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Wrinkles, Fine Lines and Dark Under Eye Circles……

Hannah Lucio

We are all unpacked and settled into our new home. We are SO incredibly thankful to have the opportunity to live here. It is our dream spot to live. Seriously 🙂 This is the third time I have gone for a little 3 mile jog with my boys since we moved. The first time it wasn’t humid or hot and I had one boy. The last two times it has been hot and humid and I pushed both boys up and down little gradual hills. I was dripping in sweat when I got home. Thank goodness for that. I love working out and sweating.

Now I can get back to what I was originally going to do. Change my beauty routine. I am getting older as we all know 😉 and that calls for a revamping of my vitamins. I have been researching for about a year or so (I know, a very long time) and finally want to try things out. Since we are absolutely done having babies I can start to look like my husbands girlfriend again 😍 I have about a year left with breastfeeding so I’m trying not to add products but more about changing my diet. I have dark under eye circles and it didn’t start until I starting watching what I ate about 10 years ago. I firmly believe that I have them due to vitamin deficiency or my contacts. If I don’t see improvements in a month or so, I’ll try to go with out contacts. I get plenty of sleep and I drink a lot of water. Maybe hereditary? But I’m going to try my best to get rid of them. I have read many places that you can reverse the effects of vitamin deficiencies without pills and that’s my goal. Plus I love food…..so that’s my best option.

Here are a few things I’m going to try.

1. Apply a very small drop of avocado oil to my under eyes before bed. I read that it is a fast absorbing oil so it doesn’t leave you feeling greasy. Unlike coconut oil. I despise coconut oil. Don’t like it, never liked it.

There are studies saying that avocado oil improves and diminishes fine lines, wrinkles and age spots. Also it lightens dark under eyes. We shall see 🙂 maybe I should bath in it……..ha ha! The more I read about avocado oil, the more I fall in love with it. That’s the only oil I use to cook with now. It has the highest smoking point of any plant oil. Amen to that!

2. Adding more vitamin rich foods into my diet.

Vitamin K especially, which include these foods:

  • Brown rice
  • Eggs
  • Oatmeal
  • Sweet potatoes
  • Milk (I prefer almond milk personally)
  • Walnuts
  • Yogurt
  • Wild salmon
  • Spinach
  • Wheat

Also, vitamin A plays a vital role towards keeping your skin healthy. Vitamin A protects your skin from sun damage and helps repair your skin. It plays a crucial role in keeping the collagen in your skin balanced.

The most concentrated sources of vitamin A are:

  • Sweet potato (it made both lists)
  • Pumpkin (hello fall! I absolutely love fall!)
  • Carrots
  • Squash
  • Green, leafy vegetables

I also read to place pumpkin slices over your under eye area for a few minutes daily. Since they are not in season I’ll wait for fall to arrive.

Vitamin E & C also have anti wrinkle benefits.
This is what I have found online and it’s really great information.
I look forward to taking before and after pictures and let y’all know what has worked and hasn’t worked for me.
I’m curious if anything has worked for you? What did you use?

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New adventures…..we are SO ready! 

Hannah Lucio

I have been away from blogging because we have been preparing to move. We have been looking forward to moving for at least a year. We finally found a place that was best for us. So today is moving day! 

When we first moved to Virginia we had never been here so we just picked a place we thought was good temporarily. And it was. But, living in an apartment gets old quick! We saved a bunch of money so that was probably the best part. The other great part is that if something breaks you just call the complex and they fix it. Honestly, that the best part about renting, period. We bought a house in California and it was ok. But, we started Dave Ramsey’s Financial peace after buying and quickly figured out we shouldn’t have. It wasn’t expensive for us. But we would have rather followed his plan beforehand. So anyway, fast forward to today. We are starting back on his plan after taking a break to move. It will be a challenge at first but after a month…probably two we will be set again. I am excited for our new adventure with moving and getting back on track. 

The only kinda bummer thing is my last day at the gym was yesterday. I’ve come so far after this pregnancy but I know I can keep it up outside the gym. After our first kid was born I lost weight and toned up great without the gym. So, I know how to do it which is great. Starting Monday I am going to be on my new “get fit” workouts. It’s exciting! New start, new location and super positive outlook on life. 

Hers my last day at the gym pic. I am under pre pregnancy weight and want to slim down and tone up in the next few months. My goal is not to be skinny. My goal is not to be hugely muscular. My goal is to be toned and slimmer.  

The absolute best part is that we are living in our “dream” neighborhood now. Across from a golf course, kid friendly area, people always outside enjoying the weather and a very clean area. When we got to Virginia we drove through this area and said “one day we would love to live here”. We are so stoked! We are currently in the middle of our move but it’s nap time for the boys so I took a much needed blogging break 😉 Oh! And I almost forgot to mention, we are now going back to our original church we started at when we got here. AMEN to that! I’ve been praying we go back because I absolutely love the worship music. It reminds me of North Coast Church in Southern California. It’s my way of worshiping God. Everyone has a way to worship and that my way of connecting more with God. 

