HLNB Fall Challenge I - Day 8

September 8th Day 8:
Exercise: 
Yesterday I walked 2 miles and worked on my garden.

Food:
I ate some oatmeal with strawberries, some rice and black beans with pico de gallo and corn with cilantro, I also ate some shrimp tacos.  I drank 100% fruit juices with all three meals.

                                                         Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.



  Items to note:
       See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "HLNB 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 and encouraging  for you too.  I'm also not logging everything I'm eating, only listing the healthier items. I'm trying to convert my family's food choices to more healthy options and fresh foods selections as well.  On days I'm listing more it means I'm replacing less healthy foods with healthier choices.  This is one of my personal healthy living goals. One day when I look back, I hope to see improvements on my activities and on my eating habits. Thanks for following along in the journey.

HLNB Fall Challenge I - Day 7

September 7th Day 7:
Exercise: 
Yesterday I walked 2 miles and worked on my garden.

Food:
I ate some oatmeal with strawberries, a salad, some homemade salsa, some Thai sweet and sour chicken.  I also drank 100% fruit juices with all three meals.

                                                          Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.



  Items to note:
       See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "HLNB 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 and encouraging  for you too.  I'm also not logging everything I'm eating, only listing the healthier items. I'm trying to convert my family's food choices to more healthy options and fresh foods selections as well.  On days I'm listing more it means I'm replacing less healthy foods with healthier choices.  This is one of my personal healthy living goals. One day when I look back, I hope to see improvements on my activities and on my eating habits. Thanks for following along in the journey.

Fashion Friday - First Lady Michelle Obama

    Lately in the news I've been hearing about Michelle Obama's fashion being too European.  I'm not sure who her designers are, but I personally really love her fashion style.  I think she has such good taste and always looks so classy.  I've picked some of my favorite pictures of our First Lady and posted them below.  I also like that Michelle Obama has tried to keep children healthy and worked on a movement to have healthier food alternatives in our public school system.  I want to make clear this isn't a political ad and I'm not trying to get anyone to vote a particular way.  This isn't a political statement.  I happen to admire Michelle Obama's beautiful sense of style and of course I completely agree with her views on healthy food not just for children, but for us all.   I hope you will enjoy my favorite photos of her below.   

                 
                                 I love this sweater with the pearl necklace and the mint green skirt. 

                                              
                           I'm a fan of sweaters, and I like this color as well. It looks like a great comfy style.

                          
                                   This skirt with the green flats are a great spring look.

                   
                 Of course  you know I love pink and the matching necklace is so pretty with this dress.

     
       Another one of my favorites is a black dress. This one also has a cute crop sweater to match.

                                              
                                                 This beige and black outfit is so classy.

                                      I love this lilac color dress with the pearls and black belt.

                                This blue dress is so amazing.  She looks like a super model in this picture.

   The best fashion of all, a couple in love!  I love to see pictures of them together.  You can tell they are both so in love with each other and it isn't fake.  They make a wonderful couple.  I loved hearing President Obama sing his rendition of "I'm so in love with you".  How great was that?

                                                                       


                                                               Picture courtesy of  Newsweek magazine and Pinterest.



    I hope you enjoyed this look at Michelle Obama's fashions.  Happy Fashion Friday!




    Today I'm linking up with Kori from Blonde Episodes for the Fashion Friday blog hop.  If you have a fashion post and would like to join, click on the button below.  Hope to see you there!

HLNB Fall Challenge I - Day 6

September 6th Day 6:
Exercise: 
Yesterday I rode my bike 3.5 miles and I mowed the front and back lawn with our manual lawn mower.  I also watered my garden.

                                         Robert De Niro and Jane Fonda riding a bike.




Food:
I ate some oatmeal with strawberries, some Pasta Fresca with a salad, a garden salad, and a peanut butter and banana sandwich.  I also drank 100% fruit juices with all three meals.

                                                              Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.





  Items to note:
       See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "HLNB 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 and encouraging  for you too.  I'm also not logging everything I'm eating, only listing the healthier items. I'm trying to convert my family's food choices to more healthy options and fresh foods selections as well.  On days I'm listing more it means I'm replacing less healthy foods with healthier choices.  This is one of my personal healthy living goals. One day when I look back, I hope to see improvements on my activities and on my eating habits. Thanks for following along in the journey.

