady a website, and that's what I'll be doing...right after dinner.
And now it's half an hour later, I couldn't even commit to getting this blog written without leaving to eat dinner.  So now I am still writing and still avoiding the website.  On a happy note I have gotten my product page made for my IMVU catalog, so now I can begin the tedious task of redoing the part of the catalog I haven't hidden.
My very first re-release on IMVU
both my new icon and product page are pictured here.  I guess even though it's digital art, it still counts as art.  Anyhow here's me trying my best to finish a website, and not get distracted by eBay and social networking.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Cat Devotion!

My little stud muffin helping out...until he managed to shorten it by 3 inches...

and of course being cute <3 taking a Sunday afternoon nap.


and this little cutie's name is Lucky, or Seven as I like to call him:

the reason he got his nickname:  polydactylism

and of course my little girl Pickles!

sitting in my lap, even looked up for the photo op!







Saturday, January 28, 2012

Art Installment #1. Finally.


Originally I thought this was 18x24 I think... It's really 14x17.  I started it out as a simple pencil drawing, it has ended as pencil, charcoal and faux ink wash.

Bah!

I'm clearly failing at life.  All my good intentions for resolutions are shot, and big surprise I have absolutely no art to post here.  On a happier note I may soon have my very own website, when I come up with an awesometastic domain name.  I am also 1/2 designing my very first website for work, it's fun but in a way has reminded me why I didn't get into web design...because it's effin boring and not a Brenda art original.  I am also going to teach myself web coding, so maybe next time I get to totally do the web page, rather than just "make it pretty."  Or other peoples websites ^_^  Off to watch the new Sherlock Holmes movie.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Time Consuming Geekdom and Glorified Chat

     So.  I used to be a developer on this thing called IMVU.  A developer uses a program to make items, clothing, pets, furniture...etc to sell in a catalog.  I have been a member since 2006 and have over 700 items in my catalog.  I basically have been on a 2 year hiatus from this creating endeavor.  I started out my developing career as BrendaTerror, then later changed to LuceeSkyy.  I met many a great developer, who helped me out along the way and encouraged my creativity. A few of them are: PremierArchangeDeliriousn3cr0pheliaBwains - ZombieAddict, thanks so much!
     My 2 year absence was basically fueled by, striving to do my best, working my ass off to become pro and it just never happened.  Also things got to serious, and people started getting downright nasty about things.  I started developing because I like making things.  It's also something I was good at and felt acomplished after publishing some awesome sauce outfits.  Then one day I had just had enough it was no longer fun, I backed up what files I still had, and deleted Imvu and the Previewer.
     Recently I have been thinking about how much I miss developing, and have decided to once again give it a go.  So with a name change, only my old bestsellers available, and a creator rating of 2, I will be making a comeback. As soon as I remember how... LOL

Friday, January 13, 2012

No holds barred, I guess.

First and foremost:

Today was very draining... easy day but draining.  Work was insanely irritating, and I get disrespected, a lot.  It's petty shit...but people's attitudes really just make me want to hit something.  Sometimes I really just want to clock out and leave.  I don't know sometimes being there makes me want to cry, and sometimes I really DO want to wreck someone(s).  Enough bitching though, this is supposed to be a happy place with rainbows and bunnies.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

I blew it up all by myself...

My very pink, very inflatable, new "gaming" chair.
A nice, "normal" picture...
possibly where things went wrong... for me and the tub...

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Not A Whole Lot of Meaningfulness Today

     So my only valid thought today was about people with "pet" chickens.  I was driving by a house on 191 and there were 4 chickens just doing chicken things in the yard.  It went something like "Do people just decide hey, let's get some chickens.  They'd look great in the yard."  I don't know.
     Saving the rest of my hair project for tomorrow, and also some cat inspired art in the makings.  I've got my social networking together, now it's time to get my art on!
Goodnight All!

Project Time...my hair of course!


Blond...so far :-)

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Cat, The Cocker Spaniel, and Owen Wilson's Nose.

