As some of you may know Friday was my weigh-in day. I came home from RF, went directly into the bathroom, stripped down to my birthday suit, closed my eyes, got on the scale and took a deep breath…I slowly opened one eye, then the other and then…Ta Da! I was down 7lbs since September 1st!
I’m quite happy with my results. I feel less puffy and my clothes are fitting less snuggly. I keep walking by the bathroom mirror and checking out my new, flatter tummy. I even stood in front of the mirror this weekend and took a good look at this bod of mine. Most days I close my eyes as I go by the mirror or I turn my head. This weekend I actually had the impulse to take a look, a close look. It wasn’t so bad. I mean it kinda inspired me to continue, I saw a vision! I also had two people this weekend tell me I looked thinner. That made me feel great that people are noticing. It may not even be the actual pounds they are noticing, maybe it’s the swagger!?
I’m inspired. I’m motivated! I want to lose another 7lbs by the end of October. Stay tuned and let’s see what happens!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Let Freedom Ring!!!
This morning I dropped off my daughter at preschool. This is her third day at her school BUT today she gets to go to the extended day program. That means, instead of me picking her up after 2.5 hours I get to pick her up after 5 hours!!! Yes, I said it, FIVE glorious hours!!! Now don’t get me wrong, I LOVE my kids and LOVE being with them. However, as some as you may know, they tend to suck the life right outta you! I get up at 5:30am most days to go to RF and my day continues until about 9pm. No joke! It is non-stop madness. Errands, meal preparation, grocery shopping, banking, cleaning, laundry, pick-up, drop-offs, play dates, etc., etc., until the clock hits 8pm and that is when my kids go nite nite. After bedtime stories and kisses is when I get to work on me, and sometimes it still dosen’t really end there because someone needs some water or someone else is scared and can’t sleep or someone else needs to be fed (like the dog, who is sometimes forgotten about) or someone else is needing some attention. Wink wink, you know who you are! So to say after bedtime it’s my time is kinda an understatement. Typically I don’t relax until around 9:30ish and then I’m falling asleep from pure exhaustion. I have nothing else to give.
Today is such a special day for me! I’ve waited seven years! Yes seven years for both my kids to be gone at school and for me to get some ME time! Whooo Hoooo!!!! Can you hear me shouting that loud and clear!! I could do a dance right now I’m so thrilled!!! ME time!!! Wow, imagine that!
Okay, I am embellishing a little. I have tons of things I could be working on. My new children’s clothing line. My PTA coordinator position, Room Mom responsibilities, banking, cleaning, laundry, you name it, there is a ton of things on my “to do“ list. However, last night I made a conscious effort that this morning after I dropped Carly off I would come home and do something for me, something good for me!
So here I sit blogging. I was happy to hurry home and sit quietly at my computer without any interruptions and be able to blog to my content! No one tugging at my side asking for more apple juice, no one interrupting my thoughts asking me to play catch with them. Nope it’s just me and the dog sitting here as I type. (Thank goodness she is 12 years old and doesn’t seem to need a thing right now!) Yippee for me!! Next item of importance is to plan out my lunch and dinner. I’m actually going to pursue through my cookbooks and write a plan for this weeks dinners. I’m thrilled to think I will be able to accomplish that task more efficiently than ever before!
I’m so excited for my new found freedom. I’m promise myself to each week do something good for myself with this time. Today I even thought about exercising again. Take a walk...imagine that! Me exercising two times in day! It actually sounds good to me!
Today is such a special day for me! I’ve waited seven years! Yes seven years for both my kids to be gone at school and for me to get some ME time! Whooo Hoooo!!!! Can you hear me shouting that loud and clear!! I could do a dance right now I’m so thrilled!!! ME time!!! Wow, imagine that!
Okay, I am embellishing a little. I have tons of things I could be working on. My new children’s clothing line. My PTA coordinator position, Room Mom responsibilities, banking, cleaning, laundry, you name it, there is a ton of things on my “to do“ list. However, last night I made a conscious effort that this morning after I dropped Carly off I would come home and do something for me, something good for me!
