Buh-Bye Lunch

Or at least  buh- bye lunch as I currently know it.

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Oh Lord....I really like my cheese at lunch. From now on, my lunches are going to look more like this:

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 I think this one may hurt more than the exercise. Yikes.

Taking the long way

I hate exercise. 

 No, I really, really hate it.

I am not athletic, I never enjoyed sports.   I was the kid who would have rather be with a book than a ball.

But (and to get rid of my big one) I need to amp up the movement.

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So today I'm vowing to stark sneaking in the dreaded exercise.   My plan is to park in the very far corner of the parking lot at work.   Take the stairs instead of the elevator (I only work on the 3rd floor).  

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Baby steps.   Baby steps.   I keep telling myself  that this is the way I'm going to restore my health.   It can't be a quick fix, I have to make these changes for the long term

Hello Water

So, I survived my first day without my Diet Dr Pepper.   Today, my plan is to make sure that I'm drinking plenty of water.

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This is hard for me, because water is just so...plain.

If I can remember to buy tangerines and mint at the store, I think I'm going to give Dr. Oz's "Weight-orade" a try.   I like green tea and it sounds yummy to add citrus and mint.

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Buh-Bye Diet Soda

In what I think is going to be the hardest change for me to make, I am giving up my Diet Dr. Pepper.   Oh, I don't want to.   Not one little teeny tiny bit.   Me and the Double DP are besties from way back.

But the 85 mg of sodium in each bottle is driving up my blood pressure and the list of ingredients I can't pronounce, let alone know what they are, leads me to believe that it's time to say goodbye. *Sad Face*

I'll miss you diet soda.

Buh-Bye 2012

It's good to see you in my rear view.   Although we had some amazing highs, bringing Zebdios home being the most amazing, 2012 was a tough year.   There were lots of lessons and battles and coming out of this year, I feel beaten and bruised.

I normally post a list of resolutions, but this year I decided to resolve to One Little Word.

I did what any lazy normal person would do and I read what others were doing and figured I'd find one of their words that would work for me too.

Re-Purpose

Soar

Brave

Open

Joy

Grateful

Fearless

I picked Re-Purpose, because a lot of the things on my list are going to be re purposed.   But as I was meditating on Re-Purpose, I realized that isn't quite right.   And this word popped into my head.

This was more accurate, the things that I want to accomplish this year are restorative.   I will be taking a month to focus on each item that I want to restore.   This is not to say that once the month is over, my work will be done.   It's just that work will play out in the background as I focus on the new month.

Starting in January will be my health.   Once a week, you'll get a check-in with my weight (OMG...can't believe I'm going to publicly post my weight), my blood pressure, blood sugar levels and anything else that may be pertinent.

I don't focus enough on my health, I eat whatever is convenient or fast and I consume so much garbage.   It is killing my body and I've had enough.   It's time to make changes.   I won't be dieting.   I've dieted before, the weight comes off and then bad habits creep back in.   This is about making real changes that I can stick to long term.

I wave goodbye to 2012 gladly and welcome what 2013 has to bring for me.