So, my friend Heather ran the NY marathon this past weekend. Amazing, right? I think it is AWESOME that she trained for it and completed it!
She, however, was not so happy about her time. Of course, it is only the day after the race so it is understandable that it has not sunk in yet. I hope when it does she understands what an accomplishment it was and how inspiring it is to those of us who read, talked, and watched from the side lines.
I cannot imagine even going through the training that she did. She was dedicated...running even when she didn't want to do so. She finished the race, even though she was ready to give up after 23 miles. She inspired many of her friends to consider training for something.
Heather, you did GREAT!
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Work on the hot 100:
1. To stop talking and start doing! I have been trying to get myself motivated to start a Couch To 5K program and just cannot seem to get moving on it. Well, enough talk. Time to do it! Start the program by the end of October. Keep walking through October in prep for the run/walk portions. Find a race for late spring next year and SIGN up for it by the end of the year.
OK. This was supposed to start yesterday. But it didn't. Of course, we spent 3 hours at the emergency room...but all is okay with Tim...so that came out of no where and ruined a lot of my plans for the day. I need to do this. I need to think of Heather and the awesome work she did on the training.
2. To work out each day, even if it is a long walk with the pups. At least 30 minutes of working out. This is a bare minimum. Ideally, I will continue my zumba class on Mondays (60 minutes), swimming (typically 45 minutes each time I go), and walking the dogs, even if it means multiple walks in a single day (the hazards of owning more than one dog). This ideally results in early morning walks at least 3 days and evening walks or swims the remaining days.
Ok. Although snow did not keep me from gym the week before, TWO FEET of snow did keep me away from the gym. In fact, it TOTALLY threw a monkey wrench into my plans on a lot of fronts. BUT I did go to zumba tonight and it was good!
3. To consistently journal and track my food. This includes MEASURING things! DAILY!
Again, I will blame the snow...spent a night away from home unexpectedly in order to get to an appointment by 8:00 in the morning...during a blizzard...got to the appointment so it was worth it....but threw me off schedule. I am getting back on track though!
4. To eat dinner in the dining room and NOT in front of the TV every night! Believe it or not, this is the hardest one for me. Tim and I rarely eat dinner together during the week and it hard to think of the yogurt I grab to eat as dinner. BUT I need to start doing this or I continue to snack throughout the evening. So, I will start out with this being a 100% on weekends with Tim and probably 3 of the 5 weekly nights, slowly building it up.
This has happened a couple of times. We need to be more consistent.
5. To try one new recipe a week. Ok. This one is measurable as it is.
Made Tim some banana bread using a different recipe. It was not very good. I am going to go back to my old recipe. We have a couple more curry recipes to work on this week.
More later!
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
International groceries
What fun it is to go to international grocers! We went to three different ones this week -- an Indian one, a middle eastern one and a Korean/Asian market. While it is great fun to look at the different items available, it is even more fun to bring things home to try them. We got some great spices, some freshly made hummus and pitas, and some other odds and ends.
Tonight I am making Chicken Tikka Masala. While it does have some heavy cream in it, I am cutting it back a bit. The rest of the ingredients are spices, chicken and non fat yogurt. It will go great with the whole wheat pitas we bought!
When I put the chicken together to marinate, I thought back to my childhood. Growing up where I did, the most exotic foods we had were Finnish stews and breads. While good, they definitely did not have the depth of flavor that I have discovered in my adulthood. I remember this rice/hamburger hotdish that my mom would make and it was what we understood to be Chinese food. Mexican food was limited to hard shell tacos. We never even knew that there were other ethnic foods available. Honestly, I do not think that my home was any different than others in the same area that I grew up. Of course, there were some people that had more adventurous palates but access to spices and such just wasn't there.
Even with my first husband, who introduced me to a myriad of new flavors from the Caribbean and Latin America, most of my experiences involved restaurants and food at my in-laws. Of course, especially when I was dieting, I would avoid most food.
Now that I realize that I need more than lettuce/celery and carrots, even if I am dieting, I am having so much fun experimenting and learning about new and flavorful dishes. So, tonight we will have Chicken Tikka Masala.
