Eye Spy Tuesday

This is Carli's 1st Birthday Party Board. What do you think? It's just a month away now and I need to get to planning.

This is some inspiration for Carli's 1st Birthday dress

This is inspiration for Chloe's outfit to her sister Birthday

Oh yeah, so my style and dying to have every piece of it.

I NEED this!

 

Hair Do's to try this week!

  

Weightloss Monday {a good read this week}

This week I battled. Not with weight loss, but with in myself. I battled because I felt like was "deserving" of unhealthy food because I have been doing so well. If you are a woman, you may have felt this way a time or two yourself. We have all been there and myself, I kept coming back to thinking that way. I was good all week and kept reminding myself that I don't "deserve" unhealthy, food but that my body "deserves" healthy food. I started reminding myself that this is it. This is my life. It is happening now. It is raw, it is real. It is beautiful in a pile of ugly. It is simple or the most complicated thing we have. We are the deciders of our lives. We make our own rules, or at least the decision to follow others rules. This past week, I feel like my mind is evolving. I can feel it. I am not only choosing healthier, I am thinking healthier. This is something I have battled for years, thinking healthy now just for short term but long term. I was a Vegan for 5 years, but I was way skinny, had nearly zero muscle, and only cared about how clothes looked on me {Nothing else}. If someone looked at me and knew I was Vegan, they would probably say, wow she was healthy. I was not. I ran 5 miles nearly every day, but was dizzy almost everyday. I ate a ton of food and was never really hungry, but my hair was frizzy and unhealthy, my nails never grew. Little things like that should have been red flags to a healthy person. I know now. I know that eating food is what we do everyday to keep yourself alive and thriving. Alive and thriving. I want to eat foods that cure the body not slowly act as poison. I want food that nourish me, not disable me from wanting to get up after a meal. If I am what I eat, I want to be fruits and veggies and lean meats with sprinkles or herbs and spices. I want flavors to excite me, not mound of sugar in ice and cream. Over these years I have come to find that some food fuel me {fruits, veggies, some lean meats} and others bring me down and cause bloating, lethargy and mood changes {dairy, processed foods, sugar}. I want to change, but I am not going to say a fresh start. Its not that it's just work. Work on my mind. Constant internal training to continue with my weight loss journey. I am here. I will always be here improving myself. If you want it too, join me in a link up party. Share your success, or battle or thoughts. I would love to hear and I am sure my reader will also read in delight to real and raw women sharing the truth to weight loss or thinking and being healthy consistently.

Also I am think of changing the name of this series. Something like "Fit Mind, Fit life. How I am getting there"  or "Fit Mind. Fit Life. Fit Me. Fit Mondays" What do you guys like better?

Weightloss This week: 

Start Weight: 228

Current Weight: 158 {lost a half a pound, almost in the 157}

<<< Start Weight Photo's >>>

 

<<< Current Weightloss Pics >>>

p.s. Woke up bloated and craving chocolate. I am also wearing clothes today because I got a huge coffee burn all over my tummy and it's gross.

My need for the day is Fit Inspiration

Yesterday I battled with taking a "break" from eating healthy and in moderation and wanted a bad day. You know what I mean. We have all thought about it. Battled with it and most of us, done it. We want the Ice cream, chocolate, pizza, maybe some fun alcohol and then put a bow on it, your done. That's what I wanted to do so badly when we went shopping and my hubby kept asking for all the "good stuff". In the end we did have a little bit of a bad night but instead, I had a tiny cup of ice cream {those little $1 individual size ice creams} and I had 5 pizza roll's and some alcohol. Normally if I was having a cheat I kinda end up blowing up trying out everything tasty. Then I wake up feeling awful and it wasn't because I got my drunk on. Anyway, I tried something new last night because depriving myself when I really want something "bad" can end up catastrophic, so I have it but only a little. This morning I still feel gross eating that kind of food. I know it's bad for me, but oh boy am I happy I didn't overeat. I have been so good and I refuse to let go of my weightloss and all the work I have put into making my body better, fitter, and all around healthy. I want to keep off this dreaded weight. I want to life a healthy life. I want healthy food to excite me everyday. I don't want to crave a "Cheat day" anymore. I want to be focused all the time. I know it's possible. I know that I can do it, and I definitely want it bad enough. Watching the Olympics last night I saw determination, dedication and commitment in their eyes. Each person had this heavy drive that inspired me to give maybe more than a hour a day of work outs. Maybe I can do more. Screw maybe, I CAN do more.

Here is to a new day, a beautiful day that is going to be AWESOME! I am pumped and ready to pull through and become the person I see in my mind. I know what I want and I wont let anything get in my way, not even MYSELF. 

  

<<< Giveaway over here >>>

The last couple of weeks I have been selling out of my Iphone lace case like crazy. I can barely keep them in the shop. I decided since I am have a large quantity of stock of supplies coming soon, I would have a giveaway. I am blown away that in just a few months time, I would be making more money than I made working at a restaurant {My last job}. 

Anyway, today and for the next week, I will be giving away 5 of my Iphone cases. There will be 5 winners and each will be able to chose the color Iphone case they want. 

<<< Here are your choices >>>

 

{lipstick and lace}

 

{Orange Sherbert}

 

{Lavender}

 

{Lipstick and Lingerie}

 

{Onyx and Teal}

 

{Mint-a-licious}

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Silent Wednesday

I have been so busy lately will my shop and my daughters speech therapy appointments and toddler talking classes and trying to stay fit and such. Here are a few snippets from this past week. I can't wait to post about everything that has been happening. Maybe tomorrow?  

Also Friday I am having a giveaway! You could win one of these Ombre iPhone lace cases that are selling out like mad crazy in my shop!

{Off to go try and meet a new friend at the park}

 

{Two in one!}

 

{Still makes me laugh}

 

{Dollies need to read too}

 

{I made the red gingham ones. My toms are next to baby toms}

 

{Friday night in. Something I wear}

 

{Made some DIY stationary for the store out of scrap paper I had}

 

{More make up momma}

Eye Spy Tuesday

I am in the middle of redesigning my blog. I am trying to make it look more professional so I have been learning new techniques designing styles. I am finding such pretty things and I want to see them every time I open my blog page. I think you will like what I have chosen and am working on. I love these colors right now.

 

I am inside my home most of the time and am getting antsy with the same set up, so we recently moved the couch around and I found a play mat I want to make pronto for our living room. I also decided I would make matching pillows for the couch. The only difference is that I am going to do triangles instead of triangles, per my hubbies request. 

I also decided that my poor front door is sad and lonely. I found some awesome things I'd like to do to make it oh so pretty. 

Okay, and lastly this must be made and put up in my kitchen.