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week 2 – real food mini pledge

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hiya! i have another post coming on the bridal show weekend so don’t you all worry about that. but right now i’m going to go over week numero two of the real food challenge. week one was a light bust. i’ve decided to just look ahead instead of getting upset over the not so great week. i did however have a few good days or meals that kept me on goal for the moment….but as i write this i think “hey, this could be another post!” so i’ll leave it at that and fill you in on another post.

this week we have to focus on real beverages. i think this one will be pretty easy for me. ever since being pregnant my water consumption is pretty much 100% of what i drink. i have my moments of indulging in a soda but it’s not hard for me to say no to it. we’ll see how it goes now that i “can’t” have it. coffee, tea, milk and red wine are ok. sweetening with 100% maple syrup or honey are the only options. no white sugar in my coffee anymore and no artificially sweetened drinks. ** i kind of like this one being sweetened by maple syrup because it reminds me of ELF! **

i’m glad i feel like this is already an easy so i can focus more on week number one pledge and hopefully make it through a whole week with fruits and veggies!

i hope i can pick up the planning and organizing to really come at these pledges full force and really succeed at this goal.

two a day

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today i will be posting 2 times since i didn’t get to it last night.

yesterday’s food log looks pretty good. i didn’t get the fruit in the morning because i didn’t get time to make it before church with amelia being a bit needy. lunch was a blt, with pears and applesauce on the side. dinner was chicken with broccoli and carrots (the carrots didn’t turn out well so they didn’t really get eaten). all in all i am very proud of my first day. i need to wash my nutribullet so i can start juicing. i’m very excited about that.

i also need to start working on counting calories or just making sure i’m taking in a lot of healthy cals and fats. breastfeeding is taking a lot out of me and i don’t want to wither away into nothing. gotta do some more research on that.

this morning i missed out on the smoothy so far but hopefully when amelia wakes i’ll make it. there’s no way i’m running my blender while she’s sleeping. it was a rough night so i’m not taking chances with her naps today.

on another note with cooking…..i received cast iron cookware for chirstmas from my wonderful brothers. i’ve been using them and focusing on only using them as much as possible. so excited to use the dutch oven. eek! i never knew i’d be so excited about cooking ware. haha! crockpot will be used more as well this season. i’m going to purchase a 4qt one as well….or ask for it for my birthday. that way i can do main dish and sides at the same time…..what?!?! that’s fantastic! :)

wedding bells

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a beautiful wedding for two beautiful (inside and out) friends! congrats john and miriam…..i wish you the best! alfie is so proud of her auntie mimi!!

auntie mimi!!

today mostly consisted of the wedding since it was at 1pm. let’s just say that my daughter is a rockstar. she just was so amazing with missing an afternoon nap and enjoyed being entertained by all her friends at church. i couldn’t have asked for a better behaved child in public. :)

today also marks the last day of not having to plan dinners meals ahead of time. yes, now i have to plan everything. not looking forward to it but i am looking forward to getting better at consuming real food. also….i’ve been playing around with this plan to eat free trial i have and i’m loving it! it will take a little time to get recipes set up but it’s so awesome. i can load recipes from websites by clicking a toolbar button they have (much like pinterest). it’s amazing. then you can plan out your meals on the calendar by dragging your recipe to the day you want. then it makes the shopping list for that week for you!!! i’m seriously having fun with it.

ok so back to the real food challenge. we i decided to go about changing the way we eat one step at a time. so i chose the mini pledge route. there are 14 of them and each last for a week. you can only do what is listed each week or compile them so at the end you’ve almost eliminated all processed foods. we’ll see how well i do. i’m a bit nervous but it starts out easy. this first week is adding at least 2 fruits or veggies to each meal. i will admit i’m very bad at getting my required daily needs for this category so i am excited to try to make it happen. i will try to post each day what i had for breakfast lunch and dinner…..at least the fruits and veggies. i will definitely be using instagram so you can follow me on there if you’d like (jen-fulton).

