I have gotten away from blogging for a long time and I have desperately missed it. I think it's because there is so much social media that can take a hold and consume so much time so easily. For me it was Facebook. I say was because I just deactivated my account to keep me away. Yes, it can be a wonderful tool for networking and keeping in touch, but it can also be a horrible distraction. It came down to that for me yesterday. Seems I was tagged in a picture where I was on someone's sail boat (2 rafted together actually) to watch fireworks on the Hudson. It was a nice night, the kids loved their night swim with friends and we were home in seconds as we live right by the marina where the boats are moored. Anyway, this picture seemed to induce someone, who is very close to me, to post a mean spirited comment pointed at me. I was hurt and angered at the same time. I have gotten to a place in my life that if I have to explain something as meaningless as a picture on a sail boat, then I don't really know what kind of relationship I have. And it wasn't just that one post, that was the straw that broke the camel's back. I'm tired of seeing other 'friendships' handled on Facebook in this same way. SO, I figured that I HAD to deactivate my account for my own wellbeing and if anyone has anything to say to me, they can call and talk to me. That's a bit 'old school' I know, but I DID grow up in a house with one corded, pulse, rotary telephone in the kitchen, so I'm not resistant to talking on one of my 3 cordless phones...lol
I'm not completely unplugged. I'm still on Instagram that I haven't used in a while, so I was happy to jump in that again. I really like the whole picture thing with that. Of course, I still have my email accounts and my blogger!
So, let me catch up a bit. I am still working on losing weight and getting healthy. It's taking more time than I like, but I have lost about 15 lbs since my last blog. That makes me happy. :) Also, I have started working part time for an attorney. I've been there for about 3 weeks now and I love my job! Juggling part time work and kids, house, dog, etc. isn't as difficult as I had originally imagined. Yes, there are some adjustments for all of us and everyone has made a pretty smooth transition. The one with the most difficulty was the dog...LOL. He just didn't know what to do with me leaving on a regular basis and the kids said that the first week he was misbehaving terribly. He's better now.
I have been loving work and my job! The first week I lost 5 lbs! LOL I thought that was a nice added bonus! I have a wonderful boss who is an awesome lawyer and just an over all sweet, decent person. She makes my job so easy.
So my goal now is to find more time to exercise. It's been crazy hot this past week and that always puts a damper on the exercise motivation. I have been eating well, that's never been an issue for me. It's always been the exercising that is something I have to work harder to do.
Another goal is to blog more often. It may not be every day, but I will try to post more than once a week. That will help me to keep motivated to exercise.
Have a great day!!!
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
I have NOT given up....
I've just been very busy. I know, we ALL are very busy. But I haven't stopped trying to keep up with healthy eating and exercise. I have stayed on track with my eating, but my exercise has been spotty at best.
Earlier this month my husband went in for some out-paitent surgery that kept him over night unexpectedly. Thankfully, he is ok. There were no complications, it was just the severity of his injury made recovery lengthier than it normally would have been. He is still recovering and cannot do many things around the house that he normally would be doing, thus one reason why I have been very busy.
I also have been a bit stressed and that normally would end up with me eating poorly, but I didn't do that this time! In fact I barely ate (I know...a terrible thing to do), but when I did, I made sure that I was eating healthy food instead of the comfort food cravings. Ironically enough, I didn't crave the junk food I normally do. In the end I lost 5lbs.
So, that 5lbs coming off totally kick started me into more exercising. I have been walking a lot. There are a lot of hills around here so the walking has been good.
As I went out for my walk today I don't know what came over me, but I began to RUN!!! RUN...I tell you!!! This is ABSOLUTELY not something that I would voluntarily do unless I was being chased by zombies....THEN I would definitely run. But today, here I was thinking, "Ya know, I have these really good running sneakers on, maybe I should just run." and I ran 1/2 a mile. A MIRACLE....seriously. Those that have known me for some time know that I HATE to run. It's a long convoluted drama as to why, but suffice it to say it mostly comes down to my breathing. See, I am asthmatic and have been all my life. I don't need an inhaler, I'm not that bad, but I have a limited lung capacity and if I don't keep up with exercise, I have even less lung capacity. So, when I run, my body has the strength to go a lot farther than my lungs can. My lungs start to hurt, then burn, then the sharp pain begins. It's actually quite annoying, so I have to stop once I get the the sharp pain part. It's not life threatening. It's kinda like when you work a muscle to the point of exhaustion. It's that sort of pain but in my chest. Again...quite annoying. So today, I did it. I decided to run and start strengthening my lungs so they have more stamina. I felt pretty good while running and now I feel even better!! AND I'm really proud of myself. :)
Have a great day everyone!
