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Weekend Recap: Mother’s Day Edition

Happy Monday, y’all!  I’m definitely counting down the days until school is out for the summer, and after today, I’ve only got two more Mondays left!  Two more!  Isn’t that crazy to think?!  

I took a little blog hiatus last week on Thursday and Friday–my weekend felt like it started on Thursday because I had a concert that night I went to with Janie (I’ll blog about that tomorrow).  

FRIDAY

 I love this text from my friend Hailey (and we are also teaching partners!).  She texted Friday morning afraid that I didn’t make it home from the concert.  I laughed and had to screen shot it!

 We had Battle of the Classes Friday at school and my homeroom chose to wear neon colors.  It was a really fun day!



 I received this gorgeous cookie and sweetest, personalized thank you note from a student for Teacher Appreciation Week.  Isn’t this the most beautiful cookie you’ve ever seen?!


And Friday after school, I went home, showered, and slept.  I only got 3.5 hours of sleep Thursday night/early Friday morning plus playing at Battle of the Classes, so I was beyond exhausted!  As in, I was so tired that I didn’t even eat supper.



SATURDAY

Saturday was so fun!  I ran sprint intervals that morning, and Dustin and I went shopping.  We shopped for clothes for our upcoming cruise this summer and Costco for a few random items.


Then that night he had our families (minus my sister, BIL, and dad who were at a concert and my stepdad who was at a cattle sale) meet us at my favorite Mexican restaurant to celebrate my graduation!
Photo cred: Dustin

He also surprised me with my favorite cake!!
SUNDAY


 We had lunch to celebrate Dustin’s mom!



And supper to celebrate my mom!


Linking up with Biana

5 Tips for a Healthy, but Busy Lifestyle

It’s already May 4th, summer is getting closer, and we’re all looking to get in better shape.  I’ll be honest, being a full-time grad student and working full-time kicked my tail.  Exercise went on the back burner for me.  But even though I wasn’t able to have any sort of exercise, I tried implementing other ways to keep the pounds at bay.  Now that I’m fresh out of grad school, my exercise routine is back into place, I’m already used to eating better, so I’m hoping to lose the weight quickly!

I want to share with you 5 tips on how I was able to implement a healthy lifestyle when I didn’t have time to exercise.



1. I start my day with a Spark.
I was hesitant when my sister began selling Advocare.  But she gave me a few free samples of Spark, and I gave it a shot.  I love this vitamin energy drink because it keeps me full, too.  Plus, one scoop is only 15 calories!!  I get up, drink my Spark, and then I’ll eat breakfast a few hours later.

2. I try to eat some sort of protein at every meal.
For breakfast, I enjoy eating an Ezekiel whole grain English muffin with one tablespoon of natural peanut butter.  For lunch, I like a salad with spinach leaves and 3 ounces of fajita chicken.  Dinner is different each night.

3. I eat high protein snacks.
My favorite snack is a little container of 100 calorie strawberry Chobani Greek yogurt with 1/4 cup of Kind Protein granola.  This is about a 200 calorie snack.

I also like eating reduced fat cottage cheese and Think Think Peanut Butter Bites–or Kind bars even though they don’t have a ton of protein.

4. I only drink water.
For some of you, this might be tough, but for me this is the easiest thing ever.  I love water!! Very rarely do I drink anything but water, but when I do, I splurge on things like lemonade, orange juice, or a coffee drink.  If you don’t like water, try fruit infused water!  I love lemon, lime, and blueberry water.

5. I eat lower calorie sweets.
I’m a sweets girl.  I love it, and I’ve got to eat something sweet every single day.  I need to break myself of that habit!  Right now, I love the Yasso bars.  They are Greek yogurt popsicles (I find them at Kroger) and I like the chocolate chip cookie dough bars.  They are 100 calories each!


Now, am I perfect all the time?  No.  But each day is a new beginning and a new start to a healthier you!

Linking up with Erica and Jenn

The Beginning of a Fabulous Week!

Y’all, I cannot even begin to tell y’all how wonderful my Monday was!  

Why?  

NO GRAD SCHOOL!!  

Okay, I’ll quit talking about it (eventually) but the newness of not having to do any sort of school work hasn’t worn off yet 🙂

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week, so when I got to school yesterday, I was so shocked to see these sweet notes on my door!  The junior high students had written and taped notes to every single teacher and aide’s door before we got to school yesterday!  It was so sweet reading some of the things they said about me and my classroom.

Then since I had SO MUCH FREE TIME Monday after school, I did a 20 minute barre workout on Youtube (my first one–and Dustin did some of it with me haha!!) and then whipped up a homemade whole wheat pizza!  It was so good–even Dustin said so!
Obviously, I’m super proud!

And then later that night, someone fell asleep before Southern Charm started–he must have been tired from his mini-barre workout 😉

Linking up with Stang&Co