August 2, 2011

No updates for a while because work has been really, really busy but for the most part I have stayed on the Eating Clean bandwagon.

I did fall off one day and indulged in some Fair Food at work and regretted later as I felt so terrible for an entire day.

Breakfast:
Protein shake with frozen berries, yogurt, skim milk and protein powder (FYI I still don't like the strawberry flavour of my Proteim Powder).

(1 Protein, 1 Complex Carb from Fruit)

Snack
Half of a Whole Grain Wrap, with Natural Peanut Butter and a half of a Banana
(.5 Complex carb from Starch, .5 complex carb from Starch (=1) and 1 Protein

Lunch
Leftover Beef Tenderloin with Salad (Romaine Lettuce, carrots and tomatoes) and celery
(1 Protein, 2 Complex Carbs from Vegetables)

Snack
Cottage Cheese and carrots
(1 Protein, 1 Complex Carb from Vegetables)

Monday, July 18, 2011

Breakfast: Greek Yogurt with berries and flax seed

AM Snack: Whole Grain Wrap with Natural Peanut Butter and a banana

Lunch: Salsa Chicken with bowl of soup

PM Snack: Cut up vegetables and cottage cheese

Dinner:

Evening Snack

July 15, 2011

Breakfast (7:00)
Plain, non-fat Greek Yogurt with berries Banana

AM Snack (9:30)
Morning muffin and a cut up kiwi

Lunch (12:00)
Greek salad with olive oil and vinegar on the side

PM Snack (3:00)
Cut up carrots and cucumbers with hummus

Note: I am noticing that today I am not as tired as I usually am, my eyes don't feel heavy and I haven't been yawning as much as I usually do.

July 14, 2011

I was off with the kids today

Breakfast (7:00)
Plain, fat free Greek Yogurt with berries (yummy)

Activity (9:30)
60 minute Zumba class followed by Ab workout and stretching

Snack (11:00)
Morning Constitutional muffin

Lunch (12:30)
Soup (Recharged book)

PM Break (2:30)
Hummus and cut up carrots and cucumbers

Dinner (5:30)
Grilled Salmon with olive oil and Romaine lettuce with, cucumbers, zucchini and carrots and EVOO and Apple Cider Vinegar

Evening Snack (7:00)
Toasted sprouted bread with apple sauce and natural peanut butter

Around 9:00 I also had a Honey brown beer, shouldn't have had it but it tasted great so I am not going to beat myself up over it.

Went to bed at 10:30

July 13, 2011

I was off with the kids today

Breakfast (7:30 AM)
Plain, non-fat Greek Yogurt with Berries and honey

Snack (10:00 AM)
Fat Free Cottage Cheese and cut up mango

Lunch (1:30)
Chicken Breast with half of a sweet potato

Note: Was out running errand with the kids and got home late

Snack (3:30)
Morning Constitutional Muffin

Dinner (5:30)
Soup (from Recharged book) and piece of salmon with EVOO done on the barbeque.

Note: The soup was super filling that I didn't really need the Salmon, Josh ate over half of it.

Activity (7:30)
Cardio for 15 minutes and upper body workout followed by Ab workout and stretching

Evening Snack (9:00)
Sprouted grain bread with natural peanut butter

Went to be at 10:00

July 12, 2011

Woke up at 6:10

Breakfast (6:20)
Oatmeal with egg whites, almond butter, cinnamon and milk
coffee with skim milk

NOTE: tried a different recipe today, adding egg whites and hoping the oatmeal and other ingredients would disguise the taste of the egg. No such luck, I had trouble working through it and couldn't finish it all. Posted on the Nest Health board and got a couple of other suggestions that I am going to try tomorrow.

AM Snack (9:30)
Cottage Cheese and cut up mango
Water

Note: also brought a kiwi but didn't eat it since I felt satisfied after finishing the mango.