So here I sit blogging. I was happy to hurry home and sit quietly at my computer without any interruptions and be able to blog to my content! No one tugging at my side asking for more apple juice, no one interrupting my thoughts asking me to play catch with them. Nope it’s just me and the dog sitting here as I type. (Thank goodness she is 12 years old and doesn’t seem to need a thing right now!) Yippee for me!! Next item of importance is to plan out my lunch and dinner. I’m actually going to pursue through my cookbooks and write a plan for this weeks dinners. I’m thrilled to think I will be able to accomplish that task more efficiently than ever before!
I’m so excited for my new found freedom. I’m promise myself to each week do something good for myself with this time. Today I even thought about exercising again. Take a walk...imagine that! Me exercising two times in day! It actually sounds good to me!
Monday, September 21, 2009
The Master Plan
As I continue on this “no stories” journey I am constantly reminded of how I need to plan. I mean, that is really the culprit of my success or demise! At each and every turn, each thought and each day and night, I am reminded that I need a plan. I’m not sure why this has been difficult some days for me. Some days are not as difficult as others. However, it really should be easy to have a master plan to a person like me.
I’m a total planner. I plan everything! Ask my husband. I calendar everything, I use the calendar in Outlook. It is always the first thing that opens on my computer, it is also the one program that is always open all day and night, until I turn my computer off at the end of the day. It is sometimes minimized but always right there so I can see “the plan”. I send my hubby “status plan update emails”. He gets these emails from me about once a month so he is in “the know” about “the plan”. I’m the one Mom out of my friends that calls the babysitter ahead of time (and I mean much ahead) if we plan an evening out. I’m the friend that is planning the evening out. I’m the friend that is always “rallying” the troupes and devising “a social plan” of when we can all get together and play. I’m the Mom that “plans” many play dates and schedules them for my kids and puts it on the calendar, color coded for each kid and all! I’m the Mom that is planning her kid’s birthday party three months in advance. Right now I’m planning our annual neighborhood Halloween party…get it? I am THE planner!!
I have a plan for almost everything in my life. I know that sounds probably boring to you. It probably sounds so mundane and so not spontaneous. Don’t worry, I’m flexible too, you can throw a curve ball in my plan and I’ll “plan” around it!
Today my plan is to continue to work on “my personal plan”. It may not be perfect each day so my plan is to continue to plan. My meals, day by day, week by week. My plan is to continue to “plan” how many days I will work out in a week. My plan is to continue to move forward on this journey, even if some days I get sidetracked, my plan is to get back on course as soon as I can. My plan is to continue to work on me and stay motivated and focused. My plan is to continue to break down my main goal to mini-goals to make it more manageable. My plan is to take small steps to move me towards “My Master Plan”.
What is your plan? Small behavioral and lifestyles changes can help you reach “your plan”! Try it!
I’m a total planner. I plan everything! Ask my husband. I calendar everything, I use the calendar in Outlook. It is always the first thing that opens on my computer, it is also the one program that is always open all day and night, until I turn my computer off at the end of the day. It is sometimes minimized but always right there so I can see “the plan”. I send my hubby “status plan update emails”. He gets these emails from me about once a month so he is in “the know” about “the plan”. I’m the one Mom out of my friends that calls the babysitter ahead of time (and I mean much ahead) if we plan an evening out. I’m the friend that is planning the evening out. I’m the friend that is always “rallying” the troupes and devising “a social plan” of when we can all get together and play. I’m the Mom that “plans” many play dates and schedules them for my kids and puts it on the calendar, color coded for each kid and all! I’m the Mom that is planning her kid’s birthday party three months in advance. Right now I’m planning our annual neighborhood Halloween party…get it? I am THE planner!!
I have a plan for almost everything in my life. I know that sounds probably boring to you. It probably sounds so mundane and so not spontaneous. Don’t worry, I’m flexible too, you can throw a curve ball in my plan and I’ll “plan” around it!
Today my plan is to continue to work on “my personal plan”. It may not be perfect each day so my plan is to continue to plan. My meals, day by day, week by week. My plan is to continue to “plan” how many days I will work out in a week. My plan is to continue to move forward on this journey, even if some days I get sidetracked, my plan is to get back on course as soon as I can. My plan is to continue to work on me and stay motivated and focused. My plan is to continue to break down my main goal to mini-goals to make it more manageable. My plan is to take small steps to move me towards “My Master Plan”.
