MommyWeighLess

I was approached by the awesome Kendra Thornton about doing a guest post on my blog since this month is Fit Family Lifestyles Month! I am thrilled to be so honored as well as in love with her piece. It is so important to maintain our healthy lifestyle especially when traveling, with all the yucky fast food options that make eating on the go easy, as well as limited physical activity. Hope you enjoy her advice as well as I did! Tips On Staying Healthy For Families Traveling Stay fit, stay healthy, and you’ll look and feel amazing! It’s a work in-progress motto, but it’s been something that I’ve been believing in since I became a mother of three very active kids. That’s why I’m always trying to consciously keep myself fit whether I’m on the road or at home. To honor Fit Family Lifestyles month, I put together a few helpful tips and tricks that I live by to stay healthy and energized while traveling and on vacation. Be Clean and Germ Free! As a mother with three energet...

Every year on the New Year, millions of people make a weight loss resolution, or the resolution to become healthier. Only 10% of those millions will actually see it through. Very sad statistics. So Vega One started a new revolution, #OneChange . Make #OneChange  instead of overwhelming yourself with a big ol' resolution! A little info on Vega One and what they are/do. Vega One  makes nutritional shakes and bars for a athletes that are Olympic busy, or just stay at home mom busy. From their site Vega One Shakes are: Good for your body and the planet, Vega One Nutritional Shake is the clean, plant-based choice to fuel your healthy, active lifestyle—without compromise. Made from natural, whole food ingredients, Vega One is a convenient, all-in-one supplement, packed with: 50% daily intake of  vitamins  and minerals 15 g protein 6 g fibre 1.5 g Omega-3 Antioxidants Probiotics Greens And their Vega One Bars: All-in-one. On-the-go. Everything you lo...

As you may know I have two very beautiful and perfect reasons for getting healthy and changing my life. I do it not only for myself but for them, and Dustin, so that I am around to see all their great milestones and achievements in life. When I began this journey, I was the only one involved. I made myself separate meals, worked out alone, and didn't push to make it a family change. Then I began to realize that it was making it ten times harder for me. All the bad food laying around tempting me. Seeing them soak into the tv and couch. I knew if I didn't make this a family thing, Scarlett would be like me in 20 years. Overweight and trying to figure it all out via Google. I started slowly weeding junk out of their diets. We never allowed her soda or much candy anyways, so thankfully I didn't have to kick those bad habits. I started cooking more healthy meals with lots of veggies. Introduced her to quinoa...which she loves. Included her in the cooking process. And poor Dust...

So my blog isn't just about my weight loss journey, as roller coaster as its been lately, but life as a mommy in general. I crib trained Evan! Shooooo! It was easy. I was just being dramatic. With Scarlett we lived in a smaller house. Her bedroom was right next to ours. I could hear her through the wall. This house is much bigger and they're rooms are on the other side.  I was so nervous about having my babies so far away. Especially since Evan is so tiny. He's only 3 months old. Its flown by. My mom kept saying he needed to be in his room...daddy agreed...and I caved. I worried he wouldn't be comfy in such a big open space, but I laid him down and he went right to sleep. Score for mommy! Such a big boy already...where is the time going?