It has been quite awhile since my last blog. I am sure everyone has been eagerly aniticipating my next entry. Ha. Just kidding. It's been a busy month with a little scare here at the end of it.
First, last week my dad was brought to the hospital from work where it was determined he needed to get 3 stents in his heart... The doctor told us he was a cheeseburger away from a major heart attack... Needless to say, this shook me quite a bit. He is doing great now and has met with a nutritionist and he and my mom joined weight watchers. This is a great example of how someone who doesn't appear to be obese may not be healthy! I have decided to TRY to eat a little better. We all know I enjoy my food so I am going to try to cut down on my cheese and fast food comsumption. So far so good. I was craving mcdonalds last week and I never went :) go me. It was just a shock to me that my dad is actually getting older. Both of my parents were fairly young (my mom more so) when I was born so I never think of them as their current age. Obviously i know my dad is not invincible, but I just never would have thought this would've happened. After all it's not really 1999 anymore, although I do think so when I say "oh like ten years ago". :)
Along with that, I am currently in the 5th week of marathon training and I am loving it more and more :). This past weekend I ran 9 miles!! It was a little bit of a struggle towards the end but I wasnt afraid to walk here and there. I have to find less hilly routes for my way back, that's for sure... And I finally have a pair of running shoes that are NOT giving me blisters! I am back to asics. I should never have tried a different brand! Nor gone up a size and a half!! These are only a half size bigger and so far so good, knock on wood. I also have been using an electrolyte replenishment powder for my water which has been working wonders for my shaking and hunger feeling. I also have tried to make sure I am eating carbs about a half hour before I run, chased with 2 shot blocks. Paul, the boot camp guru, told me I need to see a nutritionist because no matter what the big dawgs say at PR running, they are not close to being qualified to tell me about my shakey and starving feeling when running. I guess I should look into it. Oh and incase you missed it, I have started to do boot camp/insanity once a week for my cross training days. I did insanity yesterday and boy were my hamstrings on FIRE! But I love it.
I have thought of a somewhat "resolution". Since we all know I'm not a fan of that, I guess I will say lifestyle changes. :) with the dreaded 30 slowly creeping on me I have realized I need to take better care of my skin. Espicuallu since this past week it looks like I am a 15 yr old waking up from a his first wet dream. My skin looks horrid! I have tried everything under the sun: noxema, clearisil, nuetragena, proactive, and bare minerals face junk. Nothing works. If anything bareminerals made my skin worse. And since we all know I am a slave to the sun once April comes my face could use some taking care of. I guess the one thing I have going for me is that I don't wear makeup?! Who knows. It will be a work in progress so I won't have to get Botox for my 30th birthday. :)
Until then I am off to take advantage of this freakish warm weather and get ready for my half marathon in a few weeks :)
No comments:
Post a Comment