Work Outs

Got some great work outs from these pins: Treadmill Run, Killer Kardio, Arms, 30 MinTreadmill, I couldnt link to all the pins because many of them were just photos with no links.

After having a baby I found myself pinning a TON of different work outs and healthy recipes to motivate me get back in shape. There were some really great and inspiring blogs and some super fun looking work outs, I was excited, BUT.... For me the problem with pinning a workout was that in order for me to remember what I needed to do I needed to pull up pinterest to find the pin. Too often I just got sucked into pinterest and before I knew it I no longer had time to work out. As a solution to my pinterest addiction coming in between me and my workout I just typed out a few of my favorite workouts so I can keep these cheat sheets on my treadmill and get my workouts done. I don't know how to upload a link to a file so here is the list of my favorite works outs. Check out the blog links because they are full of fun workouts and recipes and motivation!

Beginners Treadmill Work Out From ittybitsofbalance.com
Minutes                 Speed
1-3 min                  3
3-5 min                  3.5
5-7 min                  5.5
7-8 min                  3.5
8-10 min                6
10-11 min               3.5
11-13 min               6.5
13-14 min               3.5
14-16 min               6
16-17 min               6.5
17-20 min              3.5
 
Intermediate Treadmill Work Out from ittybitsofbalance.com
Minute               Speed
1-3 min               3
3-5 min              3.5
5-9 min              6
9-10 min             3.5
10-14 min            6.5
14-15 min            3.5
15-19 min            6.7
19-20 min           3.5

 Advanced Treadmill Work Out from ittybitsofbalance.com

Minutes            Speed
1-3 min            3
3-5 min            3.5
5-8 min            6.5
8-9 min            7
9-10 min          3.5
10-13 min         6.7
13-14 min         7.2
14-15 min         3.5
15-18 min         7
18-19 min         6.5
19-20 min        3.5

 Minka Kelly’s Crazy Treadmill Work Out from shape.com

1 minute at 5.0
1 minute at 5.5
1 minute at 6.0
1 minute at 6.5
1 minute at 7.0
1 minute at 7.5
1 minute at 8.0
2 minutes at 4.5
 Repeat 5 times or however many times you have the strength and energy to do!!
 
Killer Kardio from fantasmo.blogspt.co.uk
Jump Rope       1minute
High Knees      1minute
Butt Kicks       1minute
Burpees           20
Run 10 minutes
Repeat but substitute Burpees with 10 Push Ups and 10 Triceps
Repeat Set one and add 1 minute of Mountain Climbers

30 Minute Treadmill Workout from pbfingers.com

Minutes                   Incline                     Speed
0-5                           6                              4
5-7                           1                               7
7-9                           8                              4
9-10                         1                               8
10-11                         1                               4.5
11-11:30                     1                               10
11:30-14                    1                               4.5
14-16                        1                               8
16-18                        1                               4.5
18-19                        1                               9
19-20                       1                               4.5
20-20:30                  1                               10
20:30-22                  1                               4.5
22-24                       1                               8
24-26                       1                               4.5
26-27                       1                               9
27-28                       1                               4.5
28-28:30                  1                               10
28:30-30                  1                               4.5

Strength and Cardio Combos

The 100 Workout (I LOVE THIS ONE!)
100 Jumping Jacks
90 Crunches
80 Squats
70 Leg Lifts (35 each leg)
60 Jumping Jacks
50 Crunches
40 Squats
30 Leg Lifts (15 each leg)
20 Jumping Jacks
Run for 10 minutes

The Ninety and Nine Workout

99 Jumping Jacks, 99 Crunches, 99 Leg Lifts,
99 Second Wall Sit, 9 Push-ups.
Repeat with 88 of each, 77, 66, 55, 44, 33, 22, and finish with an 11 minute run…
This is a little too intense for me. I start with the run and work my way up in hopes that one day I can make it. I also do a variety of sit ups and since I am not really sure what type of leg lift workout is intended I do a variety of those as well. Easy to remember and mostly fun.

