Fitness Reminder/ 60 Day Progress

 I was SO happy to see the scale today. (Never thought I would say that...ha!) I'm down to 162.3! That is a huge deal to me because I am just ONE pound shy of being able to say I have lost 20 pounds!! It made me feel so good to "see" I'm closer to my goals and helps that little nagging feeling that I'm "stuck". you will understand what I mean more here in just a sec when I share my 60 day photos. 

Am I Buying a House??

  Stressed is all I can seem to feel here lately, with so many "grown up" changes and things happening around us, it all being new and scary, but exciting all the same has left me more than anxious. For those of you that are not personal friends or just popping in....about 3 months ago the home we are currently renting, was placed on the market to sell. This obviously brought worried feelings of "what if's?" and if you have children you can understand that those feelings can become even more scary. So, Jer and I made the decision to get things in order to look into buying a home.

   Called us a loan agent, and get the ball rolling. Never in a million years did we expect the first house we ever would look at with our Realtor would be "the one" either. (And yes, you read that right. First house. ) Now I feel I must back up our decision on this house for a few reasons, I have always been house hunting. I have even been begging Jer to get serious about house hunting ever since Lil L was born. Considering he is 2 now...you can see how long I have wanted this change. So, when the search was on, we had very specific things we wanted and actually everything our Realtor sent us to look at had every thing on the list but generally one thing missing. Which would leave us walking away saying "Ugh. I just wasn't wow'ed." And who wants to sink money into something they just don't love? Yeah, me either!

  But last Monday in my online search that (I would do "every" single day), I found our home. I immediately sent it to Jer who was like lets look at it TONIGHT! Now, I'm gonna be honest...I sent the house as a last resort....I personally felt the house did not look like "me". Not the style home I imagined me living in but it had everything on my list. EVERYTHING. Nothing has had everything on my list----By the way...have you seen my list???

Yes. I doodle....

  We drove out there that night...and the minute I watched my kids run through the yard, falling down and laughing...I fell in love. This was my house. I called the Realtor right then, I told her I wanted to look and I wanted her to bring papers. She was leery of our search and said "Don't jump ahead, lets see the house first." When we got there that night, Jer, the kids, my folks, and myself...yeah we bring an army...like that doesn't scare a realtor...she immediately showed us the few places she felt that could make the house not pass for our loan...*heart sank*.Then my father started looking and he realized those problems had all already been fixed!! Everyone loved it! Even my Realtor was like..."You don't find this in your price range...EVER!" She then also added "This has been a popular house. Hold up?? Rewind...What did you say?? Popular?! Oh no no! Not OUR house. No, no...

  That next morning we placed a bid on the house. In the call we find out that there is another bidder. The worst feeling ever to imagine the house your in love with going to someone else but even worse to imagine that they too are in love, and someone is going walking away sad. After getting the call to give our highest and best....I couldn't help but feel the stress and excitement. The next day came and went...and I realized it was now Sat. I was expecting to hear more that Monday...So I planned my Saturday morning like any other...I slept in got up and saw I had a text message that read "Congrats! You won the bid!!"

Pick me up off the floor. I ran through the house looking for Jer to scream the news at him! lol But ya know....that is just the beginning . Now it's the "Big dogs" ,baby! Now we are signing loan papers, reading everything. Laughing at little mistakes. (Like they put Jer was single and childless?? Umm, excuse me, if anyone will be childless in this situation PLEASE make it me. hahahaha I kid, I kid!) But I must say, It's been less than a week and...I'm tired...my closing date is beginning of APRIL! I have to survive till THEN? Really?? Whoever said buying is easier than renting....don't talk to me today. LOL

  We are super duper uber excited though, and I can't help but stop and think throughout the day... "Am I really buying a home?? I'm seriously being a "grown up" and buying a home??" haha It's almost surreal and absolutely scary. I'm sure in a couple months I won't say the same....when I have my nose in a paint can and going crazy with the decorating but for today...it's a little scary! So! That's it. I'm trying to buy a house. Can you believe it??

Here she is....Don't mind the quality...listing photo ;)

Confession Time

The cute element & background paper here came from Everyday Mom Ideas
adorable kit: Feel the burn! Check her out! So cute!

2 weeks ago I posted our 30 day photos and shared with everyone in our little victory and here we are 2 weeks away from our 60 day photos and I'm nervous to say the least about this weigh in/ photo change. I was 169 in my 30 day photos and Im just hitting 167 this week! hahaha I did my measurements and no loss there either. Hmmmm....Maybe it was the subway...or the pizza I ate at the super bowl. *hangs head in shame* BUT! I need to get my bum in gear! I had a goal of 159 for the next weigh in. Meaning 8lbs from now to then. Not sure I can achieve that in such a small time but I sure am going to try! And I'm going to do it any way I can! As I mentioned before I like to do things that make working out fun and even the smallest workout means something right?? So I made myself this little motivational workout to do whenever I want to grab something from the kitchen or maybe in the evening when I feel like I need a little something extra. Its just a simple little workout to jam out when your favorite tune pops on the radio or like mentioned before that little something extra for your day! I plan on making this my something extra each day to push through the next two weeks and hopefully make them a success! Here's to day 60....I'm gonna kick your tail!!