HLNB Fall Challenge I - Day 5

September 5th Day 5:
Exercise: 
Yesterday I rode my bike 3.5 miles and walked 2 miles. I also watered my garden.

                                                      Angelina Jolie riding a bike




Food:
I ate some grits with strawberries, some pasta with homemade sauce that included onions, tomatoes, peppers, garlic and fresh basil.  I also drank 100% fruit juices with all three meals.

                   

                                                 Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.




  Items to note:
       See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "HLNB 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 and encouraging  for you too.  I'm also not logging everything I'm eating, only listing the healthier items. I'm trying to convert my family's food choices to more healthy options and fresh foods selections as well.  On days I'm listing more it means I'm replacing less healthy foods with healthier choices.  This is one of my personal healthy living goals. One day when I look back, I hope to see improvements on my activities and on my eating habits. Thanks for following along in the journey.

HLNB Fall Challenge I - Day 4

September 4th Day 4:
Exercise: 
Yesterday I worked in my garden and worked on my yard. We had a bit of wind and some branches broke from the trees and leaves fell so I spent time cleaning and picking up broken branches.

                          There are therapeutic health benefits to working in your garden.




Food:
I ate some raisin cinnamon toast, some rice and beans, some Pad Thai noodles with shrimp.  I also drank 100% fruit juices with all three meals.

                                                  Pictures courtesy of Agardenlife.com







  Items to note:
       See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "HLNB 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 and encouraging  for you too.  I'm also not logging everything I'm eating, only listing the healthier items. I'm trying to convert my family's food choices to more healthy options and fresh foods selections as well.  On days I'm listing more it means I'm replacing less healthy foods with healthier choices.  This is one of my personal healthy living goals. One day when I look back, I hope to see improvements on my activities and on my eating habits. Thanks for following along in the journey.

HLNB Fall Challenge I - Day 3

September 3rd Day 3: 

                                                 Hope everyone had a nice Labor Day!

                                                            Picture courtesy of Pinterest.

HLNB Fall Challenge I - Day 2

September 2nd Day 2: 

                                                         Yesterday was a day of rest.

 
                                                              Picture courtesy of Pinterest.

HLNB Fall Challenge I - Day 1

September 1st Day 1:
Exercise: 
Yesterday I worked in my garden and walked 2 miles.

Food:
I ate some raisin cinnamon toast, some homemade guacamole and drank 100% fruit juices with all three meals.

                                                           Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.




  Items to note:
       See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "HLNB 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 and encouraging  for you too.  I'm also not logging everything I'm eating, only listing the healthier items. I'm trying to convert my family's food choices to more healthy options and fresh foods selections as well.  On days I'm listing more it means I'm replacing less healthy foods with healthier choices.  This is one of my personal healthy living goals. One day when I look back, I hope to see improvements on my activities and on my eating habits. Thanks for following along in the journey.

Intermission Day

August 31st Day 31:
Exercise: 
Yesterday was our official Intermission day from the Challenges since they are "30 Day" challenges.  However, if you did still do exercise and eat right that's always a great bonus for you!  I officially worked on my garden and yard yesterday.  I mowed the front and part of the back yard with the manual very low noise, no gasoline, no electricity mower.  It was a good workout.

Food:
I ate some raisin cinnamon toast, drank 100% fruit juices with 2 meals.  I had a bad day with food as we went to the drive-in to watch movies and of course I had to have major junk food like a pretzel, cheese fries and fried chicken.  It tasted good, but I know it's not good food to be consuming.  We saw the Bourne Legacy which was fun and the night was warm, and we saw the blue moon. It was a fun evening!

                                                                          Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.




  Items to note:
       See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "HLNB 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 and encouraging  for you too.  I'm also not logging everything I'm eating, only listing the healthier items. I'm trying to convert my family's food choices to more healthy options and fresh foods selections as well.  On days I'm listing more it means I'm replacing less healthy foods with healthier choices.  This is one of my personal healthy living goals. One day when I look back, I hope to see improvements on my activities and on my eating habits. Thanks for following along in the journey.