Summer Bucket List 2012

I have jumped on the @HappyFamMvmt train, and created my own

"Summer Bucket List"!

We have already begun, and have checked a couple of things off, but if I post it, then I will do it so here it is!

To learn more about this fun idea, click here:  Happy Family Movement

Have a great weekend!

Loves,

Jill

Recipe Share! My Breakfast Omelet

Jill's Breakfast Omelet:

Omelets are not an uncommon thing around my house.

I'm always switching ingredients to make it interesting to my palate and to keep it healthy!

This is what I did this morning:
2 egg whites
1 egg
1 Tbl milk 
Ham (preferably not lunch meat) chopped up into small pieces
Mini peppers chopped up into small pieces.
1 slice of laughing cow cheese (cut into small pieces)

Mix the eggs really well, then add the milk, and mix again.
Lightly spray your pan with cooking spray if needed. (I suggest using your smallest frying pan)
Pour the egg mixture onto the pan and let cook until completely done on one side.  (Mine looks perfectly browned, then I flip it over.)
With the browned side on top, and the other side cooking, add the chopped ham, mini peppers and laughing cow cheese onto the top of the browned side.
Once the bottom side is browned, fold it over (in half) and then put it on a plate and enjoy!

I eat this as is, no salt, pepper, or ketchup needed ;)


*I buy the mini peppers at Costco in the vegetable section...they are sooo good, even to eat alone! Or my favorite is to dip them in roasted red pepper humus. (I saw the mini peppers at Wal-Mart the other day too)

I would love to know what you eat for breakfast...would you mind sharing? Leave it in the comment section!

Loves,
Jill

Bliss

Oceanside, CA

best.vacation.ever

Instagram...I'm on it

It's been awhile...but I'm back and posting with one of my favorite things right now.


I'm sure you have all heard of...
   

 
...and maybe you haven't yet.  Just in case you haven't, here's the scoop.  This is an IPHONE app that is now also a ANDROID app, (which is why I can use it now...I'm all ANDROID) and it allows you to turn your phone pictures into little pieces of art.  And then you get to share them with whoever you allow to follow your pictures.  Isn't that great?? I'm hoping that all my family (Bree, Shamae, Amber, Kym, Angie, Megan, Jennifer, Hillary, Bethany, Nicole, Mom, Dad, Uncle's, Aunt's, Cousins...get what I'm saying here?) jumps on this with me. We don't always have our big ole perfect camera's with us, but we always have our cell with us! Am I right?
I love the connection that you feel with pictures and I love that you get to choose who can see your pictures!  It's like a family and friends up to date photo album!

If you want to read more about it you can check it out here...http://instagr.am/ 


Here are some of my pictures from the past two weeks...

 Join me on Instagram! stayfitjill is how you find me :)

Loves,
Jill

And the winners are!

The Giveaway has ended!! 

If your name is listed below, please email me your address and @thinkproducts will mail you the goods directly!
My email is jill@treefitness.com


Jordan
Kelli
Paula
Johanna
Alexis
Alicia

Thanks for participating!

Loves,
Jill

thinkThin, thinkWellness Bar Giveaway!!

It's Monday and I am SO excited to have a AWESOME "weightWellness" giveaway to start the week off with!

You know how much I LOVE thinkThin Protein bars right?

Well, thinkproducts and I have teamed up to give you a pretty awesome giveaway, all in the name of "thinkWellness"! I love this product. 
And even more, I love the message they are sharing about weight wellness.
Read this:

thinkThin® promotes weight wellness. What we feel this means is that this is the optimal weight range at which our bodies feel happy and healthy. This is not dictated by aesthetic, shape, weight or tape measure - it is the physical outcome of feeling energized, confident, and living a life that is vibrant, varied and fulfilling. thinkThin® products contain uncompromised quality ingredients that provide an excellent source of energy without the punishing side effects of gluten and refined sugar.

Love? Then you'll LOVE these bars!

What will you win by entering?

 1) Weight Wellness Sampler

2) thinkThin Protein Bars

2) thinkThin Crunch Bars

Here are the details of the giveaway:

1- There will be 10 winners! (no I'm not kidding)

2- You must like Think Products on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/thinkproducts

(1 entry)

3- You must follow @thinkproducts on Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/thinkproducts and you must follow ME on TWITTER https://twitter.com/#!/StayfitJILL

(Scared of Twitter? Don't be it is SO easy to sign up and you will LOVE it!)

(1 Entry)
4- Answer my question (below)
 (1 Entry)
5- Retweet this or post it on your Facebook for another entry
(1 Entry)

6- This giveaway is open to US residents only

Do you know how important weight wellness is in your life? 

Well here is your chance to tell me:

(4 possible entries for all of you! Remember to have each be a separate comment)
How does eating healthy and exercising make you feel?

Ready? Set? Go!!

*This giveaway will end on APRIL 9th 2012 and the winners will be announced on Tuesday April 10th!

Productivity...

So I need to share something with you.

I absolutely love social media.  

I pick everything out of social media that uplifts me, drives me, inspires me, and gives me a more meaningful purpose, which I believe is the true power of social media.

This is a perfect example: (of which I have many to share...some other post though k?)
I found this certain photographer's blog somewhere between 3-4 years ago (and I don't exactly remember how I came across her blog).  BUT, I immediately knew I had a "viral" connection (for lack of better words) with this photographer!  She was living in Hawaii at the time and I loved her work, and her posts were inspiring to me.  I have always LOVED photography so I found a lot of interest checking her blog and her work as often as I could find time. This viral "friend's" name is Natalie Norton.

I was especially interested in her morals and values and how she wasn't afraid to share them in her own way with the world.  She was open and REAL, and it was very refreshing to me.
So you will imagine my SHOCK when I opened up her blog one morning and it said...
"I will be in SALT LAKE CITY, UT to do some mini shoots.  If you are interested contact me ASAP"
So I immediately contacted her and set up a family session photoshoot.

Here are some pictures from that shoot (taken in 2008):

These pictures are some of my most prized possessions and looking back I am so grateful that on a whim I contacted her.

I continued to follow her and the next year or so she had her 4th child, a baby boy.  She named him Gavin after her brother who she lost a few years back.  Come to find out she has some family who lives in the next city over from me and she was coming over Christmas to spend time here in Utah.  At the complete dismay and disbelief of her and her family, while she was here, her little baby contracted Pertussis and passed away all within a week.  She was incredibly open about this experience and it truly was her faith that got her through that hard time.  And she continued to be open and very poetic through her following posts.  Absolutely amazing strength I tell ya.

Anywho, she came back to Utah 2 summers ago and I had her do our family shoot again.
(I do not have digital files of those however, but they were awesome as well!)

She also (in her spare time right??) does business mentoring and holds workshops on improving your own business and personal life and balancing family at the same time (which I know I could use some mentoring on!) And the whole purpose of this post is to share this video post that she posted a few days ago.
It's Real. And I love the message.

Watch the video here:  
 http://natalienortonblog.com/2012/03/06/thoughts-on-proactivity/

P.S @thinkproducts just sent me some thinkThin Protein bars to giveaway...so watch for that next week!!

Loves,
Jill