What is your plan? Small behavioral and lifestyles changes can help you reach “your plan”! Try it!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Status Update
It’s been a week exactly since my last post. It was such a crazy week for me that I was definitely derailed in my posting on this blog. I did however each day in my mind think of something I wanted to say to you all, I just got sideswiped by life so to speak. I’m not going to go into a “story, I mean this is the blog about NO stories, right? However I will say I stayed committed to my goal even though I was extremely busy and somewhat distracted.
So let’s rewind a week ago…it was my 13th anniversary and my wonderful hubby and I were going out to dinner. I had a great plan for the day of eating low calories and exercising with my friend Jen in the morning. That would enable me to still go out for the evening and enjoy the night. We started out in Laguna Beach at Rooftop. It was very impromptu to go there. If you haven’t ever been its one of the most scenic spots on the Gold Coast! It is a bar/lounge on top of an old hotel on the ocean side of PCH. After walking up a couple flights of stairs you enter out through a door and from as far left as you can see is beautiful Blue Ocean and then as far right as you can see is beautiful Blue Ocean! It truly is a sight to see. It is one of the best spots to watch the sun set! We actually got lucky and found a table to sit at. It can be a very crowded bar most nights. As soon as we sat a server appeared asking what we’d like to drink. Wally ordered vodka on the rocks and I….drum roll please! I ordered a Pellegrino with lime. Yep, I did! I know hard to believe for some of you. I know you are thinking “that crazy girl in class didn’t order a drink?” Nope, no cocktails for me, remember? I publically vowed. We watched all the “beautiful people” (as I like to refer to them) drink all of their amazing looking drinks. I sipped my sparkling water as I watched the most amazing sunset I’ve seen in long time! I was asked by a few friends, how was that negative a cocktail? Even Wally asked me. Truthfully it wasn’t hard at all. I was (and am committed) but more than that I think it was easy because it wasn’t really about the drinks (or food) it was about the company I was with and also the beautiful view.
After Rooftop we went to dine at Sorrento Grille in Laguna Beach. A very good restaurant with a really cozy, quaint feel. Again I stayed committed to my plan. No cocktails, Pellegrino on the rocks, no bread, the server never even brought the bread basket to our table. Now normally I would summon over the server if each and every other table had amazing bread and butter and I didn’t, however on this night I didn’t. I never asked the server, I didn’t want that temptation and that is one of my biggest triggers! I mean one piece leads to another and then another and then I usually order a glass of red wine because who can eat bread and butter without wine?? And then before I know it the basket is empty! Side note: When I eat bread and butter the people I dine with usually ask me if I need some bread with my butter. I know some of you are saying YUCK but to me it’s delish!!! See what I mean, huge trigger! We shared some oysters on the half shell and then moved on to a salad that we shared, all very good and actually the kind of portions you are suppose to eat, you know, like airline food. We ordered Halibut and shared that too. And even though I know the entrée was made with probably more fat and calories that I would want or have making it at home, I really didn’t feel that guilty considering I was sharing and my portions were in proportion. The finale was we ordered Crème Brule. My plan was to take three bites and push it away. One delicious bite, two, then the last one…and viola, I stuck to my plan and pushed it away. Wally finished it and that was fine by me!
All in all, it was a very nice Anniversary. Nice to spend time with my hubby, nice to stay committed to something AND really nice to not have to unbutton my jeans at the end of the night!
I promise to blog more this coming week. I need to keep my eye on the ball! See ya in class on Monday!
So let’s rewind a week ago…it was my 13th anniversary and my wonderful hubby and I were going out to dinner. I had a great plan for the day of eating low calories and exercising with my friend Jen in the morning. That would enable me to still go out for the evening and enjoy the night. We started out in Laguna Beach at Rooftop. It was very impromptu to go there. If you haven’t ever been its one of the most scenic spots on the Gold Coast! It is a bar/lounge on top of an old hotel on the ocean side of PCH. After walking up a couple flights of stairs you enter out through a door and from as far left as you can see is beautiful Blue Ocean and then as far right as you can see is beautiful Blue Ocean! It truly is a sight to see. It is one of the best spots to watch the sun set! We actually got lucky and found a table to sit at. It can be a very crowded bar most nights. As soon as we sat a server appeared asking what we’d like to drink. Wally ordered vodka on the rocks and I….drum roll please! I ordered a Pellegrino with lime. Yep, I did! I know hard to believe for some of you. I know you are thinking “that crazy girl in class didn’t order a drink?” Nope, no cocktails for me, remember? I publically vowed. We watched all the “beautiful people” (as I like to refer to them) drink all of their amazing looking drinks. I sipped my sparkling water as I watched the most amazing sunset I’ve seen in long time! I was asked by a few friends, how was that negative a cocktail? Even Wally asked me. Truthfully it wasn’t hard at all. I was (and am committed) but more than that I think it was easy because it wasn’t really about the drinks (or food) it was about the company I was with and also the beautiful view.
