Good morning!

I officially found a great window to take photos, the great room in our house has perfect lighting. I have been just taking pics in the kitchen, I also have been using my iphone for pics way too much. Hey, I am not trying to be a professional food photographer but it is nice to have nicer pics!

Breakfast

Overnight oats in cup style, I layered TJ’s very cherry berry blend fruit, vanilla milkshake protein frosting, and the oats.

I love when the fruit thaws out overnight, so good <3

Layering the vanilla milkshake protein frosting, I have no words. It was amazing and genius to do that!

You can see the vanilla protein frosting on top, it was layered in there but just hard to see. SO GOOD! I also added chia seeds into the oat mix, little seeds of happiness!

Oh and if you want some chia seeds, peanut flour, or whatever your heart desires that can be found on iherb, I have a 10 dollar off code you can use! You can use this code MOD834, for first time customers only though and you have to spend at least 30 bucks! Free shipping too!

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3 Things to Ditch Thursday

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1. Your ex-boyfriend ( I am just talking to the lady readers today on this )

YUP! He is your ex for a reason ladies! If I could get back the time I wasted crying, isolating myself, and being in a sad depression over my ex long ago, I would be so happy! Haha! Life is too short, you can’t waste time thinking of why things ended, or trying to still hold on, and not living life because of it.

Now I know there are different reasons for a break up, if it was a break up where that guy treated you like dirt and made you feel like nothing, PLEASE do not waste time on being sad over him. Ladies he is NOT worth your precious time! Just straight to the pint here, if the guy was a d-bag, then get the hell over that man and go out with your girlfriends for a night of dancing and fun.

In fact go out with your friends more, don’t sit there crying over him, you know he is not crying over you!

2.  Negative Nancy when it comes to family things in the past. What I am meaning here is that you can’t blame your parents or family for things that happened in the past. You can’t say, “Oh I never had a dad so this is why I am like this” or “My mom was an alcoholic so that is why I am one too”, STOP!

You should learn from the mistakes that your family has made and be a better person because of it, don’t play the blame game. Break that damn cycle! I could go and give blame to my parents or being a teen mom at 17 if  I wanted to just do nothing with my life and be nothing, I could just say it’s because of that. Why would I though? No reason to, I learned from things in the past that happened in my family and have learned what not to do or how not to be.

I hope you guys are getting what I am trying to say! I am not trying to slam anybody’s families or not have sympathy for people that have had a dysfunctional family growing up, I am just saying learn from it. We all have our family issues.

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3. Getting rid of the word “I can’t” is a good thing to ditch. How many times have you thought this in your head? I know I have so many times in certain situations, I am sure there will be more times BUT what I can do is really try to not let this word diminish my dreams.

Life is hard, I get it, but you can make it easier at times and you can make it better when you do give things, people, or dreams a chance. Oh and NO don’t give the ex-boyfriend a chance, haha, that is a can’t! I am just saying don’t say you can’t in situations like weight loss, living a healthy lifestyle, or hell trying to dance! You CAN do all of those!!!

Let’s all try to put a little more “can” in our lives 

I am off to have a fabulous day that includes coffee with my nice neighbor at her house and then I am meeting this amazing lady for lunch! Excited to see her!

Happy Thursday!

Katie xoxo

Diva asks…

Out of the 3 things to ditch, are there any you need to ditch?!

How the heck are you friends?!

Thank you all so much for your comments on my earlier post! Some of them were hilarious and some can feel my pain on the not so sugary sweet neighbor! This too shall pass I say! I wish I had time to reply to all of you, I ALWAYS try to reply to comments, but today is not a day I can. Love all of you!

I did it! I fit in my fitmixer boot camp day 3 workout even after that hell of a lawn workout earlier, phew!

Tabata is no joke, I love those kind of style workouts! Short, sweet, and hard core! Kicked my butt, I almost died on the burpees 

The tabata pro app rocks too, is really a great app to download if you are rocking some tabata style workouts! I just downloaded it today!

