Genghis and GiGi's

Here's how my day 2 went, not as good as I had hoped....I had a few bites of a GiGi's cupcake.  I guess I just won't have a treat this weekend.  It was good though.  :)

Yesterday, since Brylee didn't have preschool and Roger and I were both off, we took Brylee to the Children's Museum.  It was soooo much fun!! She really enjoyed it.  We took her a while ago but she was just too young still to really play with it and just too short to reach a lot of the games and play things but now it's perfect!  She got to build and race cars, build and race a boat, gas up a car, build a house, be in a music video, cook, grocery shop, put on a puppet show, and arts and craft...oh and she did a little rock climbing as well.  We were wore out to say the least!  I got some cute pictures though!

 doing a little grocery shopping

 Making a print

 Some construction

 Pumping some gas

 

Lunch was yummy! Stir fry at genghis grill. 

 

And a cupcake....notice my bite...lol

 

After we got home we visited Sweetie, her grandmother, then she and I went to the gym for just a little cardio.  All in all a good day.

 

Maybe if I am lucky I will get another post up for today's food log and highlights.

 

Here goes nothing.....

Last night my friend Janna and I went for a little run at the park.  It was a lot of fun having a buddy to run with and the heat was not bad at all.

  Me before the run :)

The parked was packed, I could hardly find anywhere to park. Before I left I told Brylee that I was gonna go for a fun, so she went and got me her hello kitty fan so I could keep cool...so sweet!

 

 

I love looking at my phone because often times Brylee will get it during the day to play some games but she loves to take pictures of herself so I get cute funny pictures like this.....

 

 So SO Silly!



 

So, today is the day that I write and post every.single.thing that I ate during the day.  I started with some oatmeal soaked overnight in unsweetened almond milk, then added in an egg white for some added protein. The egg white really makes it very creamy you can't taste the "egg" at all. I warmed the apples a little in the microwave to get them soft then added them to the oats along with some chia seeds.  Not bad and it kept me full for a long time.  I also took my usual Catalyst and Thermoplus.  The thermoplus practically burns calories just by taking it and the catalyst is like lipo in a bottle, helps to get rid of the fat and not the muscle...SCORE!  oh, and what breakfast is complete with out some spark to get me through the day. I still can't believe I haven't had coffee since March. 

 

 I ended up having to take Brlyee to the doctor because has been having a horrible cough worsening at night and it got so bad around 2 am this morning that I though i was gonna have to take her to the ER. It was like she was having trouble breathing.  I got her calmed down and I called her doctor first thing this morning and got her an appointment at 11:15 am.  Turns out she has a touch of croup and sinus infection so she got an antibiotic and some steroids and it hasn't slowed her down one bit...that's my girl!

 

This is us being silly waiting for the doctor ...

...Bry after getting a prize for being so good at the doctor's office

 

For lunch we met up with some family friends and I had my usual trio with Asian edamame salad, some kind of pasta salad and thee lentil vegetable soup.  Never. gets. old!  and Water of course. I did eat one bite of bread but I didn't even nibble Bry's left over sandwhich or cookie.  But I did forget to take a picture of it. We ran a few errands then came home.

 

I had this for a snack... 

 

 

My mother-in-law gave be some peanuts to boil, so I did.  They were a little salty  but pretty good for my first time to boil them my self. My pap-paw used to make the best boiled peanuts ever!!!  I went for a run this afternoon again with Janna, we did about 2 miles and then I came home played with Brylee, put her to bed and went walking with my mother in law while doing arm exercises with 3 lbs weights in each arm.  I made an omelet for supper with egg whites, tomatoes, chilies, onion, and a lil cheese.  Pretty good and hit the spot! 

..(more of an egg scramble)

 

Here is my log for the day...I do have to admit it did help me from eating chocolate at Maw's house among other things because I knew I didn't need it.  I did realize that I probably ate too many peanut/ and peanut products in one day...good to know !

 

                              

And because my child love to take pictures of herself her is a Brylee selfie of the day

 

Night night!!

 

 

Accountablity

    I swore to myself the last time I went a few weeks without a blog post that I wouldn't let it happen again, and I did...grrr.  It's been a long couple of weeks, just with the stress of being with out a job and all and the uncertainty of not knowing what was going to happen that I did stress eat a little...ok, a lot probably.  You can always tell if I am stressed out...just look in my pantry... it would probably be half empty.  It's the one thing I still struggle with, sometimes I do great and go for a walk in stead and other times my stress and worry gets the best of me. 
  So a little bit of good news I need to announce...I GOT A JOB! YAHOO! I am very excited and thrilled for this opportunity.  It is completely a type of position that I feel like I will really thrive at and I think it will be a lot less stressful than my other job. It is a little bit less than what I was making but not enough to matter that much. I start Sept. 23, this coming up Monday.  I can't wait to get started and get settled in and in a routine again. 
    I have been doing ok with my workouts.  I have been going to some more spin classes while Brylee is in preschool, and I get such a good workout in there!!  I love it.  Sometimes I think I am not going to be able to finish this class it is so tough, but I just keep going and push through it.  I haven't started the Jamie Eason yet, but do plan on it this week or starting next week.  I did my weight program that I had made for me at the gym about every other day instead.  My friend Janna and I are going to run in our church's 5K this October.  It's a run to raise money to help with families wanting to adopt children. Such a great cause!! If anyone around Ridgeland, Madison, Jackson MS interested in learning more or want to sign up as well you can click here .  So we are going running tonight to see how much training we need to do.  I haven't run in a while.  I do it every summer. I get out of it because of the heat and then when the cooler weather starts to creep in I get the itch again. 

