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Yesterday I headed to the doctor for my 6 week checkup. I was hoping that I would be completely cleared but there are still some things that they have to keep an eye on. The good news is that I can start training for my first 5k since getting pregnant (almost). Before I went to the doctor I jumped ahead of the gun and wrote out my running plan but the doctor told me I should wait one more week. (which is okay because this week is freezing). I'll keep you all posted when I start, I am pretty nervous, it has been a while since I have jogged but I can't wait to get moving!</div>
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Another thing I wanted to share today is something I made Sunday night. It is one of my easiest recipes and it is great for leftovers. Since Brunson arrived I need quick, easy meals that just need to be heated up. So for all you mommas on the go this is a good one. It's actually good for anyone that loves lasagna but doesn't love all the carbs. </div>
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Noodleless Lasagna</div>
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92% lean ground beef</div>
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Low sugar marinara sauce ( I use Hunt's)</div>
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Ricotta cheese (part skim)</div>
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Fresh Spinach</div>
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Reduced fat mozzarella/cheddar cheese</div>
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Preheat oven to 350'</div>
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Cook your ground beef add marinara</div>
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In large casserole dish layer fresh spinach (layer a lot because it does shrink)</div>
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Then meat sauce</div>
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Then ricotta cheese</div>
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Then shredded cheese</div>
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Then repeat.</div>
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Put in oven and let cook for about 20 minutes.</div>
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When I started Little Blue Dress I wasn't happy with myself and basically the most exercise I got was walking to my car from work. Now don't get me wrong I was happy with my life but not with how I was treating my body.</div>
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So I decided to make a change. January 20, 2013 was a life changing day for me, I began this blog. That day I started tracking everything I ate. To begin with I thought the weight would just drop off because I cut out all the fatty foods that I had been eating. But that was not the case. I lost a pound here and there but not what I expected. So I knew I had to do more. I realized that I was eating out a lot. Even though I was eating healthier options you really never know what kind of oils and other ingredients they are putting in your food. So I taught myself to cook. I absolutely fell in love with cooking, it was my therapy.</div>
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The pounds started to drop a little faster but I wanted to be fit. Growing up I was pretty active, so it wasn't like I had never ran a mile before. So I decided to get a gym membership, sign up for my first 5k and get my butt moving. </div>
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Joining the gym was exactly what I needed. I would go every morning before work and sweat it out on the treadmill and then I would make up a different circuit workouts to do after. I made it fun and never did the same thing. I suddenly started to melt away. </div>
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I was the healthiest, happiest, fittest I had ever been in my life. </div>
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I had finally reached all my goals that I had set on January 20th. </div>
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Then late one November night I got ENGAGED! We were so excited and just couldn't wait to start our life together. I was pretty pumped because unlike a lot of brides to be I didn't have to go on a crash diet to fit into my dream dress, which happened to be my mother's.</div>
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Once we were married I kind of put the gym on the back burner and enjoyed late night take out with my husband and found that I put on a few unwanted pounds. Which can be expected your first year of marriage but I didn't want it to get out of control.</div>
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Then on Easter this past year, as my husband and I were driving back from vacation I noticed I wasn't feeling right. That night we got the best surprise of our life.</div>
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We were so excited and just couldn't wait for our little man to get here.</div>
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During my pregnancy, it was like my body hated anything healthy. All my healthy recipes that I previously loved I could no longer even smell. I basically lived on fruit loops, Wendy's chicken sandwich's, Ice cream and pizza. I am surprised my body didn't go into shock, well I think it probably did. I had never eaten so unhealthy in my life but honestly I just couldn't help it. I craved all the bad. I gained over 50 pounds with my pregnancy and the only reason I know that is because they told me my final weight in the hospital. I quit looking at the scale at 6 months. I was shocked and kind of terrified because I knew I had to lose it but at that point I just wanted to love on my newborn and not worry about it. </div>
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Once we got home it was like some kind of switch went off in my body. I craved healthy foods again and the thought of eating the fatty foods that I had been eating made me sick. So I thought all this weight that I gained would just drop off because I was breastfeeding and eating healthy again. Wrong. Yes, I have lost a good amount of weight but it just seems to be going a lot slower than I thought it would. Then last week, I went shopping with my mom and decided it was time to get a new pair of pants. Let's just say I didn't come home with any pants and I found myself very discouraged. My mom reminded me that I did just have a baby a month and a half ago but it just didn't seem to matter. I was having a pity party for myself. Then my mom said six words that completely changed my mindset. " It's not all about you anymore". That is exactly what I needed to hear.</div>
