» daily recap http://www.jeninreallife.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:00:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 it’s a start http://www.jeninreallife.com/2009/10/09/its-a-start/ http://www.jeninreallife.com/2009/10/09/its-a-start/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:54:11 +0000 jen http://www.jeninreallife.com/?p=212 Setting daily goals has been great…so far. I say “so far” because I don’t want to get too comfortable. AND, two days does not really mean anything! Anyone can do anything for two days! When I have set daily goals and accomplished them and lost some pounds…consistently for a couple of weeks, then and only then, will I stop saying “so far”!!

These are going to definitely be my every day daily goals:

  • write/log everything I eat or drink
  • drink 8 glasses of water
  • walk (or ride bike) for 40 minutes
  • stretch in the morning and at night

These are goals that I can accomplish every single day! 40 minutes is not too much and I think I can do that much walking as many days as I can. They are the Basic 4!

This weekend I have a few other goals to add:

  • clean/scrub bathroom
  • clean kitchen floors
  • Walk lots and lots! It is the weekend (a 3-day weekend) and I have no excuse!
  • DO NOT OVEREAT!!

I am one tired chick! I woke up early to watch NASA bomb the moon. I read that is was supposed to happen at 6:15 but it didn’t happen until after 7:30. This was cool because my daughter and I watched it together. But now at almost 11, I am ready for bed!

G’nite!

See ya tomorrow for Saturday Scale Time!

peace out, jen

]]> http://www.jeninreallife.com/2009/10/09/its-a-start/feed/ 0 just for today http://www.jeninreallife.com/2009/10/08/just-for-today/ http://www.jeninreallife.com/2009/10/08/just-for-today/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:03:03 +0000 jen http://www.jeninreallife.com/?p=210 Last night I told you of my challenge addiction. And I also confessed to being the worst challenger. And I wrote a list of goals for today:

  • walk 30 minutes…check and exceeded. I actually walked for 60 minutes while I watched Grey’s Anatomy!
  • drink 8 glasses of water…check.
  • write down everything…check..errr…well actually I just typed it all into WW e-tools! I haven’t tracked a whole day in a while…longer than I actually care to admit.

I think those 3 goals are a perfect place to start fresh! SO, they will be my goals every day! I will add stretching to my morning and evening routines. My good friend Kirsten sent me a fabulous email with a full PDF of stretches. I have not been stretching properly and I think I really need to stretch!

Simply put…

Goals for October 9, 20099

  • write/log everything I eat or drink
  • drink 8 glasses of water
  • walk (or ride bike) for 40 minutes
  • stretch in the morning and at night

I am seriously going to take it all one day at a time! I have made it way too far to give up now! I think I know how I got into the funk I am in…For the first 9 months of my weight loss journey I was so focused on getting into onederland. I hit onederland on August 1st and then life happened. Actually summer happened and then life happened. I am a teacher so ya know I totally love my summers off and this summer my husband was home with me and the kid so we spent a lot of time together.  I got very comfortable and thought I could do this thing without tracking. Then my grandfather got really sick and passed away. He had been sick for a long time and he never took care of himself or his health. This angered me in a way I still haven’t completely processed.

Somehow, through all of this I lost sight of the big picture. I never fell completely off the wagon but I certainly hung off the edge. I did not track my food, I did not count my points, I only exercised half-assedly!

Today I set goal! Today I accomplished set goals!!

I feel like I made some sort of revelation.

and all of the sudden I am exhausted!

Tomorrow is another new day! Make it great!

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