Saturday, January 3, 2009

2009: An energetic year!

I really believe 2009 is going to be the best year of my life so far. When I woke up on January 1, I breathed a sigh of relief....we had finally made it. 11 is my
'lucky' number this year!!! 2009 added up is 11. Ironman Arizona is on 11/22/2009, which is cool...11 for November, 22 is 2*11, and 2009 equals 11. I paid $551 dollars for IMAZ and that equals 11. I love numbers divisible by 11! In fact, I was born on the 11th day of March, 1977 (77!!) Cool stuff.

This year I also feel more confident in most areas of my life (work, self confidence, who I am, etc). I finally understand what some of my passions in life are, what makes me joyful, and what areas I would like to be stronger in. I also feel like I am finally getting my sh*t together with working out and eating. I had a really rough few months. My level of interest and commitment is looking up!

Spring is my favorite season, followed closely by fall. In the spring I feel new. I feel motivated and happy and ready to take on the world. Winter is really rough. This winter has not been as bad as most (yay for serotonin!!) but I still am not at a 100% level. Maybe it's good for me to be down a little, though. It keeps me from being a crazy busy person 365 days a year!

Today I started the ZONE meal plan. It's the meal plan of choice for Crossfit (www.mbscrossfit.com). There is nothing extreme or outrageous in it. I am committing to it without question for one month. then I will reassess how I feel.

Today has been a great day! I have eaten "in the zone", ran 2 miles, biked 2.3 (got bored), and did Crossfit. I have already consumed 55 oz of water, and will definitely reach 96 oz by bed time.

One day at a time. One hour, one second, one choice at a time. Success comes from a thousand small decisions made correctly. It's worked for me in the past when I lost 42 pounds! Being an all or nothing person, it's hard to remember the importance of incremental action, but that is really the only thing that is going to get the weight off AND mmost importantly, get me across the finish line at IMAZ09.