Can anyone tell me, why is it so hard to eat well? This week has been an awful one thus far, I have not been working out and I have been eating CRAP not so well. Yesterday I took my girls to the movie theater and I ate popcorn (tasted like high calorie cardboard) and starbursts...WTH is going on?{image source}Starting today, it will be better, I will be better, because I have to be. Question: How have you been doing so far this week? ... Continue Reading...
Happy Anniversary!!
Today, I just wanted to share a post with you guys about my husband. Today is my anniversary and we have been married for 7 years! So this is my post highlighting my amazing best-ever husband.This is my handsome hubby! Go ahead be jealous ;)Milton,I cannot believe we were married 7 years ago today. I was thinking back to this morning about what we were doing in the morning 7 years ago. I remember I woke up at 7 AM to go pick up all the ice for the reception, if I recall correctly you ... Continue Reading...
Purge
Recently (in the last 4 months, give or take) I have decided to make an active effort to read the labels of foods that I bring into my house. More specifically I have been focusing on high fructose corn syrup and keeping it out of our home. {image source}This is some nasty stuff, and it is really in EVERY.THING. I have found a few little tidbits about it for your reading pleasure~HFCS and cane sugar are NOT biochemically identical or processed the same way by the body. Despite what ... Continue Reading...
Weight Loss Update
So I have been actively recording my food blunders diary on MyFitnessPal for a solid week now (give or take, I don't have my iPod in front of me and I am too lazy tired to go get it). After doing this and trying to do some kind of workout each day I have lost...1.4 pounds!Shut the front door, I cannot believe it! I actually did it! I am so happy that I have stuck with it for this long. I cannot even begin to tell you how much junk food I have dodged this week! We took the ladies on ... Continue Reading...
Pinterest Obsession
So I will admit that I came a little late to the Pinterest party, in fact I joined just about a month ago. Can I just say, I LOVE IT! This is the absolute best place to find awesome and cool things! I decided (today) to actually try and make a few things I have re-pinned. Below are the few that I will duplicate in the next few weeks, pictures to showcase my failure results will follow... Flub for the girls Cleaning the microfiber couch Cookie Dough Popsicles, Yum!Oatmeal can ... Continue Reading...