Resolutions

It is that time of year again December 31st and of course many people are thinking about their resolutions which includes me.  I had made a list a coupld of days ago and posted it.  I will post the list again but with some changes and somewhat shorter.

eat clean/exercise daily/plan menus/prepare meals for me in advance/reach my healthy/happy weight

keep my house clean/clean house weekly

manage my money better

Those are the 3 main ones.  I just want 2013 to be a healthy, happy year for me and my family and I know that it will start with me.  If I am being healthy I am sure the others will follow suit.

Not much planned for tonight.  We will be having supper soon.  I am having my supper as a salad which is something i haven't done in a very long time.  I am sure it will be very yummy.  Tomorrow I am going to start my eat clean challenge and will keep daily records of my eats here on my blog.

Happy New Year's Eve everyone.

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So yesterday I indulged in a few treats and feel hung over today.  More reason to eat healthy today.  I am looking forward to a fresh start in the new year but why not start today.  I need to come up with some healthy snacks for me to have on new years eve since it will be a night in front of the TV watching all the new year celebrations.  I actually love doing that.

I ordered myself a winter jacket on columbia.ca today.  I really needed a winter jacket and could really use it right now.

Here is a picture of the jacket I ordered.  It was more then I wanted to spend (by like $100) but I know that I am paying for the quality of the picture which is important for me.  I hope it doesn't take too many days to get here. I have a pair of boots but maybe I will order new boots too.  I guess that would be a nice reward for myself once I reach 165 lbs.  I need to make a list of rewards for myself in 5 lb increments but I won't get the reward unless I keep that weight loss for the following week.

I am going to look into the eat clean challenge that is run each year too.  What I am going to do is get my wonderful husband to do pitures and body measurements on Dec 31st and go from there.  I need this extra weight off.

Well that will be all for now.  I will do some computer browsing for now while I drink my coffee.

Our christmas

Because of my work schedule we did our christmas today. It just involved opening presents which was nice.  The 4 of us will be together for new years eve so maybe we will have a nice dinner then too since I missed out on the family cmas dinner.

I actually went for a 5K run this morning after the presents were open.  I opted for 5K which was a little more then what I had planned since I enjoyed a few treats yesterday at work.  Today I will get back on track though and I mean it this time.  I have been doing pretty good and if I stay like this I could be pretty close to the goal I wanted for the new year.

Well I must get ready for shift #3 at work.  I just hope that it isn't crazy.  the days were busy so hopefully the nights won't be as bad.

beautiful morning for a run

I was having that debate with myself on whether or not I would go for my long run as I had planned.  Finally at 9 i got out of bed and went for a 7K run.  I know that 7K is not super long but I have to build my mileage up again.  I am using the half marathon training program to prepare for the around the bay race in March.  Even though it is 30K if I follow the plan perfectly I will be more prepared for it then I was last year which I think is a very good thing.  I so want to do it in under 4 hrs this year.  I need to eat like a runner too.  I need to stop putting garbage into my body and put good healthy foods into it.  I ate awesome yesterday which I think is why I felt good on my run today. 

I start back to work tomorrow so I need to stay away from all the crap food that will be there.  I need to eat just healthy stuff and just to make sure that I have those options I will bring stuff myself to have on hand just incase.  Being prepared helped me reach my healthy weight last time.

I am looking forward to starting a new year and getting things right in 2013.  Well I must sign off for now and head to the grocery store to pick up my final things to be ready for the cmas bistro at work and for my husband to have stuff here while I am working.

Reflecting on 2012

I have done some thinking about the past year and I must say I had a pretty awesome year with activities but overall I am dissappointed with myself in general.
I have let my health slip away into the unhealthy phase again with not exercising regularly and binge eating.  I know better then this and feel that I am starting to make plans to have a great 2013 when it comes to my health.  I just need to remember it wont happen over night and I really cant epect it too.

