A Review: Ellie

Not too long ago, I discovered Ellie and wrote a really excited blog post about it (here!) So you can imagine how excited I was to be offered the opportunity to try two free items from their March Little Black collection! Can I just say how much I am loving the fact that their whole line is black!?!?!?

And lord knows my fat needs a funeral!! I'm also loving that the April collection which debuts soon will be mostly coral colored.

My new Ellie gear! 

After much debating, I finally settled on the Black to the Future sports bra and Dark Matter Leggings, I also now own the "Just Like Heaven" tee (shown) and the "My New Obsession" leggings (not shown). When I got the package, I ripped it open thinking I was just going to try them on, snap a few photos for this post, then continue lounging around being lazy until my afternoon workout with RR.  However, after trying on the sports bra and leggings (and doing a few jump tests to make sure my boobs were compatible with the sports bra, lol)  I couldn't wait to put them to a real test (and show them off) at the gym. I threw on a some sneakers, and hit the gym! 2 hours of Cardio and lifting later, I was a believer. The fit and materials are great! In my closet, I have a wide variety of brands of work out apparel, and these among my favorites.

 If you join the Fit Fashionista club, you get 2 items of your choice every month for $49.95. Which is pretty reasonable since most other brands of this quality charge more. If you haven't already, I STRONGLY encourage you to try Ellie! Oh and did I mention they gave me this 20% of coupon for me and all my friends? Enjoy!

Since I was taking photos, I figured it was also a good day to do a weigh in. Especially since this might help give you all a better idea on Ellie's fit and sizing. I ordered Mediums in everything, the shirt, the bra and leggings.  I'm a 34C, and all other measurements shown below.  And now for my (dreaded) weigh in...

Weight:                       147.2lbs   (Yikes! I have some work to do!)
Height:                        5'1"
Chest (in sports bra):   35"
Natural waist:              29.5"
Widest part of waist:    32"
Hips                            41"
Thighs
     Left                       25.25"
     Right                     25"

I guess its good that I'm down from 150 lbs but I'm sad that I've gained weight in the first place, and I clearly need to do a better job of balancing out my leg workouts. I've got some work to do!!  But at least I'll look cute while doing it. ;)

Styling and Profiling,
Candydiva04

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Working out while sick. :(

So despite not feeling well yesterday, I let RR drag me to the gym, mostly because I've heard working out is a great way to cure yourself.  I'm kinda mad at myself for falling for the "okie doke", especially because it makes me the biggest hypocrite ever! I hate when people workout while sick with the passion of a thousand suns!!  But in my defense I wasn't coughing, I was just bone tired, my nose was kinda runny and my throat hurt.  So I was a huge hypocrite, and went to the gym, and did shoulders and lats.  My back, delts, shoulders and lats are super sore so these past two days have been fairly light...

Exercise		Weight (lbs)	sets	reps
Shoulder press		20	1	15
		25	1	15
		27	1	12
Lateral Raises		15	3	15
Inclined barbell bench press		55	3	12
Dumbell Flies		10	3	12
Leg raises		body weight	4	15
ab machine		50	3	15

Throughout my workouts these past two days, I've been sore, but trying not to complain. So, generally, I've just been giving RR an eye roll or the stink face when he tells me what we're going to do next.  However, today he tried to get me to do some rear deltoid flies, I made THIS face at him, before I could catch myself.

Followed by a VERY melodramatic

Thankfully, he just laughed at me and let me skip. (whew!)

In other news, I love buying new workout clothes. I feel like I buy more workout clothes than anything else.  So when my BFF, TdotC shared the following link with me for Ellie, I nearly wet myself (okay, not really).

Ellie is a Fitness Fashionista Club, in layman's terms its a new athletic apparel service, where you’ll get two pieces of fitness apparel sent to your doorstep each month for $49.95. You can choose which items you want, or let them decide for you. They do ask you to take a survey, so they know your your workout habits, size, style and color preference.  Below are some of the options they gave me based on my preferences...

LOVE this tank!

and all of this!

Seriously considering joining Ellie,
Candydiva04

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