Healthy Living

Hello everyone. Welcome back to Small House Loving Blog.  Today I will be discussing a new topic on the blog, the ever cringing topic of Weight Problems. For as long as I can remember, I have always suffered with weight problems. I am the shortest girl and the heaviest of my friends and family members. I have gone on diets and succeeded with some and failed with others. After some time I have wanted to change my life style but always used the famous Maybe Tomorrow phrase. Finally about three weeks ago I decided enough was enough and I made the choice to change. Danny and I joined our local gym. I have started using a free app called LIVESTRONG to log-in my calorie intake. The app allows you to put your weight, height, and your goal weight. It also gives you the suggested calorie intake per day. What you choose to do with the calories is up to you. I have been measuring my meals, swapping heavy starches with vegetables, and enjoying every minute of it. I have found myself feeling less hungry and more energetic. I also have seen a great change in my sleeping habits, falling asleep at a normal hour and waking up early to start the day off. Our exercise include swimming laps in the pool, lots of cardio, and using all those funky machines at the gym. I usually start my day off with Yoga, especially on those days my muscles feel sore. I find it helps to stretch my muscles out and teaches me how to breathe during exercises. If you have struggled with weight issues like I have, well here is your chance, your new start. Why not start today? Start logging in those calories you will be surprised when you see how many calories you consume in a day. Start doing exercises that you enjoy, my favorite exercise is swimming. Find what works for you. You can do it.

Here are some healthy recipes:

Roasted Cauliflower 
Cut your cauliflower into small pieces, on a hot pan put 1 tsp. of coconut oil.
Toss the cauliflower in the pan and season with some black pepper, garlic and pink himalayan salt
I found my pink himalayan salt in Marshall's food section.
Cook until the cauliflower is soft yet caramelized on the outside.

I have replaced Potatoes with Cauliflower.
I usually pair roasted cauliflower with a grilled chicken breast.

Grilled Chicken Breast
Cut your chicken breast into thin slices
Squeeze some fresh lemon onto chicken pieces
Season with garlic, cumin, salt, pepper and some hot sauce.
On a hot pan cook your chicken.
I usually put a bit of water into the pan to keep the chicken moist.

Master Bedroom Facelift.

Hello everybody.. Sorry for the lack of blog post. But we are back and ready to discuss our Master Bedroom. For a while we felt that our bedroom was just not what we wanted. We were looking for our bedroom to be fun yet relaxing. We loved our DIY Stenciled Wall which we discussed in our prior post. After looking online and trying different bedspreads from all white, all brown, brown and blue and lots of different colors, the room just didn't feel like it was coming together. One day, I happened to be browsing the Target stores, and came across this beautiful Ikat reversible bedding set and Nate Berkus braided jute rug. After looking on Pinterest, I loved the look of a DIY basket chandelier, so we browsed our local stores and found the perfect basket at Ikea.  I also loved the look of the Anthropologie Flamenco Curtains but wasn't loving the $118 price per panel. We went to Marshalls and found a very similar fabric shower curtain that we loved even more. They were by Cynthia Rowley designs and were on sale for $12.00 per panel.

Here are both products side by side.

Yes they are shower curtains, but I loved them as curtains for our bedroom. They are made of fabric. The ruffles and ombre effect are just wonderful. I have to admit the Cynthia Rowley ones are my favorite of the two.

Danny got started on our DIY Basket Chandelier.

DIY Basket Chandelier
The basket was about 5 dollars at Ikea and the Mini Pendant Kit was about 19 dollars at Home depot.
The first step was shutting down the circuit power in our bedroom to ensure no electric shock occurred.
Next we removed the old light fixture,  and we slipped the pendant kit wire through the center of the basket.
The pendant kit we bought was to long so we had to cut the cord and strip the three wires to adjust the length. Our local Home Depot didn't have different length pendant kits.
Danny connected the wires together using wire nuts, which comes with the pendant kit. The wires are colored, connect like-colors to each other.
After making sure the Basket Chandelier was centered and the perfect height, he screwed in the fixture and voila, a brand new light fixture hung.
Remember when you are done to turn the power back on the circuit.

Next we put our new bed spread and laid the rug down. Here is our Master Bedroom Reveal..
DRUM ROLL.......

We hope you have enjoyed our Master Bedroom Reveal. Did you enjoy the DIY Basket Chandelier? Have you attempted a DIY project in your house and would like to share? 

Thank you for reading.