STRENGTH/TARGET AREAS

Thigh Pyramid Workout: Repeat this 3 times

10 Split Leg Squat on Each Leg
20 Regular Squats
30 Lunges on each Leg
40 Toe Touches
50 Second Wall Sit
100 Jumping Jacks
50 Second Wall Sit
40 Toe Touches
30 Lunges on Each Leg
20 Regular Squats
10 Split Leg Squat on Each Leg

Nice Legs

20 Squats
30 Lunges
40 Calf Raises
50 Second Wall Sit
100 Jumping Jacks
50 Second Wall Sit
40 Sumo Squats
30 Leg Raises
20 Squats

Sculpted Toosh

50 Squats
30 Walking Lunges
20 Jump squats
30 Side Lunges
50 Bridges
Repeat 3 Times

Arms… from lifeisblyss.com

60 Second Plank
15 One-Armed Rows
15 Chest Press
15 Seated Shoulder Press
15 Flys (laying on back)
15 Reverse Flys (laying on ball)
15 Lateral Raises
15 Chest Press (on ball)
15 Triceps dip (on bench)
15 Alternating bicep curls
15 Lying row and Rotation (on ball)
15 Chest Press (on ball)
15 Reverse Flys (on ball)
15 Laying Triceps Extensions
60 Second Planks

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Brunchy Bites

I got these easy and delicious recipes from these pins: Banana Berry Bites and Crescent Cinnamon Rolls

I went to a playgroup brunch today. They called it a Boo-Hoo brunch. I had no idea what that was, apparently its a brunch for when you send your kids off to school and are feeling a little down and need some cheering up. I like it. I was a slacker and showed up with nothing to share but if I did remember to go to the store so I could make something these are the two recipes I would have made because they rock and are sure to cheer up everyone!
Have you ever tried the Philadelphia Indulgence Spread? If not get to the store and try it! Every time I eat it I am so grateful for this blog and that Indulgence and I were able to m"eat". Every time I make these Banana Berry Bites they are always a huge success and they are about as easy peasy as it gets. Cut the bananas, spoon on the chocolate and top with a berry. Since you cover up the cut ends of the banana with chocolate and a plate they don't brown for a while so they can sit out. I topped mine with blackberries, blueberries, strawberries and raspberries too, all were yummy yummy!
Now the cinnamon rolls are the easiest I have ever made and they can hold their own in a cinnamon roll bake off. A few months ago my sister and I were planning the menu for a blessing brunch we were hosting. I told her I wanted to make these cinnamon rolls. She objected because she was planning on making her famous cinnamon rolls. So I made it a cinnamon roll showdown. I think we both made 3 dozen but hers were much bigger. Based on leftovers I was a clear winner, the baking dishes were scraped clean. The biggest problem was that both rolls were super delicious. She makes a traditional, big, dense gooey roll smothered in cream cheese frosting. They rock your taste buds. This was my first time making the crescent cinnamon rolls. They are so soft and lite and gooey and buttery and sweet and if left alone there is no way to keep yourself from devouring the whole pan. So we called it a draw since they seemed to be too different to compare. Shortly after that brunch we had family in town and I told my husband I was going to make the cinnamon rolls I had made for the blessing brunch. He got super excited and told me how he thought they were so good he ate an entire roll himself. This was a huge compliment to me because my husband does not like sweets, especially for breakfast! He then went on to describe to me how good they were and how the frosting was so good. I told him to stop right there because it was clear he hadn't tried my rolls because he was to full from eating the entire giant cinnamon roll that my sister had made. Oh well because I won't stop making these they are so stinkin delicious!!
I have a super hard time rating food on a yummy scale of 1-10. Both of these are off the charts deliciously yummy to me! On a scale of tricky to prepare these get a 1.5, so easy I really think anyone can make them, they may not look like the pictures but they won't last long enough for people to even focus on the presentation!

