Still getting the hang of this blogging - obviously lol
My work life balance is well, all out of balance. The scale is leanging way too far to one side these days making it very difficult to find "me" time. But after a fairly interesting and large meltdown last week I think I'm in the right frame of mind to bring balance back into my life.
Good news! I signed up for my first run event of the year, the Neon 5k! Going to run this with a friend for her birthday. I'm excited to have something to work towards, a goal of sorts. It's still 2 months away but the point is that I have something on the calendar and now I MUST run! :)
I've also started a new tracking system. After 2 years of tracking on paper I am finding it utterly...unmotivating?? Not sure of the right word but I need a change. I still need to track my food intake because I'm diabetic and I have to keep that in control - especially since I've been a bit off track for the past few months. My doc will be none too pleased but that's ok - I have a month before I see him and I intend to reverse some of the bad in that time :) So perhaps it won't be as bad as it could have been! Which is ALWAYS a good thing.
Today is a 2 mile run - aiming for 22-24 minutes. I am by no means a fast runner. When I was running regularly and at my peak I was at 10 min/mile. I would like to be there again but seeing how I've been slacking for the past year...I'll get there again.
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So I ran before I had a chance to post this - I ran a sub 12 min mile (11.70) - though just barely :) But the point is I did it. Always helps to take my chocolate lab to push me that last 1/4 mile, although today, I'm not really sure who pushed who (I'm thinking I pushed her - poor thing looked at me like "uh hey Ma, we missed our turn to go home!" to which I replied "Come on! Let's go! Almost done!" and of course she gave me an exasperated look lol but she finished strong - that's my girl!!).
So here's to today! And getting it (the run) done and settting priorities (I blocked an hour every day at the same time on my work calendar for a quick run and lunch - work/life balance ya know)
Monday, January 21, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
New Year, New Me...
Again!
I know what you're thinking..."another naive, but well intentioned person, setting a New Years resolution that is ready to fail before it can even begin!". But no! I tell you, this is not a New Years resolution! Well, not really - it IS a resolution I suppose, but not one that is set simply because the year has changed, it is set because I have things I want to ACHIEVE! to CONQUER! to PROVE!
So, what exactly do I have to prove, achieve and conquer?
How about turning 40 for one! 40 years later I am finally discovering who I am...after all I AM more than just a mother of two children (1 graduating this year and 1 in college), a wife devoted to her husband of 20 years (high school sweethearts...I know! Who does this??? I mean WHO marries their high school sweetheart and stays married to them all these years?! Well, I do apparently), a sister who helped raise her younger sisters, a daughter who stood by her mom through it all (and there was a lot I tell ya!) and a friend, who if you're lucky enough to be considered a close one, will do anything for you and accepts for you who you are - and if we're that close - we're both weird and accepting of our eccentricities!
To celebrate turning 40 my daughter, who just happens to turn 20 two days before I turn 40, and I will be commemorating these amazingly awesome milestones by freely jumping out of a perfectly good airplane in order to experience the pleasure of free falling through the sky and perfectly land on solid ground! My husband thinks we're crazy, but hey - he hates tea cups - YOU tell ME who's the crazy one here. LOL
I digress, you're probably asking yourself what any of this has to do with "running for my life" - well, I am also diabetic. Type 2. Seriously, my own doing. I could say "If only I knew then what I know now..." but to tell you the truth, I'm not sure it would've made a bit of difference. One thing I've learned is that even in the face of painful outcomes, I'm not sure we as humans would truly do things differently. What I DO know is that when faced with these outcomes, we fight. We fight hard. And we don't give up. This is my fight...to live. Because diabetes is a killer - and we are it's accomplice.
When I first learned of my diagnosis I was angry but I slowly got over it and set out to reverse it. YES - type 2 diabetes CAN be reversed. So I started meds, changed my eating habits and started walking - 6 days a week, 2 miles a day. I eventually worked my way up to running and can proudly say that I am now a runner. In 2011 I completed several races including a half marathon. Due to an injury I was not able to participate in the half marathon I had scheduled in January 2012. I took 6 months off of running to recover and later did two 5Ks. After about a year of feeling a bit like a sloth, I am now ready to conquer some more runs! I am doing three 5Ks this winter/spring and will be training for a half marathon in November. I am going to take my training slooooow as my goal is to finish injury free AND better my previous time. So - THIS is really what my story is all about - running, trying to stay injury free, keeping my A1C down, and getting off my meds!
I hope you will join me in my journey which I'm sure will be full of laughs, frustration, tears, accomplishments and utter exhaustion!
I know what you're thinking..."another naive, but well intentioned person, setting a New Years resolution that is ready to fail before it can even begin!". But no! I tell you, this is not a New Years resolution! Well, not really - it IS a resolution I suppose, but not one that is set simply because the year has changed, it is set because I have things I want to ACHIEVE! to CONQUER! to PROVE!
So, what exactly do I have to prove, achieve and conquer?
How about turning 40 for one! 40 years later I am finally discovering who I am...after all I AM more than just a mother of two children (1 graduating this year and 1 in college), a wife devoted to her husband of 20 years (high school sweethearts...I know! Who does this??? I mean WHO marries their high school sweetheart and stays married to them all these years?! Well, I do apparently), a sister who helped raise her younger sisters, a daughter who stood by her mom through it all (and there was a lot I tell ya!) and a friend, who if you're lucky enough to be considered a close one, will do anything for you and accepts for you who you are - and if we're that close - we're both weird and accepting of our eccentricities!
To celebrate turning 40 my daughter, who just happens to turn 20 two days before I turn 40, and I will be commemorating these amazingly awesome milestones by freely jumping out of a perfectly good airplane in order to experience the pleasure of free falling through the sky and perfectly land on solid ground! My husband thinks we're crazy, but hey - he hates tea cups - YOU tell ME who's the crazy one here. LOL
I digress, you're probably asking yourself what any of this has to do with "running for my life" - well, I am also diabetic. Type 2. Seriously, my own doing. I could say "If only I knew then what I know now..." but to tell you the truth, I'm not sure it would've made a bit of difference. One thing I've learned is that even in the face of painful outcomes, I'm not sure we as humans would truly do things differently. What I DO know is that when faced with these outcomes, we fight. We fight hard. And we don't give up. This is my fight...to live. Because diabetes is a killer - and we are it's accomplice.
When I first learned of my diagnosis I was angry but I slowly got over it and set out to reverse it. YES - type 2 diabetes CAN be reversed. So I started meds, changed my eating habits and started walking - 6 days a week, 2 miles a day. I eventually worked my way up to running and can proudly say that I am now a runner. In 2011 I completed several races including a half marathon. Due to an injury I was not able to participate in the half marathon I had scheduled in January 2012. I took 6 months off of running to recover and later did two 5Ks. After about a year of feeling a bit like a sloth, I am now ready to conquer some more runs! I am doing three 5Ks this winter/spring and will be training for a half marathon in November. I am going to take my training slooooow as my goal is to finish injury free AND better my previous time. So - THIS is really what my story is all about - running, trying to stay injury free, keeping my A1C down, and getting off my meds!
I hope you will join me in my journey which I'm sure will be full of laughs, frustration, tears, accomplishments and utter exhaustion!
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