Todays Goals

Saturday, January 05, 2013

Ok, real quick here they are:

Do 30 minutes of Pilates- the P57 Arm and AB Booster. Not a ton of time, but will still be hard since Im on my own the whole day with baby :)

Eating healthy- tonite I get a bit of a treat with a giant bowl of popcorn, I factored in the calories already. So thats exciting. Getting any food in my mouth today however will be hard since, again, Im on my own, and its hard to put baby down long enough to get my meals together. Thankfully that is accounted for in how we shop- we have a lot of quick, healthy, easy-to-eat one handed foods around. At the least I can get in babybel cheese, carrots, snap peas, apple hummus and crackers :) Anyway, it will be important to eat because otherwise my blood sugar plummets and Im likely to go for something unhealthy to quickly get it back up. Got to eat to loose!

ACE work- ok so I DIDNT do 12 pages yesterday, but I did cover two body systems in the book. So today my goal is tackle ONE section (but its looong) on the Skeletal system.

Anything else I do is just brownie points (read: laundry, dishes, etc.)

Happy Sparkling!

  

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DALID414 1/5/2013 2:00PM

'Easy to eat one handed foods' that is a tough one! I packed soup for work yesterday and didn't have time to sit down to eat it with my sandwich (I managed to eat that one bite at a time in between running around!). Report Inappropriate Comment

LINDA! 1/5/2013 11:41AM

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AZMOMXTWO 1/5/2013 11:01AM

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Quick Blog on Today's Goals

Friday, January 04, 2013

Today I had planned on doing 45 minutes of kickboxing in the morning, but my husband has to go take care of an emergency, so I will wait to do my workout till later. It may be that I do the shorter pilates workout today and kickboxing tomorrow instead.

To ensure that I get SOME activity in, Ill have another dance party if baby is willing.

I would amaze myself if I got through 12 pages in my Essentials of Exercise Science book- shouldnt be too hard since Ive had to read this chapter before, a long time ago.

I also as usual want to commit to healthy night time noshing- EVEN if the baby is fussing and crying and doesnt want to go to sleep :) I sometimes use the fact that Im still up soothing him at 10:00pm to justify more than my share of snacking.... But how does that help me towards my goal?? Instead I can snack on a Kind bar, or oatmeal, an apple, or cheese. :)

ALso, Id like to get in a shower today. Yes, as a new mom that has to be a conscious goal, haha :)

  

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C-MERRIE11 1/4/2013 11:02AM

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Having the Why-how

Thursday, January 03, 2013

Setting goals is a hard job. Why else the endless talk in articles, speeches, etc. on how to set goals that will get you where you want to go? In other words it requires some know-how. Its a skill in and of itself separate from what you actually want to achieve...

I was encouraged recently by a fellow Sparker about how specific my goals are- encouraging! After all, that's one of the keys of goals setting, is having them be 'specific.' So feeling like I was on the right track- since even with ALL the info out there on good goal setting it can still be hard to tell if you are ACTUALLY being specific, realistic, attainable, timely, etc. in your goal setting- I decided to hone in even further on the goals I set.

And I realized- while I am SPECIFIC about the WHAT, I am still pretty VAGUE about the WHY of those specific goals. I have something in there about being an example to my family, fitness instruction, and a trip to NYC... but let me NAIL the 'WHYS' in:

So WHY do I want to get back to my prebaby weight?

1. Because I want to have MORE babies, and I dont want each pregnancy gain to just build on the last. Multiple pregnancies and failure to loose the weight is associated with increased gain later in life (something I learned in my PT studies)... so get it off before you go again!

2. Because I have a closet (um... several...) FULL of lovely clothes- including my favorite grey corduroy mini skirt that I wore day in and day out, with boots, flats, heels, sneakers. Id rather not have to give the lot to Salvation Army. Ok, so I should probably give Sooome of it to Salvation Army, but I dont want to be giving it away because Ill never be able to wear it again. I accept that my body may not be exactly the same as it was before, and the clothes may fit differently, but I want most of them to still fit... especially that mini skirt.

