i hate exercise, i mean really hate it. i'd rather be in labor 48hrs. , get a root canal, dig ditches(well i guess that is exercise), redo the eighth grade(scary!), confess ALL my sins directly to the Pope, become the tourist spokesperson for Nashville, eat liver, drink butter milk, or the worst of the worst EAT OATMEAL, ...than exercise. There i said it!
i do like to walk, but it is difficult to find a safe place to walk without driving to someplace first. So i must drive someplace to walk someplace. Stupid! i'm the kind of person that likes to get a workout without calling it exercise. You know, like, if i could walk a mile to Kroger and walk back with my sacks of groceries. i could get in two miles, up and down hills using my purchases of flour/can goods like small weights. Signs in Nashville should say "Walk at your on Risk" because it is not a pleasant experience some on this blog can attest to. Either cars stop and want to offer a ride(OK kind of nice until the 10th person stops you), cars slow down to scream obscenities or throw things at you(for the life of me, i don't understand this) or they whiz by so close, swerving that you swear you're going to get hit!
Anyway, like i said, i hate exercising and another thing...
...umm...i'm complaining, i think i should stop now.
gail
Friday, February 27, 2009
A Day 1 Insomniac
Day 1 went pretty well, ate right, didn't even have any sweets (which is going to be harder than I anticipated by the way). And I read, only the "Fate of Africa" though, didn't pick up "Bauldolino." Strike one.
Wednesday night worked out for an 1 and 15 minutes. But man was I tired in the morning. I got through today (well yesterday) just fine with the wonderful help of coffee, but I stayed at work until 7 and when I got home I completely crashed. Now it's 4:30 am and I can't get back to sleep. So instead I've decided to look through the Obama Administration's 146 page budget. I'll blog more about it later (you all should check out my blog), but my initial thoughts are "Damn." I mean, it truly is massive for the first year, it seems like he's going for broke early. If you thought the fight over the stimulus package was wild- I've seen that even some Democrats are balking at a budget this audacious. If this budget stays largely in tact and it works- Obama has become freakin FDR at the beginning of his first term and will be remembered as such. If it doesn't- well the Republican brand is ruined so it wouldn't be devastating, but it will be a major hit.
Till Next Time
Jojo
Wednesday night worked out for an 1 and 15 minutes. But man was I tired in the morning. I got through today (well yesterday) just fine with the wonderful help of coffee, but I stayed at work until 7 and when I got home I completely crashed. Now it's 4:30 am and I can't get back to sleep. So instead I've decided to look through the Obama Administration's 146 page budget. I'll blog more about it later (you all should check out my blog), but my initial thoughts are "Damn." I mean, it truly is massive for the first year, it seems like he's going for broke early. If you thought the fight over the stimulus package was wild- I've seen that even some Democrats are balking at a budget this audacious. If this budget stays largely in tact and it works- Obama has become freakin FDR at the beginning of his first term and will be remembered as such. If it doesn't- well the Republican brand is ruined so it wouldn't be devastating, but it will be a major hit.
Till Next Time
Jojo
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Do or do not. There is no try.
If you know what the title to this post is from then you have all the power you need to succeed. For me, there is no half way. Either I do or I do not finish something. It all depends on whether or not it appeals to me. Reading - do. Exercise - do not. So how can I get myself to exercise and not quit? I've tried reading while walking on the treadmill and it actually works as long as I'm not running at top speed. Also the Wii Fit has a running module where you can watch another channel and the Wii will still track your progress and even give you little bursts of encouragement through the wii-mote speaker (plug to get Wii people). If you take the "try" out of what you need to do then all of a sudden it just becomes an automatic "do".
Two things: Contributing authors and I've already cheated
1) If you would like to be a contributing author (basically, you won't have to put your name after your comments because your name will automatically post), you can add yourself. After you sign in with the original log-in info, go to "customize" on the top right-hand corner. Then go to the "settings" tab on your left. Then select "permission." Select "add author." Enter your email address and blogger will email you a link to activate. I think it requires you to set up a google account, but I think everyone has one already. You don't have to do this. You can continue to use the admin log-in info, but I just wanted to let y'all know that it's an option.
