Ahh.. busy life :)

I hope you are doing great – I haven’t had time to read anyone's blogs lately. Been so busy at work and quite frankly I don’t get on the computer much at home. When you sit in front of one for over 8 hours a day, it’s not something I want to do when I get home.

My hips and back are still pretty sore. I went to Hot Yoga again last week and this time rather than push myself I took it easy. I made the class more therapeutic than a workout. I took my time stretching and only as far as I felt comfortable. Because the week before that, I pushed myself and then my back/hips were sore for days after. I’ve got to get them back into moveable shape and by forcing them to work seems to put me back a few days. One day at a time….

I’ve been doing good otherwise. Still trying to get my stuff together and get back into the swing of things. I’ve taken out my old journals and started reading through them. I have quite a few it seems.

But I seem to work much better when I am organized and planned. When I journal what I’m eating, exercising, feeling and thinking. Helps me put my head where it’s supposed to be.

Do you journal?

I find it very therapeutic as well. It lets me get the days thoughts out of my head at the end of the day and allows me a better sleep. Which is a touch and go thing with me (sleep that is).

Keeping it short and simple today – just wanted to let you know I am still around, just keeping busy at work. And there is nothing in the future that shows it will slow down – in fact I think it is about to get worse.

ttyl

Sandra

How I did and Today I will…*3

Well I was hungry yesterday for some reason. Might be a sugar detox because I’m craving it big time and I don’t even eat the stuff per se. In the middle of the afternoon I wanted a really big chocolate bar. So I cheated and had a protein bar that is covered in what looks like chocolate but I’m sure it’s not. I normally do not crave chocolate except during one session of the month and lately that isn’t an issue.

And I was a bit cranky as well yesterday, not sure why. Hormones, time change, alcohol withdrawal (sugar), or people were just extra stupid at work. Could have been any one of those or a combination of all of them.  My cube neighbor said “You aren’t crabby, you aren’t yelling at anyone”. My answer was “I internalize, you aren’t hearing my inside voice”. I rarely take my bad moods out on others – except maybe the people closest to me like my spouse and my kids. I try really hard not to do that but sometimes it just slips out.

I went to the 5:00 p.m. Bikram Hot Yoga class and although I was hot (stupid hot flashes today), moody, and nursing a headache prior to going into the class, I again did my best and enjoyed every minute of it. OK maybe not EVERY minute but I did enjoy the class in general. However my back was extremely sore and still is. Since not exercising as much since July and hurting my back in August – the darn thing has gotten weak. I’m going to have to really focus on getting it stronger again. My ENTIRE core for that matter.

I also went and had some x-ray’s done of my hip and lower back yesterday so hopefully between Yoga and my back cracker I will get more mobile again. At least to the point where it doesn’t hurt to get up and move (or sleep). Sucks being a side sleeper when your hips hurt like the dickens.

Today I will:

Focus on not eating the wrong stuff. I am hungry again. I am guzzling the water, I could almost fall asleep on my feet, and I want to eat. Don’t care what, just want to munch on something.

I know why I want to eat/drink when I get home – I get bored. I really noticed that last night after I got home from Yoga. I played with the pups, and then they wanted to nap. Mr. Sandra was watching the hockey game and if I sit down to read, then I will just fall asleep. Guess the key is to just go to bed but sometimes hitting the hay at 8:00 just seems to early (And I had just gotten home at 7:30). Oh what a life we live in the country.

Today I think it is because I don’t want to fall asleep at my desk. I’m busy enough at work, just don’t have the mojo to get it all done.

Not sure if this is all symptoms of withdrawals or what it is…

I will work through it

Hope you are having a fantastic day!

How I did & Today I will … *day 2

I did great eating on track all day at work. When I got the munchies, it was a toss up between feeling true hunger or just being thirsty. I fed the thirst rather than the stomach. But on the way home, during the drive I was hungry and have organic nut/fruit bars in my truck just for those emergencies.

My gym appointment at 3:30 didn’t work out – the gym was full. So I went home and worked out. I came home, cuddled with the dogs for a few minutes, then gave Mr. Sandra a hug (although he was Mr. Crabbitz yesterday). Then I got changed and headed to the basement. I warmed up, did some strength training, some more treadmill work then lots and lots of stretching.  I definitely have to work on making that space more comfortable – something I enjoy being in. Right now it is a basement with a ton of boxes in it.

