First Time Mom and Losing It

Weight: I lost 2 pounds for a total loss of 55.2 pounds. It was nice to see a loss after 2 weeks of gains and a week with a zero.

Nutrition: I made a lot of healthy choices and ate at home all week except for one day. I recreated a lot of my favorite high calorie foods like Chipotles, Buffalo "chicken" and chips. I got back into my cooking groove and got really creative.

Exercise: I went to the gym twice and did a Zumba DVD at my mom's house. My daughter had a blast watching me exercise and even tried the dance moves and floor work with me. I was pretty proud to be setting a good example. I did some strength training with free weights at home three times this week. I took my daughter out to the park several days this week and got her to stay out of the swings by running around with her in the little jungle gyms.

Last Weeks Goals:

• Gym 3 days or Exercise DVD - GOAL MET!
• Strength Training 3 days - GOAL MET!
• Restart Plank Challenge - GOAL MET!
• Yoga or Pilates 1 day
• Track calories and water

This Weeks Goals:

• 7 days of Diet-To-Go meals 
• Gym 3 days or Exercise DVD
• Strength Training 3 days
• Continue Plank Challenge
• Yoga, Pilates or Stretching 1 day

Annedroids is Amazon Studios' third original kids series that are aimed for children ages 4-7. Annedroids debuted on July 25th on Prime Instant Video. Annedroids is an adventure series that focuses on science. A cool little eleven year old prodigy, Anne invents and builds some amazing androids with the help of her two sidekicks, Nick and Shania.


Before I showed it to my daughter, nephew and niece I sat down and watched the series by myself. I was hooked within the first couple of minutes because I was curious as to what was behind the junkyard door. It was great to see all the different androids and that it was a little girl who was the one who created these amazing "Annedroids". As a former teacher I loved how it used science terms and explained what they meant in a way that a kid would understand.


After viewing the episodes myself I got out the snacks, threw a whole bunch of pillows on the floor and turned off the lights. I used my chromecast to cast the episodes on my TV and let the kids enjoy the screening of the episodes. As soon as my daughter saw the Androids she pointed out and said "Robot". I loved how Anne explained the difference of a robot and an android. After learning this my nephew made sure to correct my daughter and told her they were androids. It was cute to see him explaining to the girls (my niece and daughter) the different things he learned.


My nephew loved the show and was talking to his mom all about Annedroids when she came to pick him and my niece up. She asked me how he knew what an android and hypothesis was. I explained to her about the show and she thought it sounded like an awesome show. My nephew who is 4 1/2 is set to start Pre-school in September so I was glad that he was getting a jump start on learning science. My niece is 2 1/2 and my daughter is 2 and they both also enjoyed the show. They liked seeing all the "annedroids" and were pretty interested in all the action and special effects.

Annedroids is geared toward 4-7 year olds but I highly recommend it for kids two and up. I even think kids older than seven would enjoy the show. I love a show that is educational, entertaining and unique and Annedroids was definitely all of those. The little kid actors were amazing and very relatable too.

You can learn more about Annedroids and watch the first episode for free by clicking on the following link: http://clvr.li/1xYY9eU. Follow Annedroids on Facebook and Twitter to stay up to date with the show.

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

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I love giving my super picky daughter TruMoo to get some calcium in because every glass starts with fresh, low fat pure milk that contains 8 essential nutrients. As a mom on a weight loss journey I love that it is sweetened with just enough sugar and doesn't contain high fructose corn syrup. TruMoo's milk contains no artificial growth hormones, no HFCS and has the delicious taste kids love. If it is something that is good for her and something that she likes, I feel like it is a win-win situation in the battle of toddler vs. mom!

I decided to whip out my dessert maker again and make some "ice cream" out of the TruMoo chocolate milk with bananas and graham cracker sprinkles on top.

You can also be creative and try making pops out of the strawberry or vanilla flavor. I see a TruMoo strawberry milk and fresh strawberry ice cream or a TruMoo vanilla milk banana sorbet in my future!