Less.

I have been on this new "healthy eating" journey for three weeks now and I have come to a major favorite milestone of mine that happens whenever you start to downsize your portions. What is that you say? It's so simple but I love it: I get full faster.

I can't tell you how exciting it is that, after a pregnancy of eating for "two" and carrying on the tradition well into my non pregnant state, I finally have begun to feel satisfied on a normal size portion!

This is a big step my friends. It means this whole calorie thing will become much easier. Eating in moderation is a term I associate with long term weight loss. Yay!


This has absolutely nothing to do with this...but here's my baby with his daddy and across his friend Elijah!

Post Baby Weigh in Week 3: whoop whoop!

Hallelujah, thank ya Jesus, I saw a great number on that scale last night...a 4 pound loss!


I'm super excited. This brings my total weight loss down to around 9lbs! Nine pounds in three weeks is something to be proud of...really proud of!

I'm going camping this weekend so there may be some s'mores and possibly a bit of junk involved, but I'm hoping to be fairly good :)

Wrapping up another week!

Weigh in tonight! I'm stoked. I am not going to try to guess whether I will be up or down or how much, we will just have to see! I've had a farely good week. I may or may not have eaten a cookie AND chocolate ice cream last night...hmmm....but I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off yesterday and forgot to eat mostly. So I thought I'd make up those calories. Healthy right? Haha. Oh well.

Kellen and I watched thi documentary called "Fat, Sick, and nearly dead" this weekend. It's about two "large" guys who go on a mission to get healthy. They start by doing a juice only cleanse for 60 days (intense!) and use that as their detox as well as a kick off to a healthy lifestyle. Pretty eye opening! Kellen even enjoyed it and is now begging me to get a juicer...lol! My husband is the most paranoid skinny guy I know. He is self conscious and honestly has no reason to be. But I guess it's cool because he really embraces healthy eating and that makes it easy for me to make better choices.

I will leave you with a pic of little bubba. He is seriously the most animated, happy baby I know...but stick him in a car seat and this is what you get!

My little copycat!

You know what's great motivation to eat healthy? When you know your little one is eating what you eat. Somehow chowing down on cheetohs and pop tarts sounds much less appealing when you know it's going directly to a tiny human.

I think when you're pregnant it's hard to wrap your head around this concept. I know for me, being a first time mom, the thought that there was actually a human inside of me was weird and almost incomprehensible.

But when their born that all changes- oh my gosh! That was a human inside me that whole time!

As we approach solids for my little bubba, it's helped me to take a look at the kind of food he will be joining in on...soon! There is nothing more motivating to eat healthy than when I know there is a little guy watching everything that goes in my mouth...and wants to do what I do!

That's why as we ease into the world of solids my little guy is going to experience a wide selection of healthiness...right along side me!

Here he is, exploring some broccoli on Sunday evening:

Addict.

I have a new addiction. Frozen yogurt. Now there are definitely worse things to be addicted too, so I'm not getting to down on myself for making the trip out to the town over two days in a row last week to indulge! It's a place called Blu Berry. I think it may be some kind of franchise...not quite sure. But it is certainly the new fad around this crazy county I live in!

Luckily, I am not alone in my new addiction. My amazing friend Hollie is also quite obsessed. In fact it was she who joined me both days in a row there! :)

I hope to write a whole post on Hollie to, because she is in so many ways an inspiration to me. We had a chance to hang out Friday night. Hollies is also on her own journey to lose the baby weight. She had her little man Hudson in July, but before she was pregnant with him, she was running half marathons! She's so awesome.

On Friday we decided to cook a healthy dinner together. Our choice? Turkey avocado burgers with turkey bacon and sweet potato fries. OH MY GOODNESS we were in heaven!


We headed to fro yo for dessert. I could have made some better choices like getting a fruit flavor and topping it with all kind of fruitty goodness, but dulce de leche and red velvet cake was calling my name! It was worth every last calorie :)

Eggcellent.

I never realize my absolute love for eggs until I was preggo with my little bubba. Eggs were my number one craving with him. I would literally eat several eggs a day (yes I realize this is probably not the most healthy thing). 

Luckily, after I had him, the intense egg craving somewhat decreased. But every once in a while I still find myself really craving some scrambled eggs or a egg salad sandwich.

You know whats weird? My mother in law makes egg salad sandwich straight from scrambled eggs. No hard boiled eggs involved! I thought it was really strange but when I tried it I actually discovered it's pretty good...and much quicker!

I love having hard boiled eggs to take for an easy on the go snack. So today I boiled up some eggs:

While I did that bubba chewed on his "snack":

No eggs for him yet!

What is your favorite way to eat an egg?

Welcome to mommyhood!

I can't begin to describe the ways in which I've grown over these past 5 months with my baby boy. God has done some serious work-not just in my "mommy" life but in my heart. Here are my top ten nuggets of wisdom I'm learning day by day: 

-Your opinion about things will change more than you can count, so watch that know it all attitude or you will be sure to be humbled. 

-There is no wrong or right in parenting-only different kids, different families, and different situations. 

-You will inevitably always think your child is the best-the cutest, the smartest, the all around greatest kid of all. Its easy to stay focused on just your little world, but remember how great it feels to celebrate others too. 

-Life is celebrated by the small things-every new experience is beyond exciting and more special than the last. 

-A smile can change a mood in an instant.

-Life callings can and will change with each new stage of life. Be open and embrace each new path life takes you.

-You will never make everyone happy. Sometimes being selfish is your healthiest option. 

-Asking for help doesn't mean admitting weakness, in fact, it takes courage. 

-Draw close to those who love you, embrace those who embrace you, and accept that friendships come in seasons. Be thankful for memories but accept that people change and that's ok.

-Nothing or no one can make you feel whole. This is a journey you must find within yourself and it will be the most fulfilling of them all.