Diet Time! Errrrr....Lifestyle change time!

Diet's.  It's been said that they don't work.  They actually do, but just for a short time is the problem.  I would say I am going on a diet today, but it's already a failed plan at this point.  My parents were in town this weekend and we ate, ate, ate and ate some more!  It was all yummy but my double chin this morning is telling me it wasn't worth it. 

We had donuts and french toast and Chinese food and ice cream cake and Italian and chips and candy galore!  It was one big food fest for 3 days and I am paying the price today!

I have decided that diets just don't work for me and that I have to exercise to lose weight.  Last year, I lost a bunch of weight and I mostly did it with exercise since I had changed my eating habits very little.  I should have changed them more but didn't.  Anyway, for me, it just goes to show that when I exercise, I can eat more of what I want and either stay the same weight or lose weight.  It I eat what I want without exercise, I gain weight - duh!

Anyway, I have to figure out what I like to do and just stick with it.  I do like P90X and it gives awesome results so I am tempted to start that again but it does take up so much time (but the whole time you are burning tons of calories).  I do love the way it makes me feel, but again, it is so hard to get motivated to do it!

I can't decide if I should just get up every morning and do the workouts or try to squeeze it in every night.  It is tough because I have a 2 year old.  I just want to have more time and as I've complained a million times before, I have such a long commute that makes it much harder to find the time! 

I need to take some time to devise a plan for workouts so I schedule them in instead of just hoping they will happen or that I will fit them in each day.  As they say, failing to plan is planning to fail!

I can do it, I know I can and I will and I have to since summer is coming along with less clothes!

Yummy?

So I took the plunge and bought some tea and some vanilla almond milk to try out and make my own chai tea latte or maybe an iced chai tea.  Anyway, these are the two things I bought.


Stash Black Chai Tea

 Almond Breeze Vanilla Almond Milk

Hopefully it will be as good as I am hoping and cheaper than buying Starbucks!  I will let you know how it goes!

Chai Tea Obsession

So my newest thing is chai tea, and if it's from Starbucks, then all the better.

I decided I am going to try to make some at home to try and save money so we will see how that goes.  I have looked up recipes online and a lot of people say to use vanilla soy or almond milk with the tea to give it the perfect sweetness.

I think I am going to go ahead and order some and try it out instead of my $4 a day habit at the coffee shop.  We will see how it tastes!