http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal.asp?id=SAPPHIREBLUEKYU SAPPHIREBLUEKYU's Blog on SparkPeople, home of free diet plans and a healthy living community http://assets2.sparkpeople.com/assets/nav/logo_spark.gif http://www.sparkpeople.com/ http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=4507853 I've already gotten a lot out of Spark People in the month-and-a-half I've been here. One thing I didn't pick up on my own is the idea of the "streak." I'm so glad I bought The Spark (Kindle edition for $1.99!!!). I've only gotten through chapter one so far (reading a chapter a day so I can really let each chapter sink in and devote my reading time to the novel I just started (City of Bones by Cassandra Clare). <BR> <BR> The idea of the streak is so simple and yet so brilliantly motivational... Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:08:03 EST http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=4473997 Sometimes I really feel like food is the enemy. Working out everyday? No problem. Once it becomes a habit, I can't go without doing it. It's the food that keeps tripping me up. <BR> <BR> Last week was an Indian holiday - a weeklong Indian holiday, which means food and going out to eat and going to people's houses for lunch and dinner. <BR> <BR> This past Tuesday was my sister's birthday. She came home from school with an assortment of cakes, brownies, and cookies lovingly given to her by h... Thu, 8 Sep 2011 16:23:33 EST http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=4444083 I have never been good at breaking my goals down into small steps - particularly fitness goals. However, I think I have incentive to do it now. The first few days of September are going to be busy. We have lunches and dinners with family and family friends. I haven’t seen some of them in a long time. <BR> <BR> My goal is to continue to work out as diligently as I have been over the next week and to eat better than I’ve been eating, so that I will be as fit as I could possibly have gotten in ... Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:09:54 EST http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=4421015 Usually my day begins at nine-something. Today it started at 6:45. I really wasn’t sure I’d be able to force myself to get up and go swimming so early in the morning. It’s so much easier to just roll over and say, “Nahhhh, I’ll sleep in and work out later.” <BR> <BR> Thought #1: This is why I’m really glad I’m doing this with a friend. We’re accountable to each other, we’re motivated by each other, and we motivate each other. <BR> <BR> It was a little chilly, being nearly eight in the morni... Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:21:15 EST