Jon came home from work. So that last 2 weeks have been hard to fit everything into my day. Whenever Jon comes home it seems like we try to fit a full month into 2 weeks to make up time. That is definitely a con to his job.
Well he left for another month this morning. The next 4 weeks I will be busy but I will have more time for me this rotation. I am going to make a small goal. . . . Work out every day for 30 days straight. For the days that are recommended as rest days are going to be stretching/flexibility days. Some might say flexibility is not that big of a concern when getting fit. But I danced and did gymnastics for most of my life and to me to be flexible will help me do more things physically. It will also help me lose the fat and create lean muscle.
Food wise, I will be focusing on portion sizes and no snacks.
So here it goes. . . . 30 days straight of working out. I have loaded my audio books and am ready to go.
Loves & Smiles,
Mo
Monday, July 30, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The weekend and more.
The last few days have been busy getting things done for Jon is coming home. :) So I have missed a couple of days of blogging.
First of all, the REAL game in Saturday sucked and then it kind of over flower into my own indoor game. Hahaha! I twisted my ankle at the game, therefore have not been able to do my regular work out. But I was still able to walk.
At work I have been walking on my break. It doesn't just help my work out but clears my head for the middle of the day. I have 2 co-workers I walk with and we decided to work out/weight train during lunch about 2 to 3 times a week. Today is our first day on doing it so we will see if we can keep it up for more than a month.
I love it that I do have that opportunity do work out during work. Makes it a little easier stay on top of my goal.
First of all, the REAL game in Saturday sucked and then it kind of over flower into my own indoor game. Hahaha! I twisted my ankle at the game, therefore have not been able to do my regular work out. But I was still able to walk.
At work I have been walking on my break. It doesn't just help my work out but clears my head for the middle of the day. I have 2 co-workers I walk with and we decided to work out/weight train during lunch about 2 to 3 times a week. Today is our first day on doing it so we will see if we can keep it up for more than a month.
I love it that I do have that opportunity do work out during work. Makes it a little easier stay on top of my goal.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Friday night
The night I want to relax, have fun and melt away the week.
Natalie and I went shopping and got a bunch of fruit and low fat vanilla yogurt.
I cut up some slices of fruit and got some yogurt to dip in.
I have opened all the windows to enjoy some cool summer rain smell.
We got in our comfortable pjs on and have cuddled up together.
Now it is time for our movie UP (selected by Natalie).
It is going to be a fantastic night!
Loves & Smiles,
Mo
Natalie and I went shopping and got a bunch of fruit and low fat vanilla yogurt.
I cut up some slices of fruit and got some yogurt to dip in.
I have opened all the windows to enjoy some cool summer rain smell.
We got in our comfortable pjs on and have cuddled up together.
Now it is time for our movie UP (selected by Natalie).
It is going to be a fantastic night!
Loves & Smiles,
Mo
Thursday, July 12, 2012
The weekend is near!
It is almost the weekend. I am going to have a hard time with weekends. For it is the time to be with family and friends. I am running all over the place and do to ever be home other than to sleep. Anyways, that is how the last few weekends have gone. Yes, even though Jon is away I am still extremely busy on the weekends. Holiday time with family, REAL games, indoor soccer games, family birthday parties and dinners.
Jon comes home next Wednesday, and I have a lot to do before then. Organize and plan our camping trip, do the laundry, clean the house, water the lawn, and get my work out in. Honestly doing house work is a work out in of its self. But I don't feel the burn you get when working out from house work.
My one goal this weekend is not to over eat. I tend to do that with family and friends cause when you get together there has to be food of some sort. MODERATION is the key!!
Wish me luck!
Loves & Smiles,
Mo
Jon comes home next Wednesday, and I have a lot to do before then. Organize and plan our camping trip, do the laundry, clean the house, water the lawn, and get my work out in. Honestly doing house work is a work out in of its self. But I don't feel the burn you get when working out from house work.
My one goal this weekend is not to over eat. I tend to do that with family and friends cause when you get together there has to be food of some sort. MODERATION is the key!!
Wish me luck!
Loves & Smiles,
Mo
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Dealing with stress.
