Hi Everyone, this was my very first week as a SAHM (stay at home mom) and it’s been AMAZING!  I told you there were a ton of changes happening right now in my life and this was the big one!  I’m officially done with my “day job” and I am home each day with my children.  To be honest, I scared sh*tless about how we are going to pay our bills each month, but I  just know this is where I need to be right now and I couldn’t be happier!  I will still be working, just in a different capacity….more on that for a later post.  Speaking of that work, it is currently piled sky-high in front of me as we speak (type) so I must get back to it.  Just wanted to pop in and announce the winner of the GYMBOSS interval timer!

Thank you for your entries!  I just know you will all love this timer…And here is the random number that was chosen……

Danielle, you are the winner!  Please email me at kristin@mymissionimpossible.com with your address so I can get your GYMBOSS Interval Timer out to you!

Thanks again for reading and I hope you all have a great weekend!

Hi Everyone, it’s been a while! I’ve been meaning to post but life keeps getting in the way. I have SO much I want to post but just can’t seem to find the time so I am forcing myself to pop in and give you a little update of what’s been going on lately and why I’ve been missing in action….

*My Scentsy business is really growing! I’m so excited about this, my customer base is getting bigger, my team is getting bigger, my paychecks are getting bigger and I’m filling my calendar as much as I can! It’s becoming so clear to me why everyone always refers to being a Scentsy consultant as such a “blessing” in their life. I’m really loving every minute of it and can’t wait to see where it takes me! If you are interested in joining our team you can contact me or sign up here! If you don’t want to join, but love Scentsy you can visit my other blog or Facebook page for updates and specials!!

*We have had a lot of health problems within my family since the holidays…I won’t go into all the details but it has put extra added stress on everyone and made me take a harder look at my priorities.  I’ve been trying to spend more time with them all whenever possible!

*We have been busier as a family!  Both kids are involved in sports and other activities and my husband has been getting stuck at work an awful lot so our family time has been diminishing.  When we have the family time I’ve been trying to focus on just that!

*I have been barely working out at all, I feel like it doesn’t much sense to continue writing a HLB if I’m not exercising.  I miss it, I need it and I feel completely shitty lately without it.  As I mentioned earlier I have zero time nowadays BUT I’ve always preached “if something is important enough, you’ll make time”.  So, I’ll admit it: it just hasn’t been important enough to me since the holidays.  Sad but true.  I came so damn far in my personal journey in 2012 to let it all slip away.  More on this  in a later post but that’s the jist…plain and simple.  When I took that look at my priority list, exercise had fallen towards the end of the list.  I’m not going to cry about it, but I DO need to change that, like now.

There are a lot of changes coming up soon in my life as I still continue to try and figure out what I want to be when I grow up!  I have made a commitment to myself and my family to lead an inspiring life and I’m not sure where that will take me or what it entails but I’m really excited about this next chapter of my life that is about to start!

My Mission Impossible (MMI) has been up for almost a year now and I want to celebrate that by trying to spend a little more time here again.  I think you’ll start to see this site morph into something a little more well-rounded in the future.  I still love talking about exercising, eating clean and living a healthy life but there is a lot more to me and I don’t want to feel like I need to stay away just because I’m not working out enough!

I also have two giveaways that I will be posting…(within the next week hopefully) since I’ve been slacking, so stay tuned for those! 

Sorry I’ve been MIA so much!  I won’t bore you with my whining of how busy I’ve been.  If you’ve read my blog before than you’ve definitely heard that song and dance already!  I did want to share this recipe for Clean Frosted Coconut Protein Cupcakes!  This is a (very slight) modification of Jamie Eason’s recipe and they are to DIE for….I promise!

When I posted these on Instagram the other day, I mentioned that my Grandmother recently learned she was diabetic.  She has a sweet tooth (although not quite as bad as mine) and was having difficulty adjusting to a different diet…one that didn’t include sweets.  I’ve been trying to bring her some low-glycemic snacks and make her some sugar-free treats and these were a hit with her…and everyone that tried them!!

Clean Frosted Coconut Cupcakes

Cupcakes
1 1/2c oat flour (I usually grind my own with gluten-free oats)
1 scoop protein powder (I used half Jay Robb’s Vanilla and half Pina Colada)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1c xylitol brown sugar (I use Ideal)
4 oz unsweetened applesauce
4 oz plain Greek yogurt
2 egg whites
1c unsweetened coconut milk
1/2tsp rum extract
1/2tsp almond extract (I didn’t use coconut extract b/c I didn’t have it until later that day)

Directions
Preheat oven to 350F.  Mix all wet ingredients in large bowl.  Mix dry ingredients in bowl. Slowly add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and combine.  Fill muffin cups up evenly.  (you can use muffin liners but the cake will stick to the liner a little since there is no oil in the batter).  Bake for 20 minutes.

