Off to a good start

Today I finally got out the door and started walking.  I only did a half mile, but I did just enough to where I felt good by the time I walked back in my front door.  I don't want to "kill" myself the first day and then not want to do it again tomorrow.
I felt really good.  Although, I didn't take Boomer.  I wanted to focus on me and how I walk, how I land on my feet.  If I would've taken him I would have been focusing on him and what he was doing and him pulling me.
Tomorrow I am going to take him to the park and just walk to be outside and get movement. 
3 days out of the week I'm going to walk on my 4mile "course" for the training part.  The other 3 days I want to go to the gym to focus building strength.  Hopefully then, 1 day a week I will take Boomer to the park and walk with him.
This is my plan for at least a full week and see how it goes.
Counting down the weeks til Beach to Bay -

This will get me going everyday....NO EXCUSES!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obdd31Q9PqA

Let the games begin!!!

Oh my goodness...what have I gotten myself into?
  We've signed up for a relay race in May!! 
Each person does 4.2 miles.....So I have 18 weeks from today.
I've been doing some research and it looks like you should plan on anywhere from 8-10 weeks for training.  So I figure that gives me 6-8 weeks for pre-training....
Pre-training? I'm sure there's a better word.  Conditioning?
Ya, we'll go with Conditioning.
So tomorrow will be my first day of conditioning to get prepared for training.
I have about 8 weeks before I start my "training".  Starting my walking tomorrow.

Goal for March6th - walk - at a good pace - 4 miles with no problems.
I think if I can reach this goal in 8weeks, from literally sitting on the couch to walking 4miles, then I should be more than ready to start the training program.

I'm really nervous about this.  I hope my knees can keep up with my plans for them.
I'm going to look into excercises/strength training for my knees.

Still haven't gotten to check out the new gym.  Have to do that next week!!!

10-10-10

I was reading another bloggers blog...and saw this date.  What a perfect Goal Date!
While I didn't make it to check out the new gym, I did start the protein shakes again.

So here are my health goals for myself this year.  Goal Date 10-10-10
1. Drop at least 3 sizes in clothes and 60lbs
2. Sign up for and finish at least two "races".
3. Cook something new once a week
4. Blog at least 3 times a week posting pictures of my progress
5. Plan a hiking trip...and do it. (maybe Enchanted Rock?)
6. Take up a sport (check out the country club up the street - Tennis?)
7. Buy a Bike and ride it
8. Walk on a regular basis
9. Don't sweat the small stuff
10. Feel better overall and feel better in my own skin

Here we go....

So this morning after I finished posting, I got up from the couch away from the laptop and the TV and played Wii for about 45mins.  I know it's not the same as going to the gym...but it was better than one more second in front of the TV.
Took a nap and then went to work for my 9am meeting.  I think I left work around noonish.
I came home and nothing sounded good to eat.  Drank a vitamin water and a whole wheat oat bar and tried to sleep.  (by the way HEB bakery makes these awesome cranberry/orange whole wheat oat bar, yumm)
Didn't really sleep this afternoon, but when Kyle got home we ran some errands and cooked and ate dinner together.  All in all a very good day.

- going to work, catching up, go to 9am meeting and leave by noon.  CHECK
- by then, because I haven't slept, I will come home have a protein shake and go to bed  -NO CHECK
- hopefully be up when Kyle gets home and have dinner with him.  CHECK

However...
There is a gym that I want to check out tomorrow.  One of the reasons I took a couple of days off.
So tomorrow I will accomplish...
- Have a protein shake for breakfast -I got vanilla protein and frozen peaches!
- Go to new gym - see if it is realistic to change gyms
- get oil changed...not really a health issue, except that I'm stressed out that I haven't done it yet!
- if I don't end up working out at the gym, play Wii - for some sort of activity

This week will be my set up week.  I already have my clothes for the gym pulled out, need to get out my HRM, want to find another water "bottle" that holds 32oz....  Next week is it. No more New Years resolutions, after this year.  I don't want to spend another cycle of trying to figure out what my "plan" is.
 This is it.

BRING ON 2010

Ok here we go....I'm a little behind schedule, but those who know me know that's nothing new.  Truth is work has been crazy.  New Year's Eve, I got to work at 1030pm and didn't leave til 300pm the next day.  So didn't get a chance to do the normal sit down and really reflect on the past year and the new year coming up.
So I'm doing it a few days later.
I was really motivated a few months ago about getting back on track.  Things were clicking in my head about what I need to do, need to change, etc.  Then I stopped.
I stopped thinking about what I'm doing, healthwise.  Ugh.
I let work overwhelm me.  I have to get control over my time and my life.
Stress is a big part of my health issues, weight issues, etc.
Stress from work, causes my schedule to get out of whack, when I'm stressed or my schedule is crazy, I don't eat what I should, so then I'm starving and want to eat whatever I can get my hands on quick.  Then I get depressed and even more stressed out, plus I just don't feel good after eating a Sourdough Jack .... which then puts a strain on our relationship, just because I'm not happy with what I'm doing/feeling.
So starting today.  I will make myself take 20mins before work and after work to pre plan what I'm doing that day.  What I want to accomplish, excercise (of some sort), what I'm eaiting/going to eat, and how to focus on our relationship, for that day.

So I'm up, it's 250am Tuesday morning....
Today I will accomplish...
- going to work, catching up, go to 9am meeting and leave by noon.
- by then, because I haven't slept, I will come home have a protein shake and go to bed
- hopefully be up when Kyle gets home and have dinner with him. Chicken and Asapargus sound good right now.