Some Typical Shenanigans

Ohhh hi, Monday.
Today is going to short and sweet because I really don't have too much excitingness to share from my weekend. Which just means that I will obviously have something more fabulous to share with y'all tomorrow.

Linking up with the Queen of Shenanigans today, obviously.



one. Pumpkin Spice Latte. I'm complicated.
two. Run in the rain (and thunder & lightening).
three. Fish lettuce wrap tacos. Nom nom nom.
four. Taking the skytrain home from the wedding I shot. I sat in the very front. Like a cool kid.
five. A shot from the wedding I photographed (a picture of the back of my camera).
six. I wore my polar for the 6-hour wedding, like a loser, just to see the calorie burn.
seven. Shameless Selfie.
eight. Food prep for the week. So. Much. Food.
nine. Selfie while I cooked.

And because I seriously have no shame, I feel like I should share these as well. Whenever I take selfies, I usually take 10-15. 90% of them look like the following pictures:
So many pics like this before I take an acceptable one for Instagram



Yeahhhh... I don't know how I'm still single.
But seriously, I don't understand how some girls take 'cute' ugly photos. This is what happens when I make ugly/funny faces. I just look crazy. Look at that middle picture - I can cross just one of my eyes if I want to, which means I can watch you and watch my nose at the same time. Awesome.

I'm done. See y'all tomorrow... if you even want to come back to this blog after those pictures. My bad.

Walter White & Jesse Pinkman

Have you ever been so addicted to something that you can't stop thinking about it 24/7? This might be slightly dramatic, but this is literally how I have felt for the past few weeks. So I'm here today to come clean and admit my addiction.

Hi, my name is Faith and I am addicted to Breaking Bad.

Now before you judge me, let me go ahead and explain. Juliette and Sami encouraged me to start watching it, and I had heard so many things about it over the past few years - so I decided to watch episode one on Netflix. Needless to say, I was immediately hooked.

I haven't been able to stop watching this show since I watched episode one. It instantly became an addiction and I have watched the entire series in a short amount of time - which I will not disclose to you exactly HOW short of a time-frame.

I have two episodes left to watch until I'm caught up to date, and lets be honest - ill probably watch both episodes tonight. It's just so easy to watch episode after episode when it's on Netflix (no commercials) and it's on your iPad. This is a recipe for disaster when you find a show that you quickly become addicted to.

I've learned a few things from Breaking bad that I felt I should share, so here we go:

1. Don't cook meth.
I mean, this is pretty self explanatory, it's just a bad idea. Sure, the money is A-freakin-mazing, but a lot of people get hurt (or killed) in the drug world. I lost count of how many innocent (and not so innocent) people died throughout this show. I couldn't ever cook or sell meth since it involves killing people - I have a hard enough time killing a damn spider. Don't worry, mom - not being able to kill someone isn't the ONLY thing keeping me from selling meth. I'm not good at chemistry either.

2. Family means more than money.
Oh Walt. Your family means more than any of that money EVER will. Seriously. I wanted to reach through the screen and shake him about eleventy billion times throughout the five seasons of this show.



3. Good guys can turn bad and bad guys can turn good.
Jesse, season one & Jesse, season five = TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GUYS.
Walt, season one & Walt, season five = TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GUYS.
Oh, Walt. You went a little nuts.

4. You miss what's under your nose the entire time.
Hank, buddy, come on. You run the darn DEA agency and you don't realize that your brother in law is the king-pin meth cook, Heisenberg, and you're feeding him ALL of the inside intel. You're dumb. But it makes for good TV, so proceed.

5. Create the best possible alibi and lie for your entire life.
If you go against lesson #1 that I shared, and decide to cook meth (and distribute it) anyway - then please be careful. Learn from Walt's mistakes, and learn from Jesse's addiction problems. Skylar making up the lie about Walt's gambling addiction = genius. The car wash = genius. Buying expensive cars when you're supposed to be an unemployed cancer patient = dumb.
Please note, I do NOT condone this behavior but if you decide to do it any way - don't be dumb about it. Oh, and lawyer up.

And now I'm done. And now I'm just really sad that I'm basically caught up to date. And now I don't want to watch the last two episodes because then I have to wait for the next episode like everyone else. And really, this is all just problematic. And this is the exact reason that I avoid watching TV.

Roulette, not the Russian kind

Today I'm going to share a story about Roulette. Not Russian Roulette, come on now...
Chat Roulette.

For those of you who don't know what Chat Roulette is - it's a website where you video chat with random people around the world. You can see them, and talk to them or type to them (whatever your preference is). If you connect with somebody that you're not interested in speaking with you hit the 'next' button and it connects you with someone new.

I've used the site in the past - just for shits n' giggles, but I haven't used it in years. Well on Friday night, I was home earlier than I normally would be on a Friday night and my insomnia kicked in full swing. There was literally NO chance of me going to sleep, so out of sheer boredom, I played on Chat Roulette. I was not expecting to be on the site for more than 10-15 minutes, but then I discovered the amazingness of video-chatting with random strangers.

