Tuesday, October 20, 2015

PinkNinjaLaura

PinkNinjaLaura

There was a time (and by that I mean a period of roughly 20 years) where I would try a new diet or exercise plan, stick with it for a bit, have a bad day, and then think "well I failed I might as well give up." It was really hard to break that mindset. Of course you're not going to be perfect all the time, so it was a crucial lesson once I finally implemented it.

Things aren't a total loss but I've been closer to failing than succeeding lately. I'm not dealing with stress & lack of sleep well. Jason is back from Kona so I saw him last night for the first time since October 1. I decided I'm going to repeat the Hal Higdon 5K-to-10K running plan to give my running some structure, now that I'm finally back at a point where I'm able to do some sustained runs. I'm still not eating well but I've been staying within calories. Still I need to start putting some fruits or vegetables into my body. My house is a disaster and I've been too tired/wiped out to do anything about it so this morning I made a list of 5 smaller things I want to get done today. Baby steps.

Hope everybody else is hanging in there too.

Aprilfoolbride

Thank you, Laura. That was obviously just for me!

I was bummed that I gained almost 20lbs from last year. Then I didn't change my behavior, gorged on junk foods, and now I weigh 200lbs. Oh, so blue!

I know what to do. Now, to do it!

agingwithfitness

Hi, you will get there and I have also learned not to give up if I have a bad day or even week or month.

I figure every healthy meal is a good thing and the more i get of them my health is better and my goal now is not to lose weight but to have as many healthy choice meals that i can that are just the right size.

I did my morning long walk today. We only have one more day here then fly to new orleans thursday morning.

My hubby hasnt been sleeping last few nights and super grumpy not helping things at all. He asked to stay in military hotel rather than here next 2 nights so he could sleep and of course my sensitive daughter took it personal her step dad wont stay at her house. Put me in the middle and this is daughter i am not as close to so it makes it tough. My other daughter and i would just laugh it off let him go and share a bottle of wine.

Moral of story stay married if you can so you dont have these issues.

FromHereOnOut

Okay Laura, you're spying on some of us! Lol! I have often had that negative mindset that would say, "I ate too much today, guess I'll try again next week/month/year." And usually I did try again...after giving up long enough that I had no pants that fit any more.

Well sorry for disappearing and being so short here lately. I'm still trying to get to the point of knowing what day it is. The 6am to 9pm days of the photoshoot destroyed all of us, especially lil girl who was just a "drag along" for those last two days. Thank goodness she took a short nap each day, at least...especially at the time that I was most needed by my son on the set. Anyway, back to school for son today but lil girl stayed home to rest and bathe, etc. Skipped tutor and sons taekwondo. We took a walk after school for gelato and I took a nap after that. Got a little laundry and kitchen done, plus half stocked the fridge again (it was so bad I had to get sons lunch from a cafe on the way to school this morning...but how could I shop with long days like that?).

One thing that happened these days was that my son had the exact leg pain that I have! I massaged it out like I do on myself..lbut I'm starting to think we have something specific (he is physically just like me, from hair to build). Now t figure out what to do about it.

Gonna regroup and come up with a new plan. Stay tuned!

FromHereOnOut

Clearly I am NOT back to knowing what day it is! I accidentally put this on Tuesdays thread when today is actually Wednesday. Lol!