Be sure to check out my review of the Personal Microdermabrasion Device.* This tool is pretty cool to have so that you can exfoliate, rejuvenate, and brighten up that face (and other areas) of yours, on your own. So cool!
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Here’s what’s going on with me and my
New Year, New Me plan lately.
My Goal:* To fill up several water bottles and place them in several different rooms.* And then sip on them all day long.
Reality:* I usually only make it through part of one.
My Goal:* Snack on items such as these.
Reality:* Sneak a few of these from the freezer as I walk by.* Num-num.* (Why do we put “off limit” food in the freezer?* Like we’re really not going to eat it.* Ha.)
My Goal: Put these on 5-6 days a week.* Oh, and use them.
Reality:* I wear the above shoes about 3-4 times a week
but thoroughly enjoy wearing these just as often, if not more.
Haha.* I know, I have some work to do.*
However…….I really don’t feel like I have to be perfect.* I am doing way better than I was in December.* Actually, I’m doing better than I was
all of 2011.* So that is something to be happy about.* I have been known to say, “
Ooops, I messed up and ate too many calories this morning.* I guess the whole day is ruined.”* (I know I’m not alone…….as humans, we’re cruel to ourselves at times.)* But I’m getting so much better at not doing that.* Most days that I mess up or am not absolutely perfect (since the beginning of 2012), I just kinda go with it.*
And it’s been so freeing.* I definitely feel less pressure from myself now that I have eased up on the “All or Nothing” mentality.** Whew.* This fresh start has been just what I needed this year.
I also used to feel like if I wasn’t sweating and pounding the pavement, I wasn’t doing any good.* But I have been following
Alysa’s expertise and have been doing more strength training and more flexibility training, along with the aerobics.* And if that’s all I fit in one day, that’s all I fit in.* And then I congratulate myself.* And it has felt good.
Just this last week, Alysa assigned
Flexibility Training as the homework to focus on.* I have done the full rotation of flexibility exercises 2 times since last week and plan to keep it going.* It’s funny how even simple movements and stretches make your body feel even a tiny bit stronger.* And I honestly call it a good day when that’s all I fit in.* Small successes are still successes.
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(*image is of Alysa, found
here)
Anyway, I’m not perfect.* But I’m still hanging in there.
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I guess I better eliminate the temptation and throw the chocolate chips in the trash.)
How are your New Year’s resolutions going?
How the ‘ol Health Plan is going…
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