A New Experience!

My friend Julie and I are checking out some local gyms. Thank goodness she's "game" for anything!!! We have a week's pass to SnapFitness and will get a week's pass to Powerhouse Gym next. I've decided that I need to start pushing myself just a bit and using weight machines and other cardio machines that I've NEVER used before just might do the trick! A guy showed us all of the machines and we tried each one out. It was fun. Really!!! I am sure that tomorrow morning when I cannot get out of bed that it will not seem like so much fun but it's time to kick it up just a bit and I'm excited. Anyone using machines or going to a gym? Give me your ideas!

N

Spring!

I love it! A mother robin has built a nest right outside my front door. She laid the fourth egg today. Another of life's miracles and I get to watch it. It doesn't get much better than this!!!

Rough Week!

Whew, the week is almost over. Not sure why but it's been a rough one. Lots of weird emotions and strange feelings. Hormones??? Let down after the "contest" ended??? Missing some nutrient??? Stress??? Loneliness??? Not sure but trying to work through it. In the past, food would have been the way I "worked through it." Now, I am trying to exercise, reflect, and write. Still not a natural way for me to work through things but since food certainly didn't solve anything for me in the past, this is worth a try.


Harriet from Lifetime called me last night to talk about a new "project" they'd like me to get involved in. It has to do with weight loss, health, and I would continue to do some of the things I did with the Clean Start Challenge. Sound interesting to me. Any ideas you think people might like to hear about??? Talk to me!


Have a good weekend. I plan to.
Nancy

Clean Start by Daniel Wayne Adams
Read By Abbie and Jesse

You said you wanted a clean start.
Saying it was the easy part.

You tell kids “Set your goals and stick to it!!”
This contest was your chance to do it!!

You ate more veggies, and the kids joined in.
You got up early just to swim.

You skipped fast food and exercised more.
Now you have more energy than you did before.

More salads, less snacking….it’s not easy to do.
Your portions got smaller and so did you.

Cucumbers, videos, and internet votes,
Getting healthy was what mattered most.

Getting healthy always was your focus.
Losing weight was an added bonus.

Money and trips are both really nice,
But the best prize of all is your healthy life.

This has been a Lifetime Television Clean Start for you!!
The best part is that Symons kids got healthy too!!

Miss Tetens, you say you’re proud of us and all we do
Today it’s our turn to say “We’re proud of you!!”

What A Week!

I was surprised, shocked, and very happy when Mike from Lifetime showed up at my school Tuesday morning to say that I had won the Clean Start Challenge. Winning was great but being able to share this special event with the students and staff from Symons Elementary meant the world to me. The assembly put together by my secretary Joanne and a fourth grade teacher Dan was just perfect. They even involved the kids in reading a very special poem written by Dan. It was a day I will never forget.

Now I have to get busy losing weight. My nephew's wedding is August 23rd and I have 40 more pounds to go by then!!! Keep in touch!

Nancy