What am I gearing up for?? the second leg of this journey.
I was able to get 8 hours of sleep in before my day started on Wednesday, so that was a great start!! Yesterday and today were both very busy days! Yesterday I worked, did all the pets, worked some more, worked overnight and then got 3 hours of sleep, headed out to do some work at 2 different places today, plus a bunch of errands! I was just finishing preparing food for tomorrow...the day that is often the most lucrative of the year, New Year's Eve. 2 jobs planned for tomorrow, then the entire weekend off!
The last 2 days have I have felt even more out of balance, and have not been eating properly which makes me feel even more out of balance. The journey to a healthy lifestyle is different for everyone. For me, my ultimate goal is to learn how to have a more balance life. There was a great exercise that Jeanette Jenkins did on the cruise. She talked about many different areas in our lives and had us rate ourselves in each given area. (the entire thing was drawn on spokes of a wheel) Then, after we rated each area, we connected the dots. If you have a round circle, you are in balance, and if not, it will reveal where you may need to put your focus to balance out the cirlce. Most people are always out of balance in some area of their lives, but getting it close to being balanced is the goal. Some of the areas are personal life, spirituality, fitness, social life, family, etc. I will be sharing more with you about this in the coming days.
For now, just something for all of us on our journey to think about. The other big thing is goals. Not just what I want my ideal weight, BMI or pant size to be. It's not even about how far I can run or how much weight I can bench press, though goals for those are important too. I am talking about what do I want my life to look like. What are the ultimate goal I want for my life. This is important because if I say that one of my ultimate goals in life is to write a children's book about health and nutrition, then doing something day to day that is counter to that goal would be silly. So deciding on where I want your life to go is what is important. The best thing I can say is what I learned from the TEAM, specifically Orrin Woodward and Chris Brady: Define, Learn, Do!! Define what you want out of life, learn from those who have what you want, and do what they did to get there. That can apply to finances or a healthy lifestyle or any aspect of your life. So, my homework, and maybe yours too, is to define the lifestyle that I(you) would like for my(your)self.
okay, I know, strange last sentence, but you get the point, right? I told you from the beginning, I'm not all about grammar, punctuation or perfect sentence structure. I would like to get better at those, but the most important thing to me is getting the information down on the page, ya know?
Okay off to bed to get 7 hours of sleep before the busy days starts!!
2 days until I can do a regular work out at the gym, hopefully the hip will cooperate!!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
Friday, December 31, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
the superstar....HOSS!!!!
Do you remember me talking about Hoss from the cruise? Well, he has a blog now, and he has been talking with Marco Borges and Jillian from the cruise...so, you have to check out this post!!!
http://www.22daysnutrition.com/blog/2010/12/28/thanks-hoss-keep-up-the-great-work/
Hoss's web address to follow, I can't wait to read it!!
https://newhosscity.wordpress.com/
Today just the pets and a short work day and a bunch of errands. I planned on going to my team meeting, but unfortunately with this weather and the work schedule along with a location change, I didn't make it. When that happens, it puts me in a sad mood, and I wish that I was able to make it there. Instead, I have focused on writing here, letting you know what's going on with me. I went to whole foods and got a japanese egg plant that I grilled (on my grill pan) along with onions and potatoes. They were all a delicious dinner!!!
Well goodnight! Tomorrow will be another day that I am making sure I do something for me before I do a bunch of work. I will be goal setting in the next few days and will post them so that you can see. I will also need a lot of support and suggestions from all of you to help me reach those goals. My hip doesn't have much pain unless I sit for awhile. I will be starting slow with the exercise, but the food will be totally on track, and my meal times are already planned out with my new schedule. I feel that next week will be a great success. I know that this month has not been the greatest, and I feel that I have lost muscle mass, but I know that even though it will be like starting over with the exercise, but I know that I am up for the challenge and I know I will make my goals and dreams a reality!
Thanks for sticking with me on this journey, your feeback and encouragement has been more helpful than you will ever know!!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
http://www.22daysnutrition.com/blog/2010/12/28/thanks-hoss-keep-up-the-great-work/
Hoss's web address to follow, I can't wait to read it!!
https://newhosscity.wordpress.com/
Today just the pets and a short work day and a bunch of errands. I planned on going to my team meeting, but unfortunately with this weather and the work schedule along with a location change, I didn't make it. When that happens, it puts me in a sad mood, and I wish that I was able to make it there. Instead, I have focused on writing here, letting you know what's going on with me. I went to whole foods and got a japanese egg plant that I grilled (on my grill pan) along with onions and potatoes. They were all a delicious dinner!!!