I am so off course with meals today, dinner will be later but I had to fuel after my workout so I rolled with some chob! I had my favorite fruit punch bcaa during my workout too, so good!

I had a yogurt mix with peanut flour, stevia, strawberries, granola, and fitmixer chocolate milkshake protein powder. LOVE the chocolate milkshake flavor, all 3 of the fitmixer protein powders I have had.

So yeah dinner is in the crock pot….

this couldn’t of been a better day to have a crockpot dinner! It is fate!

I am now off to go with my mom, something came up with one of my family members and I am going with my mom to go see her. Nothing major but family always has to be there for each other! <3

Did you meet all my family? If not, I updated my about me page and you can meet all 4 sisters and my parents there!

Happy Wednesday night! Hello to the new readers, I want to send you some love and gratitude! Thanks for popping by and hope you continue to!

Diva says….

Looking to try a new protein powder or yummy as ever BCCA powder? I added this on my sidebar to the right today…

Good ish right there! I don’t like to drag on about things I love or promote them every single day, i do not want this blog to turn into just ads, BUT I do share things that I really do love and this is a new love. I am so happy I tried fitmixer at blend, amazing stuff!

Katie xoxo

Seriously this has been a stressful day over here….

you can now call mean and green diva 

My husband I have to thank for this, him being too cheap to buy a mower and spending too much time researching on what mower to get! CAN WE PLEASE GET A MOWER NOW?!!!

What happened today…

- My dad ( bless him ) came to mow the jungle lawn

- grass is so high, we go bagless with the mower, now you know why I am green

- Our sweet neighbor came over and offered us to use their riding mower ( good thing! )

- I raked my life away, got blisters on my hand, ouch!

- I finally got to meet the neighbors beside me, one came out screaming at my dad, yup! Great way to start off moving in the neighborhood.

- My dad blew grass in their rocks, total accident so this is why.

- Handle to self propel on the lawnmower broke, so I had to the edges ( steep too scary for the rider) pushing that thing.

- Weed wacker helped with some parts, then we ran out of weed wacker string.

- Met the neighbor behind me, as he was walking down, my dad was getting yelled at by other neighbor. I thought he was coming to be another neighbor to yell, I start crying, yup I am emotional, but he was nice! He felt so bad, offered his lawnmower and introduced himself.

- Happy I have 2 neighbors that like me, problem is they are not the ones right NEXT to me.

Isn’t one of the 10 commandments “Love thy neighbor?”

Can I PLEASE have a bottle of wine?! Haha!

I just got out of the shower, I had grass in places I never knew I could, yikes! #divaproblems

Lunch I was not even hungry for but I made something quick anyways.

Pita with grilled chicken, spinach,tomato, and hummus. A juicy gala apple on the side.

I don’t know why I was not even hungry, I was out there raking and mowing all morning. I think being upset and the heat did me in.

Or because I drank pretty much this whole pitcher of crystal light that I made for my dad and I….

Oh and see that trash can? I filled that up a million times today with grass, what a workout I got today and I didn’t even do my fitmixer boot camp workout yet. I will be doing that later for sure.

Hope your day is going good peeps!

Katie xoxo

Diva says…..

I thought I was seeing things since I was delirious and had grass in my eyes, but yes there was a horse that went by my house today.  Hard to see, because I picked up my phone real quick but yeah I want a horse now, and a LAWNMOWER!

Good morning!

I am SO sore from yesterday’s workout of day 2  fitmixer bootcamp.  Those girls know how to kick your ass in the best way!  I am ready for day 3, I think, haha!

Oh let’s talk about LOVE today, I found another protein powder that works amazing for protein frosting! I am in love, I tried this fitmixer vanilla milkshake protein powder today and in frosting style it rocked!

This stuff is SO good! The chocolate was amazing yesterday and the vanilla milkshake is just as amazing! I am so happy it tasted yummy as frosting, I hate wasting powder as I have done before trying to make it with other powders besides sunwarrior.

