Cottage Cheese- Yummy Snack or Icky Fat?
cellulite- A horrible disgusting disease that takes over women’s bodies for no apparent good reason!! Yes even the skinny girls can catch it!! (The Queens Definition)
Cellulite- deposits of subcutaneous fat within fibrous connective 
Whatever it is we all hate it with a passion!!! We try a million different exercises and cremes to get rid of it, some that work well and others that are just breaking the bank. We even try to pray it away!! There are ways to minimize the appearance and make the cellulite fade away. Eating healthy definitely plays a huge role in maintaining smooth and sexy legs, thighs and bums. Instead of that cheese burger and fries you want, eat a bunless turkey burger with low fat cheese and a salad. Still super yummy and a lot less calories. Also having a good work out routine is a must. Find time every day to do some sort of cardio. Even if u take the stairs at work instead of the elevator. You could walk to the store and back to pick up that gallon of milk you need. Better yet buy two half gallons and work your arms on way home as well. Whatever works for you is great as long as you make the time and take the effort to get that heart rate up.
Having cottage cheese legs, butts and bellies can really be a bummer. You can’t wear shorts, bathing suites or feel confident with your naked body if all you see it the lumps that you can not get rid of. Just do not give up keep working hard at the gym, using your creams, and having a bit of a sun tan helps also. Don’t worry you can use indoor tanning if the idea of putting on a bathing suit is too much for you to bear. But over all do not let a little lumpy thighs prevent you from feeling beautiful. Keep your head up and smile.
Summer Fun
Summer isn’t over yet but the end is near. Here are some of the things everyone should do if you haven’t already and if you have do them one more time before the warm sunny days leave us.
1. Have a BBQ. Get some friends together and a keg or ice chess full of beers and grill up some meat!!
2. Get in the water. If you live by a river, go tubing. Ocean, try surfing. Lake, take out the boat. Even if you can get to a pond, swim in it. If you can’t find a natural water source, go to the damn pool.
3. Go for a hike. Nothing is more romantic than getting on a trail with that special someone and getting sweaty. Maybe even get lost for a bit. 
4. Go on a road trip. Whether you have a group of friends or a significant other, road trips can be lots of fun. Stop along the way in towns you have never been to. Learn about different cultures.
5. Get a tan. Having a little color makes everyone feel sexier.
6. Sit outside at your favorite restaurant and drink margaritas.
7. Catch an end of Summer sale. Stock up for next summer while the prices are right.
8. Have a picnic. Pack a yummy summer salad or some sandwiches and lay under a big oak tree. If you do this alone, bring something interesting to read.
9. Go to a festival. Yummy food and Draft beer, need I say more?
10. Make love outside. I saved the best for last.
Soulmates - Fact or Fiction
When I was a young girl my mama told me that one day I would grow up, fall in love, marry a man, maybe have a baby and grow old with a beautiful family. We would do things like me and my parents did. We would go to the zoo and Mardi Gras parades. We would have dinners and picnics, go on vacation, school functions and I would be happy because I had found my soul mate.
So what happens if you go through all of the steps but you aren’t happy?? What if you aren’t happy because you are not in love and you feel as though the real person, your “soul mate” is still out there waiting for you.
So you get out, start fresh, find someone that makes you happy.
But…do we all have someone out there that is meant for us…one person that we are destined to be with forever? Seems hard to believe but exciting to look forward to.
That brings me to my next pondering thought…does fate exsist or are we just all aimlessly wondering around this world hoping that one day we come across someone that we will enjoy or even tolerate. If you can tolorate someone does that mean that we should put all of our ever so many eggs in his basket?? Seems scary.
And riddle me this…what if you find someone that you are so head over heels for that you can not imagine life without them? and what if that person they you love so intensly seems to love you back. The chemistry is there, you have fun together, and you feel as if you could spend the rest of your life with this person.But somewhere down the road things start to turn bad. Little by little the fights happen more and more often and you begin to do things and say things that you would have never thought you would do or say to this person.
So you end the relationship.
So where is this soulmate??? Is it all a figment of the imagination? Should the word just be taken out of our vocabulary? Should we just settle for what we get or keep looking until we find someone amazing?
Break-ups
According to love expert Charlotte York (SATC) it takes someone exactly half of the time you spend in a relationship getting over it. I don’t know about most people but if I am ending a 15 month relationship I surely don’t have 7.5 months to spend mourning it. So how can we speed up the process?
First of all we need closure. We need to really dig deep, even if it isn’t pretty and makes us feel like doodie, and we need to figure out what went wrong. We have to learn from our mistakes so the next time we don’t make them again. Even if you think it was all the other persons fault and you were oh so perfect…you are wrong. No one is perfect and we all make mistakes. So figure out what went wrong and how you will change so it doesn’t happen again. Don’t get me wrong there is no need to call the other person to let them know of your epiphany…they probably won’t care and it is probably to late.
Stay busy, don’t spend a lot of time at home alone dwelling in your pain. Make more time with your friends and family. Start working out more. Go running, get a work out tape, find a friend that has a pool and swim, lay out, and enjoy being outside in the sun.
Take a vacation. Get some friends together and head to the beach or the mountains. If you can’t get a group together go solo. Time to reflect on the past and figure out a game plan for the future is always healthy.
Redecorate your space. Get a new rug or even a new wardrobe that you think is absolutely fabulous. Spend a little more than you normally spend on something. You are worth it!!
Get a new look. Get that haircut that you have been wanting but never got because your bf/gf didn’t want you to change it.
a few don’ts…
~Don’t try to rekindle any past relationships even just for a night. Those ended for a reason just like this breakup did.
~Don’t call or im or text your ex while in a drunken stupor. You are never as brilliant as you think you are in those moments.
~Don’t ruin any of his/her things in a moment of anger.
~Don’t blame yourself, even if ultimately you are more at fault than the other person, it is to late now. No point in being so hard on yourself.
~Don’t buy that gallon of ice cream, it will only make you feel good for a moment but the 20 pounds you pack on eating yourself into a size 20 will not.
and remember…this too shall pass. It is going to be hard but you will survive.
