Weight Loss Challenge

I'm excited to be involved in a challenge from one of the www.toolstolife.com groups. This is something I really need.

Even if I wasn't involved in a formal challenge, weight loss for me has always been a challenge; a hurdle to get over.

My entire approach is different for 2008. I have chosen to better plan my day with enough breathing space for "me" time as well. All this includes proper foods and exercise.

I gained 5 lbs over the last month. Much of that in the last 2 weeks due mostly to inactivity! I know better and will change this one area of my life.

I started today with 15 min of yoga. Nice and slow with really good stretches. My goal is to be able to do a full 60 min practice! This is to happen this next year!

I've planned my food well, with good veggies and fruit. Lots of fresh, green foods to keep me healthy. The candy and chocolate is all but gone. I've saved a wee bit of chocolate so that I don't feel deprived but that's ok because it's my choice to do so.

The picture here is my back yard...all white and fresh just the way each day is in my life.

Today the snow falls gently and although I'll get myself together and off to work I feel no stress or anxiety about it.

I trust your day has started well and will continue to bless you as mine has blessed me!

til again

Waiting...

As we continue to get the normal, winter weather the song "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" is ringing true. All is white, fluffy and rather beautiful..in that...it's too cold for me to enjoy outside kind of way.

The choir sang "Like a Child I Wait" on Sunday. That's me right now. I'm waiting for the week to progress; more rehearsals, more lessons to teach; the house to get ready for a party on Sunday; decorations that need to be looked at, repaired or replaced; and for holiday which I really need right now. Waiting is not something I do very well. I've learned patience over the years. I mean, why keep the rocking chair moving if it's not going anywhere? Right? But, it's the childlike anticipation I'm feeling. Wondering if the weather will hold so that I can see my family sometime this month. Wondering if the rest of the musical engagements will sing merrily by?

So what do I do while waiting? Bake, rest, exercise (well, in my mind at least), check the bank account (will the post office ever find Nick's missing cheque?) Perhaps if I picked up the sock I'm working on the urge to snack on saltly, yummy, yet terrible things would pass...along with the time.

I'm in the process of recording some old Christmas carols...old enough that I don't need to worry about royalties. Also, thinking of creating another new one for this season. The creative side of me needs to be nurtured, molded, and if not practiced, exercised.

With all the food and fun ahead my goal is to remain, at all times, grateful for the many and rich blessings that make up my life.

Christmas is coming. Are you ready? Are you waiting?....