OK I continue to struggle with the computer thing, POGS and now a BLOG. Each week I have to look Lindsey in the eye and tell her I am still retarded on the computer. I can go to Trial and get someone convicted of Domestic Violence, but I CANNOT figure out the damn computer! GEEZ
Now she has me reading books, first that Kessler guy, who has ruined my relationship with not only Cheesecake Factory but Cinnabon. Now there is the screaming, swearing crazy woman from the Skinny Bitch book. I have no idea if she is in fact skinny, but I can certainly confirm the other part! Wow what a mouth that woman has.
However, I found both books very disturbing and educational at the same time. Being a person of logic, both books struck a cord with me. Who among you has now started the journey of trying to avoid the salt, sugar, fat attack that is going on? Well, let me tell you it is not that easy. Now I am one of THOSE people who block the aisle at the grocery store reading labels. I have learned that my food now has to be very simple to avoid the problems discussed in both books.
One would think simple is easier, not so much! Being raised in the quick, drive thru, microwave era, quick is more my speed. So now I am going back to basics in food. I am fortunate because I have a large flourishing organic garden (ask Lindsey about the size of my squash and cucumbers).
I am still choosing not to go out, as I do not feel confident I can avoid the call of an ice cold martini after a stressful day. So I carry on, one pound at a time. I had a good week with food, but remain on the Lindsey hit list for not attending class.
Hang in there ladies, be strong and put yourself first this week!
DeeAnn
Friday, June 26, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
THAT number!
So, since my first blog I have dropped a kg - Lindsey hates me weighing myself frequently, but when I put my pants on this morning I could feel the difference, so dashed over to the love/hate machine and confirmed my suspicions. So, I am 1kg off THAT number. I get to 124kg and then get stuck and that's when I "go off", so I am determined to blog my way through THAT number this week and next. I have very few goals this week. Firstly to pack a salad for lunch every day - 3 days so far have managed to do so. To get to Physio where I am learning to walk and the physio says she is straightening my spine after a fall in 2006 that creates recurring injury to my left knee. So far have made all the appointments - that truly is a miracle! To do the glute excercises every day to strengthen my butt so that my walk can "even out". And finally to write down POGS NEXT week - it takes me a while to get there - I need to think about it for a while ;) Not very ambitious, but manageable for me right now as I have a massive workload with all of Africa in my sights, and follow ups with Docs that I am just not getting to and have postponed for a couple of weeks. So that gets my attention, and next week POGS! How are you two doing?
Monday, June 22, 2009
Coming in last but definitely not least ;)
This reminds me of the marathon in Seattle where they were picking up the cones behind me as I finished the marathon. Nonetheless I made it and I am finally here to blog my way through another kind of marathon. Thanks for the delightful submissions so far - have enjoyed them and so glad we are doing the cyberspace thing rather than living together in a commune while we go through this journey. Debbie you would banish me or vote me out or put my name under the salver on day one. I am vague about everything, and shuffle along (there is some sort of beat, in my own head of course) and generally bump along through life, so your OCD gift would be severely frustrated with my bumbling character for sure.
So, let me start my thoughts. Clearly Lindsey has found another way, (believe me she has tried many, many different things and for that I applaud her) to get me focused and stop my shiftless ways, and as I contemplated this public version of my battle I thought I would not go too far back into the past, and then a piece of paper slipped out of my notebook yesterday and I found a "report" on the condition of my body dated 6th June 2008. I weighed 134.5kg then. I can't even remember who did such a marvellous roundup - some or other programme I joined in desperation, because at that weight even my fattest clothes pop at the buttons.
It got me thinking. I lost 7kg with that programme. In December I found myself at 133kg and lost 4 of those by the time I saw Lindsey in February. I lost a further 7 kg while with Lindsey, the lowest I have been for a couple of years. So, stay with me here everyone, I found myself up to 127kg last month and managed to lose another 3 kg in May. Now I am up to 126 kg and filled the fridge and cupboards up this weekend to embark on another "focused" attempt.