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Work on the hot 100:
1. To stop talking and start doing! I have been trying to get myself motivated to start a Couch To 5K program and just cannot seem to get moving on it. Well, enough talk. Time to do it! Start the program by the end of October. Keep walking through October in prep for the run/walk portions. Find a race for late spring next year and SIGN up for it by the end of the year.
I have shoes to start this. I have been reading a lot of motivational stories about runners and such. My favorite story right now is about Team Hoyt (a father/son marathon/triathalon team). Whenever I think I can't, I need to remember this father and how he could!
2. To work out each day, even if it is a long walk with the pups. At least 30 minutes of working out. This is a bare minimum. Ideally, I will continue my zumba class on Mondays (60 minutes), swimming (typically 45 minutes each time I go), and walking the dogs, even if it means multiple walks in a single day (the hazards of owning more than one dog). This ideally results in early morning walks at least 3 days and evening walks or swims the remaining days.
Swimming and zumba continue to go well. I have tried the stationary bike and need to ride it more often. Today, even the snow did not keep me from my hour in the pool!
3. To consistently journal and track my food. This includes MEASURING things! DAILY!
Doing well and I lost FIVE pounds this last weigh in...by eating more! So the advice worked. Let's see if we can keep it up.
4. To eat dinner in the dining room and NOT in front of the TV every night! Believe it or not, this is the hardest one for me. Tim and I rarely eat dinner together during the week and it hard to think of the yogurt I grab to eat as dinner. BUT I need to start doing this or I continue to snack throughout the evening. So, I will start out with this being a 100% on weekends with Tim and probably 3 of the 5 weekly nights, slowly building it up.
This starts TONIGHT.
5. To try one new recipe a week. Ok. This one is measurable as it is.
Chicken Tikka Masala tonight. We also made some kung pao shrimp the other day from a WW cookbook. Very good!
More later!
Tonight I am making Chicken Tikka Masala. While it does have some heavy cream in it, I am cutting it back a bit. The rest of the ingredients are spices, chicken and non fat yogurt. It will go great with the whole wheat pitas we bought!
When I put the chicken together to marinate, I thought back to my childhood. Growing up where I did, the most exotic foods we had were Finnish stews and breads. While good, they definitely did not have the depth of flavor that I have discovered in my adulthood. I remember this rice/hamburger hotdish that my mom would make and it was what we understood to be Chinese food. Mexican food was limited to hard shell tacos. We never even knew that there were other ethnic foods available. Honestly, I do not think that my home was any different than others in the same area that I grew up. Of course, there were some people that had more adventurous palates but access to spices and such just wasn't there.
Even with my first husband, who introduced me to a myriad of new flavors from the Caribbean and Latin America, most of my experiences involved restaurants and food at my in-laws. Of course, especially when I was dieting, I would avoid most food.
Now that I realize that I need more than lettuce/celery and carrots, even if I am dieting, I am having so much fun experimenting and learning about new and flavorful dishes. So, tonight we will have Chicken Tikka Masala.
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Work on the hot 100:
1. To stop talking and start doing! I have been trying to get myself motivated to start a Couch To 5K program and just cannot seem to get moving on it. Well, enough talk. Time to do it! Start the program by the end of October. Keep walking through October in prep for the run/walk portions. Find a race for late spring next year and SIGN up for it by the end of the year.
I have shoes to start this. I have been reading a lot of motivational stories about runners and such. My favorite story right now is about Team Hoyt (a father/son marathon/triathalon team). Whenever I think I can't, I need to remember this father and how he could!
2. To work out each day, even if it is a long walk with the pups. At least 30 minutes of working out. This is a bare minimum. Ideally, I will continue my zumba class on Mondays (60 minutes), swimming (typically 45 minutes each time I go), and walking the dogs, even if it means multiple walks in a single day (the hazards of owning more than one dog). This ideally results in early morning walks at least 3 days and evening walks or swims the remaining days.
Swimming and zumba continue to go well. I have tried the stationary bike and need to ride it more often. Today, even the snow did not keep me from my hour in the pool!
3. To consistently journal and track my food. This includes MEASURING things! DAILY!
Doing well and I lost FIVE pounds this last weigh in...by eating more! So the advice worked. Let's see if we can keep it up.
