Showing posts with label exercise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exercise. Show all posts
Monday, November 15, 2010
Am I Ready?
Today has been full of challenges: got up late (but got to meeting on time), got invited to two different lunches after the meeting - could only accept one (got there late, they were serving dessert), the muffler came off my van (boy is it loud now!), the weather was iffy... it was snowing when I woke up but not sticking as the ground was too wet from all the rain but just before dark we got it all - rain - sleet - hail - snow - all at once!!! I've been in since then. I feel horribly achy. There is so much to do tomorrow - soon as businesses open up. I have a doctor appointment too. I'm so not sure about transportation now. Am I ready to push myself to start up on the gazelle again? It's been a good month (got sick 10/11/10 and haven't been on it since then) so I know it won't be much fun but will be a lot of work, even if just for 2 minutes!!! Don't know if I can do it!
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Some sort of progress
Fall has arrived! One big difference between living up north versus living down south is the fall colors. Sure, you'll find some color down south, for a short spell during the fall months; but up north you'll find gorgeous displays of autumn hues for weeks and weeks all around you! :) It's one of my favorite seasons!
On the 100# goal ~ well, I'm not giving up! I'm greatly disappointed in my lack of success since the first week but I keep working on ways around it or through it!
The latest of which is creating a schedule - of sorts - something that becomes a basic routine but that must have great flexibility to meet the often unexpected and rapidly changing events in my daily life.
Little by little I'm finding it.
For 8 of the last 9 days I've managed to take an ACCESS bar (very yummy, btw) and 15 or so minutes later spend an increasing number of minutes on my gazelle! Quite literally the first day I could only manage about 50 strides before feeling wiped out. Now I'm doing a few hundred; not counting them so much as going for longer without watching the clock. I note the time when I get on and don't look again until I get off. I get off when I get that winded and wiped out feeling. Today I managed 6 minutes! I do a lot of alternating in speed... starting out with long, slow strides stretching as far as I can, then gradually increase the speed and shorten the stride a bit, then slow it down again and lengthen the stride some too, then speed it up, slow it down... went up and down like that about 3 rounds, or maybe it was 4 today.
Each morning my goal is to do this before getting started with much else. Twice I was later in getting to it but still got in it before noon. One day I missed completely.
I'm looking at this like the SPARK book says; it's a habit to develop, one change at a time. I've done the FAST BREAK before (a few times) but I guess I'm doing it again.
Usually, in the 15-20 minutes from eating the ACCESS bar to starting on the gazelle I will go over my scripture for the day and meditate on it while exercising.
On the 100# goal ~ well, I'm not giving up! I'm greatly disappointed in my lack of success since the first week but I keep working on ways around it or through it!
The latest of which is creating a schedule - of sorts - something that becomes a basic routine but that must have great flexibility to meet the often unexpected and rapidly changing events in my daily life.
Little by little I'm finding it.
For 8 of the last 9 days I've managed to take an ACCESS bar (very yummy, btw) and 15 or so minutes later spend an increasing number of minutes on my gazelle! Quite literally the first day I could only manage about 50 strides before feeling wiped out. Now I'm doing a few hundred; not counting them so much as going for longer without watching the clock. I note the time when I get on and don't look again until I get off. I get off when I get that winded and wiped out feeling. Today I managed 6 minutes! I do a lot of alternating in speed... starting out with long, slow strides stretching as far as I can, then gradually increase the speed and shorten the stride a bit, then slow it down again and lengthen the stride some too, then speed it up, slow it down... went up and down like that about 3 rounds, or maybe it was 4 today.
Each morning my goal is to do this before getting started with much else. Twice I was later in getting to it but still got in it before noon. One day I missed completely.
I'm looking at this like the SPARK book says; it's a habit to develop, one change at a time. I've done the FAST BREAK before (a few times) but I guess I'm doing it again.
Usually, in the 15-20 minutes from eating the ACCESS bar to starting on the gazelle I will go over my scripture for the day and meditate on it while exercising.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Still at it - sort of
What a time it's been - way back in July since I updated this blog!
So much was going on that it was impossible to get enough time online to be here. :( A lot of my time was spent caring for a new-mama cat and her 3 kittens who became sickly.... hundreds of dollars and several vet visits later we had to realize there was nothing more we could do.... sadly we lost them all. :( It seems so futile! One of things I truly despise about this whole system of things we live in today! I so long for the day when the True God will straighten all things out and make them again like he purposed them to be: no more sickness for anyone, man or beast; no more pain; no more sorrow; no more death!
