Six months seems to be the theme of my life these days. Everything is based on six months.
It all started when Joe was sent to NY. He was originally supposed to only be 6 months (Dec-May). I thought to myself that it's not that long in the grand scheme of life. It'll be okay. Little did I know that I would continue to hear "six months". Some good, some bad. Here it is more than 6 months later and he's still not home. But the theme continues.
I have 6 months until the wedding. When I think about it sometimes it seems like forever. But then other times I panic because Joe is not here and there are still lots of loose ends that need to be tied up.
Because I have 6 months until the wedding, I have 6 months to get myself back into shape. I've been exercising but not consistently and not aggressively. I'm ready to take this thing to the next level and get rid of all the excess. Excess of fat, excess foods, and excess negative feelings. I have 6 months to lose weight, gain muscle, and look FANTASTIC in my dress.
Along that same path, my cardiologist told me I could come off my cholesterol medication and see how it goes. The first check with just kinda watching my diet and inconsistent exercise was only 20 points too high. He has now given me 6 months to lose weight and lose those 20 points. If I can't, I will have to go back on the medicine. I'm 37 and I've already been on them for 8 years. I don't want to continue for the rest of my life.
I have now been on my job for 6 months. They keep telling me the honeymoon will end soon but it just doesn't seem that way. While I wish I could be paid a little better and more in line with what other PNPs in my position around the country, I can't complain too much. It got a little crazy these last few weeks with various co-workers being out and having to rearrange the schedule. But overall, the job is good and I'm comfortable there. I have a lot of great people I work with. I still miss my FH peeps, but even if I were to go back it will never be the same. They say you can't ever really go back home and that's what I feel like. Some of the people that made it a good place have left to pursue other avenues. Those that are left I still get to see, though not as often as I would like.
I'm hoping that the next 6 months will go by as quickly as the last 6 months. I was very much dreading Joe being gone for that long and now we are on the downhill portion. He now has 6 WEEKS until he gets to come home for good!!
Showing posts with label goals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label goals. Show all posts
Friday, June 25, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
2010 Fitness Goals
Since I have all new beginnings, I have all new goals:
1. Run my first half-marathon
2. Participate in my first century bike ride
3. Improve my PR for the sprint triathlon (since I've only done one, this shouldn't be hard)
4. complete the daily mile challenge Tri 2010 where I complete 2010 miles in 2010 through
proportionate biking, swimming, and running
5. improve to a sub-30 5K (if my physical limitations will allow)
And since I have a really big event planned in December, my weight loss goals are all the more important! So I just have 3:
1. lose the 25 pounds I have put in since surgery by May (5 months)
2. lose the additional 10 I didn't lose the first time by October (35 lbs total in 10 months)
3. reduce my body fat to at least 20%
1. Run my first half-marathon
2. Participate in my first century bike ride
3. Improve my PR for the sprint triathlon (since I've only done one, this shouldn't be hard)
4. complete the daily mile challenge Tri 2010 where I complete 2010 miles in 2010 through
proportionate biking, swimming, and running
5. improve to a sub-30 5K (if my physical limitations will allow)
And since I have a really big event planned in December, my weight loss goals are all the more important! So I just have 3:
1. lose the 25 pounds I have put in since surgery by May (5 months)
2. lose the additional 10 I didn't lose the first time by October (35 lbs total in 10 months)
3. reduce my body fat to at least 20%
Beginnings and Endings
The last couple of months of 2009 were filled with all sorts of chaos with trying to figure out where my life was going and what I'm supposed to be doing. As 2009 came to a quick close, I started thinking about beginnings and endings.
On Jan 13th, 2010, I will hit the 10yr anniversary of my divorce. That day in 2000 was both a beginning and an ending. It marked the ending of 9 years with my ex. The end of life as I knew it. The end of everything I had try to make work. And as I thought at the time, the end of my happiness. That was true for a time. It was then I decided to make it a beginning. Thanks to my bestest friend Teri, I was able to start everything over. I left everything behind, packed a 5x8 trailer with my personal effects, and moved to Central Florida where I had my new beginning.
Since then, there have been many beginnings and endings. Some more devastating that others. The ending of life when I lost both of my grandparents. The beginning of life seeing many friends get married and have children. Jobs coming and going. People coming and going. Cancer coming and going.