~N
Earlier this month my husband went in for some out-paitent surgery that kept him over night unexpectedly. Thankfully, he is ok. There were no complications, it was just the severity of his injury made recovery lengthier than it normally would have been. He is still recovering and cannot do many things around the house that he normally would be doing, thus one reason why I have been very busy.
I also have been a bit stressed and that normally would end up with me eating poorly, but I didn't do that this time! In fact I barely ate (I know...a terrible thing to do), but when I did, I made sure that I was eating healthy food instead of the comfort food cravings. Ironically enough, I didn't crave the junk food I normally do. In the end I lost 5lbs.
So, that 5lbs coming off totally kick started me into more exercising. I have been walking a lot. There are a lot of hills around here so the walking has been good.
As I went out for my walk today I don't know what came over me, but I began to RUN!!! RUN...I tell you!!! This is ABSOLUTELY not something that I would voluntarily do unless I was being chased by zombies....THEN I would definitely run. But today, here I was thinking, "Ya know, I have these really good running sneakers on, maybe I should just run." and I ran 1/2 a mile. A MIRACLE....seriously. Those that have known me for some time know that I HATE to run. It's a long convoluted drama as to why, but suffice it to say it mostly comes down to my breathing. See, I am asthmatic and have been all my life. I don't need an inhaler, I'm not that bad, but I have a limited lung capacity and if I don't keep up with exercise, I have even less lung capacity. So, when I run, my body has the strength to go a lot farther than my lungs can. My lungs start to hurt, then burn, then the sharp pain begins. It's actually quite annoying, so I have to stop once I get the the sharp pain part. It's not life threatening. It's kinda like when you work a muscle to the point of exhaustion. It's that sort of pain but in my chest. Again...quite annoying. So today, I did it. I decided to run and start strengthening my lungs so they have more stamina. I felt pretty good while running and now I feel even better!! AND I'm really proud of myself. :)
Have a great day everyone!
~N
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
The Whole Summer is Gone!
And I know I haven't blogged this summer at all, so here is my update.
I have not stopped working toward health and wellness even in the midst of a crazy busy and quite hot summer. I have not lost any weight since my initial weight loss when I started this blog, but I haven't gained anything either, so I think that's good. I am a bit discouraged because I really haven't lost any more, but I know that I'm still on the right track to better health.
One thing I have learned this summer is how my busy busy life is directly reflected in my eating habits and exercise routines. I Always, always, always put my health on the back burner. That is something I have been working on, and still need to desperately continue to work on. This habit is really hard for me to break.
Another thing I have realized is that not just busyness affects my health routines, but also circumstances. I really need to stop focusing my mental energies on the things happening in my life and around me. For example, summer is over and I have to get all the kids ready to start school. I homeschool my 2 youngest and my oldest goes to our local high school. Her schedule came in the mail and it had some huge mistakes on it, so now I feel like I have to do someone else's job and get it worked out (a ripple in my very scheduled life). I did get it worked out over the phone, but we will see if we get the new schedule in time to know that it was really worked out. If not, I will have to get to the school the day before school starts to get the new schedule and if it STILL is not fixed, my daughter will have to talk to her guidance counselor on the first day of school. I have to get my reports faxed for my 2 youngest and in order to do that I literally have to move the printer/fax machine upstairs to plug it into the modem so I can fax (and there is always a degree of fiddling involved)....yet another ripple....agh....I know all these things seem little, but they definitely add up and fast.