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I feel like a lot of new mommas go through the same thing. When you are pregnant you really don't think about the weight gain because well your pregnant and it is expected. But once your bundle of joy has arrived you are left with a body that can be unrecognizable. When you look in the mirror you may think to yourself, am I ever going to look like me again?" Not to mention, when you have friends that have babies and it just seems to melt off of them in the hospital. Being a momma can be stressful enough. We have to learn that once we have a child "it's not all about us anymore". We have another human to keep alive so why add stress to your life about something so ridiculous. I will eventually get back to where I was but I can't let myself get angry every time I try on clothes or cut calories because that isn't fair to my little one. I don't need to be a size 4 quite yet and I may never be that size again and that is okay. I just need to focus on my little one, enjoy this time with him, continue to eat right, get back to my workouts and remember "it's not all about me."</div>
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I think one of the hardest things for me as a mother was deciding whether to breastfeed or bottle feed. When I was in the hospital, the baby nurse came in and had a ton of questions regarding Brunson and once she got to the question whether I was going to breastfeed or bottle feed I found myself unable to answer. Which before, I said no matter what I was going to breastfeed but once it was time to decide I just couldn't. So she made things easy for me and marked that I would be doing both. Which not knowing that in a few hours that would be the best decision ever. Like I mentioned in a previous post, Brunson wieghed 9.4 lbs and was 22' inches long. Labor was tough and long and once he finally arrived I had no energy and was on a lot of pain medications. I was so excited about him being here but was in no condition to learn how to breastfeed. So the nurse gave me a bottle so that I could feed him and then they took him to the nursery for the night so I could get some rest.</div>
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The next morning, the lactation consultant came in and asked if I was ready. After having a full nights sleep, my mind was cleared and I knew that I wanted to try and breastfeed. When we got home, I found breastfeeding very calming and it was such a bonding experience for us. But then the growth spurts started and sleepless nights happened. One day I found myself sitting on the couch with dirty hair, pj's mid-day, in so much pain and crying, all while trying to breastfeed. At that moment I felt lost and wasn't sure I could continue. Thankfully my husband was there by my side and let me know that whatever decision I made he was okay with it. So I decided to go see my lactation consultant one more time before I threw in the towel. I was so glad I did because I found out I had mastitis (which is a breast infection) and he wasn't latching on correctly. So this explained why I was in so much pain. I also did research on the benefits of breastfeeding and bottle feeding and I found things about both that I liked. Now that the infection is gone and he is latching on correctly we are back to it being calming and a bonding experience. I have to take this day by day and do what is best for the both of us, so I continue to breastfeed because TODAY it is best for us but if tomorrow I start to bottle feed then that is okay too, </div>
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Today we headed off to the doctor for Brunson's one month check up. I can't believe he is already 5 weeks old. Before I know it, it's going to be time to head back to work and that might be one of the hardest things ever. So for now, I just have to soak in every moment. </div>
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Now back to the appointment. Since I am a first time momma I had many questions, like is that rash on his head baby acne, should he be on a sleeping schedule, if he is wanting to eat all the time is he having a growth spurt? I absolutely love his doctor and he basically explained everything I am experiencing and everything I will experience in the coming month. His checkup went great and he is in the top percentiles for everything. He is currently weighing 10.1 lbs and 23 inches long. The only part of the appointment that we didn't care for was getting a shot. Let's just say we both shed a few tears but we made it through. This just gave us an excuse to have extra cuddle time tonight.</div>
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Now to my stuffed sweet potatoes. I have shared these before but I thought I would share them again because they are so good. For the stuffing, I used my leftover slow cooker fiesta chicken but you can use anything you want. (recipe in my previous post) These are super easy to make! </div>
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Start by preheating your oven to 400'. Then cook your sweet potato until you can stick a fork through it, let cool for a minute and then cut in half. Let cook for a little bit longer until the outside is crispy. Then scrape out the inside of the sweet potato. In mixing bowl, mix sweet potato, stuffing and whatever else you want. For tonight I'm adding bbq sauce for extra flavor. Then you will want to mix everything together and pour mixture into your sweet potato shells. Then top with shredded cheese. Let cook for about 20 more minutes. </div>
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Hi everyone, I am excited to say that starting today Little Blue Dress is up and running. </div>
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December 2nd we welcomed our sweet little boy into this world and every second has been an amazing adventure. I didn't have the easiest labor so needless to say the recovery has taken a little bit longer than most but every time I look at my son it was totally worth it. Now that he is almost 5 weeks old I have decided it is time to start gaining back muscle and really focus on living life as healthy as possible. Now since I am nursing I can't cut back on calories, plus that never works for me anyways, but I can say goodbye to all the fatty foods that I craved while I was pregnant. I am not looking to lose the weight today or even this month because I understand that it took nine months to put on the weight so it's not going to just fall off. I have many goals this year and I plan to share them all with you. I will be sharing my healthy recipes, my workouts, and of course, life with Brunson. </div>
