Healthe Trim

I know... diet pills are bad for you. I get it. I'm desperate though. After this weekend of nonstop eating thanks to my best friend getting married (love you... and love you family's AMAZING food), I packed on 4 pounds. That puts me at 154lbs. WHAT??? At one point I was down to 147... Ive almost gained 10 pounds back. Thats 21 pounds heavier than my pre-pregnancy weight. If you read my post before about my daily routine after I get home from work, you'd realize I dont have much time to exercise, let alone really even have a second of down time to myself! So, I'm frustrated. My babyfit.com friend turned me onto these pills. She lost 14 pounds in one month and she had a friend who lost 22 pounds in one month. The rules are prtty simple. Take 1-2 pills each morning with a full glass or water. Wait 3 hours before you eat. Then eat normally (and by NORMAL, it means a well balanced diet). You do have to limit your caffeine intake since these pills do contain some caffeine, so that shouldnt be too hard for me since the only caffeine I really drink is my morning cup of tea. I havent received my pills yet, but Im assuming they will come this weekend. Monday will be my 1st day! I will let you know how it goes!



So, along with the pills, I will also be doing Weight Watchers again. Monday is the day! And this is probably the WORST time to be dieting... going into the Holiday Season. I can do it though!



If you want more info on these pills, go to:



http://www.healthylifesciences.com/healthe-trim-home3.asp

Juice Plus+

Andrew's Grandparents started a vitamin Program called Juice Plus+. Juice Plus+ is basically a healthy vitamin made strictly from the dehydrated powder that comes from fruit and vegetables once they are dried. Many people don't get their full serving of fruits and veggies each day, and this is a good way to ensure you get those needed servings.

Here's a little snippet about the pills:

Juice Plus+® is whole food based nutrition, including juice powder concentrates from 17 different fruits, vegetables and grains. Each ingredient is specially selected to provide a broad range of nutritional benefits.
Juice Plus+ is a complement to a healthy diet. Juice Plus+ is the simple, convenient, and inexpensive way to add more nutrition from fruits and vegetables to your diet, every day. Juice Plus+ is supported by clinical research conducted by researchers at leading hospitals and universities around the world and published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Juice Plus+ is recommended by thousands of doctors and health professionals around the world.

Sounds good, huh? After reading the literature and watching the movies, Drew's grandparents decided to start the program, and boy are we happy they did! Included in THEIR program, is another program or kids that they get for free for 2 years. You get a shipment every 4 months of the Juice Plus+ gummies for children. Evangeline LOVES these. We give her 4 a day (2 in the morning-- 1 veggie 1 fruit, and 2 in the evening). We make sure that she eats fairly healthy as it is, but this just ensures that she gets enough servings of her fruits and veggies. Can't hurt, right?? And we also got a few of the pills ourselves, so I'm going to test out the program on my own! I strive to live a healthier lifestyle... one day at a time!

Thanks Don and Joanne (or GPA and GG!!!) for showing us this AMAZING product! Can't wait to see the results!

Where did my good sleeper go?

I know babies' sleep patterns normally change around 4 months old. Its during this time that babies take longer to finally reach REM sleep, with their longest period of sleep being in the early stages of the night (bedtime-6 or 7 hours later) and then the lightest sleep is around 5-6am sleep.A t the same time, their bodies are telling them "hm..... milk just ain't cutting it anymore! Lets get some real food in this tummy"! I know with the combination of both of those things, it was inevitable that Tradd wasn't going to be THE BEST sleeper forever... but oh, how I wished! A "normal" night, he would go down between 8 and 9 and wake up between 5:30 and 6... sleeping completely through the night. The past 5 days, he has been getting up once or twice and eating like a horse! He is taking in probably 36-40 oz a day now. He's just so hungry! So, he has a pediatricians appointment today so we will see what the Doc says. I'm also going to bring up the fact that I KNOW my little guy has reflux... and its getting worse. So I'm going to see if we can get him on something to clear up his reflux... the poor thing spits up 2oz out of every bottle! No wonder he's hungry all the time!

Where the hell have we been?!?! :)

I know I haven't posted in SUCH a long time... work is hectic and the time spent at home is even more hectic. I am now working full time, so by the time I pick up the kids and get home its already 5:15. Then my evening FLIES... I have to cook, clean (which I don't do much of... ask my house... its BEGGING for a little scrub-a-dub-dub!), baths for both kids, lotion, jammies, movie and quiet time for E.Grace and tummy time for my little man. By this time, its 7:30 8:00 and then I have me time for a fraction of a second. Then its pee pee time, brush teeth, and story in bed before lights out around 9pm. Tradd needs a bottle and a little mommy loving and he's in bed around 9. Ive been showering at night recently so I normally do that around 9:30 and I try to be in bed (at least LAYING in bed) by 10ish. That's how every night goes. So I apologize if you've been checking for blogs and I haven't written any in a while... I'm just pooped!

Heres what Ive been up to, so look for these posts:

Evangeline is now taking these vitamins called Juice+. Her GG and Gpa started a new program and she gets to try these out for 2 years!

Drew will be doing his ADT (Active Duty Training) from Dec. 9-30th... so we are spending Christmas without him. Duty Station is still to be decided.

Drew bought me a new wedding ring for Christmas... cant wait to share pics!

Drew also got me Omaha Steaks gift set for Christmas... since he will be gone, we get it today! I love meat!

October 22-25: I was in JTown for my very bestests wedding! CONGRATS Linds and Andy! It was a fun filled weekend of reunions, GOOD food, and of course a beautiful wedding! I was also childless for 4 days :)

October 30: Daycare Halloween Party...Evangeline was a PRINCESS, Tradd was a pumpkin!
--Work Halloween Party... we did an 80's Prom Theme (Prom Night of 1986!)... it was fun and I got to dress up with big hair and blue eyeshadow!

I also ordered these new pills called Healthe Trim... my friend lost 14 pounds in one month and HER friends lost 22... If that's the case for me, I will be in pre-preg weight in no time!