10 in 2010 Update

It's lunch time here, so I thought that I would update you about our healthy living and eating rituals that we are doing here.

First off we joined a gym! This is something that I DID NOT want to do, because we always join and then never go----big waste of money! My husband stayed persistent and I am so glad that he did. I gave in and suggested to him to see if they would give us a deal---they did. Well at least I feel like that it is a great deal.

While I was fine with my 10 little things that I was doing on my own, I have to admit I am really loving the gym. The people are so nice, plus there are so many things to do there! The kids have their classes or we can all do things together.

From the first of the year I have lost 27 pounds! I am pretty excited about that. My husband has lost, well, a bunch more than me. I am so proud of him and so was his doctor.

We have incorporated a bunch of fruits and salads in our every day meals. We were just eating regular salads with our meals, or sometimes as our meals. So, on occasion, I will spice those "original" salads up with chicken, steak, grapes, or nuts (love nuts).

Well, there's my update. How are you doing? Are you eating healthy and exercising, if so I would love to know how you are doing, so please leave a comment below.
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Healthy Dessert/Snack

How is your healthy living/eating going. We are doing pretty good here. I have had to get creative in the food department. The above picture is pretty creative for me and probably so simple to others.

In our home, for every dish that I make, I think that it has to have a name and I guess that my children have taken to that, because when they ask what this was called --I did not have a name for it; so one of them came up with the name of Cantaloupe fluff. I prefer Cantaloupe in clouds, but fluff it is!

Recipe:

`Cut up cantaloupe

`Mix sugar free cool whip with one strawberry whips yogurt.

`Place yogurt mixture in bottom of serving dish and put cantaloupe on top

`Eat and enjoy!

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10 in 2010 Update

I just wanted to check in and see how you are doing this new year....are you up and moving? I am and boy was I SORE that first week! I started out by picking a few things that I knew I could do and decided to do them. I thought to get my body moving that I would start out with a few stretches---not a big deal, right? WRONG! I was so sore for the first few days. I was not doing anything elaborate--just doing some stretches, but I guess when you go from doing nothing to doing 100 stretches (that is 100 forward, 100 backwards, 100 each side) a day, 700 a week ---makes sense that I was sore for the first few days, okay actually for the first week!

I have decided that this next week that I am going to the gym---at least twice and continue what I am doing with the stretches.

As I said before, I am not doing this to lose weight (although I need to lose a lot) I am doing this to become a better steward of my body---wish that I had been told this sooner! LOL!

Weight loss to date: 4 pounds
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I mentioned this back in August, but it looks like that you can still request a Free Slim Fast Weight Loss Book.

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*Check out my 10 in 2010 post too...I need all the help I can get!

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10 in 2010

It is a new year and for me that means it's time to work on me. For as long as I remember, when the new year rolled around one of my resolutions would always be to lose weight. I would always start off that year doing good, but soon fall off the wagon! Well last year I tried to "trick" myself and say that I was going to get healthy instead of saying that I was going to lose weight...didn't work!

A few weeks ago, my husband went to the doctor and of course the weight thing came up. The doctor told my husband something very interesting, well it was interesting to me. In all my years of life, I have never heard it put this way. It is truth, but I have never thought about it this way. The doctor said that we all know what to do to lose weight (at this point I am thinking well duh!), anyways he went on to say that we should eat right and exercise (I am still thinking "well duh"); then he said "We should be good stewards of our bodies." Eat right and exercise and let your body get down to the number that it thinks it needs to be at. Do not say I want to lose 40 pounds, your body may not "think" that you need too. Makes sense!

I have thought about this and know that I need to do something to become healthy....to be a better steward! So I thought why not share all this with you and see if you would like to join me on this journey through this new year!

Therefore the "10 in 2010" idea was born. I am talking about exercise and I want to keep this frugal---if you are able to work out in a gym--great! We live in an apartment and we have gym privileges (I've been twice, once to look at it and once to actually work out and we have been here for over two months; pathetic I know!) Anyways you can do this in your home, even if you do not have exercise equipment.

Here is my idea:
10 jumping jacks
10 squats
10 leg lifts (for each leg (20 total)
run in place for 10 minutes
walk around our apartment complex ONE time
Pick an exercise that will work for you and then do it 10 different times throughout the day.
At the end of the day, here is what we will have done:
100 jumping jacks
100 squats
100 leg lifts (for each leg(200 total)
running in place for 100 minutes
walked around the apartment complex 10 times
At the end of the week (7 days), here is what we will have done:
700 jumping jacks
700 squats
700 leg lifts (for each leg(1400 total)
walked around apartment complex 100 times
Whew! What a workout, after the first week, especially after doing NOTHING the week before.

I am all excited about doing this and I hope that you will join me, pick and choose your own exercises---you choose, but just do something!

I will be updating this weekly, I will be posting healthy recipes from time to time, healthy freebies, linking back to this...so stayed tuned and lets all become better stewards of our bodies that the Lord has given us.

Disclosure: I am not a doctor, I am not a nurse, nor am I in the medical field. I just want to become a better 'steward'!
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