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Like I mentioned in my previous post, the reason I haven't posted in quite some time is because we are currently expecting and since this is our first I wanted to keep it more private but now with just a few days away from delivery I thought I would set a gameplay for my recovery. I have gained quite a bit of weight, which is going to be totally worth it, but I am ready to get back to my healthy self. I think I have had enough pizza, Wendy's chicken sandwich's and anything with sugar to last me a lifetime. I am ready to get back in the kitchen and start cooking my healthy recipes and I really can't wait start running again. So today I am going to share all my goals for this new journey I am about to begin.</div>
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Next, is to get back in the kitchen. I absolutely love to cook and there is nothing better than creating new clean, healthy recipes. The best way to start this is to make a grocery list at the beginning of every week to help plan out my meals. I will try to post those on Sunday (or Monday) along with my goals for that week. </div>
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Last I want to make sure I get the rest needed to accomplish all of this. I realize with a newborn my sleeping habits will change dramatically but my goal is to get on a schedule as soon as possible.</div>
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My posts will become more frequent once we get little man home and settled. So I hope that you will join my journey to getting back my healthy lifestyle and experiencing motherhood for the first time!! </div>
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Hello there blogger friends!! I know I know, I haven’t posted in quite some time and I even almost started a new blog BUT I have a good excuse why I have been MIA. We are expecting!! </div>
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I decided not to document my entire pregnancy, mainly because this is our first and everything was so new and a little overwhelming for me and I’ll admit it, I have not been that concerned about healthy eating and fitness. Now I want to start off by letting you all know that I am not back quite yet I still have 6 weeks until our little man is here but I wanted to let everyone know that I will be returning once we all get settled in. I have plenty of goals that I want to reach in 2016 and I am counting down the days where I can really focus on them. Of course little man will take up the majority of my time but he is the main reason for my wanting to get back into shape. I want to be a good influence on him. I want him to grow up knowing that healthy living is a way of life. I want him to want to eat his veggies and to want to go outside and play. There is so much that I want for this little boy and it is all going to start from day 1. Healthy living in our household will be the way of life. I do not want to be the family that eats fast food every night and then comes home and sits on the couch and watches TV. So over the next 6 weeks I am going to be planning out recipes, workouts and really just getting everything ready so when it is time I am ready to move forward 110%. I hope you are all excited and will join me on this journey (again). I know that this time it will be a lot different because I will be a first time mom but I am so ready for it. Feel free to message me things that you want to see on the blog or if you want me to try something out. <br />
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Poppington's Gourmet Popcorn is local store downtown and let's just say their popcorn is the best thing I have ever had and I don't even like popcorn that much. Plus the owners are so nice. I talked to them tonight and I am going to do an interview with them after the New Year to share. So get ready!</div>
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On Friday after work I headed home to visit one of my very best friend's so I that I could meet her beautiful daughter. She was my maid of honor and I just kept thinking to myself on the way home everything that we have experienced. As you can see I had plenty of time to think, the traffic was horrible. </div>
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I stayed the night at my parents house which as you can see is probably my favorite place in the world. Every time I go home it just brings back so many happy memories and it is just so cozy. My mom cooked an amazing "healthy" dinner just for me and then we just sat back, relaxed and watched Hallmark Christmas movies.</div>
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Now the next morning I woke up with so much excitement because I was finally getting to meet a new "niece". I have been counting down the days for this sweet girl to get here and I just can't believe how perfect she is.</div>
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Here I am telling her secrets about her momma because I know them all :) Just kidding, I better wait till she is older. So for now I will just spoil her rotten.</div>
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Seriously look at this precious child. Nothing gets more perfect then her.</div>
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And look at all that hair. Her momma and I of course had to play with a few hair clips.</div>
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It has been hard for me to decide who she looks like the most but one thing I do know she sleeps just like her momma....her mouth is wide open.</div>
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After I gave sweet kisses and hugs goodbye I headed back home because I had this one to babysit. </div>
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He get's pretty excited when Aunt Mel and Uncle Shaun babysit.</div>
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We started off the night just straight chillin. Seriously I am framing this picture. (and I know mom I don't need to be drinking diet mountain dew) :)</div>
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Being an aunt is basically the best feeling in the world and I am just so happy to become an aunt to another sweet, perfect little girl.<br />
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“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. “ —Joseph Campbell</div>