Also, circumstances affecting other people in my life affect me as well, and my attitude toward making the effort to take care of myself. It's weird but, I seem to get sad, not really depressed, but sad enough that I focus on helping/fixing/doing anything to make it better. Yesterday, one of my closest friends was having a really bad day and there was nothing I could really do, it had nothing to do with me, it was just sad and it made me sad to see how discouraged they were. Then this morning, my husband shares with me his day yesterday and it was just one of those days. He works 2 jobs and is being put between a rock and a hard place in one job and then has to go directly to the second job and yesterday was 'problem day' with both. So, here I sit blogging and wanting to do SOMETHING to fix the issues that came up for him. And it's not really the actual work (I really can't help there), it's more like the attitudes flying around and believe you me, I can handle other people's 'tudes rather efficiently and ruthlessly especially when they are upsetting someone I care about. Not saying I'm right, just saying I'm almost salivating at the thought of getting the opportunity to 'take care of things'. Must be that Italian blood in me.
All these distractions...all this busyness, it keeps me from focusing on taking care of my health, watching what I put in my mouth or WHEN I eat. Sometimes I don't eat ALL day, that's the worst thing for me to do. Point is, I take these distractions in and I willingly focus on them and purposely NOT focus on my health. This is something that HAS TO CHANGE for me if I am ever going to get healthier.
So, onward and upward today. Yes, I have a lot to do, yes I will be faced with other people's issues and attitudes as well as my own, but I WILL take the focus off of all that and I WILL purposely focus on what I need to do to be healthier. Yes, life will continue even if I don't get the chance to give someone a good tongue lashing, if I don't get all the dog hair off the floor, if I don't get those plants into the ground, if I don't get to the bank, if I don't get to the store, if I don't get the laundry done and if I don't get my teenager out of bed before noon. Two things that WILL be accomplished today is healthy eating and exercise.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
OH MY!!!!!
I know, I know...it's been quite a while since I blogged. Last week was incredibly busy. My in laws were here all week and I didn't get to exercise at all. However, I DID watch my food intake and made good choices. I ended up losing 3 pounds!!!
So today (yes, I know it's Thursday) I'm back on track with exercise (and blogging).
A friend of mine sent this video and challenged me to, and I quote, "See if you can do it." (Psst..the link is in the "See if you can do it" part).
So I did it...I didn't want to do it, but my friend is calling me later to see if I did it....lol I could only complete 2 out of the 4 reps, yes, it's THAT strenuous and it's only 9 minutes of my day believe it or not...so I did only about 6 minutes and my heart rate is up, upper and lower muscles are shaking and I think I drank about a gallon of water when I was finished.
Now, it's your turn to be challenged! Can you do all 4 reps? It's only 9 minutes. Give it a try and tell me how you did.
I'm going to do 2 more reps later today. I'll let you know how that goes!
Have a great day and do forget to comment below. I want to know how everyone made out with this exercise!!
OX~N
So today (yes, I know it's Thursday) I'm back on track with exercise (and blogging).
A friend of mine sent this video and challenged me to, and I quote, "See if you can do it." (Psst..the link is in the "See if you can do it" part).
So I did it...I didn't want to do it, but my friend is calling me later to see if I did it....lol I could only complete 2 out of the 4 reps, yes, it's THAT strenuous and it's only 9 minutes of my day believe it or not...so I did only about 6 minutes and my heart rate is up, upper and lower muscles are shaking and I think I drank about a gallon of water when I was finished.
Now, it's your turn to be challenged! Can you do all 4 reps? It's only 9 minutes. Give it a try and tell me how you did.
I'm going to do 2 more reps later today. I'll let you know how that goes!
Have a great day and do forget to comment below. I want to know how everyone made out with this exercise!!
OX~N
Monday, June 18, 2012
Non-Stop Day Yesterday!
Very busy but a really good busy. :) I didn't watch calories and I didn't do formal exercise. I'm thinking my weekends are going to be days off from exercise and counting, although I am always trying to make better food choices even without counting. Also, I am very active on the weekends and get a lot of physical work done Saturday. Then there's sailing on Sunday.
So yesterday was a sailing day and it was great!! I still don't know how we placed in the race, but it felt like we did a good job. We shall see. I got to helm the boat under sail for the first time in my life and I loved it! I love the technicality of it all. :)
Weight is a factor with the racing rules so I had to tell the Skipper how much weigh...lol...not my most shining moment, but I was honest and told him and his wife they could follow my weight progress on here...lol Let's hope that I will be weighing less soon. :)
This coming week my in laws are coming for a visit so I will be challenged as to how to get all my exercising in, but I think I will be able to make it work. Of course I will keeping an update on here.
