Surprise!

Friday, July 27, 2012

Hubby is coming home early from deployment! I probably won't be very active on here the next few days. I am going to clean up today and he'll be here tonight. We will spend the next few days adjusting and celebrating his return. Can't wait!

  

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Landscaping and life

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

I did not work out today. After spending 2 1/2 hours working in the yard, I decided to give my body a rest.

I'm one of those weird people who actually likes yard work. Something about seeing my hard work create something beautiful is centering for me. My yard was a total nightmare when we first bought this house, especially around back. I knew it had potential, but it will take a long time to get it where I want it. A few trees have been taken out, and years worth of leaves and branches and mulch has finally been cleared away. 10 overgrown bushes have been taken out from the front yard and replaced with prettier, more manageable plants.

I'm watching my yard slowly transform. It's a process. A little work on a consistent basis is bringing out the best in my yard. Everytime I accomplish something in it, I see that it's good and it motivates me to do more. It can be overwhelming at times. But when I make myself just get started, and decide to do just a little, I still see the progress. And slow progress is better than no progress.

It's the same thing with getting healthy. My body is like my yard. An unfinished project with so much potential, and I want it to be the best it can be. But it takes those consistent, little steps to get there. I know that if I can just get started on a workout, I'll see it through to the end. If I just get started planning my meals, I'll eat better that week. If I just get started drinking water first thing in the morning, I'm likely to continue drinking it through out the day.

Look at the potential your body has, and see what steps you can just get started on to push you towards your goal. It only takes a little bit of effort, every day to see progress.

  

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DO4FIT 7/25/2012 9:57PM

wonderful analogy (sp?). Report Inappropriate Comment

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Love this BTW...so needed to read this. Report Inappropriate Comment

Blindsided

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Today has been horribly emotional for me. It feels like the hits just keep on coming. I was feeling so down and I just didn't have a long, energy filled work out in me. So I did 30 minutes of yoga for stress relief.

Being healthy isn't just a physical thing...it's mental. Sometimes you just have to take that time to get your head on straight. And that's what today's work out was for me. Take care of your mind, and you'll be more successful in your efforts to take care of your body.

  

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DO4FIT 7/24/2012 8:19PM

True story. Sorry to hear your day was so horrible. Hope it starts looking up! Report Inappropriate Comment

PEZMOM1 7/24/2012 1:40PM

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Monday's Workout Reflection

Monday, July 23, 2012

Whew! I'm sweating like a man right now! LOL

Today I decided to do a performance workout on the Elliptical. I am SOOOOO proud of myself for how well I did. Here's the breakdown:

Time: 20 minutes
Resistance levels: 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9
Minutes I hit target RPM: 6
Minutes spent at 50 or higher RPMs: 13

Now here is why I'm proud of myself. While I only hit the target RPMs for 6 minutes, that's a new record for me. And one of those minutes the resistance level was 9! I've never been able to do that before. I'm also proud of myself because I was at 50RPMs or higher for over half of the workout. Now that won't seem like much to most people, but for me it's progress. My lungs took a beating from living in a house with toxic mold for years. I stopped working out for a long time because I couldn't do it anymore. So as I'm getting healthy again in a mold free house, I'm slowly working my way back up. To see progress excites me, and makes me want to push myself harder.

  

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way to go! Keep up the good work! Report Inappropriate Comment

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Way to push yourself harder. I'm sure you can keep doing it! Report Inappropriate Comment

Goals for 7/23-7/29 and reflections on the past week

Monday, July 23, 2012

Last week I had a goal of drinking 1 glass of water every day when I first got up. I did great the first few days and then STOPPED! I noticed a difference in how I felt on the days I started with water vs the days that I forgot. On days that I didn't drink water, I carried around a headache all morning. My migraine medicine dehydrates me at night, and the irony of that is that I wake up with a headache! So water is a must.

My other goal was to blog about the exercises I did. I did that, and I like doing it!

So this week's goals will be to drink a glass of water as soon as I get up each morning, and right before bed each night. I want to continue blogging about my workouts, and I also want to pick one friend to motivate this week. Being healthy is a journey, and you're more likely to stick to it if you are motivating someone else.

Lesson to be learned from this week: Just because you didn't reach a goal doesn't mean you shouldn't keep trying.