Friday 17 May 2013

For all you pizza lovers out there!

Hey guys,

Back again with another post for you. I am going to share with you guys this recipe that I really enjoy, its not originally my own idea as I found out about this idea quite a while ago. I have no idea who the original creator of this idea from. Anyway this recipe I'm gonna share with you is a pizza recipe. I am a big pizza lover, I love, love pizza! It's one of my favorite foods out there along side Mexican food, such as tacos and burritos. This recipe was like a life saver for me because, it kept me from being deprived in my journey. If you have an all time favorite food its always best to find a way you can cook it low calorie/low sodium/low fat. And this is a great way to enjoy eating pizza without those extra calories because 4 slice of pizza from Dominos or Pizza Hut is around over 600 calories or sometimes more and usually for a whole regular pizza it will be over 1,000 calories. This pizza however only costed me 289 calories which is only 11 or 10 calories away from 300 calories (excuse my terrible maths I don't know whether its 11 or 10 calories away lol)
This is one I made and it looks so yummy, and it was yummy!

Here are the steps on how I made this pizza in the above picture.

1. First things first the base. I used a wholemeal pita pocket. You can also use a tortilla wrap, Lebanese bread those bases are quite low in calories the one I used was 168 calories.

2. The next thing is the sauce, try and find a pizza sauce that is very low in sugar and sodium. I used the Leggo's pizza sauce which only had 1 gram of sugar for the whole serve of that pizza above in the picture I made. You can also use salsa, sometimes I will use old el paso salsa as my pizza sauce.

3. And of course you have your choice of toppings, I mostly use olives, bell peppers, mushrooms and sometimes onions. I also like to use pineapples as well. You can use any kind of topping. If you eat meat you can use pepperoni, ham, chicken etc. try to opt for something lean though.

4. Last but not least, no pizza is complete without the cheese! I always use reduced fat mozzarella sometimes I will use a little bit of bocconcini cheese. If You are Vegan you can use soy cheese or almond cheese, any kind of vegan cheese that is available.

And once you're done with all these steps, in to the oven it goes and all you have to do is wait for  the cheese to melt and brown up a bit then its ready to be sliced, served and eaten.

And that's all for now hope you enjoyed this quick post. have a great day/sleep/ afternoon whatever time of day it is.

Love
Alice

Saturday 11 May 2013

Who and what motivated me.

Hello again guys,

Well its time for a new post! Yaaaaaaay.

In this post I am going to be talking about who and what motivated me. Firstly there were a lot of things that motivated me, I mostly got my motivation from people on YouTube and I will be sharing who they are later on, this will also be about how to get yourself motivated.

First things first one of the first things that motivated me was that I was told it was not impossible and I got encouragement. At the beginning of my journey I was very down and upset after I was told it would be very hard so I logged into this website called FreeTrainers where you can write blogs and log in how much you've trained but I wrote a really sad depressing entry:

firstly I'm new to this program.  I was feeling very upset today. I woke up this morning and checked my weight and I could not believe it! 88kg! That is waaaay too much! and not only that I have to flu today and told my doctor that I am trying to lose weight and was told that it would be difficult 'cause of my mum's genes and my heart just sank I mean I KNOW that its difficult I know it is and I've always known that. My friend even tells me that too. so does my mum! 
And I feel I need to rant about this. It really, really upsets me when I get told that its too hard. I am so sick and tired of being told that sure weightloss is a challenging thing but I find that when I'm told its difficult it just helps to DE-motivate me! Its really not fair how i get told that it makes me feel really bad about my self and sometimes I feel like I lose hope instead of weight! this is so ridiculous. It really hurts that I was not gifted with a fast metabolism not only do I gain weight easily, I get TOLD that its difficult. I feel like I need some serious help becuase it is soooooo effing useless when I get told that. I mean I thought genes play a minor roll when comes to weight! so yeah I am literally upset right now I really am I am like tearing up right now. bottom line it makes things very hard when people say its hard. 
For years and years I have been on and off trying to lose this stubborn weight. sometimes I was successful but most of the time I wasn't. my weight never stays the same sometimes it high sometimes its low. 
the problem for me is not only being told that its hard its also becuase I crash and eat junk food when it comes to special occassions or just one little nibble of some unhealthy thing wether its chocolate or chips cookies or cake. 
I have always felt terrible about my weight ever since I was 12 I was never overweight all my life it was only up until my late teens that I became overweight.
anyway sorry that this a long and depressing Flog but I was just so upset that felt like letting this out I have had a terrible day today.
As you can see I was very distraught when I wrote that little entry and I became more upset the next day when I checked my weight as it went up 1 kilo but after that I carried on with my journey and lost a little bit but I was still very bitter with myself and I still had the self destructive thoughts that forced me to stop the unhealthy eating but later I got these 2 replies:


Misspanda 2012/09/16, 08:23 AM
They tell you it will be difficult but not impossible! Get out of that it's useless mindset. Are you useless? No! You made the first step by coming here, you wrote that blog. You can do this and for the first 12 weeks it will be hard and at times you will put yourself down, you will think of people who have put you down to and when that happens stop and think. No i'm not useless, i'm making this change for me and i will stick through this till the end. I was told it will be very hard to get my weight down and maintain it. But i won't let it stop me. Keep at it for 12 weeks and don't give up. If you weigh yourself after 2 weeks and have only lost a little. Who cares, you've lost a little and that's something! As for self control it will happen so long as you remember you can do this! I believe you can. Just don't give up. Only weigh yourself once every 2 weeks and in the morning after you've been to the toilet.



greenarrow13 2012/09/23, 02:48 PM
Misspanda is 100% right. I'm not going to lie to you, weightloss is not easy. But nothing good in life is ever easy. It's good to let all your fears and anxieties out. Don't try to change too quickly. Maybe you first reduce your sugary drinks, start drinking more water, fruit juice (no added sugar), etc. Then maybe instead of grabbing a cookie, grab some fruit. They're simple changes, but you need to adapt to them. Too many people try to change too much, too fast, and that's just asking for failure. Find healthy food that tastes good to you, if you don't like spinach, then don't eat it just because it's healthy. Once again, doomed to go back to unhealthy eating. I know it's hard not to be naturally thin, but thin people aren't always healthy! I could go on and on, but the point is keep working at it and you'll change your life forever (not just a few months). If you have any questions or just need to vent, message me. Good luck on your journey!

After I read those encouraging replies I became more motivated because I was told it was NOT impossible and that kept me going with a more positive mind and to those two people who gave me those replies I just want to say thank you so much for responding to my depressing post it really means a lot to me that you guys took your time to help me figure out this problem that has now been solved. Thank you so much!

The next thing that motivated me was always knowing that genes play a minor roll when it comes to losing weight and I found out about this a long time ago before my journey but at that time I didn't know how to lose the weight properly. But keeping that in mind gave me a lot of closure.

The next thing was an example from my mother's family and that was my aunt. Most people from my mother's side of the family are overweight and my aunt is not overweight at all she is quite disciplined with how she eats and I have another aunt who is very slim and she manages to keep her weight off too and my grandfather from my mother's side is not overweight either. So yeah realizing that NOT everyone from my side of the family is fat helped pull me through, speaking of genetics though other stuff that motivated me was negative examples in the family as well because there is a history if diabetes and other illnesses related to dietary problems in my family and I really never wanted/still don't want to become diabetic and knowing that if I continue eating unhealthy there will be a good chance of me becoming diabetic and that also really helped put me off unhealthy eating too. Knowing all the bad outcomes of overeating too much junk food really motivated me to shed all my weight.

The final thing that motivated me was looking at other people's success with weight loss and all these people I am going to mention are all people who's videos I stumbled upon on YouTube.

The first person I discovered was a girl named Marlena some of you girls who love watching make up tutorials might be familiar with her, she has a channel called MakeUpGeekTV and she does great make up tutorials but the first video I watched from her was this video.
And this is the link to her channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/MakeupGeekTV/videos
she has more videos about her weight loss.

So yeah that video really gave me a lot of hope and motivation I stumbled across this video shortly after I was so negative and bitter about myself and it just inspired me to be positive about losing weight, that it is not impossible it can really be done no matter what. And I would just like to say Marlena if you are reading this blog I really want to thank you so much for sharing your journey to the world. watching your weight loss videos has really helped me with my journey. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.

The next person I came across was a girl called Ruth and her channel is called DivaSlimsDown and this is the first video of hers that I think I watched I  before but her story really motivated me.


This the link to her channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/DivaSlimsDown?feature=watch

When I watched her video I cried tears of joy. I was so inspired as to how far she had come in her journey and it just gave me so much more faith in myself that I CAN do this. Like I would tell myself  if this girl can do it so can I. To Ruth if you are reading this blog thank you so much for sharing your story you have come such a long way. Sharing your journey has really motivated me thank you again from the bottom of my heart.

