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Have anyone of you vacationed at a bed and breakfast before? I have never done that with my hubby and I was thinking that would be something relaxing to do for our 9 year wedding anniversary next June 2008. I was browsing the web and I did not realize that there was so many Texas bed and breakfast in my own backyard! I was at this site called iloveinns.com and they had a variety of locations you can lodge at in the state of Texas. There was so many different styles of bed and breakfast to choose from. Now we just need to find a sitter for maybe 3 days. Maybe grandpa will be so gracious. We will see. If you live in my neck of the woods and looking for a relaxing getaway check out this site.

Tags: Bed and Breakfast, vacation,inn, hotels, travel

Gosh, I am so tired!! I also feel sore too which is making me feel like grandma Yeta, from the Nanny show. Remember her? She cracks me up! For the past week I have been stocking products and lifting boxes to prepare our Sephora Store for the grand opening next week Saturday. I bet you all didn’t think working in cosmetics was hard work, huh? The boxes of merchandise is very heavy. I was lifting properly, but as a result my hamstrings, buttocks, lower back and other body parts are extremely store. So I did not exercise yesterday or today. To tell you the truth I could fall asleep right now! But I want to hang out with my little boy and my hubby before the night catches up with us.

I have seriously got to get back in my workout routine. The scale has not moved since last week Sunday. I am not complaining though. I guess I could be happy that I am maintaining. Has is your week going? Are you ready for the weekend? I just can’t wait until next Tuesday with is my day off!! Yipee!! I am going to sleep in late and have a blast with my little one since he is off from school too. Well I am off to watch a movie with the family. I will check in later!!

Tags: Weight loss, working mothers, mothers

Dale Carnegie - “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

Tags: weight loss, motivation, inspiration

Hi everyone,

I hope that you all had a great day today. My day was long today. It was raining off and on outside, so no outdoor play for me and Arman. We were just indoor sniffling and sneezing due to allergies. I am not kidding. We were so bored Arman wanted to watch The Incredible’s movies and dress up in his Dash costume, so I let him. He was so cute and has long as he wasn’t whining about his nose I was happy. During all of that to clean, do laundry, exercise and get dinner ready before I left for work this evening. And guess what? I was so tired that I just popped in a pizza for my hubby and Arman and I had a lettuce wrap sandwich with grapes. it was yummy and fast!!!

About time I gobble that up it was time to drive into work. I was so tired that I wasn’t looking forward to taking calls I just wanted to sleep since I did not get any sleep the night before due to these darn allergies and Arman taking over DH’s and my king size bed. Did I tell you that this boy sleeps so wild? OMG!! This is a king size bed and I was almost about to fall out of it last night. Good Grief!
So, I got to work and thank God it was busy otherwise I would have feel asleep waiting for the phone calls to come through. Then work was over and I went to the Grocery store at 10:00pm tonight because we were out of milk and other items and I did not want to hear it from the boys that I can’t have cereal or oatmeal because there is no milk. Do any of you moms understand where I am coming from. So I am finally home, and able to get comfortable to chat with all of my lovely friends here on this blog and to my Nutrisystem community.

Tomorrow I am hoping that the day will get better and it should be, i hope, but I am going to go for now and get some sleep.

Night, Night

Natasha

Tags:weight loss, healthy living, weight loss tips

I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day, everyday, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing, and the action which follows becomes as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success. I will act now. I will repeat these words again and again and again. I will walk where failures fear to walk. I will work when failures seek rest. I will act now for now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now. Success will not wait. If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the person.

-Og Mandino

Tags: Weight loss, weight loss motivation

Say yes to all that is. Say yes, and let your energy flow in a positive useful direction.

Fighting against what already exist is foolish. Accept that things are as they are, and you gain the power to determine what they will become.

say yes to this moment that is now. be fully present, and you are fully effective.

Would you like to be more accepting of those around you and of the positive possibilities available to you? Say yes, and it is so.

The disappointmet, excuses and self-imposed limitations need no longer hold you back. Say eys to your highest and most meaningful vision of what life can be.

Say yes to all that life sends your way and in each moment you’ll find great value.

