Whole 30: Day 15

It's day 15!! I'm at the halfway mark and I'm feeling great! I can also see changes in my face and the way my clothes fit. 

My biggest struggle has been figuring out nutrition for my long runs, but I think I've got it. 

I know it would be best to make it my self, but ain't no body got time for that. I will definitely continue to use these even after Whole 30 is over. The Energy Goos all make me nauseous after so I'm so happy to have found an alternative.

How to eat out when on Whole30

Hi guys!!

So today is day 9!! I survived the weekend. We typically go out to eat for both lunch and dinner on the weekends. Crazy, I know!! It's expensive and so bad for us. This past weekend I went out for Saturday lunch and Saturday dinner only! 

For lunch we went to Jack's which I thought was the easiet option. I thought I'd go in, get a salad and add some grilled salmon to it. I decided to ask what they seasoned the salmon with and I was told spices, but the lovely girl taking my order offered to go the the recipe book. She comes back out with this HUGE burgundy binder and read it out loud to me. It was all good until the end... SUGAR!! So then I asked about the steak and the same. Another worker walked up and asked what we were doing, she then explained that grilled chicken would be my best bet since they only use pepper and salt. So this is what I had. Kinda boring and totally something I could have had at home. Good, but boring.

Dinner was Chipotle. My girlfriends wanted to take me out for my bday and typically we'd do sushi or Italian, but not while on Whole 30. I had done my research and knew Chipotle was an option. So I had a carnitas salad. I NEVER get carnitas. I'm a chicken or a barbacoa girl, but during my research I found out that they use soybean oil to cook both which is a no-no. I couldn't even add the fajitas veggies because they're cooked with it too. So this is what I went with.... Lettuce, (double) carnitas, mild salsa and guac. It was BOMB!! 

I'm feeling great, sleeping good, flatter tummy and I think my face even looks less puffy. I just miss bread and cheese, but it hasn't been too difficult. 

Whole 30: Day 4

Breakfast: egg muffins and cuties

Lunch: grilled chicken, red potatoes, veggies and a plum 

Dinner: burger patty, salsa and avocado with baked sweet potato fries 

No food pics, but I have this gem for you guys... 

This made me laugh so hard! Jeff has become a label reader and isn't a fan of how much time consuming this whole thing is. He's still sticking it out despite having low energy and hunger pangs. 

I'm ok, I had a head ache on and off today but my energy level is great. I was bloated again the second half of the day. I went on a run again tonight and I was able to get through it and it helped a little.

I miss pizza. I ran by a pizza delivery guy and I got a huge craving for it. 26 more days....

Whole 30: Day 3

Breakfast: egg muffins, avocado and Cuties

Lunch: left over chicken tacos on lettuce "tortillas"

Dinner: grilled chicken, tons of broccoli and red potatoes!!! OMG it was so nice to have potatoes. This entire time I thought you couldn't have them and then my hubby found that they modified the program to add it. Yay!!  This is half a cup. 

So how do we feel? 

Day 3 left me really bloated. And then I went on a run and had to cut it short to go home and handle my business. TMI I know, but everyone poops, guys! ;) I was also craving cheese and carby snacks like chips and crackers. Especially when I sat down to unwind and watch some tv... I wanted to snack BAD!  

Jeff still isn't feeling good. He says he feels super tired and run down and has zero energy. He said he isn't going to make it a week let alone 30 days. I'm trying my best to encourage him, but he needs to do what's best for him. We'll see how long he lasts. 

Whole 30: Day 2

So it's day 2. I feel good. I had my 2 egg muffins and some cuties for breakfast. Lunch was left over burger patty with salsa and salad. BOMB!! I was a bit hungry today though so I did snack. I had an apple and banana. You're not really supposed to snack, but whatever! Hungry Sonia isn't pretty... Or nice!  And then dinner was shredded chicken on lettuce "tortillas" w/ salsa. Again, BOMB! I will admit I was really missing my real tortillas and BEANS!! Oh, and cheese too. 

I can do this!! I WILL do this! 

So Jeff isn't doing as well. He was super tired, grumpy and HANGRY most of the day. Hoping tomorrow is better.

Only 28 days to go... 

