Healthy Habits ~ Day 2 ~ Let's "Shake!"

Day 2 is here and nearly gone.  I did make my lunch the night before and drank more water today (not nearly enough, but making progress).  The journal questions for today were: "What are your health-related fears?  What are you doing to confront them?

For me, I fear that I will NOT create a healthy lifestyle.  I fear that I will NOT lose the last pesky 30 pounds I have left and maintain a healthy lifestyle.  I fear gaining it ALL back.  I have a plan, but I have to work that plan.  My plan this go around is Bob Harper's 20 Skinny rules (It's a book, but I found the list at www.sparkpeople.com)  Speaking of SparkPeople, it is a free and user-friendly website for tracking nutrition, exercise, weight and measurements, water intake, and even your mood.  It is a great resource for healthy living, and I would recommend it.  It can be a bit overwhelming, but they have recently made some changes that make it even easier to track your goals.  I will do my best to use it in the next 20 days...I hope.

I have not yet done my exercise for today.  As for goals for today, I am a work in progress.  Some water, no exercise yet, I ate 3 half-way decent meals and some sweet stuff (all in decent in portions) breaking a few of Bob's rules, but I will get back on track.  My goal is to just do it!  Today wasn't the best, but there is still time to get some moves in.  Mercy Me's new song "Shake" is some great motivation. Check it out here: 

The Book Junkie needs to READ!

I am a lover of words and stories.  I seem to "collect" them rather than "consume" them.  Meaning they sit on my shelf for years, before I actually crack them open and read them,  That does me no good to look at pretty little covers...eh, spines,,, of books.  They are heavy to move (trust me, I have moved them three times in the past few years).  So I have come up with a solution, an experiment of sorts.

There has been an explosion of books all over my bed at this very moment preparing for this very event.  I am in the process of taking inventory of all of the books I currently own and have within my possession.  At least the ones in my room.  This is by far not all of the books I have ever read or ever owned.  I count it a major blessing to have read as many books as I have, and own the ones I do.  

Now let's get down to the experiment.  It is in its developmental stages at the moment, and I hope I haven't taken on more than I can handle. But I will see as I progress.  The Rough Draft version of the experiment goes something like this:
1) I will read a few books a month from my stash of unread books depending on the book (I have several devotionals that require more time to finish and reflect upon)
2) I will post which books I have chosen to read and the deadline by which I want to be finished
3) I will post progress reports and tidbits or tips I have learned while reading
4) I will post a short summary of each book as I read it
5) I have a lot of books (for me anyway), but I still want to aim at completing this task within one year
6) I will not buy new books, until I have read 5 books.
7) Any new books purchased will be included in the experiment and must be read by next year

This is quite an undertaking, but I am up for the challenge and excited to see what I learn.  Happy Reading  to me.

Never say Never,