Happy with my new schedule!

As many of you have read, last week I had a meltdown and with that meltdown came evaluation of my time management.

I've come up with a great schedule that allows me to get everything I need to get done in a week!

So far my week has been great and stress free!

Cooking Mon-Thurs at home a must! Weekends off :)

Working on our side business 2 nights a week.



Working out 3 times a week.


And who can forget, RELAX TIME! Have that in there too!



Diet update: My scale decides to change it's mind on a daily basis, really frustrating. I'm hoping with my new schedule I will start seeing some REAL results!

Hope you are all having a great week!

Lazy Monday Staying Indoors.

This is what it looks like here today, dark rainy, chilly! Husband and I woke up feeling under the weather, so we stayed home from work today.

Zoe wasn't feeling up to much either...
We decided to move our vacation up to April instead of June. Reason 1, I am having meltdowns regularly so I think a vacation is needed aha! But the real reason which is probably the cause of these meltdowns is work, the next couple of months husband and I will have busy days at work so we may not be able to take the time off. That is fine, because that means vacation is sooner than we thought!

We picked a place that was not on my list at all.... JAMAICA! I have never been there and to tell you the truth when I read they had Jerk chicken and corn on their beach grill....ummm that sealed the deal for me hahah!

So my goals the next few weeks are much more serious, bikini type serious!

Weekly goals :)

* Tea and 1 slice of toast for BF.
* Fruits/yogurt for mid morning snack
* Only 1 small coffee a day
* 5 days a week of home cooking, include many "green" veggies.
* Drink lots of water everyday! A MUST!
* Tracking calories on Iphone "my fitness pal app" 1300 Cals a day
* 3 bite rule on sweets
* 3 days a week basement work out: Ab Lounge and Gazelle 1 hour work outs
* No fast food! (no burgers, no fries, no pop!) :) Kicking this habit right on!
* 5 days a week Calli Cleansing Tea

Spring Cleaning Weekend

Yesterday was the first day of Spring! (It was a chilly gloomy day) BUT better days are ahead!

Ever since my meltdown last week I have been sticking to my schedule and found much more time for mee! Yesterday we were able to do Spring Cleaning in the house and have a whole afternoon out on the town, AND get some work (side business) in as well! :)
We went for a walk on lake shore. It was so nice.

Before we decided to move to suburbs we were actually considering moving to one of these condos. It is so nice down there. The energy you get from the people, the water, nature. It's unexplainable.

Ever since husband and I were younger we always believed in writing down goals and having a vision board. Even before we saw the movie the secret. We would drive around talking and expressing what we wanted for our future. Many many things we have achieved has been written on our vision board/Goals board in the past. Yesterday was one of those afternoons, driving around and talking about our new future goals. So last night we decided to buy a large cork board and re-write our goals and post matching pictures to express them.


Do you believe in Vision boards/Law of attraction?

And what's a day out without my fav food. SUSHI!!!!!
(however, my tummy was feeling off due to Friday nights outing, so I actually was not able to eat much yesterday, I guess that was a good thing... calorie wise ahah!)

What is up with these emotions!

Can you say MELTDOWN! That is pretty much what I had last night. Work has been really stressful then I have a daily busy after work schedule that just caught up to me. (perfect kitty pic above to express this, (my mom's cat ahha)

So after work yesterday when I walked in the door and saw my kitties fur balls every where and the sink full of dishes and the laundry piled up and an inbox full of side business emails and the mail piled up... I started to feel a tad overwhelmed. I expressed this to my husband calmly of course (yelling loud and CLEAR) and he agreed that we will split the house work and that it's not a big deal etc. Fine... But I was not done. As we were working out and I was on the Gazelle, I was continuing releasing all that was upsetting me... I don't even know what I was mad about, I think I mentioned everything and everybody and really don't think I made much sense. THEN I lost it, I had a meltdown and CRIEDDDD like that sobbing cry and I was angry! Where on earth did this anger come from. I was tired and angry and stressed and crying!! So I just went straight to bed. Then again after work today, with no real reason to stress I broke down into tears again! What is up with these emotions!

I think the last 2 days taught my husband to just listen and not make it worse by adding his suggestions. I was not looking for a solution, I'm not sure what I needed... But I feel better now after my 2 overwhelming meltdowns and Mr husband hugging me and taking me to a late dinner to make me feel better.

Being a woman is just so fun! ha!

No more 30Day Shred

This weekend was fun, Saturday we helped my mom paint her house and Sunday husband and I went shopping in the afternoon. While we were out we treated ourselves to a Honeydew Bubble Tea and Chinese pineapple sweet bread. YUM! But not part of my diet plan of course hahha!

I decided not to incorporate the 30 day shred in my work outs any more. The jumping up and down made me feel sick more than once and it hurts the knees! It's a great work out and works well in toning. But I rather do my Gazelle and Ab lounge. :)

Today for lunch I had 12 whole grain crackers with Veggies. I'm really liking this combo and I buy all different types of veggie packages for variety.

This week, is week 2 of the Nuplus shake and Calli Tea cleanse. So far so good , and nuplus shakes are so easy to make, love that!

Weekly goals :)

* 5 Days a week Nuplus Shake for BF - 1 slice of toast for mid-morning snack.
* Only 1 medium coffee a day
* 5 days a week of home cooking, include many "green" veggies.

* Drink lots of water everyday! A MUST!

* Tracking calories on Iphone "my fitness pal app)

* 3 bite rule on sweets

* 3 days a week basement work out/ or jogging. Weather is getting nice!

* No fast food! (no burgers, no fries, no pop!) :)
* 5 days a week Calli Cleansing Tea

Helping Family

Today was a good day. Our family got together to help put a smile on my moms face by redecorating her living room and dining room. Lots of work but the finished product was soo nice!

