God is Good

God always seems to give you what you need when you need it. Ever since we took our three week trip back home to Indiana, Adalyn hasnt slep AT ALL! Her schedule is all out of whack and it seems like its impossible to get her back on track. Luckily, laura came to my facebook rescue! I just ordered Healthy Sleep Habits, Healthy Baby from ebay thanks to her advice. I never knew you could get used books for such a great price! I paid $1.04 for the book so lets hope it isnt in too bad of condition when it gets here. Laura messaged me right when I needed it. Funny how God does that huh?! Since Scott has been on nights he sleeps during the day so getting to talk and get my feelings out doesn't happen very much anymore. My poor mom has to listen to me vent 20 minutes at a time throughout the week because I just need to relieve some stress. I'm sure half the stuff I tell her about is meaningless jabber but it's nice to have someone to just listen sometimes.

Anywho, I am looking forward to reading the book and getting little miss back on a schedule. She's growing up so fast. She'll be walking before we know it!

I turned my back for a minute and she's rolled up in the rug! Can't take my eyes off of her these days.

Haming it up her her zebra jammies! They are so soft she just loves them. Thanks grandma and Aunt Jaime!

INSANITY: DAY 2

WOW! Did I want to punch Shaun T through the screen?! I sure did. Day 2 is all about cardio plyometrics. Just the warm up wears me out! The one thing I really enjoy about the way he does his workouts is the cool down/stretching between each interval workout. I get time to relax and breathe before we start all over again. If I keep it up there's no way I won't be ready for summer and a bikini again! Not to mention I am hitting the gym tonight with some of the wives for zumba. Two work outs in one day! Who am I?!

Are you Insane?!

I am definately INSANE! I started insanity this morning and man am I out of shape! Insanity is a total body workout designed to get you in shape in 60 days! Much like P90X, insanity has no "extras" you need to buy to work out. That's one thing that turned me off of P90X... there was a pull up bar and weights and all this other "stuff" I didnt want to have to purchase in order to work out. Ever since I had Adalyn I have been trying and trying to lose the extra baby weight and I just can't get those last 20lbs off! While the 20lbs doesnt bother me as much as how "flabby" my stomach area still is. I wouldn't mind having those 20 extra pounds if they were toned extra pounds! Shaun T is the creator of Insanity, as well as, hip hop abs! I am thinking about doing insanity in the morning and hip hop abs in the evening.

Hip hop abs recently did a workout lab with all moms who just had babies and EVERY one of them lost 6 inches and 2 dress/jean sizes in ONE WEEK!! Are you kidding me?! ONE WEEK!? Thats enough to make me try it even if my results aren't the same. I used to dance all the time and think it'd be a nice break from my day. Plus Adalyn watches from her walker and thinks all my workout moves are hilarious. She loves to hold my water bottle for me while I'm shedding the pounds!

After 60 days I'll post my before and after shots. Now thats INSANE!

Dessert Dilema

No sugar?! Dessert is without a doubt our most favorite part of any meal. This whole eating healthy has caused me to do a little research on healthy sweets and here is what I've found.

Banana Ice Cream in 1 step! Yes 1 step!

This was pretty amazing.. All you need for two people is 3 to 4 ripe bananas. I cut them up into bite size pieces and popped them into the freezer. Once the banana pieces are frozen toss them all into a food proccessor and chop for a good minute or two and vioala! Banana ice cream! The frozen bananas seriously turn into ice cream. I couldn't believe it and it was so easy. Add a teaspoon of honey or a tablespoon of peanut butter for an added flavor and serve.

Raspberry Sorbet

All you need here is orange juice and frozen raspberries. Pour the orange juice into a ice cube try and freeze. Once frozen toss the orange juice cubes along with a bag of frozen raspberries into the trusty food proccessor and in no time at all you have raspberry sorbet. I recommend letting the orange juice ice cubes melt slightly before you put them in the food proccessor. In my case I just added a tad bit more orange juice as it chopped.

As I find more easy to make easy for you recipes I will be sure to share! Eating healthy doesnt mean you have to skip out on your favorite part of the meal!

New Year, New Diet

Since Scott and I got back from Indiana we have decided to start 2011 by eating healthy and getting back into shape! This is by no means an easy battle. I am arguably not fat, however, I still have 20lbs I didn't have before Adalyn come into this world. I dont necessarily want to lose this 20lbs but I could stand to tone it up a bit. The past two weeks have been hard but I can already see a difference! Yay us! I thought I'd share just a sample day of our diet:

Breakfast: Non-fat yogurt with fruit and granola

Lunch: Soup and Fiber Bar

Snack: Banana

Dinner: Tilapia and brown rice with a veggie... yes a veggie

Until two weeks ago I didnt even know I liked tilapia. Drink LOTS of water, stay away from the sugars and you'll be eating right in no time!