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April 30, 2013 · 7:48 am

Pinterest, Meal Planning and me

Ok, I’m back at it, as evidenced by the copious amount of sweat oozing out of my body.

I woke at 6 this morning, strapped on my running shoes, and hit the pavement. I jogged when I felt like it and walked when I felt like it. I didn’t want to push myself too hard, because I still have fears about the state of my back.

It was nice to get outside and breathe fresh air and be active, even if I’m still slow slow slow. Slow is better than immobile, right? Right!

Once I shuffled back to my apartment, I rolled out the yoga mat and got to work. I didn’t do any yoga, mind you. Instead, I dove straight into a workout I found on pinterest last night.

It was brutal. I think by the end of the day, my body is probably going to fail. Seriously.

 

Workout

I didn’t do the run part. And I threw in some pushups and dips, too. The fact that I retained enough energy to lift my arms to type this is impressive, quite honestly.

My back isn’t in agony, so I’ll call it a success. Even if I feel quite like death.

Considering I took a month off any sort of movement to recover from injury, this was probably a major win for me. But right now, I feel like the workout did me.

Send ice. And a nap. Thanks.

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March 6, 2013 · 9:43 am

Short post: Wednesday Rest Day

In my plans (re: my last blog) to continue to improve my fitness, I came up with a day-by-day schedule for the gym. Each day of the week, I know if I’m doing my #C25K app, a full-body weight routine, or resting. Wednesday and Sunday are my rest days.

One of the other things I’ve done is check around the Internet for exercises or routines I could add into my schedule to supplement this month’s goals to tackle C25K. I found this gem on Pinterest that I decided to do.

If you don’t feel like clicking the link, it’s a day-by-day calendar of March (actually set for 2012, but who cares?) with how many sit-ups and push-ups to do, and an amount of time to plank. Each day these numbers gradually increase, so by the end of March you’re doing 100 sit-ups, 35 push-ups and planking for 2.5 minutes. YIKES.

So far I’ve followed it to a T. Granted, that means I’m only 6 days in, and today’s workout was only 20 crunches, 10 push-ups and a 30 second plank. I’m excited to see if I’m conditioned well enough to tackle that 2.5 minute plank at the end of the month. So far the plank has been the most difficult part, though I’m still able to finish each day’s requirements easily.

That’s all. Off to spend the rest of my day resting working.

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April 2, 2012 · 8:47 pm

Fruit flush recap

I survived all three days of the fruit flush. Here are my parting thoughts:

1. Drastic calorie restriction is incredibly uncomfortable. Even though I was eating regularly, I felt the result of consuming a little over half the calories I usually consume. I was hungry a lot, I was lethargic, and it took more willpower than I should probably admit.

2. Fruit is delicious. Eating so much of it made me want to continue eating healthy, as well.

3. I didn’t weigh myself, but I don’t think I lost any weight. Not that I was doing this flush to lose weight, but it made me wonder if the huge calorie restriction put me into starvation mode and my body started conserving every calorie I ate. Not that it’s a huge concern, but I thought about it.

4. My severely uncomfortable digestive symptoms definitely decreased. It was an immediate marked difference. I am not feeling perfect, and probably never will, but the difference is worth noting for sure.

5. Overall, I consider this a success. Maybe it wouldn’t be as hard the next time around, should I choose to repeat this.

This month I’m going to be completely vegetarian every day, instead of only on weekdays, as an experiment on how my stomach feels. I also am training for a 5k, so we’ll see how well I make the adjustment. I need to be better at getting up early to hit the gym before work. Wish me luck!

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March 13, 2012 · 8:51 pm

Would you want to know?

If you had a genetic mutation that drastically increased your chances of developing cancer, would you want to know?

My 32-year-old sister has colon cancer. It was discovered at a very late stage, and the cancer had spread throughout her body. It hit her ovaries, her liver, and was in her blood. It wasn’t discovered until the main tumor, the largest one in her colon, had caused her colon to rupture.

This was in late September or early October. I can’t pinpoint it exactly in my memory, but she had surgery on my second day at PR Newswire. That I remember most. I held my cellphone all day waiting for a phone call, and it came after I had gotten home. I’m pretty sure my battery was drained just because I kept looking at the darn thing all day.

Fastforward to March. My sister is responding well to treatment–better than I think anybody expected. Some of her remaining tumors have shrunk by half, and bloodwork showed no signs of cancer in her blood. It’s a miracle. Or, at the very least, just something to be thankful for.

Meanwhile, that phone call in October delivered some different news for me. My sister’s doctor told me that her cancer can be genetic. I need to get tested.

The obvious test, to be candid, is a colonoscopy. This I know, and am ready to do. But the doctor told me that my brother and I should get a genetic test to find out if we have the possibility of getting the same kind of cancer.

(Humorous side note: Please watch this awesome video. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/national-colon-cancer-screening-day-targets-first-time-patients-141094453.html)

So. Do I do it? If I’m likely to get cancer, is it better to know?

Of course it’s better to know. If I’m likely to get cancer, I can have regularly screenings to make sure any cancer is detected at the earliest moment.

But would you want to know?

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