No run this morning

Wow yesterday I listened to my body and tried not to judge however I slept most of the day, woke up to drive Juliet to her chiro appointment, where Dr. Laura said "Let's get you adjusted too."  I felt nauseous in the car, while picking up dinner and carrying it into the house, when pee and felt better.  Slept solid through the night and feel better today.  I don't know what hit me but I am glad I took the day to care for myself.

I really didn't eat or drink much yesterday so I don't want to push myself with a run and then Aquafit this morning.  After Aquafit I have a reflexology appointment coming in then a quick lunch and up to Kinstruct for my first all staff meeting.  After that my calendar is clear for the day so I may opt to go out for a run later today if I feel up to it otherwise I will run tomorrow and Saturday.

Nauseous again

This sucks.  Nausea is not fun, it is physically exhausting.  I hope I am not coming down with something.  This morning I felt like I was burning up and nauseous.  Now I am cold, nauseous and tired.

I did my measurements.  My weight is 180 lbs and I lost 0.5" from both my hips and thighs.  I am a little disappointed it was not more however to nauseous to be worried.  I just want to lie back down again.  For the passed 4-5 days I have been feeling less than ambitious.   All I want to do is sit down and zone out so I guess the results are not surprising.  I think I need to get myself into a better sleep pattern, that should help.

The kettle has boiled so I am off to make my peppermint tea.  Lots of love to all of you.

Hell yah

It was great, then good, then tougher but I officially with warm up and cooldown ran the same amount of time as I walked.  It was 5 minute warm up, 5 minute run, 3 minute walk by which point I was itching to run again, ran for 6 minutes which went really well, I started to feel my legs working hard so I breathed deeper and that helped immensely, another 3 minute recovery walk and 5 minute run in which was harder.  I did it, there was a lot of wanting to give up, positive self talk, breath, mini targets, more positive self talk, I kept hearing the beeps alerting me to stop but knew I had to wait for the voice prompt, the beeps were just wishful sounds in my head.  In the end I was so freaking glad it was over, that last stint was tough.  It is likely because I got under 6 hours of sleep last night.  Totally my fault, I just couldn't sleep.

I got home and did my strength training, 1 minute burpies, 1 minute push up, and 2 minutes of chops.  Now I am waiting for my water to cool down so I can make my green tea.

Yesterday we went to the Aquarium which was cool except my family was so fast I didn't really get to fully explore, boohoo.  Also I got a piece of dirt in my eye and it got really swollen.  I put ice on it and disinfecting drops and it looks better this morning but I will need to do it again this morning.  It feels so much better than yesterday.

I am in a meeting from 9 am - 12 pm in Burlington, then to Stoney Creek for a postpartum visit with a client.  Tonight I have an interview in Oakville for a birth and will stop off at David's tea because they have a Lavender tea that I love.  I can't wait.  Have a great day everyone.

Accomplished morning

It is 9:07 am as I sit down to type this.  I have finished my run and strength training, drove Juliet to work, finished one load of laundry, prepared for my 90 minute reflexology session today, finally put away my teaching material from Thursday night and cleaned two floors of the house.  What a great start to a Saturday.  Today will be a fun and accomplished day and I will sleep brilliantly tonight.  Tomorrow is Juliet's 17th birthday.  What a wild and wonderful trip it has been.  My goal for the next 5 days is to constantly stay connected to the love.

By the way just for curiosity sake I stepped on the scale yesterday, I normally fight temptation to wait until Tuesday but I wanted to see if the water retention of the Chinese food was gone and it was, I was back down to 179 lbs.  That is just crazy and why it drives me nuts people get so hung up on the numbers.  Feel it and don't beat yourself up, learn from it and move on.

Happy Saturday everyone.

Unexpected

Last nights prenatal class was great but we went way over time.  Therefore Marc and I had a very late night.  This morning I am feeling very nauseous so I decided to do my run and strength training tomorrow.  Marc will be leaving early to help my mom, Juliet has work.  If I get up early enough I will go on my own, otherwise I will ask Elizabeth if she wants to bike beside me.

I am off to make a cup of "White Christmas tea" which has ginger and peppermint in it.  I hope that helps.

Glad it is over

Today was an accomplished day.  I cut my hair, vacuumed and cleaned the house, all before getting Elizabeth to school.  I finished the birth story, returned my re-hiring documents to the City of Burlington to teach Aquafit over the summer, took Grandmaman to the hospice and visited with Grandpapa briefly, went to Walmart to pick up a few things.  After that I ate lunch and completed my run/walk course and I am so glad it is over.  It was totally not what I was expecting.  There were ridiculous equations and all sorts of stuff I was not expecting.  I took the test today and failed the first time by 2%.  I put together the birth story and had a client come for reflexology. Then I paid an additional $11.95 to do a re-test of my course and passed with a 97%.  The book I got along with it looks really interesting and we only had to read 10 pages of it.  I think the book will be more appropriate to what I was hoping to learn.  Anyway at least now I got my 4 continuing education credits so I can easily recertify.  Now I just have to wait until June to recert for CPR and I can submit both documents and get my certificate to submit to the City of Burlington so I can continue to teach over the summer.

Now I need to prep the welcome bags and my props and material for my prenatal class tonight.  Tonight I will have a glass of wine and rest with my feet up the wall.  I am looking forward to tomorrow.  I hope you all have a wonderful night.

Holy crap

Hello everyone, happy hump day.  I woke up this morning with ease.  I didn't want to stay in bed.  That is a change for Wednesday.  Let's see if I can get through the day without needing a nap, that will be the true test.

Today's run was something else.  Marc came out with me which sometimes I find distracting because I pay attention to him and question my pace.  I had thought it may be helpful because there will be someone there watching me and I don't like failing in front of others.  There was an added two minutes of running today, bringing me to 16 minutes in total.  It was run 3 minutes, walk 2 minutes, run 5, 3 minutes twice and run 3 minutes, walk 2 minutes.  Holy crap.  When I put on my shoes my hamstrings were tight and all day yesterday my knee was bothering me.  I was not feeling overly confident as I started.  Not to mention there was a strong cross wind was strong at the bottom and head on wind along the first long straight.  The first 5 minutes went well until the last 20-30 seconds which was when I started noticing my hamstrings.  I preserved and felt so accomplished.  I was worried for the second stint but I found my stride and repeated the mantra "I can do it" on each exhale and it was easy.  For the final stint I was in the head on wind but I told myself  "I am stronger than any element, stronger than I believe, I can do anything".  Before I knew it time was up and it was time to walk home.  The whole workout was 36 minutes.  Friday it is 34 minutes, I will still run the same amount of time but on the 5 minute stints there will only be 2 minutes for recovery walk.

Today I will be heading out to teach Aquafit from 9:05 - 9:55 am, quick shower, then to Exquisite Taste in Wine to grab Girl Guide cookie money and make a batch of summer white wine.  Next to Kinstruct Health for a chiropractic exam and possible adjustment for 11 am.  Then home to polish and put together a birth story, work on my run/walk course and whatever else comes my way.  Tonight I will be going to a meditation circle at 7 pm and that will conclude my day.  But now it is time to stretch.  Ahhhhh