May 3rd

Happy May 3rd Blogland!!!
Hope today was great for everyone :)
Breakfast/Lunch was:
3 biscuits
3 pork sausage patties

Dinner was:
1/2 italian grilled chicken wrap (lettuce, tomato, mozarella cheese, grilled chicken breast, picante)
1 6oz strawberry orange sunrise yoplait light fat free yogurt (yummy)

Snacks:
1 pack nutterbutter cookies (4 cookies)
1 white chocolate kitkat regular size candy bar
2 handfuls of dry roasted peanuts
4 servings mixed fruit in natural juice

30 minutes on the wii fit :) I am addicted :)
5 -16.9oz bottles of water :)

Have a great day and Keep On Keepin On

Made my Challenges !!!!!

WOOHOO I made my personal challenge this week YEAH ME!!!!!!
I managed 4 days of 30 minutes on the treadmill this week :)
So now my goal for next week is to walk 5 days on the tread for 30 minutes
And also start bloggin my food and fluid intake
I have a journal a friend of mine gave me about a month ago
On the front it says "Its All About Me" so I think I need to put this journal to good use and record my intake :)
I have also checked out the websit Fitday and it is pretty cool. I will be looking into
the website mytrainerbob also ...... I feel really good about Life again :)
Live, Love and Laugh

Another Day

Hey there Blogland !!
Have you ever thought of Today as "just another day?"
Every day is different and new
God gives us a new slate to start on once again ...... another canvas to paint our lifes picture on :)

Today is my 2nd day of exercise for this week. My challenge to myself is 4 days of 30 minutes on the treadmill ....... I am on my 5th bottle (16.9oz) of water.
I do believe tomorrow I am gonna start blogging (journaling) my food intake
This truly is MY year and I am gonna rock it
slowly but surely :)
Bless yall and Rock On

Movin Movin

It is a Movin Day and I am staying with my challenge to myself thus far.
This week I am shutting for 4 days of 30 minutes on the threadmill :)
Day ONE is Done :) YES!!!!!

Hope you all keep movin and strivin for your healthier lives

New Week 2/16

Hey there Blogworld!!!!!!
Today is a great day ..... the sun was at my face (ok it was gray today but )
Life is good
Breakfast was 2 servings shredded wheat 1 cup 2percent milk
Lunch was 1 slice turkey meatloaf (hubby made it last night and it is yummy)
on 2 slices whole grain wheat bread with 1 tsp lite mayo
Diner was 2 slices veggie pizza (LOTS of veggies yummy)
2 hard yukky sugar cookies
a total of 5 16.9oz bottles of water :)
No movin today though :*(
Hubby and I are trying to get use to big in each others space alot more
now that he is laid off and home all the time YUKK LOL

Have a great night and keep on keepin on :))

Striving for a Healthier Life

Well here we are another week into Feburary and life is good :)
Last week I managed 3 days of treadmill walkin
So I was short on my challenge to myself but I am getting up and moving so I am happy about that. I am going in the right direction just need to keep striving for a healthier life :)

This week I am challenging myself to another 5 days of atleast 30 minutes of exercise (cardio, toning, or both)
I am also challenging myself to post everyday this week
To be accountable here for my exercising
Hope this finds everyone in blog land with the sun at their face and the wind to their backs
Have a great day and dont forget to challenge yourself today :)
One challenge, One small change, One meal, One day at a time :)
Make this OUR year :)
Have a great day

1/28 and 1/29/09

Morning all :)
It is still a bit chilly here in Central Texas :( But alot warmed then other places in the world so I guess that is a good thing :)
Wednesday found me being lazy, cozy and warm cuddled in the house and no exercise :(
But Thursday found me being cozy and warm but getting off my bum and movin a bit :)
Did 30 minutes on the treadmill yesterday for a total of 1.40 mile walking between 2.5 to 3.0 mile/hr.
My goal is to walk 3.0 to 3.5 mile a hour for a total of 1 hour a day. I will get to that goal by extending my time as I go ...... nothing big just extending it 5 minute increments as the weeks and months go by (with a minimum of 30 minutes to start with) The exercise part of being/livin healthy is something I have to work on a bit at a time. Because if I try to do it all at once then after a week or two I throw in the towel and say forget it ...... Do you ever have that problem?? An all or nothing attitude??
Eating and water have been good :)
Work is good :) I have this weekend off ..... Sunday will be sitting in front of the tv rootin on the Steelers to win the superbowl :)) GO STEELERS :))
Have a great day and just Keep on Keepin on :))