4. To eat dinner in the dining room and NOT in front of the TV every night! Believe it or not, this is the hardest one for me. Tim and I rarely eat dinner together during the week and it hard to think of the yogurt I grab to eat as dinner. BUT I need to start doing this or I continue to snack throughout the evening. So, I will start out with this being a 100% on weekends with Tim and probably 3 of the 5 weekly nights, slowly building it up.
This starts TONIGHT.
5. To try one new recipe a week. Ok. This one is measurable as it is.
Chicken Tikka Masala tonight. We also made some kung pao shrimp the other day from a WW cookbook. Very good!
More later!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Curry....oh, curry....where have you been most of my life?
Over the past two years, I have discovered curry. The complexity of the flavors is amazing. I love it in some many ways. Tim and I have started to cook a lot of different curries and have not found one that we do not like.
Previously, my only exposure to curry was a goat dish that my ex had me try. It was awful. Because of this, I assumed I hated curry. Guess what? I was WRONG!
Thai food, Indian food...all excellent...but so much better for you when you make them at home! Today, I made a yellow Indian curry with skinless, boneless chicken thighs, onions and some light coconut milk. Ok..the coconut milk does make it something that we try to have more than once a week but it is so simple to cook with and make very tasteful dishes. I'll even eat eggplant in curry.
Yes....I do like curry. I have also discovered how important it is to make your food flavorful while you are making it healthier. I have wasted to much of my life trying to be healthy with carrot sticks, celery and leaf lettuce!
Curry...curry....I know you will be in my life from now on!
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1. To stop talking and start doing! I have been trying to get myself motivated to start a Couch To 5K program and just cannot seem to get moving on it. Well, enough talk. Time to do it! Start the program by the end of October. Keep walking through October in prep for the run/walk portions. Find a race for late spring next year and SIGN up for it by the end of the year.
I have shoes to start this. I need to get some more walking in before the end of the month so I can start November right!
2. To work out each day, even if it is a long walk with the pups. At least 30 minutes of working out. This is a bare minimum. Ideally, I will continue my zumba class on Mondays (60 minutes), swimming (typically 45 minutes each time I go), and walking the dogs, even if it means multiple walks in a single day (the hazards of owning more than one dog). This ideally results in early morning walks at least 3 days and evening walks or swims the remaining days.
Three days in a row where I swam for at least an hour!!!! And this is continuous without breaks....back and forth across the pool. Today, I may take a break from the pool and ride the bike. Tim bought a stationary trainer to convert his outdoor bike to an indoor bike. I am thinking of trying it out later today. If not, I will be going to the pool!
3. To consistently journal and track my food. This includes MEASURING things! DAILY!
Doing well. I received some advice about not eating enough to compensate for how much I am working out. Those that know the current WW program (which I am again following, using South Beach principles for food choices) include both weekly points and points based on your exercise. I have been trying to avoid both. Someone at the WW center told me that I should try to eat some of the activity points on the day I earn them. This means that I must track well. I do hope my efforts show on the scale this week.
4. To eat dinner in the dining room and NOT in front of the TV every night! Believe it or not, this is the hardest one for me. Tim and I rarely eat dinner together during the week and it hard to think of the yogurt I grab to eat as dinner. BUT I need to start doing this or I continue to snack throughout the evening. So, I will start out with this being a 100% on weekends with Tim and probably 3 of the 5 weekly nights, slowly building it up.
Still not happening but Tim promises that the table will be cleaned tonight.
5. To try one new recipe a week. Ok. This one is measurable as it is.
Curry oh curry...need I say more? Made a new Indian curry recipe and also some whole wheat blueberry muffins. Personally, I loved both. Tim gagged on the muffins....oh well!
More later!
Previously, my only exposure to curry was a goat dish that my ex had me try. It was awful. Because of this, I assumed I hated curry. Guess what? I was WRONG!
Thai food, Indian food...all excellent...but so much better for you when you make them at home! Today, I made a yellow Indian curry with skinless, boneless chicken thighs, onions and some light coconut milk. Ok..the coconut milk does make it something that we try to have more than once a week but it is so simple to cook with and make very tasteful dishes. I'll even eat eggplant in curry.
