Ok, well, here we are. It's January 1, 2010. It's hard to believe. I remember when I was a kid I would think to myself that I would be 48 in the year 2000. It seemed so old and so far away. Fast forward to now. It's 2010 and I'm 57 turning 58 in a few days. My mom was right. "You turn around once and you're 65". It seems that the older I get the faster it's going.
I'm excited about the upcoming year. I'm going to start my yoga teacher training in a few weeks and I should be finished and ready to teach at the end of April. I'm very excited about starting my new life as a registered yoga teacher. I truly feel that a consistent yoga practice helps ground you and allows for happiness and joy. I am always very grateful for what I have after a good yoga practice. That's why I'm going to Joy's class in a little while. In my opinion, there is no better way to start the new year.
Kerry's life is in flux but she will figure it all out this year. She is sending out application to University of Chicago, Colorado State, University of Michigan, Notre Dame and some other schools as well. She is hoping to get accepted to a PHD program somewhere. I'm thinking that someone somewhere will want her. She has so much to offer. She is very passionate about her research and her field. She's got good GRE scores, great letters of recommendation and lots of experience. I think she will be a huge success. I'm not real happy about her moving so far away but she promises that it won't be any different that it is now. She says that she will be more likely to come home because she won't have to make the 5 hour drive anymore. Let's hope so.
I have made 4 resolutions as Richard has asked me to do. They are as follows:
1) Finish yoga teacher training, obtain my certification and teach a class.
2) Stay positive
3) Do some kind of exercise 5-6 times per week
4) Continue to be happy
I think these are doable goals which is important when setting goals. They must be able to be acheived. I have decided to add one more resolution and that is to be more consistant with this blog. On looking back on this blog I realize that it's like a diary. I like having all this info to look back on.
I am looking forward to Tim Tebow's last game as a Gator tonight in the Sugar Bowl. Kerry is coming home from Ft Meyers to watch the game with me. What a fantastic way to start the new year. Yoga class and Gator football with Kerry. Go Gators!!
So that's it for now. I am looking forward to a wonderful 2010. Off to yoga class I go. Namaste!
Showing posts with label New Years Resolutions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Years Resolutions. Show all posts
Friday, January 1, 2010
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Happy New Year-I can't believe that I have been blogging for a whole year
Happy New Year to everyone.
I logged into my weight tracker in the clubhouse this morning. I knew as I was doing it that it wasn't going to be pretty but I decided to do it anyway. You see, the last time I posted my weight into my profile on Richard's website was January 1, 2008. I knew I had lost focus regarding my weight and I guess there was also an element of living in the dream world that you didn't gain much weight this year. Well, not! I am totally upset, embarrassed, humiliated, horrified and sickened to say that I gained 7.5 this year. Not only that but over the last two years I have allowed 12.5 to creep back onto my body and once again have weight to lose on New Years Day.
The only good thing that I can think of is that at least I faced the dreaded numbers on the scale. The credit for my facing my numbers goes to my friend who in a email made me realize that I really didn't know where I stood with my weight. Exactly. I knew my boobs were growing bigger and bigger every day. I knew that I was bringing food into the house that was destined to end up on my growing silhouette but I didn't know what the numbers were going to say. It was hard to look at it. For me this is a troublesome eventuality. I can't help but wonder what this says about my life and my mental state.
Yes, I could give a litany of excuses for why I gained weight. I could blame it on the plantar fasciitis that has stopped me from exercising and that would true. I could blame it on the fact that I work until 8:00PM and by the time I get home to make dinner I end up eating and then going to bed which is perfect way to pack on the pounds and that would be true too. Whatever and whoever is to blame I need to get over it and start back on a healthy lifestyle.
I guess I have to remember that my weight is within my control. I am very happy to say that I went to the track this morning and power walked 3 miles. When it was over I stretched out my foot and it's actually feeling pretty good. I'm hoping that my foot is beginning to heal and maybe I can get back to consistent exercise. Not only will that help my weight it will also help my self image and self esteem which has been in the toilet lately.
I have promised myself that I would make no grand proclamations on New Years and call them resolutions. In reviewing those proclamations from years past I realize that I don't usually attain them and that makes me feel like crap but I also know that goals need to be set so that a person has something to work towards. So here I go....
I want to get this extra weight off of me. My first "mini goal" will be to get back into the 140's. I know that it is going to take hard work and perseverance. I know that it would be easy to just give up but I can't. I just can't. I am going to live a healthier lifestyle this coming year. I am going to eat better foods and not quite as often. I am going to start regular exercise again and hope that my body responds well. I am going to do the very best that I can to get that old mindset back and lose this weight. You know "I can do it."
I also am going for a non weight related goal this year. I'm not really ready to write it down for all the world to see but I privately know what it is. I am going to work hard to achieve it.
I hope y'all enjoyed my blog this past year. I found it very interesting to go back and see what was going on in my head and my life last year. I hope this year you will be reading a fun and happy blog.
I want to wish all of you a happy and healthy new year.
I logged into my weight tracker in the clubhouse this morning. I knew as I was doing it that it wasn't going to be pretty but I decided to do it anyway. You see, the last time I posted my weight into my profile on Richard's website was January 1, 2008. I knew I had lost focus regarding my weight and I guess there was also an element of living in the dream world that you didn't gain much weight this year. Well, not! I am totally upset, embarrassed, humiliated, horrified and sickened to say that I gained 7.5 this year. Not only that but over the last two years I have allowed 12.5 to creep back onto my body and once again have weight to lose on New Years Day.
