CajunHufflepuff

Hello ~RedStone~ ! I'll take a look around my area to see if there are any accessible grief counselor's around. I'm starting school next week so I'll see if there is a resident counselor. Normally there are. Thanks to both of you!

Thank you LadyMonk. Yes, I do drink lots of caffeine. In the form of teas and coffees. I'm just not supplementing that with an equivalent (or more) amount of water. Meditating in the same room as Chloe sounds great. She's a pretty calm and lazy dog so she could calm me down. I'll add that to my next challenge along with my "blogging".

Hello everyone. So, I was doing pretty great here. Was down 15 pounds and then my grandpa died and everything got thrown out of the window. I kinda am at a low point and I don't know when I'm going to get back up to what I was doing. I was doing yoga everyday and meditating and now I freak out when I get still. I can't drive without fidgeting with something. I'm not emotionally unstable and I didn't hold any emotions in during his funeral and now for almost 2 months since he's passed. My dog is on the verge of death and I'm on edge about it all of the time. I feel like I just can't get motivated. Like if I don't spend every spare second I have with her, I'll regret it once she's gone. I joined a gym and thought maybe that would help but I haven't been in about a week even though I have time to go. I've lost my goal, I think. I'm not sure what I'm striving for anymore but I want to strive for something so badly. I had some strong motivation before he passed away. My spirit was calm and collected and I have actually happy. With myself, with my situation and with life but I just got thrown a wake up call and it messed me up bad. I think for this next challenge I'm going to just blog. Just write down any feelings I have and at the end of it, hopefully will find motivation once again. I want to be healthy but my wallet and my mind/spirit are not ready to be latched down to a steady path. I need to find myself and the connection I made with the universe and my spirit before all of this happened. Probably meditation is the best answer. I'll start over. I'll start from the very beginning. I have to make time for myself right now and I'm not doing that. When I get on my mat, I feel like I need to check on my dog to make sure she's okay. But that time is for myself. If any of you have advice, please drop it here.

A++ on that extra workout you got in there. And so awesome for you to have the confidence to talk to the lady at the store.

@SnowOwl Done and done! Thanks for the reminder Yes the stretching cage was one of my favorites. I mean, it doesn't come as a surprise that I love me some stretching. If I could lose weight by just stretching all day everyday, I'd totally take it on as a job. Going to gym tomorrow. Got my yoga in tonight rather late but it's in and now I'm ready for bed. Sleep tight <3

My gym opened today W00T! I went and worked out my arms, chest, and abs and did 15 minutes on the elliptical and 10 minutes on the treadmill. For opening day there really wasn't very many people there. But I also went in the middle of the day seeing as I didn't have work today. And most of the people there seemed to be taking pictures of themselves....I was sweating my lil tail off. It was great. It's a pretty nice facility and I have a feeling that there won't be very many people all at one time. I'll have to test it out. There aren't very many workout machines though. There is this awesome stretching cage that I see myself using right after workouts. I did it today and it felt amazing. I'm pretty sore from my awesome yoga practice yesterday. We did sun salutations and those planks, man. Whoo feels awesome. I will be going back to the gym on Friday and working on legs. Will rest until this afternoon and then do another yoga practice to stretch out.

Thanks for all the advice guys. The eating has slowed down. I think it had a lot to do with the time of month and my feelings. But I'm trying to separate myself from my feelings and the eating. It's helping. I have been doing my yoga and that has been helping loads and loads. I need to do some major stretching tomorrow because I'm starting some bodyweight exercises next week. Nana is written and is in manga form but not it's not finished and it SUUUUUCKS. Ai Yazawa got sick in 2009 and stopped writing, a year later she got out of the hospital but never got around to writing more. There are 21 volumes and just kinda immediately stops after some tragic stuff. I'm reading Afterschool Charisma and Hikaru No Go which are both really awesome It's going as good as it can right now, I think. Feeling a tad better than I have been. Just trying to keep busy. OH! I am starting to work out...at work. I am doing pushups off of the library desk in between helping patrons and try and do some squats when I can. I'll even do a few wall planks throughout my day. My co-workers thought it was weird at first but now they just ignore me or hold conversations while I'm doing those things. Patrons don't even think it's weird. I don't know.

