I had a bit of a different schedule today, and it worked out pretty well! I did my usual morning of work from 8-1. Usually, I would have gone to the gym, but with as tired as I was, I went home and got in about 1.5 hours of sleep! I grabbed iced tea, just to make sure I'd be awake for the evening and afternoon.
Today was swimming day for the little girl I was watching. So, while she had her lesson, I got to go swim some laps!! It was freezing in the outside pool, and her lesson was almost over, so I only got a few laps in, but it felt great!! Then, I played in the pool with her for about 45 minutes too! There is a good chance I will do more of these afternoons, so how great would that be to get a mini workout in and get paid for it, because I am working. I feel blessed to have the flexibility and oportunities that I have had lately, it makes the marathon days okay for now. So, since I was new to the routine, we didn't get her back home until about 8:30(luckily we all did Jamba Juice for dinner)on my way to drop her off. Originally I wanted to go to bed by 8:30/9, but I needed to change the plan. On the way home, I used the ride to plan out EXACTLY what I needed to do to get the most possible sleep and still do what I needed to do. I need "wind down" time every day and I often find it in my car if I take the time to just focus on the game plan for when I get home. So, I planned out computer obligations, and my meals! when I got home, I just focused and the tasks at hand and got them done, including preparing and packing all meals for Thursday so that I can sleep in! I was in bed by 11pm and slept until 6:20am!!
I haven't talked much about my food and eating patterns lately, but I think that I am doing what Allison suggested, and seeing what is best for me. Here is what I'm figuring out so far: I have to eat within 1 hour of waking up, and it needs to be about 400-500 calories, unless I am going to workout, then I just do about 200 calories and eat 200-300 or so more an hour after the workout. I need to have protien and a carb at each meal. I generally have a green vegetable too, but as far as sustaining me, I need the other for sure! I NEED to drink a ton of water, by noon, I usually have consumed about 73 ounces.
STats for today:
calories burned:3068
calories consumed:2067
calorie deficit:1001
Not super happy about the total intake, but still lost almost 1/3 of a pound. I just looked at my food, and it seems that due to the schedule and not planning completely, my main source of protien for the day was Nuts. Those have great health benefits, but higher in fat. Even though it is good fat, I have to watch the calories. I generally have been trying to only have nuts 1-2 times a day and beans one time so that I get all of the health benefits of those, the variety, and the calorie and fat balance too.
If I had gotten off on time, I would have gone home and done the C25K, day 2. Since I didn't, I will do it on Thursday night.
How much water did you get in today? How about nuts, are they part of your diet on a regular basis? Beans? The health benefits for these are huge, I'll give you more about them tomorrow, but why not spend a few minutes and check it out online on your own? Doing the research often gets me excited about the information!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
tired Tuesday and Jillian sleep advice
Well, only 4 hours of sleep last night, and it is promising to be a very busy day, but only one job in the morning, so that is nice!
I started the day with a great breakfast as usual. I also added green tea so I could have a little caffiene push. It totally helped me through the morning where I had more activity than usual since I was able to take the little girl that I watch to the park before school. After that, errands(seriously, do those EVER end!), then met up with my friend, Jon, and went for a walk. We were limited on time, but we got changed, headed to the track and walked 3.10 miles in 44.51minutes. It was so great!! In less than 70 minutes, we met, changed, drove to the track and walked 3 miles!! It is just such a good reminder that even if you don't have a ton of time, you can do something! I headed out for a long drive north for a hair cut and a leadership meeting, which was so amazing but it was 2:20am when I got home, so getting up at 6am, was challenging, and I am very tired.
I did pretty well with food until I got in the car to drive north. It was kind of strange. I needed to get some water, so I stopped at a convenience store. my old habit might have been to grab a bag of chips or something like that. Today, it wasn't really time for me to eat, but I had finished the walk about an hour prior, and was starving. I ended up getting peanuts. Not so bad of a choice, right? I got 3 packs, intending for them to be one for then and the other if I needed it another time or late tonight. by the time that I got home, they were all gone, and I had purchased food at the restaurant because I was famished. The lack of sleep makes me hungry, for sure, I think I've talked about that before. In addition, I thought that it would give me the energy to make my 1.5 hour drive home.
I am frustrated because of the calories that I added, but not defeated at all. I didn't add junk food, I added protien, so I made better choices when i added the calories for sure!! Tomorrow will be better, I already planned most of my meals for Wednesday. I will just have to work out more thursday-sunday.
