Back To It

Yesterday was the start of my clean/healthy eating diet! I have plateaued with the weight loss so I need to make some changes. Ever since having kids I can't seem to get passed 170. Its so frustrating cause I know where my body and weight can be, but I can't seem to find it in my self to do the work.

So I have come to the realize that its my diet! Hmmmm who would have known. The saying goes 10% gym 90% diet! It also takes longer to loose weight or build muscle then to it does to loose what you just did all that work for. (Does that make sense?) I am by no means a fitness expert or a nutrition expert, but I do know what it takes to for my body.

So, here's what I ate yesterday. Mind you I have cut out coke unless we are eating out at a restaurant, but I normally drink a ton of water with some Mio flavoring.

1 mini cucumber, half an avocado (left overs from the night before) 1 egg white and 1 kiwi.

I didn't snack or cheat yesterday!

My morning snack before lunch. PB for some protein, grapes, 1 mini cucumber, 4 sweet peppers and water My lunch was basically 2 hand fulls of spinach and half a piece of salmon. No butter, just seasoning.

I had to add this awesome illusion shot! I thought it was hilarious cause the TV adds 10 pounds, but I actually look 10 pounds lighter! I know I'm being retarded, but damn I love this TV.

My afternoon snack before the gym! Greek yogurt and 1 banana!

MY gym class called Body Pump! We went so late that I didn't do cardio, but this class is such a high rep no break kind of class that I'm dripping when I'm done. Totally rocked the legs yesterday:) Weights are best for me, cardio is a bonus but I need high intensity for sure. A workout to me isn't a workout unless I'm dripping sweat.

Dinner! I do have to admit that I was starving by the time we ate so I ended up eating the whole piece of chicken. We did put BBQ sause on our chicken, I needed some flavoring!

Playing with our food!

I noticed this morning I had double the energy from 1 day of good eating and my stomach wasn't as bloated! All benefits of eating better.

You know the saying, "You are what you eat!"

A Well Welcome Home + 2 Week Vacay

After our long, but very short summer Jeff finally came home safe and sound. I say short summer because we were so busy with family and friends visiting! Thank god!

Jeff has taken 2.5 weeks off and we are enjoying it for sure. We need some family time and the boys needed their daddy. Jt has enjoyed Jeff taking and picking him up from school, I've even recruited Jeff for HW! So Jeff does HW and I do the reading before bed!

{Picking Jeff up from the Airport! You wouldn't believe it, but poor Jt had a fever and was in bed all day:( He was game to go get daddy though.}

The pictures below are just some of the random things we've done since Jeff's been off. Kathy came to visit the Thursday after Jeff got home. As usual we ventured out for dinner and tried a new Tepanyaki joint! It was awesome and will be going back! Jeff and I being silly the other day. See the picture with his smashed face on the glass, well I was trying to make a funny contact photo for my phone.

My handy husband cleaning out the drains in the master bathroom. They didn't drain well when we moved in and needed some cleaning, so the honeydew list has started being he's home.

We had a naked gunman running through the house shooting everyone, but we got him! We shot back and he played dead for a few seconds.

Cute little piggies, sweet profile and some daddy loves before bed!

Jt is really into the Xbox lately and I'm a sucker for Call Of Duty myself, but don't want him running around killing humans. So Halo 3 was a better choice being we doing have any other games other then warfare. So shooting aliens is better then humans, right?
So my analogy on this is that: according to Parenting Magazine I am getting the worst parent award, but according to Jt, I'm getting the coolest mom award! If he learned anything that day, it was team work and how to work together.

One of our many sunsets, the boys playing together and Jt giving T man a piggy back ride! Another lizard that jumped around, organizing my life a little or should I say making Jts life a little easier in the mornings. Each cuby is a set of clothes that he can pick from. Not that we ever had an issue, but this way he can just grab and get dressed. My last drink {for the week at least! lol} back on my eating healthy kick!
Jeff and I had a babysitter come last Friday. We didn't know this, but it was a blue moon. We planned on going to dinner and taking a walk on the beach, but as we were driving to the beach, people were out with their cameras. All I had was my phone and I had planned on bringing my camera too, but forgot it:( Anyway, the moon was so pretty. As it was coming up there were pinks and blues and as it got higher, the more blue it turned. Definitely was beautiful and so romantic. There were so many people out watching it. So glad he's home. We needed this time together and its been so much fun since hes gotten home. I can't ever imagine not being with him and after all these years we still want to be close to each other everyday!

Labor Day was a fun day! We ventured down to the beach and let the kids play. Jt wanted to boogie board, Jeff and I wanted to get some sun and T man, well he just tagged along! We boogie boarded with Jt and while Jeff and I were laying out, I just happened to look out past the waves and saw a stingray jump from the water! That was pretty cool, but makes you wonder if its being chased or if its looking for food? I guess we'll never know.

I more week to go with Jeff being home and I could get used to this! Love having him here and not so stressed out! He's actually smiling and chipper, can you believe that???