     ME:

     First and foremost I have managed to piss ass around to this point now where I don't want to do the Tae-bo.  I am so un-motivated, I can't stick to it nor do I want to.  But I have seen the results on a live person no-less, and I want that.  I need to do this.  I must get myself in check, I will start again Sunday and I WILL DO IT.  This was part of my New Years resolution and I hate myself for not having more discipline.  I WILL BUY A SCALE, and I WILL TAKE MEASUREMENTS.
     I don't know why exercise is so freaking hard for me to deal with.  I feel 100% better when I am sticking to the plan, yet I still fail miserably.  So yes I'd rather sit here, drink 8 can's of Soda,  munch out on anything sweet I possibly can, while trolling on Facebook.  *sigh*

     THE CAT and THE COCKER SPANIEL:

     My cat is my baby,  he is my cat with a possibly temporary or permanent adoptive daddy...time will tell.  Anyhow if there are any brutal custody battles, the cat goes with me.  The dog stays with him.  The dog is his.

     I am absolutely positive the dog is looking for a way to off the cat.  He started off not really acknowledging the "other" 4-legged critter he was now rooming with, to blatantly going after him.  Its kind of like that Poison Ivy movie where the "friend" goes after the daughter's father, only I am the father, and the dog is the friend.  I also find myself flat out telling the dog I will never love him as much as I love the cat.  But that's just it, he isn't exactly my dog.  I don't know if that makes me a terrible human being or what but lately it's been creeping me out.  I will be petting the cat and get the total "die bitch die"  look from the dog.  This morning I wake up to find the dog staring at me from the cat's spot on the bed, and the poor cat lying on the floor staring at me with "mommy pick me up" eyes.  I do also have to point out that the cat came from a place with an anal retentive but sweet chihuahua.  The chi-wah would try to eat the cat's face if he jumped up on the bed, or couch where the chi-wah was.  So the cat is already leary of getting on the bed.  I've noticed more and more that he won't get up there if the spaniel is on the bed.  I should probably also mention that the cat's spot is on my side of the bed, where oddly enough the dog has to be as well.  Again...Poison Ivy.  It really wouldn't be so bad if I didn't think the dog was doing this stuff on purpose.  There's other little stuff to but I guess that's just feeding into my paranoia.

     OWEN WILSON'S NOSE: 
   
     I hate it.  Nuff said.

Twitter, Tweets, and Hashtags???

I've logged on to my twitter account once again.  I still don't understand, just that I get 125 characters to delve into my most private...er insanely random thought process'.  I don't know exactly what a hashtag is, or when or how to properly use it/them.

Monday, January 9, 2012

I fear I am bad at this...

As an after thought... Is it bad that I am currently doing tae-bo and don't own a scale for weigh-in day?

Incubus VS Random Nonsense Words

I don't understand how one of my favorite bands can have so many songs that irritate me. 
1.  Are you In
2.  Megalomaniac
3.  Promises Promises
4.  Aquius something or other....
just.make.me.itch. Meh!

     I spent a better part of the car ride to work thinking about how, basically Facebook ruins lives.  Not that this has stopped me from having one.  There is no better way to show that you are pissed at someone than DUN DUN DUN... de-friending them.  Or to prove that your really not having an affair with one of your oldest high school friends. 
*sigh*
#doesntunderstandwhysomepeopleletitgettothem  also
#doesntusetwitter  ^_^

Today at work kind of made me wish I didn't stop smoking.

On the other hand, I did get this done:

for our new website coming soon.
that is all.
 

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Meet Marley F. Pants...and Wednesday's Creation!

     Since Christmas is not that far over, I figured I'd share this.  Although this occured while I was actually dismantling the christmas tree.  I also found a bunch more that he'd stashed under the tv stand...

Also here is the first of the artwork:
I am not sure what direction I am going with this.  Pencil and charcoal on 18x24(I think) sketchpad.  She remains unfinished because much of this weekend was spent doing "adult" things and having quality time with my Playstation 3.  I expect I will work on her this week, updates will be posted.  So far I am off to an ok start with resolution #3, and I really like how she is turning out.

xoxo B