Holy Crap, I Did It!

It’s been awhile since I posted and I have to be honest, things have been going pretty good.  We went away for the weekend and Ashley and I made a plan to do some shopping.  The only store I really wanted to get to was The Running Room – figuring maybe it might inspire me to run.

I tried doing some running during the week – I didn’t get far … literally.  I did some walking, but I wasn’t very successful at the running part – but at least I got out of the house.

I bought a magazine on Friday and in it there was this juice cleanse article and I thought maybe I’d try it.  Cleansing really helps your joints and muscles and mine are sore.  I read the article and made a plan. I located a juicer that I could borrow and when I get back from Halifax, I plan to do the 7 day cleanse.

My first shopping stop in Halifax was The Running Room – what an awesome store!  I really wanted a jacket and something to time me on my runs – 1 minute run, 2 minutes walk X 6.  The guy in the store showed me this watch and it will do 6 sets for me – perfect.  I bought the watch, a water bottle that I can carry around my wrist and a gorgeous jacket – pink!  I figured since I spent so much at that store, I’m going to have to stick to a program.  They gave me this free Running Room magazine and in it are two great articles – one about my osteoarthritis and another one about my plantar faciitus.  Running is not hurtful for either one.  I was happy to read that and the plantar faciitus article tells you how to prevent it from flaring up.

So, in Halifax Ashley wanted to go to Victoria Secret – knowing this wasn’t the store for me, I walked a little further and came across Pink – it’s a sister store of Victoria Secret so I thought what the heck, I’ll go in.  I saw this awesome pair of pajamas bottoms (Capris) and a top.  I thought I’d try them on. Took my usual large size and off to the dressing room.  Much to my surprise they were way too large on me .. yay me!  I ended up getting the medium pants but I wasn’t too happy with the style of the top – it wasn’t $50 nice and that was the price – it was more $14.95 nice … but that’s not how much it was … so I didn’t get it.

We got home around 3pm and I unpacked everything.  John was being all cranky and stuff so I decided I wanted some time alone – I decided to take a nice leisurely walk.  I was gone an hour, just walking around.  I didn’t do any running.  It felt great … not exercise great, just out in the fresh air great.  I promised myself I’d get out running tonight and I did.

I went out for a few groceries first because tomorrow I’m starting my cleanse and I needed some fresh produce.  Tonight for supper, I took out ribs and got some cold salads.  After I ate bbq ribs and salads, I literally felt sick to my stomach and I wanted to puke.  It felt awful!  I can’t wait to start cleansing out the crap in my body because I realized tonight that the heavy stuff I was eating wasn’t agreeing with my insides.  I never want to feel that way again.

cleanse veggies/fruit

ribs and salads

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because I was feel so sick, I thought maybe a run/walk would make me feel better.  I figured out my new watch and set my 1 minute running intervals.  I am still getting to know my watch so I only set the one 1 minute session.  For the first minute I was only able to get 45 seconds in before I stopped.  I did that twice and then headed down hill.  I thought, “I got this” … and I saw the next stop sign and was determined to run to it.  I started the timer, and off I went … I pushed and I pushed … when I looked at my watch – I had 11 seconds left … and I still had some energy to keep going … I thought “omg, I think I’m going to do this” … and I did!  I ran the whole minute.  I walked some more .. and tried it again … I did it again.

my last 1 minute interval

So, I did this 6 times for my whole outing!  I felt amazing!  Now I want to do it again tomorrow evening.  I think the song, “It’s Going to be a Good Life” playing in my ear helped me a great deal!  It is going to be a great life – healthy and feeling good.

After I returned from my walk (I no longer felt sick from supper), I hooked up the juicer and made my “lunch” tomorrow – carrots, apples, and ginger root with a dash of lemon.  For breakfast I’m going to make a fruit one – oranges, bananas, and frozen raspberries.  I packed my lunch in a thermos so it’s ready to go.

I know one thing for sure … I’m not going back to that greasy heavy food … it just isn’t worth feeling sick.  I’m honestly sick and tired of feeling sick and tired and I’m also trying very hard to make running my new “habit”.