So staying on track with your eating & planning ahead all starts with ORGANIZATION.  Being organized is the key to success. Let's start with kitchen organization.  How many of you have clean cupboards? Fridge? Freezer? Pantry?  Get out your label maker, your containers, your pretty contact paper and your creativity and start organizing.  Here is what you can do:

First you must empty EVERYTHING out of your cupboards

Next you containerize and label & reload
I put all of my oatmeal, nuts, flour, cereal...in labeled containers
I got another basket (walmart) with a handle for baking supplies like pancake mix

This pantry below is for pasta, quinoa, brown rice, nuts, cooking stuff (I love using lazy susan's for organizing, it makes everything easier)

I have since put all of my oils into a nice basket - will capture a picture of that and add it in
kids snacks are in a basket (now labeled) so they can help themselves

These can organizers are great, you can find them at Homegoods, Marshalls or TJMaxx

Snack baskets are great!

Kids shelf pulls out and has everything easily accessible!

I got so tired of searching for tops that fit my tupperware so I donated everything to Goodwill and started over. I went to BB&B with my 20% coupon and bought the big box of OXO tupperware - I LOVE IT!  Now everything has a lid and a place of it's own!

This is my mudroom, I had a pantry built to house my extra's and it's so pretty it gives me incentive to keep it clean.  I lined the shelves with contact paper I found at Marshalls and just made it appealing to the eye.

I have since re-organized this corner cabinet with a few lazy susan's - new picture to come

Fridge door - I put my milk & juice in glass containers to keep it fresh longer, now each shelf is labeled. Starting out a new clean eating plan with a CLEAN & ORGANIZED fridge makes ALL the difference~

LOVE this quote:

"Long after people forget what you said and did, they remember how you made them feel."
                                                                                                                                      R. Fredig

So I meant to post yesterday about my great 5 am spin class with Cathe - not live but close enough, I did Pedal Power - love the music on that DVD!  After this I went to my friend's gym and did a Centergy workout.  It was a combination of yoga & pilates and it was FAB! I was actually a ting sore afterwards! My husband came home with 5 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies - oh no!!! But they are so small ;-p

This morning I got up at 4:45 am and started cleaning - I have issues - then I did Cathe's TABATACISE, I did the whole workout - I really love that one, it's a great kickstart to my day and it's quick!!!  I absolutely love the ABS section, unique and powerful.  After dropping my kids off at preschool I did a KICK class at a local gym I'm going to be teaching at, it's a new place for me but a great fit for this time in my life. I fell immediately in love with the class and am determined to get certified to teach it.  My day has been crazy.  I had  just an hour to drive 20 minutes away and return my daughter's new eye glasses and get her some birthday presents for her BIG 5 year birthday, pick my kids up at school, run home and let the dogs out, get my kids to gymnastics on time (doesn't always happen) and get my 3 year old home for a nap, clean the house, make dinner, go out to dinner...  Long day, but so far so good.  It really helped having the workouts behind me and they gave me the added boost I needed to make it through my day!

I love having my home gym to use every day.  With the weather being so ridiculously cold this winter, it is so nice to be able to wake up & go into my basement to workout without having to get in my car and drive to a gym.  It is nice to have the option of going to the gym but many people don't have that option, so my advice is to get the workouts you know you will love and use often.  For me it's Spinnervals workouts because I can do them on my spin bike or my trainer and get an incredible workout on both.  I also love any of Cathe's workouts, they never get old for me but I am partial to the shorter one's lately.

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IDK why I can't get this picture to come up, but this Tea?! Can we talk? Is DEVINE.  I'm addicted, it's like a party in your mouth.  It just may get me off of wine! LOL well, we'll see about that, but so good, and no caffeine! I can't do caffeine so this tea is a winner for me!

Ok, Happy March everyone.  Let's get those fitness goals written down and start planning our meals and start moving!!! Spring is just around the corner and don't you want to wear those CAbi Ivy League Shorts (lol), blaine tube top and Grecian sandals?!

Let's start the month off right.

I just did 60 mins on my treadmill while I was returning emails on my iPad - love the multitasking, but I was on an incline and kept a nice pace of 4.0 mph the whole time.  Now some tea and a shower and my day is starting off grrreat!