Icing
4 oz. Neufchatel cheese (My store didn’t have fat-free) separate
1/4c coconut oil (microwave for a few seconds to soften, not melt)
1c xylitol confectioner sugar
1/2 tsp coconut extract (I had picked it up at the store in time to make icing)
unsweetened coconut

Directions
Combine ingredients with an electric mixer.  Frost cupcakes once completely cooled and sprinkle with unsweetened shredded coconut and refrigerate.

*Be sure to keep in refrigerator or they will spoil as they contain no preservatives

Hi!  Still fuh-reezingggg here, but the sun is shining, so that always makes for a better day!  I wanted to post my new Chipotle Turkey Bowl recipe today since it’s been forever since I have.  I’ve just been making quick things the past few months since I’ve been so busy and have been spending as little time in the kitchen as possible.

If you follow me on Instagram then you know it’s hard for me to avoid Chipotle on a Friday evening! My obsession has gotten out of hand and I was hungry for a chicken bowl last Sunday (well everyday actually) so I thought I’d try and whip something up.  It doesn’t taste like Chipotle but I still loved it so I made it again for food prep this week!  This is fast, tastes great and much healthier!

Ingredients:

1 lb. lean ground turkey
1 can bean of your choice (I usually use black beans but didni’t have any at home)
low-fat mexican shredded cheese
1/3c salsa of your choice (mine was medium)
1/4c sour cream of your choice (I used fat-free)
2 tbsp Bragg’s Liquid Aminos
2 tbsp nutritional yeast
2 tbsp minced onion (or fresh chopped)
2 tbsp chili powder
1 tbsp onion powder

Brown turkey in pan with minced onion on medium heat.  Drain grease, if any.

 
Add sour cream and combine until it melts.  I used slightly less than 1/4 cup.  Add salsa and combine then add spices and liquid aminos.  Combine thoroughly.

Rinse beans well.  I used low-sodium kidney beans here because that’s what was in my cabinet, but any beans would work fine.  If preparing for a meal then heat beans at this point, if making for food prep then divide into containers.

I made three meals from this.  Just add one third of the meat to each container and I added around 1/8-ish cup of cheese in each serving as well.  That’s it…told you it was easy!  You can add whatever you want..Next time I will cook off some fajita veggies and maybe add some brown rice and guac!

Hello there beautiful people!  Happy Monday, I don’t know about you, but it’s nasty, cold and rainy here so I’m choosing to have a great Monday…because if I didn’t, I think I’d fall asleep on my desk

I have so much to share today, I’ll try not to talk type your ear off, but no promises! I had an epiphany, if you will, this weekend and I really wanted to share this today.  I want to tell you about my experience going to Scentsy Spring Sprint, which is a series of mini conventions that Scentsy puts on all over the country in the month of February.  Let me preface this post by saying that I’m not writing about this to sell you Scentsy (although contact me if you want to hahaha, but really).  I know this is supposed to be healthy(ish) living blog but I started this blog about my life and Scentsy is now a big part of my life.  I learned a lot of lessons this weekend and that is what the post is about, not necessarily Scentsy.

This was my first convention, for anything.  I don’t “convene”.  I never did.  It’s just not my style.  I’m not one for “breaking the ice” or participating in “getting to know you exercises”.  I don’t want to “make small talk” and “shake hands with my neighbor” (ewwww, germs).  I signed up for this because I knew it was time to step out of my comfort zone.  I promised myself that I was going to grow and change and give this new business everything I had.  So, anxious, tired, and still skeptical, I headed to bed on Friday because Saturday I was finally going to Scentsy Spring Sprint in Baltimore.

yuck!!

Yes, I was excited that the day was finally here but had a lot of anxiety because we were supposed to have bad weather.  Saturday I got up early and thankfully the roads were fine.  Headed to my Mom’s since I was riding with her and my aunt.  They were going with me to see their sister who has been in the hospital down there for a while.  I was so thankful to be going with them since I get terrible anxiety driving places where I don’t know where I’m going and especially in cities!  I know…I’m weird.

Baseball anyone?

