March 2013

Good day everyone!

Long time no talk, I know.

March was not the best month for me on a number of levels.  I feel like it never really happened because I never slowed down enough to get the chance to enjoy it.  My frazzled life pace has affected me on several levels.  I have dark circles under my eyes like I have never seen before and my skin is equally dry, flaky and pimply.  I have hives from my hotel stay in Ottawa and they itch like a mofo.  I have put on a few pounds and any last bit of muscle tone that I had a few weeks ago is gone, as is my general motivation to actually work out or eat healthfully. My body is aches–though I’m not sure if that is from stress, muscle atrophy, being cramped up on too many airplanes or forcing myself into heels for 16 hour days.

So yeah….I am in rough shape as this month comes to a close…but I am looking forward to a fresh start with this crazy month ending.  Since returning from Ottawa I have been able to take some much-needed Leesah time.  I slept ten hours last night and around 8 the night before.  I am slowly converting back to healthy eating as I catch up on my sleep.  I even made it back to the gym today and started my laundry.

As I reflect on the craziness of the last month, I also know there were some wonderful times in the midst of the crazy. Like getting to celebrate my friend T’s upcoming nuptials on several occasions and in two different cities.  I loved giving my friend B her belated birthday presents from Walt Disney World and motivating about a dozen people to come out and give blood with my Pint for a Pint Challenge.  I felt immense joy upon learning that my dad has a gall bladder problem and nothing worse after his stay in the Emergency Room at the beginning of this month.  I enjoyed spending time with my friends R&K in Ottawa–much more time than I normally spend with them.  I loved having Good Friday Driveway Beers with some pizza and a fire pit and good people last night.  I enjoyed the experience of flirting with someone in a coffee shoppe and enjoyed the feeling of noticing that someone was flirting with me in said coffee shoppe. Learning that my hotels had the AMC channel so that I could watch each episode of Walking Dead and not fall behind.

Needless to say that, despite the frantic, frazzling pace of the month of March, it still turned out pretty darn well.  I look forward to spending the last day of March doing whatever I please–which, I will be honest, will likely include the following: sleeping, laundry, watching The Walking Dead, a gym visit and imbibing a green smoothie. I can’t wait to get it started already!

Much Luv,

Leesah

 

 

3 Weeks

Morning Y’all,

In case you couldn’t tell by my relative absence this week, I needed some pouting time regarding my running future.  I wouldn’t say I’m “over” it, but I’m definitely at peace with it for the time being…until I get a proper diagnosis.

So now I’m all about trying to burn off the massive amount of cheese and failed chocolate macarons I have eaten in the last 36 hours and focus on my race to come.  I am going to hit the gym tonight for a run.  Not sure of the distance as I need to break in my knee brace.

Aside from stuffing my face, I have put a lot of thought into what I am going to do to stay somewhat fit during my running hiatus.  Now, the month of March will be a bit nutty as I will be coming from my Disney trip, traveling to Ottawa for a joint work/pleasure trip, as well as running around helping friends with different events (like wedding showers, bachelorettes and even a blood donation drive).

My goal is to focus on getting an hour of activity, six to seven days a week.  A friend of mine has already committed to attending some yoga classes with me and I’m going to try to hit a few spinning classes at my gym as well as getting my butt back into the pool for some swimming. I am also going to try to design a pretty decent weight training workout (which I’ve never really focused on before) that will hopefully keep me strong for any potential surgeries and ready for cross fit should I ever allowed to go back.

I will be traveling and gyms are not always available, my goal is to work in an hour of power walking….unless it is absolutely freezing…then I might just do a workout video in my hotel room (I have an old Jillian Michaels one on my ipad).

So yeah…onward and upward I guess.   Fingers crossed that today’s run with my new knee brace isn’t as annoying as my first two attempts.

Much luv,

Leesah