So, last week I will admit, was a pretty lousy week for me diet wise. My sister came down for the weekend and I kind of let my diet slip. Now, I have beaten myself up about it enough and am getting over it. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. So that is exactly what I am doing.
Tonight, we are going food shopping for a few meals and I am excited to try some new ones (and an old one thrown into the mix hehe). My Mum lent me a healthy recipe book a little while ago and only now am I trying a recipe out of it - Jacket Potato with Creamy Bacon and Chicken - sounds too naughty to be good right? Well no, it's not. And I will be piling my plate full of veggies/salad - not sure which one I feel like yet haha. And also I am trying a Chicken and Grilled Veggies Pizza from the Health Food magazine I bought last week. So maybe now that I am changing up our dinner routine I will get excited about cooking again haha!
Now, to get down to the topic that the title of this blog is all about. Decisions. I have been a member of my local gym since February this year and I have to say, the past few months, I have been a very rare visitor. A lot of things have factored into this. We all know I only have my L license and am working towards my P license, so I can't exactly head to the gym whenever I feel like it. Also, they have a creche program at the gym but only from 9am-10:30am. I considered the bus to get to the gym, but getting there before the creche closes so I can drop Lily off there while I work out - I'd be up stupidly early just trying to get ready! So yesterday, I made the decision, one that has been questioned a lot lately, to cancel my gym membership. NO! I hear you all thinking. DON'T GIVE UP! is probably another thought. Well guess what? I'm not! I have just decided that to have a better chance of losing some weight, I will be doing it from home. I am going to buy an exercise bike within the next week or so and I have some hand weights and an exercise ball which I already have been using. This is just what works better for me. Some people can get to the gym all the time but for someone like me, at home is best. The gym is a waste of money for me right now and in the end, buying an exercise bike will actually save us money.
I will not be putting a pressure on myself to lose the weight in a certain amount of time like I always have in the past, I think this is where I failed. I will be doing it in my own time but that does not mean I will be slacking off just because I am at home. If anything, it just means I will work harder. And as for a weight goal, yes I do have one, we all know this but I am not going to get myself upset if I don't see the results I want when I look at the scales, again, another mistake I made in the past.
I am very lucky to have such amazing support from all my friends and family and going though weight loss is always going to be an emotional time (not to mention I am emotional in general haha). So thank you everyone who has been following my blog and everyone who has offered me kind and supportive words so far. I do appreciate the support more than anyone will know.
T x
Monday, September 26, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
A change in my shopping...
Yesterday, I forgot to mention, we were walking through Coles, I wanted to new issue of Cleo mag. We reached the magazine stand and Jesse pointed out a magazine that I would have never looked at before now. Australian Healthy Food Guide. I chose this over Cleo some of you are thinking? Yes, yes I did. I was excited just to see it was full of recipes that were actually good for you. And for once, I got excited about all the new yummy meals I can cook for my little family to enjoy with me. I don't want to be cooking a bunch of different meals every night because that's just a waste of time and money, so I can't wait to try the ones in this magazine out!
Anywho, just wanted to share that with you all. This is defiantly a magazine I will continue to purchase in the future.
Tara-Lee xo
Back To The Gym. Day One.
So today I went to the gym for the first time in a long time. I always kinda dread going, I wake up, roll outta bed and have to psych myself up to go. It was sort of like this today but also, I was ready to go.
I did my workout routine that my trainer had set out for me when I first started, and did every single exercise on that sheet - yes, I am sore already but I don't wanna half ass it.
The whole time I was at the gym, I kept thinking about my family and friends who are showing me so much support about losing weight, and if I do a half assed job, I will disappoint everyone who believes in me. And not only that - I would disappoint myself. Here I have been talking about how badly I want to do this, how badly I want to be happy when I see my body in the mirror and if I don't put 110% into my workouts, then I am ultimately failing myself.
After that, we went to the shops just to check out a maxi dress I have had my eyes on. I wanted something to wear to gatherings in the future that I will feel a bit more comfortable in. Just my luck - they only had size 8's. I picked it up and said I'd give it a go (I own a size 8 maxi already, gotta love stretchy material). I tried it on and it fit - I was shocked. But once I lose some weight, it will be so flattering on my body. So it's a little goal for me to look good in it. The lady at the counter was shocked that I asked if they had bigger sizes. It was nice to hear a stranger think I was smaller (a lot smaller haha) than I actually am.
So anyways, that was my day today.
