Stress Fest

 

You know that kind of stress that grows from within, yet imposes from without, and it pushes and pulls you in all directions... and sometimes it is exciting and fun to see where it will take you, but other times it creates hardship and overwhelming circumstances that you have no idea how to handle, but know that you just have to keep pushing through it, and it will be over with soon... which is both a good thing but a bad thing, so you love the excitement of the unexpected, but feel the sadness and fear of everything else and you are left with a bittersweetness of it all, so not really sure what to do, say or think of it all, but what you do know is that you are overwhelmed and overtired and so not on task...? Well yeah. That is where I am right now. So, now you have the world's longest run-on sentence and a lot of pink, flowers and glitter. Because those make everything better, right?

 



 

 

glittered hanger tutorial via A Bubbly Life

Keeping it Real: Getting in Shape

Today I am keeping it real. My family started p90x about 2 months back. We were dedicated too. I want to see some changes in a few specific places, especially for the summer when skin is in! But then life happened. My husband traveled for work a lot, I worked a lot of nights. We went on a mini-vacation. We burnt out and got tired. Not of the actual workout, no we love it, we love the way it makes us feel, and even after a short while we started to see results! It was having to do it at 9 or 10 at night that got hard. So, somehow, we are going to have to figure it out because we need to get back on track.

We try to eat healthy, but we are certainly not perfect. Sure, I am a sucker for SPIRAL Kraft Mac n Cheese and burritos, but I draw the line at corndogs and red meat!! We grab pretzels instead of Cheet-ohs, water instead of soda, whole grain instead of enriched/bleached, healthy cereal instead of junk, oatmeal instead of poptarts, trail mix instead of cookies, fresh berries instead of candy. We bought a pretty great blender (the Ninja) and drink quite healthy and tasty smoothies every night. We planted a garden. The past few years, we went on a pretty strict diet of watching food documentaries, Forks vs Knives, Food Inc, Fat Sick and Nearly Dead, Supersize Me.... and others, so we are fairly educated on what needs to be done here. It is amazing to realize how many food lies there are around us (see ad above! ;)



pretty pink papaya smoothie by keepin it kind vs carrot papaya muffins via blisstree

Even though we are fairly in shape people, we can always be better. Not just to look better in our clothes, but to feel happier in our skin. To have a healthful glow and energy. To teach our kids how to make wise food decisions. And that, for me.. means we can still have our treats and goodies... just in moderation and small servings. When they beg me for ice cream, I say, "Okay, but you have to eat a banana/apple/carrot first". Now I have to live by that rule as well... at least dark chocolate is practically a ladies' vitamin!

So, during the season of summer travel and out of school boredom, try not to fall into the snack trap. Have goodie bags of healthy snacks laid out, drink lots of water. Don't go shopping hungry and don't buy crap... if it isn't in your house, you can't eat it! And the one I need to work on the most, is meal plan. Exercise! Because Batman cannot look better in a frilly, pink dress than I do.