Just like that old Whitesnake song…”Here we go again on my own…” it is time for me to take that next step and get moving towards a fitter and healthier lifestyle.
Over the past year, I have learned a lot about myself, and about my body. The biggest information gain is that I am injury prone. I am not that young and fit kid that could do anything in my teens and twenties. I am older…and far from fit and healthy. So, what can I do with that information?
The first thing that I need to do is re-evaluate my training plans to make sure that they are going to work for me. And the first step in that is to start slower. Just putting on the running shoes and getting out running…does not work for me. If I do that again, I might as well just hang up the shoes and forget it. I will be back on the sidelines again in no time.
The first step is going to be getting out walking more, first shorter distances, then work up to longer distances. Then, incorporate walking for 10 mins, and running for 1 min 3x a week. After that, evaluate how my body feels. How are my knees? How is my foot? One thing that I might try is to get some knee braces to wear when training. I have one from Zensah, so I might see about picking up one more. Just to give the knee some stability…and maybe give me some mental relief…if you can understand what I am meaning by that! Lol!
I just need to make this statement though, to let you all know…I am not at all happy with having to start slowly. I just want to wake up and go running. I feel that I should be able to do this. I want to do this…but what I want more now, is to succeed and achieve my goals. I really need this to work. It just has to work. I really need to slow my brain down…and let my body catch up. – Thanks for listening to my little rant here…
My official start date for the Power 90 training program was Saturday the 16th of October. Day 1 was the strength portion of the program and it went off with out a hitch. Done deal! It really felt good to get started! Day 2 was Sunday and was the Cardio session. Again, it felt great to get it out of the way…but to be honest…I did not do the program at a full pace. Today is day 5 of the Power 90 program...and so far...so good. For the most part, I have been taking it light, not wanting to risk an early injury. Who am I kidding...I don't want to risk any injuries.
As for my diet, it has been relatively good over the past several weeks. I have not gained anything back, and have been consistent at a weight of 250 lbs (at least I had not gained weight back before the other nights dinner of pizza). For me, that is a good thing, not gaining my weight back. I have been eating healthier (other than last night’s pizza) but there is so much more that I can do. Many more little changes that I can make to assist me achieving my goals. The plan is to eat more fruits and veggies during the day while working, and have healthier clean eating meals at dinner time. I am not planning on going vegetarian/vegan, but I am planning on eating clean.
As for my diet, it has been relatively good over the past several weeks. I have not gained anything back, and have been consistent at a weight of 250 lbs (at least I had not gained weight back before the other nights dinner of pizza). For me, that is a good thing, not gaining my weight back. I have been eating healthier (other than last night’s pizza) but there is so much more that I can do. Many more little changes that I can make to assist me achieving my goals. The plan is to eat more fruits and veggies during the day while working, and have healthier clean eating meals at dinner time. I am not planning on going vegetarian/vegan, but I am planning on eating clean.
I have discovered that there is an organic grocery store with in a 5 min drive to my house. 2 of them in fact. One is a full grocery store – Roots Natural Organic Foods. The other one is Organic World, which is more of a butcher type of shop. Now that they have moved across the street to a bigger location, they have much more to offer. Inside they have a little bistro restaurant, a deli, a butcher shop as well as ready to cook frozen meals. The store offers so much more than they used to, and gives the public so much more to choose from.
One of the nice things about these two stores is that they are a 5 min drive from the house. Now…that means that they are a 10-15 min bike ride from the house. I need to start taking the bike out more, and using it instead of the car. That is a whole other issue that we deal with in another blog post.
Back on track here…the main thing for me is not only get started on this journey, but to start slowly. I know that I can do this. I know that I can make this happen. I will get their…one foot in front of the other…
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