I am looking forward to giving it 100% with the workouts that J has provides me which will include pictures and measurements.  I need to do this weekly.  Tomorrow I plan on going for a 6 or 7K run and then starting my strength training on monday.  I have stuff at home that I can do for the days that the gym is not open.  I will reweigh and measure myself tomorrow morning and start from there.

Here is to a happy and healthy 2013 and joining me on my journey to accomplish this.

new year is coming

I don't know how much time I am going to have in the next little bit so I am doing my New Years Resolutions now.  I was all for starting a new blog for a fresh start but I think that I will continue with this one.  I am going to get my life back on track in 2013.  I am done with feeling sorry for myself especially since I am the only one that can change things. 

Here we go with my resolutions:

1.  Train for around the bay and after that run 4-5 x/week

2.  Make strength training a regular part of my day

3.  make weekly menus and prepare my meals for the week in advance

4.  change what I eat in the evenings

5.  keep my house clean

6.  get lots of sleep

7.  drink less pop

8.  manage my money better

Those are some of the resolutions that I have.  The eating and exercising I will start doing now.  I need to be done with the excuse making.

Dec 10th

I can't believe that it is the 10th of december already. CRAZY  time is really flying by which is why I need to get serious about getting my weight off.  Love having the fresh starts on a monday.  I started off with a 3K run and will head to the gym in about an hour.  I had some breakfast so I want it to digest a bit first before going to do some strength training.  I am really hoping that the time I go won't be too busy.  I sure wish that I had my own gym in my house with awesome equipment...that would be the best :)

Not much really planned for today since I am going in to work tonight.  I think once my little man gets home from school we will decorate the tree that my wonderful husband picked up yesterday.  It is exactly what I wanted.  Not to big but nice and full.  I asked my stepson if he wanted me to wait until we have him again before I decorate it but he is fine with us doing it without him. 

I need to get the rest of the shopping done for my family down east.  Thankfully it is giftcards for them which makes things so much easier.  I did get a couple of soaps for my mom and sister from the body shop.  I need to send my niece and nephew their bday presents too in this package.  I am going to get them each a gift card from toys r us so they can get a fun toy from us.  I just hope I haven't put it off too long and they will get the parcel before cmas.

Well I am going to finish my coffee and then it will be time to head to the gym.  As soon as I am done that workout I am going to come home and have a nice warm shower.

a bad week

So I have had a bad week but today I am picking myself up and getting back to the mindset I had last week.  I know that I can do this.  I am thinking of starting a new blog for the new year...A Fresh Start...I hop no one has taken that name already.  I guess I should do some research to make sure that blog name is not used.

I went for a 4K run this morning.  Yeah me.  I am happy that I did get out and do that.  I will do a 3K run tomorrow and maybe some strength training either before or after work.  I just wish the gym was open.  Oh well I will think of some things to do :)

I have so much cleaning to do today.  I have put it off all week so of course now I am having major regrets.  Oh well.  Try to get as much done as possible. 

I am going to make a grocery list while I finish my coffee and then start the house work.

Have a great weekend everyone.  I of course am heading to work tomorrow.  I should get the husband to pick up a tree tomorrow and set it up so it will have lots of time to settle before we decorate it.

Doing Well

I  am feeling pretty good about how I have been doing.  Last night was a bit of a struggle but I didn't stray to far off from eating healthy.  I did eat too much before bed though.  I need to make sure that I stop this bad habit.

I was down 7.6 lbs which I am happy with.  I am down inches too which is awesome for just one week in to this program.  I need to be close to 100% with my workouts which includes the extra bits at the end of the workout and the bits that I am supposed to do as soon as I wake up.  Even if it means getting up and extra 15 min early I will do that for myself.

Tonight at work will be a bit of a challenge.  I am glad that I did run 8K though so I won't feel as guilty.  We are having a bistro for my bday and the fact we aren't able to make it to the work cmas party.  I just need to make sure that I don't go too crazy.

I have just strength training on the workout calender for tomorrow but I may go for a walk too depending on what time I get up.

I can't believe that it is dec 1st.  My goal is to be in the 160's by the time this month ends.  I will let you know how that challenge goes :)