January Goals......

How are you coming along with your January goals????  Are you getting your water in?  Your vitamins?  How's your protein coming along????  Are you getting in your activity??? My goal was to stop the mindless nibbling.  Well, I will say that I fell off of that wagon a few times (ok....3 days), but each day I get back on with hopes of riding all the way to the finish line.  Man it's hard!!!!!  But...VERY important - I know.  So...I take each day at a time!

Good advice indeed.  I slacked off on my jogging the latter aprt of December I went 10 days without getting out, then had 4 good days then went a week without jogging, then got the flu and missed a nother consecutive week. I got out for the first time in 2008 last Sunday and it was tough to get started again but it felt really good.  I got another jog in Monday evening and am looking forward to tonight.  I feel recommitted to increase my mileage and improve my pace.  Hopefully as a results, I might shed a few more inches and or pounds.  Time will tell. I am really looking forward to seeing a bunch of youse guys at the Jan 18-20 conference/Soc-Hop in Richmond. It will be fun to see you cyber celebrities in person.

I don't know if this is gonna sound weird to you or not, & I don't want to put unneeded pressures on you, but thank you so much for telling us that you've fallen off track.  So many of us look up to you & admire your accomplishments.  You're like my little energizer bunny...a role model.  But it was nice to know that even my hero has her aw-sh*t moments too.  I've been doing some real soul searching & accountability for I have been waaaaay off track since my CA trip.  Flu aside, I've not been doing what I should be doing.  I'm better now, I think, but it's good to be reminded that even the strong ones have their oops moments. So today is day one, right?  Right!!!  Thanks Jill.

No pressure at all...and I am glad that my honesty is helpful.  We ALL have our demons,a nd if I was to sit here day in and day out acting like I was perfect, well...that would be a down right LIE.  NONE of us here are perfect.  Heck...if we were, would we be here????  NOPE!  And let me tell you this...anyone who says that they are perfect 100% of the time, well.....I will tell you that they aren't. This is a demon that I fight day in and day out.  Like I said, I can only take it one day at a time...THAT is the best that I can do. What can I say....I love food and THAT'S what got me to 265 pounds.  Now, I'm hoping that my love for exercise is what will keep me at 132.  THAT is the reason why I post the daily moving thread.  I wa once asked if I felt bad "bragging" about my workouts.  I was SHOCKED as that was never the intention.  It was always to hold myself accountable.  If I say that I am going to do it, well, then I better have a good reason if I didn't.  For me...accountability is the key. Now...I just ate 2 m&m's so I have to run and log it into fitday, becaue for me...that is part of being accountable if I am ever going to stop this mindless nibbling.......

My goal was to take one exercise class (1class not a series).  I reached that goal this past Sunday and took 2 classes. My new goal is to attend one of the classes (BodyFlow) at least 3 more times  by the end of January to see if I can get the hang of it. I have real trouble with the balance on one leg part (yoga influence), but I started thinking about it and realized that some of the balance will come by engaging muscles to hold me steady. That's my story and I'm sticking to it because the alternative reason is that all of us OLD people lose balance. The good news is that when they did ab crunches I had NO problems!  That tells me my strength training is working!