Alrighty everyone. Week one is done and complete. I have done all of my walking for this week and absolutely loved every day. I think it helped my state of mind. I am still having difficulty controlling my binge eating of cookies and cakes so I need to get a hold of that. I'm sure I'm still eating my feelings and that might take a little while to get under control. I haven't been able to do my meditation yet but will start this week seeing as I am starting yoga again. Yay! I also pass by my new Planet Fitness almost every day because I'm so excited to start utilizing their facilities and toning myself down. Also, we got some life news this week that Wendy will be on the Georgia Peach Committee this year for Young Adult books so we will be staying in Georgia for now. Whew. No stress of moving just yet and I am so proud of her for doing another amazing thing that she is good at and loves to do. As for my reading, I have finished the Nana series by Ai Yazawa (or as far as she has written....MEH) and am so in love with them I wish she would come out of hiding to finish them. I have just started Afterschool Charisma by Kumiko Suekane and it is so interesting. If you like manga and like historical fiction, this would be the one for you. <3 I would like some suggestions if anyone has any about controlling binge eating when you are eating your feelings. Would be well received <3

Yum strawberry smoothies are the B-E-S-T! <3

I know it's early to be posting but I just want to say how amazing I feel today. It's the first day since my grandfather has passed that I feel this good. I see the colors of the Earth again and they are so bright! <3 <3 <3

Day #2 was the same story as Day #1. I've noticed I'm eating a lot more sugar and I need to cut that crap out. I'm craving sugar and I'm not sure why. Today I indulged in too much sugary stuff and my wife took away the sugar. Thank God for her. I love my morning walks. Love them. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to walk this morning but I did. Yahhhh! Day #3= SUCCESS.

Lookie here...all the House's are represented YAY! As a Hufflepuff, this warms my little badger heart <3 So, for today I was able to walk to work this morning and it actually took me 10 minutes. It was a beautiful day out and a great start to my day. I got all 64 oz. of water in today and I didn't feel like I was drowning. Sometimes when I drink too much water too quickly it gets me sick. One of my meals today was Paleo (breakfast--->> Paleo pancakes are the best if you like bananas with blood oranges) and the other two were crap but that's okay! I tracked them all down. I had to work late tonight so I didn't get to cook but I will tomorrow night which will have me set for 2 days. Picking up my basset hound from the hospital tomorrow. She's had a rough go lately but he has some movement back in her leg YAY! We will see how she does. <3 <3 OH! I made my bed this morning. WHAAT? I'm thinking about incorporating that into my morning routine. It makes me feel a little more organized. That's all for today, I think. Day #1= SUCCESS

WEEE Thank you so much

But get them in control, I shall. Hello Assassins. I'm Bre and I'm new here to the Assassin Guild. I've successfully completed my first challenge and then majorly failed my 2nd challenge so here I am to try again. I may be going through some really difficult weeks coming up so I'm setting some reasonable goals. 1.) My Nomming and Drinking Habits I eat when I'm emotional. Like I eat when I'm super down in the dumps and boy have I been eating these past 3 weeks. That's gotta be under control. Soooo... - Track food everyday for this challenge. (Not going to be counting calories, I just want to see what I consume so I can start to be more aware of what I'm putting in my body) - Drink 64 oz. of water every day AT LEAST. -Cook at least 2 Paleo meals a week 2.) My Workout Habits Week 1: Walk everyday for at least 5 minutes-7 days Week 2: Week 1 & practice a yoga workout every day- 5 days Week 3 (New Gym opens): Complete Warm-Up, Recruit Workout, Cool-Down every day and visit gym at least 2 times.- 5 days Week 4: Practice yoga 3 days, complete warm-up, recruit workout, cool-down 2 days, visit gym at least 2 times.- 5 days -I'm going to take this challenge slowly rather than just jumping in with the fitness part because of personal reasons I may have to deal with this coming week. (Yes, Harry, 'tis) 3.) Attempt to control my headspace I really like yoga and meditation. Like, it's unnatural, I think. - Everything that helped me succeed in my first challenge was due to my meditation period and my yoga practice, no joke. I was able to center myself and go through my day or end my day with such positive thoughs. I had never been able to feel that happy without medication and it was beautiful. -Meditate at least 15 minutes a day -Allow emotions to come out as they please during this time I think that is it for now.

Hello friends. I am sorry I have been MIA for this challenge but there has been a lot of internal struggle going on with my grandpa passing and the possibility of having to bring my dog, Chloe, over the rainbow bridge and it has just been too much. I haven't been in the right headspace for this challenge at all and I can barely sit in stillness without having a breakdown. She isn't able to walk by herself anymore and has a disc pushing on her spine that is causing her pain in her legs and back. I will have to deal with myself, though. My gym opens up on March 15th and I plan on going at least 2 times a week. I haven't completely been able to cut my diet out, though. I can't eat wheat anymore as it makes me sick so I've had to stick to a Paleo diet as much as I can unless I was to be super sick. I will rejoin the forums for the next challenge starting tomorrow and hopefully if something happens with Chloe, it won't derail me as much as I think it will. Thank you for all of your support during this weird and trying time. I appreciate every single one of you <3

Hey hey Hiii! I'm so happy that you are getting your warm-up, workout, and cool-down in! Yay for you yay for youuuuuu!

