6th Work-out Wednesday

Well I didn't work-out. My son got the stomach flu from Wednesday night until Saturday. Then I got it Sunday night until last night. I feel pretty close to better today.

Unfortunately the stomach flu didn't even really help me lose any weight....must have been eating too many cookies again before I got it.

Link up your fitness/health posts/blogs too so we can motivate each other! I'd love to hear your progress.

59th Fashionable Fridays

Paint that Nail!

What you need:

~four shades of purple or a dark & light purple and white then you can just mix shades 

~a detail brush/small paint brush (you can cut a regular paint brush as well)

~glitter- optional 

dont forget you can use whatever colors you want to!

Onto the nails!!

Paint all your nails the lightest color of the bunch.

Sponge your nails the second to lightest color about 3/4 of the way down and if you go down to far dont worry about it we can go back in and fix it later!

Now sponge your third color about 1/3 of the way down just so that the second to lightest color is peeking through.

Sponge the darkest color just at the tips. If you feel like you went a little far down to the bottom of your nail take the lightest color and sponge that from the bottom going up a little bit. Then thats it with the sponge!

If you want you can add glitter I like to because it helps the fading fade better I think. 

You can stop there and you have really cute nails or continue and add a flower!

To do the flower all you have to do is start at the top make a circle (try to mine never come out exactly like a circle no flowers are the same!) then just point it off (the point doesnt have to be perfect the middle is going to cover it) do that in a circle rotating where the point is.

Add a couple dots in the middle or just add a big dot like I did on the other fingers with the smaller flowers. I also put the second to lightest color on the flower just coming out of the middle. You could just make one flower on your ring finger or thumb. 

What I used:

~Revlon- lily (lightest)

~OPI- planks a lot (second to lightest) 

~Orly- charged up mixed with white (third lightest)

~Orly- charged up mixed up a little bit of Rimmel London lasting finish pro- purple rain (darkest)

~Ruby Kisses HD- HDP18 (white)

~NYC long wearing nail enamel- stary silver glitter

~Detail brush: Loew-Cornel 5/0 American Painter 4650 Spotter (can be fond at Micheals and probably online)  

Thanks for reading and just have fun with it!!(:

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What a cool technique! Thanks for sharing!

5th Work-out Wednesdays

Here are my stats:
Height: 5'4
Beginning Measurements

• Around the Belly: 39 in. (47 in. 38 weeks pregnant with my daughter- I was only 45 in. with my son, but I weighed almost 10 lbs. more)
• Waist: 38in.
• Around my bottom: 40.25 in.
• Upper Arm: 12.25 in.
• Inner Thigh: 23.5 in

Goal: flatter tummy - 34 in. around my belly (so I don't look pregnant still when I wear my pre-pregnancy shirts), 140 by September 1st. OR to fit into my 7-9 jeans comfortably.

 

Ideally would love to be 120-125 again and 30-32 in again.

 

 

Pre-pregnancy: 131 lbs. Gained 36 lbs. when pregnant:  167 lbs.
Beginning weight: 147 lbs.

 

Today's Weight: 144.5 so 1.5 pounds since last time, some progress
Today's Measurements: Since it's been a while, I figured I should see...

• Around the Belly: 38 in. - I lost an inch!
• Waist: 37.5 in. - lost 1/2 in.
• Around my bottom: 39.25 in. - lost an inch - not sure if I want to lose their or not....I used to have a fuller bottom before my first pregnancy, but not it's flat
• Upper Arm: 12.25 in. - same
• Inner Thigh: 22.5 in - lost an inch!

 

Seeing that I've lost an inch in a lot of places makes me pleasantly surprised and very happy! If you saw my Mommy Mondays post from this week, I'm trying not to be so harsh on myself about my body. It was all for me beautiful babies, and I would do it all over again.

 

I didn't accomplish my goal to try this exercise plan (I was super stressed trying to get a bunch of things done again). The next goal is to start this exercise plan that I found through Pinterest. If you'd like the other levels to this plan, check out January from the original source. I would love if you tried this exercise plan with me! I made it my desktop to help me to remember to do it!

 

 

Link up your fitness/health posts/blogs too so we can motivate each other!

 

Express Jeans

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Express for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

I've been desperate for some new women's jeans. Express jeans have them all.

From boot cut to flare jeans and even the ever so popular jean leggings, Express has the denim essentials you need! For a limited time, enter for a chance to win free jeans! Express will be giving away 50 free pairs that you could possibly be rockin’ on the sidewalk! 

Go enter the Express giveaway on Facebook! I'm hoping to get lucky since I don't have the money to go shopping! But I've definitely been looking a lot.

These jean leggings look like a great alternative to skinny jeans. I've been having trouble finding skinny jeans that fit....I guess my calves are too fat. I bet these ones would fit better.

 

 

I love these flare jeans in this color. I used to have a pair from Express, but now I'm too big for them. Lots of my friends would comment and rave about the light jean color. I think this color is a great day look.

 

 

 

New Trend - colored jeans!

When I first heard this trend, I wasn't so sure about it. Looking at their options though I really think I would try them out. I think the red pair would be really fun!

 

 

Comment with which jeans you love and why! Do you own some Express jeans? Tell me what you love about them!women's jeansExpress jeansExpress giveaway

51st Mommy Mondays

This I found this through Pinterest, and it brought tears to my eyes!

Here are past photos of my pregnancies and the stretch marks I had....

1st pregnancy

2nd Pregnancy

battle scar from scraping my tummy across the corner of the dishwasher!

only 36 weeks - you'd think I was 40+

I look back at these photos with new light and perspective. It brings tears to my eyes again. It will help me not be so hard on myself while trying to lose this baby weight. I endured (especially with the 2nd one) and brought life into this world.

Link up your Mommy Moments!