Another Fitness Update!

I've been starting to go to the gym more consistently now. I go twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays because those are the days I don't have class. Sometimes on Sundays, I go workout with Colin as well~

I go to 24 Hour Fitness and Blink. Colin's membership on Blink allows him to bring a person with him for free.  So I've been going to different branches of 24 Hour Fitness to see which one I like best.

What is so frustrating that none of the gyms have a good glute machine (if they even have) except Tilden in which they have two.

The glute machine at the Bensonhurst branch is so old, that the label is faded and yellow and I have no idea how to use it. It's probably why no one ever uses it and it's just left there at the back of the gym.

There are two glute machines at Sheepshead but they are both BROKEN. UGh.

There are no glute machines in the Kings Highway branch at all.

The Tilden branch  is the only one with two leg press machine and two glute machines. It is the gym I used to always go to but Flatbush is a bit far :T 

THE GLUTE MACHINE IS SO UNDERRATED!!

Anyway, most of the time the workouts at the gym aren't enough so I do some more lunges and ab workouts at home.

 My abs are starting to show! Trying to get my waist to be a bit smaller lol :p

Fitness Update:

I started going to the gym by myself since Colin's been really busy with schoolwork. I always try to stay consistent with my workouts by going to the gym at least once a week and eating my calories. I'm already seeing improvement!

I went to the 24 Hour Fitness (was previously Bally's) at Bensonhurst. It was an okay gym except their glute machine was shitty and old. I had no idea how to use it b/c the label was yellow with the words faded rendering it a useless machine. No wonder no one used it lol

After my workout, I went to Hi-Tea. It was my spot back in high school. Everything looked the same (well they decorated the place a bit) and tasted the same. They still had the same staff.

I always order the same stuff. It's either Thai milk tea w/ aloe & lychee jelly or lychee flavored green tea w/ coffee jelly and lychee jelly. I usually order a pudding with chocolate sauce (only $1!) to go with it. A small drink and a pudding is only $3 ^_^

Post gym workout selfie!

I did legs at the gym and abs at home. 

Left: left side || Right: right side

Left: 2010 (~90lbs) | Right: 2015 (~120lbs)

My Tumblr post about this here.

I mainly work on legs now but I sometimes work out my upper body as well~

For once, I'm somewhat proud of my progress c:

My 19th Birthday~~~

I was really excited for this day because my eighteenth year was really shitty from day 1. So much stress from college, changes in my life leading to adulthood, personal issues and many other bad things :(

Although I was looking forward to it, I was not that excited. As I got older, birthdays are just another year for me haha~

Anyway, I spent the day with Colin. We met up in the evening since Colin had some schoolwork to finish.  Also, I had lunch with my parents earlier before they head to Paris for a marathon later in the afternoon. 

Birthday girl!

I bought the halter top yesterday at Forever21; Colin said I dressed so casual for birthday ;u;

We went to watch Insurgent in the theater. I didn't watch the first movie so it took me awhile to catch on but it was really good! The special effects were super realistic. I did want to watch the first movie but I never got to it :/

After that, we went to 99 Flavor Taste for hot pot. Because we didn't make a reservation, we had to wait two hours. We chilled on a bench outside a soccer field and watched people play soccer to make time go faster. 

Hot pot! We each got a bowl of soup.

It's Colin's first time trying it; he likes BBQ better since they cook the food for you :p

The servers we had last time recognized us lol! Well, it's only been around ten days since we last came here.

They gave me a lot of crab which made me very happy. I also b/c it was my birthday, I get to eat for free! :D

Since my parents left for Paris, Colin spend the night with me. It was very nice and this birthday was much better than my last one ^_^

Catching up w my homegurl

I finally got to see Sam again after many weeks! We were just gonna chill and catch up with the things going on in our lives :p

My look for today!        Wearing my halter top with high-waisted jeans and my favorite jacket! The weather is a bit too cold for this outfit but fashion > weather right? ;)

We stopped by Russ & Daughters to try out their salmon bagel. It was on the list of recommended foods in NYC from Buzzfeed lol!

It was delicious but it was not worth $13. So expensive! :c

There were no seats for us to eat so we had our lunch at Starbucks~

After that, we went to Spot Dessert at St. Marks for some more food. The restaurant raised the price of the desserts from $8 to $9 per plate! 

Love Fondue

A pudding-like cake topped with hot fudge chocolate. The chocolate melts the cake forming it into a bowl. It is garnished with a scoop of raspberry sorbet and a scoop of strawberry ice cream as well as those pink meringue shown in the pic :p 

Matcha Tiramisu

It is simply green tea tiramisu. It is layered with lady-fingers at the bottom. This was Sam's dessert but she kept eating mine ;u;

I realized I had to sign some papers from my eye doctor so we walked to Chinatown afterwards. It was so cold! :(

While we were walking down Soho, two guys called after us saying that we dropped something. Turns out it was a ploy to talk to us. One guy talked to me and the other guy talked to Sam (like wtf). He said I was cute and I had a nice fashion sense. It was very awkward b/c I didn't know what to say like why r u hitting on me AND ALSO I HAD TO GO TO THE EYE DOCTOR AND THE CLINIC CLOSES IN LIKE TEN MINUTES. 

So after an awkward conversation, I told them I had to go to the doctor. He probably thought I was lying but nahh lol

Anyway, after the whole fiasco was over, Sam and I went back to Soho to do some window shopping. I bought a halter top from Forever21!

When the day was almost over, she came over to help me clean my room (lol my room is atrociously messy I can't get it clean w/o her) and for dinner :p