Early Bird

Oh how I have let myself go… but Oh how good it feels to get back to working on myself again.  Although the Hot Yoga is difficult for me as my back/hip give me grief, I will get better. Last night was better than last Thursday, last Thursday was better than Tuesday and so on. Consistency is the key for me, I’ve got to keep the motivation going and before I know it I will be back in shape again and burning those calories like mad.

One of my co-workers (I’ve worked with him for 23 years & everyone calls me his work wife, & he’s one of my work husbands – we can fight like spouses sometimes too… ), anyway, he comes to me each morning and tells me about his boot camp workout from the night before. He really likes to brag about it.  When I listen to him, I know at my current physical strength, there is NO WAY I would survive. It is a really tough workout. But him and his wife are both heavily into dragon boat racing in the summer and both keep in pretty good shape all winter. She is also my nutritionist/biofeedback specialist (I’ve blogged about her before). I just haven’t gone to see her in a couple of years….. She is such a perfectly lovely person inside and out.

Anyway, I would like to be as strong as them and I’m going to focus on getting into shape again.

I’ve got the food under control (more or less), which includes the booze, so as I’ve repeated over and over again in the last month – I need to exercise more.

But here is excuse time….Today I didn’t get up in time to get in any early morning exercising, tonight I won’t get home until 7:00 (and I’ll be starving by then) – and I want to get to bed by 9:30. If I exercise after 7 I won’t be able to get to sleep by 10, so that I can get up the next morning by 4:30 to get ready for work. It’s a rinse and repeat thing for me. I don’t know where to get exercising in anymore. Other than I’ve just got to get up earlier… Yeah, that’s what is going to have to be. Early Bird gets it done first thing in the morning.

No more excuses…. like this season’s Biggest Loser….

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I hope you are all having a FANTASTIC day!

ttyl

S

Tomorrow’s Past

Change your Thoughts, Change Your World

I really liked the above video and wanted to share it with everyone.

I need to also remember to not focus on what went wrong yesterday and to make today tomorrow’s perfect yesterday. Making the right choices today gets me one step ahead in my goal to getting healthier.

Today I am going to Bikram Hot Yoga. I am going to make it the best session that I can for today. My goal is to stop any negative self talk. I will be proud that I gave it my best.

You can make today something special too!

Have a wonderful day!

Sandra

p.s., I must have some good mojo going. My tomato seedlings are already starting to sprout. I’m just hoping it’s not too soon and they get too big before I can plant them outside….

SCC Week 6

It is once again time to set this weeks goals.

My plan is to:

1. Stay on the JC bandwagon. – I didn’t do so good last week. I stayed under 1500 calories when I ate other than JC food but Friday I pretty much ate my own food instead of the packaged stuff. What JC is teaching me is portion sizes. I did good that way when eating off the plan.
2. Get more exercising in. I really need to increase this. My 100 day challenge hasn’t started out as good as I hoped. I got in two Hot Yoga sessions, and 2 TM and 1 ST session. Still not good enough. I need 6/7 days exercising.
3. I mentioned last week that I wanted to organize my gardening. I succeeded in that and really need to keep working on my home life. Having just moved in 6 months ago, I still need to unpack and find some things. My goal this week is to keep on organizing my life. I feel so much better when I am in control.
4. Get some of my to-do list scratched off here at work. It is getting ridiculous how much I have on my plate. This also involves organization.

So the 1 ST session I did was a JM 30D Shred session yesterday. I’m freakin sore today. I like it! I was going to get up and do it again this morning but I really want my muscles to recover in between so that I don’t hurt myself. I’m not resting today, just not doing the 30Day session.

It was hot and sunny on the weekend. Hot for our time of year. Mr. Sandra and I sat outside on our patio and had our morning coffee and chatted about our future “to-do” list – like building my chicken coop and garden boxes. Then in the afternoon we putzed around outside. I really really wanted a beer on the patio later in the afternoon. I mean I “really” wanted one. It was a tough thing, like quitting smoking and sitting there with a smoker puffing in your face, but I refrained. I kept thinking that if I had one, just one, I’d have to admit it here and I didn’t want to disappoint my blog friends or myself. You guys are helping me keep accountable. Thank you for that!

