Day 13

On this 21 Day Fit Program I am learning more about my body's capabilities. Age has no bearing on whether we can or cannot. It is the mind that takes us there. Sometimes it takes people to motivate us, sometimes it takes a health scare and other times it simply takes a determination of personal will to begin a healthy lifestyle for life. 

Today my 13th day of this program I am challenged more as the soreness sets in, but it will not beat me. I see improvement in my shape, the clothes I wear, the way I feel but the scales are not as cooperative. If I am to stay with this program I must continue to educate myself on the "what, when and why" of overall healthy eating & lifestyle. So my first step is to realize and document evidence. I find that muscle weight is heavier in weight than fat.  While I have basically lost very little on this last 21 day journey, my body has taken on a new form, less around the waist, arms, chest, thighs and even my hands. My blood pressure is at a normal range and my resting blood sugar is also in a normal range. This is a battle I intend to win. We can accomplish much if we just put our mind and heart into it. Be our own motivator! Just do it!

Refreshed, Renewed & Energized

Day #8 of my second 21 day journey of better eating, better living and better health. Just in 8 days I have regained stamina I thought lost. While I eat to nourish I am really not hungry/craving foods. I am excited to do the next day's exercise, excited to see changes in my body. This is totally a transformation and I can hardly wait to see the portrait of me my mind had drawn.

Up for the Challenge

Ending the 21 day healthylife awareness journey that began June 1st with an amazing drop in my blood sugar & blood pressure and 5 lbs. vanished is only the beginning of what I hope to accomplish.

I now step into a new 21 day program. This journey is an awareness of my body's need for nourishment and exercise, not my personal habitual need to eat and sit. It is learning that aging can be beautiful if the mind will allow it. As I complete Day#2 and embark on Day #3 I am giving my mind permission to let my body enjoy the goodness of a healthy aging. 

"Get up and get moving!"

Day 21

Yippee!!!!! The sugar is down even more, weight is standing still for today, BP was also amazingly lower. Didn't get exercise in today. I made it my rest day. Was just a little threatened today by sweets in the home. I confess I had a couple chocolate dipped strawberries and a dipped apple. Overall I have been very disciplined. Ate light, drank my proten smoothie but did not consume as much water as I should. I have recently learned that to flush out the toxins and help me stay full I must drink at least half my body weight daily. That's good-to-know-information. 

So, down with Day 21. 

Day 20

Motivation isn't easy when you've been idle too long. It took a reality check to put a step back into my walk. Started my journey June 1st. Now on day 20 as I climb my mountain I can begin to see the top, although still far away it's closer than before.

Reality brings things home, makes us appreciate life and the determination to live it with as much enthusiasm as one can muster. A good healthy attitude and a lifetime to match makes the road a happier one.

When I began this journey, my blood pressure reading was just a bit too high and blood sugar teetering on the Diabetes side. Although I am not overweight, it seems to be that eating wrong foods of late had moved the weight into an area of the body that is not healthy. Today I weighted in 4 1/2 lbs. lighter, BP 112/71 and pulse rate at 64. Sugar was a bit too high, 122. I am educating myself in a fast way what constitutes a sugar. I forgot that my pure organic raw honey I normally use in my de-caf evening coffee with a touch of cinnamon is not recommended, hence the higher sugar reading. Honey went in the trash. In fact, I have cleaned out a lot of things from my pantry. Salt no longer has residency here. Water has moved in. 

Off the couch and out the door!  Gym time, outdoor bicycling, walking the dogs, walking me ( a little humor), floor exercise, DVD Workout, mowing yard, and whatever else I can find to keep me moving. I have a healthy and sensible breakfast, my protein shake with fruit about mid-day and end the day with another sensible meal, adding water throughout the day.

Day 20 down and out.