Pics below!

Prep work

The living room was in this middle room and the room in the front was a bedroom. We decided to take down the french doors to open it up and make the front room a living room and the middle room a dining room. This was NEVER done in this house. We always had a house full of people and needed that extra bedroom. This was my grandfathers house and has been in the family for years!!! I'll say 50 years at least. My mom and sister now live there and all of us coming together to fix it up and change it up like it never has...felt great.

My sister and I doing midnight sanding last night to prep for today.



Today all of us painting away


When my grandfather was alive he loved having a couch in the kitchen. Since I was a kid, there was always, always a couch in this kitchen. BUT times have changed and as much as mom resisted and did not want to part....

Bye bye couch...



The finished product.


I didn't put pics of the dining room, my mom is ordering new furniture so I will wait for that.

I'm exhausted! But still up blogging ahah! Time to go cuddle with the husband with our new books that came in and it's relaxing time!

Happy weekend. :)

March 22.10** Added pics of Dining room :)

Feeling Lighter

This week I have been doing really well with drinking my Nuplus shakes in the morning. I drink it for Breakfast then at 10am I have 1 slice of multi grain toast and at 12pm I have my lunch. I am actually finding it easier to eat smaller meals during the day, rather than larger meals.

One day this week I had veggies and multi grain crackers for lunch. I really liked it. So I will do this more times next week :) I buy the frozen veggie packages and they taste great. I'll buy them this weekend and post more about it then.

I have not lost any pounds but my clothes fit better and I feel lighter too. Works for me! :)

This is just a random picture but I bought this laptop thingy (not sure what it's called) But it's great for working on your laptop on your lap. I got it at Ikea for $5 very useful and I recommend it :)

Happy Friday!! I am really looking forward to the weekend. Me, My sister and Brother and our better half's are doing an extreme makeover on my moms dining room and living room. I love redecorating and I just know she is going to love what we do with it. I will take before and after pics! (I just hope my back pain goes away by then, I'm in lots of pain today :( no fun!)

Prayers...

First I want to start with my friends sisters twins. They both were born very tiny, one at 3lbs and the other at 2.4lbs. They are little fighters and it's been 2 weeks since they have been born and they are doing so much better! Such a miracle, especially when doctors were so negative with only bad news. I believe so much in the power of prayer and I'm sooo happy for their family.

This is my sweet aunt, she is one of the most caring and most giving person I know.

But she is not herself right now. She is really sick in the hospital and our family is really worried. She is in good spirits which I'm glad for, she is so positive and she just knows she will get better soon :)
She fell ill a couple days ago, we are not sure yet what she has they are still running tests. Her whole body is very swollen with water retention and she is having trouble breathing :( The Toronto hospital she is at is notttt the greatest (another topic) so care is taking time. We will know more tomorrow. I am praying soo much for her recovery. We need my aunt back to herself again :)

My cousin Jess, her daughter, is 21 and in university. It makes me so sad knowing how much she is worrying for her mom. I know exactly how it feels. When I was in college and that same age my dad was sick a lot. I remember going to school so worried and the brink of tears because I was so scared. I remember bringing my books to the hospital and studying for my exams... I really hope I can offer Jess any guidance that I can. As her older cousin I sometimes have the older sister role and feel protective, and really wish she did not have to experience this worry. :(

Me, Jess and Lauren :)

Love my girls.

New weekly goals

New weekly goals :)

* 5 Days a week Nuplus Shake for BF - 1 slice of toast for mid-morning snack.
* 5 days a week of home cooking, include many "green" veggies.

* Drink lots of water everyday! A MUST!

* Tracking calories on Iphone "my fitness pal app)

* 3 bite rule on sweets

* 3 days a week basement work out (1 day Jillian Michaels 30 day shred video 2 days Gazelle)

* No fast food! (no burgers, no fries, no pop!)
* 5 days a week Calli Cleansing Tea

Sunny @ thatextra20pounds sent me many different recipes with the Nuplus packages. Nuplus has 14 Chinese all natural fruits and vegetables in a packet. Yesterday I didn't have any of the ingredients to make the yummy berry shake in the pic above, so I mixed the Nuplus package with milk and a squirt of nesquik for a chocolate milk and it tasted great! :) In the top picture I blended frozen berries with milk,1 yogurt pkg and 1 Nuplus pkg to make a shake for tomorrows BF. Sunny's recipe does not include the yogurt, and I think I will listen and leave it out, it makes it a little too frothy, sorry Sunny, I never listen ahaha!! :)

Another beautiful day!

Another beautiful Day! We woke this morning to soo much sunshine. So we decided to get our running shoes out and go for a morning jog. Oh I miss jogging outdoors and I'm so happy the weather is getting better. Whoohoo!

At the end of a trail near our house there is a little park so we stopped to rest ahahh!

This weekend my healthy eating sorta went out the window, we ate fast food, chips and dip and Candy and chocolate!!...


BUT I did have time to make a delicious dinner. Shrimp Pasta with asparagus (altho my asparagus looks sad ahahh) I rarely make pasta, I leave the pasta eating for when I visit my grandma, but I had all the tasty ingredients for this shrimp pasta and it came out really good:)

Also, I've been talking about some products that I ordered from a bloggy friend, I tried the Calli Tea last night and it was really good and soothing. It's a cleansing tea so I am looking forward to drinking 1 cup a day ;)


Everyday for Breakfast this week I decided to forgo the coffee and toast for a Nuplus Shake.
I'm looking forward to the food change this week and really hoping I could see some pounds drop. I will write about my weekly goals tomorrow :)