Currently: March

Hi Foxy Friends! I finally remembered to link up with Anne in Residence for her currently post. Each month she picks different topics that we talk about, this month it is: choosing, imagining, making, recommending and wearing.

Choosing

We're choosing to believe that we'll be able to go to Hawaii for a Summer vacation. It's booked, so hopefully we'll be able to go on it! Fingers crossed. We're so excited, to soak up some sun and lots of beach time. This is from 2019 when we went to the Big Island. This time around we're going to Maui.

Imagining

Trying to imagine what life is going to be like going forward. We're coming up on a year in quarantine and wondering how we are going to get back to going to the movies and concerts. Right now I'm just happy they are assuming baseball is going to happen. We had try outs last Saturday.

Making

Cups for all of my friends, and some hats also.

Making some Toddler birthday shirts this week...steady stream of business. So if you need anything, let me know! Right now I'm working at putting together an Etsy store, so if you could go like my store, that would be amazing! So when I do get up and running I'll already have some followers :) Thank you!

Also a lot of bread for neighbors and friends. I've made 10 or so loaves in the last 2 weeks. It's a vicious cycle with sourdough starter, you have to feed it, but you don't want to waste it, so you bake something and you don't want to eat that much bread, so you give it away. haha. And now all these people really like the bread, so I keep making the rounds of people who want it.

Oh and some sourdough cinnamon rolls. They are delicious.

Recommending

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I feel like a more well rounded person would recommend some awesome books to read, or cool pod casts to listen to...but I have done neither. The last book I read was Class Mom back in May maybe? It was hilarious. It's a fictional story of a room mom and her hilarious letters to the classroom to get parents to volunteer and such. There are other story lines in-between, the whole book was a light read and relatable. Highly recommend. 

Other then that, I would highly recommend these leggings. I have a few pairs and wear them all the time.

Wearing

Currently wearing all of the athleisure wear. Truth be told, I owned two maybe 3 pairs of leggings, that I never wore, pre quarantine. Now I can't  count that high, oops! I just keep buying more...what is wrong with me? And I keep buying cute sweaters to wear with said leggings. Our cold weather last approximately 2 seconds, so I'm not sure why I am buying all these warm comfy clothes. I'm going to go with my house is cold?

This jacket is my favorite jacket currently, so much so I might have it in a berry color. 

Leggings / Jacket / Shoes

This sweater, a friend got me and it's so soft. I would however size up from your normal size. It's actually a pink marbly color, but you can't really see it in the photos.

Last but not least, I actually bought this sweater to go with these leggings. I think the combo is just too cute.

Make up is all Senegence:

CCTM in Medium, Foundation in Tan, Eyeshadow is Plum Berry, Rustic Brown and Glitter Pink and lip color is Amore with Glossy Glossy. If you want to get any of the make up contact Becky, she'll get you all hooked up.

And what's a photoshoot without a jumping picture. Can I tell you how hard it is to do a jumping picture with a timer? I'm jumping for joy that this is my new work uniform.

So what have you been wearing lately?

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Favorite Workout Gear

Hi Foxy Friends! Today I'm joining The Blended Blog for our Wednesday fashion prompt, workout gear. The wonderful Shelly is hosting today's link up, So go link up your workout gear post on The Blended Blog or Shelly's blog. 

So I'm going to throw this out there, I'm probably the LAST person you want to take fashion advise from for workout gear. I have been wearing the same workout shorts for the last 14 years, no joke, these things were made to last! Case in point....Shorts from when I ran my 1/2 marathon 7 years ago.

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This picture, taken 2016, still wearing them, even the same shirt. I've tried so hard to find more pairs like it, but so far have been unsuccessful. I like them to be higher on the waist and for whatever reason, the people making running shorts thing everyone wearing them have runners bodies...FYI: I do not.

I have in the past 18 month or so discovered I like wearing bikes shorts, not the most flattering thing, but a good when you can't find any bike shorts and you're just tired of wearing the same shorts the last 14 years. Yep I just had to make that shirt for "Mean Girls" Day.