Last Monday of Janurary

**** UPDATE ****
Got on the treadmill got in 30 minutes 1.31 miles sweated but liesurely walked while watchin Sex in the City .
Have taken up the challenge of 3 days 30 minutes cardio and 2 days 30 minutes toning for the next seven days :))



Good Afternoon Blogworld !!!
Today is the last monday of Janurary already !!
Have you lived this first month of 2009 to the best of your ability??
If not then lets make a differance these last few days :)
And if you have then keep Rockin It :)
I worked this past weekend and let me tell you last night was NOTHING but stickin and walking
for the last 4 hours of the night. VERY busy. I think I spent half my time yesterday in the ER getting sticks that the nurses were unable to get ...... OOYYYY
But I honestly "love" my job :)
I have been exercising these past few days and have to admit I feel ALOT better :)
Eating is going good :)
Water is chuggin down well :)
Life is great and I am fabulous :)
Have a great day and ROCK ON :)

Doctor Visit

Hey there Blog World
Hope the sun is in your face and the wind is on your back :)
Life is great and worth livin :)
I went to the doctor/nutritionist monthly visit today
Down 4lbs since last visit 12-18-08
So am very happy about that :)
But told I need to get "on" the exercise wagon and "NOW"
So am doing a challenge with a email group I am in
Challenge being 30min of exercise for 3 of the next 5 days (left this week well as of yesterday)
Got in treadmill time yesterday
Today will be nothing...... spent time at the doctors then making diner and lunch ...
Fix to take hubby lunch as he is workin in town today WOOHOO but I have to go to work after that :((
Have a great day and Rock On

Movin Tuesday

Hey there Blog World....
Today has been a bit busy... had school this morning
working on a costume for Liam (daddy and he carved the pumpkin tonight)
I got in 20 minutes of exercise bike riding while my guys dinner was cooking on the stove......
Tomorrow I have no school so I am gonna get on the tread and turn on some WhiteSnake and just jam for a bit I do believe
Work was BUSY BUSY BUSY tonight...... lets hope tomorrow is a bit slower that would be great....
Then on thursday I will have to hit the ground running.... I have class in the morning ...oncologist appointment at 1pm and class at 6pm to 9 pm then on friday morning I am back at school for lab from 8 to noon then work at 1:30 ..... so it will be a busy few days coming up
The oncologist appointment is not bothering me so much this time not sure if that is good or not :)

I think I am just a bit ok with it ..... seeing it as something I have to do for precautions but I know God has taken the cancer from me and left me to strive and grow and share my life :)
Here is to having a great day and ROCK ON :)

checkin in

Movin, tryin to eat better, just livin life with a smile :)
Today I am starting a new challenge for myself and am hoping some of my email bubbies take hold and do it with me.
I did 25 minutes on the exercise bike today before work.... yeah for me :)
eating is still going good But I do need to start journaling ........
hope this finds the blog world doing great......
Keep on keepin on :) ROCK IT

Reporting In

Hey there world :)
Dawn is here and ROCKIN it :)

God is good and God is love.... I truly believe one dont know "real love" without having known God... He has helped me so much through my life. Even in times when I did not admit he was there holding me up..... God blessed me with a beautiful son.... my baby or as he says mommys big boy :) Why oh why do they have to grow so fast??? Then he carried me through the loss of our precious (spelling) baby Nov 17th 2006 and he carried me through cancer on August 3rd 2007....... He has opened doors and made ways for me to continue with my education and still work fulltime (for insurance reasons) I love God but he Loved me first :)

Today we walked down to the gas station (1 mile round trip) to get the sunday paper ......Not sure if any of you read the sunday papers in your area but ours went up in price from 1.50 to 1.60 I was like what...... LOL but our gas prices have dropped greatly in the past month..... exactly 4 sundays ago today gas was 3.44 a gallon today it is 2.09 a gallon so that is rockin :)
any ways we did a mile walk this morning then headed off to church......now the 49ers are on and mmmmmmm getting their bums kicked a bit once again (sorry hubby)
Tomorrow I have a challenge with hubby to do 15 minutes of the tread in the morning..... so far he is game for it :)
Have a great day and ROCK ON

Another Test Done !!!!!