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   I've been thinking, and this will be really hard for me to do, one, because I will have to be completely honest with myself and two, because I will have to be honest with all of you that read this, even if it is not many, it will still make it difficult. But I think in order to help hold myself accountable I will write down everything I eat on here and my exercise for the day.  And I will completely HONEST.  I will start for tomorrow and do it for a week and see how that goes.  My posts may be short a day or two or week but I will really do my best to get it up. 

 

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I seriously hopes that this will help me and that I start regular blogging again. I do enjoys it.  Here are a few pictures of my weekend.

 This is how Brylee rides to preschool sometimes...with a blanket over her head..haha!

 Saying prayers for a sweet friend just diagnosed with leukemia.  

 Being silly!!

 Visiting Daddy and his work for the youth dove hunt.  She loved trying to catch butterflies and going on nature hunts

 

See you all tomorrow!!!

Happy Labor Day!

Happy Labor Day yall!!  I hope everyone had a great weekend and holiday.  My weekend was spent spending time with my family...wouldn't want it any other way. 
   Saturday I cleaned and did some laundry (that's a given) and then got ready to go to my cousin's house warming party.  She recently moved into her first home and it was so pretty and just perfect for her.  It's an older house, in an artsy neighbor hood and it has a lot of character.  The master bedroom was my favorite. It had a brick floor with an awesome old brick fireplace.  It had a lot of yard too and even a court yard.  So pretty. I am just so so happy for her. Then Saturday night we went to a few shops and Bry went to stay with her grandma and I went to the gym. I did a quick arm work out and some cardio. I got sucked into watching the Real housewives of New Jersey.  Man, Theresa is straight up cray-craY!  For reelz.
    Sunday, I got up and went to church. It is my second Sunday to teach and it was really really fun. Those kids are just soooo cute.  I only had three little ones so it wasn't that bad at all.  Then I came home and went grocery shopping and went to the gym a little later.  Pretty uneventful
    Today, I slept in. A little too long, then chilled around the house.  I cooked some veggies on the grill and some chicken. It was pretty good and I have a lot to eat on the rest of the week. 

 

Earlier today Brylee was playing with her beads and then all of a sudden this happened....

 

 it really wasn't as band as it looked...I needed to sweep the floor anyways ;)

 

I did not make it to the gym tonight so I opted to do a bazillion lungs and squats. I really gatta work on that area and now my legs feel like jello.  I really thought I was gonna have to get someone to help off the potty because they were that sore. Ahhh...but it's such a good kinda pain. Been a while since I worked them that hard.  We also made it out on the water today.  I was really fun. We took Emmie (brylee's canine sister) and she was in heaven I think.  All in all a great weekend.  What did you do this weekend.



 

Day 5 and veggies

Guess what, guess what?? I had a phone interview for a new job today for a position that I think would be great for me.  Don't want to give too much away yet as I'm sure it would jinx it with my luck, but hopefully I will hear something early part of next week. 

Today is day 5 of my cleanse and OMG I feel amazing!  I was actually craving some vegetables for dinner tonight so I chopped up some bell pepper, tomatoes, mushrooms, green chilies, and spinach and scrambled 4 egg whites to go along with it. I also added some avocado, jalapeños, and fresh salsa! it was delish! So good that I forgot to take a pic of it, then I had a banana with some natural BP for dessert. Hit. the. spot.  I have done so great with my clean eating that I have even surprised myself.  Usually I will take a nibble here and there, but not this time!  I have already lost some serious poundage and it's only day 5 of the cleanse phase. WOW!  I'm sure my mom still can not believe how much I love vegetables now. When I was younger I HATED them! She made me eat them though, and I'm glad she did. She wanted to get something healthy in me. I can remember sitting at the table long after everyone had finished their supper and I would have to sit there until I finished my vegetables. I guess I always eventually did...(totally went off on a tangent there)

Poor Bry has been running a low grade temp since Wed. after preschool. Sweet thang!  I hope it's just a little fever virus that will just run it's course. So far, that is her only symptom. Her appetite is still that of a man.  She has spells where she eats less than a bird and then other times it's like I can't fill her up.  She will snack all day. But she's a good eater and loves fruits and veggies so I don't freak when she eats Cheetos. 

I went to the gym tonight and had a great work out. I did 35 minutes on the elliptical followed by my strength training plan that I had made for me a few weeks ago.