After Rooftop we went to dine at Sorrento Grille in Laguna Beach. A very good restaurant with a really cozy, quaint feel. Again I stayed committed to my plan. No cocktails, Pellegrino on the rocks, no bread, the server never even brought the bread basket to our table. Now normally I would summon over the server if each and every other table had amazing bread and butter and I didn’t, however on this night I didn’t. I never asked the server, I didn’t want that temptation and that is one of my biggest triggers! I mean one piece leads to another and then another and then I usually order a glass of red wine because who can eat bread and butter without wine?? And then before I know it the basket is empty! Side note: When I eat bread and butter the people I dine with usually ask me if I need some bread with my butter. I know some of you are saying YUCK but to me it’s delish!!! See what I mean, huge trigger! We shared some oysters on the half shell and then moved on to a salad that we shared, all very good and actually the kind of portions you are suppose to eat, you know, like airline food. We ordered Halibut and shared that too. And even though I know the entrée was made with probably more fat and calories that I would want or have making it at home, I really didn’t feel that guilty considering I was sharing and my portions were in proportion. The finale was we ordered Crème Brule. My plan was to take three bites and push it away. One delicious bite, two, then the last one…and viola, I stuck to my plan and pushed it away. Wally finished it and that was fine by me!
All in all, it was a very nice Anniversary. Nice to spend time with my hubby, nice to stay committed to something AND really nice to not have to unbutton my jeans at the end of the night!
I promise to blog more this coming week. I need to keep my eye on the ball! See ya in class on Monday!
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Let's Dish
So this morning I woke up feeling “less puffy”. What? Could it be true? All of my efforts this week are possibly paying off? I think so! Feeling “LP” has inspired me to keep at it. It feels good to be LP. I feel my inner-thinner me emerging…or at least trying to break through a layer!
Today I have started to peruse through many of my cookbooks/magazines. I’m starting to get a meal plan together for my week ahead. The last time I lost a significant amount of weight was prior to my wedding (13 years ago). I lost 18lbs on Weight Watchers. Much of that success was due to planning. A much easier task to do when I didn’t have to deal with two children vying for my time. Much simpler to do when I didn’t have to think of kid friendly menus. However, I do have to say my children are wonderful eaters so that really is a “story”. I mean kids who eat fish, clams, almost any kind of vegetable and fruit are not to be considered when meal planning right? I have two children that eat exactly what I serve for meals. (Remember I’m a.k.a. Kitchen Nazi) No short order cooking in my house and they don’t have to dip it all in Ranch or Ketchup. So therefore this shouldn’t be so cumbersome.
I’ve decided to plan a few meals with new recipes I have not tried and then also plan a couple meals of “old faithfuls”. I’m also going to incorporate meal planning into my lunches since I often derail there and wind up grabbing the quickest and easiest thing in my reach, which we all know is probably the worst nutritional choice. I’ll let you know how it goes. If I come up with any great new recipes or ideas, I will be sure to share.
Speaking of my wedding, my anniversary is tomorrow. 13 wonderful, blissful years! I swear I’m not being sarcastic! I love my hubby dearly! He is the most genuine and supportive man I know. He is truly authentic. Someone once described him as the following: “Wally bleeds integrity”. I totally admire this man in so many ways. Okay, okay, enough about him… so the hubby and I are going out to dinner tonight to celebrate. I’m planning for this event.
