An Update:
1. I have been kind of struggling each week staying on track food-wise.
I have these great stretches of awesome eating and I feel so energized and well during these times! But then of course, I eat something less than healthy (usually way less than) and I fall off track quickly.
Last night I was watching one of my favorite television programs Extreme Weight Loss (a fav tied with the Bachelor + Bachelorette series!), and the host and personal trainer, Chris Powell, had an experiment of sorts where he ate a day of fast food. He did this to prove how disgusting and awful processed food is for our bodies. He got really sick! No surprise there, but it made me think about how aware I am about the effects of processed food and how I STILL turn to it so often. Excuses are useless but I was indeed raised on the junk (as are most people) and will probably always have to work to not consume it.
My Pinterest has given me a lot of health inspiration lately though. There are so many recipes, it is like a raw food recipe goldmine! I've copied a ton of smoothie recipes just recently and I am ready to try them out. I especially love making them for breakfast because (1.) they are healthy and (2.) they really fill me up and (3.) they are SWEET! I know for myself, I am such a lifetime sugar addict that I still need the sweets in my diet in some form if I am going to keep healthy and on track.
2. Violet is so darn good. I mean really, this kid! She is well behaved and kind and respectful and loving. Any amount of time I spend with other children reinforces how amazing my own daughter truly is! I am SO VERY VERY lucky.
Whatever her Daddy and I are doing (and have done) must be right! Our own quiet, gentle souls are probably the reason we have such a good girl. If I were kinda mean or had attitude or were selfish, I imagine she would probably too, they pick up the best and worst. I used to worry that my crazy, unpredictable life would prove to create a brat or bad child, but that is just not the case at all. I thank my lucky stars!
Violet does have her quirks and less-than-awesome habits. She is her own person after all! Right now she likes: swear words (and asking what they mean - she asked me to explain the "F-word"), pretending she can't hear me, not sharing, not cleaning up after herself, whining, Justin Beiber and she still won't dress herself in the morning.
3. My finances are a great worry to me right now. Violet is not suffering for it yet, but I can't guarantee that for much longer. I often think about buying clothes or going to some expensive, fun place or buying fresh flowers or starting my Christmas shopping BUT then reality and common sense stop me. Buying lavish things (like gifts), things that aren't needed is so immature and wrong. I could buy something dumb and miss a bill payment or be late with rent BUT I WOULD NEVER DO THAT! I am poor, poor, poor and my bills always get paid. I want to be impulsive but I am not. Being a grown-up stinks sometimes!
4. Although my money situation has been tricky, I have had some help from my parents! Thank GOD for them and their help. I keep food on my little table and in our bellies because of them. Check out my 'fridge, filled with healthy treats!
1. I have been kind of struggling each week staying on track food-wise.
I have these great stretches of awesome eating and I feel so energized and well during these times! But then of course, I eat something less than healthy (usually way less than) and I fall off track quickly.
Last night I was watching one of my favorite television programs Extreme Weight Loss (a fav tied with the Bachelor + Bachelorette series!), and the host and personal trainer, Chris Powell, had an experiment of sorts where he ate a day of fast food. He did this to prove how disgusting and awful processed food is for our bodies. He got really sick! No surprise there, but it made me think about how aware I am about the effects of processed food and how I STILL turn to it so often. Excuses are useless but I was indeed raised on the junk (as are most people) and will probably always have to work to not consume it.
My Pinterest has given me a lot of health inspiration lately though. There are so many recipes, it is like a raw food recipe goldmine! I've copied a ton of smoothie recipes just recently and I am ready to try them out. I especially love making them for breakfast because (1.) they are healthy and (2.) they really fill me up and (3.) they are SWEET! I know for myself, I am such a lifetime sugar addict that I still need the sweets in my diet in some form if I am going to keep healthy and on track.
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| Check out all of my new smoothie recipes! |
2. Violet is so darn good. I mean really, this kid! She is well behaved and kind and respectful and loving. Any amount of time I spend with other children reinforces how amazing my own daughter truly is! I am SO VERY VERY lucky.
Whatever her Daddy and I are doing (and have done) must be right! Our own quiet, gentle souls are probably the reason we have such a good girl. If I were kinda mean or had attitude or were selfish, I imagine she would probably too, they pick up the best and worst. I used to worry that my crazy, unpredictable life would prove to create a brat or bad child, but that is just not the case at all. I thank my lucky stars!
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| Silly girl! |
3. My finances are a great worry to me right now. Violet is not suffering for it yet, but I can't guarantee that for much longer. I often think about buying clothes or going to some expensive, fun place or buying fresh flowers or starting my Christmas shopping BUT then reality and common sense stop me. Buying lavish things (like gifts), things that aren't needed is so immature and wrong. I could buy something dumb and miss a bill payment or be late with rent BUT I WOULD NEVER DO THAT! I am poor, poor, poor and my bills always get paid. I want to be impulsive but I am not. Being a grown-up stinks sometimes!
4. Although my money situation has been tricky, I have had some help from my parents! Thank GOD for them and their help. I keep food on my little table and in our bellies because of them. Check out my 'fridge, filled with healthy treats!
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| Yay! We are lucky to have such good food. |
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