Spark people Unbreakable Resolutions, Jan 8th

Tuesday, January 08, 2013

"Start a journal. This can be a simple notebook or a computer document. Use it to track your progress and record your successes and learn from your mistakes. When you have a bad day, use it to remember why you chose these goals and how far you've come."


At some point, I will actually start blogging again. I don't have a lot to say recently though. Today was the first day back at school-slightly stressful, but apart from that...meh!


**EDIT** I just hit level 16! WOO!

  

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NETTYBREAD 1/8/2013 11:39PM

Love writing. I have a ton of random notebooks the smaller ones that I put stickers on / in too. I love these emoticons... Report Inappropriate Comment

The ABCs of Me-'borrowed' from Eric_Andrew

Monday, January 07, 2013

A - Age: 25
B - Bed size: Queen, apparently
C - Cake or Pie: I make a very popular triple chocolate cake.
D - Drink of Choice: Addicted to diet soda. Love water.
E - Essential start to your day: Marmalade on toast at the moment. Oh marmalade. Like Padington Bear
F - Favorite color: Green
G - Gold or Silver: Silver.
H - Hometown: A little place in Shropshire UK called Wem
I - Instruments: Piano, Violin, flute at a push.
J - Job: Teacher
K - Kids: No, and even though I teach, I don't see it happening
L - Life is incomplete without: Nutella. Or mascara.
M - Music group or singer: Loving me a bit of Panic! At the Disco or FallOut Boy atm.
N - Number of siblings: 1 younger brother
O - Oranges or apples: Apples.
P - Pet peeve: people who are unable to listen to another side of an argument.
Q - Quote: Can I have more than one? "I'd like to take a pill that made me six stone. Then I could eat my way back up to ten. What a great weekend that would be." Jo Brand

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." - Robert Frost

I thank whatever gods may be, For my unconquerable soul. I am the master of my fate I am the captain of my soul.

R - Right or left-handed: Right
S - Season: Summer
T - Tattoos: 3. Not enough.
U - Underwear: Luxury
V - Vegetable you dislike: Leeks. They have no integrity in stews and soups, they just take on the consistency of mushy paper. It's offensive.
W - Worst habit: Biting my nails.
X - X-rays: teeth.
Y - Your favorite food: Lasange. Oh Garfield.
Z - Zodiac sign: Taurus.

  

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JSTETSER 1/8/2013 6:24AM

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NETTYBREAD 1/7/2013 10:36PM

for sharing. *Fascinating* I'm a Taurus-Teacher-Too Report Inappropriate Comment

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WANT2FEELPRETTY 1/7/2013 3:21PM

I like your ABC list. Thanks for letting us know about you. Report Inappropriate Comment

Sparkpeoples 31 days to unbreakable resolutions Jan 7th

Monday, January 07, 2013

"Enlist a diverse support system instead of just one buddy. These people should be encouraging or knowledgeable in helpful ways, whether swapping healthy recipes, exercising with enthusiasm or sharing weight loss tips."

Well, I think we all know where I can find a diverse group of supportive individuals who are able to give me help and advice on almost everything and anything to do with reaching goals, don't we!

  

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Right on and Spark on. Report Inappropriate Comment

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Where?! Just kidding! Woohoo for SparkPeople! Report Inappropriate Comment

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SparkPeople Unbreakable Resolutions Jan 6th. Plus, why my dad thinks I'm 'bitter'.

Sunday, January 06, 2013

"Share your goals with family and friends for invaluable support and assistance. Confiding in them is a powerful motivator for helping you remain consistent and persistent. Some may be willing to modify their own lives to help you giving up soda, or watching the kids while you hit the gym for example."

If I'm honest, my family are not people I would turn to for help in reaching these goals. Both my mother and father are overweight/obese and show no signs of making the decisions to get smaller. They both say that they know what to do, and where they're going wrong, but I have a horrid feeling that it's going to take a serious medical emergency to get them to make the changes. Even me and my little brother, who has made MEGA improvements to his lifestyle and looks WICKED telling them how we feel has little impact. Add to this my dad's latest bug bear with me, that I am not making enough time to go out and find a man and I don't really feel like I want to share with him (We'll come back to that!)

