Mr. Shirtless

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January 27, 2012 Motivation, Ramblings, Uncategorized

Today was a much better day.  I think writing about my feelings and what I am experiencing helped me.  I sure hope I didn’t depress anyone with my last blog  It’s a rough time, but I know I just have to push on through.

I would like to share something on a lighter note.  I had an extreme day of working out, yesterday.  I went to spin, worked my upper body with weights and abs, then went to hot yoga.  Walking into a room heated to 90 degrees after I had already been working out was much different from the previous times I had entered. Read More →

Hurt

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January 26, 2012 Uncategorized

I actually had to look up my site to see what I had written about last.  I have had a very busy two weeks.  We adopted a puppy from a pet rescue in Huntsville, AL.  My friend, Lori was so cool, she offered to ride along with me.  We had a nice little drive down to banjo country and picked up this adoreable, sweet, spunky little pooch.

Having a new puppy has been fun and stressful all at once.  I have forgotten how much work they are and how there has to be constant supervision, constant playing, walking, poop scooping, sometimes waking during the middle of the night and standing in the cold rain at 4 a.m.

I’ve had some other things going on with school, Girl Scouts (I did not push cookies sales this year, I felt like it would make me a hypocrite.  I let my kids go and sell, but I didn’t post anything on Facebook or ask anyone to buy them.  I didn’t even buy any.) Read More →

Hot, Hot, Hot Yoga

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January 13, 2012 Exercise, Health, Motivation, Uncategorized

I did it.  I faced my fear and went to a hot yoga class.  My nerves kicked in the minute I called to reserve my spot in the class.  I walked into the small classroom, yesterday dressed in capri workout pants and a tank top.  I don’t like to wear tanks to exercise in because I spill out of the top when I bend over, but when you are going to exercise in a room that is heated to 90 degrees I didn’t care about  big boob spillage, I only cared about not fainting from being overheated. Read More →

Restorative Or Too Much Retrospect

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January 09, 2012 Ramblings, Uncategorized

I was counting down the hours until my 4 PM Restorative Yoga workshop.  I couldn’t wait to find a place of calm, mind quieting relaxation for two full hours.  My mind has been going nonstop, which is the case most of the time with my good old A.D.H.D., but more so with some tragic things going on to people who I am close to and some stories about people I don’t know, but that have really saddened and scared me.  Sometimes empathy is a bitch.

Once class began, for whatever reason, I just wasn’t feeling it for some reason.  Through no fault of the instructors, I just couldn’t shut out the world, quiet my mind or get to that blissful relaxation mode that I found several months ago that took me to a very spiritual place. Read More →

5k With Leprechauns

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January 05, 2012 Exercise, Health, Motivation, Races, Training, Uncategorized
5k With Leprechauns

I am registered for a 5k on St. Patrick’s Day.  I will be walking with my Weight Watchers friends and most importantly will be there to support my friend who is walking her very first 5k and celebrated a 100 pound weight loss this morning at our meeting.  I am very excited about this.

I keep having to remind myself not to do anything stupid like trying to run a 5k.  We all know that my running days are over.  There are times that I run a little while out for my walks and that is fine.  When I write a little, I mean very little.  If I walk 2 miles, then I probably run about a quarter of it.  I just know that the amount of pain that can occur in my hips and it just isn’t worth it. Read More →

New Year, Same Dedication

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January 03, 2012 Diet, Health, Motivation, Uncategorized

I would like to go on record here and declare that this is the year that I get leaner and more flexible because I know those two things are coming.  The more I practice yoga, the more I am able to stretch farther and deeper.  The easier it becomes to attain certain poses that I couldn’t have managed six months ago.  I know that Pilates will help with the lengthening and leaning part of that as well because everyone I know that practices Pilates has pretty major physiques to show for it.  Could I be that one exception that still has an inner tube belly (you know where the belly fat spills over into the back) that practices on a regular basis?  Yes, anything is possible, but if I had that kind of attitude then I wouldn’t even bother trying. Read More →

More Tales From The Scale

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December 29, 2011 Diet, Health, Motivation, Ramblings, Uncategorized
More Tales From The Scale

After the usual good morning banter at Weight Watchers, I stepped on the scale, knowing full well that I had gained some weight, but just how much was the BIG question.  The answer came quickly when I saw my leader writing +2.2 on my chart.  I had a smile on my face and told her that it was o.k. and that I’m back on track and I can lose that.  This is life!  This is ups and downs on the scale just like there are ups and downs in my life, just like there are ups and downs in your life.

What are my choices here?  I”m not going to cry, I’m not going to drop to my knees like Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes and scream, “damn you all, damn you all to Hell”, well I kind of wanted to do that to the cookies, but that is in the past or just give up?  What’s done is done.  I can’t change the past.  I can only move forward and that is what I will keep doing.

I’m not making any new year resolutions, but I do have some new goals for 2012.  I plan to finish writing Sub Scouts (screenplay), I plan to finish writing one of my books, I plan to go to yoga more and start a routine of Pilates reformer classes for 12 weeks.  I plan to keep taking good care of myself. Read More →

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