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In this day in age a lot of people, let's be honest, really just think about themselves and what they can do to better their own life. But today we honor those that thought about others and how they can better our lives. I feel like everyday should be Veteran's day because we have them to thank for our everyday life. We have them to thank for our freedom. What is freedom one might ask? Freedom is being able to act, speak and think what we want without having someone else telling us differently. Being an American I am thankful to be able to wake up in the morning, get ready to the music that I want to hear, drive to work in a car that I own, speak my opinion throughout the day and return home and spend time with my husband and do whatever we want to do. In some countries they don't have that luxury. Some countries they are told what to wear, what to say and what to believe. I believe that America has gotten a little spoiled, some of us whine and complain about problems that other's in different countries would dream about. We have options that many don't have and we have those options because of our heros that risk their lives every day. </div>
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This post is dedicated to all of those heros that have risked their lives and provided us with lives that we should all thank God for. So today I hope you thank those that make your life worth living because without them, who knows what America would become. </div>
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Thank you all for my freedom, your dedication, strength and courage makes you all heros in my eyes.</div>
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Now I do have soft spot for Veterans because my husband is one, he served as a Marine. I feel like when I met my now husband he really opened my eyes to what our armed forces really do. I felt like before him I took things for granted. After I learned more and more of what they do for us my heart just went out to every individual that serves. </div>
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Tonight our dinner was at High Cotton. Now for me, even though I was raised in a very "boondock" town, I am not a fan of southern food. I don't see what is so great about sweet tea, fried chicken and mac n cheese. Now what I do know about is basically anything Asian. I could eat Asian food all day every day. But back to dinner. I was a little skeptical about the menu when I checked it out because it was full of all of those southern foods that I am not in to. But I will say this place didn't have fried chicken. </div>
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This was teriyaki chicken with veggies.</div>
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I also made my low carb squash casserole. It is just squash, low fat cheese, greek yogurt and eggs.</div>
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Now to my Sunday. Sunday used to be my cooking & Lifetime movie day so when I woke up this morning I did just that.</div>
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I pulled out everything I would need to surprise my hubby with a delicious breakfast.</div>
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His breakfast consisted of cheesy eggs, bacon & hashbrown casserole.</div>
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Next up Tex Mex Chili</div>
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Ground turkey</div>
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2 cans of low sodium black beans (drained</div>
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low sodium tex mex chili seasoning</div>
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Start by cooking your ground turkey, then drain and add your turkey sausage and let cook.</div>
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Today was such a special day for me. I headed out of town to go to my nephews birthday party and was so excited to be with all of my family (except for my sister who lives way down South, believe me she was there in spirit). Now this nephew is very special to me because he is my first nephew. Tomorrow he will turn two and I have to say this little youngster brings me back to my childhood like no one else. My older brother and I are 14 months apart and every time I look at Carter I see my brother. Although I have to say many things that he did today reminded me so much of his mother who is basically one of the coolest :) people I know.</div>
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The theme was John Deere ( I mean we are in the South, duh) and the cake was basically perfect. (Made by my sister-in-laws aunt, I swear she should start a business. Her cakes are amazing. </div>
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After we all got there, we gave out our hugs and hellos and as we were doing so his Grandma walked in with the pizza. At this time the birthday boy was only interested in eating his pizza. This is how I know we are related. I tell ya we love our pizza. (Although I stuck to my 21 day challenge so no pizza for me)</div>
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But I have to say one of the funniest things that the birthday boy did all day is what he calls my dad.</div>
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PaPAAAA. It is like he is doing a magic show. Now when he talks to my mom he calls her Mimi and just looks like the sweetest little boy ever.</div>
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It is just so wonderful seeing my parents with their (right now) only grandkid because they just love him so much.</div>
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As I was sitting at my desk at work today I just felt tired and frumpy. If you didn't know I have an office job and sit at a desk for 8 hours a day. Some of you might think... I can NOT picture you sitting at a desk or anywhere for 8 hours but hey I do and I actually really love my job. Also to add to this madness I work in IT. Yes this is true I sit at a desk for 8 hours and I work in the IT industry. If you would have asked me 10 years ago what I wanted to do I would have said " I will live in a big city and be a journalist." Oh how the tables have turned. But I have to say I like the side of the table that I ended up on. I truly love the quite life where you can live in the country and basically just live life and not worry about all of the frivolous things in life that I would probably worry about if I lived in the city. But now let me get to the point of this post before I go on and on about something else.</div>
