RebeckerX90

You've seen it on the infomercials and you've had friends that have lost TONS of weight on it. I've been tempted to buy it. It is the extreme mix it up exercise program that comes with all the typical DVDs, stretch bands, special diet recipes, etc.

Know what I'm talking about? P90X sound familiar?


Well, I'm doing my own. It is called the "RebeckerX90." It costs no money, but it takes the general principles of P90X (from what I gather while on my treadmill seeing the infomercials) and is tailored to me - my day, my mood and my life.

The RebeckerX90 is basically my plan for me and I'm putting it for all the world (at least the three people who read this blog) to see so that I continue:
- Lose 30 pounds in 90 days.
- Walk every day - sometimes twice
- Weights - 3x a week
- Swim Laps - 3x a week
- Yoga - 1x a week
- Dance - 5x a week - this means just dance for five minutes each day to a favorite song. Ok, so perhaps this goal will turn into a half an hour of Zumba.
- Bike - 2x weekly - once I fill up my bike tires
- Stretch - 5x weekly - yes, I'm counting this on here because it makes me feel good.
- Hula - 1x weekly - from a video I have in my front closet. It's all in the knees.

RebeckerX90, like PX90, means mixing up the different workouts and sports. However, unlike PX90, I'm not being extreme. I'm just going to do it regularly.

I've already been following most of this the past few weeks and have lost over 10 pounds. I need to lose another 40! So, this has already past the habit point.

About my diet? Well, not going to change that too much either. I bought V8 juice for the first time in years the other day, does that help?

P.S. Did you see my "to do" list above? I did pretty well last week, didn't I? My bike tire is still flat and so I couldn't ride it and Saturday I had to clean the church and accompany someone and so I couldn't swim. Plus, doesn't the entire world go swimming on Saturday? I have no interest in swimming with the world.

Happy New Year 2009!

It's already a new year! Wow! 2008 has come and gone. It was a year full of goals and I met quite a few of them. Unfortunately, I didn't meet two or three of my largest goals, but I'm confident that I will do so by the middle of 2009. In fact, now I don't make yearly goals. I make six month goal charts and they are set up similar to the categories that are listed in Provident Living...though I started them long before that website ever existed. My parents taught us about this concept long ago and I just kind of held on to it.

Perhaps I should put the goals here, but that means this post will most likely remain in draft mode seen only by me. Most of them will remain private, but some are obvious - lose weight, eat healthy, max the 401k, pay down debt, rent out my condo, read more scriptures and good books, serve more, love better, work smarter, act on ideas, and enjoy life.

Today we went to a movie (Benjamin Button - sad, meaningful, and thought provoking come to mind) and one of my friends said something a few people have said this past week - "I'm so glad 2008 is over. 2009 is going to be a great year."

Yes, 2009 will be a great year! Thank goodness that we have year cycles. It gives us a legitimate excuse with society to start over, change, and improve upon the past. January is the one time of year where it seems ok to share this fact with everyone.

Good luck to you this year. Let's hope that we all make it the best and if we haven't met all of our goals in the next 12 months, at least we have comfort in knowing that 2010 will come with another chance.

Happy New Year and New Resolve in 2009!

Addiction Recovery Program

Some family and friends have told me about this amazing program that our church has focused on overcoming addictions. I've seen changes in the lives of those that have participated and I'm thinking I'm going to ask about being involved in it myself.

In the meantime, I found the link to the basics of the program - http://www.providentliving.org/content/display/0,11666,6629-1-3414-1,00.html - and it has the actual manual available for download.

I guess you don't even have to share what your addiction is or if you even have one and so it makes it a safe environment to learn, discuss, practice and grow.

Anyway, thought I'd share since I had a conversation with my friend Ann today and when I brought this up she said she had heard of it, but I don't ever hear of this talked about much in actual church meetings. Maybe hanging out in primary for a few years hasn't helped, aye?