Silence between friends

Just a silly moment when Deb and I lived in Washington. The point of this photo is that Lisa should never get another perm.

So when the emails stop there is usually a reason. I have been in my usual winter funk and I thought it was time to email Deb, my old pal and see what was going on in her life.

Wow, weird. I was JUST thinking about you…and your message pops up!

I can’t write a lot right now. Gotta get some work done, and at lunch I am putting on my sneakers and walking.

Time for me to get ON the horse….get my head in the game, etc. etc.

The month of January was a bust in some ways, but productive in others. I gained and lost the same 5 pounds…sigh…my scale was screaming this morning too.  I walked the dog for 15 minutes this morning and then did a 30 minute exercise tape. Brought healthy whole food.

I have done a lot of soul-searching and thinking this month. I think (once again) I set too many goals at once and didn’t do any of them well in January. 

So February is one thing and one thing only. From now on, I pick one goal per month…do it until it is a habit and then move on to the next thing. This month my only goal is to get the exercise into my daily routine and KEEP IT THERE. I will try and eat healthy, but if nothing else I MUST move my butt. I must set a goal I can stick with…so aside from walking the dog I want to try and do my exercise tapes 5x per week and throw in walks at lunch as much as possible. I even fear 5x per week is too much…but this month the scale has to MOVE…

I would love to be 20 pounds lighter by my birthday in April…but not sure that’s going to work.

I don’t want to set myself up for failure there either. One pound at a time…baby steps.

Gotta run…

My email to Deb.

Truth is that I did a shitty job of sticking with my New Year’s resolutions. I hate winter and I have let it once again sidetrack my efforts. But it is time for me to do the same as you. I need to set my goal for this month. Mine is to stop letting stress rule my life. I am realizing that it is my trigger to over eat. I am taking a new pair of tennis shoes to work and I am going to follow Joy’s advice and walk off my cravings. I am also going to take a yoga matt to work and steal a few minutes a day and stretch out after sitting for several hours. Then if I feel the need the eat something I am going to reach for my water bottle and drink until it feel full. At least, I will burn a few calories by running to the bathroom. You know that is one of the reasons they say that drinking water can speed up your metabolism. You got to burn calories getting rid of it.

Stay tuned to see how we do this month.