yeah it's been a while... almost a year (august 2015 was the last time I posted here).
that is ok, I will post today.
So a lot has changed, and a lot has stayed the same.
I really feel like I am different today than I was 2 years ago when I started PN
today I am ok with who I am. I am less critical of myself. and that is a good thing.
Interesting... I just checked out my stats from 2010 when I started this blog
Fiona
193/189/145
I really can't remember what these values refer to ...perhaps it is
current weight/lowest weight/goal weight
anyway
today is May 27th, 2016
I weigh 210 lbs
I am 43 years old (almost 44)
I am 5'4"
I have not lost any weight during my 2 years of PN
I am tired of spending money on weight loss
So I'm not going to anymore.
I do still have the vague goal of weighing 145 lbs :)
but honestly if I never make it back there... It won't be the end of the world
What I do want is to put in the effort of living my fullest life possible from this day forth.
I want to exercise every.single.day, my mantra being "Daily Physical Activity", since I want to be moving and pain free at 80 years of age.
I want to be comfortable in my body and my skin. I can feel this way when I eat clean and am careful not to stuff myself until too full.
PN is going to end shortly, and I feel like I am ready to not be in a weight loss program.
I can do this on my own.
I have the knowledge, I just need to practice what I know.
Practice Makes Better... this is my 2016
Friday, May 27, 2016
Thursday, August 13, 2015
ah ha moment - Lunch walk is NOT exercise
Here's a keeper for the Owners Manual.
So I read this article this morning, and it really resonated with me
http://www.precisionnutrition.com/cmd.php?ad=747591
Last year my PN Five Minute Habit was to get out for a lunch walk every day (especially important on office days). This was a perfect five minute habit, some days I go for a 5km power walk and some days I do a short walk over to the art supply store or book store, or if the weather is awful, drive to the mall and walk a couple of loops inside the building.
The key is, last year I didn't see it as "exercise", it was my "Five Minute Habit" that I almost never missed, rain or shine, winter, spring, fall or summer.
Fast forward to this year, since I felt I had mastered that five minute habit, it was now part of my routine. I chose as my five minute habit "to eat a healthy homemade breakfast", I wanted to get away from eating my 'usual' Tim Horton's bagel and coffee for breakfast (a pretty solid habit). So the breakfast habit was a natural choice to try and tackle. Now I sometimes classified my Lunch walk as Active Recovery... RED FLAG... My lunch walk was never exercise, it was me getting outside, grabbing fresh air, moving my body (so I don't cease up), and cleaning out my head space so I could be productive for the afternoon. It wasn't exercise :) (even though it totally is, at the pace I go I work up quite a sweat).
Since I started calling it active recovery and thinking of it as exercise it no longer became my lunch time routine... I started skipping the getting outside.
So, here's the note that I need to make in my Owner's Manual
Getting outside for my lunch walk is part of my routine
It is a mental health break that loosens my body and refreshes my mind, it is not exercise it is as essential as a glass of cold water to quench my thirst.
Today's selfie from my 'Lunch Walk'
So I read this article this morning, and it really resonated with me
http://www.precisionnutrition.com/cmd.php?ad=747591
Last year my PN Five Minute Habit was to get out for a lunch walk every day (especially important on office days). This was a perfect five minute habit, some days I go for a 5km power walk and some days I do a short walk over to the art supply store or book store, or if the weather is awful, drive to the mall and walk a couple of loops inside the building.
The key is, last year I didn't see it as "exercise", it was my "Five Minute Habit" that I almost never missed, rain or shine, winter, spring, fall or summer.
Fast forward to this year, since I felt I had mastered that five minute habit, it was now part of my routine. I chose as my five minute habit "to eat a healthy homemade breakfast", I wanted to get away from eating my 'usual' Tim Horton's bagel and coffee for breakfast (a pretty solid habit). So the breakfast habit was a natural choice to try and tackle. Now I sometimes classified my Lunch walk as Active Recovery... RED FLAG... My lunch walk was never exercise, it was me getting outside, grabbing fresh air, moving my body (so I don't cease up), and cleaning out my head space so I could be productive for the afternoon. It wasn't exercise :) (even though it totally is, at the pace I go I work up quite a sweat).
Since I started calling it active recovery and thinking of it as exercise it no longer became my lunch time routine... I started skipping the getting outside.
So, here's the note that I need to make in my Owner's Manual
Getting outside for my lunch walk is part of my routine
It is a mental health break that loosens my body and refreshes my mind, it is not exercise it is as essential as a glass of cold water to quench my thirst.
Today's selfie from my 'Lunch Walk'
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