January 2013

Thursday, January 03, 2013

Its been awhile since I blogged on here although I up date my personal one on a regular basis.

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So here at Sparkpeople I have been working on my health for nearly a year.
February will be my first anniversary.

I've changed my eating habits and exercise (I didn't really before)
So far I have lost 6 kilograms, that's 13.2 lbs.

Its a new year I don't want to make new year resolutions but concentrate onmy goals.
One I have made every year is to keep the weight off I lose. Funny I always managed that because I never lost anything.

So as part of my goals for this year it will be a reality - to keep the 6 kgs off and I want to lose more.

Winter saw me hide in side and not doing any outside exercise and I didn't find anything to replace it.
But seeing how far I have come already I am determined to keep reaching new goals and from what I have done I know making small ones will help me achieve them.

This year I want to lose 13 pounds which is just under another 6 kgs. It is a challenge one of the spark teams I am on are doing.
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Being part of a team helps to be accountable and so able to achieve. Tracking food and fitness also makes me accountable but also helps me to see where I have fallen short but be encouraged by what I achieve.

When I reach this target I will be well over half my desired weight loss.

2013 is going to see me sparking

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Jogging along...

Monday, May 14, 2012

I belong to a forum where one of the members has trained over the last year and is now running some half marathons. My eldest daughter does too.
I would often think "wouldn't it be nice to go out for a jog"...and if I tried about 30 seconds later I would be huffing and puffing and stop/stagger along for a bit then give up.

One of the reasons for joining Sparkepeople for me, was to loose weight and gain fitness and a trimmer, healthier me.
I didn't think about the jogging.

But I have been working on some of the goals and two weeks ago completed the 5k Walk Your Way on 5/6/2012. I am now working on the 5K Your Way Walk/Jog Plan and today completed day 6 which was Walk for 4 minutes, then jog for 1 minute. Repeat 5 more times. (Total workout time: 30 minutes) and I also walked for 5 minutes either side as a warm up and cool down type thing.

It was raining off and on and I had struggled with what I would do if I needed to get out and exercise and it was raining but I found it was OK. In fact it was fun. I kept thinking "when I get home I am going to have a lovely hot shower".
I did and gave myself a pedicure as well.

I just love what Sparkpeople is doing to me and my motivation.

I don't know if I will be running any marathons but I may well be doing a bit of jogging in the future!!

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Where I started from

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Even though I really don't like the size I have become I have decided to post a photo taken at my nieces wedding of me. (Jan 6 2012)
It shows how big I have become and it will be a reminder as I lose the weight and gain the fitness that this is how far I have come from.

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Three steps forward and one step back

Friday, February 24, 2012

Today has been a day of non stop activity and I have not had time to do any exercises. But I know not to punish myself over it.
Each new day is a new start and although tomorrow seems busy too all morning, the afternoon will be free to do the things I want, which will be to get out and walk and get my exercises done.
With this new programme I am keen to succeed and make it work. I know I can it just means small beginnings and learning, watching and changing the things I do for good choices.
Its one of those classic three steps forward and one step back but each time the overall affect is getting closer to the goal.
And the goal isn't to just loose weight it is to gain control of what I do to my body so I can love myself making it healthy, fit and something I am proud of... why?... because I have done it myself.

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The choices we make

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Well I have been following the programme and I must admit I don't eat well or exercise much. But instead of being down on myself, like I would have been in the past I can now see what I am eating, the good and the bad and make good choices to improve. I am not going to be hard on myself but spend the rest of this week discovering more about this website and putting some basic plans that are achievable in place.

I think in the past I have tried to diet on my own and in my own thinking, into losing a couple of kilos and then just fall back and forget.

The wonderful thing about this site is that everything I eat and the limited exercise I do is tracked for me so I can see the good and the bad it is for my body.

I am actually getting excited to see what I can do and it all seems more like I will succeed.

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