Weekly Goals on Mondays

Now I don't want to jinx this or anything, but I am finally progressing on some fitness and health goals in my life! Yay! 

I am exercising about five times a week, drinking more water, and currently no Mountain Dew (why oh why does it have to be so darn good tasting, yet so bad for me?!?). And I am putting together some great goals to work towards for not only the year, but for each month, and week even. I am focusing on some weight loss right now because I have been staring at a lot heavier body the past year or so and it is time to take charge!

With all of this being said, I am still not done putting together all of my goals yet. I will share them all once they are finalized and I know I have everything down I want to work towards this year. On the other hand, my weekly goals are more like small components I want to make into habits each week. And Monday is the special day I start set those goals as well as a small weight loss goal since Monday is also my weekly weigh-in. I contemplated on whether I should put a different day, but I think the first of the week is the best time and will hopefully add some motivation for my week.

02.04.13 Goals

• Weight Loss
• Current: 162.8
• Goal: 162
• Drink more water every day.
• Exercise at least 5 times this week.

See. Super simple goals that I can focus on for the week and after I think they are strong habits I have developed I will move on to new small tasks. 

Now it is time to study for my first Managerial Accounting Exam of the semester that is tomorrow. Wish me luck and have a great week.

January 9th already

It is January 9th, 2013. We are already over a week into the new year. And even though it may be a cliche, I  kinda love the whole new year resolutions idea. I like to think of them more like goals for the year, and they usually range between many different aspects of my life. For example, last year I had goals to say my prayers more often, exercise, run a marathon, and more. 

But we are already in the second week of the year and I haven't came up with my "resolutions" for the year yet! Argh! I am too stinking busy to do everything that I want. School just started this week, and I am back to working on campus as well as out at the farm during the week. I have a mile long to-do list that I am slowly crossing items off of, but still so many to go. One aspect of my life that I have been busy with (but it's a great busy) is exercising! Yay! I don't want to jinx it yet, but I am working it in to my daily schedule which I love! I've got big plans and dreams for the year and I can't wait to share them on this here blog that I am hoping to post on much much more this year (oh, I see a new years "resolution" in the air right here). Not sure what direction I want to take it. Maybe exercising, cooking, or just my crazy happenings during my last semester of college here at Utah State. I guess we will all see.

a post...a post about what

wake up at 4 a.m.

drive to wellsville.

feed 24 cute lil furry beef steers, like the one below.

drive back home.

take shower and get dressed.

go to class.

go to work in my lil cubicle.

go to meetings.

do homework.

go home.

eat.

sleep.

and do it all over again tomorrow.

when every single one of my days is planned out to the last minute, i can't even take time to think about a blog post. oh i hope i can get a hold of my life soon, and slow down a bit. 

And all before 7 a.m.

Today was day two of my new (and also my third) job. I am the newly hired "lab assistant  for the Animal, Dairy, Veterinary Science Department here at Utah State University. Now, it sounds like I am going to be a cool lab scientist  but actually I work out at the South Farm in Wellsville feeding beef calves for a research project. Yay me! 

Actually I quite like it because it gets me back to my roots of working on a farm with animals. I'm more of a dairy cow kind of girl but these 24 beef calves will just have to do for now. And the best part of this job is that I wake up 4:30 in the morning to feed them before my classes start for the day. Did I say best part? I actually mean the not-so-best part. This is just yet another responsibility to add to my very large list of things to accomplish every day. The real best part is that I only do it during the week. (I can still go to the great little town of Preston Idaho every weekend to see the dairy boy then! Yeah yeah!) 

Don't worry though I am not letting this wake-up-at-4:30-in-the-morning stop me though! Once I got back from the farm I made an out fit change and did a quick workout before I had to shower and head to class. And I decided upon this outdoor run circuit workout from Julie at Peanut Butter Fingers. She has a GREAT blog about being healthy that has become one of my daily reads these days. This was a great and quick workout I could get in for the day before all my classes, meetings, and work came. It wasn't the hardest work out I've ever done but it felt great to take action, sweat a bit, and all before seven in the morning! 

Source 

Dedication, Determination, and Motivation

I have now completed two posts about change. Have I actually changed though? 

Part of me thinks no not at all but the then again I kind of have. I am thinking about what I am eating, drinking, doing, or more importantly not doing! That's just it though...for the most part I have only been thinking about it.

I had a lovely (and I use the word lovely in some what of a sarcastic voice) conversation with my boyfriend, the dairy boy, about dedication. You see, he has recently lost an amazing 40 pounds! Woohoo! Way to go babe! So of course being healthy, eating right, and exercising are common topics for us these days. Now I know if I say "I'm fat" many people would shake their head at me with disagreement. And although I am not obese or showing more weight like crazy I have gained  some weight in the past year. I hate to admit that I have, but it is the truth.

Seeing the dairy boy's amazing results and seeing his dedication, determination and happiness that the healthy life change has brought him, I want it myself. I have been talking about doing it. Making changes in my life. Mainly eating better and exercising. I have talked of these changes for so long, too long. However, I have not had the dedication or determination to actually act and make the change reality. And in our "lovely" conversation about dedication, the dairy boy informed me of how I have had none, which is sadly so true! I have talked the talk now I need to walk the walk. So I decided to find some inspiration from Pinterest to get me going and find that determination, dedication and motivation that I oh so need! Enjoy!

It's time...

I think it's time...

Time to make a few changes in my life. Some big and serious. Some small, yet still important. And to help me 'officially' make these changes (and stick to them!), it is time I get back to this blog and posting all about my life to those handful of people who actually read this somewhat pathetic blog I have.

So hold up your glass with me (well, I'm holding up my bottle of milk really) and cheer to change!

And first order of business is this...

You may be wondering, what I'm talking about. Well, I am talking about how I have packed on some weight in the past year, and I hate how I look in all my clothes and pictures lately. Like I said above, it is time for a lot of change and this is one of them! I know this won't be easy at all (I mean come on, I have not met a person that loves sweets as much as I do), but I WILL DO IT! It's be tough and not fun at times but getting healthy and fit never hurt anyone.

So here I go, the first change is out in the open. Time to get to work. I'll update you as I go, and of course fill you in on all the other changes going on around here out in the west while I 'push the pony' as my father loves to say!

Just two more hours and one last final...

Just two more hours of work and one last final tomorrow. That's all I have left of this semester. And as I sit here in front of this computer for the last two hours of work my mind keeps going to the summer that lies ahead of me. And the many opportunities that it holds.

I get to spend three months back in my old stomping grounds, work with the 4-H program that I lived for each and every summer, and spend time with all of amazing family and friends that I rarely ever get to see throughout the year. The possibilities are unlimited, and I don't want to waste them! This has led me to the decision of making a "Summer Bucket List" that will include everything and anything that I want to do while I'm back home this summer. I have a lot of different ideas roaming around in my head, but I need to get them down on paper and make them official. 

So get excited for the official "Summer Bucket List" coming soon, and hopefully everyone back home is gearing up for my return because in just one week I will be making the long long long drive from Logan, Utah to Hope, Indiana. Ahhh...I'm SO excited!