Goals Unfulfilled

So I didn't reach my goal of reading the entire Book of Mormon in the month of June :( Things just have been crazy and we have been having too much fun going camping and everything to just sit and read. Maybe I will try this project again in the winter - and then we will see how it goes. Unfortunately, finishing the book is also an unfulfilled goal. I am so close - so hopefully by the end of July.

In other news - I am training for a 10k! I once attempted to do a half marathon. I even paid the $35 to register for it - but when it came down to it, I knew I wasn't ready and didn't do it. I have always regretted it - plus this was back in 2007. So now, 4 years later, I have decided to at least do some sort of race and to get motivated to do it. Enter the "Love Your Body" 10k. It is on October 8 - and I am only 2 days into the training. So far, so good. I did pretty awesome on my jog yesterday (yes, I jog - I do not run). I only had to go for a mile, but I jogged for that entire mile without stopping. It is quite a big accomplishment for me. Hopefully I will keep up with the program!

I Have a Little Crush

So I have been continuing reading - and am on track. Today I am going to finish the book of Alma - and let me tell you - after reading this book of scripture I have a little crush. Alma the Younger - what a guy huh? He is amazing and is my new favorite prophet in the Book of Mormon. Most of the book of Alma is of his experiences preaching the gospel and changing the lives of those around him. His ultimate joy was in bringing others to the gospel. I can't say that bringing others to the gospel is my forte. I pretty much do nothing in that regard. I guess I just feel that the people who live around me here in Utah have been "fellowshiped" way too much and don't want me to bring my little experiences their way - but maybe this is not the case. I guess if I am just more open about sharing the gospel, that I will feel when I should share certain things.

Just this experience of reading the Book of Mormon brought one type experience my way just the other day. Let me share. So since Tara and I have been doing this project, I wrote her a little note on Facebook to indicate that I was behind. Well, I guess this sparked the interest of a mutual friend of ours who saw the post - she has never been a member, and we were always good friends in High School. I never really shared much with her in High School because I thought she was just sick of it. She would come with "the girls" to girls camp and Young Women's, but that was as far as it went. So anyway I was on Facebook again (a little too often actually) and she wrote me an IM asking what Tara and I were doing. At first I thought I should play it down and not make it sound like not a big deal, but then I realized I don't have to be ashamed of my religion and what I believe - especially not in what the Book of Mormon represents. So I told her flat out what we were doing. I don't really know how she took it, but we had a good conversation about what was going on in our lives and now she knows that this is an important part of my life. It probably won't result in any conversion, but at least I was willing to share.

Okay, so that may be a lame example, but I am happy with myself okay? So if you are reading this, take 2 things away from this post: 1) I have a crush on Alma, and 2) be willing to share the gospel and not be ashamed!

Spiritual Revitalization

So basically all of these posts have been about weight loss, dieting, and exercise - which I must say I am bombing at. I am just off the wagon for sure.

So I decided why not try to increase something in other areas of my life. I have taken on a challenge. Read the entire Book of Mormon during the month of June. My friend, Tara, posted that she was doing this, and I thought - Heck! I can do that! And I need to do it too. I have not been doing so well spiritually and it is showing. My poor 3 year old doesn't even know about personal prayers, family home evening, etc. and I know it is my fault because I am not on a spiritual "playing field." I have been relying only on myself and my husband to make things "right."

Yesterday I started the challenge and was intrigued by one scripture. 1 Nephi 2:16. "wherefore, I did cry unto the Lord; and behold he did visit me, and did soften my heart that I did believe all the words which had been spoken by my father; wherefore, I did not rebel against him like unto my brothers." As I was reading about Lehi taking his family into the wilderness - I couldn't help but think that if it were me and my dad was making me leave all my friends and comforts, I would be a GIANT whiner. I would not be happy about it. And I guess I always thought that Nephi was so excited to go and so obedient from the get-go, but this makes me second guess that. I am sure he wasn't too thrilled about the idea, but instead of complain, he "cried unto the Lord" to soften his heart and help him understand. I know I need to do a lot of that. I need to not be so ill-minded about what the prophets and the scriptures tell me to do and just cry unto my Father in Heaven and ask him to soften my heart.

