Day 6 NaHeBloPoMo:
Write a #ListOf3 Things that you're thankful for / excited about / or inspired by...
I realize this is Day 5's, but I didn't have anything to talk about for either options on Day 6 and I wanted to do both Day 5!
I am thankful for my health. All things considered, I'm very glad that I can still walk, run, throw a ball, and most importantly breathe—all without real hindrances. Even as I continue to improve aches and pains, my skin, my energy, and other smaller aspects, I am still happy with my health.
I am thankful for choices. I have the choice to eat and do what I want. If I choose to eat poorly, that is my choice and I cannot blame anyone else for my health.
I am inspired by the Earth. It probably seems rather silly to say, but the beauty, strength, and love that the world has, is such an inspiration. I aspire to be beautiful inside and out; to learn and nurture; to leave a piece of wisdom for the future; to love unconditionally; and to live without fear.
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Day 6 NaNoWriMo:
Needless to say, this has fallen by the wayside! I hope to try to play catchup, but cripes... I fear that I will only continue to not reach the daily goal and eventually give up. I'm happy to hear that my boyfriend is still at it (though I think he's behind as well) and refuses to give up!
I am going to a trivia night at 9 tonight and I think I'll just hang out after work and write until that time. Should give me plenty of it!
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Week 3, Day 16 Eating for Energy:
Had a long talk with my boyfriend last night because he's been noticing a change since I became vegan and gone High Raw. I don't have as much energy...there seems to be something missing. I had that DHA level issue once I went raw and perhaps it's still plaguing me. But he's right. There has been something off. Now, I like being vegan and I love eating as raw as possible for health, sustainability, and humanitarian reasons, but there is something going on.
It could easily just be that I am not working out. Before when I had super amounts of energy I had the workout aspect of my life down and just needed to get a handle on the eating part. I worked out quite a bit and it always gave me lots of energy. He used to beg me to try to get more than 5 hours of sleep (5-6 seemed to work for me). Now, I get 8, and I'm still tired all the time. I don't have the energy to get up in the mornings and hit the gym like I used to. So what gives?
Since he wants to try to eat healthy also, he asked that we see a nutritionist together. There's a holistic one not far from where I live that has great reviews and does a Master Blueprint (I think that's what it's called) where they study your bloodwork and your body and base your nutrition off of what your body actually needs. Now, that is something I'm really interested in and I had an extensive blood panel done before, but the doctor wasn't a nutritionist, therefore we didn't look into that.
I think we'll look into it and see what my body is missing having gone High Raw Vegan.
I did make a green protein smoothie this morning. :) So, if it's protein that I'm missing, I'll at least try to add in some vegan powder to supplement!
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Week 3, Day 16 Fitter U Fitness:
My foot feels so much better today! I don't know why, but it makes me happy. Tomorrow I'm supposed to start my half marathon training! We'll see how that goes.
I picked up some weights last night and did a couple sets of the FUF (haha). My arms are such weaklings!
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Day 2 Meditation Challenge:
I had a better time concentrating today without a cat sitting in my lap. However, the mantra was three words rather than 2 and I kept mispronouncing the last one (I was sitting too far away from the speakers to hear him when he said it). Does that mean it doesn't work? LOL...
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
Health Activist Soapbox & Another Challenge!
PLEASE NOTE: I'm not pretending to be a scientist, doctor, or nutritionist; these are MY thoughts, beliefs, and views. I am always open minded for information.
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Day 5 NaHeBloPoMo:
Why I eat a plant based diet...
It's natural.
If only that word actually held weight with everyone. It doesn't, however, and unfortunately the word has been slightly skewed, especially here in the United States.
The human body is made to process the food that Earth provides. Humans have not evolved to any point in which our system has changed in that regard. It takes a LONG time for that kind of evolution. Clearly industrialization has evolved, but processed, man-made foods are harmful.Our body does not know how to properly digest. Ever thought about what a gummy bear is made of? I have no idea...same with a Twizzlers. Yet, I ate them and I expected my body to know what to do with it. Eating these types of foods can result in them literally being stuck in your intestines for DAYS. Fish will rot in your body for up to five days. That's gross! Think about all the other food that is just sitting in there, waiting to be passed...
