I cannot believe how long it's been since I actually posted anything!
Life just took over and knocked me in the crazy zone.
HOWEVER: I have not fallen off the wagon or fallen in a well or anything. I have been keeping track of my workouts and my calories on paper and fully plan to post these things ASAP.
It just seems...daunting! I'm exhausted every time I even THINK about doing this blog because I'm so way way behind.
BUT: I came up with a solution. Nothing is going to get better unless I work through it.
So for the sake of time and interest, I thought back to the reason I began posting here to begin with: I wanted a place that would keep me accountable to myself.
So, the most important thing to post, for the moment, is what I did that day. The emotions are sort of fleeting but still important, but I don't necessarily remember what was bugging me that day unless I address it that day.
I will be doing a flurry of daily posts to just "get those crazy days" out of the way. I will be reflecting on things as they continue to play an emotional/recurring role in my head/in my life in future posts, for sure. It is decidedly true that there is no way I would be succeeding this much if I wasn't putting my feelings/thoughts down on "paper". I require that reflection. It keeps my brain going in the right place AND it helps me acknowledge my successes (as well as my failures or...struggles).
Look for my crazy flurry of "all business" posts which should be appearing in the next few days. After those are complete I am planning to jump head-on back into the "real" posts.
Thanks for being so supportive and awesome and reading this insanity that is my journey!
Hugs!
~Ali
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Day 71 - Coffee Talk and Ab Realities
Monday, February 1, 2010
So today was nice and somewhat uneventful.
I met with a friend for coffee. I was a bit worried about seeing her. We had a big miscommunication recently. I was hoping things would smooth over at this gathering.
It did. We had fun and a few laughs.
The biggest issue is how even though I'm not working full-time right now I'm so freaking busy. It seems confusing to people who know me when I say I'm not available. They cannot understand what could really be filling up my time.
Trust me. There is a LOT. But I will save that for another blog entry. :)
Suffice it to say I am very happy things went well with this friend, and I am hoping things go just as well with Lisa tomorrow evening. Although, we may not be meeting because she caught this horrible pneumonia/bronchitis/cold-flu thing and may not even be at work tomorrow. :( Sickness sucks.
Jumped back on the workout wagon again today. Went well and I felt good with that.
I read through Jillian Michael's Making the Cut and discovered that I need to change my ab routine a bit. Lately, I've noticed that my obliques are getting nice and taught, but I feel like I'm "expanding" or getting wider. According to Jillian, the obliques can DO that, especially if you have fat on top of the muscle (which I still do, stupid fat). Therefore, I'm not really doing myself much good widening if I'm trying to shrink. So I'm changing up my ab routine. Only regular crunches and reverse crunches. Less or no obliques. We'll see how this goes!
Today's Goal: re-read a bit of Making the Cut - Jillian Michael's book for ideas = SUCCESS!
Tomorrow's Goal: Workout during the Biggest Loser #9! Woo hoo!
Calories Consumed: 1272
Workout:
Cardio:
3 minutes warm-up
42 minutes jog/run
(1- 10 minute sprint)
8 minutes cool-down
Strength Training:
100 reverse crunches
100 regular crunches
So today was nice and somewhat uneventful.
I met with a friend for coffee. I was a bit worried about seeing her. We had a big miscommunication recently. I was hoping things would smooth over at this gathering.
It did. We had fun and a few laughs.
The biggest issue is how even though I'm not working full-time right now I'm so freaking busy. It seems confusing to people who know me when I say I'm not available. They cannot understand what could really be filling up my time.
Trust me. There is a LOT. But I will save that for another blog entry. :)
Suffice it to say I am very happy things went well with this friend, and I am hoping things go just as well with Lisa tomorrow evening. Although, we may not be meeting because she caught this horrible pneumonia/bronchitis/cold-flu thing and may not even be at work tomorrow. :( Sickness sucks.
Jumped back on the workout wagon again today. Went well and I felt good with that.
I read through Jillian Michael's Making the Cut and discovered that I need to change my ab routine a bit. Lately, I've noticed that my obliques are getting nice and taught, but I feel like I'm "expanding" or getting wider. According to Jillian, the obliques can DO that, especially if you have fat on top of the muscle (which I still do, stupid fat). Therefore, I'm not really doing myself much good widening if I'm trying to shrink. So I'm changing up my ab routine. Only regular crunches and reverse crunches. Less or no obliques. We'll see how this goes!
Today's Goal: re-read a bit of Making the Cut - Jillian Michael's book for ideas = SUCCESS!
Tomorrow's Goal: Workout during the Biggest Loser #9! Woo hoo!
Calories Consumed: 1272
Workout:
Cardio:
3 minutes warm-up
42 minutes jog/run
(1- 10 minute sprint)
8 minutes cool-down
Strength Training:
100 reverse crunches
100 regular crunches
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Day 66 - Run-down and Voiceover Promotion
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
So today I felt like crap. I felt run-down and just ick. I tried to get motivated to get up and get going and I just didn't have it in me.
Guess I am taking today as a recovery day. I hate when my body tells me when it needs stuff. I mean, I'm glad it does, but I wish it and my mind would be on the same schedule.
Anyhow, it wasn't too much of an issue since I had a real goal in mind: Send out round 1 of my voiceover promotion postcards.
It's such a crazy/different type of promoting. The marketing on this side of the business is nothing like the other side.
I know once I get into it and get my groove it will get easier. It just feels like craziness while I'm trying to get it done the first time. The learning curve is HUGE. I just have to accept that I don't "get" it yet and know the next time or the next next time will come easier.
I did complete it, though, so I know that it was important to get on that train and see it through this week.
