Life is short make it count. #12

I'm not really sure where to start with this, so much has happened since I last updated. I just realized it has been a month. I haven't been posting much on the blog but I have been sharing on Instagram and Snapchat (hesheeatclean) since those platforms are much quicker. :) Let's see...in that month we closed, and moved into, our home on Friday (April 14th), flew out to Arizona early Sunday (April 16th) for a Massage Envy event (read more here), then Scott had to go out of town for work April 27 and I also had to go out of town for a NOW Foods event in Chicago. Oh, I failed to mention that we were also SUPPOSED to go to California before we moved on April 6th. That was the week we had crazy weather in Georgia and a ton of Delta flights were canceled...and ours was one of them. To make a very long story short, we drove two hours to the airport, waited around for about six hours, and drove two hours back home instead of going to California. It was a work trip for Scott and I was just tagging along because we had an extra voucher. It was sort of a blessing in disguise since we were able to spend more time packing and getting ready to move AGAIN. :)

I'll share more soon about our new house but how crazy is it that we turned down (what appeared to be a great opportunity on the outside) an opportunity to move to Montana but ended up on Big Sky Drive?!

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While living with my uncle and for the first few days of moving, we ate out more often than normal. We typically would get taco salads at a local restaurant (Diablo's Southwest Grill) or sushi from Whole Foods. I did put some chicken in the crockpot the first night we had available so we had Salsa Chicken for a few days because it was easy. 

We recently just started the She Sweats 12-Week Run Builder again. We will be doing a lot of hiking over the next few months and this plan ensures our hiking legs are always ready. Sometimes we replace some of the run training with incline training or hiking.

As far as meals, like I mentioned we haven't had much time in the house since we moved. We've been using the crock pot for most meals just because it's easy. We hope to get back into the routine this weekend/next week. We will be sharing a lot of recipes and starting our podcast again so we have a lot of exciting things planned. Thanks for sticking around while life was crazy. :)

Below are a few pictures of our grocery haul. The first is from Publix and the second from Costco. We lucked out that Publix had their deal going on where if you buy $50 worth of groceries you can get $10 off a $50 gas card. We take advantage of this deal every single time they have it because it's basically like $10 free since we always have to get gas.

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Looking for our Costco grocery list? Here it is! By the way, those are eggs in the white box. :)

Until next week, have a good one! Let us know if you ever have any questions or comments! I've loved hearing from you about the updates! Click here to read all of our updates.

30-Day Minimalism Challenge

Alright, here it is...the long awaited for minimalism challenge! Hopefully you've gotten started with the 10 things to get rid of for a clutter-free home and now you are ready for a bigger challenge!

As we mentioned in our "how we became rich" post, there are a billion different definitions of minimalism, just as there are a billion different definitions or "pictures" of fitness too. Some people might picture a marathon runner or sprinter and someone else might picture a weight lifter or yogi. They could all be correct but it just depends on how you look at it. When most people picture minimalism they picture tiny houses, white walls, no furniture or just white furniture, no possessions, no fun, etc. That could definitely be minimalism but that isn't what it is to us. To us it is just living with what we need and little to no extra. You don't have to throw everything away and move into a tiny house (unless you want to!) in order to get started. Also, as with fitness, your entire family might not be supportive which is okay. You can still start your own journey and I bet if you lead by example, they will follow!

We have this listed as a 30-Day Minimalism Challenge, but just like our fitness challenges, you need to adjust this to the time frame that you can handle.

This is how it works, each day/week/month tackle the room/item(s) listed. So for example, on Day 1 you will clean out your refrigerator. You can approach this however you want but go through what is in your refrigerator item by item to determine if it's something you will keep, toss, or give away. Continue this each day for what is listed. Some projects will be very short and some may take more than a few days, just depending on your schedule. One piece of advice, don't let your toss or give away pile sit around for too long. Get those items out of the house ASAP!

Time to get started!

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30-Day Minimalism Challenge

Life is short make it count. #11

Since the last time I posted an update, we've had two major storms roll through our area...one is actually going on right now. Good thing I'm already in the basement! :) The last one cut off our power for over 12 hours, thankfully my cousin has a generator so we hooked up the fridge. One of the major highways going through Atlanta also burned and collapsed...so that's fun. Both sizes of highway 85 are shut down for months. It should make for a fun trip to the airport the three times I have to go there this month! The good news is no one was injured, which blows my mind as it happened around 6:15 PM, rush hour traffic in Atlanta.

Not much has changed with us, we are still waiting on our closing date of April 14th for our new house. I faced my fears and went to a different gym closer to my cousin's house. I HATE going to new gyms, especially alone, but was happy when I got there and I was only the 3rd person working out. We also bought season passes to Six Flags so we went there on Sunday. It reminded me of being a kid, I used to go all the time. Ohhhhh and I got my hair cut...or I should say trimmed since it doesn't look much different, for the first time since August. :) I suck at selfies and I'm not sure why I decided to wear black and my hair is basically black...you could tell better with the picture on my phone but my hair is basically to my butt. It grows SO FAST. I think it has a lot to do with nutrition, quality supplements, and not drying it every day or using a lot of heat on it.

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I've been to the gym a few days each week but prefer to just go hike. I'm loving the new trails I've found...even if the pollen count has been outrageous lately! Want to go swim with some pollen?!

And just because it's cute...I don't think that Rambo hates it here...

Alright, so I told you I would share more about what we are eating and how we grocery shop now that we aren't living in our own home. I keep meaning to take pictures of our <much smaller> grocery store shopping trips and I don't ever remember until after I've put everything away. :)

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Before we moved out, we tried to use up everything that we had and limit our grocery shopping. We did a pretty good job but still had to bring a lot of stuff over. We do have a small fridge in the basement with us too so that helps. Instead of the large Costco trips we used to make and stocking up on chicken and other items when on sale, I've been going to the store more often in order to avoid taking up too much space.

When we first moved in we went and bought some items that we don't eat very often but still enjoy like Amy's frozen burritos, Van's frozen waffles, and things of that sort. We have much more room in the freezer so this was an easy call for us to make. I'm not kidding you when I tell you that since the entire time we've lived in my cousin's basement we've eating salsa chicken and bison every week. We are those crazy people who actually prefer to eat the same thing butttttt when we are in our own home we do have a little bit more variety. This just allows us to keep it simple here. We do eat out more often than normal but get things like Whole Foods salad bar and Whole Foods sushi.

Every few days I will buy eggs, sweet potatoes, chicken, bison, and kale. Other items that we've been eating more frequently are things like protein bars and shakes. We also keep rice cakes, nut butter, hemp hearts, and other easy snacks. We have basically been eating like we do while we are on vacation. When we travel we always have food with us but don't have our own large kitchen so it has been similar to that experience. A little adjustment at first but overall it works!

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In other news, while all of this moving and temporary living is going on I've also been working on our taxes. I'm the kind of person who actually prefers to do it all at one time. We have an awesome CPA but I need to get everything organized for her. So, I'm trying to do our taxes out of moving boxes. We do have an extension but I want this off my mind ASAP!

As if moving and taxes are not enough I also had to renew my personal training certification. I'm hoping once we get moved in life will calm down a little but I don't see that happening until May! We will be in CA until Tues, AZ the next week, and Scott goes to NC while I go to Chicago the week after that!

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