Well, here is my first entry on my new found journey of health, beauty, and exercise. The first thing I did was go to Scheel's and buy some new running shoes. (Thank you to my husband for letting me use his gift card; what a truly good man he is). My feet thanked me too, seeing how I had my old shoes for going on five or six years. They weren't exactly supportive.


EXERCISE!!!

Sunday night Mom and I had decided to run Monday after she got off work. All day it was snowing and we got about 3 inches, so I called her up and in the end we decided to go ahead and run in the snow. Yes, it was cold and Mom was running in her dress coat, but it was worth it. The shoes worked Great!!!!Told Rob they would make me run better. HaHa! Now my Mom needs some new shoes!
We ran off and on for 3 miles; well on our way. It feels great to get outside and exercise even if it is snowing.

HEALTH!!!

These are the ingredients for my morning ritual; SMOOTHIES!!!! I get up in the morning do a 15 min yoga (great to stretch out after a night of getting up with kids and eventually having everyone in the same bed together; pretty tight space), then I have a least three glasses of water, and some coffee after that. This is a Dr. Oz tip; drink water before you drink your coffee in the morning; if you just drink coffee right when you wake up it actually makes you more tired because you are dehydrated and coffee drains what ever liquids you have left in your body. So, wake up drink some water then have your coffee.
After everyone is awake I make my liquid gold (don't want to wake the kids too early).

• Pomegranate Juice (great juice lots of antioxidants; if you don't want to use that green tea is good too).
• Frozen berries (mix of blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries)
• Flax Seed ( This is the best type of grain for you; You have to grind them up to release their nutrients).
• Spinach
• Greek Yogurt ( Gives it a creamy texture and has lots of protein in it).
• Ice

This smoothie is so good; it gives me so much energy. Great way to start my day!!!

BEAUTY!!!!

Being winter and all it is definitely hard to get some good sun on your skin, and forget about your legs. This is the best sunless tanning lotion I have tried. You can tell a difference right away and doesn't leave a yellow and orange on your skin. I like using this in the winter because just like a little black dress makes you look skinny, having tan legs makes you looks trimmer. By the way it is Loreal; the picture makes it hard to see.

Hope you enjoyed the first post!!!!! Tune in next week!! Or whenever I have something fun!!:)