Cupcakes and sprinkles (only for looking at)
Tara-Lee xo
I did my workout routine that my trainer had set out for me when I first started, and did every single exercise on that sheet - yes, I am sore already but I don't wanna half ass it.
The whole time I was at the gym, I kept thinking about my family and friends who are showing me so much support about losing weight, and if I do a half assed job, I will disappoint everyone who believes in me. And not only that - I would disappoint myself. Here I have been talking about how badly I want to do this, how badly I want to be happy when I see my body in the mirror and if I don't put 110% into my workouts, then I am ultimately failing myself.
After that, we went to the shops just to check out a maxi dress I have had my eyes on. I wanted something to wear to gatherings in the future that I will feel a bit more comfortable in. Just my luck - they only had size 8's. I picked it up and said I'd give it a go (I own a size 8 maxi already, gotta love stretchy material). I tried it on and it fit - I was shocked. But once I lose some weight, it will be so flattering on my body. So it's a little goal for me to look good in it. The lady at the counter was shocked that I asked if they had bigger sizes. It was nice to hear a stranger think I was smaller (a lot smaller haha) than I actually am.
So anyways, that was my day today.
Cupcakes and sprinkles (only for looking at)
Tara-Lee xo
Sunday, September 18, 2011
My two biggest fans
Here's to a happier and healthier Wifey and Mummy. I love these two beyond words.
And every day, I am going to think about how they love and support me and I
will not give up til I have reached my goal.
So I have decided..
This blog is going to be a bit make up and a bit my journey to weight loss. I figured that sharing my story, people will read it and it'll make it a tad easier because I have so many great people in my life who support me yet don't know what I'm thinking.
Tomorrow. Dum Dum Dum. I have decided not to get rid of my gym membership and to finally put it to good use again. I have kinda been kicking myself that all my attempts of weight loss have just gone down the drain, if I hadn't have given up, imagine where I could've been body wise by now! But no, there is no time to put myself done and regret giving up diets and exercise in the past. So tomorrow, I am starting fresh. I will weight myself and create a realistic goal - say 5 kilos in one month or something. And I am going to stick to it. It's a stepping stone to the 20 kilos I hope to lose - which I will.
And I will blog about it. I may have some days where I feel like it's not working and others where I feel fantastic, days I wanna whinge and days I wanna be proud, all I need from you guys is support. Be my cheering squad and help me stay motivated!
I know I can do it, but knowing others know I can do it also, that'll make it even better.
Cupcakes and sprinkles (which you'd be suprised to know I don't actually eat)
Tara-Lee xo
Tomorrow. Dum Dum Dum. I have decided not to get rid of my gym membership and to finally put it to good use again. I have kinda been kicking myself that all my attempts of weight loss have just gone down the drain, if I hadn't have given up, imagine where I could've been body wise by now! But no, there is no time to put myself done and regret giving up diets and exercise in the past. So tomorrow, I am starting fresh. I will weight myself and create a realistic goal - say 5 kilos in one month or something. And I am going to stick to it. It's a stepping stone to the 20 kilos I hope to lose - which I will.
And I will blog about it. I may have some days where I feel like it's not working and others where I feel fantastic, days I wanna whinge and days I wanna be proud, all I need from you guys is support. Be my cheering squad and help me stay motivated!
I know I can do it, but knowing others know I can do it also, that'll make it even better.
Cupcakes and sprinkles (which you'd be suprised to know I don't actually eat)
Tara-Lee xo
Friday, September 9, 2011
Slightly different to my other posts...
So, who out there has had a struggle with weight loss? I am right there with you all. Before I got pregnant with my gorgeous baby girl, I was in the low 60's for my weight. I thought my hips, thighs and ass were huge then (it just runs in the family haha) but now, I look back at photos from those days and envy the body I use to have - I envy myself, really? Over the course of my pregnancy, it took a while for me to gain weight due to horrible morning sickness (or in my case, all-day-every-day sickness) but towards the end, I ballooned haha. I put on about 20kgs or so during the pregnancy and once I had given birth, I didn't know it then but I was losing the weight. Breastfeeding is suppose to help shed kilos like crazy and I think that did help. Although, then, I still thought I was huge and needed to do something about it.
I was a big user of the phrase 'I just had a baby, leave me alone'. I used this phrase 6 months after I had Lily! It wasn't baby weight anymore! It was just me eating crap and not exercising!
