Author: Ariana Peters

Happy Friday everyone!!!

So on Tuesday i started a new workout regimen. I bought the 12-week bikini workout program and am loving it so far!! It is by The Get in Shape Girl. So I have done the workouts the last 3 days and feel great, a little sore but great; today I am supposed to do a HIIT (high intensity interval training) workout and an additional 30 minutes of cardio, however today I just wasn’t in the mood to workout.

This workout program is a 6 days a week program, Sunday is supposed to be my rest day, instead i decided that today would be my rest day.

I knew that because i so didn’t feel like working out today that i wouldn’t work out to my full potential, this way it is a win-win. I will still get in my 6 days a week workout and i get to choose the day that i don’t feel like working out.

Basically i am saying, if you really don’t feel like working out, not that you are being lazy or anything like that but that you genuinely don’t feel any motivation at all, take the day off and let yourself off the hook about it…….but make sure you kick butt in your next workout.

On a side note, remember that braid i did….

Look how much it spices up my pony tail!!! I love it!!

Enjoy your weekend!!

Hey!

I don’t know about you guys but i tend to fall into a hair rut. I find a few hairstyles that i can do quick and easy and usually stick with them most of the time. I’ve been searching pintrest and amazon and google looking for still pretty quick and easy but different hairstyles to spice up my hair routine.

One i love is a small front side braid.

I part my hair to the side and do a small french braid. I do it when my hair is wet so i dont have to contend with so many flyaways and i can make it a little bit tighter.

I love this because its so versatile. I can leave my hair down with the braid, it really spices up my ponytail, it works with a bun. Really it makes almost any basic hairstyle a little more interesting.

Try it out and tell me what you think!

Good Morning everyone!!!

This time last weekend I was having breakfast with a nice man in the middle of nowhere.

I can tell you this, if you are ever thinking of scheduling a first date/meet and greet type thing in Hawthorne……don’t.

There is nothing to do! However if this does happen, get pizza at the little pizza shop across from the El Capitan casino, it was delicious!

Also, at this point spring for the suite and the El Capitan lodge, i didn’t and he did and wow was his room like 10x nicer than mine. My room reminded me of the room in the movie ‘vacancy’……the adjoining door was even unlocked when i got there, just saying. 

I met a guy from eharmony there, i think it went well and look forward to spending more time with him. And he was a very good sport when ‘pitch perfect’ was the movie i turned on the tv and ‘what to expect when you’re expecting’ came on after that hahahahaha.

I’m smitten but am not counting my chickens. I’ll keep you posted!

Tell me something that has made you smile lately.

Howdy all!!!

Things are good here and ill update you more in a few days but i wanted to stop in and show you my new purchase!!!!! It is simple and cheap but ibam so stoked for it.
So i write letters to my friends and family, like actual snail mail letters, they are a mixture between hand written and typed but i mail them.

I think people have forgotten how much fun it is to receive something in the mail that isn’t a bill or magazine or summons lol.

To make it even more fun i bought an old fashion seal and wax!

And it turned out sooo cool! I am super excited about it!
I challenge you to write someone and old fashion letter!

And here is a little fitness motivation for you 😄

Talk to you later!!!

Hi!!!!

Well mom and i have been home for about a week and a half and we are getting things cleaned up and packed and figured out.

I have started unpacking all my resupply boxes.
I now have lots of great workout clothes. Normally i only have 1 functioning sports bra at a time becasue i need good quality high impact ones (one of the joys of big boobs) now i have 3 sports bras, running socks, antimicrobial underwear. I am certainly outfitted to workout.

Any food that is conductive to a healthy lifestyle or aids in working out i am keeping.

I am definitely outfitted for my training hahaha.

Anything that was homemade and didnt keep well or taste that great i unfortunately trashed.
But everything that was store bought and prepackaged i am giving my mom so she can give it to her church to give to people who need it.

So far i have 2 giant grocery bags filled with food to give them.

I went for my first run this morning, i kept it very short, as in half a mile hahaha. I am starting out slow again. I am going to run the Vancouver rock and roll half marathon in October so i am going to start stepping up my running. 