On a plant based diet (especially a raw vegan one), I don't have these problems. My body functions and processes food as it was meant to.
Yes, I realize I have had an issue since going this direction, but I do not believe that it is the fault of the diet so much as a fault of what I did to myself in the past. I ate all the wrong foods and became extremely obese. I then went for surgery to help me with this, which has completely rearranged my insides. My body doesn't quite digest like the normal anatomy, which makes me extremely sad that I didn't find this lifestyle prior to, but c'est la vie.
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Day 1 Meditation Challenge
So excited for this and dreading it at the same time. Last challenge I remember them being like 45 minutes long. Since it was literally my first time attempting to meditate this was near to impossible and I freaked out and had to quit 5 minutes in. I was worried that these would be too long as well and that I'd want to quit or not have time to do 45 min every day (I really need to learn to MAKE time for these important things!).
Happily, I found that they weren't long ENOUGH. There is about 5 minutes of explanation at the beginning and less than 10 (or so it seems) of actual meditation and mantra. I actually wanted more at the end!
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All Other Challenges:
Things are still chugging along! Nothing to report, really. I was able to order a gluten free and vegan pizza for lunch. Clearly not raw, but FANTASTIC!
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Day 5 NaHeBloPoMo:
Why I eat a plant based diet...
It's natural.
If only that word actually held weight with everyone. It doesn't, however, and unfortunately the word has been slightly skewed, especially here in the United States.
The human body is made to process the food that Earth provides. Humans have not evolved to any point in which our system has changed in that regard. It takes a LONG time for that kind of evolution. Clearly industrialization has evolved, but processed, man-made foods are harmful.Our body does not know how to properly digest. Ever thought about what a gummy bear is made of? I have no idea...same with a Twizzlers. Yet, I ate them and I expected my body to know what to do with it. Eating these types of foods can result in them literally being stuck in your intestines for DAYS. Fish will rot in your body for up to five days. That's gross! Think about all the other food that is just sitting in there, waiting to be passed...
On a plant based diet (especially a raw vegan one), I don't have these problems. My body functions and processes food as it was meant to.
Yes, I realize I have had an issue since going this direction, but I do not believe that it is the fault of the diet so much as a fault of what I did to myself in the past. I ate all the wrong foods and became extremely obese. I then went for surgery to help me with this, which has completely rearranged my insides. My body doesn't quite digest like the normal anatomy, which makes me extremely sad that I didn't find this lifestyle prior to, but c'est la vie.
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Day 1 Meditation Challenge
So excited for this and dreading it at the same time. Last challenge I remember them being like 45 minutes long. Since it was literally my first time attempting to meditate this was near to impossible and I freaked out and had to quit 5 minutes in. I was worried that these would be too long as well and that I'd want to quit or not have time to do 45 min every day (I really need to learn to MAKE time for these important things!).
Happily, I found that they weren't long ENOUGH. There is about 5 minutes of explanation at the beginning and less than 10 (or so it seems) of actual meditation and mantra. I actually wanted more at the end!
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All Other Challenges:
Things are still chugging along! Nothing to report, really. I was able to order a gluten free and vegan pizza for lunch. Clearly not raw, but FANTASTIC!
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Bags & Headaches
Day 4 NaHeBloPoMo:
Write about what’s in your bag / purse / backpack every day...
The bag and purse I carry to work Monday through Friday kind of differs from my weekend one only because I have the items readily available. I also have bought extra items that I just leave at work so I don't have to bother carrying so much.
My bag that contains:
handwritten journal
challenge paperwork
water bottle
Kindle (not every day)
lunch
snacks
My purse contains:
cell phone
Write about what’s in your bag / purse / backpack every day...
The bag and purse I carry to work Monday through Friday kind of differs from my weekend one only because I have the items readily available. I also have bought extra items that I just leave at work so I don't have to bother carrying so much.