When our daughter was about 3 months old, we moved out into our own place and just ate crap. We have a servo the next street over from us and I have become quite a regular there. Chips, chocolates, iced coffees, you name it. So, I started taking Lily for a walk in the pram along the broadwater near our house (it's so beautiful to walk along there) every day. Being so little, Lily fell asleep most times or was just content watching the world so it was easy to walk 4kms every day because she was happy to join me. But as she started to get older, she started wanting to not be in the pram and was getting bored easily, so walking became a bit of a challenge. When I was walking every day, I started noticing a change, I started to fit into clothes again and was feeling good. But then I stopped. I don't even remember why. I hate that I did because I would probably be at my healthy and happy goal weight by now.
I got tired of feeling fat and gross (because of myself and how I saw myself), so I decided this year to join a gym. And for a while there, I was going great! Going nearly every day and feeling so good about myself. Again, I stopped. I don't have my license so relying on other people to take me was what I had to do. I needed someone to be watching Lily whilst I ducked down to the gym and it just got too hard to work in with everyone else. So for the past few months, I have rarely even seen the gym. And I hate it.
I have noticed that, being a stay at home Mummy, I eat all the time. I eat when I'm bored, when I'm stressed, when I've had a hard day, whenever! I am just constantly eating. Enough! It's time to stop! I can see myself gaining more weight and I don't even want to go near scales right now. So, time to get on the diet and exercise wagon again. And stick to it.
A dear friend of mine has actually decided herself that she wants to lose 20kgs - exactly the same goal as me. And it's because of her that I am encouraging myself to get into it again. She was a very big reason I started to become content with myself - or at least try to, but stand me in front of a mirror and I will pick myself to pieces regardless of if I just told you I like my body or not. She always oozed a confidence about her body that I envied, but to know that deep down she wanted to change also, it kind of gave me the push I needed to realise I need to do something about my weight instead of just talking about it.
So here I am, telling you all my thoughts and feelings and hoping you will all follow me on this journey to a happier and healthier me. I want to be fit for my little girl, I want to be perfect for my partner (although he is constantly telling me I am gorgeous) and mostly, I want to look in the mirror and smile at my figure every day, not some days - every day. I will bus it to the gym if I have to and walk every sunny day and I will stop eating crap. It's time to cut the crap (quite literally) and begin this journey.
I was a few months pregnant in this photo and to this day, I envy how my body was here.
I thank you all for your love and support on this.
Tara-Lee xo
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Gorgeous Gifts.
I have posted about the darling little online shop, ALICE JEAN'S SODA POP SHOP, only a few posts ago and I was lucky enough to have won a competition run by the lovely Kesenya and look at the gorgeous prizes I received!
1 X Carolyns Cupcake Soap
1 X Mango and Berry Body Butter
1 X Mango and Berry Lip Balm
1 X Slice of Carolyns Cake Soap
1 X 'Hope' Butterfly canvas by Alice Jean (not pictured)
How lucky am I?! Each and every one of these products smells divine! I want to eat the cupcake and cake soap they look that good! And of course, being the lipbalm queen that I am, I opened the Mango and Berry lipbalm and put it straight on! It even tasted good!
I used the Mango and Berry Body Butter this morning after my shower and my skin feels amazing!
All the products sold on the website have been handmade in Australia, which I love.
And it's all natural so I can even use them on my daughter.
I cannot rave enough about this shop, I think everyone needs to head over and check it all 0ut, so many gorgeous gift ideas for birthdays, Christmas or just because.
Off to debate with myself where I should hang my new canvas -
Cupcakes and Sprinkles,
Tara-Lee x0
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Decisions, decisions...
So, last week I will admit, was a pretty lousy week for me diet wise. My sister came down for the weekend and I kind of let my diet slip. Now, I have beaten myself up about it enough and am getting over it. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. So that is exactly what I am doing.
Tonight, we are going food shopping for a few meals and I am excited to try some new ones (and an old one thrown into the mix hehe). My Mum lent me a healthy recipe book a little while ago and only now am I trying a recipe out of it - Jacket Potato with Creamy Bacon and Chicken - sounds too naughty to be good right? Well no, it's not. And I will be piling my plate full of veggies/salad - not sure which one I feel like yet haha. And also I am trying a Chicken and Grilled Veggies Pizza from the Health Food magazine I bought last week. So maybe now that I am changing up our dinner routine I will get excited about cooking again haha!
