Megan Thompson

I usually make my list for the month ahead of time but haven't gotten to it yet. That is on my list for tomorrow!  But we now have the first three days done and the kids are loving it :).  I

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With three elves visitng us this year I have a feeling we will be busy!  For their first night back they had some fun with spray snow on the sliding glass doors! :). The kids got a huge kick out of

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This morning we woke up to our north pole breakfast and our elf on the shelf...and he brought friends!! The kids were very excited to see the elves and all of the yummy treats for breakfast! Audrey named her elf Sparkle

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It has been a week since I finished my shakeology cleanse and after talking to many of you and hearing concerns about what would happen once the cleanse ended I am posting a picture of the scale a week later :).

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Tonight we made turkey pizza! The kids had a blast making it. It was super easy for the kids to do and lots of fun! I just used target brand pizza crust that was already made. We put the sauce on

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Tonight Mark and I went to see Big Hero 6.   It was such a GREAT movie!  It was filled with suspense, humor and I even shed a tear.   Mark was cracking up laughing...which I loved :).  Disney also did

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Black Friday is almost here my friends and that means SALES!! Beachbody is jumping on board with some amazing discounts on some great products!! The sale begins tomorrow, Tuesday Nov 25 at 7pm CST and ends Dec. 2. Grab some fantastic

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We had such a busy weekend!!  Between hockey, ballet, nutcracker rehearsals and birthday parties eating healthy is a tall order.  Being busy usually means being away from home and not having access to healthy food choices.  So what do you do?

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I will admit that now the cleanse is over it feels SO nice to eat!! LOL I am trying to be as careful and healthy as I can be though. After talking to so many people after finishing it I heard

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The three day cleanse is over!   And I feel AMAZING!!  I was curious to see if I would want to eat everything in sight today lol but to my surprise I didn't.  No cravings...no wanting unhealthy food.  It made following

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I survived day 2 :)....I will admit day 2 was much easier than day one. I had more energy and although I stuck to the two shakes a day I felt pretty good. I am thankful that today is the last

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Ok so I survived the first day...barely lol. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. The cleanse says you should drink three shake a day. I just couldn't After drinking two of them the last thing I wanted

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I have decided to try the Shakeology cleanse. It is a three day cleanse that can help jump start weight loss or break through a plateau. What happens in this cleanse is this.... *Breakfast - Shakeology shake *Snack - Piece of

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I know we always naturally show off and spoil our kiddos but for many of us before those kiddos we had a furry little friend who is still by our side today. He/she has gotten lost in the shuffle of diapers

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I know many of you have been asking me about what I eat and how the 21 day fix works.  In a previous post I explained the 21 day fix so I thought I'd give examples of what I eat throughout

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So this amazing little company popped up to my attention a few months ago. It's genius. For $20 you pay a stylist to pick out 5 items for you. First thing you need to do is sign up for a free

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Well I did it! I ran my first marathon! What an amazing experience. It really is an incredible thing to know that your body is capable of doing such a thing. I set a plan for myself to only focus on

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Rest days were something I used to look forward to when I planned my weekly workouts. It was something I "worked" towards. Now they are something I dread. Don't get me wrong it's nice to have a day where I'm not

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Raising healthy kids isn't easy. We are up against huge corporations that are constantly advertising garbage to our children. It's on tv and the stores and their friends are talking about it. It's up to us as parents to be a

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Just wanted to share my favorite shakeology recipe! I LOVE to blend chocolate shakeology with pbs2 (which is powdered peanut butter) and almond milk. SO good! It fills me up and gives me so much energy throughout the day! I love

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Head on over to my facebook page and vote! I am having a FREE push up or squat challenge. What would you like to work on most? Your booties or your shoulders? Let's get to work!! :) https://www.facebook.com/meganvthompson

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6 days away from a marathon run and I dread seeing you every night. Why do you cause so much pain. Everyone says the more time you and I spend together the less painful it will become but that doesn't seem

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48 hours after Halloween has ended and the shelves are PACKED with Christmas items. I walked through Target this morning in disbelief at the amount of people in the Christmas area loading their carts. I must admit I felt slightly annoyed.

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Did you know that the average American gains between 7 - 12 pounds between Halloween and New Years. It seems like it starts with those few pieces of harmless candy and then it's Thanksgiving dinner, a holiday party here and there,

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