1) Week 1 of my raw diet. Didn't cheat. Feel great! 2 more weeks until I weigh in.
2) Sold a car! Dave will ride the bus to work, not only cutting down on gas but also his stress level. Estimated savings per month: $400! Can you believe it? Accident Insurance here is murder.
3) My flower sproutlings are up. I planted them a couple weeks ago and have since checked on them every five minutes like a small child.
4)Saturday we went to Indianapolis Saturday, and saw original famous paintings at the IMA for FREE. It pretty much made my day.
5) Fixed the hhr, our other car. The fuel pump went and it would randomly turn off while driving. Not fun.
6) Started our pre-marathon-training training program. It consisted of running once together because it rained all last week. This week we run 20 miles or something like that. Bring it on!
7) Dave is seriously reconsidering the military as a chaplain. We haven't decided anything yet, but the possibility is there. We'll update if anything happens!
Monday, May 2, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Day 1.
I have a couple new rules to help me last 6 weeks, and hopefully change my lifestyle.
1) Whole grains are yes when I want them. Oatmeal, Barley flakes, Rye flakes can be breakfast when I want it. Just no milk and no sugar. Dinner I'll eat legumes and/or whole grains (quinoa, brown rice) only when I want it.
2) No sugar, milk, butter when cooking or seasoning
3) Menstrual first aid kit will include extra-dark chocolate and recipes for raw desert.
I'm hoping to lose 20-25 lbs in 6 weeks, and drop 2 sizes. Hopefully all this will happen before my 25 birthday at the end of June! Wish me luck. I'll be here!
1) Whole grains are yes when I want them. Oatmeal, Barley flakes, Rye flakes can be breakfast when I want it. Just no milk and no sugar. Dinner I'll eat legumes and/or whole grains (quinoa, brown rice) only when I want it.
2) No sugar, milk, butter when cooking or seasoning
3) Menstrual first aid kit will include extra-dark chocolate and recipes for raw desert.
I'm hoping to lose 20-25 lbs in 6 weeks, and drop 2 sizes. Hopefully all this will happen before my 25 birthday at the end of June! Wish me luck. I'll be here!
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Six weeks
Tomorrow is the first day of my six week fruit and veggie cleanse. I have done probably a total of four weeks on and off, but now I'm ready. I want this weight off and I want it off now. I'm ready to change my body! I know it's going to be tough, but my desire to change has outweighed my desire to stay the same. Here I come, summer swim suit.
So, wish me luck. I'm tired of little to no results. Let's just do this and then I won't have to worry about it. Bam.
Here we go!
So, wish me luck. I'm tired of little to no results. Let's just do this and then I won't have to worry about it. Bam.
Here we go!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
What if.
What if everyone had a job that was meaningful for them?
Maybe the deeper question is, what if everyone cared for each other?
It's been a year since the BP oil spill in the Gulf, and it's everywhere I am. Stories of people slopping through oil today in commemoration, the dark depression in the minds of the fishermen and women, and rage in the hearts of Americans directed at the faceless stone wall of British Petroleum.
There was an interesting caller today on the NPR program On Point. He was an activist. I liked him. He echoed the call that BP needs to take more responsibility (which they do, by the way), and then went on this fantastic little rant on how we only run into these problems because we, as a people and society, feel that it's worth the cost. We buy everything (even plastic) wrapped in a layer of plastic, in a plastic bag and take it to our plastic cars and then to our plastic home with our plastic dishes and countless other objects with petroleum derived ingredients. He argued that we have to accept accidents like this because we continue to live a life that requires us to drill off the coast of Louisiana to support it. His conclusion was that we don't take alternative energy seriously because it won't meet our needs, so maybe we should carefully review our needs.
The other week our family went on a hike at Bald Mountain state park. I love running and hiking with our family. After an hour or so has passed, the kids are lulled into silence and Dave and I have the most wonderful, random conversations-- just like we did when we were dating. This time I opened up and actually said out loud a lot of my political and environment views about the problems of society (which I haven't done for, literally, years because we've been living in Utah and I didn't want to upset the flow too much).