Lunch (12:15)
Chopped Romaine lettuce, match stick carrots, zucchini and cucumber with a can of low sodium tuna, packed in water with olive oil and apple cider vinegar.
Water

NOTE: Much yummier than I anticipated it would be

Dinner (5:30)
Chicken breast with half a sweet potato

Activity
Went to the gym today, did 20 minutes of cardio and then did the lower body workout followed by the Ab workout

Went to bed at 10:00

July 11, 2011

Breakfast 6:30 am
1/2 cup of Oatmeal with 1 cup of boiling water, left to sit for 10 minutes
Added 1 scoop of ISOfemme protien powder (strawberry smootie flavour) and 1/4 cup of thawed berries.
Coffee with skim milk.


Note: I found the oatmeal to be a bit runny and the taste and texture of the protien powder to be a bit overwhelming. Will add Flax and Wheat Germ tomorrow and lower the amount of protien powder so I can adjust to the taste.


AM Snack (9:30)
Cottage Cheese and a Banana
Water

Activity 11:30
40 Minute Power Walk at Lunch with stairs

Lunch (12:30)
Chicken Explosion from the The Eat Clean Diet Recharged.
Water

NOTE:OMG this was so good, it prepares four servings so I will be having it for dinner tonight as well but it was so good that I do not mind at all. Plus I fell super satisfied!!!

PM Snack (2:30)
Cut up green peppers and carrots with hummus
Water

NOTE: I ate this early, I am such a sucker for hummus that I was really craving it and no amount of water was helping, hopefully I can avoid this in the future.

A fresh start

Well its been a while, well more than a while but lets start FRESH.

Today marks Day 1 of a fresh start, last week I broke down and FINALLY got myself a gym membership. Today I start my new Eat Clean way of life. I purchased the Eat Clean Diet Recharged by Tosca Reno and pretty much devoured the book over the weekend. Everything that she said just clicked for me. I went out yesterday and loaded my fridge with FRESH, beautifully coloured fruits and vegetables and lean meats and stocked my cupboards with healthy grains and legumes.

Also, last week I finally broke down and got myself a gym membership. A friend and I are going to do shared sessions with a personal trainer once a week, hopefully starting this weekend and I am going to be doing cardio and additional training on my own 3 - 4 times a week.

I am really excited to get my body moving.

My plan at this point is to share what I am eating and my activity on a daily basis. My menu to start isn't going to be very thrilling as I am just trying to find my way in this Eat Clean way of life but I hope that it will quickly expand!

If you have any questions please leave me a comment and I will do my best to answer.

Trish

Not how I pictured today!

Today was supposed to be a day filled with celebrating a little bow turning 4! Instead of gathering with out friends and family we are holed up inside the house! Last night at about 10:30 a panicked cry came from my little boys room, he had thrown up in bed, this continued until 230 in the morning. At about midnight I sent an email postponing the party! My poor little boy broke my heart, especially this morning when he weakly asked about his party.

Now through all of the yuckiness, inside I was beaming with pride! Why you ask? Well a good part of what I was dealing with through my PPD/A was a fear of dealing with the kids when they had a stomach bug, so much so that I was making myself sick on an almost daily basis! But last night? Last night I dealt with my sick boy all on my own! I cleaned him up and reassured him that he would be ok, knowing that he would and I would be too!

PROGRESS!

Drum Roll Please

and the winner of the Baby Wisp Giveaway, as identified by Random.org is Comment number 3, Maria!!

Congratulations, send me an email at aworkingmum@gmail.com with your mailing address I will get that in the mail right away.

A Giveaway - Baby Wisp

Sorry readers, I am enjoying a wonderful vacation on the West Coast with my family and it is glorious!

I am offering a wonderful giveaway from Baby Wisp. Baby Wisp make beautiful accessories for your little darling. They were the first clips that I bought for Abby and she has been able to wear them since she was born!

They have recently launched their new Fall collection and I am so giddy, sassy bows and flowers and darling tutus (hmm, I think Abby may need one for her first birthday). Also check out the gorgeous wall art with attached ribbons for organizing all of your bows! They are available in stores but shipping from their website is easy and inexpensive.

I am giving away three blossom alligator clips and a set of snap clips to one lucky reader! What do you need to do, head over to the Baby Wisp website and leave a comment telling me what your favourite items are.