Well goodnight! Tomorrow will be another day that I am making sure I do something for me before I do a bunch of work. I will be goal setting in the next few days and will post them so that you can see. I will also need a lot of support and suggestions from all of you to help me reach those goals. My hip doesn't have much pain unless I sit for awhile. I will be starting slow with the exercise, but the food will be totally on track, and my meal times are already planned out with my new schedule. I feel that next week will be a great success. I know that this month has not been the greatest, and I feel that I have lost muscle mass, but I know that even though it will be like starting over with the exercise, but I know that I am up for the challenge and I know I will make my goals and dreams a reality!
Thanks for sticking with me on this journey, your feeback and encouragement has been more helpful than you will ever know!!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
sleep, please, now..finally--weigh in #26
I got sleep..I think that is the most important thing of this day for sure!
I didn't weigh in because of the fact that I didn't come home. I will weigh in next week, and I don't plan on missing any more.
Tonight, after my nap, I went and checked in on the cats. Then I called my mom and we went for about 2 hours and looked at Christmas lights and ran a couple of errands. We ran out of time last year to look at the lights, and this year, no time before Christmas. I was excited to take her out because she doesn't usually get out in the evening, and it is something that she really wanted to do. I was so happy that I called her and we got to spend that time together!!! MY mom has done so much for me in my life, and to be able to take her out and do this for her made me feel so great!
I think that I'm writing about this because I usually just talk about the workout, work, calories in and out. I don't want to forget about living my life. The other things that are important in my life that I don't take enough time to do when I am focused on a goal. This is an area where I need to improve, this is where I need to put my energy also. FOr so many years, my biggest focus has been work. I'm not saying that I never did anything fun, but work came first. I love taking care of kids and helping families. Unfortunately, it was often at the expense of my own life activities. I know that this will change, and I am learning to put myself first, but taking time for the people in my life that I love is really important to me too!!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
I didn't weigh in because of the fact that I didn't come home. I will weigh in next week, and I don't plan on missing any more.
Tonight, after my nap, I went and checked in on the cats. Then I called my mom and we went for about 2 hours and looked at Christmas lights and ran a couple of errands. We ran out of time last year to look at the lights, and this year, no time before Christmas. I was excited to take her out because she doesn't usually get out in the evening, and it is something that she really wanted to do. I was so happy that I called her and we got to spend that time together!!! MY mom has done so much for me in my life, and to be able to take her out and do this for her made me feel so great!
I think that I'm writing about this because I usually just talk about the workout, work, calories in and out. I don't want to forget about living my life. The other things that are important in my life that I don't take enough time to do when I am focused on a goal. This is an area where I need to improve, this is where I need to put my energy also. FOr so many years, my biggest focus has been work. I'm not saying that I never did anything fun, but work came first. I love taking care of kids and helping families. Unfortunately, it was often at the expense of my own life activities. I know that this will change, and I am learning to put myself first, but taking time for the people in my life that I love is really important to me too!!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
umm...sleep....where will I find you??? (26th/27th)
I slept in a little, but had to get over to check on the 6 cats. I got back home and prepared food for the next 24 hours, took a nap, a shower and headed out to work.
The first job was from 3-9 with 2 great little girls. Then took care of the 6 cats, we had fun playing, they were totally wound up!! AFter that, I headed to another house where I needed to check in on a bird and a fish. While I was there, I took a nap for about 30 minutes, then headed over to take care of the twins 11:30-6:30. The twins had a rough night, and I only got in about 2 hours of sleep. I went and took care of the 6 cats, got a jamba juice and headed to work with the 2 girls again, from 8-1. Are you exhausted?? I TOTALLY thought I would be. I have to admit, she got home early and I left at 12:30, and I was pretty happy. I actually managed okay until I got home, then I was really ready to sleep!!!!
I don't feel good about the lack of sleep, but I know that I will sleep better knowing that I will have the finances that I need to pay my bills.
I WILL catch up on sleep, but I know that it doesn't make it okay that I missed my sleep.
