Just a Day in the Life of a Mom with Twins

This week has been especially hard for me to diet.  I hurt my back at the beginning of the week and haven't felt good enough to go to the gym. Add that to my cheat day last week and I feel so blah right now.  I didn't lose any weight this week either and that was really discouraging to me. I feel stuck and I probably shouldn't it's only been a month since eating healthy and I have seen a noticeable difference in my energy and strength. But I just feel sick. The highlight of my week was receiving my trim healthy mama cookbook. I'm excited to get crackin on these healthy recipes (with meat). I'm more excited to reintroduce my body to meat - the healthy way. Chicken here I come! I didn't realize so many of my friends in Albuquerque and Chicago are on this THM plan. One of my friends from ABQ invited me to the group thinking I would enjoy it. I'm so glad she did because I see all these wonderful women losing weight and finally looking like th...

So...I often get asked how do I stay so organized? I got it a lot when I was planning my own wedding and now I get it even more as I deal with stuff going on in my own life, plus my full time job and helping friends with their weddin gs. Well part of it is just because that's the type of person I am. I'm just organized, BUT I stay organized with my  ‪ Erin Condren Life Planner‬ . My friend  Ann  turned me on to these about a year ago at my Bridal Shower. She kept telling me how much she loved hers so I ended up checking them out and ordering my own. It's not for the faint of heart, they are a bit pricey. They start at $50 and go up from there depending on the design you pick. I've added some pictures of my new one, I just got it a few weeks ago so I'm still filling most of it out. But if you're the type of person who likes lists, and planners go check them out, click HERE . Hope you enjoy it as much as I do, even if you're not interested in my planner or own...

I have to admit it, I am a Cheater. I cheated on my diet yesterday. Eric and I went on a double date night with my parents to Red Robin for dinner last night and I had the Bruchetta Chicken Sandwich. And It Was DELICIOUS. I ate that thing so fast I beat my dad (not an easy feat).  I had had a terrible bad day and I was in such a cranky mood that in a moment of weakness I went back to my old ways. While I only made it 22 days totally meat free I did notice a new pattern. I am eating less. I didn't have any of my fries at dinner last night, just the sandwich and was completely stuffed. I actually shouldn't have eaten the whole sandwich - I would have been just fine.  So while I did fail in one area I did accomplish one thing, start eating less. The reason I've gained so much weight is because #1 I love food. I love the way it taste, it makes me feel good (spoken like a true fat kid). #2 I'm lazy. Having Asthma doesn't help. I get winded easily so I never feel l...

Why are frogs your favorite animal? I get this question a lot. I didn't realize it was such a weird answer to the question. But it never fails, I always get that famous bizarre look and today I feel like giving an explanation for my love of FROGS - aside from the fact that I think they're cute. Animal Symbolism - wasn't interesting to me until I was older but in the recent years I've taken an appreciation to learning to look at one thing and think about the purpose behind it.  We see animal symbolism of transition with the frog in its unique growth cycle. The frog undergoes incredible transformations to reach the destination of full adulthood, and so do we as humans.   Fertility - In many cultures the primary symbolic meaning of frogs deals with fertility. This is largely because these cultures observed Frogs laying enormous quantities of eggs, therefore making it a fertility symbol as well as a symbol of abundance. Summary of Symbolic Meaning of the Frog...

"Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit." Ecclesiastes 6:9 I Won't Let What I Want Rob Me Of What I Have Contentment and gratitude aren’t identical, but they sure are family. Contentment lives somewhere near the beginning of the path toward a more grateful perspective. For instance, it’s difficult to have gratitude for something you’ve received when you’re at the same time wanting more of that very thing. Think of a toddler who says thank you for sweets because they’ve discovered that’s how to get more. Are they glad to have the sweets? Yes. But, are they content with what they’ve already received? Probably not. A grateful perspective realizes God gave us the good we have, responds with praise, and then believes His good is enough. Yet, we often come to God with a toddler-like, “Thank you. More, please.” How do we keep discontentment from robbing us of the realization of God’s...

Today is day six of my vegetarian diet....and as you can tell from the title it's not going very well! I started off with an apple for breakfast and cream of mushroom soup for lunch. The soup was great when I wasn't feeling well. It gave me that warmth and comfort feeling but today I wanted to throw it down the kitchen sink! I didn't though because I didn't have anything else to eat and I was HUNGRY! So I stuffed it down and now I'm sitting here day dreaming about Mediterranean Chicken Wraps with loads of dressing and Cheese Fries for a side.... The Grilled Chicken Sandwich from The Patio sounds delicious too, also with Cheese Fries.  Within these last six days I have a new found respect for Vegetarians. I've received all the comments you can imagine when I said I was going to try this life style for a month. I'm going to put some on here because they just make you stop and say "what??" I got a good laugh from them.  But where do you get your p...

New Year’s Resolutions, they seem unending. I’ve come to realize that you never truly stop needing a resolution and sometimes you need the same one year after year. Mine is forgiveness. Each year for the past three years I’ve told myself I am going to learn to forgive, and each year I get a step closer. This past year I did a Bible Study with some ladies of the Church to help me conquer this resolution. I can proudly say I’m better than where I was before but this is something th at continues to be a struggle for me and therefore I just need to keep learning. Even when I do truly learn to forgive, especially when the person is not sorry, and I learn to not let it affect me, I think there are still ways to grow and be more like Christ in this area. I think a long with the forgiveness I want to be challenged to have a more Christ like attitude this year when situation arise. I may regret saying that because I may be put through fire now but I do want to be a better Christian, a ...

Sorry guys, this post isn't going to be the best. I'm on a small tablet so sorry if there are grammatical and spelling errors,  or sentences dont make sense due to autocorrect. Today is my 2nd day of my vegetarian diet. The first day went pretty well. I had lunch with a friend at Naf Naf Grill and got the hummus and pitas. It was actually pretty filling, I was impressed. I almost got a salad but had to talk myself out of it. I hate salad. Everything about it, it grass, rabbit food. Doesn't fill me up and I always start looking for something else to go with it. I don't mind it as a side but I cant make it my main dish. So, I had hummus for lunch and wasn't hungry by dinner (hood thing too because mom made pot roast...) I had just an apple with peanut butter. That held me over until today where I had an egg burrito and an apple. I'm not really a breakfast person but I thought it would be good to start eating it because I'm taking out alot of protein and su...