So I've decided to take a different tact with this blog. It started off as being a ranting blog about how shitty it is is to be single again after so long. At this point in my life, relationships are not my focus. I am totally crazy about Apache and there may be an entry on him and I from time, but he is in the 'Ghan. Other than a play by play of our back and forth email conversations, there isn't much I can say.
In some ways, I'm glad that he is in the 'Ghan because I'm not sure at this point in my life I can hold a functional adult relationship with someone who is physically here and wants my time. I know myself well enough to know that my relationship wouldn't suffer, it would be everything else, namely my health and grad school.
So I'm trying to make a life style change because I need to. My weight is creeping back on and that scares me. As of yesterday I weigh 215.4 lbs and I am supposed to be about 140. The time to make a change is NOW, and I need to stop letting everything else get in the way.
So these are my goals of the week. I have three and I think they are pretty doable:
* Alcohol-- let's see if I can make it through the night with only one diet coke and vodka rather than 3 or 4. I go to bars, usually, where I know the bartender. There's no reason why i can't ask her to put it in a rocks glass rather than a soda glass so Country, Dawson, and Cleavage (3 of my friends) have no clue I'm not drinking.
* Tracking- I haven't been tracking and I have a ton of half-started tracking notebooks that I misplace. I have a free subscription to WW Etools-- let's see if I can go a whole week with e-tracking.
* Activity-- I have a level III sprained ankle (torn ligaments) that has kept me off my feet since Feb 13. However, I can do other activities. I'm going to go to a local gym that has a pool and a circuit room. I can do any activities that do not involve ankle or tons of weigh bearing in the circuit room and swimming might be good for me.
Trust me, the blog will still retain the same flavor, just of a different variety.
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- My name is Aurora, and I'm a twenty-something year old English teacher. Once again, I find myself thrust into the turbulant world of dating after a three-year serious relationship. Early in my writing career, I discovered that my muse has an unhealthy phobia of newly minted notebooks and computer screens with a blinking cursor. I find it easiest to write on things that are meant to be thrown away: cocktail napkins, the backs of used envelopes, paper placemats, reciepts. Some people consider it eccentric, I see it as another way of going green.
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Begin: August 16, 2009
End: May 13, 2012
1 out of 1,001 things accomplished
Key:
Not yet begun
In progress
Completed
Health & Beauty
1. Lose 75 lbs (goal: : Currently: lbs lost: )
2. Develop good brushing habits
3. Dye my hair totally blond
4. Dye my hair dark with pink streaks
5. Journal my food every day for one month x 3 (/3)
6. Cut down my soda intake to one can per day
7. Go a week without drinking any soda
8. Average 10,000 steps per week
9. Be able to do 25 military-style push ups
10. Rejoin key gym and go 4 x per week for one month x 3 ( 0/3)
11. Get an accountability partner on sparkpeople.com
12. Go for a walk every morning at 6 am for a month
13. Buy age-appropriate, school appropriate work clothes
14. Go an entire month without any alcoholic beverages
15. Spend a Sunday preparing healthy meals for the entire week & freeze in pts portions
Hobby
16. Make a teeshirt quilt of shirts from Assumption
17. Go to a Patriots Game at Gillette Stadium
18. Go to a Red Sox game at Fenway
19. Go to a Red Sox game at Palms Park
20. Take Pole Fitness 1 & 2
21. Finish a New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle without peeking
22. Frame my Bachelor’s Degree and hang it above my desk
23. Learn to Belly dance
24. Go camping at Devil’s Hopyard
25. Ride my bike at the Colt State Park trail
26. Learn how to shoot a gun
27. Create a postcard coffee table from all my favorite destinations
28. Walk to the other side of the dam (across the road)
29. Ride on a motorcycle
30. Take Mackie to the Dam and let her run
Technology
31.Buy a new Laptop
32. Get 100 followers on my blog
33. Post at least 5 times a week
34.Host a giveaway on my blog
35. Blog swap with someone
36. Purchase aKeurig -type coffee maker for my classroom
37. Create a Blast From the Past Saturday posting trend on my blog
38. Learn how to use Adobe Premiere
Random
39. Find lost items: claddagah earring, Tim & I scrapbook, caribbean topaz ring
40. Send a letter from Day 1 self to day 1001 self
41. Leave a friendly, anonymous post-it note in all the books I borrow
42. Shop at locally owned stores (Wonderland Books, Putnam Supermarket) and restaurants whenever possible, even if it is more money
43. Wake up at 5:30 am every weekday for 3 months
