Monthly Archives: April, 2009
Yoga Monday
Today was either a rest day or cross training so I kind of combined them both with some yoga. Yoga can be hard, but I found a couple of sites on the internet that have some nice videos that I followed. I ended up doing about an hour of yoga and I feel a bit …
More Digging and Running
Today was another excellent day. Right now I am beat! I did so much today… Right away this morning I got up to try to finish making the beds in the garden. I got all but two dug before it started raining. In on of the beds I got okra planted. The rest I just …
Digging in the Dirt
Today went just as planned. I woke up early, had my coffee and breakfast and watched the news. At 8:00 I headed over to Harmon Field to do my run and I was pleasantly surprised to find only a few other people there. I thought for sure there would be youth soccer games going on. …
Happy Friday
I haven’t been this happy it was Friday in a long time. It was a crazy week, as usual, and I am tired of working so hard. How is it that day after day I am the only person who can seem to solve everyone’s problems. If I could just be left along and not …
Another Hungry Week
My ghrelin is working overtime this week. Ghrelin is the hormone that triggers the feeling of hunger. I have reduced my calories this week to try to lose a few more pounds than I have been. I am eating a lot of vegetables and other high nutrient, yet low calorie food. Last night I was …
The New Hobby
Well, here goes… my first garden. Nevermind that I have killed every plant I ever tried to grow – I am going all out with a full garden. John has been working for the past couple of weeks, in between the rain, to plow a plot for me. I have to say that he exceeded …
Remove, Restore, Rebalance
I am about half way through Jillian’s book “Master Your Metabolism” and it is pretty interesting. We have been hearing for years that processed foods and transfats are bad for you, but she really puts some additional info behind these statements to make it real. I always brushed off those new studies that come out …
The next challenge
I started this year off planning on doing challenge after challenge to get fit and hopefully win prizes. I haven’t gotten very far with the winning prizes part and I really haven’t been focused on an formal challenge. My challenge became getting fit enough to Get Over It – get over the Cooper River Bridge. …
The Big Day!
The day I have been preparing for since January 19th! The day that will show me the results of my hardwork. I have been so excited for this day that Friday April 3rd actually felt like Christmas Eve! The race was very exicting and I did very well. I was really pleased with everything and …
The countdown begins!
The race is just a few days away and I am so excited. The race is right around the corner! There is still work to do this week. I have to stay focused on eating good food and getting my last few workouts in. Tonight was 4.25 miles Tomorrow: 3 miles w/strides (short fast bursts …
My Healthy Challenge 