Ruffle Curtains

The pin that inspired these curtains is here- Ruffle Curtain

I thought these curtains were so cute, but I don't sew very well unless its a straight line, and even then my machine often gets possessed. But I really wanted to try these and after reading the tutorial it seemed like sewing straight lines is all I needed to do for the most part. This blog has a great tutorial but I did mine a little differently because I sewed the ruffles onto some curtains that I already had so that they would block out more light for the nursery. I used twin sheets and cut them into 8 11inch strips just like the tutorial said, but I needed one more ruffle for each panel so I needed to get a 3rd sheet. It was hard to line up the ruffles at first so I started at the top, measured for a one inch overlap and drew a line on the back curtain so I knew just where to pin the next ruffle. I LOOOVVEE how they turned out but man they were a big project. The actual sewing was not tricky as long as the sewing machine behaved, but I am not very good with sewing. I do not understand how in 2 seconds the entire bobbin of thread can be knotted up on the bottom of the curtain. Sometimes I turn into a sailor mouth when I sew. But it was worth it. I will say the trickiest part was lining up the ruffles on the second panel. Also when I was all done the ruffles sometimes they flipped up and revealed the grey curtain underneath so I sewed all the ruffled down on the outer edges and I am happy I did that.

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On a tricky scale of 1-10 I give these a 9.5 for uber tricky if you find that you and your sewing machine are often enemies. BUT if you know how to sweet talk your machine they will probably end up being a a fairly easy, yet tedious, project.

Drain Cleaner

The pin that taught me how to clean my drain for cheap is here- Best Drain Cleaner

1/2-1 cup Baking Soda +1/2 cup Vinegar

I had a baby and about 5 months later my hair was falling out like crazy! I was sad, and so was my shower drain. It got so bad that the tub just wasn't draining one night. I cleaned it out the best I could but it didn't help much and I was all out of Drano. I remember seeing on pinterest that you can make your own drain cleaner, so I thought I would check it out. The hardest part was getting the baking soda into the drain because our drain plug is attached and only lifts up about 1/2 inch. I fashioned a funnel out of a paper plate and was able to get about 3/4 cup in there. I poured in the vinegar but it foamed up so much I couldn't get all the vinegar in so I didn't think it would work. I plugged the drain and did some house cleaning. After about 45 minutes I boiled a big pot of water and poured it down the drain. The big pot of water went down Slloooowwww. I figured it just didn't work or that I did it wrong since I couldn't get all the vinegar in the drain. BUT! Later that night the tub drained faster than in had in weeks! I was shocked and excited because Drano can be so expensive and I always have vinegar and baking soda in my house!
I would normally show a picture but a few months ago I used an amazingly harsh toilet bowl cleaner (called The Works) to try and remove some of the hard water build up in the tub. Well the cleaner is amazing on the porcelain toilet but definitely not made for anything else, it ruined the metal shine and stained the tub fixtures, not pretty :(

On a cleaning power scale of 1-10 I give this one a 9!

Supers

I got the instruction for this project here- Super Hero Masks

This girls blog is super cute!

 Cooper is a little obsessed with Iron Man lately so I was excited to make these! The blog links you to a template so it is super easy to just print off, trace it onto your felt and cut away. I am not a sewing kind of gal. I just cut two layers of felt, hot glued a piece of elastic in between the two and glued all around the edges. I then cut out the second color piece to go on top and glued that piece on. I took a sharpie marker and drew in Thor's hair and Spiderman's face. Sooo Easy!
I didn't have the right colors of felt for Thor and I got Wolverines yellow and black parts backwards but who cares, Cooper certainly doesn't!

On a scale of 1-10 I give this a 3 in easiness. I may feel different had I sewn the mask, but with a glue gun I felt like super woman taking on this project!

Buttons

These are the pins that inspired this project The Button Letter and The Button Tree

I was hoping for a tutorial with a template for the button tree, but it was just a picture, still it was good enough. I wish I could give out a template for a button tree but I don't have one I just free handed it and up close it looks a little thick and sloppy.