Breakfast

I used Dole strawberries,peaches,and bananas frozen fruit combo to top on my overnight oats last night. I like putting frozen fruit on the night before so it thaws out nicely.

Protein overnight oats topped with vanilla milkshake protein frosting, strawberries,peaches,and bananas!

I topped a fresh strawberry on there too, have some juicy fresh ones in the fridge, love strawberries!

 Vanilla milkshake protein frosting -

Ingredients- 1 scoop of fitmixer vanilla milkshake protein, almond milk, almond butter

Put scoop of protein in bowl, SLOWLY add almond milk! If you add too much at first it will get too runny, I’m talking add tiny amount until it gets to a thicker texture. Once you get the frosting right, mix in some almond butter! You can do without almond butter as well, I just like it better. Mmmmmmm I can see this topping many things!

Some other loving for Wednesday…..

Muscles, always lots of love to all the strong and beautiful muscles out there.

Tiesta tea! I am starting a tea challenge Monday and this is the best tea to do it with!

I fell in love with this tea back in January when I was in Chicago, been in a wild romance ever since, haha!

Loving this app, I am always wondering what wine to get when they don’t have the brand I love when dining out.

Two hair saver loves that have been so good to me recently. My GHD wide plate iron and B&B  straight blow dry cream. I swear that  cream is the best thing I have found for my hair, it really does help make it smoother. I am needing keratin and way overdue but this helps with that. I love this iron, I just got it recently since I knew a wider plate iron would be better for my hair, meaning not take forever to straighten!

My handsome boys 

Love those guys to pieces every day, so grateful I have them,they can drive me insane but I will keep them!

And these sandals I have in the silver BUT damn they are so cute in the multi color too!

Happy Wednesday friends!

Diva asks…

What type of sandal do you love? Flat, wedge, or the thong sandals?

How many of you are taking a summer vacation and WHERE?!

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I had to pee 1,000 times today….

Drinking TONS of water is what I do daily. Oh but the pee breaks can be killer when out running errands! I went out to hit up one of my favorite stores today.

I seriously LOVE TJ Maxx! I do not know why I am not there more often trying to find little gems!

I went there today to try to find some bed sheets on clearance but had no luck, what I did find though I was pretty damn excited about!

I found lovegrown granola, I was shocked but yet excited! Lovegrown is not typically sold in grocery stores here but they had it at TJ Maxx and this was the last bag. I am wondering if they had other flavors too now!

I also picked up some wash cloths and a measuring cup which we desperately needed.

Found a cute wall print to hang in the entry way of our house and more slim hangers. I am slowly building up a collection of them and I now know to buy them at Tj Maxx, they were for a WAY better price than the ones I got at Target.

The BEST buy of the day, this beauty was on sale for 13 dollars and I am in LOVE with it.

Amazing right?!

I bought two of them, the other one I ma not sure where I am going to put it but I couldn’t pass up the deal! They were the only two there.  The one in the pic is sitting on my shelf next to my bed, I love it there <3

Besides my amazing deals today, I did get some amazing new chobani to eat for a snack today. Chobani sent me some of the new champions flavors, I had the orange vanilla today and it was dreamy 

Licked it clean, only way to do it!

I did put it in a bowl with some granola and red wheat puffs, was a tasty little snack!

I am excited to try the chocolate chunk flavor next!

Look who popped by today….

Meet Buttercup!

My dad and her stopped by just a little while ago, my dad is cutting the lawn tomorrow so he dropped of the lawn mower and stuff to have here. I know, we still did not buy a lawnmower, you have NO idea the research Mike is doing all over a lawn mower, it is the lawyer in him. It’s kind of ridiculous, I am like get whatever one and he is not that way, oh my!

We are supposed to buy one this weekend though, when we went to Lowe’s last weekend, the one Mike wanted was sold out. I was hoping we would just buy a different one, but nope! Lol, oh joy!

Well I need to figure out dinner, my tummy is grumbling! I am grilling up some chicken so I know that is going to be the star of it tonight.

