SparkNB's Journey to Fitness

  Happy Equinox: get outside, enjoy the winds of change and equal day & night! Member Comments About This Blog Post v MIMULUSBUG Having a gorgeous day today in So/east WVa!!!!!!!!!! 2517 days ago v CD14892622 100 Days until 2015! (Today, the 23rd). 2518 days ago v MANDYLOVE_76 The weather is nice today. I rode the Vespa in to work. 2518 days ago v RITZIBROWN Good Bye Summer. Hello Autumn. We are moving from: Sun to Moon Light to Dark Yang to Yin Outer Achievements to Inner Reflection Action to Contemplation Fire to Water Growth to Dormancy and Incubation Fruitfulness to Composting Building up to Letting go Movement to Stillness Samana to Langhana The Alchemy of the Autumn Equinox 2518 days ago v BONNIEMARGAY All blessings to you! 2518 days ago v FORZACHANDMATT You too :)) 2519 days ago v JUSTYNA7 Thank you for the reminder. I was feelinglike today is a a fresh start day. 2519 days ago v CD5745313 I love this time of year. Equinox - everything in balance, day and night, not too ...

  Apparently, I must have done something while I was sleeping, or maybe aging and jumping back right in too quickly, possibly over-doing it (no, not me!)...but my L shoulder was quite sore and my range of motion limited for the last couple of days. Actually, I found a 'rotator cuff' exercise that seemed to help. So I have been doing minimal exercise - just 10 min the other day; 15 min low impact plus 15 min strenuous housework today (I figure that counts-if I break a sweat, that's the point of exercise, right? So if it happens to be while I am doing something useful, it counts). Anyway, prepping for the big 5% challenge continues. Will be blogging daily this week. Have been retraining in nutrition and optimal eating strategies. Realizing I eat way too little protein, so working on that. Had to switch to Pacific time (where I live sometimes, though not at the moment) to get some of my Spark day things in before midnight! Member Comments About This Blog Post v RITZIBROWN You...

  I just started back on Spark and tweaking my lifestyle healthier (esp exercise, but also portion sizes and mindful food choices) after US Labo(u)r Day. I already noticed some results a few days ago - around various curves, and after a couple times lifting weights, a little new bicep definition, which kinda surprised me!  But best of all, I can now weighl myself on the scale [SUCKS when you can't cuz you are more than 300 pounds, which is the limit of the scale that ya have]. Anyway, yay.   I think I may have lost anywhere from 6-14 pounds in the past week and a half (Some of it was water, I know) and it's the big beginning loss (like on the show the Biggest Loser where people lose the most the first week). But this sets me up to be able to track my weight accurately for the Fall 5% Challenge, which I was worried about; it would have been a pain otherwise. So yay, the first   of several yays  Member Comments About This Blog Post v BONNIEMARGAY You can...

  7-10 AM Pages, Bfast, tumblr&deviantArt; Figure out win o day & 2do's, goal trax 10-10:15 yoga tai chi 10:15-10:45 Clear tabs; brain and sketch storm; journal 10 min if something outstanding 10:45-11 Physical: ST -upper or lower body +core 11-1 Site work 1-2 Lunch & tech reading 2-3:30 Cardio 3:30-5 Tech/Blog work 5-8 Dinner; Cooking; Housework 8-12 Relax, log spark, more journaling, blogging, site as needed; start 2-do list for AM Just posting this now, midday Mon, cuz started blog, but then had issues with sites, and what my sched *should* be; already off the sched though (cuz stayed up WAY too late last night, so slept in just to get a *little* bit of sleep) Decided will get up half hour earlier each day for next 8 days But not implementing all movement yet; that's for the challenge; only focused on doing 1.5 hrs Member Comments About This Blog Post v JUSTYNA7 I read your last blog and was curious how your goals are coming. I love how holistic you are thinking ...

  TOPIC 1: Plans: (Read everyone else's for ideas -inspirational!) 2 hours/day exercise, usually 90 min cardio, 30 min ST/yoga, generally, but if can't *minimum* 10-15 min cardio Cardio@: a variety of: walking/hiking, running/trail running, aerobics/calisthenics dvd's & videos, jump-roping, stationary bike, helping my mom with heavy, sweat-inducing housework & gardening; will do a 5k before year's end; @At least 3x outdoors. It's not too hot/cold! Abs everyday as part of Strngth Trng* & Yoga/Tai Chi alternating daily: 30 min; *unless incorporated with cardio, which I find the most efficient, for longer cardios Try out/have plan for: 1 new fun workout activity every week by Wed Might be starting the SP 28-day boot camp Checklist: Have the basics; Going to post this with some of the other Topics on my sparkblog Don't have some of the things I might add, but they will be weekly rewards -haven't decided for what, which ones, that's part of the pl...