Treadmill Woes and Goals

Ugh It seems that it has happened... New Years is no longer fresh in my mind and I have completely gone off the deep end, maybe I am being a little dramatic but I would like to get more focused again on a few things. In the last couple of weeks I have not blogged, gone to the gym only a couple times a week, and have not been keeping up with my healthy eating habits. I also have not been creating my weekly goals so I am going to start doing that again.

Goals

Stay within my points for weight watchers.

Work out 3-4 times this week.

Blog twice this week.

File taxes.

Make more time for homework.

Clean and organize office.

Autobiography for school

Resume for school.
I again think the best way to achieve goals is to have a plan.
To stay within my points I am going to plan what I will eat the next day and add everything to the tracker as soon as possible. In the last couple of days I have been grazing but not on fruits and veggies.

I am going to the gym tonight, tomorrow night, and friday night. I wll try to go to work out in the mornings on Wednesday and Thursday but I will make no promises. Saturday and Sunday I would like to try to go to the gym at least one of those mornings. Tonight I am going to run, tomorrow I will do the eliptical, Friday I will run. I will also run on Saturday or Sunday.

I did this post tonight and I will do a post again Friday night or Saturday morning.

Hopefully the husband and I can do the taxes on Friday. I might try to plan a nice dinner at home, followed by taxes, and maybe a movie or working on the office.

I tend to procastinate and I actually hate this quality. I really try to think of everything I can do but my homework on the weekends and then when I sit down to do it I am usually watching tv. I am sure you can take away from that, that I do not get much homework done. I plan to do homework tonight and tomorrow nights as well as doing some on Saturday and Sunday.

I want to get my office cleaned and organized so I can use that for homework(away from the computer). I would also like to make this the place to do bills and other financial business. I am going to look around my house tonight for stuff I can use to organize the office and see what I can get rid of.

I have an autobiography and resume due by Feb. 18th so I plan to work on both of these on Saturday and Sunday.
As we know the best laid plans can fall through but I am going to do my best to keep up with it...
 
I went to the gym earlier tonight because the husband made it home earlier but dang if there wasn't someone on the only working treadmill.  I hate to complain but I pay a hefty HOA fee and my neighborhood gym has only two treadmills and for the past month 1 of the 2 treadmills is always broken.  So I made do with an eliptical for the first 21 minutes and moved over to the treadmill to run for 30 minutes.  My run felt great and I really pushed myself to go faster then I am use to.  The last 5 minute jog I started at 6.0 speed and increased every 30 seconds.  I am really starting to fall in love with running I just need to remember that feeling when I think I would rather stay home!!!

Focus on the reward at the end

Do you like the title?  That was a friend's status on FB today.  What an awesome saying and works for any goal!  I might create some post its that say that to remind me what I am doing.

First lets go over last week goals.
Eat half my plate in veggies at dinner most nights: I accomplished this most dinners and even incorporated veggies at lunch and breakfast.  Friday morning I experienced my first green monster.  It wasn't bad and a great way to add veggies to my diet.

Workout at least three times: This was accomplished!  Monday - shovel, Wednesday - treadmill, Thursday - Just Dance 2 for an hour, Friday - treadmill, Sunday - treadmill. 5 days!

Create a training plan for 5k, 10K, and half marathon I want to run.  I didn't get this done but I did map out my running days until about mid May. 

Create budget template for next month based on this month expenses.  Still no budget!  This will be a large struggle.

Give myself a mani and pedi.  Still not done!  I put this as a goal to do something to make myself feel better but its not like I hate my nails. 


Goals for this week:

Track everything I eat using the weight watcher's tools.  I did it!  I signed up for weight watchers.  I am going to try to work the system the best I can.  I have been playing on the website with my day off today.

Workout at least 4 times this week.  Since I have been doing about 4-5 workouts a week I don't think this should be a problem.  Just trying to set myself up for success!!!

Work on my budget for February.

I am taking the mani and pedi off my goals list!  Haha!  

Take more pictures to make the blog more interesting. 

New week, new post

last week's goals


Eat half my plate in veggies at dinner most nights: I did this most days and at lunch as well.
Work out 3 times this week: I worked out four times last week!
create a budget for January: Boo I never did this. I need the husband to sit down and do this with me. It might help if I mentioned it to him! ;)
Start C25K program: This I did do and I proud to make it a regular part of my workouts.
Blog at least twice this week: I also was able to accomplish this, but as you can tell I have been aol since last week.
Give myself a mani and pedi: Ugh! I never did this, not sure why I had plenty of time.



This week's goals

Eat half my plate in veggies at dinner most nights: I am already struggling with this one this week.
Workout at least three times: Last night I made it to the gym and Monday I shoveled the whole driveway for the first time. It was a great workout leaving me sore until today.
Create a training plan for 5k, 10K, and half marathon I want to run this year.
Create budget template for next month based on this month expenses.
Give myself a mani and pedi.

My work is closed Monday for Martin Luther King's day, woo hoo!  I love bankers hours.  With my brand new PTO I am taking off tomorrow as well!  Yay for 4 day weekends.  I am hoping to get some stuff done around the house, maybe get that mani and pedi taken care of, work on training plan, run, get ready for my semester that starts next week, and read.  What a hefty list! 

Couch 2 5K

I did it this morning! Week 1, day 1!!! It was great. I left the house around 5:15 and got back at 5:50. I was very excited to accomplish this. I am ready for Friday's run!!! The sky was beautiful this morning and the streets were peaceful I wish I would of taken a picture. After the long day I know realize I need new running shoes badly. I have had this pair since 2006 so I would say it is time to retire it!

After my run I had a chai tea latte and an English Muffin with PB. Snacks today consisted of a banana, an apple, and watermelon. I went to subway for lunch today and tried the 6 inch jalapeno turkey sub. Yum with chips and diet coke!

Tonight for dinner I made a delicious thai peanut chicken pizza! Corey was a huge fan and it tasted fabulous!

Fitness woes

How does a baker/cook who loves to get things going in the kitchen lose weight? Really baking more so than cooking is theraputic for me! I love whipping something up. Like just yesterday I told myself I will start eating better and working on out Monday. Guess what it didn't happen. Instead I baked brownies from scratch. Yes very good brownies but still not on with my new plan.

I would like to do cardio three days a week, strength two days a week, and yoga at least once a week. I do not think his is impossible yet I can not make myself get up and do these things. I need a clear and consise plan to reach my goals.

Some days I feel fine about myself. And other days I feel just awful. I know I eat too many sweets. It is just so conflicting for me because I love to bake and taste something sweet. I need suggestions on how to reach my goals of eating healthier and exercising.

In a few years I want to try to have kids but I want to be 100% healthy and in shape.