I'm extremely tired, have school work, not in the best of moods, ate way too much for supper... this afternoon has taken a turn for the yucks and blahs - but! I'm getting ready to do my very short but intense 20 minute workout. Hoping it will give me some energy.... :/ we shall see.
tomorrow is my weigh day and after what I ate for supper I don't see me losing any weight this week, but if not there is always next week. I'm pushing through and doing it anyway....
(even though you can not talk to to and give me instant motivation, this helped :)
:)
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
A Little Bit of Everything
Student Teaching
It is so nice to have days off - especially when I am starting to teach my first subject tomorrow. :) I have been getting ready for everything that my class will be doing. I'm a little nervous but slowly feeling like they are my class too. At first I didn't really want to say anything to them just because I felt like I was just a visitor but I'm getting more and more comfortable in that area.
Tomorrow I start my first subject, writing. I actually like writing, well not really, it's hard to explain. Anyways... my class will be working on persuasive writing. I have what is hopefully something fun for them to do. I am used to kindergarten so I am very used to breaking things down to make something as simple and easy for the students. I plan on continuing to do that with 3rd grade. Even though they do not need things broken down so much any more I kinda feel like if I break it down a few times they will grasp the concept easier and not have as many problems down the road.
So far I have enjoyed 3rd grade. I definitely miss kindergarten, but this is excatly what student teaching is supposed to help me with right? Kinda figure out things and learn to teach different subjects and age groups. I definitley miss my kindergarten class. My last day my teacher bought a cookie cake for me and had the students sign their names to signs she made. It was so sweet and at the end of the day when they all ran up to me to give me a hug I almost cried. :)
Exercise/Nutrition Goals
I finally came up with a training goal and weight loss goal for the month of January. lol Better late than never right? My training goal is to be able to do 15 male push-ups by January 31st. As of today i can do 11... and it is tough. My weight loss goal for the month is to lose 8 to 10 pounds. I've lost five so I think that is a reasonable goal... we will see. My goal for this week is to, hmmm, no soft drinks. I've had I think 3 diet cokes lately and I'm going to have to nip that real quick. I also have a goal to do better on the weekends. A friend of mine told me that she has always been interested in exercise and was doing good with nutrition except on the weekends and she realized that she was ruining all of her hard work from the week. That one is going to be exteremely tough for me but I will do my best to work it out.
Oh, on pinterest I found this 14 day Abs challenge. I'm going to start it tonight and see what I think, or if I see any results.... If I notice any changes I will relay the challenge to you.
Me
A huge part of my personality is music. It is probably corny to say but music helps me get through some really tough tough parts of life. I think music is one reason I love the show One Tree Hill so much. They have great music. Anyways, as you know I have had some drama in my life really since this summer and as much as I want to let it go and move on it is hard for me to do that. Its not settled and I'm going to have to face the fact that it never will be. I think it's finally closed but not settled. Anyways, this Sunday at church we sang a new song called From the Inside Out, by Hillsong United. Just listening to the words ( I couldn't sing it...because it made me cry) made me feel like God was just telling me that although I do not understand why everything has happened the way it has, and that some things come and go, or some things may fade away that He is never changing. He is always there. I felt like He wasn't trying to tell me that everything happens for a reason and He had a plan (which I know He does but its just not the time to hear that right now) He was just trying to tell me that He has my back. And it just made me love Him so much. Anyways, I'm going to try to put a youtube of the song and lyrics up but forgive me if it doesn't work.
It is so nice to have days off - especially when I am starting to teach my first subject tomorrow. :) I have been getting ready for everything that my class will be doing. I'm a little nervous but slowly feeling like they are my class too. At first I didn't really want to say anything to them just because I felt like I was just a visitor but I'm getting more and more comfortable in that area.
Tomorrow I start my first subject, writing. I actually like writing, well not really, it's hard to explain. Anyways... my class will be working on persuasive writing. I have what is hopefully something fun for them to do. I am used to kindergarten so I am very used to breaking things down to make something as simple and easy for the students. I plan on continuing to do that with 3rd grade. Even though they do not need things broken down so much any more I kinda feel like if I break it down a few times they will grasp the concept easier and not have as many problems down the road.
So far I have enjoyed 3rd grade. I definitely miss kindergarten, but this is excatly what student teaching is supposed to help me with right? Kinda figure out things and learn to teach different subjects and age groups. I definitley miss my kindergarten class. My last day my teacher bought a cookie cake for me and had the students sign their names to signs she made. It was so sweet and at the end of the day when they all ran up to me to give me a hug I almost cried. :)
Exercise/Nutrition Goals
I finally came up with a training goal and weight loss goal for the month of January. lol Better late than never right? My training goal is to be able to do 15 male push-ups by January 31st. As of today i can do 11... and it is tough. My weight loss goal for the month is to lose 8 to 10 pounds. I've lost five so I think that is a reasonable goal... we will see. My goal for this week is to, hmmm, no soft drinks. I've had I think 3 diet cokes lately and I'm going to have to nip that real quick. I also have a goal to do better on the weekends. A friend of mine told me that she has always been interested in exercise and was doing good with nutrition except on the weekends and she realized that she was ruining all of her hard work from the week. That one is going to be exteremely tough for me but I will do my best to work it out.
Oh, on pinterest I found this 14 day Abs challenge. I'm going to start it tonight and see what I think, or if I see any results.... If I notice any changes I will relay the challenge to you.