For dinner last night I could have made a better choice. But I had left overs in the fridge I did not want to throw out and so I ate them. Nothing bad, just more carbs and likely a bit more fat than it should have had. Otherwise, my night was a full success.

Today I will:

• Eat 100% on track – no sugar, no alcohol, no junk.
• Attend 90 minutes of Bikram Hot Yoga – yahoo

I noticed the gym here opens at 6:00 a.m., so I am going to see if I can leave home by 5 and just come here to workout first thing. I have a much better day if I workout first thing in the morning. I have more energy, eat less (depending on what type of exercising) and then I can mark it as completed for the day and not have to worry about getting it done at the end of the day.

 “What? That coat was here all along!!”

 

 

 

 

Hope you have all had a fantastic day!

S

Today I will…

I am struggling with commitment – it sucks but it is my own fault. It’s that “can’t stick to strict” mentality…. lame dumb @$$ed excuses to tell the truth. This is something I have to change – I can change – I deal well with change. I cannot blame any outside source for my lack of motivation. I am responsible for my own actions, I’m going to take some positive steps forward to make the changes I need to do in order to get where I want to be – fit, healthy and Happy!! I

Because quite frankly, I’m not happy right now because I don’t meet any of that criteria!!

And I don’t like being unhappy!

So today I will:

• Eat 100% on plan – this means absolutely NO sugar in any shape. I don’t eat sugary foods (candy, pop, etc.) but sugar comes in many forms and in order for me to get rid of any junk food cravings, I must eliminate it for at least 3 days. This includes alcohol….. especially this.
• I will exercise at 3:30 today – I have scheduled it in my calendar, brought my workout clothes and HR monitor here to work and I’m going to hit the gym before I hit the train. Because once I get home, I struggle with getting down into my basement to workout because I want to play with puppy and then start dinner. This way I get it done before I even get home.

Tomorrow I will report on my results!

Hope you have a fantastic week!

Well it’s finally here…

It’s snowing outside. Was clear this morning but while I sit here at my desk looking out the window, the white stuff is now falling. Lots of it..

This is going to be my first drive home in the slippery stuff to my acreage out in the middle of no-where. And like most first snow days of the season, everyone out there has to re-learn how to drive in the stuff. I bet there will be hundreds of accidents reported by the end of the day and I am going to make sure that I am not one of the statistics.

Promise…

It is pretty out there though!

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

S

Home Reno’s–LVR

When the renter was given permission to renovate the house at the acreage what we saw in the beginning had promise. What we ended up with once she moved out was a different story.

So not only having to move and unpack, we had to fix the place up as well. We also went on a 3 week camping vacation in the middle of it. But my goal was to have the place presentable for the party we were going to have on September 3rd for my 50th Birthday. There are over 50 people coming and I was stressed as heck about it.

Anyway, I’m slowly getting a room done at a time and thought I’d share the before and after shots.

First is the Living room:

Since this house was built in the 1970’s, the color of that time was a pale lime green. All the walls at one time were this lovely green (yuk). The renter had partially painted some of the walls, and I had to finish it off. I’m not 100% happy with the color as I think it is too light, but it will do for now. You can always paint over light colors in the future. And after painting this room (and others), I’m not half bad at it.

Yes those are pink blinds and yes they are about a foot too short for those windows. We still need to have every single window replaced in the home but that will be coming later.

This is the before picture. If you click on it, you can see behind that cabinet that she didn’t use much masking tape.

And yeah, that rug is green too and will be replaced with Hardwood in the future. You can’t see it in this picture very well but it is black in spots and I spent quite some time  with the rug cleaner getting out the worst of the dirt. Ripping it right out will fix it good.

This is now:

Funky chandelier there !!

 

 

 

 

 

I guess looking at the pictures there isn’t really much of a difference but inside, in person, the room is quite a bit different. It’s my favorite room so far and I’ve made it my space. I find it warm and comfy which is important to me.

In my Favor

One of the many nice things about living out in the middle of nowhere is that I did not have to buy one single bag of candy. There are no kids out there Trick or Treating and therefore I have no need to purchase any bags of temptations.

I used to buy bags of junk that Mr Sandra likes but now that we are watching his Sugar intake I did not buy a thing. Even though I don't have a sweet tooth per se (I much prefer the crunchy, salty stuff) if there are small chocolate bars that I like, I would get into them. So I am glad to not have any in the house.

This is a really good thing for both of us.

I hope all of you had a great Halloween - now take those leftovers to work and give it all away!!

:)

S
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