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Summit of Big Deer Mtn Groton, Vermont Fall 2008
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Fostering Mindfulness: A Journal
02/24/09
I did it ! I went to the big, unfamiliar mall and walked, walked, walked. I walked so fast I could feel my body wanting to cross over into a run...and I am NOT a runner!
Here's the proud list for today, and remember...I usually worry BIG time about what people are thinking of me:
1.) Did a warm-up and a cool-down loop...and I feel really visable when I go slow.
2.) I kept my head up the entire time ...
Fostering Mindfulness: A Journal
02/24/09
I did it ! I went to the big, unfamiliar mall and walked, walked, walked. I walked so fast I could feel my body wanting to cross over into a run...and I am NOT a runner!
Here's the proud list for today, and remember...I usually worry BIG time about what people are thinking of me:
1.) Did a warm-up and a cool-down loop...and I feel really visable when I go slow.
2.) I kept my head up the entire time and made some eye contact. (Discovered that some people had seen me doing laps and were encouraging...wow!)
3.) Did 5 miles in 1 hour, 16 minutes
4.) Pace got so quick that I could feel my body wanting to break into a run (and I am NOT a runner!)
5.) Got really brave and did a running sprint in one of the less traveled exit hallways. Did it two other times! And yes, normally I would have worried about the cameras even seeing me.
6.) Wore the heart rate monitor and burned 786 calories!
7.) Went for broke and even stretched...in the mall!
8.) Asked customer service the mileage (hard for me to even ask) and walked the food court (harder to be seen near food...what will people say?!) as it was part of the measured loop.
HUGE Snoopy Happy Dance... Join me!
Like I said, it's great when my inner-voice can be quiet and helps me to do things I normally aren't brave enough to do.
02/21/09
I'm a few pounds shy of a 40 pound loss since weighing 290 on January 1st of 2008. I'm still trying to get my head around the fact that I'll will be over 1/3 of the way toward my (flexible) goal weight of 180... all while feeling so excited and amazed at the new opportunities I'm experiencing with the lifestyle changes I continue to make. I've become less frustrated and more hopeful as I've learned more about how my body loses weight. A lot of that came from daily weigh-ins, charting and graphing.
02/11/09
Part of becoming healthier is learning how to establish boundaries and letting go of things you aren't meant to own. I was able to identify something I need to let go of today.
02/10/09
Packed my MP3 just in case my walking buddies didn't show, and actually looked forward to the chance to push myself physically (walk 15 minute miles) and emotionally (look at people as I pass them, and not their shoes!). Got the chance to do it as the buddies canceled, and really enjoyed it! Starting to feel proud while walking out in public. Especially when I pass the same folks sitting on the same bench for an hour. Before I would have thought, "Oh man, I have to walk past them again. They must see just how fat I am." Today I thought, "I'm here putting my plan into action. What have you done for your health today?" I can't believe this emotional change is starting to take place. Wow.
02/08/09
It is warm and sunny here this morning in Vermont. A rare, and wonderful combination to experience in early February! My first thought was, "Oh, how I want to go snowshoeing!" Quite the contrast to usually celebrating excitement through food automatically. My efforts to enter this lifestyle is opening additional doors of opportunities that I would have otherwise ignored.
02/07/09
I had to park farther away from my eye doctor's building today, due to the Special Olympics Penguin Plunge. I needed to walk about a 1/2 mile downhill towards the waterfront to where my optometrist is, and then turn around to go UPHILL. And yes, it's quite the amazing incline. As I was headed back, a walker in front of me stepped to the side after a few blocks. I must have looked shocked, because she smiled while gasping for breath. I aplogized (even though I promise I wasn't "tailgating"!), smiled, and thanked her....and noticed that *I* wasn't gasping. I had been enjoying the walk, and wasn't thinking if it was difficult or not! Today was a moment of fitness which is becoming embedded in my daily lifestyle. And today was also a moment of progress. Two years ago I would have been the person to step aside.
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. The next thing he'll have to keep an eye on are his boxers. Once I can fit into those comfortably they'll be going in my pj drawer.
