Phineas and Ferb is Coming to Thousand Oaks and Long Beach

Wow summer is over and the kids are back to school. But just because summer is over doesn't mean you can't get the kids out of the house to see a really cool show! Disney live is bringing my kids favorite Disney show to life on stage in Phineas and Ferb The Best Live Tour Ever! I cant wait to see what antics Agent P gets into while stopping Dr Doofensmirtz from some evil plan. And I love seeing how Phineas and Ferb are going to entertain themselves during the summer while their sister is always trying to get them busted! Yeah I am a big Phineas and Ferb fan myself because its a highly entertaining and funny show!

So here are the location, dates and times for the shows coming to town:

THOUSAND OAKS
Fred Kavli Theatre at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza - 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Friday, September 28 – 4:00pm & 7:00pm

LONG BEACH
Long Beach Terrace Theater (300 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90802-4825)
Saturday, September 29 – 1:00pm & 4:00pm
Sunday, September 30 – 1:30pm
Ticket Prices: $65.00 / $35.00 / $25.00 / $20.00
To order tickets by phone: 800-745-3000

Online: www.PhineasAndFerbLive.com OR www.ticketmaster.com

Stay tuned this week for more information on this awesome show and a deal

Oh Fitbit how I love thee!

So I love my fitbit! I know what you are saying to yourself. What is a fitbit and why does Kate love it so much? Right? Well, a Fitbit is a calorie tracking device that tells you how many calories you burn, how many steps you take a day, how many levels of stairs you climb,how many miles you walked and how active you are in a day. Then to compliment the fitbit, they have a website that also has a great app for your smartphone so you can log your workouts, food and water for the day so it can help you stay on track for weight loss. I love this thing because I am seriously pushing myself to be more active because I will not miss my goal for the day which is 10k staps, 10 flights of stairs (it also counts your flights if you walk on a hill with an incline), 5 miles, and 2300 calories burned. It even has a flower that grows as you become more active but if you are sedentary, it shrinks so you have to stay active. The other thing that fitbit has is it tracks your sleep because that is an important thing to be successful because if you do not get enough rest, you will not get the best results possible. The one thing that is my ultimate favorite thing is if you enter your food on the journal, the fitbit can tell you if you are on track with what you have eaten and what you have burned for the day as well. Check out my images at the bottom of the entry. IF you are wanting to lose weight, this is the ONE thing I tell you that you MUST have to be successful. It runs around 100 bucks and you do not have to pay to use their website. ITs a win win for me. The only drawback is , it is a small device but you wear it 24hrs a day except when you need to charge it. I have friends who have washed their fitbit and stuck it in a bag of rice and it came back to life weeks later. So if you can remember not to put it in the washing machine, you are good to go. For more information about a fitbit here is their website http://fitbit.com .

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Change up your workout routines.