As I stand before 2010, I see all the beginnings and can look back at the endings without regret. Tomorrow I start my dream job. I have been working my whole career to take care of kids facing cardiac issues. Everything I have learned up to now has prepared me for this adventure. I will be taking care of the kids, teaching, learning, and doing it in a place that will support me. I am so excited for this beginning. Of course, every beginning starts at an ending. I am ending 10 years at Florida Hospital. It is truly bittersweet. I have many friends that I am leaving behind and many memories. All the familiarity of the NICU. But I'm leaving behind all the things that have made me unhappy as well. The "beatings" by the management. The freedoms that were slowly taken from me. The financial situation I have been placed in by the lack of compensation for the work I did. Those I am not sad about.
In January 2000 I was living the worst time of my life. I had lost my best friend, my love, and my life. I couldn't function. In the middle of dealing with that ending, I began seeing a new guy. And in December 2000 we decided to officially start dating. I was not in a position to really give anything to anyone. But he was patient and understanding. He enjoyed being with me and didn't push anything I wasn't ready for. In December of 2009 we celebrated 9 years together. After all the things we've been through in those 9 years, we are ready to take the leap. On December 4th, 2010 (2 days before our 10 year anniversary), we will be taking those vows to let everyone know what we have already decided for each other. That we are in this for the long haul, for better and for worse.
Somewhere along the way, my body had it's own beginning. It began to show the signs of all the stress and age. I gained a lot of weight, my thyroid messed up, and I got cancer. 2010 will be a new year for all of that. February will be the 1 year anniversary of my surgery and to this point, I remain cancer free. So hopefully I have seen the end of cancer. But the weight is still an issue. My goal is to see the end of that as well!
2010 marks the beginning of promise. The promise of good things to come. Not that there won't be any endings, but with God's help, I can face those endings and bumps in the road without falling. A new job, a new phase in my relationship with marriage, a new body, and a renewed hope in things to come.
On Jan 13th, 2010, I will hit the 10yr anniversary of my divorce. That day in 2000 was both a beginning and an ending. It marked the ending of 9 years with my ex. The end of life as I knew it. The end of everything I had try to make work. And as I thought at the time, the end of my happiness. That was true for a time. It was then I decided to make it a beginning. Thanks to my bestest friend Teri, I was able to start everything over. I left everything behind, packed a 5x8 trailer with my personal effects, and moved to Central Florida where I had my new beginning.
Since then, there have been many beginnings and endings. Some more devastating that others. The ending of life when I lost both of my grandparents. The beginning of life seeing many friends get married and have children. Jobs coming and going. People coming and going. Cancer coming and going.
As I stand before 2010, I see all the beginnings and can look back at the endings without regret. Tomorrow I start my dream job. I have been working my whole career to take care of kids facing cardiac issues. Everything I have learned up to now has prepared me for this adventure. I will be taking care of the kids, teaching, learning, and doing it in a place that will support me. I am so excited for this beginning. Of course, every beginning starts at an ending. I am ending 10 years at Florida Hospital. It is truly bittersweet. I have many friends that I am leaving behind and many memories. All the familiarity of the NICU. But I'm leaving behind all the things that have made me unhappy as well. The "beatings" by the management. The freedoms that were slowly taken from me. The financial situation I have been placed in by the lack of compensation for the work I did. Those I am not sad about.
In January 2000 I was living the worst time of my life. I had lost my best friend, my love, and my life. I couldn't function. In the middle of dealing with that ending, I began seeing a new guy. And in December 2000 we decided to officially start dating. I was not in a position to really give anything to anyone. But he was patient and understanding. He enjoyed being with me and didn't push anything I wasn't ready for. In December of 2009 we celebrated 9 years together. After all the things we've been through in those 9 years, we are ready to take the leap. On December 4th, 2010 (2 days before our 10 year anniversary), we will be taking those vows to let everyone know what we have already decided for each other. That we are in this for the long haul, for better and for worse.
Somewhere along the way, my body had it's own beginning. It began to show the signs of all the stress and age. I gained a lot of weight, my thyroid messed up, and I got cancer. 2010 will be a new year for all of that. February will be the 1 year anniversary of my surgery and to this point, I remain cancer free. So hopefully I have seen the end of cancer. But the weight is still an issue. My goal is to see the end of that as well!
