Introducing The Everyday Page Notebook

Hello friends! Happy Monday! I'm excited to introduce to you today something that I've been working on for a few weeks and dreaming about even longer! The Everyday Page Notebook! 

For those of you who know me personally you know that I'm a pretty organized, Type-A driven person! I love my planner, I can't go anywhere with out it and I've been like this for as long as I can remember. 

I'm always on the hunt for the best ways to organize my world and keep everything on track. I've come across a few great day planners but one thing I always find myself doing is filling up a million post it notes. They end up in my office, in my planner, and around my house. Filled with daily tasks, lists, cleaning lists, grocery lists and everything else. 

I wanted to create a page that could hold all those categories and more in one tidy handy place. The Everyday Page was born! 

One handy little notebook, a place to write down my grocery lists, my meals, my daily tasks and more. 

If you're a person who likes to keep things organized and all in one place, this is for you! 

If you keep a digital calendar on your phone or computer but still find yourself needing to jot a few notes down during the day this is for you! 

If you just love stationary that's clean and pretty, this is for you! 

It's the perfect companion to your day planner. Or to put in your office or kitchen space to write things down. 

Each notebook comes with 50 sheets per book, measuring 4.21"x5.41." Perfect size to also put in a purse or bag on the go. 

As a special pre order introductory price they will be selling for $12 shipped! Orders will be shipped on or before July 23rd. There's no limit to how many you can order at this price, but after July 23rd they will be sold at their regular price of $14 + shipping! 

These make the perfect gift for friends or family, and also would make a great stocking stuffer this Christmas season! 

You can pre order The Everyday Page here. Or click on the shop button on the menu bar above! 

Head on over to Instagram @andreamworley for your chance to win one of these notebooks before anyone can buy them. 

Thank you again for your excitement about this, and for your orders! My hope is that it'll help you be more productive and organized and celebrate your everyday! 

When You Make Healthier Choices, Your Kids do Too!

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One of the biggest things I've learned this past year on my journey to better health is that if you eat healthy and create better habits you're family will too! 

Especially your kids. It all started when I realized that my kids were eating better than I was. A fruit and veggie at every meal. Always drinking water. They inspired me to change and make sure that I was making better choices. I realized if our family is accountable to these habits they stick. 

Us moms we're busy ladies. We need quick and easy options for our littles ones and for ourselves. If we don't then we'll end up eating a box of cookies for lunch. To make this time easier I like to have lots of healthy and yummy options on hand. 

Fruits and veggies. 

Another thing my kids love is smoothies. I love adding Lifeway Kefir to their smoothies too! With delicious flavors like strawberry and blueberry, packed with vitamins, nutrients and live cultures you can't go wrong. 

My kids love it and it's pretty sneaky too since they don't even realize it's got all kinds of healthy goodness inside! I love when they ask for the "strawberry" drink! 

Not just for kids Lifeway Kefir is full of probiotics to help keep everything moving along and promote digestive health as well. I love adding it to my morning routine at breakfast. It's a great addition to my gluten free muffin and fruit. 

How do you get your kids to make healthy choices? What are their favorite healthy snacks?

Have you tried Lifeway Kefir in your home? 

My Fitness Journey: 1 Year!

Wow! I can hardly believe that a year has flown by already since I started my fitness journey and changed my life around to better my health. My own desire to change my life has spilled over into my husband and children. We're all eating better. My daughter loves to work out with me. And I've loved sharing this journey with them, and teaching them about why we need to live a healthy life and make the most of this one body that God has given us.

It's been a spiritual journey for me as much as a physical transformation. My perspective has changed so much since I first started in April 2013. You know what did it for me? I saw myself in pictures after Ava's birthday last year and I didn't like what I saw. I had a 3 month old baby, I was breast feeding too. I had already lost the baby weight that I gained with Zane by this point, from 190 to 158 pounds. I was still very over weight at 158 pounds on my 5'2'' frame. I knew things needed to changed. I knew I wanted to feel better about myself, I wanted to fit into clothing again and feel good about it. 

Before April 2013 on the left and on the right after the first 3 months (July 2013) of working and eating well consistently.

