FITNESS
*Gym – 8x Only 1X…Yikes.
*Yoga – 4X 6 yoga classes…yay me!
*Nia – 3X 2 classes
*Walk – 4X None…hate cold weather.
*Sun Salutations – 5 every day Big fail…only did them during yoga classes.
WEIGHTLOSS
*Bring my lunch to work every day. Every day but one!
*Track food every day. Totally didn’t happen.
*Weigh-ins on Sundays and Thursdays. Not so good.
*Lose 5 lbs. Gained 2…YIKES!
FINANCES
*No nail polish or magazines purchased this month! Only 1 magazine and 0 nail polish.
*Only buy 1 book this month … for Book Club. Bought 2 ebooks and 1 book from Costco…all cheap!
*Track expenses and “resisted items”. I did track expenses for the first half of the month, but not after that.
*Have at least 1 day per week when no money is spent. This was a success!
*Spent mindfully, paying particular attention to how I can resist spending money and when I can “cheap out” on expenditures. This went fairly well, although the temptations to spend money started to grip me at the end of the month.
*Check into LOC and whether it got overpaid. Done! The money that I overpaid was transferred to my credit card and my LOC is paid off.
*Cancel charitable deductions coming off credit cards—feel guilty but need to get finances under control. I did it!
SPIRIT AND SOUL
*Read two books this month.Nope.
*Journal daily. Not as regularly as I would like.
*Practise self-reiki when I’m feeling stressed. Yes, I tried to do this somewhat regularly.
*Get a massage. Yes…it was glorious.
*Breathe mindfully every day! Yes…really trying.
*Be grateful. I really tried to focus on this in October.
Nov 01, 2011, 11:39AM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments
FITNESS
*Nia – 1X
WEIGHTLOSS
Hmmm…not too hot…
FINANCES
*No nail polish or magazines purchased!
*Only buy 1 book this month … for Book Club
*Spent mindfully
SPIRIT AND SOUL
*Reading my book club book
*Breathing mindfully every day!
*Grateful for sunny fall days, a fun day at Canada’s Wonderland, my brand new cozy sheets, and excited kids
Oct 31, 2011, 03:12AM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments
FITNESS
*Yoga – 1X
*Walk – 1X
WEIGHTLOSS
*Brought my lunch to work every day
FINANCES
*No nail polish purchased!
*Didn’t spend any money yesterday
*Spent mindfully, although I did treat myself on the 23rd
SPIRIT AND SOUL
*Started reading a James Patterson (super light, but at least I’m back to reading)
*Breathing mindfully every day!
*Grateful for breakfast in bed on Sunday in honour of my birthday (on Monday), the lovely Kobo ereader/tablet that my hubby has ordered for me, and all of the wonderful birthday wishes on Facebook and in person.
MY “43 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I TURN 43” LIST
This list is done because I turned 43 yesterday. I will start perusing my 44 Things to Do Before I Turn 44 list next!
Oct 25, 2011, 01:12PM PDT | 5 cheers | 1 comment
I’ve been so exhausted this week. Stressing a bit, as well. Oh well…it’s Friday!
FITNESS
*Yoga – 2X
WEIGHTLOSS
*Brought my lunch to work every day
FINANCES
*No nail polish or magazines purchased this week!
*Didn’t spend any money yesterday
*Spent mindfully
SPIRIT AND SOUL
*Breathed mindfully every day!
*Grateful for a really nice colleague, Fridays, my sister’s healthy pregnancy, and that tonight is a Girls’ Night with my friends!
MY “43 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I TURN 43” LIST
*Nothing these days
Oct 21, 2011, 01:25PM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments
FITNESS
*Nothing today
WEIGHTLOSS
*Hmmmm….
FINANCES
*No nail polish or magazines purchased today!
*Spent mindfully, and bought my daughter a used (but looks like new) American Eagle winter coat. Likely saved between 30 and 50 dollars.
SPIRIT AND SOUL
*Journal daily
*Well, I could have practises self-reiki when we had (another!) slight flood in our house from a mal-functioning dishwasher, but I chose to pop an Ativan! Feeling all good now!
*Breathed mindfully during the flood incident, instead of completely letting my body go into panic mode…progress???
