Fitness Friday: My Journey

It's Friday and from from now until I decide to stop, it will be Fitness Friday.  Why?  Because I'm back on the "want to get fit" roller coaster.  II am starting to feel the same B-L-A-H I did back in 2012. 

I go through these phases in life where I decide I want to get fit, eat healthy, blah blah blah (usually right before spring or after having a baby)... This year it is hitting me sooner.  Every year I do a quick fix before summer and then the cold sets in and I become a bear and hibernate.  

I really want to get fit and not just for a season [just like I said in 2012].  For those of you who know me, may be thinking in your mind... but you're already tiny.  That may be true, but I have insecurities too.  Insecurities about my body and my abilities.  I can't even run down the street without my lungs feeling like they are going to explode from the burn.  Seriously.  Now, this buzz feed video is silly but it really does hit a lot of insecurities that I have. 

Post by BuzzFeed Video.

All in all it's not just about looking good but I want to feel good too.  This summer when we go hiking, or canoeing, swimming, walking, I want my body to be able to keep up.  I am notorious for saying I'm going to get in shape, do it, and then revert to my old couch sitting junk food eating ways.  My fitness journey says it all...

In Germany I decided to get fit for life. 

I was actually doing super well.  Was running and could actually run a mile in a reasonable time.  Hubby even bought me a jogging stroller. 

I was at my peak... the honeymoon season.  Hitting my fitness goals, and feeling good.  I could actually see the changes in my body.  This is probably the most fit I have ever been besides high school when I played on the tennis team.

THEN,  I dislocated my knee. Boo!  Back to being a bum. 

Fast forward to baby number two.  You know that means working out again.  I really pushed hard to bounce back.  P90X Cardio and Pilates. 

I was feeling great!  I was even working out consistently until the end of this past summer.  

Then I got lazy, busy, sleep deprived, tired and you name it every excuse in the book I am giving it. 

I don't know if it's because summer is in 120 days, but I'm jumping back on my fit for life train.  Either way, it's time to make it happen and this time with the help of a coach, my lovely high school friend Salma.  

She is so inspiring!  For now you can follow her on Instagram HERE!!!   She will seriously make you want to get fit and eat healthy.  If you are interested in joining this journey with me then click on her image below for details about how to be apart of her next group starting March 2nd!  You can aslo email her at salma.perez6@gmail.com to sign up.  
 

I'm going to share more about her next week, about what my goals and plan will be. I would love it if you would join me and share your fitness journey or way you live a healthy lifestyle. 

So until next time.  

Happy Sunday!

 Until next time.  Toodles!

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How to Make a Puppy Cake

The little lady celebrated her birthday recently so I thought I would start sharing with the cake.  This year's cake was time consuming but definitely one of the easiest I have made. It looks more complicated than it is but the cuteness is totally worth the work.  When she saw it she said It's adorable!  

Like with all party things this cake started off as an idea on Pinterest.  You can check out my Puppy Party board HERE.  This is my first attempt at this cake so it isn't perfect but if I were a professional it would look like THIS.  I got the basic layout for the cake from THIS pin and later you will see where I messed up the face.  If you are looking for something adorable and not 3D I would go with THIS cake.

So here's the how to.  You start with some cake rounds and cupcakes.  Trim the tops of the cake round so they are even.

Take one of the rounds, add frosting to half of it, cut it in half and put the two halves together like the second top picture.  This is the body.  I then trimmed a little off the front of the body and added frosting.  Now it's time to cut the shape of the face.  This is where I made a mistake because you need two of these [the second one smaller than the first].  I only did one... whoops.  Add some frosting and attach the face to the body.  

Trim some of the cupcakes and add the snout and paws. 

The hind legs of the cake are like triangles.  Add some frosting and attach to the back of the cake.  Cupcakes for the back paws.

The ears and tail are really up to you.  You can do droopy side ears, I chose pointy triangle ears and tail.  I used some sewers to keep them in.  

Now for the fun... Decorating it.  I got a basic decorating kit for Christmas and bought some disposable bags.  So much easier than having to wash frosting bags over and over again.  Here's a tip I learned, place the bag in a tall glass to make it easier to fill.

I used three colors; white, brown, and light brown.  I mixed vanilla into the chocolate to make the brown and a tiny bit of chocolate in vanilla for light brown.  I marked the white spots on the puppy, then the light brown and filled the rest in.

I didn't want to deal with black frosting so I bought a decorating tube of black for the nose and eyes.  I made pink marshmallow fondant for the hair bow.  

Used my grass tip to cover the cake plate and WALA a puppy cake!  

It's not as hard as it looks and cost me about $15 dollars to make which isn't bad at all.  All the work worth it to see her face light up.

And just for fun we made a little video of the process.  Love that little voice!

A video posted by Patty (@makeitcozeee) on Feb 17, 2015 at 2:12am PST

Can't wait to share the rest of this fun party!  

Enjoy the snow day east coast friends.

Until next time.  Toodles!

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What's in Your Heart?

Looking for a quick and fun craft to do with the kiddos tomorrow?  I just started this Valentine's Crafts board but totally loving the heart animals this year!

We made two of them [the puppy and elephant] and will probably keep making them until the end of the month.

Also loving these crafts I found on Pinterest... [some on my other Vday Board].

And of course I get a little crazy for every holiday.  It's an excuse for me to hit up the dollar section and splurge a little.  Here's what I came up with this year...

Oodles of goodies for the little lady.

It's kind of tough figuring out what to get the little guy.  Thankfully he won't remember that he didn't get as much as his big sister this year or that he doesn't have a heart gift holder yet.   Got the hubby a new tumbler.  Free printable tag HERE.  This isn't just a simple cup, it also comes with a guarantee that it will be filled with coffee every morning for his commute to work [wink wink].  

What are you planning on doing for Valentine's Day?

Happy Friday!

 Until next time.  Toodles!

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You're a-DOH-able

Last year we didn't have a big birthday party for the little miss so we got to spend more time making Valentine's for her class.  Cute lollipop butterflies and juice boxes for the party.  This year we were short on time so I showed her a few option on my VDay pinterest board and she chose....

The play doh one.  Sorry to the parents in advance.  I know how annoying play doh can be.  They did come out cute though.

Love that this year she got to write on all of them too.

  You can find this free print out HERE.  I cut the circles and she put the play doh inside the hole.  Super easy and in her words adorable.

For the teachers, I found THIS free printable, wrapped up some soap and lotion and BAM a cute teacher's gift. 

Seriously loving Pinterest for this Valentine's Day and all the free printables!  

What are you planning for Valentine's Day?  

Happy Sunday!

 Until next time.  Toodles!

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