- Author Unknown

tags: weight loss tips, weight loss, motivation

 I can’t believe it has been over 1 year that I have been maintaining my weight!! Sunday I weighed myself and I weighed 163lbs. That within 3 pounds of my goal weight of 160pounds!! I am almost back and I can’t wait to be. You guys don’t know how gateful I am to have given Nutrisystem a try and look at me know!! I am almost considering going back on the program to lose an additionial 10-15 pounds, so that I can look AWESOME in my summer swimsuits and bikinis. But I am first going to see if I can get there all by myself by early August and if I do it on my own I will be so proud of myself because I have never accomplished a goal like that ever! If not I can go back to Nutrisystem with confidence of obtaining my new goal weight of 145-150lbs. You guys may say, but you look great already, but I see what under my shirt and I still see jugglie stuff around my waist. Any mother’s out there would know what I mean?? If that doesn’t do it tummy tuck here I come. lol. (I am too chicken for that though.) But if you are looking to change your life I TOTALLY RECCOMEND Nutrisystem!! It works and I proved it did.

Tags: weight loss tips, weight loss success

Hey All,

This is definitely of the topic, but I just had to share these pics with you all. My son and I went to the water park and had just a blast!!! I was so nice to see his face light up while running around and just enjoying being a kid.

Well, today is a new day for me. Gosh I only have 7.5 pounds to go before I am back at my original goal. But sometimes life gets in the way. I had a few slip ups earlier this week, but today I am ready to tackle these pounds off. Bikini here I come!!! So far I got in 8 glasses of water today and 100% to my meal plan, And later I will be doing 45 mins of Cathe’s workout DVD. So I am feeling focused and GREAT!!! I hope you all are doing well and if you had a slip up this weekend forgive yourself and recommit to yourself. You deserve.

Have a great day!!

Natasha

Tags: weight loss, weight, nutrisystem, fitness, exercise, healthy living, healthy diet, diet, women, beauty, health, weight loss tips

I didn’t think that I was going to make through the day today. Well first of early, early this morning at 2:00am a thunderstorm came through here in Texas and woke up my little Arman (my 3 year-old son) and had him so scared he was shaking. So, I decided to hope in his bed until he feel asleep. He look so sweet sleep, but on the otherside I wanted to go back to my own bed and sleep comfortably. Come on, sharing a twin bed with a 3 year-old that sleeps wild??? OMG!! I was in there for 2 hours and my back was killing me. So lets say it is now 4:00am and finaly got back to bed and the rain was gone and then 45 minutes later another storm come through and guess who is scared again? You guessed it, Arman. So being the loving mom that I am I stay in his room until the storm was gone and he was out sleeping. At last I was back in my bed sleeping until 7:30 and guess who woke and bit eyed and ready to play? That’s right Arman.

I had to get dress and get the day going with errands to do breakfast, playtime, the bank, grocery store, and etc. Did I meantime today was my third day on NS body Boost and man I am so glad that I made it through it!!! The body boost is a high protein diet w/ almost no carbs to help break plateaus and it actually helped break mine. So far I lost 2 pounds and I will check tomorrow if I lost more. I will keep you posted. Anyways by noon time I was so tired almost drunk tired. hee hee. But I manage to make it to naptime for Arman and he took a nap and slept for 2 hours. YAHOOOO!!! A mom’s dream. So I helped DH with some office work, cleaned, and prepared dinner. After dinner DH played with Arman will I did Kelly Robert’s Step it Stog step aerobics DVD for 30 mins and I did 15 mins our ab training. Even Arman decided that he what to exercise too! He got on the balance ball I was doing my ab workout. It was fun.

All I can say is that I made it, Wednesday is done!! Now I am ready to hit the bed and gesome zzzzzz’s. I hope you all had a great day and are getting ready to rest and prepare for the weekend.

Night, Night

Natasha

Tags: Nutrisystem, fitness, weight loss, diet, health, healthy eating, nutrition, weight loss tips

I am so happy I lost the weight with Nutrisystem. It is a easy plan to following without any stress, measuring, and counting calories. However, I would have never imagine this happening as a result of my weight loss through this program.  Last summer 2006 Nutrisystem invited me with 20 other people who lost weight with NS to a photo shoot in Philadelphia for the upcoming print ads that you may have seen on QVC, and now in Shape’s January issue and other fitness publications. How cool is that!! I had so much fun listening to the other invites weight loss stories and made a lot of new friends too. So I just thought to myself let me share the pics with you all too in hopes to inspire.