on another note….i really want to go to hissyfits and buy this when they open tomorrow. i may have a diaper bag obsession now. but this one is adorable. don’t you think?? it’ll go fast to i have to be there right when they open if i want to even think about getting it. we’ll see how motivated i am in the morning. 

two in a row….take that resolutions

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haha! i did it! i logged in two days in a row! BAM! beat that world!

ok, so i know that is a little over excitement but c’mon….with my history it’s a good response to this. :)

ok, let’s see….oh yes, you want to know if i went to mommycon?? that’s a big fat negative. ugh. i do wish i had gone but i also know it would have been hectic and it may have hurt more than helped anything so i’ll just wait until the larger one happens in 2014.

all christmas decorations have been put away. the house is back to normal and it feels slightly barren without the tree up. i’m going to have to make the blank wall one of my first projects. it’s nice to have it back to normal though.

i’ll be making a list of posts as well so that this becomes a bit more enjoyable to read. :) i also hope to keep better track of my resolutions on here so i can see whether or not i’m doing them. tomorrow is the big day to make the meal plan for the first week! i’m a bit nervous about that one. yeah, and exercising. we didn’t even make it out on a walk today but i think carrying alfie in the sling while taking down decor counts. she just didn’t want to be away from me today.

ok, this is pretty boring. i’ll do better. :) adios muchachos!

santa??

january 3?!?!

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jeezo! i’m already slacking in my goals?? what the?!?!

ugh, oh well. at least i’m starting to try to get my butt into gear. ok, so i’m not doing so well on the goals:

-blog once a day (buzzer sound)

-start the 14 weeks of real food challenge (follow here) – STARTING 6TH

-start exercising daily (buzzer sound)

-read scripture daily (follow She Reads Truth) (buzzer sound)

-organize one room of the house and declutter it every month – january’s not over!

-finish the nursery! – first room on my list for previous goal

-clean out my closet and get basic essentials – we’ll revisit this list mid year

-start juicing – i guess i should unbox my nutribullet, clean it, and learn how to use it! (buzzer sound)

-choose joy (thanks to NHerShoes) – meh….day 3 and i’m already running out of this one but I did buy something to help.

okay so is that cheating in blog terms?? just going over your last blog? :)

but for realzies…..right now i’m debating if we pack up the family at 4am and drive to vegas for MommyCon….that’s right ladies and gents, the geeking out in a mom’s world. i’ve known about this for probably a month but at least 2 weeks. i’ve had chances to plan how to get there and when to go but i just didn’t see how it would work smoothly with everything else. i have a wedding to be at saturday at 1pm. therefore, i’d need to come back right away. $$ is also an issue but i just received a free ticket from a sponsor who had a few left and posted it on facebook. there supposedly rooms available next door to the flamingo for $30….online they don’t show it but maybe it’s for mommycon attendees only. it doesn’t matter because i wouldn’t be staying the night unless i go alone. my wonderful husband offered to go with me to drive there so i can sleep and to help motivate me to go because he knows i’m dying to go. but alas my brain and exhaustion is telling me to not trouble myself with it….but the tiny bit of spontaneity i may have is telling me to go. i guess tomorrow you’ll find out with my blog!

here’s a few recent pics to spice up this rant.

she's under there somewhere!

first time in bike trailer

the gradual progression of looking for something

hey look! i'm standing!

already failing

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Well, I’ve done and failed so far at ALL goals for this new year. *sigh*

It’s ok though. I’m going to start. It’s very hard for me to be COMMITTED to stuff because at times I just get so darn lazy and don’t want to deal with the responsible things in life. Not that blogging and some of those goals are responsible, but keeping a goal is….and I need to start getting to the point of doing it because it needs to get done! (That was my scolding for myself)

So, I will be catching you all up a bit with my blog here…..beware of mass postings! Not too many though since not much has happened AND I’m pretty sure only a couple of people read this. I think it would be awesome to have a blog that tons of people read….but I have no idea how that starts. I guess I should have a “theme” blog in order to do that. Maybe if I become a master crocheter (not sure if that’s a word) I can make a craft blog. *insert chuckles here*

Oh well. Here’s the start to my hopeful accomplished goals!