So as you can see my workout uniform is tank, sports bra and shorts of some sort. I figured out early on I can't wear any sort of pants, this might be TMI but I'm going to tell you anyway, I get heat rash super easy, so running with pants on, heat rash within 5 minutes. So during the colder months, it gets cold for me.

I do however like wearing workout pants for around the house. My favorite ones comes from Fabletics. I have two pairs now and they are so comfy and hold up well. These are the first I bought and my dad HATES them. This is the only picture of have of them. I used to wear them to physical therapy a lot when I had my ankle surgery, full story on why here. Here I am at physical therapy getting stim on my ankle.

I am LOVING these moto leggings, and they're on sale too! I actually have been wearing them like pants. I wore them on Sunday to do errands.

I haven't found a sports bra that I am totally in love with, I'm thinking I need to get some better ones...anyone have any suggestions?

I have been obsessed with making my own workout shirts lately. Case in point...

Perhaps I should go into business and make these. Anyone want one? How's $25 plus shipping? haha, just kidding, sort of.  I'm thinking I need to add a few more to my workout wardrobe...how about "Today's workout is sponsored by Pizza"

Oh and I forgot to talk about my favorite shoes! Currently I really like these ones. I've gone through several brands and have found Asics to be the best for me. I highly suggest you go to a running store who has a treadmill and can assess how you run and workout and then help you pick the best fit for you.

Also, if you go to a turbo kick type class these are my favorite weighted gloves. They are one pound each and perfect for getting a little extra weight in on the arms while boxing around.

Now go link up your posts with The Blended Blog or Shelly!

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My Favorite Workout Videos

Hey, hey, hey Foxy Friends! Oh my gosh do I have a treat for you. Have you heard of Fitness Marshall? If you haven't you are missing out. He is a guy that loves to dance, so he's put together dancing that you can follow along with but it also works your booty out. I put on his videos go for 30 minutes and I'm tired, dripping sweat and the next day my body hurts. But first....

Welcome to The Blended Blogs favorite workout videos! If you're stopping over from Nicole's blog, welcome! Here are my tried and true workout videos when I can't get to the gym, which seems to be pretty often now and days.

I recently discovered Blogilates, her videos are quick and to the point. You can target specific areas with her videos and combine them how you want. All over videos are awesome, this one is killer and it's only 17 minutes.

Have you heard for Barre? If you haen't tried it, you should! This one is a really good one, I mean my legs are SHAKING 5 minutes in, I keep thinking, this lady must be a robot, her face is always so smooth and smiling, while I'm shaking and wondering why I started doing this. It's a longer one at 40 minutes, but sometimes I'll just do as much as I can before I have to take the kids to something, or need to get ready for something.

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I've talked about R.I.P.P.E.D. a lot...if they don't have a class near you, you can do the video! This is very much like the actual class, and it totally kicks butt. It's only $7.99, can't do much better then that, and it's a good video to mix into your regular routine. This video runs about 45 minutes.

Another workout video that I really like is the 21 Day Fix , it's only 30 minutes and you get it done.

 And last but not least, the 30 Day Shred, it's a nice mix and there are 3 different levels, so you can start yourself off slow and work your way up to the harder DVDs, but it's nice to mix them all around.

Okay now onto the special treat, a few of us Blended Bloggers decided to put together our own workout video, haha! Okay not really, since we all love Fitness Marshall we decided to record ourselves doing one of his videos and put a video of our own together, haha! Fun right? Enjoy us making ourselves laugh and showing you that really anyone can do it, and it's super fun! Who cares what you look like doing it!

Now hop on over to Whitney to see what her favorite videos are. Okay now link up below with all of your favorite workout videos, I know I could put some more into rotation!

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5 Tips To Reach Your Weightloss Goal

Thank You Perennial Relations for sponsoring this post. As always all opinions and thoughts are my own.