What came out of my mouth was something very similar to this gentleman's point, which he argued so vehemently. If people would just conserve just a little bit, like only have two televisions in the house, and only have then on for 3 hours each day, just think what that would do for our energy consumption. If everyone found a way to ride the bus once a week, or ride their bike or walk to work just once a week; If everyone picked up 1 piece of trash a day, or carpooled with a co-worker, or turned off their power strip at night or put on a sweater or put up one solar panel or-- the list goes on.
What if people cared?
What if everyone had a job that was meaningful for them? And we could stop making plastic bags and assembling pieces of junk and spending more time helping people and feeling happy, instead of selfish and alone.
What if, indeed.
Maybe the deeper question is, what if everyone cared for each other?
It's been a year since the BP oil spill in the Gulf, and it's everywhere I am. Stories of people slopping through oil today in commemoration, the dark depression in the minds of the fishermen and women, and rage in the hearts of Americans directed at the faceless stone wall of British Petroleum.
There was an interesting caller today on the NPR program On Point. He was an activist. I liked him. He echoed the call that BP needs to take more responsibility (which they do, by the way), and then went on this fantastic little rant on how we only run into these problems because we, as a people and society, feel that it's worth the cost. We buy everything (even plastic) wrapped in a layer of plastic, in a plastic bag and take it to our plastic cars and then to our plastic home with our plastic dishes and countless other objects with petroleum derived ingredients. He argued that we have to accept accidents like this because we continue to live a life that requires us to drill off the coast of Louisiana to support it. His conclusion was that we don't take alternative energy seriously because it won't meet our needs, so maybe we should carefully review our needs.
The other week our family went on a hike at Bald Mountain state park. I love running and hiking with our family. After an hour or so has passed, the kids are lulled into silence and Dave and I have the most wonderful, random conversations-- just like we did when we were dating. This time I opened up and actually said out loud a lot of my political and environment views about the problems of society (which I haven't done for, literally, years because we've been living in Utah and I didn't want to upset the flow too much).
What came out of my mouth was something very similar to this gentleman's point, which he argued so vehemently. If people would just conserve just a little bit, like only have two televisions in the house, and only have then on for 3 hours each day, just think what that would do for our energy consumption. If everyone found a way to ride the bus once a week, or ride their bike or walk to work just once a week; If everyone picked up 1 piece of trash a day, or carpooled with a co-worker, or turned off their power strip at night or put on a sweater or put up one solar panel or-- the list goes on.
What if people cared?
What if everyone had a job that was meaningful for them? And we could stop making plastic bags and assembling pieces of junk and spending more time helping people and feeling happy, instead of selfish and alone.
What if, indeed.
Marathon plan
Fallsburg Marathon
$60
Saturday, Aug 20 2011
Lowell, Michigan - 2 hours away
http://www.fallsburghalf.8k.com/index_1.html
I found a great excel sheet that will chart your progress as you go. http://runninginthefamily.com/blog/training/16-week-marathon-training-plan. Let's do this.
$60
Saturday, Aug 20 2011
Lowell, Michigan - 2 hours away
http://www.fallsburghalf.8k.com/index_1.html
I found a great excel sheet that will chart your progress as you go. http://runninginthefamily.com/blog/training/16-week-marathon-training-plan. Let's do this.
Happy
Yesterday I:
Planted flowers for my window sill
Sang Puccini beautifully!
Went to the gym.
Cleaned my house.
Played with those kids.
Today I will:
Color easter eggs
play some music
Gym it again
Buy feta cheese! <3
Probably go outside.
Life is happy!
Planted flowers for my window sill
Sang Puccini beautifully!
Went to the gym.
Cleaned my house.
Played with those kids.
Today I will:
Color easter eggs
play some music
Gym it again
Buy feta cheese! <3
Probably go outside.
Life is happy!
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Summer Saturdays: Renessance Center
We have decided to go do something fun every Saturday this summer. We have compiled a long list of necessary sightseeings to accomplish while we live here. This week we visited the Renaissance Center in Downtown Detroit, which houses the General Motors International headquarters. The complex overlooks the river. We had a relaxing morning.
These were taken in the showroom. The guy who designed the Camero is in our ward!
This is a suburban-- the rural Utah mom car that I swear I will never own. I'm minivan all the way!
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