Too Busy For Exercise? Here’s a Quick Tip (Video)

One of my biggest obstacles to this weight loss journey has been fitting exercise into my already very busy day. As a work-at-home, homeschooling mom to 4 kids, who have full schedules of their own, many times there’s more things to do than there is time in the day. So I’ve really been thinking through this and getting creative with how I’m using my time – so that I can make time for exercise.  Like making blog post videos while on a walk Anyway, here’s a quick tip on how to naturally fit exercise into your day.
Enjoy!
….Shannon

Proud Mommy Alert – My Baby Girl is now a Teen!

Okay, I just had to share this with you. My oldest daughter turned 13 this month and she chose to spend her entire day with me… isn’t that cool?!  I wrote more about it on my Living-Life-at-Home blog, but still I thought you might enjoy these photos from our day together.

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Losing 100+ pounds – Weekly Update – Week 23

I’m still out of town this week, so I can’t give you a proper update, so instead I shot this quick video for you from outside my hotel in Westminster, Colorado. Take a look at these wonderful walking trails. Love the ability to be able to get outside and walk just by walking outside my hotel.

Hope you are having a great week!
….Shannon

A Healthy Breakfast Choice at Denny’s

I was totally surprised today. As a special treat for the kids, since I’m going to be gone for a week, I decided to take them all out for breakfast. We started to go to IHOP but that was so crowded and loud we walked out and headed over to the newer Denny’s.

Now I was prepared that I was going to have to peice something healthier together off of the sides menu, since in my mind, Denny’s is NOT a place I associate with as healthy. I remember looking at some of the nutritional info for their breakfasts at one point in the past and making note NOT to eat breakfast there.

Well… today was  a special occasion, and my skinny kids don’t have a problem with calories and fat…so we went.

And I was totally surprised.  Denny’s has added  a few new things to their breakfast menu since I’ve been there last. 

The Build Your Own Grand Slam allows you to pick up to 4 items, including healthier choices like turkey bacon, chicken sausage, egg whites, whole wheat pancakes, fruit, oatmeal, and yogurt. Very cool.

I wish I had had my camera, but I didn’t. So you’ll have to take my word for it… I built My “Healthier” Grand Slam out of

- chicken sausage

- turkey bacon

- egg whites scrambled

- whole wheat pancakes (which I took off most of the butter and only ate 1/2 of  because the portion size is huge.)

and then I paid extra for a side of fruit.

Yummy! Starting out the day with protein and healthy carbs has really helped today, especially as I’m running around trying to get errands done before I leave tomorrow.

I’ll have to remember this for another time when the kids are up for a special morning out.

Losing 100+ pounds – Weekly Update – Week 22

A quick update as I’m preparing for going out of town next week. On Tuesday, for my weekly weigh-in the scale was at 286.8 so about the same.

I have to confess that other than a really good interval training session and several stretching sessions I’ve not made the time I should for exercise.

One request also… I am seriously needing to get back to freezer cooking (OAMC), and I’m failingly miserably at cooking beef for my husband (who prefers it). If you have any tried and true freezer-friendly beef recipes, could you please share them with me? 

I’m getting desparate, esp since I don’t eat beef and can’t taste what I’m cooking.

Baseball season is in full swing, so we’re at baseball games and practices 3-5 times a week. But unfortunately I’m not getting as much exercise in as I had hoped, or that I did last year. 

Our neighboorhood swim team season starts here at the end of April, that’s going to be great because we walk back and forth up to the neighborhood pool everyday for that. Great time for exercise.

Next week I’m in Denver, without my family, presenting at a conference (5 times). Went and got new “work” shirts last weekend, and that was actually fun because I fit into the next size down much better.

The thing about the Denver trip that has been interesting has been figuring out food. Normally I bring with me much of my food, usually things that can be eaten cold or that can be reconstituted with hot water (from the room’s coffee pot). It helps save costs. But this year, I”m not eating many of the things that I would normally take. So, rethinking the travel with food thing.

Thankfully I will get my case of water when I arrive, so that will be covered

Hope you have a fabulous week. And I’ll check back in with you from Denver.

…Shannon