So, kickstart. New week. New day. New opportunity to make one more healthy choice.
I'm grocery shopping today, and am going to look for some different side dishes. We're bored again. My schedule has changed, too, so I'm hoping the core exercises 4x a week won't feel as hard. I do have a chart, and I work with that, and it was easier in some ways last week with the new schedule, but harder in others.
Challenge Goals: *10 minutes of unplanned exercise five times a week *Gym time twice a week *Socialize at least once every two weeks.
I've done very, very well considering I'm struggling with school.
I have managed to not gain any weight (down to 201.5 this AM), have had at least 5 days of exercise for the last several weeks (including 2 weight days each week), have kept my eating under control, and done better about praising myself for each good thing I do.
I decided I want to put some goals out there for myself:
follow Diana's lead to be able to pass the military fitness test and to be able to run a 5k.
That should give me several big things to pursue that should be far easier than Calculus.
Life is like a roller coaster, with lots of ups and downs, but the curves, spirals, loops and corkscrews are what make life interesting.
My eating is fairly steady. I stray sometimes, and I know I do, but I'm giving myself permission at this time.
Until I find out what's causing my hip/leg/back trouble, exercise is probably off. That's a big bummer. Getting that taken care of is high up on my list - it's also affecting my sleep.
****************** “The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are really good friends.”
i did pretty well this week. i had a tiring day or two with little sleep and lots of stress but only went for an extra handful of nuts on those days, which i consider successful. i feel better about this weekend.altho i don't think the stress is going to let up for a while. lots to think about. just going to take lots of deep breaths and move forward. i do find myself reading this Board more often during these times of stress. it is comforting just to feel connected with you all even tho i may not post anything significant.
Goals: 1. Stop thinking like a chronic dieter and start living to inspire. 2. HALT (hungry, anxious, lonely, tired) I will stop and tune in with myself should I experience these things, and respond with something healthy. 3. One word 2008: courage 4. Eat slow and mindfully.
I haven't posted for quite awhile, life took off and I was trying to keep up. Amazing that even without kids at home, there are still so many obligations to take care of.
At any rate, I've slowed my life down considerably, gotten organized with much of what I have to do, and learned the valuable lesson of prioritizing, what do I WANT to do and what to I HAVE to do. All else is unimportant at this time. Saturday I went for breakfast with a "friend", and got lambasted through the whole hour about my thinking --- my kids are hooked to apron strings, my dog is not a certain breed, my WW success cost me this much money, swimming isn't really exercise, on and on and on. All the while this "friend" was talking about herself and the same areas. No she isn't losing weight or taking care of her diabetes, no her apron strings are tighter, don't care about the breeding of her dogs, she does no exercise at all, and quit every weight loss program, lives on the edge of depression because she was turned down for a gastric bypass because of her depression. For once in my life, I was quiet, didn't argue, didn't evade, just listened....and decided afterwards, if I need a downer I found it, when I need an upper or just a friend, I have others, but this one won't be it. I'll be there when she needs me, but I won't be her doormat to feeling better. It's how I can take care of me. And right now, it IS about me.
It's never too late to get it right.
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