this is just my tendency

I feel like my new house has given me my life back. My commute is down from 65 minutes to 4! It is so nice to have time in the mornings to do nothing in particular. Like blogging!

I got on the scale this morning, and I'm bummed. I've gained .8 this week. I've been eating better (not great, but much better), we've been exercising, I'm motivated by the Biggest Loser...I don't understand. I'm not giving up, though!

Speaking of Biggest Loser, I find that it is increasingly becoming the show I am most excited about. I'm not impressed by Grey's yet. The whole George/Izzy storyline is really making me angry. He's MARRIED. It's hard for me to watch. But Biggest Loser? I'm all about it. I don't know who I would work better for, Bob or Jillian. Nate says he'd rather be with Bob, but I think I might respond to Jillian's tough love. I really don't like the red team girl. I've been watching her for several seasons and I don't remember her name (Kim maybe?). I would love to go on the show. I think I could rock. I think life gets in the way of my weight loss. And my weight gets in the way of my life. What's a girl to do?

Today is like Thursday for me because I'm taking Friday off. We are leaving at lunchtime Friday to go to Asheville, NC. It is one of my top 2 places to visit. We are also seeing Nickel Creek while we are there. I am kinda bummed 'cause my other musical obsession, Matt Wertz, is going to be in Asheville doing a show, same time, same night as Nickelcreek. My plan is to comb downtown Asheville all day Saturday to find Matt. I'll post lots of pics when we get home!

I'm doing pretty well on my 30-in-30. I'm ahead on cards, I have my full $30 lunch money left, and I'm not focusing on tv as much as I was. We're exercising almost every night. I just need to get my eating in check. I've had my breakfast of Starbucks and banana this morning, so I'm well on my way!

sweet like candy to my soul

30-in-30 Day 5!

30 Points a Day: I haven't counted. But this is what I ate.
Breakfast - Starbucks, banana (6)
Snack - Fiber One bar (2)
Lunch - Lean Cuisine Chicken and Almonds and granola bar (7)
Dinner - Eggs and chicken sausage (8)
Snack - Hummus and crackers (6)
Woot woot!!

30 minutes of exercise: I am really tired today. It's the famous really bad day of the month (do you all have one MOH day that is much worse than the others?). So we cut our walk to about 20 minutes and then went to buy fake pumpkins to carve.

30 minutes of tv: I haven't really watched anything today. The tv has been on, but I've been doing other things. Like now.

$30 on lunches: Not a penny spent, thank you very much. Almost everyone in my office brought their lunch today. It was beautiful.

30 sermons: Still behind. I started one during dinner, and I'll finish it when I clean up the kitchen in a little while.

30 cards: I am going to write one to my co-worker today. She is starting the challenge tomorrow, as it will be her "40-to-40" day. It's so exciting!

30 minutes of Bible/prayer: I got some reading started today, and I'll finish it when I go to bed.

whoa-oa here she comes!

My 30-in-30 plan is doing okay.

30 points a day: I am not doing as well as I would like to do food wise. I had a significant amount of ice cream today. But I only had one Starbucks drink. And I pretty much just ate the ice cream because it was there. And I did not eat the big blobs of chocolate (like 2 the size of my thumb) that were left when all the ice cream was gone. Small victories!

30 minutes of exercise: Check! Nate and I went to the fitness room. The treadmill was kinda jerky, but it was the only one available. I figure it engaged my core since I felt unsteady and maybe it was a good thing.

30 minutes of tv: The television was on a lot today, but I really only watched about half of an episode of King of the Hill. I was doing other things while the tv was on (like playing on iTunes or taking a nap).

$30 on lunches: I still have the full $30.

30 sermons: I'm a little behind on this one. I went to church today and I listened to almost a full sermon on the treadmill. I'm catching up.

30 cards: 4 down! I'm well on my way!

30 minutes Bible/prayer: I'm heading upstairs right now to get that done before sleep!

I am feeling really good about where we are, geographically and mentally.

don't stop believing

Hello bloggers!
I am posting from the comfort of my own home! (Thank you very very nice Windstream man!) We are having dinner at Kent's tonight, and then coming home to pick up to prepare for my parents' visit tomorrow. I'll take and post pictures of our house this weekend!

The 30-to-30 Challenge is doing okay. I'm not doing each and every one of them yet, but I am honestly making an effort to do so. Yesterday, I did the food, the exercise, the Bible reading. Today the food isn't going to happen (Kent's fixing chicken Parmesan), but I am going to listen to a sermon as I pick up when I get home and I have plans to write 2 cards. I am going to have to think of this in terms of averages, and I'll get there.

And this is big for me. I am usually such a black-or-white person. All or nothing. 100% or 0%. Part of who I want to be at 30 is someone who is willing to accept ambiguity. Will I ever be as thin as I want to be? Will I ever be a mom? Will I ever be able to be completely the person I feel I need to be? I don't know. But I can try as hard as I can each day, and be proud and thankful of what I have accomplished.

But right now I have to start some laundry and go hang out with my best buddy.

I can't wait to get caught up with all y'all...and get you caught up on me!

3(0) is the magic number

My loving husband Nathan will be posting my posts for me for a while. You gotta love my husband and his willingness to take the flashdrive to the library on his lunch hour.

The move was not bad. We got packed, moved, and mostly unpacked in a very timely fashion. But then things went awry. First, our phone/internet capabilities are somehow defective. So we are paying for phone and internet, but have no way to access it. I guess that’s the beauty of having a brand new home. And then Tuesday morning, we get up to rain in our kitchen. Not on our house or around our house, but in our house. (And it hasn’t rained in Kentucky for a long time.) Today is much better. We are dry, the floors are fine, but we still have no internet. Groan.

We live in such a cool home in such a cool part of town. We have so many places to walk. When I am able, I will post pictures.

I realized today that my birthday is in a month. A big birthday. The big 3-0. At first I thought I might just ignore it and treat it like any other birthday. I mean, seriously. If someone would have told me 10 years ago that on my 30th birthday I’d be fat and childless, I would have died. But I have to accept where I am. I will not beat myself up for where I have let myself get to. However, I do not have to accept the person I am as the person I will continue to be in my 30s. And, for that reason, I have developed the “I’ll be 30 in 30 Days Plan.” (Here on referred to as “30 in 30.”) I have 30 days to shape my behavior to be healthier in my 30s. I am focusing on being a well-rounded person, not just physically. And here is the plan.

Over the next 30 days, I will do the following:

I will eat 30 Points a day. (My actual WW target is 28, but I’ll just throw in flexies to keep with the theme.)

I will exercise 30 minutes a day.

I will only watch an average of 30 minutes of tv a day.

I will spend $30 (and only $30) over the “30 in 30” on lunches and snacks during my work day.

I will spend 30 minutes a day in Bible reading and prayer.

I will listen to 30 sermons over the month.

I will write 30 cards or letters to people I care about.

I am embracing 30! Bring on November 3rd!!