Hey there world!!
Tonight I had my 2nd test in Avanced Cardio-Pulmonary A and P..... I got a 91 so not to bad I think...... next week we will be going over the heart and finishing our work study guide then the 1st thursday of November we will have our test over the Heart. One thing I find so interesting about studying respiratory is learning how and why parts of my body work like they do.
Did you know that at day 26 after conception(pregnant LOL sorry about spelling) the five lobes of your lung are in started already. You are ONLY a spot, a very small dot but already you have the starting of all five lobes of your lungs :) That rocks......

I did get 15 minutes in on the exercise bike today woooooohooooooo and I feel great because of it to be honest....
Tomorrow I will not get any exercise in .... I will be in lab class from 8 to noon then working from 1:30 to 9:30 tomorrow night... and in between them times I will run home and cook my guys dinner and get my bod dressed in my scrubs for work :) This is my weekend off and let me tell you I LOVE it :)
My boss (the director of the lab) is awesome...... she is working with me next semester with my hours for work and school..... she knows I have to keep 36 hours a week in order to keep my insurance and not have to pay more then I can afford if that makes sense (insurance now is 147 a month for a family) if I go under 36 hours a week then it goes up to 734 a month well lets say I would be working just to pay for insurance NOT good....... so next semester I will be using all my vacation and holidays up to get through the spring semester of school and still be able to have every other weekend off ....... so she is truly working with me to keep me at my hours and to work around school. She can be a hard person to figure out sometimes but she is ok :)
Ok hope this finds the world going great in your life
Live Love and Laugh a million times more as each day goes by :)
Keep on keepin on :)

Managing Life

Hey there Blog Land :)
It seems like managing life is taking up alot of my life. Do you ever feel like that??
School is going good. I am getting a B in one class and a C in the other class (need to study harder in that class I do believe)
Work is good. I can say I truly enjoy going phlebotomy work. I know that may sound crazy to some...... cause phleb work is drawing blood from people but it gives me a chance to help others medically and to peak into others lives if only for a moment.
Life at home is so so..... Liam is growin like a weed and very active running talking playing..... I love to watch and listen to him.... Billy and I are living and striving..... trying to make things work. Marriage I do believe is a hard relationship to make work at times.... especially when we work different shifts and I am in school. So we have like every other weekend that we can actually spend time together when one of us is not off to work or school. So we are struggling with contection issues and just striving to get through it and be happy :)

I go back to my oncologist next thursday (Oct. 30th) Did my blood work and my liver and kidneys look good via the blood work..... my glucose is a little high 121 and my iron is LOW LOW (I dont eat alot of iron rich foods) my iron is a 26 and should be atleast a 72 so I am now back on iron supplement (Fergon) it is something I may always have to take due to me not eating greens and red meats....... Also did my chest xray for the oncologist.(he is watch a 5mm spot on one of my lungs) chest xray looked ok to me but LOL who am I to say what it is..... But I do believe in my heart that God has healed me of cancer and that they will not find the spot to be growing..... when I had a ct scan of my lungs done in Feburary the spot looked the same so that is good :)
So now just to get through next thursdays doctors appointment and we will be flying high again.

I am starting over once again with the exercise. I went to a nutritionish last month and we discussed me being to busy to exercise .... she told me I HAVE to make time for exercise just like I make time to go to work and go to school... so today I made 15 minutes to do the exercise bike while the guys diner was bakin in the oven and microwave....... so 15 minutes of exercise done... I know that is not alot but I need to start and stay going so where so here it is......

