 Let's get a secret, baby, all the food gets delivered to the heatbed Let's get a secret, dying just for food, baby, dying for no Jeans and like a sweater to wear for today But then I realized I actually haven't met the deans of the school that I worked for at Columbia in person And so I was like, oh, you know what? It's a brunch, it is on the weekend, but I do feel like people will get a little bit more dressed up And because it's my first time meeting the dean in person, I kind of want it to be just like a little nicer, you know, you know what I mean? So we're wearing the sweater dress combo to meet my team and the rest of the staff and faculty for brunch and hairlong Then after we have a little workout, so that should be fun Okay, so I'm going to brunch, but I have like an hour commute ahead of me and I haven't really eaten too much this morning So I just made a little snack of apples and peanut butter Also, hello, how are you? My name is Nakeda, if you're new here, please make sure you subscribe I have a goal to get to 5,000 subscribers by the end of the year Which is a little crazy and delulu because my goal for 2023 was to get to 1,000 subscribers And currently as I'm feeling the mess, we're at 890, but you know, still living my delusional fantasies So if you can subscribe and help us get there, I would really really really appreciate it Anyway, my name is Nakeda, if you're new, I am a 29-year-old graduate student at Columbia University studying clinical psychology I'm in the midst of my PhD applications now, so finger crossed I actually just had two interviews last week and I was supposed to start this vlog yesterday But I was like really busy and tired, I also was supposed to post a video yesterday that I didn't do, sorry But what I found really funny is I asked you guys on my channel, what would you prefer? Like weekly 20-minute vlogs or bi-weekly hour-long vlogs And most of you guys said the 20-minute vlogs, which really took me by surprise Because I don't know, I just feel like people watch my longer vlogs, I guess for a little bit longer I don't know, I just thought people would like longer vlogs But because of what you guys said, I am picking up the vlogging camera today We do have a really big day ahead of us, I mentioned the branch like 500 million times Then we have a workout at Berry's, which I'm really excited about And then my friend's 30th birthday is tonight And it'll be really nice because I haven't seen a lot of my volleyball teamies in a while My friend who's 30th is tonight, she's on my volleyball team So a bunch of us are gonna get together and then go to her party So I'm really excited about that And yeah, I'm really excited to hang out with you guys, take you with me I feel like I haven't vlogged in quite some time Because I've been adding all these different videos to my channel, like my book reviews And my plan with me, so just by nature, like I just haven't been vlogging as much So today should be really good I want this vlog to be focused on fitness and what I do to maintain my shape Because I'm actually going to be shredding, actually probably in this video In order to just look cute for my vacation app coming up Oh my gosh, should I tell you guys? Going to Columbia in the middle of February, like in two weeks I'm really excited for my friend who's also my volleyball team For his 30th birthday Everyone's shredding 30th this year I mean, I am too, but at the end of the year, thank god So I want to look really cute because, you know, I'm gonna be in a bikini for a lot of the time And I love my body, I feel really comfortable with my body But I definitely have some tips and tricks that I do When I know I want to just be really tight in my midsection So I'll be sharing some tips with you guys along the way But right now, let's hug to Harlem and get to brunching My god, so I went to Amy Roots And then I double checked the invite and it's actually at Red Rooster I don't know why I came here Maybe I just wanted some evenery, so whatever We will, I'm like, should I walk up or should I hop on the train? Let me see what time the train's coming Maybe we'll just walk up because I'm like 10 blocks away, so we'll see To my friend's birthday party, this is what I'm gonna talk to you guys About my like fitness plan for Columbia Did I mention I was going to Columbia? Like the country, not the university So I guess the cat is out of the bag now But yeah, I'm going to Columbia for my friend's 30th birthday I'm really excited And my stomach has always been like my problem area And I do have a method that like gets it together really quick Like it definitely can do it in two weeks I just like always try doing it Because honestly, I love my body just the way it is I do not like doing this extra workout that I have to do In order to like transform my stomach But I want to look real good in Columbia So we're gonna do it I will probably talk to you guys about it Maybe tomorrow, tomorrow I am teaching yoga And I need