Whole 30: Day 1

I did some prepping yesterday. This week I'll have egg muffins (filled with fresh salsa) and avocado on the side for breakfast. Lunch is a salad and Chicken and dinner will be made fresh. Tonight dinner was a burger and sweet potato fries. It was AMAZING! I added salsa, 1 slice of bacon and had avocado on the side. Loved it!! I want to have it daily. 

Jeff even made his own mayo. He made a regular mayo and spicey version. Bomb!

I'm feeling pretty great. The hubs on the other hand... Not so good. He's tired, grumpy, and constantly hungry. I'm so proud of him for doing Whole 30 with me. I know we'll be able to keep each other accountable. 

Whole 30

Starting Monday, September 21st I'll be saying goodbye to some of my favorite foods. No more sugary sweets, alcohol, beans, tortillas... I'm basically saying good-bye to all of my favorites in an attempt to get some medical issues under control. I've had bad allergies and sinus problems for as long as I can remember and I also have PCOS. I am hoping that Whole30 is just what I need to regulate my hormones and feel good again. My wonderful Hubby has agreed to join me in an attempt to kick his sweet tooth addiction and to support me.

Wish us luck!

Bump Style

My wardrobe is beginning to become very limited. I'm 24 weeks pregnant and my pre-pregnancy clothes can only stretch so far. LOL

I've been in maternity pants for a while now. Probably since week 14-16? But for the most part all my tops are non maternity stretchy or loose blouse tops. 

I've gone to Pinterest a few times for inspiration. Here are some of my "pinspiration" looks...

 SOURCE of inspiration

My flannel: Forever 21

Grey V-neck: Target

Skinnies: Motherhood Maternity

Shoes: Toms

SOURCE of inspiration
My Striped Top: Old Navy Maternity
Scarf: Loft
Black Skinnies: Motherhood Maternity
Flats: Target

And some outfits I put together myself...

Dress: Target
Scarf: Loft
Leggings: Old Navy Maternity
Boots: Hunters short

Scarf: H&M
Belt: H&M
Chambray Top: Thrifted
Leggings: Old Navy Maternity
Boots: Steve Madden

Top: LC Lauren Conrad
Black Skinnies: Motherhood Maternity
Flats: Target

Cardigan: Target
Top: Old Navy
Jeans: Motherhood Maternity
Boots: Macys

Tweed Jacket: Target
Top: Target Maternity
Skinnies: Old Navy Maternity
Flats: LC Lauren Conrad

High 5 for Friday

We had a great week! Love this time of year and having a little one only makes it that more special.

1. We stopped at Starbucks for some hot chocolates and went to one of the coolest streets in the area and saw Christmas lights. Rocco loved it!

2. I went and saw Best Man Holiday w/ my Mom. OMG! We loved it. We laughed, cried, laughed cried. Such a great movie. Totally worth the almost 15 year wait (it's as equal to The Best Man. Never seen it? Rent it!)

3.  Finally got around to sending out our Christmas cards. Totally lagged on it this year. 

4. Hubby and I watched Home Alone 2 during the week. Still love it after all these years. Totally remember going to see it in the theater w/ my Papi and little brother as a kid.

5. Rocco goes to the Daycare at my work and this week they had a little Christmas program for us workers and the Daycare kiddos. There was singing and a visit from Santa. Mr. Rocco sat on my lap the whole time and wanted nothing to so w/ the man in red. He is soo his Father's son. Shy and totally put off by strangers. Boo! Hoping it gets better next year. 

Have a great weekend, everyone!!

XO

High Five for Friday

My first High Five for Friday link up! Here's my top 5 list from the past week...

1. Cuddles near the fire w/ my boy are the best.

2. Sunday morning waffles and hot chocolate (chocolate milk for Rocco) was a huge hit  and may become a weekly event 

3. Found the Hubs the most perfect Christmas gift ever and he is going to loose his shit come Christmas morning when he opens it. So excited to see his face!

4. We were able to check off some items off our Christmas Bucket List. Mickey's Christmas Carol has been a favorite of the Hubs since he was a little boy and seeing Rocco enjoy it just as much was the sweetest!

