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Get Healthy in the Rain - Why I Joined in!

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 Get Healthy in the Rain - Why I Joined in!

Everyone enjoys a challenge and I'm no exception...  There have been many challenges here on ActiveRain and I have participated in many.  Some I have successfully completed and then there are other ones I've not done so well with.  I have over the years in my life set goals or tried to make challenges that were far to out of reach or were to high above my personal achievement...  those are the ones that I have failed.  It's not just failing that defeats me...  it's the pressure and expectations I put on myself and the disappointment that follows.

Today when I sat down at the computer and turned to ActiveRain I went to visit one of my good friend's Anna Dovger.  She is a fellow Home Stager like myself...  she is a very sweet lady and an excellent Home Stager.  I read her latest blog about the new group she joined and the challenge she just started.  From the moment I started reading I became very interest in what she had to say.  Although her initial intent was to lose a few pounds... that didn't really seem to be her focus.  She wanted to get healthy!  That's exactly what I wanted!  I wanted to concentrate on feeling good and having more energy!  So I immediately went to the original blog post and read more.  This was the group for me... there wasn't anywhere in the post that said "you should lose this much in this much time".  There wasn't any pressure at all.

So as you can tell by this post I joined... and whole heartily! 

So here is my personal challenge and goals for this group.

  • Cut out Caffeine  ~ now this one is a tough one for me since I have relied on caffeine for energy for a very long time.  I'm going to take this one...  one day at a time and see how far I get.
  • Reduce the amount of Sugar I consume ~ Since sugar is in almost everything I don't think I can completely cut it out right now...  but I am confident I will get there in time.
  • A more steady Exercises program ~ For now I plan to walk 3 to 5 days a week.  Later I would like to join a gym.
  • Eating more Healthy ~ I haven't always ate a lot of salads but I would like to eat at least one salad per day.  I thought maybe I would add some salmon to it to get my Omega 3's.  It should help the salad to taste great and be more healthy too!

The end result that I am looking for is to feel great and have plenty of energy that comes from eating healthier the natural way and not from an artificial source.

 

Golden Gate Bridge ~ San Francisco, CA

 

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MichelleCherie Carr Crowe .Just Call. 408-252-8900
Get Results Team...Just Call (408) 252-8900! . DRE #00901962 . Licensed to Sell since 1985 . Altas Realty - San Jose, CA
Family Helping Families Buy & Sell Homes 40+ Years

Best wishes for a healthy, caffeine-free, sugar-low, high energy year!

Feb 10, 2013 10:04 AM
David Popoff
DMK Real Estate - Darien, CT
Realtor®,SRS, Green ~ Fairfield County, Ct
Congrats on the personal challenge, that is really the way to be. AR teaches us so much, thanks for the inspiration and sharing the knowledge .
Feb 10, 2013 10:05 AM
Linda D. Pufford
Stage with Divine Style - Home Staging - Novato, CA
ASPM, Marin/Sonoma Home Stager

Thanks Michelle!  I'm looking forward to it!  I hope you have a happy, healthy and very successful year too!

Feb 10, 2013 10:23 AM
Linda D. Pufford
Stage with Divine Style - Home Staging - Novato, CA
ASPM, Marin/Sonoma Home Stager

Thank you David!  I'm really looking forward to this personal challenge...  I am definitely inspired!

Feb 10, 2013 10:25 AM
Hella Mitschke Rothwell
(831) 626-4000 - Honolulu, HI
Hawaii & California Real Estate Broker

Linda: That's a wonderful plan, not over the top, but solid starting to eat more healthily and additing some exercise.

Feb 10, 2013 01:00 PM
JoAnn Moore
The Mortgage Market of Delaware - Georgetown, DE
Home Loans in Delaware

Hi Linda, Glad you joined in. Your goals sound reasonable. With coffee, it might help to decrease caffeine a bit at a time. Maxwell House has a Lite version which is one half the caffeine.

Feb 11, 2013 07:13 AM
Dr. Stacey-Ann Baugh
Century 21 New Millennium - Upper Marlboro, MD
A doctor who makes house calls.

Sugar and caffeine reduction are great goals. Good luck getting on track.

Feb 11, 2013 08:32 AM
Rose King
David Tracy Real Estate - Friendswood, TX
Friendswood / Pearland / Houston Bay Area

I wanted to get in on this challenge, but I couldn't break my goal down into something manageable that I felt I could attain. Just "losing weight" is not a good goal for me. I should do something like you have done - set smaller goals that will add up to something bigger. Good luck, my friend! I know you will be successful!

Feb 11, 2013 11:58 AM
Anna Dovger
Add Value Home Staging LLC, 281-704-6607 - The Woodlands, TX
Home Staging -The Woodlands, TX

Linda, I am glad you joined the group. All those goals are manageable. I have very similar ones and first week was challenging but I think I did OK. Second week is better. Caffeine is the tough one but somebody said ones to me "maybe it's not the coffee but cream, sugar and the cake that goes with it?" Today when I have coffee I don't put sugar in it, use only lo fat milk, and strawberries are instead of cake. Good luck...I will be checking on you LOL

Feb 12, 2013 04:14 AM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

Linda, your goals are attainable...like you said...one day at a time...

Feb 12, 2013 12:08 PM
Joshua Zargari
MJ Decorators Workshop LI staging and home decorating - Lynbrook, NY
MJ Decorators Workshop

Good morning Linda.

That is a great way to stay healthy.

Enjoy your day.

 

Feb 12, 2013 06:39 PM
Christine O'Shea
Christine E O'Shea Broker - Naples, FL

Best of luck, I cannot imagine giving up caffine, too many other things for me to give up including sugar and carbs, guess we each have our poison.

Feb 16, 2013 10:17 AM
Joni Bailey
101 Main St. Realty - Huntsville, TX
Your Huntsville / Lake Livingston Area REALTOR®

If anyone can do it, it is you!! I am working on less caffine, more water, and exercising. So far, I've done well on the first two and suck at the last! HA!

Feb 17, 2013 05:52 AM
Berni Kerr
Retired - Mortgage Professional. - Port Dover, ON
Retired AMP Mortgage Agent - Port Dover ON

Linda, 

It all starts with a great mindset, and I think you have that.  Friends with support also join in to make it positive and worthwhile.  Witnessed here!  The best part is enjoying and being encouraged by the results.  I gave up coffee a year and a half ago...shortly after that...my husband said "one of the reasons he drinks coffee is because I do"...so he gave it up too.  I felt much better 2 weeks after...no stomach grief and no headaches!  Keep at it.

 

Remember to RETHINK YOUR DRINK......

 

Feb 26, 2013 04:45 AM