Now. Most importantly, I need to realize that it is just as important for me to schedule time to work on THIS as it is to work on my business with my sister-in-law, Carrie, as it is to schedule time to meet with my mom to plan/work on the wedding. Whew! I am surprised there are enough hours in the day/in the week to get everything done!!
That's always been my issue. I never feel like I'm getting enough done.
I look at my apartment and sigh dreadfully that there is SO MUCH I could do to make it more habitable and feel less cluttered and organized and BLECH. I feel overwhelmed by everything we have to do every single day/week: Dishes, cleaning the bathroom, vacuuming, laundry, cleaning the mammal's cages, dusting, changing the sheets, grocery shopping, etc, etc, etc. It all becomes WAY too much after a while. When does one get to take a break? And will I ever get a break where I feel like I'm done? Where everything really is in its place?
I might have to start triaging my life like I triaged my career. I decided to focus on film and voiceover for the moment. I'm not auditioning for live theatre, (although I've recently been handed two separate opportunities that I'm, of course, not turning down), and I'm really making sure my focus has my attention. I think I need to do that in my apartment. I need to tackle one project at a time and just realize that it's got to be completed before I'm allowed to tackle the next one.
For example: My photos. Oy vey! I have so many and I want to scan them so I don't risk ever losing them. BUT, I also have to go through them. I have two boxes (bigger than shoe boxes) FULL of photos as well as many photo albums. This project will take quite a while to get through.
Then there are the cross-stitching projects I've started and never completed. They live in my closet and I miss working on them. I love to cross-stitch.
Same thing with knitting. I have a 1/2 completed project I'm trying to finish for my best friend. UGH.
Ok. I guess I need to write a real list of all the projects I plan/need to complete in order to really get a clue as to which to tackle and when.
This could take years. :) Sigh. But if I really give myself a goal to work on these things, maybe I can actually get them done. I'd be happy giving myself an hour a week as long as I'm DOING something. Even if they take a long time, it's better than not working on them at all. At least I can say I'm making SOME progress, right?
First up: My best friend's gift. I was hoping to complete it by her birthday which was in January. If I can complete that by MY birthday (it's the taint of March...March 16th. --- taint the Ides, taint St. Patrick's Day--) then I can send her a holiday/birthday gift on my birthday and that would be sort of like getting it on-time. ;)
Ok. Going to bed and going to wake up strong.
Today's Goal: Postcards. No excuses. = SUCCESS!
Tomorrow's Goal: Get back to the routine
Calories Consumed: 913
Workout - NONE
So today I felt like crap. I felt run-down and just ick. I tried to get motivated to get up and get going and I just didn't have it in me.
Guess I am taking today as a recovery day. I hate when my body tells me when it needs stuff. I mean, I'm glad it does, but I wish it and my mind would be on the same schedule.
Anyhow, it wasn't too much of an issue since I had a real goal in mind: Send out round 1 of my voiceover promotion postcards.
It's such a crazy/different type of promoting. The marketing on this side of the business is nothing like the other side.
I know once I get into it and get my groove it will get easier. It just feels like craziness while I'm trying to get it done the first time. The learning curve is HUGE. I just have to accept that I don't "get" it yet and know the next time or the next next time will come easier.
I did complete it, though, so I know that it was important to get on that train and see it through this week.
Now. Most importantly, I need to realize that it is just as important for me to schedule time to work on THIS as it is to work on my business with my sister-in-law, Carrie, as it is to schedule time to meet with my mom to plan/work on the wedding. Whew! I am surprised there are enough hours in the day/in the week to get everything done!!
That's always been my issue. I never feel like I'm getting enough done.
I look at my apartment and sigh dreadfully that there is SO MUCH I could do to make it more habitable and feel less cluttered and organized and BLECH. I feel overwhelmed by everything we have to do every single day/week: Dishes, cleaning the bathroom, vacuuming, laundry, cleaning the mammal's cages, dusting, changing the sheets, grocery shopping, etc, etc, etc. It all becomes WAY too much after a while. When does one get to take a break? And will I ever get a break where I feel like I'm done? Where everything really is in its place?
I might have to start triaging my life like I triaged my career. I decided to focus on film and voiceover for the moment. I'm not auditioning for live theatre, (although I've recently been handed two separate opportunities that I'm, of course, not turning down), and I'm really making sure my focus has my attention. I think I need to do that in my apartment. I need to tackle one project at a time and just realize that it's got to be completed before I'm allowed to tackle the next one.
For example: My photos. Oy vey! I have so many and I want to scan them so I don't risk ever losing them. BUT, I also have to go through them. I have two boxes (bigger than shoe boxes) FULL of photos as well as many photo albums. This project will take quite a while to get through.
Then there are the cross-stitching projects I've started and never completed. They live in my closet and I miss working on them. I love to cross-stitch.
Same thing with knitting. I have a 1/2 completed project I'm trying to finish for my best friend. UGH.
Ok. I guess I need to write a real list of all the projects I plan/need to complete in order to really get a clue as to which to tackle and when.
This could take years. :) Sigh. But if I really give myself a goal to work on these things, maybe I can actually get them done. I'd be happy giving myself an hour a week as long as I'm DOING something. Even if they take a long time, it's better than not working on them at all. At least I can say I'm making SOME progress, right?
First up: My best friend's gift. I was hoping to complete it by her birthday which was in January. If I can complete that by MY birthday (it's the taint of March...March 16th. --- taint the Ides, taint St. Patrick's Day--) then I can send her a holiday/birthday gift on my birthday and that would be sort of like getting it on-time. ;)
Ok. Going to bed and going to wake up strong.
Today's Goal: Postcards. No excuses. = SUCCESS!
Tomorrow's Goal: Get back to the routine
Calories Consumed: 913
Workout - NONE
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