2010 marks the beginning of promise. The promise of good things to come. Not that there won't be any endings, but with God's help, I can face those endings and bumps in the road without falling. A new job, a new phase in my relationship with marriage, a new body, and a renewed hope in things to come.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Now I'm ready
I think I have everything I need to train properly. I've gathered all the necessary accessories, all the clothing, and all the research. Today I'm writing my training plan with all my goals and getting started. So I'm tagging this post as my official starting point.
Goals for training:
- Long Term:
1. First tri in Sept 2009
2. Half marathon in March 2010
3. Half-ironman in May 2011
4. Sprinkle a few other tri's in there
- Short Term:
1. improve my running pace to a 15min mile
2. Be able to swim with my face in the water and swim across Lucky's Lake (open water 1000 yds)
3. sustain a 14 mph pace on my bike for 10 miles
Goals for nutrition:
1. Lose the last 10 pounds
2. make at least 3 days a week vegetarian or fish only
3. keep my blood sugar below 100
4. get my cholesterol below 150
Here are my starting stats:
Wt: 132lbs
avg running pace: 16-17 min mile
avg riding pace: 10 mph
swimming: 25 yards without stopping
Goals for training:
- Long Term:
1. First tri in Sept 2009
2. Half marathon in March 2010
3. Half-ironman in May 2011
4. Sprinkle a few other tri's in there
- Short Term:
1. improve my running pace to a 15min mile
2. Be able to swim with my face in the water and swim across Lucky's Lake (open water 1000 yds)
3. sustain a 14 mph pace on my bike for 10 miles
Goals for nutrition:
1. Lose the last 10 pounds
2. make at least 3 days a week vegetarian or fish only
3. keep my blood sugar below 100
4. get my cholesterol below 150
Here are my starting stats:
Wt: 132lbs
avg running pace: 16-17 min mile
avg riding pace: 10 mph
swimming: 25 yards without stopping
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Gotta Eat
I met with the nutritionist this week. I have to say it was really worth my money. She was able to explain how my body uses energy is such a way that it all made sense. We came up with an eating plan for me to both lose weight and maintain the energy needed to training. She is also a specialist in sports nutrition and how to mix nutrition and exercise to maximize your body's abilities. We came up with an exercise plan to get me started on my training as well. Then in 6 months we are going to meet back up once my training is well under way and I'm ready to take things to the next level.
Starting tomorrow, I begin the formal training for the half-ironman. I will be eating and exercising in such a way that I will lose weight and build muscle and endurance. I am very excited. I haven't had an athletes body since college!!
I will be blogging here and in Dailymile. Dailymile will keep track of the actual exercise and is fed to my blog mainpage. You can click there to see the actual workouts. This blog will be for my progress and process. I will still have some emo posts on occasion, as well. But I'm hoping the emo moments will be fewer once I get started on making the best of myself.
Stay tuned for more updates!
Starting tomorrow, I begin the formal training for the half-ironman. I will be eating and exercising in such a way that I will lose weight and build muscle and endurance. I am very excited. I haven't had an athletes body since college!!
I will be blogging here and in Dailymile. Dailymile will keep track of the actual exercise and is fed to my blog mainpage. You can click there to see the actual workouts. This blog will be for my progress and process. I will still have some emo posts on occasion, as well. But I'm hoping the emo moments will be fewer once I get started on making the best of myself.
Stay tuned for more updates!
Monday, May 4, 2009
Accomplished and Excited!
I think that pretty much sums up today. I've really been impressed with myself over the last several days. I have gotten out of my pity party and I'm ready to get on with life. I think having the goal of this triathalon has really helped. The job has only been so-so and the pay cut has hit hard. That plus the whole cancer thing and feeling like the world is on my head just gets a person down. But now I am up and ready to go!!
