Turning a new leaf...again

I have spent a ton of time late reading up on the toxins in foods. Of course I've watched some foodie movies that get you all excited about eating well and changing your life. I run out, buy a bunch of stuff and it lasts two, maybe three days. I can't even make weeks:)

Here I am starting again. This time though, I need to keep going. I am so unhealthy right now. The sad thing is, I don't eat great, but I don't eat horrible. I couldn't imagine how unhealthy I would be right now had I not started to change my eating habits a while back.

I am also approaching this with a different attitude towards weight loss. I weighed myself this morning and I weigh 172 (ooohhhh, I put that in here). Yuk! But, I don't plan on weighing myself. Weight is a nice goal, but health is a much better one. Now, I'm a little OCD and there is a scale in the bathroom right next to the shower, so I will probably jump on it, but I promise to try really hard not to!

I'm not using any gimmicks or fad diets. I don't know, some may consider them a diet, but I really am just changing the way the family and I eat. Switching to a clean, somewhat raw diet and kicking the processed foods and sugars.

The child...he's not so cool with it. Although he eats so much healthier than most kids you'll ever know, he does enjoy sugar -- lots and lots of sugar. Why? Because we made him. I remember when he was a toddler and didn't like candy or chocolate and we continued to give it to him so he would develop a taste for it. I can remember people looking at me like I was crazy when I said, "My kid really doesn't like candy." I also remember recently saying, "Yeah, he weird. He doesn't like chocolate." Why is that weird? It's great!!! You don't want to finish your pizza and you want an apple for desert? Great! But that's not what we say to our kids. We tell them, finish everything and then you can have ice cream for desert. Yep, got to change that.

So I will try to use my blog as a template and accountability tool. I'm not perfect, but I am awesome and I deserve to be healthy. I may screw up, but I'll try really hard not to.

Today: I had a homemade juice for breakfast:
2 carrots
2 celery stocks
1/2 a pear
1/2 an apple
Cilantro and parsley

2.5 mile walk

Smoothy:
Banana
Spinach
Greek Yogurt
Flax seed and Chai Seed

I plan to have eggs and Ezekiel bread for lunch.

Dinner .... Chicken maybe with some veggies. I obviously need to get the meal plan down:)

If anyone is listening...thanks!

Changing my purpose

So, this is my "other" blog. You know, the one I haven't updated in two years? Ooops. I have another blog I've shown more love to, with the exception of the last several months. I just need to face the fact that I'm not a good blogger, but I will try, although this blog has no followers:) YET! This blog will now be about my family's journey to become healthy and debt free. Hopefully it will hold me accountable...again, the whole followers thing:)

Four weeks ago my husband and I started P90X. I did really well the first...week. Then, I got an ear infection and my son got sick my niece had a baby and now my husband is sick and then I had some other mysterious illness tracked somewhere between week two and three. Maybe I've completed an entire two weeks, but I don't think so. I also did a great job of tracking my calories, for about three days. I need motivation, I just need to dig it up from somewhere.

Two or maybe even three years ago my husband and I attended Financial Peace University. It's an excellent program and I would suggest everyone take it. Even if you're not interested in becoming completely debt free, you will still learn a ton. Well, I'll go into greater detail about the entire plan at a later date, but let's just say, Brian and I were less than active at following the plan to a T. We immediately completed the first step of getting an emergency fund. We quit using credit cards and piling on more debt; however, we never started paying off debt, until this year. We're on a roll now and I really hope we stick to it.

I am horrible at making goals, plans, you name it, and then not sticking to them or doing them. It's a horrible example for my son. He doesn't even believe we'll do what we say most of the time because we never follow through. Here's hoping to a change this year. Check back regularly for updates...all of my non followers:)

Lost my camera

Well, I would love to post a picture of a new card I've done, but I seemed to have misplaced my camera. I haven't been able to find it for about a week now. Not too good for a crafter:-)

Star Wars

So, I stopped by one of our cool local Scrapbook stores today, Memories in Bloom (MIB) and picked up this sweet page kit. Now I have to fight Caleb to keep it and use it! It will be great for some photos that we took of him with the Star Wars Characters when they were at the mall:-)

Baby Cupcake

This is a great idea for a baby shower. This has three washclothes rolled up to look like a cupcake. I can't remember where I first saw this. It's not my idea, but it's a great idea.

Happy Father's Day Layout

I have not done too many layouts or Scrapbook pages. I'm more into crafting, but I really enjoyed making this one for Brian for Father's day. I'm hoping to do many more.

New Family Member

Meet the newest member of the Taylor Family, Scruffy! We adopted Scruffy from the pound and he is a perfect match. He is so sweet and snuggly! Jessie has accepted him and Emily the cat still thinks she is the boss! He makes the perfect pet for Caleb! Scruffy was my valentine gift from Brian and has been a perfect addition to our family.