OK, now just in case that was all lost on you, let me summarize.
In a year I have lost 21 kg - nearly half of what I would like to lose to get me back to healthy and super active. That is quite something, except that I put it all back again.
The one positive is that it appears that I get back on the horse a little sooner each time. I have not gone up to 134.5 kg again, so I am feeling good about that. I am also wondering what on earth I am doing entertaining those gaps where I put on at all. How divine to be 21 kg closer to my goal!!!!!!!!!!
The other positive thing I managed to unearth as I sat on the loo contemplating my report from last June is that I actually lost all that weight! Now I just need to stop putting on inbetween. My message to self this week is "You do great job losing, now just avoid the "put on" phases. Bizarrely that sounds easier than losing. I know, I know, I warned you I march to the beat of my own drum!
So, this week is all about doing what I know how to do and that is eating good stuff and watching for that place where I stop, so that I can change the habit. Next week will be about being less vague and more precise.
Have a great week - look forward to blogging my way through to November, (unless I am voted out of cyberspace of course!)
d
So, let me start my thoughts. Clearly Lindsey has found another way, (believe me she has tried many, many different things and for that I applaud her) to get me focused and stop my shiftless ways, and as I contemplated this public version of my battle I thought I would not go too far back into the past, and then a piece of paper slipped out of my notebook yesterday and I found a "report" on the condition of my body dated 6th June 2008. I weighed 134.5kg then. I can't even remember who did such a marvellous roundup - some or other programme I joined in desperation, because at that weight even my fattest clothes pop at the buttons.
It got me thinking. I lost 7kg with that programme. In December I found myself at 133kg and lost 4 of those by the time I saw Lindsey in February. I lost a further 7 kg while with Lindsey, the lowest I have been for a couple of years. So, stay with me here everyone, I found myself up to 127kg last month and managed to lose another 3 kg in May. Now I am up to 126 kg and filled the fridge and cupboards up this weekend to embark on another "focused" attempt.
OK, now just in case that was all lost on you, let me summarize.
In a year I have lost 21 kg - nearly half of what I would like to lose to get me back to healthy and super active. That is quite something, except that I put it all back again.
The one positive is that it appears that I get back on the horse a little sooner each time. I have not gone up to 134.5 kg again, so I am feeling good about that. I am also wondering what on earth I am doing entertaining those gaps where I put on at all. How divine to be 21 kg closer to my goal!!!!!!!!!!
The other positive thing I managed to unearth as I sat on the loo contemplating my report from last June is that I actually lost all that weight! Now I just need to stop putting on inbetween. My message to self this week is "You do great job losing, now just avoid the "put on" phases. Bizarrely that sounds easier than losing. I know, I know, I warned you I march to the beat of my own drum!
So, this week is all about doing what I know how to do and that is eating good stuff and watching for that place where I stop, so that I can change the habit. Next week will be about being less vague and more precise.
Have a great week - look forward to blogging my way through to November, (unless I am voted out of cyberspace of course!)
d
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Being OCD Can Really Work Against You!
So I get a little OCD about things (as I am sure many of you do). In my case one of those things is my weekly plan. I like to do it, have it all nice, neat, tidy, and posted (preferably in a sheet protector).
But sometimes I feel the OCD-ish-ness gets in the way and not in a good way. For example if I have to write it out I usually use pencil so I can erase & not scribble as I would have to with a pen (believe me you don't want to get me started with pen and white out). But as a carry over from elementary school days my printed work has to be perfect - if not it's a "do over".
I generally prefer to use the computer but that causes problems too. I've been a paralegal for a very long time and I trained on Word Perfect. It's keyboard driven and my fingers can fly & pop out stuff without too much effort. My husband, on the other hand, has Word on everything which is difficult for me to use & requires me to use the mouse too much. I don't know the commands via keyboard, I get indentations where I don't want them & I can't get them undone, etc. Basically for me Word just does not cooperate. After 23 years some things are just easier for me to keep the same. Simply said it's Word Perfect or nothin'.
