T25 Alpha Complete

Ok, so I just completed week 5 of the T25 program this morning.  It was rough and I could quite honestly say that it needs to be repeated right away. However, I am going to continue on with the 2nd phase on Monday. The first few weeks I needed to modify with Tonia, but some

First no meat Friday of Lent 2015

As I previously mentioned, I would be trying new foods (found on pinterest or food network) during this Lenten season.  I am trying to avoid the constant pizza and pasta on Fridays, just because it is convenient. Well, this first Friday I completely failed.  I had pizza at lunch because of my head cold.  It

Winter blues

Well, if you are like most people in the north, you are completely over the winter weather. It can be completely draining to constantly have to bundle up and stay in doors.  I hate being cooped up in the house, but with a 6 month old in the picture now, I don’t venture out just

Pasta and Rolls

Ok, so that really isn’t what you should be eating every day, but it is a downfall of mine during Lent.  If you are like me and fast from meat on Fridays during the Lenten season, then you understand that it is easiest to make pasta or get pizza for dinner.  This is even more

Chocolate motivation

First of all, let me apologize for posting this blog at the start of Lent.  But, it is good information for after Easter! So, bookmark it for later! Seriously, chocolate is my motivation to workout and to workout hard!  I have a rather large sweet tooth and my choices have only become more refined as

Sweet Potato Heaven

I loathed sweet potatoes, until just recently.  My awesome in-laws found white sweet potatoes that I fell in love with from the first bite!  Now, it wasn’t the color that made them ok for me to eat, because I have really increased my vegetable choices since I was a kid.  But, I just do not

Pinterest Vortex

If you have a pinterest account, you can’t deny you’ve been sucked into a crazy different world.  There is anything you could possibly want on that site and I mean ANYTHING.  After just checking my account, I have 944 pins ranging from food, craft ideas, school activities, and of course fitness.  However, what happens with

T25 Review

Ok, so it won’t be a full review but rather a progress report.  I needed something to do at home in the wee hours of the morning while Hailey slept.  Since she is still on her own schedule for eating in the middle of the night, I never know when she will wake up in

The glorious mile!

It was the start of the second week in February 2015 and the weather was 48*…that’s right, I said 48 degrees!  When you are blessed with a day out of the norm, then you must capitalize as much as you can.  So, I had my mother-in-law and sister-in-law watch little Hailey to log some miles

Why diets don’t work

For starters, they SUCK.  If you have to completely give up foods that you love to lose weight, then odds are you aren’t going to stick with it.  If someone told me that I could lose 30lbs but I could never eat sweets or Italian food ever again, I’d say, “oh well, guess I’m staying