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This time last year I was in the best shape I have ever been in. I worked out at least 4 days week and my diet was on point. I have to say I had more energy and woke up every morning feeling like a million bucks. I continued doing this up until probably 5 months ago. I had so much going on with the wedding that my workouts just got pushed to the side. Then after we said our "I Do's" let's just say my workouts were pushed to the side again. Then other things in life happened that just pushed workouts and healthy eating out the door completely. But as I was sitting at my desk today I truly thought to myself I can't just keep putting my workouts to the side, I can't just eat junk because all of this in the end makes me feel "tired and frumpy" . </div>
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So now that I have started up my blog again (this makes me do my happy dance) I am ready to give myself a challenge. So starting tomorrow I am beginning the "21 Day Challenge". How did I come up with the 21 day challenge? Well Thanksgiving is in 22 days and I'm sorry I will not miss out on my daddy's </div>
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Yes, it has been two months. </div>
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My blog has always been one of the things that I could always go to and just speak my mind and get things out that I can't always say. But I found that sometimes there are just some things that you don't always feel like sharing. </div>
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Then I thought to myself why do I have this blog? I want to be able to reach out to people and them be able to relate and know that they are not alone. When I started this blog it was because I wanted to become healthy and fit. Growing up I always had weight issues and the past two years I have been able to overcome them. But with age I have learned that what you look like shouldn't be something that you always think about. But being perfect is something that is pounded in our heads daily right? Sometimes you just have to walk in the bathroom, take a deep breath, look in the mirror and be happy with yourself. </div>
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But then real life happens. Real life is not worrying about your appearances. Real life for a lot of people is many different things. Bills, marriage, family, friends, jobs, I could go on but you get my drift. My life since marriage has been beautiful. Everyday that I wake up to my husband I wake up with joy because I know that someone loves me more than anything in the world. He makes my days wonderful, makes me smile in ways that no one can. But with all that happiness sometimes you have times that you have to truly lean on each other and focus on life. Life is not always fair, sometimes things happen that you truly don't understand but when those things happen you truly learn to lean on the people in your life that mean the world to you. You have to take day by day and really look at yourself and realize that everything is God's plan. If you are new to my blog please know that my faith in God is never broken. Sometimes, I will be honest, recently it has been rocked but I now see the bigger picture. Have faith and family, that will get you through anything. </div>
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Some might say.....why do you want to share so much about your life to strangers? For me, I know that sometimes it's hard to talk about things because you aren't sure or you are worried what other's might think. Being able to write things down gives me inner peace and knowing that there is one person out there that I can give peace to is worth letting the whole world know what is going on in my life. </div>
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After sharing what has been going on for the past few months I of course am going to share some pictures that truly mean the world to me. They aren't in any order because my computer is being weird tonight.</div>
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My first and most important...my hubster</div>
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I went to a fabulous Frozen birthday party to celebrate a fabulous little girl.</div>
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Miss Motor reminded me to stop and smell the flowers</div>
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I created a headgehog pumpkin. It was much cooler in my head :)</div>
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My best fran. Being an aunt can warm anyone's heart but he would rather look at the dog in front of him. We will work on this :)</div>
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Words can't express with her.</div>
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I again spent time with my bias for one of my dearest friends.</div>
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The next day after some meetings we headed down to the bay for a whale tour. We were handed our tickets and headed towards our boat.</div>
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We passed this one but it looked a little wild for me. I was ready to set off at sea for a nice calm afternoon. </div>
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This boat was more my style.</div>
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The city is even more beautiful from the ocean.</div>
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We finally made it to the whale feeding area and we got to see 8 whales. It was absolutely amazing. I hope this video works for everyone. </div>
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This was the baby. It was cute how he just stuck by his mom but they said they only do it for a year and then it is like their mom is just like any other whale to them. </div>
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On the way back we passed many small islands that had forts that one day I will explore.</div>
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This past week I packed my bags and headed North to Boston. I had a conference for work which I had been waiting for weeks to attend because I had never been to Boston. </div>
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So I boarded my flight and headed that way. I was so very thankful when our flight landed in DC and I could get off this tiny plane. They are not my favorite!</div>
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When we landed in Boston I headed to my hotel. </div>
