Day 6 of my 30 Day Challenge

Goals: 

• Exercise:  YES.  Got up & did L1D6 of 30 Day Shred.   I am now 20% DONE with it!
• 7 hrs minimum of sleep:  NO.  Only 6.  Gotta work on this.
• Eating "cleaner":  WILL UPDATE LATER, TBD!
• Track my food:  WILL UPDATE LATER, TBD!

Grateful:

• For time off, very much
• For returning to routines

Off to work, first day back for me & kiddos.  Yay!

Gratitude:That my oldest son's eyes are just like mine, and when he locks into my eyes, I am so proud:-)
That my husband is a good man, loyal and true...
That my youngest son love hugs:-)

I 30 Day Shredded again today, Level 1, Day 4 (L1D4).  So I feel like I'm on my way:-)

Goals for 2012:

• Complete (without dying) the training plan and the actual Half Marathon May 6, 2012.
• Log my food at myfitnesspal.com
• read at least a few articles a week at Sparkpeople.com
• Drop a few pounds (10ish would be great)

I'm off to a great start, have done Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred for four days in a row now...my personal goal is to do it for 30 days in January (but I got a 3 day head start to allow for those days I can't work it in).

Am worried for when work starts back in two days, am hoping I can get out of bed a half hour early...wish me luck!

Best of luck to us all in our 2012 goals!

90-DHC Day 15

Love Saturdays, can go to the gym without huge time pressure to rush out to beat the karate class dismissal & pick up the kid.  I'm repeating Week 2 of C25K this week, it is still just too hard for me (I finish it, but I'm sucking a bit of wind), got to do that on the TM at the gym and then had the opportunity to actually weight train.  It had been a week since I did that, I just can't fit that in during the week when I am fitting gym in between karate start and karate end!

I am finding that I actually like the gym once I get there...I can just listen to iPod and relax my mind for a half hour.

Here's how my goals went today:

Water:  Almost done.  7 so far, I'll have some more herbal tea for another one.
Veggies: Done.  Had Chinese takeout, ordered steamed mixed vegetables on some steamed white rice.  Oh, and 2/3 of an egg roll, my fave.  Still within my calorie/fat, so it's good.
Exercise 3x/week:  Done today--C25K, W2D1 (secondweek of W2)
De-clutter 10 min:  YEP!  Kitchen, HW table papers
Track food:  Done!


Gratitude List:

• My husband & kids
• Music
• Health
• Laughter
• Our growing & evolving faith community
• Unrushed gym time today
• Heat in this freezing winter
• My dad

90-DHC Day 8

1. drink 8 glasses of water a day - DONE!
2. eat (and serve) at least 3 servings of veggies/fruits a day -barely, but DONE!
3. exercise at least 30 minutes at least 3x/week - C25K W2D1 today at gym
4. tidy/attack clutter for at least 10 min - Put my father's legal papers neatly into a binder (no more scattered folders)

Gratitide:

• Family gave me time to attend an online symposium today about education
• my husband, guiding me through that
• hugs
• heat and warm tea in this bitter cold

90-DHC Day 6

I am continuing my positive outlook, despite a less-than-positive working environment.  I can only control me, the job I do, and my attitude, and so despite daily depressing tidbits that crop up, I continue to put on a happy face.  When I smile outwardly, it seeps inward, I find.

1. drink 8 glasses of water a day - DONE!
2. eat (and serve) at least 3 servings of veggies/fruits a day -barely, but DONE!
3. exercise at least 30 minutes at least 3x/week - C25K W1D3 COMPLETED YESTERDAY.
4. tidy/attack clutter for at least 10 min - No

Wasn't home till late today, we worked late, carted children to activities, didn't settle down till late.   We're celebrating a birthday in the house today, that was the priority, and the sacrifice was well worth it today:-)

Gratitude:

My family, even when kids don't listen...

My husband

The camaraderie I share with my amazing colleagues
That I completed my goal of exercising three times this week!

90-Day Happiness Challenge: Day 2

Here's how it went today:

1. drink 8 glasses of water a day - DONE!
2. eat (and serve) at least 3 servings of veggies/fruits a day -DONE!
3. exercise at least 30 minutes at least 3x/week - DONE!
4. tidy/attack clutter for 10 minutes a day - not yet...this is the hardest one for me... but I'll do some before bed.

Re: the fruits & veggies goal, I am tracking all of what I eat on SparkPeople and for two days in a row, I'm within the recommended calorie & fat limits of one trying to lose weight.  The losing weight seems to be the focus of all my efforts right now, but I'm reframing the thoughts of deprivation and shock to my system by reminding myself constantly of the ultimate goal--happiness.  My body will be happier that I am making smarter choices.  Happy body has to be one ingredient for a happy person!  That's what I am repeating to myself, anyway.

Re: the exericise goal, today I shocked the world and showed up at the gym.  I started C25K Week 1 Day 1 (heretofore abbreviated as W1D1, W1D2, etc.).  I successfully completed this program nearly 3 years ago, starting as a complete non-runner and ending up running 5k's and even a half marathon, and that made me happy, so I am starting that up again.  At least they didn't faint when I showed up to the gym after such a long absence...;-)

...and I downloaded a trial of The Happiness Project and like how the author focused on one particular area of her life each month.  January's focus is "Boosting energy."  Fits right in with my eat more veggies and exercise goals!  

I was hoping to track my goals on Joe's Goals, but the badge feature doesn't seem to be working right now. Thought it was a good way to see the badge on my blog and be a link to an easy update of the day's goals.  I'll still update and hope a fix is coming, otherwise I'll look for a different badge-type goal tracker.

Gratitude List:

• It was not absolutely freezing today
• One final day together with my husband and children before work & school resume
• Snuggles from my little one
• Time well-spent with friends today (where they had a veggie platter, thank you!)