So there it is. I need to pray to be more excited about the things I should be obedient with. Hopefully I will find another gem of a scripture today as I read.

I am on my Way!!!!!!

So I have not had an ounce of dessert like food for over a week now. It is AMAZING. I can't quite believe it myself, but now that I have made it a week, I need to make it at least 2 and then I will have to make it 4 and then this exponential growth will go out of control. I have also vowed to not have white bread and no soda. I have not done the best on those two things this week. I had some breadsticks for dinner last night and have had pasta and such this week. I also had 2 diet coke binges, but at least they were diet. Right?

So this next week I am going to not do carbonation and lay off white things completely. This means a lot of things that I was able to eat last week that made the week bearable.

I also did quite well on exercising 4 days straight. 2 on the treadmill, and 2 with Jillian. Unfortunately I felt like I was getting stress fractures on both of my legs so I took 3 days off to heal a bit. I feel much better and am a little worried about exercising today. But it has to be done and I have to do it.

The thing that gets me through this whole thing is realizing that summer is so close and I do not want to feel fat this summer! The last few have not been very fun and I don't want to hold back Ryan or my kids with my feelings of embarassment. I want to be in full swing and having fun with them!

Bad Habits are Still Here

I went for over a week without exercising - yet again. I finally broke the time yesterday with a Jillian workout, and I am feeling it today. I wish I could do better at this! It is all about getting up early and I am awful at that! Also, we just switched to Daylight savings time, so I always feel like I am an hour behind anyway.

Oh well, today I will begin day 2 of exercising. Today is treadmill day. Hopefully I will be able to get this a full weeks try. Yeah - with a word like hopefully it is bound to happen - right?! Not really. I guess it is my mood today. I am a little bummed. I had plans and was excited about them, but I feel like I was nudged out of those plans and lied to by the nudger. I hate that. Why not still be in elementary school or junior high.

So how to get out of this mood? Well for starters, I need to exercise. I think doing this will have a HUGE impact on my self esteem and then increase my mood. Then we are all going to get ready and get out of the house to do something fun. Maybe take Henry to the Discovery Gateway or something. We shall see. I will post tomorrow on how it all worked out - and how I worked out.

Going Strong

Day 2 of exercising yet again. Today I ran on the treadmill - the one my dad let me borrow - I did a 4 minute warm up/walk, followed by intervals of 2 minutes walking at 4mph then jogging 2 minutes at 6mph. I did that 4 times, and then did 4 intervals of walking for 1 minute at 4mph and then jogging for 1 minute at 6mph. I hope to increase the intensity of my intervals in the near future and jog for a solid mile.

My next goal is for Monday - I will be doing the Jillian Step 1 workout. I am going to get up at 7am and be exercising by 7:30. Hopefully I will be able to do this before the 2 boys wake up.

Well I am proud of me for doing exercise today. I am also proud that I have not had a single cookie and I had to make some for tonight's get together with the Davis' at SDJH. More games and exercise tonight!

Not Progressing

So it is now the beginning of March and all I have to say is this: I am a lazy bum! I have not been doing what I intended this blog to help me do - get my bad habits into good habits. I am pretty sure the biggest of those bad habits is my lack of exercise and my inability to eat healthy. I have failed miserably on those two! I just weighed myself and I am now a good 10 pounds heavier than when I started this thing. Talk about yo-yo dieting! But I did do a workout today! that is the good news. The bad news? I am pretty sure I need to wake up earlier so I have the time to exercise. That is just SO hard for me. I am a sleeper - I love it - and the kids don't ever nap at the same time (if at all) - so I am not going to get any more sleep then. Blah - lets see how this goes. I am going to get up at 7am every day. Workout or no - at least I will be getting up earlier to get something done.