50 Days Left in 2009

As of today, there are 50 days left in 2009.

50 days may seem like very little time when you look at the calendar, but a lot can be accomplished in 7 weeks.

Pounds can be lost.

BMI can go down another point or two.

Hundreds, heck thousands, of minutes of exercise can be done.

Inches can be lost.

Jeans can go down another size.

Shirts can go down another size.

It is all about choices.

Will you choose to fight the fight for the next 50 days?

Will you choose to stay on plan for those days? 
How about 48 out of 50?

Will you choose to exercise for those 50 days? 
How about 42 out of 50 (1 day off a week)?

I choose to make the last part of the year the best I can.

I choose to be on plan - aka within my calorie limits - for a minimum of 48 out of the next 50 days. 
I've giving myself one day for each Thanksgiving & Christmas, not to go hog wild, but to try a bite of this & that without feeling guilty.

I choose to exercise for a minimum of 42 out of the next 50 days.

I choose to end 2009 healthier than I began it. 

2010 will be the year I enter Onederland, & stay there, so I want to start it on the right foot.

What do you have planned for the last 50 days of 2009?

All my best,
Lynn

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance,
chaos to order, confusion to clarity.
It can turn a meal into a feast,
a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today,
and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Melody Beatty, quoted in "Simple Abundance" by Sarah Ban Breathnach

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I've got that bloated feeling
Oh, that bloated feeling
I've got that bloated feeling
Hope it'll be gone, gone, gone
Whoa-oh

Sorry Righteous Brothers, but I've been hearing this in my head since I woke up & TOM is coming. ;)

Weight - same as last week
Mood - positive
Thoughts -
I had a good week.  It was the first week I've really felt back to normal since we all had the flu in October & I was able to start ramping my exercise back up.  It seems when I ramp up the cardio, the scale tries to mess with my mind that first week, but will give it up by the second week.  I anticipate a loss for next week as my body gets back into the groove.

Of course, my Bodybugg thinks I am the biggest liar or have delusions about my food intake because my body just is not following the traditional "calories in - calories burned = loss" formula.  They keep wanting to lower my calories & up my exercise but I don't think I am going to do that. 
I would be one cranky mama if I went any lower than the 1425 calories I'm doing right now.  I honestly don't know how some people do 1200 & keep their sanity!  I look at suggested meal plans know that my tummy would be rumbling all day long.  Not what I want out of life.

Plan-
I am going to move forward, full steam ahead with the exercise & keep the 1425 max calories for this week.  I did 4 days of cardio last week & the goal is to ramp up to 7 days this week.  Usually I do a day of rest, but I am not yet back up to doing a lot of strength training and some days the cardio is fairly light.

Here is what I have in mind:
Sunday - park day w/kids plus 45 minutes on the recumb. bike
Monday - brisk 1 mile walk pushing 50lbs of child & stroller plus ran around the back yard chasing the kids for half an hour
Tuesday - walk w/kids again plus 30 minutes on bike later today
Wed - WATP DVD, 2 miles plus playing outside w/the kids
Thursday - 30 minutes on bike, core strength training
Friday - brisk walk w/kids, Bellydance Cardio DVD
Saturday - if it doesn't rain then dh & I are planning a little hike at a nearby park.  If it does rain, then I'll do a DVD or ride the bike.

Nothing huge, but I should have a decent calorie burn every day.  When you add in all the normal activities like laundry, chasing a 2 year old around the house, grocery shopping, schooling, playing & the like it adds up quickly.

Thinking positive thoughts for all of you!

Gotta go get the kids out for our walk before it rains.

Best wishes,
Lynn

Kindness in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.
-Lao-Tzu