weekend shenanigans

Mondays. Am I right??? The first weekend of March sure did come flying through and barely stopped, am I right?! We kicked off the weekend with some take out from our local BBQ place. It has become a Friday staple as of lately. Plus, it is nice to not have to cook something after a long week of work!

Saturday we ran some errands, Chris got a bad ass new laptop, and we had some Mexican for a late lunch/early dinner and stopped by my SIL house for a little bit to visit. Zoe may or may not have had a complete meltdown over there because she has been fighting her naps lately. Fun times.

Zoe also turned three months old on Saturday and we had a little mini photo shoot in her room where she cracked me up!!! I will be sharing those pictures later this week. I can see how these are going to get progressively harder each month as the little wiggle worm learns how to move faster!

Sunday was meal planning, grocery shopping and I made this bad boy….

This is an ancient grain naan with leftover pulled pork (from Friday), BBQ sauce, bacon and blue cheese. I put it in the oven at 400 degrees for 12 minutes and it was delicious!!!!

The rest of the weekend looked like this…

I attempted to work out, even put on workout clothes but then this happened….

Pay no attention to the no makeup face. Or the black under eyes for days. #yikes

And while I was moving stuff around in my office, someone was sitting on the job. Quite literally.

Clearly I need harder working assistants than these two that use their cute looks to get through life.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!! Linking up with Biana.

Another weekend in the books! I had a good combination of staying in and going out this weekend. On Friday my Sephora order came in the mail. Hello Peach Palette!!! I have only used it twice, but the colors are so gorgeous!!! And the palette smells amazing. I highly recommend it! They were doing a Glam Glow deluxe sample for VIB members and I was so excited for the extra bonus. I will let you know my thoughts on those when I get around to using them.

Friday afternoon my mom stopped by for awhile to see Zoe and hang out with me. She spoiled Zoe with alllllll the things. New clothes, six Dr Seuss books and a bunny! Between her and my sister, Zoe really racked up this week!

You guys, did you know they make baby rompers??? I cant even get over how cute these are! They are 6 and 9 month sizes so it will be awhile until she can wear them, but I cant wait to see her in them!!!

Speaking of seeing her in adorable things, she has moved up to 3 month sized items and she got to sport Andrea’s adorable outfit yesterday!

Saturday morning I got some cleaning in while Zoe napped. We pretty much hung around the house all day, and Saturday evening I ran to Dollar General to pick up some noodles for spaghetti and our favorite Sweet Red wine from Spring Creek. Seriously you guys, I know there are about 10 Dollar Generals within a 15 mile radius of your house….do yourself a favor and grab a bottle of this!

Sunday, Zoe and I met up with Laura at Nordstrom Rack. Can you believe she had never been?!?!  I think I converted her. I learned that Laura and I are basically the same shopper with the same shopping habits and tastes in clothes. Not that this should have come as a surprise. I scored a mega deal on a pair of Asics!!! They were on clearance and an additional 25% off the lowest price!!! Then when I was at Target I scored an additional 25% off clearance work out gear!! I really needed some new things. Honestly, I needed new workout gear before I got pregnant but I made that stuff last through my pregnancy and finally got a few replacement pieces now. Hopefully that is the final motivation I need to get my ass back in shape.

All of the items you see pictured here was less than $80 total. Two tops, a pair of capris, two sports bras, running socks and shoes. The bargain shopper in me rejoices!!!

Sunday evening I created a new chicken recipe inspired by Chris’s low carb diet. No bread crumbs were harmed in the making of these baked chicken fingers. They were pretty tasty!!! A side of Parmesan asparagus never hurt anyone either!

I will share the recipe on the blog soon! And now I leave you with how I feel in the form of a Zoe picture…

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!!

Linking up with Biana.

Oh, hey there last day of January. What??? Who is still sticking with their resolutions this year? When I was a member at LA Fitness in Atlanta, this was about the time it went back to normal and all those eager beavers that were hogging my machines at the beginning of the month were just a faint memory.

Anyways…

On Saturday, we met up with Laura, B and their kiddo at Slice! This was our first outing with friends since having Zoe. Obviously, Zoe needed to meet her future husband. She may or may not have slept the entire time we were there.

I had my first beer since February/March of 2016. It was the Tart Plum Saison from Orpheus Brewing and it was delicious!!! I am a huge sour beer fan. I resisted ordering pizza and got a salad instead. My salad did have blue cheese on it and I did consume every last morsel of it. Whatever.

The rest of the weekend consisted of grocery shopping, meal planning, getting caught up on TV shows and watching a few movies.

So how did my month go? Overall, my main goal was to get back on track with healthy eating. I chose to do this with another round of Whole 30. Did I stay on it the entire time and never stray? No. But that wasn’t my goal. My goal was to use Whole 30 to nix the cravings, added sugars, processed foods and all the other shit I was consuming. I just needed to have somewhere to start.

I got rid of those sugar cravings! Hallelujah! I also dropped a few pounds. I stayed Whole 30 about 95% of the month. There were those two days I strayed during the snow storm, and then there was this weekend. I know that I could have done better had I given it 100%. And I would have had more results if I had added exercise. But baby steps. Slow and steady wins the race!

The reintroduction phase after Whole 30 is always the hardest. You were so used to having a list of yes and no, and now you are in this gray area. I think I am going to go with a 90/10 plan from here on out. Where I am good most of the time, but if we are out and a burger or  beer strikes my fancy I allow it. Just not every day. Not that I was ever that bad, but still. I did let myself indulge quite a bit while pregnant. As one should!

Now is the time I really need to get back on the fitness wagon. It isn’t that I don’t want to. Oh how I want to!!!! It’s just that I find myself wanting to spend every waking second that I have with Zoe. She has started going down for the night a little earlier this past week, and lasting about 6-ish hours before waking. It is soooooo awesome! If she keeps it up, I may be able to wake up before her and at least get some sort of work out in before she wants her bottle. I could be adding some free weights in during her naps and I have no excuse to have not been doing that the last two weeks. So that is what I am going to start with and see what happens! The other night I did some lunges while cooking and I am still feeling it today. Woof!

Link up with Amy and I and let us know how you did this month!

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