The crazy thing was that in my daily email from Jillian's website this morning, it was like Jillian had been reading my blog and sending me a message! The article for the day was titled "Sleep and it's Hormone effect"
Here is her tip:
"JILLIAN'S TIP OF THE DAY
Stress and Sleep
Perhaps one of the biggest causes and symptoms of the hormonal shutdown from stress is when people start to cut into their hours of quality sleep. The percentage of young adults sleeping eight to nine hours per night has almost been cut in half in the past 50 years, from 40 percent in 1960 to 23 percent in 2002. During the same time period, the incidence of obesity has nearly doubled. Coincidence?"
Something to really think about, huh?
No stats for today, I was too tired to sync my bodybugg tonight, so will add the stats later if you want to come back and check them out.
here are the stats:
calories burned:2928
calories consumed:2629
calorie deficit:299
so, I guess even though I made good choices, the calories were so high!! UGGG well, it's okay, and I totally learned from THAT!!! Why did I even buy them??? I think, like I said, it was a habit in the past on long drives. No more..unless I bring from home!! The good thing is...I still had a deficit, even though it was so small!! geeze, I can't believe I ate 2629 calories...crazy!!!!
I'm looking forward to my nap at 1:45 and sleep tonight..make sure you get yours in too, okay???
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
I started the day with a great breakfast as usual. I also added green tea so I could have a little caffiene push. It totally helped me through the morning where I had more activity than usual since I was able to take the little girl that I watch to the park before school. After that, errands(seriously, do those EVER end!), then met up with my friend, Jon, and went for a walk. We were limited on time, but we got changed, headed to the track and walked 3.10 miles in 44.51minutes. It was so great!! In less than 70 minutes, we met, changed, drove to the track and walked 3 miles!! It is just such a good reminder that even if you don't have a ton of time, you can do something! I headed out for a long drive north for a hair cut and a leadership meeting, which was so amazing but it was 2:20am when I got home, so getting up at 6am, was challenging, and I am very tired.
I did pretty well with food until I got in the car to drive north. It was kind of strange. I needed to get some water, so I stopped at a convenience store. my old habit might have been to grab a bag of chips or something like that. Today, it wasn't really time for me to eat, but I had finished the walk about an hour prior, and was starving. I ended up getting peanuts. Not so bad of a choice, right? I got 3 packs, intending for them to be one for then and the other if I needed it another time or late tonight. by the time that I got home, they were all gone, and I had purchased food at the restaurant because I was famished. The lack of sleep makes me hungry, for sure, I think I've talked about that before. In addition, I thought that it would give me the energy to make my 1.5 hour drive home.
I am frustrated because of the calories that I added, but not defeated at all. I didn't add junk food, I added protien, so I made better choices when i added the calories for sure!! Tomorrow will be better, I already planned most of my meals for Wednesday. I will just have to work out more thursday-sunday.
The crazy thing was that in my daily email from Jillian's website this morning, it was like Jillian had been reading my blog and sending me a message! The article for the day was titled "Sleep and it's Hormone effect"
Here is her tip:
"JILLIAN'S TIP OF THE DAY
Stress and Sleep
Perhaps one of the biggest causes and symptoms of the hormonal shutdown from stress is when people start to cut into their hours of quality sleep. The percentage of young adults sleeping eight to nine hours per night has almost been cut in half in the past 50 years, from 40 percent in 1960 to 23 percent in 2002. During the same time period, the incidence of obesity has nearly doubled. Coincidence?"
Something to really think about, huh?
No stats for today, I was too tired to sync my bodybugg tonight, so will add the stats later if you want to come back and check them out.
here are the stats:
calories burned:2928
calories consumed:2629
calorie deficit:299
so, I guess even though I made good choices, the calories were so high!! UGGG well, it's okay, and I totally learned from THAT!!! Why did I even buy them??? I think, like I said, it was a habit in the past on long drives. No more..unless I bring from home!! The good thing is...I still had a deficit, even though it was so small!! geeze, I can't believe I ate 2629 calories...crazy!!!!
I'm looking forward to my nap at 1:45 and sleep tonight..make sure you get yours in too, okay???
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
weigh in #32 and C25K is back!!!
...Jump in the shower and the blood starts pumping, out on the street the trafic starts jumpin' with folks like me on the job from 9 to 5...
