Okay, I've gotten feedback from a few people about their challenge for me.
1. Get a picture you don't like of yourself and post it somewhere that you can see it daily. This will help to remind you what you want to change.
2. Get a log, journal, piece of paper and start keeping track of your daily activity. Write down when you talk a walk, move during commercials, ride your bike, workout to a dvd. Just write it down. This will show you what you are doing and if it is enough!
3. Move! Any little step you take will get you on the right path. Whether it is walking around your yard, on a 2 mile trail, playing tag with the kids, crunches during commercials. Just move!
They say you have to jump right in and get started to meet your goals. I was doing really well and then I got the flu in April and it knocked me right off track. Now is the time for me and anyone else wanting to join in on this journey to take the step in the right direction for our health.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Feelin' Better but Needin' Help
Well, I'm feelin' better! My back seems to be doing great, not its just time to get back into the exercise routine! I have to admit that I've put a few pounds back on and I really need to get them off.
So this is where you come in, you friends and readers. I need motivation! I really need to get my butt moving and loose some more weight. I don't want to be one of the obese people who are keepin' our state on the "Fat list". I want to be a healthy 30 something woman! I want to be a healthy and fit mom so I can be a role model for my girls. I want to be healthy and fit for me!!
But... I still need motivation and help!
What do you say, give me some encouragement, some challenge or some advise... God knows I need it!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Not Again!!:-(
Well, I have hurt my back again!!!:-( That's right I say again because this happened almost a year ago to me and now it is back.
Last year I had two slipped disc and was in pain for over two weeks in April. Many visits to the chiropractor/ doctor and lots of massages and I was healing fine. Well, you know when you have a 1 1/2 year old, there is no way to get around picking them up from time to time. I was doing great and then... BAM... I reinjured it at the end of May. This time it was much worse, I couldn't stand up straight, I walked with a major sideways bend and it hurt like you know what!
Got an MRI and it all revealed two slipped disc and mild disc degeneration.
I'm only 32 years old at the time and worrying how this is going to affect the rest of my life.
So I think about what I need to do. I have scoliosis in the same excact spot where the degeneration is and where the two slipped discs are. Am I going to be dealing with this the rest of my life? Doctors tell me more than likely yes.
I'm trying to help fix this problem over the past year by exercising, stregthening my muscles and work on my posture. Obviously I'm not doing a very good job. (And heavy lifting is definitly a big no no for me, but I did lift a few things on Thursday night.) I felt fine on Friday, great on Saturday, woke up Sunday morning feeling a little sore, but I thought it was from sitting in the car for our little mini road trip.
Well, at a letterboxing event on Sunday, I stood up to stamp an image into my log and I gues it was the angle I was at... next thing I know, I'm in pain and thinking Oh no, not again.
Good thing my cousin is with me, she worked on my back last year as she was finishing up schooling for massage therapy. She just looked at me and I told her its happening again. She knows whay kind of pain I was in last year and I told her, I'm gonna need your help tomorrow!
So say a little prayer for me that I heal up and learn how to not do the things that are hard for me not to do. (If that makes sense!)
Hope you are all feeling well and take care of yourself!
Last year I had two slipped disc and was in pain for over two weeks in April. Many visits to the chiropractor/ doctor and lots of massages and I was healing fine. Well, you know when you have a 1 1/2 year old, there is no way to get around picking them up from time to time. I was doing great and then... BAM... I reinjured it at the end of May. This time it was much worse, I couldn't stand up straight, I walked with a major sideways bend and it hurt like you know what!
Got an MRI and it all revealed two slipped disc and mild disc degeneration.
I'm only 32 years old at the time and worrying how this is going to affect the rest of my life.
So I think about what I need to do. I have scoliosis in the same excact spot where the degeneration is and where the two slipped discs are. Am I going to be dealing with this the rest of my life? Doctors tell me more than likely yes.
I'm trying to help fix this problem over the past year by exercising, stregthening my muscles and work on my posture. Obviously I'm not doing a very good job. (And heavy lifting is definitly a big no no for me, but I did lift a few things on Thursday night.) I felt fine on Friday, great on Saturday, woke up Sunday morning feeling a little sore, but I thought it was from sitting in the car for our little mini road trip.
Well, at a letterboxing event on Sunday, I stood up to stamp an image into my log and I gues it was the angle I was at... next thing I know, I'm in pain and thinking Oh no, not again.
Good thing my cousin is with me, she worked on my back last year as she was finishing up schooling for massage therapy. She just looked at me and I told her its happening again. She knows whay kind of pain I was in last year and I told her, I'm gonna need your help tomorrow!