Yes....I do like curry. I have also discovered how important it is to make your food flavorful while you are making it healthier. I have wasted to much of my life trying to be healthy with carrot sticks, celery and leaf lettuce!
Curry...curry....I know you will be in my life from now on!
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1. To stop talking and start doing! I have been trying to get myself motivated to start a Couch To 5K program and just cannot seem to get moving on it. Well, enough talk. Time to do it! Start the program by the end of October. Keep walking through October in prep for the run/walk portions. Find a race for late spring next year and SIGN up for it by the end of the year.
I have shoes to start this. I need to get some more walking in before the end of the month so I can start November right!
2. To work out each day, even if it is a long walk with the pups. At least 30 minutes of working out. This is a bare minimum. Ideally, I will continue my zumba class on Mondays (60 minutes), swimming (typically 45 minutes each time I go), and walking the dogs, even if it means multiple walks in a single day (the hazards of owning more than one dog). This ideally results in early morning walks at least 3 days and evening walks or swims the remaining days.
Three days in a row where I swam for at least an hour!!!! And this is continuous without breaks....back and forth across the pool. Today, I may take a break from the pool and ride the bike. Tim bought a stationary trainer to convert his outdoor bike to an indoor bike. I am thinking of trying it out later today. If not, I will be going to the pool!
3. To consistently journal and track my food. This includes MEASURING things! DAILY!
Doing well. I received some advice about not eating enough to compensate for how much I am working out. Those that know the current WW program (which I am again following, using South Beach principles for food choices) include both weekly points and points based on your exercise. I have been trying to avoid both. Someone at the WW center told me that I should try to eat some of the activity points on the day I earn them. This means that I must track well. I do hope my efforts show on the scale this week.
4. To eat dinner in the dining room and NOT in front of the TV every night! Believe it or not, this is the hardest one for me. Tim and I rarely eat dinner together during the week and it hard to think of the yogurt I grab to eat as dinner. BUT I need to start doing this or I continue to snack throughout the evening. So, I will start out with this being a 100% on weekends with Tim and probably 3 of the 5 weekly nights, slowly building it up.
Still not happening but Tim promises that the table will be cleaned tonight.
5. To try one new recipe a week. Ok. This one is measurable as it is.
Curry oh curry...need I say more? Made a new Indian curry recipe and also some whole wheat blueberry muffins. Personally, I loved both. Tim gagged on the muffins....oh well!
More later!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Update on Hot 100....
So, how is the Hot 100 going:
1. To stop talking and start doing! I have been trying to get myself motivated to start a Couch To 5K program and just cannot seem to get moving on it. Well, enough talk. Time to do it! Start the program by the end of October. Keep walking through October in prep for the run/walk portions. Find a race for late spring next year and SIGN up for it by the end of the year.
It is getting dark before I get home these days. still have not gotten up to take long walks with the pups....and the weather (mostly the roads) were too iffy to make to to the walk this weekend. Not doing well here.
2. To work out each day, even if it is a long walk with the pups. At least 30 minutes of working out. This is a bare minimum. Ideally, I will continue my zumba class on Mondays (60 minutes), swimming (typically 45 minutes each time I go), and walking the dogs, even if it means multiple walks in a single day (the hazards of owning more than one dog). This ideally results in early morning walks at least 3 days and evening walks or swims the remaining days.
Even without the walks, I am going to the gym. I have taken two zumba classes this week. I usually only do Monday nights but I went to one last night as well.
3. To consistently journal and track my food. This includes MEASURING things! DAILY!
So much for bragging about something...my tracking has fallen to the side. I am getting a bit depressed about not seeing any scale victories. I am still measuring and such but detailed tracking (including hunger signals, etc) not doing so well with.
4. To eat dinner in the dining room and NOT in front of the TV every night! Believe it or not, this is the hardest one for me. Tim and I rarely eat dinner together during the week and it hard to think of the yogurt I grab to eat as dinner. BUT I need to start doing this or I continue to snack throughout the evening. So, I will start out with this being a 100% on weekends with Tim and probably 3 of the 5 weekly nights, slowly building it up.
Still not happening.
