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HLNB HealthyLivingChallenge II - Day 28

February 28th Day 28:  Yesterday I walked 1 mile pedometer logged 2,100 steps.


                                        Walk when you can, even at work to get more exercise.

    I ate some strawberries, a salad, some raspberries and drank 100% fruit juices with all three meals.

                                                                           Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.




       See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "Healthy Living Challenge" I'm logging my daily activities of how I keep moving.  I'm not offering any medical advice or making any guarantees.  This is meant for fun and if you want to follow along I hope it will be fun for you too.

The Ultimate Body Applicator Giveaway!

UPDATE:  The lucky winner is KH Bride! Congratulations! Thanks again to Cheryl for offering us The Ultimate Body Applicator to giveaway.   




    Our guest post author Cheryl Arnold has very kindly agreed to have a giveaway of The Ultimate Body Applicator she wrote about for us last week.  If you haven't yet read Cheryl's article about this wonderful product that eliminates toxins from your body, check it out here:  The Ultimate Body Applicator .   She believes in this product and really wants one of Healthy Living Natural Beauty's readers to get the chance to try it out for themselves.  The giveaway will end on March 7, 2012 at 12:01am Eastern Standard Time.  A winner will be selected via Rafflecopter.  Once the winner is selected I will notify you via email.  If I do not receive a response within 48 hours I will select an alternate winner via Rafflecopter.  You must be 18 years of age or older to enter and the giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents.  Good luck to all entrants!

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HLNB HealthyLivingChallenge II - Day 27

February 27th Day 27:  Yesterday I walked 1 mile.

    I ate some strawberries, a salad, I ate some homemade mashed potatoes with vegetarian gravy. I also drank 100% fruit juices with all three meals.

                                                                    Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.

       See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "Healthy Living Challenge" I'm logging my daily activities of how I keep moving.  I'm not offering any medical advice or making any guarantees.  This is meant for fun and if you want to follow along I hope it will be fun for you too.

What Celebs Wore to the Oscars 2012

    One of the biggest nights in awards season was last night at the Academy Awards.  Were you watching your favorites walk the red carpet?  If you happened to miss any, I've posted some of my favorites of the night below.  Who was your favorite?   Did you expect to see Angelina's dress? Or was her pose more interesting?  Not sure if she practiced that or not, but she sure has everyone talking about it today!  So that seems like a great place to start...

    Angelina Jolie wore a beautiful black gown with open toe matching shoes.  She took this pose to the stage last night and the guys were copying her pose!  Hmmm, not sure she needed to do that, but everyone sure is talking about that pose today.  I'll bet they'll be talking about it next year too wondering what she will do then. What do you think?

             Cameron Diaz looked great in this strapless Gucci gown with a matching clutch purse.  The necklace was also a great accessory. 

 

    Emma Stone wore a beautiful red gown with a bow at the neck.  This kind of reminds me of one of my favorite dresses Nicole Kidman wore (Best Oscar Fashions From the Past) with the bow at the neck.

        Michelle Williams wore this pretty red , strapless Louis Vuitton gown with a cute pink clutch purse and a necklace that matched the silver bow at the waist.  I wanted to show the other view of her dress to show the train and the contrasting back as well. 

               Tina Fey wore a dark blue, strapless gown with a matching black clutch purse.  This dress makes her look so tall and slender. 

    Jennifer Lopez looked great, as she always does!  This was a very fashionable gown with a matching silver, cube clutch purse.  I also liked her matching earrings. 

    Penelope Cruz wore this beautiful off the shoulder slate blue, gown.  I have to say this might have been my favorite look of the evening.  I think she looks like a classic actress with the matching blue clutch purse, the matching necklace, bracelet and earring set just completes her look.  Very well done!

    Sandra Bullock wore a black and white gown with wreath detailing.  In one of her interviews she turned around and the gown was a low scoop back.  She always looks so nice.  I noticed she has matching black fingernail polish as well!

    Natalie Portman wore a red, vintage Dior strapless gown with a black clutch purse and I just loved her necklace.  She also has the black fingernail polish!

    Octavia Spencer won Best Supporting Actress for The Help and she looked so glamorous in this white gown with silver accents and matching silver clutch purse.  I love her ring and I loved her acceptance speech. 

    I had to include this last picture of Judy Greer because I love her movies and I also love the new slender dresses.  This is the first gown I've seen on red carpets that kind of remind me of the slender dress trend with the contrasting colors that are so flattering to the figure. She looks great!




    I'd like to end this post with our two favorite red carpet couples.  Hope you enjoyed my favorite fashion picks for the red carpet of the Academy Awards 2012.