I might have tweeted about it.

So then I started chatting, and because it's me, and I don't care about privacy - I took pictures of the people that I talked to.

I honestly 'nexted' about 30 peoples before I finally stopped to talk to someone. This is when the 'fun' began.

This kid was having a dance party and kept trying to tell me jokes. Oh, and he lives in Germany. I talked to him for five minutes before we parted ways.

I talked to drunk Mickey Mouse for a minute. I was highly amused.

This kid was from New Zealand and his accent amused me. He also spent the whole time sitting on an exercise ball.

I helped this guy with some of his life problems before we parted ways.

This guy doesn't believe in wearing clothes. He also believed that I should take off my clothes.
Hard no. I nexted him.
But, funny enough - I got to talk to him again. We talked for minute about breaking bad before I bid him adieu.

I probably should've stopped. But it was like 'OMG TOO FUN' at this point.

This is my model friend from India. I thoroughly enjoyed this kid and talked to him for close to an hour. We only stopped talking because my internet died - cue sad face.

This kid was highly entertaining. He was listening to some pretty explicit music and having a crazy dance party. I watched and laughed at him for a few minutes before I 'nexted' him.

This. Guy. Ohhhh this guy. He has a super creepy foot fetish. He tried to convince me to show him my feet because that's 'all that he needed'. I couldn't contain my laughter and actually ended up laughing IN HIS FACE (well, through cam obviously) and told him that it wasn't my style. Nexxxxt.

Who needs sleep anyway? Not me obviously.

These guys are from Turkey, and yes - I convinced them to show me their abs. Then they wanted to see mine, so I nexted them. Duh.

These two guys were really drunk.
The kid on the left asked me "have you ever seen a really big piece of shit?"
me: "ummm what?"
him: "cause that's how drunk I am".
Whaaaat? No. Just, no. NEXT.

This kid serenaded me with Adele music for a few minutes before I nexted him.

This weirdo fake stabbed himself and then played dead. Next.

This guy gave me an entertaining 'peck dance' for 30 seconds before I nexted him.

This guy lives in Vancouver - about 10 minutes away. Funny thing is that he's from the East Coast and literally lived TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM ME when I lived in Newfoundland to attend University with my two best friends.
Such a small world. Sometimes.

Seriously, who stays up until 5:00am talking to random strangers? It might not have been my finest moment, but it seriously provided more entertainment than I can explain.

For the record - you can play an awesome drinking game with friends on Chat Roulette. Take a shot every time you see a dick. I promise you'll be drunk within 10-15 minutes.
Also, I'd like to make it clear that there were a lot of ugly dicks on Chat Roulette. I easily saw 30-40 dicks. Seriously. Get your crap together, guys. Nobody wants to see that nastiness.

I'd appreciate it if you didn't entirely judge me based on this post. However, I completely understand if you do. I mean, I kind of judge myself for this one.

Labour Day Shenanigans

Happy Tuesday my loves.
You all must be excited to be heading back to work after a nice 3-day long weekend, right? Okay obviously not.

I had a lovely weekend spent relaxing (which was SO necessary), and hanging out with friends. Obviously I'll be linking up with my love Sami today. Here's a glance at what my weekend looked like.



One. Went to the night market on Friday. Such a pretty view from the pier.
Two. They're among us.
Three. I might have stayed up until 6:00am on Friday night - selfie at 4:00am.
Four. Selfie before dinner with friends.
Five. Champagne wishes.
Six. 'Dark Table' - a restaurant where you eat in 100% darkness. Interesting experience, but lots of fun with a group of friends.
Seven. Planning workouts for my 90-Day Challenge.
Eight. Amanda and I tried to take a 'family portrait'. This is the best we could get.
Nine. My favourite brunch. Scrambled eggs, avocado, salsa, hummus, sriracha, lean ground turkey, and turkey bacon.

Overall, I had a great weekend. I had some interesting experiences on Chat Roulette this weekend. I'm pretty sure that'll have to be a blog post at some point this week. I had never really used the site before, I had gone on it once or twice with friends - but I wasn't interested in it. For some reason, I'm going to blame the lethal combination of insomnia and boredom, I thought it was a good idea to play on Chat Roulette. Anyway, like I said, this will be a blog post later in the week for sure. Ha.

Hope everyone has a great first day back to work after the long weekend.

90-Day Challenge: Muscle Poppin', Weight Droppin'

Happy September, friends.
How the heck is it SEPTEMBER already? Didn't we just celebrate The New Year?

Today I'm teaming up with my best friend, Amanda, to bring you something new and exciting: a challenge.
A 90-Day Challenge to be specific.

As you all know, I have been working on losing weight and getting healthy for the past few months, and I have decided to take this to the next level. Amanda and I sat down and had a great chat with our friend, Ambrose, about our goals and where we'd like to see ourselves 'physically' in 3 months, 6 months, and a year from now. During our conversation, we decided that the 3 of us wanted to challenge each other and hold ourselves accountable to really try and and lose this weight. It works a lot better if you're doing it with other people, right? Right. Or so they say, I guess we'll see...