Pita Pocket Pizza

Who doesn't love pizza??!

Nothing can top these Pita Pocket Pizza's in this house! Miss G loves to help me make them, and for toddlers/children this meal couldn't be any better for them! At just 226 calories per pita pocket and it's no mess sandwich style, makes this a Mommy favorite as well ! On our quest to better eating this has been one of those recipes that is a regular in our house can't wait to hear what you all think! Take the jump to get the simple recipe! 

Mail Day

 Yay! Very excited to open the mail today and out pop some very gorgeous fabric!!

Shhhh!!! Three of these fabrics are going to be used to test on a secret pattern for Mrs. Sarah from Sew Sweetness !!! Totally can't wait to get that started this week! Whohoo!

Then two of these fabrics I believe I plan on using to make something super ruffly and fun for my Miss G and sharing it as a tutorial for you all! Double whohoo!

For those of you curious about the fabric makers and these design names here they are for you:








Top of ladder working way down-

Joel Dewberry- Heirloom- Rose Bouquet Gold

Joel Dewberry -Heirloom -Marquis Garnet  

Joel Dewberry Heirloom Paisley Garnet Anna Maria Horner- Innocent Crush  -Loves Me Loves Me Not Golden Anna Maria Horner- LouLouThi -Clippings Passion

Couch to Color Run

Getting into the fitness life has shown me that there is SO many ways to make this lifestyle "fun"! If your anything like me, I have never been a fitness person. I was the girl in school that hated gym and recess and was happy to sit on the bench sing, write, and doddle. Anything but run, jump, and play! Ha!

So in order to keep myself from getting discouraged in my new little adventure, I have involved myself in a lot of different exercises. While I was loving the results of my Power 90 work out, the repeated same thing everyday was killing me! I was forcing myself to do it, and no one wants to feel like its a chore cause lets be honest with ourselves....do we enjoy making ourselves take out the trash, doing laundry, or dishes, do we sometimes find our selves saying "Oh it can wait till tomorrow?". Exactly. I can't let that happen with my working out! I'm doing so well!

So! What am I doing? Grab my phone, hooked up with Endomondo (great iPhone app to track your workouts and your progress), I use My Fitness Pal (Use this for my food journal, tracking my calories and weight loss.), and the most important one my Couch 2 5K iPhone app. It uses interval training to help you get adjusted to running and work up to running 3 miles in 9 weeks! I'm on day 4 with this and I can already tell a difference! Now. I'm sure your thinking how is running "fun" though. Let me tell ya....

  

I have named my 5K training  couch to color for THIS race! They have in select areas all over the US, where they throw color cornstarch at the runners as they reach different stations throughout the course! I have seen so many photos and pins, ect about how awesome this race is and before I was even getting active I wanted to be a part of one of these races and I'm excited to say this June I WILL be running my first 5K! I'm so excited and can not wait to really enjoy my first 5k!

Are you a runner? Have you participated in a color run? If so I would LOVE to hear your feedback and any advice!

**If your looking for information on a color run nearest you here is a link to their information: http://thecolorrun.com/ **

Oh...Did I mention I cut all my hair off??? hehehe Let me know what you think! ;) Thanks y'all!

Power 90- Day 30

Last entry I shared with everyone that my husband and I are taking on a healthier way of life! It includes cleaner eating and a more active lifestyle.

Its amazing to us the benefits that the last 30 days have already brought not just "us", but our children as well! We have gone all month without unhealthy foods and sugary drinks, which is hard when you have two kids under the age of 3 and who like most kids only ever want junk food! haha But we have just made this a priority to eat healthy and involve our children in the process as well. Take for example, when making our meal list we asked our children what to put on the list and last week Miss.G's response was "LOTS of banana's!". Made Jer and I smile at one another to hear that be what she asked for over cookies, chocolate, and candy!

On top of her good healthy choices, lil L has made it his daily mission to figure out how to actually help mommy work out! As he believes it's his job to try to help lift my feet off the ground when I try to do the side kicks. As much as Iwish he really could take some of the burden off my workout by doing this (HA!), it makes my heart super happy each time cause I know he is seeing Mommy kicking butt and it has to be making an impact on him! That makes ya feel good, ya know??

So...how it has impacted "us". Well. I thought there is no better way to share this, than to just show it. 

Now warning. I am a MOTHER. I have some extra skin. I have stretch marks. I have the unsightly horror stuff you hear from cause I am just that, your typical Mom with the "Mom Body" to go with it! So, heads up. Weak at heart...scroll by REALLY fast. For the tougher audience, umm, yeah....

I have started out at 181.1 on Dec 26th, 2012... See photos after jump...