Tuesday, January 17, 2012

New Workout

Well, as are many people I am on the seemingly never ending quest to get in shape. Over this weekend I wasn't home much, I was watching my brothers puppies and staying at his house... this however encouraged some cheating on my eating. So, this week I have some catch up to do and I figured what better time to start a new workout.
So, I began a Pilates workout program designed by Jillian Michaels and the first phase is called "couch potato" and well... lets be honest I couldn't finish it. I am less than a couch potato... I think this means I have some serious work to do!!!! It's supposed to be 8 weeks, but it seems it might take me a little longer. But I swear on all that I WILL finish this workout and be able to do it all. No matter how long it takes I will be able to do this!
I figure doing most of a workout is better than doing nothing and I will slowly but surely work my way up to doing it all!
"Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says: 'I will try again tomorrow'"
So, everyone keep working on what your doing!!!!!

Friday, January 13, 2012

Friday the 13th

Wow, it is Friday January 13th. I've never been superstitious about this day, I've had some amazing Friday the 13th's... though I do somewhat hope I didn't just jinx myself.
Well, I haven't blogged in about 2 months now, which is a really long time for that, I decided I would blog more in 2012, which I still hope to do... but to be honest it has been rather boring so far!
Life has settled down from the holidays, getting back to what I suppose is "normal" for TysoIn and I. He goes to work, I clean and then go to work. We don't go anywere because we don't want to spend money going somewhere and it's too cold to be outside... which oddly enough is where I want to be.
I've never really been much of an outdoorsy girl but now as I'm growing older there are so many things I'd like to do. I want to go out and try Tyson's Christmas gift... he got a slackline and I'm excited to try to get good at it. I For some reason also would really like to go on a bike ride. This summer I'm also hoping to do a few hikes and perhaps even go camping... yes camping would be awesome right now. Ah yes, how it's the weird things about people that change. I got a tablet for Christmas, which is a part of the reason I haven't blogged in a while. I'm still trying to figure this thing out. For some things I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! It is fabulous for playing games, and it makes some things much faster. Also it plays Netflix which for some reason my laptop can't handle. So, for a lot of reasons it is wonderful. But anything that requires typing is still a bit iffy. Typing on the tablet itself is slow, I do have a keyboard but it takes a while to hookup so unless I plan on typing a lot it isn't worth it. I have it hooked up now, but it is still a tiny bit odd! Sometimes things like my enter won't work, and keys like to stick. If I shift often times four letters after I Shift are capitols or the letter "r" especially likes to stick and I will type one and get twelve. So, the tablet and I are still learning. It is a very love hate relationship between me and it right now. Most of the time I love it but when it does make me mad it is very annoying! I tend to have that type of relationship with most electronics. When they work they are wonderful wonderful things, but when they aren't working (which for me seems to be a lot) then they are extremely annoying! I've been working on my new years goals, yes the infamous new years goals... but I think I'm really going to do well this year. One of those goals is to not drink any soda, and so far I'm on track with that. I was drinking way too much of it last year so I figure it would be best just to cut it out for a while. Plus it is number 48 on my list of things to do before I die. It is also helping out with one of my other goals for the year. The most cliche thing I could put on, to lose weight. This seems to be so many people's goals a lot, but I'm very serious about it this time. I really need to be healthier to help ensure that I prevent any preventable heath problems. I may not be able to control all things that may occur, and one day I might get very sick anyway but so many illnesses these days are brought on by things we do to ourselves. So, a healthier diet with less suger and more veggies are in place and a workout routine is coming in to play as well. Last night for dinner was a low-calorie pizza with a tortilla for a crust, and it was totally veggies. It was really filling, and honestly tasted better than I had expected. Another one of my favorite meals this year has been Spaghetti Squash Lasagna, where you pretty much make lasagna but instead of noodles, you use spaghetti squash and oh my it is very good! Well, I have to get ready for work now, so I suppose that is all for today but I am planning on blogging more this year so if you're interested keep your eye out and if you find my life a bit boring then that is okay too!! Haha, much loves!!!






















































































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