I choose to be happy

Tuesday, June 08, 2010

I was reading an article on happiness and there it says that you can choose to be happy. The happiness does not come a fancy car, big house, plasma tv and so on. If we do not look for happiness in our self we will not find it because happiness is there and no were else.

The article also says:

Have you ever decided to be a happy individual ? If not say to your self.

I, "your name", choose to be a happy individual no matter how the weather is, how the world is, or no matter what is happening to me. I have the right to be happy and I know it. I am going to fill my live with positive thinking and I am going to get the happiness and the happiness is going to get me. This is this simple!.

Being happy is a choice to be a happy individual.

  

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YAZMAMA 6/10/2010 9:53AM

THanks so much, I needed to read this today. I've been a little down on myself and your "mantra" has really helped me. I've written it down so I can repeat it every day. You're great, good luck. Report Inappropriate Comment

JLITT62 6/9/2010 5:45AM

I say this often. Of course, I'm not happy all of the time, but most of the time, and there have been plenty of things in the last couple of years that could make me very unhappy -- but what's the point? It's more fun to feel happy! Report Inappropriate Comment

LKEITHO 6/8/2010 10:38PM

You're absolutely right about happiness coming from within. Our own decisions and reactions are what make us happy or not. Like you, I choose to be happy! Report Inappropriate Comment

IRONGRANNIE 6/8/2010 6:18PM

It's really important to see that "things" don't make you happy. It is definitely attitude. Well said, Thankyou. Report Inappropriate Comment

CINDYC53 6/8/2010 12:01PM

Thanks for this great blog! I try to remember those things every day, too - that I can't control other people or situations, only my own attitude and choices... And, I make mental gratitude lists when I need a boost. Report Inappropriate Comment

JOPAPGH 6/8/2010 10:05AM

Good choice! Report Inappropriate Comment

LIBBYFITZ 6/8/2010 9:08AM

Well written! Report Inappropriate Comment

LAURIEANNIE1 6/8/2010 8:35AM

Being happy is most definitely a choice. Report Inappropriate Comment

SHEILA1505 6/8/2010 8:31AM

It's my decision every day when I wake up - and to find the joy and fun in everything I do.Hugs Report Inappropriate Comment

LAURYE 6/8/2010 8:07AM

I like your thinking, but just like eating I have to remember that I have the choice. I can be a block head. Report Inappropriate Comment

NUTRON3 6/8/2010 8:03AM

I too choose happy Report Inappropriate Comment

I went to a running course

Tuesday, June 08, 2010

I decided to go to a running course. I know there is a lot you can read about running but I thought that it would be grate to get some education from a person, and being able to ask the person questions when they came up.

The course is two nights (2x3 hours) and one time where we go outside and he watch us run, and he will teach us stuff.

My first class was yesterday and I learned a lot! He was telling us how to find out what pace we should run in a tempo run, slow run, normal run and stuff like that for our self. And he explained the purpose and what all these run's were.

I thought I new it all, but I guess I didn't heheheh :)

He also thought us to read exercise plans, and make plans for us and he also talked a lot about Lactic acid (milk acid) and how we should train to make our milk acid threshold higher.

I didn't know that you could go for a blood test to find out where your threshold is, but there were also some study in the University of Iceland were some students made a test that you can just do on the Tread Mill and they say it is more accurate then the blood test :)

Guess what I am going to do on my TM heheheh :)

What I found out from these course is that I am running to fast when I am running my slow runs and I look forward to try to run slower hehehe.. On next Monday I will learn how to use a heart rate monitor when I am running and he tells me that by using that I will get more from my exercise.

Pretty cool!