Okay, I know, I don't work 9-5, and I shower at night, and I can't hear the traffic from my apartment, HOWEVER, you know how your foot starts tapping or you start bouncing when you hear that Dolly Parton song? If you say "no", or don't recognize that song, then you must be really young or from a foreign land. Neither of which is bad, but then you won't really understand how I was feeling today!!
I woke up and didn't really want to get up, I was so nice and cozy in bed, ya know? But then, I remembered my dream, my goal, my commitment to myself and the momentum that I have from so much walking last week and I hopped out of bed.
I weighed in and was +1.2 pounds. It could be any number of things, and I really didn't care. I have refocused on my goals, recommited and next week, that 1.2 pounds will be totally gone plus more!!
I had a great breakfast and left for work. The traffic was insane, but nothing was messing up my mood, it was so fabulous! My morning was not terribly active, but we did have to run and errand and go walk around a store a lot! Then, at the afternoon job, just doing work around the house, I was running everywhere, it was so great! I love when my day is totally active and I know I'm burning a ton of calories. As far as food, my meals were all planned, but I did run out of time, and broke up one of my meals in a strange way. In addition, I ended up getting some iced tea that had some caffeine in it, and that gave me a boost too! I knew that I had to run some errands on the way home, so of course, there was more walking!!!
I got home much later than planned and had to eat dinner.. later than planned also, that was disappointing, but knew I needed more food. I really wanted to just take a shower and go to bed, but I knew that I made a commitment to myself to start the couch to 5K program(C25K) again. I know that I can do a 5K, I have done 3, but it has been quite awhile since I ran because of my injury, then later because of not being motivated. So, I decided to gradually get my running strength back, I would start this program again. So, on Day 1, if you don't remember from when I did it before, I run 60 seconds/walk 90 seconds and alternated for 20 minutes. I ran at 4.6 for most of the runs, and walked at 3.6. I was feeling pretty good about it. What is great is that when I started this program before, it was so challenging and scary to get through just one minute of running, and today, I didn't really feel too fatigued, but my breathing sure does need some work! Sooo happy that I did it!! Oh, and I got to use my treadmill that is in my apartment, I loved it and I was so thankful to Lisa and Matt for giving it to me!
I have packed my meals for tomorrow and have entered them in my bodybugg online so that I know how many calories I need to burn for the day. You can probably notice the time, and realize that there is no way that I will get in my 7-8 hours of sleep. I am disappointed about that, but with everything done, stress will be reduced and thus my journey will be better.
Oh, here are my stats for the day..they are pretty good for only 30 minutes of working out!
water--- I drank 144 ounces!!
calories burned:3389
calories consumed:1719
calorie deficit:1670 (that's almost half of a pound!!)
Learning and growing into a healthier me!!
~Cindy Lou
Okay, I know, I don't work 9-5, and I shower at night, and I can't hear the traffic from my apartment, HOWEVER, you know how your foot starts tapping or you start bouncing when you hear that Dolly Parton song? If you say "no", or don't recognize that song, then you must be really young or from a foreign land. Neither of which is bad, but then you won't really understand how I was feeling today!!
I woke up and didn't really want to get up, I was so nice and cozy in bed, ya know? But then, I remembered my dream, my goal, my commitment to myself and the momentum that I have from so much walking last week and I hopped out of bed.
I weighed in and was +1.2 pounds. It could be any number of things, and I really didn't care. I have refocused on my goals, recommited and next week, that 1.2 pounds will be totally gone plus more!!
I had a great breakfast and left for work. The traffic was insane, but nothing was messing up my mood, it was so fabulous! My morning was not terribly active, but we did have to run and errand and go walk around a store a lot! Then, at the afternoon job, just doing work around the house, I was running everywhere, it was so great! I love when my day is totally active and I know I'm burning a ton of calories. As far as food, my meals were all planned, but I did run out of time, and broke up one of my meals in a strange way. In addition, I ended up getting some iced tea that had some caffeine in it, and that gave me a boost too! I knew that I had to run some errands on the way home, so of course, there was more walking!!!
I got home much later than planned and had to eat dinner.. later than planned also, that was disappointing, but knew I needed more food. I really wanted to just take a shower and go to bed, but I knew that I made a commitment to myself to start the couch to 5K program(C25K) again. I know that I can do a 5K, I have done 3, but it has been quite awhile since I ran because of my injury, then later because of not being motivated. So, I decided to gradually get my running strength back, I would start this program again. So, on Day 1, if you don't remember from when I did it before, I run 60 seconds/walk 90 seconds and alternated for 20 minutes. I ran at 4.6 for most of the runs, and walked at 3.6. I was feeling pretty good about it. What is great is that when I started this program before, it was so challenging and scary to get through just one minute of running, and today, I didn't really feel too fatigued, but my breathing sure does need some work! Sooo happy that I did it!! Oh, and I got to use my treadmill that is in my apartment, I loved it and I was so thankful to Lisa and Matt for giving it to me!
