Friday Fitspiration

Friday Fitspiration

Men Treat Me Different After Weight Loss (VIDEO)

Hey there! First let me say thank you to those of you who read my blog regularly. I really appreciate all  (three) of you! The blog now has an official home on Youtube: fitblackchicvids 
Check out my first video below or click here to watch it on Youtube. 

Video: How to Lose Weight

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Fashiongasm

        A fashiongasm is exactly what it sounds like... Good fashion makes my brain release endorphins (so does exercise, and that's much cheaper).

I admire the style of several bloggers and I'm happy to present my new series: Fashiongasm. 

My first interview is with Juanette of Fashion nette-work I can always count on her blog to not only inspire me as I shop my closet, but to also have clothes I would really wear. She has a passion for fashion! 

1. Fill in the blank. My style isn't complete without my ________. 

Fro! I love big hair and I feel great when I'm having a "big" hair day.

2. What is your personal fashion mantra? Dress for you. Sometimes people get caught up in having the newest or trendiest thing or what someone else has and not necessarily the best items for their lifestyle or body type.

3.  Your style is polished, sexy, but also modest and respectable. I love that! Do you find that thrift stores have more modest clothes than popular chain stores? Lol, thanks, I think that I dress like a Quaker sometimes but I'm trying to be a little more daring as of late. I think that thrift stores are very versatile and  have whatever it is you're looking for, you sometimes just have to have a vision in pulling it off. You can make longer skirts into minis or have the sleeves removed or give a dress a sexier neckline if the bones of an item are right.Or keep an item as is and update it with accessories, the choice is yours! 

Sexy, not sleazy. I LOVES it!

4. You know I've got ask about your hair. How do you avoid single strand knots? Hmmm, I don't think I've had a problem with that, I just try to take care of my hair and keep it moisturized. I add grapeseed or coconut oil to my conditioner and to my hair before I twist it so I'm not sure if that helps but I really stress deep conditioning and giving your hair breaks from wearing it out and I rarely use heat on my hair.

The hair, oh, the hair! 

   

5. What's one fashion moment you wish you could take back? I've had many, sometimes I'll look at old photos (or even outfit posts from the blog) and think "What was I thinking???"

6. Why do you have a passion for fashion? I have a passion for fashion because style is so versatile, you can be someone new every day if you want to. Fashion/style can show you someone's personality and they never have to say a word.

Juanette's style says she's level-headed, fun loving, and intelligent. She knows how to make fashion and function meet. It also says I may need to move to Texas so I can have Ross and all the hot thrift stores Juanette goes to.

A suitcase as a purse? You say "why", she says "Why not?"

The woman dresses like she has a job. A respectable one. And no, I am not biased because we have the same job. =D 

A dashiki worn backwards. And you thought Good Times was just a show. Oh no my dear.

Practical and passion are NOT antonyms ladies, You can be fierce, functional, and FLY! 

Maybe I'm just late, but before this post, never thought to wear belts as necklaces. Love the colors too.

  Juanette, thanks again for being my first feature!

Inspiration vs. Motivation

Sometimes the Doritos be calling my name! Sometimes I don't want to work out. Sometimes I want to just slip into old habits. That's when motivation kicks in.

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Haters

                         

One of my favorite tracks is Bring Me Down by Kanye West: "If you ever wanted to ever be anything, it'll always be somebody to shoot down any dream. It'll always be haters that's the way it is. Hater dudes marry hater chicks and have hater kids."

 Recently when I said that the gym was my new boyfriend (I like to speak in illustrations because that's just how I do) my associate said "Oh how sad. This is your distraction since you're single." Ironically this chick is single as the day is long, but I digress. There's this notion that being fully invested in something makes you strange. The same is true of my devotion to improving my health and appearance. Yet it's always directed at me from people who are not making an effort to do the same.
I think these people all suffer from a sickness in their thinking. Here's a few of the most common syndromes.

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