What I did today:
Elliptical Trainer 15 min. @ level 15
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Day 58/365 Blood Donation
I gave blood today. I have always enjoyed doing it. Such an easy way to bless another life. Today I hit the two gallon mark. 16 people have received my blood throughout the years. It would have been a whole bunch more but you can't donate while pregnant and it's a good thing to avoid while your nursing so you don't mess with your fluids. After spending the last decade doing both, I haven't been a regular at the blood bank.
If you have never given blood, I encourage you to give it a try. They are so good to you at a blood bank and it's painless. Today, I didn't even feel a poke, she was that good. Did you know it takes less than 10 minutes to squeeze out a quart when you are hydrated? (Be sure to drink a BIG glass of water a couple of hours before you go in.) If I could do this weekly, I would.
What I did today:
Elliptical Trainer 15 min. @ level 15
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Day 57/365 Maintenance is the key to success!
I feel so guilty and lame. I love this journey, I really do, and I feel I have let others down with doing the same thing day after day. I like to shake things up, spice it up and I haven't been and I apologize.
I have been working on a project and any free moment I have, I am thinking about it. I will share what it is soon, I promise. Might be a few months, but I will share at some point.
Until then, I will continue to post every couple of days something more than just "what I did today."
I have to admit, being super busy makes it hard to try to do good, in fact, if you are like me, when you are busy, you like to take it out in your eating. "I'm too busy to think about it, I'll think about it when x is finished." Yea, I have found several pounds with that thinking in the past for certain.
So it's important to remember that no matter what's going on in your life, whether it's happy events, or sad events, busy or slow, whatever it is, you have to remember to keep the thinking that you are going to take care of yourself.
I will say that when I am in a busy mode, I probably won't be actively loosing weight. But this is okay. Just don't gain during that time. If you can just maintain during the busy time you can continue where you left off when you can focus on weight loss again.
I'll explain the pattern:
What I did today:
Elliptical Trainer 15 min. @ level 15
I have been working on a project and any free moment I have, I am thinking about it. I will share what it is soon, I promise. Might be a few months, but I will share at some point.
Until then, I will continue to post every couple of days something more than just "what I did today."
I have to admit, being super busy makes it hard to try to do good, in fact, if you are like me, when you are busy, you like to take it out in your eating. "I'm too busy to think about it, I'll think about it when x is finished." Yea, I have found several pounds with that thinking in the past for certain.
So it's important to remember that no matter what's going on in your life, whether it's happy events, or sad events, busy or slow, whatever it is, you have to remember to keep the thinking that you are going to take care of yourself.
I will say that when I am in a busy mode, I probably won't be actively loosing weight. But this is okay. Just don't gain during that time. If you can just maintain during the busy time you can continue where you left off when you can focus on weight loss again.
I'll explain the pattern:
Loose+maintain+maintain+loose+maintain+loose+maintain=HEALTHY WEIGHT LOSS
Loose+Gain+Maintain+Loose+Gain+Gain=YO YO (Not healthy & VERY frustrating)
So take the pressure off of the "I have to loose" mentality, because it puts on too much pressure. If you keep the "Healthy choices" mentality and that maintenance is your best friend during stress, you will always come out on top.
What I did today:
Elliptical Trainer 15 min. @ level 15
Monday, June 7, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Day 54/365 Nutella is evil
I've said this before, and I'll say it again. DO NOT KEEP TROUBLE FOODS IN THE HOUSE! If it's there, you are just torturing yourself!
We got Nutella for a recipe that we wanted to do with our kids. I don't think we've ever had it in the house before and therefore I didn't know.
But yea, it's a TROUBLE food.
I rationalized how it would be good on toast with a banana for breakfast. I just had a spoonful for dessert. I will not be buying this again because it's too yummy and it's too easy to grab.
When I keep trouble foods out, I make better choices.
What I did today:
50 sit-ups
We got Nutella for a recipe that we wanted to do with our kids. I don't think we've ever had it in the house before and therefore I didn't know.
But yea, it's a TROUBLE food.
I rationalized how it would be good on toast with a banana for breakfast. I just had a spoonful for dessert. I will not be buying this again because it's too yummy and it's too easy to grab.
When I keep trouble foods out, I make better choices.
What I did today:
50 sit-ups
Friday, June 4, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Day 51/365 A great new website I have found
The key to the weight loss journey is to enjoy the journey!! By finding that balance in exercise and eating, you can get the body you want. I promise.
If you deprive yourself, you are working against yourself, so I am always on the look out for a good website that has easy, healthy and tasty recipes to try.
Recently, I have been introduced to the site Poor Girl Eats Well She uses simple, real ingredients and has amazing photos that entice your salivary glands (my favorite part). The great thing about these recipes? they are easy on the pocket book too!!
I highly recommend you checking out this site, I plan on making my weekly meal plan from it this upcoming week. You should too!
What I did today:
Elliptical Trainer 15 minutes @ level 15
If you deprive yourself, you are working against yourself, so I am always on the look out for a good website that has easy, healthy and tasty recipes to try.
Recently, I have been introduced to the site Poor Girl Eats Well She uses simple, real ingredients and has amazing photos that entice your salivary glands (my favorite part). The great thing about these recipes? they are easy on the pocket book too!!
I highly recommend you checking out this site, I plan on making my weekly meal plan from it this upcoming week. You should too!
What I did today:
Elliptical Trainer 15 minutes @ level 15
Day 50/365 Project time
I have been logging many hours with my current project and I am really enjoying it!!
No worries, I won't be keeping it a secret for too much longer. When I am all done and have a finished project, I will be singing it from the roof tops!
What I did today:
Elliptical Trainer 15 minutes @ level 15
No worries, I won't be keeping it a secret for too much longer. When I am all done and have a finished project, I will be singing it from the roof tops!
What I did today:
Elliptical Trainer 15 minutes @ level 15
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