Introduction

If I'm going to actually get this blog underway, it should start with an introduction.

This is me to the right there. This picture was taken 4 weeks ago.  I was feeling pretty good and thinking that I was ready to get down to the business of exercising and eating better.  WELL......

Since then, I've been exercising maybe twice a week. *ugh* I've also ingested many pieces of pumpkin spice cake by Sweet-n-Natural. (That stuff is so good.) Nevertheless, now is always the best time to start. Let me give a bit more history.

The idea for this blog has been in my head for quite some time. It seems like many of my friends, particularly my female friends, are struggling  with issues around their health.  This all comes on the heels of having my mother

pass away very suddenly in November, 2007, from probable sudden cardiac arrest. Maybe I'm more sensitive still towards this happening, but it seems like many of my friends have suffered the passing of their mothers recently as well. It just seems like there needs to be more work with our health, particularly women's health. My hope is that this blog turns into a dialog on  living a more healthy life, physically and mentally. There is also the spiritual aspect of life but I figure that, of those three aspects of life, spirituality is what I know the least about.

What I'm aspiring to is living a more balanced life, keeping mind and body engaged. I'm going to track here what I'm doing for exercise, diet, work, play, and relaxation. I'm going to invite some folk to also track their activities so that this blog can show different approaches to getting more healthy.

One thing that I'm not going to talk about, though, is weight.  REALLY?  This comes from my personal trainer husband, Rob. We talk often about this. He even talks about it more on his blog so check that when you get a chance.

 He noted that women often focus WAY too much on their weight, ignoring that, as they exercise more, fat gets replaced with muscle. Since muscle weighs more, some can incorrectly assume that their exercise efforts aren't working because their weight doesn't necessarily lower greatly even though they are more fit.  So how to track fitness? There are many ways like body fat or size of various body parts like waist and hips. So, I'm just noting the fit of my clothes for this blog. Right now, there are a few too many articles of clothing that are tighter than I might like.  :)

What did I do today?

Exercise - I started the morning with about 40 minutes of yoga.

Breakfast - I had an omega-3 granola along with a banana, dates, and some apple-cranberry juice.

Lunch - veggie sushi

Dinner - Rob an I are off to Great Sage for a special Valentines 5 course dinner. In fact is time to go so I'm off.....