Now, to get down to the topic that the title of this blog is all about. Decisions. I have been a member of my local gym since February this year and I have to say, the past few months, I have been a very rare visitor. A lot of things have factored into this. We all know I only have my L license and am working towards my P license, so I can't exactly head to the gym whenever I feel like it. Also, they have a creche program at the gym but only from 9am-10:30am. I considered the bus to get to the gym, but getting there before the creche closes so I can drop Lily off there while I work out - I'd be up stupidly early just trying to get ready! So yesterday, I made the decision, one that has been questioned a lot lately, to cancel my gym membership. NO! I hear you all thinking. DON'T GIVE UP! is probably another thought. Well guess what? I'm not! I have just decided that to have a better chance of losing some weight, I will be doing it from home. I am going to buy an exercise bike within the next week or so and I have some hand weights and an exercise ball which I already have been using. This is just what works better for me. Some people can get to the gym all the time but for someone like me, at home is best. The gym is a waste of money for me right now and in the end, buying an exercise bike will actually save us money.
I will not be putting a pressure on myself to lose the weight in a certain amount of time like I always have in the past, I think this is where I failed. I will be doing it in my own time but that does not mean I will be slacking off just because I am at home. If anything, it just means I will work harder. And as for a weight goal, yes I do have one, we all know this but I am not going to get myself upset if I don't see the results I want when I look at the scales, again, another mistake I made in the past.
I am very lucky to have such amazing support from all my friends and family and going though weight loss is always going to be an emotional time (not to mention I am emotional in general haha). So thank you everyone who has been following my blog and everyone who has offered me kind and supportive words so far. I do appreciate the support more than anyone will know.
T x
Tonight, we are going food shopping for a few meals and I am excited to try some new ones (and an old one thrown into the mix hehe). My Mum lent me a healthy recipe book a little while ago and only now am I trying a recipe out of it - Jacket Potato with Creamy Bacon and Chicken - sounds too naughty to be good right? Well no, it's not. And I will be piling my plate full of veggies/salad - not sure which one I feel like yet haha. And also I am trying a Chicken and Grilled Veggies Pizza from the Health Food magazine I bought last week. So maybe now that I am changing up our dinner routine I will get excited about cooking again haha!
Now, to get down to the topic that the title of this blog is all about. Decisions. I have been a member of my local gym since February this year and I have to say, the past few months, I have been a very rare visitor. A lot of things have factored into this. We all know I only have my L license and am working towards my P license, so I can't exactly head to the gym whenever I feel like it. Also, they have a creche program at the gym but only from 9am-10:30am. I considered the bus to get to the gym, but getting there before the creche closes so I can drop Lily off there while I work out - I'd be up stupidly early just trying to get ready! So yesterday, I made the decision, one that has been questioned a lot lately, to cancel my gym membership. NO! I hear you all thinking. DON'T GIVE UP! is probably another thought. Well guess what? I'm not! I have just decided that to have a better chance of losing some weight, I will be doing it from home. I am going to buy an exercise bike within the next week or so and I have some hand weights and an exercise ball which I already have been using. This is just what works better for me. Some people can get to the gym all the time but for someone like me, at home is best. The gym is a waste of money for me right now and in the end, buying an exercise bike will actually save us money.
I will not be putting a pressure on myself to lose the weight in a certain amount of time like I always have in the past, I think this is where I failed. I will be doing it in my own time but that does not mean I will be slacking off just because I am at home. If anything, it just means I will work harder. And as for a weight goal, yes I do have one, we all know this but I am not going to get myself upset if I don't see the results I want when I look at the scales, again, another mistake I made in the past.
I am very lucky to have such amazing support from all my friends and family and going though weight loss is always going to be an emotional time (not to mention I am emotional in general haha). So thank you everyone who has been following my blog and everyone who has offered me kind and supportive words so far. I do appreciate the support more than anyone will know.
T x
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
A change in my shopping...
Yesterday, I forgot to mention, we were walking through Coles, I wanted to new issue of Cleo mag. We reached the magazine stand and Jesse pointed out a magazine that I would have never looked at before now. Australian Healthy Food Guide. I chose this over Cleo some of you are thinking? Yes, yes I did. I was excited just to see it was full of recipes that were actually good for you. And for once, I got excited about all the new yummy meals I can cook for my little family to enjoy with me. I don't want to be cooking a bunch of different meals every night because that's just a waste of time and money, so I can't wait to try the ones in this magazine out!
Anywho, just wanted to share that with you all. This is defiantly a magazine I will continue to purchase in the future.
Tara-Lee xo
Back To The Gym. Day One.
So today I went to the gym for the first time in a long time. I always kinda dread going, I wake up, roll outta bed and have to psych myself up to go. It was sort of like this today but also, I was ready to go.
