Sunday, May 24, 2015

Lazy Daisy

i don't know what happened. I mean, I do. Life. We are selling our home. We are moving to FL in less than a month. Barry works a lot. I can give you a gazillion reasons but not one valid one. I've been lazy. I've been distracted. I've put myself on the back burner. My diet has been out of control. My exercise nearly non existent. I've put on a few pounds in the month since we have been home from Florida.

I'm commuting now to be better. Not perfect, because perfection doesn't exist. I am going to run tonight. After the kids are in bed I will take that time that I usually spend doing who knows what and focus on me. I know it'll be hard. I will be discouraged because I used to be so much faster, stronger, have so much more endurance.

I know that I will be stronger after running than I am now. I will feel better. Have more focus. Sleep better. For me if I exercise my diet follows. One without the other doesn't work.

Tonight I have a date with my treadmill and that lifetime movie I dvr'd.

Monday, May 4, 2015

Let's talk about...

...joint pain.

So, this weekend was a horrible weekend for eating. I didn't even track my food. It was THAT bad.  It involved lots of fast food, hotels and energy drinks. My husband had drill in Jefferson City and our house was on the market and we had expected lots of traffic.

Yesterday I noticed my hand felt tight. It's hard to explain. Not a shooting pain through my hand but more of a dull and consistent ache. Is this gluten? Has gluten/dairy/disgusting processed food caused this? I'm kind of feeling like there's a connection.

A friend from my due date club with Emilia started a whole 30 on May 1 and I decided to join her. Obviously starting today, 5/4. I need to restart. I need to recharge and now that my house is pending inspection I feel like I have that time. I have a bunch of delicious meals planned for this week.

So tell me, have you noticed a decrease in joint pain since starting a whole or almost whole diet? What other health improvement have you seen as a result of this way of life?

I personally noticed a better quality of sleep. I slept hard. I had more energy for exercising, living, cooking. I really need to tap into that reserve as we plan our move to Florida.