SparkNB's Journey to Fitness

Surprised this AM when I looked and notice my first 10k steps in a while, maybe in 2017? (Wasn't tracking for (mostly sessile) early-mid part of 20117. Read a sparkticle (ha: spark article) that said to break it up. So did more steps every hour for first 5 hours, then did aerobic hour work out. Shorter workout today.Goal tomorrow-at least 40 min. Member Comments About This Blog Post v MOLUX252627 Wow! That is awesome! 1519 days ago v 1CRAZYDOG Yes, breaking it up is a good idea. good for you. 1522 days ago v DEBIGENE 1523 days ago v CD5745313 Breaking it up is a great idea. Increasing bit by bit works as well. When I began running 30 years ago, it was 30 seconds running 4:45 walking. My running interval increased by 15 seconds each week. Baby steps? Mine were micro steps. When you increase a little at a time your body hardly notices, but it pays big dividends over time. Good luck! 1523 days ago v ZRIE014 keep it up. 1523 days ago

  I texted a couple of people & found one that seems like a good fit for me as a sponsor; got my first assignment. Also did a couple of meetings. hen, Did well on exercise, double my goal times. Water Tip: put all h20 in big bottle for the day, then, when it's empty, you know you met the goal. Member Comments About This Blog Post v MOLUX252627 Also, if you want to break up the plain water, may I suggest Vitamin water in the lemonade flavor. It counts as water! It is the only flavor I like as the others have a soapy taste. I have a water bottle that holds 3 glasses. I know that I need to fill it twice and along with a vita water to have my basic 8 glasses. Personally, I like my water fresh and cold, so I like doing the refill. 1519 days ago v CD5745313 Glad you found a "good fit" 1523 days ago v 1CRAZYDOG good for you! 1524 days ago v CD4994568 Good luck to you and great that you have perservered to find what works!! 1524 days ago v DEBIGENE     1524 days ago v SIXLEST

I was down on myself for not going to OA meetings, especially after I had 'slipped' after having done well the first week, then binge-ing (though I reaized later that calorically the binge itself wasn't so bad, but the slip caused depression & further off-plan eating for days) than have been back on plan for about a week. So then I went to the OA team on Spark, & 'shared' there; then something propelled me forward to at least try a phone meeting if I wasn't gonna drag myself to an in-person one; it was good, only 3 of us, but exchanged #s & texted one of them yesterday about how we were doing & our lives. I also went to a newcomer's meeting before the weekend, which was particularly productive one with sponsor phone #s. Thinking I'd hit Sat in-person meeting, but no...car issue, etc. (Thought about dealing with car and started to, but first part took longer than I thought. Still felt very productive, getting that done.) Over the weekend t

  After a particularly *nasty* time, I held off for one day, then gave into my slow-churn (low-fat) ice cream   & doom. Researching binges & emotional eating, trying to understand how to get over these. The ice cream numbed me out for awhile, so it did its job, but then I don't ever like the long-term results. Must find better way to deal. But I'm back. Went to my group 5k training yesterday, which, even tho way overtly xian, pushed me harder physically than I've pushed myself, & I was still in the 2nd to last slow walking   group (not walk-running, like I'd expected). So if I can stick to it, I can do another 5k, 7 years after my first one.  Member Comments About This Blog Post v SBEAR5 Awesome that you have a group training! I've come in DFL at a small race before, the important thing is that we finish!  1528 days ago v SPARKNB Hmm...never heard of nor seen Halo, & I know the frozen section of several cities pretty well - will check it out online.