Mae Breakall

Scott has told me two different times that for the first time he can remember he is dreaming about food! So far the culprits are pizza and Burger King, two things we ate incredibly rarely even before whole30. Last night he was also dreaming of cake, which is like, birthdays only for us. Haha!

Today I cleaned almost the whole apartment. That doesn't sound like a ton considering it's pretty small, but after a week of being sick and it being a mess before that, it was a ton of work. I also watched Food Inc. I'm not exaggerating when I say that film was life changing. I will [...]

So today I'm almost better! YAAY! I'm not feeling any withdrawal symptoms, and I think that's a combination of 3 things: I ate pretty clean in the first place (no, really, I have been overall since this time 2012), I started practicing at this paleo thing a few weeks ago, so maybe my body had [...]

Today was another sick day, but I think I'm getting better, which is good because I'm restless, Lexi deserves more interactive time, and my living room has very little floor. All I've really been able to do the past 3 days is care for Lexi and cook. The food aspect of things is going great! [...]

Being sick is no fun! I'm kinda thankful though, that if I have to be, it's now. I'm less likely to notice carb withdrawals if I'm already weak, right? Anyway, not much to report, other than I'm finding success in feeding Scott to his satisfaction so far, which is a win! Black coffee isn't bad, [...]

Starting this while sick with some sort of ick wasn't the plan, but I didn't want to put it off any further, so we started first thing this morning before heading home from Virginia Beach, and today went well for us both! I think as long as Scott gets enough to eat (which isn't an [...]

Yesterday Scott and I started Whole30, a nutritional jumpstart that you can read about at whole9life.com, and can be summed up as a strict Paleo approach. It sounds extreme, and in some ways it is-no dairy, grains, legumes, added sugar? No peanut butter??? But as I've been gearing up and practicing recipes the past 2 [...]

Lexi is sleeping, my oatmeal is cooking, coffee is brewing, and my mind is racing. I'm having to do something I haven't had to in a long time. Give myself a pep talk on realistic expectations. These first 2 weeks (of exercise) will be the hardest, both physically and emotionally. I probably won't see results [...]

Ok, so you know by now that I set lofty but attainable goals for myself in the fitness arena. I'm finding that as a mama and -let's face it-one still recovering from giving birth and adjusting to a whole new lifestyle, I have to place different expectations and restrictions on myself. For example: I'm breastfeeding. [...]

I just finished my first real workout with the Kinect. When I say "just", I mean I'm still on the verge of losing my breakfast. When I say "finished" I mean I had to stop. I'm feeling many things right now, besides the nausea. I feel discouraged and disappointed. I've lost a lot of my [...]