What did I learn...don't book things back to back to back, it's not in the best interest of my health!!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
The first job was from 3-9 with 2 great little girls. Then took care of the 6 cats, we had fun playing, they were totally wound up!! AFter that, I headed to another house where I needed to check in on a bird and a fish. While I was there, I took a nap for about 30 minutes, then headed over to take care of the twins 11:30-6:30. The twins had a rough night, and I only got in about 2 hours of sleep. I went and took care of the 6 cats, got a jamba juice and headed to work with the 2 girls again, from 8-1. Are you exhausted?? I TOTALLY thought I would be. I have to admit, she got home early and I left at 12:30, and I was pretty happy. I actually managed okay until I got home, then I was really ready to sleep!!!!
I don't feel good about the lack of sleep, but I know that I will sleep better knowing that I will have the finances that I need to pay my bills.
I WILL catch up on sleep, but I know that it doesn't make it okay that I missed my sleep.
What did I learn...don't book things back to back to back, it's not in the best interest of my health!!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
Monday, December 27, 2010
Christmas!
Not a very exciting day, but it is the one day of the year that I don't think I have ever done child care work..maybe a couple of times, but I can't remember for sure.
Here's my usual Christmas routine....
Sleep in, not setting an alarm, go take care of any pets that I am pet sitting (in AM and later in PM), usually I see my mom, and I always go to a movie. I had no idea what movies were out and so I read a little online and decided on "how do you know" even though the reviews were sketchy. It was just what I needed to escape and relax. I did have popcorn and I did put some real butter on it..balance and it's a holiday. The unfortunate part is that I can't work it off. Luckily, the rest of my eating for the day was focused on veggies and protien.
Though I couldn't work out, I went crazy on house work after I got home from the movie and feeding the pets. My house has just a tiny bit left to do, and it will be great. the goal is to have all the donations done and the papers sorted and filed by January 3rd when my new work schedule begins! I think I ended up in bed at 5am..yikes, tomorrow will be a challenge!
Tomorrow will start a crazy 2 days of work, wish me luck, and Merry Christmas, I hope that you all enjoyed your day, however you spent it!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
Here's my usual Christmas routine....
Sleep in, not setting an alarm, go take care of any pets that I am pet sitting (in AM and later in PM), usually I see my mom, and I always go to a movie. I had no idea what movies were out and so I read a little online and decided on "how do you know" even though the reviews were sketchy. It was just what I needed to escape and relax. I did have popcorn and I did put some real butter on it..balance and it's a holiday. The unfortunate part is that I can't work it off. Luckily, the rest of my eating for the day was focused on veggies and protien.
Though I couldn't work out, I went crazy on house work after I got home from the movie and feeding the pets. My house has just a tiny bit left to do, and it will be great. the goal is to have all the donations done and the papers sorted and filed by January 3rd when my new work schedule begins! I think I ended up in bed at 5am..yikes, tomorrow will be a challenge!
Tomorrow will start a crazy 2 days of work, wish me luck, and Merry Christmas, I hope that you all enjoyed your day, however you spent it!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
Christmas Eve!!!
This is the day that I celebrate Christmas with my family. I had a family call me last night and ask if I could come watch their children this morning because they had a family emergency. I also had 2 houses to go to for pet sitting, so it was a very busy morning! I had lots of fun with the kids and we did things around the house to get them ready for the holiday also. I left and got ready to leave for my mom's house, and headed over there.
It was such a great time with my family. My brother in law usually doesn't come on Christmas, only Thanksgiving, but he did this year, and it was so nice to have him there! My sister, Barbie, also came with her husband, and in the past she usually hasn't been able to make it, so I had fun catching up and getting to know them better. On this side of the family there are 7 of us(6 girls and 1 boy), we were all there except Catie..maybe next year we will all be there. A couple of years back, we started to "draw names" for buying gifts so we would each only buy for one person. This year my sister, Barbie, got my name. She was so incredibly generous and she got something I had mentioned to my mom that I would like and I KNOW I will be using and it will move me along on my fitness journey. She got me a "stair stepper", you know,the green one with the purple risers that go underneath? It will have multiple uses in workouts that I do, and my wii fit balance board fits safely on top, so when I do wii fit activities, I will be able to intensify my workouts with that. Heck, I can use it when I am watching a DVD and just step for the entire thing. I know there is a disc that goes with it too, so that will have some great workouts for sure! a couple of other things that I got that will be supporting me on my journey..a great water bottle along with some cool socks from a long time friend , Jillian's yoga meltdown DVD and a workout shirt from my mom! Oh, to add to my workout playlists..Barbie also gave me an itunes gift card. EVeryone is always so generous, and this year the gifts were so thoughtful too! THANKS ALL!!!