I have a lot of fitness friends and I have a lot of friends who struggle with weight loss. I myself, have struggled with weight loss and know how it feels to get frustrated with the scale not moving at all or worse, going up. Yea it sucks and yes I have experienced it happening to me a lot. Sometimes I have wanted to throw in the towel and give up. But if I did that when the scale was seriously "smoking crack or lying to me", I would not be where I am today. Our body is a machine that you have to fuel and maintain. With that being said, workouts have to be challenging when you do them and your body gets used to the routine after about 6 weeks. So, you have to change it up or you will not see the results you want. Hi my name is Kate and I am a turbo kick addict! Yes I go to a lot of Turbo kick classes and Hip Hop Hustle as well! But I do lift weights 3x a week. And I am not talking about going to the same weight training class that does the same boring routines every class. I take Lean Extreme which is based off of the product By Chalene Johnson called ChaLEAN Extreme. I am fortunate to take Chalenes Class that she teaches 2x a week and the third day of weights I either will do a piyo class where my body weight is used instead of lifting weights or I will throw in a body pump class here and there. The cool thing about Lean Extreme, is that the class changes every 6 weeks because our bodies get used to the routine and we have to shock our body to get it to see results. Yes I am sore but you know what? I love to be sore because I know I worked the muscles I was focusing on and I know I am progressing even if the scale is not moving or it goes up. I try to go more by how my clothes fit instead of what the evil scale in my bathroom that almost became a casualty of being tossed off my 2nd floor patio because I was so irritated with what it said. When I hit a plateau, I tend to get frustrated that i hit the "wall". So What do I do? I add a class or two that are formats I want to try out or that I like but I just have not gone to in awhile because it will shock my body and help kick the plateau right where it counts thus causing the scale to move down! So, when you hit that wall of a plaateau and you are taking in the right amount of calories based on what you are burning, change up the routine because your body has adjusted to what you are doing. Make sure you take in enough water as well because that is another wrench that will hinder your progress. Want to know what you burn as far as calories go? Get a fitbit or something like it like a bodybugg or a nike fuel band. I say fitbit because its 100 bucks and the website is not a fee based site like the bodybugg. I love my fitbit because I can put in my food and it exercise and it will tell me how many calories I can eat for the day based on how many lbs I want to lose per week. It is handy too because it will tell me how many calories I can eat to the minute of the day meaning if I have a little too many calories in my lunch, after I journal it on the fitbit site, it will tell me if I am in the goal zone of if i ate too much and this is based on the calories I am burning that day. What do you do when you hit the plateau wall?

The circus is coming to town!

Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey are coming to town and once again it sounds like a show stopping good time! This Year the show is called Dragons. This show is going to showcase their astounding acts of bravery and astounding athleticism. This sounds like its a mash-up of dragon lore and circus fun! From the Shaolin Kung Fu warriors, the awesome Asian Elephants, the fierce Tigers to the frenzied motorcycle Globe of Steel this show sounds like there is something for everyone in the family to enjoy no matter how old or young they are.





Also when you plan your trip to the circus, be sure to arrive early to check out some of the interactive elements prior to the show. Open 90 minutes prior to show time, ticket holders can tour the animal open house to get up close with the amazing animals - this is the first time ever it has been offered at the Citizens Business Bank Arena and its returning again to the Honda Center.

Plus one hour before every show, guests can visit the interactive All Access Pre-show, free admission is with your ticket! Guests can participate in hands on experiences such as learning juggling and balancing skills, get performer autographs, watch as an elephant paints a one of a kind masterpiece and meet the Ringling Bros. Clowns guaranteed to get the crowd bursting into laughter!


Here are the show dates and times. Also the ticket prices are below.

Wednesday, July 11 – Tuesday, July 17
STAPLES Center, Downtown Los Angeles (1111 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles 90015)
Wednesday, July 11 7:30 PM
Thursday, July 12 12:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Friday, July 13 12:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Saturday, July 14 11:30 AM, 3:30 PM & 7:30 PM
Sunday, July 15 11:30 AM, 3:30 PM & 7:30 PM
Monday, July 16 12:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Tuesday, July 17 12:00 PM & 7:30 PM




Friday, July 20 – Tuesday, July 24
Citizens Business Bank Arena (4000 Ontario Center Parkway, Ontario, CA 91764)
Friday, July 20 7:30 PM
Saturday, July 21 11:30 AM, 3:30 PM & 7:30 PM
Sunday, July 22 11:30 AM, 3:30 PM & 7:30 PM
Monday, July 23 12:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Tuesday, July 24 7:30 PM

Friday, July 27 – Sunday, August 5
Honda Center (2695 E. Katella Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92806)
Friday, July 27 7:30 PM
Saturday, July 28 11:30 AM, 3:30 PM & 7:30 PM
Sunday, July 29 1:30 PM & 5:30 PM
Wednesday, August 1 1:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Thursday, August 2 10:30 AM & 7:30 PM
Friday, August 3 1:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Saturday, August 4 11:30 AM, 3:30 PM & 7:30 PM
Sunday, August 5 11:30 AM, 3:30 PM & 7:30 PM

Tickets:
$20, $26, $42 (VIP), $70 (Front Row) and $100 (Circus Celebrity)
Opening Night tickets are $12 (not valid for VIP or premium tickets)
All seats are reserved; tickets available thru , charge by phone at 800-745-3000 or visit the
venue box office.
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There is a deal on tickets that I can share with you:

You can get four tickets for 60 dollars with Code "mom" at this deal is not valid on Circus Celebrity, Front Row and VIP seats. No Double Discounts and Additional Fees may apply.

