This has been a long week, not a bad week just a long one. Buddy got his cast off Monday, we had tball Tuesday, I had a meeting last night and Buddy has AWANA. So we have pretty much been on the go since Monday with not one night home before 7pm this week. That makes for long days, especially when our days start by leaving the house at 6:30am. Today I left at 6am, yowza! But in the grand scheme of things we have had a good week, but I am ready for the weekend!!! Plus, the house is a nightmare that needs to be cleaned. So...moving on... the benefit to this week is that I have honestly had the best sleep of my life for really the last month. I feel so rested and happier (as I just yawned :)) But in all seriousness I really have been sleeping well. I re-ordered my greens, and I am going to be making my sleepy cream from our oils. Buddy loves that I slather it on his feet at night, and I even put it on Julia and Sam last night (and yes I had to put it on EVERYONE!!!) But everyone slept good so there you have it. Julia said that she fell asleep, slept good and never woke up once. I will say that I do sometimes still wake up in the middle of the night, however when I do it's funny because I will wake up and feel like I have been asleep all night and I have no problem rolling over and falling right back to sleep.
I only threw that in there because let's be honest, I think I'm hilarious.. ha ha, just kidding, but no really I do! ANYWAY, I'm just in a super good mood today so I just would like to say that I hope you have a super duper pooper scooper Thursday!!! Luv ya! Sleep good my friends! And in the event you would like to sleep better too let me know!
xoxoxo
Did you watch The Fast and the Furious 7? Oh my, I loved it, and I cannot get over the end and the tribute. I love the song they used, it is a mixture of sad and happy and I just love it. I really hope that they do not make a Fast and Furious 8. I think it would ruin it. I think that it was perfect and a fitting end to the entire series. I really loved Paul Walker!
Oh my....
In other non Paul Walker related news... my little buddy got his cast off last night. He was so happy!!! But let me tell you that his arm smelled so bad, it was disgusting. And just look at those dirty little fingers!
Even after his shower his arm stunk. I ended up using a mixture of coconut oil, (Young Living) Purification, Peace and Calming, and Lavender (because it was bedtime) and rubbed on his arm. The smell went away and the boy went to sleep no problem. I even put a little on the bottom of my feet with socks and that combined with my Greens gave me an AMAZING nights sleep. I think I am completely hooked. I will be using the coconut oil mixture on my feet for the next week just to see but oh my. I honestly have had the best sleep of my life this last month. Greens and oils man! They are the way to go. And no I am not embarrassed to say I have become one of those people!
Oh and remember my little war room idea for my boy? Well we had one crazy fit the other night and he asked to go to his war room. I put him in the space that I planned for this and played some worship music and brought in the diffuser with a calming mixture of oils in it and honestly it was amazing how he calmed down. I will definitely be utilizing this space again. I also noticed something this weekend. We had his best buddy over so that they could play and we went to the movies, and both boys got a Slurpie and a little candy. Later that afternoon the crash was ridiculous. He was a nightmare and I realized that he hadn't eaten lunch (he was with someone previously to coming home and I didn't realize that they hadn't fed him lunch and we were busy and I didn't ask) I was doing some reading on sugar and also how if you do not keep up on their food consumption they can have their blood sugar crash which can turn into a crazy fit, just like the one we had. I immediately fed him and holy moly the boy didn't even mention that he was hungry but he ate Mac n cheese, two fish sticks, yogurt, a baby bell cheese, and an apple sliced with some nutella. I'd say he was starving. BAD MOM! So I am really going to be trying to make sure that he is eating something every three hours. This makes a ton of sense to me. I also read that for some children when their blood sugar is low in the morning because it's been so long since they have eaten have terrible mornings. BEEN THERE! So they suggest a snack before bed and breakfast immediately upon waking. Done! I will be giving his a snack every night before bed (something healthy) and breakfast within ten minutes of him getting up. I am also going to make sure that even if he is buying lunch at school that he has a snack for recess so that there is less time between meals for him. Hey I am willing to try anything! I prefer my happy buddy as opposed to the monster that creeps out at times!