The next person is a girl called Nina who managed to loose all her weight but managed to keep it off for 7 years and her channel is called BeautifulBrwnBabyDol below is her video on how she lost the weight and kept it off.

This is the link to her channel http://www.youtube.com/user/BeautifulBrwnBabyDol?feature=watch
Basically this was another video that really kept me inspired to lose the weight but not only only lose the weight but keeping it off as well. I find it really amazing how she managed to keep it off for so many years. I also find her videos to be very informative about losing weight she also also shares the emotional and psychological aspect of losing weight which I find very useful. To Nina if you are reading this blog thank you so much for sharing your journey and putting out incredibly useful advice, so many women like myself go through life everyday feeling really bad about their self image and I want to thank you for your encouraging videos as I found them to be very useful in my life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

The next and final person is a woman called Nancy Valentino. learning of her success just blew me away it is so amazing how she managed to lose all the weight and become a model! I did mention her in one of my earlier blogs. But what I really find motivating about her success was when she mentioned that she came from a family of overweight people and here I was this poor girl worrying about what I was told and hearing of her success just got rid of that worry seeing as to how she managed to lose the weight and keep it off. Again I mentioned her in another blog which was this entry: http://myweightlossexprience.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/excuses-excuses-and-more-excuses.html
And this video is a follow up to the one I posted in the that entry below:


This is her channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/NancyValentino/videos
And to Nancy if you are reading this blog thank you so much for sharing your journey. It really proves to people like me that some dreams can come true considering the fact that you became a model! Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart!

So there you have it those are all the people on YouTube that motivated me. Watching their videos has changed my life and my way of thinking when it comes to losing weight. I would also like to say this if you are one of those people who think these videos are just to brag then I'm sorry but you have a problem! either your're jealous or you just feel intimidated. But here is some advice for you instead of getting jealous then why don't you just get motivated by these videos. The reason why videos like these exist is because they are designed to MOTIVATE people. They are NOT created for jealousy and envy. NEVER allow yourself to get intimidated by another person's success because that leads to negative thinking about yourself as well because in reality you think that person is better than you. You NEED to think positively about yourself and don't put other people higher than you because you are no different from them and they are no different from you. So please take inspiration from these things instead of jealousy and envy. I myself am not creating this blog to make you jealous either as I myself think lots of people who really want to lose weight need a lot encouragement and I really hope my blog makes this difference too.

Oh yes. You must be wondering how to get motivated well, my answer to that is look at other peoples success and of course you need to have faith in yourself and always tell yourself its not impossible. As I mentioned a 1 million times the key to successful weight loss is a positive mentality. I'm sorry if your getting board of me saying this but its true. You really need to be positive and all these videos I shared gave me food for positive thoughts for my journey and I am sharing lots of food for your positive thoughts in this blog. So please have some of this food it will really help your mind to develop positive thoughts and the best thing about this food I am giving you is that its food that will NOT make you fat! It will make you slim! Don't be shy grab a plate!

And that is pretty much all the things that helped motivate me. I hope you found this blog useful catch you guys later!

Love
Alice




Wednesday 8 May 2013

My list of DOs and DON"Ts

Hello!

Here I am back again!

I want to share with you my list of dos and don'ts for when you are on weight loss journey. I shall start with the dos.

1. Drink your water!
Yes I know this is cliche and that every source will tell you this same thing but trust me it makes a BIG difference. I found that when I drank my daily 8 glasses of water it really helped control my cravings for bad food. It also cleared my skin and gave me less breakouts.

2.Weigh yourself once a month.
Weigh yourself first thing in the morning after you have been to the toilet. weighing yourself too often can lead you to become too impatient and losing weight takes time, which brings me to the next one.

3. Be patient.
Patience truly is a virtue when it comes to weight loss. Changes don't happen overnight. Being impatient can lead you to give up so please stop losing your patience. I understand that its easy to get impatient as I've been down that road myself so what I did was I kept telling myself to be patient and the more I told myself that the more I excepted that and the more patient I became. Being patient has really helped me get through my journey.

