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Out of the Ordinary Day
Hey Guys! How is your week going so far? Seems like my week has been SO long. How is it only Wednesday? Today is a super special day… It’s my husbands 29th birthday! So we decided to take the day off. Payton had school so after working out this morning we went to breakfast with some friends then headed home to clean up before making the trip out to Sump Coffee… Mid-Week Coffee Date for the win! Obviously I love coffee, so a new coffee experience is always welcomed. It was a great ambiance. It was really all about the coffee. They buy their beans green and roast them. The…
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Favorite Finds
Every so often I come across amazing new products that I love. Sometimes I find them through friends and sometimes these products are sent to me to try out. Regardless of how I come across them I am always honest in my review and don’t share anything unless I think you’ll love it. So here we go! Bandelettes So I absolutely love this idea. See, I’m a female of the thigh gapless variety. Which is awesome. Except when you want to wear cute maxi skirts and your strong muscular gapless thighs like to rub together. Bandelettes sent me a pair of both the lace and the spandex versions. Of course…
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Speaking Out Against Perfection
I used to love little quotes that said “good is the enemy of great” or something to that effect. I have always thought if you are going to do something you might as well do it all the way. I’ve never been good with grey… it’s either black or white. It’s right or it’s wrong. It’s all or nothing. And while that could seem like an admirable trait to some, it can actually cause more harm than good. This is how almost all my attempts at a “diet” have been, going all the way back to those pre-prom dress shopping days in high school. I would start off all motivated…
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Meal Planning 101
Today marks 2 weeks since my abdominoplasty/excess skin removal surgery. These first 2 weeks have been all about easy when it comes to the meal department. We were blessed to be overwhelmed with amazing meals that people made for us most of the first week. The second week was all about convenience, whatever was easy for the hubs to make or me to throw together or pick up. I wasn’t stressing about the food, I was focused on rest. I’ve been feeling better and better and know that I need to get back to meal planning to make sure we have healthy meal options available. I want to make sure…
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Tummy Tuck Recovery Update 10 Days Post Op
I know I keep saying it, but time has been flying by! I wrote about the actual surgery day and the first few days of recovery already. Last time I talked about tummy tuck recovery I was waiting to have my drains out… That was a long 8 days!! I went to my appointment on Tuesday with less than 20mL draining over a 24 hour period so Dr Mills took my drains out! I was SO SO SO nervous that it was going to hurt. Honestly, the most painful/annoying thing about the first week of recovery for me was the drains. So I took one last pain pill before going…
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Plastic Surgery After Weight Loss – Surgery Day
I made it! I can’t believe I made it! It seems like this day would never come. I have worked so hard for the last 4 years and then I scheduled this surgery back in February. Time seemed to fly by after planning, but it also seemed like it crawled. It seemed so surreal going into the weekend before. I knew I would want to do all the little things around the house…cleaning the floors, laundry, dishes… My major concern was packing up Payton and her things to spend most of the week at Grandma’s house. When Sunday rolled around and we finally dropped Payton off with Grandma it began…
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The Bouqs
Disclaimer: I received a Free Bouq to review and have included affiliate links. As always all thoughts and opinions are my own. Like any girl, I adore fresh flowers! However I’m usually the one telling the hubs not to spend a fortune on the overpriced half-dead variety at the store… especially on Valentine’s Day. I am also very leary of the typical online flower ordering site as they advertise their killer prices and then once you end up ordering and get charged for all the “extras” you’ve just spent enough to feed a small country. A few months ago I was watching one of my favorite shows, Shark Tank, when…
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Loving Lately
As I go through everyday life and workouts and what not I am always looking for things to make it easier/more fun/or just randomly cool things. I have found a few winners recently and want to share them with you! Welcome to my most recent edition of things i’m loving lately! Some of these were sent to me for review and others I just love. As always all thoughts and opinions are my own! PowerICE Working out in a non air-conditioned CrossFit box in the summer time means that you sweat… a lot. The electrolytes, carbohydrates and sodium in PowerICE, along with its frozen temperature, make it the perfect way to…
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10 Weeks Out – Focus Goals!
Yesterday marked exactly 10 weeks until I have my excess skin removal surgery. Uhm, what? When I scheduled it August seemed like it would never come. Then life happened and all of a sudden it’s June! Gosh, I’ve worked so hard for this. And it still doesn’t seem real that it is happening. 10 weeks seems so long and so short all at the same time. I’m full of so many emotions. Of course, I’m SO excited. I’m also nervous. I know recovery is going to be a long road. It is bitter sweet as we start planning events with our CrossFit box for the fall and knowing I’ll be out…
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Alpha-Bits Little Free Library
While you all know that I consider staying physically fit of utmost importance, as a parent I’m also just as concerned with staying mentally fit. I’ve always been a reader. As a child (and still as an adult) my favorite Disney Princess was Belle, because she loved to read. The best part of the movie was when the beast gave her the whole library. Because of that I always wanted a huge library with a rolling ladder… Because who wouldn’t, right? While I have yet to get my huge library with the rolling ladder… I got something almost as fun! Check out this awesome Alpha-Bits Little Free Library! What exactly…