Lately I’ve been feeling a little like Mother Theresa secretly questioning my faith, while going around posting and spouting all these inspirational healthy mind and body soundbites and advice. Of course Mother Theresa never downed 3 scotches followed by a tub of mac&cheese at 2 in the morning. Not that this was what I did while out on the town on Good Friday (sorry Jesus) after a week of being sick and not working out at all, that would be plain foolish… Or maybe MT did do that, who knows? But that wouldn’t negate all the wonderful work she did. OK, that’s about as far as I want to go comparing my FA to Mother Theresa.
I’ve had a tough time lately getting so overwhelmed with lofty goals, that I freak myself out and sabotage the day to day. What have we learned about goals kids? That you are suppose to write them down and communicate them. A line from Sharmen Lane’s GPS seminar on goals that stuck with me:
A goal without a plan is nothing but a wish.
There is a simple equation in my life I have recently accepted as true. The less I exercise, the more I emotionally and mindlessly eat. There are many factors surrounding this boo-hoo slide into lethargy but this exploration into my own personal Phat Shui is for another time. That aside, my positive attainable goal I am now putting out into the world is: For 30 days I will exercise daily for 20 minutes or more (be it even an extra walk to the train) and do my Abs&Arms routine 4 times a week.
Previously, I wrote about the Abs&Arms routine I clipped from Time Out. Of course it took me two months to rip the article out of the magazine, two more weeks to do it for the first time, and since that posting on – YIKES 2-25 - I have performed this routine a whopping 3 times.
However, once was this morning and my ABS are frakking killing me. That is the problem I have with working out, after a couple of sessions I’m like “am I thin yet?” But there is truth behind platitudes (that’s how they got to be platitudes if the advice sucked people wouldn’t keep repeating it) patience is a virtue, good things come to those who wait, scotch and mac&cheese may feel like love but that inner warmth is actually a hole burning through the lining of your stomach. I don’t know if the last one is a platitude but it should be.
As of this morning, I have two days behind me of cardio exercise and 1 A&A routine. Between now and April 23, Shakepeare’s Birthday, I will attempt to incorporate 20min or more of exercise a day. And a total of 18 A&A routines. There are immediate positive things you can do with me, CLICK HERE TO DONATE to Bare Ass 2008! I would appreciate the show of support. And if you want to challenge me you can write wgwafa@gmail.com and let me know how much you will donate if I can meet this goal. Also, you can take this list with you next time you go grocery shopping and support these companies.
The following is a list of historical partners that have supported America’s Second Harvest for six years with an average poundage requirement each year.
Product and Transportation Partners
Abbott Nutrition
Allen Canning Company
Big Lots
Birds Eye Foods
Bush Brothers
C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc
C.H. Robinson Company
Cadbury Schweppes America’s Beverages
Campbell Soup Company
Cargo-Master, Inc.
CHEP
The Clorox Company
The Coca-Cola Company
ConAgra Foods
Cott Beverages USA
Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
CVS Pharmacy
The Dannon Company
Dean Foods
Del Monte Foods
Dole Packaged Foods Company
Dole Food Company
Food Lion
Food Shippers of America
Freightquote.com
Frito-Lay
General Mills
Greatwide Logistics Services
H.E.Butt
Heinz North America
The Hershey Company
The J.M. Smucker Co.
J.R. Simplot
The Kellogg Company
Kraft Foods
Kroger
Mars
Masterfoods USA
McCain Foods
National Private Truck Council
Nestle ′ USA
Ocean Spray Cranberries
Pepperidge Farm
PepsiCo Company
Perdue Farms
Pfizer Consumer Healthcare
The Procter & Gamble Company
Publix
Quaker-Tropicana-Gatorade
Round Lake Freight
S.C. Johnson
Safeway
Sam’s Club
Sara Lee Companies
Seashare
Seneca Foods
Society of St. Andrew
Supervalu
SYSCO
Target
Tropicana Products, Inc
Tyson Foods Inc.
Unilever
U.S. Foodservice
Wal-Mart Stores
Walgreens
Welch Food Inc.