A-ha

I didn’t break out any workout DVD’s or lace up my sneakers and head to the gym this weekend, but trust me, I got a hell of a workout anyway in the form of good, old-fashioned manual labor.  I spent several hours each day this past weekend working in the yard, yanking weeds, clearing flower beds for soon-to-come spring flowers and fresh mulch.  How is it, pray tell, that cold nights and frost slayed almost every plant I love in the yard, but weeds are thriving like I feed the damn things?

I wouldn’t say I had an a-ha moment, like you hear a lot of people call it when they reach that point that prompted them onto the road of weight loss.  But I sure had a “wow, this would be easier if I wasn’t so fat and out of shape” moment.  Manual labor is damn hard when you are lugging around extra weight and trying to bend, reach, lean over, etc.  It’s going to be a loooooong, painful summer of gardening if I don’t do something about this.

I need something to push me, motivate me.  I just have no idea right now what that is, or where to find it.  All I know is, enough is enough.  I am sick of feeling out of shape, knowing I can look and feel so much better.  I need a plan, not just running my mouth about losing weight, because talk is cheap and is getting me nowhere but heavier.

I Needed That!

Yesterday was delightful, wonderful, absolutely fantastic.  What did I do, you might ask?  Nothing.  That’s why it was amazing.

I took the day off work just because.  Not because I had something to do, or somewhere to be, but just to have a day off.  I’ve been so busy and worn thin lately, I just wanted a day all to me.

I still got up early, since the alarm went off for my husband to get ready for work.  I like being up early, though.  And in typical fashion, I couldn’t just sit around and do nothing all day, so I admit to some cleaning, but then I said “hell with it”, grabbed a book and a cozy blanket, and got comfy on the couch.  I love to read, and I’ve had so little time to do it for a while now.  So it was a much-needed luxury to just curl up and read in the peace and quiet of our home, scented candle flickering gently on the coffee table, birds singing outside, cats sprawled out stealing my blanket from me, like they always do.

Okay, so I admit to one appointment yesterday, but it was only a quick, in-and-out-in-no-time check-up on some work we had done in the house. The guy was right on time, which was nice, and as he was leaving, he told me, “You have a beautiful home.”  That made my day.  My husband and I worked our asses off to get this house, and we work hard to keep it nice, so I am immensely proud of all the compliments we get on our house.

When my husband got home, he asked me how my day off went, and I told him it was great.  I really needed it.  I feel calmer today, more rested.  I know I still need to post about my football challenge, but today I am just basking in the residual happiness of my long-overdue day off!

Good Hair Day

Well, I didn’t work out yesterday, but here I am, writing on my blog, so I’m not entirely, completely sucking at my weekly goals.  Oh, and I logged all my food and drink yesterday.  Okay, I actually didn’t wrap up yesterday’s food log until this morning, when I finally remembered I set a goal of logging each day, but it’s still finished, and today is filled in through lunch too.

“Work out” is at the top of my to-do list for this evening.  I don’t want to, for many reasons, not the least of which being I am having a good hair day and don’t want to mess it up (seriously, it’s all fluffy and bouncy today), but I will sacrifice my hairdo to burn a few calories tonight.

I need a long-term goal to go with my weekly goals, not just something vague like “reach my goal weight eventually, at some undetermined point in the distant future”.  I have been kicking around ideas and really like the thought of setting a goal to correspond with football season.  I love football games, especially my younger stepson’s games, and every year I like to get a new team shirt.  I’d like to be able to get a new one in at least one size smaller this fall.  I will keep brainstorming and nail down my personal challenge, hash out details, and post it here soon.

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Okay, okay, I’ll go anyway!

My Goals for the Week

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Yeah, yeah. I know it’s Wednesday and halfway through the week, but since I’m a renegade and a trend-setting rebel, I am making my goals for the week today.

So, for the rest of this week, I intend to:

  1. Work out each day for at least 30 minutes.
  2. Log everything I eat and drink in MyFitnessPal.
  3. Write more regularly on my blog.  I can’t say this will be every day, but more often than once every week or so would be an improvement!  I really need the support and accountability.

I will check back in after the week is over and report how I did with these goals.  I feel so scattered and all over the place lately.  I am hoping this will help narrow down my focus just a bit and give me a target for each week.

Got My Sticker!

I left work yesterday with grit teeth, determined come hell or high water that I was going to get my sweat on as soon as I got home.  I have learned that I absolutely must, without fail, change into workout clothes the instant I hit the door, or my clever subconscious will start fabricating excuses out of thin air for why I should skip a workout that day.  And the next.  And, well, pretty much forever.

But I hadn’t seen my husband all day, and both of us were so busy, we didn’t exchange witty,  smartass-y texts during the day like we usually do.  When I got home, he was pretty obviously following me around, and the look on his face, so sweet, just wanting to spend time with me, melted my heart.  I sat down and snuggled and joked around with him, and I really needed it.

I didn’t do as long a workout as I had planned, but I still worked out.  I wanted to make sure I got a star on the calendar for the day!  Amazing how stickers are still an incentive for easily-amused adults such as myself.

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Today I have logged my breakfast and my snack on MyFitnessPal, something I’ve gotten rather flaky about doing, but I really need to monitor and track my eating better.  My everyday weight loss habits have taken a backseat with everything else going on, and that needs to change.

I also want to start setting weekly goals for myself.  I am shamelessly stealing that from 3 Purple Things, and not just because my favorite color is purple!  I need something to zero in on, focus on, narrow down the big picture for seven days at a time.

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