So I'm trying to find a happy medium because I am determined to stay on track & need to make the "weekly plan" a habit & not so much of a chore.
I think I have a solution - I may come up with a template that I can use(from Word Perfect of course!) which I can fill out instead of drafting up weekly things on blank paper (combination of computer & printing).
I'm thinking of starting with the days of the week (what's easier? Sunday thru Saturday or Monday thru Sunday?) with slots for Breakfast / Snack / Lunch / Snack / Dinner & Instant Reminders/Notes(i.e. dentist appointment, return library books, take chicken out of freezer to defrost). This also makes it easier for grocery shopping. Plus when I used to use this more detailed system instead of the generic one I put out last week, the kids were less likely for random grazing or the famous "mom, what's for dinner" syndrome. I merely point to the menu on the fridge.
But with me being home we will be relying less on dining out or processed foods (my husband does absolutely no cooking - grilling (if he is so inclined) & microwave popcorn are his max although he recently got into using the toaster oven) so how do you work recipes into this schedule? I have cookbooks, printouts, magazine cutouts, etc. I can easily reference a cookbook (Tuesday/Dinner - see Balsamic Chicken / 3Ds Cookbook, Page 24) but what about the others? Or what if it's a recipe I saved from an online search? I hate to waste paper & print it out & then attach a packet to the fridge (Page 1 = Weekly Plan, Pages 2-10 are web/printed/magazine recipes) plus still have to reference cookbooks.
Seemingly this problem does not rival things of greater concern (world peace, homelessness, war etc.) but still, it bugs.
To that end I am going to bed to rest up for the 5k tomorrow which has me kind of worried. What if I don't beat my original time? Ugh!
Debbie Elias
PS - my kids watched a small video that was part of a film project where they saw an Asian man take food waste from fast food restaurants, put it in a trash can & pedal it back to his village and home for consumption. FYI it was a name brand kinda fried chicken place. My kids were horrified to see small children (what appeared to be under the age of 7-8 give or take) dig into a trash bucket, get out partially eaten food & be so excited you would have thought it was Christmas.
But sometimes I feel the OCD-ish-ness gets in the way and not in a good way. For example if I have to write it out I usually use pencil so I can erase & not scribble as I would have to with a pen (believe me you don't want to get me started with pen and white out). But as a carry over from elementary school days my printed work has to be perfect - if not it's a "do over".
I generally prefer to use the computer but that causes problems too. I've been a paralegal for a very long time and I trained on Word Perfect. It's keyboard driven and my fingers can fly & pop out stuff without too much effort. My husband, on the other hand, has Word on everything which is difficult for me to use & requires me to use the mouse too much. I don't know the commands via keyboard, I get indentations where I don't want them & I can't get them undone, etc. Basically for me Word just does not cooperate. After 23 years some things are just easier for me to keep the same. Simply said it's Word Perfect or nothin'.
So I'm trying to find a happy medium because I am determined to stay on track & need to make the "weekly plan" a habit & not so much of a chore.
I think I have a solution - I may come up with a template that I can use(from Word Perfect of course!) which I can fill out instead of drafting up weekly things on blank paper (combination of computer & printing).
I'm thinking of starting with the days of the week (what's easier? Sunday thru Saturday or Monday thru Sunday?) with slots for Breakfast / Snack / Lunch / Snack / Dinner & Instant Reminders/Notes(i.e. dentist appointment, return library books, take chicken out of freezer to defrost). This also makes it easier for grocery shopping. Plus when I used to use this more detailed system instead of the generic one I put out last week, the kids were less likely for random grazing or the famous "mom, what's for dinner" syndrome. I merely point to the menu on the fridge.
