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Since my post a few days ago, someone
left a comment asking; Megan, what are your goals?
I think that is only fair for me to
share what mine are. Aside from my ultimate long-term goal of
excellent long-term health for life,
shorter-term goals include;
1. I want to lose a few stubborn pounds, gain muscle and tone, and look smokin' hot for my husband when he returns from deployment in the next month or so. I want this mindset to stick, so that I have a fit and healthy body for the rest of my life. Who doesn't really?
2. I want to be free Crohn's! I want
to be DONE with a life ridden with pills, blood tests, doctors
visits, colonoscopies, months of nasty intestine-based symptoms, including; stabbing abdominal pain, chronic diarrhea, excessive gas
and bloating, decreased appetite, lack of energy, and unplanned
weight loss. When these flares happen, my specialist puts me on
steroids to bring down the inflammation, and for me, that means
water retention, so that I plump up and look like a chipmunk for
about 3 months. I want to be FREE of this ruddy condition!
3. I want to have babies! As a Crohn's sufferer, I am automatically considered a “high-risk pregnancy” and have to stop taking pills and start going in for interveinous injections (that take and hour and a half at a time) every six weeks (once I get pregnant). I'd also have to have a highly-supervised, hospital-based, drug-filled delivery. I want to have as natural a delivery as possibly, preferably at a birth-center with a dula or midwife, but NO doctors (prone to over medicate and freak out, forcing emergency C-sections).
1. I want to lose a few stubborn pounds, gain muscle and tone, and look smokin' hot for my husband when he returns from deployment in the next month or so. I want this mindset to stick, so that I have a fit and healthy body for the rest of my life. Who doesn't really?
2. I want to be free Crohn's! I want
to be DONE with a life ridden with pills, blood tests, doctors
visits, colonoscopies, months of nasty intestine-based symptoms, including; stabbing abdominal pain, chronic diarrhea, excessive gas
and bloating, decreased appetite, lack of energy, and unplanned
weight loss. When these flares happen, my specialist puts me on
steroids to bring down the inflammation, and for me, that means
water retention, so that I plump up and look like a chipmunk for
about 3 months. I want to be FREE of this ruddy condition!3. I want to have babies! As a Crohn's sufferer, I am automatically considered a “high-risk pregnancy” and have to stop taking pills and start going in for interveinous injections (that take and hour and a half at a time) every six weeks (once I get pregnant). I'd also have to have a highly-supervised, hospital-based, drug-filled delivery. I want to have as natural a delivery as possibly, preferably at a birth-center with a dula or midwife, but NO doctors (prone to over medicate and freak out, forcing emergency C-sections).
At this point, those are MY main goals.
I want to have a legacy of health to my kids and to positively
motivate and impact my family, friends, co-workers, clients and YOU,
my beloved readers! I want to be healthy, I want to constantly be
figuring new ways to practically do that, and I want to better
understand the why's behind the whats of good health and to share
that knowledge with you and all those around me. I may be a
tough-love talker, but I really do want the best for myself, and the
best for you. I wouldn't dare waste my time either, or yours. If I
offend, over-share, do something inconsistent, or mess up in the
future, I apologize. I'm only human (as I proved last night, being
lazy and eating too many snacks at a party). What can I say? I love
to eat, I love to sleep in. I'm just like you really.
Tip of the Day
Before you do your workout (if you are procrastinating, like me today), do the dishes! I know it sounds strange, but if you get your brain into work-mode by completing a chore before you do your workout, then it's easier to continue-on and get it done, since you'll be freshly basking in the sense of satisfaction from getting your kitchen clean! And then you'll get your workout done, and be feeling super good from both the sense of completion from doing your workout, the endorphin high and knowing that your dishes are done!! It's a great trick and a great two-fer!
How did I do today? What did I eat? What was my workout?
EXERCISE
Speaking of procrastination... I'll be honest and say I REALLY didn't
want to work out today... at all! I wanted to be LAZY again, since I
chose to have my day off yesterday. I procrastinated like crazy! I
mowed the lawn, planted my spring bulbs (tulips, daffodils, crocus'),
and cleaned out my kitchen (spice cabinet, utensil drawers, pots &
pans, etc). I even thought about NOT working out again, since given
my activities today, according to my Nike Fuelband, I had gotten over
4000 activity points BEFORE I worked out! And as of right now (as I
am writing this) I have 5321 activity points! My daily goal is only
3000! Activity is not the problem, I am usually VERY active, but
intentionally doing something as strenuous as the Insantiy workouts
(which is important for training my body to work more efficiently -
cardiovascular and muscular stamina) can be really daunting – and I
DON'T want to!!
FOOD
Breakfast: Chocolate zucchini bread, tea, 1 Yopliat vanilla yogurt
Snack: 1 medium apple with cinnamon
Lunch: a veggie sandwich, and 2 HBE
Snack: 1 piece of chocolate zucchini bread and Earl Grey tea, 1 small apple
Dinner: 1 cup of beef stew and some dilly-beans!
Thanks for reading all! I LOVE the comments, keep 'em coming!!
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