All Moved In

We are finally all moved in and getting back to some resemblence of normal in our lives. I am finding I love having a smaller place. I can get up and clean house before the kids even start! We have always lived in smaller places until the last hosue and it was huge...we thought we needed the space, but over the last year had come to realize that much of it was just that space...no one used the upstairs, there was an extra room downstairs that became a toy/junk room and the laundry room and big walkin pantry became other junk areas...the smaller place fits us and reminds me that sometimes we get caught up in keeping up with the Jones and forget who we are...we like simple...this works for us...

I have been run walking this week...I have a cold and it is making running hard, but I have found an amazing area to run just behind the new house...quiet roads with lots of hills...yes hills excite me now! It is like conquering a foe to make it to the top of these long hills around here...it empowers me and makes me feel strong!

I have also been doing crossfit workouts at home. I have really come to love this style of working out! Some are long, some are short, but all are intense! I love intense...again it is about feeling strong, like a warrior! I can push through them knowing that when I am done, I have fought hard..

Now that the internet is back I plan to do some workout dvd's for kickboxing and cardio dance..we will see what else I find I like....

For the time being, my workouts are at home or in the neighborhood...we still have no car, that means no gym...trying to decide what to do with the gym membership...I am going to see if I can freeze it until I get a car, I don't want to cancel it because I am a charter member and can go to any of our gyms...if I cancel it, I will be limited to the one I would join near here...

Getting ready to get focused back on school. It is almost time for the kids to start so I am going to have to be dillegent with my time for working out, school for them, family fun, God, household stuff and my own study time...working on a plan today to make it happen...

Now I hear a WOD calling me....I was informed this is my game...got to bring it today!!

Moving in Two Days

The boxes are packed, the furniture cleaned and ready to go, several loads have already been delivered to the new house, unpacked and put away. Curtains are hung, pictures on the walls, toys unpacked and ready for the princess to come and play. We have been working on this for two weeks. It has been pack and take a load and unpack...come back and repeat...tomorrow we will be taking the last load of boxes and small things...then Saturday the big move will happen.

My husband was suppose to be here to help with the big stuff...upstairs we had two heavy long dressers with mirrors, a tall dresser, two queen size beds with matresses and box springs, 4 night stands and then the smaller stuff...found out he is not making it home in time to help with any of this, we will be luck if he is at home before we move...so what to do...

I will be honest, I didn't know if my 14 year old and I could carry this stuff down our stairs...they are deep and steep with no rails...I didn't think I would be able to handle it, but when you have to you have to...we tested the water with the lighter set, then brought down the more solid set...I was shocked and so was my daughter at how easy it was for me to move some of this stuff!! All those push ups from the cross fit workouts are paying off...those arms and back are strong!

I was really amazed to realize that there is some defined muscle there...not much..but hey they are there...my arms don't resemble jello now...whoooo hooooo! That makes the push ups and weights worth it!!!

I will be off line for a week or so with the move...hoping it will not be too long...the plan is to get settled and get back into a workout routine that allows me to rock it through the end of the summer and into fall...

Cross fit...3 days a week
Boot camp or kick boxing, 3 days a week
Yoga ... 3 days a week
run...3 days
cycle ...3 days...

Rest and spend time with family Sundays~

Clean eating and lots of water...this summer is not over and I am not going to limp out at the end...I will go out like a warrior!

Looking at the Positives

It is so easy for me to look at my body and tell you what I don't like. One of my goals in vision board is to learn to love and accept my body where it is in this journey. I need my body to work with me to get to where I want to go, so I need to accept it where it is at. Today I am going to take the time to share what I do like about my body and focus on that...I know this can come across as bragging, so if that bothers you please feel free to stop reading now!

Here goes....

My legs...I would have to be honest and say that is my favorite part of my body these days. I have been running for several years now. I started to weight training a while back and discovered that I have strong legs! They are the one part of my body that really shows muscle and definition. I love that I can do squats and lunges. I can dance and jump and run and my legs seem to love it! I also love that at 43 years old, I can put on a short skirt and hills and show off these legs that serve me so faithfully!

My booty...strange I know, but before I started running, it was going flat and starting to sag! Now it is rounded back out and tight...there is actually something there to fill out those jeans!

My arms are a work in progress, but they are showing definition and are way stronger than I thought...150 pushups!! Can I say WOW! There is even some definition coming in those tricepts that tend to sag as we get older! My arms carry my little girl around and lift those boxes without complaining!

My back...this is a big one for me...there was a time that my back had no definition, now I can see little muscles and I enjoy showing it off..I find I sit and stand taller now than I used to. MY back supports all the crazy exercise I do...

My shoulders...they are wide and I used to see this as a negative, but it is a positive...at times my shoulders feel like they carry the weight of the world on them, but they are strong. The wide shoulders make it easy to build the muscle without haveing to really focus on them...instead of hiding them, I will show them off!

Little things...my feet...they are tiny, but cute...I can wear all the cute little shoes and make them look good! My feet carry me through my day, my long runs and dance workouts.

I love the fact that my nails grow long and strong. People always think they are fake...but no my body grows beautiful nails. I am part Indian, so I tan easily in the summer and I love this about my skin. I also love the fact that my skin is soft!

I know I skipped my tummy...this is the battle zone on my body! But for today I will love my tummy where it is...it is not defined, but there is no muffin top or love handles around it anymore. I have a strong core and I will celebrate that today...

There are scars on my body...these remind me of the different events in my life...I have scars on my legs from rock climbing when I was younger and slipping on a sharp rock...I have scars on my arms from on my battle with demons year ago that remind me where I have been. In remembering what was, I can celebrate what is and move forward..I have tons of stretch marks on that tummy from giving birth to my beautiful children...I have a birth mark that is brown and goes across the left side of my forehead and lightly down the left side of my face...it is what makes me me...amazingly, this has never bothered me as much as other people.

So there it is...for today I will love my body for all it does for me, for what it is.