to make a new sequence So I'm not sure we're gonna have time to do the workout then But definitely on Monday We're gonna hang out for a few days So my friends are texting me I need to figure out where this bar is Oh, it's kind of far I can take the G and be there at 9.30 or maybe a bus Okay, so I'm gonna go hang out with my friends I'm gonna take my phone with me Maybe I'll add a little clips to the vlog Otherwise, I'll see you guys tomorrow And if you haven't subscribed yet, please subscribe Love you Just like scurry off Oh, like who went to berries? So probably burned all of those calories And then literally I had like five chicken nuggets And then there was three at the party I just like didn't eat any I had like one spring roll So it was a recipe for disaster I literally woke up in my bed the next day Like starfish Like so confused Do you even know how I got home? It was quite a night Happy 30th birthday, Danny I literally had so much fun Okay, so for today We need to get back to some sense of normalcy I really need to clean my room It's like a mess My entire apartment actually is a mess So let's just start with like a little cleaning session this morning And then we can talk a little bit more about like What this was to be a fitness vlog I feel like I haven't even worked out I did teach two yoga classes last night And I wouldn't show it to you guys But I literally was just so dead I don't even know how I taught them And it was so funny to you Cause at one point in time I had gotten confused Like my left and my right So I cue everyone to open up into Warrior 2 And then I'm like I'm the only person that's like the wrong way You guys don't need me You know what you're doing But it was fine Okay, let's start cleaning Let's wake up Let's make coffee I like honestly I feel so much more awake Just from talking to you guys this morning You guys give me life Also, if you haven't yet Please subscribe All right Let's make this bug I need to change my sheets as well I fell asleep in my makeup I never do that Like I was quite Quite wasted Oh my gosh, it's so cute Puddle is so cute I'm having just like little perfumes That I can wear like Around the house Cause sometimes like I don't want to wear my really Nice expensive perfume If I'm not doing much Like linen Like it just smells like clean Which isn't something that I would Typically pick for myself I really just like florals This is nice It's good to like experiment with fragrances Plus it comes with like a lotion And a rollerball So like how fun Yay Oh my god, my loves I legit forgot I was vlogging So okay So it took me a really long time To like finish organizing my finances But I did that And then I made like a little budget for February Then I went to log in to my work To like see If anyone sent me an email Or if there's anything I can look over Or just like start working on this project That I've been working on for a while And for some reason Like my password wasn't working So I was just like, okay, you know what I've tried like five, six times Let me just go ahead and reset it I reset it And it doesn't like It won't reset for 48 hours Google was like, we need 48 hours to confirm that it's you Probably because the U.N. has like extra, extra, extra security But I'm just like, dude, like I have like I literally am meeting with someone on Thursday to like Go over this big project that like I still have it Like I need to work on it It began Thursday And it's Monday now So Monday Tuesday So I'm gonna get access until Wednesday I'm so annoyed But I'll talk to my co-worker And she was like, maybe you can go to like I.T. or whatever And see if they can fix it So I'm gonna do that tomorrow And I guess since I can't actually work at my current job Maybe I'll just spend the rest of the day Applying to other jobs Because my contract ends in April So yeah This is my plea I'm having some eggplant parm And like just some pasta I Honestly, this is probably the most chaotic video ever Because I have not actually been doing a lot of B-roll But I wanted to chat with you guys Because I am going to Columbia Trying to get my fitness together I actually do feel like I've really been toning up And I think I owe a lot of that To like honestly just eating more carbs Like you don't realize Because of diet culture And like social media Everyone's like High protein diet High protein diet High protein diet Yes and protein is good And well and dandy But when your body Doesn't have enough carbs It's gonna eat the muscle Like your body prioritizes fat So especially if you're like me And you've kind of maintained the same weight For a very long time I did have a fitness vlog Not too long ago And which I think I lost like maybe five or ten pounds But essentially at that point I was like one forty maybe one fifty That was like the heaviest I'd ever been I honestly haven't waived myself in a while But I feel like I'm always around like the one thirty Like one thirty one thirty five one forty five Haven't been