Blog Hopping today

I am blog hopping as soon as I finish watching greys anatomy and private practice.  I am going to jog with leg and arm weights during both shows today!

Here are the blogs I am hopping to today.  If not button shows up then I am not sure why as I have been having trouble with my html today

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Blog Hopping today!

 

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A little embarrassed, I had a break down!

I have not posted for a few days because frankly I am a little embarrassed to admit that I fell off into the deep end this week.

We have been sick in this house and my sons lack of sleep with the cutting of the teeth had taken its toll.  Even with all the affirmations and positive mirror talk I let the no sleep attitude take over and I am not happy about it.

Want to see the icing on the cake?  Here it is…

Yes I know this is a vegetable steamer and yes it put me over the edge on Tuesday night.  I was so incredibly tired and we were out of food and I did not want to pack 2 small kids to the grocery.  I proceeded to look through the cupboards and found that we had all the fixings for homemade sushi and so that is what I started for dinner.
I put the rice and water in the steamer and turned it on.  I then took the 60 minutes it takes to cook the rice and cut up all the vegetables etc for the sushi.  This really does take about an hour to do.  the timer dinged, the table was set, I called everyone to the table and proceeded to the steamer to mix the rice.  Low an behold the rice was not even hot and still raw!  “WTF” cam out of my mouth, not proud of that, but it did.  I looked at the plug and found that I forgot to plug in the steamer.  I literally lost it, full drama and all!  The stupid steamer dial makes the same noise whether you plug it in or now.  I hate that because you think it is working when its not. 
I stomped into my bedroom, in tears, with my hubby asking me “what is wrong.”  I did yell at him the situation and proceeded into our bedroom, slamming the door, and sobbing like a little princess.  My husband cam into the room about 5 minutes later and said “what should we do?”  Oh the wrong words to say, really!  I said, “I don’t care, I don’t need any damn dinner.”  He left and cam out to the kitchen and plastic wrapped the food, turned the rice on, and got the kids down from the table.
I decided I needed a few more minutes to feel sorry for myself and then I came out to see that my hubby took care of things.  At this time he finally gave me a hug and said “it is not a big deal.”  OK so he could have done this before he said “what should we do?”
We sat and watched TV until the rice dinged, I mixed it, we ate, and 45 minutes later i headed to the spare room in the basement to sleep.  I slept form 9pm-7am and did not budge for nothing. 
I felt like a new woman the next morning.  I did not even feel sick anymore after that awesome sleep.  I did feel bad that my husband did not get much sleep but not too bad as I had done it for 13 nights straight without a break and I sure needed one.
I have been trying extra hard ever since to get myself back on my positive track and I am getting better however I am still not where I was before I got sick.
This is a hard process for me and I so bad want to be successful in my journey.  This first week of the new year was very hard and I am glad its over.  I am starting fresh today and going to push myself even harder.
Today I made a weekend resolution to write down my goals because I have not done that yet and I think this is going to be very helpful.  My in laws have a laminater and I am going to laminate them and paste them on my walls all over the house.  I will let you know how this work.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Now off to some blog hopping!

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My kids Firsts today!

Both my kids are experimenting with new ways of eating  today.  My son ate his first meal on an actual plate and as you can see he liked it…A LOT!

The tray was a lot easier to clean this time as it had minimal food on it.  He had too much fun and ate everything!  He got really mad when I took the plate away:)  He loved the bath afterwards too!  I love this age!
My daughter decided to try and artichoke today and was unsure but she gave it a try!



I am glad she like it as it is one my my favorite foods!  She has always been a great eater and will try pretty much anything. My son is not quite as open, as she was at his age, but we will work on him.  I have always strived to keep them eating healthy!

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Working out with Turbo Jam Cardio Party today!

I am back on the turbo jam work outs for awhile!  I have been doing the turbo work outs the last couple days, ever since I signed up to be a beach body coach.

I love turbo jam and if you have been reading my blog since the beginning you will know that in the late witner/early spring of 2009 I did lose some nice inches from turbo jam so we are back on that again!

Yesterday was tubro sculpt and my arms and stomach are sore, but a good sore!

