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Adding Structure

 

(I made lemon and raspberry jam pancakes this weekend! Check out my other blog, Beautiful Layers, for the easy recipe.)

This week I’m adding a little more structure to my weight loss efforts. I feel like I’m getting the hang of my new, no-binge eating habits and now I’m ready to add exercise and a weekly weigh-in.

This week my goal is to do four hours of cardio and one hour of strength. On Friday’s I will post my exercise tally and on Sunday’s I will do a weigh in. I feel good about this.

I also want to start adding outfit posts on a regular basis. I want to do this to push myself to get dressed on busy at home days, and also to track my weight loss through photos.

So there’s that! How was your weekend? Things were pretty quiet around here. Lots of cooking and working on projects.

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Resound11 Prompt 09: Best Photo

For the past 8 days, we’ve talked about our year. For the next 7 days (with a break in between for a special prompt), we’re going to talk about the best things of 2011, then we’ll round out the month planning for 2012.

Today, please post your best photo of the year. It doesn’t have to be the best technically, it doesn’t have to be the best visually, but it should be a photo that you consider the best. Does it have special meaning? Is it of a significant event or moment? Share it with us!

What if you don’t have a photo? That’s OK, share an explanation of a “missed shot,” or a photo you wish you could have taken had you had your camera with you or if your camera would have cooperated.

How will you resound?

As tingling, cliche and cheesy as this photo is, it’s one of my favorites. I’m still not sure how or why I thought having someone come to our house to take photos was a good ideas, but my husband went right along with it all.

It’s my favorite on a few levels. One because I’m not afraid of having my photo taken at “this weight”. I don’t feel a need to wait until I’m not fat to wear nice clothes, put makeup on and make the most of what I’ve got. It represents to me, that while there are many changes I want to make in my life, I’m not waiting until I’m thin to do them.

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Resound11 Prompt 03: Virtues

Yesterday we got down and dirty and revealed our 2011 vices; today we’ll wipe the slate clean and talk about what personal virtues we discovered in 2011.

What good have you done in 2011? Where do you really shine? What have you done that makes you proud of yourself? We know you’ve got it in you! How will you resound?

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I’d say maintaining  and cultivating female friendships this year makes me proud.

I created a platform for creative women in my town to gather and have fellowship with each other. There are eight of us and these friendships are invaluable to me. They provide feedback, support and encouragement where I’ve lacked it. They make me feel less alone in this small hippie meets country town. We are different, but have commonalities. They make me feel loved and cherished. Almost all of us are married and some of us have children, and all of us run full-time businesses yet we make time for each other. These are “yes” women and I’m proud that I’ve made time for them.

The other friendships that I’ve maintained are with those I’ve known for a very long time. As I look over photos from the year, I see moments with them that we’ve created. Visits to their homes, to cities in the middle, to pumpkin patches and farmer’s markets, hours long lunches and birthdays. And again, making time and planning for these moments this year makes me happy.

And last, but not least. Getting together with online, turned real/offline friendships. Trips to DC and Lexington, holiday swaps and pod casts. These times are invaluable to me. We laughed until it hurts. We crack jokes at each other. I look forward to more of these gatherings next year.