Loving Kindness

I wish that this was my life...I wish that I could do this exercise all day everyday I wish that I had a CD player that worked so that I could listen to the disc part of it and I wish that I wouldn't have waited until Tuesday to do my blog. Unfortunately all of my wishes have not come true and though I did the 15 minute practice time (again) I wish that had all week to do this! I will however try to implement this practice into my week this week and have a better report for you all later in the week. I do however want to report to all of you about my Sunday!!

Sunday, my husband and I went to church with his mother and we met and saw a lot of his family and close family friends and the message that the preacher gave...well...it was spoken just for me!! I started doing a daily devotional yesterday and I have felt very rewarded! I feel as if God himself has been speaking to me everyday for the last couple of days and that my spirituality is going from a 3 to maybe even a 5 right now!! I hope that this post reaches all of you in good spirit and health!

Happy Tuesday & Be Blessed!

Relaxation is key...

I just finished the relaxation exercise and OMG I feel great now!! I feel like I can do anything right now! I am clear and focused on what I am doing and I really do feel all of the things it says to feel! I feel centered and grounded and balanced and loved and confident and I could keep going but I have lots to do!! I am very excited about this and I will do this one again! Even though my doggies kept barking in the back ground and they were all that I could hear in some moments I still really enjoyed it!! It was very easy to follow and I loved the mans voice!

New Link

I am a part of Team In Training a group that trains to run marathons while raising money for LLS! Check out my link and help me get to my goal for my marathon in San Diego!!

Rating my Wellness

I rate myself on a physical level at about a 5 and climbing. I am overweight and out of shape. I started running back in January and I have noticed improvements, however, I am really struggling with my diet. I could set a goal to lose a certain number of pounds or I could set a goal to keep a food journal (I have tried and failed several times at that) or I could simply be generic and set my goal to get into shape. My goal needs to be SMART! So, I want to be in a size 10 before my best friends wedding in August. I want to lose 20 pounds and "CLEAN" up my diet. I will eat mostly balanced, clean, small portioned meals. I will weigh and measure myself every week to track my progress.

When it comes to psychological wellness I would say I am about a 6. I have a handle on it but I am learning more about myself everyday and learning gets confusing! I don't think that I will ever be a 10, but hey nobody is perfect right? In this area I will set my goal to keep a journal. At night before I go to sleep I will jot down my thoughts and experiences from the day and go back and read it to reflect on my previous weeks.

Spiritually I am about a 3. I know that I have a lot of work to do in this area and I believe that God is trying to tell me. Yesterday, Sunday, my husband and I were hanging out on the couch watching golf and our doorbell rings which was very odd because no one ever rings our doorbell! When we answered the door we were pleasantly surprised by the family that was standing there smiling at us! The family at our door just happened to be one of the pastors at the church we attended last year before our lives got "too busy" for church on Sunday! They just stopped by to see how we are doing and to see if we needed anything! Totally out of the blue almost a year since we have attended they came looking for us! HE KNOWS!!!! So we completely intend to start going back next week! So, I make my goal to attend church every week and start talking to God everyday not just when it is convenient for me. I will get a daily devotional and implement it into my morning routine.

Reflective Exercise

I loved this exercise! Why can't all homework be like that?! When doing this I felt so relax and at peace. I even used the breathing to help me fall asleep. I usually toss and turn, but the other night when I laid down I took slow deep breaths in thinking "relax" and exhaled thinking "wake up energized". Not only did I fall asleep rather quickly I slept more sound than I have in a very long time and I woke up ready to run my 14 mile training run!! I will continue to do this exercise everynight when I need to fall asleep quickly!!

Welcome

Hello everyone! I am very excited about this experience! I have been wanting to start a blog for a while, I just never got the nerve to try it! I must admit it was a lot easier starting than I had anticipated! I can't wait to actually start blogging!! Also, welcome to my blog! Have a great weekend!