                                                                      Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

                                                                George Clooney and Stacy Keibler




                                                                           All pictures courtesy of Pinterest.

HLNB HealthyLivingChallenge II - Day 26

February 26th Day 26:  Yesterday I took a day of rest!

                                                                         Picture courtesy of Pinterest.


    I ate a salad, made guacamole with an avocado and some pico de gallo, and I ate some homemade pasta sauce with bell peppers, tomatoes, onions green chiles and garlic.  I also drank 100 % fruit juice with all three meals.





      See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "Healthy Living Challenge" I'm logging my daily activities of how I keep moving.  I'm not offering any medical advice or making any guarantees.  This is meant for fun and if you want to follow along I hope it will be fun for you too.

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Tip of the Week - Tarte Find Your Shade: Maracuja Divine Shine Lip Gloss

    For all the Tartelettes out there, this week's Tip of the Week is how to find your shade of Maracuja Divine Shine Lip Gloss.  If you haven't tried Tarte before, this would be a great way to give their natural cosmetics a try.  It's a great company and the products are wonderful.  I wonder which of our favorite stars will be wearing this tonight on the red carpet at the Oscars?


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HLNB HealthyLivingChallenge II - Day 25

February 25th Day 25:  Yesterday I walked 1 mile.

    I ate some homemade salsa, a salad, drank 8 oz of green smoothies and drank 100% fruit juices with 2 of my meals. I drank water with lemon at lunch.

                                                                   Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.




      See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "Healthy Living Challenge" I'm logging my daily activities of how I keep moving.  I'm not offering any medical advice or making any guarantees.  This is meant for fun and if you want to follow along I hope it will be fun for you too.

HLNB HealthyLivingChallenge II - Day 24

February 24th Day 24:  Yesterday I walked 1 mile. 



                                                  Walking while shopping for exercise.

    I ate a salad, made guacamole with 1 avocado and some pico de gallo.  I drank 8 oz of green smoothies and drank 100% fruit juice with all three meals.

                                                                Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.




      See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "Healthy Living Challenge" I'm logging my daily activities of how I keep moving.  I'm not offering any medical advice or making any guarantees.  This is meant for fun and if you want to follow along I hope it will be fun for you too.

Post from the Blog "One Last Glimpse" : Julie Anne: A Thank You

   Below is a great post written about Julie Anne Rhodes website and blog with the Personal Chef Approach. If you are looking for healthy recipes for your family and friends, check out her site.  You can sign up for a free registration and browse around the site.  There is also an option to become a premium user to gain access to some great recipes.  For those of you who are familiar with my favorite band Duran Duran, you may know that Julie Anne used to be married to Nick Rhodes.  This post (below) by Kendra from the blog "One Last Glimpse" gives you a preview of what a wonderful site Julie Anne Rhodes has with the Personal Chef Approach.

One Last Glimpse: Julie Anne: A Thank You: I've been aware of, and known the name: Julie Anne Rhodes for more than half of my life. As an impressionable teenager; of course growing up...


                                         Click the picture below to read more about Julie Anne Rhodes. 

                                                               Picture courtesy of JulieAnneRhodes.com
 

HLNB HealthyLivingChallenge II - Day 23

February 23rd Day 23:  Yesterday I walked 1 mile and did the following exercises while watching "Grey's Anatomy" with the following stats:

Inner Thigh Kicks 12 reps 3 sets
Outer Thigh Kicks 12 reps 3 sets
Side Bends 12 reps 3 sets
Waist Twists 12 reps 3 sets
Bicycle Kicks 12 sets 3 reps


                                                                           Bicycle Kicks

                                                                        Side Bends
                                                           

    I ate some strawberries, a salad, ate an avocado, a banana, drank 8 oz of green smoothies and drank 100% fruit juices with all three meals.


                                      Lexie joins Alex and Arizona in the Peds unit.

                     Adele's condition gets worse, but Richard doesn't want to send her away.

                                    Grey's Anatomy pictures courtesy of ABC. All others courtesy of Pinterest.



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Facebook Friday Blog Hop - February 24, 2012

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The Versatile Blogger Award

Thank you Zara from Free To Be Natural for giving my blog the Versatile Blogger Award.  What a pleasant surprise! That was so nice and I really appreciate it.


Rules of the Award:

• Thank the person who nominated you with a link back to their blog.
• List 7 things about yourself.
• Nominate other great blogs you have recently discovered or follow regularly with this award.

