Day Sixteen

Today was my last day off of my three day weekend. It has been a very unproductive three days and I have not been doing well with my resolutions what so ever. So the goal??? Get a fresh start starting Monday morning. I am doing really well with the walking part, almost becoming a daily obsession but I am eating like crap and I know its overriding everything to do with walking. So my goal now that I have gone grocery shopping is to eat well and workout more and just do everything in my power to get back on track!

I did walk today on the treadmill and I have had no soda and of course not being at work I have had not treats at work. But no yoga and I didn't do anything else workout related. I am hoping to hop back onto the treadmill for another twenty minutes tonight just to up my steps but I still think I am under with my steps amount today.

Half Way Point

Thought I would give myself an update on how I am doing with fifteen days done with for this month.

• Morning Yoga 13/15
• Walk 10,00 Steps a Day 13/15
• Walk 3x a Week 2/2
• Workout 3x a Week 2/2
• No Treats at Work 10/15
• No Soda 13/15
• Nighttime Yoga 7/15

I weighed myself this morning and came up with 156.0! So I have a long way to go but at least I am trying and that's what matters most.

March Fifteenth

Walking walking walking. That was my theme for today. I went walking with Terra and the doggies in Lynden and then turned around and went walking with Ronni and prince in Ferndale. The difference, Ferndale has hills. I think if I were to add it all up I walked for about six miles! Not to shabby.

The rest of my goals are falling to the wayside. I haven't done yoga at all and I went shopping and bought a couple bad things that I ate a lot of this evening. The good news to this however is that I did go grocery shopping and have enough meals that I should not have to go out for a long while now. And I have decided to make April my no eating out month. I am halfway through the month and though things are a little off track right now I plan to jump back in the saddle.

March Fourteenth

It's cold and rainy outside once again today. It has even tried to snow a little. All this coldness is making me want to go down south for a little while to where it is warm! The kinda good news for today though is that even though I woke up at ten thirty again I feel a lot better then yesterday. My energy level is way higher and I actually feel like getting on my treadmill and walking for forty minutes. I also am gonna try this new yoga video I found on hulu later today and am marking that off as my morning yoga.

Today is the start of my three days off so I get to mark off the no treats category for three days so there is another positive note. Also Last night when I bought burger king I asked for a sprite and I hardly had any of it so it is sitting in my jeep waiting for me today but I am just gonna toss it. Why wreck such a good thing when I am not even enjoying the taste of soda anymore.

So I ended up walking four miles today which made me feel really good about myself. The only thing I didn't do today was any yoga what so ever. I had planned to but it just never happened. But Today is my halfway point through the month and tomorrow is going to be my fresh start. I am setting my alarm clock for seven am and I WILL get up and workout. Its time to finally change my body and to do that I need to be way more active. No more excuses for me just results.

March Thirteenth

There is nothing wrong at all and yet everything is wrong. I have no reason to be sad or have no energy and yet I am sad and I don't even have the energy to do my morning yoga. All I feel like doing in curling up in bed and watching netflix till I have to get ready for work. This has got me wondering if I feel this way because of how lazy I was yesterday or if it has to do with the fact that I put a flavor packet into my water that contains aspartame. This weekend is the first time I have had anything that contains aspartame in weeks and I think it may have finally caught up to me. My solution is to at least do my morning yoga but I don't think a walk or workout will be in order today. I am going to fulfill my desire to lay in bed till work and see what I feel tonight.

So I was able to at least do yoga but honestly I think that was it. I may have reached 10,000 steps but there was a lot of standing around at work today too so I didn't even give myself a check mark for that. Then I ate a cookie at work and while I was driving home I went and got Burger King so I had pop.

I knew something felt off today and I just wish I could figure out what it is. I am hoping that tomorrow goes over so much better!

March Twelfth

Dreaming some very strange dreams last night/early this morning I didn't rise until 10 am which made me feel like my whole day was gone. I was able to drag my lazy bum outta bed and do my morning yoga which was trying the other arm workouts which I did not enjoy so tomorrow I will go back to just the normal morning yoga plan.

I knew that I should do some sort of workout that wasn't just cardio so I worked on my abs today. I know I need to up my intensity of my workouts because I am not really at a beginning stage. All I need to do however is just get through this last week and I will have the house to myself and be able to do workouts upstairs and with the TV so I am hoping that will help.

I went out for lunch with Erin so that we could catch up on how her vacation to Hawaii went. I am excited to have her back and it should make work a lot more fun. I then came home and took a nap. I feel really stupid for doing that because I knew I didn't need one and I could have done something way more active. Once I woke up I did manage to walk for twenty minutes while watching the news. However I know for a fact that I didn't reach my steps today. I was just way to lazy for that.

Goal for tomorrow is to be up early and do my 3.7 mph workout on the tread before work. I need to get my body into shape really bad. It's driving me crazy the size I am at right now when I know I can be way healthier. I am also hoping to go on a health kick starting early next week!

Coming Up With Your Twelve Commandments

I was reading a blog post by Gretchen called To Be Happier, Write your own set of Personal Commandments and while I have already almost got all of my commandments filled I wanted to share what she says can help you figure out what works best for you.

1. Consider the phrases that have stuck with you. Is there something that your parents or grandparents always say to you. If so think about if that could work for your commandments
2. Try and keep your commandments "Short and Snappy" so that way they are easy to remember and can be a daily reminder. Remember you don't have to have twelve commandments. If five things work for you go with it. This is YOUR HAPPINESS PROJECT!!!
3. Think about whats true for you- "You need to think about yourself, your values, your strengths and weaknesses, your interests."

On a personal note as I was reading the comments on this article (Which you can find on her website/Blog) I came across someone who had on their list Be Authentic and I just loved it and am adding it as a side note to my Be Christina commandment. I also have come up with commandment number eleven for myself. Be Present . This is something I need to do on a hourly basis because I am always trying to be in the past or the future and I want to be in the now and enjoy whatever it is I am going through in that present moment!

I originally wrote this on my wordpress blog that I am trying out right now to see if I like the way that blog format works but I knew I needed to put it on here because I think in the end I will most likely be sticking to this blog!