Wraps!!!!

So I tried a product some of my friends from church have been selling and promoting lately.  It's a wrap to lose inches, tighten and tone your body!  It's all natural.  I saw pictures of them and of people they know and there are huge results!!  I've been really trying to get my little pooch off my tummy for a while and so I decided to try one to kickstart the shedding the pooch process.  :)  Now after 45 minutes of wearing the wrap I bloated...because I had so much junk in my system.  It works for up to 72 hours and the total count after 72 hours is 1 inch off where your bra strap is, 1/2 inch off waist, 1/2 inch off belly and 1/4 inch off hips! I wore one wrap for just a couple of hours!  So if anyone is interested in losing a lot of weight, inches or just toning up a little bit I would so check these out! You can put them anywhere you want! Here are the links to my friends pages.   https://sheli.myitworks.com/  indybodywraps.myitworks.com  and https://courtneysnodgrass.myitworks.com/.   


I think you may have to check some out on Facebook.  Like the middle one. :)  There are so many more products than the wraps too.  I think it's a christian organization also.  Remember though, eat healthy and exercise to get your best results!  It's all about being healthy!  Have a great day everyone!

Nice Refresher

So today was different.  Jason and I actually went to a Sunday morning service!  I'm sad to say that we have not made that a priority lately.  We are usually back in the children's ministry area taking care of stuff and hanging with the kids.  While I love always being there we don't have Sunday night services or Wednesday night anymore.  So we made it a priority this morning to get to first service.  We loved it!    It was so refreshing!  The worship time was really good for me and the message was amazing!  No surprise there.  Our pastor is awesome! :)  So from now on we will be trying to make it to first service and head on back with the kids second service.  Really excited for some of our leaders too that never get to go to service either.  We have to lead by example! :)  Going to head out later and pick us some of our tomatoes from our friends garden.  They let us use a part of it.  Hope everyone is having a great Sunday afternoon!

Back On Track

Good morning!  It looks like we just may get some rain today.  I hope so!  It's very dry out!  So usually I only splurge food wise on date nights.  Well, yesterday I kind of splurged again.  :(  I ate the rest of my homemade banana blueberry bread and me and the hubby had some homemade brownie sundaes also.  Oh my goodness, such a sugar rush!  I just couldn't get full yesterday!  We took Dolce for a walk but that's about all the exercise we got yesterday.  So today I'm getting back on track.  I started off with a healthy bowl of cereal (Great Grains).  I love that cereal!  Next I'm heading into the spare bedroom to clean up so I can use the treadmill.  :)  We have a healthy new recipe to try out for dinner also tonight! Oh, and I can't forget to mention the best health tip of all, prayer.  Going to spend some alone time with God this morning too.  I can't make it through the day very well without Him!  Well, I hope everyone has a great day!  Get some exercise in today, it will make you feel good! :)

New Recipe Success

Good evening everyone!  Hope you all are having a great Friday!  Jason and I decided to try a new recipe today from Rachael Ray's Everyday Magazine.  I must say it was great!  Didn't taste like I thought it was going too.  I thought it was so good I would share it with you guys!

Chicken Salad Stuffed Tomatoes

4 Large Tomatoes
1/4 Cup Miracle Whip or Mayo (go light if you want a lighter version)
2 Cups Finely Chopped Rotisserie Chicken
1 Cup Fresh Corn Kernels (shaved right off the cob after grilling or boiling)
1/2 Cup Snipped Chives
Salt & Pepper To Taste

Core tomatoes.  Scoop flesh into strainer set over bowl to catch juice.  Mix together 1/4 cup of the tomato juice, the mayo, chicken, corn and chives; season.  Spoon into tomato shells.  All done!!

It's really easy!  Hope you enjoy!

Today's been a super relaxing day!  Feels like Saturday to us!  So tomorrow will be extra great.  Have a great weekend!!

Vacation Recap

Hi everyone!  Well, we are back from vacationing in Oklahoma.  It doesn't seem like it's been 10 days already.  I'm glad to be home.  We went to Oklahoma so Jason could be in a friends wedding but we decided to turn it into a vacation.  :)  The wedding was beautiful! So happy for the new couple! We were able to see some family while we were there.

That's my dad and step mom :)

We saw Jason's parents and grandparents and my grandparents too but we didn't get any pics of them.  

Sorry for the fuzziness on the one.  Still learning how to take pics in certain lighting.  Anyways, so we got to see some good friends too.  There were some we didn't get to see.  :(  But that's ok.  Next time!

Here are some shots of my friends we got to see.

