My personal training session was pushed up today, and I had to drag myself out of bed at 8:30 this morning to make it there on time. It was a good workout, and the scale was finally working in my favor again. As I looked at my reflection on the mirrored walls of the fitness studio, I could definitely tell that I lost more inches too. On my way home, I was psyched about my progress and called my little sister and asked her to be a guinea pig for my “Your Body is His Temple” church fitness class. Gotta love her, she agreed. It was only 50-something degrees outside, but we layered up and got our fitness mats and went to the park. Last week I did some internet searches and picked some exercises and wrote out a routine. I taught the class in the grass, and spoke like I had a room full of eager participants. I said something like “Hey everybody, thanks so much for attending the church fitness class, I’m so glad everyone could make it!” My only real student was so patient as I messed up and started over like 3 times.
Well, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade” is the original saying. But I decided to do something a little different. I got up this morning and went to the studio; my producer friend said it looked like I was “wasting away.” Which I guess is a compliment from the same guy who tried to feed me cupcakes. We finally finished Week 8 and 9 of the Couch to 5K podcasts! I was so excited we’ve literally worked on this podcast for six months. I’m so picky; I wanted every curse word edited, every song to fit right and flow with the groove with as many positive upbeat lyrics as possible. It was a huge task, but we did it. I’m so glad that I’ve already helped so many people. To date my podcasts have been downloaded over 2,000 times!
I guess that’s the question you’re probably asking. I’ve never gone this long without blogging. The answer is a little complicated, yet simple. I’ve taken some time to do some spiritual growth. I’ve been reading and studying the bible and reading “The Purpose Driven® Life
.” A month ago, I had to find my bible buried in my trunk, and I never imagined that now I’d be attending church every Sunday. But beyond that, I’m on the Church’s 51st Anniversary committee as co-chairman with my Big Little Sister. AND…I’m teaching a fitness and nutrition class at the church that starts on Oct. 12th. Can you believe it? I told God, I was ready to work, but I meant at a law firm, but clearly he thought I meant in the church. Lesson Learned: Be Very Specific what you pray for, because you just might get it!…
Last night I went to bed at 2AM, I had a college friend in from out of town. I had already made up in my mind that I would not go running today because I wouldn’t have enough time. However, Nyah had a different idea. She came in my room at 7:52 this morning, shaking her collar. She would not stop jingling that thing until I got up out of bed. Once I was up, I had no excuse not to go for a run. I got dressed and left my friend a note before I went to the gym so that she wouldn’t think I was abducted by aliens during the middle of night. At the gym, I was on week 6 day 2 of my podcasts, which is two 10 minute runs spaced by a 3 minute walk. About 8 minutes into my run, I got a case of the bubble guts. It was much like the last time I had them. I thought the protein shake would be enough to coat my stomach…. but I’ll skip the gory details and just say, I took a “pause for the cause” then I went right back up to the track, and finished my 1st 10 minute run. I did the 3 minute walk and finished my 2nd 10 minute run. When I was almost finished with the 2nd run, I started panicking, I thought I missed the prompt the tell me to stop running.
I was poking along all day, thinking I’ve got plenty of time to get ready. Time flew by and traffic was horrific. As a result I missed half of my personal training session. Afterwards, I decided to go in search of a pouch to put on my shoe to hold my Nike Plus
distance tracker thingy. It still bothers me that thing doesn’t have an official name…any way My new running shoes aren’t Nike, so they don’t have a slot in the bottom to hold the chip. I looked everywhere; they were either sold out, or never had it. I guess I’ll have to order it online. By the time I finished my scavenger hunt, it was dark and a part of my mind said to just go home. But I tell you it’s something about this blog. I feel like it holds me accountable. Knowing that a couple hundred people cruise by my site every day, makes me feel like I owe it to y’all to actually run into shape. I calculated the weeks until my next 5K, and I know I have to get on the move, if I want to reach my goals. I ran to week 6 of my podcast, I actually did it. No power-walking or half stepping, I actually did the 5 min run, the 8 min run and the last 5 min run. According to the Get Fit 4 Christ program, I should be running 25 minutes. Hopefully I’ll catch up soon. Well I’m off to read. This program is tough, you have to have the meal plan (hate the word diet), the exercise plan, the reading and the ambition to make this program a success.