But with me being home we will be relying less on dining out or processed foods (my husband does absolutely no cooking - grilling (if he is so inclined) & microwave popcorn are his max although he recently got into using the toaster oven) so how do you work recipes into this schedule? I have cookbooks, printouts, magazine cutouts, etc. I can easily reference a cookbook (Tuesday/Dinner - see Balsamic Chicken / 3Ds Cookbook, Page 24) but what about the others? Or what if it's a recipe I saved from an online search? I hate to waste paper & print it out & then attach a packet to the fridge (Page 1 = Weekly Plan, Pages 2-10 are web/printed/magazine recipes) plus still have to reference cookbooks.
Seemingly this problem does not rival things of greater concern (world peace, homelessness, war etc.) but still, it bugs.
To that end I am going to bed to rest up for the 5k tomorrow which has me kind of worried. What if I don't beat my original time? Ugh!
Debbie Elias
PS - my kids watched a small video that was part of a film project where they saw an Asian man take food waste from fast food restaurants, put it in a trash can & pedal it back to his village and home for consumption. FYI it was a name brand kinda fried chicken place. My kids were horrified to see small children (what appeared to be under the age of 7-8 give or take) dig into a trash bucket, get out partially eaten food & be so excited you would have thought it was Christmas.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Triple D's!
OK well in a moment of weakness I succumbed to Lindsey's request to be one of the three Ds!
I took me three days to figure out how to log on to the BLOG. I still cant do my POGs without Lindsey's help, so I am usure why in the hell she picked me!
I am definately a DOER, being a young single parent of two sons, I raised them by myself and attended all of my college and law school at night while working full time and raising them! I have achieved every goal I have sought after with the exception of a healthy permanent weight. It is painful to admit and even more so to put into writing for all to see. Yet, I am obligated by my commitment to myself this year to do this.
This is the year I turn 50! Mother of God how could that have happened? No matter what weight I am or what I do between now and July 16, on that date I will turn 50. So I decided to DEDICATE myself to one thing for the next six weeks, ME!
I am DETERMINED to put myself first, before my sons, my gransons, my clients and my DESIRES. This will be DIFFICULT for me. For the next six weeks I will ask myself before each and every food DECISION, will this get to you closer to your goal of putting yourself first?
As soon as I made this commitment, I was injured, doesn't that just figure? In the past I would use an injury or illness as an excuse to stop my attempts to put myself and my health first. Not this time! While I was unable to exercise for a few days, I stuck to my food plan and wrote everything down. DAMN I hate that part, but it works.
So as we three D's move forward over the next weeks, we hope you will join us in the BLOG that Lindsey has started. Share your thoughts, your fears, your struggles and your hopes with us. Feel safe and secure in sharing here, as you are among friends!
Make it a great DAY!
DEEANN
I took me three days to figure out how to log on to the BLOG. I still cant do my POGs without Lindsey's help, so I am usure why in the hell she picked me!
I am definately a DOER, being a young single parent of two sons, I raised them by myself and attended all of my college and law school at night while working full time and raising them! I have achieved every goal I have sought after with the exception of a healthy permanent weight. It is painful to admit and even more so to put into writing for all to see. Yet, I am obligated by my commitment to myself this year to do this.
This is the year I turn 50! Mother of God how could that have happened? No matter what weight I am or what I do between now and July 16, on that date I will turn 50. So I decided to DEDICATE myself to one thing for the next six weeks, ME!
I am DETERMINED to put myself first, before my sons, my gransons, my clients and my DESIRES. This will be DIFFICULT for me. For the next six weeks I will ask myself before each and every food DECISION, will this get to you closer to your goal of putting yourself first?
As soon as I made this commitment, I was injured, doesn't that just figure? In the past I would use an injury or illness as an excuse to stop my attempts to put myself and my health first. Not this time! While I was unable to exercise for a few days, I stuck to my food plan and wrote everything down. DAMN I hate that part, but it works.
So as we three D's move forward over the next weeks, we hope you will join us in the BLOG that Lindsey has started. Share your thoughts, your fears, your struggles and your hopes with us. Feel safe and secure in sharing here, as you are among friends!
Make it a great DAY!