So say a little prayer for me that I heal up and learn how to not do the things that are hard for me not to do. (If that makes sense!)
Hope you are all feeling well and take care of yourself!
Friday, May 16, 2008
My KindHearted Act
Not everyone can say that they have done this kindhearted act... but I did tonight!
I cut over 11 1/2 inches of my hair off!!!! All for a good cause... Locks of Love.
I
am a co-leader of our KindHearted 4H Cloverbud group. For those of you who don't know, Cloverbuds is for Kindergarden through 2nd grade students, kinda to prepare them for 4H. Well, our topic for tonight was Relay for Life and how we are helping with our local Relay next month on June 13th.
I had this "hairbrained" idea that it would be neat to cut off my hair at the meeting to show the kids a kindhearted act.
It all began about a year ago at our Cloverbud meeting when we read a book about a little girl who cut her hair, so a wig could be made for someone who needed it. I told our club that I was going to do that someday.
The other day while at recess at school, I thought that our meeting would be a perfect chance to do this. I called my stylist and she said she'd let me know by 4:00 today. (Our meeting was at 6:30!) She called, so we set the plan in motion.
My co-leader got a book about a little boy who shaves his head to give his hair to his Momma who has cancer. That then lead in to discussion about why people would want to cut their hair. Then I introduced Missy and she talked a little about what she was going to do.
The kids were excited, I was a little excited too (not one bit nervous!) and the process began.
1. Pony tail - measured
2. Cape on
3. Scissors in hand, she cut about 4-5 times to get through the pony tail
4. I was holding my pony tail!
5. I couldn't believe I did it
6. Missy styled my hair!
All I can say is that I can't wait to hear what the kids have to say to people about this. We have encouraged them to help with Relay for Life by getting donations for Luminaria candles that will be lit the night of Relay for Life. Several of our kids are even coming to help fill the bags, write lables, place candles and put the luminaria on the track.
It is such a wonderful experience to have done this and I hope the kids will remember my kindheared act!!!
I cut over 11 1/2 inches of my hair off!!!! All for a good cause... Locks of Love.
I
am a co-leader of our KindHearted 4H Cloverbud group. For those of you who don't know, Cloverbuds is for Kindergarden through 2nd grade students, kinda to prepare them for 4H. Well, our topic for tonight was Relay for Life and how we are helping with our local Relay next month on June 13th.I had this "hairbrained" idea that it would be neat to cut off my hair at the meeting to show the kids a kindhearted act.
It all began about a year ago at our Cloverbud meeting when we read a book about a little girl who cut her hair, so a wig could be made for someone who needed it. I told our club that I was going to do that someday.
The other day while at recess at school, I thought that our meeting would be a perfect chance to do this. I called my stylist and she said she'd let me know by 4:00 today. (Our meeting was at 6:30!) She called, so we set the plan in motion.
My co-leader got a book about a little boy who shaves his head to give his hair to his Momma who has cancer. That then lead in to discussion about why people would want to cut their hair. Then I introduced Missy and she talked a little about what she was going to do.
The kids were excited, I was a little excited too (not one bit nervous!) and the process began.
1. Pony tail - measured
2. Cape on
3. Scissors in hand, she cut about 4-5 times to get through the pony tail
4. I was holding my pony tail!
5. I couldn't believe I did it
6. Missy styled my hair!
All I can say is that I can't wait to hear what the kids have to say to people about this. We have encouraged them to help with Relay for Life by getting donations for Luminaria candles that will be lit the night of Relay for Life. Several of our kids are even coming to help fill the bags, write lables, place candles and put the luminaria on the track.
It is such a wonderful experience to have done this and I hope the kids will remember my kindheared act!!!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Girls Weekend
Yeah!!!!!! I get a weekend with my mom, cousin and aunt this weekend. I am so looking forward to this time with them and the time away from my own family. It will be a weekend of fun. We're heading to Fremont, Ohio to join some friends for a letterboxing event hosted by our good friend Bone Yard Recorder. (Not really her name, rather her trail name used when letterboxing.)
Not familiar with letterboxing? Well, its a great little hobby where you have a handcarved stamp, journal or notebook, and clues to find hidden stamps and logbooks. It is a great hobby to do that is really not all that expensive, unless you become totally addicted! This will be the first time my mom has gone with me on the "hunt" and I know she will enjoy it. Snapdragon (my cousin) and I will make sure that our moms get to rest when they need to, eat when they need to, and of course we'll be dragging them with us until they say stop!