There have been changes in my workplace with organization and procedures on how we are suppose to work. I got a different manager. Right now we are in the 2nd week into this new way of doing things. There isn't the organization that there was on my old team. It has come with frustrating, re-learning of procedures on what the new manager wants things to run and noticing that I will not be treated the way I was on my old team.
Therefore in order to help me get through the day I started walking .9 miles during my breaks. I have 4 other co-workers who have been doing it for a while. I had not done it before because I didn't want to go for I was either concentrating on work or doing a project. Now, I look forward to it every day to clear my mind and to also get my blood moving from sitting all day.
I found an app for the iphone(it is also available for the android now) called Nexercise. It is where you record your certain activities during the day. Like housework, walking, P90X, etc. There are a lot of categories. Once you record or track the activity you are doing you get certain points. Once you get a certain amount of points built up you level up. I really like this cause I did play WOW for a little while and always liked leveling up. But one other feature of the app is that you can compare yourself to other friends and compete on who is getting the most points.
If you think of trying the app out let me know and we could become friends on it and compete!! Something to help motivate us all. This app is what I use to track the distance of walking I do. It has a GPS feature to calculate the distance when you are running/walking outside.
Another thing I tried differently today. Usually to handle stress I think of a treat to have. I keep in mind I want to treat myself with anything except food. Once I got to my limit at work I tried to think of something to do. I could not think of anything. So I asked Jon and said "Take Natalie to a dollar movie." which was a fantastic idea. Other than Natalie was not a good girl at daycare and I had to be stern and not take her to a movie. Which she loves movies. If she is bad at daycare she doesn't get to do want she wants when she gets home.
I had to turn to something else to help relieve the stress. So I turned on the kinect and played Dance Central. I love this game cause I use to dance and this is the closest thing I can get to dancing again without having to find a babysitter or enroll in classes.
I also was given some good info that the West Valley Recreation facility near my home gives the 1st hour free for babysitting while you work out. I am going to try to go there this weekend to see how much it costs. If it doesn't cost too much I am going to join and work out there when I need to relieve some tension after work. And maybe join a class or 2. :)
I was proud that I kept in mind to not turn to eating to help with stress. Time to continue the journey. Until tomorrow. . . .
Loves & smiles,
Mo
Therefore in order to help me get through the day I started walking .9 miles during my breaks. I have 4 other co-workers who have been doing it for a while. I had not done it before because I didn't want to go for I was either concentrating on work or doing a project. Now, I look forward to it every day to clear my mind and to also get my blood moving from sitting all day.
I found an app for the iphone(it is also available for the android now) called Nexercise. It is where you record your certain activities during the day. Like housework, walking, P90X, etc. There are a lot of categories. Once you record or track the activity you are doing you get certain points. Once you get a certain amount of points built up you level up. I really like this cause I did play WOW for a little while and always liked leveling up. But one other feature of the app is that you can compare yourself to other friends and compete on who is getting the most points.
If you think of trying the app out let me know and we could become friends on it and compete!! Something to help motivate us all. This app is what I use to track the distance of walking I do. It has a GPS feature to calculate the distance when you are running/walking outside.
Another thing I tried differently today. Usually to handle stress I think of a treat to have. I keep in mind I want to treat myself with anything except food. Once I got to my limit at work I tried to think of something to do. I could not think of anything. So I asked Jon and said "Take Natalie to a dollar movie." which was a fantastic idea. Other than Natalie was not a good girl at daycare and I had to be stern and not take her to a movie. Which she loves movies. If she is bad at daycare she doesn't get to do want she wants when she gets home.
I had to turn to something else to help relieve the stress. So I turned on the kinect and played Dance Central. I love this game cause I use to dance and this is the closest thing I can get to dancing again without having to find a babysitter or enroll in classes.
I also was given some good info that the West Valley Recreation facility near my home gives the 1st hour free for babysitting while you work out. I am going to try to go there this weekend to see how much it costs. If it doesn't cost too much I am going to join and work out there when I need to relieve some tension after work. And maybe join a class or 2. :)
I was proud that I kept in mind to not turn to eating to help with stress. Time to continue the journey. Until tomorrow. . . .