DEEANN
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Starting to get organized
Today I'm using my "determination". I'm doing my weekly menu plan, grocery shopping list and schedule for exercise. I had hoped to exercise this AM with another Rough Fit Buddy but that didn't pan out. Hopefully I can get with a Buddy to exercise later on today or tomorrow. If not it's OK because I'll make plans with my best friend to huff it somewhere around here.
I had a funny idea the other day (ok ok...it was funny but kinda warped too). And for some reason it stuck with me.
As you all probably know this is a spin off of a popular saying but in my case, I turned it into "What Would Lindsey Do". I was at the grocery store and was looking at something and considered buying it until my imagination popped up a miniature Lindsey on my shoulder (no offense...you looked great! Cute, like a Polly Pocket.) At first I imagined that old Looney Tunes cartoon where there's a mini-angel on one shoulder & a mini-devil on the other one telling the character "yes you should" and "no you shouldn't" but then realized being delusional in the grocery store was not such a good idea.
So anway, in my case it was really only one, my Pocket Lindsey. And I thought to myself WWLD and BAM, that thing I considered buying went back on the shelf.
So now it's off to do some planning.
DYNAMIC - making a written plan of important things for the week (meals, exercise schedule, other things to attend to, appointments, etc) so I don't get off track when my "tornado" life funnels up - I'll have a plan for reference to avoid "winging" it which I think leads to pitfalls. I know life throws fast balls & pitch curves but I can handle it better if I'm prepared.
DETERMINATION - doing this on a Saturday? Can I be more determined that that?
DOER - actually follow through, put my plan down on paper & post it on the fridge (for accountability - if anyone wants I can post it here too), go to the grocery store, get the weekly menu up for my reference and my kids (for some reason they like to see that paper on the fridge & know what's coming). Also I'll include as part of my plan the POG's from RoughFit (as well as my own) to make sure that they get accomplished.
By doing this I hope I can see where failure commonly occurs & hopefully take corrective action. Also, what can I eliminate as unnecessary and what I should add, or emphasize, for my benefit.
Debbie the Dynamically Determined Doer
(and ha ha ha for those of you thinking I should add Demented)
I had a funny idea the other day (ok ok...it was funny but kinda warped too). And for some reason it stuck with me.
"WWLD"
As you all probably know this is a spin off of a popular saying but in my case, I turned it into "What Would Lindsey Do". I was at the grocery store and was looking at something and considered buying it until my imagination popped up a miniature Lindsey on my shoulder (no offense...you looked great! Cute, like a Polly Pocket.) At first I imagined that old Looney Tunes cartoon where there's a mini-angel on one shoulder & a mini-devil on the other one telling the character "yes you should" and "no you shouldn't" but then realized being delusional in the grocery store was not such a good idea.
So anway, in my case it was really only one, my Pocket Lindsey. And I thought to myself WWLD and BAM, that thing I considered buying went back on the shelf.
So now it's off to do some planning.
DYNAMIC - making a written plan of important things for the week (meals, exercise schedule, other things to attend to, appointments, etc) so I don't get off track when my "tornado" life funnels up - I'll have a plan for reference to avoid "winging" it which I think leads to pitfalls. I know life throws fast balls & pitch curves but I can handle it better if I'm prepared.
DETERMINATION - doing this on a Saturday? Can I be more determined that that?
DOER - actually follow through, put my plan down on paper & post it on the fridge (for accountability - if anyone wants I can post it here too), go to the grocery store, get the weekly menu up for my reference and my kids (for some reason they like to see that paper on the fridge & know what's coming). Also I'll include as part of my plan the POG's from RoughFit (as well as my own) to make sure that they get accomplished.
By doing this I hope I can see where failure commonly occurs & hopefully take corrective action. Also, what can I eliminate as unnecessary and what I should add, or emphasize, for my benefit.
Debbie the Dynamically Determined Doer
(and ha ha ha for those of you thinking I should add Demented)
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
WooHoo - I started off this blog with a big kick in the pants!