I have not for probably the last 3 nights gone to bed before 9pm (sad face) but I am still a work in progress. I also must confess that I did get upset with buddy this weekend when he was having his meltdown. Hey I'm human. I struggle with this. But I will say that my eating was on point all weekend! So here are my goals this week:
1. Drink all the water!!! oh yes, chug chug!!
2. Bed by 9pm (except maybe Thursday night because Grey's Anatomy looks amazing)
3. Eat within my plan
4. Don't waste money!!! (I added that one because I need to save)(it doesn't help that I have received 4 parking tickets in the last two months! ahhh the joys of working in the city!)(I'll start parking in my space in my parking structure!)
Get it together Heather! ha ha!!! Anyway, make it an AMAZING DAY!
XOXOXOXOXO
Its a little crazy to have the time to blog... I'm not sure what I'm going to do with myself. Well I do know that I will probably be blogging at least 3 times a week goodie!!
So I'm looking to do something that will help me make a little extra money. I'm exploring a few options, I'm trying the Young Living Oils, I'm trying out some IT Works products so we'll see. I would NEVER sell or try to get someone else to sell something that I personally don't believe in. So at this point I'm still looking. I can say that I LOVE the greens from IT Works!!! Best sleep of my life without Benadryl or a sleep aid! I also am really liking the oils so I'll keep using different products from these companies to see how I like them. Even if I don't sell them you should try greens!! They will change your life, if only your sleeping life. I look forward to going to bed at night now! BUT there is a caveat, you must find the right mixture or they taste awful! I use 8oz. of water, greens, and 1 whole packet of Crystal Light Peach Mango Green Tea and it tastes wonderful! I think it tastes a little like a Flinstone vitamin. Trust me you won't be sorry you tried it!
Last night I made Cauliflower pizza for dinner. It was very yummy! Sam (who hates cauliflower) said I hit it out of the park! So that is a win!
I don't feel like writing the recipe...I'm super lame right? Basically I put cauliflower in the food processor - microwaved after for 8 minutes - let it cool - added 1 egg, salt and pepper, mozzarella cheese, and parmesan cheese - squeezed together and mixed - pressed into a Pam sprayed pan - baked for about 15 minutes at 425 - added pizza sauce, cheese, turkey pepperoni, heirloom tomato's, mushrooms, olives, and fresh basil - put back in the oven and baked another 10 minutes - sliced and ate. There you have it! HA HA if you really want to know the exact deets let me know and I'll tell you.
It was yummy! Try it today! Super easy!
BTW I was in bed at 9pm last night! Yippee!!! Everything else went well. Working on keeping up the fight! Have a fab day my friends!!! Let's rock it together!!
But first lets go get a green tea from Starbucks!! XOXO
So I guess I should start out this post by stating that I am so excited to say that since my last post back in February I started a new job! I am so happy to be doing something I love! I actually wrote the previous post entitled "Change" as a writing sample for my new job. The people are wonderful and I feel like this is going to be something great. The only thing I can honestly say that I am unhappy about is the fact that I completely set aside my goal of getting back into shape and losing the weight that I gained. In fact I gained some more. I am really unhappy about that. I am really hoping that I have the resolve to commit myself back to being where I want to be. My goal for the month of April is to be consistent. Stick to my plan and hopefully see results. I've added a few things into my plan to help me out hopefully. I'll let you know more as I go. I am not doing any craziness, but I would like to see how things progress before I put it out there. I will say I am back on my gallon of water a day.
This picture is my new head shot for my new job. I am please with how it turned out!
My little buddy broke his arm about a month ago which threw a wrench in our baseball season, but we are hopeful he will get to finish the season.
I had my birthday! I was very nice! Got some flowers, dinner and fun!