Ju-Ju-Be Bags OMG I DIE!

OK So if you are on the market for diaper bags or just a bag in general that is great to take to the beach, I know just the bag you need. As a mom of four kids two of them being twins, I know a thing of two about Diaper bags meaning which ones you need and which ones are functional. Ju-Ju-Be is just that functional and fashionable! When I saw the Be Right Back bag It was instant love when I was pregnant with Abbie and Maddie. One of the big reasons was the purple paisley print and the other reason was, all the pockets and sections. Anyway I was posting this because they have a contest coming up for Earth day! I want to share this video with you so you can see all the pretty bags they make. I am posting this because I will be entered to win one of the totally awesome Ju-Ju-Be Bags and if I win I can pick whatever bag I want even in their Earth Leather line! OMG I am so excited! If you know me, you know I love bags and you also know I have a Be set in Midnight Eclipse ,and the Be Right Back bag in Purple Paisley. I am not allowed to buy another bag but if I win one Hubs cant stop me from having another bag and there is a bag or two or ten I am so wanting. And you can check their site out too after you see the video.

Hey all I am back to this fitness blog.

OK So I have not posted on here in a long time. I had to lick my wounds for a bit after being told I am no longer a mamavation mom. I cried and was devestated. Ultimately I had to sit there and wonder why. What did I do? Why was I not losing the weight? What was wrong with me? Well between last Feb-March 2011 and July 2011 I gained a lot of my weight back and was all the way up to 220lbs. I had a pity party all the way to Camp Do More aka Camp turbo kick. When I went to camp which is the most awesome experience ever and I highly recommend it, I met some great people and we worked out three times a day and then we had some camp team competitions which was cool. But the best part of camp was not the workouts, fashion show, shopping, or team competition. No the best part of camp was the lectures from Chalene Johnson (creator or turbo kick, Piyo, and Hustle as well as the trainer in such DVDs as Turbo Jam, Turbo Fire, and Chalean Extreme and New York Times Best Selling Author of Push) At the time I was listening to the lectures and taking notes but I was seriously in denial about my attitude. The point that was made was something along the lines of how you talk about yourself will come out. Like with me for example, I worked out at the gym 6 days a week sometimes 2-3 workouts and yea the weight was not coming off at all no matter what I did. I used to look at myself in the mirror and say to myself I am going to be fat forever no matter what I do it wont come off and I keep gaining. And guess what? The weight did not come off! It just kept packing on no matter what I ate or drank and no matter how hard I worked out at the gym. When I finally realized what I was saying to myself was detrimental to what I was trying to accomplish for myself. The whole camp ordeal was so much fun but I was so uncomfortable within my own skin to enjoy it completely because of my negative attitude and self talk that had been hindering me from accomplishing my goals of losing all 70lbs of baby weight from my twins before my 35th birthday. But now after camp, I started looking at myself and saying how beautiful I was and telling myself that no matter what, the fat is going down! Two months after camp, I had lost 25lbs! Yea 25lbs! I was not going to be a prisoner in my fat suit any longer so I made a accountability statement in the 2012 Camp Do More Facebook group saying that by July 2012 when I come to Camp Do More in Anaheim California, I will be 160lbs meaning a 60lb weight loss. I had to do it so I have 700 people behind me and making sure I am going to get where I need to be. Because when you set out to do something you have to make a public declaration and what was more public than Facebook? Not only did I say this on the Camp Do More Facebook page, I also tweeted it and put it out there onto my personal Facebook page. At the time I was so scared to make the declaration that I almost did not do it but I thought about it and said you know what its time to take the plunge and do it! I was tired of being fat and unhappy. It was time to be accountable and stop blaming it all on my water retention and whatever else I was blaming at the moment. So Fast forward to now April 11 2012, guess how much weight I have lost? !0? 20? 30lbs? Nope! Today I am 50lbs lighter and I have my success because I changed my mindset and some of my diet. I read a book, I took a 30 day challenge, and I got real with myself. And I have lost 50lbs. I have changed my attitude and that is the biggest thing anyone can ever do when they are stuck. I now look at myself with 10lbs left of my goal to lose before camp and say hey fat you are going down! It's time for the fat to die! And When I go to Camp Do More at 160lbs I will have another goal to set for myself. Maybe this post will help one person realize that until you are ready in your own head, you will not lose the weight, no matter how well you eat and how hard you workout or what supplements you take, you will be a prisoner in your own body until you realize you are beautiful and give yourself the credit you deserve. It is ok to be selfish if you are fighting for your life.

