52 Weeks to Beautiful

Taking a Break

krishancock — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:14:43 +0000

Unfortunately, Satan has been working really hard this week to foil my plans. David’s late nights, my sickness and throwing my back out today have all contributed to my demise. Not to fear, however, I am not giving up. I will resume exercising again just as soon as I can get to the doctor to have an adjustment done. Until then, I will be laying on the couch with my heating pad strapped to my back. Can I just say that trying to get a two year old to do what you want her to when you can’t pick her up or even hold her hand to drag her there is frustrating. I had to do some pretty creative bribing this afternoon to get her to the potty. I guess God is teaching me that there’s more than one way to train a child! Enjoy your weekend!

Week 3: Day 13: Yesterday

krishancock — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:14:32 +0000

So, yesterday I took a walk with Lucy after dinner. For some reason I started to feel incredibly sick and wasn’t sure I would make it home, but we made it and after a good night’s rest (I fell asleep on the couch at 8:00 p.m.), I’m feeling much better. Hopefully that explains why I didn’t post this update last night! I still walked for 30 minutes, so last night definitely counts toward my goal. Tonight I may stick closer to home, perhaps I’ll do my Yoga video. Well, the timer is going off on the oven. I must be off!

Day 12: The Aftermath

krishancock — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:30:09 +0000

So tonight I was home early enough that I could take my 30 minute walk before dark. As I was walking I ran into some neighbors who were chatting about the break-ins. I guess they happened a couple of streets away from ours, so that makes me feel a little more safe. Well, this is going to be a quick post today. I burnt my arm pretty bad, so it’s pretty difficult to type. Maybe I’ll have to stay home from work tomorrow.

Day 11: Yoga

krishancock — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:13:51 +0000

Tonight I was a little apprehensive about walking outside by myself or even with Ries because we found out that there have been a string of burglaries in our neighborhood and another neighborhood nearby. So, I passed on the walk and tried my hand at yoga. Yikes! If anyone ever tells you that yoga is easy, think again! That is one tough workout. I was so happy when it was over! Lucy decided to join me tonight, so I will leave you with a picture of Lucy doing the downward-facing dog:

Day 10: Rain, rain, go away!

krishancock — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:58:57 +0000

So, I decided to skip the wrong day! Last night I REALLY wasn’t feeling it, so I took the night off. Tonight, I realized that I skipped the wrong night. Luckily I bought a new coat last night that is water-proof and extremely warm, so I didn’t have to dry off or de-thaw when I got home from my 30 min. walk. I’m extremely exhausted tonight, so I think I’ll sign off. Keep warm and dry!

Day 9: Losing steam

krishancock — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:04:44 +0000

Today was a really rough day due to some little person’s temper tantrums between 1 and 2:20 a.m. this morning and no, I’m not talking about me. Come on, I haven’t lost that much weight! So, as you can imagine, I have not been in the best of spirits today. Due to my lack of sleep, I really had to push myself out the door tonight. It seems like this is becoming a theme! Ries and I took a not-quite-30-minute walk tonight. It was a 27 minute walk to be exact. For those of you who don’t know, Ries has problems with seizures when she overheats and I could see that look in her eye tonight as we approached the house, so I decided to bring her inside rather than finish up the last 3 minutes of our walk. I’m going to count it though because I’m CERTAIN I have done at least 3 minutes of exercise sometime today. I can’t think of what it is right now, but I know it happened. Well, it’s about that time to get started on my night job. I have to say, I’m loving this job a whole lot more than my day job. The ability to be creative and do what I want to do without having to get sign off from this person and that person and the person who lives next door to the person down the street is a bit of a breath of fresh air. Tata for now!

Week 2: Day 8: The Test

krishancock — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:36:39 +0000

So, tonight is weigh-in night. The verdict: 149 lbs. I lost 2 lbs! Today, I coerced Lucy into going on a walk with me after I picked her up from school by promising her that I would take her to the park afterwards. By the time we returned from our 30 min. walk, the neighborhood girls had gathered together at my next door neighbor’s house, so I gave Lucy the choice of going to the park or playing with the girls next door and she chose the girls next door. Woohoo! I got my walk in before 8:00 pm AND I didn’t have to go to the park. It’s becoming apparent to me that it’s possible to work exercise into your life if you really try. I suppose I knew that, but I didn’t really realize it until I started this quest. That’s enough philosophical thought for tonight, I think. I better get to work on my web site!

Day 7: A walk in the dark

krishancock — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:24:42 +0000

I took a 30 minute walk tonight at 8:15 p.m. Not quite as late as my walk with Leesa, but still pretty late and pretty dark. I called my mom and talked to her for the extent of the walk because I’m a little bit of a wimp when it comes to walking in the dark by myself. I only encountered one or two suspicious looking individuals on this walk, so I consider that a success. I’m looking forward to my weigh in tomorrow night. Hopefully I’ve lost a pound this week.

Days 4, 5, and 6: The True Test

krishancock — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:00:16 +0000

Day 4: On Thursday, I arrived at Leesa’s house at 8:00 p.m. Once I’d put Lucy to bed and Leesa had put Seth to bed or at least handed him over to Mac so that Mac could put him to bed, we set out on my nightly 30 minute walk. By this time it was 9:30 p.m. It was drizzling and it was pitch black, but it was a great way to catch up since we hadn’t seen each other in almost a year. I love getting together with Leesa. We can go without seeing each other for a year and in minutes we’ve caught up and we’re right back where we were the last time we were together. That’s the mark of a true friend.

Day 5: On Friday, we walked to a cozy little tea and sandwich shop for lunch. Seth and Lucy were on their best behavior, thank goodness! There were tea cups and tea pots and table cloths and I thought for sure something or everything would end up on the floor in a million pieces, but that didn’t happen. Thank goodness! Afterward, we walked to Leesa’s church to grab her coat and then walked back home. In total we probably walked for approximately 1 hour on Friday.

Day 6: After consuming vast amounts of hearty, delicious, homemade chili at Andy and Andrea’s house, we headed home. We made a stop at K-mart where we picked up $75 worth of household items (diapers, pull-ups, wipes, and dog food) for $40. I’m stoked, can you tell?! On our way home, I remembered I hadn’t exercised yet, so when I got home I spent about 30 minutes on my elliptical while watching Clueless. Love it!

Phew! I’ve almost made it through the first week without missing a day. It’s amazing how well you can stick to your exercise plan when you know there is someone to keep you accountable. I’ve had several people ask me this week how my commitment is going and I’m so glad! It keeps me honest. Only 359 more days to go!

Day 3: Pressing On

krishancock — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:37:49 +0000

Wow! Today has been both extremely trying and exhilirating. I almost didn’t make it out the door tonight, but the thought of missing a day this early in my quest pushed me to leave the house. I was able to get in a quick 30 minute walk while talking with my new “boss” about a project we’re getting ready to start. A very talented friend of mine does web site design out of his home and he’s given me the chance to work on redesigning a web site for a church — on a strictly volunteer-only basis. I am stoked to have this opportunity to try my hand at web site design in a low pressure situation. However, this does put a bit of a strain on my time since I’m working 30 hours per week, I’m the mother of a two year old and I have committed to working out almost every day of the week. Hence the extremely exhilirating yet extremely trying day. I’m going to sign off for now so I can get a little bit of design in before I need to head off to bed. It may be a couple of days before I post again because I’m going to visit a friend, but I’ll make sure to keep up the exercising and I’ll post when I return.