MYRNACARRIER's SparkPeople Blog

Blog#6 of 30 Things to Start doing for yourself

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 23:54:48 EST

Blog #6 Start noticing and living in the present
Okay, so I googled Living in the present. I was informed that if I am not living in the present I am living in an illusion.
(Illusion: a perception that represents what is perceived in a way different from the way it is in reality.)
So, am I living in the present?
I do not have a lot of worry about the things to come in my life. They may never occur because they are in the future.
The reality of my past was painful an...

Blog #5

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:20:51 EST

Blog#5 Start being yourself genuinely and proudly

This is kind of a hard one because of my background but I have made some (hard earned) progress and I refuse to give into the feelings of unworthiness that sometimes come creeping in at unexpected times.
I am worthy and I have spent too much wasted time neglecting this. It has always been a problem of mine that I have carried with me as so much baggage.
It’s too easy to give in to this feeling because many base their w...

Blog#4 of 30 things to start doing for myself

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:44:31 EST

Blog#4 Start making your own happiness a priority
I have come from a background where my happiness was not often considered as I was growing up. Not abused but sort of overlooked. An adopted child with much older brothers and sister my adopted mother died when I was 14 and I felt very lonely thereafter.
I have over the years learned that one can discover their own moments of joy.
I am realizing more and more what it is that I need to make me happy. I now know that it has lit...

Blog #3

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:50:15 EST

Blog#3: Start being honest with yourself about everything
What I am doing right
-I am sticking to my exercise program, walking 2 miles per day (first thing every morning).
- I am burning 211 calories with my walking.
-I am drinking 6 glasses of water per day this week so far.
-I am burning a few more calories at my noon hour monitoring job (at the school) which is one hour per day.
-I am keeping up my blogging even though sometimes I feel like I don’t have the t...

Blog # 2 of 30 Things to Start to do for myself

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:12:45 EST

Blog # 2 Start facing your problems head on
So I have already started. My blog yesterday was my first step in the right direction.
Today I drank 6 glasses of water, which is another small victory.
I went for my 2 mile walk and I tracked my food. So I didn’t eat the right amount of protein and too much carbohydrate. I will work on this tomorrow.
I will make this a shorter blog today because I have a tendency to try and overdo things and then I feel overwhelmed. I will be t...

Blog #1 of 30 Things to Start doing for myself

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:41:22 EST

Some where I came across this article on 30 things to start doing for yourself
As I was thinking about how I could impact my life for better in all ways and especially my physical health (i.e losing weight, getting fit). I thought what better way to do it than to blog about my thoughts, feelings, successes and failures as I work on this “To do list”.
My goal seems so daunting but this makes it easier. It’s not just about losing the weight. This takes the pressure off of the weight ...

Update on goals

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:21:04 EST

Update on Goals (April)
Health: I am drinking more water especially when I exercise every day Sweating and drinking water go hand in hand. Not doing so well on tracking but today was a good day.
Relationship/Family: Must get a start on the planning part of my party. I have been attending to my grandkids this week because their mother is in Las Vegas for a few days with her friends. Intend to get started in earnest next week with the uploading of pictures for daughters photo birt...

Staking my claim

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 19:09:12 EST

MASTER LIST OF GOALS (APRIL)
Health: Drink water, tracking food 90% of the time, exercise between 500 and 1000 minutes a month.

Relationships/Family: Plan pictures for my DVD to be shown at my birthday party in August. Deadline for pictures scanned and organized is June 30th. Look up photo books on line and upload pictures for my daughter’s photo birthday book by end of April. Have band hired and invitations sent my May 15th.

Spirit: Spend at least 2 ½ hours in the...

Will I Ever

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:50:05 EST

SELF WORTH AND THE SEEMINGLY ENDLESS PURSUIT OF IT

Well, I am not very happy with myself. I gained 3 and ½ pounds this week and 2.2 pounds last week. This is just not the plan I had for the end of March.
Reviewing my past week I realized that I had walked about 8 miles. I had burned 750 calories.
I was on Spark people a lot during the week and tracked some of my days on the nutrition tracker. Although I did not drink the water that I had desired to do I did try to track...

Weaknesses and emotional setbacks

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:50:57 EST

I am disappointed with my behavior.
My daughter asked me to watch her children last night because she was working and I had a meltdown with my 13 year old grandson.
He has been diagnosed with ADHD and he is on a drug called Strattera.
his behavior is very hard to take some times because of this and the fact that he has had a lot of stress in his young life. I don't know if it is the disease or the stress that cause him to act out. Last night after making them a very yummy di...

February goals

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 13:12:10 EST

Well, I am a successful person.
I did accoumplish my 500 minutes of exercise in the month of January.
I actually did 750 minutes of exercise.
This month I will try for 1000 minutes of exercise.
I also want to drink 6 glasses of water a day and for the last two days I have done so.
I will also try to track my food every day even if it goes oves the recommended amount of calories.
Consistency is what I want to get really proficient at.
Happy sparking, all of ...

