"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."
- Heb 12:1
Okay, I'm not exactly running...well, not yet anyway. LOL But I will be VERY soon! I have begun the process. I decided to stop putting off fully embracing my love for running until I lose more weight. I started the first phase of the 10-week walk/run programme that I wrote about a few months ago(May 9th post). I will walk a minimum of 30 mins. a day for 8 straight days, and then begin the first week of the plan on Mon., Sep. 22. At that time, I will re-post the training schedule again. I'm so excited. YaY!!!!!
I had a wonderful 1.5 hour, early-morning walk today. It felt sooooo good to watch the beautiful sunrise and then feel the sun kiss my face! Whoa!
As for my eating, I still haven't been logging my food yet, but I plan to start today. As a matter of fact, I'm gonna go do it right now.
It's been nearly two months since my last post and unfortunately I haven't been sticking to my plan. Bad Diva! Bad Diva! :o( I offer no excuses, but I will say that I've come to realize that, contrary to my initial thinking, I will not be continuing the Atkins Plan. I've given it a go twice and have not been successful. Now I'm not saying that the programme doesn't work...it just doesn't work for me like I originally thought it would. Well, at least not now anyway. Also, I had all but abandoned my exercise routine. Yep, I've been behaving like a lazy bum for the past two months! But...the good news is that I have managed to maintain my initial weight loss of 26 pounds.
I've been thinking a lot lately about where I went wrong and it occurred to me over the Labour Day weekend that I need to go back to doing what was working for me. I must admit that the main reason I changed and decided to follow Atkins is because I thought it would accelerate my weight loss. Well...I was WRONG!!! Although I had been following a self-developed plan that cut out high glycemic carbs and limited my calories to approx. 1,800/day, my plan wasn't nearly as strict as the Atkins plan. I thought I would be able to handle the severe reduction in carbs, but I couldn't. It's just too strict for me right now...I need my fruit! LOL So, I've decided, as of today, I'm starting over. Going back to my original way of eating and exercising my butt and my patience!
Well, it's time to get to the office, so that's pretty much it for now. I also intend to start logging my stats and food again and blogging regularly. Man, I can't believe I abandoned my successful plan like that, but hey, we live and we learn, right? LOL
Wishing everyone a relaxed and productive week! :o)
Namasté!
P.S. - I was browsing through my web stats the other day and found out that several visitors had been clicking on my site from a link that comes from About.com. I checked it out and was pleasantly surprised to discover that my site (this one) is featured in their weblogs section. I had no idea there was such a category there. I thought it was pretty kool for them to link me. :o)
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average girl in the videos, that's for dang sure. Lover of
jazz, good wine, green and chai teas. Sometimes serious, often
playful, always intelligent. Strong at times, weak at
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