weigh-in wednesday | Revolution of Love

**Sharing the triumphs and missteps on my journey towards a healthier physical, emotional and spiritual life.**

It’s a busy day so this is a quickie!

Physical Update

My walking program of 100 Miles in 100 Days continues. On the day I took this photo the only motivation that got me to climb the hills of Carmel by the Sea was to stop at this restaurant and make sure they still sell my favorite roasted garlic pizza with feta cheese.

I love the outdoor seating! (Actually, I’ve never even been inside the main restaurant. I always sit outside.) I hope to go there next month for a birthday lunch date with Brian. Hey, whatever works to keep me moving, right?

This is Week 5 of Lose a Half-Marathon. This week I lost two pounds, making up for my big 0 last week.

All this walking will be topped off by my participating in theCatholic Exchange Virtual 5K.

Are you joining too? What have you been working on this week? Share your goals, your progress or your missteps. You can share in the comment box or link your own blog post. I look forward to hearing from you! (Note: For some reason WordPress users haven’t been able to comment so you may need to sign in using google or yahoo, etc instead.)

Have a healthy week!

**Sharing the triumphs and missteps on my journey towards a healthier physical, emotional and spiritual life.**

I’m pressed for time so I am going to keep this short.

Spiritual Update

— I have been so out of sorts and grumpy lately and I knew without even looking at the calendar that it was my scheduled time for confession. I could feel the flow of confessional grace running dry so this weekend I scrubbed my soul clean. It felt so good!
— I haven’t forgotten the Wednesday Book Discussion of Style, Sex, and Substance. I simply have not had time to type out my thoughts, especially since completing my household binders took up so much of my free time.

Physical Update

My walking program of 100 Miles in 100 Days continues. I’ll admit that there have been a number of days this week when the last thing I wanted to do was get out of bed and walk. I either had too many things to get done that day or just didn’t feel like it. Brian would encourage me to go and get it done, so I did. On one particular morning when he had to kick my butt out the door, I tried a different trail. It was difficult for me because it was a little on the steep side. And I knew it wasn’t just me because two young, fit girls passed me and they were huffing as they were talking to one another. Heck, they are half my age and half my size so I figured I was doing okay for me. When I was done and had a relatively easy time going back down the trail, I was able to get a few shots. I love this one of the bridge I crossed.

This is Week 3 of Lose a Half-Marathon. This week I didn’t lose any weight and it’s completely due to a lack of trying. Grr.

(This logo is genius.)

Cari Donaldson, one of my favorite mom bloggers, has proposed a Catholic Exchange Virtual 5K. I know that my sis is doing it and I am thinking with all this walking, it would be nice to end my program with a virtual 5K.
Here is what Cari wrote:

We can run/walk/limp/crawl a 5K together. We’ll start training now, and on Saturday, September 29th, we’ll have the “virtual 5K”.

Mark out a 3.1 mile course. Design your own run- flat? hilly? on the local high school track? It’s your 5K, run it where you like.

Find a training program and try to stick to it. There’s lots of good couch-to-5K training plans for you, but don’t feel like you have to run this thing. The “run/walk/limp/crawl” thing is serious. Just move your body 3.1 miles at some point on September 29th.

Set up a finish line and get a picture of you crossing it. Send the picture to my email, and I’ll include it in the post-race blog post.

Print up this graphic and pin it/tape it to a white t-shirt. Viola! Free race shirt.

Read the rest of the post here.
So what do you think? Are you joining too? What have you been working on this week? Share your goals, your progress or your missteps. You can share in the comment box or link your own blog post. I look forward to hearing from you! (Note: For some reason WordPress users haven’t been able to comment so you may need to sign in using google or yahoo, etc instead.)
Have a healthy week!

**Sharing the triumphs and missteps on my journey towards a healthier physical, emotional and spiritual life.**

Physical Update

My walking program of 100 Miles in 100 Days continues. Some days I walk alone and average 2.25 miles. Other days I walk a mile with the kids and occasionally I just have to fit in walking whenever I can, instead of it being a one time event. After three weeks, I can feel my endurance getting a little stronger and I am able to go a little farther. The thought of actually jogging one day makes me hyperventilate and it seems impossible but for now I am just concentrating on this goal. One step at a time. 🙂

This morning I was going to try a different trail but I couldn’t resist the beach walk. It is physically challenging but soothing to my soul!

