A Healthier Me

I am forever making big plans to workout, go to the gym, lift weights, run, etc. I am good for awhile (well, a few times, anyways) but inevitably I lose interest. I didn't give up on it, but I did decide to take a step back and stop stressing. Pregnancy helped with that tremendously! :) I put my gym membership on hold until October when hubby goes back to work. I decided to view the gym as a break, some time to myself instead of torture time and something i have to do.

In May, for my birthday, i asked for a pedometer to keep an eye on how much walking around i really do during a day. It really makes me walk more! then, three weeks ago or so I found out a woman i know moved near me and had a baby a few months after i had Monster. She walks around the neighbourhood all the time, and now I join her as often as i can. Well now, somedays i go whether she can join me or not. It is feeling good, like something i want to do, instead of something i have to do. Last week, Monster was up at 6am and by the time he got back to sleep, i was totally awake. I decided to get up and go for a walk all by myself. It was amazing! and i felt like running, so i ran. for as long as i wanted and when i wanted. no rules to stick to. I enjoyed it.

Tonight, at 8pm, i felt like going out, on my own and walking/running. so i did. I was out for 45 minutes and i ran for 7min of that. I think i will track how much i run, just out of curiosity as opposed to competition and meeting goals. we'll see how it goes. i may not get out on my own very often. But it was a great way to spent an evening and get some time to myself.

saw: a rainbow and reflection
smelled: fresh cut lumber
tasted: sweat of my brow
heard: my footsteps in the gravel
touched: hard one.... my mp3 player??