Hi Family and friends,
Here I am on the first day of the 100 day heart challenge. It was so exciting to be chosen to be a part of this group. I am learning how to exercise from my wonderful trainer Kelsey and how to eat more nutritious meals from super Mindy. The first two weeks are over and the third is just about done. I've found myself wanting to exercise and feeling a lot better for doing so. I'd already changed a lot of bad eating habits into good but I'm still learning a lot about food and how it all works.
I thought I'd give you each a couple of challenges that you may want to chose from to try and improve your health. 1. Try water whenever you want that soda. Just cut out a third or half to start with and see how much better you feel. 2. Make Veggies and fruit the main attraction on your plate and you'll soon look forward to them.
Hope you all are healthly and happy and taking whatever measures that are necessary to accomplish and healthy and happy life.
Happy Health, Janice
I'm so glad that you're getting to do this and I know you'll do great! Continued good luck with it and when you're done we can run a marathon together! -a mini-mini :-) OXOXO!!....j
ReplyDeleteGreat, I'm all for a mini-mini. Just remember that I'm a lot older than you and will need ahead start. Naaa, I'll beat your sock's off. I'll give you ahead start. Thanks for the encouragement. Luv Y'all
ReplyDeleteHi, Today I did something that I have not been able to do for so long that I can't remember. When I use to put on my socks and shoe's it was quite an effort. I'd have to sit on my bed, sit side ways and then struggle to get my socks on. To tie my shoe's I'd have to pick my foot up by hanging on to my pants and pulling them up to a chair and even then it was still hard to reach them. Today I sat down on a chair put my foot on my knee, (Which I haven't done for oh so long)and put on my sock's with no trouble at all. Then I Just put my foot on the floor and tied my shoe's. It was one of those TA-DA moments that I just love. If this has never been a struggle for you it may seem trite. To me it is a great victory that I hope is followed by many more. Health to you all. Janice
ReplyDeleteJuly 1st makes me think of, of course independence. My independence will be from an unhealthy body. I've found that I'm becoming addicted to physical fitness. I never thought that it would happen. I just hope that this is one addiction I never get over.
ReplyDeleteHappy Fourth of July, hope your all doing well. This week's challenge's. 1. Park far away when you go shopping. Go for a walk around the block. Walk through the mall. 2. If your already exercise, try something new, weights, jogging, Yoga, confuse those muscle. Rejoice in your victories. Give yourself a pat on the back.
ReplyDeleteAnother week is already almost gone. Have any of you taken any of the challenges? I've decided on one for myself that some of you may be interested in trying. I'm going to try a new food at least once a month. You don't know if you'll like it if you don't try. Tried Flax Milk this last week, won't be buying that again. I had a bit of a draw back with my food and exercise last week and at first I beat myself up about it. Then I decided to look at it from a different perspective. Yes I went backwards a couple of steps but I'd gone 100's of steps forward. So I'll figure out what went wrong and fix it. Good luck to you all.
ReplyDeleteWent to a family reunion and did quite well with the food. Completely stayed away from the very long dessert table and I was okay with it and stuck with healthier foods . I did have one small S'more at the campfire but just one and I really didn't want more. That's a success in itself. I went for a walk while I was camping and told my family that If I was not back in an hour to come looking for me. I did the 1 1/2 mile in 30 minutes which is good for me and was quite pleased with myself.
ReplyDeleteMy trainer is wonderful, always enjouraging me and celebrating success with me so that I just want to adopt her and keep her for forever. She keeps herself aware of what I can do, pushes me when needed and slows me down when I get a bit to anxious. Her knowledge is impressive and she has already taught me many things that I will be able to use for the rest of my life. Have any of you tried any of the challenges? I'd love to hear of your experiences. This week I'm challenging myself and you to look and see what you might be doing automatically that might be hurtful to you health and make a plan to change it.
Everything is going well. I have my ups and downs but keep making progress. This week I'd like to challenge you to set up a support system. It can be people or actions. My biggest temptation has always been chocolate. My support to advoid this temptation is my cookie jar. It never has cookies in it so I use it to reward myself. Whenever I go to the store and come home chocolate free I get to put a dollar in the jar. If I slip up I have to take out two dollars. So far I've not had to take anything out. I also put my scale next to the fridge and pantry. If I'm tempted I have to get on the scale first. It has been a great deterrent. Great luck to you all.
ReplyDeleteWell this is how it went. My key wouldn't work in my post box so the carrier told me to go to the post office to set an appointment for another lock. I knew that I needed gas so I went to the station first. Filled up and the car would not start. Got a jump but the kind person helping me sad that since my dash lights were coming on it was not the batterie. So I went next door to the post office and the lady gave me a hard time but finally set it up. Walked home on a very hot day and tryed to call some family for help but didn't have phone numbers for them all. Couldn't check via internet'cause it had been infeced by a virus. Wee am I having fun yet or not. I finally got a Nephew who came and towed it to another Nephews house for me. It luckly was just very dirty connections to the starter so it didn't cost me an arm and leg. He also worked on the computer so that it is working better. A few months back I'd have gone into eat away my troubles mode but no more. Everything is somewhat back to normal and I survived it all. My sister and her family visited form Texas and we had a great time together. We celebrated my niece's 17th birthday and had a blast. My sister and her family bought me a fancy pedometer that hooks to the internet so I can track my walks. This weeks challenge is just to keep going. Whatever is working well for you hang onto it and those things that get in your way get rid of or go around them. We're on the back side of the 100 days and it seems like it has gone really fast. Great success to us all.
ReplyDeleteWell were closer to the end now and it's hard to believe all of the changes that have taken place for me. I'm really becoming addicted to exercise and find that I think about it alot. It is kind of a love hate thing though. I really have to talk myself into getting started but I feel so fantastic when I get done. Guess that's why I keep going back. It's interesting how many people keep saying to me "I need to exercise" just like I use to do. So this week I'd like you all to think about what would really motivate you to change and grab onto that motivation and run with. Running can be a good thing. Who knew? Best of Luck.
ReplyDeleteI was starting on the Ellipitical this moring and looked at the clock at 4:30 A.M. and thought that I would have never believed that I'd be working out so hard so early and be glad that I was doing it. Being up that early is not unusual for me but the work out at the gym is. It has been a good, hard, fun, happy, sad, exciting, unbelieveable trip for me. I know now that good health is achieveable for me and I'm so close to getting there. I'm so very grateful for the nutrition classes from Mindy. They have given me so much direction and guidance that I can use and share forever. My Trainer Kelsey is just the very best period. I have learned and now understand so much more about exercising the body that I ever thought was possible. I will admit that I almost never think "Oh great it's exercise time." Getting started each day is hard for me but once I've started I'm so very gald that I did. I want to thank the other participants too. Seeing you work out and keeping at it has been an inspiration to me. You are encouraging to me and I appreciate you all very much. I'm glad to see the end in sight because I want to see how far we all have come. I'm sorry to see the end in site because I'm a bit afraid of doing this on my own. However, I know that if we all take what we have learned and use the knowledge daily we will be one very healthy group. Thanks to everyone who planned, taught, participated and guided me through this process. Now when my cute little Nephew look's up at me and ask's " are you going to be alive when I'm Big" (Yes he asked me that when he was about 5 or 6) I can change my answer from I'll try to Yes I will! Great luck and success to all of you. You deserve the very best in life and are working to accomplish it. Thanks to everyone. Janice
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