Motivation

No this is not me……yet! Hahahahaha

So for the time being i am living out of a suitcase, boxes, bags etc. And packing up things from the trip.
In the mean time i am subbing and working on my spirituality.

My new pretty rune set.

Last night mom and i went to an essential oil party, i got the starter kit so i can start using those 😄

I am feeling on the right track, ill keep you posted!

What have you done lately to improve your life?

Hi everyone!!!

Let’s see, since my last post i spent some time with family and friends, started revamping my diet and mom and i came home.

Before we came home my aunt did a test run on my moms make up for her wedding then did mine for fun. I told her to do whatever she wanted so she went dramatic.

Little different than my trail look huh? Hahahaha

Since i got home ive started working out again.

Insanity is crazy hard but i feel so great afterwards!
I’ve started eating more at home and making better food choices.

Post workout snack of edemame and a recovery shake.

I’ve also started gettng back into my spirituality, i have gotten some oracle cards to help focus me everyday.

And i have also started journaling to dig deeper into myself and my spirituality and to make sure my life goes in the direction i want it to.

I am enjoying eharmony. I already have a connection with someone, hopefully we can meet soon and see if that translates into real life, but im being smart and still talking to other people. This was something i wasn’t good at in the past, in the past i would feel a connection and focus solely on them, but that is not the healthiest way if doing things, especially when you are internet dating. I’m glad to see that i have grown.

Also the decision has been made of where i am going to live and the winner is……Portland!!!!!
I just loved the life i led and the person i became in Portland so i am going back.

Talk to you soon!!! 

Well its time to asses the situation. I let myself get a nice little belly when i came home to get ready for the trail. And some of my more toned muscles have turned back toward flab, now this wouldn’t have been a problem since i was going to walk for 6 months but since that version of the plan has gone out the window, its time for damage control.

This morning my grandmas scale said i weight 157lbs. Yikes! My goal, along with figuring out where to live and a job and you know all that small stuff hahahaha, i would like to get down to about 135-140 by the time i move in the beginning of July.
This is of course a rough estimate, if i get to 143 and im chocked full of tone and love the way i look, of course that will be good enough.

Mom and i are tweaking our Starbucks drinks to lower the calories. I went from a tall 2 shot carmel frapachino to a tall iced coffee with 1 pump mocha and 1 pump classic and a bit of cream. Im saving like 250 calories a drink. We love the reduced fat turkey bacon sandwich. Great kick of protein in the morning and not too bad considering its fast food like.

We walked the 1 mile from my grandmas down here and will walk it back. Well hobble in my case. My feet are protesting since yesterday afternoon, otherwise we would have added another mile or two to our walk, but gotta let my feet heal.
Im using the sparkpeople app on my phone to start tracking my calories.
These next few months will be interesting…….
Oh and i signed up on eharmany last night lol.
Talk to you soon!!!!

Good Morning,

So i am off the trail. My thru-hiking adventure is over. I do want to section hike and some day complete the trail but i don’t want to do it alone.

I talked to hikers on the trail who said don’t worry you can hike alone all day and find people to hang with at night, but that wasn’t my issue, it was the hiking alone during the day that i didn’t want to do. I guess that is how i differ from your average thru-hiker.

So now i have to decided where i want to live. I could stay in the Reno area as my substitute teaching license is good for about 2.5 more years, i could go toward Washington with my mom or i could head back to the Portland area or lastly i could try someplace totally new. I loved the Portland area and loved living there so that is in the lead. The biggest question is also what do i want to do for work?

I have a lot to mull over right there and only have about 2-2.5 months to figure it out.

Where ever i go i think i am finally ready to start looking for someone to spend the rest of my life with. That was my problem on the trail, i want someone to share life’s adventures with. I want someone to section hike with me, i want someone to explore the world with me, i want someone who wants to farm with me and wants to start a family.

So, where do i go from here….that is the big question and one i will be working to figure out.

I still plan on hiking and working out and doing races and fun things. So ill tweak the blog a bit. I still want to do everything the blog originally said, it just probably won’t all be done in the next 5 years.

So if you are game, keep following along and we will see what happens!!!!!!!