5. Someone had his first Rice Krispie Treat last night and he wasn't much of a fun. He had maybe two bites and was over it. That's ok, just means for for Mama Dada ;)

 

Hope you're all enjoying your Holidaya and have a great weekend! 

XO

Season for Giving

I've gone back and fourth on what to get Rocco's "Teachers" at day care. These are the women I trust to watch over and teach my child a couple days a week and I wanted to show my appreciation for all that they do. He has 5 Teachers and then there are 2 Directors of the center. That makes 7 gifts!! What's a Mama on a budget to do?

I hit up Wal-Mart and found some cute tumblers that can hold both cold and hot drinks and filled them w/ candy.

I wanted to show his teachers that the gift was not only a, "thank you" from my husband and myself, but also from Rocco. So I had him color the gift bags and add some cute Christmas stickers too. This was something that took a few days to get done since he would only sit still long enough to decorate two bags at a time.

 

I spent a total of $45 on 7 gifts. Not bad, huh? I purchased the tumblers all from Wal-Mart as well as the candy, gift bags and stickers. 

Hope this helps anyone that is scrambling get something for their co-workers, kid's teacher or neighbor :)

Merry Christmas!!!!

XO

Sonia 

Christmas Pajama Party Link Up!

 Linking up today with The Good Life Blog for the Christmas Pajama Party!!

For weeks I have been stressing over what photo to use for our family Christmas card. It's been really difficult getting Mr. Rocco to cooperate for a family photo for a few months now (aren't toddlers great? LOL) So last week we had an in home photo shoot. Nothing Fancy, just a lit fire, Christmas tree and Rocco dressed in the worlds cutest jammies I ever did see. I figured it'd be easier if the Hubs am I just worked as a team and focused on getting Rocco to smile and actually LOOK at the camera. Also, our family and friends are only interested in pictures of him anyway, right?! Ha!

So here are some of the shots we got.

yes, those are graham crackers. The only way to get him to sit still is when he's eating

The money shot

and NOW our flash decides to work

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

XO,

Sonia

Christmas Bucket List

1. Get hot chocolate and go see Christmas lights

2. Make fireplace S'mores 

3. Have a family Christmas claymation/cartoon marathon in our jammies (Frosty the Snowman, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Charlie Brown Christmas, Prep & Landing, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer) 

4. Get a decent family photo for our Christmas card 

5. Bake and decorate sugar cookies w/ Rocco 

6. Holiday at the Zoo

7. In home date nights watching Christmas Vacation, Elf, Home Alone 1 and 2

8. Donate clothes and toys to local charity

9. Deck our halls from top to bottom 

10.  Find a cute way to display all of our Christmas cards we receive

11. Wrap presents

12. Stuff stockings

13. Christmas crafts w/ Rocco

Three Months 'till 30!

So today marks exactly three months until I turn the big 3-0! I'm not dreading it at all, it's just a number. I do however, want to look as fab as possible. So time to kick things into high gear!

The past two months have been a constant back and fourth. I'd do great with my eating during the week and then as soon as the weekend hit everything would get thrown out the window. I'd indulge in too many sweet and drink one too many cocktails. Well, no more!

Last week I managed to keep my shit together for seven consecutive days and it paid off. I dropped four pounds. Hollaa!!! I know it has a lot, if not everything to do w/ not drinking soda and having only one mimosas during Father's day brunch. What ever the reason for the few pounds loss this was the boost I needed to regain control. I know it'll be tough w/ all the BBQ's and family gatherings, but I'm determined. This past weekend I managed to do well at our Father's day BBQ. I filled my plate with mostly salad and grilled veggies and very little red meat. I even had a tiny sliver of the best Strawberry shortcake. The key really is moderation! 

I'm going to try and blog more regularly to help keep myself accountable as well as post on Instagram (sonia917). Last Friday I posted my weekend goal to "keep it together" on Instagram and it totally worked.