I did join the FB group. The women's one of course. I'm going to PM you in a bit

Hi everybody. I'm sorry I kind of disappeared for a few but I'm back. We had the funeral last week and I spent the remainder of the week with my family. Came back and my truck broke down. My dog now has a bulging disc in her back so needless to say, my health has been on the way back burner. Tomorrow I have a day off of work so I'm going to take that day to get my life back to normal and possibly do some yoga that I miss so much. I started back on my consumption of 64 oz. of water yesterday. I was going to start back Monday but I was just so sad until yesterday that I couldn't get myself to do anything but sleep. I haven't been able to meditate in a while but I need to be in the right headspace for that and I am not there just yet. May be another week or so. I did join the Academy while to kick my butt in gear. OH! My town is now getting a Planet Fitness woot woot. I joined that as soon as I could. Gonna start slow tomorrow. Getting my life back together. Thank you for everyone's support. It most definitely helped.

Hey guys. I'm sorry I haven't posted in quite a few days but my Pawpaw passed away 2 days ago and my workout regime pretty much has come to a halt for now. I'm not able to eat enough to sustain me through any sort of workout and my water intake is limited. Catholic funerals are sort of drawn out and Pawpaw's, including the planning, has taken 3 days, this one being the last of those 3 days. Not knowing that he was going to pass while I was here, I had planned to fly back to Georgia yesterday but of course changed my flight to leave for this coming Friday. Hopefully this week will help with recoop, and the weekend will get me settled back in at home. I just wanted to thank everyone for their support in this difficult time in my life.

Well, plans have changed. I'm flying to Louisiana to be with my family tomorrow everying. My Pawpaw's body is just so out of control and I don't know how much longer he will be here. @RadicalEd, I will definitely be reading a chapter out of the Tibetan book which Wendy brought home for me today from the library tonight before bed. I just had to do a Yoga With Adriene for stress and anxiety because I found myself having a massive panic attack as I am not equip to pay for a flight last minute that the price is so exorbitant but we found the means to do it. It's still so much stress right now but I feel like I am using yoga and working out as an outlet. Mind you, I feel this is quite healthy seeing as last December I would have found myself curled up under my electric blanket, watching Once Upon a Time, eating all the cookies I could manage to get my hands on. I'll only be there from tomorrow night until Sunday morning, so it's going to be a hectic next couple of days. I'll be able to sign on and update on my food and workout progress though. My mom will probably supply me with some ingredients to cook myself a few meals so that will be nice. Alrighty. See ya'll tomorrow, then.

Made some more Spicy Beef Stew and it's still as good as last time. So much protein and so much vegetables just thrown into one bowl. It most definitely did. Yoga had me in my game today. Balanced myself as much as I could whilst doing it. And yes it most definitely is. Tomorrow I will be doing my yoga along with my Beginner Body Weight workout in the afternoon back-to-back. I really wanted to get some taco bell for lunch today just cause I was feeling yuck. But I passed it and ate a salad with some chicken and some earl grey.

Last night I was not feeling it. Couldn't get a wink of sleep because I was so anxious about my grandfather. Got a call this morning saying he was laughing and awake which is an improvement, but doesn't mean permanently an improvement. He could go downhill as soon as he goes back to sleep. BUT, I got on my mat this morning. I am wobbly and a tiny bit sore from yesterday's yoga and beginner body weight workout but I got through all 40 minutes of it and will rest today. Yoga definitely helped since the mantra today was "I Am Present". I was in the moment and very present through my whole practice, feeling the prana course through my body, and my mind concentrating only on my posture and my asanas. I took the time for me, and man did I need it today. Probably going to nap since I missed out on a whole night to sleep and feel super duper groggy and gross today. Also going to drink some extra water since I had some straight tea today with no honey or coconut milk. Cooking helps my mind get away from the crap, so I'm about to head to the store (I'm off of work today, Halleloo) and get some ingredients to make that Spicy Beef Stew and maybe some Watermelon and lime drink so I can have something healthy and fruity to drink. I could just eat that beef stew up all damn day it's so good. Better than that casserole dish I made the last challenge. Tomorrow is weigh- in day and I feel that I'm probably gonna be stagnant. Which is fine. I had a rough week and kinda ate too much this past weekend but I'm hoping by doing double work outs yesterday, I burned some of that off.

That's what we are here for! We want you to succeed in whatever you set your mind to and create some pretty kick-booty habits. Great job on the food day yesterday. W00T for you! A higher water consumption will make you feel better than you think. I promise.