It's been day 2 since I have been feeling better and for that, I am thankful. Very thankful. I was taking for granted what it was like to be well and feeling good. I was starting to think that the past 3 weeks were going to be with me for quite a long time and that was starting to depress me. However, not the case, the sickness, cold, allergies, whatever it was is now gone and I can focus on my health and well-being again... YAY!
I had some random thoughts in my head as I was driving home from work last night. I was starting to think of snacks and what we feed our kids and what we teach them about food. I think it came from the last conversation at work that I had with a co-worker about what we give our kids and how we teach them what is good to eat. I remember when I was little my mom would give me a snack bag of cheetos or a snack pack size of M&M's when she picked me up, however, I ALSO remember how my mom always had fresh apple slices or orange slices for me for an after school snack. My mom did a really good job of keeping me on point with snacks and trying to eat right. She did good with me on moderation for things, I wasn't allowed to pig out and I was a very active child...I danced, played tennis, ran outside, and was always riding a bike up and down the street and around the neighborhood. Also I was skinny growing up, I wasn't an overweight child. I didn't have issues with that till my underactive thyroid which started in my 20s and all the weight I am trying to lose now came on. I was just thinking how processed my meals were though growing up, tacos, spaghetti, pizza, etc. Sometimes we had chicken, beef, etc...but I remember more the eating out or "quick" meals. Again, it didn't affect me so much I love my parents very much, just was thinking about the food we ate growing up and how times have changed and how my mindset has changed so much now. I can't even think about fast food now without thinking of the consequences, amazing how my mind has gone there since starting this journey. Now I enjoy fresh food, natural products, and an occasional treat of eating/dining out and again, it's all in moderation.
Marty and I have talked about if and when we have a kid how we would make sure they are educated properly on food, nutrition, and exercise. We want our child to grow up healthy and strong. In this regard, I have to give some great credit to my sister, she is doing a great job changing their eating habits, educating my niece, and her and my brother in law are cooking and starting to think healthy too.
Now onto last night.....first things first, on May 26th I will be running a 3k with Courtney. She told me about this run her camp that she works at every summer does and I thought that was great, it's something to work for, a goal and non scale achievement in my life. I was never really a runner growing up as a kid (blame the asthma and the military doctors for not listening to my mom that I always had it) even though somehow I got by with playing tennis all four years of high school with no problem and that required running, so I guess somehow I was a runner in a different way. Anyway, I hadn't been to the gym in 3 weeks or done any kind of workout since being sick....well, even before getting there I was nervous...wondering how would my body react, would I get winded, would I be okay?? Well low and behold, I was just fine! I was SHOCKED! I got on the treadmill with Marty on my left on a treadmill to run with me and Courtney on the other treadmill on my right....I started the warm up and walked for 5 mins, then started running, it felt great, I had no desire to slow down and walk till about 9 mins in....I took a min break, slowed down, got some water then ran again and I only took one more minute break and basically ran 98% of the time for 20 mins!! I was so proud of myself. I was going to try the C25K program day 1 week 1, however, I think I need to try week 3 of the program since I have been running before being sick. I ran a distance of 1.83 miles so 2/3rds of the way to the 3k I have to run in May.....very excited! Today, my calf muscles are killing me though, LOL.
Weight and Measurement update: I weighed in last week however, I am going to try very hard to just weighing in one day a week (Saturday mornings). I am down 29.4 pds as of last week. I haven't been at this weight I am at now (in the 160s) in over 6+ years...last time I weighed this was back in 2006...I am very proud of my accomplishment and these last 12 pds to my 1st goal will be a struggle, but I am willing to do what needs to be done. I also need to get back to measuring myself and will do that at the end of this month, going to try and do that on the 15th and 30th of the month going forward.
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