What's Going On

What's going on?

Welll....

My Little William is sick...AGAIN!

He has a cold,

which of course comes along with the 4th ear infection of the year!

The doctor said he'll may have to get tubes in his ears if he gets another one this year.

I'm kind of guessing...William will get another one ear infection.

I mean what baby gets 4 year infections in 5 months?

I think my oldest boy has had 4 ear infections his whole life...and he's 8 1/2 now.

Plus side...I don't think we will be making an ER trip with this sickness...so that's progress!

What else is happening?

It's the last week of school until summer vacation!

Hooray!!

Summer is here! 

I think everyone is ready for school to be out!

Since it's been in the high 80's to high 90's here in lovely Hemet...

my kids have been swimming everyday over in my in-law's pool.

My hubby works from his parent's house...and this wonderful man of mine

 has been taking Landon, Audrey, and Carson with him to work in the afternoons,

so they can swim!

Which gives me a couple hours of break time almost everyday lately!

You would think I would get so much done.

But you know what I've been doing with that time?

Nothing.

Well actually I got caught up on Vampire Diaries haha

Why is this show so addicting?!

Let's be honest this face keeps me watching! haha

Oh Damon... I mean Ian Somerhalder (I totally had to just look up his real name.)

You are the perfect bad boy haha!

Anyway, 

now that I'm caught up I'm freed from this addiction....

  I can say today my house is clean again. haha.

It's been so nice to get those couple hours to myself everyday.

I really am so grateful my hubby has been doing this for me!

That is about all that is going on over here at my house.

This summer should be fun and relaxing.

The Carb Nite Solution week 13

I just finished week 13,

and I lost 2 lbs.

I'm down a total of 18.5 lbs,

and it feels good!!

Which leaves me with 7.5 lbs to go until I'm back to my pre-pregnancy weight.

But I gained 5 lbs right before I got preggers,

 so I really have 12.5 lbs to be at my goal weight.

To be only 12.5 lbs away to my goal weight seem so doable! 

And to be able to have this weight off by the time my baby turns 1 year old (or close to it)....

is AMAZING for me!

It took me so long to get the pregnancy weight off last time I was preggers.

This time...well I'm proud of myself!

See the consistency is paying off!
If you aren't doing this diet,
but you are on a diet or working out.
Don't stop!
Consistency always pays off.
It takes so much time and effort to get results,
but they come.
I'm not one for quick weight loss or an easy fix.
It doesn't work.
As soon as you stop,
the weight comes right back.
Slow weight loss and sticking to your workout,
works.
The more effort you put in,
the more you'll work at keeping it off.
So keep up!
You and I can do it.

Carbnite Week 12

Last week was week 12,

that's 3 months....only 3 more months to go!

That 3 months really flew by,

it seems like my hubby and I just started carbnite!

I didn't lose any weight last week,

but I didn't gain.

I feel like I should tell the reason for the no losing of any weight.

It's kind of personal and might be tmi ...you are warned haha

I started my period towards the of the week.... ugh

I can't complain too much since I've only had 2 periods in the last ummm 1 1/2 years.

But I'm really not used to the hormone changes, 

the bloating, 

and the mood swings.

It's pretty much awful!

Oh the joys of being a woman. ha

I probably did lose a little bit of weight,

but I can't tell because of the bloating and water weight!

I hope this week I'll be able to pull some weight off.

If I don't see the scale go down,

I'll be okay with it,

since I my "condition" won't end for a few more days. haha 

It might take a little longer for the water weight to come off.

I'll still be exercising and doing this diet.... consistency pays off in the end!

Messy house feel like failure!

Do you ever feel like you are a failure? 

I do!

I feel like most of the time I try to do my best,

 doing my responsibilities.

But often I feel like my best isn't good enough.

For example...The last couple of weeks my house has been a messy house.

I had been on a good schedule keeping everything clean.

Then William my sweet baby got sick again!

You see this sweet baby looking so happy?!

Well just a few days after this he started coughing a little bit.

Within a couple days  he couldn't breath and had a terrible ear infection!

Mind you this is his 3rd ear infection for the year!

One more and he gets tubes in his ears!

Tubes people!

I took him to the ER twice in a couple day period.

This baby is scary.

His sicknesses can go from barely there to full on can't breathe within in a 2 or 3 day period!

At least this time it was just an ER trip and not a full admission to the hospital like back in January.

It took him another 1 1/2 week to be completely better.

Then he started teething.

He just teethed 4 teeth at one time!

4 teeth people!

Lets just say he was a very cranky baby who,

 was up all night crying one night last week.

