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Blogmas Day 7: It’s my birthday 🎂

Published on December 7, 2025December 7, 2025 by NAWatermanLeave a comment

Happy birthday to me 🥳. It was important to me to get back to being me. I set a goal to be back at a certain weight by my birthday and I’m so proud of myself that I did it! Yay me!

St. Croix USVI

After my dad passed away, I began to comfort eat and gained about 20 pounds. Many people said the extra weight looked good on me, but I personally did not feel comfortable. When I got engaged, I lost 15 pounds by the time I got married. I actually felt comfortable even with the still extra 5 pounds. Then our fur baby passed away over a year ago and I became sad again, amongst other things. I gained back the 10 pounds. I really became unhappy with my body. This was the heaviest I ever been in my life. I was lonely in the house, as there was no more Wally. My husband was working those long shifts as a nurse. So all I did was work. And my commute to work was long and stressful. By the time I arrived home, the first thing I would do is get a snack because I was starving. I would eat late because I wanted to eat dinner with my husband.

So my husband hearing me complain about my weight suggested I rejoin the gym mainly to get out of the house. I did and that started my journey back to becoming me again…
Btw, this is definitely a new me. I would have never posted a picture of myself in a bikini. Another… Yay Me!

Let the Challenge Begin…

Published on September 8, 2025November 8, 2025 by NAWatermanLeave a comment

My birthday is officially 90 days from today. I have decided to do a customized 90-day challenge. The goal is to accomplish those challenges by December 7th.

What are those challenges you are asking???

Well, let me backtrack for a moment. Recently, I completed the 75-day soft challenge. Well, it was really a 100-day soft challenge, as I extended it for an extra 25 days. I enjoyed it so much that I wanted to do another challenge. I, however, wanted to customize it to goals that I have. I want to achieve and work towards certain things in my life. So what better way for me to focus on it? Challenge myself. I noticed that when I have a challenge, I work hard to complete it.

Since my birthday is coming up in 3 months, I wanted to challenge myself to complete things I’ve either been working on or things I said I wanted to do before the end of 2025. So here are the challenges I need to complete:

Reopen my online jewelry boutique
Learn to control stress
Lose a specified amount (5 lbs left to my goal weight)
Read a total of 15 books (just completed book #8 and started June 3rd)
Get pregnant ( the most important challenge I want to achieve)
Get higher paying campaigns
Post a blog once a week
Post on Instagram and TikTok at least 3 times a week
Save a specified amount of money
Journal everyday

I feel pretty confident in my quest to complete my challenges successfully. As I previously said, let the challenge begin…

Until next time, talk to you soon 💋

Workout Wednesday: Must Have Exercise Equipment…

Published on June 23, 2021 by NAWatermanLeave a comment

Hey my friends 👋🏼

I wanted to share with you one of my favorite exercise equipments that is a must have.

Before the pandemic, my siblings and myself were attending the gym on a regular basis. One of my favorite parts about the gym was attending the ballet barre classes every Saturday morning. Ballet barre definitely tones and strengthens the body.

Low and behold for almost an entire year the gym was shutdown and we did not have access to a lot of the equipments. Sure you could attend classes via zoom. But how could I possibly do my ballet barre workout without the actual barre? Sure you can use a dining room chair or the edge of a table, but it’s just not the same.

So I decided to go on Amazon (because they sell just about everything you need) and purchased a ballet barre.