Successes
I had an amazing week!
- I worked out 5 days this week – Two 30 minute power walks and three days of the EA Sports Active 30 day challenge.
- I connected with amazing Mamavation sistas for support. Thank you @JustTracyB at Just Tracy B and @PaigeBayer at Canning with Kids.
- I lost 1.8 pounds this week!
Challenges
My biggest challenge this week was running out of healthy food choices in the middle of the week. Now that I’m eating so many fresh fruits & veges, I’m realizing I need to go shopping twice a week to refill my healthy snack options.
Mamavation Monday is Going Green
The current Mamavation Mom campaign is going green, which means in addition to eating healthy and working out, I will also be implementing green friendly choices into my daily life for myself and for my family.
Where to start? I started by reading the free book I received as part of the SV Moms Group book club – Green Guide Families: The Complete Reference for Eco-Friendly Parents
- Eat products from animals that were raised on natural diets with add growth hormones or antibiotics.
- Eat more organic produce free of artificial pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers.
- When shopping for food, bring your own reusable bags.
- If you don’t buy organic milk, look for milk brands that pledge to buy their milk from dairies that do not use bovine growth hormone.
- Eat local food. Shipping food around the planet generates a lot of greenhouse gas admissions.
- Use a safe reusable bottle when drinking water. Plastic water bottles are wasteful and unhealthy chemicals such as bisphenol A can migrate from some types of plastic bottles to the water.
Green Guide Families has tons of great information, research, and tips for helping my family be healthy and Earth-friendly.
Win a Consultation with Bob Greene (Oprah’s Personal Trainer)
Join AllWhites and Better’n Eggs and Oprah’s personal trainer Bob Greene for a Twitter party on Monday, April 19 from 7:30-8:30 p.m. EST. Bob Greene will share how packing your breakfast with the power of protein will get you into the best shape of your life. He will also do a Q&A and share some delicious breakfast recipes.
You can win…
- The ultimate grand prize: a 30-minute phone consultation with Bob Greene
- Bob Greene books and fitness DVDs
- Blenders with fun smoothie recipes for the kiddos
- Free coupons of Better’n Eggs and AllWhites products
Check out the details > http://ow.ly/1Ajwm
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Stacey – You’re beating me!!! Darn you!!! That’s OK, I am going to kick butt this week, so I’m gonna catch you if you’re not careful! The Green Guide Families pick for SVMOMS this month was awesome. I found it to be a great resource as well.
CVongrats on your loss!
Thanks for the green tips! Congrats on your loss this week…keep it up!
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I hope you are able to plan to keep up on the fresh produce through the week. Those are some nice green tips there, thanks for posting the link to the source.
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Hey! You’re doing great! I am so glad to have connected with you and have you to work on that 30 Day EAS active Challenge. We’re rockin’ it!
Thanks for the green tips too. I’ll be looking into those a bit closer.