I've been trying to get back in shape. Sometimes I look at my body and feel it is impossible. But it is not! It just takes consistent good choices and work.
I try to do yoga every Wednesday. I can't fold myself into a pretzel, but I do the moves the best I can. I can't believe how empowered, balanced, and clear I feel after doing yoga. It's like energy just flows through me better.
Everyday I my posture is improving. For the last 10 days I've been focusing on perfect posture. I don't allow myself to sit on the couch, except for story/cuddle time and nursing. The yoga is also helping to open me up. I try to focus all day long on a straight back and engaged abs. It's working! I already feel stronger and straighter.
These physical bodies are so important in helping us feel great so we can serve others better. Heavenly Father blesses us as we exercise discipline and try to overcome our flesh. He helps us do this as we ask Him and try our best. I'm so glad, because feeling tired, sluggish, lopsided, and chubby isn't fun. Feeling energetic, agile, straight, and slim is great fun! It's the only way to live!
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Gorgeous Fall
The fall light is gorgeous! We've taken lots of sun baths to soak in the autumn rays. We take little Jebers out and expose his birthday suit to the sun. He loves it!
The sun is just coming up this morning. No, we don't live in the country or in a particularly beautiful place, but there is still beauty all around. And it's nice to have kind of settled in here for a bit. We know the ward and neighbors better. The kids have tons of friends. Of course, you know me...adventure and change calls. The country also beckons me constantly, but I know Heavenly Father wants us here for now. He will guide us to where we are to be. Maybe that will be here forever, only He knows. If that is the case that's fine, I'll find ways to bring the country and adventure here.
I read a quote from President Joseph Fielding Smith:
"One thing...that I would like to call attention to--young people, when they marry, are not satisfied to begin with a little and humbly, but they want to receive just about as much as their parents have a t the time they, the children, get married...They want to start out with every convenience under the sun to make them comfortable. I think this is a mistake. I think they should begin humbly, putting their faith in the Lord, building here a little and there a little as they can, accumulating piecemeal, until they can reach a position of prosperity such as they wish to have."
Boy, that is how we have been living. We aren't newly weds, but we are still living like newly weds. In fact, when our children marry they will probably have a higher standard of living than we do. They won't be sharing one bathroom with 11 people.
We have been so blessed. Our every need is met and many, many of our wants. But Satan wants us to compare ourselves to each other. He wants to discourage us and make us feel like failures one way or another. I can't allow myself to fall for this trick. I am a daughter of God; I can do what He needs me to do.
By the time my parents were my age they had a farm, a large house, my conveniences (dishwasher, tractor, multiple bathrooms, etc.), three vehicles, money for trips, etc. Sometimes I think I am failing because I don't have the material things my parents did at my age or even close. But then I have to remember that's not what determines success. I also have to remember the miserable times they went through because of all that stuff. They had to work constantly and were under enormous pressure and stress. Depression, contention, and anxiety were terrible companions during those years for my parents. So I'm so grateful we live a much simpler, more peaceful life.
Still my parents did amazing things, helped many people along the way, loved their large family, and raised us unto the Lord. So even without the material comparison I feel like I don't come close to measuring up. My mom had served as Primary and Relief Society president and in lots of other intense callings. She played the piano, sewed our clothes, decorated for birthdays and holidays, and did a million other things, none of which I do. My dad had been in several bishoprics and leadership positions. They always got there visiting and home teaching done. They went on many trips with their siblings and neighbors and together. They ran multiple successful, small businesses. They homeschooled their eight children. They built there own, huge, amazing house and put in their own gorgeous yard. They fixed equipment, farmed, worked over time all the time, and still found time to talk with us and read to us. All this by the time they was 37 (my age now). Amazing!
I can compare myself and feel like a total failure! Everyday I feel overwhelmed by my little life. I've never worked in leadership in the church. I don't how in the world I would fit another thing into my life. My sweet children keep me going, so do the never ending dishes. All the stupid little things (like finding time to shower and curl my hair with a baby) about crush me. I'm sick of feeling like a failure!! I grow less confident every passing year. I used to be so confident. But I will stop comparing and just live my life the best I can. And whether I feel like I'm failing or succeeding I will scatter sunshine! I will speak with the tongue of angels and do my best to love others well. I don't have time to let the enemy of my soul discourage or distract me!
This entry has been ambivalent. Life is like that. Good competing with evil. I must only feed the good feelings inside and starve the bad. I'm grateful Heavenly Father helps me sort things out and gives me peace when I truly turn to Him.
