I've been keeping busy lately with a lot of things. Work (as usual) keeps me busy during the week from about 7:30am until about 6pm. However, over the past two months, I've taken up running three times a week. Last fall, I kind of got kicked in the butt to do something about my weight (about 20-25 lbs over what I should have been). I purchased a Fitbit Flex and have loved having it. It seems silly, but it keeps me accountable for actually getting up and moving more.
The first few months, I paid attention to how much I was walking and changed my eating habits slightly (no more bagels for breakfast). By November, I had lost the 20 lbs I wanted to lose. I've continued with the exercise and become more fit. I'm still trying to get the last 5 lbs or so (I would really like to be down to 125 lbs again), but I'll get there eventually.
I walked a 5k with my sister a few weeks ago and plan on running (or at least partially running) one in the next two weeks. I'm definitely more fit than I was and am glad that I've lost the weight and can now run more easily.
My garden has also taken off in the past month. My lupines were beautiful while they were blooming. I now have orange coneflowers up as well as some lavender. My phlox should be blooming shortly.
My clematis are also going like crazy. I have purple, pink and white flowers all over the place. I definitely need to get an updated picture of it.
Last but not least, I also had a client contact me for quilting her quilt last month. I finished it up and sent it back to her and will share some pictures here, but that is for another post since I have some nice photos to show. She did a great job with her embroidery and I made sure that my quilting didn't detract from the embroidered blocks at all.
Happy Crafting!
~Sarah at upstateNYCreations
love your flowers. I have a fitbit flex also and love it. I really pay attention to my exercise & diet more - I'm trying to loose about 7 pounds although most do not think I need to loose weight - I hide my stomach with the right shirts - no tight ones to show the bulge. I think at the age I am the extra weight just tends to go in the waist line and I would like to get rid of it. I have always been thin! that stomach weight really bothers me but I can't run so walking it must be.
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