  

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TEMPEST272002 6/8/2010 12:15PM

Wow! Sounds like a great class! I wish I could come too! Report Inappropriate Comment

TEMPEST272002 6/8/2010 12:15PM

Wow! Sounds like a great class! I wish I could come too! Report Inappropriate Comment

JLITT62 6/8/2010 5:32AM

Sounds exciting! It will be interesting to see how it all effects your running. Report Inappropriate Comment

IRONGRANNIE 6/8/2010 5:31AM

That sounds really good! I would love to do something like that! Report Inappropriate Comment

Oatmeal

Monday, June 07, 2010

Last week I started to eat Oatmeal for breakfast. I always had one toast with cheese, butter and a Coffey (with milk).

People around me have been telling me how oatmeal is good for you, it is healthy, cheep and easy to make. I gave people a rather uninteresting look when they mentioned the word Oatmeal and I stopped listen :)

But my friend told me to buy frozen unsweetened blueberries and put vanilla and cinnamon in the oatmeal with a slash of agave syrup and salt and try that.

Guess what! I like it!

I was reading that Oatmeal may help lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of hart disease.

It can help you control your weight (because you do not need that much to get full)

It is natural!! and that is a good thing and it has a wide array of vitamins, minerals and antioxidant.

I like how quick it takes a oatmeal to get ready and it is convenient to store it and cook it.

What I like best is that I eat 150 less calories now in the mornings :) :) :) and I am not hungrier :)

Hey.. I bought myself a new running jacket yesterday :) :) :)

  

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IMSMILEY88 6/8/2010 8:31AM

That jacket does look great! And, I'm going to try some oatmeal at lunch today. Report Inappropriate Comment

GRACEISENUF 6/7/2010 1:04PM

Oatmeal is great isn't it? Love the new jacket...you look SO good! Report Inappropriate Comment

CINDYC53 6/7/2010 12:47PM

I also love oatmeal! We eat it every morning when it's cool outside - and I am planning to keep it on the menu this summer, though probably not every day... I make ours with cinnamon, chopped apple, sometimes a couple spoonfuls of applesauce for sweetening, and usually some frozen blueberries, too. SO healthy! You look so cute in your jacket! Report Inappropriate Comment

REDDOGMOM 6/7/2010 11:40AM

Yay for you for liking oatmeal. I have tried and tried to eat it and just can not deal with the texture. Report Inappropriate Comment

JUNEPA 6/7/2010 11:34AM

oatmeal is an awesome way to start the day. Report Inappropriate Comment

CODEMAULER 6/7/2010 9:49AM

Great jacket! I've been adding dried fruit, crushed walnuts, cinnamon and a bit of honey to my oatmeal. That's fuel well into the day for me! Report Inappropriate Comment

JLITT62 6/7/2010 7:27AM

Very cute jacket! I love oatmeal in the winter when it's cold. And right now I eat overnight oats -- I mix 1/3 cup oats with 1 tbsp almond butter, 1 mushed-up banana, & 1 tbsp chocolate agave nectar. Then I put it in a warm oven for half an hour in the morning -- altho many eat it straight out of the fridge. Report Inappropriate Comment

SHEILA1505 6/7/2010 6:53AM

I love oatmeal - without the agave - just berries, or banana or kumquats and Fat Free milk. Have to be careful with my portion size tho as I like it so much - have started measuring it carefully (boring! but necessary) and yes - feel full for longer hugs Report Inappropriate Comment

MUSIC66 6/7/2010 6:31AM

i love my oatmeal here in australia you can buy oat meal to cook in the microwave it takes 90 second to cook and youcan get any flavour like honey apple and cinnimon . Report Inappropriate Comment

LIBBYFITZ 6/7/2010 6:28AM

I am glad you like oatmeal, I do too, but the type we get in Santiago doesn't have the same taste as what I get in Australia! Very frustrating! Might try the added fruit trick and see if that helps. Report Inappropriate Comment

Pictures from the race and official time

Friday, June 04, 2010

Well it was close to 32:59, but the official time is 32:58 from the 5k race yesterday, and I was fifth last, not fourth hehe :)

The photographer took fun pictures :) and here they are :)







And here is my daugher (from the right, the taller one) but she got the time 31:45 :)

  