Seasoned with this favorite of mine 

Have a wonderful rest of your Tuesday! Enjoy this little vlog I did, a sneak into some of my favorite areas of the house. I also said “lawn furniture” when I really meant “deck furniture” just had to note that!

Katie xoxo

Today has been a beautiful day! Every day is truly, you just have to see the beauty in it even when it is not so great!

Beautiful kicks that I am now drooling over….

so bright and fun, like me! I saw these on here today and was instantly drawn to them. I really have been a nike shoe addict for a long time, I do love the sweet reebok’s I got last week from fitness meet and tweet but nike has my heart.

In fact when I saw how cool it was when some of my fellow fitfluential peeps got to go to the reebok headquarters, I was dreaming of going to the Nike headquarters! I want to go there and see how NIKE does it! Would be pretty awesome!

Anyone with me on going to Nike?!

Today was day 2 of the fitmixer boot camp and it was hardcore and I never realized that you could hurt so good doing isometric lat pull downs with no weights!

There were a few moves with no weights that were hurting so good! I am LOVING the boot camp, it’s great to switch your workouts up and to love them too!

LUNCH

Turkey breast, mushroom , and nasoya stuffed pita!

A big juicy apple!

Veggies and hummus!

I missed my morning snack, I have never had a morning snack so this might take a while to get used to. I also worked out at 11 and the oats from this morning still had me full so I didn’t have it. Now afternoon snacks I NEVER miss!

I am ready to organize around here more today, we still have so much to unpack, I think maybe in 3 years it will be done! Lol!

I leave you with this beautiful quote <3

See you later friends, hope your day is amazing so far!

Katie xoxo

Good morning and happy day 2 of fitmixer boot camp for me and all my friends who are doing it! I am really excited for todays workout, they post the video of each workout the night before so you can see what you are in for, haha! The one today looks awesome and I just love Candace, Alicia, and Robin! They really are amazing ladies!

Breakfast

According to my nutrition plan, I have to up my oats from 1/2 to 1 cup, and I did today as well as yesterday. Lot of oats, but my body is going to need that fuel!

Chocolate strawberry protein overnight oats

1 cup oats, 1.5  cups silk almond milk vanilla, fitmixer chocolate milkshake protein powder, stevia, strawberries

OK, this was the BEST chocolate protein powder I have EVER had, I was blown away by how good it tasted in my oats. The flavor is not chalky and it is just damn yummy! I am excited to try it in a protein shake! YUM!

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I hope all of you are enjoying Mantra May! I know I am! I am loving all the amazing mantra’s that I have seen so far and I have some fabulous ones to share for week 2 as well!

As you know, week 2′s prize is a pbcrave variety pack which is amazing! I will announce the winner from week 2 at the end of this post! Enjoy the mantra’s from this week and get ready to submit for week 3!

Marla shares her mantra she loves…
I really like this quote (below) by Henry Ford. So many times in life we are our own worst enemy and convince ourselves we can’t do something. We don’t realize that we have the power to do great things – we just to believe in ourselves. I’m a big believer in the power of positive thinking and that changing our attitude can greatly change our life.

Carah shares this beautiful mantra…

Exercise for your health & future, not for skinny & just the present.

Sara shares some amazing inspiration, stay strong girl!

My mantra is in reference to stop being so hard on myself and quit comparing. The whole phrase Keep It Simple Stupid (K.I.S.S.) is how I thought of it. Instead of telling yourself you are stupid – - which is not good- – I think Relax yoUre Beautiful (R.U.B.) is better. I have a hard time staying positive so this has helped a lot! Whenever I am being negative about myself I start RUBing my hand and I think of it (so cheesy but it works!)

Kamila shares a very awesome and strong mantra that I am loving…

The more I invest in myself, the more control I have over my life – I know this from personal experience, the more I exercise and take time to care for myself, the happier I am, the more I feel like I have a better grasp on life and am able to handle life’s stresses more effectively.

Brenna says….

Ever since my first hospitalization I start and end my day with PTG.

