BASEBALL BLOG....IT'S DONE!!

Ok, so today is my sweet Haven's 6th birthday, and what fun we have had! Bday candles in her pancakes, lunch at McDonald's with our wonderful friends, Ashley and "B Boys", swim lessons, cake at the park, and now sitting at Sonic at Colorado City, having cupcakes then off to watch Hadley (my nephew) play baseball. But first thing my sister-in-law, Jackie, says to me is "You haven't been writing your blog!" oops!! BUSTED!!!! I reply, "well, with end of school activities, including Avery's 8th grade graduation, as well as packing our house (moving again!), it's been kind of crazy. And now I am in Post for swim lessons, and actually have time but they don't have internet, and too hard to do on my phone." So she walks to her car, gets her ipad which has 3G, and sits it down in front of me. So...here is my TIP for the DAY: (Just couple weeks late! lol) 5.) 80/20 RULE With exercise and healthy eating, you need to realize you will have days you miss workout or you splurge on that cheeseburger (mine is from Holl's Drive In at Post). Instead of just throwing in the towel and saying, "I blew it so I might as well start over next month, or next year!" DON'T GO THERE!!!! Simply mark your calendar as one of your 20% days, and move on. Eat clean again or get back to your workout class or gym, and get several consecutive days under your belt back at the gym and eating your fruits, vegetables, and lean protein. Mark your calendar for a couple of months to show the days you workout (highlight in one color), then mark your calendar to show the days you eat healthy, including your water (highlight in another color). After a couple of months, see if your getting workouts and healthy eating done 80% of the month. If not, rethink your time for workout. If you workout in the afternoon or evening, and "stuff" keeps coming up with your kids or work, then get up and workout at 5am if feasible. (Your body may try to keep you in that comfy bed, but just get up and get it done before your brain makes up an excuse not to...I promise you will feel better starting your day off with a good sweat!) If you get caught at work or school, without healthy lunch or snacks, you will get hungry and grab the processed fast food that adds toxins to your body (making you feel more lethargic and less likely to workout later). You may think you are eating heathy and exercising regularly, but if you journal all this for a few weeks, you may be surprised to see you are doing about 50/50, instead of 80/20. And that can be what is keeping your clothes from fitting like you want!! So start tomorrow (since it is 9pm today), and go 80/20!!! Well, the baseball game just ended, and if this blog sounds crazy, just realize I was sitting in stands at game, trying to watch my nephew throw some strikes...which he did! Go Hadley!!! And thanks, Jackie, for reminding me to do this...I'M BACK!!!! Keitha Beth