Yesterday I went on craigslist to see if I could find some more beach body work outs, that I don’t have, and found local people selling their work out DVDs for about a fourth of the price.

My next purchase will be Shaun T’s INSANATY and Yoga Booty ballet.  Found quite a few on line for cheap!

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I am a Beach body Coach now!

Sharing this on all 3 of my blogs just in case someone has ever considered it and been on the fence about it. the free offer is only available for a couple more days!

I just signed up to be a beach body coach. I figured since I was working out with their products quite a bit and losing weight why not sign up to be a coach! If anyone is interested in doing the same I am looking to build my team and they are waiving the fee to sign up until Jan 7 2010. I figured since its free to sign up I have some time to feel it our before I have to put any money into it. If you are interested shoot me an e-mail notaverageguru@gmail.com
we can do it together! This will also help motivate me to get going on my work outs strong again!!

If you know you want to sign up go to my page here http://beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/ashley6988
and click on the big green word COACH.

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I am a beach body coach now!

Sharing this on all 3 of my blogs just in case someone has ever considered it and been on the fence about it. the free offer is only available for a couple more days!

I just signed up to be a beach body coach. I figured since I was working out with their products quite a bit and losing weight why not sign up to be a coach! If anyone is interested in doing the same I am looking to build my team and they are waiving the fee to sign up until Jan 7 2010. I figured since its free to sign up I have some time to feel it our before I have to put any money into it. If you are interested shoot me an e-mail notaverageguru@gmail.com
we can do it together! This will also help motivate me to get going on my work outs strong again!!

If you know you want to sign up go to my page here http://beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/ashley6988
and click on the big green word COACH.

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Pinocchio is very strange!

I am a member of the Disney Movie club and the Pinocchio movie is going into the vault in Jan or Feb 2010 so I decided to add it to my collection.  I did not really remember the movie, except for the basic story of him becoming a boy.

Is it just me or is this movie really strange.  It is right up there with Alice in Wonderland.  I am not sure I will ever feel inclined to watch it again.  There are so many things in the movie, you just go, “what the…?”

IDK is there anyone else out there that feels the same way or are there those that love this movie?  Just not my favorite I guess, but it adds to the Disney collection I can will my kids s someday!

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SLEEP helps with a longer more productive work out. What I did for it…

I have been feeling down and out and plain sick for the last few days.  My husband brought home some sort of viral code last week and we all got it.  On top of that my son has been cutting teeth since Christmas eve and he has been up all night since then too so that means Mommy is not sleeping either.

I had a break down last night and both me and my husband knew it was high time Mom got some sleep.  I went to bed at 10pm and slept straight through until 7:30am.  I did not budge.  I did not even get up to pee like I usually do, I just plain CRASHED!

I felt so good about 2 hours after I woke up it was like I was born a new person.  I have been productive today, especially with my work outs.  for the first 2 hours of being awake I still felt horrible and thought I would have to go to the doctor but after a while I took a turn for the better.

My work out today consisted of…
*  170 second plank position
*  25 minutes of abs, buns, and thighs zumba DVD
*  30 m inutes of rapid zumba
*  60 arm curls with 10 pound weights in each hand
*  60 rows in squat position with the same 10 pound weights.

I still feel good and not off to the shower and then figuring out what is for dinner!

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This actually said it was "healthy" for kids…really?

I was walking through the baby isle buying my son a new straw cup when I saw that this company was advertising on the front of their box “Healthy Meals”

Now maybe they compared their food label with what used to be in the food so giving them the benefit of the doubt it could be healthy compared to the old label. 

OK so it has vegetables and some nutrients in it but look what it does have as well

For me that cholesterol and sodium are way too high to be considered “healthy.”  Also, there is not enough dietary fiber for me either.  Maybe they should use a whole grain pasta instead and up the fiber.  The sugar is also too high for m e and this could be from the white starchy pasta.

That is fine if they want to advertise the good stuff it DOES have but I just can’t feel comfortable with it saying “healthy meals.”  Nah, not healthy enough for me to be a fan.

The sad thing is that people see what the largest part of the box is, so that is why companies put the positive words in big bold letters.  I guess I have learned to rip products apart with my nutrition schooling and I do this always.

Not ever feeding this to my child!

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