My bag that contains:
handwritten journal
challenge paperwork
water bottle
Kindle (not every day)
lunch
snacks
My purse contains:
cell phone
billfold
Tylenol
Hair tie
various lip colors
...alright, so my bag and purse are really boring! I do drink tea every morning while driving to work (sometimes green juice). Sometimes I have a bag of workout gear, especially on Wednesday for volleyball practice.
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Day 4 NaNoWriMo:
I'm trying to play catch up right now as we watch some football. Good stuff.
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Week 2, Day 14 Eating For Energy:
Yesterday we wound up leaving the After Halloween Party early because I had a horrific headache. I still have one this evening as well. I'm assuming it's from the drinks. I barely had 2 little plastic cups full (in fact I lost one cup somewhere - haha) of the white. I did try some homemade sangria... perhaps it was the mixing that got me? I don't know. I've had a TON of water and made sure to drink a ton before going.
I had some interesting dreams all morning that consisted of me drinking delicious water. Needless to say, I realized my body was trying to tell me something and I got up at 5 and drank a ton. Been drinking ever since! Sadly it's not really helped.
Been impressed with my weekend consumption :) My salad was fantastic. I had some store bought hummus, which, again, I was completely unimpressed with! ARGH! I need to just give up and make my own...it's just so time consuming (and I'm lazy).
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Updates & Conversations
This morning we had our Operation Kindness Shelter Orientation. It's a no kill shelter not far from my place. I nearly missed getting up! I had set my alarm for 6, but either I slept through it (has never happened), miss set it (I know I checked...), or somehow turned it off? I do remember waking up and thinking that my friend from France was still here and that we were late!
I woke up only because my boyfriend called to ask a question. Lucky me!
It was good, though I was a little annoyed by a child there who's mother was content with letting her run all over.
I was also not too fond of using choke chains on the dogs when walking them. We used them on our dogs on the ranch when training them to walk along side us, but that was for training and being on a ranch, we never had to use it beyond. But, they are cheap and easy to get on the dogs... I was quickly scheming up fundraising events to get them better options...or pondering how much it would cost if I went out and bought them on my own.
Anyway, the facilities are way awesome. It's sad to see them in little kennels, but there's only so much that can be done. The kittens were awesome :) I foresee many pit stops after work to play with them.
My own cat was very interested in figuring out what smells I had going on my shoes and clothes when I got home -- haha.
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Day 3 NaHeBloPoMo:
A post about a conversation with your doctor...
There is kind of a huge lead up to this conversation, however if you wish to read about it, you can do so here. There are some prior posts and posts after that talk about it as well.
Long story short, I started going to a woman's specialist doctor in order to diagnose why I had been on my period for over a month, had no energy, and was seemingly PMSing (as my boyfriend can attest). We did extensive blood work to figure out that my DHA levels were extremely low to which she put me on a hormone cream to correct.
But, since this was a new doctor I wanted to have a talk with her about natural health care. I had honestly hoped to find a naturopathic doctor, but sadly my health insurance didn't cover it (and there's only a couple in the Dallas area).
I'm all about natural cures and not pumping ones body full of, what I consider, toxins. I'm also vegan and practice a high raw diet. It's quite a controversial topic, but I, like other raw food eaters, don't think that the human body needs as much protein as we're lead to believe And I highly am all for eating what the Earth provides. It's what our bodies were made to eat; not animal flesh or processed foods. That is, of course, another blog post all together.
Anyway, this new doctor prescribed more protein. She said I could easily substitute with vegan protein powders as many of her vegan patients do. I was kind of disappointed to hear that she thought I needed more protein, despite my levels being perfect and having been High Raw (if not 100%) for months. It really makes me wonder about our country. We are so food and business driven here and the Beef industry as well as others have their hands in EVERYthing. It's a wonder we're all large and sick.
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Day 3 NaNoWriMo:
Haven't written today yet...errrm. I have a Halloween party tonight. I might have to crank out extra words tomorrow!
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Week 2, Day 13 Eating For Energy:
I made this massaged kale salad last night with an avocado, lime, lemon, cashew, and seasoning dressing. Added in some grape tomatoes, onion, hemp, and sunflower seeds. SO FANTASTIC. It made a ton, so I had 3 meals out of it. Literally all I've eaten today, I just realized. Oh well.