I have talked about it on my blog, but PTG stands for Proud of, Thankful For and Goal for the day.

In the morning I tell myself something I like about myself, or give myself a little pat on the back for a recent accomplishment, etc.  Then I reflect on how much I have to appreciate and what I am blessed with and pick one to focus on…I often chose my husband because he is my best friend and fellow recovery warrior since he has been there every step of the way (he even spent Christmas in the hospital to be with me, and drive over 35 hours in two days just to see me for my birthday…and we could only visit for a few hours!!!) and then I always set a goal; whether it be something small like “I will meet all my exchanges today,” or “I will give myself permission to take a nap…” or something bigger like; “I will tell myself something nice every hour…”  In the evening I reflect upon how I did with my goal and what I could do to improve.

Gina who is a very good friend of mine and who is graduating soon, shares a kick ass mantra she needs right now…

I’m just a week away and need to stay strong and push through these finals!

Lindsay says her mantra….

“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.”  It truly is as it fuels me for my busy day ahead.  I always make sure to get in a healthy dose of carbs, protein, and fat.  Oats with any kind of nut butter and an egg scramble loaded with veggies is my breakfast of champions!  Let’s not forget about copious amounts of water!

Danica shares another beautiful mantra this week…

Another one of my favorite mantras is “Love Who You Love.”  What does it mean?  It means that I make a point of telling the people I love that I do, in fact, love them.  It means being thankful for the many blessings in my life and for the people that make me a better person.  And when I do these things, I’m happier and more positive because even when it feels like all else has failed, I remember that I have a fiance to hold me, an aunt to give me advice, a sister to laugh with, a brother to hug, and so much family and friend to love.

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Kayleigh shares a positive mantra…

“choose to shine, its a choice. not a coincidence.”

Natasha shares hers and it was inspire by my fro-yo loving going on…

“What comes around goes around” OH and maybe “It’s always a good time for fro-yo” I was drooling over your fro-yo post…yum…I”m all for a nationwide tour (:

Kat shares two wonderful ones I love….

 

1) “Don’t talk about it – be about it!” (better said in a gangsta voice)

2) “Don’t think, just do it”
(it’s very Nike of me)

I know I can’t get a slammin’ body by just talking about it and wishing for it – I have to work for it! To get to the gym, I can’t think about it (or else all my excuses for NOT going will linger on my mind) – I have to just go without thought. I have no choice but to workout if I’m already at the gym.

 

McKinzie shares one of her favorites…

I’m McKinzie, a college golfer. My favorite mantra is “rather than aiming to be perfect…aim to be better than you were yesterday.”

Brittany shares one that she loves….

“Strive for progress, not perfection.” So true!!!

My beautiful friend Ashley who I am so proud of, shares hers this week…

My mantra this week is I am stronger than I think and capable of anything. I did my first unassisted headstand in yoga on Thursday May 10th. I thought this was months off!

Lindsey shares one that I really love too….

“Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

Ellie who is SO sweet shared some beautiful ones even though she can’t enter this past weeks mantra may, I love her! 

Ever since I can remember, whenever I have been very dissappointed, angry, or sad about something that has happened in my life, my mother has always told me not to worry because “Everything happens for a reason.” She would tell me that despite my feelings, this event in my life was happening for a reason, it was a learning and growing experience and it would lead me to discoveries that wouldn’t have been discovered otherwise. This also holds true to positive events, “Everything happens for a reason” so bless every moment in life, no matter how terrible, sad, scary it is, good will come out of it.

Another mantra that I would like to share also comes from my mother. She has repeated it to me over and over again when I’ve been feeling in the dumps. “No matter how bad a situation seems, don’t get discouraged, it WILL change.”

I love my mother for her wisdom, love, and strength. To honor her on mother’s day, I wanted to share her mantras that I also live by, along with a photo of me with my beautiful mother and grandmother.

 

My lovely friend Debbie says….

I am really trying to be more green. Food and environment. A little more activity is good for the soul!

Riding my bike to the farmers market. Not only supports local farmers but also not using my car as often! Exercise too!