44. Visit Old Stubridge Village
45.Buy one thing off of GemsTV
46. Visit King Henry’s Fair
47. Attend Festival of Ale at Higgins
48. Bring my own grocery bags to the grocery store
49. Purchase Sunflowers at the Make a Wish farm in Griswold
50. Spend the day before school 2009 at the beach
Self-Esteem
51. Have Retro PinUp girl photos taken
52. Have lunch with a different group of teachers at least once a month
53. Go to the bar alone
54. Go to the movies alone
55. Go to dinner alone
56. Get a Mace permit
57. Purchase Kimber Pepper Spray
58. Walk around the Woodstock Fair alone
SexyTime
59. Have a g-spot orgasm
60. Develop a lingerie wardrobe
Magic
61. Successfully show Magic at the Woodstock Fair x 3 years
62. Canter Magic
63. Show Magic at AHANE or an A-rated show
Relationships
64. Have a healthy, long-term relationship
65. Go on date with nice guys even if the attraction is not immediately apparent
66. Become a less narcisstic friend to those that deserve it
67. Stop being “T.O.W.”—I deserve much better than that
68. Repair my relationship with TMV, in whatever form possible
69. Write T a letter a week in a notebook for a year then mail it to him or give it to him with his clothes/baseball cards
70. DO NOT, under ANY circumstances, log into THOSE myspace accounts for the duration of this project
Financial
71. Pay off my credit card debt
72. Have $400 per month automatically deposited into a savings account
73. Get my job at Weight Watchers back
74. Buy a house
75. Rent library books instead of buying whenever possible ( / )
76. Keep a check book register
Career
77. Become a full-time Language Arts teacher (7th or 8th)
78. Get into Grad School
79. Get my Master’s Degree
80. Finish my book Catholic Guilt
81. Submit manuscript to agent
82. Submit my grades on time! ( )
83. Put up curtains in my classroom
84. Refuse to teach “down” to my 7th grade LA class—teach them Johnny Tremain, the real version of Hamlet, etc.
85. Redesign and update my classroom web page weekly
86. Bring my mini-fridge to school and fill it with healthy lunch and snack options
Home Improvement
87. Move out of my apartment
88. Complete the basement room at my parents
89. Buy a queen matress
For Others
90. Run (not walk) Jog with Judy
91. Participate in Relay for Life
92. Participate in Ride for the Cure
93. Donate blood
94. Sincerely compliment one person every day (/1001)
95. Buy Joanne a Memorial stone to mark Rudy’s Grave
96. Bring flowers to my Nana & Papu’s stone & Matthew’s on all holidays
97. Leave a 100% tip
98. Pay for someone else at the toll booth
Challenges
99. Go a week without using any form of technology (cell phone, computer, tv)
100. Take pictures of each of my accomplishments whenever possible and upload to my blog
101.Complete this 101 things list
102.Sunbathe naked.
End: May 13, 2012
1 out of 1,001 things accomplished
Key:
Not yet begun
In progress
Health & Beauty
1. Lose 75 lbs (goal: : Currently: lbs lost: )
2. Develop good brushing habits
3. Dye my hair totally blond
4. Dye my hair dark with pink streaks
5. Journal my food every day for one month x 3 (/3)
6. Cut down my soda intake to one can per day
7. Go a week without drinking any soda
8. Average 10,000 steps per week
9. Be able to do 25 military-style push ups
10. Rejoin key gym and go 4 x per week for one month x 3 ( 0/3)
11. Get an accountability partner on sparkpeople.com
12. Go for a walk every morning at 6 am for a month
13. Buy age-appropriate, school appropriate work clothes
14. Go an entire month without any alcoholic beverages
15. Spend a Sunday preparing healthy meals for the entire week & freeze in pts portions
Hobby
16. Make a teeshirt quilt of shirts from Assumption
17. Go to a Patriots Game at Gillette Stadium
18. Go to a Red Sox game at Fenway
19. Go to a Red Sox game at Palms Park
20. Take Pole Fitness 1 & 2
21. Finish a New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle without peeking
22. Frame my Bachelor’s Degree and hang it above my desk
23. Learn to Belly dance
24. Go camping at Devil’s Hopyard
25. Ride my bike at the Colt State Park trail
26. Learn how to shoot a gun
27. Create a postcard coffee table from all my favorite destinations
28. Walk to the other side of the dam (across the road)
29. Ride on a motorcycle
30. Take Mackie to the Dam and let her run
Technology
31.
32. Get 100 followers on my blog
33. Post at least 5 times a week
34.
35. Blog swap with someone
36. Purchase a
37. Create a Blast From the Past Saturday posting trend on my blog
38. Learn how to use Adobe Premiere
Random
39. Find lost items: claddagah earring, Tim & I scrapbook, caribbean topaz ring
40. Send a letter from Day 1 self to day 1001 self
41. Leave a friendly, anonymous post-it note in all the books I borrow
42. Shop at locally owned stores (Wonderland Books, Putnam Supermarket) and restaurants whenever possible, even if it is more money
43. Wake up at 5:30 am every weekday for 3 months
44. Visit Old Stubridge Village
45.
