Collecting some motivation today!

Day 1/60 Toward a heathier life

So I have made a plan to do something toward fitness for each day of the next 60 days...my gift to MYSELF on my 60th birthday!  I'm going to share this only in my blog for now because this is really about me and about getting back in the game.

Three years ago I was 25 lbs lighter, I was walking everyday and  working out more. I had my eating plan under control and I felt very balanced and focused on what I needed to do!  Then Erin and Will moved in and my focus shifted away from myself to taking care of others again.  This has been struggle in my life..always putting others first, my work first, my house first, etc, etc!  When I lost my weight in Sept 2007 I had committed to putting myself first for my health...this was very foreign to me and I had to work at it.  Now again I am feeling that life, my kids and now 4 grandkids have put me  (well, I have put me!) in a place where I am low man on the totem pole in terms of doing what I want and need to do for my own health

So for the next 60 days, I will make decisions on what I NEED first and I am committing to 60 consecutive days of activity in one of the following formats---ya, I need to list it since I am a list maker and a visual learner!
1.  Gym day at Anytime Fitness, or walking and weight lifting in my downstairs gym, or mall walking with friends, point is I commit to some activity EACH DAY.
2.  Reestablishing my FitBit plan
3. Journaling my eating in FitDay
4.  Eliminating bad stuff in the house..here is the challenges...with grandkids I need to have some type of feed available for them.. I mean Bill and I don't buy carbs...we rarely even had BREAD in the house but with the kids I always make the excuse that I need to have it in the house.  Need to get it but just have it in the freezer!

Ok..here I am getting focused and since the temps are below zero today, I am opting for the basement gym!  Here's to  my healthy 60s

Turning 60!

This is my last weekend of my 50's.  I haven't really been thinking that much about it until a few of my friends shared how "significant" it was to be OUT OF YOUR 50's!  I guess 59 does sound exponentially better than 60 in terms of age, but I have decided to embrace it!

 My life at 60 is full!  Full of all the things that I want...my grandchildren, my work, my wonderful husband, great family and fabulous girlfriends.

My family knows I am the "chronicler" of our lives, the photographer, the book creator, the picture presentation developer.  I like collecting memories of times, places and remembering what were were doing and what it felt like.  So I have decided to do some chronicling of by own life.

Never a journal writer, I started a journal about 20 years ago when my dad died and I wish I would have continued that practice.  I was feeling such strong feelings during that time of change in our family that I just had to write....I am sort of feeling that again.  Technology guru? that I am, I will do this online.

What's up this weekend?  Just celebrated my son-in -law John's 33rd birthday at a sushi restaurant.  Today breakfast with the girls and then cards with our old friends the Glihas.  Sunday Bill and I are embarking on a new project in the basement to clear out the old and streamline the storage.....again!