To get back on track

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:07:17 EST

This is my second day of tracking my food and doing exercise.
I am building up towards the beginning of the year.
On reviewing my past year it didn't go all that well but it could have been way worse.
This year I am going to review my goals and make some new efforts.
1. Do 500 minutes of exercise per month. (probably much more achievable than my previous year goal.
2. Try to get a Consistency medal for the first 4 months of the year. (This should probably get me into ...

My Garden

Sun, 7 Aug 2011 20:32:17 EST

My vegetable garden is grown nicely.
At the beginning of the year I got a video from the library and made myself up some tonic to kill disease and insects.
Tonic: 1 c. antiseptic mouthwash, 1c. liquid dish soap, 1 c. chewing tobacco juicee. Mix together in hose end sprayer. Spare over the entire vegetable garden soil until it becomes sort of sudsy.
This has done wonders for my garden. Here in B.C. during the spring it was pouring rain and mainly cold for a good part of the ...

I WILL choose uplifting choices.

Thu, 26 May 2011 16:40:24 EST

What can I say to myself when I do not make the proper choices:

I can't write a blog I have nothing good to report.
I have no time to make the proper foods and do the required exercise.
I am just not literate enough to express the needs which will bring out the reponses to help me on this road to recovery.
People have there own problems to solve and mine are not something I should lay upon them.

I know these are not good choices and so I have expressed th...

Its a good day. (I am down).

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:36:15 EST

Well, on my last blog I told you about my goals and how I am going to try and reach my goal weight.
It was good news this morning when I went to my weekly TOPS meeting. I had lost 1 3/4 lbs. which puts me back to my weight on my tracker.
So, now I can start losing again on my tracker.
My next mini goal is to be 182 by the end of February which is only 2 lbs. for the whole month.
Probably I can even outdo that so I will be ahead of the plan.
I will keep tracking and d...

slipping and sliding

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:02:52 EST

Well, I am slipping and sliding again so its time to try and get myself back on track.
Tomorrow I will track every food that goes into my mouth.
I will do this by planning my menu tonight.
I will make my health my first priority so that I can feel the sense of accomplishment at the end of the week when I report to my TOPS meeting.
Last week I lost 3 lbs. and was happy about that but I don't want to end up gaining some of it back this week.
I am still up 1 and 3/4 lbs....

Progress not Perfect (Yet)

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:11:40 EST

My new year has been fairly good as of today.
I am happy in the sense that I have progressed somewhat.
As I look back at my trackers I see that 14 out of 19 days I have tracked my food.
Also I have stayed within my calorie range for 12 out of 19 days.
I think that my vision collage is helping me somewhat because every night when I go to sleep I see it and every morning when I wake up it is there to remind me.
My water intake has been quite consistently 6-7 glasses a ...

Vision Collage

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:32:21 EST

Well, I have finally got my first Vision Collage done.
It is up in my bedroom on the opposite wall at the end of my bed. It is the first thing I see when I get up and the last thing I see when I go to bed.
I know it will be a help to me to keep focus on the things I need to do on this journey and the desires of my heart for the future.
As I know that all things come from God there is a picture of Jesus interceding at the top.
There is also a picture of him in the garden a...

Starting again in 2011 - I BELIEVE

Fri, 7 Jan 2011 00:58:18 EST

Well, it did not go well over Christmas with my plan but I am not disillusioned because I BELIEVE.
I believe that the only way to attain what you want is through trying again.
I believe that here is the only place where I can get courage and support to do this.
I believe that the tools necessary are here at SP.
I believe that eating healthy is so much more comforting than eating junk food.
I believe that even if I haven't lost over Christmas (in fact I gained 4 lbs....

November goals

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:45:30 EST

I am going to write this down because I know that often the only way I get to my goals is by planning and when it is officially published on paper often it gets done.
Well, here goes.
Weight goals: 178 by the end of November.
Fitness goals: burn 1200 calories a week most weeks.
and start doing more strength trainng.
Nutritional goals: more water, more water, at least 6 or 7 glasses per day.
It seems that when I am drinking more wat...

Thanksgiving & family

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 01:39:31 EST

Well, it was a delicious dinner.
As I promised myself I ate as I had planned.
Turkey, 4 oz.
Mashed potatoes 3/4 cup
Gravy 1/3 cup
Brussel sprouts 8 ( I love those things)
I also had a tiny bit of stuffing.
For dessert I had a very small piece of Black Forest cake.
I went for a 1.5 mile walk this afternoon so that it would keep everything down even more.
We had the dinner in my common room which is right in the center of our strata complex.
It ...