Barbie has run multiple marathons, it was neat to talk with her and get support from her and get knowledge about running from her too. That talk came at the perfect time and I can't wait to get back to running! I grew up across the street from 4 of my sisters, obviously before they became my sisters, and I remember watching Barbie play tennis against the garage door. She was so athletic and I just remember wanting to be like her. I was on the tennis team in jr. college, never competed just practiced with the team, but I always thought of her when I played..so strange that now I'm running and she is such an incredible runner.
As far as food and getting sucked into holiday food challenges, I did well. I planned ahead and budgeted calories so that I could eat a small piece of gluten free pecan pie. I remember when Jillian was talking with Tara, and she talked a lot about not obsessing and making sure to have balance.
tomorrow is the day where I do the same thing almost every year...
Merry Christmas!!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
It was such a great time with my family. My brother in law usually doesn't come on Christmas, only Thanksgiving, but he did this year, and it was so nice to have him there! My sister, Barbie, also came with her husband, and in the past she usually hasn't been able to make it, so I had fun catching up and getting to know them better. On this side of the family there are 7 of us(6 girls and 1 boy), we were all there except Catie..maybe next year we will all be there. A couple of years back, we started to "draw names" for buying gifts so we would each only buy for one person. This year my sister, Barbie, got my name. She was so incredibly generous and she got something I had mentioned to my mom that I would like and I KNOW I will be using and it will move me along on my fitness journey. She got me a "stair stepper", you know,the green one with the purple risers that go underneath? It will have multiple uses in workouts that I do, and my wii fit balance board fits safely on top, so when I do wii fit activities, I will be able to intensify my workouts with that. Heck, I can use it when I am watching a DVD and just step for the entire thing. I know there is a disc that goes with it too, so that will have some great workouts for sure! a couple of other things that I got that will be supporting me on my journey..a great water bottle along with some cool socks from a long time friend , Jillian's yoga meltdown DVD and a workout shirt from my mom! Oh, to add to my workout playlists..Barbie also gave me an itunes gift card. EVeryone is always so generous, and this year the gifts were so thoughtful too! THANKS ALL!!!
Barbie has run multiple marathons, it was neat to talk with her and get support from her and get knowledge about running from her too. That talk came at the perfect time and I can't wait to get back to running! I grew up across the street from 4 of my sisters, obviously before they became my sisters, and I remember watching Barbie play tennis against the garage door. She was so athletic and I just remember wanting to be like her. I was on the tennis team in jr. college, never competed just practiced with the team, but I always thought of her when I played..so strange that now I'm running and she is such an incredible runner.
As far as food and getting sucked into holiday food challenges, I did well. I planned ahead and budgeted calories so that I could eat a small piece of gluten free pecan pie. I remember when Jillian was talking with Tara, and she talked a lot about not obsessing and making sure to have balance.
tomorrow is the day where I do the same thing almost every year...
Merry Christmas!!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
Thursday, December 23, 2010
almost Christmas...
Just a quick post..no major activities, obviously, but have been walking more and even did "laps" around the tennis court while the kids were riding thier bikes in on the court. I even ran down the driveway to my car at a job I was doing. didn't hurt, but didn't want to push it either. I can not believe I am goign to say this but I can't wait until I can run again!!
my eating has been okay, but not totally on track. It is okay, and with the stress of Christmas, work and getting some junk out of my place, I am a bit scattered!
My bodybugg needs to be renewed, and so I am waiting until January 1st to renew because the schedule and plan will be set and I will be able just really focus!! I am excited to share the journey with all of you, and can't wait to learn more from all of you too!
Oh, a wonderful family that I worked for was so thoughtful!! They gave me some gifts, and one was a gift card for a spa so that I could pamper myself. Well, my goal for 70 pounds is a massage, so that is when I will use it! IT's nice to have a goal set and not have to think about the cost of that goal. Thanks Lisa and Matt!!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
my eating has been okay, but not totally on track. It is okay, and with the stress of Christmas, work and getting some junk out of my place, I am a bit scattered!
