New You New Years! Increasing Water

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New You New Years Week One: Increasing Your Water

You made it to the first week of New You New Years!  This week we are going to focus on increasing your water intake. 

Last week we focused on awareness: Being mindful in what you are eating. Thinking about what you are feeding your body is the first step to changing your habits. Did you pick up on anything you need to change already???

During New You New Years, we are going to take baby steps each week so you can be a Trim Healthy Mama!

To increase our water intake, this could include drinking more water, tea, or fruit infused waters. My favorite way to drink tea is in Trim Healthy Mama apple pie sips. These are amazing!! I love them so much during these cold winter months when drinking a cold glass of water isn’t as appealing. read more

Best Posts Of December!

Best Posts of December

In case you missed some of my recent posts during this busy holiday season. I wanted to give you the Best Posts of December!!! 

Top December Post

December was a great month for us. 

We celebrated Aidalyn’s 3rd Birthday  on December the 2nd. 

happy Birthday

I got Honest about our house in my Honesty Pictures Blog Post. 

Honest Pictures

I shared my Top Christmas Activities list

I went shopping for the Best Gifts for Crafty Kids 

We talked about Healing your Abs after Pregnancy and getting your flat belly back! 

Heal your abs after baby

And I got in the Kitchen!

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New You New Years!!!

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New Years is next week! I know you are already thinking about what you are wanting for 2014. Some of you make the same resolutions every year and by February they are already a thing of the past.

This year will be different. This year you will make a change and stick to it!

How? You may ask. Because We are all going to be a part of New You New Years!!!

So lets talk about what New You New Years is going to look like. Every week, a new challenge will be presented to focus on the whole week. It may be to eat one vegetable at lunch and dinner. Or maybe it could be focusing on eliminating white sugar for the week. Maybe we could even focus on adding a 20 minute walk in or another exercise each day for a week.  read more

Story of a Stay at Home Mom

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Story of a Stay at Home Mom

If a mom pours a cup of coffee,
Then the toddler will ask for eggs.
You make her eggs and cheese, but then she decides she would rather have oatmeal and pineapple.

You decide to not fight about it because eggs sound good to you… With your coffee – that is cold now. So you put it in the microwave.

Just as you sit down with your eggs and coffee, the baby wakes up and needs to be changed and fed.

You run upstairs, change baby, come back downstairs and sit to nurse. Feeling hungry and thirsty now because nursing does that… read more

Does Your Doctor Respect You? Part One

Does Your Doctor Respect You?

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Does Your Doctor Respect You

Doctor’s are great sources of information. They are good at decision-making when they are presented with your common health issues. They are great at emergency situations. They are vital to our communities…

What doctor’s are not good at is respecting you.

The Waiting Room

I was not very good at taking Aidalyn to her well baby check-ups. I think we made it to 2 total? Since we aren’t vaccinating the girls yet, there was really no point to expose her to more germs at the doctor’s office. read more

Honest Pictures: Exhibit A Monday

Honest Pictures

 Honest Pictures: Exhibit A Monday

I am not perfect! I will be the first person to tell you that I am not a good house keeper. I hate cleaning, but I like having a clean house. This problem didn’t seem to matter before kids. Once we threw a few kids in the mix, keeping the house picked up became a bigger challenge.

Here is the evidence

Messy living room… toys thrown around. We got in last night and didn’t bother picking up before bed. IMG_4644

Our child has poop issues… So the lesson of the week: Everyone Poops! 
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Our messy kitchen counter… Dishes are clean because my hubby is awesome! But clutter is starting to take over!!! It was clean two days ago. 
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How to Heal Diastasis Recti

How to Heal Your Abs After Pregnancy
How to Heal Your Abs After Pregnancy

After I had my baby, I started searching for exercises to heal your abs and how to heal Diastasis Recti. These tips will show how to bring abs back together after pregnancy.

Diastasis Recti is the separation of the abdominal muscles. Most commonly occurs as a result of pregnancy.

