Time for Change

Hi! My name is Ayla and this is my journey to a healthier life. I am working on losing weight and working towards a healthier and happier lifestyle! Also, I’m a mom of a 5 year old and TTC #2 with no luck so far, including a recent miscarriage at 8 weeks.

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Finally got in my first lunchtime walk since....November? since it’s 60 degrees out! It’s like a heat wave in MN. Feels great being outside though and getting some movement - walked for about 40 minutes. I felt so lazy and stagnant over winter. But hello spring! 🌸 ☀️

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Spring is actually coming! I came home around 7 tonight and the sun was still out and I can see patches of (dead) grass! I’ve been so used to it being dark by 5. Minnesota winters always seem to get me down after a while so the warmer temps and extra sunlight have definitely been lifting my mood. ☀️

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Good lord, spring may actually be coming here in MN! It felt so nice to get in an outdoor walk yesterday! It’s been soooo looooong.

Also, here’s some cuties I got to walk at the animal shelter over the weekend!

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Got to see the lovely Michelle Obama tonight! ♥️😍 What an amazing woman! Makes me miss them all over again! 😭 And a big shout out to @mentallystrongphysicallyfit for watching my son so my husband and I could go! BFFs are the best!

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So many cute dogs I got to walk at the shelter yesterday! 🐕 ♥️ I also got about 10,000 steps by walking these cuties. One of these days I’ll get a dog of my own *sigh*

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Even though the roads suuuuuuck today, it’s one of those days that I just needed to get out of the office for lunch. Wendy’s chili is one of my fast food go-tos and it’s definitely nice on a cold winter day.

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Got tagged for a selfie by the beautiful @mystoryfortheaudienceoftheworld! My son and I decided to have some light hot cocoa after being in the cold! I’m so over winter at this point, but hot cocoa was definitely nice after being outside. And it’s only only 1 ww smartpoint.

What’s everyone else up to tonight? I tag @mentallystrongphysicallyfit, @rachaelfightsback, @mariana-lifts and @grandenoirceur for selfies! 😊

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I have been feeling really cold this morning so I decided to have some hot chocolate (1 sp) and some WW cranberry orange oatmeal (3 sp) to warm up. Nice warm morning snack!

Also, there were Girl Scout cookies in the lunchroom while I was making my cocoa and oatmeal, and I didn’t have any! 🙌🏼

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Got another round of Blue Apron meals today and tried out this meal tonight. It was pretty good. Pretty sure it was my first time ever eating beets (they were ok). It’s nice having some variety though! And only 4 points!

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It won’t stop snowing! At least I’m getting exercise from the shoveling I guess!

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My husband signed us up for Blue Apron now that they WW meals. He cooked up the first meal: roasted chicken & jalapeño-orange sauce. It was so good! And my husband and I both found out that we like cooked cabbage! Who would have known 😆 I’m always telling my son to try new foods, maybe I should be taking my own advice.

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The positive: it’s so freaking cold that my boss let me work from home today.

The negative: it’s so butt ass cold I literally can’t go anywhere.

Stupid polar vortex. At least it’s “warming up” this weekend I guess. Definitely starting to go stir crazy!

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Tagged by the beautiful @mystoryfortheaudienceoftheworld for a sds!

I played games with @mentallystrongphysicallyfit and friends today - so much fun! - and now relaxing watching The Office.

What’s everyone up to? I tag @mentallystrongphysicallyfit, @gainsaf and @fitness-my-way ☺️

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Got my dog fill yesterday walking dogs at the shelter. Here were a few of my favorites! I haven’t been feeling the greatest since returning from my Disney trip but I got in 10k steps yesterday by walking dogs 🐕

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Well, I survived Disney World during the holidays. It was fun but I’m glad to be home. And despite not tracking (and not eating very point friendly food) I was down 0.4 today so I’m happy about that! I’m sure all the walking helped since I was getting about 13k steps a day.