Surviving life without sugar, artificial sweeteners and diet soda. Conquering addition for a better healthier me.
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Do you want to win 4 Larabars? Tell me why you deserve to win. I cant wait to plant my garden this year. I usually buy my plants at the “Master Gardner Fair” every year. This year I’m going to do my plants from seeds. I’m going to try anyway so wish me luck. This afternoon I’ll be off to Amberg Perennial Farms to buy some trays and some organic soil and some seeds. I’ll keep you posted on my progress with a few pictures as they grow. Hey, I’m still here. I’m alive and breathing. I’ve increased my exercise and guard my eating. I can do more and it shows as my weight loss slowed. I am almost 1/3 of the way through my year and I need to up the ante. It can be really hard on days that I just can’t find time for myself at all. I remember getting up at 4am or 5am to exercise when I knew I had a full day. That’s the kind of commitment that moves mountains. I am definitely a mountain that needs moving or so I feel like that some days. 🙂 Just as I found that if I don’t exercise in the morning, or I if don’t post in the morning and put it off until later in the evening, I am often just too tired. Exercising and eating right help off set the daily grind and can bring vitality to your day. Oh, here is something new. I got an email from LARABAR yesterday and here is what they said: “Did you catch us on “The Biggest Loser” last night? Trainer-extraordinaire Dolvett Quince suggested Peanut Butter Cookie and Cherry Pie LÄRABARs as great go-to snacks before the contestants embarked on a hike – which made us pleased as punch! You can watch the clip here. To celebrate our big news, we’d like to offer you the opportunity to give away 2 Peanut Butter Cookie and 2 Cherry Pie LÄRABARs on your blog.” So I get to give away 4 LARABARS. Stay tuned and see if you can win the 4 LARABARS?
I shared the news back on Day 88, that a workout company Physique 57 reached out to me in an effort to support my weight loss journey. It was very inspiring for me to be contacted by them. In a way, it exemplified the power of blogging and social networking. They offered to send me some of their work out videos which they promptly did. Up to that point, I had been eating according to my plan, but I was missing an extremely key element, working out. I checked out their website and really liked what I saw. I worked out to the original Jane Fonda videos, back in the “80’s” and the first Tae Bo videos with Billy Blanks, but it has been years since I attempted anything new on video. In the 90’s, I worked out 6 days a week in a gym. After a skiing accident in “96” and the birth of daughter in “97”, my workouts tapered off to a very occasional attempt to start again. While a few weeks have gone by, I am now ready to take the next step on this year long journey. Yesterday, I opened the first DVD. The “Classic 57 Minute Full Body Workout”. I popped it in the Xbox and started to follow along. I am very out of shape and I found this workout very intense yet easy to keep up with it. Tanya Becker, the head instructor is really good. She’s motivating, inspiring and funny. I broke a sweat and felt burn in parts of my body that I forgot existed. Of course, getting to the final stretch is my favorite part. 🙂 I woke up today already feeling the workout. Sweet Success! My 14 year old daughter wanted to workout with me today. This was her first video workout and she felt the burn quickly. She gave up about 1/3 way through. I think I’ll try it again with her only using the “Express 30 Minute Workout” next time. I didn’t give up and completed day two. Whoo hoo! Working out in your own home has many advantages and leaves little room for excuses. I’m looking forward to loosing weight and sculpting my body with Physique 57. I have sculpted my body in the past and along with eating right, Physique 57 and added cardio, I know I can again. I am already on my way. Read Physique 57’s story here!
“Rainy days and Mondays” don’t have to get you down. There are so many healthy things you can do on a rainy day. 1) Break out the work video you’ve been wanting to work out to. Spend time stretching. 2) Cook up a big pot of your favorite healthy soup. 3) Take time to plan some future healthy menu’s. 4) Write a gratitude list. 5) Curl up with a book you’ve been wanting to read. 6) Watch movies on TV with yourself or someone you enjoy spending time with. 7) Play in the rain. Don’t be afraid to have some fun. Looks like this bride didn’t let a little rain spoil her day! |
Inspiration Strategies Support Josie ~ Once Upon a Time Rosalie Donatelli ~ Integrative Nutrition |
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The reasons why I think I should win the 4 Lara bars:
1. They are the only snack bars that I can eat because they are gluten free, sugar free, artificial sweetener free and chemical free.
2. I can’t always afford to buy them for myself
3. I will have just one half of one in the afternoon and it picks me right up again.
4. When I have those around, I don’t crave other snacks that sabotage my program.
5. Ever since I switched to Lara bars I find weight control to be so much easier to manage.
6. I have serious physical reasons why I need to lose 50 or 60 pounds and Lara bars have really made a difference on that journey.
Thanks.
Josie, your gardens are wonderful. I enjoy seeing the pictures.
Thank you Betsy! I remember when you cheered me on with my doomed gardens in Austria. The flowers did well there but I couldn’t get those vegetables to produce for anything. I always enjoy it, whatever the outcome.