Seeing Results

Well, I've been exercising mostly regularly since before the holidays.

In January I began my diet overhaul...and this blog (Thanks Danielle for doing it with me).

And I'm starting to see some results. Today a friend at work informed me that she was confused. She feels that I look VERY skinny, and yet I tell her I have lost 5 lbs (god's honest truth!).

She is, of course, in sales. :-) But it is nice to hear. Everything feels better, I do feel lighter, clothes are looser and I am (mostly) making good food choices with the occasional indulgence. And rarely do I feel like a bloated whale. All of these were my immediate goals (i.e. feel better!!)

So I'm making some progress, which is good.

Now for that SMART goal. I decided to be blatantly vain about 1 goal...I'm going for the 2-piece swimming suit by August. (that gives me some time to work up the abs!).

M&Ms

I don't have anything inspirational right at the moment...just a funny story.

Ryleigh and I were hanging out inside her castle tonight and she had a little plate of magnetic letters. She told me they were not crackers...they were seeds. She carefully sat the letters down on the carpet going "seed, seed, seed." I asked, "are you planting broccoli?"

Ryleigh's answer: "No. I'm planting M&Ms."

The latest babysitter's assistant told me my tonight that my child is bossy and stubborn (no, she didn't use those words but it is a lecture I've heard more than once). She asked me if my husband liked to get his own way and said exactly what he was thinking. He's a man...so yes. But I'm pretty sure she gets that whole bossy thing from me. The assistant remarked, "Oh, well you and your daughter are meant to be leaders." Well, hell yeah! Who wouldn't want a smart leader who plants M&Ms instead of broccoli. Seriously!!!

Something to believe in...

So, I've been kind of winging this whole effort to see how well it goes. Now I need a longer-term plan.

I haven't had a good goal to work toward in a while. The thing about goals in this arena is that they're VERY tricky. A good goal has to be rewarding enough to get you through days where you want to just chuck it all and dive into the couch and a pizza.
It also has to measure just how far you have come and be attainable....Dear god, I hate to say this...but it has to be a SMART goal "Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely".

So i'm thinking hard on this today and tomorrow. I can't run a 5K or do a triathlon (sorry, Becca), here are some of the ideas floatin' around my head....

• Fitting into a size 12 comfortably for the first time in 12 years?
• Wearing a 2-piece to the family float trip?
• Walking 3 miles without hip pain?
• hiking the katy trail?
• Eating 2 slices of pizza and stopping...happy and full? (is that POSSIBLE?)
• Weighing less @ my 16 year high school class reunion than i did @ graduation?
• Ideas??

hmmm these are all good goals.. and a couple of them are possible sooner rather than later... i'm thinking....
What do you all think? I know Becca has ideas...

Team Kristy

I've had some issues with my health over the years...I've assembled what I like to believe is a crack team of health advisors.
Since it's very good to be on top of your own issues...it's good to have people that can help you through your issues...

Yoga Teachers
These lovely ladies and gents fall under my yoga and meditation help. They also help me to learn how to treat myself nicely and to develop my own instincts. Especially when I'm berating myself or treating myself terribly.

Doctor Heather
This is my general practitioner. I go see her for bad cases of the sniffles and such.

My Endocrinologist
I have a special place in my heart for my Endo. When I was in college, we learned that I had a pituitary tumor that was wreaking havoc with my metabolism...no matter how much I worked out, I gained weight. As soon as I started on medication, the extra weight came off, and my moods improved GREATLY. :-)

Dr. George
Currently several of my friends are using the services of a sports-medicine style of chirorpractor. He's fantastic. right now he's my #1 asset in my fitness world. He loosens up my injured areas, then gives me exercises that help to heal them.

I suggest you employ a similar team!

Back at it

I'm detoxing again for 9 more days. A friend of mine expressed interest in the Fat Smash and I obliged by telling her that detoxing is something that wouldn't hurt me in the least...especially since I've managed to consume a 10" pizza, a large bar cheeseburger, a quesadilla (love the chef @ work), and numerous other fatty things in the last week.

Another detox might be good for me...:-).