The only good thing that I can think of is that at least I faced the dreaded numbers on the scale. The credit for my facing my numbers goes to my friend who in a email made me realize that I really didn't know where I stood with my weight. Exactly. I knew my boobs were growing bigger and bigger every day. I knew that I was bringing food into the house that was destined to end up on my growing silhouette but I didn't know what the numbers were going to say. It was hard to look at it. For me this is a troublesome eventuality. I can't help but wonder what this says about my life and my mental state.
Yes, I could give a litany of excuses for why I gained weight. I could blame it on the plantar fasciitis that has stopped me from exercising and that would true. I could blame it on the fact that I work until 8:00PM and by the time I get home to make dinner I end up eating and then going to bed which is perfect way to pack on the pounds and that would be true too. Whatever and whoever is to blame I need to get over it and start back on a healthy lifestyle.
I guess I have to remember that my weight is within my control. I am very happy to say that I went to the track this morning and power walked 3 miles. When it was over I stretched out my foot and it's actually feeling pretty good. I'm hoping that my foot is beginning to heal and maybe I can get back to consistent exercise. Not only will that help my weight it will also help my self image and self esteem which has been in the toilet lately.
I have promised myself that I would make no grand proclamations on New Years and call them resolutions. In reviewing those proclamations from years past I realize that I don't usually attain them and that makes me feel like crap but I also know that goals need to be set so that a person has something to work towards. So here I go....
I want to get this extra weight off of me. My first "mini goal" will be to get back into the 140's. I know that it is going to take hard work and perseverance. I know that it would be easy to just give up but I can't. I just can't. I am going to live a healthier lifestyle this coming year. I am going to eat better foods and not quite as often. I am going to start regular exercise again and hope that my body responds well. I am going to do the very best that I can to get that old mindset back and lose this weight. You know "I can do it."
I also am going for a non weight related goal this year. I'm not really ready to write it down for all the world to see but I privately know what it is. I am going to work hard to achieve it.
I hope y'all enjoyed my blog this past year. I found it very interesting to go back and see what was going on in my head and my life last year. I hope this year you will be reading a fun and happy blog.
I want to wish all of you a happy and healthy new year.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Happy New Year
OK, well, it's January 1, 2008. Another year is upon us and I guess I am supposed to make some New Years Resolutions. I've never really been big on resolutions because in the past I have not lived up to those dreaded promises that you make to yourself and the New Years gods. You know how it is. You make these grand statements about the changes that you are going to make in your life and a month later you don't even remember what they are.
Richard (Simmons) believes in making New Years Resolutions and he has made 9 of them. He has made it perfectly clear that he expects us to set some goals and make resolutions for the new year too. So I am going to do just that however I'm not going to make 9 of them. 9 is too many. It freaks me out. I think I will start small and make 4.
My first New Years Resolution would have been to find a new job but I have already done that. I will be starting my new job as a Fitness Tech at Curves tomorrow. This means that my first resolution will be that I will be the Best Fitness Tech on the planet. I expect this one to be fairly easy as I have been motivating people for years on Richard Simmons' website. It is in my personality to do this.
My number two resolution will be to pass my AFTA personal training certification course 2008. I know this will be a hard one for me but I will give it my all. I am lucky I have the help of two friends who are taking it with me.
My number three resolution is to lose some weight. Yeah I know. This is on the list every year. I weighed in this morning at 146 pounds. I just want to see the 130's on the scale again so I'm looking for a loss anywhere from 6-10 pounds. I know I can do that one.
My number four resolution is to look into yoga training with Juliana. If it is at all doable I will start my journey as a yoga instructor. The idea of spreading joy and mindfulness is very compelling to me.
OK. That's it for me. I'm happy with the four things that I have picked out. I think they are all healthy goals that I can achieve in 2008. Let's see how it goes.
Happy New Years to you all.
Richard (Simmons) believes in making New Years Resolutions and he has made 9 of them. He has made it perfectly clear that he expects us to set some goals and make resolutions for the new year too. So I am going to do just that however I'm not going to make 9 of them. 9 is too many. It freaks me out. I think I will start small and make 4.
My first New Years Resolution would have been to find a new job but I have already done that. I will be starting my new job as a Fitness Tech at Curves tomorrow. This means that my first resolution will be that I will be the Best Fitness Tech on the planet. I expect this one to be fairly easy as I have been motivating people for years on Richard Simmons' website. It is in my personality to do this.
My number two resolution will be to pass my AFTA personal training certification course 2008. I know this will be a hard one for me but I will give it my all. I am lucky I have the help of two friends who are taking it with me.
My number three resolution is to lose some weight. Yeah I know. This is on the list every year. I weighed in this morning at 146 pounds. I just want to see the 130's on the scale again so I'm looking for a loss anywhere from 6-10 pounds. I know I can do that one.
My number four resolution is to look into yoga training with Juliana. If it is at all doable I will start my journey as a yoga instructor. The idea of spreading joy and mindfulness is very compelling to me.
OK. That's it for me. I'm happy with the four things that I have picked out. I think they are all healthy goals that I can achieve in 2008. Let's see how it goes.
Happy New Years to you all.
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