Today’s accomplishment: A 1 minute run on the treadmill.
Might not sound like anything to you, but to me it’s a lot. I experienced only very minimal leg and calf pain afterwards and my back was basically fine. That’s exciting to me! I decided that there is a lot of potential in running in regards to therapeautic value for my back. One the one hand, it’s a very intense hip extension which is gold for me. On the other, it’s very many intense bounces for my discs to take and they almost always do not take them lightly. I’m looking at that as a good thing though-specifically because of the discomfort it gives me. It leaves me somewhat uncomfortable and sensitive in my lumbar spine which keeps my motivation to improve high, all the while being muscularly therapeautic…so it’s a win win situation here.
In other news, I’m putting the finishing pieces of my book together now. I can’t really say finishing touches yet, but I’m getting there. Most of the rough draft, which isn’t that rough, is done. Currently, I’m training both my best friend and my sister to see how big of a change we can induce between now and the release of the book. I took the before pictures this past weekend and am going to do a full assessment on both tomorrow, hopefully.
In regards to diet, I’ve been crushing almost a whole jar of raw, unheated honey daily this past week. It’s insane, but I’m craving it like mad. This happens every now and again-I’ll crave something really intensely and eat it in inordinate amounts and feel pretty damn good afterwards, whereas I would normally feel like cow dung. Anyway, a jar of honey daily and no candida breakouts. Pretty damn good, yo.
Last on the bill for the evening is my secret hobby: puzzles. I’m working on one right now that’s 5k pieces and it’s crushing me. It’s an old antique map from the 1600s, I believe, and for the first time ever while doing a puzzle, I feel pretty down and out. I’m not going to quit, but this thing is hard. Lots of pieces fit together perfectly but don’t belong together-I’ve never experienced that before. It’s pretty sucky sucky, if you ask me. I’ve had to take apart the border a friggin hundred times because I have extra pieces at the end or not enough or one side ended up longer than the other or bla bla bla…and it’s still not right! Thing’s friggin impossible.
May 25, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Puzzles are just like bodybuildiing! You have to put many small pieces together just right to come up with the picture that you want! They both take lots of trial and error, patience and commitment. And when you reach your goal the feeling of accomplishment is terrific!
May 26, 2009 at 7:03 am
Word.