Have a wonderful day!!!
OX~N
So yesterday was a sailing day and it was great!! I still don't know how we placed in the race, but it felt like we did a good job. We shall see. I got to helm the boat under sail for the first time in my life and I loved it! I love the technicality of it all. :)
Weight is a factor with the racing rules so I had to tell the Skipper how much weigh...lol...not my most shining moment, but I was honest and told him and his wife they could follow my weight progress on here...lol Let's hope that I will be weighing less soon. :)
This coming week my in laws are coming for a visit so I will be challenged as to how to get all my exercising in, but I think I will be able to make it work. Of course I will keeping an update on here.
Have a wonderful day!!!
OX~N
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Busy, Busy, Busy...
So, it's going to be a short post today.
Yesterday I actually ate as many calories as I needed to. What I also love about the site is that it also gives you the daily recommended amounts of proteins, fats and carbs needed to lose weight and then shows you what you ate in relation to that. That's just what I need.
Today, I have a hair cut (haven't gone anywhere for that in a few years), then people coming over, neighbor's child's birthday party then a reunion that I have been asked to speak at.
So, I'm off to eat some breakfast and wrap a bunch of presents then getting ready to go to the salon.
Have a great day everyone!
OX~N
Yesterday I actually ate as many calories as I needed to. What I also love about the site is that it also gives you the daily recommended amounts of proteins, fats and carbs needed to lose weight and then shows you what you ate in relation to that. That's just what I need.
Today, I have a hair cut (haven't gone anywhere for that in a few years), then people coming over, neighbor's child's birthday party then a reunion that I have been asked to speak at.
So, I'm off to eat some breakfast and wrap a bunch of presents then getting ready to go to the salon.
Have a great day everyone!
OX~N
Friday, June 15, 2012
Oh Cheese!!! How I Have Missed Thee...
I'm REALLY loving this SparkPeople site. I realized that I still needed to eat at least 800 more calories yesterday. Of course I figured this out this morning so today I'm going to track my food even more diligently. When I looked at the menu options for breakfast today I saw :::::drum roll::::::: CHEESE!!!!!!! My eyes almost fell out of my HEAD!! I LOVE cheese and I have been totally NOT eating ANY since I started this journey. I literally almost cried when I saw that I could eat some cheese. I know...it really is the little things....lol
Through this site I have learned that I really, really, really don't eat enough calories in the day to keep my metabolism going. It's really nailing it home for me. (I know, I'm saying 'really' a lot)
So, according to SparkPeople I need to eat between 1200 and 1550 calories every day and burn 217 daily. I WILL be doing my Zumba today because it tells me how many calories I burn with each session and lately I have been averaging 220 calories burned every time I do it.
I love that I now have some numbers to go by and a way to track it all. This is really helping me to stay motivated and change my life to a healthier way of eating and exercising.
So yesterday, I didn't eat enough but I did take a nice long walk with some good friends. I love walking with them because we don't stroll along...we definitely power walk. We figured we power walked for about 50 minutes over hill and dale...lol It was a really great time and it flew by. I can't wait for our next walk!
Have a wonderful day!!!
OX~N
Through this site I have learned that I really, really, really don't eat enough calories in the day to keep my metabolism going. It's really nailing it home for me. (I know, I'm saying 'really' a lot)
So, according to SparkPeople I need to eat between 1200 and 1550 calories every day and burn 217 daily. I WILL be doing my Zumba today because it tells me how many calories I burn with each session and lately I have been averaging 220 calories burned every time I do it.
I love that I now have some numbers to go by and a way to track it all. This is really helping me to stay motivated and change my life to a healthier way of eating and exercising.
So yesterday, I didn't eat enough but I did take a nice long walk with some good friends. I love walking with them because we don't stroll along...we definitely power walk. We figured we power walked for about 50 minutes over hill and dale...lol It was a really great time and it flew by. I can't wait for our next walk!
Have a wonderful day!!!
OX~N
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