The sun is just coming up this morning. No, we don't live in the country or in a particularly beautiful place, but there is still beauty all around. And it's nice to have kind of settled in here for a bit. We know the ward and neighbors better. The kids have tons of friends. Of course, you know me...adventure and change calls. The country also beckons me constantly, but I know Heavenly Father wants us here for now. He will guide us to where we are to be. Maybe that will be here forever, only He knows. If that is the case that's fine, I'll find ways to bring the country and adventure here.
I read a quote from President Joseph Fielding Smith:
"One thing...that I would like to call attention to--young people, when they marry, are not satisfied to begin with a little and humbly, but they want to receive just about as much as their parents have a t the time they, the children, get married...They want to start out with every convenience under the sun to make them comfortable. I think this is a mistake. I think they should begin humbly, putting their faith in the Lord, building here a little and there a little as they can, accumulating piecemeal, until they can reach a position of prosperity such as they wish to have."
Boy, that is how we have been living. We aren't newly weds, but we are still living like newly weds. In fact, when our children marry they will probably have a higher standard of living than we do. They won't be sharing one bathroom with 11 people.
We have been so blessed. Our every need is met and many, many of our wants. But Satan wants us to compare ourselves to each other. He wants to discourage us and make us feel like failures one way or another. I can't allow myself to fall for this trick. I am a daughter of God; I can do what He needs me to do.
By the time my parents were my age they had a farm, a large house, my conveniences (dishwasher, tractor, multiple bathrooms, etc.), three vehicles, money for trips, etc. Sometimes I think I am failing because I don't have the material things my parents did at my age or even close. But then I have to remember that's not what determines success. I also have to remember the miserable times they went through because of all that stuff. They had to work constantly and were under enormous pressure and stress. Depression, contention, and anxiety were terrible companions during those years for my parents. So I'm so grateful we live a much simpler, more peaceful life.
Still my parents did amazing things, helped many people along the way, loved their large family, and raised us unto the Lord. So even without the material comparison I feel like I don't come close to measuring up. My mom had served as Primary and Relief Society president and in lots of other intense callings. She played the piano, sewed our clothes, decorated for birthdays and holidays, and did a million other things, none of which I do. My dad had been in several bishoprics and leadership positions. They always got there visiting and home teaching done. They went on many trips with their siblings and neighbors and together. They ran multiple successful, small businesses. They homeschooled their eight children. They built there own, huge, amazing house and put in their own gorgeous yard. They fixed equipment, farmed, worked over time all the time, and still found time to talk with us and read to us. All this by the time they was 37 (my age now). Amazing!
I can compare myself and feel like a total failure! Everyday I feel overwhelmed by my little life. I've never worked in leadership in the church. I don't how in the world I would fit another thing into my life. My sweet children keep me going, so do the never ending dishes. All the stupid little things (like finding time to shower and curl my hair with a baby) about crush me. I'm sick of feeling like a failure!! I grow less confident every passing year. I used to be so confident. But I will stop comparing and just live my life the best I can. And whether I feel like I'm failing or succeeding I will scatter sunshine! I will speak with the tongue of angels and do my best to love others well. I don't have time to let the enemy of my soul discourage or distract me!
This entry has been ambivalent. Life is like that. Good competing with evil. I must only feed the good feelings inside and starve the bad. I'm grateful Heavenly Father helps me sort things out and gives me peace when I truly turn to Him.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Physical Body
It seems gravity is more powerful than it used to be. I'm a bit tired today. It is hard to have good posture and carry the baby around, but I guess it always has been. Rearing little ones is just physically demanding. I'm so grateful that Heavenly Father has blessed me with a healthy body that can do what needs to be done. I'm grateful I can push myself and make my body stronger.
Here are some health goals I've set for myself for the next few years.
February 2015
Here are some health goals I've set for myself for the next few years.
