Percolating

Last night I completed my second workout of the Couch to 5K program.  Compared to the first workout, it was harder in some ways and easier in others.  I knew I could push through the pain of my body protesting to the exercise I’ve so long avoided but I didn’t have the sheer excitement and anticipation I enjoyed for the first workout.  The walk/run went well and I am looking forward to my next workout tomorrow.  

I did receive my workout plan from the exercise specialist at the weight loss program at work and I was incredibly disappointed.  Basically, everyone got the same paper that listed different equipment and how long and at what setting you should exercise at to increase duration from 15 minutes to 45 minutes over a 12 week period.  I was hoping for something a little more individually tailored.  Needless to say, I’m going to stick with my workout plan and not use theirs.

On a different note, I’ve been trying to come up with a plan for endevour number 1, trying to merge the desires of being a SAHM and making money.  I briefly considered the different medical type jobs that are possible from home (trascription, billing) and decided they weren’t from me.  Then I read about people doing paralegal work from home.  For a while in my life, I wanted to be a lawyer, so that sounded good, but it seemed like you could only do that work from home after working in the field for years.  That isn’t helpful when I want to start at home ASAP, not in 5 years.  Then, I was flipping through a book, 101 Businesses You Can Start with Less Than One Thousand Dollars: For Stay-at-Home Moms and Dads, and it mentioned a career as a life coach.  As I read more about it, I started to get really interested.  Actually, a life coach sounds like exactly what I need right now to help me succeed with my five endeavors, but I’m trying to coach myself instead.  Life coaching sounds pretty neat, helping people to achieve the goals they set for themselves to make their lives better.  I’ve been looking into a few courses that I could take electronically and I’m trying to give the idea some time to percolate so I can figure out if I’m interested because it is a new idea or because I could really see myself becoming a life coach.  For now, I’m definitely leaning towards the latter.  If you have any resources or insights you’d like to share on life coaching, I’d love for you to do so!

And this is me...

Earlier, I gave you hints of who I am.  I figure you deserve a more thorough introduction and an explanation of why you want to be my friend. 

Six and a half years ago, I moved here, away from all my friends and family, for my job in the engineering field.  It was an exciting time!  I met my husband in the same training session that facilitated the post-it conversations I mentioned before.  My husband, M, and I got married over 4 years ago.  We welcomed our son, W, into the world in December of last year. 

Motherhood is not what I expected.  I love it more than I thought was possible!  One of the many things I’m trying to sort through is my deep, very strong desire to become a stay-at-home mom versus the fear of losing financial stability or a comfortable lifestyle for my son. 

The other items I’m trying to juggle are:

1. SAH Mom vs work (mentioned above)

2. How to manage my household using weekends and the limited time I have after I get home from work during the week

3. How to lose weight and get fit

3a. How to fit exercise into my already stuffed schedule

3b. How to stick to a nutrition plan when sometimes I really just don’t want to cook

4. How to avoid losing my religion in the bustle of everything else.

5. And above all else, keeping as much time as possible to spend time with my son and husband.

We’ll call these my five endeavors.

I’m hoping that you, as my friend, will help me in these efforts.  Items 1-3 have been huge stressers for me recently so I plan on writing to you about these a LOT.

If you want, I’d love an introduction of who you are!  Let me know in the comments.