Wow! It's been a month since I last posted. I'll admit it, I've been keeping pretty busy. Since last we blogged, I have been trying desperately to live up to my online promise of walking as a form of torture - I mean exercise. Oopsies, Freudian slip!
Seriously though, last I post I actually done my first walk and had mostly survived. Yay! But then the challenge lie in doing it more than once. I mean I can't just go about confessing how I exercise and only have actually committed the act once (unfortunately). So I tried. I tried and I tried and I tried. But, DAMN, I have a busy life.
The week after the momentous, inaugural walk was my birthday week - and a total write off. The week after that, I walked home one day that week and I think it was 40 plus degrees with the humidex. It was hot, I sweat like a stuck pig and was quite dizzy, and that was it for me. Oh, not true, the girls and I walked to the Loblaws near my house that week as well. I count that as a second walk. Last week I walked once after work (my usual 3.5 KM) and once on my way to bluesfest (roughly 2 KM walk). Which brings us to this week. Monday was once again 40 some degrees with the humidex, so I said screw it! But yesterday was also 39 degrees with the humidity, and I decided to walk regardless, because if I keep letting the weather be an excuse, I would wake up in November not wanting to walk due to the cold weather. So, I walked. I got home and when I stopped walking, the sweat poured off of me in rivers. Actual rivers. I had the River Moriah running down my spine. I don't remember the last time I ever sweat that much! I think I lost 20 pounds of water. Just kidding... we only lose fat on this channel. Build muscle, to lose fat. Due to the sweat factor, I had to wash all my close but had them clean and back in the car for today. But honestly, I don't want to walk two days in a row. I figure I should do it every other day. But like with the weather, this a little like a convenient way to avoid doing the exercise. So as Tia said, get ready to walk (change into my workout clothes) and decide once I get there. It was great advice, because I walked home today as well. This was probably the coolest temperature that I walked in to date! It was a balmy 21 degrees. However they were calling for thunder storms. But the sky was blue and the clouds looked white and fluffy, so I went for it. I made it to the end of my street, when the first big thunder clap struck (does thunder strike?). I made it home without incident, and had 5 mins to watch the kids bike and play before the rain came poring down the street. It was pretty cool actually and was followed by hail.
All that to say that I may have reached a new plateau in my exercise routine. I don't just walk once a week; Oh no, I walk TWICE a week! Let's just see if I can create a pattern out of this anomaly.
Something else I have noticed (this is not exercise related - or temperature dependent!), my eating habits have changed. I know, I know. You think that this would not be a news flash, but it is. For the last seven months, I have worked hard to be able to eat meals that were healthy and full of vegetables. but during the last month or so, I don't even really have to think about it. The habit seems to have been created. I mostly eat vegetables and protein. Tonight for example, I had fish with asparagus and tomato slices. I did make couscous for Guy and the girls, but I had two bites of it and that was it. I've actually reached a point where I don't have to fill out my calendar in order to be able to make healthy meals. I can just grab whatever is in the freezer/fridge and go. I
ACTUALLY want veg and pulses at my meals. I find it shocking the serious lack of these in most peoples day to day. Weird. How did I end up here.
I am also aware that I owe you a picture. I swear you will have it by the end of the week!