Loves & smiles,
Mo
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
The first step on the right path!
I noticed that when I say I am trying to lose weight I have no real way of making sure I am accountable for what I do. That is the reason why I have started this blog. To ensure that I blog one thing each day about what I have done. It could be anything. What I have eaten, my workout, the struggles, emotions and random activities or thoughts through out my day.
Through out my childhood and high school life I was an athlete. I did almost everything, Gymnastics, soccer, basketball, softball and dance (jazz, tap and ballet). Even though I was active most of my life I had a food addiction issues. I have never told people this or admitted it. I can remember it all the way back to when I was 5 years old. I would get so hungry from gymnastics I always wanted more. Then in 4th grade I quit gymnastics after we won the Level 6 State Championships. Why did I quit? . . Well I felt like I was going to get any better because I could not do anything on bars for Level 6. Therefore I would have to repeat it. Anyways, once I quit I noticed I didn't have many friends out of gym. And that I had been missing out on TV. . . NOW don't get me wrong I was 9 years old and thought TV was the best! That is when I started sitting around the TV and eating snacks after school for I didn't have friends to hang out with.
Gradually I got some friends but no friendship stuck for years. Some cases they did, though it was more like we are acquaintances and acted liked we knew everything about each other when we "played" once in a while. Also I was still participating in recreation sports. Mostly dance, soccer and basketball. My Mom had tried to get me to play softball cause I was good but I thought the game was too boring and needed continuous activity.
In Junior high, I tried out for Murray Max's first girls competition soccer team. I made it and loved every minute of it. I played with Murray Max till I was 18. I had also been able to make the Murray High School Basketball team when I was Freshman. As well I was in Murray Community Dance top teams, where we would have 3 classes a week. One for each style. So I was active and never really had to watch what I ate.
In High School, I made the basketball team my Freshman and Sophomore year but didn't tryout after that. I had also made the JV/Varsity Soccer Team all 4 years. That was one of my passions. Still is. I started to kind of worry about my weight around this time but never fully committed to losing weight head on. There was too much to worry about when you are teen. hahahaha! Dances, friends, boys, classes, teams and more socializing. There was only one time I lost weight in High School. Jon, my current husband, and I broke up right before the end of our Junior year. He was my first love and it hurt me. I didn't notice till about 3 days after the initial split that I had not eaten at all for those 3 days. I was so emotionally drained that it was put on the back burner. In those 3 days I lost 15 pounds.
It was a good thing for it was not intentional. I didn't continue to not eat. I just kept trying to figure out ways to get him off my mind. Which turned into working out. Thank goodness we had soccer conditioning in the mornings 5 days a week. I got really fit for there was a lot more cardio and running done during conditioning. And there was the one week of soccer camp. But I did have a job at Pretzelmaker, which we were allowed to have as many pretzels as we wanted while we were working. And they are addicting!
When graduating high school I weighted 135. Jon and I got back together after high school, as you can see. We moved in together and started to get comfortable. When we started living together it was lets stay at home and watch a movie or invite people over here and hang out. Rather than go outside and do something like in high school. We got married a little over a year later and were married for 3 years before I became pregnant with Natalie. When I got pregnant with Natalie I weight 175. I had gained 40 pounds over the 4 years out of high school. Even though I joined a gym and went every so often and even got a personal trainer once. It seemed like I would have my good days and bad. That never turned into results.
Well now after having Natalie I gained 30 more pounds coming in at 205. I have been trying to get the weight off for 2 1/2 years. I have had some success and lost about 15 pounds but then gained it right back.
With my life schedule now I need to take charge cause I don't have Jon at home most of the time reminding me on what I want to accomplish. So I am looking into other things with eating and grocery shopping to help me out.
In 92 days from today I have a trip to Vegas with Jon and 2 very close friends. That is 13 weeks. If I lose 2 lbs a week, I could be 26 pounds lighter. I am going to take to heart the challenge to get there. I even have decided that with every pound I lose I will give myself $10 towards some new clothes. If I reach the goal of 26 pounds I will have $260 for some new clothes. :)
I need all the support I can get! Please if you have any advice, info or encouragement I will truly love your comment.