I bought some organic wine (red and white) that has only natural occurring sulfites (I remembered what I was looking for in a wine as soon as I read it on the label!). Oddly the brand Frey was the only one at this small Whole Foods that had it. Everything else just said organic grapes and then listed sulfites on the back. Hopefully this brand is good? It was on sale and only $10 a bottle...haha.
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Week 2, Day 13 Fitter U Fitness:
Haven't done anything today. Sadness. Perhaps I can get the boyfriend to go for a bike ride or a walk (foot pending) tomorrow.
I woke up only because my boyfriend called to ask a question. Lucky me!
It was good, though I was a little annoyed by a child there who's mother was content with letting her run all over.
I was also not too fond of using choke chains on the dogs when walking them. We used them on our dogs on the ranch when training them to walk along side us, but that was for training and being on a ranch, we never had to use it beyond. But, they are cheap and easy to get on the dogs... I was quickly scheming up fundraising events to get them better options...or pondering how much it would cost if I went out and bought them on my own.
Anyway, the facilities are way awesome. It's sad to see them in little kennels, but there's only so much that can be done. The kittens were awesome :) I foresee many pit stops after work to play with them.
My own cat was very interested in figuring out what smells I had going on my shoes and clothes when I got home -- haha.
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Day 3 NaHeBloPoMo:
A post about a conversation with your doctor...
There is kind of a huge lead up to this conversation, however if you wish to read about it, you can do so here. There are some prior posts and posts after that talk about it as well.
Long story short, I started going to a woman's specialist doctor in order to diagnose why I had been on my period for over a month, had no energy, and was seemingly PMSing (as my boyfriend can attest). We did extensive blood work to figure out that my DHA levels were extremely low to which she put me on a hormone cream to correct.
But, since this was a new doctor I wanted to have a talk with her about natural health care. I had honestly hoped to find a naturopathic doctor, but sadly my health insurance didn't cover it (and there's only a couple in the Dallas area).
I'm all about natural cures and not pumping ones body full of, what I consider, toxins. I'm also vegan and practice a high raw diet. It's quite a controversial topic, but I, like other raw food eaters, don't think that the human body needs as much protein as we're lead to believe And I highly am all for eating what the Earth provides. It's what our bodies were made to eat; not animal flesh or processed foods. That is, of course, another blog post all together.
Anyway, this new doctor prescribed more protein. She said I could easily substitute with vegan protein powders as many of her vegan patients do. I was kind of disappointed to hear that she thought I needed more protein, despite my levels being perfect and having been High Raw (if not 100%) for months. It really makes me wonder about our country. We are so food and business driven here and the Beef industry as well as others have their hands in EVERYthing. It's a wonder we're all large and sick.
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Day 3 NaNoWriMo:
Haven't written today yet...errrm. I have a Halloween party tonight. I might have to crank out extra words tomorrow!
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Week 2, Day 13 Eating For Energy:
I made this massaged kale salad last night with an avocado, lime, lemon, cashew, and seasoning dressing. Added in some grape tomatoes, onion, hemp, and sunflower seeds. SO FANTASTIC. It made a ton, so I had 3 meals out of it. Literally all I've eaten today, I just realized. Oh well.
I bought some organic wine (red and white) that has only natural occurring sulfites (I remembered what I was looking for in a wine as soon as I read it on the label!). Oddly the brand Frey was the only one at this small Whole Foods that had it. Everything else just said organic grapes and then listed sulfites on the back. Hopefully this brand is good? It was on sale and only $10 a bottle...haha.
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Week 2, Day 13 Fitter U Fitness:
Haven't done anything today. Sadness. Perhaps I can get the boyfriend to go for a bike ride or a walk (foot pending) tomorrow.
Friday, November 2, 2012
The Freaking Weekend!
Is ALMOST here!!
