Spring Flower

March 1st. I love March.
It's almost spring ... and I love the spring - a time for all things new.
We have sold our house and we move the end of March to a condo - so this is a very big month for us.
The last post was about Inspriation.
I recently read - Inspiration can not come to you if your life is cluttered. Our life was cluttered. We are clearing that ... we are clearing things that take our energy - no unwanted obligations, making things simple - putting on energy on ourselves, our spirit, our health.
This spring/summer we want to connect to nature more - take time to be outdoors. Meditate on our new little deck at our new condo in Autum Woods.
We love the house that we have been at for the last 12 years - good memories - but it is time to move on and this is a much needed change in our lives. This is the time for our health and to play - be carefree.
Happy March and happy packing to Schwen, Mare and Tundie!!

Thoughts for Today

We were watching Wayne Dyer last night - we have many many of his DVD's.

I find all of the programs he does very inspirational - and it seems we pick the one to watch that we need that moment for some sort of message.
The message I picked up from the show last night was -


Progress is impossible if you continue to do things they way you have always done things.

There is another saying I try to keep in mind when I want things in my life to be different - Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes.
I am on a mission for change .. so I will be keeping the above in the forefront of my mind :)
Mare

My New Breakfast - Green Smoothie

I have been making different kinds of green smoothies in the morning.I like the one I made today.I put 1/4 of a pineapple, 1 granny smith apple (sliced). 2 kiwi (peeled) and about 10 leaves of Kale. Added some filtered water - blend. and mmmmm enjoy.
It is 238 Cal. (32 oz)
Schwen and I set up our target goals in our new Cal Counter App. We will each lose approx 1.5 lbs per week for a combined total weight loss of about 128 lbs by the end of the year - Dec 31, 2012.
Tracking seems to be the key - we exercised all of this January and didn't lose any weight. This weekend was a grreat start.
I am also tracking my steps in my Steps To Goals by Knoweldge Now - more on that later.
Off to pack up our lunches .... I have set my intentions for a GREAT DAY!! I am already picturing it in my mind - sailing through today in a happy mood, being productive and I hope I can make one person feel good about themselves today.
Mare

Where Did Those 2 Years Go

I am shocked it has been 2 years since last posted - we just sort of dropped everything - not everything, but certainly haven't made the progress we wanted.

Here we go ... making a new effort and we will be back "charting" our progress.

Quick Summary ... Schwen stopped biking Feb 2010 when he was sick wtih bronchitis for 5 or 6 weeks. Then last February he started having pain and numbness in his feet - that is still present now - Feb 2012 - and now we are more motivated than ever to make changes to our lives.

January 2012 we joined a lovely Club. They have a pool and 2 work out areas.

Right now we are only using the pool area mostly - it is great exercise and it is good for Schwen's feet - well, just in general it is great. We go Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.

I actually don't swim very well - so I have signed up for swimming lessons that start in April - then maybe I will go to the deep end of the pool. I am the only one that swims back and forth in the shallow end :)

We also just started logging our calorie intake and activities in a great app that we have on our iPads - Cal Counter. It is great!! Highly recommend it.

Off to get ready for today's swimming :)

Mare