Ok well this is a short post... gotta run get my mom and dad at the airport. But I will keep you posted about the month ahead! But I'll leave you with this sweet pic. XOXO
I absolutely hate when I get off track! And how sad is it that I got off track in week 3??!!! I have no good excuse, I hit that time of the month, but seriously if that is what is going to derail me... Bottom line is I didn't stick to my plan and I didn't keep my promises. However, I really am committed to losing this weight. I want to wear leggings this winter, I want to feel good about myself! Surprisingly at the request of my 6 year old we went to the gym last night. I did a decent ab workout, with some dead lifts and squats thrown in. I work with two different trainers (when I work out with a trainer) Crazy that in the last two days I have spoken with both. One at the gym last night and the other one contacted me, ha ha probably because he knows I've already paid him for 5 training sessions and haven't seen him in months. (insert scared face here) I told Anthony (my main trainer) last night that I had really just lost my motivation. I still am struggling to get back in the gym and to work out. Last year when I felt and looked my best I was working out 3 to 5 days a week. So here is my plan... eat right and get in my water (i have sucked at that the last week) and get into the gym. I made two training appointments and would like to try to jump into the boxing class my gym offers. There is basically a week and a half left of the diet bet so I need to get on it. I'll let you know how the weekend goes! My fingers are crossed! But so far so good today!
So yesterday I wrote about goals and promises. Well of course I promised myself yesterday that I would do something active... I did, and I didn't. I went out to lunch yesterday with my friend for her little girls birthday. I ordered Chicken, Shrimp, and Veggies. No soda even though I was dying for one. I'm thinking that the sauce that was on the chicken was a little too much for me because I got really sick last night. It was also really stormy in San Diego yesterday (not at my house so much just windy) so I had to take down the canopy on our gazeebo, and then I carried 5 heavy cinder blocks to my back yard to secure Buddy's trampoline. (it blew away a few months back and I did not want a repeat of that) Believe me, it was 100 degrees outside and those blocks were heavy! I honestly was thinking to myself this is active. It wasn't really what i planned though. I was down this morning but I didn't eat more than some crackers and cheese last night and Pepto Bismol, so the number doesn't really count. My stomach cramps last night were insane. Today is a new day! My promise to myself today is to do 100 squats. I can and most certainly will do that! I'm also hoping to hit the gym while Buddy is at AWANA tonight but we'll see. Things happen.
Oh day 4 how i love you!! Ha ha just kidding. It was just an average day. I'm gonna keep it short and sweet, and lets be honest...I'm the only one reading these posts so you (figuratively speaking) really don't mind if all i tell you is what I ate yesterday and what I weighed in at this morning. So here goes... I weighed in at 143.4, I am down 6.2lbs. since Monday. I feel good, less bloaty and contrary to what you may think I am not hungry at all. Yesterday I had a protein shake for breakfast, talapia and Kale salad for lunch, and hand full of dark chocolate covered blueberries in the afternoon to cure my sweet craving, and I had green chili fajitas for dinner (this was beef fajitas, green chili's, jack cheese and salsa, so yummy) I drank just about the full gallon yesterday, plus one Trenta Green Tea from Starbucks!
Quicly I will say that my protein shake is 8oz. fat free milk (I used to use almond milk, but regular milk has more protein), PB2 (powdered peanut butter), honey, and ice. It tastes amazing!!! It tastes like a bit o honey candy, so yummy! My talapia is Gortons, easy peazy! 80 calories for each piece and I just pop it in the toaster oven at work.
So today is Friday which means you will most likely not get a post from me until Monday. I am going to work really hard at staying on track, but typically how the weekends go for me is this... I don't get all my water in (i'm lame) and its way easier to cheat on food. I will try my hardest to be consistent. That is my theme word for this little endevor, consistant! I'll let you know how it goes! Also, this weekend I will finally be getting some exersize so yay me!
Talk soon! XOXO
Quicly I will say that my protein shake is 8oz. fat free milk (I used to use almond milk, but regular milk has more protein), PB2 (powdered peanut butter), honey, and ice. It tastes amazing!!! It tastes like a bit o honey candy, so yummy! My talapia is Gortons, easy peazy! 80 calories for each piece and I just pop it in the toaster oven at work.
So today is Friday which means you will most likely not get a post from me until Monday. I am going to work really hard at staying on track, but typically how the weekends go for me is this... I don't get all my water in (i'm lame) and its way easier to cheat on food. I will try my hardest to be consistent. That is my theme word for this little endevor, consistant! I'll let you know how it goes! Also, this weekend I will finally be getting some exersize so yay me!
Talk soon! XOXO