I mentioned when I started this blog that it was about my journey.  This journey that I deemed so Impossible.  This journey was {is} all encompassing and never ending.   I recognized that I did not really like the person I was.  I wanted needed to be better.  This journey was not just physical, but very much mental and emotional as well.  I finally feel like I’ve made it.  I have changed my attitude and my thinking.  I have so much further to go but I have made some real progress.

Scentsy Spring Sprint was kind of like the aha moment that let me realize how far I have come in just a short year.  A year ago not only would I have NEVER gone to this convention but I also would not have taken so much away from it.  I would have viewed it as a chore, not an opportunity.

We’re ready to go!

I got there and I was by myself then so I walked around for a while taking pics and people watching (I could do that for hours).  The convention center was beautiful and so was the view.

I met up with my friend and Scentsy mentor Natalie Hodson, many of you probably know her from some of her fitness achievements.   She is beautiful and kind and motivating in so many ways and I’m blessed to have her in my life.  I met some other new friends as well and we got to chat for a while

Pretty new products!

We got a nice box of free product, which was one of my main motivations for signing up initially, but really was the least important by the end of the day.

I was amazed by how little this convention was “sell our product!!!!”  ”make us money!!!!”  I mean, don’t get me wrong, it was training on how to be more successful, sell more, recruit more, etc.  But the other half was so inspiring.  I had heard it all before, but this weekend I really understood how much this company cares about people especially their consultants.  It was so refreshing and so rare and you just left there with tears in your eyes and a smile on your face!

Inspiration everywhere at Scentsy Spring Sprint

I was reminded that there are so many good, decent, hard-working people out there that really care about other people and want to see them succeed.  There was a spirit of joy and togetherness rather than competition and judgement.  It was one of those experiences that makes your heart grow (like the Grinch) and just made me want to hug everyone!  They had such amazing speakers and their enthusiasm was contagious.  We heard many personal stories from people overcoming their struggles to better themselves.  Stories on how to serve people in general, not just your customers.  Stories on how to be generous, with your heart, not your wallet.

I will never forget my first Scentsy Spring Sprint because it was really about becoming the best you that you can be, not just the best sales person.  This new venture of mine has been nothing but a blessing since I signed up and I’m so glad that I took a leap of faith because I know it will make me a better person and this weekend was proof!  I’m so glad it’s over, yet I can’t wait to do it again

I just wanted to remind you today that everything happens for a reason.  You may be going through some rough times or maybe you’re not where you want to be in your life right now (neither am I yet).  But if you’re able to open your heart and your mind and willing to recognize the blessing and opportunities that are in front of you, good things will happen.  Don’t be afraid to take a leap of faith…it just may change your life!  I’ve hated direct sales companies forever, I thought they were all cults and the members annoying.  I thought about selling most of them at some point, I even thought about selling Scentsy before.  It just wasn’t for me.  But it is now. This is the right thing for me right now.  Last year it wasn’t, but now it is.  It’s as simple as that.  I’m learning to appreciate this chaotic journey I’m living and I can’t wait to see where it takes me.

Fight hard, lean on those who love you, try new things and don’t be afraid to fail!  Maybe you’ll stumble across something unexpected!

What opportunities have you seized in your life that you almost turned your back on?  I’d love to hear!  What steps are you taking to make YOU a better YOU??

Hi everyone! I’m back for What I Ate Wednesday this week.  I had hoped to share my new favorite hummus recipe with you but when I asked my husband to pick up tahini for me at the store, he came home with teryaki….ugh….men.  In unrelated news, I’m ready for spring…it’s been FREEZING here and I don’t do cold!

Jenn has a new theme for WIAW and, like usual, I’m out of the loop!  I will admit, my veggie intake lately has been terrible (amongst other things)…I’m just a hot mess.

This has been breakfast most days lately.  I’m out of Ezekiel bread now though so I’ll probably take another ride on the oat train.  That was dumb.  No clue where that came from. Anyyyywayyyyy…..Ezekiel toast with 1 tbsp almond butter and a power juice.  This one was water, chia, half a tiny apple (with skin), shredded carrots, spinach, 2 beets (bc I hate them) and a few cubes of frozen mango.  Blend it all up and drink

Next was nonfat cottage cheese and a handful of raw almonds plus about a third of a QuestBar I found in my desk drawer.

Lunch was two turkey muffins with spinach and homemade hummus.

Lunch two was baked chicken with dill mustard a quarter of an an avocado.

Dinner will likely be another QuestBar because I will be getting my hair done after work and I have a TON of hair so it takes forever.  But I hope to get something a little more substantial in quick before I run out the door.

Nighttime snack will likely be chocolate casein pudding.

Hope you all have a great rest of the week!