tidbits 2.3.12

1. The winner of the Withings Body Scale is #29,  kt7! Congrats! I’ve emailed you~

2. We were in Home Depot this week (of course we were.) and bathrooms are on my mind since we are in the middle of ours, and this vanity caught my eye for $299

It looks like their version of this PB one, but it’s about 80% less.

Do you pick out mickeys while you are there?

3. Gently: I like that word for driving.

4. trying fun new hats at Target on special time: they are putting out all of their spring stuff!

5. rainbow before school~it’s been gorgeous here!

6. This is my husband’s favorite shepherd’s pie recipe. Pure comfort food~don’t worry fitness girls…I only had 1/2 cup.  I still eat the same dinner with my family, I’m finding it’s all about portion control. and filling half your plate with veggies. and drinking a full glass of water before eating.

7. I am over at Homemaker on a Dime talking about blogging, money, and balance~click here to come on over.

Have a wonderful weekend, you wonderful people!

health journal: keep going!

We're still going and you know what? It’s getting easier! Hallu-loo-yer.

The first 2 weeks were killer getting back into exercising regularly and slowly reforming my normal eating habits, but it’s feeling more “normal” now, which is a good thing. Let’s talk about some more good & bad:

GOOD: In the first week especially, I would do great for about 2 days.

BAD: Then on the 3rd day, I would be eating great in the morning, get stressed out in the late afternoon, all of a sudden just say to heck with it and binge on whatever I could get my hands on in the pantry: coconut flakes, chocolate chips, graham crackers. Then I would feel awful, but think the day is wasted anyway who cares?

GOOD: BUT I came across this quote on Pinterest and it rang truth in my ears:

 

It has helped me get over my moments of weakness and not turn them into days of weakness. Love that Pinterest.

GOOD:Don't they say that it takes 21 days to break a habit? I can feel things changing, and that is SO good.

on pinterest   One of the biggest things I’m noticing is that my cravings are changing. As in, when I drive past a McDonald’s now, I don’t all of a sudden want one of my favorite treats in the world: 3 of their warm, gooey, soft chocolate chip cookies with an ice water for $1.06. Or a Dairy Queen:an order of onion rings (with extra honey mustard, thank you) with a cherry dilly bar. That’s huge for me!! I drove past the other day, and thought, “that doesn’t even sound good right now... and that was awesome.

BAD: The scale didn’t budge the first week. So disappointing. Stupid program..why am I doing it anyway??

GOOD: But this week, I’m down a total of 3 pounds and 2 inches and that is VERY motivating. I’m starting to feel strong and healthy. What an awesome program BlogHer has put together!! :)

One last GOOD: I found these like new running shoes for $4 and then looked them up online to see that they are $120 new score! Run girl run.

So my 2 words for this week are: KEEP GOING!

Alysa, our heart health trainer is giving us some challenges each week, and she’s going to be switching things up from here on out to mix in some strength & flexbility training. Here is the first strength workout and flexibility will come next. She is awesome. BlogHer's Inspiration to Fitness page is here~you can join us on the road to health anytime!

How are your health goals coming? What's been good and bad for you?

Some great giveaways going on! Here they are:

Personal Microderm giveaway

$100 Olive Garden gift card giveaway

Kirkland’s $50 gift card giveaway

Personal Microderm Review & Giveaway

Another amazing giveaway: the PMD Home Microderm Abrasion Device.

I’m not a spa girl. I can count the number of pedicures I’ve had in my life on one hand. So I was pretty nervous about doing a review on something I normally wouldn’t look at, let alone buy.

Here is what comes in the box:

The PMD device, the cord, 6 different discs to choose from, and 2 caps to fit the coordinating disc. AND an 8-minute instructional video, which I would be completely lost without.

quickie valentine banner

Oh, I so needed a little crafty creative fix with all this healthy stuff and working on the master bathroom. This was just the thing.

These cute little heart clips were $1 in the Target dollar spot.

I printed out BE MINE (since there were six clips, a six letter phrase was perfect)  in Ecuyer DAX font (free!) onto white cardstock. I think it was about size 200 font. I ripped apart a clear scrapbook page cover (ahem..since I don’t scrapbook anymore) and cut it into a triangle to fit over the letters and traced.

project master bed & bath + kirkland’s gift card

Our next project?? The master bedroom and bathroom. Let the fun begin :)do you think I should choose one of these colors, or perhaps a mosaic all around the room? :)

The bathroom is COMING and we hope to finish it up this week. Here’s a little sneak peak: