Exercise and Blogging by Disco Light!

This is my baby. My original one broke a few years ago and I thought, "Well, since I actually use it, I want another one!" I THINK Scott actually got me this one or I did and he replaced the light when I came out to Canada because it broke...

In either case, today, the thought of exercise bored me in between my work shifts, but instead of doing what I normally do...Push it back until I don't feel like doing it anymore, I decided to turn on this bad boy, crank up the music and to dance. The 15 minutes that I proposed to myself turned into 20 minutes, then it ended 30 minutes later. I'm even blogging by disco light. :D

I think it's time that I put the fun back into exercise, huh? Walking is done because I HAVE to walk. I strength train because I HAVE to and the same goes for boxing...Well my Wii game allows me to break it out for 10 minutes between shifts to keep myself going throughout the day.

What's so wrong with dancing, huh? People dance all the time. Yes, someone is going to gripe at me about doing it and tell me that I should be doing more, but you know what? I just knocked out 1/2 hour of my exercise regime, so stick that in your coffee pot and let it percolate.

Friday is coming up and Friday is weigh in day. I hate weigh in day. The scale is my arch-nemesis. It has thwarted me for many years. If you've never experienced the annoying stab of fear whenever you know that you're about to be weigh, then you are just a skinny bizznatch and I despise you. lol

Just kidding! I'm only slightly agitated. :D

I am more than just a number on a scale...That will continue to be my mantra until the day that I won't have to step on that sucka until I go for my yearly checkups.

Love, Peace, and Hair Grease groovy people!

Max & Her Disco Ball

Meals.

Hola to all those who read this! I am a mess! At least that's how I feel. I had some Coke Zero, pardon me, I'm jittery.

All right...

So my big brother said, "I'd like to see your daily progression with your diet and activity along with your thoughts here too!"

Hmmm...Well first I've learned a few things:

1. Getting to 5000 steps is INSANITY right now! But I know I have to keep trying. I think back to college and high school and I know that I had to be doing that plus more considering that sometimes my classes were on the opposite sides of the campus, now I'm like, "1000 steps, I need to sit." Don't worry, I'm not giving up! It's not going to happen. Neither is the man who calls himself my husband. He's like a gnat sometimes, "Max, can you push yourself to do more?" Most of the times, yes, I can and I do. Every once in a while, the answer is no. I cannot.

2. Blogging everyday. It's...HARD. Good grief, sometimes I don't want to sit in front of a computer after a hard day of work...In front of a computer. I am going to start out with twice of week for now. As more news comes in, I will create more but until then, 2 times a week. No more getting yelled at by a certain extra tall blonde dude. :P

3. I like the Paleo Diet. I had a friend say that it was a meat based diet and in a way it is but in a way it isn't.

First, I FINALLY get to work in the proper amount of protein in my diet each day.
Second, it doesn't make fruit out to be a bad thing! It encourages you to add tons of fruit and vegetables to your meals, plus certain nuts and fats.
Third, the recipes are easy to create. We don't have weird things to buy, most of them are in our house.
Fourth, all of their recipes are very low in salt and very low in sugar...PLUS and PLUS!
Fifth, I get to have leftovers for breakfast! YAY, lazy cooks unite!

4. The hardest part is the motivation. Motivation to do everything, including cooking.

Before another day passes, I should post this blog. I swear it's a few days old. Eh, I don't know. Just...Here.

Love, Peace, and Hairgrease!
Max

One Second...

While I try to figure out how I want to set up this blog. My brother mentioned that he wanted to see my progress. I wonder if that progress will come at the end of the week or if it should be every day. Then I wonder how should it look? How could I set it up so that it's easy from my end yet it's something that you all can see and go, "Ah, look at her go" or "Hmmmm...How can I cheer her on so she can do better?"

I've been researching diet blogs but so far, nothing has struck me as interesting...

I'll keep looking. I have not given up on this, I just need some time to construct it. :D

Love, Peace, and Hairgrease!

Maxine

Protein Deficient...Ugh!

Have you ever heard of this place called Sparkdiet.com?

It's a pretty cool website that helps me to track everything from what I'm eating to my workouts.  I was introduced to this place by my lovely PCP, Noelle and since then, whenever I get uber serious about working out and stuff, I always gravitate back to this site...

Only to be disappointed.

At the end of the day, it breaks your food groups up into 3 categories: Protein, Carbs, and Fats. It's in the shape of a pie chart and every time I get to find out that I'm not eating enough protein. I spent most of my life a vegetarian...But gosh darn it, how do I get more protein?! I noticed the Paleo diet incorporates more lean protein into their meal plan...

Is this what I need? Will this help me to get to the protein levels that I've desired? It's not like I kill it with carbs, but still, I feel like protein is laughing at me. As if it's saying, "Ha! You can't handle me, you tofu eater!"

Is protein to sexy for my mouth?

All joking aside...I am really happy that this book is going to help me revamp how I eat because then, I'll be able to laugh at the protein section. Perhaps...I might even get me over my Iron deficiency?

