My journey to a better slimmer and fuller life

 Time: 6:15AM Weather: -8C Sunrise @ 8:50AM Sunset @ 4:28PM I used to get so upset with myself when I didn't lose weight quickly, or didn't chance my habits quickly.  I would have these weeks of doing things great then of course things would go to crap and I would backslide (I hate that word) and get mad at myself and give up.  This was and has been the roller coaster of my life for years.  Slowly over the last while I am realizing that this has to change.  I need to make permanent changes.  I am giving up on the all or nothing attitude that I have lived with for decades.  I am now working on small changes. This morning I am thankful for my hubby, who is my best friend my office being upstairs time Question of the day Who are the people in my life that make me the happiest?  Wow this one is easy.  My kids make me happy. My son and his dry humour, quick smile and willingness to help.  My oldest daughter and her love for life and concern for those around her.  My yo

 Time: 6:06AM Weather: -12C Sunrise @ 8:50AM Sunset @ 4:26PM It is amazing to know that I have another day to get things right.  I think we often get caught up in the thoughts of the future but we never know that we have a future.  This last year has shown me that today, this minute is all we are guaranteed.  Life can change on a dime, sometimes for good and sometimes for the worst.  I plan to enjoy every morning that I wake up to my life. This morning I am thankful for My furnace that keeps the house warm That the daylight is starting to get longer again, I miss the long days of summer For time with my friends Question of the day Where do I want to be in 5 years?  In 5 years I want to be at my goal weight!!!! (I'm hoping that I hit that weight in one and half years from now).  I want o be working full time and happy with my career.  I want to have my daughter settled into her adult life, have her moved out of our home and into a group home. Daily Diary Today is m

 Time: 6:58AM Weather: -9C Sunrise @ 8:50AM Sunset @ 4:25PM New Year's Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change. -  Sarah Ban Breathnach I love waking up on New Year's day, it is a fresh start.  I am always so full of hope and excitement for the year to come.  This year I have decided that I really need to work on my goals and get them down so that I can work on them.  When I first started working on them I didn't think I would have an actual weight loss goal.  This morning I decide that yes I will have a weight loss goal.   I need to be accountable to myself this year.  My word of the year for 2023 is ACCOUNTABILITY.   I need to be accountable to myself for all my decisions.  This morning

 Sunrise @ 8:50AM Sunset @ 4:24PM Make New Year's goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you're interested in fully living life in the year to come. -  Melody Beattie This morning I am thankful for The warmth from my furnace on this cold winter morning My family new beginnings Question of the day What do I love about my life?  This question is an easy one for me.  I love my life for the most part.  I love the freedom that my hubby and I have with our work.  We both have jobs that allow us to have time when we want.  We both work from home and make our own schedules.  It is great to be able to do things together during the week.  I also like my relationship with our adult children. Daily Diary  This morning I read a blog post by Korra Shay called 9 Toxic Habits That Are Destroying Your Happiness Bad habit number 1 is spending too much time on social media

 Time: 5:50Am Temp: -34C Sunrise @ 8:48AM Sunset @ 4:17PM Goals for today  8000 steps 30 zone minutes 81oz of good fluids Why do we always think that every is simple or should be simple.  There are so many things that are simply complicated, confusing and hard.  I mean I often think back to the way I was brought up, so many things that I was taught were wrong I now accept as just part of life.  I find that most of the time I live a grey zone... Yesterday was a cold day.  I spent way too much time behind the wheel driving on ice.  At lest there was no wind to make it really bad.  My new reps are pretty well trained.   Well go back out with them in the new year and touch base. This morning I am thankful for: Christmas music - I love to listen to it all the time Melissa went to school yesterday That my furnace works 

 Time: 6:45AM Weather: -6C Sunrise @ 7:55AM Sunset @ 4:43PM Today is going to be a get it done kind of day.  Had a relaxing day yesterday.  Too much sitting on my butt and not enough get up and go.  I've got work stuff to get done and lots of housework to do.  Hubby works in store today so I want to get some things done while he is away.  Tonight is a hockey game so we will have snacks and finger foods for dinner. Yesterday's Stats Steps: 4,876 Floors: 1 Zone Minutes: 7 This morning I am thankful for the weather getting nicer again hot coffee choices 5% Challenge Update Today was our weekly weigh in day.  I'm up 1lbs from the start.  We just ended week 6.  This week we are going to concentrate on our do's and don'ts of weight loss.  Goal for the week 56,000 steps, 35 floors and 210 zone minutes. All readings courtesy of my Versa:   Sunday - 8,615/2/48 Monday -  7,415/1/19 Tuesday -  11,171/5/103 Wednesday -  9,632/9/32 Thursday - 4,660/4/1