Foodie post!

You do NOT have to sacrifice good food for healthy food! You heard me! You can eat all kinds of good food, great food, AMAZING food even!

One of my biggest struggles with working night shift is having the motivation to plan meals and then cook them, heck I even have a hard time remembering to pull the frozen stuff out of the freezer before I go to bed in the morning.

Food is such a huge part of weight loss it can not be ignored. If you do not change your eating habits the weight will not come off unless you are exercising 10 hours a day. Burning more calories than you consume is the key. The calorie count in healthy food is significantly lower than the junk food so you can actually eat a ton more healthy food. If you are eating healthy food there is no reason you should be hungry, ever.

Tonight I made bacon wrapped prawns, mushrooms, and some pineapple slices for dinner. I took left over steak, 1/4 cup of mixed unsalted nuts, carrots, a mini babybel cheese (light), an apple sauce, and a couple dried mango slices for my work dinner. I even skipped my Shakeology today because I wasn't hungry.

What is your favorite healthy recipe? What is your go to healthy meal? What is your easiest meal?

I am determined to plan ahead!! So dinner tonight will be pork chops, asparagus, and quinoa. Ron really likes asparagus and quinoa so it will be a hit with everyone. Now just to remember to take the pork out of the freezer!

Oh yeah and I've lost 1.6 pounds!! After two days of T25 and eating healthy.

Officially a Team Beach Body Coach

I am officially a Team Beach Body Coach! My coach has been trying to persuade me to sign up for awhile now to help keep myself motivated and I have been dragging my feet. Now that I have made the commitment to get myself and my family healthy I am determined to stick with it.

I am really looking forward to my first challenge group and helping others get fit. Now everyone will just be bombarded with fitness posts and healthy recipes. I hope that through this journey I can inspire more people to become interested in taking a healthier approach to living their lives. 

Its very important to me to have the kids see me exercise and eat healthy so that they follow the example for their lives. Weight has always been a struggle for me and I really hope that I can show them how to keep it off. 

My biggest struggle right now is that in December 2013 I had lost a total of 50 pounds, now February I have gained 19 pounds back. I am being brutally honest to put it out there that today I weigh 199 pounds. I was down to 180, I am pissed at my self. I REFUSE TO WEIGH 200 POUNDS AGAIN! I will wear yoga pants everyday until my clothes fit again I swear I will not buy fat clothes. 

If you are interested in any Beachbody products like T25, Insanity, P90X 1, 2 or, 3 (p90x3 workouts are only 30minutes!) or the yummy Shakeology, leave me a comment or send me a message. Feel free to visit my Website and browse all of the products. 

Take the plunge and get healthy with me!! Stay tuned for more fitness posts and recipes!!

I did it!

I took the plunge and restarted T25 today!!! I am so proud of myself. I started my day off with a shakeology shake, chocolate shakeology, almond milk, and a banana blended up with some ice, both Ronnie and I sucked them down. Then I changed into some workout clothes and put the cardio DVD into the XBOX and pushed play.

I didn't want to, it sucked, I wanted to quit with 9 minutes left. Its only 25 minutes long I am such a pansy. I'm mad at myself for gaining the weight back! Really mad at myself and I refuse to buy bigger size clothes even though none of mine fit. Alright maybe some of them still fit but they are way to tight and super uncomfortable. I pushed through it and finished the entire 25 minutes.

Honestly it wasn't bad, it felt really good to complete it. I am proud of myself for taking the plunge and starting it. I took a quick shower after and Ronnie and I headed out to grocery shop for some healthy foods, mostly just food in general because we had almost none in our house. Well no healthy food just junk foods.

So we went to Costco of course, my first visit this week. I don't think Ron has seen the bill yet. Just a mere $408, because Costco is just amazing and I could spend a million dollars there, but $408 tells you how much food we needed.

I'm super happy to be getting back on the healthy path and that Ron is on the same page with me. It is much easier to stay on track when you have the support from people that you love. Yay for being healthy!!

Me post workout because I did it! Of course I look a hot mess but I did it! Then me and one of the reasons I need to be healthly! I love him!

No more braces!!

On Monday I got to visit Dr. Nauman's office and have my braces removed! 6 months early! With my sister's wedding just around the corner I wanted to be able to ditch my metal mouth for pictures because they will be around for a lifetime. Fortunately Dr. Nauman agreed that they were able to come off early.

I scheduled my appointment for the crack of dawn (07:00am!) who does that? So my lovely alarm went off at 05:30am and I headed down there. I have to admit her popping of each of the little brackets was the weirdest feeling ever. Then the grinding of the glue off my teeth yuck! Anything with my teeth I swear feels so weird.

Dr. Nauman is also going to perform a gingivectomy later on in April to remove excess gum tissue and expose more of my teeth. I'm so looking forward to that procedure, not! I do have to say that I am very happy with the results of the braces and wearing them for 18 months was worth it. I also am super happy that I was able to get them off before the wedding.

Social Media

I have never really realized how negative social media is until today. I have a Facebook and a Twitter and of course this blog.I am an avid user of social media, I like to share pictures of the kids, funny stories, update friends and family afar with whats going on in our lives. I try to keep things positive, share the good things, leave out most of the bad. I have a lot of friends with kiddos and I value their opinions about hard to handle situations so I ask for advice sometimes.

I DO NOT air my dirty laundry over social media and I am constantly flabbergasted about the amount of drama and very personal information that I see posted everyday. I feel like I continuously see negative posts from the same people but never them doing anything to change the things that they are unhappy with.

I have many things in my life that aren't perfect, I've gained 18lbs back after working so hard to lose them, none of my clothes fit, Ronnie is very hard to handle most days his SPD is driving us all crazy, most days I'm sure that all of my hair is going to fall out, but I don't ever feel the need to post my problems on social media. The things that happen in our home stay in our home.

I love seeing updates, pictures, anecdotes and even advice seeking posts but I can not stand the drama and negativity. I am going to remove these negative people from my "feed" because I just don't need to see this in my life.

The black plague.

I'm pretty sure our family has been hit with the plague. Not really the plague but it sure feels like it. I have had the most runny nose for like two weeks now, accompanied by body aches and tiredness this is a downright sucky combo. All I have wanted to do is sleep, sleep, and sleep some more. The worst part about it all is that no medicines have touched the symptoms. I have tried NyQuil, cold and cough medicine, good ole fashion Motrin, NOTHING works. So sleep and tea it is for me.

All last week poor Evee felt horrible. She stayed home from school one day and then I picked her up early on another day. She of course has the cough, body aches, and fatigue that go along with colds. We do what we can to try to keep her comfortable but the poor thing is miserable.

Poor Ronnie has missed an entire week of school because he cant stay awake for more than a few hours. He is the only one who has actually spiked a fever so luckily I could manage that with some Tylenol. His ears also have been plugged and hurting him so bad that I stayed home from work one night with him. Everyday he lays with me in the morning and falls back asleep and then gets up for a few hours and then comes right back in for another nap and sleeps through school. I haven't had the heart to send him when he feels so crummy.

Of course the plague skipped right over Ron. LUCKY! I swear his immune system must be bullet proof. Probably because he licked slugs or something has a child. He has just had to listen to me and the kids complain about our sickness. He has done such a great job taking care of all of us though, with as whiny as we are. Ill be glad when this finally leaves our house.