Anyway, on the weight loss front - hmmm, haven't even stepped on the scale in a few weeks. So first point of order is to do that Monday and get back on track with the weigh-ins. Second point would be work on eating less processed foods - which I've been having far too much of the last month or so. But traveling times are done with for this year... so much easier to not eat out when you stay home! :) And third point to work with is getting into a routine of exercise again.
Why is it that when we KNOW what we need to do and we know WHY we need to do them, we STILL get so caught up caring for others that we FAIL to care for ourselves and do what is needed for us to stay well or healthy or to even regain that?!?!?!?!? It's so frustrating!!!
Perhaps - just for a while - I need to consider this:
Do unto myself as I would want to do unto others - or something like that. ;-)
What I mean is this: I should do for me the sorts of things I'd be doing for others. Instead of caring for someone else's needs I should care for my own first. hmmm
But that seems so selfish! Doesn't it?
All my life I've 'done unto others as I would have them do unto me' and I've done things for others before tending to what I need for me.
How does one change such an ingrained process?
I don't rightly know - yet - but one thing I'm going to do is this...
PRAY
Yup, you heard me! PRAY
Prayer, for me, is so powerful! When I don't know what's right to do I pray to the supreme being of the universe, the one who knows all things, to guide me in doing what's best for the moment. Never has prayer failed to help me! Never has the True God failed to care for me in the most complete way. It's just that I'm stubborn enough at times to not see the sense in something and so I chose a different way. Well, I must humble myself in this matter - because I've tried numerous ways to lose weight, to stick to a plan for better health, to make needed changes... and I'm still here with 100+ pounds to lose!
You do know, with God all things are possible! :)
So much was going on that it was impossible to get enough time online to be here. :( A lot of my time was spent caring for a new-mama cat and her 3 kittens who became sickly.... hundreds of dollars and several vet visits later we had to realize there was nothing more we could do.... sadly we lost them all. :( It seems so futile! One of things I truly despise about this whole system of things we live in today! I so long for the day when the True God will straighten all things out and make them again like he purposed them to be: no more sickness for anyone, man or beast; no more pain; no more sorrow; no more death!
Anyway, on the weight loss front - hmmm, haven't even stepped on the scale in a few weeks. So first point of order is to do that Monday and get back on track with the weigh-ins. Second point would be work on eating less processed foods - which I've been having far too much of the last month or so. But traveling times are done with for this year... so much easier to not eat out when you stay home! :) And third point to work with is getting into a routine of exercise again.
Why is it that when we KNOW what we need to do and we know WHY we need to do them, we STILL get so caught up caring for others that we FAIL to care for ourselves and do what is needed for us to stay well or healthy or to even regain that?!?!?!?!? It's so frustrating!!!
Perhaps - just for a while - I need to consider this:
Do unto myself as I would want to do unto others - or something like that. ;-)
What I mean is this: I should do for me the sorts of things I'd be doing for others. Instead of caring for someone else's needs I should care for my own first. hmmm
But that seems so selfish! Doesn't it?
All my life I've 'done unto others as I would have them do unto me' and I've done things for others before tending to what I need for me.
How does one change such an ingrained process?
I don't rightly know - yet - but one thing I'm going to do is this...
PRAY
Yup, you heard me! PRAY
Prayer, for me, is so powerful! When I don't know what's right to do I pray to the supreme being of the universe, the one who knows all things, to guide me in doing what's best for the moment. Never has prayer failed to help me! Never has the True God failed to care for me in the most complete way. It's just that I'm stubborn enough at times to not see the sense in something and so I chose a different way. Well, I must humble myself in this matter - because I've tried numerous ways to lose weight, to stick to a plan for better health, to make needed changes... and I'm still here with 100+ pounds to lose!
You do know, with God all things are possible! :)
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Day 2
Didn't do too bad yesterday - 50% raw, organic veggies & at least 64 ounces of water. Still working on the exercise thing - too much pain yet. :(
So far today... started out good... but then had a bit of fast food and not feeling too well since then.
But I have a meeting tonight that I won't miss just from a mild tummy ache. So, dinner will be all raw veggies... and more water, only had about 40 ounces so far.
So far today... started out good... but then had a bit of fast food and not feeling too well since then.
But I have a meeting tonight that I won't miss just from a mild tummy ache. So, dinner will be all raw veggies... and more water, only had about 40 ounces so far.
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