Hope this finds everyone having a AWESOME day and ROCK on life is MANAGABLE LOL even for me :)

Running in Circles

Good Morning World!!!!!!
What a Fabulous Morning this is starting out to be :)
Running in Circles !! Do you ever feel like your running in circles over and over again ??
Lately that is how it seems around here. Seems like I am in auto pilot and just moving through the actions LOL :) Have you ever had a day or days like that??
In my Thursday night class we took a test last thursday (Oct 2nd) and only 3 people in the class (about 20 people) passed and they passed with LOW LOW C's ..... So we are redoing the chapter and retested in two small test (the 1st test was 96 questions) This instructor is a new book teaching instructor and the director told her that the test was to big and she went into way to deep info to teach us ..... LOL so we are learning as the teacher is learning how to teach what joy huh :) NOT
I have this weekend off from work and will spend it studying and hubby and I are going to a fair concert thingy (LOL did that make any sense)
I went to a nutrition/dietian yesterday LOL she said I need to eat more veggies and fruit (could have told her that myself) and I NEED to get movin (exercise) mmmmmm so I tried to make excuses and tell her I was TOO BUSY with work and school studying and cooking and cleaning and trying to spend a bit of time with the men in my life ..... well she said exercise is something you HAVE to make part of your life and stick with it .... oh and I need to start journaling my food in take and exercise ....... so I am starting this on Sunday .....
GRRRRR LOL just when I thought I was running in enough circles here I go adding some more :) But the nutrition lady was right I have to make time for me and I have to be accountable or just stay fat :( (I said the fat thing)
Well have a great day and I hope one day soon we can all stop running in so many circles :)

Monday Morning Sunshine!!!

Hello there Blog land...
Life is "truly" what I make it :)
We are all in control of our own destiny. Do we walk in faith and strive for a better tomorrow?
Or do we just sit back and worry about tomorrow, live in fear if there will be enough money left when we retire, worry over tomorrows when we have yet to LIVE today.
Well for me Today is today and I "need" to show up in Today and Live in today :)
I am on my 2nd (16.9oz) bottle of water. Fixing waffles (will eat 2) for breakfast/lunch ..... I am getting a late start today....... :) And for today I will ride on my exercise bike for 15 minutes ( I know I know 15 minutes is nothing but one needs to start somewhere right?) I am making beef and brocolli for diner..... I will take a turkey sandwich and pretzels with a light yogurt and some fruit for my diner at work :)) I will show up and live in today
Have a great Sunshiney Day

Last Sunday of September

Here we are on the last Sunday of September 2008.
I got up and went to church this morning.... Dear Hubby stayed home and worked on our 85 pickup truck (I drive this truck to work and the ignation has been messing up lately) He also cleaned the kitchen squeaky clean YAHHHH :)
Church was excelent.... The more I strive to follow Christ the more it seems I get a personal message out of church services :) LOL God must know I need to hear these things huh ??
Today was over Luke 12: 22-32........ about having faith that God will take care of things for us if only we seek his kingdom and strive to live a christain life. I am a believer bapatized in 1981 but have turned down many a wrong road more then once... And I still turn down wrong roads.... I am new in getting back to Jesus but have learnt over this past year if we just turn to him (God) things will work out for the better. God has opened so many doors in my life and continues to open more doors for me to walk th takrough. I have put my marriage to prayer and asked for help. I cant change my hubby nor can let him run all over my life. So I take my marriage to God in prayer and ask for help on things I can do for myself and my marriage to make things better and continue to live my life in strive with walking with God...
I have wanted a bike since I moved to Texas (5 1/2years ago) but always always always come up with an excuse NOT to get one..... by the 3rd week of Oct I will have a bike.....nothing fancy just a walmart bike..... I need to start somewhere to just get out and get moving........ I have decided to stop eating my emotions and start going to God when I am worried, sad, afraid..... turn them into faith and work on me instead of eating..... I can control my eating and I am going to control it..... Lots of tears are sure to be shed but I will grow stronger and stronger in myself, in my walk with Christ and in my marriage :)
Have a great day and remember KNEE MAIL does work wonders ....... a little faith goes along way