Yesterday despite the sweltering SoCal summer heat I decided to go hiking and the boy was kind enough to accompany me. We set out to hike on one of my favorite local trails. I really like this trail because its not only 1.75miles (one way) of hiking through the most serene nature complete with little water streams but also at the end of the trail is a little divine waterfall.
This trail also has a lot of trees which made it cool for a summer hike. The trail steeps out on you and you can really feel your inner thighs begging for mercy. But why else would we workout if we didn't feel the impact? Before yesterday I hadn't hiked for about a month so I could really feel it. I stopped a few times on our way up. When we got to the waterfall we could tell the summer heat had dried it some but the water was so cool to touch. And did I mention what a positive and peaceful vibe one gets sitting by the waterfall?
We sat by the waterfall for a few minutes before we started our hike back down the trail. I always like to run back down and yesterday was no exception. I must have been high on endorphins because I forgot about the trail's loose gravel terrain I slid and sort of strained my right ankle and badly scrapped my left knee. Quite the double whammy I tell ya :( But that did not stop me as soon as the boy was done cleaning and kissing my boo boo we were on our way. I hopped and ran and walked and jogged but never once stopped until we got back to the car. We iced my ankle when we got home and today I took a break from working out to give it sometime to recuperate. It already feels better and hopefully by the end of the week I will be doing my Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred or back to running or even a walk at the very least.
How do ya'll deal with injuries?
Xx
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Showing posts with label Running. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
My Way to a Healthy and fit me/lifestyle
Hi ya'll
I know I've not written in a whiiile. But I've been well. I'm still striving to live a healthy lifestyle. Nothing overboard nor unreasonable just the simple little things I'm learning to incorporate in my lifestyle to enable me to live a healthy lifestyle for the rest of my life :)
I'm not one to give up anything or swear off certain foods. I'm just me. And thus will eat everything in moderation. Some days I throw all caution to wind and pig out or indulge a little more than I would on other days but nothing wrong with that. C'est la vie. For the most part I strive to eat/drink healthy portions of healthy meals/drinks.
As of past 2 weeks I've ran 24 Miles. I'm super excited at how am doing and my motivation. I've put up a side bar up on the right side of my blog to record miles I run each week complete with days.
I'm still not weighing myself on a weekly basis as I'd mentioned in one of my earlier posts. I feel that if I weighed myself every week it'd kill my motivation and put unnecessary pressure on myself. We all know sometimes despite how hard we work out or how good we're with our portion control we still gain a pound or not lose at all. Thus I choose to not put myself under that pressure. I choose to work out and eat/drink right and see changes e.g. clothes fitting looser or compliments from family/friends that I seem to be losing weight. Once in a while I'll randomly weight myself just for the heck of it.
In the meantime I'll keep pushing myself and running my knees to thobbing land and my toes to blister bliss as I've this past weeks and enjoy every last bit of it.
I wish all of you all the best on your journey to a healthy and fit you :)
I know I've not written in a whiiile. But I've been well. I'm still striving to live a healthy lifestyle. Nothing overboard nor unreasonable just the simple little things I'm learning to incorporate in my lifestyle to enable me to live a healthy lifestyle for the rest of my life :)
I'm not one to give up anything or swear off certain foods. I'm just me. And thus will eat everything in moderation. Some days I throw all caution to wind and pig out or indulge a little more than I would on other days but nothing wrong with that. C'est la vie. For the most part I strive to eat/drink healthy portions of healthy meals/drinks.
As of past 2 weeks I've ran 24 Miles. I'm super excited at how am doing and my motivation. I've put up a side bar up on the right side of my blog to record miles I run each week complete with days.
I'm still not weighing myself on a weekly basis as I'd mentioned in one of my earlier posts. I feel that if I weighed myself every week it'd kill my motivation and put unnecessary pressure on myself. We all know sometimes despite how hard we work out or how good we're with our portion control we still gain a pound or not lose at all. Thus I choose to not put myself under that pressure. I choose to work out and eat/drink right and see changes e.g. clothes fitting looser or compliments from family/friends that I seem to be losing weight. Once in a while I'll randomly weight myself just for the heck of it.
In the meantime I'll keep pushing myself and running my knees to thobbing land and my toes to blister bliss as I've this past weeks and enjoy every last bit of it.
I wish all of you all the best on your journey to a healthy and fit you :)
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Another Day
I kinda woke up late this morning and had to drive a friend to a doctor's appointment so I rushed out of the house, skipping breakfast and only having half a cuppa green tea. The appointment took longer than expected and afterwards we had to drop the prescription and wait to pick it up. All that running around and waiting made us hungry so we walked down to a Starbucks and so for breakfast/lunch/brunch I had a butter croissant w a grande iced chai tea latte.
I got home at 2pm-ish and around 3pm had a cup of noodles. I left the house to go running at 5pm and put in 6miles in 1hr 12min pretty good I think :) For dinner I had my best egg sandwich and every bite was yum:)
I'm contemplating doing a list on why I need and want to lose weight :) will have to wait and see how that goes
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Battling my weight
I'm currently overweight, but not new to the blogging world. I'm giving it my all to lose weight and think by starting this blog I can journal my ups & downs in the weight loss journey. I'm committed to losing weight the healthy way. No pills, no shortcuts, just the very basic and standard, making healthy eating choices and working out.
I started the "No S" last week. No sugars, no snacks, and no seconds (with an exception of days that start with an S (Satudays & Sundays) and on special occasions.
I'll not kid you or me, I love to eat and don't believe in self-deprivation. At the same time I've realized that as long as I make healthy choices and do portion control e.g. instead of having a whole bar of chocolate everyday I could have a 1/4 bar or none. For breakfast instead of eggs, toast/pancakes and sausages everyday I've started having loaded oatmeal. I went to my neighborhood Sprout's and got fresh dried raisins and cranberries, vanilla extract, freshly ground cinnamon and brown sugar to add to my 100% whole grain oats.
In the time that I've been doing this I've drastically gone from a size 14 to a 12. Seeing such a change is such a great motivation for me. It makes me want to get out there every evening and go running and continue to make healthy eating choices
I've also been ensuring 3/4 of my plate during food servings is veggies. This is hard to do but practice makes perfect :)
Please welcome aboard as I run myself, power walk, eat, and drink myself to a more healthy weight and 45lbs less.
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