Just sitting in a coffee shop minding my own business when
the most freakin adorable chunky nugget baby girl comes droolin' in.
I wonder if her mama knows that I am secretly plotting my first
baby-napping with my preferal vision. And it doesn't help that
she is being such a sweetheart, cooing and gagaing - FREAKIN' ADORABLE!
Between my crazy good ninja skills and already stellar momness
it should go off without a hitch. . . . I love me some cute babies :)
Anyone want to have a super cute super chunk so I can get my baby fix?
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
Bucket or Chuck it!
10 years ago I was sitting by myself in Nepal. Busy being a young wild thing, swearing off kids, marriage, and other 'adult' nonsense of the sort.
Fast forward to today….. With two kids and a husband my road has definitely twisted and turned. Yet, as different as people, places, beliefs, and other things have turned out I love my life and family. They have guided me to all things better.
When we think about our personal fitness goals in life we seldom think about the profound impact that our mental and physical health has on others. Being a mom has helped awaken me to the importance of a healthy and wealthy lifestyle. I'm talking about whole health and every aspect of wealth. Obtaining joy through Body, Mind, and Spirit.
I encourage you to be selfish about your wants and want nots. Don't waste your precious self on anything that is out of sync with making you the person you truly want to be, your dream self.
Fill your bucket with people, places, and things that make you and your world thrive. Chuck the rest. What is your bucket list filled with? Just as importantly, what have you (for whatever reason) decided to remove from your pail of life?
Don't be shy or apologetic about kicking shit to the curb - it's where it belongs! I have added many new goals and dreams to my life. I have removed the wastes of my space. Blockages in the form of Mental, emotional, and physical space. It's an honor to be around the company I keep. I wish the same for you.
FILL YOUR BUCKET
Think of your healthiest self and screw the rest. What does the peak of you perfection look like? Don't be 'realistic' here. This is your mental playground, play a little, hell, play a lot. Who is sharing your happy goodness with you? What does your diet consist of. Food is only one aspect of your diet, what about the mind numbing TV you ingest, or peoples’ emotional bullshit? It's okay to be brutally honest about what is consuming your energy. *For example, if your Facebook page reads like a cross between a Spanish Soap Opera and an episode of Nancy Grace with all your dramas of life gone wrong and the damages done to you than do something about it dammit! If not for yourself, do it for the rest of us. If you're misery don't seek company. The sooner you can be honest about it the easier it is to change. It's a magical thing when you start to fill your life with things you truly desire out of life.
CHUCK IT
Outdated thoughts, old hang ups, and people who suck the life force out of you are out of here. Who and what are you letting go in order to make room for the new? Scum will stick to your bucket and erode it if you let it. It's up to you to remove the scum causing agents. Think quick, what three people/things always drag you down? What three foods do you always regret eating immediately after? STOP! No excuses, just do it, don't question it, just blindly do it and see how much better things automatically are. Get drunk on the belief that you cannot fix or change, just remove this certain thing that can be the snowflake that turns into a snowball. The simple effect of removing something from our mind, body, vision, etc. is sometimes all it takes, the rest WILL follow, you just have to have the guts to do get rid of it first.
You have no choice in the matter, you're alive, why not live like it?
Monday, December 5, 2011
OCCUPY KITCHEN!
OCCUPY Kitchen - Sheena Bidwell, MMA MOM
Learn the Number One Best way to dramatically jump start your weight loss and inch maintenance, fast!!
BEWARE: Learning how to lose fat, tone, and eat right does not need to be boring! Reading about your health, body, and overall wellbeing should be fun, not put you in a coma.
Prepare for battle as you go guerrilla warfare on all things nasty in your kitchen.That's right. Ravage your fridge, pantry, and cabinets and have your way with them. It's essential that you are ruthless about this cleansing process. Treat this as a joke and you'll be laughing on the pounds. Trust me, the more disciplined you can become with this rule of 'crap free kitchen' the easier, and way, way better your life will be. Not to mention that it will make you better looking and cooler.
Step 1
Clear your kitchen table. . . Which will soon become the table of shame aka the nasty pile up.
Step 2
Rid yourself of the nasty. I'm talking about ditchin' the dirty. Start with the non perishable items first - so cabinets, pantry, and drawers. Then move to the fridge. All faux foods on the nasty list are to be immediately dropped like their hot and purged (to the table of shame / nasty pile up). Take no prisoners, every nasty must go. This is a nasty free zone. Nasty no more. Nasty be gone! Get my drift? Cut the Shit!