5. To try one new recipe a week. Ok. This one is measurable as it is.
Broccoli sauce was not a good thing. I did make some black bean and chicken chili this weekend, using a somewhat different recipe. I do not know how it is yet as I froze most of it. Tim did say it was good though.
1. To stop talking and start doing! I have been trying to get myself motivated to start a Couch To 5K program and just cannot seem to get moving on it. Well, enough talk. Time to do it! Start the program by the end of October. Keep walking through October in prep for the run/walk portions. Find a race for late spring next year and SIGN up for it by the end of the year.
It is getting dark before I get home these days. still have not gotten up to take long walks with the pups....and the weather (mostly the roads) were too iffy to make to to the walk this weekend. Not doing well here.
2. To work out each day, even if it is a long walk with the pups. At least 30 minutes of working out. This is a bare minimum. Ideally, I will continue my zumba class on Mondays (60 minutes), swimming (typically 45 minutes each time I go), and walking the dogs, even if it means multiple walks in a single day (the hazards of owning more than one dog). This ideally results in early morning walks at least 3 days and evening walks or swims the remaining days.
Even without the walks, I am going to the gym. I have taken two zumba classes this week. I usually only do Monday nights but I went to one last night as well.
3. To consistently journal and track my food. This includes MEASURING things! DAILY!
So much for bragging about something...my tracking has fallen to the side. I am getting a bit depressed about not seeing any scale victories. I am still measuring and such but detailed tracking (including hunger signals, etc) not doing so well with.
4. To eat dinner in the dining room and NOT in front of the TV every night! Believe it or not, this is the hardest one for me. Tim and I rarely eat dinner together during the week and it hard to think of the yogurt I grab to eat as dinner. BUT I need to start doing this or I continue to snack throughout the evening. So, I will start out with this being a 100% on weekends with Tim and probably 3 of the 5 weekly nights, slowly building it up.
Still not happening.
5. To try one new recipe a week. Ok. This one is measurable as it is.
Broccoli sauce was not a good thing. I did make some black bean and chicken chili this weekend, using a somewhat different recipe. I do not know how it is yet as I froze most of it. Tim did say it was good though.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Update on new recipe trial
IT SUCKED! It was horrible! It did not help my whole opinion that later that night, I found myself sick to my stomach and vomiting over and over!
Tim came home and immediately cleaned the blender. For those that do not know, I doing a challenge where one part is that I want to try a new recipe a week. This one was a pureed broccoli pasta sauce with garlic, parsley, and feta (along with a couple of other ingredients). The whole time I was making it, I was asking myself why I would just toss my whole wheat pasta in olive oil with broccoli, garlic and feta? It would have been much easier but I need to try the recipe.
The end result was not being able to stomach very much of it all. The texture was horrible. The taste strange. Not going to repeat this one! EVER!
Tim came home and immediately cleaned the blender. For those that do not know, I doing a challenge where one part is that I want to try a new recipe a week. This one was a pureed broccoli pasta sauce with garlic, parsley, and feta (along with a couple of other ingredients). The whole time I was making it, I was asking myself why I would just toss my whole wheat pasta in olive oil with broccoli, garlic and feta? It would have been much easier but I need to try the recipe.
The end result was not being able to stomach very much of it all. The texture was horrible. The taste strange. Not going to repeat this one! EVER!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Sometimes stress just gets to me...
I absolutely LOVE my job. I love the company I work for, the person I work for, the team of people I work with....there is very little I dislike about going to work every day....but this is the time of the year that it becomes very stressful!
The stress hit me full on yesterday....so even though I was late going home, I still went to the pool. I did not eat the gooey things I wanted during the day. I did not stop to pick up salty snacks. I went to the pool. I swam. I thought of good things as I swam....I ignored the triathletes, who tend to do a lot of talking after every few laps...and they splash a lot with their aggressive strokes and turns...I was just thinking about me in the pool....I tried to get work out of my head. It worked....pretty well....better than eating junk ever did.
Today, I go back to my job. It will stil be stressful but at least I am in a better place about it!
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So, how is the Hot 100 going:
1. To stop talking and start doing! I have been trying to get myself motivated to start a Couch To 5K program and just cannot seem to get moving on it. Well, enough talk. Time to do it! Start the program by the end of October. Keep walking through October in prep for the run/walk portions. Find a race for late spring next year and SIGN up for it by the end of the year.