Me
A huge part of my personality is music. It is probably corny to say but music helps me get through some really tough tough parts of life. I think music is one reason I love the show One Tree Hill so much. They have great music. Anyways, as you know I have had some drama in my life really since this summer and as much as I want to let it go and move on it is hard for me to do that. Its not settled and I'm going to have to face the fact that it never will be. I think it's finally closed but not settled. Anyways, this Sunday at church we sang a new song called From the Inside Out, by Hillsong United. Just listening to the words ( I couldn't sing it...because it made me cry) made me feel like God was just telling me that although I do not understand why everything has happened the way it has, and that some things come and go, or some things may fade away that He is never changing. He is always there. I felt like He wasn't trying to tell me that everything happens for a reason and He had a plan (which I know He does but its just not the time to hear that right now) He was just trying to tell me that He has my back. And it just made me love Him so much. Anyways, I'm going to try to put a youtube of the song and lyrics up but forgive me if it doesn't work.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Weigh Day
Well.... I have lost 5 pounds total since December 29th. That has been two weeks ago. 3 pounds the first week and 2 this past week. I am very pleased with that because I am back to my pre-holidays weight. My clothes fit better and that is what counts the most :) I've even had two people tell me I look like I've lost weight. Yay :)
My goal for this week is to not eat fast food.... I'm struggling with that right now. I am enjoying eating healthy but I'm just tired when I get home from work and I don't want to cook but tonight I'm going to eat a clean breakfast meal which is one of my favorites.... I will keep you posted!
My goal for this week is to not eat fast food.... I'm struggling with that right now. I am enjoying eating healthy but I'm just tired when I get home from work and I don't want to cook but tonight I'm going to eat a clean breakfast meal which is one of my favorites.... I will keep you posted!
Monday, January 9, 2012
No More Drama In My Life
When I was in high school the song No More Drama by Mary J. Blige was one of my favorites. I had tons and tons of drama! Well drama had tons of me. I did not feed into it or respond to the people who clearly hated me I just ignored. Because of all of the mess in high school I hate drama now. That's one reason I love little kids so much, they don't have drama other than someone won't be their friend and 3 minutes later you see them running around together. But, apparently drama loves me! It just follows me around. Yes there are times that I make mistakes or bad decisions but never with a bad intent or never with the intent to create drama. Sometimes being nice and having a big heart gets me in a lot of trouble. I am back to having tons of drama, which is just flat out embarrassing because I am way too old for that mess.
The point is, it's a new year. I decided back at the beginning of the new year that I wanted to have a new years resolution to focus on me more. I have a hard time sometimes feeling "trapped" in my town and feeling alone and that I don't have anyone period that is my person. So my new year's resolution is to focus on me and being happy and content with my life no matter where I am or who is, or in my case, isn't in my life.
And by coming to this decision I also realized that I do have a "my person". My Savior. I've said before that I'm not a good judge of character and most if not all the guys who have been in my life are just plain not good guys. Well how it hit me that I have a friend who gets excited every time He hears from me. He will never be disrespectful to me. He will never put me down. He will never lie to me. He loves me more than anyone else possibly could. He will never flake out on me or say he is going to be there and disappear. How could I not see before that He is "my person"? He's wonderful and awesome and He wants to absolute best for me. He will never take advantage of me. How great is that? So I am focusing on God this year. Keeping God first in my life and trusting Him with whatever may come my way. My goal this year, no matter what or who comes my way, is to focus on my life and my relationship with the best friend I could possibly have.
On a side note of my progress with the eating and exercising. My weigh day is Wednesday. I weighed the 29th of December and that was my starting weight. I started Jan. 1st and weighed again on Jan. 4th. I didn't update that weight on here because it hadn't been a full week since I had started my new lifestyle. However, I was happy with what the scale said on the 4th and today being the 9th, I am happy with the way my clothes feel. I will try my best to write Wednesday and let you all know how much I have lost and see if I met my goal. Fingers crossed! :)
Please pray for the drama to go away from my life. I just want to be left alone. Please pray that when I do start feeling lonely that I always know that I have someone in my life who loves me more that anyone else and who never leaves my side. Thanks!
The point is, it's a new year. I decided back at the beginning of the new year that I wanted to have a new years resolution to focus on me more. I have a hard time sometimes feeling "trapped" in my town and feeling alone and that I don't have anyone period that is my person. So my new year's resolution is to focus on me and being happy and content with my life no matter where I am or who is, or in my case, isn't in my life.
And by coming to this decision I also realized that I do have a "my person". My Savior. I've said before that I'm not a good judge of character and most if not all the guys who have been in my life are just plain not good guys. Well how it hit me that I have a friend who gets excited every time He hears from me. He will never be disrespectful to me. He will never put me down. He will never lie to me. He loves me more than anyone else possibly could. He will never flake out on me or say he is going to be there and disappear. How could I not see before that He is "my person"? He's wonderful and awesome and He wants to absolute best for me. He will never take advantage of me. How great is that? So I am focusing on God this year. Keeping God first in my life and trusting Him with whatever may come my way. My goal this year, no matter what or who comes my way, is to focus on my life and my relationship with the best friend I could possibly have.
On a side note of my progress with the eating and exercising. My weigh day is Wednesday. I weighed the 29th of December and that was my starting weight. I started Jan. 1st and weighed again on Jan. 4th. I didn't update that weight on here because it hadn't been a full week since I had started my new lifestyle. However, I was happy with what the scale said on the 4th and today being the 9th, I am happy with the way my clothes feel. I will try my best to write Wednesday and let you all know how much I have lost and see if I met my goal. Fingers crossed! :)
Please pray for the drama to go away from my life. I just want to be left alone. Please pray that when I do start feeling lonely that I always know that I have someone in my life who loves me more that anyone else and who never leaves my side. Thanks!
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