Day 4
Ran this morning before work. I passed a lady walking her two dogs who stared at my bare feet. When I got closer to her, she says, "Look at you out here barefoot." I laughed and replied, "Running with shoes hurts my hips." To which she laughed and asked, "So what does this do to your feet?"
Good question!
I felt a small abrasion on the bottom of my right foot while running today. (This foot has a small bunion and becomes swollen when I wear high heels.) It didn't really hurt, in fact I thought I had something stuck to the bottom of my foot. Kyle says this is most likely from pushing off. He suggested lifting my toes first and placing my whole foot down on the ground, that the forward momentum should come from the hips and knee moving forward, and the feet remain relaxed. I will try this as I run tomorrow.
Today's Run:
Distance: .34 miles
Time: approximately 6 minutes
Calories burned: approximately 100
I felt good. I focused on staying relaxed and not bouncy.
Food:
Breakfast: oatmeal
Lunch: handful of almonds, never made it to lunch due to meetings
Dinner: chicken tortilla soup, tortilla chips
Total calories: 750
Felt: hungry at bedtime, but too late to eat more.
Did 30 minutes of yoga before bed.
Starting weight (6/22/2010): 208 lbs
Weight today: 182.5 lbs
Total weight lost: 25.5 lbs
Goal weight: 150 lbs (32.5 lbs to go!)
Target goal date: May 26, 2011 (My original goal was 50 lbs in the year)
It is nice to see the scale moving again. After almost 3 months away from exercise due to vertigo, I was seeing and feeling the results. I had re-gained about 4 lbs and was feeling sluggish and heavy again. Four days into a rhythm again, and I am already feeling motivated. My goal is to have fun with this, not dread the scale, or see this as "work". I work enough as it is, I need play!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
On a roll...
Day 3
Walked barefoot
Distance: 1.15 miles
Time: 21 minutes
3.29 mph
Calories burned: 165
Felt easy, but I enjoyed the walk. It is almost easier to run barefoot than walk barefoot.
Last night I cooked a great healthy meal for myself: Grilled chicken, bow tie wheat, spinach, and tomato pasta, sauteed spinach with garlic, mushrooms and green onions, a sprinkling of fresh Parmesan cheese and piece of roasted garlic sour dough. Tasty!
Yoga before bed let me sleep like a baby and woke up energized!
Tonight will be grilled chicken over red leaf lettuce, with tomatoes, black beans and mango and tortilla chips.
Walked barefoot
Distance: 1.15 miles
Time: 21 minutes
3.29 mph
Calories burned: 165
Felt easy, but I enjoyed the walk. It is almost easier to run barefoot than walk barefoot.
Last night I cooked a great healthy meal for myself: Grilled chicken, bow tie wheat, spinach, and tomato pasta, sauteed spinach with garlic, mushrooms and green onions, a sprinkling of fresh Parmesan cheese and piece of roasted garlic sour dough. Tasty!
Yoga before bed let me sleep like a baby and woke up energized!
Tonight will be grilled chicken over red leaf lettuce, with tomatoes, black beans and mango and tortilla chips.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Language of fun
New Year, new goals, new language
One goal I have is to take charge of my health and well-being. And part of that is through daily activity.
I recently read "Born to Run", by Christopher McDougall, inspiring me to drop the term "workout" and embrace activity instead. He gives solid scientific evidence that humans are designed for distance running, and that running shoes are a primary obstacle to doing so without injury. So here goes!
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/27373346
I started running barefoot again yesterday. The link above is my run from today, twice the distance I ran yesterday. I will not be increasing this quickly every time, but I had energy to burn and kept going today.
Distance .34 miles
Time: approximately 5 minutes (not really sure, just started running!)
Calories burned: Approximately 100
I'll be posting my runs and other activities as I go.
One goal I have is to take charge of my health and well-being. And part of that is through daily activity.
I recently read "Born to Run", by Christopher McDougall, inspiring me to drop the term "workout" and embrace activity instead. He gives solid scientific evidence that humans are designed for distance running, and that running shoes are a primary obstacle to doing so without injury. So here goes!
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/27373346
I started running barefoot again yesterday. The link above is my run from today, twice the distance I ran yesterday. I will not be increasing this quickly every time, but I had energy to burn and kept going today.
Distance .34 miles
Time: approximately 5 minutes (not really sure, just started running!)
Calories burned: Approximately 100
I'll be posting my runs and other activities as I go.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
In the midst of change...
At the new year I like to invest some time in reviewing the previous year. What did I accomplish? Where did I make improvements? How might I want to live, work, love differently? In doing so, I clarify and refine the direction and focus for the new year. It is a process I have been using for the past few years and gives me both reason to celebrate and a template for insightful planning for the direction I choose for my life.
I actively participate with a community of women who share a genuine desire to live authentically and with purpose. Our facilitator is a certified Wolf Clan teacher, sharing Native teachings as taught to her by Seneca Elder, Grandmother Twylah Nitsch. The Goals workshop is a process using a whole-brain approach to living, thinking, dreaming, and experiencing. It uses our senses and the cyclical nature of life to offer meaningful direction. So rather than stating goals from a perspective of what is lacking in my life, I am actively pulling from accomplishment, dream, vision, and experience to walk a path aligned with Spirit.
My experience with this process has been more successful than any New Year's resolution I have tried. One of the greatest components is a monthly check-in throughout the year. One of my downfalls in the past was to start strong and then lose momentum. And somewhere around February I had lost sight of the goal, settling into a complacency of the same old thing.
I am in the midst of this process currently and I am excited! Part of the fun is allowing both my logical, practical side and my creative, intuitive side to have a voice. And believe me when I tell you they are both talking! My goals include creating organization and balance as well as creating room for travel and writing. Once clarified, I will create action plans for each goal, the path.
Life feels so much better with this direction and focus. I am living a life I used to only dream. How cool is that?
I actively participate with a community of women who share a genuine desire to live authentically and with purpose. Our facilitator is a certified Wolf Clan teacher, sharing Native teachings as taught to her by Seneca Elder, Grandmother Twylah Nitsch. The Goals workshop is a process using a whole-brain approach to living, thinking, dreaming, and experiencing. It uses our senses and the cyclical nature of life to offer meaningful direction. So rather than stating goals from a perspective of what is lacking in my life, I am actively pulling from accomplishment, dream, vision, and experience to walk a path aligned with Spirit.
My experience with this process has been more successful than any New Year's resolution I have tried. One of the greatest components is a monthly check-in throughout the year. One of my downfalls in the past was to start strong and then lose momentum. And somewhere around February I had lost sight of the goal, settling into a complacency of the same old thing.
I am in the midst of this process currently and I am excited! Part of the fun is allowing both my logical, practical side and my creative, intuitive side to have a voice. And believe me when I tell you they are both talking! My goals include creating organization and balance as well as creating room for travel and writing. Once clarified, I will create action plans for each goal, the path.
Life feels so much better with this direction and focus. I am living a life I used to only dream. How cool is that?
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