4. Get creative in the kitchen!
One thing about losing weight is it allows you to be creative in the kitchen. For example if you hate salad but you love those restaurant type of salads like Caesar Salad or any salad that uses a mayo based dressing think of how you can make a healthy version for example you can make a garlic sauce/dressing out of fat free Greek yogurt or regular plain yogurt with fresh garlic and parsley or you can add chives or spring onions a long with a tiny touch of sea salt. You can make delicious veggie casseroles etc. You can also search online for delicious low calorie recipes. You can even buy cookbooks that teach how to cook guilt free meals even that will help you become more creative!

5. Count your calories.
This is something I didn't do in the beginning of my journey but up until I came across this website it just made my life easier its called myfitnesspal www.myfitnesspal.com
This website helps you track how much calories you consumed in a day. It calculates how much calories you must consume in a day based on your age, height and weight as well as how active your lifestyle is.

6.If you have a dog, then take it for walks!
I myself have a dog and I always take him for his walks. I consider my dog AJ my minnie work out buddy and I really enjoy taking my precious moogy for his walkies (sorry I'm sounding weird but I just love talking like that about my dog!)
I love my workout buddy so much, he is so precious! Even though he drives me insane sometimes!

7.Believe in yourself and Stay positive 
As I mentioned before in one of my previous posts. The key to successful weight loss is having a positive mentality. I know its hard but if you keep telling yourself "I can do this, I know I can" you will succeed trust me. I found that when I did this I became successful. Fill your mind with positive thoughts. One I recommend is to tell yourself everyday is "IT NOT IMPOSSIBLE" which is true it isn't so start by telling yourself that. Always repeat positive mantras to yourself everyday. Yes I know what you are thinking it sounds lame, it sounds stupid. But if you keep a negative mind I'm sorry but you will fail. Telling yourself "I can't do it" will just push you back to your old bad habits.

8. Make permanent gradual lifestyle changes. 
When you begin your journey, you have to sacrifice a lot of habits that cause you to gain weight for example constant splurging on junk food everyday that is something that needs to stop. I know I'm sounding mean but this is whats causing your problem. However to stop that from happening don't stop all at once because that will make it very hard for you, slowly start by drinking 8 glasses of water instead of diet coke because artificial sweeteners have something in them that make you crave sweet things more which can lead you to eat more sweet things like candy or chocolate etc. And start with an exercise routine that's easy for your level of fitness I personally recommend walking as a start, I also recommend Pilates because Pilates is not strenuous and its suitable for all fitness levels. Adding small changes likes these will help you come a long way. But you must start slowly to a point where it become a healthy habit this will help you to keep the weight off permanently.

9. Eat your breakfast.
Always eat your breakfast! You must! I know I'm sounding cliche again but its true. Back in my teenage years when I had a lack of knowledge about eating healthy I would skip breakfast and that left me feeling very weak and my brain just wouldn't function to a point where I couldn't concentrate well at school. I would do this again in later years but not on purpose and it upset my metabolism which was one of my culprits to the access weight that I gained and later on I would eat breakfast to a point where my metabolism began to function properly. If you are a teen and you are reading this please think about it you are young, your body is changing and you have to make sure you give it the nutrients it needs so your body can develop more properly. Everyone needs to eat breakfast whether your a girl, guy whatever. Breakfast truly is the most important meal of the day as they say. Make sure however that it is a healthy breakfast also another important thing to remember, eating your healthy breakfast will help control your cravings. I found that when I used to skip breakfast I would always grab the chocolate, chip, cookies and pig out on them to a point where I just ate too much. So eat your breakfast!

10. Exercise.
If you have time try to find time to exercise, it will really help make a big difference to your body. You will burn calories, You'll get toned the list goes on. Yeah I know another cliche tip! But yeah you get what I'm saying it helps! You can go to the gym, use workout DVDs/Games and you can go on YouTube and find workout videos. But start with an exercise that's easy than as you get more fit pick harder ones.

So that's it for the DOs now for the DON'Ts.

1.Don't starve yourself
Never, I repeat NEVER starve yourself! This is very bad for your metabolism. You stop eating your metabolism stops, you get sick, you get undernourished, you get headaches you faint and then you go back to eating again and the metabolism is all tired and can't work fast because is was put to sleep, then soon the kilos pile up and plus you gain more than what you started! You do NOT want that to happen! Not only that but starving yourself really sucks I don't know about you but I hate starving myself. I don't think you would like either to either SO DON'T DO IT! ITS BAD FOR YOU!