Lately I've really been working for the weekends. UGH. Work has been slow (oddly not today, but I'm still taking time to do this). Honestly it's been this way since I started working here in February. I've had a couple crazy days, but for the most part I don't do much. You'd think I'd love this because I can do my own writing, but I don't. I feel guilty doing anything but work, so rather than actually do anything productive for myself (I've done some freelance before, but that's about it) I just twiddle my thumbs and waste time. Wasting time helps nobody and because my to-do list continues to pile on, I just get stressed out.
I was doing one of the exercises in the Eating For Energy and realized I stress over a lot of things. It kind of sucks. Yet, I continue this way.
I don't even know how to change it, really. I guess I need to drop some things in my life. But what? If I could drop work I'd do it in a heartbeat! HAH!
Anyway...
Along with the weekend comes more challenges. Weekends tend to be the worst times for me. I have horrible self control and temptations are all around me. I've seen this really bad this week at work. Not even with Halloween (I haven't seen any candy here, thankfully), just with other food. I've decided and been trying to convince myself that I just don't like things in order to not eat them. Right now I do not like chocolate, gluten, dairy, or soy. The first three are obvious, but they really, really tempt me. The soy, though...I've realized lately that soy and I just don't get along. I actually kind of knew that years ago. My brother would get really sick off anything that contained soy and I realized that when I ate it, I had some of the same symptoms. I've never been a huge tofu eater and I'm just not noticing that a lot of vegan foods have soy, which sucks.
Guess it's all the more reason to eat whole foods and not buy stuff!
I have a Halloween party this weekend. I WILL be partaking in some wine, though I'm going to be buying organic wine with less...whatever it is I'm supposed to be looking for. I'll have to go look that up.
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Day 2 NaHeBloPoMo:
Find a quote and use it as inspiration...
I found this quote awhile ago (I'm pretty sure it was in a Daily Love email) and made this graphic so I could pin it in my cubicle. It sits behind my monitors so that I see it ALL the time. LOVE IT.
It's definitely something I strive for.
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Day 2 NaNoWriMo:
I wanted to give up last night. I sat with only 700 words on file out of the 1667 (if doing daily). It was extremely disheartening, especially being day one. However, I plugged through it. And then this morning happened where I had doubts about the current story. I wasn't really feeling it and I was feeling another that I had rattling in my brain. I could make up the lost words easily. BUT! After thinking what exactly I'd write about for this new plot, I realized I still wanted to do the old one, but I needed to update it and figure out what was actually going to happen.
I think this is literally all I thought about from 5am until I showed up at work around 8.
So, I'm sticking with the first story with updates, despite knowing I could more easily write the other. The other can wait! I want to tell this tale!
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Week 2, Day 12 Eating for Energy:
Seems so weird to say it's day 12! I don't feel like a complete failure, but there has definitely been some cheating. Needless to say, though, the program doesn't hold the standards as high as I made my own. I'm not supposed to be 100% perfect, nor 100% raw. I didn't know this until I read that there weren't weekend menus. I think this works better for me as long as I can come to terms with the fact that 100% all the time isn't required and not hitting that mark doesn't mean I have failed. That's the part I struggle with the most.
Today, I've had a lot more energy. It's kind of awesome!
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Week 2, Day 12 FitterUFitness:
I hate to say it, but honestly I've not been following it AT ALL. I've done some yoga poses, stretching, walking, and stairs, but I found it hard to do any of the cardio and some of the exercises with my bum foot. I really think I need to see a podiatrist, but I kind of fear them telling me I'll need a surgery or something (I already did on my pinky toe before, which is where the problem is again). I was held up for so long! UGH... I think I'll see how it goes the next week and then proceed from there.
Lately I've really been working for the weekends. UGH. Work has been slow (oddly not today, but I'm still taking time to do this). Honestly it's been this way since I started working here in February. I've had a couple crazy days, but for the most part I don't do much. You'd think I'd love this because I can do my own writing, but I don't. I feel guilty doing anything but work, so rather than actually do anything productive for myself (I've done some freelance before, but that's about it) I just twiddle my thumbs and waste time. Wasting time helps nobody and because my to-do list continues to pile on, I just get stressed out.
I was doing one of the exercises in the Eating For Energy and realized I stress over a lot of things. It kind of sucks. Yet, I continue this way.
