Hello all! I am fairly new to the DisBoards and just recently found this forum. I already read through all the pages of February without realizing it was only for February, and only skimmed through March because I wanted to post and introduce myself. I'll try to be brief with my responses to the March questions, but do want to respond to most of them so I can consider myself truly part of this thread!
Introduction: I am 47, happily married for 16 years, and mom to three wonderful children - my 12 year old daughter and my 11 year old twin boys. Life is busy between my full time job, my kids music and sports schedule, and just life in general.
My kryptonite: sweets like cake, cookies, and ice cream. In general, I try not to have cakes or cookies in the house, but usually have ice cream because the kids like it. If I'm good, I don't get the kind I like, so I have no temptation.
I'm not always good though.
Music: I'm horrible at knowing/remembering song (or book) titles or the names of the musician (or author), so I won't be able to give actual favorite songs. I like upbeat music with a strong beat. Intense dislike for any music where it seems like they are screaming!
Fruits and Veggies: Our growing season is rather short, so most of my "fresh" fruit and veggies come from Costco! I love all berries, watermelon, apples, pineapple, and grapes and try to have at least one serving a day. For veggies, I love sugar snap peas, green beans, and fresh corn on the cob straight from my brother's field! Again, I try for one serving a day. I know I need to do better on the amount of fruit and veggies I eat each day. Perhaps that will be a future goal?
Exercise : I have started walking early in the mornings. I find if I don't do it first thing, I won't get it done. Last fall I got really consistent with it and I was walking four to six miles each day, with one rest day a week, until I rolled my ankle in October. I couldn't bear weight for a couple weeks and was slowly getting my range of motion back when I rolled it again. I still don't have full range of motion, but I can walk without any pain and have enough range of motion that I started walking again last week. My long term goals are to complete the Princess Half in 2018, and that is what led me to this forum.
Motivation: I really struggle with motivation. I guess my own desire to be healthy, combined with my love for my kids and my husband, give me motivation. I just wish the motivation could always outweigh the excuses I can come up with for not exercising or eating healthy.
Good and bad habits: First the bad. I drink too much soda. I indulge in the sweets (my daughter is a Girl Scout and guess what's going on right now? Cookies!! Ugh!) too often. I would eat pizza every day if I could. Now the good. I'm not sure I have too many or I wouldn't be here trying to make some changes.
I like my fruits and veggies plain. I don't like sauces and gravy, so I'm not combining a good thing with a bad. My husband would love to put Velveeta on all his vegetables and I tease him that he has a little salad with his Ranch dressing. I'm not like that. At all.
Favorite place in the whole world: Home. Disney World. The mountains. The beach. I don't think I can pick just one. Each place is special to me in different ways.
Short term goals:
1.) Walking four mornings a week doing a walk for 40 seconds and a jog for 20 seconds, for 2-4 miles.
2.) Limit soda to one can a day (currently drink 3-4 cans a day on the weekends, and 2-3 day during the week)
3.) Increase the amount of water I drink. I don't have a set amount, but know I need to drink more. I'll say two water bottles worth for a start. That will be about 60 ounces a day.
Long term goals:
1.) Lose weight.
2.) Complete the Princess weekend races. Yes. The competitor in me is shooting for the 5K, 10K, and the half. I figure if I can walk 4-6 miles a day, doing the 5K and the 10K one day after the other won't be a problem. The goal is to have enough left in the tank to do the half on day 3!
Sorry for writing a short story! I promise future posts won't be as lengthy! I just needed to get caught up. I look forward to getting to know each of you as the months go on. Thanks for having such a supportive forum for folks like me!
great to have you join us .... I am also a twin mum - boy/girl though - they are 13 and I have an older boy 16.
- his family said he had struggled with depression his whole adult life. He was a wonderful manager to DS and really helped him learn and improve at his job and will be missed by DS. This is the second funeral we have gone to in the last 2 and a half months to say goodbye to someone way too early in their life. As a parent it just hits home watching these other parents lose their precious children - there are just no words.
given that we are over the half way mark for the month and it is my Mum's birthday on the 31st which will mean eating out or take-out - I don't think I will hit 100%.