I did my workout routine that my trainer had set out for me when I first started, and did every single exercise on that sheet - yes, I am sore already but I don't wanna half ass it.
The whole time I was at the gym, I kept thinking about my family and friends who are showing me so much support about losing weight, and if I do a half assed job, I will disappoint everyone who believes in me. And not only that - I would disappoint myself. Here I have been talking about how badly I want to do this, how badly I want to be happy when I see my body in the mirror and if I don't put 110% into my workouts, then I am ultimately failing myself.
After that, we went to the shops just to check out a maxi dress I have had my eyes on. I wanted something to wear to gatherings in the future that I will feel a bit more comfortable in. Just my luck - they only had size 8's. I picked it up and said I'd give it a go (I own a size 8 maxi already, gotta love stretchy material). I tried it on and it fit - I was shocked. But once I lose some weight, it will be so flattering on my body. So it's a little goal for me to look good in it. The lady at the counter was shocked that I asked if they had bigger sizes. It was nice to hear a stranger think I was smaller (a lot smaller haha) than I actually am.
So anyways, that was my day today.
Cupcakes and sprinkles (only for looking at)
Tara-Lee xo
I did my workout routine that my trainer had set out for me when I first started, and did every single exercise on that sheet - yes, I am sore already but I don't wanna half ass it.
The whole time I was at the gym, I kept thinking about my family and friends who are showing me so much support about losing weight, and if I do a half assed job, I will disappoint everyone who believes in me. And not only that - I would disappoint myself. Here I have been talking about how badly I want to do this, how badly I want to be happy when I see my body in the mirror and if I don't put 110% into my workouts, then I am ultimately failing myself.
After that, we went to the shops just to check out a maxi dress I have had my eyes on. I wanted something to wear to gatherings in the future that I will feel a bit more comfortable in. Just my luck - they only had size 8's. I picked it up and said I'd give it a go (I own a size 8 maxi already, gotta love stretchy material). I tried it on and it fit - I was shocked. But once I lose some weight, it will be so flattering on my body. So it's a little goal for me to look good in it. The lady at the counter was shocked that I asked if they had bigger sizes. It was nice to hear a stranger think I was smaller (a lot smaller haha) than I actually am.
So anyways, that was my day today.
Cupcakes and sprinkles (only for looking at)
Tara-Lee xo
Sunday, September 18, 2011
My two biggest fans
Here's to a happier and healthier Wifey and Mummy. I love these two beyond words.
And every day, I am going to think about how they love and support me and I
will not give up til I have reached my goal.
So I have decided..
This blog is going to be a bit make up and a bit my journey to weight loss. I figured that sharing my story, people will read it and it'll make it a tad easier because I have so many great people in my life who support me yet don't know what I'm thinking.
Tomorrow. Dum Dum Dum. I have decided not to get rid of my gym membership and to finally put it to good use again. I have kinda been kicking myself that all my attempts of weight loss have just gone down the drain, if I hadn't have given up, imagine where I could've been body wise by now! But no, there is no time to put myself done and regret giving up diets and exercise in the past. So tomorrow, I am starting fresh. I will weight myself and create a realistic goal - say 5 kilos in one month or something. And I am going to stick to it. It's a stepping stone to the 20 kilos I hope to lose - which I will.
And I will blog about it. I may have some days where I feel like it's not working and others where I feel fantastic, days I wanna whinge and days I wanna be proud, all I need from you guys is support. Be my cheering squad and help me stay motivated!
I know I can do it, but knowing others know I can do it also, that'll make it even better.
Cupcakes and sprinkles (which you'd be suprised to know I don't actually eat)
Tara-Lee xo
Tomorrow. Dum Dum Dum. I have decided not to get rid of my gym membership and to finally put it to good use again. I have kinda been kicking myself that all my attempts of weight loss have just gone down the drain, if I hadn't have given up, imagine where I could've been body wise by now! But no, there is no time to put myself done and regret giving up diets and exercise in the past. So tomorrow, I am starting fresh. I will weight myself and create a realistic goal - say 5 kilos in one month or something. And I am going to stick to it. It's a stepping stone to the 20 kilos I hope to lose - which I will.
And I will blog about it. I may have some days where I feel like it's not working and others where I feel fantastic, days I wanna whinge and days I wanna be proud, all I need from you guys is support. Be my cheering squad and help me stay motivated!
I know I can do it, but knowing others know I can do it also, that'll make it even better.
Cupcakes and sprinkles (which you'd be suprised to know I don't actually eat)
Tara-Lee xo
Friday, September 9, 2011
Slightly different to my other posts...
