We have had thunder and lightening storms the last 2 days. Weird. I tried to google it and see if it is indeed weird for the area since I haven't been here in summer, but I couldn't find anything. Well I did find an article saying northern Baja usually mirrors southern Calif....San Diego/LA. And I know raining in summer is not normal for those areas....
Sam our big lab is scared of thunder just like fireworks so has been staying close, but today is only muggy. That brings me to the next thing that this weekend has been about is I am kinda stuck because Friday morning I smashed my foot into a door jam and probly broke my toe. I still worked out Friday but luckily I don't on weekends. So I've either sat in a chair with my leg up or limped around all weekend. Sooo boring. So boring in fact that I took a photo of my toes all bruised and actually put it on facebook ha ha!!
It's really black & blue now, but actually feeling better and tomorrow I am back at my normal workout regime. Friday was August 1 so I am starting month 5 and happy with myself that I am on target and on my path. Exercise wise I have stayed true....it's funny how I don't want to exercise but I have NEVER been sorry after I finished. I'm sure it's that whole releasing of endorphins thing because I always always feel better after I workout. Sometimes exhausted and done for the day, but mentally always better. Almost every morning I think when I wake up, I'm gonna skip it for today, but I have learned to simply get up and have my coffee. Actually when I get up, I get out of bed, then turn around and make my bed first thing. Then brush my teeth...then whatever is next. Usually stumble out to the kitchen for my coffee, and in this tiny place it's not too many steps ha ha.
When I was a kid we had to make our beds every morning, except the day the sheets got changed and then we had to strip it. When I first moved out I didn't always make it, and in the awful years...with who I refer to as the "sperm bank" we never never made the bed. As soon as I left that terrible relationship I became obsessed with making my bed every morning, and to this day...30 years later, I make it as soon as I pop out of it. Anyway back to my exercise routine. So I don't argue with myself when I first wake up...I just have the "nope not gonna exercise today" and go about my stuff and then sit with my coffee. Every time...every single time I decide to do my workout.
This month I really want to stick close on my new eating lifestyle as well. I thought I was doing good, and the truth is my shape and weight are changing. Slowly, I am not crash dieting or doing a heavy duty weights or cardio workout- I don't want to hate it or dread it. With the weights I'm doing some arm stuff and a couple of leg things, and trying for more reps and not too much weight. I don't want big muscles or something that will turn to big blobs of fat if I stop for a few weeks. What I want is for the weights to help my cardio. There's something that you burn off with weights that makes the cardio more effective. I forget what it is, but I do the weights first. I researched the hell out of it, reading opinions on both sides and sided with weights first- it made sense to me. My cardio has become total dance. I set my phone to time 25 minutes and I go twice. I just like to know when I am on the flip side. I don't usually end up right in front our beach path, so the extra 10 minutes to make up an hour usually gets danced ha ha. I dance 5 days a week and do weights 3 times a week. My ipod is a cross of 70's rock & roll and Mexican zumba music. So I have some steps I learned in zumba class, and actually for about 4 songs (20 min) I have worked out routines, and then there's 2 other songs that one is all arms and the other is all leg kicks.
The rest, I just dance how I feel...I like to twirl and jump....ok probly won't do any jumping for a few more days. A lot of the time my eyes are closed. But when they are open, I see my dogs running in and out of the surf. I see silly birds, sometimes I see dolphins.....I see the where the sky meets the ocean out past the mouth of the bay, I see the sharp peak of the mountain that guards the left side mouth of the bay; sometimes with swirling wisps of fog around it, sometimes just fluffy little clouds, and sometimes it's just crystal clear. But all that- believe you me! Makes dancing at the edge of the water easy every morning, makes it breath taking, makes it alive! So Monday thru Friday I am rejuvenated with my dancing. And the weights are not that hard, and don't take that long. Sam and Hazel always walk down to that falling down abandoned house; Sam waits outside because like me he hates stairs, but Hazel runs up and down them and checks on me every few minutes. On the 2 minute walk back to our place Sam gets very happy because he knows the beach dance is next. I don't bring the ball because then the whole thing becomes about them and the darn ball. So they find their own things to play with, Hazel eggs Sam into chasing her into the water so we all have a good time- every time. People walk by and either I don't see them or we wave at each other. A few jog, others walk their dogs, who all socialize with each other....yeah exercising here is nice.