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I have never really been to a city like this. I first took a bus to a stop and then walked the rest of the way. Next time I will know to pack lighter. </div>
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Finally I reached my hotel and got checked in and relaxed for a few then it was time to explore. </div>
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A few of us headed out on foot and were ready to see as much of Boston as possible.</div>
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The first place we reached was The World Trade Center of Boston. </div>
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We looked around and then moved on.</div>
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I was surprised how clean and beautiful this city was. I automatically fell in love. </div>
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As we walked we passed by many landmarks. For example this building here is the first building made of steel in Boston. </div>
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Now this is probably my favorite view that I saw. I was told this is the place you want to live</div>
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but you have to have a pretty thick wallet to do so. One can dream right? Moving on.</div>
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Even just the regular buildings were beautiful.</div>
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Now the roads are a different story. I would not have a car if I lived in Boston because they are nearly impossible to understand. </div>
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I was obsessed with all of the clock buildings. For some reason I love clocks, big, small, square, circle etc.</div>
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Our view from the restaurant was break taking. My dad would be in heaven, he is such a boat man.</div>
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The city is absolutely beautiful at night!</div>
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What better way to start our minimoon than a yummy breakfast at the Wafffle House. Now get ready I will warn you there are a ton of pictures in this post but I wanted to document ever second.</div>
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I have had the quinoa chips before but never the bbq flavor. They are my new favorite. You can have around 30 chips for 130 calories.</div>
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Finally after listening to some of our favorite songs, singing at the top of our lungs, stopping for ice cream at diary queen, trying to nap, singing some more, stopping again, we finally saw our sign!!</div>
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The husband and I are perfect for each other, know how I know this? As soon as we wake up all we want is a good breakfast.</div>
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The husband was so happy with his breakfast. It consisted of a crab omelet. Seafood for breakfast? He is a happy camper!</div>
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As soon as you walk in, it is like sugar kicks you in the face. It is heavenly.</div>
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We couldn't believe we had never played mini golf together. This is definitely something we will be doing more often.</div>
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He says he won but I disagree. I am pretty awesome at mini golf but I am pretty sure I am biased.</div>
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Every second of this minimoon is exactly what we needed. Relaxation with just each other and of course some good food and sun. </div>
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When I think back on my childhood and some of my favorite memories it would have to be Little Caesars night. My mom would pick up a couple of pizzas and we just loved it. I am pretty sure as soon as we finished eating we rushed to the living room to watch Funniest Home Videos. This normally turned into a wrestling match.I mean really pizza, funny videos, and trying to pen your dad? Perfect night!(Maybe my brothers will be able to pen him one day)</div>
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But as you get older you learn you can't just sit around and eat Little Ceasers Pizza all the time. I mean sure it's okay every once in a while but the way I like pizza....cant do it. SOOOO I found a way to have my cake and eat it too? </div>
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It has been the answers to all my pizza prayers.</div>
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When you walk in it is kind of like a Moe's but for pizza!! What...yes it's a pizza bar. You can build your own pizza. When you walk up you have your choice white, wheat or gluten free. I always choose wheat because well it has less calories. </div>
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Now back to your yummy pizza....After you choose your crust you get to choose all of your toppings. I never really knew how many they had until I took a girlfriend from work last week and she asked how everything worked. The owner said they had like over 43 toppings...yes 43 toppings. That is just crazy, anything you could think of putting on a pizza they had. (Although I didn't see sardines, thank goodness) </div>
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Now enough about their food... just for a second. </div>
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Everywhere you look they have TV's on the sports channel. My luck when we were there they had a special on the AUBURN Tigers. WAAR EAGLEEEEE!!!!!!!</div>
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That is where my parents met and obviously fell madly in love (gross) so I guess I have it in my blood. Anyways, sorry I got distracted but I do love me some Auburn Tigers. (So ready for football season...Alabama WATCH out).. Moving on,</div>
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All the different flavors look pretty amazing right? Well I can tell you I have tried most of them (not at the same time) and they are all heavenly. </div>
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Now let's go back to the pizza.</div>
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This pizza is not like anything you have ever had.</div>
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For me I had never been to a pizza place where they have healthy options.</div>
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This was my amazingling awesome pizza.</div>
