Back off sugar, I am kicking you outta my life, again. It is probably going to be really hard considering my deep love for anything sweet and Chile´s affinity for you, but I am going to do it. You will be out and I shall be sane.
Love,
Hannah
Here are the things I have been thinking about while stuck in a hotel in Southern Chile. Awesome, I know. Anyone want to join me?
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
2 months
Another year has come and gone and tomorrow will be the 8th (!) anniversary of Dad's passing. I don't know what to say about the significance of it. I know that it still hurts to think about that day 8 years ago, and many of the moments since. I think about how different all of our lives are, and that makes me incredibly sad, even though I think most of the changes were great ones. I really have a hard time thinking about how life would be these days if he were still here.
Anyway, the point of the blog today is to say that, as I posted last week, I've been really trying to recommit to fitness, and to make some positive changes in my life, but am having a hard time following through on them. I've decided today that one thing that might help is to have my own physical/spiritual/mental journey from Feb 16 to April 16, a couple of days it is easy for me to mark. It also nicely coincides with Lent, which I don't really observe anymore, but maybe it will make it easier to cut out the Coke and chocolate when everyone else is doing something similar.
So, Dad, I normally mark your passing with a Coke, some Dots, and usually some other treats that remind me of you. I don't think there is anything wrong with that, and will probably go back to that routine in years to come. But this year, I'm going to honor you tomorrow by starting a couple months of total-body wellness.
Anyway, the point of the blog today is to say that, as I posted last week, I've been really trying to recommit to fitness, and to make some positive changes in my life, but am having a hard time following through on them. I've decided today that one thing that might help is to have my own physical/spiritual/mental journey from Feb 16 to April 16, a couple of days it is easy for me to mark. It also nicely coincides with Lent, which I don't really observe anymore, but maybe it will make it easier to cut out the Coke and chocolate when everyone else is doing something similar.
So, Dad, I normally mark your passing with a Coke, some Dots, and usually some other treats that remind me of you. I don't think there is anything wrong with that, and will probably go back to that routine in years to come. But this year, I'm going to honor you tomorrow by starting a couple months of total-body wellness.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Reclaiming Health
Hello Family,
A lot of things have been coming together that have collectively convinced me to start blogging a bit again. Hannah's awesome travel blog, Paulette and Kristi's health issues, my weight gain, an onset of rare self-doubt...
I was going back through some of these blog postings this afternoon and thinking that we all accomplished quite a bit while we were blogging. Our motivation came in waves, and blogging wasn't always that easy or exciting. But I think we all did some positive things over the course of the year and a half that we kept this thing going.
Law school has been hard on my health. There are some great things about it, and I'm happy to be here in Berkeley surrounded by so many brilliant minds. But, the stresses and demands of law school have meant that my exercise routine and diet have suffered. I don't want to focus on pounds, but all the weight I had lost since we started at the end of 2007 the blog is back. Weight is only a very small part of health. But sometimes it can reflect the bigger picture, and I would say that is true right now.
What I've been trying to figure out, and need to keep working on, is how to become healthier, despite the stresses of school. Last time that I started blogging, I set goals for myself, some that I followed through on and others that I didn't. What I'm not sure about is whether those were good in the long run. I think I do better exercising or eating right when I give myself a goal, or some restriction. But I would really like to find the way to make positive choices in my health that are lifelong.
No answers yet, but I'm going to try to use this blog again as a tool to figuring out how to reclaim my health.
A lot of things have been coming together that have collectively convinced me to start blogging a bit again. Hannah's awesome travel blog, Paulette and Kristi's health issues, my weight gain, an onset of rare self-doubt...
I was going back through some of these blog postings this afternoon and thinking that we all accomplished quite a bit while we were blogging. Our motivation came in waves, and blogging wasn't always that easy or exciting. But I think we all did some positive things over the course of the year and a half that we kept this thing going.
Law school has been hard on my health. There are some great things about it, and I'm happy to be here in Berkeley surrounded by so many brilliant minds. But, the stresses and demands of law school have meant that my exercise routine and diet have suffered. I don't want to focus on pounds, but all the weight I had lost since we started at the end of 2007 the blog is back. Weight is only a very small part of health. But sometimes it can reflect the bigger picture, and I would say that is true right now.
What I've been trying to figure out, and need to keep working on, is how to become healthier, despite the stresses of school. Last time that I started blogging, I set goals for myself, some that I followed through on and others that I didn't. What I'm not sure about is whether those were good in the long run. I think I do better exercising or eating right when I give myself a goal, or some restriction. But I would really like to find the way to make positive choices in my health that are lifelong.
No answers yet, but I'm going to try to use this blog again as a tool to figuring out how to reclaim my health.
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