Heart-Healthy Culinary Creations: Sarah's Skinny Pizza

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I've dedicated my time and efforts towards eating clean since January. I technically started over a year ago, but took baby steps. In January 2011, I began to cut out fast food restaurants from my daily routine. Then, I started portioning my desserts and snacks. In January 2012, I began to count calories and make a diligent effort to stay around 500 negative net calories each day. If you're looking to do this, sites like Calorie Count and My Fitness Pal are great resources to use. While I have grown knowledgeable of most calories values in certain foods and no longer feel the need to watch the numbers, I still use the former website when logging my weight monthly.

From Blah-b to Fab: DIY Workout Tanks!

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 A Step-by-Step Guide to a New Workout Wardrobe Essential!

BEFORE: "Blah-b!"

AFTER: "Fab!"

Have a few old t-shirts laying around and don't know what to do with them? If you're a girl who likes to look good, work out, and not spend a fortune doing either, then this is a craft designed for you! These rugged-looking tanks are a hit at the gym, and can be made out of any jersey cotton t-shirt. They're also a great bikini cover-up in the summer, as they cover you adequately but allow your body to breathe during that dreadful heat. Follow this step-by-step guide for a DIY (Do It Yourself) racerback tank, and turn that "BLAH-B" t-shirt into a "FAB" workout essential! Let's get started:

Sweet Summer Time '12

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Well, I had been preparing a Mid-Spring Round Up with a plethora of photographs, but my college career decided that studying and grades were more important. How dare she (and yes, my career is of female gender).


Enough excuses silliness aside; allow me to catch you up on my life--bullet point style. Why? Because bullet points are funner for you to read and lazier easier for me to write.

That's a Wrap!

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Tomorrow, on Friday the 13th, I fly back to my current "home". (Yes, I understand this is an extremely terrifying day to be flying anywhere. Yikes.) I've had a great month in California with so many memories to take back to Texas in order to hold me over until I can return again. Like I said on my photography page, a picture is worth a thousand words, so instead of trying to explain all the amazing times I had, I will let the pictures speak for themselves! :-)

DECEMBER

Made homemade oreo-peppermint bark with my mom!

Also made sugar cookies with homemade royal eggnog icing!

A Dose of Reality

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So, the truth as to why I haven't updated this blog since NYE is a mixture of several things. This includes writer's block, being busy with New Year's events, and even celebrating my 21st birthday (which was a blast, pictures to come soon!). However, the main reason as to why I haven't blogged is because I was working on a draft that talked about the downsides to California, but the reality is that California is awesome, it is just different, much like any other state.

Home is a heartfelt word. It means more than a lease, than a house and property, than a bed to sleep on. It is where your heart belongs, where your soul is at rest and you are sincerely at peace.