Accomplished:
I just finished my C25K run/walk for the day. I have decided that easing into this even more is best. So I am doing every other run interval actually running and the others are a speed walk. Because of the training for the breast cancer walk, I think my walking muscles are in better shape than the running ones. And today I was able to do the entire thing that way. I actually feel like this will be possible after all!! I think the way I will handle this is to do the first week a total of 4 times. The first time will be every other one, the second week 2:1, third week 3:1 then the last week will be doing all of them. Then I think I will be able to do the rest of the program as it is written. But we will see when the time comes :)
Excited:
I met with some friends last night that gave me a lot of information about training and showed me some things that might be helpful in the race itself. To know that people actually think this will be possible for me is just so exciting! I'm really looking forward to getting in to this. I feel great today after my little run. Before I would just get bored when I ran. Now that I have a reason for running, it makes it a little better. Plus I have signed up for some groups that get together and run. I'm hoping to meet new people and have fun at the same time.
Things are really looking better. Doing all of this keeps my mind off the fact that the cancer could come back. My first follow up is at the end of this month. Keeping these distractions make it easier to get through.
Stay tuned for updates!!
Accomplished:
I just finished my C25K run/walk for the day. I have decided that easing into this even more is best. So I am doing every other run interval actually running and the others are a speed walk. Because of the training for the breast cancer walk, I think my walking muscles are in better shape than the running ones. And today I was able to do the entire thing that way. I actually feel like this will be possible after all!! I think the way I will handle this is to do the first week a total of 4 times. The first time will be every other one, the second week 2:1, third week 3:1 then the last week will be doing all of them. Then I think I will be able to do the rest of the program as it is written. But we will see when the time comes :)
Excited:
I met with some friends last night that gave me a lot of information about training and showed me some things that might be helpful in the race itself. To know that people actually think this will be possible for me is just so exciting! I'm really looking forward to getting in to this. I feel great today after my little run. Before I would just get bored when I ran. Now that I have a reason for running, it makes it a little better. Plus I have signed up for some groups that get together and run. I'm hoping to meet new people and have fun at the same time.
Things are really looking better. Doing all of this keeps my mind off the fact that the cancer could come back. My first follow up is at the end of this month. Keeping these distractions make it easier to get through.
Stay tuned for updates!!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Goals for Week 3
Like I said, one goal at a time. This week I will be focusing on the eating out portion. I buy WAY too much food in the cafeteria at work and eat out too many times for dinner. So this week, I just have one goal (well, I guess it's 2 goals with 1 focus):
1. Take my lunch and snacks every day to work
2. The only eating out day will be Saturday as we have a wedding celebration to attend
I meet with my personal trainer for the first time since surgery this week. I'm a little nervous about that one! I'm still not 100% but I'll never get there if I don't start somewhere!!
1. Take my lunch and snacks every day to work
2. The only eating out day will be Saturday as we have a wedding celebration to attend
I meet with my personal trainer for the first time since surgery this week. I'm a little nervous about that one! I'm still not 100% but I'll never get there if I don't start somewhere!!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Goals for week 1
For the purposes of this lifestyle change, I will follow a Sunday through Saturday week. I can take the time on Saturday to make out the menus and go to the market. So my first day will be Sunday March 22nd :)
I decided to not focus on actual weight. If you look at the numbers I look like I'm healthy. But I have the little belly pooch and I REALLY need to tone up the muscles. Since my surgery, I have actually lost some muscle tone and strength. It feels like I'm actually starting all over from a year ago. Unfortunately, the workouts will be slow going at first since I'm still recovering, but I can definitely do the diet thing!!! I guess I should get started!!
Goals for week 1
1. limit eating out to 3 meals (only because I have friends coming in from out of town and I know I will be eating out)
2. taking my lunch to work every day
3. eating at least one day vegetarian and one day of fish
4. walk 2 mi at least 3 days and 1 mi the other 4
starting weight: 128.4 (just because)
I decided to not focus on actual weight. If you look at the numbers I look like I'm healthy. But I have the little belly pooch and I REALLY need to tone up the muscles. Since my surgery, I have actually lost some muscle tone and strength. It feels like I'm actually starting all over from a year ago. Unfortunately, the workouts will be slow going at first since I'm still recovering, but I can definitely do the diet thing!!! I guess I should get started!!
Goals for week 1
1. limit eating out to 3 meals (only because I have friends coming in from out of town and I know I will be eating out)
2. taking my lunch to work every day
3. eating at least one day vegetarian and one day of fish
4. walk 2 mi at least 3 days and 1 mi the other 4
starting weight: 128.4 (just because)
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