Step Away From the Cake

Exercise.  Ever since I started this whole teaching thing my exercise level has gone way down.  Between teaching school, having to prepare lessons, plus going to school, I have had little time to work out. Or so I told myself.  Yesterday was my most active day in a long, long time.  I did the ellipitical in the morning for 30 minutes.  Walked the dogs around 4.  Then after dinner rode the stationary bike for 30 minutes.  Last night I was tired and slept pretty good.  It's not an insane amount and it wasn't really high intensity (I hardly broke a sweat on the bike) but it felt good to be active and moving.  This morning I feel great and actually got out of bed a few minutes before I had to.  Yeah!!!  So I'm going to stick to my new routine for at least 2 weeks and see how it goes.  I think it will help a lot. While I rode the bike I started reading articles for my thesis topic.  I also had, what I think, is a pretty good ...

I'm just so proud of myself I have to brag a little.  Even though there was a point a few years ago where I was in awesome shape and I managed to find time for everything; running, swimming, strength, biking, hiking; not to mention working full time, I still use the excuse of not having enough time.  I'm doing next to nothing now and still working full time but I'm home by 4:30 instead of 6.  Yeah, it's an excuse and I'm working it for all it's worth.  In all seriousness I've been trying to come up with ways to make workouts not only convient but super easy.  Well, I've come up with a couple of ideas and I'm so pleased with myself.  First, I'm worked it out so that I can walk the dogs again.  Yea!!  This means that when I come home from work I will now take an hour long walk, a half hour with each dog.  Sweet.  I love walking my dogs and this is a fabulous way to end a day.  Also, I moved my stationary bike into the living room....

There is a commercial on TV for a quit smoking aid (I forget which one) and the person in the ad says something to the effect of they have tried to quit smoking so many times and failed but it was just preparing them for the final time.  I'm not paraphrasing it very well but basically the previous attempts were practice for the one that worked.  I kind of feel that way with losing weight.  I've done it and I've been successful at it but then I regained some.  For the last year or so I have been on a slowly upward creep.  I want that upward creep to stop and I want to lose some.  I've said a thousand times that I'm starting over and this time is it.  Then something comes along and I get sidetracked and boom, that attempt fails. I purchased expensive gadgets to motivate me, and they do - for a while.  I've tried all kinds of eating programs and workout programs and..... you name it I've tried it or at least seriously considered it.  But nothing...

Aside from moving, unpacking, painting, cleaning, organizing, etc.... Well, I've been thinking about my future. I'm in the final stages of my masters degree and it's time to consider the next step. In all seriousness, I'm looking at online universities. Going to class one or two nights a week is hard and usually inconvenient. I would prefer an online program where I can do it when I want to. There are times when I feel like working on things at midnight, with an online program I could. I found one program that looks really good and I wish I had found it before I started the brick and mortar program I'm in. At Western Governors you can get an online degree in a number of different areas; teaching, information technology, business, nursing, etc. They even offer many masters degree online . I could have gotten licensed and got my masters in teaching all online. And there tuition?? Don't get me started. Where I go they charge me $700 a credit. So a 3 cr...

Okay, so I thought I was recovered yesterday from whatever hit me Saturday night but I was wrong.  I was very lethargic and tired most of the day yesterday.  This morning I am definitely feeling back to my old self so that is good.  I felt so tired and drained yesterday I was considering taking some bsn xplode to get a little energy boost. I do use whey protein in my morning oatmeal because I just do not get enough protein. I don't. I can go for days without eating protein and it doesn't bother me at all then, all of sudden it will hit me. So in order to avoid that I try to have protein with each meal. Okay, this was not what I planned on writing about. I've been doing a lot of reading about weight loss lately and I've come to some conclusions. I've heard people saying that you need to take small steps and you need to reward yourself for every little thing you do. I'm not buying that anymore. I think big, drastic changes are the way to go and instead...

So yesterday was going along rather nicely.  After breakfast I washed my car, she's going to hang around the Shelbys and GTs today so she had to look nice, then headed off with Hubby to do our errands.  We had to run to Home Depot and a couple of other places for stuff for the house then we had lunch at Gordon Biersch.  All was well and I felt great.  By the time we got home at 4:30 I was getting pretty tired.  This is common when I drink beer in the afternoon so I really didn't think anything of it.  After putzing around for a bit I went and laid down.  About a half hour later I got up and I felt like crap.  I was freezing cold but it was an internal cold. No matter how many sweats or blankets I put on I could not get warm.  I also developed a headache and really felt horrible.  Finally I had some soup and headed off to bed after taking some NyQuil.  I woke up this morning and feel fine.  Not 100% but about 95%.  Weird....