in the one twenties for a very long time But essentially I'm rambling What I learned from my nutrition class Is that your body prioritizes Maintaining your fat So if you're not eating enough carbs And you're working out a lot Your body is going to sacrifice muscle Like you're not going to get the new muscle gains That you want if you're not having the carbs Like yeah the protein is great and all But like you need your carbs So tonight I have SoulCycle I also want to try the new like fitness craze I think it's called three two eight or something So basically three Pilates classes Let me look it up I don't even know what it is Three days of weight training Which for me are mostly my various boot camp classes And my yoga school classes And you do two days of Pilates So I like to go to solid core But I also want to check out club Pilates You get your first class free at club Pilates So I really want to do that And then walking eight thousand steps a day I haven't really done that So maybe after we eat lunch We'll go on like a little hot girl walk So we can get our eight case subs in And yeah I did do weight training Not yesterday but I did berries on Saturday I took you guys with me I'm rambling but I'm going to eat now Then we're going to do our eight thousand steps Then I'm going to plan I actually have two yoga school classes already booked So I just need to do one more berries class And then I'll see if I can get into some Pilates classes too And that can be our little fitness plan To get really cute and fit and right for uh Columbia It's so funny how like I literally start this vlog with like Brunch drinking Going out and now I'm like Time to get fit But we can be multi-hyphenate You know balance is about having fun Partying with your friends Eating pasta And so doing your eight thousand steps a day Harder than I originally thought to get eight thousand steps in They just didn't have any So you can only buy your dressing And then the green goddess dressing These both are so good Like I highly recommend them If you haven't had them already Then I got my favorite trail mix Which is the happy trucking trail mix With like pistachios and sweet like dried cranberries Dark chocolate So good And then I also got candy teacons for my salad To add like a little crunch Pineapples for a little snack Giving like Acidic fruit Like I had a grapefruit last week I actually still need to finish it And now pineapple and Got two oranges So I'm just like yeah I feel like I want the citrus Ac broccolini Because I haven't had broccoli in a really long time And I figured for dinner I could do something simple Like the salmon Broccoli, quinoa Call it a day Fruit is so expensive I don't know why it's like this Like honestly at this rate I need to just like get a garden And garden myself Oh and then last but not least I got this power red juice I'm not sure if they're gonna like keep it Or if it's just for Valentine's Day But it's so cute and pink So I wanted to try it And it's a blend of organic beet Strawberry, apple, watermelon Elderberry, cranberry And hibiscus tea So that sounds good And the lady was telling me that She likes it but it's not sweet Like she likes the purple juice the best And it's good because like I like the purple juice But it's like a little too sweet for me So she said this wasn't as sweet as that So I'm looking forward to that And I think I spent $65.69 I feel like I didn't even get anything Fruit and the nuts were probably just really expensive Oh and like the salmon obviously But I'm thinking we can have the salmon Quinoa broccoli And then I can make a kale salad With like the pecans Cucumber, bell pepper, pomegranate seeds And I have some carrots and celery in my fridge So that can be a nice little salad To have for lunch tomorrow For work And on Thursday when I have to go into the office too So yeah Feeling pretty good about that I did want to buy myself some flowers But I actually had it on my vision board To buy myself a nice luxury bag for February For myself for like Valentine's Day Because I am so single But I still want to get myself a nice gift Because we have to you know Put that energy out into the universe Like if I was not single I want my boyfriend to get me something nice So I'm just going to treat myself The way I want to be treated All right cool And there was honestly a crew of us That could be a good time And I kind of feel bad Because usually like right together And then I really want to go to sleep early tonight Because I think I would just sleep at like 5 a.m. on Saturday night Slash Sunday morning And yeah I went to sleep at like midnight last night It's like when you have that night When you stay up basically all night It's hard to get back Into like your sleep schedule you know So let's go to SoulCycle One more thing before we leave I did get to 8,000 steps today But my god I did not realize How hard that was going to be Like I truly thought It would just be like a mile Like I could do my regular