It is getting dark before I get home these days. I have not taken a long walk with the dogs since the weekend. I need to start getting up in the morning to go. We still have the K-9 walk for the cure on Saturday (they're calling for snow!).
2. To work out each day, even if it is a long walk with the pups. At least 30 minutes of working out. This is a bare minimum. Ideally, I will continue my zumba class on Mondays (60 minutes), swimming (typically 45 minutes each time I go), and walking the dogs, even if it means multiple walks in a single day (the hazards of owning more than one dog). This ideally results in early morning walks at least 3 days and evening walks or swims the remaining days.
Even without the walks, I am going to the gym. Had a great work out in the pool last night. I swam for over 40 minutes.
3. To consistently journal and track my food. This includes MEASURING things! DAILY!
Still doing this. This has been easy to remember to do. Let's hope I keep it up!
4. To eat dinner in the dining room and NOT in front of the TV every night! Believe it or not, this is the hardest one for me. Tim and I rarely eat dinner together during the week and it hard to think of the yogurt I grab to eat as dinner. BUT I need to start doing this or I continue to snack throughout the evening. So, I will start out with this being a 100% on weekends with Tim and probably 3 of the 5 weekly nights, slowly building it up.
Table somehow got messy again. Need to clean it off tonight!
5. To try one new recipe a week. Ok. This one is measurable as it is.
Going to make this broccoli sauce for pasta tonight. I'll let you know how it is!
The stress hit me full on yesterday....so even though I was late going home, I still went to the pool. I did not eat the gooey things I wanted during the day. I did not stop to pick up salty snacks. I went to the pool. I swam. I thought of good things as I swam....I ignored the triathletes, who tend to do a lot of talking after every few laps...and they splash a lot with their aggressive strokes and turns...I was just thinking about me in the pool....I tried to get work out of my head. It worked....pretty well....better than eating junk ever did.
Today, I go back to my job. It will stil be stressful but at least I am in a better place about it!
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So, how is the Hot 100 going:
1. To stop talking and start doing! I have been trying to get myself motivated to start a Couch To 5K program and just cannot seem to get moving on it. Well, enough talk. Time to do it! Start the program by the end of October. Keep walking through October in prep for the run/walk portions. Find a race for late spring next year and SIGN up for it by the end of the year.
It is getting dark before I get home these days. I have not taken a long walk with the dogs since the weekend. I need to start getting up in the morning to go. We still have the K-9 walk for the cure on Saturday (they're calling for snow!).
2. To work out each day, even if it is a long walk with the pups. At least 30 minutes of working out. This is a bare minimum. Ideally, I will continue my zumba class on Mondays (60 minutes), swimming (typically 45 minutes each time I go), and walking the dogs, even if it means multiple walks in a single day (the hazards of owning more than one dog). This ideally results in early morning walks at least 3 days and evening walks or swims the remaining days.
Even without the walks, I am going to the gym. Had a great work out in the pool last night. I swam for over 40 minutes.
3. To consistently journal and track my food. This includes MEASURING things! DAILY!
Still doing this. This has been easy to remember to do. Let's hope I keep it up!
4. To eat dinner in the dining room and NOT in front of the TV every night! Believe it or not, this is the hardest one for me. Tim and I rarely eat dinner together during the week and it hard to think of the yogurt I grab to eat as dinner. BUT I need to start doing this or I continue to snack throughout the evening. So, I will start out with this being a 100% on weekends with Tim and probably 3 of the 5 weekly nights, slowly building it up.
Table somehow got messy again. Need to clean it off tonight!
5. To try one new recipe a week. Ok. This one is measurable as it is.
Going to make this broccoli sauce for pasta tonight. I'll let you know how it is!
Monday, October 5, 2009
Have you noticed that the days are getting shorter?
While there are a lot of things I hate about winter, the one thing I hate the most is the short days. I do not like getting to work when it is dark and then leaving when it is dark. Fortunately, here most days are sunny but those times you add gray to the day, well, it's enough to drive one crazy!
Even now, I am rushing to get the dog walks in before dark. We have a lot of wild life around here and let's just say that I don't want to confront the neighborhood's red fox or local skunks on my walk. I think we could also use more street lights in the neighborhood.