I'll keep you posted!

Love, Peace, and Hair Grease!

Max

Goals?

This blog is brought to you by Mr. Kalin Mitchell, who managed to remind me that I promised a blog a day. I have excuses, they are pretty good ones, but his reaction to hearing them showed me one thing...They are still excuses and they hinder my progress.

So...Thank you, Kaylay.

The purpose of this blog is for me to write out my goals, right?

“He who fails to plan, plans to fail”

Perhaps that has always been my problem? Who knows? All right my goals. I realize that I have to start small first. Another problem that I have always had was, I set these crazy goals, expecting for me to be as strong and as active as I used to be, yet when I try to do them and I fail, I quit.  In a way, I set myself up to fail, I think. You can place me in front of a mountain and if I'm all hyped up, I will say, "I'm going to climb that sucker like NOW!"

But, where's my equipment? Most important, when did I prepare myself for this adventure? That's right, I didn't. So to kick off my new lifestyle change, I'm going to set some short term goals, so I can work up to the long term ones.

Oh and if you have any suggestions on how to achieve them or if you have a suggestion, let me know. Thanks!

What I Already Do:

* Drink 64 oz. of water/day.

* Limit myself to 2 teaspoons of sugar that I place in my coffee/day.

* Use almond milk as a substitute for regular milk.

* "Try" to get in 10 minutes of moving for every hour that I am sitting. This works well because I work from home on my laptop.

What I Want To Do (Long Term Goals):

* Walk up to 10,000 steps/day.

* Be able to dance for an hour straight (I used to be able to do it)

* Play tennis once again. I miss it and the Wii game isn't cutting it because Scott cheats.

* Lose Toooooooons of weight. Well duh.

* Have a baby. Just one though.

* To get my license and drive.

* To not have to worry about a place only having chairs with arms.

* Most of the food that I eat is homemade. I would say 95%.

* Oh and did I mention that food is low salt/sugar? Yup, they are. 

What I Can Do Now (Short Term Goals):

* Start with 5000 steps/day. The suggestion of my hubs.

* Get it down to 100% of the food that I eat is homemade.

* Break up the 1 hour of dancing into 10-20 minute increments/day. Then as I get stronger, combine those things.

* Incorporate the Paleo Diet into my meal plans. Hey, it works for my brother, why not me too?
* Edit: And go to be earlier. 2am? Not a good idea.

 What am I missing? Any suggestions or is this a lot already? Talk to me, I'm listening!

Love, Peace, and Hair Grease!

Max 

A recluse to your own detriment...

"You're a recluse to your own detriment..."

 

As much as I want to deny it, to push it out of my mind, I have a feeling that he is right. And trust me, I hate to admit that my older brother is right, but here I am, saying it. You are right. That's the last time I will say that out loud, you can believe that.

Okay, so here is my blog. I want to try something different. You all are my loved ones, the ones that have kept me laughing and strong throughout many years. In some cases, you are the ones who give me looks of concern when you've seen me in the past few years...

Yup, I've seen them, they were noted, and then cataloged under "Max, you're starting to scare them".

Hey...I've been too much to give up living, but insanity is repeating something that doesn't work over and over again so this time, as I battle my inner vices, I'm calling on you all to help me. Cheer me on, to celebrate with me, and to give me the extra push that I need for when I want to quit. The last time I was determined, I lost 30 pounds in a month. Yup, I was shocked too, then I gained weight and gave up.

Sucks, don't it? Now, don't expect to see me crying up in this thing, I still don't do that, but some things might get real. Some things might make you laugh and if you TRULY know me, you'll know that it might get a bit TMI up in here. Can you handle it?

Please do not share this with your friends. I'm still weird about privacy and stuff but I am willing to open my life up for you all. So...

Are you ready to take this ride with me? It won't be easy. I might get a little cranky for when my body is tired and I know that I need to go on my walk or to do my boxing, etc. At least you all missed out on the sugar cleansing. I am proud to say that now, I only have 2 teaspoons of sugar in my cup of coffee and that's it. Now I can do something like eat a teaspoon of something sweet and then walk away. But that took a while and if it wasn't for Scott and his endless supply of sugarless gum, I wouldn't have made it.

Okay, this is my first blog post so I will end it with...

I am more than a number on a scale...But that number on the scale will help me live a long and healthy life, so I will use it to help me meet my goal.

What's my goal, you ask? I'm going to do that tomorrow. I am still not sure of all of them, but when I show them to you, feel free to offer some suggestions on how to meet them as well as suggestions on others that I might be missing.

You all are filled with vital information, it's time that I call upon that. Oh...One goal that I DO have in mind is to publish a blog once a day. If I start to lag, feel free to jab me, annoy me, text me, or even send up smoke signals until I do.

This is going to be hard and by "this" I am referring to writing this blog. But...Maybe it is that missing link that I need to keep me going.

Love, Peace, and Hair Grease!

Max