I have packed my meals for tomorrow and have entered them in my bodybugg online so that I know how many calories I need to burn for the day. You can probably notice the time, and realize that there is no way that I will get in my 7-8 hours of sleep. I am disappointed about that, but with everything done, stress will be reduced and thus my journey will be better.
Oh, here are my stats for the day..they are pretty good for only 30 minutes of working out!
water--- I drank 144 ounces!!
calories burned:3389
calories consumed:1719
calorie deficit:1670 (that's almost half of a pound!!)
Learning and growing into a healthier me!!
~Cindy Lou
Still succeeding on Sunday
I got about 6 hours of sleep since I had the leadership meeting I was up late. I got up and took the dog for a walk, and loaded up my car since I was headed back home from the pet sitting gig.
After I dropped everything off at home, I headed to the park to meet Beth. I walked with her last Sunday, and we decided to meet again this week! Remember how I was talking about my friend yesterday who was concerned about walking too slow? Well, today I was walking with Beth,and I remembered our walk last week. I was concerned about her having to walk to slow. She assured me that it was no big deal, just like I did with my friend yesterday. Now I know how she felt..it was a pretty cool realization. Well, today was much different. I walked a few times this week, and I was much more energetic and ready for a spedier walk. I don't really know if it was her fastest pace, but we sure were faster and farther than last week. We had finished our route back at our cars, and when I looked at the distance that we had walked, we were at 2.87miles. We decided to keep going so that we could hit 3 miles. We finished with 3.33, I think. I was so excited and was feeling so energetic!! I got home, did lots of things around here, and visited with some neighbors, it was a fabulous afternoon.
In the evening I went to see my sister, and after helping her with some things, we ended up taking a walk, and we ended up walking about 1.5 miles!
It ended up being a great day for seeing people that I cared about and for activity, that's for sure!
I also have to tell you about something strange. I was behind on reading my emails from Jillian's webiste.(I have them automatically go into a folder so I can read thaem later) So today I went to look at them and how crazy, the title of one of her emails was, "How to turn a Problem into an Opportunity" I was freaking out...I was on the same wavelength as Jillian!! I know, I'm goofy, but it was just so shocking!! some good things to think about from her.
I will be kicking off tomorrow with a very refocused attitude, and back to the Couch to 5K!! Oh, and weigh in happens too!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
After I dropped everything off at home, I headed to the park to meet Beth. I walked with her last Sunday, and we decided to meet again this week! Remember how I was talking about my friend yesterday who was concerned about walking too slow? Well, today I was walking with Beth,and I remembered our walk last week. I was concerned about her having to walk to slow. She assured me that it was no big deal, just like I did with my friend yesterday. Now I know how she felt..it was a pretty cool realization. Well, today was much different. I walked a few times this week, and I was much more energetic and ready for a spedier walk. I don't really know if it was her fastest pace, but we sure were faster and farther than last week. We had finished our route back at our cars, and when I looked at the distance that we had walked, we were at 2.87miles. We decided to keep going so that we could hit 3 miles. We finished with 3.33, I think. I was so excited and was feeling so energetic!! I got home, did lots of things around here, and visited with some neighbors, it was a fabulous afternoon.
In the evening I went to see my sister, and after helping her with some things, we ended up taking a walk, and we ended up walking about 1.5 miles!
It ended up being a great day for seeing people that I cared about and for activity, that's for sure!
I also have to tell you about something strange. I was behind on reading my emails from Jillian's webiste.(I have them automatically go into a folder so I can read thaem later) So today I went to look at them and how crazy, the title of one of her emails was, "How to turn a Problem into an Opportunity" I was freaking out...I was on the same wavelength as Jillian!! I know, I'm goofy, but it was just so shocking!! some good things to think about from her.
