Back in the saddle!

So much has happened in the past few years. I have not picked up a cigarette since August 2012. I have getting more involved at work and taking on new responsibilities and adventures in professional endeavors. I have even been surviving bankruptcy for the past 4 years. I have one year to go in financial distress and this light at the end of the tunnel is really what has gotten me revitalized. I have entered into my fifth year of bankruptcy and realized there is a world waiting for me in the form of improved health and wellbeing, travel, new adventures in real estate and focusing on me! I have realized that there is a end to the five years that I have gotten caught up in. Since my divorce, I have grown, but I have also stunted my growth in other ways. I have been afraid to write and tell the truth about my post-divorce years. I didn't want to offend anyone, slander or divulge specific issues out on the open internet. It's time I remove that fear. I want to write. I want to tell the truth about the world out there for me. If I write in fear, nothing of growth can come out of that, nothing real. I think that if I can tell the absolute truth and it helps one person (including me), that will be the whole reason I am writing. This is just the beginning, unpolished, uncut, uncensored. I don't want to stop. My goal in blogging is to write about life, health, friendships and other relationships (good, bad and the ugly), love, trust, and travel. I am excited about reviving this blog. I almost started a brand new one for a brand new life, but I am the same person, just with new perspective, so I will keep this blog going!

New intentions....

I am back in the world of blogging. I am a bit nervous about getting into this again, but I want to let you know what I am up to in my daily life. These days I am NOT SMOKING (yay!)...I have not smoked a single puff in many months and have not smoked habitually in moroe than two years. This has been an amazing feat and I am so glad I made the effort. My lungs feel great, my clothes smell great, I don't stay sick as long (and rarely get sick), and I am not spending money on those awful cigarettes. I AM excercising at least twice a week and it has been great. I am walking around the lake at the apartment complex I have been living at since last November (more on that later!). I am trying to walk 2-2.5 miles on my days off. I love walking outside and I am trying to get more time in before the weather changes. They have a very nice gym, so no excuses Alyssa...They even have yoga classes...more on that later. I can go Mondays and Wednesdays for yoga and walking Friday and Saturday. Think of the excercise!! How do I get motivated to work out more than Friday & Saturday?? I will have to contemplate that and come up with ideas beside weight loss. I AM starting to eat better. I have almost completely taken bread, pasta, and juice/regular soda out of my diet. I say almost because I have created five "exception" days a month to allow myself bread, pasta, or juice. Yesterday, going to Elitches was such an exception. I have lost 6 pounds this past month. So this is the beginning of better living for me and I am enjoying it. Any suggestions for better living? Let me know and drop me a line or a comment!! I will be writing lots more frequently about all the fun things I used to write about. I am just getting warmed up!!

Enough is enough

Every thing must come to end. Eventually. I.can't.wait.for.this.to.be.over............. I hope everyone knows "this" only refers to some specific issues and not anything overly global or dramatic!!

In spite of this, I am still loving yoga (but not doing it as much as I would like to ideally) and cardio training. I bought some excercise/lifestyle/diet books, but need to actually read/open more than one of them. The cool thing is that this activity does a few things:
1. makes cigarette smoking more disgusting and repulsive to me (that's just me...not judging...just saying).
2. keeps me distracted and busy and my head is not obsessed with current events.
3.oh, my....could I possibly look better and lose a little weight in the process?!! Who knew!
4. provides me a bit of future insurance on my general health status

It's enough to make me feel a little bit better about everything else.
I am looking forward to checking out an Ashram next weekend in Boulder with a friend of mine. It's a lot closer than India and I think the bugs are smaller. Yoga, meditation and vegetarian lunch (okay, what veggies???...arghh...)...

I will check in soon!
Have a great week!