Wow, it’s Sunday afternoon! I’m getting a little work done and then we’re off to take the kids swimming. I had to jump on and see how the blog responses were coming from Friday afternoon, and WOW!!!
I’m so excited about how many people posted! I say we go for it!!
But first a bit of disclaimer…
I’ve got to throw this in here because weight and the body’s self image is so skewed in this world. So please don’t hear any message of me trying to propel that issue. These next 30 days are all about breaking through plateaus and feeling better, not focusing on the pounds lost but how we feel. Hope that makes sense.
To all those who commented on Friday’s post!
Thank you so much! There were so many wonderful posts, but the biggest thing I felt was such a sincerity from so many of you. There was such a beautiful honesty. Many of you expressed how you just wanted to feel better and break through the slump you’ve been in. I totally applaud you for that! And I’m with you!
I loved all the suggestions too! I love yoga, and if you haven’t tried it that fantastic! Some of you asked if I’d seen a natueropath. And you’ll laugh b/c we are the total homeopathic family. Our family doctor cracks up with us b/c I usually go to the chiropractor, natueropath and acupuncturist before I see her. 🙂 These three fields have played a HUGE role in me coming to understand my body’s makeup. I’ve had so many mountains to climb in my health since I was little, and I can’t tell you how much my doctor, chiro, nateuropath, and acupuncturist have all been a team in my successes. Someone else mentioned the B shots, and Brian and I both give ourselves B shots once a week for being anemic. These have been so helpful!
The whole post on Friday is not so much about my needing to be healthy b/c I know I’m making good choices. It’s more about wanting to break through a plateau I’ve been at for 3 plus years. I want to go for that triathlon this summer or the 62 mile bike race and feel stronger than last season.
A couple people in the post from Friday said I make them tired, and I had to laugh. Your honestly is treasured! I think my friends agree. But when you’ve lived most your life believing you were a victim and feeling like damaged goods, it’s an amazing thing to step into healing and wholeness. Healing is the most invigorating, energy filling thing I’ve ever known. Sometimes I feel like I just learned how to dream, and I want to learn to dream even bigger!
But I promise, I’m not high energy in all areas of my life. One example, when the kids were babies, sometimes at bedtime I’d dress them in the clothes I wanted them to wear the next day b/c I didn’t want to change their clothes again!! How is that for confessions! 😉
So here’s the deal…
On Monday afternoon, I’ll post the First Five Things To Do as we embark on this new journey together. Let’s call the post our Five Steps to Prepping! A couple of the things will be easy, some will take a little work and research. Bottom line, each one is all about prepping to feel and look better! And FYI, we’re calling this category Suffering with Me Ra! So glad I’m not alone!!! I love you guys!
Off to the pool with the kids!
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p.s. I’ll post the winning Finalist of the Photo Contest Monday morning! And we think we may be able to post the winner of the Running on Empty Contest on Wednesday!
I was thinking just today, “Why do you check her blog on weekends when you know she doesn’t post on weekends?” And today, you did. 😛 Just guessing what those five things are:
1. Eat less
2. Exercise more
3. eat a little less again
4. exercise even more
5. Just stop eating
Can’t wait for your posts this week!
Looking forward to Monday’s post 🙂
Hope you had fun at the pool!
Can’t wait to see what the post is for Monday!
thank you for being who you are and inspiring others to be who they are. I’m excited to read the ‘suffering’ posts.
I have suffered the same agony! I was a gymnast when I was younger and now it is so hard to stay motivated to work out and eat properly without a coach over my shoulder every minute…especially with my crazy schedule! I am excited for the posts!
I’m in it with you, Me Ra! This baby belly has got to go! I tried posting on the original post but sometimes it puts my comments into “awaiting moderation”…hmm.
Me Ra, I admire your vulnerability! I look at you and know you are amazing…inside and out. I realize we are our worst critic and tend to see all the little faults that no one else sees. I’ll put myself out there and admit I have this extra skin on my stomach that I just can’t seem to get to bounce back after having kids. It’s been almost 4 years since having my last and I don’t foresee that skin bouncing back anywhere no matter how hard I workout. You’d never know it by looking at me clothed, but it’s a huge insecurity of mine.
You have it all right when you say exercising should be about feeling healthy and good about yourself. It is so true, yet we still hope we’ll drop a few pounds too! Here’s how I have to do it. I need accountability! If it were up to just me, there’s no way I would roll out of bed at 5:30 in the morning to torture myself in the freezing cold. I do it though. I do it because I know my dearest friend will be out there waiting for me and I don’t want to let her down.
I run with my friend, Danika. She is much more experienced than me – a much better runner than I will ever be and I love her for hanging with me! We’ve been at it since Fall 2005 (about 3 times a week) when we started training for the Seattle half marathon. We’ve taken a few breaks (including our latest hiatus of almost 3 months…breaks are good…sort of!) along the way, but it is her that keeps me going. We connect during this time. We talk about life, our husbands, our kids, our frustrations, our dreams, we laugh, we sweat and we encourage each other to keep going.
Take for instance our latest running adventure. We ran the Disneyland ½ marathon last fall (my second Disney ½). At 5am the temperature was already in the 90s. Imagine running on black asphalt in 100 degree + weather. I couldn’t have done it without her. I had a couple rough spots along the way (God bless the event coordinators for all those port-a-potties!) and she stuck with me. I told her to go, “Danika, go, don’t worry about me; I’ll see you at the finish.†Nope, she wouldn’t leave me. At about mile 10 my body finally kicked into gear and I felt pretty good. In the end she says I helped her too, “I was there when you needed me and you were there when I needed you.†I’m pretty sure she said that to make me feel better, but if I did hold her up I’m so glad I was there to encourage her the way she encouraged me.
This morning we ran together and I called Danika at about 9:30am to say thank you for the great run and how great I feel. I can’t tell you how many times we both call her each other and say how glad we are that we went running. We feel great, have so much more energy and get so much done before the kids wake up.
So, grab a friend and make a plan. At first you might stick with exercising because you don’t want to let your friend down, but eventually you will cherish this time with your friend and it won’t even be about the exercising…it’s just an added bonus.
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