So cheers to amazing time, exciting new adventures and living out one dream at a time. I will be able to blog more also 🙂 So cheers to that! 
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Easy Playdoh Recipe

Hannah Lucio

This is the easiest fast and most simple playdoh recipe. Every time we make it I have our toddler pick which color he wants. Today he wanted lime green, that’s my boy!! Its a very cool color and not so boring. To me. Try it out!

 

Ingredients:

2 Cups All Purpose flour

2 Tbsp vegetable oil

1/2 Cup Salt

2 Tbsp Cream Of Tarter

2  Cups Water

Food coloring (lime green: 18 yellow to 3 green)

 

Directions:

  1. Mix Flour, salt and cream of tarter in large bowl and set aside.
  2. Boil 1 1/2 Cup water and vegetable oil together. Put in food coloring of your choice and mix with whisk.
  3. Slowly pour liquid mixture into flour mixture and mix with wooden spoon. Be careful not to mix to fast. Also, make sure to mix thoroughly.
  4. Once cooled, put onto counter and knead well.

Done!

Easy, simple and fast. Enjoy and have some fun with your kiddos! Life’s to short to always be busy. Slow down and enjoy this ride. Kids need us to be present not to get present.


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Today’s a good day, for a good day!! Workout included

Hannah Lucio

I cannot believe that our family actually got 9 hours of sleep last night. With two kids (age 3 and 8 months) it’s pretty rare. Thank the Lord for the sleep! The night before I got 5 hours so it’s a blessing for sure. 
Today I had an amazing workout and wanted to share. I love to change things up and I hope you try this workout! 

First I need to get this out of the way. I “rest” but not in the traditional way. My “rest” is typically by working out another part of my body. It makes me burn more and it feels amazing afterwards. 

Here’s my workout for today:

Put your bench at a 45 degree angle and do the following, I only use 10 lb weights because it burns doing 3 in one’s

1 incline dumbbell curl

1 incline dumbbell fly

1 incline dumbbell press

Repeat 11 more times

*at your “rest” time do 12 lunges on each side

Repeat above for a total of 3 sets of 12

Next workout, smith machine:

12 squats

*at your rest time* do 12 push ups

Repeat above for a total of 3 sets of 12

Next workout on a mat:

12 crunches

12 side crunches each side

20 bicycle crunches

12 push ups

12 side plank dips

25 outside leg lifts

25 inside leg lifts

12 plank dips-opposite side from before

25 outside leg lifts-opposite side from before

25 inside leg lifts-opposite side from before

*I actually rest for one minute

Repeat above for a total of 3 sets
And stretch

Voila! Done! Such a great workout! 
Have a wonderful Day! 

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Family, Stay at Home Mom, Uncategorized, Women

Nap times are the best!

Hannah Lucio

I don’t know about you but having a baby and toddler at home is exhausting. I love being able to be home for them but it can wear you down. My husband and I set up an awesome deal so I can get a little time to myself so I don’t get to overwhelmed. I am so thankful and so lucky to have a husband that is so supportive of me. The schedule is to workout in the morning before he goes to work. 30 minute break at lunch and 30 minute break after he gets of work. It doesn’t always go as planned but it’s such a great thing for me. I used to wonder why women need so much me time. Well, now I know. I do have to say that sometimes I think it gets out of control with some. But, to each their own. I do not like being a stressed out mom because it is not good for us all. I have also lost my joy for things in life. So I am trying to work things out to get my joy back. It might sound weird but that’s how I feel. I really cannot remember the last time I was outwardly excited about something. I was reading an article about this and it is true. We must take care of ourselves and there is nothing wrong with needed to “find yourself”. 

Today was one of the not going as planned days. I “slept in” today, well, we all did! 6:30 am instead of 4:40am. Awesome stuff! My husband had a follow up appointment so that cut out my other 30 minutes alone. That’s way more important then my me time. So I’m finally relaxing while the boys sleep. Thank goodness they are both sleeping 🙂 Which means I should have 1-2 hours of kid free time? Wahooooo!! I start with a hot cup of coffee and typically an apple and peanut butter for snack. I also catch up on my dvr shows. Big brother, Flipping out, real housewives of Orange County, and Keeping up with kardashians. I am such a reality tv fanatic hahaha  When it gets to 1-1.5 hours I can start cleaning and stuff so if they wake up they aren’t grumpy from lack of nap. Ha! 

Well, I’m off to relax and finish my hot coffee and Flipping Out show. It’s gonna be an awesome start to the weekend. Homemade pizza for dinner, fun filled Saturday and all day football on Sunday! 
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