I will be kicking off tomorrow with a very refocused attitude, and back to the Couch to 5K!! Oh, and weigh in happens too!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
Monday, February 14, 2011
successful saturday, and some reminders
What a great way to start the morning! I took a walk with a friend today. She told me that she was struggling and wanted to walk because she is starting a fitness program and moving in the direction of a healthier lifestyle. I was sooo excited to see her and join her in her journey. She was concerned about maybe walking slower than I would usually go. To me, it wasn't about how fast we were going, it was about doing something better for our health and our future! I used an app on my phone, "map my run" to see the distance and time for our walk. We did 1.41 miles, and it took about 33 minutes. She was a bit tired after the walk, but when I told her that we walked 1.41 miles, I noticed a smile on her face, it was so cool to me! We talked about how it didn't matter if it was record time, but more about if we hadn't planned to get together and walk, she (and possibly I) would have just been sitting around. I was soo happy to have started my day out that way, and now, we have decided that we will do that every Saturday. Obviously, things can come up, but for now, it's going to be a regular thing :). I am so excited!!
Well, with the morning starting off like that, I had some great energy and took the dog for a walk where I was pet sitting. I hung out with the pets for awhile, then, went to my apartment and did some things around there. After getting cleaned up, I went back to feed the pets and take the dog for another walk. All of this walking has been fabulous! Of course, better results with hard core work out at the gym, but these walks this week have been so great to just start moving more again!!
At night I attended a leadership seminar. I did a fair amount a walking around, but the majority was just sitting. In listening to these great TEAM leaders, I heard some things that reminded me about my journey. IT made me really start to think about some things a little more, it was great! Here are a couple of things I picked up:
--How are you avoiding YOUR reality?
***some examples were things like watching TV, doing tons of social activities just to avoid the thing that will get you to your goal. ***
Something I thought about was that when my life seems to lack excitement, or if I am bored, instead of working out, I want to watch a DVD or something, and really, that is just avoiding things in my life. Is my life that bad?? not really, but tv, movies, social activities they take us out of whatever is dragging us down. That doesn't mean we need to stop doing them, it just means that, for me, I need to examine WHY I am trying to avoid things in my life. Then, I can see where my goals are so that I can make my actions line up with my goals.
A great quote from tonight: "the problem is the opportunity"-Dan Hawkins
Now isn't that so true!!!
--Get with a mentor. Someone who has been on your journey and has the results that you want. Then they can help you course correct so you can get back on course.
***for me, it seems to be Allison that is helping me most with this. I check in with her everyday. There are so many other people who give me the help and feedback that I need, it's so awesome. THANKS EVERYONE!!
--check and set your goals daily, weekly, monthly.
***if you don't have a clear vision of where you are going, how are you going to get there? so, set your goals, come up with a game plan, and check on your progress daily. Each day, then week, see if you met those goals and the same monthly. Just remember that if you don't meet your weekly goals, you need to get reexamine your game plan so that you can correct what needs correcting so that you can meet your monthly goals!
good luck to you all, thanks for reading, and keep moving!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
Well, with the morning starting off like that, I had some great energy and took the dog for a walk where I was pet sitting. I hung out with the pets for awhile, then, went to my apartment and did some things around there. After getting cleaned up, I went back to feed the pets and take the dog for another walk. All of this walking has been fabulous! Of course, better results with hard core work out at the gym, but these walks this week have been so great to just start moving more again!!
At night I attended a leadership seminar. I did a fair amount a walking around, but the majority was just sitting. In listening to these great TEAM leaders, I heard some things that reminded me about my journey. IT made me really start to think about some things a little more, it was great! Here are a couple of things I picked up:
--How are you avoiding YOUR reality?
***some examples were things like watching TV, doing tons of social activities just to avoid the thing that will get you to your goal. ***
Something I thought about was that when my life seems to lack excitement, or if I am bored, instead of working out, I want to watch a DVD or something, and really, that is just avoiding things in my life. Is my life that bad?? not really, but tv, movies, social activities they take us out of whatever is dragging us down. That doesn't mean we need to stop doing them, it just means that, for me, I need to examine WHY I am trying to avoid things in my life. Then, I can see where my goals are so that I can make my actions line up with my goals.
A great quote from tonight: "the problem is the opportunity"-Dan Hawkins
Now isn't that so true!!!
--Get with a mentor. Someone who has been on your journey and has the results that you want. Then they can help you course correct so you can get back on course.
***for me, it seems to be Allison that is helping me most with this. I check in with her everyday. There are so many other people who give me the help and feedback that I need, it's so awesome. THANKS EVERYONE!!
--check and set your goals daily, weekly, monthly.
