Better late than never, right?

Hi everyone,

So my plan for the year was shot to hell...fast. Here's an update:

Resolutions suck, they truly do, so I am going to set goals.





1. Eat healthier. Get back to the basics, fresh fruit, veggies, chicken, fish. Stay away from diet Dr. Pepper, chips, fast food.  Well. This only happened here and there, nothing consistent. Damnit.


2. Exercise more. Start the C25K Monday, January 9. I did start...and made it to week 3. That was it.

     Finish the C25K this time. Not yet. Not even close. Although I do still have 3+ months to work with.     May not be a complete loss at all.
      Run an actual 5K race. Looking like 2013 will be the year for this.


3. Hike/backpack more. I want to hike. I want to hike alot. I want to hike all summer. So I am going to try to get out as much as I can. Even though I will finish the GA AT this spring break, I want to hike the whole GA section in one trip. Maybe this summer I can. MAJOR FAIL. I don't think I hiked 25 total miles from January until now. First it was the cold, then the back injury, now I am so out of shape...it isn't fun anymore.



4. Get below 200 lbs. It has been 25 years since I have fallen below that weight. I have a secondary goal, but this one is the big one.  Again, Major fail. Weight has actually gone up...partially due to the back injury and subsequent doses of steriods to combat the back pain. But mostly due to my lazy ass, and the lack of motivation to eat the right stuff. But, I still have 3+ months to get this started, right?



5. Make some sense out of my finances. I make good money. Very good money. I never have any money. Some months I have to charge the last tank of gas. That is ridiculous. There has to be something I can do here. Selling the cabins would solve all worries, but it doesn't look like that is going to happen. So I have to make the best out of what I am faced with. Somewhere there is a financial plan that can help me. Still own the cabins. And now due to medical expenses, still broke. Sigh.



6. Simplify my life. There are things in my life that are driving me crazy. If that continues, I am going to have to make a change. Anything that is supposed to be fun, that becomes not fun, becomes work. I work enough. I really don't want to work at having fun. So there. Ok, so I didn't address this at all. So the next 3 month, this will be my focal point.



7. Blog. I need to get back to blogging. I enjoy it. It is cool to go back and read through things I have done. It will be cool to share with the grandkids one day. "See, look at grandmother up in that tree, she wasn't always old and feeble ". My new goal is to blog at least twice a month. At least. Didn't happen, and for this I have no excuse. Just extreme apathy and laziness.

Those of you that actually read this....I'll probably need your help, especially with number 1. ;)

So, there is the update. Stay tuned for exciting new developments.



Until next time...

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through- Rosalyn Carter.

Hello 2012

Resolutions suck, they truly do, so I am going to set goals.

1. Eat healthier. Get back to the basics, fresh fruit, veggies, chicken, fish. Stay away from diet Dr. Pepper, chips, fast food.

2. Exercise more. Start the C25K Monday, January 9.
Finish the C25K this time.
Run an actual 5K race.

3. Hike/backpack more. I want to hike. I want to hike alot. I want to hike all summer. So I am going to try to get out as much as I can. Even though I will finish the GA AT this spring break, I want to hike the whole GA section in one trip. Maybe this summer I can.

4. Get below 200 lbs. It has been 25 years since I have fallen below that weight. I have a secondary goal, but this one is the big one.

5. Make some sense out of my finances. I make good money. Very good money. I never have any money. Some months I have to charge the last tank of gas. That is ridiculous. There has to be something I can do here. Selling the cabins would solve all worries, but it doesn't look like that is going to happen. So I have to make the best out of what I am faced with. Somewhere there is a financial plan that can help me.

6. Simplify my life. There are things in my life that are driving me crazy. If that continues, I am going to have to make a change. Anything that is supposed to be fun, that becomes not fun, becomes work. I work enough. I really don't want to work at having fun. So there.
7. Blog. I need to get back to blogging. I enjoy it. It is cool to go back and read through things I have done. It will be cool to share with the grandkids one day. "See, look at grandmother up in that tree, she wasn't always old and feeble ". My new goal is to blog at least twice a month. At least.
Those of you that actually read this....I'll probably need your help, especially with number 1. ;)
Until next time...

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through- Rosalyn Carter.

C25K Week 2

This week I completed week 2 in the couch 2 5K program. This weeks plan was for a 5-minute walk followed by 6 intervals of 90 seconds of running, followed by 2 minutes of walking, ending with another 5 minute walk. I was a bit nervous about this week, I know that 90 seconds doesn't sound like alot, but to me it was a big challenge. Due to the huge snowstorm, we got 7 inches of snow overnight on Sunday, I did all 3 workouts on the treadmill. Monday was 1.92 miles, Wednesday was 1.97 and Friday I made it over the 2 mile mark....2.03 miles in 3o minutes of walking/jogging. It was tough, but I made it through all the intervals without cheating on the runs. Today, I wasn't feeling my best, and had alot of excuses ready to keep me from running, but I pushed myself up off the sofa and put the running gear on. And I am glad I did. I felt much better after working up a good sweat.
I tried a different podcast this week http://runningintoshape.com , which I really liked, and I have enjoyed reading the blogs on the site too. Here it is Friday night, and we still have tons of snow and ice...nothing has melted yet. Hopefully all of this will go away, and I can actually get outside next week and run. I am getting tired of the treadmill.

Oh yeah, I keep forgetting to give an update on the diet. According to the scales this morning, I am down 39 pounds since October. I remember telling Sweetpea on our last backpacking trip that I wasn't going bckpacking with her until I lost 40 lbs...well, I think I will be hitting the trail this spring. I can't wait.

Until next time.....
You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through- Rosalyn Carter.