TRUELYMI's SparkPeople Blog

Moving my body, pushing it and giving my all...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:52:21 EST

...effects
my mood,
the way I feel about myself,
my self esteem,
my self worth,
my freedom,
my shine,
my spirit,
my responsibility,
my happiness,
my activity,
my joy,
the amount I can give to others,
the way I see others,
my friendliness,
my attitude towards life, towards people around me,
my positivity,
my optimism,
my strength,
my energy,
my power,
my sleep (thanks Laura ;) )...

Same old, same old...

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:02:20 EST

It's been over a year now since my last blog entry. My weight hasn't changed much. It is still the same old, same old cycle of being active and watching my diet for some time, loosing some pounds and getting back to where I started from. My belly is so huge...I am aware of this cycle and it leaves me tired and frustrated. Showing me again, that I am not consistent and loose my motivation and focus once getting started.
I keep telling myself that I just haven't found my 'right' way, but ...

Today's WO

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:58:59 EST

Today's Hot Mess WO really got my respect already before the start. Something inside of me didn't want to begin with this thing. When I saw it's design I knew this would be a hard one...only to find out afterwards that these 5 rounds are only the first part. OMG - everything all over again - backwards.
Well, I sort of promised to me that I would be doing workouts on a regular basis because it makes me feel good and builds up my confidence - all I need for my first conference at the end ...

Emotions and their effect....

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:01:10 EST

Today was a day.... Things at work are - as always - stressful and having to get my brain involved in 2 projects and other things is really messing with my good mood. So, today I finished a presentation in a hurry and didn't have the time to look it over again and then I held it in front of my working group and - oh boy - I could tell by their faces....it wasn't a good one.... Since it is not the most loving environment in my working group this really upset me. REALLY upset me!

I h...

After WO face ;)

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:27:00 EST

Since last weekend I am on vacation! And I needed it so badly! My parents moved way up into the north of Germany some time ago and travelling there takes me approx. 9 hours. So I don't get to drop by too often an use my vacations to visit.
And now, here I am. Usually, when I get here I start eating like crazy - this always happens when I change location...after a week I start adapting to my new environment and get back to normal eating habits. Here it is always a special task since we h...

TODAY...

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:59:43 EST

was a really crazy day...

...I not only did my very first real-whole-complete-full-no cheating-superdooper PUSH UP I can remember!!! Thanks to sulfababy's unexpected comment on my page ;) But also...

...I went to TRX suspension class with my muscles being sore just to find out that the class was cancelled - nothing special about this so far BUT!!!! I knew when going home there was no way I would do a BR WO and I have always wanted to do this in a gym - I went into the em...

feeling good today

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:17:15 EST

I had a good start into week 7. It am looking forward to my meals - I am not even craving anything else! Well, if I don't get very hungry first ;)

Today it felt so good having my small portions, full of energy, nutrious, great! Since I skipped the last 2 WOs with weights (UB and LB) I thought it would be tough to work out tonight. But the whole day I was looking forward and afterwards it felt like a treat to my body ;)

BfL - W6 review

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:06:40 EST

Now this has been a crazy week!
I am in week 6 of my BfL-programme and everything has been fine so far - then my business trip happened. I had to go on a training for a - very confusing - software and I happened to be the only one without any knowledge in this field at all. So I couldn't follow pretty quickly - it was all too technical for me.
After the first day I was already frustrated which increased within the next three days. I felt horribly stupid, exhausted, mushy brained a...

BfL - W5 review

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 03:26:20 EST

Week 5 has passed in no time! It is amazing that I am still doing the challenge!

This week was easy. WO were good, my body likes the hard work and is mostly looking forward to them more than my brains are ;)
My meals were ok most of the time, I am looking forward to my food and the cravings to other stuff is pretty low. The only thing I am having troubles with is my water-intake. I am happy when I drink 1,5 l. Need to focus on that more.

My energy has increased and ...

BfL-Challenge W5 - It's just one day

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 08:08:42 EST

Almost 5 weeks ago I entered the BfL-Challenge. What began as 'I'll try for one day' is still running - for 5 weeks now!

And here's how it all started...
Exactly 4 years ago I excepted the BfL-Challenge for the first time. I was determined to finish, my motivation was high and I did very well until week 8. In this time I felt so good, vibrant and self confident like I have never felt before in my life. And at this point I met a guy and slowly I skipped a healthy meal and then...

Before the new year starts...

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:49:26 EST

It is time to write down some thoughts of mine. A new year is coming with giant steps and I want to start with my good resolutions before 2010 is over. I want to start now, not in 3 days. To me it is important to start right away, not on a fixed date. Waiting on the day x to come will most likely destroy my determination.

In February 2010 I signed in with SP and I wish I could say that my life has changed since then. Well, it probably has, but in more subtle ways than I wish I cou...

my lesson to be learned

Fri, 3 Dec 2010 04:33:29 EST

Once again, I decided that it is time to lose weight. as I did so many times before. And once again I tell myself this time I will make it right, this time I will stick to whatever my plans are and finish this weight-loss-mission. I guess that somewhere in my unconsciousness I think that I have to make sacrifices until I have lost my weight and then I can start 'living normal' again. Queer thinking - I know...

Reading all this health stuff on how to eat right and how to exercise I ...

here I go again...

Sat, 5 Jun 2010 17:00:55 EST

I discovered that my weight loss intentions are always ending up the same way. And it is getting very frustrating because I seem to be caught up in a cycle every single time. I stick to my healthy eating for several days which results in weight loss, I am excited about it and when losing a little more I start eating unhealthy again and I will destroy everything by eating like there is no tomorrow.

This has happened several times now. Yesterday morning I was so excited to be under ...

What a reward!

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:54:59 EST

Today I finished the 3rd week of my C25K program. And for the last days I've been taking the same route. First because I like it and second to see if I am making any progress in my speed.
There is a spruce forrest about a 7 minutes walk away from here, where I start my workout. The landscape is hilly due to the dunes and has lots of small trails. To keep track of how far I get at every workout I started taking pictures . And this is how far I came two days ago: