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Today marks another freakin green light to head towards my goal of getting fit and healthy. I’m getting tired of bouncing around and it’s time to get off the “I’m invincible” train ride.  I can’t just eat as much and drink as much as I want and still expect to lose any weight. Not going to happen no matter what age you are but when you are approaching menopause (or are in it) there is no hope in keeping your life as it was and expect to get better. You all know that saying “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”. That’s kind of what I’ve been doing these past years. Sad part is is that I knew this…..

We all know I know how to exercise and once I get my head wrapped around it, I have no problem keeping the motivation going (for about 4-6 months anyway). I’ll admit I go through spouts of loss of motivation where I find it hard to get my butt out of bed in the morning. But they usually start in May and keep in place until about the end of August. Anything familiar about that time line? Yup, it is the summer vacation time. Actually it usually starts when the time changes back in the Spring because when you get up at 4:00 a.m., moving that clock back an hour makes it almost impossible for me to get my butt out of bed. I have such a much easier time in the fall which will be happening this weekend.

I am planning on making November a month to remember. I am stopping all the self-sabotage and getting my stuff together. I know getting up at 4:00 a.m. ensures that no matter what happens by the end of the work day, I’ve at least gotten in 30 minutes of activity. And I plan on using that 30 minutes wisely. Something pretty strenuous to get the blood flowing and the metabolism revved up for the rest of the day. It may be Jillian Michael’s DVDs, or a 20 minute intense interval walk/run or just my own strength training workout. I’m planning on the more intense strength training workouts after work when I have more time.

It’s the eats I have to get back under control. I was WAY WAY TOO high last week.  Keeping track helped me realize what was going on.  And then came the weekend  where I was too low. Makes no sense to me but that’s how it goes in my life. I’ve got to balance all 7 days out and do a much better job than I have been doing. And to start my lovely week off, I forgot my lunch at home today so now I have to go out and buy some stuff that makes choices easy. I think I will walk to the nearest grocery store, which is about 6 blocks away, and stock up on my stuff.

Most of you know that I drink beer (those that don’t … sorry to disappoint ya J ), and since May (Mazatlan trip), it has been way more often than it should be. We used to make it one night a week where we had “date night” and would go out for dinner, a game of online Golden Tee golf and a couple of beers. But when summer started, there came the camping weekends and 98% of the time, beer came along. Even if not invited, he was there J  Now it’s time to go back to that once a week treat and keep it as that – a treat. Not something that I just do cause we are out (and the waitress automatically brings it over to us). I know you are all thinking that I should eliminate it entirely from my life but it isn’t a permanent plan of mine – to give everything I like up entirely. What I have to do is learn to include those things I like but in moderation. That is the key….. Moderation!!  I am not on a diet, it is a way of life and if my life includes a couple of beers once in a while, then so be it. I just have to ensure and work harder at, making it only once in a while and not two-three times a week. But I also think to make this successful right now I have  to eliminate it completely until I have everything in order. You never know, by the end of this I may not even want those treats anymore.

I hope you all have a FANTASTIC week!

Ttyl

Sandra