Happy Thursday Foxy Friends! I had mentioned here that I wanted to try and lose a few vacation pounds I gained back in November, oops! Summer is here and my shorts are just slightly tight, so I need to get back in shape and stop eating so much candy...perhaps I should stop buying it first, haha. Anyway, here are 5 tips I'm going to use to try and keep on track besides the whole eating healthy, blah blah blah, we all know that, it's what else you do that makes the eating healthy a little easier.

Tip 1: Motivation

You need something to motivate you to want to lose the weight. I found that I was in this loop of wanting to lose the last few pounds and wanting candy or ice cream more, and ice cream would ALWAYS win. So I put myself on a self imposed shopping ban. I knew that I needed a reason to keep motivated, plus with the Nordstrom Anniversary sale happening towards the end of July, it gave me the motivation I need to lose it before that happens. Pick something that you really, really like, and then ban it for a few weeks, next time you see that donut or cake you think, this is not going to get me towards my goal of shopping that anniversary sale.

Tip 2: Outfit

Okay let's get real, if we look cute, we're more motivated to actually do the work. Cute clothes = working out mojo. One of my favorite brands is Fabletics, I know you see it splashed all over the place, but seriously I own several pieces and they are so comfortable! I own a pair of pants, that my dad has deemed the pants he will not be seen in public with me (I wear them any chance I get when I know he's going to be around). Even before I was approached for this post, I was a member and have gotten a lot more than I probably should have. Now that it's summer I'm hoping to grab some new shorts, but see Tip 1...not before I reach my goal.

Here are the pants my dad loathes, the reason why I love them, they're loud, they have every color under the sun so no matter what shirt I wear it's always going to match. My only regret is not getting them in the shorts, because they did have them, dang.

 

Okay so my shoes don't match the shirt, but when you find shoes that fit your feet and are comfortable you don't care what color they come in. This whole outfit is from Fabletics, shirt, sports bra and top. All comfortable, I wish someone was home to take a picture of the back, it's super cute and the reason why I got it.

Here are some of pieces I'm loving right now, the sheer side pants are so dang cute, and then the second pair have lots of color in it, so you too can wear any shirt and it will match. Those shorts? Perfect for the summer months. I know where my next subscription money is going. If you want to sign up use my referral code, you can get two leggings for $24 and I get some cash to spend too. We all win. Trust me once you try these leggings, you won't want to go back, they are thick, so they show no underwear lines and the wash like a dream. I've washed those leggings no less than 30 times already and still looking brand new.

 

Tip 3: Find A Class You Enjoy

I like doing workout classes because I push myself WAY harder then I would working out on my own. Like no way I'm letting that 60 year do more reps than me. I found one at my gym called R.I.P.P.E.D, that is AMAZING, each letter stands for something. Resistance, Intervals, Power, Plyometrics, Endurance. Here's a video that I found from the owner, who happens to try out all of their new routines on the class I take...it's awesomly hard, but so fun that we get to see what's coming up before anyone else in the world.

I went to class night and grabbed a picture with them. They are what make the class fun, they're enthusiasm is contagious and you can't help but want to do your best for them. All sweaty and gross after class.

Tip 4: Have a workout Plan B

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Sometimes you can't get to a class, I get that, so I like to do some workout videos if I can. If I have 30 minutes I'll do one of the 21 Day Fix videos or 30 Day Shred.

But sometimes I have 10-15 minutes and you know what? I figure doing something is better than nothing, so I will throw on a YouTube Video and do that for a bit. There are so many out there to chose from. Here is my playlist from YouTube that I go to when I can't think of anything else to do. Although I have been doing 4-5 of Fitness Marshall dance videos, have you seen him? Hilarious and it actually works you out in the meantime. You may or may not see me and some of the Blended Blog girls doing a video to one of them come the July 24th. Wait for it, it's going to be awesome.

Tip 5: Put It Out There

I think the hardest thing is doing this alone. You are not alone, tell your family and friends what you are trying to accomplish. For one, they will probably cheer you on and encourage you when you need it most, plus if you say it out loud it's more likely that you will actually do something. For example every other time I never said anything on the blog, but now that I'm saying it, it's like I have to follow through, else I'll just look like someone who gave up. I can do this! Saying it out loud makes it more real, and will most likely make you actually do something about it.

Have any other tips for losing the weight?

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My Work Out Routine

Hello Foxy Friends, another week of New Year Nuggets with the ladies over at The Blended Blog. If you are hopping over from Whitney's blog, thanks for stopping by. This week we are all talking about working out, what motivates us, what we do, how we do it, all the nitty gritty.

Let's just get this part out of the way, I really, really hate working out. I hate everything about it, I wish I was one of those people that was naturally thin and never worked out...but I'm not, so the only thing that really motivates me to workout? Food, haha. I love food, I love everything, especially candy and chocolate, desserts, and we all know that those have a ton of calories. Bottom line, I workout for food.

What do I do? I like taking classes the most, they push me much harder than I would normally push myself. Cause you gotta keep up with the person at least 20+ years older than you, and you feel like your dying and they aren't even breaking a sweat. #workoutgoals.

I loved taking R.I.P.P.E.D To The Core, it's stands for Resistance, Interval training, Power, Plyometrics and Endurance, the D is for diet...meaning ice cream right?  The owners and creators of the program is Tina and Terry and they could be the nicest people ever. They are always energetic and so motivational during class. They also offer the classes via video, you can find that here (I am not being sponsored to say this, I just really believe in this program). The classes fly by!

I also just discovered Amped Cycling...it's WAY better than a regular cycling class. I don't like in a regular cycling class how they tell you to go up this hill as a group, and they're yelling at your to ride up this invisable hill, like no I'm in a class on a bike, not on a hill, and if I was outside I would be WAY behind. The AMPED cycle is just fun, has fun music, flashing lights and the instructor is high energy and it's a butt kicking workout that's fun.

As much as I hate to say this, I do like to run outside, mostly I have to take the kids with me...so running with a stroller it is.

Now that Baby Fox can ride a bike (with training wheels, he has no motivation to want to learn how to go without training wheels), I run while he rides, which actually pushes me to go faster to keep up.

I am just happy he's on the bike and I can go back to the single Bob...cause pushing a double Bob while running is hard work! I ran this 5K with both kids, this is a picture of me, 10 minutes after finishing...Mr. was running with my aunt, while I pushed the stroller. It was nice getting all the cheers along the way for even attempting to run with the double, kept me motivated.

And when I can't get to a class or run, I go to the gym and run it out. I'm traveling here for work, and hotel gyms are small, so I make do with what I have, bang out a few miles, then I don't have to feel guilty about eating that cookie or ice cream cone with dessert.

Another awesome thing about running is that it helps to see a new city. Last week I was on work travel and went running over this gorgeous bridge. Granted my legs almost fell off coming home, but it felt great that I was able to do it, even though I felt like I might die. But I ran along this gorgeous view...

And see this sunset.

And then those times when I really need to get something done and there is no time, I turn to work out videos. Currently I'm really like the 21 Day Fix videos, but have tried P90, , Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred, all of them are good, and 30-40 minutes of your time. I can do that right? Point is, get yourself moving, and do something! I always say, something is better than nothing. And it's a great lead by example for your kids. I want to show my kids that working out is part of the routine...this time Baby Fox joined in with me.

He even did some planks with me.

No matter what you do, just get yourself out there and do something! I've been trying different YouTube videos...so far I really like this one. It seems like it's going to be easy and then 20 squats in of what you find out is 100,  is killer! Any YouTube or free video's you've tried that you like?

Now hop on over to Abbie to see how the Mama of 2 does her workout routine. Have any tips of your own? Write a blog post about it? Go link it up at The Blended Blog, maybe help a few people out with what you do!

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