Summer '13 Bucket List

1. Beach trip

2. Zoo trip

3. Night Slide

4. Concert in the park

5. River Cats game

6. Paddle board 

7. Take the beach cruisers out

8. Ice cream night at Gunther's

9. State Fair

10. Kayaking 

Our Future Golfer (Trendy Tot Tuesday Link Up)

We had a fun, family day on Saturday. We drove an hour and a half to Jeff's Aunt's house and got in some pool time and a little golf with family.
It took Rocco a while to warm up to everyone. And by a while I mean two hours. He only wanted to be with his Mama which was kinda frustrating and embarrassing at the time. No one wants their kid to be the cry baby that screams the second anyone else tries to hold them or talk to them. Now that I  look back on the situation I realize that he was just scared of new people, a new place and a very large tub (swimming pool). Poor guy :(
Eventually he did warm up to everyone and was quite the little ham. He also found his way on to the putting green and had a blast trying to hit the ball into the hole.

Game Face

"Nice shot, Dad!"

Linking up with Kelly, Lindsay, and Megan today. Go check out their blogs!

A Work in Progress 2

Every four weeks or so I take progress photos and measurements. I find that it's helpful to have something to look back on and see how far I've come. I usually do it the first Friday of every month and I am going to try and post my photos on here for two reasons; one, to help me stay accountable and two, to maybe help others get off their asses and start moving. You can see my last progress post here.

April '13 & May '13 down 4 more pounds

This is the most weight I have dropped in one month in a long time. I attribute it to Asylum and making better food choices. I didn't stick to my goal of taking my lunch to work everyday, but I did eat as clean as possible. 
I also started drinking Shakeology again for breakfast. HUGE help! It's fast, easy and I love the taste. I've been drinking the chocolate flavor mixed with unsweetened almond milk and I LOVE IT!
Leave me a comment or email me if you'd like me to help you get moving and reach your goals!

XO

Sonia

 

May Goals

Last month I set a handful of goals and I did pretty well at keeping them. You can check them out here.

I kinda failed at the meal prep so I went out to lunch A LOT during the week. I tried to be as healthy and clean as I could, so I stuck to salads with lemon juice rather than dressing. I also took a few sips of soda from my hubby when he wasn't looking. And every time I did it I remember thinking, "this Coke is gross... WAY too sweet!"
I also shopped, but in my defense Target was having too good a sale on their Champion Sports bras to pass up. And my old ones were starting too look a little raggedy and were fitting a little big on me.
I totally rocked the rest of the goals on my list! And I think it had a lot to do with my four pound weight loss for the month (progress photos later on this week)

So since setting goals worked so well last month I'm setting some more for May....

1. No shopping... After today. (Today I bought some much need workout shorts)
2. Meal prep during the work week
3. Eat out once a week
4. No soda
5. Only 1-2 cocktails a week (weekends only)
6. Run at least 10 miles a week
7. Work on being more organized and neat
8. One cheat meal a week

What are some of your goals? I'd love to hear from you :)

30 Day Pinterest Challange (week 4)

Week four of the Pinterest Challenge and I was doing pretty well until this weekend. I'm off on Friday's and usually make some kind of effort to put myself together, but this past Friday I didn't have any major plans. No date night with the Hubby or Girl's night with my Besties. We did however have a play date with one of my girlfriends and her little girl so I opted for Yoga pants, a v-neck and my favorite Giant's ball cap. Otherwise I probably would have been in my jammies all day. TRUTH!

The rest of the weekend was pretty much the same and I LOVED IT!

Necklace & Tank: Forever 21

Skinnies: Marshall's

Flats: Target

Scarf & Shirt: Forever 21

Jacket: TJMaxx

Skinnies & Flats: Target

Shirt: Forever 21

Belt: H&M

Boy Friend jeans: Gap Outlet

Sandals: Target

 

Blouse: The LOFT

Jeans: Gap

Shoes: Born (Macy's)

Linking up again with, The Little Princess Diaries

Have a great week, Everyone!

XO

Hey batta batta batta batta (Trendy Tot Tuesday Link up)

Baseball is a pretty big deal in our house. It's one of the first things that connected my Husband and I when we first started talking (we met online over 10 years ago... more on that on another post).
We both can't wait for the day that Rocco is old enough to play T-Ball. Until then we'll have to settle on dressing him like a ball player. Love it!

"Plaaaay baaaaall"

This game was just too intense for Rocco

Linking up again with Kelly from Mrs. in Training