Eat MORE, LOSE Weight | Lose Belly Fat

Hey Beauties!

Today I uploaded a new video discussing 10 different SUPERfoods!! I wanted to create a written post to go along with it for those of you who would prefer to read the information, my visual "pen-to-paper/words-on-a-screen" kind of people.

Before I jump into the bullet points discussed in the video I want to note, there are more that 10 super foods that are excellent for your body, health, and weight loss goals! I picked 10 of the bunch just for time purposes to keep my video concise. These super foods actually aid you in losing weight and living a more healthy life. If you find this post and video interesting than use this as a spring board. Start here to try to incorporate more of these super foods into your daily habits. Once they've become part of your go-to for snacks or meals than do some research and pick out another 3-5 super foods that you want to try to incorporate into your meals. A little at a time leads to huge leaps and bounds over time!

10. Cherries: Combat against metabolic syndrome & heart disease

                    Lower cholesterol 

                    Reduce body fat

                   Anti-Oxidants & Anti-Aging benefits

9. Celery: Reduces the risk of ovarian cancer in women

                Full of calcium & Vitamin C which aids in weight loss

                Low in calories

                Full of fiber 

                Great for cleansing and detoxing your body of bad toxins

8. Cucumbers: Vitamin B & C, Great for healthy, glowing skin

                        Rich in fiber

                        Made up of 90% water, very refreshing snack

                        Low in calories

                       Great for detoxing the body

7. Tomatos: Low in calories

                   Reduce lipids in the blood, which then helps control belly fat

                   Fight against diseases caused by obesity

                  Vitamin A, C, iron, potassium

                  Fights cancer

                  Reduces wrinkles

6. Beans: Full of fiber which targets belly fat, breaks it down, removes it from your body

                Full of protein to help build muscle

                Helps you feel fuller for longer

5. Pineapple: Vitamin B6, C and fiber

                     Metabolizes proteins which lead to slimmer waist line

                     Anti-inflamatory, helps with bloating

4. Apples: Contain pectin which is a natural compound that once your body breaks it down a gel like

                  substance is formed. This gel helps trap dietary cholesterol and fat.

                  Full of dietary fiber, helps you feel fuller for longer

                 Antioxidants & Vitamin C, great to combat wrinkles

3. Watermelon: About 90% water, helps counter against water retention

                         Great for fighting bloating

                         Low in calories, low in fat

                         Contains Vitamins B1, B6, C, potassium, magnesium

                         Great for reducing body weight without altering muscle mass retention

                         Helps keep you feeling fuller for longer

2. Avocado: Help you feel fuller for longer

                    Full of HEALTHY fats that your body needs - polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats

                   Your body NEEDS Good Fats

                   Help manage body weight and curb appetite

                   Anti-aging, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties

1. Almonds: Contain GOOD fats your body needs

                    Help you feel fuller for longer

                   Great for combatting heart disease

                   High in fiber and magnesium

                   Help you build muscle

If you prefer to just sit back, watch and listen, here is the video for you guys to enjoy:

Okay love bugs, I hope this post was helpful! It's back to bed for me. You might have seen me share on social (@RocioLaura914 on IG) that I have been super sick this past week. I'm happy to say I'm doing much better today but still feeling really weak and tired. Time to rest up and finish recuperating my body from these past few days. I wish you all a super amazing weekend!

Talk soon! xoxo,

Rocio Laura

Pond's BB+ Cream Full Review

Hey beauties!

As the majority of my summer adventures dwindle to an end, I sit back and realize that I've been using the Pond's BB+ cream for a month or more already. I think it's due time for a complete review! =0]

Let me start off with this: The Pond's BB+ cream could not have come at a better time for me. It was my summer time life saver for many reasons.

Let's start with the obvious. A BB cream, by definition, already puts the idea of multi-tasking in your head. The Pond's BB+ cream provides build-able coverage and concealing in one. This makes it great for a wide range of activities from a day time BBQ to a more formal night time dinner date. IT also has SPF built into it. This was a huge plus for me because I always forget to apply SPF. It's extremely important to incorporate SPF into your daily skin care routine to protect your face from the sun. I mean, who doesn't want to look young for as long as possible? By having the SPF already in the formula it takes a huge weight off my shoulder. Aside from all of that, the formula also has a built in moisturizer. :insert crowd cheering sounds: For a dry-skinned girl that sounds like heaven in a bottle.

This product arrived at my doorstep the day BEFORE I left to Florida! The timing was impeccable. I used it just about every day while in Florida -minus the days that I was so exhausted from the previous days activities that I was lucky if I even washed my face, let alone applied makeup. I loved the fact that it was an all in one, super quick, on the go product. It literally cut down my makeup time to 1/3. All I had to worry about was how adventurous I wanted to get with my eyes on that particular day, and let me tell you most days it was a natural eye.

