Healthy Weekend planned

Friday, October 01, 2010

Ok, we have a Marching Band competition tomorrow --(all day trip)

I'm going to the store tonight for healthy food to take with me. I found lots of good ideas on Spark and through SP friends. At these places all you can buy are hotdogs, nachos, pizza, baked goods, etc... everything that's yucky for you!

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5K - wonderful time with my son

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Saturday my son, Anthony (21) and I participated in a 5k. We had to walk it because of my Plantar fasciitis and heel spur. I had really anticipated being able to do a 10k by this time. My FIT challenge - this was my goal. Well, sometimes we have to modify our goals.

Anthony was wonderful - he kept pace with me the whole time, I'm sure he would have loved to just get up and run the whole thing and not keep pace with his old mom! It was in a beautiful place called Cedar Lake Farms. They hold a lot of weddings and other events there. The weather was awesome also! The only thing not wonderful was that it had rained the night before and as this course went through woods, fields and other non-paved areas we had some muddy spots and wet spots! Our feet were soaked through within minutes. But that did not matter! It was so beautiful out and it was nice to spend time with my son. We talked the whole way.

We did get off course a couple of times (actually probably walked an extra 1/2 mile or so) because we were busy talking and missed some of the signs! What we were cracking up about so much was that there was an older man ahead of us when we started and we were determined to pass him, but he kept cheating! He would cut corners and not stay on the whole path! Then when we totally missed a turn and finally realized it and went back, the people who were way behind us were now of course in front of us. That just made us pick up our pace!

Anth had to rein me in a couple of times... I was itching to run but he'd say... now Mom... you aren't supposed to do that. We finished in about 51 minutes (of course we went in the wrong way to the finish line and didn't see our actual finish time! LOL). Not too bad for all the hilly terrain, muddy paths and wrong turns!

One of the gals we walked with took our picture - so I hope she sends it to me soon so I can add it here!

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Reflections

Monday, September 27, 2010

I'm finishing up 3 challenges and starting 2 new ones! As I've been thinking about my past year, give/take a bit on Spark I really have changed my whole lifestyle. I think in different terms. Now, when I eat... I think about having to track that on my Spark Tracker... not that that always keeps from eating something I shouldn't but at least I do think about it more.

One of the challenges I am finishing up asked us for several things over the past 7 weeks - we tracked our freggies, water, strength training, fitness minutes - you name it! We've tracked it and I just love it. It just makes you more aware of what you have going on in your life and more accountable. This week's challenge was to BLOG about your past year or so at Spark, come up with new Ideas for upcoming challenges, try out a new recipe and clean out your frig or pantry.

Well, I decided to tackle the frig first! So here's a pic of my clean frig, stocked with mostly good stuff!


I also posted a new recipe and so far, haven't come up with a new challenge idea...but working on that!

My new challenges are with the Done Girls WIN (Winter is Near) Challenge and Determined Daisy's (lose 5% challenge). I'm so into both of them and know that both of them will challenge me in different ways!

October 1st starts our Bootcamp Accountability month - they always have wonderful challenges and goals! I loved last months challenges - they went by the Days of the Week. Example: Thirsty Thursdays (drinking lots of water!). October is new challenges that have to do with being on a train - starting with the caboose & making your way up 10 cars. I'm looking forward to that also!

I stepped into a couple of leadership roles this past month or so, so that's been challenging also. I hope that I can do justice to the positions I've accepted.

I really want to be more consistant with my workouts and diet. I seem to yo yo back and forth. I'll do really well for a few days, then have a bad day or so, then back to doing well. That's why I think these challenges will be great for me, will keep me accountable and really really step up my weight loss and healthy lifestyle!

*note* don't look at the date on the picture - I put new batteries in my camera and didn't reset the date - silly me!

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Up for a new Challenge?

Thursday, September 16, 2010

I belong to a wonderful Spark Team called "DONE Being the Fat Girl". If you are interested in joining this team please click on the following link


www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/groups_i
ndividual.asp?gid=9674

I've been participating in the Fun in the Sun (Fits) challenge - you had to sign up for a Virtual Race - bike ride, elliptical, 5k, 10k, etc... We have been doing weekly challenges that have helped us towards these races. I've been the co-leader for the Cute & Shady Sweeties team and have really enjoyed it! I love this team, we really have a great group of gals that really help inspire, support and encourage each other.

We have a new challenge starting up September 25th called WIN (winter is near)! I am really excited to start this new challenge.

If you are interested in joining a great challenge, just do the following: Join the DONE Being the Fat Girl Team (link above) and then clicking on the challenge forum and asking to be added to the challenge. And if you would like to be on the Cute & Shady Sweetie Team - just specify that!

I'm so ready to be a DONE GIRL!

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My Daddy

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

I just wanted to blog today about my father, mother & family.

I'm so thankful that I still have both my parents and I also still have 1 Grandma. My Dad has always provided for us - when we were children and even as adults. As a little girl I did resent the times my Dad was working - he was an over the road trucker - so he was gone alot but I now realize that he was doing it for us!

My Mom really kept the family together now that I look back on it. She was the one who took us to piano lesson, cheerleading practices, volleyball games/practices, early morning band, you name it she made sure we got there! We were never denied a chance to be in something, belong to something, be a part of something just because we couldn't get there.

I am sad now because they are having so many health problems. My Dad just had major back surgery this past Friday. It seems to have been very successful so far. He told me Saturday that he can feel his legs & feet now and haven't been able to in years. Isn't that amazing - that he has had this pain for all these years and still has been a great father, husband and grandfather! He also states that his hips are no longer hurting. He hasn't been able to stand up straight in many many years and we are hoping that he will be able to once the incision has healed. I luckily was able to be there all day while he was in surgery and to help with him afterwards and the next couple days at home.

I am also sad because I believe my Mom has the beginning stages of Alzheimers. My Grandmother (her mother) had this also. I was very fortunate to have my Mom go with me and my daughters on vacation this year to Washington DC. She drove us a bit crazy because of her memory problems but I also feel like this might be one of the last times we will be able to do something like this together. One of my charitable causes is the Alzheimer's Assocation. I am going to do the Memory Walk this Saturday. If you are interested in donating for this, please Spark Mail me and I can send you a link to donate.

I'm really glad that my children are close with their Grandparents and that they are still able to enjoy being with them and doing things with them.

So in closing - I'm just really thankful for my parents and all that they have done for me and I appreciate them so very much!

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