As of today, September 1st, I am starting a 90-day challenge.
I would LOVE for you to join me on this adventure and see what you can accomplish in the next three months. These goals don't have to be anything crazy, or they can be as crazy as you'd like - you're the one creating them afterall. Your goal could be to go on more walks, lose 10lbs, run 5k, or even just eat healthier. Whatever your goals are, I want you to spend the next 90 days working towards implementing them into your daily routines.

I feel as though I have hit a 'plateau' of sorts, and I need to break free from this. I currently do a lot of cardio, and I have been doing a lot of running. While this is great, and definitely better than sitting on the couch watching TV - it isn't really what I should be doing to lose weight. My brother, and my roommate have spent a lot of time lecturing me on the importance of strength training, and not solely doing cardio-based activities.

Cue the 90 day challenge.

I am cracking down on this fitness and weight-loss thing, and kicking it into high gear. For the past 3-4 months, I have been eating primarily clean. Typically, I'll eat well Sunday-Friday, and I will 'cheat' on Friday nights, and Saturdays. There are just so many reasons and excuses to cheat on weekends: going out with friends, failing to food prep, and just the pure convenience of not needing to cook. Essentially, I'm pulling the lazy-girl card on the regular (ie. most weekends), and it has to stop. My bank account and my waistline have had enough of my weekend laziness. I'm honestly making this sound 10x worse than it actually has been - my 'cheating' is not THAT bad, and it's not THAT often. However, it's still 'cheating' and I shouldn't be doing that at all.

Here are the changes that I'm making over the next 90 days:

• 100% Clean Eating

This one might be a bit of a struggle, but I am 100% dedicated to no cheating during the next 90 days, and eating only clean foods. Which means that at the end of this 90-Day challenge, Amanda and I will be going out for a huge cheat meal of beer and calamari.


• No Alcohol

This one isn't actually that hard for me. I've successfully done the whole 'no alcohol' thing a few times and it wasn't too bad. The only part that sucks is the whole social aspect of drinking. I'll probably be declining a lot of hangouts with friends - and I'm really just hoping that I still have friends at the end of this challenge. I'm kidding. But seriously - don't bail on me, friends.


• Strength Training Workouts

It's time to get over my fear of working out with weights and it's time for me to start doing strength training exercises. Gaining muscle is the most beneficial fat-burning tool, and I need to stop avoiding it. At the end of this post I'll show a quick glimpse of what my workouts will look like.


• ViSalus

ViSalus is a great tool to help ensure that you get the right nutrients in your meal, it keeps you full, and it tastes delicious too. I've done the ViSalus challenge in the past - and I can vouch for the fact that it WORKS. I stopped using it for about 2 years, but I've decided to give it a shot again. Instead of substituting two meals per day, I'll just be substituing one meal, and eating clean for the other two meals (and snacks). If you're new to the whole weight-loss thing, this is a great way to jumpstart your journey and get you going in the right direction. Plus, it seriously tastes amazing. Win-Win.


• Couch 2 5K

If you've seen my posts on Instagram, then you probably already know that I'm doing the Couch 2 5K program. I've decided to give it a shot since I have a newfound love for running. I've decided to step it up a notch, and pair it with strength training to really shock my system and turn my body into a lean-mean-fat-burning machine. Yeah, I said it.

I am officially down about 75lbs since my heaviest weight, but I'm only half way. I have another 75lbs to go, and I'm determined to kick butt for the next 90 days.

For my workout schedule, I will be following the 'Body for Life' workout guide, and pairing it with the Couch 2 5k program. This is what my schedule will look like:

WEEK ONE

Monday - Upper Body Strength Training (chest, shoulders, back, triceps, biceps).
Tuesday - Couch 2 5k.
Wednesday - Lower Body Strength Training (quads, hamstrings, calves, abs).
Thursday - Couch 2 5k.
Friday - Upper Body Strength Training (chest, shoulders, back, triceps, biceps).
Saturday - Couch 2 5k.
Sunday - die REST.

WEEK TWO

Monday - Lower Body Strength Training (quads, hamstrings, calves, abs).
Tuesday - Couch 2 5k.
Wednesday - Upper Body Strength Training (chest, shoulders, back, triceps, biceps).
Thursday - Couch 2 5k.
Friday - Lower Body Strength Training (quads, hamstrings, calves, abs).
Saturday - Couch 2 5k.
Sunday - REST.

These are what my two different weeks will look like, and I will just be alternating them back and forth for the entire 90 days.

Amanda and I would love to have everyone get involved in this 90-Day Challenge. Please join us. If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or if you just want support - please don't hesitate to comment, tweet, or e-mail us to talk to us. We are both here to help motivate, support, and help in any way that we can.

I'll leave you with an inspirational quote from Amanda...

"Lets get these muscles poppin' and this weight droppin'."