Thoughts on fitness for the new year

Resolutions! Goals! Yay!

While I don't really like to set NY resolutions, it is a great time to reevaluate the progress I'm making. I look at race calendars, personal study, my career, and more to see if I like where I'm at and where I'm heading.

Fitness goals are always in there, for me. And most people, I think. Lose weight, eat better, exercise more, run farther.... whatever those goals may be, I think the motivation behind them matters.

I heard two thoughts recently that I really like.

"Exercise to be strong and healthy. A beautiful soul needs a sturdy vessel."

"Do you work out because you love or hate your body?"

Just some food for thought - our goals should be based on positivity and wanting to accomplish something good rather than based on fear or negative feelings.

Christmas!

How was your Christmas??

Ours was lovely. Down-time, family, movies (unimpressed by Into the Woods), presents, our own beautiful tree, and an all-around good time.




We had a seafood boil, got Christmas Eve jammies, and I got a festive manicure (among other things).

Love!

Is your life on track?

You know how sometimes you read something, and it actually makes you think... even days later? That's how this was for me.

I like plans, and planning, and setting goals, and feeling like I'm making progress.

So, to me, it makes perfect sense to take a look at my life, really take a long-term look, and see if it's taking me where I want to go. Would I be perfectly happy with the choices I'm making and the direction in which I'm heading? What changes would I make if I were able to truly look at the big picture? What things am I unwilling to give up or unwilling to try based on my own short-sightedness... even though my long-term plan should/shouldn't include them? How many questions can I ask in one paragraph?

Anyway, I like the idea of stopping every once in a while to evaluate where my life is taking me and reevaluating where I am now based on where I want to be when I'm 80 years old.

Beautiful Words

I love to read. This is known. I love my kindle (although I resisted at first) for many reasons, one of which being that I can read more than one book at once without carrying anything extra.

For example, I'm currently reading Sphere (at my husband's recommendation) when I have down-time, Amy Poehler's book when I run on the treadmill (I'm only allowed to read it then, I need something to look forward to), and I've got the Throne of Glass series up next on the queue.

Let me know if you ever have book recommendations.
I'll read anything good entertaining.

So when I saw this, I got excited. When I read through it, I loved it.
Words can be so beautiful. <3

Thanksgiving Vacation!

Warm weather, sunshine, good food, family.... these are the components of my perfect Thanksgiving, and that's just what we got this year.




Lots of shopping, volleyball, eating, golfing, biking, archery, trampolining, movie-watching (I obviously didn't do all these things... still broken)... a trip down to Mexico... and an all-around good time.

Love. Miss.

A Cleaning Miracle

Soooo I like things to be clean. However, the underside of my sink faucet is was my nemesis. Hard water buildup/mineral deposits that looked naaaasty were giving me anxiety, and no amount of scrubbing was having any effect.

Thank goodness for Pinterest.

Put some vinegar (it was the cider or the white wine kind, and I had more of this one haha) in a bag, didn’t have a rubberband so I used 3 twist-ties linked together, let that sucker sit while I watched Gilmore Girls on Netflix, checked on it once and saw lots of bubbles happening in there, took it off and all the gunk scrubbed right off.



Miraculous.

My competitive side and my crafty side

A few things.

Occasionally, my competitive side comes out. With my FitBit, you can see your friends steps, and you can challenge them to daily or weekly contests. I get challenged all the time, but I don't usually check on them/care about them all that much.

For some reason, though, when I got home from work yesterday and saw the competition (as well as seeing my name on the feed), it really struck me that I needed to win. So, out came the Zumba videos on YouTube. Over came my friend, and we went on a long (cold) walk.



And victory! My intense little competition fire burned out after my win though, maybe it will return in a few months haha.


On another note, I'm working on my wedding scrapbook! When I first got married, I made one, but I gave it to my parents (they asked, okay? I'm not that narcissistic) and I haven't yet been motivated to repeat the process.

Until now.



I'm still in the organizational stage, but at least it's progress! :)