It's October. Yesterday I felt my anxiety surge as I turned the calendar page to 1 of October. I know I have to stop running, but I really don't want to. My hips complain after I run. I now have pain. I still love it. It doesn't hurt when I run...just after but it's a very bad pain. Like my hip is on fire. I keep telling myself that when I start cycling I will have the same feeling I get when I run, but I don't know. I now own a treadmill and a stationary bike and I hate them both. I'll use them in a pinch, but I HATE THEM! I want to be outside. I do enjoy the elliptical at the Gym. I could do that all day. I may dump both my machines and get an elliptical.
So many races coming up after my zombie and light the night race. There's the electric run...that looks soo cool its at night and you wear florescent clothing and glow sticks or glowing body paint. They light the run with black lights. There's the turkey trot...so you can do Thanksgiving guilt free. Peppermint run...you guessed it...Christmas guilt free. Then there is the Mud run and the Spartan run. Mud of course is just that, but the Spartan run is an 8 mile course with obstacles and I'm excited about it. It's in April. I've looked high and low only 2 runs in October and I'm doing them. I'd like to just do those runs that I mentioned but that's how you sustain injuries by running without training.
I'm doing a nice balance with the gym and Hubby. I go right after work and I do my run first thing Saturday morning and after work on Thursday; neither impact him. My sister started going to the gym with me on Mondays...that's HUGE. She won't do anything aerobic, just weights. It's been good for me though. We often have some kind of spat throughout the week and then I don't see her and it builds. Then I see her and I see how depressed she's been and I just want to help her...but I don't know how. She's really not at all comfortable with her body. She's put on weight and its put her in a bad place. I think that's why we have our spats to be honest. I think she's not happy with herself. I've recently found myself (well in the last year) and I speak up for myself (something I've NEVER done with her). So it's a perfect storm. The gym visits are helping.
I'm always looking for that easy diet for her...it doesn't exist though. It's getting physical and being mindful about food. Period. It's not one diet but a BUNCH of diets. I do something different every month. Curves (low carb) one month, weight watchers with curves or alone. I do the metabolic effect diet. I'm about to start the carb lovers diet with weight watchers again. Its what works for me. I need an eating plan, but it can't be too exclusionary. So I swap around. I tried explaining that to her...she responded with you can't do everything all at once! I don't. Then she told me about some new drug she heard about for menopause that helps you lose weight. I'm not interested in any miracle drug.
I have a question though...why is it whenever I talk about a diet I get HUNGRY!?
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