2) I'm typing this while I'm sipping on iced coffee. Mom and I have been going to Starbucks lately, and I completely forgot this morning that I'm only supposed to be drinking water. Ooops.
2) I'm typing this while I'm sipping on iced coffee. Mom and I have been going to Starbucks lately, and I completely forgot this morning that I'm only supposed to be drinking water. Ooops.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
And We're Off.....
I hope that we aren't going to be like some of those other blogs/clubs where everyone fights and argues over every little thing. I think that if someone wants to get his sexy back he should go for it. It might be harder than we all think, especially if one is far off of that goal (not that anyone is far off of his/her goal, but I'm just sayin'.... :-])
--Stacey
--Stacey
An Addendum!
After going through the arduous process of posting what I was giving up for Lent, some family member who I won't name, named Ana, made a comment stating that my goals were "not that hard." Now, I could take the low road and lambast my unnamed older (but not oldest) sister to the heavens. But no, instead, I will make an addendum to my Lent list. In addition to everything else I said, I will also give up all fattening sweets, cookies, cakes, brownies, candy bars etc. And, I will exercise for at least 3 hours every week. Now how do you like them apples, only family member whose first name is a palindrome?
Can I be serious about this????
Hello to you all. At first I thought this was kinda funny, so I said I would give up certain things just to humor my family. I said I would give up eating in the cafeteria at work and I would be nicer to people I don't like. Well, I have had a change of heart and I will be a little bit more serious about this. Here are the things I am giving up or would like to change:
1. I am going to stop taking cigarette breaks at work. Yea!!!!
2. I am going to devote more time to chanting everyday (an additional 20 minutes)
3. I am going to really get my money's worth from having cable and utilize the exercise tv on demand everyday. (I won't just watch, I will exercise) lol.
4. Eat yogurt, fruit and veggies everyday
5. No more fried foods. ( I actually had baked fish last night, It was really good).
6. Have more patience with people.
7. Let people come over to my house for more then 1 hour and not get irriated with them.
8. To stop feeling guilty about the decisions, I have made.
9. Should have put this one at the top. I will drink at least 1 gallon of water everyday.
I hear the theme song from "Rocky" right now. I am PUMPED!!!!
Stay strong!!
Pam :)
1. I am going to stop taking cigarette breaks at work. Yea!!!!
2. I am going to devote more time to chanting everyday (an additional 20 minutes)
3. I am going to really get my money's worth from having cable and utilize the exercise tv on demand everyday. (I won't just watch, I will exercise) lol.
4. Eat yogurt, fruit and veggies everyday
5. No more fried foods. ( I actually had baked fish last night, It was really good).
6. Have more patience with people.
7. Let people come over to my house for more then 1 hour and not get irriated with them.
8. To stop feeling guilty about the decisions, I have made.
9. Should have put this one at the top. I will drink at least 1 gallon of water everyday.
I hear the theme song from "Rocky" right now. I am PUMPED!!!!
Stay strong!!
Pam :)
Jojo's Lenten Goals
Hey all!
Everybody knows that I LOVE burgers, like "Sam I Am" loved green eggs and ham, like Monty Python loved Spam. I'd eat a burger on a plane, bus, train, motorboat, DeLorean, skateboard, scooter, fire truck, you get the idea. So it's with a heavy heart that I've decided to give up all red meat and chicken for the 2009 Lenten season.
I have to admit that three weeks prior I had already decided to stop eating red meat and chicken during the work week. And like Ana, it was mostly a vanity project. Yeah, it's healthy, good for the environment, and would save me money because I'd have to cook more. Those are all reasons that I'm doing this and they're all good reasons. But I'm going to be honest here- the most important reason I'm doing this is because I want to look sexy. There, I said it. I've started working out again, going to the gym three times a week, drinking more water. Red meat/chicken was going to be my weekend reward for a job well done during the week. But alas, I have given up my initial reward- looking drop-dead gorgeous is going to have to be it's own reward I suppose.