I wanted to rid my body of the sugar cravings I'd been having, I wanted to exercise more and learn to love it and enjoy it! I've never loved to exercise, it's never been a priority either. And I knew that needed to change. 

So I started. I started doing Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred everyday, from my living room. Sometimes with my kids screaming in the background. I remember how hard it was when I first started I could barely do the jumping jacks she wanted me to do. And I was cursing her the whole time. After 6 days, I thought maybe I can do this. It's getting easier. 

I also began to clean up my diet. I cut out all refined sugar, dairy and started to eat clean. I gave up a lot at first because I needed to. I just cut it out cold turkey. I started drinking massive amounts of water and gave up soda. I knew I needed to give up some time and retrain my taste buds. Can I tell you something? I don't even crave the same things any more. I don't even miss it.  

I did the 30 Day Shred for about the first 5 months and had great results with it in addition to my change in eating habits. In August 2013 I started running. I used the C25K app on my phone and started running. Three times a week and also still doing the 30 Day Shred on the other days I wasn't running. 

I kept pushing my body and trying new things. My body started changing. When I started this journey I wrote down some goals. At first all I wanted to do was fit in my size 8 jeans that had been sitting in my dresser for almost two years and I couldn't wear them, I wanted to wear them again and thought that was a good goal to attain. I wrote down some simple goals and now one year later I'm so excited that I've surpassed those initial goals I set for myself. 

The picture on the right is October 2013- back into a size 8. Today those pants are too big and I've surpassed my original size 8 goal!

I remember the day I slipped them on and couldn't believe that they fit. It was like a small miracle to me and a big thing. July 2013 I had finally been able to fit into my size 8 jeans down from my size 12s that I was wearing when I started this in April of that year. That motivated me to keep going and trying new things and pushing my body to do what God created it to do. 

I learned that God created my body to do amazing things. This machine that he created to be able to hike, run, walk all with ease. I decided that I have this one body and this one life and I needed to take care of it and honor God with my physical health and not waste it away and treat my body badly. This changed my mindset as well. It changed my outlook on myself and my confidence was boosted. 

One of the biggest high lights for me this year was running my first 5K with my husband. Something I never thought I'd do, I did it! 

On the left Before, on the right one year later. A work in progress but I'm so happy with the direction I'm taking.

I almost hesitated to share and talk about the numbers and results here publicly on the blog. But then I remembered how motivated I get when I see others results and how encouraging it is. I'm also very proud of what my hard work and discipline has done for my physical body.

Starting weight 190 pounds, current weight 124 pounds: 66 pounds lost

Starting size 12, current size 6

I've lost 4 inches and 1 cup size in my bust. 

I've also lost 10 overall inches. 

If you're on the fence about your own healthy journey I encourage you to JUST START! Start small, start somewhere! You'll never wake up and regret getting in that work out, never! I'm so thankful for the overall health journey I've taken this last year, it's made a huge impact on my life and my family's life as well. 

I love teaching my daughter healthy habits, I love that she likes to work out with me. My family is as much involved as I am in this journey. They have been supportive and encouraging and it's been a ripple effect on others around me. Let's do it together, encourage one another to reach our goals and live our best life. 

Race Day Reflections

This past weekend I ran my very first 5K! My husband and I did it together. I started running last Fall as part of my work out routine. I'm not a runner by any means, before I started running I hadn't run in years, I bet since high school.

But I was at a standstill with my workouts and I needed to push my body towards something different and try something new. So I took up trying to become a runner. At first it was really, really hard. Then it got easier. Then I took a break during Christmas vacation and came back to it. We signed up for a race and I took the plunge towards running a real actual race!

This weekend we ran that race. We ran the Grand Canyon University Pediatric Cancer Run 5K/10K. Before we started the race I was of coarse so nervous. When you stand fear in the face and wonder if you're going to conquer it or not. 

This year I told myself I was going to Thrive. Last year when I started working out I wrote down a bunch of fitness goals I wanted to achieve. Lose 10 pounds quickly turned into lose 20 pounds. Fit into size 8 jeans again turned into fitting into something even smaller. Then I wrote down run a race, not knowing when that would happen. 

