LynnZs Diary

I woke up this morning with an upset stomache...yuck...I hope I'm not getting a bug.
I'm really working on getting my life balanced...sounds weird...but really, I am...not only my health but everything else thats in my life...being balanced feels so much better. I'm starting out with a fresh clean house and I think I'll use the clean house to start cleaning my mind (sounds weird, I know). Take more time to relax yet be productive. Call and write friends and family I dont keep in touch w/ all that well. Achieve greater goals at work. Keep the house in this clean state!!
Those are my goals for a balanced life...lets see how I do...I may start posting one thing a day that I've done to keep my life balance.
Last nights work out was nice (I also did 3min of crunches before bed)...after the gym I went to the tanning bed (BAD, I know) but I'm tired of looking pasty...I just want a small glow, lol :p
I'm out of milk and bananas (two things I consume daily) so its time to go grocery shopping, AGAIN...ugh, but I may put it off another day or two and try to get down to BARE cabinets so I can stock up properly!!

Breakfast: Instant oatmeal.

Snack: 1cup dry regular cheerios and 1/4cup of dried bananas...I also had a bite of a muffin a girl at work made :eek:

Lunch:

Snack:

Dinner:

WAhooo Tonight is kickboxing!! I cant wait!!
 
No that isn't weird--physical clutter can make mental clutter! Sounds really nice...my house is ravaged by young men in their 20s *groan*
 
I know what you mean about keeping a tidy house, When my house is tidy I feel better somehow. But then when its messy I feel worse, and that makes me feel less like making it tidy again :rolleyes: like a vicious circle!

Well good luck keeping the balance :)
 
That really does sound like an amazing weekend lol. I'd love to do that!

Well done on your progress so far!!
 
***Sigh*** I didnt come in here yesterday...lots going on...and it was just one of those days :rolleyes:
I also didnt make it to the gym...but I did work out at home, so I dont feel as bad :p
I'm stuck in the mid 130's lbs...and its bugging me...so I've decided I realllllly have to start counting calories to see if that makes a difference. Although alot of my workouts have been weights lately...so maybe thats why. I'm putting on the running shoes today.
I bought a new camera last night :) YAy, it was a ...ermmm....well....you know it was just one of those splurges, that I allow myself...and dont tell my husband about, lol. I also got the new photoshop that I've been wanting....I'm sooo new to this...but it was FUN, I stayed up for hours last night playing around....here is the first picture of myself I altered....yeah its a bit freaky...but I still thought I would show it off :p

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hmmmm not much else is new....I think I'll work with the camera a bit today and maybe I'll post some new pictures....photography is very theraputic for me, lol. That and painting...but my husband says I have enough random half painted canvass around the house...


Breakfast: A YUMMY new WHole grain blueberry instant oatmeal 120cal.

Snack: 1 cup of dry cheerios and a can of V8.

Lunch:

Snack: Luna Bar.

Dinner:


OH...I almost forgot...something I'm doing to balance my life.....reading my daily devotional and keeping a journal along with it :)
 
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It's slow in the office today...and its FREEZING in here...I can see the sun right outside my window and what I wouldnt give to be hiking, biking, fourwheeling, or even just laying on the beach!!! **sigh** Is it the weekend yet????
 
ITS FRIDAY...yay....but I've done HORRIBLE eating today...I started out great with oatmeal...but then I had some boiled peanuts and popcorn for snack...I guess thats a tiny bit better than a candy bar...but still I feel like crap now....guess if it doesnt rain I'll be running on my lunch break :(

I'm soooo ready to have a day to sleep in tomorrow!!!

I'm loving my new camera and photoshop...I may come back in here and post some more pics later today.
 
pop corn and peanuts are helthy snacking. dont feel bad - just make up for it throughout the day. hope youre feeling better now.
 
Well its been awhile since I've been on....I've had alot going on...missed you guys though :)

Things have been hectic but I havent slipped on my healthy living any :)
HAvent dropped any pounds either...but at least I havent gained :)

I'm going to catch up on some posts now...see whats new.

Have a WONDERFUL Monday :)
 
For shame...