My bodybugg needs to be renewed, and so I am waiting until January 1st to renew because the schedule and plan will be set and I will be able just really focus!! I am excited to share the journey with all of you, and can't wait to learn more from all of you too!
Oh, a wonderful family that I worked for was so thoughtful!! They gave me some gifts, and one was a gift card for a spa so that I could pamper myself. Well, my goal for 70 pounds is a massage, so that is when I will use it! IT's nice to have a goal set and not have to think about the cost of that goal. Thanks Lisa and Matt!!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
Monday, December 20, 2010
weigh in #24 and #25
it has been 9 days since i posted and I feel disappointed in myself. However, tonight I will have a longer post than this to delve into why it has been so long!!
weigh in #24 was disappointing...I was at 199.6 which was +4 pounds!!!
today, weigh in #25, was much better!!! 196, -3.6 for a total of -46 pounds. I have 5 to go to get to my pre-cruise weight.
okay off to do Christmas shopping and then to work from 2-8...my post will follow. I appreciate you all reading, but I'm sorry that I haven't posted in so long. Maybe noone is reading anymore, who knows. I will be writing each day, even if it is just to show some stats.
enjoy your day!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
weigh in #24 was disappointing...I was at 199.6 which was +4 pounds!!!
today, weigh in #25, was much better!!! 196, -3.6 for a total of -46 pounds. I have 5 to go to get to my pre-cruise weight.
okay off to do Christmas shopping and then to work from 2-8...my post will follow. I appreciate you all reading, but I'm sorry that I haven't posted in so long. Maybe noone is reading anymore, who knows. I will be writing each day, even if it is just to show some stats.
enjoy your day!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
Saturday, December 11, 2010
roadblocks, struggles, pushing through
A big thanks goes out to Ellen for helping me work through some things that have been really bothering me.
I have not been working out at all which is a huge disappointment to me..a mini exception of exercise is that I did some jump rope with a little girl t his week, and "set the record" that she was trying to hit. It was 63 without missing of "speed jumping" as she called it. I could have kept going, but she wanted to know how many I could do before I missed. I wo uldn't consider that good for my hip at all, but totally forgot about it when I jumped, because I was having a good day as far as pain goes.
I have, for the most part, been on track with food. I tried a new food that came in my Farm Fresh fruit/veggie delivery last week. It is called Romanesco. It was so amazing!! It would have been a disaster, but luckily a recipe came in the box! It said to preheat the oven to 375 and separate the florettes, add olive oil, salt and pepper(I left out the pepper). cook for 45 minutes, stirring every 15...yum!!!
I have also been very focused on getting the sleep that I need, so that is really good!
Some of the road blocks that I am having are my hip injury. I still feel pain, and it's bothering me, but it is mainly just when I have been sitting awhile. I notice it most after driving to a job, sitting down to work on the computer or sitting down with kids to do homework or play games with them and having to get up. So, that is a huge road block to fitness. It has made me frustrated and apprehensive to do anything because I don't want to make it worse. I ran out of the Mona Vie ACTIVE blend, and that set me back quite a bit. I have been on it for 4 days, and though my hip is still a little sore, like I mentioned, it is not major pain like before.
Struggles
1-Staying motivated to do anything because I feel like I can't do anything with my hip injury. Does that make any sense?
2-I need to learn to work with the injury that I have and move forward.
3-As I have talked about the other struggle is financial. Financially, with Christmas here, I know that I will not be able to get people gifts like I usually do. In talking to people, I am finding that is a challenge for so many of us. Because of what I was able to do in the past, I think others will have that "expectation" of how much I will spend or do for them. I am learning that the important thing is that I care about them, and if they love me, the gifts won't matter.
3-Struggling to get work. I have been working hard toward finding jobs. I have decided to find a permanent part time job because I have noticed that I spend so much time each day looking for work to fill my schedule. Usually December is my busiest month, and in November I am already turning work away for December. I have applied for numerous jobs, and done a few interviews, and hope to have everything solidified before the first of the year. That will allow me to get focus better on food and really put energy into physical activity in whatever form I can possibly do.