On another note, in addition to giving up my beloved burgers, I will also start reading more. My goal is to be constantly engrossed in one fiction and one non-fiction book. The non-fiction is pretty easy, it's the fiction part that I always have trouble with. It's not that I don't like fiction, I love it. It's just that since non-fiction is so much more applicable to the things I'm interested in, my attention is always drawn away from any book I start. So, my first non-fiction book is "The Fate of Africa," a broad survey of the trials, tribulations, and successes on the continent after independence. My fiction book will be "Bauldolino," a book by the Italian author and professo Umberto Eco. I've been trying to read the damn thing for 4 years, but I always get sidetracked. To keep myself honest, I will report on both books at least once a week. I swear!
The final thing. As you all know, I currently reside in the largest city in our country. And while I do not intend on living here forever, it is my intention to enjoy my time here to the fullest extent possible. With that in mind, every day I get an email update on free things to do in the city. During the summer and fall, I was pretty good at attending these free activities, because it was warm and light outside by the time work was over. But as the cold weather set in, and it became much easier just to lay around and watch episodes of the The Daily Show in my underwear. Well, to that I say- NO MORE! Be it resolved, that I will attend at least one free fun activity every week even if it's by myself.
I promise to keep you all updated on the progress of all three of my goals. Until next time.
Jojo
Everybody knows that I LOVE burgers, like "Sam I Am" loved green eggs and ham, like Monty Python loved Spam. I'd eat a burger on a plane, bus, train, motorboat, DeLorean, skateboard, scooter, fire truck, you get the idea. So it's with a heavy heart that I've decided to give up all red meat and chicken for the 2009 Lenten season.
I have to admit that three weeks prior I had already decided to stop eating red meat and chicken during the work week. And like Ana, it was mostly a vanity project. Yeah, it's healthy, good for the environment, and would save me money because I'd have to cook more. Those are all reasons that I'm doing this and they're all good reasons. But I'm going to be honest here- the most important reason I'm doing this is because I want to look sexy. There, I said it. I've started working out again, going to the gym three times a week, drinking more water. Red meat/chicken was going to be my weekend reward for a job well done during the week. But alas, I have given up my initial reward- looking drop-dead gorgeous is going to have to be it's own reward I suppose.
On another note, in addition to giving up my beloved burgers, I will also start reading more. My goal is to be constantly engrossed in one fiction and one non-fiction book. The non-fiction is pretty easy, it's the fiction part that I always have trouble with. It's not that I don't like fiction, I love it. It's just that since non-fiction is so much more applicable to the things I'm interested in, my attention is always drawn away from any book I start. So, my first non-fiction book is "The Fate of Africa," a broad survey of the trials, tribulations, and successes on the continent after independence. My fiction book will be "Bauldolino," a book by the Italian author and professo Umberto Eco. I've been trying to read the damn thing for 4 years, but I always get sidetracked. To keep myself honest, I will report on both books at least once a week. I swear!
The final thing. As you all know, I currently reside in the largest city in our country. And while I do not intend on living here forever, it is my intention to enjoy my time here to the fullest extent possible. With that in mind, every day I get an email update on free things to do in the city. During the summer and fall, I was pretty good at attending these free activities, because it was warm and light outside by the time work was over. But as the cold weather set in, and it became much easier just to lay around and watch episodes of the The Daily Show in my underwear. Well, to that I say- NO MORE! Be it resolved, that I will attend at least one free fun activity every week even if it's by myself.
I promise to keep you all updated on the progress of all three of my goals. Until next time.
Jojo
A life time full of "Fat Tuesdays"
Yesterday i decided to have a real celebration of Fat Tuesday. But yesterday came and went without me eating, drinking or doing anything out of the ordinary. i even had some mojitos in the fridge! Didn't have even a sip!
Every time i am going to start something new, a job, diet, exercise program, or whatever somehow i think i am suppose to live it up the day before. i take Fat Tuesday seriously, even when it is not Fat Tuesday. My life has been a series of Fat Tuesdays. "OK i'd better eat all of this ice cream, stay up late, not meditate, skip doing the laundry etc., because tomorrow i'm going to eat right, get more sleep, do meditation, keep up with my laundry etc. EVERY SINGLE DAY FROM NOW ON FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!!!"