 I like it an all, but I think I am going to make my own. I want to have a leg day, shoulder and arm day...that sorta thing.  I got half way through Jamie Eason's Live Fit program, probably a year ago and I may do that again or refer to another workout plan at body builder.com   I love working out my arms.  I took a pic today of me flexing (that's so weird for me to say... that I flexed....I never thought I could ever actually flex) but I compared it with a pic I took of my arm a few months ago. Not sure if I can see improvement or not or if I am looking too hard or if my arms just look better because I got to go the beach and got them tanned.  What do you think?

It seems a little more defined to me. I love instagram, I put this cute border around it :)

 

Ok you peeps have a wonderful Friday night! Watch the games this weekend, watch the races, look out for new commercials featuring Drew Brees and here comes ADVONATION!!

An unexpected hiatus

I can not believe it has been so long since I last posted! I never intended to go so long with out posting a thing but ah-well, life happens.

I guess I will just give a quick update of all that has been going on the past few weeks and then try to maintain regular postings.

Success school was AWESOME!!  It was so great that we signed up to go to the one in Atlanta this upcoming January and hopefully will be taking some friends along with us.  Here are some nuggets that I took away from it
 1) Let your action prove you're committed to your vision
 2) Live your dreams and share your passion
 3) Do I want to build someone else's empire or do I want to build my own. 
 4) Find a way not an excuse....(which I am the best at...finding an excuse that is)
 5) I have GOT TO GET OUT OF MY TINY COMFORT ZONE!!
I do NOT know why this is so ridiculously hard for me to do!!  I just freeze up! :(
So that's where my AdvoCare stands right now, just need to work on me.

I still haven't found a job but I think I have some great leads on a few positions that I would really enjoy and be blessed to have. I just gotta keep the faith that God's plan is best whatever it is and it will work out in his timing. 

We went to the beach last week and it was Ah.MazE-ING! So much funnnn! I got dark and tan, sat on the beach, went around the lazy river a hundred or so times, collected sea shells, built sand castles all that good stuff. We stayed at the Phoenix West, in Orange Beach, AL and it was so nice! Beach access and huge rooms.  It was a dream.  Brylee loved it so much more this year. As soon as we would step foot on the sand she would bend down and start digging! It was soo cute. 

....The Beach!! It was beautiful!

Our Condo living area

 Bry looking for crabs at night.

 Our crazy hats!!

The kitchen

 Brylee eating noodles

Sweet girl!

After our sweet vacay I was good and ready for another cleanse. So Monday was my start date! this is my third round of doing the cleanse (I do it every 3 months) and I am sticking to it to a T this time, I am already down 4 lbs! Wahooo....and it's only day 3! So excited! If you have any questions about the AdvoCare Herbal Cleanse please let me know.

Also, another big even happened Monday. It was Brylee's first day of preschool.  Waaaaa! I cried just a little.  She just too little, it's not time for her to be going to preschool. She was just born yesterday...I mean I can not believe how fast time just zooms by. I have really, really enjoyed the time I have got to spend with her over the last month. It has been just wonderful. It was a dream come true!

Isn't she a doll?

 Walking into preschool!

 

I hope everyone has a good rest of the week, and hopefully I will be able to post that I got a job!

Success school here I come!

Good Morning people!! :) I am getting excited! We leave for the 2013 AdvoCare success school tomorrow morning! YAY!!! I am so ready to take my business to the next level, and I am hoping this will give me the confidence to do that.    We are going with some friends of ours who are also distributors and live down the road.  ROAD TRIP!

 

Yesterday I finally got my "first workout" at the gym I go to. It's just where you can go and meet with a trainer and they help you develop a workout plan with weight training exercises and they get your measurements.....then you go back in a month, get measured again, and a new plan.   I also did 35 minutes on the elliptical and ran for 25 minutes on the treadmill. Not to shabby. 

      My job hunting is sucking.  Why did I pick this profession??  Do you ever feel like you made the absolute wrong career choice?? I mean who the heck knows what they want to be a senior in high school or first year of college?? You are still figuring out who you are.  When I mentioned the idea of going to nursing school everyone was like, "well, you will always have a job." I didn't know what else to do...so I did.  I should have shadowed a nurse before I decided to go.  I'm sure I would have had my ah-ha moment then.  Now it's pretty much too late to change my career.  it's not that I don't like helping people, I do.  I just can't handle the fact that their life is in my hands.  Some people thrive on that, and that's awesome! those are the ones doing what they were made to. Me not so much. I just got to hang in there and see where the Lord is wanting me to go. I just don't feel like I am doing what I am meant to me doing.  Geez....didn't mean to get off on that tangent.

well, I am off to go pack a little more and get Brylee to her Grammy and Pappy's house :) Here are some pics from the past few days.

 

 

<--this is what the hubs gets to do at work!

                                Cute, huh!?

 Brylee making her "jelly bread" all by herself!

--> My clean lunch..and cleaning out the fridge

<- she was so proud to have fixed her hair all by herself also

<---we were both busy playing on our phones.

My three going on thirteen year old...gonna have my hands full, but wouldn't have it any other way.

 

I will see yall soon!  If I don't post this weekend, hope yall have a good one.