So next month I'm going for 10 days to see my sister in New York. I think it's upstate NY, right near the Albany airport...so is that considered upstate? I've only ever been to Queens & Manhattan I think, and for sure never out in the country. They have a farmhouse in a tiny town next to another town not alot bigger...sounds perfect. They have a couple of acres so I will have room to dance. It won't be like when I went to see my daughters where it just seemed I was so busy...well it's where I came here from, so doctors appts, friends, etc. Here it will just be them, and they have always been really health conscious. Years ago, when my daughters were little and we lived by my mom, both my sister and her husband and my brother and his family would stay with us when they came "home". My sister and the Bear (her hubby) would bring their own food for breakfasts, lunches & snacks but usually have what we were eating for dinner. We always thought they were nuts. But really- they were the healthy ones! They brought oatmeal, nuts, seeds, berries, ate yogurts non fat milk, etc. Bananas and apples...Yeah the way I eat now. Back then we either ate cereal like frosted flakes ha ha or eggs and bacon....and sandwiches (lunch meat) for lunch. They had much better eating habits than us. But now that's how I eat, and talking to my kids- they both eat much better than back then as well. More natural foods, more fruits and veges, more organic..... Anyway my plan is to stick with my new eating plan which I bet will be easily done at their place and do my workout as well.
That means that this month- August I need to stay true. I did a true month in April, then May I went up to northern Calif, and did my best, but hardly any exercise. June I was sick for over a week- too sick to exercise. July I was true to exercise but gave myself a break when I went to the AA convention and made bad food choices....ha ha so easy with that first bite of a giant homemade chocolate chip cookie... Sept I travel and then we may travel in Oct as well. Not sure if it will be Oct or Nov, yet, but we are going back to Playa Ventura, to Michocan, hopefully to Oaxaca, and who knows where else..and we may be gone 2.5 weeks and as long as a month. It's funny the month long trip sounds so cool except for leaving Sam & Hazel for that long. And really, it's Sam. Hazel is a baby, turning 1 year old in Sept, so she will not worry like Sam will. Once I left him for 3 weeks, had a house/dog sitter and he was fine...I missed him terribly though. And we will have a a house/dog sitter here as well. I don't want someone coming by every day to feed and walk them, I want someone to live here with them. Our friend was just in the hospital since Monday and he got home today (Sunday). It was quite sudden, and we went every day and got his dog Iggy and brought him over to our house. Iggy was fine at home alone. I believe he's stayed home in this manner before. But our dogs are our children...yeah I'm so happy that Everardo feels the same way about them as I do....Anyway we have someone who is happy to do it, and she knows them and already spoils them when she see them, so I'm ok with it.....well pretty much...ha ha.
So I make plans and life goes on. I made a monthly daily lifestyle plan for a year. What I have to remember is I am changing my lifestyle....so that means I live my life...just from a bit of a different perspective...a small shift. The shift is ultimately for my health...as in I don't want to ever have cancer again, as in I want to see my children live their beautiful lives, as in I want to see my grandchildren, whoever that family may be...I only have Danica (5yrs) so far, but will Drew & Rex have other children? Will Halla? Will Elena? Where will we live 10 years from now? Mexico? Calif? Somewhere else?
Sam our big lab is scared of thunder just like fireworks so has been staying close, but today is only muggy. That brings me to the next thing that this weekend has been about is I am kinda stuck because Friday morning I smashed my foot into a door jam and probly broke my toe. I still worked out Friday but luckily I don't on weekends. So I've either sat in a chair with my leg up or limped around all weekend. Sooo boring. So boring in fact that I took a photo of my toes all bruised and actually put it on facebook ha ha!!
It's really black & blue now, but actually feeling better and tomorrow I am back at my normal workout regime. Friday was August 1 so I am starting month 5 and happy with myself that I am on target and on my path. Exercise wise I have stayed true....it's funny how I don't want to exercise but I have NEVER been sorry after I finished. I'm sure it's that whole releasing of endorphins thing because I always always feel better after I workout. Sometimes exhausted and done for the day, but mentally always better. Almost every morning I think when I wake up, I'm gonna skip it for today, but I have learned to simply get up and have my coffee. Actually when I get up, I get out of bed, then turn around and make my bed first thing. Then brush my teeth...then whatever is next. Usually stumble out to the kitchen for my coffee, and in this tiny place it's not too many steps ha ha.
When I was a kid we had to make our beds every morning, except the day the sheets got changed and then we had to strip it. When I first moved out I didn't always make it, and in the awful years...with who I refer to as the "sperm bank" we never never made the bed. As soon as I left that terrible relationship I became obsessed with making my bed every morning, and to this day...30 years later, I make it as soon as I pop out of it. Anyway back to my exercise routine. So I don't argue with myself when I first wake up...I just have the "nope not gonna exercise today" and go about my stuff and then sit with my coffee. Every time...every single time I decide to do my workout.
This month I really want to stick close on my new eating lifestyle as well. I thought I was doing good, and the truth is my shape and weight are changing. Slowly, I am not crash dieting or doing a heavy duty weights or cardio workout- I don't want to hate it or dread it. With the weights I'm doing some arm stuff and a couple of leg things, and trying for more reps and not too much weight. I don't want big muscles or something that will turn to big blobs of fat if I stop for a few weeks. What I want is for the weights to help my cardio. There's something that you burn off with weights that makes the cardio more effective. I forget what it is, but I do the weights first. I researched the hell out of it, reading opinions on both sides and sided with weights first- it made sense to me. My cardio has become total dance. I set my phone to time 25 minutes and I go twice. I just like to know when I am on the flip side. I don't usually end up right in front our beach path, so the extra 10 minutes to make up an hour usually gets danced ha ha. I dance 5 days a week and do weights 3 times a week. My ipod is a cross of 70's rock & roll and Mexican zumba music. So I have some steps I learned in zumba class, and actually for about 4 songs (20 min) I have worked out routines, and then there's 2 other songs that one is all arms and the other is all leg kicks.
