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A Spooky Halloween Mantle
While the kids were asleep, I had fun playing with my Halloween "mantle" -- aka: dining room console table. This year we reused a lot of things and added a few new fun things from American Crafts available at Target. For this mantle we used the bunting and the fun label stickers from the American Craft line at Target. This fun banner is one of three kits available. There are also the mini witch hats and paper wreath (you can see below). Target is carrying a wide ...
When Losing Weight Gets You Down
It is really easy to obsess over your "failures" and your "shortcomings" when you are focused on losing weight. I know I fall into the trap of putting myself down and obsessing about the one part of my life where I just cannot seem to get it together. It gets to be a vicious cycle. You feel down about yourself, you have negative self talk, you don't feel like putting the effort in because you feel like a failure which leads to more feeling down about yourself, etc. I'm over ...
Getting Healthy, Losing Weight & Tea Time
I'm sharing how tea has helped me make healthier choices as part of a sponsored post for Collective Bias® I became a tea drinker when I started trying to lose weight and I am sharing how it has helped me. At the start of this summer I found myself drinking a lot of soda. It was all diet, but it was becoming a bad habit. I grew up on milk and water. Eventually I became a casual soda drinker and before I knew it I was drinking 4-5 a day! Whenever we ate something that tasted good with ...
Fashion and Week 2 Weigh In
I adopted a little bit of a different attitude this week. I tried really hard to focus on eating well. I didn't have any sweets, candy, junk food, etc. I tried to limit my simple carbs and fill up on vegetables and light soups. I did not count calories. This made me nervous. I struggle with determining what the "right" amount of calories is. As a breastfeeding mom I felt that if I made good choices, I could let my body lead the way. As far as exercise goes I did Just Dance 4 three times this ...