Today I will stay on target and choose very wisely as I know even when making the best choices at a restaurant they are still possibly laden with extra fats and calories. My plan is the following: No bread basket at my table (I’m a total carb lover). I will eat a salad before my entrée and be sure it is only filled with the right ingredients, vegetables and only vegetables. I’ll choose my dressing wisely too, probably oil and vinegar. I will more than likely share an entrée with my hubby. We do this quite often. It’s fine with me because I can’t stand that feeling of being so full you want to puke the $30 dinner up that you just consumed an hour ago. I will not be drinking alcohol this evening. And if we order a dessert, and yes, it would be one to share, I’m vowing to only have three bites and then my hubby can finish it or have the server take it away.
That is my plan! Happy Anniversary to me! Happy Planning to me!
Today I have started to peruse through many of my cookbooks/magazines. I’m starting to get a meal plan together for my week ahead. The last time I lost a significant amount of weight was prior to my wedding (13 years ago). I lost 18lbs on Weight Watchers. Much of that success was due to planning. A much easier task to do when I didn’t have to deal with two children vying for my time. Much simpler to do when I didn’t have to think of kid friendly menus. However, I do have to say my children are wonderful eaters so that really is a “story”. I mean kids who eat fish, clams, almost any kind of vegetable and fruit are not to be considered when meal planning right? I have two children that eat exactly what I serve for meals. (Remember I’m a.k.a. Kitchen Nazi) No short order cooking in my house and they don’t have to dip it all in Ranch or Ketchup. So therefore this shouldn’t be so cumbersome.
I’ve decided to plan a few meals with new recipes I have not tried and then also plan a couple meals of “old faithfuls”. I’m also going to incorporate meal planning into my lunches since I often derail there and wind up grabbing the quickest and easiest thing in my reach, which we all know is probably the worst nutritional choice. I’ll let you know how it goes. If I come up with any great new recipes or ideas, I will be sure to share.
Speaking of my wedding, my anniversary is tomorrow. 13 wonderful, blissful years! I swear I’m not being sarcastic! I love my hubby dearly! He is the most genuine and supportive man I know. He is truly authentic. Someone once described him as the following: “Wally bleeds integrity”. I totally admire this man in so many ways. Okay, okay, enough about him… so the hubby and I are going out to dinner tonight to celebrate. I’m planning for this event.
Today I will stay on target and choose very wisely as I know even when making the best choices at a restaurant they are still possibly laden with extra fats and calories. My plan is the following: No bread basket at my table (I’m a total carb lover). I will eat a salad before my entrée and be sure it is only filled with the right ingredients, vegetables and only vegetables. I’ll choose my dressing wisely too, probably oil and vinegar. I will more than likely share an entrée with my hubby. We do this quite often. It’s fine with me because I can’t stand that feeling of being so full you want to puke the $30 dinner up that you just consumed an hour ago. I will not be drinking alcohol this evening. And if we order a dessert, and yes, it would be one to share, I’m vowing to only have three bites and then my hubby can finish it or have the server take it away.
That is my plan! Happy Anniversary to me! Happy Planning to me!
Friday, September 4, 2009
Kitchen Nazi
I’m guilty! I don’t practice what I preach. I’m a total hypocrite.
Each meal I make my kids sit at the kitchen table to eat. They are not allowed to watch TV while they eat (even though we have a small under-counter one in the kitchen) and they are not allowed to play with toys at the table either. (I will allow an occasional book, because I’m a total advocate of reading) but most times I don’t even allow that. I’m the Kitchen Nazi! I’m constantly telling them sit still, pay attention to your food, don’t play with the placemat, focus on your food, less on other things. Yadda, yadda, yadda! I mean they so must NOT enjoy meal times because I’m so strict! In my mind mealtime is for eating and talking with each other. Mealtime is for enjoying the food on our table and being grateful it is there. Mealtime is a time to relax and enjoy each other’s company.
YA Right! Then why is Mommy allowed to pick up the phone when it rings at dinner? Why is Mommy allowed to play on the computer while eating lunch? Why does Mommy get to get up and stray to another project while chewing her food? Why does Mommy not have to focus and be grateful? Why does Mommy not have to relax and enjoy her meal? I’ll tell you why… the truth is I must not believe I’m as valuable as my children. I must not believe I deserve that same treatment (or what my kids would say are “rules”). Isn’t it funny how I can love and cherish my family so much and want the best for them but I am constantly leaving myself in the dust! I know it’s a Mommy problem for us all but I do know I have a choice.