Anyway, I am already dreading the short days but I will deal with it.
So, how is the Hot 100 going:
1. To stop talking and start doing! I have been trying to get myself motivated to start a Couch To 5K program and just cannot seem to get moving on it. Well, enough talk. Time to do it! Start the program by the end of October. Keep walking through October in prep for the run/walk portions. Find a race for late spring next year and SIGN up for it by the end of the year.
Still taking long walks with the dogs. Most days I have to go twice because I cannot handle multiple dogs on the walks. Next Saturday is the K-9 walk for the cure. It should be fun.
2. To work out each day, even if it is a long walk with the pups. At least 30 minutes of working out. This is a bare minimum. Ideally, I will continue my zumba class on Mondays (60 minutes), swimming (typically 45 minutes each time I go), and walking the dogs, even if it means multiple walks in a single day (the hazards of owning more than one dog). This ideally results in early morning walks at least 3 days and evening walks or swims the remaining days.
I will be going to ZUMBA tonight! I really think I will need to turn in my cheesehead as I will be missing the start of Monday Night Football. BUT I need to go to Zumba. GO PACK GO!
3. To consistently journal and track my food. This includes MEASURING things! DAILY!
I have been doing this. Tracking my points. Measuring. For the most part, this has been going quite well.
4. To eat dinner in the dining room and NOT in front of the TV every night! Believe it or not, this is the hardest one for me. Tim and I rarely eat dinner together during the week and it hard to think of the yogurt I grab to eat as dinner. BUT I need to start doing this or I continue to snack throughout the evening. So, I will start out with this being a 100% on weekends with Tim and probably 3 of the 5 weekly nights, slowly building it up.
Still working on this one!
5. To try one new recipe a week. Ok. This one is measurable as it is.
We need to figure out what we are going to make this week. I did try some sauteed spinach in garlic. It was AWESOME! I have always dislike spinach in the can and just assumed I would not like cooked spinach. I was wrong!
Even now, I am rushing to get the dog walks in before dark. We have a lot of wild life around here and let's just say that I don't want to confront the neighborhood's red fox or local skunks on my walk. I think we could also use more street lights in the neighborhood.
Anyway, I am already dreading the short days but I will deal with it.
So, how is the Hot 100 going:
1. To stop talking and start doing! I have been trying to get myself motivated to start a Couch To 5K program and just cannot seem to get moving on it. Well, enough talk. Time to do it! Start the program by the end of October. Keep walking through October in prep for the run/walk portions. Find a race for late spring next year and SIGN up for it by the end of the year.
Still taking long walks with the dogs. Most days I have to go twice because I cannot handle multiple dogs on the walks. Next Saturday is the K-9 walk for the cure. It should be fun.
2. To work out each day, even if it is a long walk with the pups. At least 30 minutes of working out. This is a bare minimum. Ideally, I will continue my zumba class on Mondays (60 minutes), swimming (typically 45 minutes each time I go), and walking the dogs, even if it means multiple walks in a single day (the hazards of owning more than one dog). This ideally results in early morning walks at least 3 days and evening walks or swims the remaining days.
I will be going to ZUMBA tonight! I really think I will need to turn in my cheesehead as I will be missing the start of Monday Night Football. BUT I need to go to Zumba. GO PACK GO!
3. To consistently journal and track my food. This includes MEASURING things! DAILY!
I have been doing this. Tracking my points. Measuring. For the most part, this has been going quite well.
4. To eat dinner in the dining room and NOT in front of the TV every night! Believe it or not, this is the hardest one for me. Tim and I rarely eat dinner together during the week and it hard to think of the yogurt I grab to eat as dinner. BUT I need to start doing this or I continue to snack throughout the evening. So, I will start out with this being a 100% on weekends with Tim and probably 3 of the 5 weekly nights, slowly building it up.
Still working on this one!
5. To try one new recipe a week. Ok. This one is measurable as it is.
We need to figure out what we are going to make this week. I did try some sauteed spinach in garlic. It was AWESOME! I have always dislike spinach in the can and just assumed I would not like cooked spinach. I was wrong!
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