Useful links for weight loss, healthy eating and other good tidbits of knowledge!

This post isn't going to be so much of me rambling as it will be miscellaneous links to useful knowledge for me and anyone reading it to browse through.

Mindless Eating
http://www.womenshealthmag.com/weight-loss/avoid-mindless-eating?cid=synd_popsugarfitness_0215

Make running less terrible
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/04/make-running-fun-really_n_6771726.html?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000038&utm_source=fitsugar.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_article

What to eat after working out
http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/How-Choose-Post-Workout-Snack-36896033

Yoga for better SEX
http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Yoga-Sex-36969288#photo-36969288

Plank mod for better abs faster
http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/How-Make-Plank-Exercise-Harder-34376722

Intervals for beginners
http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Beginner-Interval-Treadmill-Workout-34319556

Music for Cardio
http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/60-Minute-Cardio-Workout-Playlist-36996909

10 min ab workout
http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/10-Minute-Ab-Sculpting-Workout-36969286

Sneak in some exercise
http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/How-Sneak-Exercise-36699898

Craving Crushers
http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/9-Easy-Ways-Crush-Your-Food-Cravings-36278289

Comfort Food re-imagined
 http://www.cookinglight.com/food/quick-healthy/quick-easy-comfort-food-recipes/ad

It's a new day!

Well to say last night was rough would be an understatement, the good news is that I got through it and here I am! Last night I got some news that made me grumpy lets just say a package that was suppose to get here Friday now isn't going to be here until some time Saturday. Yeah, yeah I know it's just one day but sometimes one day makes all the difference! So I laid my kids down at about 8 o clock last night I crawled into bed and I watched countless episodes of Orange is the New Black on netflix until I was finally tired enough to go to sleep.

I woke up this morning with a fresh outlook and you know what I'm going to be alright. It's a new day so might as well make the best of it. Of course it is only 9:35 here in Alaska so there is still plenty of time for someone or something to mess up my day but I am going to try my damnest to not let that happen!

Other than that I have plans to attempt a 2 mile walk/adventure with my lovely darlings if the temperature warms up!Last time I checked the temp it was 18 degrees a little bit too cold for me to take the kiddos out for an extended amount of time. Of course everyone has their own opinions but if I don't get to do that I plan on doing some sort of work out inside because its time for me to get my butt back in gear. I got weight to lose and it isn't going anywhere if I don't get my body in motion! My eating is on point but I don't for see the scale moving without my butt moving!

Oh and the post office and delivery services have apparently turned into a huge black hole because I have 3 packages that are bouncing around randomly with no clear path towards me. I had one package go from Montana, to Washington, back to Montana, and then to Ohio, today it is back in a different part of Washington! Come on postal service get your shit together!

Anyways not too much to talk about right now but if anything exciting happens I will for sure write another post! Until next time ladies and gents!
                                                                      K.M.F

Dreary, Slow...MONDAY

Well here we are again ladies and gents the beginning of another week! Good news is, I've had my coffee and I am able to function... Granted I didn't get breakfast made for myself until after 10 am but I DID get it done!

Nice and simple this morning scrambled eggs with spinach onion and salsa, with a side of nitrite free bacon of course with my cup of coffee not pictured! It was delicious and made me finally able to get my butt in gear! Still haven't tackled the 3 baskets of laundry that I need to fold but I'm sure I'll get around to it or I'll have a bonfire and wear trash bags for the rest of my existence (kidding of course)!

I did however get some organizing done!

I am the worlds worst with having papers laying around everywhere so I bought this super cute folder thing to keep all my papers more organized. Now I just need to invest in a paper shredder for all the junk mail we constantly receive! 

Last night I started thinking about something that kind of puzzled me and had me thinking that I need to retrain my brain. So so often I uplift many of my female friends (and they do the same thing for me) but when I'm alone or I look in a mirror all I focus on are my flaws, and my imperfection. I realized that we often distort our self image to ourselves, I try to exude confidence to everyone around me but in fact that is the farthest thing from reality. Because I solely focus on my negatives and hardly ever make myself realize how far I've come or what I've accomplished!

I created this picture last night when the picture on the left popped up in my Time-hop app. Four years ago yesterday I was pregnant with my son who was born May of 2011 and mind you this was a back to back pregnancy as my daughter was born May of 2010. The picture on the left is from a few days ago when I went downtown to the Iron Dog festivities. Until I put these pictures side by side and lets face it even after. I still can't comprehend that I did loose all that weight and I did bounce back from 2 pregnancies quite well.

What I'm getting at is. Don't always look at your flaws and short comings. It's something I am still having to learn. But we ALL just need to remember we are awesome and we are doing something great for ourselves every day! Never give up on your goals, even if you pass your time limit you set, time is relative because we are never promised tomorrow. So continue pushing toward your goals and you WILL see progress. Weather you are wanting to lose weight, get a job, graduate, or whatever it may be you are working towards, you WILL achieve it!!

Just a little daily funny for you which I feel everyone needs one good laugh daily...Okay I think we all deserve to laugh often and a lot, but here's one for you!

Yes, we ALL deserve this..

Carry on with your days lovely people and as always I hope you enjoyed!

K.M.F

RECIPE!!! Chicken Broccoli & Mushroom "Terriyaki"

Two blogs in one day whatttt! 

Anyways so a good friend of mine asked for a recipe of the dish that I made a few nights ago and honestly 99% of the time I cook there isn't a recipe, It's normally a bunch of stuff that I throw together and make a NORMALLY delicious concoction.

Luckily I also have a pretty stellar memory and I do remember what I threw together at least for this dish!