So this will be my workout for the weekend. I'll be walking some trails and hopefully not eat too much. I hope you all have a great weekend!
Not familiar with letterboxing? Well, its a great little hobby where you have a handcarved stamp, journal or notebook, and clues to find hidden stamps and logbooks. It is a great hobby to do that is really not all that expensive, unless you become totally addicted! This will be the first time my mom has gone with me on the "hunt" and I know she will enjoy it. Snapdragon (my cousin) and I will make sure that our moms get to rest when they need to, eat when they need to, and of course we'll be dragging them with us until they say stop!
So this will be my workout for the weekend. I'll be walking some trails and hopefully not eat too much. I hope you all have a great weekend!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
No Relaxing!
Well, today I was woke up by a phone call at 6:00am telling me we had a two hour delay at school! Yippee I thought as I hung up. I was so excited because I am substituting in the district today, so I get to sleep in and so does my second grader!
Wouldn' t you guess, she comes into my room at 6:19 fully dressed and ready, the dog is bugging the heck out of me to get outside and then the two year old starts crying in her room. I tell the second grader to go back to bed or into her room to crochet because its early and you are on a two hour delay, I go lay with the two year old to quiet her down, the dog keeps making noise at the window at the creatures he sees below... long story short, I'm up at 6:30 on a two hour delay day!!!!!! I guess there is no rest for me today!
So since I'm up, I walk the dog (no fog at all!), eat breakfast and then check out stuff on line that I need to catch up with. In that 20 minutes or so, I glance out the window and low and behold, I can't see down my driveway now. Boy the fog sure does roll in fast! I'd pray for a fog day cancellation, but we already have to do a make up day on Monday June 1st, so I don't want any more days.
So now I guess it is time for me to get off this computer, get my tennis shoes on and get my butt into gear. Time for a workout since I didn't get one in yesterday! I am vowing to work out right now for at least 40 minutes! Check in with me and see how I did!
Take care and have a fantastic Tuesday!!- Rachel
Wouldn' t you guess, she comes into my room at 6:19 fully dressed and ready, the dog is bugging the heck out of me to get outside and then the two year old starts crying in her room. I tell the second grader to go back to bed or into her room to crochet because its early and you are on a two hour delay, I go lay with the two year old to quiet her down, the dog keeps making noise at the window at the creatures he sees below... long story short, I'm up at 6:30 on a two hour delay day!!!!!! I guess there is no rest for me today!
So since I'm up, I walk the dog (no fog at all!), eat breakfast and then check out stuff on line that I need to catch up with. In that 20 minutes or so, I glance out the window and low and behold, I can't see down my driveway now. Boy the fog sure does roll in fast! I'd pray for a fog day cancellation, but we already have to do a make up day on Monday June 1st, so I don't want any more days.
So now I guess it is time for me to get off this computer, get my tennis shoes on and get my butt into gear. Time for a workout since I didn't get one in yesterday! I am vowing to work out right now for at least 40 minutes! Check in with me and see how I did!
Take care and have a fantastic Tuesday!!- Rachel
Monday, May 5, 2008
The Great Outdoors
I love to be outside! Especially on days like yesterday and today. The weather is perfect, just the right amount of clouds, beautiful sun, t-shirt and jeans weather.
I got the yard mowed, well... at least part of it (we do have 5 acres.) Mulched around the flower beds, and house. Hubby got the garden tilled and marked his lines to start planting today!! Now to get things into the ground.
Being outside is wonderful. I love listening to all the birds, love watching the rabbits and birds soar through the air and just take in all that is around me. I love living in the country and wish I we owned more land with lots of trees that I could take walks through the woods.
So if you haven't been outside too much lately, take time to do that. If you aren't as lucky as I am to own your own little piece of land to enjoy the animals, go to a nice park and just sit there and listen to what is around you. I hope you all have a beautiful week this week and that you take time to view the Great Outdoors!!! Rachel
I got the yard mowed, well... at least part of it (we do have 5 acres.) Mulched around the flower beds, and house. Hubby got the garden tilled and marked his lines to start planting today!! Now to get things into the ground.
Being outside is wonderful. I love listening to all the birds, love watching the rabbits and birds soar through the air and just take in all that is around me. I love living in the country and wish I we owned more land with lots of trees that I could take walks through the woods.
So if you haven't been outside too much lately, take time to do that. If you aren't as lucky as I am to own your own little piece of land to enjoy the animals, go to a nice park and just sit there and listen to what is around you. I hope you all have a beautiful week this week and that you take time to view the Great Outdoors!!! Rachel
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