house clutter and weight support board

[Alice_in_Wonderland]

I have serious motivation to "lighten the load" around the house...starting tomorrow...I did my Zumba instructor training today and now I can teach Zumba classes...there is a bit of expense involved in getting started and I'm hoping to offset some of the initial expenses with some sales of excess around the house...

Planning a garage sale...maybe some craigslist listings...books, etc. to Half Price...if I do a garage sale, I'm hoping to only have to get ready for one big one...they are a lot of work...totally wanting to start tomorrow but not sure about my energy level...training was 8 hours today...it was intense...I wore my HRM...I burned 2765 calories ...this SHOULD compensate for all the recent wine and beer indulgences but because of that, I'm not expecting any big change other than some serious soreness tomorrow.

Congrats on becoming a Zumba instructor!! That is awesome!! Wow 2765 calories burned in one day. I would have come home and eaten everything in the house afterwards.
We are also getting ready for a big garage sale. Our local firehouse sponsors one every year at the end of April. We just buy a table there and they do the advertising. Maybe you can find a community one in your area?
Good luck with everything! Let us know how it is going for you.

 

[TxRabbit]

My goal for the weekend accomplished...we have an area entering the house from the garage...there is a cabinet with a small countertop and a wall cabinet...it's kind of like a mudroom, sort of...the utility/laundry room is off to the side...I finally got this organized into a "landing zone" for all the stuff that lands when you come home...it feels awesome to have the area be organized...it was my clutter goal...

On the fitness goal...I have identified a couple songs that I would like to do some choreo to for a future Zumba class...so I will be practicing those this week in addition to my normal class schedule...

As different areas of the house get organized...hoping to stage a garage sale, using the guest bedroom as the staging zone...up next...the utility/laundry room...

 

[JacksLilWench]

Tuesday was such an awesome day for house clutter. I cleaned out the laundry room and linen closet and made up TWO bags of trash and a full bag of goodwill giveaways PLUS a big bag of all my sister's clothes she left at the house when she moved out. WOOOOO!!! I keep looking down the hallway to a completely cleaned out laundry room and it makes me feel so good. And then yesterday I had the healthiest day of food ever, lol. I've also been tracking my food in a journal, and I'm having quite a bit of success.

How is everyone else doing??

 

[Alice_in_Wonderland]

Jackslilwench-that is awesome. Wow , have you been busy. I am back to cleaning and organizing today. This weekend my husband and I have a huge clean up project scheduled. Hope we get as much done as you did!!!

 

[haleyknits]

WTG! It sounds like everyone is making progress.

I am happy to announce that I have lost 11.6 pounds since 3/2! Thank you Weight Watchers

My house is a disaster area though. I have been quite ill for a couple weeks now. I am getting better, but still have bronchitis.

 

[Alice_in_Wonderland]

WTG! It sounds like everyone is making progress.

I am happy to announce that I have lost 11.6 pounds since 3/2! Thank you Weight Watchers

My house is a disaster area though. I have been quite ill for a couple weeks now. I am getting better, but still have bronchitis.

Congrats!!!!!! That is awesome!!!!! Sorry you are sick though. Feel better!!!

 

[TxRabbit]

@Haley: Congrats!!

WTG everyone for getting to the different rooms! This morning I completely cleaned out my EMAIL! LOL. It was out of control and something that felt like it was hanging over my head. I feel such relief to have dealt with it.

I've been working out like crazy. I'm teaching my first Zumba class on Tuesday morning! I'm so sore from practicing.

 

[cinda65]

I am also in. Need to lose a lot of weight both physically and in the house. We are going to be moving in June and have a HUGE yard sale planned for May 14. I'm getting a little overwhelmed right now because I want to look at everything and move only what we use or love. I'm thinking the new place may look minimalistic, but that would probably be good!!

 

[TxRabbit]

We did a similar thing. I didn't move anything that I didn't love. We moved without anything to sit on besides lawn chairs! LOL. We used those portable chairs for the longest time before I found seating that I really loved. I tell you. It would do that again in a heart beat. It makes it so much easier to settle into the new place. And then you can furnish/decorate it with things that work well specifically for the new place. I kept all my garage sale money separate and used it to purchase new things for the new house.

 

[JacksLilWench]

Bump!

I started again with cleaning out stuff today. It feels so good to gather up all the trash and get rid of it all! I also went for a run this morning before I got started...but I had to cut it short because my iPod died! Such a stupid reason really, but I hate running with no music So I'm charging it now and plan on getting up early again and jogging a FULL two miles with a fully charged iPod

How is everyone else doing on their cleaning and exersicing journeys??

 

[Alice_in_Wonderland]

Bump!

I started again with cleaning out stuff today. It feels so good to gather up all the trash and get rid of it all! I also went for a run this morning before I got started...but I had to cut it short because my iPod died! Such a stupid reason really, but I hate running with no music So I'm charging it now and plan on getting up early again and jogging a FULL two miles with a fully charged iPod

How is everyone else doing on their cleaning and exersicing journeys??

So funny, I was just going to post here when I read your post...great minds lol!! Congrats on the running, that is awesome. I would have also quit if my ipod died. I can't run unless there is a beat to follow
We got a lot of clutter out of the house and sold it at a yard sale over the weekend. But, now I am looking at the house and thinking that the clutter somehow spread all over the house again like the blob.
Tomorrow I will start again.....

Good luck with your running tomorrow!!!

 

[JacksLilWench]

So funny, I was just going to post here when I read your post...great minds lol!! Congrats on the running, that is awesome. I would have also quit if my ipod died. I can't run unless there is a beat to follow
We got a lot of clutter out of the house and sold it at a yard sale over the weekend. But, now I am looking at the house and thinking that the clutter somehow spread all over the house again like the blob.
Tomorrow I will start again.....

Good luck with your running tomorrow!!!

They really DO think alike, lol! It's so funny when that happens

We haven't been able to really sell any of our stuff at a yard sale, but we're not really yard sale people...most of our stuff isn't yard-saleable! But most of it went to Goodwill.

Your house sounds like mine. My dad described it as water; you move some out and some more stuff rushes in in its' place