The past few days I’ve been choosing to focus on sitting at the table with my family and not being distracted. I’ve been eating with my kids and listening to their stories, not jumping to answer the phone at the first ring. It can wait, the person will leave a message right? I’ve been staying away from my desk and computer while eating my lunch. I don’t need to answer those e-mails. This is a hard one for me because I think I’m multitasking but truthfully I’m not even tasting my food. Then not even an hour later I have my head in the pantry looking for a snack!
The past few days I’ve sat with my kids and really tasted and enjoyed my food. Food I worked hard to buy and then make for them. Food for our family, which includes ME! The past few days I’ve been grateful to have the opportunity to do this. The past few days I’ve put value in ME and MY meals.
Now go sit down and enjoy your meal. Focus on it. Put the phone down, they’ll call back, stop reading this (it’s really not that interesting), step back from the computer, your e-mails will still be there when you’re finished. You’ll be glad you did, I promise! Now doesn’t that taste better??
PS-Research states that people that focus on their food and meals typically weigh less than those who don’t. Now that’s food for thought!
Each meal I make my kids sit at the kitchen table to eat. They are not allowed to watch TV while they eat (even though we have a small under-counter one in the kitchen) and they are not allowed to play with toys at the table either. (I will allow an occasional book, because I’m a total advocate of reading) but most times I don’t even allow that. I’m the Kitchen Nazi! I’m constantly telling them sit still, pay attention to your food, don’t play with the placemat, focus on your food, less on other things. Yadda, yadda, yadda! I mean they so must NOT enjoy meal times because I’m so strict! In my mind mealtime is for eating and talking with each other. Mealtime is for enjoying the food on our table and being grateful it is there. Mealtime is a time to relax and enjoy each other’s company.
YA Right! Then why is Mommy allowed to pick up the phone when it rings at dinner? Why is Mommy allowed to play on the computer while eating lunch? Why does Mommy get to get up and stray to another project while chewing her food? Why does Mommy not have to focus and be grateful? Why does Mommy not have to relax and enjoy her meal? I’ll tell you why… the truth is I must not believe I’m as valuable as my children. I must not believe I deserve that same treatment (or what my kids would say are “rules”). Isn’t it funny how I can love and cherish my family so much and want the best for them but I am constantly leaving myself in the dust! I know it’s a Mommy problem for us all but I do know I have a choice.
The past few days I’ve been choosing to focus on sitting at the table with my family and not being distracted. I’ve been eating with my kids and listening to their stories, not jumping to answer the phone at the first ring. It can wait, the person will leave a message right? I’ve been staying away from my desk and computer while eating my lunch. I don’t need to answer those e-mails. This is a hard one for me because I think I’m multitasking but truthfully I’m not even tasting my food. Then not even an hour later I have my head in the pantry looking for a snack!
The past few days I’ve sat with my kids and really tasted and enjoyed my food. Food I worked hard to buy and then make for them. Food for our family, which includes ME! The past few days I’ve been grateful to have the opportunity to do this. The past few days I’ve put value in ME and MY meals.
Now go sit down and enjoy your meal. Focus on it. Put the phone down, they’ll call back, stop reading this (it’s really not that interesting), step back from the computer, your e-mails will still be there when you’re finished. You’ll be glad you did, I promise! Now doesn’t that taste better??
PS-Research states that people that focus on their food and meals typically weigh less than those who don’t. Now that’s food for thought!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Boom Boom Pow!
Do you ever have a song that keeps playing in your head all day? Day after day? It’s so catchy you think of it while you are brushing your teeth, driving in the car and while falling asleep. It’s constantly on your mind. It keeps playing over and over again.
I sure have! Unfortunately it’s not been a fun, new song from the radio. It’s been a really ugly one that I made up myself and it’s been playing in my head for a long, long time. Probably months, even years. Sometimes the chorus changes, but most times the verses stay the same. I have to admit, I’m so sick and tired of it! I’m so sick of that damn song!! I constantly hear it. It plays over and over and over again. It comes into my head so many times a day I’ve lost count. Whatever project or task I’m working on it’s there, in the background. Whatever clothes I’m putting on and whatever meal I’m making, that same horrible verse fills my head. I hear it in the house, in the car, sometimes even in my fricken sleep!
