Will Run For Ice Cream

All across blogger land, there are these things called linkups with cutsie little names. But I came across the Friday Five 2.0 via another blogger friend. It looked like fun, and I thought I'd join. Each week there is a theme ( loosely followed ), and this week the theme is whatever you want to write about. So for my very first Friday Five 2.0, I'm going to give you ( drum roll please ) 5 Reasons To Set Goals. Let's face it, if you are anything like me, without a goal ( and a plan ), things just don't happen. So here are 5 reasons to set goals.

I know you've been sitting there holding your breath wondering what my goals are that I've been talking about lately on various social media posts. I watched the Velveteen rabbit with Lil Man (can you believe I'd never watched it. I'm sure I read the book, but I don't remembe r). Anyway, there was a quote that really stood out with me. I jotted it down quickly in my phone notes because I didn't want to forget it.  See, I let fear stop me a lot.. and I mean a lot. And I let others' opinions often stop me from trying.  What if they are right? What if I fail? So a lot of times, I don't even try which leads to having very low self confidence in myself. That being said, I've been feeling a burning desire in my gut to really follow my dreams in a lot of areas in my life and see what happens. 

As I unwrapped the Godiva truffle, I trembled a little. I kid you not. The velvety chocolate melted in my mouth. And I honestly thought I would eat just one. I did the first time. But as the day went on, I had another, and another until by the end of the day I wound up binge eating about 8 at one time. I felt horrible physically and emotionally. It was my first binge of all or nothing in almost a month. How could I so easily slip back into old habits? I ate an entire bag. The following days consisted of brownies, cupcakes and cookies. And I felt sick... physically sick. I was bloated, my joints swelled and hurt, cranky, extremely moody with extreme highs and lows. I was no longer sleeping through the night, and by the 3rd night I woke up with night sweats. If you are disappointed in me, trust me I am even more disappointed in myself . And I told myself it was time to get a grip. I'm on my 1st day of no sugar. I don't have a predetermined amount of time that I wi...

I have been compensated in the form of a gift card/money/coupon and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free. All opinions expressed are mine and honest in nature. I love my gym membership. In fact, I'm able to go to several different gyms for one monthly price. I love it. I enjoy group classes. I also just enjoy going to the gym. But.... I also love my home gym because the reality is sometimes I just can't make it to the gym. Sickness happens. Weather happens. Life happens. And because I have my home gym, I'm able to workout anytime that I want to. Also, if I'm in a bind without a lot of time, working out at home saves me the drive time of going to the gym. One of the the latest pieces of equipment that I've added to my home gym is the plyo box from Rep Fitness  I chose the 3-in-1 box. The options were 12x14x16, 16x18x20, 16x20x24, and 20x24x30". I chose the 16x18x20. Well, let's just say that I didn't realize just h...

Amy here.. and I'd just like to admit that I am my own worst enemy. Yep... me... sure from time to time people will throw in a cross word here or there... but usually it's me who abuses me. It's me who allows other's opinions to keep me from following a dream. I honestly don't want to remember all of the abusive self talk that I've told myself. The reality is .... it's lies... all of it. Those negative, fearful, hateful antagonist words are lies. For me, I believe they come from fear. It's often the fear of failure that keeps me from trying. And it's often my negative self talk that tears down my self confidence. So what am I going to do about it?

I've written so much lately about eliminating processed sweet junk food ( How I Am Going To Overcome Sugar Addiction ) that I haven't said much about what else is going on in my life. Well this week, a friend and I went out on the Appalachian Trail and then branched off onto another trail. I hiked this trail back in the spring. So I knew it went straight up. It was difficult in the spring. It was more difficult with the cold temps and the ice.

I would say no sugar this past week, but that's not completely true. ( Confession Time About Eating Sugar)  but I have for the most part kept it in check. What I have struggled with this week was stress eating and eating just because. You didn't think that after 26 or so days that I would never struggle again did you? I didn't. Yes it is easier to recognize what I'm doing and stop the behavior. But there are still times that I find myself struggling not to eat out of stress or just because. I'm not reaching for cookies, but reaching for something even healthy just because I'm stressed or bored or whatever emotion still isn't something that I want to do. And I found myself eating several times this week past the point of being full and yet I continued to eat just because. I reached for snacks at night just because. So it looks like it might be time to pull the coloring book out more. It's hard to go for a walk at 9pm as a distraction ( or it is for m...