Manic Monday...I mean Tuesday..

Hey all, sorry I missed Monday again! At least I'm still posting though right?? :)

I maintained  this week. I'm trying to track my points better this week, and drink more water.

Little Miss KBeaner is still loving her kitten Gus Gus! He sleeps with her most of the night, it is so sweet! 

This weekend a new Price Chopper opened in our town, now most people probably don't get the excitement of this, I am SO EXCITED! In our town we used to only have one grocery store that was overly priced and not open late. This new one is open 24 hours! We can save money, time and gas since we no longer will have to go 20 or so minutes to go grocery shopping. We went yesterday and by shopping sales and using coupons I saved $65!!! 

In other news I keep forgetting to tell you all that I have an Instagram account. If you want to follow me click here. 

I've also been really into SwagBucks. Do you use them?  I started about a month ago, its a site where you can watch videos, search the web and play games and you can earn points or "swagbucks". You can also buy things or sign up for different survey sites. Then when you have enough swagbucks you can redeem them for gift cards. So far I have earned $10 to Amazon! I haven't earned swagbucks by buying things or joining different survey sites, I've just been watching videos, playing games and searching the web. I'm sure if I did more of the offers I could have a ton of gift cards by now but I hate junk mail! 

These are my meals...

• Sausage on the grill with bean salad and watermelon for dessert
• Bean salad rice bowl
• Healthy Pizza
• Zucchini "pasta" with meat sauce
• Leftovers

Manic Monday

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OK I flaked last week and never wrote my Manic Monday Post. Sorry.

I'm not really sure why I never did, I guess I just got distracted. I actually lost a pound last week so I was 173 lbs. Woo hoo!!

This week I maintained, I'm pretty happy about that! I didn't do my best at eating healthy, I made some not good choices...like the Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Square I had for dessert last night.

This past week we got a KITTEN!!! He is adorable and so much fun, KBeaner named him, Gus Gus. As in the mouse in Cinderella.

KBeaner was playing with makeup the other day...I got distracted and came back to her covered in glittery makeup. She was clapping her hands yelling "I am the makeup queen" haha. I love this picture!

Us by the lake on Mother's Day! Hope you all had a great mother's day.

Meals for this Week:

• Healthy Pizza
• Cilantro Lime Bean Salad 
• Burgers with veggies mixed and a big salad
• Zucchini Pasta with meat sauce
• One of the nights we're dining out 
• Leftovers

Hope you have an amazing week!

Manic Monday

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Sorry I've been MIA recently. I just haven't been in the mood to write, I always feel like I'm saying the same thing over and over again.

Although after 2 weeks of not really trying I'm not saying "I maintained" ugh I'm saying I gained 4lbs! I'm at 175. I CANNOT do this again, I am not going to gain all my weight back. Last year on Easter I was 151. 

The first is me on Easter last year and the second is this year.

I am angry and disappointed in myself. 

Instead of letting those feelings get me down, I am going to have them motivate me! 

To quote the song KBeaner has been OBSESSED with .... LET IT GO!!!!!!!! I think every time I'm getting obsessive about my mistakes I'll have to sing Let it Go. Thankfully we're singing or listening to that most of the day haha. We've been on a Frozen kick recently.

For dinners this week....

Shrimp tacos with lettuce wraps instead of tortillas

Lean burgers with bean salad as a side and grilled zucchini and summer squash (I probably won't have a bun)

Healthy pizza

Burrito bowl 

Leftovers

For Breakfast I will try to have a variation of oatmeal and fruit each day. Hopefully that'll keep me full. At lunch I'm not sure what I'll have but I will try to make myself eat a salad with each lunch.

I'm also going to guzzle water!! 

I hope next week I'll be able to say I've lost weight. 

Manic Mon..er..Tuesday

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It is FINALLY warm here!!! We had beautiful weather this weekend, its just what I needed to help boost my mood. Yesterday we were outside most of the day! (Hence no blog post) Today it's super rainy and gloomy. 

I maintained my weight this week, I feel like I am at a stand still. I bought new vitamins today though GNC Women's Ultra Mega Energy and Metabolism. Hope that helps me out a bit.

