April 2008


My goals were:

Track. Wow, I tracked everyday this week!

Exercise at least four times. I stretched and or walked five times.

Grocery shop and plan meals for the week. Yes.

Eat healthy dinners at home at least 5 times this week. Ate at home four times and skipped dinner once. Does that count? : )

Keep blogging & connecting with myself. I did five days this week. Yeah! 

 

Good week in baby steps…

Valria suggested I go back and look at my journaling from when I trained for my first triathlon. Paradoxically (or maybe not) I didn’t keep a journal. I only kept an exercise log. I wasn’t in my head. I was clear on my goals and loved working towards them. I wasn’t conflicted or confused or sending myself double messages. Every day I went about my business working out, eating right, feeling confident and happy.

I get into trouble when love is in the mix. Learning how to be true to myself while loving someone else. All the times in my life when I have been confused, conflicted, hurt and not living in alignment with myself, in all those cases, it had to do with working out love issues. 

So now I’m in a relationship and I don’t want to have to go through life either pursuing my dreams or love. I am going to learn how to have it all. That’s my goal.

Tuesday Dave & I leave for Europe for three weeks. What will my goals be during those weeks?

To enjoy life. To eat well, sleep deeply, photograph and sketch, have laughter and sex in foreign countries, walk the cobblestone streets of London, Verona, Venice, Florence and Rome, see family, take it all in and let go of the daily checklists, food tracking, head dialogues.

When I get home, I will be ready to be true to myself and be in a relationship.

 

I am concerned about how fat I’m feeling. It’s not just in my head either. My clothes are tight, I’m uncomfortable, I’m lethargic, quietly sad. All the signs are there. I’m packing on the weight and not treating myself well. Ironically I think about my weight, my fitness, food and exercise all the time. I’m just not doing anything about it, other than over-eating, wearing the same outfits ad nauseum, feeling dumpy.

I’m putting a lot of stock in turning things around after my trip. No more excuses. I’ll have my new membership at the gym a few blocks from Dave’s and I’ll need a serious overhaul in how I eat. All these food court lunches and overeating evenings are seriously depressing me.

So I overate at lunch and have been feeling bloated ever since. Of course I still maganed to eat a sugar cookie for a snack a few hours later and still feel so full.

What is it about this feeling that brings me back here time and again? It’s familiar and sad and so cumbersome. And I feel the happy fit lively girl in me getting quieter and sadder. I need to shake off these blues, these pounds and these tired clothes!

Friday

Track. Done.

Exercise at least four times. Stretched & walked.

Grocery shop and plan meals for the week. Done.

Eat healthy dinners at home at least 5 times this week. Yes, first grilling of the season and it was good!

Keep blogging & connecting with myself. Yep.

Thursday

Track. Yes.

Exercise at least four times. Not today.

Grocery shop and plan meals for the week. Done.

Eat healthy dinners at home at least 5 times this week. Ate out: What the Pho! Good & healthy & not too spendy.

Keep blogging & connecting with myself. Yes.

Wednesday

Track. Yes.

Exercise at least four times. Walked.

Grocery shop and plan meals for the week. Done.

Eat healthy dinners at home at least 5 times this week. Yes.

Keep blogging & connecting with myself. Yes.

Tuesday

Track. Yes.

Exercise at least four times. Stretched & walked.

Grocery shop and plan meals for the week. Done.

Eat healthy dinners at home at least 5 times this week. Yes.

Keep blogging & connecting with myself. Yes.

Monday

Track. Yes.

Exercise at least four times. Not today.

Grocery shop and plan meals for the week. Done.

Eat healthy dinners at home at least 5 times this week. Yes. Chicken & salad.

Keep blogging & connecting with myself. Not today.

Sunday

Track. Yes.

Exercise at least four times. Stretched.

Grocery shop and plan meals for the week. Yes.

Eat healthy dinners at home at least 5 times this week. Skipped dinner because of a late lunch. I took Dave, Joel, Paul & Max out to thank them for moving a piano for me!

Keep blogging & connecting with myself. Not today.


Saturday

Track. Yes.

Exercise at least four times. Yes, walked.

Grocery shop and plan meals for the week. Not today.

Eat healthy dinners at home at least 5 times this week. Not today. Ate at home but that’s a technicality. We ate Kidd Valley.

Keep blogging & connecting with myself. Yes.

My goals were:

Track. I tracked 5 times this week.

Exercise at least four times. I stretched and or walked 6 days this week. 

Grocery shop and plan meals for the week. Yes, and it has felt great.

Eat healthy dinners at home at least 5 times this week. Ate at home 4 times. 

Keep blogging & connecting with myself. Yes, 6 days this week!

 

 

What are next week’s goals?

Track.

Exercise at least four times.

Grocery shop and plan meals for the week.

Eat healthy dinners at home at least 5 times this week.

Keep blogging & connecting with myself.

My goals for March:

Continue running training.  Not met.

I haven’t gotten back into my routine. Worse, I’ve totally dropped out of it. I have continued to stretch and I have continued to walk rbut not as consistently or for as long as I was. I’ve felt challenged by the weather (cold and dark and uninspiring), challenged by the new gym situation (no lockers available so I have to carry a big heavy bag around with me all day), parking closer to the gym (much more than far from the gym, but when I work out every minute counts in order to get to work on time), and my own demons. I’ve quit All Star gym (effective the end of April) and am joining the Kenmore Fitness Center full time (effective the beginning of May). I’m convinced that this will be a much better, more convenient way to go.     

Stretched for 10 hours 32 minutes     

Walked for 8 hours (wow!)

Ran for 2 hours 45 minutes   

I exercised for a total of 21 hours 17 minutes averaging 41 minutes a day! 

I walked 20.54 miles and I ran 13.52 miles.  

Track what I eat.  Done!

I skipped about 10 days in March so 1/3 of the time I did not track. I am learning to use it more of a tool than just a to-do list. Trying to make sure I eat less than I burn. It is giving me some guidance to that end and more awareness.  

Lose two pounds. Not met.

Didn’t weigh myself today to verify but my weight gain has stopped. I’m hovering around 180. Now I can begin climbing down from that number.

Again I’m grateful that I did better than I thought. I’m grateful that I’m healthy. I’m grateful that I am clear about what I want. And I am beginning to feel closer to pursuing it. Getting my head on straight. And I’m grateful that I’m still here, blogging and working it out.