8 down....

We're into the 7th week of the year, and I've officially finished off 8 books!  Still ahead of target!

Now I'm in the midst of reading:

The End of Illness
By David Agus MD

 

While I'm not saying it's a must read for everyone, it is interesting to read about the current changes to medicine and one physician's take on what we should/shouldn't be doing when it comes to treatment options.  The main focus thus far has been cancer and trying to prevent as many of the factors as possible...but of course much of it is what we've been hearing for years.  Interesting read nontheless, if you're into that sort of thing.

What have I polished off this year already?

Better Each Day: 365 Expert Tips for a Healthier, Happier You
by Jessica Cassity

Pretty Little Liars: Pretty Little Secrets
by Sara Shepard

Taking People With You: The Only Way to Make Big Things Happen
by David Novak

Dollhouse
by Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian

Summer and the City: A Carrie Diaries Novel
by Candace Bushnell

Alibi in High Heels
by Gemma Halliday

Undercover in High Heels
by Gemma Halliday

Killer in High Heels

by Gemma Halliday

Now only 44 more to go!

APY60 Day1

Last week my APY60 finally arrived. Today I started the program...60 day to a healthier me! 

Each day starts out with about 10 minutes of stretching and warming up your muscles to get you started for the day.  After which I had a veggies & eggs for breakfast.  The program doesn't give you a full meal plan but does give you some ideas and changes out and challenges you to eliminate things from your diet. 

I am really looking forward to how it works!

Here are the key things that I was to do today!

• Eat breakfast 1 hour after waking up
• No eating 3 hours before bed
• Daily morning stretches
• Clean out the pantry (get rid of the processed stuff! ) - we didn't have any of the "no" foods! Yay for us!
• Today's elimination challenge: Refined sugar - super easy since we don't eat it really anyhow.
• The goal is to drink 100 oz of water- I'm at at 30 right now at 2pm...I've got a bit more to drink before the end of the day.
• Blue Dots
• Daily Yoga

The program also came with some little blue stickers that you are to put around your home and office.  These are to remind you to breathe deep, and soon the goal is to associate blue with breathing deep, simple enough right?

And of course this evening (after Rene finishes watching the Pats game) I have a 60 minute power yoga video to work through. 

I also plan on keeping up at least 30 minutes of additional cardio each day.

Let's see how things shape up over the next 30 days!

I also got a new little gaget today - called the Fitbit!

 It's about the size of a flash drive and it keeps track of how far you walk, time of inactivity, stairs climbed, and the main reason I got it - it tracks your sleep!  I feel like 9 out of 10 days I wake up a million and one times so I plan to use this to figure out when I sleep the best (ie no TV 1 hour before bed) and when I sleep worst (ie after we've been drinking). 

Here's to a healthy 2012! And knocking one of my goals off the new years list --1 day down 59 to go!

One week down!

We're officially into the 2nd week of January and I'm already onto book #3 of 52 for the year!  

It's a good thing I'm a tiny bit ahead of my 1 book per week this year goal too because with my first 8 weeks of the semester coming up soon it looks like lots of work--a 75 page case analysis does not sound fun at all!

Reading Now.....

Summer and the City: A Carrie Diaries Novel

 

Finished books thus far....

Alibi in High Heels

Undercover in High Heels

2012 Detox

As I mentioned previously starting in 2012 I am going to be doing a bit of a detox...don't get me wrong this is not the starve yourself and hope that it cleans our your system detox but I've taken bits and pieces of different things that I have read and "developed" (I'm not a nutritionist by ANY means) a detox/jump start of clean, healthy food into 2012....I plan on doing this for at least 2 weeks maybe longer and it could just become a daily lifestyle!

Here are the basics.

  

What to avoid:

Processed foods (we pretty much do this already-minus some "cheat days")

Sugar

Carbs

Red meat

Caffeine (I usually drink 2-3 cups I'm cutting down to just 1 or none each day)

 

What to enjoy:

Detox "tea" in morning-recipe to follow

Lots of fresh organic veggies

Fruits with low sugar (no oranges)

Green Leafy Veggies

Lots and lots of water!

Fish and Chicken*

*most detox plans have you completely stay away from fish/chicken/soy products the first week....With Rene not having any protein is a big problem so for the first week I'll be cooking protein but not eating it, but if you are like him and need some meat stick to chicken (skinless) and fish or tofu those are the best bets!

I'll be kicking this off on January 1st (after my delish pizza pull apart bread and freshmade pasta-what can I say I enjoy food!) I'll be posting the recipes and foods that I am eating along with how I'm feeling and if I notice any changes...beware I typically don't do well without my 2-3 cups of coffee so taking it to just one might be ugly!

2012-Resolution/Goal List

It's that time of the year again and I've started thinking about the New Year and things I want to accomplish/change for 2012. Somewhat a list of must do or to-do items rather than resolutions because lets be honest resolutions last about a month for most people before they give up.  Setting a to-do list or list of goals makes it easy to check back and check things off the list throughout the next 365 days!

  Here's "the list" 

Read 52 books - that's right 1 per week!

Finish the wedding scrapbook that I’ve been saying I’ll finish every year (before our 3^rd anniversary)

Take a cooking class

Pay off debt (at least 2 of my credit cards)

Start learning another language (Rosetta Stone here I come! French or Italian)

APY60! Program – 60 days of American Power Yoga - already ordered now just waiting to actually start it!

1 week a month eat like a vegetarian- all veggies no meat doctors say its a good "break" for your GI track

What are your goals or resolutions for 2012?