]]> http://hayfwood.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/325dance-it-out/feed/ 0 hayfwood http://hayfwood.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/pick-up-and-read/ http://hayfwood.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/pick-up-and-read/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:34:57 +0000 hayfwood http://hayfwood.wordpress.com/?p=1757 ]]> just started reading…

based on the recommendation of blogger Peanut Butter Fingers, who said she couldn’t put it down so i had to see for myself.

it wasn’t available to check out from the library so i got it on amazon.

the rain kept me up late last night so i had a lot of time to read. i made it to chapter 8 and it is really, really good. it’s one of those books you keep thinking about after you put it down because there are so many details, characters and stories to figure out… from what i’ve read so far, i’d definitely recommend it.

cheers to reading! i can never get enough.

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and remember, this is not a food and fitness blog. i repeat, not a fitness and food blog. i am extremely uneducated in both departments. this is simply an account of a girl trying to get a little exercise in her life because we all know we’re not getting any younger. and i’m hoping my blog will keep me accountable.

so far i’ve started spending about 30 minutes in the gym about 2-3 times a week; my apartment has a really nice one so this has been my fallback when it’s cold or i’m not motivated to go anywhere. i usually do about 20 minutes on the elliptical then spend the last 10 doing crunches and stretching. so advanced. i know.

I'm sure I will be able to do this soon.

i’ve also registered for a weekly dance class* and tried out a yoga class with my roommate, which I loved. in between that, my bf and i have been doing some at-home yoga (better than i expected) and also took a long walk when the weather was nice (hey, walking counts).

*about a year ago, i picked up dancing again, which is what i did from about 5 years old until i went to college. i was hesitant to because A. studios are pricey and B. i didn’t want to be embarrassed around a bunch of tweens but i decided to go for it anyway and loved it just as i always have.

i started in an hour long modern class once a week (i found myself committing to it easier because of the price-ha) then did a contemporary class. i really enjoyed it for a while but when it came time to register again, i decided to try a new studio, which is where i take now.

i started going with a friend to a 1.5 hour long intermediate modern contemporary jazz class (i guess they weren’t sure what category to put it in) and omg, it kicked my BUTT. it was also less expensive than where i was going and the classes were longer- double bonus. i did that class once a week for a few months then took a break over the holidays and recently got a new class card to start going again.

so far, my biggest challenge has been making time for exercise on the weekends. i do enjoy saturday morning gym workouts but all i want to do is lay around fridays and sundays. mondays are my off days because i have bible study, which i consider to be my spiritual/mental workout.

i know this post is getting l o n g – thanks for reading if you still are. anyway, overall i have noticed a few changes since i began this challenge. I’m sore and tired but I do feel better overall. i just say to myself “you never regret a workout” because it is so true. i am not looking to lose weight or change my life drastically by any means but i just want to simply to adopt a more healthy, active lifestyle that will benefit me physically AND mentally.

to be continued…

keep your eye on this one…

I would like to beg you…to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language.

Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them.

And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.

Rainer Maria Rilke, 1903
Letters to a Young Poet