I want to touch on the formulation of the BB+ cream. I find that it works for any skin type. Actually, I find that the product pretty much baffles me! Let me explain. Personally I have dry skin so the added moisturizer is a huge plus. Also the 'luminous finish', which is advertised right in the product name, really does leave me with a nice healthy glow to my skin. I look as if I drink all my recommended amounts of water and take all my vitamins daily, which I don't. However, on the flip side, I've used the product on my super-duper-grease-ball-oily-best-friend (sorry, but it's true) and she still had a nice healthy look to her skin which I attribute to the 'luminous' quality, but at the same time she looked perfectly matte. Understand that the product does give a matte finish (another huge plus), but at the same time it provides a luminous glow...... Every time I think about it I just can't understand. Heehee, the innovation is beyond my level, but I'm very happy for it. As a side note: I used the BB+ cream on my bestie on 2 separate occasions. The first time with no setting powder and the second time I used MAC mineralized skin finish to set the product. Using a setting powder did give her a couple extra hours of oil-free wear but the results with no setting powder were pretty long wearing as well. (She didn't have to blot until about 4 hours in to wearing the makeup with no setting powder). Depending on the event, I'll leave it in your judgement if you will need setting powder for all my oily girls.

Some basic info for you:

The packaging is super cute! (haha had to throw that in there)

There is 1.5 fl oz of product

The item retails for under $10 

It is currently available in 2 shades - light and medium

It is a noncomedogenic formula (meaning it won't clog your pores)

Another interesting feature of the product is the long term benefits it provides. The formula has a tone perfecting complex which, apart from immediately giving you flawless skin, also helps to even your skin tone in just 2 weeks and visibly diminish the appearance of dark spots. 

I hope you guys can see why I'm so in love with this now. Let me know if you enjoyed this review and found it helpful. Also don't forget to stay tuned to my channel for new videos. I'm back on track now and my videos will be up as scheduled - starting with a haul video tomorrow. Finally whoever will be at BeautyCon: I'll be in Los Angeles next week for BeautyCon!!! Woooo can't wait to see you all!!

Don't forget to always be your beautiful best!

Love you! xoxo,

Rocio Laura

Disclaimer: Products were sent to me for review by Influenster.

Food Diary Week 3 - Success WooHoo

Hey loves!!!

While it's still a process to change my eating habits toward a healthier lifestyle I can say that I think I did a good job this last week. Definitely an improvement. You be the judged. =0]

Also, as promised, I'm including what workout I did each day at home and/or at the gym. Hope this helps!

Monday was a holiday so I was off schedule and didn't keep up with what I was eating.

Tuesday January 22

130pm Chicken Caesar Salad with 4 Brown Rice California Rolls

GYM: 

Treadmill 2 miles

Elliptical 1 mile (that thing is hard!)

AT HOME:

2 sets: 30 crunches, 30 reverse crunches, 30 leg up & reach crunches (?), 30 second plank, 20 Russian twists, 30 twist and punch holding 5lb weight

7pm Lemon Dill Salmon with Spinach and Snap Peas

Wednesday January 23

830am 2 scrambled eggs and low fat milk

1230pm Chicken Cesar Salad (the sushi rolls I didn't eat because I tried one and it was ALREADY BAD -I purchased it on Tuesday!!!! It tasted YUCK! I so should have taken it back to the supermarket  but I just threw it out)

330pm banana before the gym

GYM:

Elliptical 1 mile in 10 minutes

Ab Work

Treadmill 2 miles in 34 minutes

Bike on level 4 - 3 miles in 15 minutes

740pm Baked Salmon and onion with spinach and snap peas.. I only ate half because I was full

Thursday January 24

940am 1 piece whole wheat toast and 1 scrambled egg with low fat milk

1250pm Chicken Cesar Salad

340pm Banana before the gym

GYM

Ab Work

Elliptical 1 mile in 10 1/2 minutes

Ab work

Treadmill 2 1/4 miles in 30 minutes

Leg Press 50 lbs - 4 sets of 15

Leg extension: 40 lbs 10 reps, 25 lbs 10 reps, 10 lbs 2 sets of 10 reps

Leg Curls 40 lbs 4 sets of 10 reps

730 pm the leftovers from yesterdays dinner

Friday January 25

1050am Honey Nut Cheerios and Low Fat Milk

6pm Pork Chop and brown rice but I didn't finish, I was full

This is what I left from my dinner - my mom was glad to finish it for me lol

AT HOME WORKOUT (it was snowing I didn't go to the gym)

2 sets of all the following:

Abs: 30 crunches, 30 reverse crunches, 30 leg up and reach toes crunches thingy, 30 second plank, 30 russian twist

Legs: 15 kick backs on each leg, 10 calf raises, 50 jumping jacks

Arms using two 5lb weights: 20 bicep curls, 10 tricep curl? (bent back behind my head and extend up), 10 elbows bent and arms extended straight up above my head (idk the term), 10 forward arm raises, 10 sideways arm raises

Saturday January 26

12pm 

330pm snack before gym

GYM: (it was so crowded I couldn't even get on a treadmill)

Leg extension 40 lbs 2 sets of 10 reps, 25 lbs 2 sets of 10 reps

Ab Work

Elliptical 1 mile in 9 minutes 25 seconds

Ab Work

Bike Level 5 for 3 miles in 13 min 45 seconds

730pm Tikka Masala and Lemon Marinated Pork Chops with brown rice and broccoli and cauliflower

Sunday January 27 

12 pm

5pm MY FIRST TIME AT CHIPOTLE!!!! I shared this with Junior so I had about half, maybe a little less than half of it. It was sooooo good but I was still hungry haha

730pm - I didn't really like this I just ate the 4-5 chicken pieces (smh) and threw out the rest

That was my week!!! Looking back: I think I made healthier choices this week but I think at times I wasn't eating enough. Especially since I started going to the gym this week, it is very important for me to properly fuel my body. I'm going to try to keep to an eating schedule in the future. I did better this last week but there were still days where my eating times got a little cooky and that messed up my breakfast - lunch - snack - dinner flow. 