So I think I broke the record for longest break between posts!!! :blush5:
Almost two years, lol. **sigh**

I've been checking in occasionally, but life started spinning so quickly...I just got caught in the spiral.
Update:
Aug. 2007 I moved back to Hawaii (we thought my husband would be home around sep/oct) He returned home in November. It was exactly 15 months from the day he deployed and exactly 1 year since the last time I had seen him (he came home for R&R, two weeks, Nov. 2006). Our life was crazy once he returned home!! Between Aug and Nov I lived in 4 different places. He got home and then we ended up getting a small apartment on the 24 floor, over looking pearl harbor. We had so many things to get done before we could exit the Army (YES WE're ARMY FREE NOW!!!) and move back to SC. Finally at the end of Jan. 2008 we left Hawaii and flew to Salt Late City, UT. We rented a car and took 2 1/2 weeks to drive through Yellowstone and into MT, his gpa and uncle live there and we needed a mini vaca. It rocked, yellowstone was breath taking...and I had a blast snowmobiling!! We arrived in SC Mid Feb. 2008 and started looking for jobs. Our house, new life, new job and family (whom kept us busy EVERY weekend wanting to spend tiem w/ the husband) kept us BUSY!!!! Now its 2009 and I'm back :)
I have an awesome new job. I'm a purchasing agent for a company that distributes and builds clutches...it rocks. So for the entire year of 2008 I fell OFF the healthy band wagon :( We took a trip to Maui around the end of Nov. 2007 and went zip-lining, the lady weighed us and between April and Nov. I had gained...GAINED...20 pounds!!!! I know why...and it was my fault, the move, stress, not working out, eating like crap once my husband finally got home...I also started getting depressed b/c of the weight gain and all the crap I was putting into my body. So I started eating a better and working out again...I'm back to 136...still higher than I was but my BMI is normal.
I got Wii Fit for Christmas and so far I'm LOVING it. I decided I needed support...so I came back to my long lost diary.

Cheers to a new year and being back on the board (a place I once cherished)!!!

:party:
 
I remember you!!!!! :hug2:

Hey, glad you're back and that all sounds awesome (except the 20 lbs part)! You are a PIMP for getting on track and gettin your weight to normal, all right! :hurray:
 
I would KILL (well, not really) to be at your weight! We're about the same height cept I'm in the mid 140s! I'm tryin'! ;) Cheers! :beerchug: Are you still shootin for 120, size 4?
 
Curvie Girlie said:
I would KILL (well, not really) to be at your weight! We're about the same height cept I'm in the mid 140s! I'm tryin'! ;) Cheers! :beerchug: Are you still shootin for 120, size 4?
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YES... thats my goal!!! You look amazing, I was just looking at the last pictures you posted (the one showing your stomache) and you look great! I'm 136 but not as firm as I was when I was 135 and working on my strength training daily :( I'll get back there and then down to my dream size 4 ;)
 
**sigh**

So I'm not really an emotional eater...unless eating when bored counts...but thats just my problem. If I'm bored I start craving something to snack on. Work has been slow lately and I just dream about going to the breakrooms snack cabinet and grabbing a cookie! yikes! How do you stop boredom eating?
:banghead:
 
Make yourself work for it. Figure out how many situps or push ups or flights of stairs one cookie is worth and do twice that before eating the cookie. That way you get the cookie, but the cookie doesn't get you. Also the time it takes eats up that boredom. (make sure you do the work BEFORE getting the cookie)
 
Trops said:
Make yourself work for it. Figure out how many situps or push ups or flights of stairs one cookie is worth and do twice that before eating the cookie. That way you get the cookie, but the cookie doesn't get you. Also the time it takes eats up that boredom. (make sure you do the work BEFORE getting the cookie)
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That would be nice...if there was anywhere around my work area that I could grab a bit of excercise. I'm pretty limited to working out during work hours :( I just have to mentally talk myself out of it and say...come here and look at others before and after pictures to motivate myself, lol.


So...why can't someone just cook for me!! I like cooking...but I'm horrible...really. My grandmother gets so frustrated w/ me b/c she says I don't cook and I should...I try, I do. I just can't. I got a healthy eating cookbook/magazine today. It has some yummy looking recipes. I'm going to TRY and follow some to see how the food comes out. I don't know why but I ALWAYS over cook EVERYTHING...I think I have this strange part of me that is afraid if I dont cook something to death then it will kill me or make me sick, lol..which makes for some very hard, chewy, cardboard dinners! We don't eat alot of red meat...maybe like a steak a month or something...and the thought of undercooked chicken scares me...I need a personal chef!! I think loosing weight would be hella easy w/ one! ...i can see it now...I can use the time I have to spend cooking on running and then once I'm done my meal will be on the table...with candles!! lol. **sigh** the life of the rich and famous....
 
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