New Me

I'm not sure what's come over me, but seriously, I have the fever.....and no, I don't mean Baby Fever! I have the WORKOUT fever! Like crazy. All I want to do lately is eat healthy, watch my calories, work out....lose calories. I can't wait to step on the scale in the morning. It's like I'm a whole new girl.
I blame it on my Florida Trip.....and also Shannon Dew over at Life After I "Dew". She started this whole Beach Body thing, and I just can't get enough of health and fitness now.
I'm trying to learn as much as I can about working out....learning new and different moves. Each day, trying to beat my calories burned by just a little bit. It's like a personal goal that I have every day. And I love it.
I'm at a weight now where I've been at kind of a plateau. My lowest weight, before we went to FL back in April was 115 lbs. I'm 5'1" so for me, that was like the skinniest I've been since High School and I was loving the way my body looked! Specially since having a baby...I was so happy and excited that I was happy to get my tummy looking half way normal!
But here me when I say, that after a vacation....I wasn't too happy with my body. I gained about 4 lbs on vacation (normal, I know) but since then it's just been packing on. And today, I'm at 123.4. And we're leaving for Disney World in just 17 short days.....I know I'm probably not going to get myself almost 8 lbs lighter in that amount of time (healthy) so all that I can do is work out and eat right and see where that gets me. So, that's what I'm going to do!! I've been using MFP like a mad woman! (username: crystalseed) Follow me!!!
And my Husband bought me a Nutribullet for my birthday, so I've been obsessed with making smoothies. That's all I've been having for breakfast! And I love it! Keeps me full for hours, and it's pretty low cal, AND HEALTHY!! So, if you have any good smoothie recipes that you'd like to give me, I'm open to any and all!

Coach Trip with the Ladies

I'm not a Purse Junkie.
I swear, I'm not. But when I see a purse that I love and I absolutely have to have, well...I buy it.
One of my BFF's, who I'm lucky enough to work with, got a SA-Weet Coach Purse for Christmas that I fell in love with.

So, we took a trip to our nearest Outlet center and did a little shopping. They didn't have the purple animal print, nor did they have the green or pink that I was hoping for either...so I had to "settle" with the black.

Trust me when I say, it wasn't settling at all. I'm absolutely in love with this purse!!! It's the perfect carryall purse for me. No inside pockets, which call me crazy, but that's the way I like it. Everything all in 1 spot. And, best of all...I only paid $65 bucks for it! SCORE!!!

My Mother In Law came over later that day, and I showed her, and she fell in love too.

Well, the small purse actually snaps into the inside of the large tote....and when I got it home and went to show Andy, one of the snaps broke off the inside of the large tote. It didn't rip it or anything, the snap just came off. So I'm going back on Wednesday to exchange it. And my mother in law wants one. 

So, I'm actually thinking of getting a wallet too....Idk, we shall see.

What's your favorite Coach purse, or do you prefer a different style or brand?? I used to be addicted to Chanel!

Bathing suit Trial and Error

So, do you remember a few days ago when I posted about my bathing suit that I ordered to take with me to Disney?? Well, I got said bathing suit in the mail and absolutely hated it...yep. Taking that ish back to the store this weekend.....but I did order a different one. Wanna see it?!

I'm all about the mismatched bathing suits! Is this cute?? I fell in love with it, and I know that I will feel more comfortable in this flowy top rather than the skin tight one. Once I get it, as long as it looks like I want it to, I'll post a picture!

New Face.....Again

Yes, I know, you're probably saying to yourself, "wait a minute....didn't you JUST get your blog redone, like...a month ago?"
Well, yes, yes I did....buuuuut you know....I'm sure this has happened to all of us. You pick out the perfect colors, and get everything done, and you love it, and then you look at it like every day for the next 3 weeks, and all of a sudden decide, Eh, I really don't love it. Yep, that's what happened.
So, what's a girl to do? She sends an email to the best damn blog designer out there and she works her magic.
Jessica does some damn good work, and I will go back to her time and time again, I tell you! So, if you're in the market for a little (or a big) face lift. Email her now! You won't regret it!

54 Days and counting

54 Days....until we arrive in Orlando Fl. Yep, as most of you probably already know, if you follow me on Instagram or Facebook....we're taking another trip down south and we're going to Disney for a week. I cannot wait, and Chloe is just as ecstatic!
But with that excitement, of course comes the "Oh Shit! I have to fit into a bathing suit and make it look good...."
So here's what I'm going to do about this!
54 Days, we're going to be here

And I'm going to need to look good in this.....

Sorry for the picture quality

How am I going to do that, you ask?

I found this courtesy of Shannon on her Motivational Monday post! Thanks Cuz!!

So, that along with a strict, low calorie diet, and the use of MFP....I should be fine. I've done this thing before where I ate nothing but chicken and sweet potatoes and greens 4 times a day, and I lost like 5 lbs of water weight in a week....I'm going to do that, closer to vaca time. But for now, it's going to be getting back to my goal weight and maintaining! Wish me luck, girls! I'll be posting pics of me in this bathing suit so we can see the progression :-)