Wednesday, June 2, 2010

My other blog

This is where I do my blogging these days:
http://sherlonya.net/blog.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

one step at a time

I am pleased that, for once, I am doing a decent job of sticking to my weight/health related resolution (or resolution like set of goals). I may get the chance to go salsa dancing later today. I might also be able to sneak in a run at the Y. You know, if I get myself together enough to make sure that I drop my son of at his dad's apartment in time to get back to the Y allowing enough time for a workout. Also, I would have to make sure that I had the salsa attire at the ready so that I could go dance after the run. Is anyone else tired just thinking about it?

I have a fitness assessment scheduled for Monday, March 2. I am a little excited about this because I know that I am stronger and have better cardio endurance than the last time that I went in for an assessment. However, I also know that I could stand to lose quite a bit more body fat. The point of the fitness assessment for me though is to help me set goals and keep on track with these goals. Says she who is patiently waiting for the bread she is baking to rise. But, at least it has some whole wheat in it.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Step Circuit 2009

A few years ago, I used to regularly take a step class at the YMCA. I did this three times a week , plus a spinning class. Then I got out of the groove. Well, recently, I've been trying to get my exercise groove back. I returned to the step class. I am out of shape for that. Here it is Saturday, and I am still sore (though not nearly as much as I had been) from what I did on Tuesday and Wednesday.

I have read a million places about Traineo, a fitness and weight loss community. I am also looking at that. The thing that appeals to me about products like these is that there is a visual documentation of the steps that you are taking to achieve your goal.

Once, I maintained an Excel spreadsheet that kept track of what weight I was losing. I created a chart that showed my progress. This had been a helpful tool. What the above things offer me is a fuller picture. For example, Traineo want's to know just what physical activity I've done today and I am itching to put something up there.

It took a lot of discipline Tuesday and Wednesday to wake up before 6:00 to get myself to that class, but I feel good about my choice.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Resolution

I still am having a difficult time determining my vision for my primary blog. I don't want to put every single thing up there, but I do want to document the various things that I have been working on.

I don't even think that I did a New Year's post, which is pretty sad.

Two years ago, right before the new year, I named the coming year. And it seemed like one of those things you would read in a self-help book. The year became what I declared it. I was thinking about that a few weeks ago and I silently declared 2009 the year of "this body." This body, of course, is my body.

Part of this is my navel-gazing obsession with the fact that I am going to turn thirty this year. The other part of it is a realization that I am the only person responsible of taking care of myself, and that I am the only person who would take care of me. There are some ways that I could be doing better in that area and I have chosen to focus on the physical.

I started on the very traditional start day of January 1 and have been pretty good about working on this. I have decided that I would like to document the process as well. A better planner would have made a big deal of taking a before picture so that on January 1, 2010, I could see what I was able to accomplish this year. However, one of the things that I have decided is that what I'm not after are rigid, strict rules. That doesn't work well for me. Discipline, okay. Craziness, not okay.

This is not the only area where I am trying to improve. I want to take more deliberate actions as a parent and focus on spending quality time with my son and giving him memorable experiences. I'm also itching to spend more time writing. I have strayed away from putting time in at the computer, and need to get back to it. I found notes from my current novel that are a few years old. I know how these things get done. You sit down and you push through it. I used to do a number of creative things, writing, drawing, knitting, making things, but I have really gotten away from it. I am not happy with that.

Anyway, a burst of spontaneity led me back to this blog and, for now, I'm rolling with it.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

over the hill?

Why does thirty seem like a big black hole looming in the horizon becoming more visible each day.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Home sick :(

Sometimes, you just have to stay home. Being unable to be more than 3 feet away from a box of tissues is probably a good indicator that you have to stay home. If my head didn't hurt so much, I would totally check my work email. There's always reading.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Progress

Though I have not posted here as much as I thought that I would in the last month, I am making progress establishing the groundwork for the project(s) I have in mind. Considering the amount of simultaneous tasks I have going on.

Some things are just more fun than others, and easier to focus on, as a result. However, I need to get a bunch of things in order and I am (sort of) slogging away at them. I can't believe how fast the time has flown this summer.