Getting Healthy

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 [...]

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 [...]

What has two thumbs and joined a gym last Friday? If you answered “a Michelle in Seattle” you would be absolutely correct! I ended up joining a nice little place that requires no contracts, is easy on the budget, is close to home AND includes personal training. Their selection of classes looks pretty rad as [...]

While sorting out some family type concerns, realizing I don’t have much direction at the moment career-wise (mostly due to the realization that I CAN DO ANYTHING *gasp*) as well as shoveling the money from my savings into car repairs and debating how much I should take people’s opinions about what I should and should [...]

Hello from Whistler, BC! I am really pushing the Thursday thing, but I had some issues getting these pictures around, whoopsies. Though I am in Canada, we celebrated the US Thanksgiving with some pumpkin pie for dessert after dinner. I am up here with my relatives enjoying some fun in the snow and am looking [...]

My “Getting Healthy” Info 1. As of the beginning of this project, what are your height and weight? Woohoo! Chapter 2! I am still standing tall (…errr…) at just under 5’5″. On the scale I am currently at 180-181. 2. We all know that numbers never give us the big picture. When you think of [...]

Well, here we are…the end of Chapter 1. I had hoped to continue drinking more water and slowly phasing out the soda, find more ways to get moving and be active, make better choices of the food I dropped down my gullet and eventually be able to run 3 miles without having to stop. ONE. [...]

When I learned to play the flute I remember opening my first music book and nearly fainting when I saw all of the black dots and lines, it seemed impossible that I’d ever understand what that mysterious language was. When I decided to run a marathon with Team in Training I felt nauseous when I [...]

Seriously! One more over! In the “good” direction! **does a lil dance** I weigh the same on the scale (185) but apparently the sit-up and push-up routine has been working. I didn’t get to play any soccer this week because apparently no one needed any subs, but I took some loooooooong walks. Ever been to [...]