46. Visit King Henry’s Fair
47. Attend Festival of Ale at Higgins
48. Bring my own grocery bags to the grocery store
49. Purchase Sunflowers at the Make a Wish farm in Griswold
50. Spend the day before school 2009 at the beach
Self-Esteem
51. Have Retro PinUp girl photos taken
52. Have lunch with a different group of teachers at least once a month
53. Go to the bar alone
54. Go to the movies alone
55. Go to dinner alone
56. Get a Mace permit
57. Purchase Kimber Pepper Spray
58. Walk around the Woodstock Fair alone
SexyTime
59. Have a g-spot orgasm
60. Develop a lingerie wardrobe
Magic
61. Successfully show Magic at the Woodstock Fair x 3 years
62. Canter Magic
63. Show Magic at AHANE or an A-rated show
Relationships
64. Have a healthy, long-term relationship
65. Go on date with nice guys even if the attraction is not immediately apparent
66. Become a less narcisstic friend to those that deserve it
67. Stop being “T.O.W.”—I deserve much better than that
68. Repair my relationship with TMV, in whatever form possible
69. Write T a letter a week in a notebook for a year then mail it to him or give it to him with his clothes/baseball cards
70. DO NOT, under ANY circumstances, log into THOSE myspace accounts for the duration of this project
Financial
71. Pay off my credit card debt
72. Have $400 per month automatically deposited into a savings account
73. Get my job at Weight Watchers back
74. Buy a house
75. Rent library books instead of buying whenever possible ( / )
76. Keep a check book register
Career
77. Become a full-time Language Arts teacher (7th or 8th)
78. Get into Grad School
79. Get my Master’s Degree
80. Finish my book Catholic Guilt
81. Submit manuscript to agent
82. Submit my grades on time! ( )
83. Put up curtains in my classroom
84. Refuse to teach “down” to my 7th grade LA class—teach them Johnny Tremain, the real version of Hamlet, etc.
85. Redesign and update my classroom web page weekly
86. Bring my mini-fridge to school and fill it with healthy lunch and snack options
Home Improvement
87. Move out of my apartment
88. Complete the basement room at my parents
89. Buy a queen matress
For Others
90. Run (not walk) Jog with Judy
91. Participate in Relay for Life
92. Participate in Ride for the Cure
93. Donate blood
94. Sincerely compliment one person every day (/1001)
95. Buy Joanne a Memorial stone to mark Rudy’s Grave
96. Bring flowers to my Nana & Papu’s stone & Matthew’s on all holidays
97. Leave a 100% tip
98. Pay for someone else at the toll booth
Challenges
99. Go a week without using any form of technology (cell phone, computer, tv)
100. Take pictures of each of my accomplishments whenever possible and upload to my blog
101.
102.
8 comments:
my rule: it's your blog, do what you want :) im with you on the distanced relationship front. i just started seeing someone i adore, and i know i would spend every available minute with him if he were closer. at the expense of the rest of my life
glad youre trying to get back into the ww groove. i LOVE etracking; i don't know if i would be as efficient at paper tracking. i hate calculating points myself, plus the stored data is so detailed. good luck with everything!
Good for you!
And you know what- if they are your real friends- they shouldn't care if you drink or not. I don't drink and my friends know that, respect it, and don't bother me about it.
I'd like to start tracking too but I am honestly afraid to see how it would end up at the end of the day! :)
@ Sara- My friends wouldn't care. At this point I am just a little sensitive about the going back OP because I don't really want to admit to everyone that I have a problem.
I totally understand you with the scariness of tracking. Just put in what I had for lunch and I took the dressing packet back to my classroom with me-- 5 points for 1.5 oz of Ken's Country French dressing. YIKES!
@ Michelle- congrats on the new relationship! Glad I'm not the only "crazy" that would devote everything to her man if I could!
You gotta do what feels right to you! It's your blog and you have an amazing writing style. Good luck with your goals!
You have me <3 I will help you if you need it, you know that! And at least your blog is entertaining! Mine is strictly for me but anyone can put their two cents in! <3 Ya!
I can understand the drinking thing, sometimes its just easier for people to think you're drinking than hafta explain why ur not. I have been doing ww again for awhile now but unfortunatley i have some food issues and suuuuck when it comes to exercise so ive lost 15 and now ive kinda hit a wall and its no fun lol.
Ive always liked ur blog and I think you should write about whatever you want, one of the reasons I always enjoyed reading your blog is that there was alot I could relate to. I also like reading about fun nights out since I have very few friends and very rarely get to go out even though I wish I did, so its fun to hear what other people do. Hope the ankle feels better soon, swimming is awesome though :)
Go for it! I already read a bunch of weight loss/healthy living blogs so I like that type of material :)
Good luck with the ankle!!
@Cammy- Thank you! So do you! Can you send the link to ur new blog to me? I can't figure out how to save it to my reader!
@Kayleigh- you have me too! I just joined Fitness Factory 101 right down the road from you.
@Riley-- I'm glad you like my blog. Keep up the good work! The first 15 is so amazing!! I'm glad that you enjoy my blog and can relate to it! I'm checking yours out too!
@Rachael-Thanks!
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