April 22--here's where I started this thread:
Here's the last post from my old journal:
February 27, 2005
Hey, everybody! Tomorrow is the start of my new "Just Do It! Plan" For the next 7 weeks--2/28 until 4/16, I'm going to do my darndest to be healthy and lean! With the help and support of my friends, I'm going to walk my 6 Smilie healthy walk like this:
1. I'm going to read my devotions and Bible EVERY DAY because I need the strength that only God can give. That's where I'm going to keep my center and I KNOW that I can't walk this alone.
2. I'm going to take my vitamins EVERY DAY!
3. I'm going to drink cool refreshing water--6-8 glasses of it EVERY DAY!
4. I'm going to follow an ambitious half marathon training plan, pushing myself even when I'm tired (unless I'm sick with a fever). I'm going to walk or strength train 6 days a week. NO EXCUSES! Whether it's one mile or 10, I'm going to do it.
5. I'm going to eat a healthy WW diet using all my activity points and flex points. If I stumble--and I may--I'm going to get back up and keep on going.
6. I'm going to look at my scale EVERY DAY and take my measurements once a week.
I'm going to make MYSELF and my health a PRIORITY in my life, and I'm going to print this out and READ IT EVERY SINGLE DAY! At the end of 7 weeks, I'll reevaluate this plan, but no matter what: I'm going to do this for me. NO EXCUSES!
Erin
PS Could everyone wear their jammies inside out tonight? I'd really appreciate it!
I'm starting a new journal to celebrate my fresh start. This is the place where I'm going to try my hardest to take care of ME and to lose the weight that's holding me down as I train for my half marathon. I don't have any desires to be model thin--I just want to be feeling fit and active and not so chubby. Doreen and I have talked a lot about this and we're united in going forward!
I remember when I first started on the WISH, back in 8/03, I had a real desire to be fit. I have that desire now, but it's gotten covered up by the day to day stresses of work and family. It's time for me to dust myself off and to get back in the game of taking care of me.
Here I go!
E.
Edit: April 23, 2005
A couple of months ago I started this thread (my 3rd journal actually) under the name of Lulu201's Just Do It! Plan. As it states above, I was thinking I was ready for a "no excuses" tough-love kind of approach to fitness, one that was going to finally get me to where I need to go, one that would recognize that I need to take care of ME.
Well, I'm still in that place. . .kind of. I know I still have to take care of me, but I'm thinking that the way to get there is NOT a tough love, no excuses approach, but rather the same old day to day struggle that I've had since I've joined WISH in August 2003. Some days will be easy, and some will be tough. There will be times I can focus on ME and days I must recognize that the focus has to be totally elsewhere. It's my hope--my prayer, actually--that with God's help I can have more days that are somewhere in the middle. That I can be in a place where I can give love and attention to those around me without sacrificing my health and well-being.
If you're reading this journal for the first time, you'll witness the struggle I had with a "Just Do It!" approach in the next several entries. If you go ahead a month or so, you'll see how I wasn't able to keep up an extensive dieting and exercise regime and had to moderate my goals to be more realistic. I'm happier in that place, and I'll continue to just try to walk the walk, day by day, moving forward, and looking Upward.
Erin
Here's the last post from my old journal:
February 27, 2005
Hey, everybody! Tomorrow is the start of my new "Just Do It! Plan" For the next 7 weeks--2/28 until 4/16, I'm going to do my darndest to be healthy and lean! With the help and support of my friends, I'm going to walk my 6 Smilie healthy walk like this:
1. I'm going to read my devotions and Bible EVERY DAY because I need the strength that only God can give. That's where I'm going to keep my center and I KNOW that I can't walk this alone.
2. I'm going to take my vitamins EVERY DAY!
3. I'm going to drink cool refreshing water--6-8 glasses of it EVERY DAY!
4. I'm going to follow an ambitious half marathon training plan, pushing myself even when I'm tired (unless I'm sick with a fever). I'm going to walk or strength train 6 days a week. NO EXCUSES! Whether it's one mile or 10, I'm going to do it.
5. I'm going to eat a healthy WW diet using all my activity points and flex points. If I stumble--and I may--I'm going to get back up and keep on going.
6. I'm going to look at my scale EVERY DAY and take my measurements once a week.
I'm going to make MYSELF and my health a PRIORITY in my life, and I'm going to print this out and READ IT EVERY SINGLE DAY! At the end of 7 weeks, I'll reevaluate this plan, but no matter what: I'm going to do this for me. NO EXCUSES!
Erin
PS Could everyone wear their jammies inside out tonight? I'd really appreciate it!
I'm starting a new journal to celebrate my fresh start. This is the place where I'm going to try my hardest to take care of ME and to lose the weight that's holding me down as I train for my half marathon. I don't have any desires to be model thin--I just want to be feeling fit and active and not so chubby. Doreen and I have talked a lot about this and we're united in going forward!
I remember when I first started on the WISH, back in 8/03, I had a real desire to be fit. I have that desire now, but it's gotten covered up by the day to day stresses of work and family. It's time for me to dust myself off and to get back in the game of taking care of me.
Here I go!
E.
Edit: April 23, 2005
A couple of months ago I started this thread (my 3rd journal actually) under the name of Lulu201's Just Do It! Plan. As it states above, I was thinking I was ready for a "no excuses" tough-love kind of approach to fitness, one that was going to finally get me to where I need to go, one that would recognize that I need to take care of ME.
Well, I'm still in that place. . .kind of. I know I still have to take care of me, but I'm thinking that the way to get there is NOT a tough love, no excuses approach, but rather the same old day to day struggle that I've had since I've joined WISH in August 2003. Some days will be easy, and some will be tough. There will be times I can focus on ME and days I must recognize that the focus has to be totally elsewhere. It's my hope--my prayer, actually--that with God's help I can have more days that are somewhere in the middle. That I can be in a place where I can give love and attention to those around me without sacrificing my health and well-being.
If you're reading this journal for the first time, you'll witness the struggle I had with a "Just Do It!" approach in the next several entries. If you go ahead a month or so, you'll see how I wasn't able to keep up an extensive dieting and exercise regime and had to moderate my goals to be more realistic. I'm happier in that place, and I'll continue to just try to walk the walk, day by day, moving forward, and looking Upward.
Erin