Embracing Our Beauty-Part I

Embracing Our Beauty-

Part I

Hi LADIES. This post is for you/us. Us women we are so good at pushing our limits and working a little harder . And sometimes we push ourselves a little too hard. Who are we really trying to please? Others or ourselves. I have a feeling no matter how much others tell us we are beautiful we wont really believe it until we ourselves accept it and embrace the beauty that is personal to who we are.

I've been noticing lately the popularity of fitness blogs which I think are useful to a certain extent. It's great to share with each other how we can stay in good shape and eat healthy but most often it seems to be pushing the point of obsessive, and it seems that acceptance of oneself is definitely lacking. Unless you consider statements like "I went from 150 to 125 pounds and I look great" self acceptance. Now I know I can't categorize all fitness blogs because that just wouldn't be accurate but I see that the majority of the women are striving for a the status of "Perfect" when it comes to their bodies. It just makes me tired...and sad. Partly because I too sometimes fall into the trap of being overly critical of my body. But the older I get and the more I reflect the more I realize that I don't want to be spending the rest of my life seeking for something that doesn't even exist. Now you could say that if I wanted to I could be a size 2 I could be. But what I'm saying is that being a size 2 will never bring utopia to my life, it will never allow me to enjoy the color of the blue sky or be content with my efforts at the guitar or help me to achieve greater patience in my interactions with others. All of the things I really want in life are not found in looking perfect. So then why do I convince myself they are? Why do YOU convince yourself they are?

On that note there is a quote by J.K.Rowling that I love that says:
“I’ve got daughters who will have to make there way in this skinny obsessed world and it worries me, because I don’t want them to be empty headed, self obsessed emaciated clones, I’d rather they were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny-a thousand things, before ‘thin.’”

People That Go to Farmers Markets Are Happy

Today me and Nathan went to the Little Italys Farmers Market downtown San Diego and it was alot of fun! It was our first time and there was so much to see. :)

These were my favorite flowers that I saw. What amazing colors! They are called Renaculas. I have seen and loved them before but never knew their name.

These were our finds from the farmers market. We gave ourselves each a ten dollar limit :) Nathan got japanese clementines and basil cocoa nibs chocolate, and I got sundried tomatoes and some awesome dip with a very creative? name. I tried to do my best to cover that up for the pick;). The guy at the stand was interesting and liked to use his product name throughout our conversation. lol

 After all the sampling it was time to eat! The clementines turned out to be pretty amazing!

 Lunch:

Vacation from Sugar



So yesterday I felt inspired to do a sugar detox for a week. I haven't done one for a really long time mostly because I am a proponant of moderation and I've felt like eating just a little bit of sugar is better than trying to go off of it all together. A little can't hurt right? That's how Ive been thinking except for lately Ive been a little bit of an overachiever and have been going all out! The biggest reason that I want to cut back on my sugar this time is not to lose weight but to seriously just feel better.

Yesterday was a perfect example, I was feeling sluggish and a little blah and I thought maybe splurging and eating a couple donuts will help me feel better... but I was wrong. I realize that I often have this kind of thinking but sugar never comes through for me the way I think it should.

So even though it is more towards the extreme side.. I decided that I could use a little bit of extremism this next week! I am going to eat lots of fresh fruit with possibly some healthy goodies (such as homeade granola bars) . All of today has gone great and I'm feeling awesome.  I was tired from not sleeping well last night which always makes me feel especially needy for sweets but I stuck through. And now I dont have that edgy feeling after a sugar crash! So heres cheers to a sugar free week and feeling good. :D

Magic Meatloaf!

Making February a month of charity, why I think using a food diary would be helpful, why women need to give themselves a break..... these are just a couple of blog post ideas that I never followed through on.I took different pictures of meals ive made etc. Lets just say nothing seemed to ever fit. In fact I even thought maybe I could do a blog post about blog post ideas! :)

Well tonight I made meatloaf and I must admit without being too humble that it was delicious ;) So heres my post:I think the reason I loved the meatloaf so much was because I just decided to add what sounded good and crossed my fingers. Somtimes doing something new is fun even if it doesnt turn out perfect.But to my delight it was even better than I expected. There is something so envigorating about throwing things up in the air and seeing where they land. It always takes a little bit of courage to take the chance but it feels so good. Maybe it was just a meatloaf but I think the principle is relevant in so many places in life.Whether it be starting a new hobby, keeping up with an old hobby or choosing what outfit you wear there are so many places to find spontaneity and creativity.

Note to self: doing something new and different is fun even if it doesn't turn out perfect!

( The meatloaf is hiding :D )

Teaching

So Ive been teaching primary since I moved to Santee in September and it has been a really good experience for me. Nathan has also been coming to the class with me as well and we kind of take different approaches with managing the kids which also creates some interesting questions about which is the best way to discipline them,etc. Nathan was saying that he just feels like kids are taught to be loud and disrepectful in general, and that we should give them more slack. I think that he's probably right that they are allowed to act that way alot of the time but for me that still doesn't make it acceptable. I don't want to just let everything slide because most people usually let it. So ive been trying to come up with some ideas on how to discipline them without hating me. They are really good kids I think they might just need a little help....

Homestyle Chicken Nuggets

Culinary Ventures.....