And that was March!!

Apologies for the major lack of posts this month. Not that we were overly busy but a week or two of nice weather was just to hard to resist. We spent a lot of time outside and when Jaelon was napping I was still outside, usually just reading and ignoring the cleaning that needed to be down inside!!

New recipes this month: Skinnytaste cheese fries, was a big hit and so simple. I didn't go all out with the cheese, I used what I had in the fridge which was a skim milk cheese and I used low fat sour cream for a dip. It still was a hit and I'll probably make them again. Also Barbecue pineapple chicken, turned out great and again so easy. Jaelon liked the sauce as long as there were no pineapple chunks!  I believe there was one more but memory escapes me (as usual!) We didn't bake once this month so we are in need of a baking day.

I am now 3 months in to my back to healthy and I'm happy to say it's going strong!! Here's the low down: 
End of January saw a weight loss of 11lbs,
End of February a weight loss of only 1lb but a considerable amount of inches gone
End of March a weight loss of 8lbs.
Bringing my total to a whopping 20lbs lost!!! I have reached my first goal and I'm so happy and excited, I hope the next 20 come off just as easy. Though I admit February was a tough month. It's hard not seeing that scale go down but I'm happy the inches came off. However, I really do need to see the scale move down.

Well that was March, for the most part.

Jaelon's birthday is in April so I'm planning away for that. Time has moved so fast, I can't believe he'll be 3 years old. Only a year left and he'll be in school... But I don't have to think about that yet!!

Enjoy the weekend, where ever you may be!

Week in review

Wow, the lack of posts from me this week! I love spring and all that it brings, birds chirping and flying around like they're crazed, seeing some green come up in the gardens, buds on the trees and most importantly not having to wrestle my now preschooler into a freaking snowsuit!! I think that last one is my absolute favourite part, incase you didn't catch that! Good bye to the 20-30 minutes of getting ready before we head out the door, at least for the next few months.

This week, has seen many tantrums, MANY tantrums. You know the ones where the kids get their favourite toy taken away or shoes/ sweaters are taken off and now they don't get to go out or they just plain get sent to bed, no matter the time. Yes, THOSE tantrums have been seen frequently this week in my house. There were a few times where I thought it would just be so easy to give in.... but if you know me, you'd know I would rather pull out my hair, lose my mind and enjoy a glass of rum and coke.  There is just no way this Mama is giving in to any type of tantrum!  That being said, it is clearly time for some away from Mommy time. Jaelon is off to Grandma's this weekend for a sleepover and I have planned to do a whole lot of nothing, I really can't let the apparent nice weather go to waste so I'll go as far as the backyard. NO, I'm not even going to spring clean outside!

I did do most of my cleaning yesterday and will finish that off today so I really will have nothing to do for the weekend. I can sit and read or work on Jaelon's blanket I'm making (still), I can sleep in (I don't think my body knows what that is!) Most importantly I don't have to cook, I'll eat a nice cold turkey sandwich for dinner!! I will still wake up and work out, I'm just kicking ass in that department, feeling good about myself again, sticking to my Back to healthy! Which reminds me it's weigh in day, today. I'd better go check in with my Mama friends!!!!!!

Enjoy the weather and the weekend, I know I will.

CHEERS!!

My Guilty Pleasures!

Two of my mommy friends posted about their guilty pleasures. I'm sure they won't mind if you check out their guilty pleasures here and here! Now, what are a few of my own guilty pleasures??

• Baking (by myself!) Something about following a recipe and turning those exact ingredients into something so tasty, delectable and probably bad for you that just puts me at ease!
• Modern Family and reruns of Will and Grace!!
• CHOCOLATE! the more the better (I've been good with holding back these days.)
• Giving away those delectable and probably bad for  you baked goods :D (don't get me wrong, I keep some of the baked goods but it's better to give a good chunk away)
• Bedtime!

Those are the my guilty pleasures! What are some of yours?? (I know you have some!)

And that was February!

Two months into the new year and it seems to be flying by! 

Keeping up with Back to healthy 2012, I made it through Jillian's Ripped in 30! I cursed her most of the time but I did it. I didn't reach my goal of losing 5lbs for February, I did lose 1lb and I now know I've lost inches! Yes, I still have not picked up a measuring tape so I'm not sure how many inches but since my jeans are looser and my one fave pair of jeans can now be zipped up, I know I've lost inches!!! I've started doing this hip hop dance cardio dvd, I don't know the girl that does it but it was only 5 bucks and it does what I want it to so that's all that matters!

February also saw Jaelon's eye surgery, everything went well, he wasn't super sick afterwards and his eye is healing nicely. It is also doing what it is suppose to and I have to do eye exercises with him just to keep both eyes strong.

New recipes this month, Sweet & Sour Chicken and a version of Crispy chicken. I REALLY need to write these things down, I know I did a few more new recipes. Oh well!!!

We also just this week met up with an April (Awesome) Mommy and her kids!!! It was a good time, Jaelon had a blast at The Children's Museum but he's still not into playing with kids, but it was so nice to meet and hopefully we'll be able to do it again!

Now we're a month off from Jaelon's 3rd birthday and he's still not potty trained :(
Potty training, how I loath you.

As always, thinking of an April (Awesome) Mama and keeping her in our prayers.