Off and running

Yesterday the weather was beautiful. The kids and I had spent a lot of the day outside. We had Miles' 1st birthday pictures taken. A picnic at the park. Brandon had a meeting for work and was up and gone before the kids and I.

Brandon got home a little after 3:30. I threw on yoga capris and my tennis shoes and told him I was going for a run....I honestly thought it would be more of a jog/walk than a run, but I was getting out of the house without the kids. I grabbed my headphones and my phone and took off. I started at a nice jog, I ran up to the Y...I only stopped twice to walk. After I got to the Y I decided to walk a little bit, after walking a block something said to start jogging again. So I did. I jogged, and then started running, it felt amazing!! I got home 25 minutes after I started.

I logged onto runkeeper.com and in put where I ran. It came back I ran 2.45 miles. 10:08 mile. SWEET!!

Today I am sore, not just sore super sore!! My thighs, calves,knees, abs, feet all hurt. I took today off from working out, I figure my body needed the day to recoup. I did go for a little walk with the kids. It was too nice to not get out of the house!!

Miles is turning one next week. It breaks my heart to think about him being 1 next week. I just want my baby back! Luckily I know plenty of pregnant women and plenty of women who have babies! A good friend is finding out the gender tomorrow at 2!!! It can't come fast enough!! I want to go buy some baby clothes!! LOL


And now for Picture Overload!! I found a lady here in town Heather Busing she owns and runs Spitting Images. She is AMAZING!!!

3 months

This week was an amazing week in our house!!
Monday Lacey was legally adopted by Brandon. Something we have waited 3 years for. A dream come true!
Tuesday Brandon's sister called us and wants Lacey to be a flower girl in her wedding in October. We are so excited!! Lacey will be such a cute flower girl!! October 1st can't come fast enough!! Family vacation to Maryland!! YAHOO!!
Friday I booked Miles' 1st birthday pictures. It breaks my heart to think a year ago I was miserable and pregnant and holding a newborn to a walking, saying words, 1 year old. I have some super cute ideas for his pictures. I am thinking about taking our Kitchen Aide stand mixer, a wooden spoon, and a chefs hat. I think it would make for super cute pictures. He will also be doing the smash cake!! Here is a picture of Lacey with her smash cake!

Today marks 3 months since my lifestyle change. Today I stepped on the scale expecting to see 159 or 158 where I have been holding out for a week or so. Instead I saw 156. That means I have lost 31lbs in 3 months. 10lbs a month, 2.5lbs a week. I have hips bones you can feel, I have collar bones you can see....I fit into a pair of size 8 shorts!! Size 11's are too big. I am 1lbs away from my goal of 155.

Sewing

I like to sew. I don't do it hardly ever. When we moved into my Grandparents house my Grandma had at least 15 sewing machines. She loved to sew. I asked if I could have a sewing machine, and of course no one objected.

We have an entire finished basement that we don't use except for storage and laundry. We have been talking since we moved in about making the family room downstairs into a Toy Room. On Wednesday we went through the toys/books and donated 4 huge trash bags of Toys to Good Will and 2 boxes of books to Good Will and 1 box of books to Lacey's pre-school teacher. There are 2 windows in the Toy Room that need curtains.

We went to Wal-Mart and found the cutest Curious George fabric that was on clearance for $2.50 a yard. I have never ever made curtains before but figured it can't be that hard. So we bought 3 yards of fabric.

The cute fabric

Today I got out the sewing machine and went to town....

The sewing machine


I ironed the fabric
And then went to townHere is the finished product. Super cute Huh?

What I'm eating

I have decided to write a blog about food I eat.

Losing weight isn't all about eating carrots, salads, celery and drinking TONS of water. It's about a way of life. A lifestyle change as I call it. When people ask if I'm dieting I tell them no I have just changed my life. Portion control, no more junk food, and still enjoying what I eat.

So many other times I have started dieting and quit when I reached my goal weight. This time there is no quitting because I have changed my life. I have found the importance of what is going into my body.

Here are some of my must haves in the house at all time!!


Fruits, tons and tons of fruit!! Apples, Bananas, Grapes, Oranges.









Vegetables!! Lettuce, Tomatoes, Onions, Peppers, Carrots, and Celery!! I always whenever we get home from the store peel my carrots, cut them into sticks, cut up my celery, cut up some onion....just to have it very easy to get to. No excuses!!






Flat Out Wraps!! ABSOLUTELY Wonderful!! 90 calories for 1 wrap. Super super yummy!!






Bagel Thins 110 calories for 1 a quick easy breakfast. Throw it in
the Toaster throw some Fat Free cream cheese on it and go.







Wonder Light Wheat Bread 80 calories for 2 slices.