I don't even know how to change it, really. I guess I need to drop some things in my life. But what? If I could drop work I'd do it in a heartbeat! HAH!
Anyway...
Along with the weekend comes more challenges. Weekends tend to be the worst times for me. I have horrible self control and temptations are all around me. I've seen this really bad this week at work. Not even with Halloween (I haven't seen any candy here, thankfully), just with other food. I've decided and been trying to convince myself that I just don't like things in order to not eat them. Right now I do not like chocolate, gluten, dairy, or soy. The first three are obvious, but they really, really tempt me. The soy, though...I've realized lately that soy and I just don't get along. I actually kind of knew that years ago. My brother would get really sick off anything that contained soy and I realized that when I ate it, I had some of the same symptoms. I've never been a huge tofu eater and I'm just not noticing that a lot of vegan foods have soy, which sucks.
Guess it's all the more reason to eat whole foods and not buy stuff!
I have a Halloween party this weekend. I WILL be partaking in some wine, though I'm going to be buying organic wine with less...whatever it is I'm supposed to be looking for. I'll have to go look that up.
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Day 2 NaHeBloPoMo:
Find a quote and use it as inspiration...
I found this quote awhile ago (I'm pretty sure it was in a Daily Love email) and made this graphic so I could pin it in my cubicle. It sits behind my monitors so that I see it ALL the time. LOVE IT.
It's definitely something I strive for.
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Day 2 NaNoWriMo:
I wanted to give up last night. I sat with only 700 words on file out of the 1667 (if doing daily). It was extremely disheartening, especially being day one. However, I plugged through it. And then this morning happened where I had doubts about the current story. I wasn't really feeling it and I was feeling another that I had rattling in my brain. I could make up the lost words easily. BUT! After thinking what exactly I'd write about for this new plot, I realized I still wanted to do the old one, but I needed to update it and figure out what was actually going to happen.
I think this is literally all I thought about from 5am until I showed up at work around 8.
So, I'm sticking with the first story with updates, despite knowing I could more easily write the other. The other can wait! I want to tell this tale!
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Week 2, Day 12 Eating for Energy:
Seems so weird to say it's day 12! I don't feel like a complete failure, but there has definitely been some cheating. Needless to say, though, the program doesn't hold the standards as high as I made my own. I'm not supposed to be 100% perfect, nor 100% raw. I didn't know this until I read that there weren't weekend menus. I think this works better for me as long as I can come to terms with the fact that 100% all the time isn't required and not hitting that mark doesn't mean I have failed. That's the part I struggle with the most.
Today, I've had a lot more energy. It's kind of awesome!
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Week 2, Day 12 FitterUFitness:
I hate to say it, but honestly I've not been following it AT ALL. I've done some yoga poses, stretching, walking, and stairs, but I found it hard to do any of the cardio and some of the exercises with my bum foot. I really think I need to see a podiatrist, but I kind of fear them telling me I'll need a surgery or something (I already did on my pinky toe before, which is where the problem is again). I was held up for so long! UGH... I think I'll see how it goes the next week and then proceed from there.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Why I write about my health...
I'm not exactly sure how I got on this email list, but I got an email from WEGO Health about National Health Blog Post Month.
I had no idea this existed. I also almost didn't open the email and was hovering over the trash can when I took a longer look at the subject line.
Glad I opened it and checked it out!
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Day 1 NaHeBloPoMo:
I had no idea this existed. I also almost didn't open the email and was hovering over the trash can when I took a longer look at the subject line.
Glad I opened it and checked it out!
Are you excited? 'Cause I'm excited! Another challenge! This makes how many challenges now? The answer is A LOT. I don't know why, but there's something about it that makes me giddy. I realized that several of my challenges involve writing now. YEAH! Actually, they all do if I journal each thing, which I need to.
Since there's so many I might have to do little sections for each in my daily blogs. Just quick "how it's going" type blurbs.