KBeaner has been practicing on her bike that Santa gave her, and we had a play date at a new park.

 We also got a "new" Dora Kitchen and a play house. A family that lives near us were getting rid of them so we got them for FREE!!

Dinners for the Week

Tuscan Style Shrimp
Burgers
Asian Pork Salad (was supposed to do it last week, made it last night so good)
Pork Posole (also supposed to make it last week)
Healthy Pizza
Leftovers

Easy Shabby Chic Sign

A couple weeks ago I went to that Crafts and Carafes night, I made this jewelry hanger...

We also painted an extra board to bring home to paint lettering on.

My friend had me make one for her kitchen that says "eat".

Here's how I did it...

Before painting sand the edges of the board to make it even more distressed looking. Next paint your board with your base color, for this we used black.

Once that is dry you can add Vaseline to different spots of the wood, where ever you put the Vaseline the next coat of paint will not adhere. 

Paint a light top coat, we used white but you could use whatever color you'd like.  Once your top coat is dried start sanding, or use steel wool, anything to rough it up! 

When you've achieved the look you'd like, you can either paint the lettering free hand or do this easy technique. 

For this sign my friend wanted it to say "eat", I didn't want to free hand the letters so I used Word. Select whatever font you'd like and make sure that your letters are the correct size for your sign, then print it out.

Lay out the letters where you would like them on your sign.

Next on the back of the paper, shade in the area of the letter with pencil (make sure its a led pencil). Once you've done that, lay the paper with the pencil shaded side down on your wood. Trace your letters! The led from the pencil will transfer onto the wood.

Once you've outlined your letters paint them. 

Here is my finished project!

If you make your own shabby chic sign feel free to post a picture of it in the comments below! 

Manic Monday

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This week has been busy, but a lot of fun. Some of my family came  and  visited me so KBeaner and I got to play tourist with them. We did a bunch of swimming at the hotel and a lot of walking and shopping! 

KBeaner took this picture of me.

I am surprised to let you all know I maintained this week! I was feeling like I was going to have a gain, since we did  eat out a lot, but I guess I made good choices (for the most part). I haven't been working out as much as I'd like to but I am really trying to remember it is all about progress not perfection!! 

 I feel like I need to greet everyone with this warning.... 

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I didn't eat all of the Pork meals last week, I realized eating that much pork is not appealing and we went out to dinner a few times while family was visiting. So this week I am having three of the meals from last week too. 

• Asian Pork Salad
• Pork Posole
• Pork Ravioli
• Cilantro Lime Bean Salad with homemade bread
• Rice bowls (rice with Cilantro Lime Bean Salad)
• Grilled cheese with veggies
• Leftovers

Manic Monday week 13

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I maintained this week!!!

I did alright this past week. I don't feel like I worked out enough, and I know I didn't eat as well as I wanted to. I did try to eat clean, I don't think I tried enough though..we did eat delivery pizza, but man it was so good!! 

We had another bake sale this weekend, thankfully I did not pig out on all those goodies, so I feel like that was a big win for me.

I went to a Crafts and Carafes night, it was so much fun, I had a girls night out, was able to hang out with some friends, make new friends, drink some wine and do a fun craft! 

Here is what I made! I think I am going to hang it in my bathroom for necklaces. The craft was so much fun and not too hard!

KBeaner has been really into her letter puzzle, she has been requesting a ton of alphabet houses and tunnels. It's been fun to build with her, and work more on letters. It's been helping out cabin fever.

This week for my dinner meal plan I am using some recipes I saw on the Today Show. I have a serious addiction to the Today Show! Especially Kathy Lee and Hoda... oh man I want Hoda to be my best friend haha. Anyways they had a segment where they showed how to make a week of meals out of one cut of meat. Here are the recipes .

• Braised pork shoulder
• Asian pork salad
• Pork posole
• Pork ravioli with marinara sauce
• Shredded pork and tahini pita pizza
• The other nights will be Leftovers

I also downloaded this new app Food on the Table it seems pretty cool, you can upload or find recipes and make your weekly meal plan and your grocery list on there. The app even shows you what items on your list are on sale at nearby stores. I'm hoping this will help me stay organized and help me save money!

Hope you have an amazing week!