I was (and am) very excited to be a 3D-er. And I was even more excited about the prospect of rushing right on & being the first to actually post a blog. But I'm up that proverbial creek without that proverbial paddle because darn it if Lindsey hadn't already beaten me to it!
So to get my 3D-ing off to a good start, and to really get on track, I did something I've been thinking about doing for a long time...
I QUIT MY JOB TODAY!
Holy cannoli! I've been doing bankruptcy for 23 years this August! That's almost 1/2 of my life!!!!! I've worked since I was 14 & started in a law office in bankruptcy at the innocent age of 18 (yeah yeah yeah do the math - I just turned 42!) I've always worked, even through my 3 pregnancies, (yes, for those of you interested, I even brought them here to my office and breast fed them while typing & talking on the phone - how's that for multi-tasking?) I've only work for 2 law firms for the last 23 years (other than my kids & our own business) - and I've been here working for this attorney for 12+ years so it was a BIG deal to say the least!
But I'm doing this for ME! So I can really believe that the 3D's are in place for me already!!!!
1st D = Dynamic - lots of stuff in our lives is fluid (and some of that is a yucky fluid to say the least) but I feel like I live in a tornado, always swirling, twisting & turning, not knowing when I’m gonna touch down or what I’ll pick up in my path. I guess I feel that my ebbs & flows have been of a darker, more negative, type. I want to change the "dynamics" of my tornado!!!
2nd D = Determination - I have always put "me" on the back burner for kids, work, financial reasons, time, blah blah blah (isn’t that what it really ends up sounding like?) I’m determined now to put "me" in the front [with my kids] so I can have the lifestyle I truly want and deserve (And WE ALL DESERVE IT) I want to know what I put in my mouth, and what goes into my kids mouths, and if I can’t pronounce it I don’t want to eat it! I want my determination's energy to work for this & not for getting clients taken care of (instead of me) or files & work done, the house picked up, etc. (I'm sure you get the drift)
3rd D = Doer - (ha ha ha - that word almost looks like a female deer). Although not necessarily a baby step, quitting my job was a crucial step for me to start taking ownership! It doesn’t work for everyone but in my situation this is what I’ve wanted, what I’ve needed, probably for too long now. Now I can compose my POGS to take the baby steps.
And boy, some of those other "D’s" are very scary but unfortunately they have "dwelled" in my life as I’m sure they have in others but I don’t want to be in deep doo doo any longer!
Debbie, the Dynamically Determined Doer (PS - I can't use enter or make paragraph breaks on this darned thing so sorry if this looks a bit disheveled - I'm kinda OCD about this stuff so it's driving me nuts!)(PPS - I type very very fast & a lot ~ hey I've been doing this for 23+ years so don't be put off by all my words. I get diarrhea of the fingers sometimes!)
So to get my 3D-ing off to a good start, and to really get on track, I did something I've been thinking about doing for a long time...
I QUIT MY JOB TODAY!
Holy cannoli! I've been doing bankruptcy for 23 years this August! That's almost 1/2 of my life!!!!! I've worked since I was 14 & started in a law office in bankruptcy at the innocent age of 18 (yeah yeah yeah do the math - I just turned 42!) I've always worked, even through my 3 pregnancies, (yes, for those of you interested, I even brought them here to my office and breast fed them while typing & talking on the phone - how's that for multi-tasking?) I've only work for 2 law firms for the last 23 years (other than my kids & our own business) - and I've been here working for this attorney for 12+ years so it was a BIG deal to say the least!
But I'm doing this for ME! So I can really believe that the 3D's are in place for me already!!!!
1st D = Dynamic - lots of stuff in our lives is fluid (and some of that is a yucky fluid to say the least) but I feel like I live in a tornado, always swirling, twisting & turning, not knowing when I’m gonna touch down or what I’ll pick up in my path. I guess I feel that my ebbs & flows have been of a darker, more negative, type. I want to change the "dynamics" of my tornado!!!
