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Personal Goals for 2010
Jan 13th
First and foremost, my goal is to get back to blogging. I fell off the face of the earth for most of 2009. The reasons for this are many. Business was crazy, busy, but the recession hit us too. I was still settling in to the new home and grieving the loss of my father. But I’m going to concentrate on blogging and moderating the 1300 comments in the queue. Ugh!
I did have an epiphany in 2009 – I do not have the determination to complete ANYTHING that is not related to my business. If I have a task that I am getting paid to do – I WILL get it done, but personal goal – forget about it. Now I believe this is a direct corellation to my inability to lose the weight I struggle to lose year after year.
2010 Goals -
- Continue blogging
- Start and stick with a new healthful eating plan – whether it’s weight watchers, Jenny Craig – whatever – JUST DO IT!
- Paint! – I had a goal last year to paint a painting-a-day for 365 days. I finished 13 paintings! See. I don’t finish anything that’s for me.
- Read the Bible from Genesis through Revelations (Adam is helping me with this one)
That’s it. I don’t want to overwhelm myself with too much to do that I don’t accomplish anything.
So, how am I going to do this? Well, I started blogging again – see, you’re reading my first post of 2010. Not much, but it’s a start. Next, I’m going to go to the Saturday weight watchers meeting at the Senior Center in one town over. Painting is probably the most difficult of the tasks, because it requires that I prepare a place in my house again where I can paint. I think my laziness has a huge impact on this (especially when I could be playing spider solitaire instead of painting). Last, and probably the easiest goal to acheive will be the Bible reading because, Adam is reading to me after we settle in to bed for the night.
I’ve Lost the Same 6 lbs 20 times this year…
Sep 23rd
I’ve been silent for some time now, and this may have something to do with what seems like the constant battle to lose weight. I was determined about one year ago that I was going to lose 25 lbs. I started out my journey, the same as every other time in the past – this should have been my first indication that failure was just around the corner. When I start, I’m very excited, eager to see the results and know that I’m going to feel so much better while eating right and when I take the weight off. But, I think my problem is starting. It was like a light bulb going off over my head – an epiphany, so to speak. It never really occurred to me before that I shouldn’t be “starting”. In my head I’m either “eating right” or not. I shouldn’t be starting to eat right, then eating right for a period of time, then after a deviation – stop eating right until I start again. But, it’s that one slip, one deviation that seems to give me an excuse to just STOP all together. It’s this mindset that is wrong and destructive. I need to wrap my head around this and move on.
Is Being Overweight Linked to an Addictive Personality
May 10th
I’m both a bit overweight and I would say I have an addictive personality. This came to mind as I find myself playing the game Spider Solitaire incessantly. My son introduced me to the game recently and I have not stopped playing the game since. It has even caused me to stop doing my work and I had considered myself a workaholic. All of this got me to thinking – do most overweight people have addictive personalities?
It makes sense to me as I think more about this. I believe that food is a type of addiction as are many other things, so perhaps many overweight people also have an addictive personality. If this is true, then could it be treated in the same fasion as any other compulsive disorder?
I’d reflect more on this, but I have a game of Spider Solitaire calling my name.
Nicholas Cage Should be Ashamed of Himself
May 8th
I don’t usually get too far off topic like this, but I had to say something.
Last weekend, we all decided to go out to the movies. We didn’t know what was playing at what time, so we were taking a chance on what would be available to see. Now the boys wanted to see the new X-men movie. Fortunately for them, it was playing about every 10 minutes. So they got to see the movie they wanted to see. I was with my daughter, who is 13 and I don’t let her see R rated movies yet, so that limited our choices even more. I wanted to see “The Soloist” or “Taken”, but neither was playing at the right time. We were left with a choice of “Hannah Montana”, which was a definite NO; or “Knowing”. I thought it couldn’t be too bad because I’ve enjoyed many films starring Nicholas Cage. In fact, I loved him in “Leaving Las Vegas” – excellent movie, if you ever get the chance.
Knowing, has to be one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. It was absolutely ridiculous. There were religious signs and symbols throughout the movie. There were so other things that made no sense at all. My daughter and I kept asking each other during the movie if the other wanted to leave. Unfortunately we stuck it out. The ending was just bad. It’s like they couldn’t figure out how to end this horrific movie and picked something out of a hat.
It was just awful.
Losing Weight is Never Easy
Apr 28th
This has been a difficult year so far as you can probably tell from the number of posts I’ve written. I think the economy has had a lot to do with our difficulties. We’ve been extremely busy trying to build our business or at least retain the bulk of the clients that we currently serve. All of this has had a negative effect on my desire to eat healthy foods. But I have not given up, I’ve just not done as well as I would have liked. All-in-all I’ve lost 9.6 pounds.
I’m still doing weight watchers and I still believe this is the best weight loss program for me. I do the online program, which lets me easily track the food (and points) that I eat each day. It reminds me to drink water, take my vitamins and also tracks the exercise I do each day.
I have incorporated a daily exercise regiment that works well for me too. Every other day I do about an hours worth of exercise on a “Wave” machine in 15 minutes. On those days I also do 1 mile of Power Walking with Leslie Sansone. The days that I’m not doing the Wave and 1 mile of walking, I do 30 minutes or 2 miles with Leslie Sansone.
For now – it’s working well for me considering the additional stress I’ve had in 2009.
My Review of The Incredible Hulk Smash Hands
Jan 11th
Originally submitted at Toys R Us
Unleash your inner hero with a power-packed punch when you slip on these Hulk-inspired mitts! Electronic sounds let you hear the smashing as you imitate the popular Hulk character with his giant green fists! Smash them together to hear "Hulk"-errific phrases like, "Hulk! Smash!&quo…
Bang’n Hulk Hands
By Lizzie Bean from Bechtelsville, PA on 1/11/2009
Pros: Original, Quality Construction, Attractive Design, Durable, Lots of Fun
Best Uses: Imaginative Play, Older Children, Individual Play
Describe Yourself: Parent Of Two Or More Children, Working Parent
My son couldn’t have been happier with the Hulk Hands. They are sturdy, fun and very, very green.
(legalese)
What is Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy, You Ask
Dec 13th
Well, I wanted to know that too.
I’m at the tail end of the Baby Boomers, so I’m starting to feel my age. At first it felt like a gradual process, but now I’m rapidly feeling the effects of my years. I bring this up because I recently stumbled upon a site offering information on bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. I found the information very intriguing and I could definitely relate to what was being reported.
Like many of my peers and colleagues, I am under a great deal of stress and my doctor told me that this is the cause of early menopausal symptoms. I’ve heard both good things and bad things about hormone therapy and because of family history – I’m a little skeptical. But, that’s why I became interested in this hormone replacement therapy because it uses natural hormones instead of synthetic hormones. This appears to be a holistic approach, which includes proper fitness and nutrition and hormone therapy.
It never occurred to me to be proactive as I age. The more information I gather, the more it makes sense to start with therapy. I am trying to take care of myself with diet and exercise – I should also be concerned about hormone imbalance – especially at my age.
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