Today I had homework, 4 assignments.
1. Keep track of my food and email for critiques!
2. Create my dream board (once it's complete, I'll give you more information!)
3. Find my mantra.
If you don't know, a mantra is a way of life. In my particular situation, it's a way of weight loss life. So I thought and I thought and I thought. Then I realized, why am I thinking so hard when Google can bring just as much inspiration! I must say, there are a lot of LAME mantras out there! For example:
"Nothing tastes as good as thin feels." SO cliche!
"It's not a race its a marathon." *yawn!*
"I think I can, I think I can..." I too love The Little Engine that could, but it just wasn't right.
Finally, I came across ONE that I saw it and said to myself "YES!" So ladies and gents, my mantra, my day to day phrase, my do or die is:
"The pain of discipline is less than the pain of regret."
HOW TRUE!!?? It's the same thing as saying, "okay Cara, seriously, do you really want that? Um, no, no you don't!" This, when it's done, will go on my dream board!!
So that task is done for the day! Now, I'm gonna go kick back and relax...'cus that was assignment number four! :)
Monday, February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Start of something
You know they say you hit rock bottom before you come back up? Well, I have to ask, how many freakin' times do I have to bounce back from rock bottom before I finally stay up.
I have been on this journey now for over two years, yes, that's right TWO YEARS! If you're wondering that's 728 days. 17,472 hours. 1,048,320 minutes and 62,899,200 seconds. (Just keep adding to those seconds why don't ya?) Looking at it from that point of view, that's a lot of time out of life. While I've had so many downs during those times, I have also had a lot of ups!
As the winter is coming to a close I think cabin fever is starting to come into play. I haven't been able to run outside, I've been stuck in a stinky gym among strangers who won't B.S. with me and I also haven't had a lot of the companionship that I had for the first full year, and man do I miss that! Not only that but my weight has been pretty still for the past year. I've gone up and down, up and down, up and down. A real mind game! With all these factors, I hit bottom yesterday...AGAIN! I'm getting really damn tired of it, I'm not gonna lie to you!
After crying to my bootcamp instructor (literally), after crying to my mom, and of course crying to Colin at night I went to bed not minding if the sun came up the next day. Well, you know good ol' mother Earth, she brought that sun up again!! Not only is she bringing the sun up each day, she's making it come up earlier, and go to bed later! The weather is starting to get nice and the birds are back out chirping!
Now, if that's not a metaphor for life, I don't know what is! The dark times are going to get less, the up bright times will be longer. The pounds, like the snow, will start melting soon, until then, a little bit more will gain, but it will go down. The birds are singing a song for the soul, upbeat and a tune of hope. (yeah, that's cheesy, but go ahead and use it!)
Pretty much, what I'm getting at is Spring is around the corner. Spring brings new life back to this state of ours. I will take advantage of it and I'll put a spring back in my step and attitude (Oo, bam, I'm full of them tonight!) and I won't give up on my goal.
Still wrapped around my wrist is the bracelet my mum gave me and it says "fall seven times, stand up eight." Well, number 8, here we go again!!
I have been on this journey now for over two years, yes, that's right TWO YEARS! If you're wondering that's 728 days. 17,472 hours. 1,048,320 minutes and 62,899,200 seconds. (Just keep adding to those seconds why don't ya?) Looking at it from that point of view, that's a lot of time out of life. While I've had so many downs during those times, I have also had a lot of ups!
As the winter is coming to a close I think cabin fever is starting to come into play. I haven't been able to run outside, I've been stuck in a stinky gym among strangers who won't B.S. with me and I also haven't had a lot of the companionship that I had for the first full year, and man do I miss that! Not only that but my weight has been pretty still for the past year. I've gone up and down, up and down, up and down. A real mind game! With all these factors, I hit bottom yesterday...AGAIN! I'm getting really damn tired of it, I'm not gonna lie to you!
After crying to my bootcamp instructor (literally), after crying to my mom, and of course crying to Colin at night I went to bed not minding if the sun came up the next day. Well, you know good ol' mother Earth, she brought that sun up again!! Not only is she bringing the sun up each day, she's making it come up earlier, and go to bed later! The weather is starting to get nice and the birds are back out chirping!
Now, if that's not a metaphor for life, I don't know what is! The dark times are going to get less, the up bright times will be longer. The pounds, like the snow, will start melting soon, until then, a little bit more will gain, but it will go down. The birds are singing a song for the soul, upbeat and a tune of hope. (yeah, that's cheesy, but go ahead and use it!)
Pretty much, what I'm getting at is Spring is around the corner. Spring brings new life back to this state of ours. I will take advantage of it and I'll put a spring back in my step and attitude (Oo, bam, I'm full of them tonight!) and I won't give up on my goal.
Still wrapped around my wrist is the bracelet my mum gave me and it says "fall seven times, stand up eight." Well, number 8, here we go again!!
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Hand in hand
Sometimes we get lucky where we get to have two goals. What's better is when those goals go hand in hand so well, it's more like fate is playing a roll!
I think part of my stagnant weight loss and motivation is that I've been working for the same goal for so long. Well, realizing that I need to do more cardio to kick this back up, I've decided I, Cara Ann Berg Rainey, am going to start training for a half marathon! Not just any marathon, but the Disney Princess Half Marathon!! What better place to enjoy it all than running with Tigger and Donald and Mickey!!
Check out what it's all about
I have one year to get ready for this! I know I can do this and it will REALLY help my goals into losing weight and losing inches. Fun huh? Another journey to take!
(P.S. I'm also doing the 60 mile walk in August, so I'll keep you updated on that front, too!)
I think part of my stagnant weight loss and motivation is that I've been working for the same goal for so long. Well, realizing that I need to do more cardio to kick this back up, I've decided I, Cara Ann Berg Rainey, am going to start training for a half marathon! Not just any marathon, but the Disney Princess Half Marathon!! What better place to enjoy it all than running with Tigger and Donald and Mickey!!
Check out what it's all about
I have one year to get ready for this! I know I can do this and it will REALLY help my goals into losing weight and losing inches. Fun huh? Another journey to take!
(P.S. I'm also doing the 60 mile walk in August, so I'll keep you updated on that front, too!)
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
28 Days Later
Hmm...28 Days Later, sounds like a pretty good horror flick, eh? Writing it down for later! (check)
This 28 day journey is over. While I wrote about it I thought I would share with you all my picture. This is just merely after 28 days!
After all this I'm still 5% away (lost 2% since November) from where I need to be so there's much more to be done, but I must say, it has given me the kick start I need again! Each day is a brand new day, and I'd say everything is going in the right direction!
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