The deadline for entering is Saturday, September 4, 2010 at 9:00 pm MST. A winner will be chosen from Random.org.

Bad Blogger

Wow, it has been a while since I posted last, sorry about that. I recently returned to work so I have been working to find that perfect balance between family, work and blogging and I can tell you it doesn't exist, at least not in my world.

To make it up to you I am going to be doing an awesome giveaway for baby girls from Baby Wisp, so stay tuned!! And don't worry mommas of boys, I am cooking something up for you aswell!

Diapers, Diapers Everywhere!

When J was born we made the decision to use disposable diapers. We liked the convenience of them but soon after Josh was born he developed a very persistent rash which we ended up having to treat multiple times with an antibiotic cream that the doctor prescribed.

I suggested to the husband that we switch the cloth diapers, he was and is so against it, remembering the "old" days of folding, pins and bulky covers. I tried to explain to him the many options that are now available, such as BumGenius 3.0, AppleCheeks, FuzziBunz, etc. and even recently showed him new designs like the gDiapers and the Flip, too which he still turned up his nose.

Now that J is potty trained we don't have the rash issue anymore, but now A is in diapers and, while not as bad, she still has a similar rash to what J had.

To add to the rash issue, every week when we throw away such a huge amount of diapers that I really worry about the environmental impact of them all.

Oh how I wish I could show him the difference between cloth and disposables, and I sure he would make the switch but he is so stubborn. Urgh.

No real point to this post other than to whine that I wish we were using cloth. :(

Drum Roll please...

The winner of my favourite sippy cup, The Nuby No Spill Cup, as selected by Random.org is number 3, Smooshie! Congratulations! Please send me an email at aworkingmum@gmail.com with you address so I can pop that in the mail for you!


Thank you to everyone who entered and thank you for reading my blog!

I'm Melting!!

With my return to work rapidly approaching, and my sweet baby girl not accepting a bottle I decided we needed to try something different. So today and headed out to the store and came home with and Adiri bottle in hopes that she would like it. I decided to choose the bottle intended for 3-6 months old because it offered the medium flow nipple and I don't want her to get used to the fast flow of the next bottle.

I cleaned and sterilized the bottle and headed up to the Master Suite, with my trusty breast pump and pumped some milk for the weeist one. I was shocked as I managed to get 6 ozs, typically I would get about 3-4 ounces and I was lucky if she would take it all from the bottle.

I filled the bottle and sent the husband upstairs with bottle and baby for him to try putting her to bed with the bottle.

It was a success, a HUGE success. She drank all 6 ozs!!

I managed to snap this photo of the two of them and it totally makes me melt!

McFatty Monday (even though it is Thursday!)

I worked on Monday so I didn't have time to write up my McFatty Monday post (trying to fit 40 hours worth of work into 7 hours is near impossible).

I will confess that I didn't weigh myself last week and I didn't weigh myself this week. How terrible is that. I am trying to establish a plan for myself, that I will stick with, instead of jumping in feet first and winging it. My current plan is to use SparkPeople to monitor my food intake and increase my activity by doing a few days of the 30 Day Shred every week and running on other days. When I return to work I will be able to bring my stuff with me on run days and run downtown on my breaks. Everyone in our office is very active so I am sure I will be able to find someone to join me too!

So after an unsuccessful week all I can say is onwards and upwards.

Hope everyone had a better week than I did!

Sippy Cups, a Review, and a Giveaway

I don't know about other mom's but sippy cups have been the bane of my existence, we have gone through so many over the last 2+ years since my son has been using them. My criteria for a good sippy cup were that they were BPA Free, leak proof, easy to clean, and not overly expensive because lets face it, these things can get lost pretty easily.

First Years Take & Toss
We started out the with simple Take & Toss by First Years, they were ok, there was a little bit of dribbling but nothing too significant. The issue was that if he was drinking orange juice they would plug up and he would get really frustrated and they were difficult to clean out.

Avent Magic Cups
Prior to the big BPA fiasco we were using Avent bottles, I liked that they could been changed into sippy cups later. We never got to use them as sippy cups because of BPA so we picked up the Magic Cups which were BPA Free. This cups leaked everywhere, they were such a pain. I had many cups of milk fill the bottom of my bag. They seemed to require a magic touch to get them to seal properly and I didn't always have the time to fiddle with them.

Nuby Ez Grip Soft Spout Cup
I love the Nuby Ez Grip Soft Spout Cup, it was super easy to disassemble, clean and reassemble, it was quite inexpensive and it rarely leaked. However, the spout is soft and my son, even now at the age of three, likes to chew on them so they didn't last long so I needed to replace the tops on them, but I was able to find replacement tops and the tought of replacing the entire thing so frequently bothered me.

Thermos Foogo
I liked that the Thermos Foogo cups were insulated and kept beverages, especially milk, cold for longer periods of time. The sippy cup promises a leak free seal but I found it near impossible to get it to close properly so it wouldn't leak (it would usually take two or three tries) not to mention how heavy it is. I later tried the staw bottle and I really loves this one, it keeps beverages cold for up to 12 hours, it is still heavy but it is meant for a older child. It has quite a few different parts, but they were very easy to clean and put back together. The only issue was that my little chewer chewed off the top of the straw renduring the cup useless because again I couldn't find replacement parts. I still do recommend this cup to mom's but with the warning that they are on the expensive side (typically $17.99 CDN for one straw cup).

Nuby No Spill Cup
When making a list of things we needed for our second baby at our local Baby store I was offered a free baby pack and included in this pack was the Nuby No Spill Cup. It was orange which was J's favourite colour so I thought lets try this out. It solved all of my problems, the spout is hard so there is no chewing issues, there is a dual-flow valve so you can control the flow (fast or slow), it is by far the easiest to clean and it is BPA Free, oh and they cost about $3.00 CDN each!! SWEET! I have been so happy with these cups, I now have a collection and I recently purchased a smaller one to introduce A to the sippy.

I love the Nuby No Spill Cup so much that I would love to send one to one of my readers, just follow me on Google Friend Connect and leave me a comment that you did! Giveaway ends Friday, June 18th at 9:00 PM MST.

So there you have it, my take on a some of the sippy cups on the market right now. If you have any questions about the above sippy cups or want to me to test out another one, please let me know!

I purchased all of these cups with my own money and was not compensated in anyway for these reviews.

The Hot Daddy at Music Class

For the last couple of months I have been taking Abby to a music class on Thursdays while Josh in at preschool. This class is awesome and Abby loves it. We sing lots of and dance around like fools.

Anyways, its time for the good stuff. There is one Dad that comes with either one or both of his sons. He is PERFECT, like absolutely gorgeous and his son is adorable and always dressed in high end labels. The first day of class I said to my friend M after class "did you see the hot daddy?" She immediatly knew who I was talking about, despite the fact that there were a few Daddy's in the class.

I found great entertainment today, the last day of class, when a lot of the mommies were tripping over themselves trying to start a conversation and to talk to him in some kind of way. He over course was totally oblivious to the fact.

I do enjoy looking at a good looking man, but I LOVE coming home to my sexy husband at the end of the day (or him coming home to me). Nothing makes me happier than seeing him walk in the door after a long with the kids!

Band Wagons

I don't normally like to jump on blog bandwagons when it comes to posting certain things on certain days, but over at Heir to Blair, Blair has started (ok she didn't just start it, she has been doing it for quite a few months) doing McFatty Mondays. She has had incredible success with her weightloss program, so I want to join in on the weight loss fun. I am not ready to include my actual weight yet but for my first goal I would like to loose 10 lbs (you need to start small, right).

Here I am in all of my chubby glory (please feel free to point and laugh and my uber frumpy appearance today as well as the water spots on my shirt from just washing dishes).

and, here is Master J!

This is my amazing little boy Josh, he is such an amazing person. He loves playing soccer in the yard with his Daddy but is terrified of bugs, like goes screaming like a girl in the other direction.


He makes us all smile and then drives us crazy many times in one day!


He moved from his Terrible Twos right into his Trying Threes.