I was trying to do this project as cheap as possible. I bought two big bags of pastel buttons and ribbon. I had some leftover bead board in the garage and thought it would be a nice background so I had my husband cut 2 16x16 pieces and I painted them white. For the M I folded a 12x12 piece of scrapbook paper and using a ruler made the best half of an M that I could, then I cut it out and unfolded it to reveal a really big M. I traced it onto the board, plugged in the glue gun, grabbed a handful of gluesticks and got to work. I placed most of the buttons before I started glueing. Once I liked the look, I started glueing. I put a second layer of buttons to cover up the gaps. To be honest I didn't love this project. I feel like my M was way to big and it just looks so much better in a nice shadowbox frame like the original pin I also noticed that she didn't use just buttons, there are beads and other items on her letter and I like the bolder colors. Oh well whats done is done, and I was done. I drilled holes at the top and looped a ribbon through to hang it and then I glued ribbon all around the edge.
For the tree I just free handed the tree and painted it black. If I were to do it again I wouldn't paint it, I would use a sharpie to color it. The paint got sloppy and so my branches got thicker and thicker, and it needed at least two coats to cover it good so I ended up going over most of it with a sharpie in the end to smooth it out and finish off the curlz on the branches. I feel like it would have looked much more clean if I bagged the paint. After the tree was done I just went crazy with button blossoms, maybe a little too crazy!I put a ton of buttons on it, but it never looked full and right and I am just now realizing that the original pin used bigger buttons. I may just make a few adjustments to my finished tree...
I just got a little wooden M and painted it to put under the tree, not as cute as a fancy painted M but much easier!
When I hung these up at first they were on separate walls and I wasn't crazy about either of them, but since I just moved Maggie into the smaller room and hung them on this shelf above her crib I find that I am much happier with the results of this project!

On a easy/hard scale of 1-10 I give this project 3.5, except for drawing the tree, that was a 6 but still most anyone on any craft level could handle this, it just doesnt turn out as beautiful as the original pins!

Awesomeness

This is the pinterest post that inspired this project...

This may be one of my favorite Pinterest Projects so far! We have been a little obsessed with How I Met Your Mother on Netflix lately, and though this isn't an exact quote from Barney Stinson, I believe he says "whenever I am sad, I stop being sad and be AWESOME instead", it is still a quote that makes me happy every time I see it.

I started by taking some extra wood that was for our fence but had been laying in the grass for the past several years. It was a little ant infested and it took a couple days of washing and brushing to completely get rid of the ants. I do like how there are a couple of rotted ant tunnels on my board though. I got out my husbands saw and for the first time ever cut the boards myself. I cut 6 boards 31 inches tall, it is crazy how hard it was for me to make a straight cut on a 4 inch board! It kept curving at the end but I figured that some of these imperfections would only make the board more awesome! After I lined the boards up I cut two more boards to drill perpendicular on the back to hold it all together. I thought one screw on each board would be okay but the boards still shifted so I added two screws to each board. I told my super crafty friend Melissa that I would make her a big board if she would make a stencil on her Cricut machine, I think I totally got the easy job! Each word was its own stencil so we lined them up on the board and taped it all together in hopes that we could transfer it to the next board. I rolled over all the letters very carefully and when it came time to remove the stencil we discovered that the paper had stuck to the paint so we had to tear it off and ruin the stencil, boo. But my board looked AWESOME!! We ran a sander over the entire board and roughed up all the edges and high spots pretty good, and wa la, here it is!

I felt bad that I ruined the stencil Melissa had made, but she decided to take a different approach, she cut out the letters on her Cricut and modge podged them onto her board, it turned out super cute. She did two of each letter and created a sort of shadow effect, the picture doesn't do it justice!

The best part about this project was that we used boards that were just rotting in my yard, screws I found on my husbands work table, leftover house paint, scrapbook paper that we always have on hand, and sponge rollers and paintsticks that I already had. The only thing I had to buy was a hanging kit that was less than $2!! On a crafters scale of 1-10 I give this project a 7.5, Making the board was easier than I expected but unless you have a Cricut and know how to use it, or unless you have an uber talented friend willing to make the stencilfor you, I don't even know how one would pull it off... but it could be Awesome to try! :)