Batting 300!

Did you think I quit?  Were you worried that  had given up?  A few of you have asked me, "Heidi, are you still Getting-to-10?  Well my answer is a resounding YES!!!

So, as I've mentioned before, if nothing changes, nothing changes.  But recently, life was getting in the way of me making the changes that I wanted to make.  My commitment to being and doing my best is still alive and strong.  However, the little dream-stealer that sits on my shoulder tried to tell me that I was a fraud, a starter not a finisher and that I was only fooling myself to think that could ever make it to 10.

Well, I've told her to take a hike and I'm back on the wagon -  ONCE AGAIN! Once again I'm making my well-being a priority.  Once again, I'm striving to be my best in every area of my life.   Getting to a size 10 will be great, but this journey is about sooooo much more than my dress size. 

You are probably wondering what any of this has to do with batting 300.  Well, here's the deal, I set a goal to run 300 miles this year. That's only 6 miles a week and that is doable if I remain consistent.  As I was running this morning, I thought about batting 300.  I asked my husband about the significance of batting 300 and he told me it is a benchmark for excellence.  And the same is applicable for me.  I am striving for excellence. 

My goal is to post more regularly and to make this blog an inspiration to all of you who so kindly dare to share this journey with me.  Thank you for your posts and for your support.  I hope that by sharing I inspire to you to live, be and do your best too!

1000 Calorie Workout!!

Goals are good... in fact they are essential!  As a Life Coach I encourage people to set and strive to achieve goals in order to live a more fulfilled life.  Prior to having my BodyBugg I set a goal to do 1000 calorie workouts.  I researched it and it seemed like an achievable goal.  Especially relying  on the calories display of the machines at the gym.  Don't get me wrong, even then it was not easy but I was determined and felt like this would really blast the fat right off!

Well getting my BodyBugg was a huge wake up call for me!  My average workout is actually about 500 calories.. ONLY 500 CALORIES!  What a disappointment.  Well, today I decided to go for a 700 calorie workout.  I ran a 5k, did 10 additional minutes on the treadmill at an incline of 12, did 20 minutes on the Elliptical machine and 10 additional minutes on the Row machine (yes, i did all cardio because that is what burns calories fastest).  At the end of my workout I was only up to 645 and I had to leave as my time was really getting away from me. 

 So my goal for this 1000 Calories Workout is going to be harder than I thought. But here is my reality... I enjoy eating and while I eat reasonably healthy... I'm going to have to blast more calories to lose weight.  So my summer challenge is to get to 1000 calories in a single workout.  For those of you that forgot my daily goal on my BodyBugg plan is 2800/1800- that is to burn 2800 calories a day and consume 1800.  I find that this is very doable IF I workout early (doing so allows me to burn many more calories throughout the day) and log my food. 

I lost 15lbs. at the beginning of this Getting-to-10 Challenge but I have 25lbs to go and I'm hoping that upping the calories I burn will get me there.  If you have had success on workout that burn a lot of calories do share.  Also, I'm really encouraged by you all that share with me that you too are striving to Get-to-10 in your own life.  Thanks for joining the challenge and remember we love to hear from you!

Monday Morning Quaterback

I lost 3lbs last week!!!! I felt so good about myself.  My goal felt so achievable- I couldn't believe it.  How cool was that??!?!?! And then there was the weekend... My university's homecoming weekend.... full of Friends, Family, Fun and of course FOOD!  Now realizing that I'd be eating more than usual I did run a few miles in the hotel's gym on Friday, but obviously that didn't do the trick... because I did something I've never done.... I weighed myself this morning and my friendly 3lbs found their way right back to me.  In just one weekend?!?!? Are you kidding me? Is this really how this game is played?    I've never been one to weigh myself often and I'm not married to the scale now HOWEVER, it is so very eye opening to really understand the effects of my eating/exercising habits. 

Lesson Learned: Even when I've done "well" throughout the week I can sabotage the whole thing in just a few short days.  "So what did I expect" you ask? Well maybe 1-2lbs but all 3 back???  WOW!  I clearly need a new game plan if I am going to win this thing.  I have been planning on Sunday Slim-down activity and I see that this is going to be an essential part of my play book.  If on the weekends I am eating more that MUST be offset with a great workout.  The concept of a Sunday Slim-down activity is doing something that is fun and a major calorie blaster so that I'm able to increase my deficit from 1000 calories say to, 1200. The ideas I've had thus far are a long bike ride with the kids in a trailer, Ultimate Frisbee or racquetball.  If you have any ideas PLEASE let me know.  This is also going to affect my Sunday Brunch plans or at least what I choose to eat after brunch.  I have come to realize that this is all about choices.