I received NaHeBloPoMo's (seriously? ...hahaha) Prompts PDF, which looks like it gives you a couple topics/questions to choose from for daily blogging. I'm hoping that I don't have to ONLY do these and that I can talk about whatever. I'm assuming so. Not that I don't want to do them...they just don't really tickle my fancy upon first glance. Perhaps they'll make me delve into topics I've never thought about.
First one!
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Day 1 NaHeBloPoMo:
Why I write about my health...
It keeps me accountable. It lets me reflect on my choices for the day, my thoughts, and ultimately allows me to think out loud without looking like a crazy person talking to myself (which I totally do driving alone in the car).
Having written about my health in the past, I can easily go back and review what worked back then and what didn't, how I've fallen into the same ruts and what I've done to flourish into the person I currently am. It's quite interesting!
I also write about my health because I use it as a personal journal. I realize that I can easily lie to myself, but if I'm writing it down there's no REASON to. It's silly to pretend that I lead a perfect life and I don't want to leave details out, especially when I KNOW I'm not being honest. That is what this is for. Honesty.
Walk From Obesity
I never mentioned that I went to the 2012 Walk From Obesity on Saturday!
Two bloggers (eggface & meltingmama) that I followed a WHOLE lot after my Gastric Bypass (I also never mentioned this, but I'm sure I'll talk about it at a later point) were attending here in Dallas. If you visit their pages, you'll actually see a picture of all three of us! :)
My boyfriend joined me, which was nice. It was 40-something degrees out and the grass was wet from either their watering or it having rained and I didn't notice. Either way, since my foot still ached I wore flat slip on shoes, which failed on many accounts:
On to today...
Meditation, stretching, warm water and lemon, lots of water...that was my morning. I got 8 hours of sleep, which is awesome.
I've had coffee. It has me really wired. It also will hurt me later. I think my toe is still hurting because of inflammation. I need to get this down!
I went and bought the raw kale salad at Whole Foods today. I've really enjoyed it in the past, but not today. Mine tastes so much better. I like that my taste buds change to enjoy more fresh and whole foods.
On the way back from lunch I climbed the 10 flights of stairs. I thought, since I've not been able to workout (woe is my foot! such a lame excuse), that I'd wind up dying, but I did well! I was huffing, but not as bad as I thought I would. I love stairs!
NaNoWriMo and NaHeBloPoMo started today. In order to get to the 50,000 words for NaNoWriMo this month I'm supposed to write 1,6667 each day. I did 1,817. YEAH! Now if I can only keep it up!
Two bloggers (eggface & meltingmama) that I followed a WHOLE lot after my Gastric Bypass (I also never mentioned this, but I'm sure I'll talk about it at a later point) were attending here in Dallas. If you visit their pages, you'll actually see a picture of all three of us! :)
My boyfriend joined me, which was nice. It was 40-something degrees out and the grass was wet from either their watering or it having rained and I didn't notice. Either way, since my foot still ached I wore flat slip on shoes, which failed on many accounts:
- They got so muddy! -- I will have to wash them.
- My feet were freezing! -- Because I didn't wear socks.
- I couldn't run! -- Okay, so I couldn't run anyway, but doing a 5K walk REALLY makes me want to run. There were several individuals that did! Kudos to them!
- The side kept folding in! -- Because they were getting wet, the side kept folding under my foot...so obnoxious
On to today...
Meditation, stretching, warm water and lemon, lots of water...that was my morning. I got 8 hours of sleep, which is awesome.
I've had coffee. It has me really wired. It also will hurt me later. I think my toe is still hurting because of inflammation. I need to get this down!
I went and bought the raw kale salad at Whole Foods today. I've really enjoyed it in the past, but not today. Mine tastes so much better. I like that my taste buds change to enjoy more fresh and whole foods.
On the way back from lunch I climbed the 10 flights of stairs. I thought, since I've not been able to workout (woe is my foot! such a lame excuse), that I'd wind up dying, but I did well! I was huffing, but not as bad as I thought I would. I love stairs!
NaNoWriMo and NaHeBloPoMo started today. In order to get to the 50,000 words for NaNoWriMo this month I'm supposed to write 1,6667 each day. I did 1,817. YEAH! Now if I can only keep it up!
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