Like literally from 2 am to 7 am just crying!

Awww the joys of being a parent!

Really though it was sad.

Anyway all this equals a messy house.

Sick baby/teething baby + Messy house = failure

Through all of this

I still got all my kids off to school on time

kids were fed

workouts completed 5 days a week

stuck to my diet

activities were done

dinner was made

kids homework was done and turned in

BUT my house was a disaster.

And even though I was able to accomplish so many other things,

since my house wasn't clean I felt and feel like a complete failure!

 On Friday I was babysitting for my friend,

and her little girl said to me "Your house is always messy isn't it"

I was like lately yes... yes it is. haha

I don't like living in a messy house!

In my head my house should be clean all the time.

Like where if someone pops by,

I don't have to be embarrassed because my house is always clean!

Unfortunately it's not.

 This week I'm getting everything back in order!

I used to be able to get everything cleaned to perfection in one day...this was pre-William.

Since William I can't do this.

So I've switched to one room per day.

Today was Kitchen.

I got the whole kitchen deep cleaned from the floors on up.

Right now I have one room completely clean!

That room feels good haha.

Tomorrow is Living room/dining room.

One room + one load of laundry done everyday = success!

I am determined to be successful this week!

Wish me luck!

The Carb Nite Soltion Week 11: Results and Tips

I know I haven't blogged for a few weeks, 

life has been crazy busy.

I am still on Carbnite and I haven't cheated one time, 

not one time in 11 weeks!

I think that is pretty impressive given the nature of this diet. haha

It's not easy... especially when I cook something yummy I can't eat!

I have to say it's completely worth the sacrifice and determination.

Because I am down 16.5 lbs!  

That's 1.5 lbs a week.

It's funny one week...like last week I only lost 1/2 lb,

but this week I've lost 2 lbs.

So if you are doing this diet, 

do not get discouraged!

I know it's hard,

but hang in there.

Don't worry if you don't see the numbers go down for a couple weeks,

 just stick to it you will see results!

This is how my days go when I have good weight loss week:

1. 6:30 -7:00 am wake up
2. anywhere between 9-10:00 am workout.
3. 10:30 am eat 3 eggs and some cheddar cheese
4. 12:30-1:00 pm eat lunch,  chicken and some cheesy cauliflower mash
5. 3:00 pm drink protein shake with almond milk
6. 6:00 pm eat dinner  bbq chicken and vegi 
7. 8:00 pm snack 1 serving size of almonds (The Cocoa Roast almounds by Emerald are amazing!)

Sometimes I'll grab a handful of almonds  and/or some more cheese whether is babybell or string cheese, or pepperoni at some point in the day. 

Drink tons of water!

I drink 90 oz of water a day ...at least.

Once in awhile I'll drink a cherry coke zero.

It gives me that sweetness I sometimes crave,

and it curves my appetite.

Here is a good tip:

 Skipping breakfast or eating 3 or 4 hours after waking up helps your body burn more fat.

The breakfast is the most important meal of the day is not true.

You don't need to eat to get your metabolism going.

It's already working,

Since I've been waiting to eat until 10:00 am,

and/or waiting until after I workout,

I truly have seen a difference in my weigh loss!

Here is an article about it click  HERE.

Are you wondering what my Carbnites look like? 

Here is a sample/ideal carbnite for a woman.

We tend to need a low fat, high carb... carbnite to see the best results.

And we can' just pig out.

Men can pig out and still be fine, 

but unfortunately woman can't...darn it!

1. 4:00 pm eat rice crispy treats. And eat as much as you want!  My husband and I eat almost the entire pan between the 2 of us.  They are low fat, high carb. A Perfect way to start your night off your carbnite.

To keep it interesting every week I do a different kind of crispy treat. So far I've done coco pebbles, fruity pebbles, mint chocolate, and this week I'm doing pumpkin spice!  It's been fun to experiment with the different kinds. And let me tell you they are all delicious!!!! 

2. 6:00 pm dinner  Sushi or some kind of curry Indian or Thai.( Keep it low fat high carb whatever it is your are eating)  Eat until you are full, not stuffed.

3. 8:00 Eat a banana

4. Right before bed ( for me is around 10:30 pm)  ideally I eat a homemade apple turnover ( which is low fat, high carb) and some vanilla ice cream.  But sometimes I just want something fatty and delicious! After all carbnite only comes once a week.  Just make sure you are eating the ultra fatty things right before bed.  This way your body won't store them as fat. By the time your body starts digesting them you'll use the fat as fuel.

Thank you +DH Kiefer for this diet!!  It's been a life saver for me!!

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