Half and half

I don't know if it was the chiropractic or sleeping for as long as I did on Tuesday but yesterday started out good, and got better to amazing energy as the day progressed.  Unfortunately I slept very poorly as a result but I got my run in earlier and it was an amazing run.  I took a sneak peak at it last night, two five minute runs sandwiching an eight minute stint, yikes!  I decided to run a different route so I had no expectations of how close I should be getting to the end of each running stint, the ground was really wet so I ran on the bike path, concrete versus grass, even that went well.  What was great was during my 8 minute stint the song "Long time running" came on which was comical and lovely, followed by "Here comes your man".  Now the brilliant part of that was

1. As I was running I had thought about the time Marc dreamed we were in an open field running towards each other with outstretched arms.  As he dreamed this his stretched out his arms and hit me in the face.
2. Marc had said he was going to come out and it was okay if I got ahead of him.  I woke up early and decided not to wake him.  As I was running I saw a figure coming through the fog.  ' Was that my man?', I would need to keep running to find out.  But alas no it was not, he had hair on the top of his head.

After the 8 minute stint there was what I expected to be a 3 minute walk and it seemed to drag on forever, I just wanted to run again which was lovely.  It was actually a 5 minute walk.  So overall I was back to half time walk, half time run (which warm up and cooldown) but 8 minute run, that was two minutes longer than Monday and I rocked it, it felt good and I was not struggling at all.  Woohoo me.

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.