walk And it would be good Now I think 8,000 steps Is probably like two or three miles And actually we'll probably Really surpass it now Because SoulCycle is about a mile away From my apartment So like wow like Those classes used to really kick my butt And now they don't kick my butt as much It is I think about 9 o'clock And I want to go to bed early tonight Because I want to try to get in at 12, 3, 30 Tomorrow morning We are 10 days out I've clearly had a connect problem for lunch And I just ate a bunch of chips and wok I'm so bad But hopefully the 12, 3, 30 will help I'm just going to have some veggie soup For dinner tonight And yeah That should be it I also kind of want to watch like a little Kid showing Spanish Just to help me like work on my Spanish Like maybe if I can even find like a Spongebob episode Or I don't know something on YouTube Let me shall see Going to have a little slice of bread With the soup But I had so many chips And wok I don't need any more carbs 12, 3, 30 First thing in the morning Let's go No one's here We have the gym to ourselves Which is nice I'm just going to take this treadmill Because why not The coffee shops For a dose But I don't think there's one My Grand Central So Now to figure that out I'm also apparently at like the end of my skincare So I literally have like nothing to even put on my face I need like a moisturizer But I guess sunscreen is kind of like a moisturizer Right So I ordered some stuff from SoCo Plan Just because I do feel like Korean beauty Like K-Beauty is a lot more affordable than American beauty And there was like this one vitamin C serum I really want to try called Hyper C It's an American brand Black-owned brand If you have tried them Let me know Or if there's any like brightening Products that you like Let me know in the comments below Because I get the worst hyperpigmentation of my chin here I like absolutely hate it Yeah but until My beauty stuff gets here We're just going to use Erson's screen As a moisturizer Very limited skincare routine And I do want to do an updated skincare routine video A skincare routine video period So I do really want to do one of that And I think we spoke about this In my morning routine I did get some stuff Just to do like a light Everyday face So I really have been loving this Yummy Skin Tint by Denessa Myricks It's like so good Highly recommend And it literally like the coverage is just like amazing And the color match is just like insane Like I've never had Like I tried the Ilia one The Tower 28 one And like they were nice Like I don't have any complaints But the color Why does it have a complaint? The color match was not as spot on As this one is So like I didn't really like sunny days that much Well I guess I just didn't really wear sunny days that much Because it made me look a little ghosty So I would always have to do more makeup To like make it blend and look Alright and decent But this Baby It literally looks just like my skin It's insane Okay so we're making a really good timing I am probably going to have The rest of the eggplant found for Lunch today One because it's already done And I can just put it in my like Winter box And two because after the UN I have to go up to Columbia Because I have my Awakened Awareness Lab With my girlfriends Which I'm really excited about But it just I'm not going to get home to like eight So it'll probably be really advantageous For me to have a nice heavy sturdy lunch Because I don't want to buy anything While I'm out Because guys my hobbies have been very expensive Like I just had to buy a piano For my piano lessons Which I don't know why I didn't think about that But that was a couple hundred dollars And now I need a new SD card for the vlog And that's probably going to be another hundred dollars And yeah I know I'm also working that podcast I think I've mentioned it to you guys before And I need to pay the graphic designer For her work And that's another three hundred dollars So we're saving money And not eating out where we can Guys with me all day today And I'll probably just do an editing marathon tonight Because it's Tuesday I'm supposed to go live to the video I don't have one That's ready to post And I miss Friday's upload So I'm going to try to actually post Two or maybe three videos this week And I'm also realizing While this memory card is dying I actually have another memory card That has like my vlogging setup When I got this camera I have a new camera You guys haven't noticed It's also why we're filming in 4K And why my memory cards don't last like they used to But make sure you subscribe If you haven't left me a comment yet I would love to know What is something you're looking forward to this week Honestly, by the time you guys see this I might be on my way to Colombia Which is kind of crazy But yeah Colombia the country with my friends Not Columbia University But honestly I'm running around so much I might be doing that too All right Love you guys so much Make sure you subscribe