Americas Family Pet Expo is coming to town!

Yay! I am so super excited about the America's Family Pet Expo coming to town not only because its super fun and exciting, but this year the theme is a Salute to Hollywood pets!

“Salute to Hollywood Pets” – Expo guests can meet the four-legged and feathered stars and learn about the roles pets play in television and movies. See Angel and Rusco who star as Chloe and Papi from Disney’s “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” franchise, Stella from “Modern Family”, Uggie from the Academy-Award winning film, “The Artist,” Yakult from ABC’s “Surburgatory,” Charlie the cat from Disney Channel’s “A.N.T. Farm”, Owen the cockatiel from Disney Channel’s “Austin & Ally”, and Suzie Q who portrays Jim on CBS’ “Mike & Molly,” plus others!

How neat is that? And you can see Olympic Gold Medalist, Best Selling Author and Dancing with the stars champion Kristi Yamaguchi Saturday April 21, 2012 from 1:30 til 3pm for her book signing and meet and greet. The book signing is for her book "It's a Big World, Little Pig" which is a sequel to her children's book "Dream Big Little Pig" which spent 7 weeks on the NY times Best Sellers list in 2011. Kristi will be speaking of her career followed by an autograph signing and photos with Pet Expo Guests!

And if you didn't know, this years pet expo is going to allow dogs to come to the Pet Expo For "Fido Friday Aptil 20 from 10am - 6pm. See the pet expo website for more details.

Here are a couple more highlights from the pet expo site:

Reptile Show and Sale – From lizards, snakes, to tarantulas, Expo guests will have the opportunity to interact with hands-on demonstrations, educational seminars, touching and holding.
Animal Acts and Entertainment –
Reptile Show & Sale - CFA-Iams Ambassador Cat Program - Avian Actors of Hollywood on Stage - JUMP! The Ultimate Dog Show - Dog Training With Renee - Splash Dogs - Police and Protection Dog Demonstrations - Pet Adoptions - Kid’s Aquarium Contest - Fish Toss - The Aquatic Experience - Adoption Dog Grooming Demonstrations - Hollywood Parade of Animals.

So If you are just as excited as I am to go to pet expo this year here is some ticket information:

General Admission, $12.00; seniors 60 and over, $10.00. Children 6-12, $6.00. 5 yrs and under, free. Save $2 off general admission tickets by purchasing in advance online. Active military FREE with ID.

Also here are the operating hours of the Expo:

- Friday, April 20 - 10am-6pm

- Saturday April 21 – 10am-7pm

- Sunday, April 22 – 10am-6pm

For more information check out the America's Family Pet Expo Website at



And for the big suprise for you! I have a 4 pack of tickets to give away to attend the pet expo! Enter to win below! Just leave a comment below on what you are most excited to see at pet expo! Also you can get extra entries for following me on twitter, and supplying a mailing address




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I was given tickets to the America's Family Pet Expo in exchange for this post from the World Pet Association, Inc., a 60-year-old nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting responsible pet care who produces the America's family pet expo.