Week 2 Holiday Health Challenge (Stress Buster)

How did we all do last week? I pretty much failed but that's OK new week new start. I didn't work out once. I'm trying to figure out a schedule for graveyards and working out and all that fun stuff. No excuses but I'm going to do better this week for sure. I bought a bag of tangerines and a huge and I mean huge bag of carrots from Winco. So I've been munching on those all week. I also made some homemade chili which is packed with veggies, protein, and fiber. 

This weeks theme is Stress Buster week. Again you need to do 30 minutes of physical activity 3 days this week. Also:

Leave 10-15 minutes earlier than you normally would for something this week.

Get up when your alarm goes off. Don't hit the snooze button for a day.

Make a "To-Do-List" for 2 days this week.

Give up caffeinated beverages for 2 days this week.

Share a joke with a friend.

Go to a quite place to relax/ meditate for 10 minutes.

Good luck and enjoy this wonderful season!

Holiday Health Challenge

Guess who's back... Lindsey! And guess who want to try and still be healthier and lose weight...Lindsey! Last winter when I was working at 1800Contacts they had this program during the holiday's called the "Holiday Health Challenge" and I still had the paper so I thought heck why not?! I thought about it a week too late but there is still 6 weeks left in the program. What my plan is I will post the Challenges for the week on the blog and whoever reads this dang thing is more than happy to join in the fun! The next week I will post how I did with the new weeks challenges. Each week also has a theme. This weeks theme is Paint Your Plate.

Eat a total of 5 fruits and vegetables a day, for 5 days this week.

Try a new fruit or vegetable.

Swap juice for a piece of fruit.

Get 20-30grams of fiber in a day this week.

Eat a salad for lunch or dinner this week. Watch what type of dressing you use.

Choose a fruit or vegetable for a snack 2 times this week.

Do 30 min of physical activity for 3 days this week.

Good Luck! 

Parry Family in Town

A few weeks ago the whole Parry family was in town. Mom, Dad, Jason, Karlie, Josslyn, Trevor, Amy, Ava, Savannah, Ben, Lindsey, Morgan...what a flipping blast! It was so fun! We went apple picking at Karlie's uncles house, we went to wheeler farm saw the animals, went on a hay ride, picked out pumpkins in a pumpkin patch, carved/painted pumpkins, had family pictures taken with a tripod, had a fire in the backyard and roasted mallows. Oh goodness! 

Me and Joss picking apples

Ben helping Joss and Ava feed the duckies

Grandpa, Joss, Linds, Ava, and Ben looking at the sheep

Everyones pumpkins minus the neices

Sweet Baby Savannah

Roasted Mallows around the fire pit

Family Picture

Another Family Picture (This ones my favorite)

Provo Halloween Half Marathon

On Oct. 31st we ran the Provo Halloween half Marathon. We had decided that since packet pickup was in Provo the night before we had booked a hotel in Provo so that we didn't have to drive home and then all the way back early early Saturday morning. After we picked up the packets we grabbed some dinner and then checked into the hotel and realized we had forgotten a very important bag at home. So we drove all the way home and back again and during this drive we decided that we would be willing to just wake up early the next year and drive to Provo for the race and save the money on the hotel and have all of our running stuff available at home with us. Anyways, the next morning we had to be to the University Mall by 6am to load buses which took us up Provo canyon. It was a bit unorganized they had quite a few buses and then some of the bus drivers didn't know where to drop us off at and we couldn't see out the windows which was probably a good thing because I have no idea how close we were to the edge of the road/cliff. Finally, they figured out where to drop us off at and there was a huge tent where we waited for about 2 1/2 hours while they just had music playing and a costume contest. It kinda stunk because you're all hyped up and then you wait 2 1/2 hours they hyped upness kinda wears off. It was crazy to see all of the funny costumes though. 

The race finally started at about 930am. It was absolutely gorgeous running down Provo Canyon. Running downhill has it's pro's and con's. For not training for this race basically at all the first 6-7miles went by super quick for me. Ben is a tad bit faster than me so we didn't run it together. He finished in about 3 hours and I did it in about 3 hours 10 min. Not too shabby.

Life isn't about the destination but the journey that gets us there...

Ain't that the truth.

So Ben and the Army. Well the day he was supposed to leave for basic training he went in for a required shipping medical exam and they found some issues with his knees? Long story short they medically discharged him and he was never even able to ship to basic.

I am working at Intermountain Healthcare as a CNA. I'm in the float pool which means for each shift I get sent where they need me between 4 different hospitals and about 13 different floors. It's nice because I learn so much in each different department. I kind of wish I was in one single department though sometimes. I'm also working graveyards which is really messing with my sleep schedule. I work 3 12 hour shifts. I do whats called "sitting" a lot. I'm assigned 1 patient and I sit in or outside their room and monitor them. Since I work graves they are usually sleeping. I get a lot of reading done. I do enjoy my job most days though. However, don't ask me my nursing/career plans cause I have no flipping idea and I might freak out on you!

Ben is also working at Intermountain Healthcare. We are awesome like that! He is a registrar which is basically checking people in. Right now he is only trained in ER (I'm a tad jealous) but he is scheduled to be  trained in other departments. He loves his job! He is only on call right now but is waiting for full time positions to open up.

We are scheduled to run the Provo Halloween Half Marathon on the 29th of this month. So... last time we did the salt lake marathon I trained hard core I never missed a date. This time around ... not so great. Saturday Ben and I were like we need to run so we decided to run from our apartment to my parents house which is about 6.5 miles...we did it. It was more of a run walk but we did it. I'm a little sore but it felt so good! I think I'm going to dress up as an 80's chic not sure if Ben's dressing up or not.

We are both taking Biology this semester. IT SUCKS! Power points are the worst! That's all my teacher does. 4 tests and attendance is extra credit that is all your grade consists of. LAME!

And that's Life...As we know it.

IHC and Basic Training

Well the title basically sums it up. I am so happy I was offered a job with Intermountain Healthcare as a float pool C.N.A. Float pool basically means I have a set shift but each shift I work at a different hospital in the valley. It is going to give me great experiences and many opportunities. I have orientations next week and then I will have 9 days of training and then I will start my shift which will be 3-12hour shifts graveyards. I chose graveyards because I think it will work out nice while Ben is gone at basic training. Speaking of basic training Ben leaves in about 1 1/2 weeks well actually less because he has drill next weekend and then leaves that Monday. Oh goodness. Its just 15 weeks right? I'm really going to miss him but it will all be OK and he will be home in no time. I'm going to try to keep myself busy hopefully working 2 jobs, pre-reqs for nursing school, training for a half marathon and get back into dancing...we'll see :)

Here's the deal with whats going on lately...

Ben swore into the Utah National Gaurd on July 31. He is leaving for Basic training and AIT (Advanced Individual Training) on August 22nd he will be gone for 15 weeks total with a small break over Christmas.

I took my C.N.A. test and passed! Whew! I've been applying for C.N.A. jobs and its so nice because I have a great job at 1800contacts so I can be picky about the C.N.A. jobs. I've had 2 job offers so far.

We moved into a new apartment that is in the middle of no where and we love it! It has some awesome trails nearby for biking and running that we are hoping to try out soon.

Here are some pics of the inside of our place. It's huge with a huge kitchen that I love .... of course.