 

Tiffany shares an awesome one…

“Just give it 20 minutes…”

I promise myself that I can quit after 20 minutes if I at least go and try to workout.  More often than not, I end up staying longer, and I feel so good about myself for not being lazy.

THANK YOU so much for all the amazing Mantra’s for week 2! I loved each and every one!

Now for the winner of week 2 and the PBCRAVE variety pack….

DANICA! Congrats girl! Please send me your shipping info so I can send it to the wonderful peeps at pbcrave! Thanks again to pbcrave for sponsoring the prize for week two!

ENTER now for week 3 friends, a wonderful nail polish giveaway win!

Happy Tuesday!

Katie xoxo

 

 

Ok friends, this is the giveaway and review I have been eager to share with you! I was super excited when V-8 asked me if I would like to try their new V-fusion sparkling beverages and the flavors they were sending me sounded delicious!

I always love when I can find something good to drink when I am really craving something sweet, diet coke is not the best for ya, haha!

The sparkling v-8 beverage comes in three flavors -

Tangerine raspberry,strawberry lemonade, and black cherry pomegranate.

Some info -

Contains real fruit and vegetable juices with sparkling water, 60 calories a can, and naturally sweetened with no added sugar, artificial colors and flavors, or preservatives.

I only got 2 of the flavors, the other I will get to try another time!

I started with strawberry lemonade, this was my cocktail of choice Friday night…

I thought it was very good, I am always a lover of strawberry flavor!  I really liked that it was a light but flavorful beverage, no bloating of the tummy for me 

Next up was MY favorite, black cherry pomegranate…

I loved this flavor, so good!

I think these beverages would be great for a summer cook out or for any time you want something refreshing on a hot summer day! I really enjoyed these and I will be buying a pack for a cook out for sure or just to have in the house for times a want a sweet drink!

The part I know you guys will especially LOVE…..

A Giveaway that not only involves getting to try these two flavors that I did, but also…..

some other sweet stuff added in there too!

YES!  I know, amazing right?! Pretty awesome people over at v-8 for sure!

Giveaway includes -

* 25 dollar sephora gift card, get your beauty loves with that!

* Essie glitter nail polish, sparkle your nails pretty!

*  Gaiam Yoga/Gym tote with an easy-reach outside pocket for your refreshments

* A versatile to-go cup so you can quench your thirst with an iced V8 V-Fusion Sparkling on-the-go

*  A Philosophy Raspberry bubble bath to add some refreshing bubbles to your bath

* V8 Fusion sparkling in strawberry lemonade and black cherry pomegranate

AMAZING stuff guys!

How to Enter -

4 ways to enter! ( US ONLY ) *Leave separate comment for each entry!

- Like V8 on facebook and leave a comment saying you did!

- Tell me what flavor you think you would love best!

- Like healthy diva eats on facebook, we should be facebook friends 

-  Tell me one thing that made you VERY happy recently!

Ok loves, good luck and the giveaway will end Friday May 18th!

Thanks for entering and as always , thank you for ALL the love and support over here at my blog! <3

Katie xoxo

Oh the things you learn when you become a new homeowner, what a funny and money drain morning it was here. Mike and I realized when we moved in that the water was not getting hot enough, so we figured something was wrong with the hot water tank. Well this morning a guy came to look at it and $60 bucks later we learned that we are dumb. Haha.

We never knew about the switch on the hot water tank! Gosh if we only knew just to turn the switch up we could of saved ourselves embarrassment and money, woops! Lesson learned and now we know!

After that fiasco, I ran to Trader Joe’s to pick up some stuff that I needed and Mike needed too.

I was excited for the salmon, I wish we had a grill already because that would be even better grilling it up. I will just bake it in the oven though, still good!

I had to pick up some extra stuff since I am doing the fitmixer boot camp, my nutrition plan can be substituted as long as I am getting the amount of calories that it says and the right ratios of carbs, protein, and fat. I am having a hard time though doing this because I have never been one to count my calories! It could be a new and good thing or something I just will say nay too.