4-cutting expenses.. I have gotten a cheaper internet company which is 1/4 of the cost of the old one, and just put some things on hold. Uggg..I'm trying to figure out how to word things, and I realize that if I am trying to figure out how to say something, then I am trying to cover something up. That is really hard to admit, but this blog is about me and being honest and revealing things and how I got through them so that I can learn from them, and hopefully as a result, help someone who reads this. So, here's the deal...I had internet service that cost about $65. In order to bring it down, I could get cable and it would be about $10 cheaper to have both cable and internet. As I have talked about, I don't really watch TV. I love to watch TV, but I notice that I have always used it to escape from my life. If I'm escaping from my life, then obviously, I'm not too happy with my own life, right? So, I need to change something!! WEll, I did switch internet, like I mentioned, and there will be no cable and thus, less escaping from the reality that is my life. I'm not saying all TV is bad, but for me, it is destructive to me attaining my goal. It distracts me and I get sucked in. For me, I need to not have it around. I will go back to watching the 3 shows that I enjoy online IF i hit a goal to do so. I have not been doing that, and it has gotten in the way of me working hard to reach my goal, and it is frustrating to me!
With all of that said, tomorrow is a new day. It reminds me of my two favorite quotes that are on my bathroom mirror..i'm mentioned them before, I'm sure, but I am never going to stop repeating them.
1-"The door to the past is shut and the key thrown away, you can do nothing about tomorrow, it is yet to come. However, tomorrow is, in part, determined by what you do today, so make today your masterpiece, you have control over that"
2-"adversity doesn't develop character as much as it reveals it"
Well, it is 4:40am and it is today. I will be sleeping for about 7 or 8 hours and then helping my mom, and then headed to a leadership seminar. It is a new and exciting day, and even with all of the challenges and struggles that I am having, I am thankful for the people in my life, for having a body that, for the most part, is strong and able to do what I need it to do, a working car, and a place to live.
I hope that your weekend is just wonderful!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
I have not been working out at all which is a huge disappointment to me..a mini exception of exercise is that I did some jump rope with a little girl t his week, and "set the record" that she was trying to hit. It was 63 without missing of "speed jumping" as she called it. I could have kept going, but she wanted to know how many I could do before I missed. I wo uldn't consider that good for my hip at all, but totally forgot about it when I jumped, because I was having a good day as far as pain goes.
I have, for the most part, been on track with food. I tried a new food that came in my Farm Fresh fruit/veggie delivery last week. It is called Romanesco. It was so amazing!! It would have been a disaster, but luckily a recipe came in the box! It said to preheat the oven to 375 and separate the florettes, add olive oil, salt and pepper(I left out the pepper). cook for 45 minutes, stirring every 15...yum!!!
I have also been very focused on getting the sleep that I need, so that is really good!
Some of the road blocks that I am having are my hip injury. I still feel pain, and it's bothering me, but it is mainly just when I have been sitting awhile. I notice it most after driving to a job, sitting down to work on the computer or sitting down with kids to do homework or play games with them and having to get up. So, that is a huge road block to fitness. It has made me frustrated and apprehensive to do anything because I don't want to make it worse. I ran out of the Mona Vie ACTIVE blend, and that set me back quite a bit. I have been on it for 4 days, and though my hip is still a little sore, like I mentioned, it is not major pain like before.
Struggles
1-Staying motivated to do anything because I feel like I can't do anything with my hip injury. Does that make any sense?
2-I need to learn to work with the injury that I have and move forward.
3-As I have talked about the other struggle is financial. Financially, with Christmas here, I know that I will not be able to get people gifts like I usually do. In talking to people, I am finding that is a challenge for so many of us. Because of what I was able to do in the past, I think others will have that "expectation" of how much I will spend or do for them. I am learning that the important thing is that I care about them, and if they love me, the gifts won't matter.
3-Struggling to get work. I have been working hard toward finding jobs. I have decided to find a permanent part time job because I have noticed that I spend so much time each day looking for work to fill my schedule. Usually December is my busiest month, and in November I am already turning work away for December. I have applied for numerous jobs, and done a few interviews, and hope to have everything solidified before the first of the year. That will allow me to get focus better on food and really put energy into physical activity in whatever form I can possibly do.
