Its Gardening Time!!!

If you know me, you know I LOVE to be outside. I need the Sunshine. One of my favorite hobbies is gardening. I am not good at it, and I kill A LOT of plants, but I love it. I love the hard work and the results of the hard work in the Fall. I love bringing out my buckets and wheel barrel just to haul my veggies back into the house. Its a great feeling of accomplishment. Today I start by tilling my garden, (I am getting excited thinking about it). This year I am hoping to have my BEST garden yet. I am hoping to have enough food to feed my family through the winter and cut down on our cost of food. I am spending way to much on produce when I can grow this all myself.

I started 2 weeks ago, with my small herb garden. I planted seeds in my little pots and they are sitting in my sunniest window and growing like crazy. This year I plan on having a good sized herb garden, since the benefits of herbs are AMAZING, there is no way that I can leave them out. Also they smell so good.

Not only am I trying to save my family money this way, I am teaching my kids hard work, I am growing my family healthy food, and I have found a hobby that I really enjoy.

Monday Update!

Hello Monday!
Today I took progress pictures. Yay, I see a difference! I may not have lost more then a couple pounds, but I am starting to see a flat tummy and thats all I want. I bought another new bikini, a very little bikini ;) I have 3 months till Summer and I can't wait to wear it! I will post the picture later. I don't know if I am ready for the world to see it just yet!

This week I have changed some things in my family against everyones wishes . . .  I decided that we are cutting out sugar. I read an article about how bad sugar is for us, and how addictive it can be to our bodies. Everything I read, I thought this is what is causing problems in my family. My kids eat sugar and they go CRAZY. I never put the two together, until we were at a family party and my kids had more sugar then they do in a week and they did not sleep that night, they did not behave, they were WILD. I wanted to pull my hair out. From that moment I decided that we don't need sugar, we don't need anything to make our boys any more rambuncsious then they already are.

We also have decided to limit our kids TV time. Any screen time. In just 3 days of no screen my kids have gotten a long better. They actually play with there toys. This is not just for them, I decided to do it to. My kids are only little once, I don't need to spend hours on Pinterest to think of things for my kids to do, when all we have to do is go on a walk or go play cars. They don't really care what we are doing as long as I am playing with them.

I am doing great in my healthy life. I am eating healthy and exercising every day. I love this feeling of being healthy, and I can totally tell a difference when I don't. I feel fat, I break out, my skin is not soft, I am thirsty, I crave junk food, and the list goes on, why would I want to live like that! I am happy living the natural healthy life!

Thank you for reading.

Taco Tuesday!

How Amazing does this look? 

Every Tuesday, we make tacos. Healthy Tacos. This one includes: 

Corn Tortilla 

Brown Rice

Ground Turkey Seasoned with Taco Seasoning 

Tomatoes 

Avocado

Spinach 

Plain Greek Yogurt 

Simple, Yes. Everyone knows how to make a taco, but this one was just so pretty :) Enjoy! 

My BLOG NAME CHANGED!

My old address mommysjourneytoamarathon.blogspot.com was long, it also did not represent what I wanted out of my blog. I don't just want to compete in a marathon. I want so much more. So I changed the address to myjourneytoafitlife.blogspot.com way smaller :) It also shows that I am not just running I am eating healthy, I am training hard,  and changing my life for the better!
Thank you all for reading my blog, who knew I would ever have so many people support me?

Valentines Day Update!

My goal was to transform my body in 6 months, then 6 weeks, then I gave myself another 6 months. Yes, I am changing my body, but this has been the biggest learning process for me! I have learned that without drinking 70 oz of water a day, I feel like crap! I have learned that I can't keep doing the same exercises and expect to see changes in my body. I have learned that doing legs for 2 hours one day will make you cry for a week after. . . yes cry!!! Biggest thing that I have learned is, portion control. I got stuck at the same weight, I could not figure out why my body was not losing weight. I went back to the basics and measured out all my food, 1/4 cup of raisins is small. I was eating 1/2 cup or more, and counting that as 120 calories. No more, and because of it, I have started to loose again!

This process has been amazing. I am learning about healthy changes that I can apply in my life and my families. I have tried new recipes, vitamins, workouts, teas, and all other types of "healthy" changes. Since January 1st, I have lost 5 pounds. Its not a ton, but most important I changed how I eat and how I exercise. I don't eat junk. Its not worth wasting my calories on crap that is not even going to fill me up. I don't miss fast food in anyway, and to think about eating it now, makes me sick. For 6 weeks. I have lived a 95% perfect healthy life. I say 95% because I have eaten ice cream and oreos on 3 occasions!

I feel so much better getting rid of junk. My skin feels softer. I have more energy. My hair is longer. I can run faster and longer. I like to be on the treadmill. These are just a couple things that I can see a change in. I am proud of our change and I don't want to ever go back.

I don't update my blog daily, but know that I still see all your views and your comments and I really appreciate the support that I have been given. If I can loose 55 pounds anyone can! I am grateful for the body that I have, I am blessed that I can do the exercises that I love. If you don't follow my instagram, I will post some pictures from the last couple weeks! I have been busy!!!

I hope you all have an awesome Valentines Day! XoXo!!!