2. Don't go on weird diets or crash diets.
There is always trends when it comes to diets. Like that lemon maple syrup with cayanne pepper which Beyonce did or that cabbage soup diet, basically any crazy diet that doesn't allow you to eat enough. Just because a celebrity does it doesn't mean you should do it and no I am not trying to demean Beyonce or any other celebrities (I love Beyonce and I am against tabloids btw) but its the same with other people too just because your friend or you mom or whoever does it doesn't mean you should. Yes you may lose weight with these kind of diets but they can cause some serious health problems and can really hamper your metabolism. Before you decide to go on any new discovered diet, do your research first to see if the diet is safe. Always take things with a grain of salt.

3. Don't use weight loss pills or any  kind of weird weight loss products.
Some products can be dangerous like for example the weight loss pill. But here is a tip for you if you come across a product then do your research on it and look at reviews online to see if its safe or ask your doctor because some products can have nasty side effects. Also with stuff like diet shakes some will have way too much sugar added to them. There will also be items that may have laxatives in them and that is something you want to avoid. Be very careful and take everything you read on the packaging or ads with a grain of salt. If something sounds too good to be true then it probably is. 

5. Don't fall for those silly workout gadgets and other ridiculous products.
There are so many cringe worthy infomercials out there with these stupid exercise machines like that belt machine thing you put around your waist and it shakes! oh god I'm laughing about it now that does not burn calories sorry to break that to you if you bought something like this. And don't get me started on that silly machine that shakes while you stand on it or that horse riding fitness machine or that stupid weight that shakes or that ab king whatever its called. And as for other ridiculous products I remember there used to be this ad about this jelly ice like substance you place around your jiggly bits and its supposed to make that area shrink I don't remember the name of it but if you see that ad please don't fall for it! There is also this type of jewelry that also is said to help you lose weight don't fall for that one either! I wish I could share some sources with you guys but I just can't remember the names of all these gadgets but I do plan on doing a whole entry on those things. but anyway before I say this I know I'm sounding like a broken record but If something sounds too good to be true than it probably is. Here are some examples below. Please buy an exercise DVD, go for a walk/run or  get a gym membership because these machines are a waste of money!




6. Don't down talk yourself or think negatively.
What I mean by that is never tell yourself "This is too hard", "It's impossible", "I can't achieve this", "Maybe I'm destined to be this way", "I am such a loser", "I don't deserve a slim figure because I'm not worthy of it", "I'll never be as successful as this person" All these constant negative thoughts are destroying your plans. When you think this way, not only do you destroy your plans but you are also giving yourself more reasons to be depressed and that is another thing you want to get rid of. I've said this a thousand times in this blog already and I shall repeat The key to successful weight loss is a positive mentality. Again sorry if I am sounding like a broken record but if you just so happen to be one of those people who constantly thinks like this, it really needs to stop. You need to tell that little annoying condescending voice in your head to bugger off and get lost. You don't need that voice heck that voice is useless, its not just only bad for losing weight but its also bad for everything in life too. Each time you say something hurtful to yourself  you also are pushing yourself down and creating shame. What you are really doing is making yourself feel ashamed instead of trying to solve your problems. Drowning in shame is not going to help you it will just make you feel worse. This is why there are people who fall off their horse because they simply thought they couldn't do it. This has happened to me too, I personally struggled for years and years trying to lose weight and every time I fell off my horse it was always because I didn't keep that positive mind. I kept telling myself "Oh this is going to be tough its Easter now there goes my plans"  but to this day I tell myself "I am not letting Easter get in the way of my plans I will eat my chocolate sparingly and I will still lose weight! because I am a fighter!" This actually worked because yes I did eat my chocolate and yes I DID lose weight! I strongly encourage you to fill your mind with positive thoughts. It WILL make a difference in your life. You probably don't believe me but try it, give it a go and see for yourself how it works. It may seem lame but how do you think you feel when you speak negative to yourself? do you cry? or do you feel like breaking down a wall? and ask yourself "Is this how I want to feel for the rest of my life?" Think about it.

7.Don't listen to people who are negative about weight loss.
I'm talking about those type of people who constantly say things like "Well I came from a family of fat people so I was meant to be fat" or "Well that's life I'm fat I can't eat salads for the rest of my life I need real food and if it makes me fat so be it!" or "Who has time to exercise and eat nothing but salad?" Please don't listen to those kinds of people. People like that have no clue what they are talking about. People like that have no knowledge about what proper weight loss is, they are also the type of people who either love being fat or they could be people who are just in the wrong mind set. The reason why those type of people are obese or overweight is because they think and say things like that. Don't take what they say seriously and remember what I said earlier in "Don't" number six balded in blue The key........ finish the sentence for me! Basically don't let anything they say upset you. They will always say its impossible and that is NOT true at all. Take what they say with a grain of salt.