***if you don't have a clear vision of where you are going, how are you going to get there? so, set your goals, come up with a game plan, and check on your progress daily. Each day, then week, see if you met those goals and the same monthly. Just remember that if you don't meet your weekly goals, you need to get reexamine your game plan so that you can correct what needs correcting so that you can meet your monthly goals!
good luck to you all, thanks for reading, and keep moving!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Fabulous friday
After getting off of work, I headed home, got a little sleep, worked and then met my friend, Jon, for a walk. We walked about 1.75 miles. I hope that we are able to get walks in when he is home and not touring. When he is gone, hopefully his wife, Kathy, and I will be able to do some walks too! I got home and slept some more then headed to my overnight pet sitting job. Got to walk with the dog, which was about .25 miles.
I did a little online and a bit of reading. I did do something since I had the luxury of a TV with on demand. I caught up on Biggest Loser episodes. It gave me some ideas about workouts and things that I haven't done, but need to be doing to move forward. They are also doing a ton of boxing. I'm not saying that I have any desire to be a boxer or beat anyone up, but I can see how that would be a cool thing to add into my routine eventually.
It was a great day to get some activity in, wish I would have had the energy to work out more, but only sleep.
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
I did a little online and a bit of reading. I did do something since I had the luxury of a TV with on demand. I caught up on Biggest Loser episodes. It gave me some ideas about workouts and things that I haven't done, but need to be doing to move forward. They are also doing a ton of boxing. I'm not saying that I have any desire to be a boxer or beat anyone up, but I can see how that would be a cool thing to add into my routine eventually.
It was a great day to get some activity in, wish I would have had the energy to work out more, but only sleep.
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
Friday, February 11, 2011
..yes indeed I'm walking...
What a great night of sleep!! Hope that you liked all of the quotes yesterday. Today, was very different than yesterday! I had a ton of activity!!! The sad part is that I forgot my bodybugg, so didn't track any of that activity. Oh well, I konw that I did it :) the other thing is that I didn't do great with food.
So, at my afternoon job, we went to the skateboard park again. It worked out so great!! I got more than 3 miles in, and if felt great! My speed was faster too, but only by about 1 minute or so. After work, I met some friends and we went to the track and I logged about 2.75 miles walking! I had a great time!! I then headed home to rest a bit and now I am watching the twins. They called today, and since I don't have back to back to back jobs, and I can work my few hours on Friday and then go home and sleep, I took the job. I got rest in before the job and have slept about 2 hours here, and will sleep 1-2 more before work in the morning. So, my sleep will be broken up, but I won't completely miss it like on Tuesday night.
I have yet to use the treadmill and lifecycle that I got, and I am a bit disappointed. I will be watching pets all weekend, so chances of using them this weekend are slim..I will be walking the dog or go to the gym. I have done some weeding out of stuff and it is in a huge pile in my living room until I can get rid of it. Luckily, someone on freecycle.org is taking the chair this weekend and the other things will be send where needed and I can get back to normal with my space.
Friday looks promising as does the weekend, there will be a lot of activity and I am excited about that! I will also be taking care of those "goals"/"game plan" that I talked about a couple of days ago.
Off to take another mini nap. thanks for reading, I promise the blogs are going to get much more interesting in the next few days!!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
I hope that you all have a fabulous weekend!!
So, at my afternoon job, we went to the skateboard park again. It worked out so great!! I got more than 3 miles in, and if felt great! My speed was faster too, but only by about 1 minute or so. After work, I met some friends and we went to the track and I logged about 2.75 miles walking! I had a great time!! I then headed home to rest a bit and now I am watching the twins. They called today, and since I don't have back to back to back jobs, and I can work my few hours on Friday and then go home and sleep, I took the job. I got rest in before the job and have slept about 2 hours here, and will sleep 1-2 more before work in the morning. So, my sleep will be broken up, but I won't completely miss it like on Tuesday night.
I have yet to use the treadmill and lifecycle that I got, and I am a bit disappointed. I will be watching pets all weekend, so chances of using them this weekend are slim..I will be walking the dog or go to the gym. I have done some weeding out of stuff and it is in a huge pile in my living room until I can get rid of it. Luckily, someone on freecycle.org is taking the chair this weekend and the other things will be send where needed and I can get back to normal with my space.
Friday looks promising as does the weekend, there will be a lot of activity and I am excited about that! I will also be taking care of those "goals"/"game plan" that I talked about a couple of days ago.
Off to take another mini nap. thanks for reading, I promise the blogs are going to get much more interesting in the next few days!!
Learning and growing into a healthier me!
~Cindy Lou
I hope that you all have a fabulous weekend!!
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