*(nasty food list is down below)*
Step 3
Damage Control. Once all the nasty has been placed on the table, soak it up. Take a long, sad look at what we are settling for as food. Once you have said your goodbyes and shed your tears over your favorite nasty, get on with it and get it the hell away from you and out of your kitchen.
Step 4
If, you have any food left - congratulations! You're already on your way to a more awesome you. And everyone likes you even more awesome than you already are. It's a win-win. It's easy, keep your cravings in the store, don't let them follow you home!! Your kitchen is your new sanctuary where you can go anytime for real food, health,and good times. Don't let your kitchen become a laboratory with chemicals, preservatives, flavors, and colors.
Remember, we all get cravings, it's just what you do with them that counts. If you're ready to man handle that box of cookies you know is in the pantry than dammit it's already done. BUT, if that box of cookies (or any other nasty) is nowhere to be found in the house than it's a lot harder to drag yourself out of the house and to the store to buy your nasty craving. Which let's be real, is just plain nasty.
P.S.
Don't be shy! Send me pics of your nasty pile up.
Think you've got a case of the nasty and are in the New York Area?
Email me with your symptoms of bad diet and I may just show up for a home visit to help you de-junk your trunk!
THE NASTY list (mini version)
White 'stuff ' - fill your kitchen with the colors of the rainbow and enjoy a very colorful (nutrient rich) menu.
Enriched 'stuff
Modified 'stuff ' or GMO's
Sugar -commonly disguised as cane juice, syrup (s), things that ends in 'ose' like glucose or dextrose, sorbitol, maltodextrin, diatase.
Partially hydrogenated soybean oil
High fructose corn syrup
Trans and Saturated Fats
*To find out all about the nasty watch my video blog! MMA Mom Sheena Bidwell on You Tube.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
What the hell did I get myself into?. . . . . .(How to read a Nutrition Label)
Want to know what you're really getting with that 'food' you're eating?. . . .Probably not!
Weight gain, indigestion, mood swings, premature aging, the list goes on for sure.
Ignorance is bliss with most of us when it comes to what we're shoving in our face hole.
I say 'shove' and 'face hole' because that's about as romantic as it gets when a craving comes on. So, let's take a peak at how to help yourself fight those nasty midnight munchies.
1. Look at the ingredients FIRST!
Immediately whip that package/can/whatever around and look at the first 5 ingredients. (Scary I know, but it's like ripping off a band aid - just get it over with.) Why? Simple, it's going to be the quickest way to get the low down on what's about to go down into your bod. If the first 5 ingredients are fake, phony, knock offs of food than you're to blame for being a wannabe food eater. Get Real, Eat Real Food! Keep the chemicals, fillers, coloring and other junk out of your food. Or, suffer the consequences of literally eating shit, and nobody wants to be known for that.
2. Find out the Amount / Serving Size
Sneaky bastards lead us to believe that okay, we can indulge just a little with this snack not realizing that the recommenced portion size is fit for a keebler elf. If the first 5 ingredients check out okay then just make sure that you can enjoy more than a lick of something. And on the flip side of this it's called a portion for a reason. If you can tackle 4+ portions per serving it's probably about that time to take a note to self that this deserves some attention.
3. Seek out where your food was born
If your food was born and raised in another country just keep in mind all it had to go through before it got into your kushy little kitchen. Food with dual citizenship has all kinds of cooties that we're not used to on a daily basis. Think about it. . . .if my orange juice was made with oranges from Brazil what are their regulations for growing food there? How many miles, hands, and preservatives did it have to endure before it got to transform into something edible? Once it was
in the United States where was it now distributed from before it got to me? Who am I ultimately supporting by buying this product? How fresh, natural, and delicious is it really? Bluh is right.
4. Now, for the business. The Nutrition Facts.
By the time you get to the actual breakdown of Total Fat, Calories, etc. you should already have a pretty good idea about what you're holding in your hands. Food, or, something else. This step ultimately becomes the easiest part. A quick once over of the actual Carbs, sugars, etc. will give you your final go ahead for access to the mouth and beyond. Check out my video blog for intimate detail on this, it gets graphic.
P.S. -
mi casa es su casa!!
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