So now it's Monday.  I've reviewed my playbook and I'm ready to get back in the game.  I'm not disappointed but rather equipped with more information to help me play to win. There is a piece of me that loves this because I'm learning valuable lessons about me and if I learn nothing else I never want to stop studying and learning how to be the best me possible. After all, Isn't that what Getting-to-10 in life is all about? Ready, Set, HIKE!!!

"You don't do ANYTHING consistently."

This statement was not meant as a condemnation when my husband said it but merely a statement of fact- a fact that I am now finding to be irrefutable. However, in the moment my reply to him was, "Sure I do....." {SILENCE} "Like what?" he countered. To my shame and amazement I really could not think of one thing that was absolutely routine in my life. NOT ONE THING!

So what does this say about me? Other than that I am ADD. I immediately began the self loathing that so often accompanies constructive criticism. No wonder I struggle with organization, task completion and LOSING WEIGHT! I am inconsistent.  This is an ugly truth about me that affects nearly every area of my life, yet is woven into the very tapestry of my being. The truth is a bitter but necessary pill - I need to change!The irony is the change that I need to become consistent. I consider myself a Change Agent but if I'm honest with myself I will admit that committing to change in my own life is very difficult and sometimes feels impossible.
However, I don't believe in impossible... at least not about things such as making life changes. I'm a Life Coach my business is all about inspiring change. In spite of all the evidence to the contrary-- I believe I can change. I can do something consistently! can't I???? (Lord, I believe, but help my unbelief!)

If I am going to create a routine it might as well be around getting healthier and losing weight. I shared with you my faithful readers that I had never really set out to lose weight until this Getting-to-10 Challenge. I now know that the reason that I hadn't is because I feared failure... feared giving up, getting distracted and feared becoming like so many others that are on and off of diets on a regular basis. However, somewhere along the way the fear for being obese and unhappy in my own skin began to override my previous fears and I realized that after children and with age that this CHANGE was not a luxury but a necessity.

So here we go again! I have set new goals for Getting-to-10. According to my faithful, but recently unused BodyBugg, I should be achieving my goals by late summer. I have everything I need- a gym membership, my BodyBugg, I even have a new accountability partner (Thanks Rita)! The real question for Heidi Day is do I have it- the special constitution that anyone who desires meaningful and lasting change in their life must possess? I know..... I know..... I must live the way into that answer!

1/1/11-repost

Ok so I know it has been a waaaaaay too long since my last post.... I fell off right when we took the trip to NYC for my son's movie premiere. I committed to eating my way through New York.... And I've been eating every since.:-) That was the beginning of the end. Well I will not call it the end, just the setback.

However, today is a new day! I am so excited. I will be starting my "Daniel Fast" on Monday and I'm looking forward to a wonderful new year. The date kinda says it all 1/1/11. I LOVE IT!! Ok, so I am going to make a New Year's resolution... I commit to you my faithful (few)
readers that I will post at least once a week!

Someone asked me, Heidi are you still "Getting to 10"? ABSOLUTELY!!!

Getting-to-10 Challenge Check in

Green and Clean!

I have two weeks starting today!!! Two weeks before my son's movie premiere in NYC.  Am I excited!?!?!?!? as a pig in slop!!!  And I want to look my very best... so what does that look like for me in the midst of my Getting to 10 Challenge? Will I be a 10 in 2 weeks? No... but I will be on my way. 

This upcoming event has give me reason to push myself into Turbo Mode!  I want to push my body to see just how much I can loose in 2 weeks.  The fact that I have already lost 15 lbs makes me feel better about this rather drastic endeavor.  On the other hand, perhaps this is just the motivation I need to reignite my fire. 

Whatever the case I am on a 2 day detox from Arden's Gardens and  when this is over I plan to step away from my "happy eating" lifestyle change and eat like a woman on a mission to really get the weight off for the next two weeks.  No more ice cream or amazing Campfire Mochas for me!  Nope!  I'm eating green and clean for the next 2 weeks and we will see how my body responds. 

I'm half way through my first day and so far I'm OK... the other beautiful part of detoxing for me right now is it bring me back to the importance of mindful eating... not cleaning the left overs off the baby's plate or grabbing the free sample in the grocery store.  I am at a place of choice and today my choice is to sacrifice in hopes of a leaner tomorrow!