Well, today I’m breaking that record! Literally! It’s outta here! I’ve had enough! I can’t stand to hear it one more time! This morning I’ve decided on an affirmation and I’ve been repeating it in my head. It’s only 10:40am and I’ve already said it at least three times. I also wrote it out with a big black sharpie and stuck it to my bulletin board for me and everyone else to see! I’m looking at it right now as I type this! Now, I know you are all saying that is so corny…it’s probably some corny affirmation that some corny “self-help guru” made up. Nope, it’s all mine! I’m not going to tell you what it is, but truthfully, it is all mine. I thought of it on my own and I'm owning it all day! I believe it too! It just makes sense to me! It’s kind and respectful and positive! It’s not that crap you hear on the radio. It’s not a song that you can’t make out the words or don’t even know what it truly means. It’s loud and clear to me today! And I love this song! I deserve that right? I mean, who deserves to listen to the same broken record every day all day? Nobody!
So tell me, what song is in your head today??
I sure have! Unfortunately it’s not been a fun, new song from the radio. It’s been a really ugly one that I made up myself and it’s been playing in my head for a long, long time. Probably months, even years. Sometimes the chorus changes, but most times the verses stay the same. I have to admit, I’m so sick and tired of it! I’m so sick of that damn song!! I constantly hear it. It plays over and over and over again. It comes into my head so many times a day I’ve lost count. Whatever project or task I’m working on it’s there, in the background. Whatever clothes I’m putting on and whatever meal I’m making, that same horrible verse fills my head. I hear it in the house, in the car, sometimes even in my fricken sleep!
Well, today I’m breaking that record! Literally! It’s outta here! I’ve had enough! I can’t stand to hear it one more time! This morning I’ve decided on an affirmation and I’ve been repeating it in my head. It’s only 10:40am and I’ve already said it at least three times. I also wrote it out with a big black sharpie and stuck it to my bulletin board for me and everyone else to see! I’m looking at it right now as I type this! Now, I know you are all saying that is so corny…it’s probably some corny affirmation that some corny “self-help guru” made up. Nope, it’s all mine! I’m not going to tell you what it is, but truthfully, it is all mine. I thought of it on my own and I'm owning it all day! I believe it too! It just makes sense to me! It’s kind and respectful and positive! It’s not that crap you hear on the radio. It’s not a song that you can’t make out the words or don’t even know what it truly means. It’s loud and clear to me today! And I love this song! I deserve that right? I mean, who deserves to listen to the same broken record every day all day? Nobody!
So tell me, what song is in your head today??
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
NO Stories!
A couple weeks ago I received an e-mail from Lindsey asking me if I would like to blog for Rough-Fit. She stated that it would be a great way to track my challenges and progress of moving closer towards my goal…a goal I’ve had since I started RF over a year ago. You know - that goal of me losing 20lbs and being Fabulous and Forty. Well Forty came and went, I’m actually 41 now. However I can’t say I’m as fabulous as I want to be because I’m still trying to lose those same 20lbs! I readily and excitedly accepted Lindsey’s offer to blog. What a great way to discover why I haven’t reached my goal. What exactly is stopping me? Why can I not seem to get my act in gear to get these darn lbs off for good!? I immediately started thinking of stories I wanted to share of my struggles and tribulations of my weight loss journey or lack thereof.
I had so many stories, they were flooding my head! I would drive in the car and think of one, I would be lying in bed at night and think of another, I would be in the shower and another would come to mind. Stories of what diets I had tried, fitness routines I had started, journals I had abandoned, books I had purchased, foods I had bought, vitamins I had bought, weight loss pills I had bought…you get the picture…I had so many stories!!
