Something to think about...

As you go through out the day think about this:

Are you sitting when you could be standing?
Are you standing when you could be walking?
Are you walking when you could be jogging or running?

6 Week Wellness Challenge

Work is having a 6 week wellness / fitness challenge. I figured - "Hey why not, I'll give it a shot... again."

• I got a group of gals together and formed a team. (Support group)
• I've set my goals for the 6 weeks. (Lose 10 pounds)
• Set my reward. (1/2 spa day)

I'm taking things one step at a time. This week I focused on exercising more (making time for it) and eating better. I didn't set hard boundaries of how many times a week to exercise or how many calories. I just made a conscious effort to eat better and move more.

Tools I used to help me:

• www.myfitnesspal.com
• bodybugg

Results

Steps on Sunday - 13160

Steps on Monday - 13310

Steps on Tuesday - 9446

Steps on Wednesday- 12511

Steps on Thursday- 16317

Steps on Friday - 14716

Steps on Saturday - 11629

Major Achievements

Only 1 can of Pepsi (NO Super Big Gulp Pepsi Vanilla)

Lunch / Dinner at Golden Corral (no rolls or desserts - ate lots of salad)

Next week:

Focus on drinking more water

Exercise 45 min a day

SPRING - it's not just for cleaning!

Spring is here. I just love it, although in Oregon the weather doesn't really change much from winter (it still keeps raining). But to me it's a time of new beginnings. It's as good as New Years for starting something new. This is the time our walking picks up, and I feel more energetic. And some days you get to get out and enjoy some sunshine.

Welcome Spring! (Hope everyone is still working on things.)

Chicken Soup for the Soul

I signed up again for Spark People - lasted about a week.
I went to Curves - haven't quite made it through the trial week.

But, I'm a reader so I got a book -- Chicken Soup for the Soul--
Shaping the New You -- I love the stories. They make me
laugh and cry, and I've already seen myself in many of them.

I guess the key is to start with what you enjoy, and for me
that is reading. If you enjoy it, you'll stick with it. I'm sure
it will provide more direction for me along the way.

Good luck everyone - hope you are sticking with it.

Becky

p.s. loved your valentine's day savenger hunt, elizabeth!

The Finish Line

Back in December of 1992 there was an article in the New Era featuring Michael. This was a follow-up type article to one written in Sept of 1988 about Coos Bay and the youth.  As I was reading this article again, I thought how true it was. There are general steps we can all take in everything we do. If you feel like reading the article, the link is here:  http://www.lds.org/new-era/1992/12/the-finish-line?lang=eng.

Here are the “CLUES”:

• Stick with it.
• Listen to those who know best. And work hard.
• After you do the best you can, support those ahead of you.
• Try, you never know what you can do until you try.
• Stick to your standards.
• Sometimes you have to put up with jobs you don’t like to earn the goal you do want.
• Finish the race.

I did it...

Well I did it. I signed up for a St. Patrick's day 5k. I'll be jogging it with a friend from work.  We'll be far behind another friend - but we'll be there.  Mandy and I completed our Week 1 Workout 1 today. We have 3 workouts / training sessions each week for 9 weeks. We can do this!

My only goal is to complete the full training sessions and to complete the 5k without walking (a slow jog is acceptable - maybe even a crawl... but no walking.) I'll use this 5k as a baseline for the Arbor day 5k in April and the "Longest Day" 5k in June. I'm actually pretty excited.

So Laurie, if you read this, I need a recommendation for a good running shoe. I don't need anything too fancy. I have a pair of everyday tennis shoes that I use for running. Maybe new shoes will help with the motivation.

If it is to be...it's up to me!

If it is to be, it's up to me. I love this quote and it is so true. Just think about this for a minute.

If I am going to lose weight, no one can do it for me. It's up to me.
If I am going to organize my house, no one will do it for me. It's up to me.
If I am going to exercise, no one is going to do it for me. It's up to me.
If I am going to cheat, no one will know. That too is up to me.

We can get help by way of encouragement and we all need that every day but in the end if we want to do something chances are, no one is going to do it for us. We have to do it our self. This is what is keeping me going for the time being anyway.

I don't know when we are going to move, but I know we are going to and we keep saying we are going to get rid of A LOT of unnecessary junk. I really don't need to take all this extra junk in the way of weight with me so I better get busy.