7 Things:

1. I love Duran Duran.
2. I was a fan of the show "Charmed" and wished they had filmed two more seasons.
3. My favorite colors are blue and pink.
4. My favorite movie is Titanic and I love to watch documentaries about Titanic. The movie did a good job of following the documentaries about Titanic and they made the storyline bring the emotion of that night to life is such a realistic way.
5. I like to watch cooking channels.
6. Favorite actors Ralph Fiennes and Leonardo DiCaprio.
7. Favorite actresses Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock.

Blogs I'm passing the award on to because I really enjoy them:

1. Beauty Au Natural
2. Primped and Painted 
3. The Bewitchin Kitchen
4. Vixen Vintage
5. Inspired Beauty
6. Beauty Obsessed
7. Seven Things Beauty

Check them out they are fun blogs!  Thanks again Zara I love your blog too!

HLNB HealthyLivingChallenge II - Day 22

February 22nd Day 22:  Yesterday I walked 1 mile and did some housework.

  I ate a salad, an avocado, drank 8 oz of green smoothies and drank 100% fruit juice with all three meals.


    Instead of buying a salad dressing you can make your own so you control what ingredients are in the dressing.  You won't have preservatives or additional unnecessary ingredients and they are fairly easy to make. 

                                                                      Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.


      See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "Healthy Living Challenge" I'm logging my daily activities of how I keep moving.  I'm not offering any medical advice or making any guarantees.  This is meant for fun and if you want to follow along I hope it will be fun for you too.

HLNB HealthyLivingChallenge II - Day 21

February 21st Day 21:  Yesterday I walked a little over 3 miles.  I logged 6,345 steps on my pedometer.

                                                                          Photo courtesy of Visualphotos.com

    I ate a salad, some veggie bacon strips which contain no meat but taste like real bacon, a veggie burger with tomatoes, onion, lettuce and olives. I also drank 8 oz of green smoothie and drank 100% fruit juices with all three meals.

                                                         Picture courtesy of Pinterest.




      See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "Healthy Living Challenge" I'm logging my daily activities of how I keep moving.  I'm not offering any medical advice or making any guarantees.  This is meant for fun and if you want to follow along I hope it will be fun for you too.

HLNB HealthyLivingChallenge II - Day 20

February 20th Day 20:  Yesterday I walked 1 mile and also did a 20 minute Cardio Pilates.

    I ate some steamed broccoli and cauliflower, a salad, some homemade pasta sauce with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos. I also drank 8 oz of green smoothies and drank 100% fruit juices with all three meals.

                                                                        Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.





      See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "Healthy Living Challenge" I'm logging my daily activities of how I keep moving.  I'm not offering any medical advice or making any guarantees.  This is meant for fun and if you want to follow along I hope it will be fun for you too.

HLNB HealthyLivingChallenge II - Day 19

February 19th Day 19:  Yesterday I walked 1mile and I did the following exercises while watching the season finale of "Pan Am" as follows: (Note: You can get exercises in even when doing other things such as watching your favorite shows.  Just keep in mind you should be moving around as much as possible during your waking hours.  Even if it's just to do thigh kicks or side bends.  It makes exercising more fun and you eventually get used to moving around. It also helps burn fat calories and you still get to have fun too!)


Inner Thigh Kicks 12 reps 3 sets
Outer Thigh Kicks 12 reps 3 sets
Side Bends 12 reps 3 sets

     I ate a salad, an avocado, some homemade salsa, drank 16 oz of green smoothies and drank 100% fruit juices with all three meals.


    Laura receives a strange offer from Amanda.  What will Ted decide to do?  Will 1964 be what he expected?

                                Maggie makes a decision that could lead to troubles for her in 1964.

   

    Kate is given a job offer.  Will she take it or decide to stay with Pan Am? I hope we get to find out in Season two.  Hope to see how 1964 turns out for Pan Am.

                                      Pan Am pictures courtesy of ABC.  All others courtesy of Pinterest.






      See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "Healthy Living Challenge" I'm logging my daily activities of how I keep moving.  I'm not offering any medical advice or making any guarantees.  This is meant for fun and if you want to follow along I hope it will be fun for you too.

HLNB HealthyLivingChallenge II - Day 18

February 18th Day 18:  Yesterday I walked 1mile.

    I ate a salad, some blueberries, an avocado and drank 16 oz of green smoothies.  I also drank 100% fruit juices with all three meals.

                                                                          Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.



      See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "Healthy Living Challenge" I'm logging my daily activities of how I keep moving.  I'm not offering any medical advice or making any guarantees.  This is meant for fun and if you want to follow along I hope it will be fun for you too.