I ran and ran with my husband right by my side cheering me on, and encouraging me to keep going. I kept going and going all the way to the finish line. We rounded the finish line and waves of emotion came. I've never in my life run a mile without wanting to stop or stopping. This time I ran the whole race, all of it. I kept going. 

It's amazing what God made our bodies to do, how he made them to work. What we can accomplish if we just keep going. This is such a physical lesson as it is a spiritual lesson for me. 

God wants us to keep going.

Turn to him for strength. 

I'm proud of myself and what I've allowed my body to accomplish. It's truly so amazing. 

What have you done lately that scares you, challenges you? What have you learned about yourself? Or what has the Lord been teaching you? 

Dr. OZ 3 Day Cleanse + Tips for Success.

Happy Monday friends!! How was your weekend?

Remember when I told you in my New Year + New Goals post about wanting to do a cleanse this year? Well, we did it! My husband and I completed the Dr OZ 3 Day Detox Cleanse last week. 

I had never done a cleanse before, and I've wanted to do one for a while now but wanted to wait until I was done breast feeding as they are not advised if you're breast feeding. I choose the Dr OZ 3 Day Detox Cleanse for a few reasons. One being that it was only 3 days, and as a first timer I wanted something easy and not to long. 

Secondly, he gives you a grocery list and you just buy the stuff and follow the instructions. So easy. And most of the items I already had in my pantry so it was even easier for me. 

A few reasons Dr OZ gives to detox are: constipation, persistent headaches or muscle aches, food allergies, stubborn weight loss. You can read more about Detox Made Safe and Simple here.

Over Christmas I was a little to over indulgent and had way to much sugar, and I wanted to clean out my system and get rid of all the junk and toxins. A cleanse was a great way to do this. I wanted to share some thoughts on my experience and some tips for success if you choose to do this cleanse as well. 

First you'll need to download and print off the grocery shopping list and go shopping. You can print it off here. My husband and I did this cleanse together. I shopped for the both of us at my local Sprouts, but you can find any of these things in the natural section of your grocery store. I spent $85 for the both of us for the 3 Day Detox Cleanse. 

Tip #1: Prep all your fruits and veggies the night before.
This cleanse takes a bit of planning, you'll want to have everything ready to go in order to make your drinks each day. The last thing you want to do is wake up before you go to work and wash and chop veggies. If you do that most likely you will not want to make your cleanse drinks and not do it. The night before I washed, chopped and bagged all my fruits and veggies ready to portion out them the next day for my drinks. Doing this will make it a lot more easy and convenient. 

Tip #2: Eat something light the night before.
Do not gorge yourself on a heavy meal the night before your cleanse. The point is to be cleaning your system so don't over indulge on sugar and heavy stuff. 

Tip #3: Drink lots of water.
In the plan he tells you to drink lots of water, I echo this as well. You should aim to drink half your body weight in ounces of water a day anyway. Water is your friend and essential in flushing out your system. 

The cleanse actually went better than I thought, I honestly thought that I would be very hungry and just have to "push" through it. However, I was not hungry at all during the cleanse. I felt full and not hungry at all during the 3 days. I will tell you by the end for Day 2, I was craving variety in my meals and even caught myself drooling over a food commercial but not out of hunger just out of wanting a variety.

I did have a headache that lasted 2 days because of lack of sugar and caffeine. Which I expected since that's one of the reasons I wanted to do the cleanse in the first place it didn't surprise me that my body was having a reaction the way it was. 

I slept better each night, and found that my body rested better and I was able to calm my mind each night. Which usually I lay awake all the time when I go to sleep thinking about things, but during the cleanse I felt a calmness and was able to quiet myself and rest. 

Also, you might be curious about weight loss during the cleanse. Although it was not my intention to use the cleanse as a weight loss tool I did however loose weight during the cleanse, over the course of 3 days I lost 4 pounds. I also want to add that I also did my normal workout routine during this time in addition to being on the cleanse.

I had a great experience with the Dr OZ 3 Day Detox Cleanse it was a great way to re set my body, clean out the junk and start fresh. If you're looking to do a cleanse and ease into it like I was I would recommend this as well for you. 

Have you done a cleanse? If so which one? I'd love to hear about your experiences, leave them in the comments below.