So, who out there has had a struggle with weight loss? I am right there with you all. Before I got pregnant with my gorgeous baby girl, I was in the low 60's for my weight. I thought my hips, thighs and ass were huge then (it just runs in the family haha) but now, I look back at photos from those days and envy the body I use to have - I envy myself, really? Over the course of my pregnancy, it took a while for me to gain weight due to horrible morning sickness (or in my case, all-day-every-day sickness) but towards the end, I ballooned haha. I put on about 20kgs or so during the pregnancy and once I had given birth, I didn't know it then but I was losing the weight. Breastfeeding is suppose to help shed kilos like crazy and I think that did help. Although, then, I still thought I was huge and needed to do something about it.
I was a big user of the phrase 'I just had a baby, leave me alone'. I used this phrase 6 months after I had Lily! It wasn't baby weight anymore! It was just me eating crap and not exercising!
When our daughter was about 3 months old, we moved out into our own place and just ate crap. We have a servo the next street over from us and I have become quite a regular there. Chips, chocolates, iced coffees, you name it. So, I started taking Lily for a walk in the pram along the broadwater near our house (it's so beautiful to walk along there) every day. Being so little, Lily fell asleep most times or was just content watching the world so it was easy to walk 4kms every day because she was happy to join me. But as she started to get older, she started wanting to not be in the pram and was getting bored easily, so walking became a bit of a challenge. When I was walking every day, I started noticing a change, I started to fit into clothes again and was feeling good. But then I stopped. I don't even remember why. I hate that I did because I would probably be at my healthy and happy goal weight by now.
I got tired of feeling fat and gross (because of myself and how I saw myself), so I decided this year to join a gym. And for a while there, I was going great! Going nearly every day and feeling so good about myself. Again, I stopped. I don't have my license so relying on other people to take me was what I had to do. I needed someone to be watching Lily whilst I ducked down to the gym and it just got too hard to work in with everyone else. So for the past few months, I have rarely even seen the gym. And I hate it.
I have noticed that, being a stay at home Mummy, I eat all the time. I eat when I'm bored, when I'm stressed, when I've had a hard day, whenever! I am just constantly eating. Enough! It's time to stop! I can see myself gaining more weight and I don't even want to go near scales right now. So, time to get on the diet and exercise wagon again. And stick to it.
A dear friend of mine has actually decided herself that she wants to lose 20kgs - exactly the same goal as me. And it's because of her that I am encouraging myself to get into it again. She was a very big reason I started to become content with myself - or at least try to, but stand me in front of a mirror and I will pick myself to pieces regardless of if I just told you I like my body or not. She always oozed a confidence about her body that I envied, but to know that deep down she wanted to change also, it kind of gave me the push I needed to realise I need to do something about my weight instead of just talking about it.
So here I am, telling you all my thoughts and feelings and hoping you will all follow me on this journey to a happier and healthier me. I want to be fit for my little girl, I want to be perfect for my partner (although he is constantly telling me I am gorgeous) and mostly, I want to look in the mirror and smile at my figure every day, not some days - every day. I will bus it to the gym if I have to and walk every sunny day and I will stop eating crap. It's time to cut the crap (quite literally) and begin this journey.
I was a few months pregnant in this photo and to this day, I envy how my body was here.
I thank you all for your love and support on this.
Tara-Lee xo
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Gorgeous Gifts.
I have posted about the darling little online shop, ALICE JEAN'S SODA POP SHOP, only a few posts ago and I was lucky enough to have won a competition run by the lovely Kesenya and look at the gorgeous prizes I received!
1 X Carolyns Cupcake Soap
1 X Mango and Berry Body Butter
1 X Mango and Berry Lip Balm
1 X Slice of Carolyns Cake Soap
1 X 'Hope' Butterfly canvas by Alice Jean (not pictured)
How lucky am I?! Each and every one of these products smells divine! I want to eat the cupcake and cake soap they look that good! And of course, being the lipbalm queen that I am, I opened the Mango and Berry lipbalm and put it straight on! It even tasted good!
I used the Mango and Berry Body Butter this morning after my shower and my skin feels amazing!
All the products sold on the website have been handmade in Australia, which I love.
And it's all natural so I can even use them on my daughter.
I cannot rave enough about this shop, I think everyone needs to head over and check it all 0ut, so many gorgeous gift ideas for birthdays, Christmas or just because.
Off to debate with myself where I should hang my new canvas -
Cupcakes and Sprinkles,
Tara-Lee x0
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