Twenty days. That is what it took for someone to point out that I had not been blogging. I purposely did not blog to see if anyone was actually paying attention. One person was. Don't be afraid to call me out on it if I do miss several days. A day here and there is ok. I do get busy with wedding orders or go out of town from time to time.
OK where do I start catching up? LOL! Food journal, I came to realise I had been placing too much emphasis on food. I was obsessing with writing it down and feeling bad if I didn't. I know now that if I just ask God what it is He wants me to eat, that I will be ok. No--He doesn't tell me cupcakes or ice cream LOL! That is ME that says that. And I have given in this month a few times to those items. But over all, I stick to foods He made and not ones that man has altered alot. I think when we went to the store Sunday that the only things we bought that was not as ok, was canned tomatoes (not too bad) Pizza (once in awhile we allow it) and David got some snack mix (which he is ordered to take to work and not leave in the house!) Oh--I forgot, canned soups that David wanted for work lunches. But mainly we had fresh (or frozen)vegetables and fruits.
Exercise....some days I have slacked, but as you know--I have shoveled some snow this month! I have started back on my swimming routine when I can get out of our street! They rarely plowed! So if it snows again, which it will...I may be stuck at home again. I have been disciplining myself on housework again too and tossing out cluuuutter...clutter, clutter clutter clutter.... (sang to the tune of Sanford and son) LOL! Love the Clutter Song by Bone Hampton. Tried finding it on You Tube but no luck! So if anyone is inclined to search, go for it! It is hilarious!
Now, something new I tried on Thursday. The Running with Purpose group at church has "bootcamp" indoors right now and so I decided to go. :-) hee hee! Anyways--It was tough. I think Mandee is tougher then Trainer Paulette was. It was good to be forced out of my usual zone though. BUT I have one big objection. They did NOT warm up correctly before starting sprints and the harder stuff. Warming up is extremely important and stretching only does not constitute warming up. In fact--you need to warm up BEFORE you stretch or you can damage the muscles. SO--if and only IF I go again I will go earlier and walk to warm up first. But I don't see myself going again at the moment. I have other projects in mind so check back to see what they are! *wink wink*!
Ok--I have to go, Dr Oz is on and it is my usual workout time! I like to workout while watching the Oz!
Everyone go take a walk!
Hey Val! I think people may be paying attention but not saying anything....like someone else I know. Yes, that's silly now that I think about it considering this is a tool for you to incite accountability.
ReplyDeleteI use diced canned tomatoes for cooking a lot! No, not ideal because of sodium, but I drain them the best I can before using them. I prefer fresh any day but the availability of decent, fresh tomatoes right now is ZERO...lol
Sanford & Son....loved that show! Have to look the song up though because I don't recall it right off the bat.
I know *exactly* what you mean about journaling your food intake. While I do think it's important to intentionally focus on what/how much we eat, IF it becomes THE focus, it can cause more harm than good. I know this from experience...lol And in fact have been working on this myself.
Same with allowing foods/sweets as treats. I do this sometimes as part of celebrating something (like, say a birthday, promotion at work, or whatever). But recently it had become THE celebration rather than being part OF the celebration so I've decided I need to cut that habit out for awhile. Not saying of others choose to have a piece of cake or whatever that it's bad, but for me, right now, it's not good.
Sorry for the ramble....got to ready for work now.
hiiii val! i agree with dawn on the journaling, too! and with the sweets thing. that's soooo me right now. in practicing moderation sometimes i end up making TOO many exceptions!
ReplyDeletei know what you mean about the warming up! i hate it when i do a video or other workout that has you stretch with no prior warm up! OUCH! makes me wonder how much they really know about exercise. lol.
oh, and next time i'll harass you when you dont blog! but dont yell at me for it! ;) hahaha...
onto keep reading, i'm behind a few days :)