SparkPeople here we come!

Okay, I have to admit that I'm aiming a little high here but a girl can try right?

April 1st is a couple of days away and I am ready to start my new healthy life style. If you want to join in visit SparkPeople.com and register, it's totally free and has helped me in the past lose weight and manage what I eat. I am a firm believer that you can eat what you want in moderation and SparkPeople helps me keep track of what I'm consuming.

They provide a nutrition tracker, fitness tracker, water consumption tracker, weigh ins, track of your fitness minutes, appointment scheduler, as well as a journal entry area, featured recipes (with nutritional info provided), message boards and more. There's a whole community of people there wanting to get healthy and stay that way. So come on and join me what better way to start off April 1st? No, this is not an April Fools joke, let's do this and get ready for those cute spring and summer clothes!

To keep you motivated find a picture of an outfit you would like to treat yourself to when you reach a certain goal, or better yet a picture of that new bathing suit you want to fit into before summer (see above).

Also, working out with friends is always a fun way to get in some exercise. Mix up your exercise routine so that you don't get board. I love to workout outdoors more so than inside. I would rather walk 5 miles with my girlfriends than do 5 miles inside a gym. That's just me but find out what works for you and stick with it. I had my bike tuned up before winter last year and that will be one of my new workout routines. I am looking forward to riding since it's something I have not done in a long time.

You can check in here or keep us updated on your blog of your progress or even your struggles.

Hey, Hawaii bound girls here's a shot out to all of you....LET'S GET READY FOR MAUI!!!!!

Say Hello To My Little Friend

Here's a pic of my new friend, got him today. Not sure what his name will be but if you would like to leave suggestions please do so. I will be moving him to a bigger tank cause my honey said this one is too small. He does look a lot bigger than he really is because of the bowl. Let's hope he lives a long time!!!

Excersice

I was reading Chris Jenkins blog and was inspired to get fit (the pic of Jessica Biel helped) I won't look like that but hey I can come close. Lately I have not been taking good care of myself. I haven't been exercising, drinking enough water or eating right. When I do take care of myself I feel great and look pretty good. I actually didn't realize how much I was eating throughout the day and then I signed up over at Sparkpeople.com and let me say I lost three pounds in one week. That was a couple of months ago and since then I have had a chest cold and have just been busy in life but now is the time to move forward and become a healthier mom, wife and person. I really like how Sparkpeople helps you keep track of what you eat, how much you exercise and they email you information that you are interested (you pick when you sign up) in. The best part is that it's free and they only email you information based on what have you selected.

I'm going to start using this method again to help me get fit and lose 8 lbs. If you want to join just sign up over at Sparkpeople and we can help each other meet our goals. Check in often and post your results. Here's to a healthier us!!!!! Bikini's here we come.....

Easter

Our baby turns 18!

My how time flies...

Our daughter turned 18 last Friday and let me say that it feels like just yesterday we were enrolling her in pre-school!!! On Friday our daughter and some friends went out to dinner in style, just look at this cool hummer limo...it's pink even. The kids went out to dinner then came home and went out again.

My friend, sister-in-law and I decided to scrapbook since we had gone to the Scrapbook Expo earlier in the day and purchased some new goodies. We were up until 3:30 a.m.?!?!? I didn't get much done but then again I never do.

On Saturday we had the family and some friends over to celebrate her birthday once more and I was exhausted but it is my fault since I went to bed 4 hours before I had to get up and go to the grocery store and clean up a little before everyone came over.

On Sunday we had some friends over and went to Camping World since we needed some stuff for the new trailer. We then went to lunch and I proceeded to have two margarita's and then we went home hung out and drank some more. The rest is history if you know what I mean....two margarita's + more alcohol = a hangover the next day. Why oh why do I do this to myself?

Our new toy!

Our new trailer is finally here! We hope to enjoy our trailer with our family and friends this coming spring and summer.






P.S. Dina I loaded two new songs to my playlist; enjoy!!

Oops!

So as you will see I'm not the best when it comes to using any type of modern device. I got a new camera and the dial moves way easy and when I try and take pictures well I end up taking video instead! Okay, so the last picture is of me taking my turn to cut our Christmas tree down and my daughter is "taking" the "picture". So I guess my point is that I'm not the only one who doesn't check the dial before taking the pic. Here's a little video of our mistakes....

Hit the pause button on the playlist to the left.