The Failure of 30 Days of Yoga

This post is long overdue as I am a complete failure for not completing the 30 Days of Yoga Challenge with YogaWithAdriene. I was scrolling through all of my old posts and I realized I only got up to day 10 and I didn't continue with it. That is literally the story of my life. I always start things but I never finish them.
                                                                    I have a problem.

My only excuse is life got in the way? That is not really an excuse though is it? I began the journey over the summer while I was doing online summer school and it was going well until I went on vacation to California then to Las Vegas for my husbands birthday. When we got back, I just wasn't in the mood to do it anymore.

If I am honest, I haven't been in the mood to do any type of exercise for the past two months. I got really busy with school and I started a new job, at the gym ironically enough, that I just haven't been in the mood to do yoga or work out. I have been so burnt out that when I am home or I have a little bit of free time, I just want to sleep or spend time with my husband.

I believe a lot of people have these issues, not only full time students but people with children and full time employed people, who the last thing on their minds is to work out after an extremely long day. 

The first step is admitting you have a problem and then you are to work on it. I have admitted it and know where I am going wrong. I have made the conscious decision to improve my health and overall wellbeing by pushing myself to eat healthier and be more active. 

This might seem cheesy as I am writing this on the 31st of December but this is not my New Year's Resolution; this is my Life Goal. 

Here's to a healthier life. 

Dealing With Acne: Teenage Skin

When I was in high school, I had acne. Now, that is one of the most common things I hear people say.

Why? 

Because a lot of us have to deal with acne when we are young and going through puberty. Granted, some people get it worse than others and I was one of those unlucky ones. I had chronic acne when I was a teenager and I didn't even know it. I had dealt with it for so long that I was just used to it. That doesn't mean, however, that I didn't try everything out there to make it go away. Believe me, I did. Nothing ever worked for long. It would always come back.

Being Latina, I would always get family members and people I didn't even know give me advice on what home remedies I could make and use and what foods I shouldn't eat because they were bad for me, i.e. the almighty Chocolate. Honestly it just hurt my feelings to always have people nagging at me about 'Why does your face look so bad'? or 'Wow, you really should watch what you eat more because it's affecting your skin.' I honestly just wanted to tell people to fuck off and mind their own business.

I have made a video detailing my experience in high school and what my skin was like then and what I did to try and fix it which was try every acne product from Target, Proactive and even Origins. Nothing ever worked. It wasn't until I went to the dermatologist after I graduated from high school that they explained what was going on and actually tried to do something about it.

I wish I had photos to share of my terrible high school acne days but unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, I do not have any. You will just have to take my word for it.