3. Because Ill have to work HARD to get there- which means Id have done intense CARDIO and really worked my pilates skills.... which means I could do cardio hard or pilates hard for an hour which you NEED to be able to do when leading others. Trust me! When I was teaching Zumba and Pilates regularly I had to BRING it so that my class would actually be working hard enough. If I want the class at like a 6 or 7, Id have to be at a 10... My strength and endurance suffered during my pregnnacy (I'm really ok with that!) BUT I need to be rebuild it so that I have the OOmph! to be a kick-butt instructor. Gotta Kick my own butt before I can kick anyone elses again :)

4. Dance... Am I professional? No. No! Heck no. Have I danced for money? Yup. Ok, that sounds wrong. What I mean is that I've had gigs- and if I want anymore, I gotta look the part. Its NOT easy to get gigs, especially if you havent studied dance since wearing a diaper and if you went to school for something entirely different. SO it really helps to look the part- which means small, lean and easily lift-able. Again I am no dance superstar, no prima here, no blackswan ;) I have no delusions. But Id be livin the dream to do a few more gigs :) So besides just LOOKING the part, and apart from just the dance skills themselves, it helps to be fit as h3!!- makes you more versatile, able to stretch more, do more, last longer, hold form better, etc etc.

5. My baby boy- I want him to see me treating my health with respect and care. Which means not being obbssessive, but taking it SERIOUSLY and having FUn doing so... SO I am setting a program that is FUN for me :) and that will get me fit. I hope when he gets older hell find being active and eating healthy foods to be rewarding, fun and just down right normal and natural. Omg, I love him so much....


So there you have it. Having the Why-how to meet my goals!

  

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Wasting No Time!

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Ok- so I have about 20lbs to go till Im back to my prebaby weight. and I definitely dont want that to take longer than it has to because Im too scared to make fitness a priority.

My husband would laugh if her heard me say that I need to make fitness more of a priority- because I LOVE fitness and am working hard to get to it... BUT the reality is that there a significant ways that I still dilly dally and dottle when I could be kicking some caloric butt.

My biggest challenge right now is pulling myself away from my dear baby- I feel SO guilty even just being in a different room than him... and more than just guilt, I really dont want to miss a minute of his precious life. And i feel sometimes that even ten minutes could mean i miss a moment i can never have back.

however, what good am i to him if im not also taking care of myself (read: eating, showering and exercising)? i mean, i dont need to be the one cuddling him through ever nap- i know daddy is more than pleased to hold him without me hovering around 'just in case' (first time mom here....)

This week i give myself permission to step away from him to do exercise- ten minutes at least each day.

Yay!

And Ill thank him for the time :)

  

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LINDA! 12/30/2012 10:11PM

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ASOBFALLS 12/29/2012 10:39PM

Good start... Do the ten minutes each day. Report Inappropriate Comment

BABY_GIRL69 12/29/2012 8:44PM

That is definitely a start.... God bless, Dee Report Inappropriate Comment

SSPPPPPPPPPPPPPRiiiinG!!

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

I am LOVING this warm weather, you?

Spring means a lot of things this year. Both my husband I receive our graduate degrees, we find new jobs, and I'm aiming to be both ACE and Zumba certified by mid-June.

If I think back to where I was a year ago I just have to feel really warm and fuzzy inside. A year ago this time exactly I would have been feeling guilty for binges, feeling out of control and never feel like I could exercise enough. I would be all pent up with difficult feelings and would be feeling pretty helpless.

I haven't binged in ages now. I have learned new ways to express my feelings. Is it perfect? Nope. But for right now it's good enough for me :)

xoxo
Thanks so much Spark!

  

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JELLEN726 4/14/2011 9:02AM

Yay for positive attitudes. I am so glad you are figuring out what you love and going down a great path. Happy Spring Report Inappropriate Comment

NPA4LOSS 4/12/2011 10:23PM

You are Sparking now my friend! Report Inappropriate Comment

MISS_FIT_ 4/12/2011 8:55PM

sounds perfect to me!!! so great that you managed to accomplish so much in one year! can't imagine how excited you must be to finish grad school!! Report Inappropriate Comment

PRINCESS_TWISTY 4/12/2011 7:13PM

All your hard work (both mentally and physically) over the past year is obviously paying off. It's good to hear that you're now happy and healthy, and looking toward the future =) Report Inappropriate Comment

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