I told you about my love of the books that I made… and the great deals I have gotten from Shutterfly
Now it’s your turn…
I can give 4 people the oppurtunity to get their own free 8X8 hard cover book from Shutterfly. (as long as you are not already a member 😉 )
The catch? I would love to know how you found my blog and what brings you back!
I’ll choose the four lucky people at random on Sunday morning.
No, not the hair again 🙂
On Tuesday I went out for my first try at running. I downloaded the Podcast Podrunner put it on my ipod and went out… I didn’t really have many expectations
I don’t have the right gear, I didn’t have anywhere near good shoes but I did have have a great bra… for well-endowed women as they say on the site…
So it started, 5 min walk, 60 sec run, 90 sec walk, 60 sec run etc…. for 30 min…Â It was hard, but then it wasn’t, but then it was… and then I gave up and then I started again and then it was done and I felt great. I didn’t really feel any aches or pains from it which is great except for my feet. As I said, I didn’t have the right shoes for running at all.
If you have been reading my blog for a while, or know me, you know that I am a barefooter. I loathe covering my feet and if I am going to run I plan on doing it barefoot later on. However, it is still winter, and there is snow and ice and slush on the ground and it is not very comfortable at the moment for walking barefoot for extended periods of time…
I have been coveting the Vibram Fivefinger shoes for a few years now since I first heard of them and finally decided to get my first pair. I got the kids in the car and drove to MEC and fell in love with them the moment I tried them on…
Aren’t they amphibiously weird? great!
I went out for my second run tonight and choose a slightly different route. It was easier, it was harder, I wanted to give up, then I didn’t, then I paused the podcast because I wasn’t going up that hill running, then I started again and felt great…
I Â am feeling the burn a bit more already but I also pushed myself harder today. I absolutely loved running in the Vibrams, they let you feel the ground as if you were running barefoot with all of the advantage that a shoe may provide. I am looking forward to seeing where this running thing will take me….
I have to say, I don’t really know the Imperial metric system that well, but as of this morning my weight is down 14lbs which happens to be 1 stone. I guess it is just satisfying to say that amount…
I am now more than half way to my first goal of losing 10% of my highest weight…
What am I doing?
Eating what I normally eat in smaller portions, journalling and doing a bit more housework…
It’s working… and my house is cleaner…
I want to start swimming again… I need to start again… I just need the motivation to leave the house and do it.
When the roads are a bit dryer I would really like to start  C25K… I am not sure what attracts me to running but it something that I would really love to do.
Where do you get the motivation to get out there and get active?
Saturday is my usual shopping day.
I figure out what we are going to eat for the week, what we need for the house, and then leave the kids with Simon and head out to get it all done in one trip.
Figuring out our weekly meals is not hard, but it does take some planning… For inspiration I look at my past recipes, my favourite blogs, Foodgawker etc…What do we have in the house already? What is on special? Sometimes I am just feeling picky or want certain types of flavours or am just tired of the same old thing… it takes a bit of time, but I know that it is 100% worth it and that it will be satisfying to come home with a weeks worth of meals.
So here is our menu for the week:
Breakfast ideas :Smoothie, Bagels, eggs, oatmeal
What is your meal plan this week? Do you make one? Where  do you get your inspiration?
I wrote something in the comments of the last post that I would like to expand on… “I am ready for some changes in my life and the easiest place to start is with myself.”
I have some big plans for the future. We would like to sell the house and move. Maybe back to Montreal, ideally, out of province. However, it is hard to leave the stability we have now and take the plunge into the unknown. The more I think about it, the more I want it, but because we are not ready yet, it just becomes depressing to think of what could be. I am one of those people that when I want something, I want it now, and when I can’t get it I feel discouraged and live in a standstill… living in wait of something, instead of living in the moment.
I realize though, I can’t control big changes like this. Our Mortgage is up next year, if we sell now, we would have a penalty to pay which we can’t afford. Simon has a a stable job, which he hates, and we hate that he has to do something he hates each day, but it is a steady income that is hard to leave behind. One day we will be ready, but it isn’t at this moment. I need to accept that. Not that I will not change our dream and work towards it, but I realize that it takes little steps.
I may not be able to control the big picture at the moment, but I can control small changes, changes within myself, external and internal. A haircut, may be just a haircut, but it also a symbol for me that I am ready. I have dropped 10lbs in the last 2 months and I plan on losing a whole lot more. I no longer feel attachment to most of the stuff in my house and I just feel like getting back into that active mode of decluttering I was in a few years ago and getting rid of as much as I can that we don’t use or need.
I might want the big change now, but I am accepting that it might take longer then I wish. But, the little changes, I can control them. The little changes I make now can only make us more ready for the future and in the meantime I will not feel at a standstill, I will be able to keep moving ahead and hope that our big dreams will be realized sooner than later.
