A look back on 2011

I made some resolutions this year and thought I'd post what they were again and match them up and see how I did.

• Go at least one month without any junk food. (I'm working on being healthier and I hope that this will help curb my appetite for those things)
• Run a triathlon  (I'm also working on being more fit.  I wanted to do this last year but didn't get to)
• Run a 5k in under 38 minutes (my 5k last year was run in 44 minutes... I was out of shape and had shin splints)
• Read the Book of Mormon in its entirety.  (I suck at reading my scriptures but KNOW that I need to in order to become the better person I want to be) 
• Keep up with the house work for one month (It seriously makes me sick to have a dirty house)*Edited:  I will actively clean the house for an hour per day.  Thanks for the idea Roxanne!
• Learn a new skill (Maybe knitting, or something else, I don't know yet what exactly I will learn)
• Drop 2 pant sizes (Who doesn't want to do that??)
• And finally again thanks to Roxanne I will also work on having a date night every week. 

Here's how I did:

• The one month without junk food goal... yeah didn't happen.  I did go a week without junk food though.  I've decided that it's one of those things that is okay to indulge in.  Just not every day. 
• Run and Triathlon:  Did that one!  It was amazing!
• Run a 5k in under 38 minutes:  Didn't officially do this one.  I worked on my base mile and shaved 2 minutes off and then started feeling those dang shin splints coming back so I stopped.
• Read the BOM in it's entirety:  yeah... I probably should have re-read what my resolutions were from time to time to remember this one. Didn't happen.  I did however, read my scriptures more frequently than I have.
• Actively clean the house for an hour per day.  Check that one off the list!  DONE!
• Learn a new skill:  I learned how to make those cute flower clippies.  Not sure that counts as a skill but it's something I didn't know how to do before.
• Drop 2 pants sizes:  I dropped one!  
• And finally go on a date with Jacob every week:  Done!

So this next year 2012 my new goals will be:

• Compete in at least one 5k and work toward a 10k.
• Read from the scriptures daily
• Reach my goal weight
• Spend more time serving others
• Work on not being so quick to get angry with my children.

Here's to a GREAT 2012!

Personal Training starts... tomorrow!!!

I decided to get serious and get a personal trainer.  I start training tomorrow and I'm super nervous.  I am going to start a blog that focuses sloely on my training progress and the tricks I learn.  I met with my new trainer last week and he explained a few things to me about weight loss.  50-70% of weight loss is diet.  And there is something called a "target heart rate".  When your heart is beating within your target rate you are burning fat.  If you go above that rate you are just burning off sugar and other simple nutrients.  He said that it's good to get your heart rate up above the target rate but if you want to burn fat you need to stay within your target heart rate range.  How you figure it out is you subtract your age from 220 which is the maximum beats per minute your heart could beat when you were a newborn.  The number you get give you your current maximum heart beat.  Then you multiply that number by 60%  and that is the low end of your target heart rate.  My range is from 116-136 BPM.  I'm not sure how he calculated the high range of my target heart rate... probably just added 20 to the low number.  But I thought that was interesting information. Stay tuned for before and after pictures!

Happy Birthday Jacob!

Today we celebrate the birth of my sweet husband. What I love about Jacob:

• He is kind to everyone
• He is willing to help those in need.
• He makes me laugh
• He is a wonderful father
• He puts up with my sense of humor
• His smile
• His eyes
• The way he looks at me still after almost 7 years of marriage.  
• The great support he is to me and our daughters
• That he is a great provider

I love how no matter who I talk to they only have good things to say about Jacob.  He is my best friend and I love him dearly.