I will every couple of days add MUST HAVES! I will let you know that we are on a tight budget me being a Stay at Home mom with only 1 income. It is possible to eat healthy and stay on a budget. Like buying big carrots washing, peeling, and cutting it saves us around $1 per shopping trip.

Snowy Ice days!

Yesterday it was icing today it is snowing....Good thing I am a fan of winter!!

Yesterday while we were stuck inside the kids went down for early naps. They were asleep by 1pm. This never happens!! I took advantage of nap time. Dr. Oz was on. I never (Okay hardly ever) get to watch day time TV. There are always some sort of cartoons on, or some movie on. Well on Dr. Oz they were talking about the best way to lose weight. I DVR'd the episode so I could watch it again. It was so informative.

You should workout 5 minutes after waking up. Get up go to the bathroom, brush your teeth
Working out 1st thing before you eat anything your body will burn fat since there is no food to burn

Drink a cup of Ice Water before your workout (It takes more energy to heat up the water, burning more calories during your morning workout)

Eat breakfast no later than an hour after waking up

Eat lunch 4 hours after Breakfast

Eat dinner 6 and half hours after lunch or 3 hours before bed, eat nothing after dinner

If you take any supplements take them 15 minutes before dinner. With a cup of Ice water. They will fill your stomach up making you less hungry at dinner.

So here is what my day looks like
7:30 wake up brush my teeth go to the bathroom drink my water
7:35 workout for 35 minutes
8:10 eat breakfast
12:10 eat lunch
5:55 take my supplements
6:30 eat dinner
10:00 bed time

I am hoping that this will help lose those pesky 10lbs!!

My mom and dad got me the Biggest Loser for the Wii. I weighed myself in and it is not nearly as nice as the Wii Fit game. The Wii fit says I weigh 160 with 0lbs with my clothes on. The Biggest Loser says I weigh 164.3. So I am going to go with The Biggest Loser and say I weigh 164.3. This will motivate me to lose more weight. The Biggest Loser says I need to weigh 154, so that is my new goal.

I set short week long goals this week it is to not eat anything after dinner. I will keep you all updated.

What a Birthday!!

Yesterday was my 26th birthday. I have been looking forward to it for a couple weeks. Spending the day with the kids, getting my eyebrows waxed, doing some shopping for some new clothes since I have nothing that fits, buying some new Wii games....

The day started off at 6am I was in a deep sleep dreaming that my cell phone was ringing. Dreaming that Brandon was calling, it was his ring tone after all. In 5.2 seconds I realize that my cell phone is ringing, that it is Brandon calling....the thoughts run through my head, he is calling to wish me a Happy birthday, no he said Happy Birthday to me when he left, he could have been in an accident. He commutes 30 minutes to work. I sit up in bed, he could have been in an accident. I run to the kitchen where my cell phone is and answer it. It is Brandon telling me he hit something and blew a tire. He had tried to change the tire but the jack broke. So I load up the kids and off we go. We get to Brandon take him to work. We get home around 7:15 and I figure that we would all go back to sleep for a couple more hours. No such luck they were up and ready for the day. I deep clean the kitchen, clean the bathroom, do some laundry.

Around noon my mom comes over and we head to change the tire. She took me to a couple shops in town to find a purse...but I am picky purse person and couldn't find one I loved. We get to Brandon's car get it jacked up ( we are on the interstate, people going 70 mile an hour) and we can't get it off. My 4th grade teacher pulls up behind us and tries to help. Finally after 20 or so minutes a sweet guy who happens to be a mechanic pulls over to help. Our only problem was that we didn't have it jacked up high enough. He gets the tire off, puts the spare on and off he goes. I gave him Brandon's business card and gave him a free meal on Brandon.

My mom and I drive into Brandon's work and drop off his car and have some lunch. After lunch we decide to head home. The kids were grumpy and exhausted, I was grumpy and exhausted. We get home and the kids and I laid down to take a nap and they weren't going down. So we got up and played, did some more cleaning and waited for Brandon to get off work.

Brandon got off work and brought home some dinner. We ate dinner, played some Wii and we were in bed by 10.

Not the day I had planned, but it was a day.

The kids and I got up this morning and got Brandon's tire replaced. Now we are just hanging out at home, waiting for Brandon to get off work. We will probably do some grocery shopping and maybe go find some new Wii games to play.

I hope everyone is having a fantastic Blessed Sunday!!

Loving myself

In short 10 weeks I have fallen Madly in love with me!!

I love that I have such a supportive husband, supportive friends, and supportive family.

I love my new body.

I have come to terms that I may always have that baby skin that may never go away, but I have 2 beautiful children who will love me with or without that baby pudge.

I love that my husband loves me now matter how big or small I am.

I love that I have energy!! Energy to want to workout, Energy to play with my babies!!

I love that I have learned how to eat healthy.

We are working hard to look better, to feel better, to raise a healthy family!! I LOVE IT!!