For this Lenten season, taking it one day at a time, i am going to:
1. Eat healthy, no meat, only fish. No sweets. 5 serving of fruit/vegetables a day. Drink plenty of water. (surprisingly i think the water will be the hardest)
2. Meditate a minimum of 15 min. each morning and evening. Just sit to sit. This should be a great way for me to reduce the stress in my life. (i'm pretty good about morning meditation, not good at all sitting in the evening)
3. Change my attitude. Taking the words of the Dali Lama "Whenever possible be kind...And it is always possible". (this will be hard!) If i could learn to think before i speak what a better world this would be.
4. Exercise(i hate exercising)
5. Limit my Internet use, mostly such a waste of time. (i'm shooting for less than 2 hours a day)
OK, just looking at this list makes me want to get some snacks, sit down and complain to anyone who will listen.
It's still early on this first day and so far so good.
gail
Every time i am going to start something new, a job, diet, exercise program, or whatever somehow i think i am suppose to live it up the day before. i take Fat Tuesday seriously, even when it is not Fat Tuesday. My life has been a series of Fat Tuesdays. "OK i'd better eat all of this ice cream, stay up late, not meditate, skip doing the laundry etc., because tomorrow i'm going to eat right, get more sleep, do meditation, keep up with my laundry etc. EVERY SINGLE DAY FROM NOW ON FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!!!"
For this Lenten season, taking it one day at a time, i am going to:
1. Eat healthy, no meat, only fish. No sweets. 5 serving of fruit/vegetables a day. Drink plenty of water. (surprisingly i think the water will be the hardest)
2. Meditate a minimum of 15 min. each morning and evening. Just sit to sit. This should be a great way for me to reduce the stress in my life. (i'm pretty good about morning meditation, not good at all sitting in the evening)
3. Change my attitude. Taking the words of the Dali Lama "Whenever possible be kind...And it is always possible". (this will be hard!) If i could learn to think before i speak what a better world this would be.
4. Exercise(i hate exercising)
5. Limit my Internet use, mostly such a waste of time. (i'm shooting for less than 2 hours a day)
OK, just looking at this list makes me want to get some snacks, sit down and complain to anyone who will listen.
It's still early on this first day and so far so good.
gail
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
My Lenten Goals
My Lenten activities are more to get me back to a more physically healthly lifestyle, so I am focusing on what I eat (or rather what I'm not eating) and physical activity.
1. Okay, so first of all I was going to just give up that most sinfully delicious of breakfast foods - the grandaddy of them all ..... BACON!!!! However, after thinking more about it1 I decided to go further and give up the flesh of all 4-legged animals. So, no pork (I porked out this past weekend and couldn't finish a package of sausage links - they are in the freezer now), no beef (tonight is my last steak for the forseeable future :-[ ), no veal (again, I have Mock Chicken Legs in the freezer) or any other read meat. I couldn't exclude all flesh, so 2-legged creatures such as chicken and turkey (and no, no humans -- LOL) and fish are still on the menu.
2. The other thing I'm going to focus on is the big E - EXERCISE. Okay it's not giving up anything, but more of a positive thing to DO. My goal is to begin by exercising at least 15 minutes a day. I know, that isn't a lot of time to really do anything, but it is a start. Plus, once I start exercising, I usually go on for at least 45 minutes. The 15 minute minimum is to ensure I actually get up and do something and not just wiggle my toes on my way to sleep. Exercising for me will include any Wii time where I break out into a sweat. So my Wii fit time, which actually tracks your exercise time within the program. It also lets you add any other physical activity that you've done in a day and adds it to your exercise log.
Hopefully with both of these actions, my overall health (physical, mental and ecumenical) will improve and result in a more positive interaction with family, friends, and co-workers.
Happy Living, Stacey!