Today is a new day and time to get in control of my life style.
loves and smiles,
Mo
May the force be with you. :)
Through out my childhood and high school life I was an athlete. I did almost everything, Gymnastics, soccer, basketball, softball and dance (jazz, tap and ballet). Even though I was active most of my life I had a food addiction issues. I have never told people this or admitted it. I can remember it all the way back to when I was 5 years old. I would get so hungry from gymnastics I always wanted more. Then in 4th grade I quit gymnastics after we won the Level 6 State Championships. Why did I quit? . . Well I felt like I was going to get any better because I could not do anything on bars for Level 6. Therefore I would have to repeat it. Anyways, once I quit I noticed I didn't have many friends out of gym. And that I had been missing out on TV. . . NOW don't get me wrong I was 9 years old and thought TV was the best! That is when I started sitting around the TV and eating snacks after school for I didn't have friends to hang out with.
Gradually I got some friends but no friendship stuck for years. Some cases they did, though it was more like we are acquaintances and acted liked we knew everything about each other when we "played" once in a while. Also I was still participating in recreation sports. Mostly dance, soccer and basketball. My Mom had tried to get me to play softball cause I was good but I thought the game was too boring and needed continuous activity.
In Junior high, I tried out for Murray Max's first girls competition soccer team. I made it and loved every minute of it. I played with Murray Max till I was 18. I had also been able to make the Murray High School Basketball team when I was Freshman. As well I was in Murray Community Dance top teams, where we would have 3 classes a week. One for each style. So I was active and never really had to watch what I ate.
In High School, I made the basketball team my Freshman and Sophomore year but didn't tryout after that. I had also made the JV/Varsity Soccer Team all 4 years. That was one of my passions. Still is. I started to kind of worry about my weight around this time but never fully committed to losing weight head on. There was too much to worry about when you are teen. hahahaha! Dances, friends, boys, classes, teams and more socializing. There was only one time I lost weight in High School. Jon, my current husband, and I broke up right before the end of our Junior year. He was my first love and it hurt me. I didn't notice till about 3 days after the initial split that I had not eaten at all for those 3 days. I was so emotionally drained that it was put on the back burner. In those 3 days I lost 15 pounds.
It was a good thing for it was not intentional. I didn't continue to not eat. I just kept trying to figure out ways to get him off my mind. Which turned into working out. Thank goodness we had soccer conditioning in the mornings 5 days a week. I got really fit for there was a lot more cardio and running done during conditioning. And there was the one week of soccer camp. But I did have a job at Pretzelmaker, which we were allowed to have as many pretzels as we wanted while we were working. And they are addicting!
When graduating high school I weighted 135. Jon and I got back together after high school, as you can see. We moved in together and started to get comfortable. When we started living together it was lets stay at home and watch a movie or invite people over here and hang out. Rather than go outside and do something like in high school. We got married a little over a year later and were married for 3 years before I became pregnant with Natalie. When I got pregnant with Natalie I weight 175. I had gained 40 pounds over the 4 years out of high school. Even though I joined a gym and went every so often and even got a personal trainer once. It seemed like I would have my good days and bad. That never turned into results.
Well now after having Natalie I gained 30 more pounds coming in at 205. I have been trying to get the weight off for 2 1/2 years. I have had some success and lost about 15 pounds but then gained it right back.
With my life schedule now I need to take charge cause I don't have Jon at home most of the time reminding me on what I want to accomplish. So I am looking into other things with eating and grocery shopping to help me out.
In 92 days from today I have a trip to Vegas with Jon and 2 very close friends. That is 13 weeks. If I lose 2 lbs a week, I could be 26 pounds lighter. I am going to take to heart the challenge to get there. I even have decided that with every pound I lose I will give myself $10 towards some new clothes. If I reach the goal of 26 pounds I will have $260 for some new clothes. :)
I need all the support I can get! Please if you have any advice, info or encouragement I will truly love your comment.
Today is a new day and time to get in control of my life style.
loves and smiles,
Mo
May the force be with you. :)
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