October 2014
- no couch, perfect posture
- easy to sit straight for hours
- 137 pounds
- put in time and distance, walk if you must
- sun baths 3 times a week
- fast every Sunday for 24 hours
- book & chapter outline
- pictures
November 2014
- master 5Ks 3 times a week
- 135 by Nov. 4th
- 130 by Nov. 14th
- 125 pounds by Nov. 30th
- distance - 5 miles
- sun baths three times a week
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- improve strength and tone of arms, core, and legs
- rough draft
December 2014
- 120 pounds by Dec. 10th
- 115 pounds by Dec. 24th
- improve 5K speed and agility
- take a class once or twice a week at rec. center
- muscle tone should be visible
- body sleek and graceful
- sun baths 3x a week
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- distance - 8 miles
- swim once a week
- prepare amazing gift
- find voice and make consistent
- pictures
January 2015
- hold 115 pounds forever
- 17% body fat
- swim 2x a week
- distance - 11 miles (Hike 1&2)
- take 2 hard classes a week
- sun baths 3 times a week
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- put book together beautifully
February 2015
- work on trouble spots
- distance - 13.1 miles (Hike 3&4)
- swimming merit badge
- sun baths 3x a week
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- take 2 hard classes a week
- master some moves
- 2nd draft
March 2015
- still holding 115 and 17%
- sun baths 3x a week
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- Lake to Lake Relay
- try kickboxing
- distance - 10 miles (Hike 5)
- independent proofreaders
April 2015
- biking - 2-10milers
- distance - 10, 11, 12
- sun baths 3x a week
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- New York ballet workout
- perfect writing edition
- pictures
May 2015
- ½ marathon - official
- bike - 2-15 milers
- 1 hour pilates workout
- hike and trail run for fun
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- sun baths 3x a week
- perfect looking edition
June 2015
- ½ marathon
- bike - 2-25 milers
- backpacking 1&2
- sun baths 3x a week
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- ISBN, copyright, and publisher
July 2015
- backpacking 3&4
- bike - 50 miles
- ½ marathon
- raw week
- perfectly toned 115 and 17%
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- sun baths 3x a week
- book on the market
- footzoning kit perfect, except videos
August 2015
- backpacking 50-miles
- distance - 10,11,12
- ultra mama t-shirts
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- swim 2x a week
- bike 12 miles a week
- combine sprint workouts
- sun baths 3x a week
- raw week
- footzoning videos
September 2015
- ½ marathon
- sprint - official
- wean Jeebz
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- raw week
- sun baths 3x a week
- design & perfect health class
- edit and produce footzoning videos
October 2015
- ½ marathon
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- raw week
- sun baths 3x a week
- master health class presentation
- kit ready to launch
- bike - 2 15 milers
November 2015
- ½ marathon - official
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- raw week
- sun baths 3x a week
- launch kit
- present health class 2 times
- bike - 2 15 milers
December 2015
- distance 10,11, 12
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- raw week
- sun baths 3x a week
- updated ultra-mama t-shirts?
- 1 month? 115 17%
- health presentation 2x
- swim 2x a week
- hard rec. center classes 2x a week
- bike 13 miles once a week
- gift of book & kit earnings, so far
January 2016
- ½ marathon
- 2 months? 115 17%
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- raw week
- sun baths 3x a week
- health presentation 2x
- marketing move
- swim 2x a week
- hard rec. center classes 2x a week
- totally ripped
February 2016
- distance - 10,11, 12
- 3 months? 115 17%
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- raw week
- sun baths 3x a week
- swim 2x a week
- hard rec. center classes 2x a week
- abs of steel and definition
- health presentation 2x
- footzoning kit ready, but videos
March 2016
- Lake to Lake
- marketing move
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- raw week
- sun baths 3x a week
- 4 months? 115 17%
- health presentation 2x
- footzoning videos
- bike-like exercise 2x a week
April 2016
- ½ marathon - official
- marketing move
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- raw week
- sun baths 3x a week
- health presentation 2x
- 5 months? 115 17%
- bike-like exercise 2x a week
- more defined than ever
May 2016
- ½ marathon - official
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- raw week
- sun baths 3x a week
- marketing move
- 6 months? 115 17%
- health presentation 2x
June 2016
- ½ marathon - official
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- raw week
- sun baths 3x a week
- marketing move
- 7 months? 117 17%
- health presentation 2x
- bike-like exercise 2x a week
- hiking 5-10 miles 2x a week
- 2 5Ks and distance
July 2016
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- raw week
- sun baths 3x a week
- 8 months? 120 17%
- hiking 5-10 miles 2x a week
- distance runs - 10 miles
- bike-like exercise 2x a week
- hiking 5-10 miles 2x a week
August 2016
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- raw week
- sun baths 3x a week
- 9 months? 125 17%
- arms & legs of steel
- core as hard as possible
- easy, wonderful labor
- bike-like exercise 2x a week
- hiking 5-10 miles 2x a week
- 2 5Ks and 1 5 miler a week
September 2016
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- raw week
- sun baths 3x a week
- bike-like exercise 2x a week
- hiking 5-10 miles 2x a week
- 2 5Ks and 1 5 miler a week
- 115 & 17% again!
October 2016
- bike - 2 10 milers
- hiking 5-10 miles 2x a week
- 2 5Ks and 1 5 miler a week
- hard core, arms, and legs
- fast 24 hours on Sundays
- raw week
- sun baths 3x a week
November - March
- get back up to ½ marathons
- do a sprint
- stay at 115 17%
- market more if possible
- reevaluate progress and make new exciting plan
- amazingly toned
- try new dances, martial arts, etc.
March - Dec.2017
- hiking, swimming, biking merit badges again
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