4-cutting expenses.. I have gotten a cheaper internet company which is 1/4 of the cost of the old one, and just put some things on hold. Uggg..I'm trying to figure out how to word things, and I realize that if I am trying to figure out how to say something, then I am trying to cover something up. That is really hard to admit, but this blog is about me and being honest and revealing things and how I got through them so that I can learn from them, and hopefully as a result, help someone who reads this. So, here's the deal...I had internet service that cost about $65. In order to bring it down, I could get cable and it would be about $10 cheaper to have both cable and internet. As I have talked about, I don't really watch TV. I love to watch TV, but I notice that I have always used it to escape from my life. If I'm escaping from my life, then obviously, I'm not too happy with my own life, right? So, I need to change something!! WEll, I did switch internet, like I mentioned, and there will be no cable and thus, less escaping from the reality that is my life. I'm not saying all TV is bad, but for me, it is destructive to me attaining my goal. It distracts me and I get sucked in. For me, I need to not have it around. I will go back to watching the 3 shows that I enjoy online IF i hit a goal to do so. I have not been doing that, and it has gotten in the way of me working hard to reach my goal, and it is frustrating to me!
With all of that said, tomorrow is a new day. It reminds me of my two favorite quotes that are on my bathroom mirror..i'm mentioned them before, I'm sure, but I am never going to stop repeating them.
1-"The door to the past is shut and the key thrown away, you can do nothing about tomorrow, it is yet to come. However, tomorrow is, in part, determined by what you do today, so make today your masterpiece, you have control over that"
2-"adversity doesn't develop character as much as it reveals it"
Well, it is 4:40am and it is today. I will be sleeping for about 7 or 8 hours and then helping my mom, and then headed to a leadership seminar. It is a new and exciting day, and even with all of the challenges and struggles that I am having, I am thankful for the people in my life, for having a body that, for the most part, is strong and able to do what I need it to do, a working car, and a place to live.
I hope that your weekend is just wonderful!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
improving!!
slept for a total of 8 hours! other stats:
calories burned: 3055
calories consumed: 1901
calorie deficit: 1154
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
calories burned: 3055
calories consumed: 1901
calorie deficit: 1154
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
weigh in #23
First, I have to say, sooo back on track and so happy that I did great with food today and though I didn't go to the gym, I did 30 wall push ups while I was at a job. I don't know what happened later in the day. I spent a bunch of time trying to figure out how to put a slide show of all my pics on the blog, and it shows up, but then only will show one picture! I did add pictures to the bottom of this blog for now..more to follow, but hopefully in slide format!
Also, I went back and finally did the blog on my first 5K in Monterey, CA. I don't know why it took so long, but it did. If you want an even cooler description, or another perspective on it, check out Joslyn's blog:
http://pbandjoslyn.blogspot.com/
I didn't do a weigh in this morning because the positive attitude I had when I woke up made me totally not think about it. Then I ate, and moved on with my day. I thought about weighing in tuesday, but the last time I weighed in not on my regular day, everything started to go downhill. So, weigh in #24 will be next week.
Tuesday will be litte activity day, but these allergy things are causing me to be very tired. I got 8 hours of sleep last night, so that was waaay cool! other stats:
Calories burned:2291
calories consumed:1970
calorie deficit:321
not great numbers, but I am just waaay happy that i had a deficit with as little activity as I had! The goal for tomorrow, is more activity!!
I need to do get to the gym and do something, even slow walking, swiming would be good, but my breathing is a bit challenged because of the allergy thing, but i can do weights. Tuesday is a busy day, but Wednesday I have a big block of time!!
Also, I went back and finally did the blog on my first 5K in Monterey, CA. I don't know why it took so long, but it did. If you want an even cooler description, or another perspective on it, check out Joslyn's blog:
http://pbandjoslyn.blogspot.com/
I didn't do a weigh in this morning because the positive attitude I had when I woke up made me totally not think about it. Then I ate, and moved on with my day. I thought about weighing in tuesday, but the last time I weighed in not on my regular day, everything started to go downhill. So, weigh in #24 will be next week.
Tuesday will be litte activity day, but these allergy things are causing me to be very tired. I got 8 hours of sleep last night, so that was waaay cool! other stats:
Calories burned:2291
calories consumed:1970
calorie deficit:321
not great numbers, but I am just waaay happy that i had a deficit with as little activity as I had! The goal for tomorrow, is more activity!!
I need to do get to the gym and do something, even slow walking, swiming would be good, but my breathing is a bit challenged because of the allergy thing, but i can do weights. Tuesday is a busy day, but Wednesday I have a big block of time!!
Sunday, December 5, 2010
the "second leg" and the past week
Yeah, I've been MIA all week. I feel that way in my life this week too.
I went to the chiropractor
I went to the chiropractor
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