Jumping on the Spark Solution Band Wagon...

Sunday, May 19, 2013

I know... there are LOTS of blogs about this book... and here is mine!

Started reading it yesterday, Saturday. Should be finished in the next couple of days. (Slow reader, coupled with want to absorb it.) SUPER excited about how organized the book is, easy to follow, flexibility and of course doing it with Spark Community Support in Spark Community Fashion!!!! (You know, with love and support for each other!) I have read books like this before, but on my own, trying to motivate myself. YAY Sparks for being the first to have a book that MANY people are reading together, supporting each other!

Kind of brings a tear in my eye... but a SPARK in my... well, butt. MOTIVATED to get my butt in gear!!!

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Argh!

Monday, March 04, 2013

So, my face hurt all last week (I need a root canal and my tooth is in pain) so I did not get on the treadmill once. Not once. Weekly weigh in was yesterday and up .5, after loosing 5. So, it seems that when I run, I loose. When I don't run... I don't loose.

Moral of the storyÉ tonight I am getting my "boot-ay" on that treadmill!

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8 Weeks

Sunday, February 24, 2013

OK, so it has been about 8 weeks since I started my "I Love My Life" program. I feel like 8 weeks is a short time, considering I have my whole like to continue the process. While I am still not tall, thin and blond I feel like I have made some accomplishments.

- I am up to running 1.65 miles, compared to ZERO, which is what I was running 8 weeks ago.
- I am 6 pounds lighter. Not a huge accomplishment, but I will take it!
- I feel more energetic than 8 weeks ago, which is when I could not WAIT to get on the couch for the day.
- I only stop for "junk" breakfast once every two weeks compared to once every other day. (Those BLASTED Speedway Breakfast Sandwiches are too addicting.)

I am NOT done though. In the next 8 weeks I want to:

- Run 3 miles.
- Lose 6 more pounds
- A LOT more fruit and less cheese.
- STAY IN THE WAGON! IN the wagon, BUCKLED up and NOT leaving it.

As for the tall and blond part of my change... NOT going to happen. Buuuutt!!! You take what you can get, right?

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A Little "Health" Poem

Monday, February 18, 2013

Thought my Spark friends would enjoy!


A little “health” poem:

The best six doctors anywhere
and no one can deny it,
are sunshine, water, rest, and air,
exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
if only you are willing;
your mind they'll ease,
your will they'll mend,
and charge you not a shilling.
~Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields, What the River Knows, 1990

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The Conversation In My Head

Monday, February 11, 2013

So, I am NOT a morning person. I said NOT, incase you missed it NOT! I can stay up until 5 am, but can not get up at 5am.

Conversation with my husband last night: "Will you wake me up when you leave for work at 5 tomorrow morning? I want to try running on the treadmill in the morning instead of after work?" SURE he says. (I KNOW what he is thinking... and he is usually right.)

I ask to be woken up not because I actually think I am going to work out but because I felt guilty for not working out the past couple of days and if I "attempt" to get up, then at least I attempted.

The conversation in my head this morning... AT 5!: Well I am awake but tired. If I sleep for 10 minutes, then I can still get 30 minutes on the treadmill. OR... if I sleep for 20, then I can still get my 30, but will not eat breakfast... ORRR!!! You see where this was going. OR... If I get up I can FOR ONCE do what I said I was going to do.

I stayed in my PJs and put on my socks and shoes and started walking.

The conversation on the treadmill 7 minutes into it: WALKING STINKS! I need to jog. I will jog low and slow and maybe try to stay jogging longer than normal. I DID! I DID!

The conversation in my head at noon today: DANG! When I get home today I have to make dinner..... (you know how that conversation goes) ... then I have to try to get a work out.... WAIT! I did 30 minutes including some jogging. I can check that off my list before I even have to feel guilty for not doing it.

Going to try for day two tomorrow. ... maybe even get out of my PJs next time... and have less conversations in my head... (Or at least not share all of them)

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