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Saturday, January 29, 2011

turning over a new leaf....

this week i began doing to the "couch to 5K" running program. basically, one goes from being a couch potato to being able to run a 5K over the course of training slowly in nine weeks time.  for nine weeks, i am exercising three times per week.  this week i ran/walked three times--monday, wednesday and friday.  monday was brutal, wednesday was rough, but friday was good.  i am excited to start working on becoming more fit over the next eight weeks.  a friend that i teach with, K, is exercising with me which makes it much more tolerable and the time goes by faster when we work out together.  fun times!

i am also trying to keep an eye on what i am eating.  i am trying to keep it to healthy choices as much as possible.    i feel that i am pretty good at portion control, but i need to make sure i am keeping track of what is going in and making sure it is a healthy choice.  i also have given up alcohol since it's all empty calories.  i am reserving glasses of wine for once in a while and special occasions.  for instance, tonight at dinner i had a glass of white wine.  i felt like i needed to reward myself for the great job i did exercising all week.  i only had one glass and drank lots of water in between.  it felt great!

here's to continuing to make great choices to treat my body like a temple and not a trash can....

3 comments:

  1. good for you! So proud of you friend....praying for continued strength and commitment-- I need to do the same:)

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  2. That's so great! I'm working on similar choices - Made to Crave book is keeping me focused - One of her empowering thoughts is "I was made for more than to be stuck in a vicious cycle of defeat". Deuteronomy 2:3 - You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north. Good stuff. Proud of you.

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  3. Yea,
    am so proud know that it is not easy but know that you can do it.
    Mom

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