8. Don't do "1 offs"
To lose weight you have to make permanent changes. You must never do things like go on a diet until you lose the weight and go back to eating how you ate before because you will just gain your weight back again. Of course if you eat too much junk every day you will pile the kilos regardless of losing it earlier. I'm pretty much talking about yo yo dieting or any other diet that's similar like detoxing which I myself did in the past. When I was 16 I did this detox diet for 1 week and I lost the weight however when I stopped I gained all my weight back and sadly all that weight I lost was NOT fat it was water weight and the sad thing is I would attempt it again and it was the same story all over again. I also did this shake diet that didn't work either and that was a "1 off" too but I didn't really lose any weight when I did it. But it was still a "1 off". The only thing that should be a "1 off'" is a day where you are gonna splurge but you should still try to avoid it especially if you are in the beginning of your journey. Anyway basically you must develop healthy habits that will help you keep your weight off permanently. I will make a post later on how to keep weight off permanently so stay tuned!

9. Don't add too much salt to your cooking or eat too much salt.
Pay particular attention to your sodium intake, because consuming too much salt will make you retain too much water that makes you pile the kilos as well as dehydrate you. using Myfitnesspal.com will help you keep track of how much you've had. So try and keep your salt to a minimum but don't avoid it completely because a little bit of salt can be good for you especially if you have a cold  and you want to get rid of all that muck. I personally recommend that you use sea salt instead of table salt because sea salt has minerals in it that are good for you. If you have had too much salt keep drinking your water as that will help you to avoid water retention. Also check the nutrition facts on food packaging particularly stuff like canned soup and frozen meals because those foods mostly have lots of sodium in them especially ones that are marketed for weight loss. One benefit to avoiding salt is that it will not block out so much flavor from your cooking, as salt can be very overpowering, I find at least.
btw, I know I've been mentioning myfitnesspal a lot, but in case your wondering no, I am not sponsored by them I am only just recommending it because I found that website to be very useful and I think it will be useful for a lot of people. That's why I am mentioning them a lot.

10. Don't do the exact same exercise routine everyday.
If you do the exact same exercise every day you will get very bored of it as well as lose your motivation. Not only that but you will also begin to burn fewer calories as in you won't burn as much as you did in the beginning so do different things everyday lets say "oh today I will work on my biceps and tomorrow I'll work on my abs and the day after that I''ll work on my lower body..." So play around do a different routine. Or if you are the type of person who can't go to the gym get one of those challenge DVDs  like Ripped in 30 by Jillian Michaels. Or if you can't afford that YouTube is your friend! as there are thousands of different videos you can work from. If you walk or run make it longer or change pace and then you will burn more calories as you get more fit. Remember start with easy exercises first then do harder ones.


Okay well that's it for my dos and don'ts hope you found these tip useful. Stay healthy, positive and safe.

love
Alice

Friday 3 May 2013

Clothing Haul!


Hello guys!

I did a little shopping today and bought myself some new clothes. Now that I've lost quite a lot of weight I decided to buy some new clothes. Its not really a lot of stuff but at least it won't make this blog too long! lol anyway here is what I got today

The first thing I got was a pair of skinny jeans. These jeans in particular are not the type that you button/zip up they are stretchy and comfortable compared to the regular jeans. You just slip them on. I really needed to get new jeans as my old ones pretty much have gotten to a point where they slip off and when I wear them with a belt they just don't look good anymore. My old jeans are a size 18 and my new size is 14, so yeah that's the size my new pair is in.Oh and I bought them from Target. it cost $27 AUD

The other stuff I got didn't come from Target but these two items I got from this store, I really can't remember the name but they sell a lot of cheap items there, like you can buy accessories, cosmetics, chocolate etc. They sell a lot of clothes, These last two items I got were $10 AUD each.

The first thing I got was this gorgeous long top that has this zigzag pattern on it. The one I got is in white, grey and black. They had another one in brown and white I think but I liked the one I got better.


And here is the last thing I got which is this two piece top. It comes with a singlet and a small T-shirt you wear over the singlet. 
 
Here is the top paired with the new jeans I got.
Well that's everything I bought. And yeah I know its not a lot of stuff, but as my journey continues I might buy more clothes. Bye for now and catcha guys later.

Love
Alice