Finding Johanna

I think that one of the best things about training myself to be focused on getting healthy is that its making me a more disciplined person and a more energetic and active person in all aspects of my life. Thats exciting! Getting healthy is making me an all around better person. I have the dedication and energy to stay late at work? WHAT!?! For those of you who know me best thats a pretty amazing thing. I don't stay late at work- especially not 2 extra hours. This is the first year in my career that I have  put so much dedication and energy into my job. I know that sounds horrible but I truly think its a mind body thing.  I have the desire to be healthy I have been making myself be disciplined enough to get to the gym and eat right I have dedicated myself to to making a change  Speaking of this commercial is about high school sports really but I saw at the gym and it was inspiring! "Remember this hurt. Think about it when you want to sleep in in ...

I didn't go to the gym today.........  My goal was to work out at least 5 times a week and so by not going today I just added a workout to Sunday. As long as I go the next three days I am still in control.  I am not sure why I feel so guilty for this because like I said I haven't ruined my weekly goal yet. I think its more that I am upset I didn't GET to go. I wanted to go and had planned on it. I even had my gym clothes on as I had to go to Kroger and not the gym.  I could have put off going to Kroger until tomorrow and gotten subway and not cooked but I didn't.  I have to plan better - basically nights I plan to work out I can't go to the grocery store. I want to be an engaged teacher and I am trying to get things in order before school starts with my new room and a ton of new activities and lesson plans but I think I need to start telling myself to leave at 4:30 at the latest. Once I get everything situated in my new room I shouldn't ha...

I started back to work this week and it is definitely a challenge to stay healthy and active while I am working. I know that it will be even worse once the kids are back. First of all I want to wake up early so I can sit and eat breakfast and have coffee and relax a bit and not just roll out of the bed and run to work skipping breakfast or rushing to eat in the car on the drive to school. Tuesday I woke up and had Almond Joy Oatmeal! Oats with almond milk, coconut, almonds, and dark chocolate chips. YUMM  Yesterday I was working so hard to move into my new room and get things up after the MISD convocation that I didn't get done with work until about 5:40. I was so busy I ate a super late lunch like around 3... oops. I would have skipped it but I forced myself to eat. When I was done I knew I needed to go to the gym. I packed my gym clothes and planned on not going home until I had worked out. I didn't want to go AT ALL but I did.  I made so many excuses. ...

WHEW it has been a great couple of days but I missed you my blog!  OK so over the weekend I was actually really good. I also have to give props to my bestie who I texted non stop about what I should eat and told her what I was eating so I would be accountable for making good decisions! She rocks.  First of all I came prepared and packed all this stuff to take with me.  Greek Yogurt, Pineapple, Peanut Butter, Honey, Carrots, Hummus, English Muffins, Chocolate Chips, Coconut, Avocado, Kale Chips, Date "fudge", Oatmeal, Popcorn, and Almond Milk.  I made a smoothie for the road.  Spinach, Blueberries, Banana, Peanut Butter, Almond Milk, Flaxseed, and some Ice  It was so tasty but not a cute color.  On the trip up we stopped at Subway and I got apples and a banana instead of chips! I also got some water that was REALLY good. It was sugar free and calorie free but it had flavor and was vitamin enriched. M...

So maybe I have been under a rock but I just heard about this whole "thinspo" ban from pinterest, tumblr, instagram etc. I was never into "thinspo" because I don't want to look like a stick. Example of thinspo BUT NOW they are talking about if fitspo is also a negative thing. Example of fitspo  There are mixed emotions about fitspo. I personally think that it is beneficial to me. I don't beat myself up and it doesn't make me have an unhealthy view of my body or make me do crazy things like starve myself. It motivates me to go to the gym which I need to be doing. This is from the new york times about fitspo being the new thinspo " But in our rush to focus on health -- or at least the perceived appearance of health -- we’re simply setting up a new idealized figure to chase after, and not necessarily one that is any better for us. What kind of monster is against health? This kind, I suppose. While I mightily dig the notion of ind...

I was browsing through some weight loss/fitness blogs this morning and it was really hard for me to just sit and READ. I have to see stuff. My friends can attest that I have a HORRIBLE attention span. Sometimes I feel like a horrible friend because its as if I am not interested but thats not the case I just can't focus. Maybe I should take some kind of herbal focus remedy. I think thats why I read children/teen/young adult books they are good at keeping me focused and giving me visual stimulus. Besides being a visual learner I clearly have ADD. I took a test online it scored me at "MODERATE" but of course you can't really trust an online test like that BUT I am fairly certain I have ADD. Now where the hell is this going? I just wanted to say I upload a crap load of photos because I like pictures. They help me focus and they are a quick way to show a lot with few words.  MOVING ON Today my friend was supposed to come over and go workout and eat lefto...