Getting Healthy

True to my word, I kicked it up a notch this week.  Here was the schedule: Monday: Hike with roommate Tuesday: 40 minute intervals of running and walking, two sets upper body weights, crunches Wednesday: Walk at lunch (I think?) Thursday: 45 minute intervals, 1 set of weights for each muscle group (upper + lower) [...]

The holidays sure threw a wrench in my tires with seeing as many people as I could while in Michigan and then flying all over the country, and now here I am with my last post for Chapter 2…thank you to everyone for your support and encouragement! Looking back over this chapter I started around [...]

Finally, finally I am getting back on the wagon. I’m convinced that the week either side of New Years’ Eve has some kind of special mojo that enables me to achieve things I have been struggling with all year. New Years’ Eve is my most favourite day of the year, followed closely by the 1st [...]

It is Saturday. I usually post on Thursday. I completely forgot about Getting Healthy until heading to midnight mass with my family on Thursday evening and I haven’t been on a computer since then, so I apologize for that. I haven’t actually been “home” much since I arrived back in Michigan on Monday, but I [...]

You know those people who are addicted to helping? Who will go out of their way to solve other people’s problems, but won’t touch their own? I think I’m one of them. In my everyday life I try to help people solve their health problems by telling them about the healthy living tools that I’ve [...]

This week has been full of ‘ups’ and not so full of ‘downs’ which is really fabulous! I feel like things are on the up, and hopefully they will continue to do so. Case of the Ex I’m coping better than I thought I would. Here’s the breakdown, almost a month after we split (I [...]

I am determined to build good habits that will carry me through life. I don’t want to get in shape so I look good for next swimsuit season, or to fit into a bridesmaid dress, or to make an ex-boyfriend jealous, or to impress everyone at a reunion, or any number of things. I just [...]

Hello ladies and welcome to week five! Gosh time is flying by it seems! Thank you for all your support on both my previous posts. I actually have an awful lot of positivity to share with you this week – the doom and gloom that always follows a break-up seems to finally be shifting. Once [...]

I’ve realised that most of the things that are stopping me from eating and exercising properly right now are emotional in nature: I have had conflict with friends lately My family is a bit more stressful than usual My beloved cat has been sick Money has been very tight My room and lounge room look [...]