Setting goals

I think that setting goals for yourself is very important. Whether it's saying that you'll go to the gym 3 times a week, walk the dog everyday, eat healthy meals 5 days a week or running a 5k it's important to put it out there and just say that you're going to do it. My most recent goal was to run a 5k which meant that I would have to go to the gym at least 3 days a week so I could build up the length of time I could run for. I trained for my 5k for 6 weeks and on Sunday I finally did it! It felt so good to accomplish that goal and to jump start my love for running. Now I need a new goal. I think I'm going to sign up for a 10k race in 6 weeks. Right now I'm a little skeptical if I'll be able to do it, but I think that if I work hard and believe in myself I'll be able to do it. What are some of your goals?



I completed my first 5k race in 32:47 and ranked 22nd in my age group! I'm so proud of myself!

Going organic

I'm so excited! I signed up for a trial for a service that delivers organic fruit and veggies to your house every 2 weeks. This week i received my first box and I am so impressed! Here's a list of everything:

Fruit

4 bananas

3 apples

4 oranges

3 peaches

9 pears

1 mango

Veggies

green chard

green lettuce

grape tomatoes

green onions

baby carrots

broccoli

2 beets

5 sweet potatoes

cilantro

I wish I had of taken a picture of it! I will next time for sure!

I really love this service because I have fresh and healthy food delivered to my house and I will be able to try some different fruit and veggies that I wouldn't normally choose when I go to the grocery store.

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Sad dog/Happy dog

What can you do to make a sad dog like this....

happy like this?
Take them for a walk! It's great exercise for you and for your furry little friend. I took Maddie out for a walk tonight, did you take your buddy out?

Change of heart

I've decided that the whole scrapbooking blog thing isn't working out for me. I'm not very good about keeping it up to date and it's sort of boring (to other people, not to me of course!). Something that I'm passionate about right now is living a healthy lifestyle. So I'm going to blog about my adventures in being healthy. I am no expert in the matter, but I love learning about ways to be healthy and I thought that I could pass some of my learnings on.

I've never been a runner. I was always jealous of everyone who joined track and field for fun in high school. I never understood how running could be fun. Maybe it was because I was overweight, but I could never get into it. Whenever I went to the gym, I stuck to the elliptical trainer or bike, or I just went for walks outside. Off and on for years I've tried to get into running but I often became unmotivated and quit when I wasn't able to run for more than 2 minutes at a time.

Four weeks ago I signed up for a 5km run. So I've seriously been training for this ever since. I started out with intervals, 3 mins jogging, 2 mins walking and up until now I've been increasing my running time. Today I ran for 8 mins and walked for 1 minute, 3 times. I know that I'm not close to running for 30 mins straight yet, but I am proud of what I've been able to accomplish in a month. I love how I feel when I run and I am so proud of myself after every run because I'm doing something that I never thought I'd be able to do.

What are some of your exercise goals and how do you plan on accomplishing them?