Then Lindsey asked me last week if we could meet on Monday after class to discuss my blogging. I told her absolutely we could and that I was already thinking of so many stories to blog about! When we met, Lindsey told me she laughed when she read my e-mail that I had all these stories. She said she was laughing because this blog is going to be a blog about NO stories! What??? Hold the press, or should I say keyboard! How could I tell NO stories? How could I write about nothing? How I could I entertain anyone? Why would anyone tune in to a blog that was about nothing? Then she further explained and it dawned on me - she’s right! (Okay, we all know 98% of the time she is right! Damn!) Why would anyone want to read or listen to me complain and whine about all of my half-ass attempts to lose weight and get fit? I mean you all hear it from me firsthand at 6am every morning. All the whining, complaining and excuses that early in the morning. If you can’t tolerate me at class why the hell would you take even a few minutes out of your busy day to come read a load of my crap!? I mean how could that inspire anyone? How could that help anyone? How would anyone find that remotely entertaining? How foolish I was to think I had so much good material! LOL!
So there you go…now you know why this is a blog about NO stories! It’s going to be a blog about nothing…nothing that is going to stand in my way this month of achieving my goals. Nothing that is going to get in my way of making myself a priority. No matter what the outcome is at the end of the month, no matter how many lbs actually fall off of me, this will be a blog about nothing standing in my way of me working on me! I hope you will stay tuned for the next 30 days (c’mon on now, you know how I love an audience!). I truly think I’ll even inspire a few of you…Yep, me, inspire! Imagine that, Princess with all the stories has nothing to talk about, except what I’m actually doing to achieve my goals!
See you in the morning!
P.S. You’re wondering what I did today? I logged my calories and stayed under 1400. I had no bites and licks and I attended class. Also, I am publically vowing to not drink any alcohol for the next two weeks. So there ya go!!
I had so many stories, they were flooding my head! I would drive in the car and think of one, I would be lying in bed at night and think of another, I would be in the shower and another would come to mind. Stories of what diets I had tried, fitness routines I had started, journals I had abandoned, books I had purchased, foods I had bought, vitamins I had bought, weight loss pills I had bought…you get the picture…I had so many stories!!
Then Lindsey asked me last week if we could meet on Monday after class to discuss my blogging. I told her absolutely we could and that I was already thinking of so many stories to blog about! When we met, Lindsey told me she laughed when she read my e-mail that I had all these stories. She said she was laughing because this blog is going to be a blog about NO stories! What??? Hold the press, or should I say keyboard! How could I tell NO stories? How could I write about nothing? How I could I entertain anyone? Why would anyone tune in to a blog that was about nothing? Then she further explained and it dawned on me - she’s right! (Okay, we all know 98% of the time she is right! Damn!) Why would anyone want to read or listen to me complain and whine about all of my half-ass attempts to lose weight and get fit? I mean you all hear it from me firsthand at 6am every morning. All the whining, complaining and excuses that early in the morning. If you can’t tolerate me at class why the hell would you take even a few minutes out of your busy day to come read a load of my crap!? I mean how could that inspire anyone? How could that help anyone? How would anyone find that remotely entertaining? How foolish I was to think I had so much good material! LOL!
So there you go…now you know why this is a blog about NO stories! It’s going to be a blog about nothing…nothing that is going to stand in my way this month of achieving my goals. Nothing that is going to get in my way of making myself a priority. No matter what the outcome is at the end of the month, no matter how many lbs actually fall off of me, this will be a blog about nothing standing in my way of me working on me! I hope you will stay tuned for the next 30 days (c’mon on now, you know how I love an audience!). I truly think I’ll even inspire a few of you…Yep, me, inspire! Imagine that, Princess with all the stories has nothing to talk about, except what I’m actually doing to achieve my goals!
See you in the morning!
P.S. You’re wondering what I did today? I logged my calories and stayed under 1400. I had no bites and licks and I attended class. Also, I am publically vowing to not drink any alcohol for the next two weeks. So there ya go!!
No Stories
This month I've asked Andrea to blog for the next 31 days. Why Andrea? Because she has is one of the funniest, creative story tellers I know. Because of that she is very adept at creating a logical, reasonable and perfectly acceptable story to justify her status quo.
This blog however, is the No Stories blog. For the next 30 days Andrea will blog the "Seinfeld way" - about nothing! Nothing is going to get in the way of her daily POG challenge.
Sit back and get ready to read a blog about nothing, no stories! Boy, I can't wait!
This blog however, is the No Stories blog. For the next 30 days Andrea will blog the "Seinfeld way" - about nothing! Nothing is going to get in the way of her daily POG challenge.
Sit back and get ready to read a blog about nothing, no stories! Boy, I can't wait!
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