4 chicken breast cooked (I boiled them) and cut up into chunks

1 cup of brown rice cooked until tender to your liking

6 mushrooms cut up

1 or 2 handfuls of spinach cut up

A few leafs of basil chopped up

2 or so cups of broccoli

I sauteed the mushrooms, spinach and basil together in a pan with a little bit of olive oil until they got tender and threw them in the wok with the chicken and rice

Cooked the broccoli and threw that into the wok as well

For the "Terriyaki" I put that into parenthesis because it isn't terriyaki at all but oh well!

I used Worcestershire sauce cayenne pepper and balsamic vinegar poured that over all the ingredients and mixed it all together on low heat for 5 to 10 min basically long enough for the sauce to soak into everything nicely! 

Here I sit, Pondering as Always...

Here it is February, sitting and listening to my Pandora stations on shuffle! It is unseasonably warm here in Anchorage, like I haven't worn a winter jacket in probably 2 weeks now. I've been in hoodie and jeans or t-shirt and jeans! It's crazy and unfortunately it is making it difficult for the Iron Dog racers that just started their race yesterday! Lots of open water and no snow makes it difficult on snow mobiles (machines)? not sure what the correct Alaskan name is for them! These are the Freestylers we saw yesterday called the Flyin Iron!

http://www.irondog.org/

Above is the link to check out the Iron Dog racers and all that they are about!

Been trying to get out and do as much stuff as possible I love being active and hate feeling stuck at home so we bought a Tula to carry our kids, Tula's are baby and toddler carriers in other words they are a blessing for my son who has short legs and tires out easily. Below will be a link if you would like to check them out! http://www.tulababycarriers.com/

Exploring Alaska is one of my all time favorite things to do! I love that I can walk out my door or look out my windows and have breath taking views, many of times it feels so surreal, Like any moment I'm going to wake up and not be in Alaska anymore. This place feels like home we are all so so happy here!

One of the many beautiful views literally walking distance from my front door!

Besides exploring Alaska there has been a lot of trying to stay on track eating and working out! It's been hard and I am still not at my goal but I am a lot happier now than I was 6 months ago and that counts for something!

I no longer dwell as much on the number on the scale. Numbers don't define me! I am focusing on how my body feels and how much happier I feel, because that is what truly matters, healthy body and healthy mind. My journey is not over by any means but I WILL get there and I WON'T give up!

Besides exploring and healthy eating and such I've just been super excited to start working on my Jeep! Finally getting a lift and such for him (yes him & yes he does have a name). Go ahead judge haha. Hopefully within the next month I will have everything on him and finally looking the way I have pictured it looking since I was a kid. No idea if I have ever touched on this but a Jeep Wrangler was my dream vehicle. I guess you could say I have never been a normal girl, most girls dream of sports cars and fairy tale weddings. I dreamed of jacked up Jeeps or Trucks in the mud and a wedding out in the woods, a field, or on a mountain. I've been married for 5 years now and while my wedding was in my in-laws house not in ant of the places I described above. We WILL (and are already planning) a vowel renewal most likely somewhere here in Alaska because Alaska has been one of the best things to happen to our family!

Here HE is! I decided that this is the last picture, my BEFORE picture that I will take until he has his new look! 

Well thanks for listening to my ramblings of the day hopefully you enjoy! K.M.F - Until next time ladies and gents!

The Struggle

So many times I have this internal struggle. I am forever grateful that my husband has a good job that allows me to stay home to teach and take care of our kids. Then there are days like this one that I can't handle the ignorance that he has to deal with, many times I wonder how he does and the only thing I can come up with is that he is a hell of a strong man! Hours pass by and we must continue going even if I'm pissed off so that's what I do. Anyways got that little mini vent out of the way onto better things. Had a friend from back "home" (isn't that a relative word these days?) just move up here so been lending our home to them, excited for them to be able to start their journey! I've decided upon a plan, I WILL lose 50 lbs by the end of 2015, I won't "try" I will DO, I will be SUCCESSFUL! Been alternating workouts trying to get back into a rhythm I'm not always the best I make mistakes (after all I am human)... Speaking of that, that is one thing I need to remind myself of more, we are all humans and we make mistakes its the fact that we pick ourselves up and continue on that helps us improve and learn about ourselves. We are our own worst critics and self degradation isn't a form of modesty, it only weakens your spirit, so don't put yourself through the internal torture. If you can uplift everyone around you do yourself a favor and treat yourself the same because lets be honest, if you talked to your friends the way you talked to your body would they still be around? I know in some cases yes they would mainly because some of us just have some kickass friends that understand when you just have a bullshit day, but in 90% of reality no, if you talked down to everyone else like you do yourself they would walk away. That is a battle I am still teaching myself! Not that I have many followers but I will try to be a bit more active, writing my thoughts and such really helps me and I hope maybe somehow they help others too! Here's to hoping! Until next time folks, K.M.F!

Same blog, same ramblings, new name and whole new year, FULL of CHANGES!

Well as always, I am horrible as ever at updating but HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! So much has been going on I don't even know where to begin! I mean just exploring Alaska whenever we get the chance and finding friends that will last a life time I feel like technology has became a distant memory, which is how it should be life happens in front of you not on a screen! I've been with the beach body program 21 day fix since May, fell off the band wagon and a new year seems the perfect time to get back on track for my whole family of four! Although as I type this i have a beer beside me...Hey I'm human not perfect over here! Big changes for us this year! It's gunna be a great one! I am becoming a beach body coach and hoping to make it a successful career, I want to help people be the best them and help them on their journey as I continue mine! Well I am getting side tracked time to work on the Jeep, one of my goals in 2015 is to update this thing more regardless of the amount of followers, this is still always the easiest way to get my words out! Until later folks... K.M.F <3