I hope you are all having a fantastic day and I hope to get to some blogs today and catch up on all of you.

ttyl

Sandra

Inner Talk

I’m having lots of inner talk lately that I need to address. I especially encounter it during Hot Yoga. What was getting easy for me a year ago is now very difficult and painful. It is a shame I let myself get to this point over the last year when I was doing so well. And that is what conversation goes through my head.

Why, why, why did I stop?

I feel like I have never exercised before, my hips are so tight, my back is so weak, and sore. I can’t bend over as far because of all my junk in my trunk and 18 months ago I remember writing about being excited about reaching personal bests in most of the poses. How it was getting easier and that I was actually getting into the poses properly.

Now I’m starting over.

But at least I am starting over right? Gotta start somewhere and as long as I don’t stop, I’ll get back to where I was and then some.

But the inner talk has to stop. It’s demoralizing. If I continue it, it will program my mind and I’ll get back into my frumpy mood. I don’t like that mood, it’s not the normal me. I’m a happy person normally, I don’t like not being happy, especially with myself.

Yes, I am doing good with no drinking. I’m very proud of myself. But this past week, I’ve wanted to go out this weekend on a date night, and have a beer and something special for dinner. I’m only 2 weeks into Jenny Craig (full two weeks that is) and I’m already tired of the “packaged” food. I’ve never eaten like this before and quite frankly I’m not sure how long I am going to last. I miss my home made healthy food….  I’m grieving for my old normal.

Just need to remember this:

“A lot of people make the mistake of starting something like this with the thought, "I can't wait until I am at my goal because then I can get back to 'normal' and not have to think about this". However, this is the start of something that will not have an ending: conscious food choices, moderation, exercise and proper 'mind management' (otherwise known as how you think about food, diet, exercise, your body, body image, the scale, etc) will be a part of your day every day. So, while it is going to be such a tremendous milestone when you reach your goal weight, enjoy the process too. "Sit back and enjoy the ride" as they say because it's fun (to feel light), it's empowering (to overcome challenges or cravings), it's a confidence builder (to fit into smaller clothes and look great) and it's energizing (to be able to go farther longer or faster while you exercise)."

I am creating a new normal and this is just a part of the adjustment process.

No stopping for this girl anymore. I want to be like Helen and write a fantastic post on how well I am doing with weight and health… you ROCK Helen!!

I hope you are all having a FANTSTIC day.

ttyl

Sandra

Week 5

Can't believe the month of January is almost over. It sure does go by fast. I feel that it has been a very successful month for me and my motivation has not lessened as the month progresses. My Mojo is still intact.

I'm not seeing that so much else where on the blog. Some folks are really struggling. Change is hard and you really need to be in the right head space to make it successful.

For week 4, I did pretty good on all my goals. I still can improve on my exercising though and Christine's 100 days is going to help me there.

I also got to Hot Yoga this week, and although my back and hip give me grief, I did the best that I could. Baby steps... small adjustments, push myself more each week to get the strength back and the range of motion opened up again. I'm going to go 2x this coming week.

I did my month end weigh-in and measurements and I am happy to report I am down 10.2 lbs, and 6.5 inches. I knew the inches were going because the belt was one notch tighter.

This week I am going to continue the momentum:

1. Drinking all my water on the weekends.
2. Exercising 6/7 days. I plan on getting on the treadmill and going to Hot Yoga 2x.
3. Start organizing my gardening plans. I am now at the acreage full time (well except I work full time) and I am going to plant a garden. I start the seedlings in my grow-op in the basement so need to get that all setup and start reading the best way to get things growing. It's been a hit and miss for me the last year or so. I need to learn to do it better.
4. Still working on organizing my life.

I am busy as usual this week at work but hope to get around to as many blogs as I can and see how everyone is doing.

I hope you are having a fantastic weekend!!

ttyl

Sandra