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GRACEISENUF 6/6/2010 9:31PM

AWESOME JOB AND GREAT PICS! Report Inappropriate Comment

MUSIC66 6/6/2010 9:27PM

great pic for the 5k Report Inappropriate Comment

THINSPARKLE 6/6/2010 11:24AM

#47 gets another TROPHY for MOXY! YOU GO GO GO GO GO GIRLS! Report Inappropriate Comment

LKEITHO 6/4/2010 11:06PM

Great pictures! Looks like you were having fun! Report Inappropriate Comment

IRONGRANNIE 6/4/2010 7:14PM

Wow! What a speedy group! Great pics. You look so happy. Report Inappropriate Comment

JUNEPA 6/4/2010 10:56AM

wow, fast pack. I just ran a 5k and 32:59 would be in the top 25 percentile of the race. In mine there were runners and walkers with the fastest being 18:49 and the walkers being around an hour, but lots of racers were between 30 and 60 minutes http://www.raceh eadquarters.com/results/2010/ru n/RunForWater5k2010.html Comment edited on: 6/6/2010 3:14:23 PM Report Inappropriate Comment

CODEMAULER 6/4/2010 10:37AM

Always with a smile - you are an awesome motivator!!! Report Inappropriate Comment

LIBBYFITZ 6/4/2010 9:41AM

for sharing and well done! Report Inappropriate Comment

KAYALI 6/4/2010 8:55AM

Congrats, love the pics!!! Report Inappropriate Comment

RSWIFE 6/4/2010 8:09AM

Congrats on your 5K! Loved the pics! Report Inappropriate Comment

JOPAPGH 6/4/2010 7:55AM

Nice pics! Report Inappropriate Comment

SHEILA1505 6/4/2010 6:11AM

Awesome - well done! Bet you feel proud of yourself??!! Hugs Report Inappropriate Comment

My 5k race tonight, got my personal best :)

Thursday, June 03, 2010

WOW this race was fast! I was third last through the finish line but it was a PB for me!! So it was really really really fast hehehe :)

I knew some people there and because the route was 2.5 and then turn I met all the people and we encourage each other to run faster! I also knew the photographer and he said GO GO GO YOU ARE DOING GOOOD GO GO GO heheheh :)

There was this girl I knew that was running her first race and her first 5k, but she got to know the c25k program through my blog and she desided to run her last week in the c25k program by going to this race. She was last through the finish line, but she was really close to me and she finished strong, and guess what! She won a price!!! a chocolate cake for 25 people hahaha :)

She is going to celebrate her 35 years old birthday next week so she got the cake for it :) Wow she was so happy, and it was a grate thing see her finish the race and seeing how happy she was.

But my PB is daraaaaaaaaaaaaam pace 06:29 or 5k in 32:59! The official time will come tomorrow (I hope) and some pictures hihihi :)

Here is the route, but it was by the coast line and we got the wind in our back the first 2.5k and then in our face when we were running after the turning point :)

  

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JLITT62 6/4/2010 5:48AM

Excellent job! I'd be ecstatic with that time -- in fact, if I did 40 min. tomorrow I'd be darn happy. No matter what the time, I intend to enjoy myself. Report Inappropriate Comment

LKEITHO 6/3/2010 10:25PM

Congratulations on a great run, and on inspiring your fried to get out there, too! Report Inappropriate Comment

USFBULL 6/3/2010 8:16PM

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BARBIETEC 6/3/2010 5:58PM

Thank you! In every race I go to I think of SparkPeople and all the people here that has encourage me to go further and keep going! Thank you SP!!! Report Inappropriate Comment

ELYMWX 6/3/2010 5:56PM

Great job! Report Inappropriate Comment

CODEMAULER 6/3/2010 5:46PM

This is so fabulous - all your success in May is rolling right into June! Report Inappropriate Comment

AUNTIE65 6/3/2010 5:44PM

Congrats! You are getting FAST! Report Inappropriate Comment

L3DESIGNS 6/3/2010 5:37PM

Great job! Report Inappropriate Comment