The rest, I just dance how I feel...I like to twirl and jump....ok probly won't do any jumping for a few more days. A lot of the time my eyes are closed. But when they are open, I see my dogs running in and out of the surf. I see silly birds, sometimes I see dolphins.....I see the where the sky meets the ocean out past the mouth of the bay, I see the sharp peak of the mountain that guards the left side mouth of the bay; sometimes with swirling wisps of fog around it, sometimes just fluffy little clouds, and sometimes it's just crystal clear. But all that- believe you me! Makes dancing at the edge of the water easy every morning, makes it breath taking, makes it alive! So Monday thru Friday I am rejuvenated with my dancing. And the weights are not that hard, and don't take that long. Sam and Hazel always walk down to that falling down abandoned house; Sam waits outside because like me he hates stairs, but Hazel runs up and down them and checks on me every few minutes. On the 2 minute walk back to our place Sam gets very happy because he knows the beach dance is next. I don't bring the ball because then the whole thing becomes about them and the darn ball. So they find their own things to play with, Hazel eggs Sam into chasing her into the water so we all have a good time- every time. People walk by and either I don't see them or we wave at each other. A few jog, others walk their dogs, who all socialize with each other....yeah exercising here is nice.
So next month I'm going for 10 days to see my sister in New York. I think it's upstate NY, right near the Albany airport...so is that considered upstate? I've only ever been to Queens & Manhattan I think, and for sure never out in the country. They have a farmhouse in a tiny town next to another town not alot bigger...sounds perfect. They have a couple of acres so I will have room to dance. It won't be like when I went to see my daughters where it just seemed I was so busy...well it's where I came here from, so doctors appts, friends, etc. Here it will just be them, and they have always been really health conscious. Years ago, when my daughters were little and we lived by my mom, both my sister and her husband and my brother and his family would stay with us when they came "home". My sister and the Bear (her hubby) would bring their own food for breakfasts, lunches & snacks but usually have what we were eating for dinner. We always thought they were nuts. But really- they were the healthy ones! They brought oatmeal, nuts, seeds, berries, ate yogurts non fat milk, etc. Bananas and apples...Yeah the way I eat now. Back then we either ate cereal like frosted flakes ha ha or eggs and bacon....and sandwiches (lunch meat) for lunch. They had much better eating habits than us. But now that's how I eat, and talking to my kids- they both eat much better than back then as well. More natural foods, more fruits and veges, more organic..... Anyway my plan is to stick with my new eating plan which I bet will be easily done at their place and do my workout as well.
That means that this month- August I need to stay true. I did a true month in April, then May I went up to northern Calif, and did my best, but hardly any exercise. June I was sick for over a week- too sick to exercise. July I was true to exercise but gave myself a break when I went to the AA convention and made bad food choices....ha ha so easy with that first bite of a giant homemade chocolate chip cookie... Sept I travel and then we may travel in Oct as well. Not sure if it will be Oct or Nov, yet, but we are going back to Playa Ventura, to Michocan, hopefully to Oaxaca, and who knows where else..and we may be gone 2.5 weeks and as long as a month. It's funny the month long trip sounds so cool except for leaving Sam & Hazel for that long. And really, it's Sam. Hazel is a baby, turning 1 year old in Sept, so she will not worry like Sam will. Once I left him for 3 weeks, had a house/dog sitter and he was fine...I missed him terribly though. And we will have a a house/dog sitter here as well. I don't want someone coming by every day to feed and walk them, I want someone to live here with them. Our friend was just in the hospital since Monday and he got home today (Sunday). It was quite sudden, and we went every day and got his dog Iggy and brought him over to our house. Iggy was fine at home alone. I believe he's stayed home in this manner before. But our dogs are our children...yeah I'm so happy that Everardo feels the same way about them as I do....Anyway we have someone who is happy to do it, and she knows them and already spoils them when she see them, so I'm ok with it.....well pretty much...ha ha.
So I make plans and life goes on. I made a monthly daily lifestyle plan for a year. What I have to remember is I am changing my lifestyle....so that means I live my life...just from a bit of a different perspective...a small shift. The shift is ultimately for my health...as in I don't want to ever have cancer again, as in I want to see my children live their beautiful lives, as in I want to see my grandchildren, whoever that family may be...I only have Danica (5yrs) so far, but will Drew & Rex have other children? Will Halla? Will Elena? Where will we live 10 years from now? Mexico? Calif? Somewhere else?