I am using  myfitnesspal to track all my eats and to make sure I am hitting the calorie mark. I just started today and it took a little time but I hope to get used to it, I had to keep add  stuff to make my calorie needs for lunch to be met. We will see how it goes, maybe it will make me realize I actually was never getting enough calories, not sure but of course too I am not working out intense like this usually either.

Today I was not that hungry but today was just the fit test, I am sure tomorrow when real workouts start I will be hungry every 2- 3 hours like I typically am on a good workout day.

Snack

I had some trail mix, I usually do not eat  amid-morning snack but with my plan I am supposed to. I was actually hungry for one and chowed down on some on my way to TJ’s. I keep trail mix in my purse or some type of snack in my purse always.

Lunch

Whole wheat pita with red pepper hummus, turkey breast, tomato, and spinach.

Gala apple, picked some up at TJ’s today. Their organic produce is the best price!

I had to add more to my lunch too since just the sandwich and apple didn’t meet my calorie goal.

I had some veggies with more hummus as well.

This whole calorie counting and such is going to be difficult for me! I am hoping that it will get easier, I am just not that kind of girl. I am open to trying new things though so I’m rolling with it!

Off to start rolling with cleaning the house, needs done!

See you guys later with a SUPER awesome giveaway!

Katie xoxo

Diva asks…

Do you count calories daily?

Have you ever found it was a pain sometimes like I am right now? haha!

My boys really treated me well for Mother’s Day, they treat me well every day I should say. I love them very much.

( Mother’s Day Dinner pic )

They know lululemon is the way to my heart.

Nice and bright too, just like me!

Anthony  made me a beautiful frame and made me the best homemade card ever! The frame he made in school and I was wondering all this time why he wanted that baby pic of him 

Isn’t that so damn funny and cute?! Hello Kitty never looked so good 

Oh and he also made ME on Sims, how sweet, haha!

I promise I do not wear hoochie shorts like that around the house, haha! My son also made Mike, oh and if you follow me on instagram ( healthydiva31) you can see a pic where it looks like I am biting Mike’s head off.

My boys were good to me today, best part was just being with them!

Mike, Anthony, and I headed to dinner with my family to celebrate Mother’s Day for my mom and I of course!

I kept it casual since it was a cold and rainy day, I also felt very beachy. Man do I wish I was at a beach with my boys, one day soon!

It was a wonderful meal, we went to the Outback Steakhouse and I got a delicious well balanced meal!

1. House salad, hold the croutons and cheese! Oil and vinegar dressing on the side.

2. Sauteed mushrooms for Mike and I to share, we love mushrooms!

3. Lean grilled pork chop, steamed broccoli, and a plain baked sweet potato.

Great meal but even greater company <3

My sisters and I! You can read more about my wonderful sisters on my about me page that I updated!

My sisters, mom, and I! Love them all so much! Thanks dad for taking the pics!

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Breakfast

I started the Fitmixer Boot camp today! We had a fitmixer test which was basically very similar to the Insanity fit test I have done. I am really excited to see what the first workout will be tomorrow! The boot camp is full BUT they will be having another one and I will let you guys know when for sure!

I got a personal nutrition plan as well with the bootcamp, I am really excited about that and I may sub some things along the way, for the most part though I am going t follow it!

This morning called for protein style oats. I actually have a couple breakfast options but will most likely roll with oats! I just love my oats 

1 cup oats, 1/2 almond milk, 3/4 cup berries, and protein powder mixed in my oats. I added stevia as well, need the sweetness!

I used sunwarrior chocolate protein powder since I didn’t get my fitmixer protein yet, hoping it comes today!

I am really excited to switch up my workouts, it is awesome to just wake up, turn my computer on, and have my workout ready to go each day! Hope you guys enjoy following along with me while I am doing this.

Have a great day friends!

Katie xoxo

Diva asks…

If you are a mom, how was your Mother’s Day?

Have you ever done an online boot camp before?