*Grateful that the flood was contained and the dishwasher is not completely pooched
MY “43 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I TURN 43” LIST
*Looking forward to some nice relaxation on my birthday in one week!
Oct 16, 2011, 05:04PM PDT | 9 cheers | 0 comments
FITNESS
*Nia – Did a class today (15th)which was SO great. Love Nia so much.
*Yoga – Taught a yoga class on the 13th to some high school students at the Outdoor Ed. Centre where I spent 3 days this week. It was a nice challenge for me and a great stretch!
WEIGHTLOSS
This entire goal doesn’t seem to be happening AT ALL! Why oh why can’t I just get motivated, stay motivated and achieve my goals?!
FINANCES
*No nail polish purchased during this time!
*Bought one magazine…but I did it consciously and with fore-thought…and that’s ok!
*I still need to track my expenses, although I have been keeping my receipts
*Did not spend any money on the 12th or 13th
*Spent mindfully, although I did spend some money on scrapbooking stuff. I can actually feel that dangerous rush that happens when I spend money. I will consciously NOT spend money for the rest of the month.
SPIRIT AND SOUL
*Reading seems to be at a standstill…way too busy.
*Will catch up on my journal tonight
*Breathing mindfully every day!
*Grateful for 3 days with terrific kids at an outdoor education centre, an awesome day of scrapbooking today, a relaxing and invigorating Nia class, and my wonderful family to come home to!
MY “43 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I TURN 43” LIST
*Scrapbooked for the day today—got approximately 15 pages done.
Oct 15, 2011, 05:10PM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments
FITNESS
*Nothing today…feeling a tad overwhelmed by life.
WEIGHTLOSS
*Brought my lunch to work
FINANCES
*No nail polish or magazines purchased today!
*Track expenses and “resisted items”
*No money spent on Sunday or Monday
*Spent mindfully
*2nd charitable deductions coming off credit cards got cancelled
{color:blue}SPIRIT AND SOUL%
*Trying to breathe mindfully—finding it tough
*Grateful
MY “43 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I TURN 43” LIST
*Nothing
Oct 11, 2011, 04:48PM PDT | 4 cheers | 0 comments
Had a FANTASTIC long weekend at the cottage…kind of took the last few days off, to tell you the truth. Minimal efforts made on October Bootcamp, but lots of progress on relaxation and eating turkey dinners! In fact, I’m not even going to tally things up…just going to enjoy my memories of the cottage and move on into the rest of October!
I’m so thankful for my family, my beautiful cottage, the amazing 25 degree weather, and the fabulous festivities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of my little tiny, country elementary school, as well as the opportunity to rescue a poor lost dog from being hit on the highway and reunite her with her family. All in all, an awesome weekend!
Hope all my fellow Canadians enjoyed Thanksgiving weekend!
Oct 10, 2011, 05:25PM PDT | 5 cheers | 1 comment
FITNESS
*Yoga
WEIGHTLOSS
*Brought my lunch to work
*Will catch up on tracking food!
*Thursday weigh-in … the same as Sunday … I’m not really sticking with any sort of plan…will need to get serious soon!
FINANCES
*No nail polish or magazines purchased!
*Tracked expenses
*Spent mindfully
SPIRIT AND SOUL
*Will journal tonight
*Breathed mindfully today!
*Grateful for my athletic daughters
MY “43 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I TURN 43” LIST
*Nothing today
Oct 06, 2011, 05:12PM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments
FITNESS
*Nothing today…darn appts and work!
WEIGHTLOSS
*Brought my lunch to work today
*Tracked food
FINANCES
*No nail polish or magazines purchased today!
*Tracked expenses
*Spent mindfully
*Checked into LOC and have it paid off, with extra that will be transferred to my mastercard…this is good news. Too bad I accumulated other debt over the past few years. It’s time to stop the madness!
*Cancelled one charitable deductions coming off my credit card and sent an email inquiring about the other one. This feels kind of like a relief…I find it hard to face these issues, but feel generally better when I do!
SPIRIT AND SOUL
*Journal daily
*Got a massage today!
*Breathed mindfully throughout the day and it does help
*Grateful for the lovely sunny days this week
MY “43 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I TURN 43” LIST
*Nothing yet
Oct 05, 2011, 05:15PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments