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Wheat crust</div>
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light marinara sauce</div>
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low fat mozzarella cheese</div>
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spinach</div>
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broccoli</div>
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Now that I have typed up this post I believe I will head over to Your Pie for lunch today!</div>
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There is nothing that beats a good dip at a party. There are so many types of dips like your buffalo chicken, 7 layer, French onion, nacho, I could go on and on but my favorite is spinach artichoke dip. But you can probably figure out on your own it’s not by any means healthy. So I decided to try to create a skinny version. Boy was I glad I did, pretty sure the husband was to.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you have read any of my previous posts you probably know
how much I love to grill out. I feel like I begin </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">many of my posts with that statement during the summer. But I'm okay with that.<br />
Because normally when you grill out there is a cookout involved which means
hanging out with some of your favorite people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today I want to share some of my favorite cookout foods.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">First I am going to share my skinny coleslaw recipe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pre-cut coleslaw<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nonfat plain Greek yogurt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Pretty easy right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a better option than coleslaw filled with sugar and mayo. The hubby even liked it, well he said he did </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Next is basically my favorite thing for any cookout.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sweet potato fries/ chips.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">What you need:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sweet potatoes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Start with either cutting your sweet potatoes like a fry or
you can cut them like chips. I like to do them like chips because you can make
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stay away from red meat but if you are at someone else’s cookout you might
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So today I am going to share how I
lighten up my red meat. First and foremost I leave off the bun. I personally
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really like to change up my toppings instead of just using your traditional
toppings like lettuce, tomato, onion, mustard and ketchup. I like to use things
like salsa, light BBQ sauce, avocado, my light slaw, my light pimento cheese
spread, A1 and grilled onions and peppers. (Not altogether of course) I try to
keep my toppings very light but still full of flavor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So I completely forgot that my “Cookout for the Waistline”
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Yesterday was such a beautiful day. The sun was bright and the blue skies were gorgeous. There is something that always makes me want to grill out when it is a beautiful day, I mean probably everyone that has a grill thinks that. I love just sitting outside and relaxing and just catching up with my hubby and how his day went while smelling the fresh aroma of the grill. Honestly there are not many more things I enjoy more. </div>
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I have to say one of the reasons I love grilling so much is because there are so many healthy options. You have your chicken, turkey burgers, sirloin steaks, all different types of veggies and some grilled fruits are even quite tasty.</div>
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Grilled BBQ chicken, spinach, eggplant pizza. </div>
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I started by grilling the BBQ chicken.<br />
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Who says eating healthy can't be fun and VERY tasty!!<br />
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I am pretty excited about this post because I am doing it from our new computer. Yesterday after work the Hubster and I headed over to Best Buy because we were in need for a new laptop. The one we currently had was the one I have had since college and lets just say you could travel to another state before it logged on. So we shopped around and looked at our different options but we finally found "The One". Of course I wanted a HP laptop since I work for them so we decided to go with the HP Envy. It's the one that is a laptop and tablet in one.<br />
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After we bought our new laptop we went across the street to Panera for dinner. We always forget about Panera for some reason and every time we walk in the door it reminds us how we need to come more often. The wonderful smell of the breads, pastry's, cookies, etc, I mean who wouldn't want to go. But the thing I love most about Panera is they have healthy options for me and not so healthy options for the hubster. He is pretty much obsessed with their potato soup. Me, I am not a fan. But I will say that all of these desserts I wouldn't mind to sit back and try them all. </div>
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I have tried most of the flatbreads but there is a new one that I was calling my name tonight.</div>
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The BBQ Chicken (360cals)</div>
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This had chicken, lettuce, onions, cheese and bbq sauce. I am definitely a fan.</div>
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I also tried a soup that I had never had.</div>
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The Lemon Chicken Orzo (260)</div>
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This reminded me of chicken noodle soup but on steroids.<br />
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All in all this was a pretty productive, delicious evening for us. I am so excited to have a laptop that I can use all the time. This is going to make blogging even better then it already is.</div>
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HAPPY THURSDAY!!! </div>
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