**Sharing the triumphs and missteps on my journey towards a healthier physical, emotional and spiritual life.**

Physical Update

My walking program of 100 Miles in 100 Days has been going well. My best days are when I am able to walk in the early morning and go to the beach. It is a little over 2 miles and still a workout for me. Other days I have a tight schedule and have to fit in my walking whenever or wherever I can. I just make sure my weekly total is at least 7 miles to even it out.

The other day I was running errands all day so I would park at the far end of the parking lot and walk to the various places I went to.

As for the weight loss, that is a little tougher. I had my first weigh in on Monday and I lost one pound but I know I could have done better because I haven’t been tracking anything I eat. The only thing about walking or exercising more is that I think, “Oh, I can eat that or have a little more of this…” and defeat the whole purpose of trying to get healthier. So yeah, I need to work on that and start journaling my eating again.
Spiritual Update: I didn’t do the book discussion for Style, Sex, and Substance today. I’ll most likely post the next chapter discussion in another week or two. (You can read the last discussion here.)
Besides that, this week I’ve been trying to be more positive when chaos breaks out in the house. Usually I get frustrated and upset but I’ve been trying to take a deep breath, curtail the problem and find the humor of it all. It makes the household so much more pleasant but it is not always easy! But I’m working on it. 😉
How about you? What have you been working on this week? Share your goals, your progress or your missteps. You can share in the comment box or link your own blog post. I look forward to hearing from you! (Note: For some reason WordPress users haven’t been able to comment so you may need to sign in using google or yahoo, etc instead.)

**Sharing the triumphs and missteps in my journey towards a healthier physical, emotional and spiritual life.**

Back in March, I started Weigh-in Wednesday to share my progress (and mistakes) as I work towards a healthier physical, emotional and spiritual life.

Spiritual – For my spiritual and emotion well being I have been sharing a Book Discussion of Style, Sex, and Substance: 10 Catholic Women Consider the Things that Really Matter.
Previous posts:
Chapter 1 – “How I Fell Out of My Minivan and Found Myself” by Jen Fulwiler’s.
Chapter 2 – “Style: Balance, Beauty and You” by Hallie Lord
Chapter 3 – “God and Godiva” by Karen Edmisten
Chapter 4 – “Sex, Passion and Purity” by Elizabeth Duffy (Part 1: Sex & the Single Life)
This week’s discussion (Part 2: Sex & the Married Woman) should hopefully be posted later today….as long as my kids cooperate and take their naps!

Physical – Run, baby, run! – For my physical well being I have been inspired by my marathon running sisters and some amazing Catholic mom bloggers who are runners (like Tina at Priceless Fishers and Colleen at Martin Family Moments or who are starting to run with the Couch to 5K Program like my sis EL at Barefoot and Sometimes Pregnant and Grace at Camp Patton. I’m not quite ready for running yet but I am getting out the door and walking one mile a day for the next 100 days. (#100milesin100days). (If you are not a regular walker, I encourage you to join me!) Today is Day 10 and I’ll continue to post daily updates on Twitter and Instagram.

UPDATE: Colleen just sent me an encouraging email and also asked if I was joining the Marathon Weight Loss Challenge that she is also doing. You can sign up to lose either a “marathon” (26.3 pounds) or (13.1 pounds). I had been thinking about it ever since I read her post. The final weigh in is September 17. That is the day before I finish my 100 miles. That seems providential….okay, I’m signing up to lose a half-marathon. (And maybe that will help me to not pick up a bagel or ice cream after I walk. LOL)

Link up! – I thought it would be fun to share with one another our journeys. If you have a blog post about trying to live healthier, share it with us. Maybe you are starting to walk, too, or you are running your first triathlon. Maybe you changed your diet or joined weight watchers. Maybe you have a large amount to lose or you just need to shed those last five baby pounds. What are you doing to work out your goals?
Or have you made spiritual progress this week? Was there a situation where God’s grace was evident or where you learned a lesson? Whether it be simple or profound., share with us!
You can link your blog post below. Have fun!
NOTE: IT SEEMS THAT THE “ADD YOUR LINK” IS NOT SHOWING UP ON SOME BROWSERS. (IE. I CAN’T SEE IT ON MY KINDLE OR IPHONE.) I’LL TRY TO UPDATE THE CODE. SORRY!