Again I was so hungry during the night since I do stay up late. I'm going to stock up on more fruits so that if I'm very hungry around 9pm or even 10pm I can grab an apple or some strawberries, etc. I know you're "not supposed" to eat after 7pm but I do not want to be toooo strict and set myself up for failure. I want to ease into a HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE, not just an immediate diet to lose weight. I think that having more fruits handy as late night snacks will help me calm my hunger at night and won't be too damaging to my hard work during the day. Hey, it's always better than a big piece of chocolate cake. 

Let me know if this helped anyone. How are you girls doing with your personal goals? As always, wishing u the best of luck and sending lots of love!

xoxo

Food Diary Week 2

Hey babes!!!!

I have another installment of my food diary. Here's every thing I ate from Monday Jan 14th through Sunday Jan 20th, 2013.

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!! Some of you may know, I made top 10 - as chosen by the judges - for the online auditions for Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013. PUBLIC VOTING WILL OPEN SOON, and I NEED YOUR HELP!! I need you guys to vote for me because only the top 2 as decided by YOU will go to Miami to be on the show. ANYWHO, I will keep you updated on that as soon as voting begins. For now I have begun to amp up my workout and diet A LOT in preparation for (Hopefully) Miami! So next week I will be including detailed daily workouts along with my food pictures.

ALSO I finalllly weighed myself this week. On Friday I hopped on my Wii balance board and weighed myself on the Wii Fit game lolol. It said.... 139lbs!!!! Yikes! I wasn't expecting that number!! I want to be back at about 125 and overall I want to be healthy. We have some way to go!

Just like last week, I'll be telling you guys what I think I can improve on based on last week after the pictures.

Monday Jan 14

1030am fresh banana, apples, OJ, and naked juice berry flavor

1pm this thing was yummmyyy

6pm zucchini, there were more but I forgot to take the pic before I started eating

9pm Honey Nut Cheerios with low fat milk

Tuesday Jan 15

1130am 2whole wheat toast with low fat cream cheese, 2 scrambled eggs

2pm also very yummy!

430pm brie cheese on italian bread toasted (ughh so fattening I know)

630pm I had steak with saute spinah (forgot to take a pic, I barely even ate half of it... it wasn't all that good)

9pm

Wednesday Jan 16

12 noon waffle with low fat cream cheese and orange marmalade and some chocolate milk

5pm baked clams

9pm apple slices with peanut butter and a fresh juice (same fruits as last time)

Thursday Jan 17

1230 one waffle same as yesterday

7pm sautee spinach

7pm zucchini that my mom scoops out, mixes with bread crumbs and an egg and re stuffs onto the skin and then bakes... she kind of burned them this time o.O

10pm 2 whole wheat bread with brie cheese and chocolate milk (my mom bought a whole wheel of brie cheese because she knows I like it and I had to finish it all or she would be mad)

Friday Jan 18

10 am cookies and milk, I dropped the cookies in the milk until they disolved and drank about 1/3 of the cookie filled milk before I started to feel bad for cheating on my healthy eating and I stopped =0]

245 pm angel hair pasta with grated mozarella cheese

11pm brie on whole wheat

Saturday Jan 19

11am 4 mini waffles (same toppings as always)

330pm spring rolls

830 pm scrambled eggs and chocolate milk

Saturday Jan 20

530am cheddar cheese burger (after clubbing we went to a diner to eat)

1pm chocolate milk and my daily vitamins

6pm mojito

6pm mango glazed salmon and white rice (dinner at havana central)

6pm 1 slice of yummy toasted bread and drink number 2, some weird mojito mix but I don't remember the flavor

11pm coconut mojito at dyckman bar

OKAYYYYYY soooo, looking back.... I definitely think I dropped the ball this week. I didn't go to the supermarket so I didn't have much protein in my diet this week. I ate all over the place. I would either eat ridiculously small and healthy portions like just some zucchini for dinner which is not good, or a sandwich with super fattening brie cheese very late at night which is also not good. My sleeping schedule was all out of wack so that messed me up a bunch also. I wouldn't wake up until noon and then I would be up all night and get tempted to eat. Also, I know those cocktails must have been super fattening.

For this week I am going to try to eat more on a schedule and well rounded meals. So far I did good today. I also got a good workout in today, but you have to wait until next week to see all that.

Hope you guys still enjoy these food diaries and that they help you out in some way. xoxo!!