Luckily I have supportive friends to share with, both online and in the non-virtual world. I wanted to say the real world, but actually people on Spark are just as vivid and real to me as people offline. I get just as pleased and proud of my Sparkfriends achievements as I do my offline friends. And because we're all working towards a common goal, I feel I get way more support and love here than offline.


NOW. Back to my dad and me being bitter.

I mentioned in passing to him that I was feeling a bit left out by a friend who had a boyfriend for around a year and still didn't seem to have come out of the honeymoon stage. I said that we didn't spend a lot of time together anymore, and I wished that she would just make a little time for me. Now, I can't repeat a lot of what he said, because it still makes me feel rather mad, but he basically said that unless I got myself a boyfriend, I was going to end up alone, because as my friends paired off and got married, they would all be spending loads of time with their SO rather than me, and I would be left alone and bitter. He said I spent so much time doing other things that I enjoy, that I was sacrificing my future happiness.

I'll just pause to let that sink in for everyone.

I didn't respond then, as it was Boxing Day, and I just didn't need the drama, but these are my counter points:

1-My parents have been divorced for 17 years and my mother has never had a boyfriend since splitting with my dad. She goes on holidays with her friends (two of whom are married) once or twice a year, has a bubbling social life, a ROOM FULL OF SHOES (granted it use to be my bedroom, but there's something I can aspire to-A ROOM FULL OF SHOES) and is very happy and not at all bitter.

2-I'm 25. I have never craved marriage or a boyfriend, not even through my angst filled teenage years. And if I do decide I'd like to settle down....I'm 25. I have loads of time.

3-My father is ridiculous at relationships. The girlfriend he had before his current one was amazing. I loved her, my brother loved her, my mum thought she was great. He messed around on her, and now she's married to a millionaire in Japan. To be lectured on relationships by my father is...urk

Anyway, my point is, this remark really stung and now I am avoiding speaking to my father because of it. I know I should carry grudges but I just need time to be able to speak maturely to my father without bringing it up, or rising to the inevitable 'have you met anyone yet' remark with a biting 'no dad, and my eggs are still ripe' or something along those lines.

I dread to think what will happen when he realises I don't want children.

Families hey!

  

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FUSCHIA6 1/6/2013 6:37PM

#1 be your own best friend! You know what's best for you. You don't have to convince your Dad of anything. His relationship history speaks for its self. He has given you very strong messages about men in relationships - no wonder it isn't all that appealing. I can relate. Report Inappropriate Comment

PRAIRIECROCUS 1/6/2013 5:33PM

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SparkPeople Unbreakable Resolutions Jan 5th

Saturday, January 05, 2013

"Make a realistic timeline to stay on track. Deadlines turn wishes into goals. Give yourself adequate time to complete each action step and choose a date when you hope to reach your overall goal. If you haven't started working on your goal yet, today is the day!"


I already know when my Sprint and Super are, and my reworded goals do say when I want to achieve them, so I think I can say that this step is completed!

I went to www.myasics.co.uk today and generated a new running plan for the Edinburgh half marathon. It's a pretty good site, you put in what sort of distance you're doing, the time you hope to get and then the biggest distance you've done in what time and it generates a plan for you. The one I have is great because through sheer luck it has scheduled my runs on days I don't have other commitments or gym days! I'm hoping to shave 2 minutes off my last time at the Edinburgh half, but 1 minute or even 30 seconds would make me happy too. I'm going to create a workout timetable for the week today and try and think how to incorporate strength training. I hate strength training.

The only problem with the current plan is that it has today and tomorrow as 'rest' days-I don't like rest days too much. I'm thinking I'll get around todays rest by going for a really long walk somewhere.

  

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PRAIRIECROCUS 1/5/2013 5:10PM

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Thanks for sharing! Great info Report Inappropriate Comment

JSTETSER 1/5/2013 6:37AM

Remember that Rest days are important! Do some strength training on those days. http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypa ge_public_journal_individual.as p?blog_id=5191090 Report Inappropriate Comment

PATSYB7 1/5/2013 6:27AM

Thanks for sharing the info on that running site--very helpful! I use "rest" days to cross train--swim, snowshoe, etc. LOL Have a great day! Report Inappropriate Comment