The first part of the week was mainly about relaxing and eating some good food!!  We were able to hit all the places we love but aren't up in Indiana.  Charlie's Chicken, Braum's and Mazzios!  Love those places!  We tried a Sushi place too in Fort Smith.  It was good for where it was at.  :)  We've been spoiled in Indy.  Here are some pics of the good southern food we partook in!

Look at that goodness!!  My body feels so crazy now!  Time for us to go back to healthy eating!  

Oh we were able to visit the spot Jason and I got engaged at! :) Take a look!

Here is my hubby in his groomsmen suite! 

Well, I think that's it!  I'll leave you with some random pics from the vacay.  Enjoy!

Oh yeah we went to a museum!! How could I forget that?!  It was very neat.  We enjoyed it.  The last pic is of my favorite piece of art there!

Have a great day!

New Idea

Hi everyone!  So I've been reading some blogs lately and have had a desire to mix mine up and post more too.  I like the concept of putting recipes up and talking about health and also just telling about my life.  So hopefully you will see more posts on here soon!  We are on vacation right now so maybe the first one will be a recap of our vacay. Hope everyone is having a fantastic day!

My Journey To Freedom

I would like to share something personal that I've been going through for a while. Hopefully it will help someone. Through 3 people in my life God showed me that I needed to be going to counseling in order to break through some of my problems I've been having since forever ago. I have been having problems with the same things over and over. I started having fears of going out to eat with my husband in a restaurant. I would rather stay home. I never wanted to go anywhere. I would be afraid when walking the dog around the apartment complex by myself. I was so nervous when being in a big crowd, even at my own church. Small group was even a problem for me. I felt so out of place anywhere I was and felt unworthy. I've felt this way since I can remember. I was going through times of depression although I had no idea because it was normal to me and I thought depression was worse than what I was experiencing. I was having a really rough time with my family. Especially my dad. He was never really what I needed in life. I always wanted love from him though and I never received it from God correctly. It bothered me he never called me or never wanted to come visit us. When I decided to go to counseling I was a nervous wreck. My counselor is amazing though. She works with all kinds of people in all kinds of serious situations and she's a pastor's wife so that helped too. The first thing I learned was that I dealt with anxiety and depression. I had no idea. I didn't know any better. I started reading about anxiety and what God says about it. After a while I started to notice when anxiety would overcome me. Progress! Noticing it! I started to read about renewing your mind. I started to take control of my thoughts and emotions through Jesus. Looking back now I can't believe I didn't recognize any of this anxiety stuff. It's so obvious now. I dug up a lot of stuff. Went through some grieving over my family and not feeling loved. My counselor helped with some positive self talk I could use to help my mind. I started to actually do it one day and it was relieving. My breakthrough came about 3 months into counseling during the Superbowl. We went downtown to the Super Bowl festivities the Friday before the game! Not something I would normally do! I felt anxiety overcome me when we got down there. I started praying and talking positive to myself. As we were walking through the sea of people it was like something lifted off of me! I started to have fun and wanted to go check out different stuff. I left feeling all hyped up. After that night I was wanting me and my husband to go out to eat and actually do things out of the house. It was like I was hyped up on something. Haha! The heaviness was gone! I wasn't worried about what was going on around me. Freedom tasted so good! Time went on and I began to use all the tools God and my counselor gave me in certain situations. Now, I have to point out that I never new how to take control over my mind. It was always weak and I never did it before. So it was so hard! Still is too. That is a big issue in overcoming anxiety and depression. I started taking our dog for walks by myself. I started to get a grip on my thoughts when Jason would leave and go somewhere and anxiety tried to take over. During my last visit to my counselor at the end of February I was told that I no longer had to come!! Success!! I now have the tools to fight this! I've tasted Jesus' freedom that He paid for already. That He wants all of us to live in. God is so good. He is our own personal counselor too. He talked to me and helped me all through this even though I went to a counselor too. Sometimes we need both. I'm still working through this. But I have claimed my freedom and can say anxiety and depression no longer control me. What is cool too is that I've been having to take sleep meds due to acting out my dreams in my sleep. Being very active. My doctor said it may be a sleep disorder and I needed to take the meds. Well I noticed the dreams decreased when I started counseling. I hardly ever have them now. I just went back to the doctor and he said I could start weaning myself off the meds! I'm believing this sleep stuff is from the anxiety I've dealt with and that with time and by God's healing I will be able to be off of it completely! God is so awesome!! I hope this helps someone. At least lets you know Jesus is there. Waiting to love on you and help and heal you. It may take some time. But it will happen for you.