Before I was pregnant, I had no idea how my body was going to change to bring in this little person into the world. Once she was here, I felt like I had to learn how to be me again. I found out that during pregnancy my body had developed Diastasis Recti.

Some women are just prone to this abdominal separation, but there are some factors that increase the likelihood of it occurring: read more

10 Best Trim and Healthy Mama Pumpkin Recipes

I don’t know about you, but there is nothing better than a pumpkin treat in the fall. As most delicious and traditional pumpkin recipes are loaded with carbs, we are keeping it carb conscious with these top Trim and Healthy Mama Pumpkin Recipes. Let’s get in the kitchen!

Angela of Grassfed Mama shares healthy tips for busy moms.
Angela of Grassfed Mama shares healthy tips for busy moms.

Trim and Healthy Pumpkin Recipes

I love Healthy Pumpkin Recipes

When the weather gets cooler, there is nothing better than a warm cup of coffee with a delicious pumpkin muffin or treat. That’s why it was so important for me to find healthy pumpkin recipes that were carb conscious so I can enjoy them all season long. read more

5 Best Gifts: Craft Kits for Toddlers

Christmas gifts, crafts, toddlers

Christmas is almost here

and everyone is making lists for toys and gifts to get their kids. Here is a list of my pick of Craft Kits that I know would be so much fun for the little toddler in your family. 

These Craft kits are also good for learning and creativity. So instead of a new toy, think about getting your toddler some art supplies or one of these all in one craft kits. I know Aidalyn loves working on crafts on a rainy day or when we are having a slow morning. 

1). Sticky Mosaics:

Craft Mosaics

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These mosaic sticky crafts are great for matching shapes and colors, plus following simple directions. You end with a pretty colorful piece of art that you can hang on a wall. They are sturdy and really a great activity! Aidalyn loves these so much! 

2) Do a Dot Markers

Do A Dot Markers

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I’m not sure a toddler’s art supplies can be complete without Do-A-Dot markers. They are so wonderful! Aidalyn loves the Do A Dot Art Markers and I love that she can play with them virtually mess free! We bought a coloring book to go with the markers: Tales of the Mermaid Do-a-Dot Creative Activity Book The colors are so pretty and bold. They also are labeled really well for sight word recognition. 

3) Paper Bag Puppets

Paper Bag Puppets

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Creating Paper Bag animal puppets is a wonderful activity for language development and following directions. I can just see Aidalyn telling wild, imaginative stories using the paper bag puppets. So much fun to decorate and put them together, then you can play for hours after. 

4) Tissue Art

Tissue Art

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We bought this for Aidalyn and I think her favorite part is putting on the googly eyes. She loved the tissue art so much, I bought just a pack of tissue to play with and contact paper. 

5) Giant Busy Box Giant Busy Box

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This set is much larger and has 16 activities in one box. Tons of learning opportunities. If you wanted an all in one set, this would be the way to go. It’s on sale right now (November) and seems like a great deal!

I hope the toddler in your life is ready to get creative and start exploring the little artist inside. 

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6 Best Trim Holiday Drinks!

Trim Healthy Mama, sugar freeHolidays are the time to share with friends and family. This year you can share how you are staying Trim and enjoying all of your Trim Holiday Drinks! 

No need to let this holiday season be an excuse for added pounds. These Holiday Drinks are the perfect solution to quench your thirst and satisfy your sweet tooth without adding to your waistband!

YOU CAN ENJOY THESE TRIM HOLIDAY DRINKS WITHOUT ANY GUILT!

Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

Trim Healthy Mama, Sugar Free

Gingerbread Cookie Protein Shake

Sugar Free, Trim Healthy mama

Crockpot Pumpkin Spice Latte

Trim Healthy Mama, Sugar Free

Frozen Sugar Free Eggnog

Trim Healthy Mama, Gwen's Nest

Thin Mint Chocolate Chip Milkshake

Trim healthy Mama Gwen's Nest

Sugar Free Hot Chocolate read more