I Said What?

Last night I was having a conversation with my health coach and we talked about setting goals. Obviously as evidenced by the sporadic postings on this blog I need a little motivation in this department. It started out innocently enough, but by the end I had agreed to the goal of running a 5K this fall. Yes, this fall. In 7 months. No big deal, right? Allow me to acquaint you with my history of running:

 

Oh, was that section left blank? Exactly! In school we had to run the mile in P.E. every year and I dreaded it. I probably never even made it once around the track without stopping, but every year I seemed to finish it. That's something, I guess. In my late 20's I spent about a month trying to become a runner, but again I gave up. Although, unfortunately not before I bought some questionable "running" clothes. An off the shoulder t-shirt with a silver unicorn on the front? Yeah, that never made anyone faster...unless they were running AWAY from it!

Once I accepted the reality of this commitment I began to visualize what my training would look like......and then I got bored and started planning what music I would listen to instead. (FYI, there is a lot of Ke$ha, I am disappointed in myself.) But seriously, music is going to be key to the success of this situation. And also my friends, who have already started committing to helping me on this journey. I am excited, and terrified, but mostly excited. I am also going to try to continue to keep this blog updated even if I am the only person who reads it. So, let the games begin! After all, who knows what could happen?                   

Hardships

There are things I'll never understand, like maternity photography or how to cook quinoa, but none so mystifying to me as why I never want to go to the gym. I want to be healthy and I want to lose weight, but I never get home from work and think, YESSSS, time for a workout. Or have my alarm go off at 5am and think, oh good, I was so sick of sleeping. About 50% of the time I make the right choice and drag my butt down there, but how can I make that 100%, or let's face it 75% would be better than good, right? Once I am there I enjoy my workout and never regret having done it, but it is that 10 minutes between walking in the door (or in some cases waking up) and getting my clothes on where I tend to talk myself out of it. I have tried bribery like $4 People magazines that I can only read at the gym, or super mega playlists to help get me pumped, but in the end escaping my own lazy is often hard to do. Since I have never been one to accept my faults (or even admit to them..let's be honest) I will continue to work on these things and hopefully reach a point where whether by force of habit or actual enjoyment I am dedicating myself to 4-5 workouts a week. If you have any ideas, short of George Clooney running in front of me as my proverbial carrot, please share in the comments!

Here We Are Again

Ugh, this place is getting all too familiar. Why haven't I kept up with my blogging? Where am I in my progress? Today I am kicking myself in the ass and (hopefully) jump starting some progress on my goals. Since this didn't pan out I think it might be time to try a new approach:

Laziness Sets In

I don't know if it was the beautiful weather, or the close proximity to Thanksgiving, but I was LAZY this weekend! I planned to hit the gym at least once, enjoy an end of Autumn walk and cook some healthy and delicious meals, but instead I did none of the above! Grrrrr. I even ate some pizza on Saturday while I watched Nebraska kick the Gophers butts. This means that today I must get back on the straight and narrow. Today I am leaning on my Isagenix Facebook group to keep me from continuing down the wrong path! I used to think having a support group, or posting on a message board was lame, but honestly I have gotten so much motivation already today that I will now eat my words. After all, words are calorie free!
Coming soon: Healthy Thanksgiving post!

Lunch...it's not for everyone

Here is a picture of my lunch today:

Delicious and nutritious, but how do I get used to not having actual food to chew on? Admittedly, the excitement of mixing up my breakfast and lunch every day in my Magic Bullet is kind of entertaining and I am glad to be using it for something other than margaritas, but sometimes when the shake is gone I am left wondering where the food is. I have realized lately that I often think I need food, but when I stop to ask myself if I am actually hungry the answer is most commonly "no."
I am going to keep with it and come Monday we'll see how my first week's progress pans out!

Success

I have to toot my own horn for just one second because I actually got up early and worked out before work today! I even fended off the guy who kept bending over in front of me and then looking back to see if I was watching him.

First Day

Today is my first day on the Isagenix program and I am cranky, hungry and caffeine deprived! Just being honest. I am crossing my fingers that this is all because I am getting used to a new program and in a few days my body will be adjusted. It takes a while to rid my body of all of the delicious preservatives and junk I have built up and this is my body's way of punishing me--I am certain! Here is the lowdown so far:

In the morning I drink this juice called Ionix Supreme. It is basically liquid vitamins and packed full of nutrients--so good for my body. It does, however, taste terrible. There is no identified "flavor" but it is something like a Flintstone vitamin dunked in prune juice with a burning aftertaste of hangover vomit. I have been assured that I will get used to it, so I am holding out hope that it begins to taste like a pizza dipped in beer with a beajoulais-village aftertaste.
On the bright side, I get to treat myself to two shakes for breakfast and lunch and they taste amazing! Well, the vanilla one is amazing...the chocolate needed to be stirred a little more, so I am calling it operator error.
I also tried an oatmeal, cranberry "cookie" type thing that was pretty decent. It had all the taste of something decadent, but that suspect texture that most fiber filled healthy foods do. I have eaten worse (see Ionix Supreme) though, so I was pretty pleased overall.

I was also given a great website http://busygirlhealthylife.com/
to find great recipes for my non liquid meal. I can't wait to try a few of them, so stay tuned for my trials and errors!!