It’s 4:30 in the morning and I can’t sleep. So, I thought I would update my page. It has been over a month since I posted. Gosh, how time slips by!
Dean has been traveling with Alex for 12 days now. I am so proud of him. He and Alex are “Making Fire” all over the US! I love hearing the excitement in Dean’s voice when he shares with me some of the stories of the lives he has touched. I guess if we have to be apart at least I know it’s for a good reason.
But, I do miss him. I don’t like living like I am single. I miss his daily companionship and his touch. I do not like sleeping in our bed alone. Like the Police song says, “The bed’s too big without you.” But, I love technology! I get to see Dean with iChat and iSight. It makes his being away far more bearable.
Now, I am looking forward to Wednesday. I get on a plane and fly to New York where Dean and I will meet up and spend 5 days together!!! We are celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary. (It was on September 14th.)
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Since Dean has been away I have been doing a liver cleanse. Unfortunately, I’ve reached the dreaded plateau in my diet and workouts. So, it’s time to get serious and kick it up a notch.
MY GOAL:
A six-pack by Christmas! And, of course, toned thighs, hips and butt too! (We are going to Hawaii in December and I want to wear a bikini without having anything bulging or wiggling if you know what I mean! HAHA)
MY EATING PLAN:
I am starting off with the Fat Flush. It’s all about getting your liver functioning right so that your body can metabolize fat properly. I have been on the plan 12 days. It’s incredible. I feel good and have already lost 5 pounds and inches too!
MY WORKOUTS: Currently, I am doing a weight class and a kick boxing class. I will probably add a Hot Yoga class to my list (but I’ll talk more about that in another blog). I also decided to hire a personal trainer. I think my kick boxing teacher, Sally, inspired me the most. She is 15 years my senior and is in better shape than me! I can’t believe the things she has conditioned her body to do. Sally works with a trainer so I figure if I want a six-pack by Christmas I probably need to work with a trainer too. Sally recommended Ramon at my gym. I signed up last Saturday! I will start working with him right when I get back from New York. Can’t wait!
Does anybody have fitness or diet stories to share? Or even a good, healthy recipe? Let’s chat!
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September 17, 2006 at 6:13 am
Sam.
Hey Tina! Good to see you posting again. We miss you guys! Happy anniversary by the way…hope you have a great time in New York!!
September 17, 2006 at 6:32 am
mixedmoss
I’m in a rut at the moment. I’ve found that looking forward to the endorphin rush isn’t enough to make working out enjoyable for me. I have to find something that I already enjoy doing. So for me, the best way to work out is to take a dance class, play soccer, ride a bike.
Of course I’m broke right now and I live in very hilly part of town; but I’m going to start playing soccer with a friend of mine soon. So hopefully that will kick-start things for me.
Good luck with that bikini! I doubt I will ever get to the point where absolutely nothing jiggles. But then, you’re from California, and I’ve noticed that nobody who isn’t thin and beautiful is from there lol.
September 17, 2006 at 3:44 pm
Deana
Happy Anniversary…hope you have a great time in NYC…I’ve always wanted to go there!
September 18, 2006 at 6:26 am
dean
I’m waking up to a view of downtown Montreal this morning and wishing you were here. As beautiful as this place is, being here without you is like looking at it through only one eye.
I’m so thankful for my wife. Words cannot express. I was swapping stories a couple of days ago with Mike Harris in Detroit when I told him that Christina coming into my life was without question the single greatest act of confirming love by God that I have ever experienced at the hands of another person. I still can’t explain it, but she wanted me when no one else did and embraced me when I was at the lowest point ever.
So resolute was her love that I questioned at first whether she was emotionally stableâ€â€perhaps a codependent looking to fix someone, or worse. But no, she simply loved me (though I doubt loving me is ever simple). It still brings tears to my eyes.
So now, after 10 years, she is is proven to be the preeminent human companion of my existenceâ€â€a better lover, wife, mother, partner, and faithful friend than ever. I will have no other.
I will meet her in New York on Wednesday night and spend five uninterrupted days singularly focused on celebrating her existence. I can’t wait.
Sweetheart, you have always deserved someone much better than me, but I will not question your decision. Your love is a ladder that God lowered into the pit where I had fallen. I was so grateful to climb out of that darkness. But even more than escaping the pit, you’ve helped me to keep climbing toward the heavens.
Despite all the time I’ve lost, all the wrong turns that have slowed my journey, and all the tangled mass of imperfections that remain, with you I truly believe I still have a shot at becoming the man I was supposed to be.
I don’t know what better thing a man can say about his lover, but if there is, you deserve that too.
All my love,
Dean
September 20, 2006 at 8:00 am
Tina
Ahhhh my Deanie is amazing.
I am getting on a plane this afternoon and, God willing, by midnight tonight I will be in New York with my baby!!!
September 27, 2006 at 7:19 pm
niza
heeeey… how was your NY trip? bet you guys had the time of your life. anyway, i miss you.
September 30, 2006 at 10:04 am
tina
Hi my beautiful Niza. How are you? Well, our guys are off again to make fire!!! So what are you doing without Alex? I miss Dean and he hasn’t been able to call much this trip. I guess they are super busy =(
So, what have you been up to? find a place yet?
New York was fabulous. I am going to write a new blog this morning and post some pics from the trip.
I miss you so much. The house isn’t the same without my sweet friends around.
I still have the fish although the frog died and so did one other fish. The rest are doing good. I replaced the light and bought new food so I will keep them as long as I can. They will probably eventually end up with Jason and Chrissy’s friend, Matt. He has lots of fish and will be glad to take them off my hands. When that happens I will be sure to get the tank to Ev.
Call me. I love you!
September 30, 2006 at 12:16 pm
foryourglory
Dear Christina and Dean,
I don’t really read many pages if I don’t know the writers,especially comments(just because my days go so fast).
I’m sure you don’t know me,I think I’m a very emotional person,if I’m happy-I dance for hours,if I’m down-I sleep for hours,if I’m hurt-I cry for hours,if I’m sad-I eat for hours,… but the thing is my vulnerable feelings and sensitive stomach affect my skin so easily (that’s why I like to run,because when I sweat it cleanses my body and skin).
I like your plan,Christina!I’d love to share with you from mine.For now, I’d like to suggest to eat watermelon if you want to cleanse your liver,stomach,…inside.It also helps you to stay healthy when you eat too much salt,sugar, or oil…It’s helping my skin.If you haven’t thought and tried it yet,I’m sure you’ll like it too.
The thing I wanted more to share with you is that your husband’s comment made me cry.I don’t understand myself sometimes,because I do wrong things so easily,and then get down so badly.I’d planned to go to the gym yesterday because I hadn’t been exercising much recently,but something happened and I just went to bed.This morning I grabbed my unhealthy “snack.”
I don’t know what made me to read your post and especially even the comments…but I thank God so much for that.
You’ve made me to spend my day happy and healthy.Thank you very much.
May God water and strenghten your love more,and I can’t wait to read you about more “fruits.”
love