I feel this is the norm these days!!!!

I was too tired last night to actually come on here and post, but I walked. Today I also walked, but had to squeeze in a doctors appointment in between my walking. After my first round of walking this morning I felt it just wasn't enough. Honestly I think I am craving more and more, so I have decided to participate in the marathon next year. What do you guys think?

Yesterday's numbers:
17.684 steps; 10.61 miles; 999 cal; time: 2:28.16

Today's numbers:
16.096 steps; 9.66 miles; 928 cal; time: 2:18.13

It feels so good!!!

If I walk anything under 4 miles, it just doesn't seem like I really did anything. So the last week or so I did walk some days and I missed some (we had a lot of rain) and finally yesterday I was upset and I was eating junk and I realised there was something really big "bugging" me. So after talking to my friend Tammy last night I knew what it was that was killing me inside. lol. I did not walk at all last three days. So to make myself feel better I went this morning for what I thought would be a little walk (at least four miles) and I ended up walking for about two and half hours. I FEEL great. Moral of this story, "Each and every day do something just for you". It truly makes you feel on top of the world.

17,302 steps; 10.38 miles; 992 cal; time: 2:27,18

Update!!!

Just a quick note. My foot is much, much better. :) I don't have so much pain in it and I have been able to walk between 7 and 10 miles a day. NOT, every day, but close enough. As for surgery on the foot, right now we are just kind of waiting to see what happens. I have been really trying to focus on my home business lately to jumpstart it again, that is why there is lack in updating this blog. I promise I will try harder in the future.

Long time!!!

I want to apologize for not being on here much lately. Sometimes life gets you by surprise!!! I have had some family emergency I had to deal with and also injury to my foot. I have been walking off and on in the last two weeks but not as much as I used to. At this point it looks like I will have to have minor foot surgery, but not a 100% sure. I will update as soon as I can.

Discover what works for you...

"Enroll in this weight program and you'll lose 30 pounds in five days!" "Come to this free seminar and after spending one hundred dollars on books you'll be a millionaire!"

There is no quick fix, no panacea that will work for every person. Success rarely happens overnight or in five days. Even the Twelve Steps are only suggestions. Although proven to work, the details and decisions about how we apply those Steps in our lives are left to each one of us. And few things happen overnight, except the beginning of a new day. Listen to your mentors. Examine what's been tried and true, and has worked and helped countless others along their paths. The Twelve Steps are one of those approaches. But don't be taken in by false claims of overnight success and instant enlightenment along your path.

True change takes time and effort, especially when we're changing and tackling big issues. We can often get exactly the help we need at times from therapist, book, or seminar - the best things in life really are free and available to each one of us. The Twelve Steps, again, qualify in this area.

Discover what works for you.

Trust that you'll be guided along your path and receive exactly the help and guidance you need. Then give it time. There really isn't an easier, softer way. (Language of letting go)

I thought this was really appropriate for all the people who are trying to get better (fit). BTW, I really like my new gadget. No picture yet.

10783 steps, 6.47 miles, 644 cal, time: 1:28 08

A new gadget!!!

I got the New Balance wrist pedometer and heart rate touch watch last week but today was the first time I used it. It took me few days to actually sit down and read the instructions and set it up. lol. So, after I walked for little over half a mile I realised I didn't started my new toy. :) Anyway, today I walked for what I thought felt around 5 miles. I was so pleasantly surprised when I checked my new toy. I walked 7.12 miles. Now add another half a mile to that. I did great and I really didn't get that tired. I guess all this time when I walked I did it longer that I thought I did. Pretty cool if you ask me...

I am sorry I didn't update each day this last week, but I did walk all but two days. :)

I will try to post the picture of my new toy tomorrow.

11867 steps, 7.12 miles, 679 cal.

Learn to say I am...

We hear a lot about becoming whole. "Become a complete human being." Start on the pathway to becoming whole." "You won't find romantic love until you're complete." Frankly, these kinds of comments often confused me. But than I decided that wholeness relates directly to the process of detaching and letting go.

It is admirable to go after our dreams and know what we want to accomplish. But after we identify what it is we're after, we need to let it go. We need to know in our hearts and souls that we're okay whether we ever get what we're after or not. (As long as we try). Another friend described it this way. "It's the old Zen Buddhist thing," he said. "When you're one with yourself, life becomes magical. You can get whatever you want."

The most powerful and magical words we can say in the language of letting go are these: I am. Then we step it up one notch by learning to say, I am complete just as I am. (Language of Letting go)

So I only walked 4 miles this morning. Not as much as I wanted to, but it got hot outside and I thought I would just go again at night. Weeellll, instead of walking tonight, I am watching one of the movies I love, Ever After. BUT I love myself just as I am...