2nd D = Determination - I have always put "me" on the back burner for kids, work, financial reasons, time, blah blah blah (isn’t that what it really ends up sounding like?) I’m determined now to put "me" in the front [with my kids] so I can have the lifestyle I truly want and deserve (And WE ALL DESERVE IT) I want to know what I put in my mouth, and what goes into my kids mouths, and if I can’t pronounce it I don’t want to eat it! I want my determination's energy to work for this & not for getting clients taken care of (instead of me) or files & work done, the house picked up, etc. (I'm sure you get the drift)
3rd D = Doer - (ha ha ha - that word almost looks like a female deer). Although not necessarily a baby step, quitting my job was a crucial step for me to start taking ownership! It doesn’t work for everyone but in my situation this is what I’ve wanted, what I’ve needed, probably for too long now. Now I can compose my POGS to take the baby steps.
And boy, some of those other "D’s" are very scary but unfortunately they have "dwelled" in my life as I’m sure they have in others but I don’t want to be in deep doo doo any longer!
Debbie, the Dynamically Determined Doer (PS - I can't use enter or make paragraph breaks on this darned thing so sorry if this looks a bit disheveled - I'm kinda OCD about this stuff so it's driving me nuts!)(PPS - I type very very fast & a lot ~ hey I've been doing this for 23+ years so don't be put off by all my words. I get diarrhea of the fingers sometimes!)
The 3D Wellness Blog
Welcome to the all new Rough-Fit With-U 3D Wellness Blog.
Why 3D? Because anything three dimensional is complex. Achieving wellness is multi-faceted and most of us tend make it complex.
From a foundational perspective, the physical layer, to the mental and spiritual layers, all three are dynamic. Your first D - Dynamic. Everything in our lives is fluid and we have to develop skills and tools to help us operate in an environment of ebbs and flows.
In today's environment staying the course of wellness requires determination. Your second D - Determination. Someone who is successful at wellness is generally very persistent, has tremendous perserverance and is usually well prepared. These are characteristics that can be learned and enhanced - they are key to the success of long term wellness.
The third D I chose was "doer". One has to act upon intention. You can't be full of good ideas and expect them to come to fruition without action. You have to be a "doer". You have to be honest about your commitment to yourself and follow through with purposeful action. You can not wait for someone to do things for you. You need to take owernship of your wellness and become a "doer". Your 3rd D - "Doer". As a doer, you need to have a Plan of Goals (POG's) to help you take baby steps towards your goal.
There are countless more D's - dishevelled, dishonesty, distracted, distraught, depressed, dithery, dislike, dillydally, dreadful, dunghill and dodo! These are not the D words that I'd like to read about. Most commonly in the pursuit of wellness, I hear the following D words:
Derailed - this implies a legitimate excuse for why wellness has gone to hell in a hand basket. Uh, no I don't think so - No Excuses should be our motto!
Despondent - or "I'm in a funk" - what exactly does this mean. Casimir Funk from Poland coined this phrase. As a biochemist he determined that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies - I kid you not. So if you're in a funk, you need to rachet up your diet to give you a kick in the booty!
Disconnected - this is a huge opportunity for so many of us. We disconnect with our bodies, minds and others and end up feeding our souls and beings junk. We need to connect more fully with our lives and learn how we're abusing our bodies when we feed it with junk! Additionally, we need to connect and absorb how we feel when we are being good to ourselves. This allows us to build on the great things we're doing to enhance our wellness.
These are the D words that I don't want to read about.
For the first quarter of the 3D Wellness Blog, I've selected the following 3D authors. They are:
Denise - my sister who is on a mission to get healthy and dance on a wall with me on her 50th Birthday in November.
Dee Ann - a successful trial attorney who is determined to make this year all about her.
Debbie - who's a wealth of knowledge and her journey is taking that knowledge and putting it into practice.
All three will post to the Blog about their weekly D's and more. All three use POG's to help them map out their solutions. They're doers who, with determination, will learn to manage the dynamic nature of life!
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