As I start on another year

Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:57:10 EST

Well, today is my birthday.
I am going to have a good time (sounds like a song, right)
Today my family will be taking me out for dinner, for my birthday.
I am going to be very careful what I eat because tomorrow is a weigh in for me.
I hope to be down at least 1 lbs.
I will let you know how I do.
Thank you all of you Lady Bugs who have sent me birthday wishes and goodies.
This is such a great place, isn't it.
We all keep helping each other along this h...

Day 4 of the Challenge

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:57:50 EST

I have tracked but have not done any exercise today. Unless you count the fact that I washed my kitchen floor and entrance way tile floors,
It was a gorgeous day today, sunny and 23 degrees((that is 76F.).
I took my friend to her doctor appointment for her eye exam.
It took about 2 hours an while I was waiting I met a lady just outside London Drugs and we had lovely discussion. She was 92 years old and she looked about 62.
We talked about nutrition. She told me that she h...

Day 2 of the Challenge

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:34:24 EST

I am going to try very hard to blog every day during this challenge.
Today it is a partly sunny day here but the weather report is for rain.
I will get in my walk before too long so that I don't get wet.
Made the recipe Kicking Cream Chiken for the Crockpot.
This will be my dinner.
I think I will be requesting some support from all of you because I have a tendency to go it on my own.
Looking forward to being 177 at the end of this.
blessings to me and you i...

Because I want to put this into practice.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:02:32 EST

What I Have Learned and What I determine to Change.
1. When I go on vacation my nutritional plan seems to go also.
2. It takes consistent planning to keep on this lifestyle change.
3. Spark people is a very helpful tool in planning.
4. When I have guests over or go out for dinner at others houses I eat too much, often.
5. Exercise must be done everyday and tracked so that I can see my progress.
6. Nutrition must be tracked, preferably before it is eaten.
7....

to get motivated again after the vacation

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:09:18 EST

Well, it was a very enjoyable time going to the family reunion in Radium Hot Springs, B.C.
My daughters and granchildren all travelled to this very beautiful part of our beautiful province of B.C.
The kids went horsebackriding, we had a wonderful barbecue with the whole famly which I haven't seen some of them for years. Alberta prime rib beef, corn on the cob, two salads, baked potatoes topped off with a birthday cake ( it was one of my brothers 80th birthday). There was between 40...

Feelings and Emotional Undercurrents

Sat, 5 Jun 2010 00:47:46 EST

I am blue and down today. It has not been a good past few days. Last week I met the half way mark of myweight goal for the end of May and I was uplifted by that. I was also uplifted by the fact that I received some trophies for my fitness minutes and consistency and Spark points.
On the other hand I have been having some concerns about my family and I guess that is factoring in to my sad feelings and of course the habitual remedy seems to be comfort in the guise of food.
I have al...

Because I need to

Tue, 25 May 2010 00:37:12 EST

Every day I go on the blog posts and message boards and get some inspiration to continue.
You all are so helpful to keep me going. I sometimes think that I don't want to keep up with this and then I read about some of you who are facing some really big challenges like "major surgeries" to keep your life going and I feel so ashamed that I even think that way. I am now striving to get to my 4 lbs. lost by the end of May. I know that it is possible and I know that I must keep my goal in m...

The slowest loser

Fri, 14 May 2010 22:36:31 EST

I am not very good at writing about my challenges. Usually I just give up and say its not in the cards. But I do so want to get rid of this weight once and for all. When I started out I thought I would be able to lose 1 1/4 lbs a week easily. So I started out with high hopes. I tracked my food and I started a walking plan of 2 miles a day which would burn an extra 1000 calories a week. The first week I lost a lb. and so I thought that was good and I was on my way. The second week I even...

Weekend musings

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:43:32 EST

I am wondering what my weight will be tomorrow when I do my weigh in.
I ate fairly well this weekend.
Tracked what I ate.
Today I also did an extra walk.
I had committed to walking only five days a week so today was extra.
It burned 140 calories so that was all good.
I will do 2 sets of crunches before I go to bed.
Wishing me luck for my weigh in tomorrow.

3 days into it.

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:49:45 EST

Took a walk this morning. Drank 2 glasses of water so far. Helped my friend to get on to this site. All these things are making me feel better about this journey. I did get on the scale and it had gone up a bit but I am not going to let that worry me. I think I will also join TOPs so that I can get a proper weight record. I don't know whether my scale is right on. I do want to get healthy and reach my goals. ATTITUDE, ATTITUDE, ATTITUDE. I know this is possible. Wishing me the Size 14...

Perseverance, I wish

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:34:20 EST

I want to start being kinder to myself.
Often when I have a fairly good day. I feel as though it is just not good enough and I should have done more. Today, I dug in my garden. I planted some containers, one tomato plant and some geraniums for my sundeck. That seemed like such a small accomplishment but of course yesterday I did much more. Exercise, 1 hr. and vacuum house, some washing and work in garden. In the evening I had a group over to work on our 12 Steps for Al-Anon. I have kep...