5K

The three "phatties" are running in a MIDNIGHT 5K at the beginning of August. Koach Kylie has been running for years and is currently training for a half marathon in October, Digger ran a 5K in 1997, I on the other hand, walked a 5K in 2010. :-)

Something about "midnight" is intriguing. August is a hot time of year in Utah so a midnight run sounds nice.

Let it be known, though, that Digger and I do not like to run, I do, however, really enjoy walking and I never hear/read/see anything negative about walking, but we will persevere at Koach Kylie's prompting. It should be interesting. Digger is a good sport as he is currently suffering from plantar fasciitis, po' boy.  :-(

Thank goodness for pinterest as a simple training schedule magically appeared pretty much ten weeks before our race and it's a ten week training schedule. Hey, it's only12 minutes the first day and only two minutes of it is jogging; this I can handle...

pinterest

or so I thought....this morning was "Day 3"; our second "run"....two minutes sounds short and I regress "I do not like to run". :-)

MONEY!!!

DEBT FREE AND LOVING IT!
May 25, 2012 1:00 PM

One of the best feeling in the world. A BIG shout out to all those that supported us and put up with our weird antics for the last three years!

Grilled Brie and Apples Sammie

 2 Carb Cinnamon Raisin Bead

 Apple slices and Brie

 Put them all together

 Grill

Ooooooooo.....enjoy!

Congratulations!

Koach Kylie, B.S.

Class of 2012

Health Promotion and Education

In hopes this means she will once again share her vast knowledge

 with us here on the Fat to Fit to Phat blog. 

(Yes, most mothers will resort to some form of guilt and manipulation at one time or another. :-) )

So very proud of you, Kylie!

Walking

“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.” 

― Søren Kierkegaard

My Rose Valley's Walking Mission

For quite some time now I have wanted to write about walking (and to actually do it - in hopes that writing about it would spurn me on) complete with some kind of a "program", i.e. tracking steps, tracking time and frequency, creating a walking journal with photos along-the-way etc. etc. I imagined all sorts of information including a list of all the benefits, as sort of a self-motivation tool, if you will. In spite of  "knowing" all the benefits I found myself perplexed that I did not walk more and I thought posting about them would help me do it. Apparently, I needed something to get the flame ignited to even write about it, let alone do it. Sooooooo lo and behold  all the planets lined up and the motivation that I needed came to me through a combination of three things; 1) exceptionally good weather; 2) the amazingly beautiful season and last but not least; 3) the "My Rose Valley" blog. The timing was perfect!

Annette at My Rose Valley is on a mission to walk and is welcoming others to join her.Click here for My Rose Valley's walking info and inspiration. Whew, I do not have to reinvent the wheel after all; Annette has done it for me and many others. She has even listed the benefits of walking on this post. I need every single one of those benefits! If those don't get me out the door nothing will. Oh, and today I downloaded a walking tune that she recommended: "Someone I Used to Know"...maybe that someone will be the former "non-walking" me. :-) I will listen on my walk today.

You'll also see her button in my side bar. Just click on it and it will take you to all her walking posts with the most current post at the top.

I am not sure how I am going to approach this, I have not read all her posts but I thought I would start by......walking.

So I've got my Nano (for the pedometer feature and the new tune), water bottle and camera. (I don't know what Kierkegaard would have thought about all those gadgets....but nevertheless I'm taking them) and I am headed out the door.

Happy Trails, y'all!!!

Strange Things Happening at the Gym

Okee dokee,  this evening the gym was empty...it is Friday night after all....so Digger had an opportunity to take a photo of me carrying on in a most peculiar manner:

Well, there you have it, crocheting on the bike. I even do this when the gym is packed, we just don't take photos at that time so that we don't have to get anyone's permission to post the photo in the event their head pops in. I get some strange looks; however, a few middle aged ladies, like myself, sweetly smile at me. It's all cool! Who knows this might start something...I'm thinking that Sudoku lady I see nearly every evening might be interested. :-)

Blog Slacker

Although it appears that we have been slacking in the blog posting arena...please know that it does not mean we have been slacking in the "Fiscal and Financial" healthy action and promoting area.

Between IRS deadlines at work, final finals, crochetherapy, redecorating the "man cave" etc. etc. it's been a wild ride for all of this last month.

However, Digger and I have made a lot of headway with our goal to be 100% debt free (including the house on May 25th). We are right on schedule and VERY excited. Soon we will no longer be "owned" by anyone or anything except the government and our employers, haha. ;-) We intended to post how we were able to do this, before the fact, (slackers) but some tips and hints could be the subject of future posts. It's been a lot of fun, and fun is not what I thought it was going to be, but it was/is. Gosh, we even made one of those paper chains one makes in grade school as a visual debt-free count-down aid:

We ponder how joyful it will be to be debt-free for the first time in our adult lives and how fun it would be to help teach others that it is possible for them, as well.

Physical health is coming along too. We have been fitting in some form of physical activity every day. I've been doing some strange things, at the gym, that I will post about as soon as we remember to take the camera with us. I do not believe I have ever seen anyone taking photos at the gym, I wonder if there's a "no photos" rule...sort of like at the casinos. :-).

Our base diet is healthy, although I will always need to work on portion control and not supplementing my healthy diet with so many non-healthy additions. I'm never full! Digger and Koach Kylie do very well! I'm finding myself using the "menopause" excuse all too often. Oh well that's enough of that for now.

Hoping you are having a healthy and happy weekend! Be back soon...very soon.