1. Okay, so first of all I was going to just give up that most sinfully delicious of breakfast foods - the grandaddy of them all ..... BACON!!!! However, after thinking more about it1 I decided to go further and give up the flesh of all 4-legged animals. So, no pork (I porked out this past weekend and couldn't finish a package of sausage links - they are in the freezer now), no beef (tonight is my last steak for the forseeable future :-[ ), no veal (again, I have Mock Chicken Legs in the freezer) or any other read meat. I couldn't exclude all flesh, so 2-legged creatures such as chicken and turkey (and no, no humans -- LOL) and fish are still on the menu.
2. The other thing I'm going to focus on is the big E - EXERCISE. Okay it's not giving up anything, but more of a positive thing to DO. My goal is to begin by exercising at least 15 minutes a day. I know, that isn't a lot of time to really do anything, but it is a start. Plus, once I start exercising, I usually go on for at least 45 minutes. The 15 minute minimum is to ensure I actually get up and do something and not just wiggle my toes on my way to sleep. Exercising for me will include any Wii time where I break out into a sweat. So my Wii fit time, which actually tracks your exercise time within the program. It also lets you add any other physical activity that you've done in a day and adds it to your exercise log.
Hopefully with both of these actions, my overall health (physical, mental and ecumenical) will improve and result in a more positive interaction with family, friends, and co-workers.
Happy Living, Stacey!
What I'm giving up...
This year I will be giving up 3 things, but only 1 of them will be a real sacrifice. This is my first Lent giving up something difficult (not including when I gave up TV as a kid!).
1) Flavored and caloried beverages
Last Lent, I lost 15 lbs. just from drinking water instead of soda or juice. That's not much of a sacrifice if I'm doing it for vanity. :)
2) Bread, pasta, and most wheat (gluten) products
My skin is healthier when I don't eat wheat. And we all know I need as much help as I can get. Again, vanity. :)
3) Cursing and speaking ill of others
I have a potty mouth. I use curse words more for more than just emphasis and embellishment; half of the words out of my mouth are swears. It's not polite or respectful. This year, I'm going to try my darndest (see I'm starting already, and it's not even Lent!) to stop using those words. In addition, most of the time I'm speaking poorly of other people when I'm cursing. If I stop gossiping, backbiting, and criticizing I'll be less likely to use disrespectful language.
In conjunction with not using disrespectful language, I'm trying to be more organized and thoughtful. I tend to use more expletives when I feel stressed or rushed and my frustration is often taken out on other people, including my son. My whole day is spent rushing and stressing about things that would be under better control had I taken the time to organize and if I completed tasks more thoughtfully, instead of my usual way of procrastinating and haphazardly finishing projects/tasks. Taking the time to stay organized will not only lower my stress level, but also help my relationship with my family.
Good luck everyone, and enjoy Fat Tuesday!
Ana
1) Flavored and caloried beverages
Last Lent, I lost 15 lbs. just from drinking water instead of soda or juice. That's not much of a sacrifice if I'm doing it for vanity. :)
2) Bread, pasta, and most wheat (gluten) products
My skin is healthier when I don't eat wheat. And we all know I need as much help as I can get. Again, vanity. :)
3) Cursing and speaking ill of others
I have a potty mouth. I use curse words more for more than just emphasis and embellishment; half of the words out of my mouth are swears. It's not polite or respectful. This year, I'm going to try my darndest (see I'm starting already, and it's not even Lent!) to stop using those words. In addition, most of the time I'm speaking poorly of other people when I'm cursing. If I stop gossiping, backbiting, and criticizing I'll be less likely to use disrespectful language.
In conjunction with not using disrespectful language, I'm trying to be more organized and thoughtful. I tend to use more expletives when I feel stressed or rushed and my frustration is often taken out on other people, including my son. My whole day is spent rushing and stressing about things that would be under better control had I taken the time to organize and if I completed tasks more thoughtfully, instead of my usual way of procrastinating and haphazardly finishing projects/tasks. Taking the time to stay organized will not only lower my stress level, but also help my relationship with my family.
Good luck everyone, and enjoy Fat Tuesday!
Ana
Monday, February 23, 2009
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